When they saw Lu Yin appear, many students were eager to give it a try. Teams could be formed to cross the Ocean of Death, and many wanted to follow Lu Yin. Who knew, they might even be able to reach the legendary island.
Lu Yin stood on the shore of the Ocean of Death and gazed into the distance. The water and the sky were one color, and it was a vast expanse of dark yellow. It was like the Yellow Springs that buried all living beings, and it was a chilling sight.
Was there really an inheritance on the other side of the Dead Sea?
Were the Ten Arbiters who had ascended the Sky Platform and the Ten Arbiters who had crossed the Ocean of Death the same person?
Or had more than one of the Ten Arbiters succeeded?
Lu Yin was very curious about all of this.
"Long time no see, Brother Lu." Kuang Wang walked over from nearby, casually pushing back a few students who had tried to strike up a conversation with Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked at Kuang Wang and smiled. "Long time no see. Senior, you're becoming more and more elegant."
Kuang Wang laughed. "These people all want to cross the Ocean of Death with you, but they aren't qualified."
Lu Yin did not deny it. He was not a bad person, but he was not a good person either. If he brought along another person, then it would be even more dangerous. There was no need for him to try it out for no reason. Aside from Coco and the rest, the others would need to be strong enough to follow him. For example, Kuang Wang's appearance made it obvious that he wanted to cross the Ocean of Death as well.
"Brother Lu, let's not beat around the bush. I hope to cross the Ocean of Death with you. If you have any conditions, feel free to state them," Kuang Wang said heroically.
Lu Yin was tempted, and he looked at Kuang Wang. Kuang Wang should be very rich. After some thought, he said, "I heard that senior is from the Beast Tamers Flowzone's Divine Grade Hall."
"That's right," said Kuang Wang proudly.
Lu Yin looked at Kuang Wang. "Is the Divine Grade Hall very rich?"
Kuang Wang was stunned, and he stared blankly at Lu Yin. He had not expected Lu Yin to ask such a question.
When he saw Lu Yin's curious gaze, Kuang Wang dryly replied, "He should be very rich. I don't know."
"Oh," Lu Yin grunted as he tapped the air with his right hand. His three fingers rubbed against the air with each tap. His actions were exactly the same as Old Cai's, filled with a noble, elegant, and mysterious aura — the action of asking for money.
Kuang Wang looked at Lu Yin and waited for him to continue. However, he discovered that Lu Yin was no longer speaking. Instead, he heard a strange tapping sound that caused the void to tremble. Kuang Wang lowered his head and saw Lu Yin's actions. His mouth stiffened. "Brother Lu, how much do you want?"
Lu Yin's lips curled up. Sure enough, this action was both obvious and generous, as well as noble and reserved. "Let's see how much you think it's worth."
Kuang Wang nodded and stared blankly at Lu Yin. "Alright, I'll send you the money when we get out."
Lu Yin happily told Kuang Wang about his Mavis Bank account, and that he had money again. Of course, it wasn't much, but it was better than nothing.
At this moment, Kuang Wang's heart was filled with complex emotions. He had never thought that the most powerful person in the Astral Combat Academy would be such a person. Asking for money was too tacky. Shouldn't experts have the demeanor of an expert?
When he saw Lu Yin's delighted expression, Kuang Wang turned his head away. This person's understanding of experts might be wrong.
Soon, Xia Luo arrived, followed by Coco and Zola.
"Senior, how did you guys cross the river in the past?"
Kuang Wang replied, "The Ocean of Death has a strange ability to decompose star energy, and it's even more so for lifeforms. That's why you can only use star energy to form a boat. As for whether or not you can reach the end, that will depend on whether or not your star energy can withstand it. There's also the possibility of illusions."
"Illusions?" Lu Yin and the others were astonished, as none of them, including Xia Luo, had crossed the Ocean of Death before.
Kuang Wang solemnly explained, "The most troublesome are illusions. These illusions make you believe that they're real even though you know they're just illusions. More importantly, they can destroy a person's spiritual force."
Lu Yin and Xia Luo looked at each other. Spiritual force? That was not good. At their level, they had no way to effectively defend against spiritual force attacks. Lu Yin had memorized the Stonewall Scriptures, which had given him an invisible defense against spiritual force attacks. Liu Shaoqiu had learned the Thirteen Swords to attack the spiritual force, and most of the Daynight clan's battle techniques had spiritual force attacks attached to them. However, these were all passive.
Actually, with their true abilities, they did not have the qualifications to come into contact with these kinds of battle techniques.
Lu Yin did not know if his current defenses against spiritual force attacks could withstand illusions, but he hoped that the power of these illusions would not surpass that of the spear in the centipede's body.
Lu Yin had a feeling that anything that was connected to spiritual force was not to be trifled with.
At that moment, a figure flew over from nearby. It was Feng Shang.
"You guys want to cross the Ocean of Death. How about I join you?" Feng Shang asked casually.
Everyone looked at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked at Kuang Wang.
Coco and Zora were confused. What did he mean?
Kuang Wang had the right to make the decision?
Kuang Wang's mouth twitched, as he knew what Lu Yin meant. He hurriedly pulled Feng Shang to the side and whispered to him.
Feng Shang listened and then looked at Lu Yin in shock.
Lu Yin acted very naturally. A gentleman loved money, and he had earned it in a proper way. He had put in the effort, and it was only right that he be rewarded. Otherwise, why would he bring these people along? He was not a nanny.
Soon after, Kuang Wang and Feng Shang walked over. Feng Shang nodded at Lu Yin and sized him up in amazement. "Are we going now?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Use star energy to form a boat. Let's go one by one. Zora will start first."
Zora acknowledged, and her star energy surged to form a small boat that floated on the shore of the Ocean of Death.
"Senior Kuang Wang, why aren't we flying over?" Coco asked.
Kuang Wang replied, "Because the further in we fly, the greater the resistance. We can only cross."
Coco grunted and looked at Zora with concern. "Sister Zora, can you handle it?"
The others also looked at Zora.
Everyone's strength was different, and their star energy was different as well. The Ocean of Death naturally had different levels of star energy decomposition.
Zora carefully sensed the star energy in her body, and her expression turned ugly. "Three days at most."
"Alright, we'll switch in three days," Lu Yin said. The group then boarded the small boat and headed towards the depths of the Ocean of Death.
Many students watched from the shore, and quite a few decided to team up and follow behind Lu Yin's group.
Wu Da was one of them. After the Astral Combat Tournament and the Tournament of the Strongest, his newspaper had become more and more popular. Although he was still often hunted down, with the help of external funds, many of his students had joined him as well. There were now more than ten people who had decided to team up and cross the Ocean of Death.
Besides Wu Da's group, many others had joined forces as well. They probably felt that there was a high chance of reaching the end of the Ocean of Death by following Lu Yin's group.
Everyone was silent as they sat on the small star energy boat.
Star energy appeared on Lu Yin's fingertips, and when he touched the water, he frowned. Something wasn't right; this wasn't just decomposition. This feeling was similar to the Sky Platform — it was rejection.
Star energy gathered in his eyes, and when he opened them, he saw that the entire Ocean of Death was filled with rune lines. The rune lines represented by Zora's star energy were just like the small boat in the middle of the ocean that could disintegrate at any moment. Furthermore, the deeper they went, the more rune lines there were. Lu Yin couldn't even measure how many there were, but it far exceeded Avery's.
This was the true face of the Ocean of Death. He looked up again and saw that the entire trial zone was formed by an enormous amount of rune lines. It wasn't a natural environment, and the amount of rune lines represented was enough to make him faint.
Everything formed by a natural environment had far fewer rune lines than the Ocean of Death.
The monkey had said that Rune Technology had flourished for a period of time, and its combat methods had been very strange. It had directly erased an opponent's rune lines, which was a form of erasure. In that case, if Lu Yin wanted to erase the Ocean of Death, he could also erase the rune lines.
However, Lu Yin didn't know how to erase another person's rune lines. He didn't understand such a power.
He removed the star energy from his eyes, and everything returned to normal.
The small boat steadily headed towards the depths of the Ocean of Death.
More than ten small boats followed behind them.
One day later, while the group was resting, Coco suddenly cried out, "Ah, if we die in the Ocean of Death, won't the Dao of Heaven appear in the Ocean of Death again?"
Kuang Wang was startled by Coco's words, and he rolled his eyes. "No, the Ocean of Death is very special. If you die in the Ocean of Death and enter the Dao of Heaven again, you'll only appear on the coast."
"That's good." Coco patted her chest.
Lu Yin looked at Zora and saw that her face was ugly and slightly pale. He filled his eyes with star energy again, and after observing for a while, he determined that Zora's star energy would run out in at most half a day.
A day and a half?
That was less than half of what she had expected, which meant that the Ocean of Death's star energy rejection had doubled.
Lu Yin looked back and saw that none of the small boats had fallen behind, and they were all following behind them.
"Be careful!" Feng Shang barked as he released his green domain. He raised a hand and slapped to the left. Everyone looked over and saw a war spirit wielding a spear that was thrusting towards the group.
Feng Shang's palm collided with the war spirit's spear, causing the small boat to sway and the war spirit's spear to shatter. Feng Shang's eyes flashed, and a stream of air revolved around his palm. "Whirlwind Slash."
With a whoosh, the void split apart, and the war spirit was instantly obliterated by the Whirlwind Slash.
Zora heaved a sigh of relief.
Coco cried out, "There are war spirits here?"
Kuang Wang nodded and solemnly said, "That's right. There are war spirits in the Ocean of Death."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Zora asked with an ugly expression.
Kuang Wang helplessly replied, "I forgot."
Everyone was speechless.
"The appearance of a war spirit means that the person who formed it has crossed the Ocean of Death. Everyone, be careful. If we're unlucky, we might run into one of the Ten Arbiters," Feng Shang said as he licked his lips.
Coco was afraid. "Senior, don't scare us."
Feng Shang smiled bitterly. "I'm not scaring anyone. No one knows how a war spirit forms. Perhaps your war spirit will form in the next second as well. Do you remember the Astral Combat Tournament?
Brother Lu and Liu Shaoqiu were having a good fight when their war spirits suddenly formed and ran away. "
Lu Yin recalled that during the Astral Combat Tournament, he and Liu Shaoqiu had both formed war spirits during their battle.
"Hehe, I heard that quite a few students died at the hands of the Thirteen Swords. That was Liu Shaoqiu's war spirit. I wonder who was unlucky enough to run into Brother Lu's war spirit," Kuang Wang gloated.
Feng Shang glanced at him. "No matter who it is, it won't end well for them, including you."
Kuang Wang pursed his lips, as Feng Shang was right. With Lu Yin's power level during the Astral Combat Tournament, his war spirit could easily crush them all.
"If we can really run into one of the Ten Arbiters' war spirits, then this trip won't have been in vain," Xia Luo said with some interest.
Lu Yin's lips curled up as he looked at the Ocean of Death. He hoped to run into one of the Ten Arbiters' war spirits and experience their strength when they were still Limiteers. He did not believe that the difference between them was that great.
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Third Update: Brothers, happy holidays! Dream of your childhood, and I hope that everyone will always maintain that most sincere happiness and innocence!