Lu Yin stared fixedly at Nightking Zhenwu's right palm, as it was too late for him to escape. If an invincible battle technique could be so easily evaded, then it would not be an invincible battle technique.
Nightking Zhenwu's gaze was calm, and he looked at Lu Yin as if he was looking at a dead man. No one could survive the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique, and Nightking Zhenwu was confident that he could even defeat the other nine Arbiters with this technique, let alone Lu Yin.
Some people liked to hide their true abilities, and Nightking Zhenwu was one such person. Against Bu Kong, Nightking Zhenwu had always prioritized self-preservation. Forget about the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique, he had not even used his nine-lined battle force. Of course, that did not mean that he would be able to defeat Bu Kong just by using it. At the very least, he would be able to force Bu Kong to treat him with caution.
This was especially true for the Nightking Heaven-Cleaving Technique, as Nightking Zhenwu really wanted to use it to test out the Daosource Three Skies.
He hadn't expected that the first time he used it in front of others would be against Lu Yin. He treated it as an experiment since he had only recently mastered it.
Lu Yin's right palm slowly chopped downwards, but the void did not change at all. This palm seemed like an ordinary palm strike, but in Lu Yin's eyes, Nightking Zhenwu's rune lines, which had originally filled the entire area, suddenly converged into a single point and attacked. At this moment, Lu Yin's entire body turned ice-cold, and an extreme sense of crisis enveloped him. He watched as the rune lines traversed the void and descended upon him. Lu Yin's eyes widened, and he decided to take a gamble.
"To be good at communicating with people, the Heavenly Dao does not allow. To leap into the starry sky and lie down. To be given by the Heavenly Dao, to leap into the vast expanse and lie down. To be condensed into Qi, to swallow and spit out a hundred rivers …" He recited the Stonewall Scriptures.
The Daynight clan was famous throughout the universe, and every single one of their battle techniques was related to one's spiritual force. Lu Yin was betting that the Daynight clan's unrivaled battle technique was the same. Night's End, Daybreak used spiritual force to forcefully pull a person into an illusion, causing them to fall into an eternal trance. Lu Yin did not know how the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique worked, but since it was a battle technique from the Daynight clan, then it might be able to display the full potential of spiritual force.
Since it was a spiritual attack, his greatest guarantee was the Stonewall Scriptures.
Nightking Zhenwu chopped down with a single palm, and the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique swept past Lu Yin. Nothing happened for a moment, but in the next moment, the space far away from the Commander Appointment Platform cracked open. Although Nightking Zhenwu's power level had been suppressed to less than 200,000, he was still able to display an unimaginably terrifying attack.
Nightking Zhenwu's gaze turned cold, as there was no one who could withstand the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique. Although this person's body did not suffer any external injuries, his spiritual force had already died.
In the distance, Zhuo Daynight's face was deathly pale. She was well aware of how terrifying the Nightking's Heaven-Opening Technique was. The Nightking's Heaven-Opening Technique was as terrifying as the Nightking's Heaven-Opening Technique. It was as famous as the Nightking's Heaven-Opening Technique, and she similarly did not believe that Lu Yin would be able to withstand it.
Nightking Zhenwu no longer cared about Lu Yin, and he turned to look at Zhuo Daynight with a cold gaze. "Who gave you the guts to participate in my battle? Kneel!" Ever since the Innerverse and Outerverse had been separated, Zhuo Daynight had been abandoned by Nightking Yuanjing, and she had become a caged bird once again.
Zhuo Daynight's body trembled, and she looked at Nightking Zhenwu with a gaze that was filled with fear, hatred, helplessness, and various other emotions. In the end, they all transformed into one emotion: despair.
She had thought that the White King's bloodline would have a chance of resisting the Nightking's bloodline once she learned the Night's End, Daybreak. However, Nightking Zhenwu had also successfully cultivated the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique, which no one had successfully cultivated for countless years. She had not known about this before, but now that she knew about it, she could only despair.
"I said — kneel!" Nightking Zhenwu shouted as he stared at Zhuo Daynight.
Zhuo Daynight's body trembled, and her red longsword fell to the ground with a clatter. Her legs slowly bent as she closed her eyes.
"Who are you asking to kneel?
It can't be me, right? "A mocking voice rang out.
Zhuo Daynight was overjoyed to see that Lu Yin was still alive.
Nightking Zhenwu's expression changed, and he slowly turned around. When he saw Lu Yin's beaming face, he asked in disbelief, "You, how is this possible?"
Lu Yin secretly relaxed, as he had made the right bet. The Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique allowed one to materialize their spiritual force, allowing them to break through with a single strike. Its power would increase by several times, and even the Daosource Three Skies, the strongest cultivators in the Sixth Mainland, might not be able to escape unscathed from this technique. In order to cultivate their imprints, the cultivators of the Sixth Mainland had never slacked off on improving their spiritual force, and the Daosource Three Skies were even more so.
Even the Daosource Three Skies might not be able to escape unscathed from the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique, which showed just how terrifying this technique was. In the entire Innerverse and Outerverse, there were very few people who could escape unscathed from this technique.
It was still unknown how many of the Ten Arbiters would be able to withstand it.
Unfortunately, this technique was not very useful to Lu Yin. The Stonewall Scriptures guaranteed that he could withstand a certain degree of spiritual force attacks, and the True Scripture of Eon Evolution could weaken the power of his opponent's attacks by reducing the number of rune lines. No matter what the opponent's attack method was, it could be weakened.
The combination of the True Scripture of Eon Evolution and the Stonewall Scriptures had become Lu Yin's bargaining chip to block the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique.
No one could understand Nightking Zhenwu's current state of mind. He had thought that his technique was invincible, but it had actually been blocked, and his opponent had not been injured at all. This was completely different from what he had expected.
Zhuo Daynight relaxed, as it was good that Lu Yin wasn't dead.
"How did you do that?" Nightking Zhenwu's tone was sharp, and he had completely forgotten about Zhuo Daynight.
The Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique should be invincible, and it should not have been blocked.
Lu Yin sneered, "What's there to do?
It's not like it's some powerful attack. "
Nightking Zhenwu stared at Lu Yin. "I'll give you one last chance. Tell me, how did you block the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique?"
Lu Yin's lips curled up. "Arrogant."
Nightking Zhenwu clenched his fists. "You're courting death!" He then disappeared and reappeared at Lu Yin's side. He lashed out with his leg, and there was a thump as the shockwave shook the arena once more.
Zhuo Daynight watched the intense battle between the two, and she slowly crouched down. She could no longer stand.
Lu Yin appeared to be unharmed, but the Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique had actually injured him. His head was dizzy, and he could only try his best to delay Nightking Zhenwu. If he could survive the Nightking Zhenwu's frenzied attacks, he would definitely be able to stall for time until the others arrived.
One minute passed. Two minutes passed. Five minutes passed.
Lu Yin relied on various methods to hold on.
Nightking Zhenwu shouted again, "Do you really want to die?
The Innerverse and Outerverse will soon be connected. You're from the Outerverse, and I can make you the number one person in the Outerverse Youth Council. You'll be able to command the younger generation of the Outerverse, and it won't be difficult for you to unify a weave or even several weaves. I, Nightking Zhenwu, can represent the Daynight clan and give you the greatest protection. "
Lu Yin had a strange expression. Unify several weaves in the Outerverse?
It seemed like Nightking Zhenwu was already half a king in the Outerverse, and he could command the younger generation?
Wrong, he could even command the experts of the older generation.
"Are you going to tell me or not?"
Nightking Zhenwu was very concerned about how Lu Yin had blocked the Nightking Heaven-Opening Technique. He had paid a great price to successfully cultivate this technique, and the fact that his first opponent had been able to block it so easily was a huge blow to him.
In reality, Nightking Zhenwu did not know that Zhiyi was thinking the same thing as him. Lu Yin had also ignored natural origin energy, which had been a huge blow to Zhiyi as well.
"Does your Daynight clan like to come up with disgusting names for your techniques?
Nightking Fist, Nightking Finger, Nightking Body, Nightking Restoration Technique, and now the Nightking Heaven-Opening Technique? I feel ashamed for you, "Lu Yin mocked.
Nightking Zhenwu's gaze turned cold. "You're really not going to tell me?"
"Ask a few more times, and I might tell you," Lu Yin said.
Nightking Zhenwu felt that it was a pity. "If that's the case, then you can die." But then, he suddenly paused. "Wherever your heart desires, you can turn it into an arrow. Have you heard of the Arrow Progenitor's secret technique?"
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, and his scalp felt like it was about to explode. He retreated a hundred meters, as he had forgotten that Nightking Zhenwu had learned the Sixth Mainland's Arrow Progenitor's battle technique. Nightking Zhenwu might have obtained the Arrow Progenitor's inheritance, as Progenitors could create their own secret techniques.
Secret techniques were mystical methods. Some secret techniques could be used, but no one could understand how they were done. The Yu Secret Art was one such technique. Lu Yin had learned it, but he did not know the principles behind it. He rarely encountered enemies who used secret techniques, and the ones who did so were the Sixth Mainland's Secret Progenitors. Resurrection, Great Reincarnation, God's Descent, and so on were all secret techniques that could not be understood.
However, those secret techniques could be traced, while the one that Nightking Zhenwu had just used was untraceable.
Lu Yin stared at Nightking Zhenwu warily. If this person had not mentioned it, he would have forgotten about it. Nightking Zhenwu was one of the Ten Arbiters, the future king of the Daynight clan. How could he not have a secret technique?
A single secret technique was enough to change everything.
Nightking Zhenwu looked at Lu Yin. "You're guarding against my secret technique?"
Lu Yin did not deny it. "You learned the Arrow Progenitor's secret technique?"
Nightking Zhenwu slowly replied, "Actually, I admire you. Regardless of our standpoints, your future won't be any worse than ours. Two of the Ten Arbiters are already over forty years old, and they're no longer part of the younger generation. With your strength, you'll be able to make up for it in a few more years."
"I can make up for it right now," Lu Yin said.
Nightking Zhenwu shook his head. "Celestial Phenomenon Suppression. Our power levels are restrained, and without it, our power levels would increase greatly. Don't think that just because the Ten Arbiters have withdrawn, you can make up for it. We are the Ten Arbiters, and that's a synonym for invincibility, not a title.
"The Ten Arbiters are members of the Universe Youth Council, but they are not members of the Universe Youth Council. The Ten Arbiters only appeared in our generation, and I don't know if there will be any in the future. At least for now, you, Xia Tian, and Tai Yuanjun do not have the qualifications to fill in for the Ten Arbiters."
Lu Yin listened quietly.
"If you want to become one of the Ten Arbiters, then the previous Ten Arbiters must abdicate. There's also another condition, which is that we, as fellow Ten Arbiters, must agree. If we don't agree, then we can challenge each other to the death," Nightking Zhenwu slowly said.
Lu Yin raised his brows. "You want to use the position of one of the Ten Arbiters to tempt me?"
Nightking Zhenwu nodded. "That's right. As long as you tell me how you blocked my Nightking Heaven-Splitting Technique, then not only can I guarantee that you will become one of the Ten Arbiters, but I can also help you obtain everything you want in the Outerverse."
"You don't want me to follow you?" Lu Yin asked.
Nightking Zhenwu frowned. "No need."
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright, then I'll state my conditions. As long as you can fulfill them, I'll tell you."
Nightking Zhenwu's eyes flashed. "Speak."
Lu Yin's tone was firm. "I want you to help me unify the Outerverse and make me the king of the Outerverse."
Nightking Zhenwu's eyes narrowed. "Are you joking?"
"You can't do it?"
"No one can. The seventy-two weaves of the Outerverse have existed for countless years, but no one has ever been able to do it. The Hall of Honor won't allow anyone to do it, and even the various great powers of the Innerverse won't allow anyone to do it. Anyone who dares to do it will become everyone's enemy."