This scene shocked everyone, including Li Zimo. He had not expected Lu Yin to be able to block Zhanlong Daynight's punch.
Lu Yin himself was stunned as well. He had not used any strength in his attack, as he had been afraid that Zhanlong Daynight would recognize him. However, the moment they had collided, the power within his body had rushed out uncontrollably, as if trying to suppress the Daynight Restoration Technique.
Zhanlong Daynight stared at Lu Yin. "It's you."
Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat. Not good! He had pressed forward without thinking, not giving Zhanlong Daynight a chance to speak.
At the same time, the void distorted as surging martial power swept out, mixing with all sorts of energy. It formed a visible barrier that isolated the fifth level of the Tower of Resonating Light and sealed off the sixth level.
Within the sixth level, Yue Xianzi had wanted to rush up as well, but she had been knocked back down by the shockwaves from the clash between Lu Yin and Zhanlong Daynight. It was too late for her to try again, and she could only watch helplessly as the sixth level was sealed off.
Han Chong rushed out from the seventh level and waved his hands, using his martial power to draw mountains and rivers that attacked the energy seal. However, it was useless, as the seal did not budge at all.
"Brother Han, where are the nodes?
As long as we destroy them, Shenwu Continent will be finished. Someone will come and save us, "one of the trialtakers asked.
Han Chong's expression turned ugly. "The area below is too large, so I couldn't find them."
Yue Xianzi recalled Lu Yin's words, and her heart sank. However, she could not say anything at this time, as that would damage the trialtakers' morale. She could only treat Lu Yin's words as a lie and continue searching with hope.
"Everyone, let's see if we can break the seal!" a woman shouted. Her rallying power was quite good, and more than ten trialtakers immediately responded to her call and attacked upwards.
However, the seal did not budge at all.
"It's useless unless a Lockbreaker acts. This is a strange seal formed by the materialization of various energies. Only a Lockbreaker can break it," Han Chong said as he stared at the fifth level. There was only one Lockbreaker out of all the trialtakers, and that was Lu Yin.
"Let's go find the nodes," someone suggested.
"Since they dared to seal us, then they're not afraid that we'll find the nodes. It'll just be a futile effort," someone else retorted.
"Are we supposed to just sit here and wait for death?"
…
"Stop arguing! We can only try our luck and try to find the nodes. that is the only way out!" Han Chong shouted as he rushed down to the seventh level.
The others had no choice but to follow in.
The fifth level was still embroiled in an intense battle, and seven trialtakers had rushed out. Aside from Zhanlong Daynight, there were two other Daynight clan experts and five trialtakers fighting with the Shenwu Continent's experts.
Both sides had suffered heavy losses during the fierce battle on the sixth level, and there were only a few dozen experts from the Shenwu Continent who were still capable of fighting. Among them, there were four experts from the List of Tempering, and the fifth level was almost torn apart.
Boom
Lu Yin and Zhanlong Daynight both retreated at the same time and stared at each other.
With a whoosh, Li Zimo swung his sword at Zhanlong Daynight as he switched to another sword.
Zhanlong Daynight flicked his finger and deflected the blade before retreating a few meters. He sneered, "Idiot! You can't even tell friend from foe."
Li Zimo paused and frowned. He turned back to look at Lu Yin with a wary expression. He was well aware of Zhanlong Daynight's strength, and even he had found it difficult to resist him. However, this person was actually able to fight evenly with him. When had such a powerhouse appeared on the Shenwu Continent?
"Who are you?" Li Zimo stared at Lu Yin coldly as he pointed his sword at him.
Lu Yin knew that he couldn't hide this any longer. "Commander Li, it doesn't matter who I am. The person in front of you is our greatest enemy. He's a genuine outsider, and the Ming Vanguard's responsibility is to eradicate them."
Zhanlong Daynight laughed maniacally. "Lu Yin, you're still trying to hide? How dare an outsider like you infiltrate the Ming Constables?"
Li Zimo's eyes were cold as he stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin sighed. "I thought that the Daynight clan was full of arrogant bastards, but you're quite straightforward."
Zhanlong Daynight was disdainful. "Don't compare me to those idiots." He then looked at Li Zimo. "Sword user, this is interesting. Who do you want to deal with?"
Li Zimo's eyes narrowed. "Both of them."
"Arrogant!" Lu Yin and Zhanlong Daynight attacked Li Zimo at the same time. After all, they were both outsiders and could be considered to be on the same side. Li Zimo was not weak, and they wanted to end this battle as soon as possible. They could not delay it until other experts arrived.
Li Zimo's eyes were cold as he faced the attacks of two powerful experts. He lowered his sword and swept it across, his body following the sword's trajectory. With a bang, Lu Yin's sword was shattered while Li Zimo was struck in the abdomen by Zhanlong Daynight. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to one knee. Li Zimo was already slightly weaker than the two of them, so this was a normal outcome.
Lu Yin was about to attack again when Li Zimo shouted, "Kill me! You two are also enemies!"
Zhanlong Daynight's eyes widened as he watched Lu Yin attack Li Zimo's back. He punched out, but Lu Yin suddenly turned around. "I knew that the Daynight clan was unreliable." Boom! The fifth level almost collapsed, and Lu Yin was forced back several steps by Zhanlong Daynight's punch. He waved his right hand, causing a shockwave to sweep out as five-lined battle force erupted from his body. A dark golden light illuminated the fifth level, shocking everyone present.
At this moment, there were less than ten people fighting. The trialtakers and the Shenwu Continent's experts were evenly matched. Crown Prince Ming Hao had not arranged for too many experts in order not to alert the trialtakers. Thus, without that seal, the Shenwu Continent's experts would not have been able to stop the trialtakers. Even so, the two sides were still evenly matched.
Lu Yin's explosive strength shocked the fifth level and attracted everyone's attention.
"Today, I'll show you my true strength." Lu Yin's eyes were cold as he used Flash to appear in front of Zhanlong Daynight and pressed down with a palm. When he had broken through to the Limiteer realm, the Rainmaster had helped him upgrade his Nine Stacks to Thirteen Stacks.
"Thirteen Stacks, Twentyfold Shockwave Palm."
"Daynight Restoration Technique."
Bang bang bang …
A berserk shockwave swept through the fifth level of the Tower of Resonating Light like a python that had lost control, causing the entire level to collapse. The ground trembled, and the soldiers guarding the perimeter of the Tower of Resonating Light all retreated as they watched the tower collapse.
At the same time, within the palace, Ming Hao turned around. His eyes flashed, but he resisted the urge to act.
In another direction, Long Yun leaned against a mountain wall. As long as Ming Hao and the other Explorers acted, he would act as well.
Within the palace, Ming Zhaoshu stopped drinking for a moment before continuing.
Starsibyl's expression changed, as she could sense an unusual aura.
Grandini Mavis looked up from behind Ming Zhaoshu.
The collapse of the Tower of Resonating Light had attracted the attention of many experts, but no one intervened. This was because the battle in the void was expanding, and the sky was constantly cracking. Even Mingdu was affected by the shockwaves, and Ming Zhaoshu had to defend himself from time to time.
The sky above the Shenwu Continent seemed to be cracking apart, as if it was the end of the world.
The fifth level of the Tower of Resonating Light had been completely destroyed, as had the upper four levels. Lu Yin had heavily injured Zhanlong Daynight with a single palm strike, causing him to fall miserably onto the solidified energy seal. The seal had only cracked a little after withstanding Lu Yin's palm strike, but it quickly recovered.
Li Zimo lowered his hand and looked at Lu Yin in shock. That palm strike had caused his heart to palpitate, and it was definitely not something he could withstand.
He looked at Zhanlong Daynight, who had collapsed onto the seal, and saw that there was a deep imprint on his chest that had almost pierced through. He looked like he was dead.
The others stared at Lu Yin in shock. Where had this freak come from?
When Lu Yin had been a Melder, he had used the Nine Stacks, Seventeenfold Shockwave Palm to defeat Nightqueen Yanqing. Although Zhanlong Daynight was stronger than Nightqueen Yanqing and had the Daynight Restoration Technique, Zhanlong Daynight was still lucky to have survived Lu Yin's full-strength palm strike, which was a Limiteer.
Lu Yin panted heavily, as that palm strike had consumed a lot of his energy. Thirteen Stacks was not easy to use, and he had not wanted to give Zhanlong Daynight a chance to recover, which was why he had used his full strength. His right arm was hurting.
He looked at Li Zimo and said, "I'm sorry for lying to you, but we all serve different masters." He then used Flash Step to charge at Li Zimo.
Li Zimo naturally would not resign himself to his fate. He blocked with his sword and attacked in all directions, but to Lu Yin who was using the Sirius Technique, there were still too many openings in his sword qi. His right palm swept past the sword qi blockade and slammed into Li Zimo's back. Li Zimo's entire body was pressed down, and he collapsed onto the energy seal just like Zhanlong Daynight.
Everyone else was stunned, as they did not know what to do.
The two Daynight experts were furious. "How dare you, Lu Yin!"
Lu Yin sneered and used Flash Step at extreme speed. In just a few seconds, there was no one left standing on the fifth level besides him. He had single-handedly swept through the entire fifth level, defeating both Zhanlong Daynight and Li Zimo.
Was there anyone in the Limiteer realm who could match him?
He did not know, but he was certain that none of the Daynight clan's Limiteers were his match.
"Bro, Seventh Bro, I admire you so much! My admiration for you is like a torrential river, and it's also like …" "Shut up," Lu Yin growled. The monkey's voice was sometimes very annoying.
"Seventh Bro, do you really not know what it means to defeat the Daynight Restoration Technique? That's the Daynight Restoration Technique, and you knocked him out with a single palm?
Damn, if the Daynight clan finds out, they'll all jump into a river! "the monkey boasted.
Lu Yin looked at his own palm. He was indeed stronger than Zhanlong Daynight, but he should not have been able to defeat the Daynight Restoration Technique with a single palm strike. He had probably relied on the Arcane Life-Death Technique to suppress the Daynight Restoration Technique. Otherwise, even if he had defeated Zhanlong Daynight, he would not have been able to heavily injure Zhanlong Daynight.
Lu Yin did not waste any more words with the monkey. He quietly stood above the energy seal and looked at the sixth level, waiting for Han Chong and the others to arrive.
There was definitely a connection between the Darkmist Weave's large-scale attack and the Tower of Resonating Light. Lu Yin was not worried that Ming Zhaotian and the others would return, as the outcome of the battle in outer space would depend on this place.
Han Chong and the others were too important. Even if the Darkmist Weave wanted to use them as pawns, it was unlikely that they would actually sacrifice them. Otherwise, they would face the wrath of many Innerverse powers, and the losses would outweigh the gains.
Not long after, a figure appeared on the sixth level. It was a trialtaker who could not find the node.
The trialtaker looked up and saw Lu Yin through the energy seal. At this point, Lu Yin had already returned to his original appearance, and the trialtaker felt that he looked familiar. After looking at him for a while, his eyes suddenly went wide. "You, you're Lu Yin?"
Lu Yin smiled as he looked down. The energy was transparent, and he could clearly see the trialtaker's shocked expression. "May I ask who you are?"