When she saw that it was Xia Jiuyou, Xiao Bai was disgusted, and she looked at him with disdain. "Ugly." She then raised her hand. "I withdraw."
Her words were clear and resounding, and they were very pleasant to the ears.
No one was surprised, and many even relaxed, afraid that Xiao Bai would be injured by Xia Jiuyou.
At the second fault, Xiao Hei nodded solemnly. "That's right. Master is teaching, so don't try to be brave."
In the Neoverse, on Everlasting Island, the Elysian Celestial Master was having a headache. This generation's descendant was unreliable.
Xia Jiuyou was very calm, and he did not even care about Xiao Bai's taunts. He had just arrived at the first fault and then returned to the second without making a single move.
There were no more heavyweights participating in the following battles. Qing Longlong, who was ranked third on the Top 100 Rankings, encountered the Sixth Mainland's Brahma Realm Realmling. This Realmling had used his Reincarnation Technique to render Qing Longlong helpless.
The secret technique was too powerful, and the gap between Qing Longlong and the Realmling was huge.
Cang Mu encountered Sirius Sect's Yao Ji and was easily defeated. He could not even withstand a single Sirius Palm.
Yao Ji was still a true disciple of Sirius Sect, and even though he was much weaker than Lu Yin and was constantly bullied, he was still more than enough to deal with someone like Cang Mu.
Cang Mu was a Cruiser, but the gap between him and Yao Ji was still too great.
Tu Bo encountered the Sword in the Stone and suffered a crushing defeat.
Xiao Hei encountered Toolwielder, but like Xiao Bai, he did not make a single move. He did not fight, and before he left, he said, "Ugly."
Battles unfolded one after another under the watchful eyes of the entire universe. Some were quick, while others were slow.
Another day quickly passed.
On the second day, Lu Yin was bored. Two figures appeared on the first fault, which roused his spirits and excited countless spectators.
Lan Si faced Weathered Mavis.
This was a battle between the Ten Arbiters and the geniuses of the Neoverse, and regardless of whether it was the Fifth Mainland or the Sixth Mainland, everyone was focused on it.
During the battle in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Lan Si had been a spectator like Lu Yin, but his true strength was definitely not weak.
Now, Lan Si had also broken through to the Enlighter realm, and the Ten Arbiters were no weaker than anyone else.
On the first fault, the two faced each other.
Lan Si looked at Feather Mavis with a grave expression. This woman was the one who had knocked Lu Yin off the highest stage with seven punches. At that time, he had already lost to Lu Yin.
Ascension Mavis also held Lan Si in high regard. In the past, she had not cared about the Ten Arbiters, but after the battle in the Mountain and Sea Realm, she had witnessed the Ten Arbiters' strength. Ming Guang, Ling Gong, Wen Sansi, and Liu Tianmu were all strong enough to fight against them. Lu Yin, on the other hand, had been recognized by the Hall of Honor as someone who surpassed her. She would not underestimate any of the Ten Arbiters.
"I heard that Lu Yin obtained his Emptiness Palm from you. You're also the first Arbiter to exchange blows with him," Feather Mavis said.
Lan Si replied, "He learned it himself. I didn't teach him."
Ascension Mavis' gaze turned serious. "A very powerful palm technique, but it's a pity that it's useless against me." As soon as she finished speaking, the grass beneath her feet began to spread in all directions.
Lan Si did not waste any time and immediately attacked. An invisible Emptiness Palm descended.
Weathered Mavis had faced Emptiness Palm before. Even though Lan Si had broken through to the Enlighter realm, the power of his Emptiness Palm was about the same as Lu Yin's attack on the highest stage. It was limited, and it would be a threat to anyone, but not Weathered Mavis. Just as she had said, although the Emptiness Palm was fast and invisible, it could not break through her defenses.
The green grass in front of her seemed weak, but the Emptiness Palm could only scatter some of it. It was not enough to break through her defenses.
She raised her hand, and a giant green fist smashed down at Lan Si. Each fist contained the same power that had knocked Lu Yin off the golden stage.
Lan Si was not Lu Yin. Although his physical strength was great and his stacked stacks were powerful, he was not as strong as Lu Yin. Against the green fists, his defenses were not as strong as Lu Yin's, and he was smashed to the ground. Immediately after, more than ten green fists smashed down.
Weathered Mavis did not hold back. Against the Ten Arbiters, holding back would be disrespectful, and she would not underestimate them.
Lan Si was defeated. He was defeated cleanly.
His most effective attack was his Emptiness Palm, but it was completely useless against Weathered Mavis.
Breaking through to the Enlighter realm had only slightly increased the power of his Emptiness Palm. At most, he had lost the weakness of inertia. However, against an expert who could ignore his Emptiness Palm, no matter what he did, it would be useless. Weathered Mavis had not underestimated him, and the power she had used against him surpassed what she had used against Lu Yin on the highest stage of the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Lan Si coughed up a mouthful of blood and stared bitterly at the Starfall Sea. His Overlaying Stacks and Emptiness Palm had been learned at Mount Zhongshan Dojo, and he had not learned the follow-up techniques to the Emptiness Palm. If not for the Starfall Sea being isolated, his strength would not have been so weak.
Without the follow-up techniques to the Emptiness Palm, and without the Mount Zhongshan Dojo to improve his Overlaying Stacks, he was much weaker than the other Ten Arbiters. Even if he learned other battle techniques, he would not be able to deal with the Supreme Battle in time.
He was basically using the same strength as the previous Ten Arbiters, and his improvement was not obvious.
His defeat was within his expectations.
In the second layer, Lu Yin shook his head. Why was Lan Si still using Emptiness Palm?
His innate gift was that he could not feel pain, and this innate gift was very useful against experts at the same level as him. If not for his die innate gift, Lu Yin would have lost to him. However, it was useless against an expert like Emergence Mavis, who could easily crush him.
Lu Yin was slightly disappointed in Lan Si, as his strength was not worthy of being one of the current Ten Arbiters.
It was not just Lu Yin; many people were disappointed in Lan Si as well.
Emergence Mavis asked, "Do you only have Emptiness Palm as your attacks?"
Lan Si did not have anything to say, but he did not give up. Since he could not return to Mount Zhongshan Dojo, he had to think of a way to learn more powerful palm techniques that could complement his Emptiness Palm and improve his Overlaying Stacks.
Since no one could help him, he had to think of a way to help himself.
In the universe, countless people were watching their screens. They had not been able to see how powerful Emergence Mavis had been during the previous battle, and they had only seen Lan Si's powerlessness.
Even those in the Innerverse were disappointed in Lan Si. They felt that ever since he had been defeated by Lu Yin, this Ten Arbiters had not performed particularly well.
The Divine Fist no longer lived up to its name.
After Lan Si's defeat, Xia Luo encountered Emptiness Palm.
When Xia Jiuyou saw Xia Luo appear, his entire demeanor changed, and he became abnormally focused.
Lu Yin frowned and looked at the first layer.
Xia Luo was not weak, but there was still a large gap between him and Emptiness Palm.
Even though Lu Yin felt that Xia Luo was somewhat unpredictable, he did not think that he was a threat to Emptiness Palm.
Emptiness Palm seemed to want to crush Xia Luo, and he quickly approached Xia Luo. He raised his hand and used the Great Reincarnation Technique, but Xia Luo avoided it. He had been able to avoid Xia Jiuyou during the Sovereign Tournament, and even if he was not Emptiness Palm's opponent, he could still dodge a few times.
However, when he could not avoid Emptiness Palm, he actually stopped in place. "You're a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker, right? Why don't we compete in star energy control?"
Emptiness Palm was about to attack again, but when he heard Xia Luo's words, he laughed and looked at Xia Luo arrogantly. "You want to compete in star energy control with me?"
Xia Luo nodded. "I'm very curious as to how you managed to expel the star energy from Tear Lady's body. I won't retaliate because I definitely won't be able to beat you. If you're willing, then let's compete in star energy control. If you're unwilling, then I won't force you."
Emptiness Palm sneered. "Fine, I'll compete with you." He then raised his hand, gathering star energy, and blasted Xia Luo.
This was a pure bombardment of star energy.
Xia Luo's gaze trembled, and he similarly raised his hand, gathering star energy, and blasted it back at Emptiness Palm.
The two waves of star energy clashed in the air. This was the most direct collision of star energy, and there were no other types of energy mixed in. This was a competition of star energy control and penetration of the opponent's star energy.
Once a person reached the World Realm in terms of star energy control, not only would they be able to control their own star energy, but they would also be able to see through their opponent's star energy. An area of star energy, an area of the world, would be able to see things differently from an ordinary person.
Emptiness Palm had thought that he would be able to easily suppress Xia Luo, but he discovered that Xia Luo had actually blocked his star energy attack. Emptiness Palm's star energy control was unable to affect Xia Luo in the slightest. This person had clearly reached the World Realm in terms of star energy control.
Xia Luo was not a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker, but his star energy control had also reached the World Realm. This surprised many people, and when the two waves of star energy collided, they actually managed to penetrate each other.
Emptiness Palm frowned, and he became much more serious. However, he was still unable to easily suppress his opponent's star energy, which surprised him even more. Since when were there so many geniuses on the Fifth Mainland?
Every single one of them had reached the World Realm in terms of star energy control. Once these people had enough lockbreaking experience, they would be able to come into contact with sourcebox arrays.
Any Lockbreaker who had reached the World Realm in terms of star energy control could be considered a future origin array master.
It wasn't just Emptiness Palm; even Lu Yin and the others were astonished.
Only Xia Jiuyou was not surprised. If Xia Luo's star energy control had not reached the World Realm, then he would not have been able to dodge Emptiness Palm's attack.
In the Neoverse's Lockbreaker World, Xiu Ming stared at his screen in astonishment. "This kid's star energy control is very skillful. He's very talented."
In the Seven Courts, on the Summer Blade Continent, the Xia family's patriarch, Xia Yi, narrowed his eyes. The flaw of the Nine Clones technique had been exposed. This Xia Luo was clearly just one of the clones, but he had resisted Xia Jiuyou. With this level of star energy control, it was possible that the Lockbreaker Society would help him.
Xia Yi had heard about the Ku family's situation. Xiu Ming had interfered and forced the Ku family to release Ku Wei, which was all thanks to Lu Yin. Xia Luo and Lu Yin's relationship was not simple, and Xia Luo had even blocked Xia Jiuyou during the Sovereign Tournament. Xia Yi definitely would not follow in Ku Pu's footsteps and allow Xia Luo to be taken away by the Lockbreaker Society.
This kid had participated in the Sovereign Tournament because he wanted to use this platform to attract the attention of the Lockbreaker Society!
Xia Yi's guess was correct, as Xia Luo had never thought of obtaining a good ranking in the Sovereign Tournament. He had only wanted to reveal his star energy control so that he could use the Lockbreaker Society to resist Xia Jiuyou.
This was something that Xia Yi had learned from Lu Yin. Concealing one's strength and biding one's time was useless. Xia Yi had discovered that Lu Yin was still the smart one. He had used his background and borrowed the strength of others to protect himself. Otherwise, how could a nobody from the Outerverse have survived under the threat of the Daynight clan?
Xia Luo had already succeeded in competing with Bu Kong in terms of star energy control. Just as he was about to admit defeat, his expression suddenly changed, and he stared at the star energy that he had released. What was this?
Across from him, Bu Kong saw the change in Xia Luo's expression, and his eyes narrowed as a trace of killing intent flashed through them.