Chapter 226: The Strongest, Lu Yin (1/2)

Many watched on nervously. What is this battle technique? Is it another Nightking clan battle technique?

Outside the arena plains, Chilian Daynight had a fiery gaze as he stared at Nightqueen Yanqing. Nightking's Body was a superb battle technique that only the Nightking of the Daynight clan could comprehend. The technique brought the physical body’s power to the next level and was equivalent to unconditionally increasing one’s battle force by a whole line. Essentially, Nightqueen Yanqing now had five-lined battle force.

Many gasped in surprise when they realized just what effect Nightking’s Body had. Clearly, every one of the Nightking clan’s battle techniques could shock the entire crowd. Nightking's Body was rather well-known, although there had only ever been a few individuals who had managed to successfully cultivate it. Who here could have expected Nightqueen Yanqing to actually succeed.

In the Sword Sect, the white-clothed elder exclaimed, “I never would have thought that a female child could actually successfully cultivate the Nightking's Body. That technique can even rival the Third Sword of the Thirteen Swords. Every Nightking battle technique has an overwhelmingly suppressive force. That little brat is immune to the Third Sword, but I wonder if he can also block the Nightking's Body which is just as strong as the Third Sword.”

At this time, Starsibyl, Han Chong, and Grandini all had ugly expressions when they saw the current Nightqueen Yanqing’s true terror. She had hidden herself very deeply.

Lu Yin also had an ugly expression, as he could feel Nightqueen Yanqing’s power rising rapidly. Her strength was as deep as the ocean, and also as immovable as a mountain.

“Don’t be so scared that you admit defeat. Then, I’d have to personally go to Astral-10 and crush you there,” Nightqueen Yanqing declared in an icy voice. Her body suddenly disappeared from view, and a moment later, Lu Yin felt an intense pain blossom in his abdomen. The scene in front of his eyes flew away from him at a terrifying speed. He had been struck by an overpowering strength that slammed his body into the ground. The power of that blow had shattered his four-lined battle force, causing him to cough up blood.

Nightqueen Yanqing stood above the plains and looked down at where Lu Yin had been blasted an unknown depth into the ground. She raised her head and looked around outside the plains, where she saw Liu Shaoqiu, Starsibyl, Han Chong, and all the other peak combatants. She smiled slightly. This was the strength of her Nightking's Body. It pushed her physical strength to the level of five-lined battle force and allowed her to crush all her opponents like ants.

Watching his screen, Undying Yushan sighed. The Nightking clan was just too terrifying.

On Earth, Zhou Shan and the rest all clenched their fists and nervously stared at the screen. Lu Yin had actually been smashed into the ground by a single strike. At this rate, everything was pointing toward disaster.

Over a billion Earthlings fell silent in unison as they nervously watched the screens.

On San Dios, the floating city, Wendy Yushan’s eyes flickered as she unconsciously clenched her sword hilt. Nightqueen Yanqing’s arrogant demeanor was too much for her—it was just unsightly.

At Astral-10’s space station, Madam Nalan calmly set down her wine glass. “But can the Nightking's Body give one the ability to survive in outer space?”

A shadow appeared behind her and answered her question. “If one is not an Explorer, then they cannot survive in space. The Nightking's Body can at most raise Nightqueen Yanqing’s battle force to the level of five lines, but even that will only increase how long she can survive in outer space by a small amount, which is already very short. Thus, she still would not be able to survive in outer space.”

“Are there absolutely no cases of someone beneath the realm of Explorer surviving in outer space?” Madam Nalan was curious.

“It’s rumored that, when the Ten Arbiters were Limiteers, they could kill Explorers while in space, but rumors are rumors. Those stories were never verified.”

Madam Nalan frowned: the Ten Arbiters, it’s always the Ten Arbiters. After the universe’s transformation, the Ten Arbiters had become the standard against which every youth was measured. Every single past move and action of theirs was something to be compared to, but no one could actually measure up.

If even Nightqueen Yanqing could not survive in space with her current physique, then what did that signify about Lu Yin? Madam Nalan still had not forgotten the shock that had struck her when she realized that Lu Yin had not perished even after floating through outer space.

Above the arena plains, Nightqueen Yanqing stood in the sky, alone and arrogant. She then gently stepped down. Her pure white thighs flashed with a gleam as a shock wave rippled out before the ground suddenly exploded as she attempted to force Lu Yin out. “Get out here!”

Everyone watched on nervously. They could feel that the match was about to be decided.

Deep in the ground, Lu Yin released a slow breath with a grimace. He did not want to expose this so soon, as it was a stage that only the Ten Arbiters had ever stepped on while at the Melder realm. No one else had ever done what he was about to do in the entire history of the Astral Combat Tournament. However, the current situation was out of Lu Yin’s control, especially since he could not use his Cosmic Palm. Otherwise, a nine-stars Cosmic Palm powered by with four-lined battle force would be able to contest Nightqueen Yanqing’s Nightking's Body. After a moment of consideration, Lu Yin decided to throw caution to the wind. He would end this season’s tournament with a shocking reveal. Lu Yin focused his thoughts, and his eyes trembled. The four-lined battle force that had crumbled away reappeared around his body before then seeping through the cracks in the ground to form a purple halo that distorted the void.

Nightqueen Yanqing felt contempt for Lu Yin’s struggles, as his four-lined battle force was unable to withstand a single strike from her.

Countless audience members frowned as they watched on; was he still going to try to use four-lined battle force? In previous tournaments, a four-lined battle force user would have for all intents and purposes been the strongest competitor, but the bar in this tournament was wildly higher. Four-lined battle force was actually somewhat common.

But then, a stunning sliver of a dark-gold radiance flickered within the purple aura before shooting into the horizon, dying the entire sky the same dark gold color even as the purple was wiped away.

Everyone was amazed by what they were seeing. Is that… five-lined battle force?