"Avery usually doesn't refuse challenges. Many people want to gain his recognition, but it's very difficult. Generally speaking, only experts on the Top 100 Rankings can meet Avery's requirements. Brother Lu, your strength has reached that level," Xia Luo said.
Lu Yin was shocked. "This Avery is really arrogant."
"He has the right to be arrogant," Feng Shang said.
Kuang Wang rolled his eyes. It was annoying to hear his name being mentioned all the time.
"Seventh Bro, we have to teach this Avery a lesson when we have the time. What's with Abu's line? Show off, we have to beat him up. After we beat him up, we'll set a standard for the harem!" the monkey shouted.
Lu Yin suddenly thought of a problem. "Isn't the Souldream Tribe in the Spirit Seal Flowzone?
The Souldream Tribe uses musical battle techniques, which are quite similar to the Dire Barbarian Clan's. "
"The Dire Barbarian Clan and the Souldream Tribe have been enemies for generations. Their hatred runs deeper than anyone else's," Xia Luo said.
This was the first time Lu Yin had heard of this, so he was rather curious.
"Rumor has it that the Dire Barbarian Clan has a tradition of snatching beauties from the Souldream Tribe as wives. Whoever manages to do so is a warrior. The Souldream Tribe also has a tradition of killing anyone from the Dire Barbarian Clan without mercy. Killing a member of the Dire Barbarian Clan is equivalent to being a warrior of the Dire Barbarian Clan. These two clans have been killing each other for countless years."
"How interesting." Lu Yin laughed.
"The Dire Barbarian Clan is very arrogant, and Avery is the epitome of arrogance," Feng Shang continued.
Kuang Wang rolled his eyes. His name was always mentioned. "Focus on controlling the boat. Don't overturn it."
"No need." Lu Yin stood up and stretched his arms. "Prepare for battle. It'll be very tiring."
Feng Shang and the others were puzzled, as they hadn't seen anything.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed as he looked straight ahead. In his eyes, the entire Ocean of Death was churning as countless rune lines converged in front of him, gradually forming human figures. These were war spirits that had the ability to attack spiritual force.
At this moment, Feng Shang and the others also saw them, and their expressions turned ugly.
"One, two, three … seven, nine …" Kuang Wang was stunned. "Nine war spirits, and they should all have the strength of a Realm Master. We're in trouble."
Feng Shang smiled bitterly... This should be our end. "
Xia Luo's gaze was solemn, and even his expression changed.
Lu Yin took a few steps forward and walked in front of them. "I'll try my best to pull as many as I can. The rest will be up to you guys." He then used Flash to vanish as five-lined battle force appeared around his body. Sirius activated his domain and unleashed a palm strike at the nine war spirits in front of him. The wind from his palm covered the sky as he attempted to engulf all nine war spirits.
With his battle prowess, so what if nine world overlords joined forces? He wanted nothing more than to deal with all of them by himself.
The result was just as Lu Yin had hoped, and the nine war spirits all attacked him at the same time. They completely ignored Feng Shang and the others as more war spirits appeared in the surroundings.
Kuang Wang said in a low voice, "That's impossible. How could there be so many war spirits in such a deep place? There must be some fake ones among them."
Feng Shang shouted, "Who cares if it's fake or not? Let's fight!"
In an instant, the battle in the depths of the Ocean of Death began.
During the Astral Combat Tournament, Lu Yin had already possessed the strength to crush Realm Masters, and now, he was even more terrifying. A war spirit had been dispersed by a single palm strike from him, but these war spirits were able to enter the depths of the Ocean of Death. Each of them had their own abilities and innate battle techniques. These war spirits were all monstrous geniuses from the Astral Combat Academy. Although they could not compare to the Top 100 Rankings in terms of absolute power, they had all sorts of tricks up their sleeves. Even if Lu Yin wanted to destroy all of them, it would take some time.
There were two Lockbreakers among them, and they used their lockbreaking techniques to neutralize Lu Yin's Overlaying Stacks. One of the Lockbreaker war spirits gave Lu Yin a familiar feeling, as their fighting style was exactly the same as Dao Bo's. Could it be Dao Bo?
The war spirit's domain collided with Lu Yin's, and the war spirit's battle force collided with Lu Yin's, causing the Ocean of Death to tremble.
Behind them, Feng Shang and the others were facing a bitter battle as they were surrounded by seven war spirits. Kuang Wang was the first to fall, as his azure dragon was dispersed by a war spirit's four-lined battle force the moment it was released. His emperor butterfly grass was also torn apart by another war spirit, and he was the first to die.
Feng Shang was not faring much better. His Seven Spinning Slash destroyed a war spirit, but he was also heavily injured by another war spirit.
In comparison, Xia Luo was actually the one who was able to hold on the longest. His lockbreaking techniques could neutralize the war spirits' attacks, but he definitely would not be able to hold on for much longer.
Lu Yin defeated three war spirits in a row, and then a fierce attack came crashing down from the top of his head. To one side, a war spirit slashed out with its sword, tearing through the void. On the other side, a strange cold wind appeared in the Ocean of Death, and it tried to freeze Lu Yin.
Although there were many attacks, none of them reached the limit of what Lu Yin could withstand. The war spirits were dealt with one by one, and by the time he destroyed the last war spirit, Xia Luo had perished together with another war spirit.
Sixteen war spirits attacked Lu Yin, eight of which were fake while the other eight were real.
Aside from Lu Yin, no one else could withstand the combined attacks of eight Realm Masters.
Lu Yin floated a meter above the Ocean of Death and looked up. He could not fly any higher, and as he thought about it, the star energy beneath his feet transformed into a boat, and he stood atop it.
In the end, he was the only one left. The Ocean of Death was not easy to cross.
He did not know if this was the most difficult part, but it probably was not. Among the past generations of Astral Combat Academy students, there should have been ten Realm Masters who had joined forces to cross the Ocean of Death, but they had still been defeated. This proved that the Ocean of Death had the power to wipe out ten Realm Masters working together.
The Astral Combat Academy's ten Realm Masters working together was enough to contend with an expert from the Top 100 Rankings, and the power of the attacks just now had not reached the level of the Top 100 Rankings.
While Lu Yin was thinking about this, a war spirit slowly appeared in the distance.
Lu Yin's eyes trembled, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart. He stared at the war spirit; it was very strong.
The war spirit approached Lu Yin step by step, an umbrella formed from star energy in its hand. It walked across the Ocean of Death and walked out of the black and yellow fog. When it was about a hundred meters away from Lu Yin, it lowered the umbrella and pointed the tip at Lu Yin. Strange insects flew out from the umbrella and rushed towards Lu Yin.
These insects were like centipedes that had grown a hundred times in size. They were ferocious and terrifying, and they tore through the void as they passed.
Lu Yin's scalp went numb, and he waved a hand, causing a strong gale to push the insects away. He looked up and saw that a giant umbrella had appeared in the sky at some point, covering the entire area. Inside the umbrella was a thousand-meter-long insect that had five-lined battle force imprinted on its body.
With a whoosh, the giant insect rushed towards Lu Yin, its huge body wrapping around him in layers as it entrenched itself in the void around Lu Yin.
Lu Yin felt a wave of dizziness. Not good, there's poison! He did not dare to be careless and used Flash to avoid the attack. He then slapped the insect's body with a Thirty Stacks Fortyfold Shockwave Palm, breaking apart a section of the insect's body. Even the five-lined battle force imprinted on the insect's body could not withstand the attack.
The war spirit wielding the umbrella ferociously rushed towards Lu Yin and struck out with both of its palms. The star energy in its palms underwent a strange transformation, as if it had been compressed.
Lu Yin raised his elbow and met the war spirit's attack head-on. The void transformed into a wave that swept out, and Lu Yin felt a sharp pain in his arm. What a ferocious palm strength, and its ability to compress star energy had actually reached the standard of Twenty Stacks. This person was definitely one of the few Realm Masters in the history of the Astral Combat Academy, and among the current Realm Masters, only Starsibyl could contend against him.
This ferocious palm strength was capable of damaging Lu Yin's spiritual force, but unfortunately, it was useless against Lu Yin.
The insect entrenched itself once again, completely enveloping Lu Yin and the war spirit. The intense poisonous gas caused Lu Yin to feel dizzy.
He did not hesitate and struck out with both hands. One of his palms landed on the war spirit's body while the other landed on the insect's body.
The two palms caused both the insect and the war spirit to crumble, turning into rune lines that dissipated into the Ocean of Death.
It was truly difficult to find someone who could match Lu Yin in the Astral Combat Academy, even if it was the past generations of students.
It was a pity that Feng Shang and the other two had died. Otherwise, they might have been able to recognize who that war spirit was based on. The umbrella, the insect, and the five-lined battle force were all too obvious.
Just as Lu Yin was about to take a break, the entire Ocean of Death began to boil once again. This time, it was not just this space that was boiling, but rather the entire Ocean of Death.
Lu Yin's face went pale, and he leapt up into the sky. He endured the pressure and looked into the distance. Regardless of whether it was in front or behind him, the entire Ocean of Death was boiling as endless rune lines shot up into the sky and condensed.
Lu Yin landed on the star energy boat and gritted his teeth as he looked at the scene before him. How could this be? Almost all of the rune lines in the Ocean of Death were being condensed, and they were all trying to force him out. Based on the strength of this force, how had the people of the past reached the end?
How had the Ten Arbiters done this?
Just like the Sky Platform, Lu Yin increasingly felt that the Ten Arbiters' strength was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. It had already surpassed the scope of his understanding.
"Seventh Bro, why do I feel like my heart is palpitating? Is something terrifying about to appear?" the monkey asked in a panic.
Lu Yin's eyes flickered. The entire Ocean of Death was churning, including the shores of the Ocean of Death. Many students looked on in horror; the Ocean of Death was actually boiling.
Others could not see it, but Lu Yin could see an even more terrifying scene. Endless rune lines filled the sky from the bottom to the top. These rune lines represented power, and Lu Yin was being resisted by the entire Ocean of Death.
I can't block it. I definitely can't block it. Lu Yin kept repeating these words in his heart. This was the Ocean of Death, or rather, the power of the Dao of Heaven's trial zones.
"Seventh Bro, what's going on?
I feel like I can't breathe, "the monkey tattoo on Lu Yin's right arm said in a panic.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. Then, he suddenly opened them and sat down cross-legged. Since he could not block it, then he would take a gamble. "The Dao of Heaven does not allow for good communication. Leap through the heavens and lie down. The Dao of Heaven gives. Leap through the boundless expanse and lie down.
"Why are you chanting at a time like this? Just run!" the monkey shouted.
Lu Yin ignored him. From start to finish, he had not been able to recite the entire Stonewall Scriptures. He could only recite a little bit at a time and gradually increase the amount. There was always a limit, and once he exceeded it, he would faint.
Faced with the power of the entire Ocean of Death, he had to use the Stonewall Scriptures to resist it. The Ocean of Death was destructive to spiritual force, but the Stonewall Scriptures perfectly countered it. It all depended on whether the limit of the Stonewall Scriptures that he could endure was enough to resist the Ocean of Death.
Around the boat, the water of the Ocean of Death began to rise, and droplets of water filled the entire space.
Gradually, the rune lines condensed into an attack high up in the sky. It was a finger, a finger that Lu Yin had engraved in his heart. It was a finger that he would never forget, could not shake off, and yet could not recall: a finger.