At this point, no one could deny Lu Yin's strength. He truly had the qualifications to fight one of the Ten Arbiters head-on.
Lan Si had not become one of the Ten Arbiters by relying on the Overlaying Stacks Path alone. Lu Yin had already secured his position as one of the Ten Arbiters, but what he needed the most now was to defeat Lan Si.
However, Lan Si was still a mystery, and Lu Yin could not figure out how he could quickly counterattack. Lu Yin could not possibly win.
Lu Yin could forcefully resist the Empty Palm to observe the weakness of this battle technique and then think of a way to counterattack. He could pull the battle into an irreversible state, but if he could not figure out Lan Si's true strength, then no matter how hard he tried, Lan Si would quickly turn the tables.
Lu Yin looked at Lan Si and suddenly thought of something. "That was your innate gift."
Lan Si panted heavily, and with every breath, the palm print on his chest healed a little. "My innate gift is to block out pain."
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, and his face paled.
Blocking out pain seemed like a useless innate gift, as it could not be used to attack or defend. However, for people like Lu Yin who specialized in physical strength, this innate gift was too powerful.
Pain was a human body's instinctive protection. Only by feeling pain could one know the limits of their body. Once they felt pain, their actions would be restricted no matter how strong their willpower was. This was an instinctive reaction that could not be avoided.
In battle, the slightest bit of carelessness could be the key to victory or defeat.
Blocking out pain did not have any restrictions. No matter how severe the injury, unless one's body was directly shattered, one could still act according to one's will without any delay. Just like earlier, even if Lan Si wanted to counterattack, his body's limits would not allow him to do so. At most, he could defend himself, but he had relied on blocking out pain to counterattack.
Perhaps this would cause him to be even more severely injured, but it was still much better than directly taking on the Dual Yang attack.
The physical body had no intelligence, so it could not tell whether pain was good or bad for one's body. As long as one was injured, they would feel pain. Only the brain had intelligence.
Lan Si had blocked out pain, and his intelligence allowed him to perfectly control his body, allowing him to do things that normal people could not.
Lu Yin understood why Lan Si had cultivated the Overlaying Stacks Path and the Empty Palm. Everything was based on his innate gift of blocking out pain.
"Seventh Bro, this guy's definitely a ruthless person! He's able to block out the perception of pain, which means that he doesn't care about his body at all. Even if his body cracks, he can still fight back. Seventh Bro, stop fighting! This guy's a freak!" the monkey shouted.
Lu Yin clenched his fists. This was going to be troublesome. He could defeat a normal person, no matter how strong or talented they were. However, it would be difficult for him to defeat someone who was seeking death.
Lan Si blocked the perception of pain. To a certain extent, he was equivalent to a person seeking death. Without pain, unless he died, there was no way to defeat him.
"Now you know why I asked you to admit defeat?
"I admit that I have a whole new level of respect for you. You should be on par with me, but you'll never be able to defeat me," said Lan Si indifferently.
His expression was very calm. The palm print on his chest was very deep and brought him great pain. His five viscera and six bowels might have been torn apart, but he couldn't feel it.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. He had an innate gift as well, and if he used it, he was completely confident that he could defeat Lan Si. No matter how much Lan Si blocked his perception of pain, as long as he hid in the Time Stop Space, he would be able to recover even if he didn't take medicine.
However, he couldn't use this innate gift. At this moment, the entire universe was watching him, and he didn't know if anyone knew about his innate gift.
The universe had developed for countless years, and who knew what legends had appeared in the past?
But he didn't need to use it. It was too difficult to defeat Lan Si.
This was a dilemma. Even if he had to expose his innate gift, he hoped that he would reveal it during his battle with Nightking Zhenwu. If not for Nightking Zhenwu's Heart Arrow sneak attack, Lu Yin wouldn't have been defeated so easily.
The next time he faced Nightking Zhenwu, as long as he could ensure that he wasn't ambushed by Heart Arrow, it would be difficult for him to lose. After all, he had the Stonewall Scriptures, which could withstand the Daynight clan's spiritual force attacks.
"Seventh Bro, are you going to fight or not?
If you're not, then hurry up and retreat. Dragging things out will be beneficial to that guy, "the monkey asked.
Lu Yin was startled, and he let out a breath. He had actually thought of Nightking Zhenwu, but he still hadn't thought of a way to deal with Lan Si.
The monkey was right. The longer he dragged things out, the more advantageous it would be for Lan Si.
As he thought about it, Lu Yin tore through the void and sent a palm strike towards Lan Si.
Lan Si's gaze turned cold, and his body disappeared. Lu Yin released his domain, and Lan Si tore through the void to reappear. Lu Yin then released his spiritual force — Nightfall.
This was the only way to deal with Lan Si. Lu Yin used his domain to search for Lan Si's traces while Nightfall slowed down the speed of his Empty Palm.
The moment Nightfall appeared, the Daynight clan in the Innerverse went into an uproar. Nightfall was one of the Daynight clan's few powerful battle techniques, and it wasn't any weaker than the Daynight Restoration Technique. It was just that it wasn't that famous. Now that Lu Yin had used it, the Daynight clan was furious.
Nightking Zhenwu's face turned gloomy. Lu Yin had actually copied Nightfall.
Previously, Lu Yin had used Nightfall from Peng Emperor Planet's core, but now, he was in outer space.
The moment Nightfall appeared, Lan Si's vision turned dark, but he didn't use his Empty Palm. After being ambushed by Lu Yin once, he wouldn't allow himself to be ambushed a second time.
Lu Yin released his domain and searched for Lan Si.
Lan Si appeared behind Lu Yin, raised a hand, and slapped out.
Lu Yin couldn't use Nightfall continuously, but the moment Lan Si appeared, he tapped out with his Dream Finger.
Although the Dream Finger did not exert spiritual force suppression, it could still freeze the void. This was a battle technique that came from outside of the upper three gates, and unless the gap between the two was too great, it was impossible to avoid being frozen in the void. Lan Si was no exception.
He hadn't expected Lu Yin to have such a battle technique. His Empty Palm was slowed down, but he still managed to release it. However, the moment he released it, Lu Yin used the Yu Secret Art to redirect it. This time, he didn't use the Eon Evolution True Scripture to weaken the rune lines. Instead, he directly redirected it, so he wasn't able to completely redirect it. His body still bore half of the palm's power.
He was willing to bear this half of the palm's power. At the same time, his pupils transformed into runes that weakened the rune lines on Lan Si's right palm. The Dream Finger traversed the void and directly pierced through Lan Si's right palm. The finger's power even penetrated his palm, causing Lan Si's right arm to split open.
The two were simultaneously forced back by each other. Half of Lu Yin's body was numb, and his nine-lined battle force was already on the verge of collapse. He couldn't even release his Fatesand.
Lan Si's right arm was shattered, and blood dripped down from his body. He almost lost his footing.
This was a battle where both sides were heavily injured, and it was a battle of endurance.
The Outerverse had never seen such a desperate battle between the younger generation before.
Before the battle, countless people had speculated on the outcome. Most favored Lan Si and felt that he could easily defeat Lu Yin. There were also some who favored Lu Yin, but even those who favored Lu Yin only thought that he would lose by a narrow margin.
Now, both of them were in a miserable state.
In the Innerverse, countless people were watching their screens in silence.
Liu Shaoqiu, Mu Rong, Ling Que, Wen Qian'er, as well as the top of the Top 100 Rankings, Tian Tian, Tai Yuanjun, and the others were all speechless as they watched.
At this point, both sides had used all of their trump cards. Many people no longer cared about who would win or lose, as these two were the most powerful of the younger generation.
Even the other Ten Arbiters had to admit that Lu Yin's strength was on the same level as theirs.
In the distance, the Astral River's energy was weakening.
Peng King Planet was falling apart as it exploded from the inside out. This was the moment when Peng King Planet was at its brightest; it was the fireworks before the end of its life.
Without wasting any time, the two charged at each other.
No one would willingly admit defeat. If they did, the battle would have ended long ago.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
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With a boom, the two crashed into Peng King Planet, which was on the verge of being completely destroyed. They landed on a piece of land that had flown into outer space. Lava bubbled on the land, and some strange creatures writhed in despair.
Lan Si raised a hand, but it was only an empty palm strike.
Lu Yin's domain was constantly monitoring Lan Si, and when he saw Lan Si make a move, Ye Lin used his own technique as well. However, after using it several times, Ye Lin's spiritual force was already exhausted. Not only did he fail to injure Lan Si, but he also suffered a backlash as his body took the full brunt of Lan Si's Empty Palm.
His nine-lined battle force finally collapsed, and Lu Yin had withstood no less than ten of Lan Si's Empty Palm strikes. Even the other Ten Arbiters might not have been able to withstand such an attack.
Lu Yin was pressed into the lava, and as soon as he spat out a mouthful of blood, it was vaporized by the lava.
Lan Si's left palm trembled as he pressed his other hand against the ground. His palm sank deep into the ground as sweat mixed with his blood dripped down. The lava beneath his feet gradually swallowed him up, and even his blood was vaporized.
He stared at the bottom of the lava. Had Lu Yin lost?
Would he be able to stand up?
Outside of Peng King, countless people stared at the land and the lava.
At the bottom of the lava, Lu Yin opened his eyes. His left arm was powerless, and his nine-lined battle force had cracked open. He could not release his Fatesand, and his spiritual force was close to exhaustion. Even his right palm could not display any powerful attacks, and his right finger had been crippled because he had used the Dream Finger and Overlaying Stacks. He had rarely experienced such a desperate battle. After cultivating for almost twelve years, he had rarely experienced such a desperate battle!
The red lava obstructed his vision, and it also obstructed the surveillance outside of Peng King.
Lu Yin slowly opened his right palm. It would be disrespectful to hold back against one of the Ten Arbiters. As he thought about it, he shielded the monkey and his die appeared. He tapped it out. This was not considered cheating, as the die was his innate gift, just like Lan Si's ability to block out pain.
If Lan Si did not have his innate gift to block out pain, then the battle might have already ended.
The die slowly spun, and Lu Yin hoped that he would roll Enhance. As long as he could enter the Time Stop Space, then everything would be under his control.
At that moment, Lu Yin's expression suddenly changed. Within his domain, he saw Lan Si appear directly above him. Star energy surged out and pushed away the lava.
Lu Yin hurriedly used his forcefield to create a tree to stop Lan Si, but it was to no avail. Lan Si's gaze was piercingly cold as he raised his left palm and struck out. This was not an empty palm, but rather a Hundred Stacks attack.
At that moment, Lu Yin's die stopped spinning. It was a Enhance.
There was a thump as Lu Yin was struck head-on. His entire body pierced through the land in outer space, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Lan Si stood on the land and looked at Lu Yin. "I don't want to kill you. It's time to admit defeat. Your body has reached its limit."
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