There was only a thin barrier between the 99th level and the top. It seemed weak, but it was precisely because of this barrier that no one besides the First Nightking had ever been able to reach the top.
Nightking Zhenwu did not stop Lu Yin even when he reached the barrier.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and he raised a hand to touch the barrier.
The moment he touched it, Nightking Zhenwu also arrived and attempted to pass through the barrier.
The two touched it at the same time.
The screen of light was like a sharp blade that transformed into a boundless storm of spiritual force that recklessly swept out, attempting to slice Lu Yin's entire body apart. The spiritual force exploded in his mind like thunder, and Lu Yin groaned as blood flowed out of his ears. His pupils dilated, as he was unable to withstand the attack. This was the power that had isolated countless geniuses from the Daynight clan, and even Nightking Zhenwu had failed to succeed in his previous attempt.
Although Lu Yin's spiritual force was boundless, it was only at the level of the Ten Arbiters. He was still far from Nightking Zhenwu, who specialized in spiritual force, let alone the First Nightking, who had silenced an entire era.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for him to pass through the barrier and reach the top.
However, he had an ultimate technique that was linked to spiritual force. Lu Yin's first thought was the Stonewall Scriptures, but no matter what, he had to memorize them.
Half of Nightking Zhenwu's body passed through the barrier. He was also bleeding from his ears, but he was very steady as he walked up step by step.
He knew that the First Nightking was extremely powerful and had led the Daynight clan to prosperity, but Nightking Zhenwu was not weak either. The Ten Arbiters were monsters that had never appeared in any era, and even the First Nightking had not been able to suppress Nightking Zhenwu.
If the other nine had not existed in this era, then Nightking Zhenwu would definitely have been able to recreate the glory of the First Nightking.
If the First Nightking could reach the top, then Nightking Zhenwu could as well. As for Lu Yin, Nightking Zhenwu glanced at him with disdain. An outsider actually dared to dream of reaching the top? What a joke.
Nightking Zhenwu acknowledged Lu Yin's battle prowess, but in the Daynight clan, spiritual force was what mattered. Among the Ten Arbiters, no one could compare to Nightking Zhenwu in terms of spiritual force.
The people who were originally in the Night Vigil Pavilion had already walked out. They were a hundred meters away from the Night Vigil Pavilion and looked at the top, watching the two of them reach the top.
When they saw Nightking Zhenwu steadily climb up while Lu Yin stopped with blood dripping from both of his ears, many mocked him. "He thinks that he's invincible just because he defeated the Divine Fist. The Ten Arbiters all have their own strengths, and the Daynight clan specializes in spiritual force attacks. Ascending to the top of the Vigil Pavilion must have something to do with spiritual force. This Lu Yin is too full of himself.
"You really think you can reach the top of the Night Guardian Pavilion? You're courting death."
"He's really unlucky this time. Not only is he unable to ascend to the top of the Vigil Pavilion, but he's also become a laughingstock. He's also completely offended the Daynight clan. From now on, he can only stay in the Outerverse."
"The Outerverse isn't safe either. Do you really think that you'll have a high status just because you've unified the Outerverse? From the Innerverse's perspective, the Outerverse is just a resource field."
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At this moment, it wasn't just the Vigil Pavilion that was looking over; the entire Nightless City was looking over, including the people who had been hired by the Daynight clan to serve the city. For example, the middle-aged cultivator who had been cooking the fruit fish, as well as the chattering girls.
Flowers danced in the air, and emeralds vied with one another. Nightless City had brought in the best performers from the Daynight Flowzone, and they all looked over at the Vigil Pavilion from among the thousands of flowers with a bewitching smile on their faces. "He's Lu Yin?
He's just so-so. "
If Lu Yin had really stopped moving forward, then he would have become the biggest laughingstock of this banquet.
However, since Lu Yin dared to do such a thing, he naturally had the confidence to do so. With the Stonewall Scriptures, he was the Daynight clan's greatest nemesis.
Nightking Zhenwu walked up once more. Although he was moving slowly, he was still very steady. He was already half a body taller than Lu Yin, and he looked down from above. His gaze was arrogant, calm, confident, and contemptuous.
At this moment, Lu Yin suddenly looked at Nightking Zhenwu and smiled. He then took a step forward and stood at the same level as Nightking Zhenwu.
Nightking Zhenwu didn't even have time to react, and he just stared at Lu Yin in a daze. His gaze went from looking down to being at the same level in an instant.
Before anyone else could react, Lu Yin had already caught up to Nightking Zhenwu.
They didn't have much time to think, as Lu Yin took another step forward and surpassed Nightking Zhenwu by half a body's length. At this moment, everyone was stunned, and they all stared blankly at Lu Yin.
Nightking Zhenwu was similarly stunned. Throughout his decades of cultivation, he had never encountered such a situation before.
At his level, it was impossible for a powerhouse of the same level to easily surpass him. But today, such a situation had happened, and it had caught him off guard.
Lu Yin's lips curled up into a smile, and he looked at Nightking Zhenwu with disdain, arrogance, and contempt.
Nightking Zhenwu's pupils shrank, and an indescribable fury rose from his heart.
Below him, many Daynight clan members roared, "Lu Yin, come down!"
"Lu Yin, how dare you! Get down here!"
"Lu Yin, my Daynight clan will exterminate your entire family!"
"You're not allowed to climb up. Lu Yin, come down immediately!"
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No matter how angry these people were, or how much they threatened him, Lu Yin had already surpassed Nightking Zhenwu and was only one step away from the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion.
On Nightking Planet, someone opened their eyes, and a dignified gaze traversed the planet to look at Lu Yin at the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion.
A formless pressure descended from the void, causing the void to become unstable.
Lu Yin raised his head and looked to the east of Nightking Planet. "The Daynight Feast is about to begin. Senior, do you want to join us?"
Below him, the crowd looked to the east. Senior?
No one was stupid, and the meaning behind Lu Yin's words was clear. A senior from the Nightking clan had interfered and was trying to prevent him from ascending to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion.
In the east of Nightking Planet, an old man's gaze turned cold, but he obediently retracted his pressure.
The Daynight Feast was only held for the younger generation, and its purpose was to allow the Daynight clan to establish good relations with the outside world. If this old man interfered and word spread, the Daynight Feast's reputation would be ruined, and the consequences would not be any better than Lu Yin ascending to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion.
He could only hope that Nightking Zhenwu would work harder and surpass Lu Yin to ascend to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion. That way, even if Lu Yin ascended to the top, the Daynight clan's reputation would be preserved.
As for this junior, he would not be able to leave alive.
Nightking Zhenwu's face flushed red, and he took a step forward so that he was at eye level with Lu Yin. His gaze was filled with malevolence and murderous intent.
Lu Yin took a deep breath and leaped up. Under everyone's shocked gazes, he ascended to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion. He stood alone at the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion and looked down at Nightking City, Evernight City, Nightking Planet, Nightking Zhenwu, and all of the Nightking clan's experts who were cultivating on Nightking Planet.
At this moment, countless people's minds buzzed, as they were witnessing history.
Back when the First Nightking had ascended to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion, he had trampled over the universe's elites and ruled over the world. That history had been viewed as a humiliation by the Innerverse's great powers, and their ancestors from the same generation as the First Nightking had been treated as stepping stones. But now, Lu Yin had ascended to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion, and they had also become stepping stones that would be recorded in history.
The most humiliating person in history was none other than Nightking Zhenwu. An outsider like Lu Yin had beaten him to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion, and Lu Yin had dominated the entire Nightking clan.
Nightking Planet rumbled, as if it had felt humiliated.
The older powerhouses who lived in seclusion on Nightking Planet were furious.
Below the Night Vigil Pavilion, the Daynight clan members trembled with rage, and some even vomited blood.
Nightking Zhenwu really did vomit blood, but he bit his lip and allowed the blood to drip onto the 99th floor of the Night Vigil Pavilion. This blood was a record of the humiliation he had suffered.
"This is the scene that the First Nightking once saw," Lu Yin muttered to himself. He had forgotten about Nightking Zhenwu and everything else around him. His eyes only saw the scenery of Nightking Planet, and he truly was above the entire planet. Nightking City was only the size of a palm, and Evernight City was only a square inch of land.
A breath of air rose from Lu Yin's heart, and he felt an unprecedented carefree feeling. This feeling of being above all living beings formed a breath of air, and his battle force unconsciously appeared on the surface of his body. Originally, his nine-lined battle force had covered his entire body with purplish-red veins and red stripes, but as this breath of air rose from his heart, the red stripes actually began to show traces of gold.
These traces of gold were very unremarkable, and even Lu Yin himself did not notice them.
These traces of gold gradually expanded as if they were about to cover the red stripes. At that moment, Nightking Zhenwu leapt out and ascended to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion.
Lu Yin's originally lofty thoughts were disrupted, and that trace of gold abruptly disappeared as if it had never appeared.
Nightking Zhenwu quietly stood by Lu Yin's side, and his gaze had changed from extreme rage to calm. It was as if Lu Yin had never existed.
Nightking Zhenwu's current state shocked Lu Yin. "Congratulations on becoming the second person from the Daynight clan to ascend to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion."
Nightking Zhenwu looked at Lu Yin with a calm gaze, but then a smile appeared on his face. It was a smile that was bone-chilling. "I congratulate you as well for becoming the first outsider in the universe to ascend to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion."
Lu Yin and Nightking Zhenwu exchanged glances.
Below, many Daynight clan members shouted angrily, begging Nightking Zhenwu to kill Lu Yin.
The Daynight clan had always been tyrannical, and they were not in a hurry to retrieve their inheritance stones after losing them. They were confident that no one in the universe would dare to covet their inheritance stones. How could such a tyrannical clan endure being humiliated by Lu Yin?
Nightking Zhenwu calmly turned around and looked down. "Everyone, the purpose of the Daynight Feast is to allow the younger generation of cultivators to interact with each other and make friends. My Daynight clan is hosting the Daynight Feast, so anyone who has the ability can do so. Brother Lu has become the first person in the universe outside of my Daynight clan to ascend to the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion. I would like to congratulate Brother Lu."
The Daynight clan members all glared at Lu Yin with murderous gazes.
No matter what the others thought of Lu Yin, there was only admiration in their eyes.
Qing Longlong and the others also admired Lu Yin. The closer they got to that position, the more they understood how difficult it was. Lu Yin had actually reached the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion before Nightking Zhenwu. Not only had he humiliated the Daynight clan, but he had also shown everyone how terrifying he was.
Ling Que laughed heartily. Although he was not happy with Lu Yin's glory, he was delighted to see Nightking Zhenwu's current state. This guy could have reached the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion long ago, but he had wanted to wait until the Daynight Feast to reach the top. He had wanted to trample all of them beneath his feet, but Lu Yin had beaten him to it. It was too pathetic.
Suddenly, Ling Que thought of something. Could that guy from the Spirit Palace not have come because of this? If he had come, then he would have been trampled by Nightking Zhenwu. If he had not come, then even if Nightking Zhenwu reached the top of the Night Vigil Pavilion, it would have nothing to do with them.
The Ten Arbiters were all shrewd people.
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