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

Starsibyl and the rest of the peak fighters narrowed their eyes and unconsciously stepped forward, only to look into the ground in disbelief. How was this possible? Five-lined battle force was something that only the Ten Arbiters had ever achieved while still in the Astral Combat Academy.

Nightqueen Yanqing’s body trembled, and she involuntarily retreated several steps in shock. Beneath the earth’s surface, the dark gold radiance had accumulated into a breathtaking, dazzling brilliance.

In the sky, a dozen mentors appeared, including Astral-10’s Sandmaster. They all stared at the scene on the ground in shock. “Other than the Ten Arbiters, another five-lined battle force user has actually appeared in the academy. This person’s talent is no weaker than the Ten Arbiters.”

“Another Ten Arbiters candidate.”

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Countless viewers were shocked as they stared at their screens, even space-exploring powerhouses. Battle force was very difficult to comprehend, and only the top-notch institutions such as the Astral Combat Academy could consistently churn out battle force users. In the Outerverse, any battle force user could stand above all others, while five-lined battle force was so difficult to comprehend that even space-exploring individuals could not do so easily. Five lines was considered to be the sign of a powerhouse.

Anyone who could cultivate five-lined battle force was destined to become a space-exploring powerhouse who can easily crush anyone in their realm. But now, a lowly Melder had actually comprehended five-lined battle force, shocking the heavens.

Step by step, Lu Yin pulled himself out of the ground with a calm expression. He had survived two calamities at Driftcharge Planet. After involuntarily activating the Technique of Life and Death, he had survived his first encounter with death and upgraded his battle force to three lines. After his second brush with death, the technique had upgraded his battle force to five lines. Even now, Lu Yin still found it hard to believe that he had reached such a step, but that technique was just too mysterious. His current strength was all thanks to that elder back on Driftcharge Planet. Without him, the two unavoidable disasters that had struck Lu Yin would have merely resulted in his death. Lu Yin was only able to climb up to this point because of that mysterious Technique of Life and Death.

Unfortunately, this sort of technique could not be cultivated. Lu Yin had no clue how he had survived his first life and death ordeal when he had almost become white meat. But during his second life and death calamity, he would have definitely died if the Nalan family’s spacecraft hadn’t coincidentally passed by. Both of these experiences were things that he never wanted to go through again.

He clenched his right fist, causing the purple battle force to form a mark that covered his body. Outside of this imprint was a dark-gold circle. His entire body was lined with a thin layer of dark-gold aura. Lu Yin could feel an incomparably terrifying strength coursing through him. This was the strength that he had obtained after risking life and death. He was now going to use this strength at the very end of this season’s Astral Combat Tournament.

Not far away from him, Nightqueen Yanqing’s eyes grew huge as she stared at Lu Yin in shock. As he slowly walked out from the ground, her face turned deathly white. “Impossible, how could you reach five-lined battle force? That’s something that only the Ten Arbiters can do. It’s impossible for you to do the same.”

Lu Yin looked at his arm as he stood in front of her. Her innate gift of purple pupils no longer had any effect on him. “Impossible? Then try it yourself. I hope that you can take it.” He suddenly vanished only to reappear right before Nightqueen Yanqing. His right hand had already stretched out in front of her forehead, and Lu Yin lightly tapped it, causing a soft thump to resound through the arena. A shock wave tore through the void as Nightqueen Yanqing was sent flying. Her mind was still blank even as her surroundings blurred into an indistinguishable blur.

Lu Yin raised his lips into a sly smile before vanishing and reappearing next to the still-flying Nightqueen Yanqing. He slapped down with a palm, and there was a loud, rumbling tremor as the earth was pulverized into dust. Nightqueen Yanqing had been viciously slapped deep into the ground, where she spat out a mouthful of blood. Her clothes had been torn, and her smooth belly was exposed.

“Don’t forget—you still have the Nightking's Body that can rival five-lined battle force,” Lu Yin reminded her in a cheerful tone.

From her position in the ground, Nightqueen Yanqing suddenly opened her eyes and revealed a fierce look. She roared out loudly and forcefully endured her injuries as she charged out, only to spit out another mouthful of blood. She stared fiercely at Lu Yin. “That’s right! I still have the Nightking's Body that can rival five-lined battle force. The outcome hasn’t been decided yet!” She then charged ferociously at Lu Yin as she roared out, “Nightking Punch!”

Lu Yin stretched his neck, as this was exactly the reaction that he wanted. How could he improve his five-lined battle force if he didn’t have an opponent to fight against? It was not easy to upgrade one’s battle force, and one naturally had to experience many battles to do so. Nightqueen Yanqing was simply his first suitable battle target.

Bang!

Bang, bang, bang!

Bang!

Bang, bang!

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The glaring radiance illuminated the void as the two figures collided at a speed that couldn’t be followed. Most of the audience could only see their phantom images slowly dissipating in the airl only Starsibyl and a few others could make out the two’s real bodies. Even then, all they could see was blurry shadows.

Regardless of whether it was Nightqueen Yanqing or Lu Yin, they were both clearly at the same level as Starsibyl and Han Chong in terms of strength. No one dared to say who was the strongest out of the four, but Starsibyl’s and Han Chong’s battle styles leaned towards domains and spiritual force while Lu Yin and Nightqueen Yanqing tended towards utilizing their physical body and battle force; these were two entirely different styles.

Boom!