Lu Yin looked at the base of the mountain, where Liu Phineas had appeared.
"Eh? What's he doing here?" Ku Wei was puzzled.
Liu Phineas soon arrived and looked at Ku Wei. "So it's someone from the Seven Courts' Ku family. Sorry for not recognizing you."
Ku Wei waved a hand. "Don't be so polite. What are you doing here?
Do you still want to fight? "
Liu Phineas nodded. "I do, but not with you." He then looked at Lu Yin. "Alliance Leader Lu, can you show me the difference between me and the Ten Arbiters?"
Ku Wei was shocked. "Are you itching to challenge him?"
Liu Phineas shook his head. "It's not a challenge. I just want to experience the difference between me and the Ten Arbiters. In the future, I will definitely challenge them."
Ku Wei rolled his eyes. Challenging the Ten Arbiters was easy for him to say, but even he did not dare to fight them head-on. Even the most powerful descendants of the Neoverse would not dare to underestimate the Ten Arbiters, as they were all monsters.
Lu Yin understood Liu Phineas's thoughts. Back then, he had also experienced the difference between him and the Top 100 Rankings through Wendy Yushan. For someone who aimed to become one of the Ten Arbiters, it was normal for him to desire to know the difference.
"Have you thought it through?
Knowing the difference between you and the Ten Arbiters might give you more motivation to cultivate, but it might also make you despair. "
Liu Phineas's expression was solemn. "Yes."
Lu Yin nodded. "Alright, I'll fulfill your wish."
Liu Phineas clenched his fists. "Alliance Leader Lu, please excuse me." Black flames filled the sky and surged towards Lu Yin.
Ku Wei stood by Lu Yin's side without moving.
Lu Yin's eyes trembled. Nightfall.
Liu Phineas was shocked, and all he saw was darkness. The boundless spiritual force not only dispersed the black flames, but it also pressed down on him. It felt like the entire sky was collapsing.
He had never experienced such a terrifying spiritual force before, not even against his family's elders. This was the spiritual force of the Ten Arbiters.
Ku Wei looked at Liu Phineas with pity. Fighting against the Ten Arbiters was simply asking for a beating.
He had thought that Liu Phineas had been defeated. After all, not everyone could withstand the spiritual force pressure of the Ten Arbiters. Furthermore, Lu Yin had even used Nightfall, a battle technique that could perfectly display the spiritual force.
However, in the next moment, Phineas suddenly raised his head with blood at the corner of his mouth. A green light appeared in the darkness brought by Nightfall. It grew brighter and brighter, gradually illuminating the darkness.
That green color was fire, and it ignited the darkness. It transformed into a flame, wind, sea, and sky that illuminated the darkness. This was the Azure Sky Flame, Phineas's innate skill. It was extremely hot, and it could burn one's essence, energy, and soul.
This was a talent that could incinerate enemies with high temperatures, as well as burn their spirit.
This was the innate skill that had shocked the entire Dark Phoenix Clan — Green Heavenly Flames.
Lu Yin was astonished, and his spiritual force dissipated as he looked at Phineas. Even Nightfall was unable to penetrate these flames. What a miraculous innate gift!
Phineas panted heavily as he stared at Lu Yin. Logically speaking, his innate gift could restrain spiritual force, but Lu Yin's spiritual force was just too powerful. Furthermore, he also had a powerful battle technique like Nightfall, which even Phineas' innate gift could not restrain. Fortunately, he was still able to escape from Nightfall's suppression.
Lu Yin sighed. "It's no wonder why Elder Tannor and the others are so certain that you can challenge the Ten Arbiters in the future. Your innate gift is truly powerful."
Phineas felt bitter. Was it powerful?
He thought so as well, but even with such a powerful innate gift, he could only protect himself from this person's attacks.
Ku Wei was astonished. "Your innate gift is not bad, not bad at all. If the Daynight clan finds out about this, you'll become their mortal enemy."
The Daynight clan specialized in spiritual force attacks, but Phineas's Azure Sky Flame was able to burn away spiritual force, so he was indeed their mortal enemy. Even Lu Yin's Nightfall had been burned away, which meant that only Nightking Zhenwu and Zhuo Daynight's unparalleled battle techniques could deal with the Azure Sky Flame.
"Spiritual force is only one type of attack. Although it's powerful, it's not the only one. Otherwise, the Daynight clan would have been invincible a long time ago. Next, try this." Lu Yin raised a finger that was supported by nine-lined battle force. He flicked his finger, and with a bang, a gale tore through the void and bombarded Phineas's body.
Phineas's Azure Sky Flame was pierced through, and the gale sent him flying. He spat out a mouthful of blood in midair, but he was caught by an elder from the Dark Phoenix Clan. The elder was an Enlighter, and the moment he caught Phineas, he was also forced back by the enormous force. It took him a great deal of effort to stabilize himself, and he stared at Lu Yin in shock.
Just a casual attack had contained such terrifying power, and it was definitely not weaker than an Enlighter's strength.
Phineas had already fainted, as his body could not withstand this attack at all.
This was the strength of a Ten Arbiters, and Phineas was still too weak in comparison.
Ku Wei gulped. "Your Highness is mighty."
Lu Yin looked at Ku Wei. "Do you want to experience it?"
Ku Wei's face paled. "There's no need, Your Highness. I'm on your side."
Lu Yin turned to look into the distance. Perhaps there would come a day when Phineas could rely on his Azure Sky Flame to challenge the top three of the Top 100 Rankings, but he would never be able to challenge the Ten Arbiters. This was the difference between their levels.
In the past, Lu Yin had not been clear about this, but ever since the battle at the Innerverse's General Appointment Platform and his revival using the Arcane Art of Life and Death, he finally understood that the Ten Arbiters had undefeatable power. This was why they were called the Ten Arbiters.
Lu Yin had defeated Lan Si and stepped into the Ten Arbiters' realm. To Phineas and the others, he now possessed an undefeatable power.
With a single finger, an opponent that Lu Yin had once treated seriously had been defeated.
Was he being serious?
Lu Yin admitted that he had not been. At the very least, the Fatesand within his body had not been transferred, which meant that he had not used its full strength. Otherwise, that attack would have killed Phineas, and that Enlighter from the Dark Phoenix Clan would not have been able to catch him.
Lu Yin did not stay on the Blackflame Continent for long before he left with Ku Wei. His next destination was Calm Orchid Planet. He wanted the people of the Sea King's Dome to support Lan Si in retaining his position as one of the Ten Arbiters. That way, even if he had not become one of the Ten Arbiters, he would still be able to influence them.
Elsewhere, on a planet not far from Shenwu Continent, the void distorted as a figure staggered out and looked around. "Is this the space where Brother Lu is?
I'm not an Explorer yet, but I can fly through space. Is this the direction that Master pointed me in? "
The figure quickly headed in a certain direction.
Within his collapsible spacecraft, Lu Yin's gadget beeped with a notification from the Hall of Honor. "Lu Yin's status as a member of the Hall of Honor's Fazi will be temporarily revoked until he is cleared of any suspicions of being a traitor."
Lu Yin was shocked and immediately tried to contact Master Yuan, but he could not reach him.
The signal from Master Yuan's location was often unreachable.
Helpless, Lu Yin quickly changed directions and headed to the Southern Weave to look for Master Yuan.
Ku Wei was confused. "Your Highness, you're not going to Calm Orchid Planet anymore?"
Lu Yin's face was gloomy.
Ku Wei tactfully did not say anything else.
His status as a member of the Hall of Honor's Fazi had been revoked, which meant that he could no longer compete for the Star Tower in the Neoverse. This was a huge blow to him.
Only the Hall of Honor's Fazi, the heirs of the Neoverse's great factions, or the Sixth Mainland's invading Kings could compete for the Star Tower. Aside from his identity as Fazi, he was nothing. Now that Fazi's identity had been stripped away, he had lost the right to compete for the Star Tower.
He could not accept this no matter what.
Not long after, Lu Yin arrived at Master Yuan's location. He had Ku Wei wait outside while he went in to look for Master Yuan.
Master Yuan was puzzled. "Your status as a member of the Hall of Honor has been revoked?"
Lu Yin replied, "It's temporarily revoked until I'm cleared of any suspicions of being a traitor."
Master Yuan nodded. "Understood. I'll contact him."
Lu Yin waited, feeling a little uneasy.
His status as a member of the Hall of Honor had originated from Master Yuan, but now, even Master Yuan had not been aware of it. This meant that someone with a higher status had taken action. Could it be?
Lu Yin's face paled. Had his theft of the blood-colored bell been exposed?
That was impossible. If he had been exposed, then he would have been immediately killed by the Hall of Honor.
The blood-colored bell represented the Interstellar Arbitration's head inquisitor, who was the most powerful person in the Human Domain. No one dared to ask about anything that involved such a person. Even Master Yuan would not ask the inquisitor why Lu Yin had a blood-colored bell.
For now, as long as Lu Yin did not directly interact with the inquisitor, he would not be exposed.
That meant that Nightking Zhenwu had taken action, and his influence was even greater than Master Yuan's?
Lu Yin did not believe it.
After a while, Master Yuan opened his eyes and looked at Lu Yin. "Nightking Zhenwu used twenty Honor Points to prove that you are a traitor of the Fifth Mainland and that you colluded with the Sixth Mainland to steal the Commander's Platform. This is a testimony that cost a large amount of Honor Points, and even I cannot erase it."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. Twenty Honor Points was a price that Nightking Zhenwu was willing to pay. He had worked hard to help the Outerverse survive several crises, participate in the border wars, and participate in the Tournament of the Strongest, but he had only earned twenty Honor Points.
Where had Nightking Zhenwu gotten twenty Honor Points from?
Lu Yin voiced his doubts.
Master Yuan answered, "He exposed someone called Shui Chuanxiao, who betrayed the Human Domain, and he received ten Honor Points in one go."
Lu Yin understood. So Shui Chuanxiao had been exposed by Master Yuan. It was no wonder why he had received twenty Honor Points.
"Seventh Bro, that bastard Nightking Zhenwu is too despicable. Think about it, he can accept the Star Tower inheritance on his own, and once he succeeds, he'll become one of the Five Astral Children. Honor Points are useless to him, so he generously used Honor Points to prove his words. Even if he can't label you as a traitor, he can still make you lose the right to compete for one of the Five Astral Children. He's too despicable!"
Lu Yin frowned. "Master Yuan, will the Hall of Honor punish him because of his testimony-" Before he could finish, Master Yuan interrupted him. "Don't worry, they won't. No matter what, evidence is required. Besides, you are my disciple, so even if the Hall of Honor favors you, it will still favor you. However, there are quite a few people within the Hall of Honor who are speaking up for Nightking Zhenwu, so even I cannot immediately reinstate your status as a disciple of the Hall of Honor."
"Does that mean that I can't compete for one of the Five Astral Children?" Lu Yin asked.
Master Yuan sighed. "Unless you immediately prove your innocence, or if Nightking Zhenwu withdraws his charges."
Lu Yin sighed. "I understand."
Master Yuan nodded and earnestly said, "As long as you haven't done anything wrong, no one can accuse you unjustly. Besides, the Five Astral Children are not invincible."
Lu Yin respectfully replied, "Yes, thank you, Master Yuan."