Chapter 2493: Know Your Crime

"You are far too weak compared to me. Know your place," the middle-aged man stated slowly.

Zi Jing grabbed hold of Lu Yin's arm and pushed him away while glaring fiercely at the middle-aged man. "Ke Jian, if you want me to return with you alive, let him go!"

Ke Jian grew puzzled. "Why do you care about him?"

Zi Jing's face flushed red. "He saved my life."

Ke Jian glanced at Lu Yin. "Do you two have feelings for each other?"

At this moment, CyNet World trembled, and Ke Jian's expression grew serious. "A Semi-Progenitor from this universe has sensed us."

The pearl on his chest glowed white, and power flowed out of the pearl and down his arm. He then raised that hand and tore through the void. He quickly grabbed hold of Zi Jing and Lu Yin, and all three people disappeared into the rift.

After they were gone, Qing Ping stepped out and stared at the empty tower. Safe travels, Junior Brother.

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There were countless parallel universes that made up all of reality, and some chose to divide the megaverse into individual universes. Time and space served as the coordinates of these megaverses, which could expand infinitely.

If one looked at a map that had numerous parallel universes, the larger the parallel universe was, the greater the resistance one would encounter when trying to enter it. There would be hardly any resistance when entering a small parallel universe, such as the one that had held Aeternus Nation.

After Ke Jian tore through the void while carrying along Zi Jing and Lu Yin, power continued to flow out from the white pearl on his chest, protecting the other two from the void while propelling them forward. Almost instantly, they appeared in a place that was much brighter than the top of the tower in CyNet World.

They had arrived in a place that was full of metal and bright lights that shone down onto their faces from all different directions. Lu Yin and Zi Jing were suspended in mid air.

Ke Jian appeared above them and kneeled. "I've brought them back."

Lu Yin was taken aback. Regardless of Ke Jian's personal strength, he had just displayed a level of power equal to a Semi-Progenitor’s. The fact that he was behaving so respectfully indicated that he was facing a Progenitor-level powerhouse.

There was no one that he could see in front of Ke Jian. Rather, there was a single black pearl that emitted a mysterious and eerie glow.

A voice suddenly erupted like a clap of thunder. "Zi Jing, do you know your crime?"

"Zi Jing, do you know your crime?"

"Zi Jing, do you know your crime?"

Voices fell one by one, each filled with conceit and superiority. They were not echoes but distinct words of different individuals.

Zi Jing's face grew ashen, and she fell to her knees in the same manner as Ke Jian. "Zi Jing knows her crime."

"Why did you flee?" One resounding voice rang like the tolling of a doomsday bell and exploded within her ears.

Caught off guard, Zi Jing coughed up blood. Blood leaked from her mouth, ears, nostrils, and eyes as she collapsed to the floor and confessed, "Zi Jing knows her crime."

"Why did you flee?" Another voice thundered. It was so forceful that it nearly took on a physical form. Zi Jing was crushed beneath its weight, but another invisible force appeared from below, forcing Zi Jing to endure the pressure from two different directions. She coughed up blood again. "Zi Jing knows her crime."

"Why did you flee?"

"Why did you flee?""Why did you flee?"

The voices continued to explode in a series. Each spoken word crushed Zi Jing while also tearing her clothing. Her once pure skin was now cracked and bleeding. She looked truly pitiful.

"Enough!" Lu Yin finally spoke up. Were these individuals nothing but mindless parrots? They did nothing but repeat the same lines over and over again.

Zi Jing's face was deathly pale, and she did not dare to even raise her head.

Ke Jian looked down at Lu Yin, surprised that the young man had spoken at all.action

Lu Yin was using the Mask of Death to conceal his face and hide his identity by slightly altering his appearance. He was revealing the strength of an Enlighter, which made him appear to be an average cultivator.

As soon as Lu Yin spoke, silence filled the space. A beam of light shone down, revealing a set of numbers in midair: 276,653.

"How dare a weakling speak up in this supreme land! Ke Jian, who is he?" one voice boomed, accompanied by a powerful force that slammed Lu Yin to the ground. It was a level of pressure equivalent to a peak Enlighter’s.

Ke Jian ducked his head. "Zi Jing insisted on his safety. The two have feelings for each other."

Lu Yin lay on the ground and faked struggling to raise his head. "Don't make things difficult for Zi Jing! She's already returned and has even confessed to her crimes."

"Audacious!" one voice shouted. The pressure intensified, tearing both people’s clothes and forcing both Lu Yin and Zi Jing to spit out blood. "Weaklings are not qualified to speak here!"

Zi Jing yelled, "Let him go! I'll do anything you want, just don't hurt him."