Qing He brought Lu Yin up to the mountaintop as well. Before long, they arrived at a dim, open area. Apart from Fifth Brother, there was also a gigantic Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad with a crooked mouth and lopsided eyes. One look was all it took for Lu Yin to know it was Fourth Brother—the shameless Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad whom Kantian Eternal Life hated to the bone.
Fourth Brother glanced sideways at Lu Yin and the Immortal Master, the corner of his mouth curling upward. No matter how Lu Yin looked at him, he was creepy.
Lu Yin glanced at him, then looked away and stood quietly.
"Actually, I didn't need to come," the Immortal Master's voice sounded in his ear.
"Of course you needed to come. Otherwise, I wouldn't feel safe."
"I can't protect you here, either. Those two Eternal Lives are very powerful."
Lu Yin knew that, of course. Unless the Immortal Master had the strength of the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Ancestor, protecting him here would be pure fantasy. But Lu Yin wasn't counting on it for protection. He only needed it to buy him a moment—that was all.
No matter how far the Immortal Master fell short of the Seven Treasures Heavenly Toad Ancestor, it could still buy him that moment. It was nothing more than a decoy.
If the Immortal Master knew Lu Yin could use Instant Movement, it would immediately guess why he'd asked it to accompany him. Unfortunately, it didn't know.
Eternal Lives were not free because of Karma Restraint. But when facing a stronger enemy, Karma Restraint could also serve as protection, since the other side would be unwilling to take on even more Karma Restraint.
That was why a non-Eternal Life killing an Eternal Life was called a "cheat."
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