As the red line swept past him and drew closer to Lu Yin, he watched it approach.
Lu Yin turned to look. He saw the red line, and he saw Lan Meng's astonished, unwilling gaze. What was it unwilling about? Did it want that line? But the line should belong to the Unknown, and it should have been able to take it easily. Why was it so desperate to get it?
What could make an Eternal Life unwilling to let go?
Lu Yin watched the red line fly toward him at great speed. Lan Meng had one hand swallowed by the portal, while it raised its other hand and struck at Lu Yin from afar. Its palm was shaped like a branch, and its eight eyes fixed on Lu Yin as the void rapidly flowed backward, letting it toy with the universe.
The red line slowed.
Lu Yin frowned. The more it didn't want him to get the line, the more he wanted it—and he couldn't simply return the line to the Unknown, either.
He struck out with his own palm. Life Qi surged in his hand, and a terrifying force shook the starry sky. Centered on the red line, he met Lan Meng's palm from afar. His body kept retreating, but he checked Lan Meng's blow. All eight of its eyes grew ferocious at once, and its skull-like face grew even more horrifying. "Boy, you dare steal from the Unknown? You're asking to die."
"You're the one who's going to die." Shocking Cloud thrust out from the portal, piercing straight toward Lan Meng.
Lan Meng caught Shocking Cloud with one hand and had to pull back. Before it, Shocking Gate Supreme Lord advanced step by step, emerging from the portal. Each step set the void ablaze, and the space