Lu Yu’s negotiation with the armored man seemed simple on the surface.
In fact, both sides were testing each other, trying to obtain some important information from the other’s words.
The armored man learned a great deal from Lu Yu.
Lu Yu also obtained some information from the heavily armored individuals.
Especially the heavily armored man’s final words brought a surge of joy to Lu Yu’s heart.
Although he didn’t understand why the armored figure was willing to use the method of reviving the至尊to exchange for everything that Abushe had, Lu Yu could detect a slight peculiarity in the armored figure’s tone.
In this way, he had already gained the initiative.
It’s a very subtle point, yet even the slightest, almost imperceptible change can be enough to alter everything.
Lu Yu didn’t know how to negotiate, but he was instinctively clinging to every sliver of opportunity born from the heat of battle.
The armored figure had not yet realized what he had revealed, and in a deep voice said, “Lu Yu, isn’t this secret enough? Don’t you think your request is too much?”
The armored man knew what Lu Yu wanted.
But that was something he could never say.
Lu Yu said, “If you don’t want to talk, I won’t force you.” Calmly, Lu Yu continued, “Let’s try another method to divide Abu She’s belongings. However, I will never allow you to obtain Abu She’s abilities alone.”
He was not being aggressive; instead, he was trying to make the armored man anxious on his own.
The armored figure said coldly, “Lu Yu, this is my condition. If you don’t agree, our cooperation is over, and I can always find someone else!”
“Do you think you can threaten me with this? Do you really believe I would be intimidated?” Lu Yu said coldly, “I agree to leave our conflict to the final moment. I hope you won’t break this agreement prematurely.”
Lu Yu waved his hand, turned around with twenty puppets, and was about to leave.
Zhong Jia hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, “Alright. I can tell you, but everything in India is mine. You are not allowed to interfere before we have a conflict, understand?”
Lu Yu didn’t turn around, speaking calmly, “India is vast; the benefits you gain from occupying it would likely be substantial. Give me five hundred billion star spirit stones and five hundred billion star spirit pearls, and I promise never to interfere in India.”
“Three thousand billion.” The armored man clenched his fists tightly, gritting his teeth. “Not a single coin more.”
“Five thousand billion. If it’s even a penny less, I’ll suffer a huge loss.”
“Four hundred billion!”
“I said five thousand billion, not a penny less.”
“You bastard, I really want to kill you right now,” the armored man growled. “Five hundred billion, fine. Once we take India, I’ll give you every penny.”
It was only at this moment that Lu Yu turned around and said, “Then you can tell me now: why were you able to resurrect so many powerful experts right from the beginning? Where did your money come from, or do you have some special method to bring them back to life?”
The armored figure raised his hand, pulled an envelope from the void, and threw it to Lu Yu, saying, “This is the information you want to know. Take it and go. As for when we will launch the attack on India, I will notify you separately.”
Lu Yu opened the envelope and glanced at its contents carefully. Beneath his calm expression, his eyes revealed a hint of joy.
“I see,” Lu Yu said, flames flickering between his palms as he burned the envelope to ashes. He nodded to the armored figure and said, “Goodbye.”
“Three days from now, I will take action against a country. I hope you won’t interfere.”
Lu Yu said solemnly, “As long as it doesn’t involve my interests, I won’t take action. However, you should also be aware of the countries allied with Fanggang—do not make a move against them.”
“It’s a small country,” said the man in heavy armor as he waved his hand and retreated toward the palace with his men.
Although many parts of the palace had cracked, the main structure remained intact, and the remaining work only required continued restoration.
Lu Yu walked out of the mountain where the palace was located, accompanied by twenty puppets. He couldn’t help but let out a long, earth-shattering roar.
The howl carried an uncontainable surge of exhilaration and excitement.
He never expected that he would obtain the most desired item from the armored figure without shedding a drop of blood.
The armored figure must still be holding back.
But he was equally reserved.
The final war is a matter of who has the deeper foundation and greater strength.
Lu Yu returned to Fanggang from the Demon Hunting Plains with twenty puppets in tow.
Why can the armored figure resurrect so many kings? At the very least, it would require tens of trillions of star spirits stones and star spirit pearls—this is a fortune that a single person could never accumulate by hiding in the Demon Hunting Plains.
Yet he did not use trillions or more of star spirit stones and star spirit pearls to resurrect him. The king he resurrected was powerless.
In other words, his resurrected king, after sleeping for millions or even tens of millions of years, had lost its power and had become an ordinary warrior with only level one strength.
However, the immortal bodies of these kings still remain, along with their royal powers and even the skills they attained upon becoming kings.
These revived kings lack power, which saves a considerable amount of money. Reviving them once only costs five billion star spirits’ stones and another five billion star spirit pearls. However, some other auxiliary items and a certain process are still required.
But reviving a king with five hundred billion, even if it’s just level one, is still a bargain.
After all, these kings were promoted from the first level, so they recovered their strength very quickly.
The revived Emperors who first regained life probably did not initially possess the strength of thousands of Emperors right after their resurrection.
But a supreme being of the highest rank who starts cultivating again from the beginning.
An ordinary person might take a year to reach the Realm of the Demon Monarch, while these Sovereigns could achieve it in half a year or even just a few months.
Lu Yu sent the puppet into the Treasure Vault Pearl and immediately went to Liu Xing to collect a large amount of materials.
These materials are not valuable in themselves, but they can create a breach in the mode of war.
“A first-class star soul, which means it only has the strength of level one. No matter how powerful its skills are, it’s still level one.” Lu Yu’s eyes suddenly lit up as he thought to himself, “The evolution potion, the evolution potion must be effective.”
Lu Yu was incredibly excited.
This is where his strength lies; he possesses countless evolution potions that can directly elevate the resurrected kings from level one to the highest rank of Sovereign.
In this way, it would take at least several months for the King’s younger brother to resurrect the heavily armored man.
This period of several months may well determine the outcome of the victory or defeat.
Lu Yu only realized then that the wealth he had accumulated in the past would be used at the most critical moment.
Lu Yu hesitated for a moment before entering the Starry Sky, but ultimately brought the ten puppets inside with him.
Whoever he brings back to life, he must ensure his own safety.
Because even if a resurrected person killed him, they could still obtain everything he had.
During the resurrection process, one becomes extremely weak.
Lu Yu felt somewhat reassured only after entering the starry sky with ten puppets. Aside from the crystal coffin, there was absolutely nothing else in the vast expanse of space.
Lu Yu first merged all the materials, transforming them into dozens of green beads.
He arranged the beads around the perimeter of his body, forming a circle.
When Lu Yu sat in the center of the circle, all the green beads simultaneously emitted a brilliant light, forming a radiant canopy that enveloped him entirely.
At this moment, when Lu Yu called up the list of countless names in the war mode, he found that all the levels were still there, but after each name, they were now displayed only as level one.
“Yuki-hime, I promised to bring you back to life, and now I’m here to fulfill that vow from back then.” Lu Yu realized that not only had the levels of beings changed, but originally he could only resurrect around 7,500 lives. Now, the limit had been lifted—up to ten thousand, then to the rank of King’s Retainer, and even to the King level itself.
You just can’t see individual names at the level of Wang Zun and Wang; you can only resurrect designated lives.
Lu Yu entered Xue Ji’s name into the king’s first level!
“Powerful guardian, your abilities are astonishing. You have actually reached the point where you can resurrect the true King. Please pay five billion star spirit stones and five billion star spirit pearls, and then offer your blood as the price to resurrect the king of your choice.”
A mechanical, cold voice echoed in Lu Yu’s ear.
“Nearly ninety-nine percent of my blood has been drained, leaving me weak for ten days. If the heavily armored warriors launch an attack during this time, relying on the puppets, Luo Haotian and others, as well as the city’s defensive capabilities, we will surely be able to hold them off.”
Lu Yu hesitated, but finally gritted his teeth and chose to revive.
At this point, he no longer believed that the armored figure would deceive him. However, conversely, he was also worried that the armored figure might take advantage of his weakened state to launch an attack on Fangang.
Boom!
In that moment, Lu Yu felt as if all the blood in his body had been drained away.
His body hadn’t changed, but in an instant, he seemed to lose his will and almost fainted.
Buzz.
A large amount of blood instantly regenerated within his body, pulling him back from the brink of death.
“If it weren’t for my regeneration ability, this injury would have been fatal,” Lu Yu thought as he bit his tongue to stay conscious while on the verge of fainting.
At this moment, his attributes inside his body plummeted sharply, and all his skills began to turn gray, indicating that they were unavailable for use.
“Ten days of weakness—am I just an ordinary person now!” Lu Yu watched as the resurrection progress bar began to move.
The resurrection of a king and the resurrection of others are different; it will not be an instantaneous revival.
The progress bar for resurrection advances by approximately one percent every minute.
At the same time, in front of Lu Yu, a mass of white light and shadow also began to gradually take on a human form as the progress bar advanced.
It’s like the process of resurrection unfolding in slow motion.
Lu Yu signaled for ten puppets to surround himself.
Once Xue Ji was not as friendly as she had been during that previous encounter, the moment the puppet blocked her path, he could eliminate the threat.
This is a chaotic era where anything can happen.
That golden brocade robe, golden armor, golden crown, and mask were exactly the same as the armor worn by the one sitting in the palace within the city on the Monster Hunting Plains.
One hour and forty minutes later, all the white light and shadows had transformed into human figures.
A pair of beautiful eyes hesitated for a moment within the golden armor before spotting Lu Yu and speaking, “Have you found the person who can bring me back to life?”
Her voice was clear, elegant, and pleasant to the ear, as melodious and captivating as a gentle song.
But it’s like a magical melody that makes men’s blood boil and drives them crazy with passion.
Lu Yu was only momentarily distracted, and it took great effort for him to calm down again.
“It was me who brought you back to life. But not in your prime,” Lu Yu stood up and said, “I have fulfilled my promise to you. But only halfway.”
“Grade one?” Xue Ji was slightly startled as she said, “I think I understand now—you used some special method to revive me, didn’t you? Well, this is actually better; I’ll have more time to prepare since I’ve been revived earlier. However, you seem to be in a pretty bad state yourself, even weaker than me.”
“The way I used to resurrect is special, and the cost is a period of weakness,” Lu Yu said. Seeing that Xueji had not released any killing intent, he felt slightly relieved but remained cautious.
He took out a drop of evolution medicine from his storage space and threw it to Xue Ji, saying, “This is evolution medicine. Swallowing it at level one will allow you to directly become a Supreme Being, and it will also enhance your innate abilities once.”
Xue Ji took the medicine, glanced at it, and then threw it back to Lu Yu, saying, “Thank you for your kindness, but I truly don’t need it.”
Lu Yu took the evolution potion in surprise and asked, “Why? It can help you become the Supreme as quickly as possible and restore your king’s strength even faster.”
“You probably don’t know yet, but when the Star Soul improves, it’s essentially a form of growth. It’s like a blade of grass transforming from a seed into a stem—its growth will eventually reach a limit. However, if you begin refining it right from the seed stage, its growth might instead become a form of evolution!”
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