Chapter 154: An Unexpected Delight

A bolt of lightning as thick as a thumb costs two thousand units of Boundary Force! Compared to seventy or eighty thousand, two thousand is nothing. Harrison flicked his wrist, unleashing seven or eight bolts in rapid succession.

The opposing Boundary Guardian looked pale and tottering, the golden light surrounding him dimming. Harrison smiled slightly and unleashed another bolt of lightning. This one cost him five thousand units of Boundary Force and was as thick as an infant's wrist. Boom—the lightning struck the Guardian. The golden light surrounding the Guardian vanished instantly. The Guardian floated limply in the void, resembling a soft ragdoll.

Harrison laughed again, "My control is just perfect! It broke his defense and drained his Boundary Force completely, without killing him outright!" Harrison strode forward. In truth, with Harrison's Blue Diamond-level cultivation, every step taken in the void consumed Boundary Force. However, Harrison completely ignored such a trivial amount.

Despite the distance being only a few dozen meters, Harrison walked for a long time, consuming over a hundred units of Boundary Force, yet he hadn't reached his destination!

"Damn it! Another illusion!" Harrison finally came to his senses, so furious he could spit blood! Just moments ago, with those lightning bolts he had unleashed, he had cumulatively spent over twenty thousand units of Boundary Force!

But to break this illusion, Harrison had no choice but to spend another eight thousand units of Boundary Force to unleash a powerful lightning bolt to shatter the illusion before him.

The illusion collapsed with a roar. The limp, unconscious Guardian vanished. Harrison remained in the void. A few thousand meters away, a figure stood in the void. Who could it be if not that Guardian? Could it be another illusion? No matter how much Boundary Force one has, it cannot withstand endless consumption. This time, Harrison did not strike immediately.

"Lord Boundary Marquis, how much Boundary Force do you have left?" Lu Yi asked with a grin.

Harrison’s nose crooked in anger. "Is the storage of a Marquis something a lowly rat like you can fathom? If I told you, it would scare you to death!"

Lu Yi replied, "Then tell me! Let’s see if I’ll be scared to death!"

"I still have seventy thousand units of Boundary Force! How about that? Are you trembling with fear? Hahaha..." Harrison laughed loudly. In reality, he only had a little over fifty thousand left!

Lu Yi narrowed his eyes, pulled out a rocket launcher, and without another word, began firing!

Caught off guard, Harrison was sent flying backward by the artillery. Holding the rocket launcher, Lu Yi used pinpoint teleportation to pursue and barrage Harrison. Next time, he must carry a few nuclear bombs; when encountering a freak with endless Boundary Force like this, he would just toss a few nukes at him!

Harrison’s Spacetime Boundary Stele triggered automatic defenses, and his Boundary Force drained away rapidly.

"Boundary Force 301 consumed due to defensive reaction!"
"Boundary Force 305 consumed due to defensive reaction!"
"Boundary Force 312 consumed due to defensive reaction!"
...

Notifications scrolled rapidly across Harrison’s Spacetime Boundary Stele. Harrison was incensed and waved his hand swiftly. This time, he didn't care about anything! He didn't care if the Spacetime Origin was hard to capture after the Guardian died! Harrison was absolutely furious!

Crack-pop, an electric net fifty thousand meters wide—a net piled up with ten thousand units of Boundary Force—descended like a blanket! This net was enough to cover the entire scope of the current spatial barrier! "Kid, you can't escape now!"

Lu Yi looked at the overwhelming electric net. He only had a little over a thousand units of Boundary Force left, far from enough to contend with such a massive net. However, watching the trajectory of the net, Lu Yi smiled slightly, his body sinking suddenly until it reached the bottom of the spatial barrier.

Harrison laughed. The net continued to fall, soon to hit the little Guardian. Worried that Lu Yi might break through this spatial barrier and escape, Harrison hurriedly added five more layers of spatial barriers.

Just as he finished reinforcing the barriers, Harrison was stunned! The little Guardian had vanished, appearing from the space above. Damn it! He had forgotten that the little Guardian could perform pinpoint teleportation. Fortunately, he didn't seem able to teleport directly outside the spatial barrier!

Harrison waved his hand again, and a second net constructed with ten thousand units of Boundary Force descended. Two nets, attacking from above and below—the kid couldn't run now.

Harrison was just gloating when he suddenly noticed the little Guardian was gone again. "Grass! It’s another illusion!" Harrison’s heart was bleeding! That was another twenty thousand plus units of Boundary Force gone! Harrison reached this conclusion solely because he had only detected one Spacetime Boundary Stele on Lu Yi, named the Emerald Land Blue Sea Realm.

A single Spacetime Boundary Stele should only grant the Guardian two abilities, and they must be of the same element. For instance, Harrison’s Spacetime Boundary Stele was lightning-based; even if he devoured other steles, if the opponent’s ability wasn't lightning-based, he couldn't acquire their skills. Teleportation was a spatial skill, so the Guardian’s second skill must also be spatial, and could not possibly be an invisibility skill!

How could Harrison have guessed that the little Guardian he looked down upon possessed two Spacetime Boundary Steles, and both were from the Mixed Spirit World, naturally capable of encompassing everything without the restriction of only absorbing same-element skills? Aside from spatial skills, Little Hai had also absorbed the locking ability of the Cup Gold Realm Spacetime Boundary Stele! It was only because they were not in the Emerald Land Blue Sea Realm that it couldn't be used. Otherwise, Harrison would have had an even bigger surprise.

Wrong information, wrong cognition, led to the wrong conclusion. Harrison thought he had been tricked again and withdrew the electric net. The net was gone, but the spent Boundary Force could not be recovered!

To break this so-called illusion, Harrison unleashed another lightning bolt as thick as a calf, thrashing wildly at the void. As a result, Harrison had less than twenty thousand units of Boundary Force left.

He was unwilling to give up! No matter, he still had twenty thousand units; this time he would make the kid die! If he killed him and devoured his Spacetime Boundary Stele, even though a Green Treasure-level stele was low-ranked, a mosquito is still meat, and it could at least replenish a few thousand units of Boundary Force. Most importantly, the Spacetime Origin! Harrison absolutely could not abandon the Spacetime Origin, or how would he face the Boundary King's wrath upon returning?

After the lightning faded, Harrison saw the lively and jumping Guardian once again.

Lu Yi whistled, chuckling softly, and traced his finger in the air. Harrison recognized the trajectory of Lu Yi's finger—he had written the letters "SB" (idiot). Unfortunately, Harrison didn't understand the meaning of these symbols! But he read the mockery in Lu Yi's expression. Harrison’s rage soared to the top of his head.

Crack-pop! Another bolt of lightning struck down from above Lu Yi’s head. Lu Yi chuckled, used a pinpoint teleport, and appeared behind Harrison, dodging the strike!

A rocket launcher appeared in Lu Yi’s hands. Boom—a shot fired, hitting the back of Harrison’s head. Harrison was sent sprawling!

"Harrison, your performance time is over! Now, it's my turn!" Lu Yi announced loudly.

Harrison spun in the void, looking at the Boundary Force depletion notifications on his stele, his eyes spitting fire! "Die!" Harrison lashed out another bolt of lightning at Lu Yi.

Lu Yi continued to fire, not forgetting to take the time to toss a handful of high-level attack talismans at Harrison!

Harrison felt incredibly stifled! When he had killed the Boundary Marquis of the Aosai Realm, hadn't he also relied on a large number of attack talismans? He had even used over a hundred priceless Immortal Spirit Thunder Explosives! In the end, Harrison had relied on exhaustive preparations to drain the Aosai Marquis’s Boundary Force before killing him. Who would have thought that in less than half a month, it would be Harrison’s turn to face such a predicament?

Who told him to show off after killing the Aosai Marquis by dumping the remaining talismans and explosives onto a crowded planet, just to enjoy the pleasure of mass killing? Who told him to come out looking for the Spacetime Origin without replenishing his "ammunition"? Harrison regretted it until his bowels turned green!

Enduring Lu Yi’s frantic bombardment, Harrison strode toward him. Harrison thought, before his Boundary Force was completely consumed by this demon, he must wring his neck! Could a dignified Boundary Marquis really lose in hand-to-hand combat to a mere Boundary Guardian with his powerful physique?

Lu Yi fired over a hundred shots in one go, dumping all his remaining high-level attack talismans. Finally, Harrison’s Boundary Force was depleted. Harrison’s Spacetime Boundary Stele no longer automatically formed defensive walls. At this moment, Harrison reached Lu Yi and threw a punch at his face.

Hand-to-hand? Lu Yi smiled. He put away the rocket launcher, raised his arm high, and with all his might, slashed toward Harrison’s arm! Lu Yi didn't use Boundary Force; he couldn't afford to waste any more! Next, Lu Yi would use his fists to thoroughly defeat Harrison.

Bang! Their arms collided; Harrison felt a piercing pain, his arm was jarred away, and he lost his balance, nearly falling.

"Just a Boundary Guardian! What do you have to fight me with?" Harrison still couldn't believe he would lose! How was it possible? He was a Marquis, two whole ranks higher than a Guardian, equivalent to Blue Diamond-level cultivation! How could he lose to a guy who wasn't even at the Green Treasure level?

If he were a normal Guardian, his physical strength would indeed not reach the Green Treasure level! But Lu Yi was a dual-stele Guardian! Not only did he have two Spacetime Boundary Steles, but Lu Yi was born a Gale Spirit Warrior, naturally gifted in combat!

The two traded punches and kicks for nearly half an hour. It must be said that Harrison’s physique was far more robust than an ordinary Blue Diamond-level spirit! The strengthening of the Spacetime Boundary Stele was no lie.

Although Lu Yi’s combat power was slightly lower than Harrison’s, it was still at the Blue Diamond level, not as bad as Harrison had imagined! With his super speed, Lu Yi was not struggling at all against Harrison. However, as time went on, Lu Yi worried that Harrison might realize he was outmatched and try to flee. Lu Yi took the opportunity to quietly set up a few more layers of spatial barriers, occasionally revealing signs of defeat to keep Harrison hooked.

Harrison grew more and more confident, feeling that with just a little more effort, he could take the opponent’s life. Finally, Harrison saw his chance and seized Lu Yi by the throat. "Kid, die!"

A pitch-black dagger suddenly appeared at Harrison’s throat. Lu Yi curled his lips and pushed the dagger forward. "Sorry, I was just playing with you earlier!"

Angry? Extremely angry! Harrison glared viciously at Lu Yi, looking as if he wanted to tear him apart alive. If Harrison could see a mirror, he would notice his expression was identical to that of the Aosai Boundary Marquis when he died! Anger! Unwillingness! Yet, Harrison could do nothing now, except struggle in vain with wide-open eyes.

The pitch-black dagger twisted at Harrison’s throat and was pulled away gently. As the blade withdrew, a fountain of blood sprayed out, taking Harrison’s life with it.

Just like looting gear after killing a monster in a game, as soon as Harrison fell, a pile of items dropped. As a host to a Spacetime Boundary Stele, the moment Harrison’s signs of life vanished, the stele automatically detached. The spatial cavity created by the stele naturally disappeared, and the items inside spilled out.

Since they were in an alien realm, Harrison’s Spacetime Boundary Stele did not fly away immediately. Lu Yi rummaged through the mountain of materials and treasures, taking over ten minutes to find the Gaotof Realm Spacetime Boundary Stele.

It was a purple, crystal-like monument. Lu Yi stroked the purple surface and couldn't help but laugh out loud. What an unexpected joy! A Purple Crystal-level Spacetime Boundary Stele—hehe, if he devoured it, could Little Hai become a Purple Crystal-level stele? Thinking of this, Lu Yi immediately asked Little Hai.

Little Hai, being an honest child, replied truthfully: The Purple Crystal-level stele’s rank is too high for this stele to devour. This stele can only devour those of the same or lower rank.

Uh... there’s such a limitation? Lu Yi tossed the Purple Crystal-level stele into Little Hai’s spatial cavity for storage. As for Little He, Lu Yi didn't even consider letting it devour other steles. After all, Little He’s first metamorphosis didn't rely on a Spacetime Boundary Stele. Little He could take an entirely new path. Furthermore, Little He was a branch stele, and who knew if the commotion caused by it devouring or merging with another stele would alert the Kunlun branch.

Lu Yi examined the items Harrison had dropped one by one.

"Ten-thousand-year Yellow Essence?" Lu Yi picked up a golden, ancient tree branch and asked Little He to identify it.

Little He: "Yellow Essence, about fifty thousand years old!"

"Great! The Nine-Turn Golden Pill is within reach!" Lu Yi almost kissed the piece of Yellow Essence. After tossing it into Little He’s spatial cavity, Lu Yi picked up another material.

Little He: "Muscle-Cleansing and Marrow-Washing Fruit!"

Lu Yi smiled as he stored the bright red fruit. He had used this name to deceive people back in the day, never expecting to actually obtain one now! The Muscle-Cleansing and Marrow-Washing Fruit was, as the name suggested, a great item for cleansing tendons and marrow. If a drop of its juice were added when refining the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, the effect would double. After consuming such a pill, even a blockhead would become a cultivation genius!

Little He continued to identify them one by one.

Little He: "Charming Grass!"
Little He: "Carefree Flower!"
Little He: "Phoenix State Passion Fruit!"
Lu Yi: ...

A dozen or so in a row were all items used to enhance the effects of bedroom activities. Lu Yi speechlessly collected these materials and placed them in a specific corner of Little He’s spatial cavity.

Little He: "Monster Core, a Purple Crystal-level monster core, rich in immense immortal spirit energy. Consuming it can continuously increase Boundary Force, but there are side effects."

A Purple Crystal-level monster? Could it still be called a monster? That was clearly a powerful existence at the Immortal level! Lu Yi chuckled twice, wiped the core in his hand, and wished he could swallow it in one gulp. Given the side effects, it was better to keep it as a backup. Presumably, the side effects were significant; Harrison hadn't even consumed it when pushed to the brink.

Little He: "Azure Elegance, can be used to refine high-level spatial pigment, azure blue!"
Little He: "Green Water Ruyi, can be used to refine high-level spatial pigment, emerald green!"
Little He: "Blazing Sun Yellow Flower, can be used to refine high-level spatial pigment, golden yellow!"
Little He: "Water-Milk Gel, can be used to refine high-level spatial pigment, milky white!"
Little He: "Crimson Blood Slaughter, can be used to refine high-level spatial pigment, crimson red!"
Little He: "..."

Little He identified twenty-four types of high-level spatial pigment materials in a row, making Lu Yi squint with joy. If Harrison were a woman, Lu Yi would certainly have kissed her... uh... she really was a good person! A truly great person! So many high-level pigment materials were enough to make hundreds of high-level Spacetime Travel Talismans, saving him so much trouble!

And that wasn't all! These were just a very small part of the mountain of materials. Lu Yi stopped identifying them one by one and swept everything into Little He’s spatial cavity. If someone suddenly jumped out to fight him for them, and he couldn't win, he would regret it until his bowels turned green. Better to put them in the spatial cavity and identify them slowly later.

Harrison, this "gift-giving boy," left Lu Yi dozens of mid-to-high-level Spacetime Travel Talismans. It was Harrison’s own doing; if he hadn't been the one to drop so many spatial barriers, completely blocking his own retreat, he could have actually traveled away in the end.

As a Marquis, Harrison had invaded other realms many times successfully. Just in high-level Immortal Spirit Stones, he had collected over a million pounds. Now, all these spirit stones were Lu Yi’s gain.

Little He: "Sealed egg discovered."

It was a golden, glowing egg, like a dinosaur egg, incredibly massive. Lu Yi hurriedly picked this egg out and placed it into the Spacetime Thief Tower. Lu Yi’s spatial cavity could not yet house living things. Fortunately, this thing was sealed; otherwise, if tossed into the spatial cavity, it might have already lost its vitality.

Lu Yi took a glance at the snail in the Spacetime Thief Tower. The snail was still looking wilted. Lu Yi placed dozens of pounds of high-level Immortal Spirit Stones next to it, hoping the spiritual energy emitted by the stones would be useful to the snail.

Little He seemed to understand Lu Yi’s intention and immediately identified another item: "Three Great Returning Pills! Can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh and bone!"

The emerald-green pills emitted an alluring fragrance. Lu Yi had just placed one into the Spacetime Thief Tower when the snail caught the scent, crawled out of its colorful shell, and rotated its long tentacles, searching everywhere.

"Come, eat!" Lu Yi handed the pill to the snail. The snail suddenly opened its mouth wide and bit down.

"Ah!" Lu Yi screamed, "My hand!" His hand up to the wrist had been bitten by the snail.

The snail smiled apologetically, opened its mouth, and released Lu Yi’s hand.

Lu Yi reached to knock the snail on the head, but seeing its wilted state, he changed it to a gentle tap on its colorful shell instead.

The snail swallowed the pill and retreated into its shell to continue sleeping.

Lu Yi continued to take inventory of his spoils.