The bone-corroding wind slowly dissipated in the sky, but a portion of it still descended, causing quite a few competitors to suffer.
Lu Yin had used only a single finger wind to tear through the bone-corroding wind. Neither Cursewind nor Feng Liu could understand this, as Cursewind had broken through to the Enlighter realm. Although the bone-corroding wind's advantage was not in terms of power, but rather its destructive power, it should not have been pierced through by a single finger wind.
It could only be said that Lu Yin's strength was unimaginable, and he had already surpassed his peers.
"This is pure strength. Only Star Devourer can compare to him," Feng Liu said with a solemn expression. She looked at Lu Yin fearfully as she recalled Feng Jiu's expression when she had been defeated in the Tournament of the Strongest. Feng Jiu had been very unwilling to accept her defeat.
Fortunately, Feng Jiu had not come this time. Otherwise, if she had rashly provoked Lu Yin, it would not have been a simple defeat.
This person had improved so much, and if he truly had the strength to become a Pass Lord, then it would be very difficult to complete the Imperial Tutor's mission.
Cursewind's enormous body towered high in the sky. He could not go any higher, or else he would be crushed like Winged Mavis.
"Cursewind, don't make a move. The bigger picture is more important. Don't forget the Imperial Tutor's instructions," Feng Liu shouted.
Cursewind was unwilling to accept this, but he did not provoke Lu Yin any further. His body landed on the mountain, causing it to shake.
In the distance, Gu Xiaoer snuck a peek. Two mere beasts dared to provoke Lu Yin? Only perverts would dare to do so.
More than a million people had climbed the eastern mountain, but not many had reached the space-exploring realm. There were even fewer people in the Fifth Mainland's Innerverse and Outerverse, and most of them were Limiteers.
As Liu Tianmu and Xin Nu battled, an endless amount of sharpness spread out in all directions, forcing many competitors to retreat. Those were the lucky ones, but the unlucky ones were killed.
Even Lu Yin, who had been a Limiteer, would not have been able to withstand the shockwaves from Liu Tianmu's battle.
Liu Tianmu represented the Fifth Mainland's Innerverse Ten Arbiters, while Xin Nu represented the Sixth Mainland.
Most of the competitors were from the Fifth Mainland, so they naturally hoped that Liu Tianmu would win. However, Lu Yin hoped that Xin Nu would win.
Xin Nu had helped him a lot, and every time he met her, he felt very close to her...... Regardless of their positions, he cared more about who treated him..
Liu Tianmu did not have much interaction with him, and the Sword Sect itself could even be considered as his hidden enemy.
At a corner of the eastern mountain peak, Liu Tianmu and Xin Nu stood facing each other. Xin Nu frowned and felt that Liu Tianmu was difficult to deal with. This woman had fought with Zhi Yi with a sword, and even Zhi Yi could not take her down in a short time.
Liu Tianmu was rather wary of Maiden Xin, as this woman had actually been able to dissolve his sword qi. She was definitely a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker.
Before the competition, no one knew that aside from Bu Kong, Qiu Shi, Wu Dan, and Lu Yin, there was a fifth Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker.
Anyone who had reached the level of a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker was feared by others. Not to mention their methods, just their control over the heavens was enough to make their opponents feel uncomfortable.
Liu Tianmu's sword qi was unparalleled, but even he could feel the stifling feeling of having his star energy suppressed.
With that thought in mind, he released his domain. Then, it suddenly condensed and stabbed out with the fifth sword of the Thirteen Swords — man, sword, and domain as one.
The maiden's expression changed slightly. She felt that the incoming sword was unavoidable. Everything about her was under the control of the other party's domain. She was about to be stabbed by the sword.
At the pass, Lu Yin's eyes went wide, and he subconsciously wanted to intervene.
Xin Nu raised her hand and struck the fifth sword with her palm, causing it to deviate.
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She reached out with her left hand and slapped at Liu Tianmu.
Liu Tianmu felt a sense of crisis and immediately dodged while using the Sixth Sword: Defensive Sword Force.
Xin Nu's palm missed, and the wind from her palm swept across the distance and struck an unlucky person.
The sword qi from Liu Tianmu's Fifth Sword also swept across the distance and affected a large group of people.
The two women passed by each other without being injured, but the people who were affected by their attacks were unlucky, such as Xun Jiong.
With the start of the Supreme Tournament, all the participants were randomly assigned to one of the four cardinal directions, and Xun Jiong had been assigned to the east.
When Xun Jiong saw that Lu Yin was the pass master, he could not help but feel despair. Of course, he still had a sliver of hope, which was to follow the majority of the people and try to break through. Perhaps Lu Yin would not notice him, and he just needed to pass through the pass.
With his strength and status in the Xun family, if he could not even pass through the pass, then the family would not let him off easily.
He had always kept a low profile and pretended to be a coward. When others provoked him, he did not retort and simply followed the majority of the group. But who knew that a sword qi would suddenly appear from the side and engulf the entire group?
Xun Jiong was not weak as he was an Explorer, but when faced with Liu Tianmu's Fifth Sword's sword qi, even a Cruiser or a normal Hunter would not be able to withstand it, let alone an Explorer like him. In the end, his left arm was chopped off, and he had no chance of participating in the tournament.
He was not the only unlucky one. Over a hundred people in the same direction as him were also affected by the sword, and they all ended their lives.
They had all been affected by Liu Tianmu's sword qi, and Xin Nu's palm had crossed the distance and struck Hart Phoenix. This person had competed with Lu Yin in the Astral Combat Academy and was the younger brother of one of the Ten Arbiters, Sela Emperor Phoenix. After becoming an Explorer, he had always wanted to become famous throughout the universe. Although he could not compare to Lu Yin and the other Ten Arbiters, he was still strong enough to enter the top of the Top 100 Rankings.
But who would have thought that a palm wind would appear out of nowhere and knock him out? So what if he was an undying bird? The palm wind's power had exceeded his limit, and he was unlucky enough to not participate in the tournament.
Regardless of whether it was Xun Jiong or Hart Phoenix, they both had the strength to enter the real tournament. This did not mean that they would definitely be able to pass, but with their strength, the stage master would normally not target them.
However, both of them were unlucky.
Similarly unlucky was Young Master Zhi. No one knew who he was, but once his identity was revealed, it was enough to shock many people.
He was the young master of the Aurora Spacecraft Company and had participated in the Mountain and Sea Realm's Battle of the Five Astral Scions. Although he did not have much of a presence, he still had the qualifications to participate.
He had been eliminated by the Junior Arrow Saint, who had eliminated over a thousand people with a single arrow rain. If not for the fact that he had to chase after Yu Hua Mavis, he would have continued to attack.
Yu Hua Mavis was the fastest to reach the eastern peak.
Those from the Sixth Mainland did not wish for a cultivator from the Fifth Mainland to be the first to break through. The stage master was Lu Yin, and the Junior Arrow Saint believed that Lu Yin would not make things difficult for Yu Hua Mavis. Thus, he attacked Yu Hua Mavis instead.
At the summit of Mount Supreme, an even greater wave of energy poured down like a tidal wave.
Countless wails rang out as a single wave eliminated hundreds of thousands of people from the four peaks.
Even Coco and Zora had been eliminated. Their strength was not bad, but since they had to face the Sixth Mainland's sneak attacks, they had no choice but to retreat in defeat.
Normally, those who gave up and allowed themselves to fall down the mountain would not continue to attack. Nothing was more important than the competition.
Coco and Zora's elimination attracted Lu Yin's attention.
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He had been watching the battle between Liu Tianmu and Xin Nü, but he had not expected Coco and Zora to be eliminated just like that. He frowned when he saw the excited expressions of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators who had eliminated them. He raised a hand and flicked his finger.
Streaks of wind descended, directly crippling the Sixth Mainland's cultivators who had eliminated Coco and Zora. Not far away, Hong Ying raised her head and looked at Lu Yin. She then looked at the Sixth Mainland's cultivators who had been targeted by Lu Yin. She ignored them and even distanced herself from them.
However, Lu Yin had not forgotten about her. These Sixth Mainland's cultivators were just passersby in his eyes. The ones who were truly valuable and needed to be eliminated were people like Hong Ying.
Lu Yin looked at Hong Ying, and nine-lined battle force appeared at his fingertips, causing countless people to cry out in alarm.
There were not many in the younger generation who had cultivated nine-lined battle force. That combined with Lu Yin's strength was enough to eliminate more than half of the competitors.
Even though Lu Yin was ranked behind the predicted top ten, no one could deny his strength. The main reason was that the people in front of him were just too abnormal.
When Lu Yin's nine-lined battle force appeared, Hong Ying sensed something, and she looked up in shock. Coincidentally, her eyes met Lu Yin's, and she saw him bend his finger. Her pupils shrank, and she quickly dashed off in another direction. She would rather cross the great distance to reach another mountain than face Lu Yin.
She had not been this person's opponent back in the Starfall Sea. Now, he had improved so much that her scalp went numb.
Unfortunately, it was not that easy for her to retreat.
Lu Yin flicked his finger, causing a finger wind to tear through the void and form a spatial crack that descended in front of Hong Ying.
Lu Yin did not hold back. Hong Ying had not held back when she had killed many of the Fifth Mainland's cultivators in the Starfall Sea, including Lan Si's younger brother, Lan Yu.
Hong Ying was aghast as danger descended upon her. She activated her imprint and stabbed out with her spear, causing her martial seal to appear. All of her strength erupted in an instant, all for that finger wind.
There was a crack, and her spear shattered. The finger wind pierced through the tip of her spear and shattered her martial seal before landing heavily on Hong Ying's body. It then pierced through her shoulder and into the ground.
Hong Ying spat out a mouthful of blood, and her imprint dissipated. She was sent flying by the enormous force and fell off Mount Supreme.
At this moment, in the higher realm to the west of Chaos Flowzone, countless people from the Sixth Mainland were dumbfounded.
That was Hong Ying, the top disciple of the Grand Martial Realm's Galloping Horse Manor. In terms of status, she was second only to the Grand Martial Realm's Realmling, Bai Ling. She had recently broken through to the Hunter realm, and her strength was not much weaker than Bai Ling's. Yet, she had been beaten so badly by a single finger wind.
Many of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators who had fought with Lu Yin before had not paid much attention. They had heard of Lu Yin's background and thought that he was just fishing for fame. Although he was strong, he definitely did not have the qualifications to become the Pass Master. Even when his finger wind had suppressed Cursewind, they did not think that he was that strong.
At this moment, these people all shut their mouths. Could a Realmling defeat Hong Ying with a single finger wind?
Throughout the universe, countless people stared at Lu Yin, who was standing tall at the pass, and fell into a state of shock. This person's strength might be even more terrifying than they had imagined.
In the distance, Bai Ling also saw this, and she glanced at Lu Yin with apprehension. Her voice split into thousands. "Everyone, hide yourselves and don't expose yourselves. Try your best to break through."
She was also apprehensive, as she understood Hong Ying's strength. Although she was far from being on par with her, she was still not someone who could be defeated by a casual finger wind. If Lu Yin could do this, then his strength was unfathomable. Bai Ling did not wish for all of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators to suffer from such a finger wind attack.
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