Chapter 1036: Roles and Allies

Lou Yu didn’t seem to have much of a reaction to this.

He didn’t trigger another earthquake to destroy the district, nor did he trigger a nuclear explosion. Instead, he just stood there quietly, his gaze sweeping over the people fleeing in terror, like a statue without emotion.

After the surrounding people had almost all run away, he moved his steps and walked toward the direction of the Red Dust Monarch...

Just then,

a five or six-year-old boy rushed out against the crowd.

He was wearing a shirt with Superman drawn on the chest, holding a stone in his hand, and shouted at Lou Yu inarticulately:

“Bad guy Wuji Monarch!! I’m here to beat you!!!”

Whoosh—

He threw the stone in his hand at Lou Yu with all his might.

Seeing the boy, Lou Yu’s footsteps paused slightly. At this instant, his eyes were dazed... He didn’t dodge, nor did he attack, but just stared blankly as the stone flew through the air, crookedly hitting his toe.

Plop.

The stone hit Lou Yu’s foot, which was harder than steel, and instantly split into several pieces, not even leaving a scratch.

This scene stunned the fleeing residents around. They never expected that a brat would be so ignorant of life and death as to provoke the Wuji Monarch. They exclaimed and fled from around the child like avoiding a plague god, and in the blink of an eye, he was left alone in the middle of the road.

A stone failed to hit Lou Yu, and the boy was also a bit dumbfounded. As Lou Yu’s gaze locked onto his figure the next moment, he stiffened in place, as if falling into an ice cellar, unable to move even a little finger...

Lou Yu walked toward him step by step.

The abyss-like black robe fluttered in the ruins. Seeing that demon-like figure walking toward him, cold sweat began to break out frantically on the boy’s forehead.

Just as he closed his eyes in fear, a breeze brushed his face...

The death he imagined did not come.

The boy carefully opened one eye, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the black-clad Lou Yu ignoring him directly and passing by him calmly.

The boy was stunned. He didn’t understand why this demon who had slaughtered millions didn’t kill him. He just stood there blankly, watching the black shadow walk alone toward the end of the empty street... until it disappeared.

“Lou Yu!!”

A white shadow swept across the sky and blocked Lou Yu.

Most of the residents of this district were still fleeing frantically. Su Zhiwei didn’t dare to attack Lou Yu rashly, fearing that the aftermath of the battle between the two would cause too many casualties. She just gritted her teeth and looked at Lou Yu, seemingly unable to understand how he could still be alive after being obliterated into nothingness.

“Give up, Su Zhiwei.” Lou Yu said lightly. “I can’t win against you, but you really can’t kill me...”

Su Zhiwei’s eyes narrowed. “Can’t kill you? I... don’t believe it.”

Lou Yu sighed helplessly.

Bang!

The next moment, two metal palms suddenly grew from the ground under Su Zhiwei’s feet, hugging her figure tightly, and then rushed toward the sky like a rocket!

This sudden change surprised Su Zhiwei. She didn’t immediately break free from the metal giant’s restraint, but looked down at the streets and residents gradually moving away under her feet, a flash of doubt in her eyes...

Lou Yu’s body also rose into the sky, his black robe dancing wildly in the wind. He opened his arms toward Su Zhiwei, a faint fire glow rising in his eyes.

“You... will believe it.”

Lou Yu’s body instantly erupted with brilliant light, like a sun being activated, sticking close to Su Zhiwei’s front, and exploded violently!!

……

In the wind and snow, below the stage.

“I thought, what kind of brilliant move you would make... In the end, your backup is just the Red Dust Monarch?” The Silver King sneered at the Red King.

“The Red Dust Monarch is indeed very strong, and can suppress Lou Yu. If it were before, this move could indeed checkmate me... But, you might have underestimated Lou Yu’s current ability.”

The Silver King rubbed his fingertips and took a black piece from somewhere, placing it steadily in front of the Red King.

“Do you have any more pieces?”

The Silver King’s eyes narrowed, like a chess player about to checkmate, looking down at his opponent.

“No.” The youth wearing the opera robe shrugged. “I have no pieces.”

“Then I won this game of chess in the Tianxue Domain.”

“That’s not necessarily true.”

The Red King picked up the black piece and weighed it in his hand. “The Wuji Monarch, who possesses ‘infinite,’ can be immortal, and can regenerate in any matter. It is indeed conceptually unsolvable... But even so, there are still people who can solve him.”

The Silver King’s brows furrowed tightly. “Didn’t you say you had no pieces?”

“I don’t have pieces, and I never did... What I have are just ‘roles.’” The Red King spread his hands and chuckled.

“Isn’t it a coincidence? On the stage you chose, there is a ‘role’ who happens to be my ally...”

“And he...”

“Will push this grand drama of the era to the next important node.”

……

Tianxue Domain.

Tongtian Tower, 13th underground floor.

The Tongtian Tower is the landmark building of the Tianxue Domain and the tallest building of humanity in this era. The part above ground belongs to the Path of the Craft God, symbolizing the crystallization of human material civilization.

And only a very few people know that the part of this building below ground has another name...

Tianxue Base.

Just as the high sky of the Tianxue Domain was in turmoil due to the battle of the two Monarchs, a figure walked silently at the very bottom of the Tianxue Base... Doors opened as he approached, and the extremely strict defenses were peeled away layer by layer in front of this person, allowing him to enter the core area here.

“Tower Master, why are you here?” a figure wearing scientific attire couldn’t help but ask.

The Tongtian Tower Master didn’t explain. He didn’t even look at these people much, but said lightly:

“Open the door for me.”

“Open the door? Which door do you want to open?”

“Number O.”

The scientific figure was stunned. He seemed to realize something and said in shock in a low voice: “You want to wake up... that person?”

“Open the door.” The Tongtian Tower Master repeated again.

“...Yes.”

As the Tongtian Tower Master arrived at the deepest part of the base, a heavy armored door was slowly opened.

Blue light full of a futuristic feel filled every corner behind the door. At the junction of darkness and light, a huge sleep pod stood majestically... Mysterious liquid filled the inside of the sleep pod, and bubbles occasionally rose. If one looked closely at this time, one could see hazy starlight like fireflies roaming within it, as if possessing life.

And amidst this countless starlight, a figure was floating silently. He didn’t open his eyes, but seemed to have some strange perception...

The moment the Tongtian Tower Master entered the portal, the starlight floating around that person suddenly became brilliant!

Like the Lord of the Stars.

The Tongtian Tower Master looked at the person in the sleep pod quietly. After a while, a smile curled at the corner of his mouth... He raised his hand and tore at his chin, and a layer of skin dissipated into the air.

The Red King spoke slowly, as if meeting an old friend, his tone filled with nostalgia and melancholy:

“Lu Xun... long time no see.”