The corner of Lu Yin's mouth lifted in a smile. Of course, it was a business opportunity. He wanted to use every means to make money. He only had a little over five hundred cubic meters of Star Crystals on him, which made him feel very insecure. He couldn't even roll the die; it was too much of a waste.
The deeper into the swamp, the darker it became. Disgusting creatures occasionally squirmed in the muddy soil. In the sky, a flock of black strange birds flew by. Each one was very large. As they flew past, they covered the sky, making the swamp even darker.
Zhuo Baiye, as a female, showed not much fear towards these scenes.
It had to be said that although the White Night clan was arrogant, each clan member could be called an elite. Coupled with the White Night clan's combat techniques, it was no wonder they could dominate the Innerverse.
Zhuo Baiye followed the footprints inward to search, but the footprints disappeared after entering the swamp. She could only continuously use her slashes to open a path, attempting to force out the Giant King.
This method was effective, but the swamp was really too big. She couldn't use her slashes indefinitely. Although it was effective, the efficiency was not high.
For three consecutive days, Zhuo Baiye searched in the swamp. But if viewed from the sky, she hadn't even searched a thousandth of the swamp, let alone the entire thing. At her speed, to search the entire swamp, it would be impossible without several months. Helpless, Zhuo Baiye came out and sat calmly a hundred meters away from Lu Yin and Amu.
Lu Yin smiled. He had Amu announce the whereabouts of the Giant King for two reasons: one was to do business, and the other was to have everyone work together to find the Giant King. The Giant King knew how to flee, which proved its intelligence was not low. How could it be so easily found by them? Only with more people would it be effective. That's right, the footprints had to be preserved; that was the evidence.
If the Giant King knew Lu Yin's thoughts, he would surely be very depressed. In fact, the moment the spaceship had landed in front of him, he had understood the situation. The Giant Race had had a Star-Wandering Realm Giant King before and was not completely ignorant of the universe. They had used every means to leave behind some information. Therefore, he had immediately fled after seeing the spaceship, precisely to buy time and let those trial-takers leave.
But Lu Yin had announced his whereabouts. The Giant King was doomed to be a tragedy.
Seven days later, while Lu Yin and Amu were boredly roasting meat, a team of trial-takers appeared in the distance.
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. It was starting. People were coming one after another. Customers were at the door.
The group of trial-takers also saw Lu Yin's group, especially Amu. The whereabouts of the Giant King had been announced by him.
"Amu, where is the Giant King?" someone asked impolitely.
Amu pointed at the swamp. "Inside. I don't know the specific location."
The person clearly didn't believe him and was about to say something else when he was stopped by his companion, who motioned for him to look to the other side. The few trial-takers stared blankly at Zhuo Baiye, who was standing calmly not far away. A member of the White Night clan—this could be terrifying. The few of them immediately shut up.
They were the young elites of the Butterfly Shadow territory, peak Melting Realm experts. To be the first group to enter the swamp, they were absolutely the top-tier elites among the numerous trial-takers, comparable to the Martial Hall's Hall Masters in the Great Yu Empire. But facing a member of the White Night clan, they did not dare to be presumptuous. The gap was too large.
"The Giant King has entered the swamp. We also don't know its location, which is why I announced it. I can't complete the mission anyway," Amu said.
He knows his own limits. This was the common thought of the few trial-takers. They then didn't say much more. After checking the Giant King's footprints, they directly entered the swamp.
They were the first group, but not the last. Before long, the second group of people arrived and quickly entered the swamp to search for the Giant King.
In a few days' time, no less than forty trial-takers had arrived in total, all of them pouring into the swamp to search for the Giant King.
These trial-takers surprised Lu Yin. Their strength was all quite good, at least in the Outerverse. He had seen many Melting Realm experts comparable to Gurbach's group. Among them, there was even someone whose strength surpassed Shuz's when he had just entered the Tenth Academy. They were definitely the top-tier geniuses of the Butterfly Shadow territory.
But these geniuses were useless to the current Lu Yin. His experience in the Tenth Academy was enough for him to look down on these geniuses.
The swamp became lively, with trial-takers everywhere. The fighting never stopped, mostly between the trial-takers and the swamp creatures. Of course, there was also infighting among the trial-takers.
At this time, another group of people arrived. This group surprised Lu Yin because among the newcomers were two extremely beautiful women, charming and enchanting, with graceful figures, enough to attract the eyes of most men.
Amu also saw them and lowered his head, a deep-seated hatred flashing in his eyes, but it was hidden very well.
This group went directly into the swamp. The two beautiful girls gave Amu a disdainful glance, said nothing, and went straight in.
Lu Yin noticed Amu's abnormality but did not ask.
The battle in the swamp never stopped. He didn't know how much time had passed when, with a loud roar, the Giant King appeared.
He was also quite unlucky. Two trial-takers were fighting right above his head, forcefully pressing him out.
The entire swamp shook. All the trial-takers rushed to where the Giant King was.
Zhuo Baiye's eyes lit up, and she immediately rushed over but was stopped by Lu Yin. "You can't make a move yet."
Zhuo Baiye's gaze was icy. "You want to stop me?"
"Yes," Lu Yin looked up.
Zhuo Baiye was furious and gripped her longsword.
A scream startled Lu Yin. He gave up on Zhuo Baiye and immediately rushed into the swamp.
At this moment, in the swamp, more than ten trial-takers were in a great battle with the Giant King. Lu Yin also saw the Giant King.
Compared to an ordinary Giant, the Giant King was clearly a few sizes larger. More importantly, he was wearing clothes. No, it couldn't be considered clothes, just animal skins, but this represented that the Giant King had a sense of shame, which was a symbol of intelligence.
The Giant King was far more terrifying than an ordinary Giant. With a casual slap, it made the swamp boil, and a terrifying shockwave sent several trial-takers flying. One of the unlucky ones was plunged straight into the swamp, head over heels, with only a pair of legs exposed.
The others immediately retreated. Their attacks were useless against the Giant King.
The Giant King was extremely furious. He didn't know how he had been exposed. He grabbed the unlucky fellow who was head over heels with one hand, lifted him upside down in front of him, and opened his mouth. Such a terrifying scene made everyone's scalp tingle. That person was about to be eaten.
"Brother, do you need to be saved?" Lu Yin shouted.
The others didn't react. The unlucky fellow who was head over heels was screaming for his life.
"I can save you, but you have to give me everything in your spatial ring," Lu Yin shouted again.
This time, many people looked at him with strange expressions. Zhuo Baiye was the same. This guy... was extorting?
"Okay, okay! Everything for you! Everything for you! Save me!" that trial-taker could already count the number of teeth of the Giant King and was scared to the point of peeing his pants.
Lu Yin used Void Flash and appeared in front of the Giant King, kicking out. The Ninefold Impact erupted, and nine explosive sounds sent the Giant King's arm flying. The unlucky fellow was once again plunged into the bottom of the swamp, head over heels again.
The Giant King stared at Lu Yin and punched down with its fist. Lu Yin had no interest in fighting the Giant King head-on. He used Void Flash again to dodge, grabbed the head-over-heels person, and left. He had used his physical strength to burst forth, and his speed was unbelievably fast. The Giant King's punch missed, and its fist blasted a large pit in the ground.
Lu Yin threw the unlucky fellow on the ground. At this moment, the unlucky fellow had not yet recovered, his eyes wide with fear, almost scared to death. Anyone who was about to be eaten would be like this; no one was not afraid of death.
Lu Yin squatted in front of the unlucky fellow, patted his face, and revealed a smile. "Alright, the deal is complete. You can give me the spatial ring now."
Only then did the unlucky fellow come to his senses and let out a breath. His whole body was soaked. He looked at Lu Yin, gritted his teeth, took off his spatial ring, and poured out everything inside. "It's all here. Take whatever you want, or you can take it all." He didn't dare to play any tricks. No matter under what circumstances this person had extorted him, he had saved his life. A deal was a deal. He couldn't go back on his word no matter what.
Lu Yin was very satisfied and looked at the things in his spatial ring. Hmm, not bad. Those who dared to participate in the territorial trial were not ordinary elites. There were over a thousand cubic meters of crystals, so he wasn't poor. There was also a Mebis Bank star card. "How much is in it?"
The unlucky fellow was embarrassed. "There... there's no more. I spent it all to participate in the territorial trial, bought a set of Melting Realm ring-type battle armor, bought some..."
"Stop! I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." Lu Yin unceremoniously rummaged through it and took some strange metals. The deal was over.
During the Earth trial before, Las and the others combined didn't even have a thousand cubic meters of crystals. That was because the level of the trial was different and there was no danger. If Las were to participate in a territorial trial, Lu Yin was sure that Sika would definitely let him fill his spatial ring, with at least over ten thousand cubic meters.
Where there was one, there would be a second. Lu Yin saved another unlucky fellow who was almost smashed to pieces by the Giant King's palm. When he was saved by Lu Yin, more than half of his body was immobile, and it was Lu Yin who had treated him.
This unlucky fellow had contributed more than two thousand cubic meters of crystals to Lu Yin. Not bad.
One, two, three... Lu Yin was like a rescue soldier, constantly saving people, but he didn't save the same person twice because they had no money. And those who had been saved did not dare to attack.
More and more trial-takers rushed over from all directions. The two beautiful women also arrived and attacked at the same time, making the Giant King wary as soon as they attacked.
Lu Yin was surprised. These two were not weak.
"Seventh Bro, can I ask you for a favor?" Amu said in a low voice.
Lu Yin hummed in acknowledgment. "Speak."
"Don't... don't save those two women," Amu's tone was low.
Lu Yin was surprised. "Why? I'm very short of money. They look very rich."
Amu gritted his teeth, looked at Lu Yin pleadingly, took out his spatial ring, and handed it to him. "This is all I have. Although it's not much, but... but I beg you."
The corner of Lu Yin's mouth lifted. "Are they members of the Butterfly Shadow Race?"
Amu nodded.
Lu Yin nodded and casually looked at the battlefield. "Alright, I won't save them."
"Thank you," Amu was grateful.
The strength of the Giant King horrified many. The peak of the Limiteer Realm, and moreover, it had the shadow of a combat technique. The reason it was said to be a shadow was that everyone was not sure if it knew any combat techniques, but its moves had a structure, very similar to a combat technique.
Lu Yin stared at the Giant King. He was sure this guy knew combat techniques and was hiding it. Why? Lu Yin looked up. Was it because of those supervisors? This was the sorrow of a backward civilization. They clearly had the strength but did not dare to use it for fear of arousing suspicion. Earth had been the same back then. If not for his identity as the King of Zishan, all the people of Earth would have become cannon fodder.
The universe was cruel. Lu Yin once again felt the meaning of these words.