Chapter 973: Chapter 604: Lu Lin, Star King—A World Transformed (Part 2)

A brand-new realm brought Lu Lin a comprehensive enhancement.

The flesh nourished, his current strength has surpassed that of a Dragon’s Power. Lu Lin estimated that he now possesses a strength of 1.5 billion jin.

With one breakthrough, his strength increased by more than fifty percent. If given time to cultivate the Golden Body Sutra again, he might even reach the power of two dragons.

The Monkey King has died.

The powerful, formidable, strong Monkey King has died, dying right before the eyes of the monkey group. Lying on the ground, the monkeys watching from a distance were immediately thrown into panic, fleeing helter-skelter.

These Four-eyed Spirit Monkeys, weak in cultivation and ability, were originally bullied and marginalized by the larger monkey group, and it was only out of resilience that they branched off to fend for themselves. Back in those years, the Monkey King did the same.

Now that their leader has died, these monkeys were naturally not going to remain loyal. As the saying goes, "When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter," and each one ran clean away.

Lu Lin watched these little monkeys with only a Star Universe, Star Core level leave, but he did not intervene.

With these monkeys, wanting to kill the disciples of Yunlan Xianzong was simply impossible. Since the culprit had already been punished, there was nothing more to worry about.

It was just as well, as Lu Lin had another matter to attend to now.

From the body of the deceased Monkey King fell a golden-colored object, and out of curiosity, Lu Lin picked it up. To his surprise, it was an artifact shaped like an eye.

Apart from his own Eyes of Broken Delusion, this was the first time Lu Lin had seen a similar artifact.

With the Monkey King dead, the artifact ownerless, Lu Lin performed a blood recognition ritual to claim it.

The golden eye transformed into a golden light and entered his Consciousness Universe, simultaneously transmitting a segment of information to Lu Lin.

Lu Lin’s facial expression instantly turned peculiarly strange.

Eyes of Broken Delusion.

This golden artifact was actually the Eyes of Broken Delusion.

Yet, how could this be possible?

Lu Lin recalled hearing Ma Tianlong and Black Shark clearly state that the Ma Family had placed the three items within a small world, waiting for a day they could silently take them by attaching themselves to a descendant.

Now that the Golden Silk Armor had been turned into Silver Wire Armor by Lu Lin, he originally thought the Eyes of Broken Delusion were in his hands, but now another set of Eyes of Broken Delusion has emerged, what is going on?

Could it be...

Lu Lin recalled, having crossed over, he didn’t carry any treasures with him, and in all his time living on Saturn or studying on Blue Star, he never found any treasure, especially treasure related to eyes.

From this perspective, he never actually obtained the Eyes of Broken Delusion.

Yet, given Ma Tianlong and Black Shark spoke so, Lu Lin had assumed he somehow bonded with the Eyes of Broken Delusion during his ignorant times.

Now, experiencing that Eyes of Broken Delusion avoiding the Eyeball Star Core within his Consciousness Universe, Lu Lin thought this must be the true Eyes of Broken Delusion.

So now arises a question.

What, then, is Lu Lin’s Eyeball Star Core?

While Lu Lin was pondering, the otherwise motionless Eyeball Star Core within his Consciousness Universe suddenly released a pulling force.

The Eyes of Broken Delusion desperately tried to escape, instinctively feeling that being devoured by the Eyeball Star Core wouldn’t be good for it.

But no matter how the Eyes of Broken Delusion struggled, its attempt to escape was doomed to failure.

It moved little by little in the direction of the Eyeball Star Core. Just as Lu Lin thought they would continue this tug of war, the Eyeball Star Core seemed to grow impatient and suddenly increased its suction.

Before Lu Lin’s soul power could even react, in a swish, the Eyes of Broken Delusion vanished.

Without a trace.

Lu Lin glanced at the dark Consciousness Universe, then at the Eyeball Star Core that seemed unbothered, feeling a tearless grief.

"My Eyes of Broken Delusion."

"Such a big Eyes of Broken Delusion I had."

"You ate it, at least give me some feedback or something, how can you be so calm."

No matter how Lu Lin lamented, the Eyeball Star Core remained deaf, without a single reaction.

After a while, with no other option, Lu Lin could only exit the Consciousness Universe.

However, just as he got out, he noticed something different.

The world before him was still the same world, the forest remained the same forest.

He could still see, in the distance, those Humans digging a pit behind the village, tied up and unable to escape, their faces blank with confusion.

He could still see beneath him, the Monkey King, though hunched, with fur still sleek and shiny.

He could still see everything around him, in the distance, but he just felt it was different.

Could it be, that was the feedback from the Eyeball Star Core after devouring the Eyes of Broken Delusion?

Turns out, this guy isn’t one to devour and deny acknowledgment without giving anything in return.

Although Lu Lin was still unclear why he now experienced this completely different sense of the world, it certainly wasn’t a bad thing.

For now, he’ll leave it be, taking his time to investigate later back home.

Lu Lin put the Monkey King’s corpse into the Storage Ring, placing it along with those Yunlan Xianzong disciples he killed.

These people were killed by him, and now they lie together with him.

Life is just so fragile.

Fate, just so unpredictable.

In the distant village, Lu Lin flew over to untie the ropes from the humans there, who each expressed endless gratitude to him.

Lu Lin sensed countless demon beasts residing in this forest. These people, despite not having high abilities, why didn’t they leave this place, to live in the outside human world?

When he raised this question, an old man answered, "My lord, our ancestors have lived here for countless years, this stretch of forest is simply inescapable."

"Moreover, we are somewhat familiar with this area, if we went too far, given our weak abilities, we probably wouldn’t survive a few days outside."

"Every few decades, as a new generation grows, they always desire to explore the outside world, but in the end, none ever return, I reckon they perhaps died out there."

Speaking of death, the old man’s expression held no sadness; he had already become accustomed to such a life, or perhaps... after living here for countless years, he had long since seen through life and death.

Lu Lin nodded and then bid farewell.

...

Within the Kongming White Ape tribe, Qu Feng was still filled with anger, not a single ape pleasing to his eyes.

The transporter disciples killed this time didn’t matter much to him, after all, they were of low strength. But among the twelve disciples who went to investigate, there was one he favored, intending to test further before bringing him under his wing, and in the future Heavenly Talent War, historically to be sent to General Mountain.

At that time, any gains would compensate for his investment and effort over the years.

Unexpectedly, such a promising young man ended up dying in the Northwestern Domain.

At this moment, looking at those Kongming White Apes, he felt their innocence was all pretend.

"Envoy Lord."

Taking advantage of no one noticing, Qu Feng entered Elder Cheng Yu’s tent.

The Kongming White Ape Clan, out of respect, had specially prepared a clean tent for Cheng Yu. Upon seeing Qu Feng enter, Elder Cheng Yu slightly raised his eyes: "What’s the matter?"

"My lord, as I recall, the strategy of the Holy Land is to campaign and conquer; this place counts as the area where the Northwestern Domain Demon Race borders our Human Race’s strength, the fortress. If we could capture this place, it would be like driving a nail into the area controlled by the Demon Race."

"In future, any movements within Demon Emperor Forest would allow us to learn in the first instance, and when you return to the Holy Land, you’d surely be promoted."

"Oh?"

Elder Cheng Yu responded softly without further words.

Qu Feng, seeing Elder Cheng Yu’s unyielding demeanor, could only continue with caution, "Envoy Lord, you may worry that the power of the Yunlan Xianzong here isn’t sufficient. If the Lord sees it feasible, I can assist in contacting other Sects or kingdoms stationed by other Holy Lands here."

"After all, capturing Demon Emperor Forest offers no personal benefit to my subordinate; likewise, it holds no advantage for subordinate forces of other Holy Lands. However, residing on these fringes are tens of billions of people, they are the true sufferers under demon beasts."

"My unworthy self is willing to eradiate the Demon Race alongside the Envoy Lord, to ease the hearts of the common people of the Human Race."

Qu Feng spoke with great fervor.