Chapter 282: Sweeping Through (1/2)

Lu Yin himself was stunned as well. He hadn’t put much force into that attack as he was afraid that Zhanlong Daynight would recognize him. However, the moment that their attacks collided, power had uncontrollably come out of his body, as if its sole purpose was to suppress the Daynight Restoration Technique. The result of this was Lu Yin being unable to control his strength and releasing that powerful counterattack.

Zhanlong Daynight stared hard at Lu Yin. “It’s you!”

Lu Yin’s heart skipped a beat. This is bad! It seemed that he wouldn’t be able to hide his identity any longer, so his best course of action was to prevent Zhanlong Daynight from even speaking.

While Lu Yin was in the midst of processing the situation, the void distorted as martial power and all sorts of other energies swept through the area. The energy became tangible and surrounded the fifth level of the Tower of Resonating Light, sealing off the sixth level.

Back down on the sixth level, Yue Xianzi was just about to charge over, but she was stopped by the rampant shockwaves coming from Lu Yin and Zhanlong Daynight’s battle. By the time she was able to head over, it was already too late. All she could do was helplessly watch on as the sixth level was sealed off.

Han Chong rushed up from the seventh level while waving his arms in the air. He used his martial power to draw a painting of mountains and seas that surged forth at the materialized energy seal. However, his efforts were in vain, and the seal did not budge in the slightest.

“Where’s the target of this operation, Han Chong? The Shenwu Continent’s done for the moment our objective is destroyed. If we complete this task, someone will eventually save us,” a trialtaker said.

Han Chong had a sullen expression. “The area below is too big, so I haven’t found it yet.”

Yue Xianzi recalled what Lu Yin had said to her earlier, and her heart sank. However, it wouldn’t be a good idea to bring it up right now since the information would likely drop morale. She could only treat what Lu Yin had said as a lie and keep searching.

“Let’s all work together and see if we can break the seal!” a girl exclaimed. She seemed to be quite popular, and about a dozen trialtakers immediately attempted to follow her suggestion and rose to attack the seal. However, it still refused to budge.

“You won’t be able to do anything unless a Lockbreaker is directing the energy. This is a materialized set of various mixed energies that have combined together to form this unique seal. Only a Lockbreaker has a chance of undoing this sort of thing,” Han Chong said sternly as he eyed the fifth level. Amongst all the trialtakers on the continent, it appeared that the only Lockbreaker here was Lu Yin.

“Since they have the gall to seal us here, they clearly aren’t worried about us finding it. All of this will be for nothing,” someone else retorted.

“Then should we just wait here to die?”

…

“Stop arguing. Let’s just try to find the control node for now. It might be our only way out,” Han Chong stated firmly before darting back down towards the seventh level once again. The others were left with no other choice but to follow him.

The fifth level was still rife with intense battles. Seven trialtakers had managed to escape from the seal’s grasp in time, and they were currently stuck on this level. Aside from Zhanlong Daynight, there were two other members of the Daynight clan and five additional trialtakers who were currently caught in battle with experts from the Shenwu Continent.

Earlier, during the battles on the sixth level, both sides had suffered considerable damage. However, there were now less than a dozen people left on the trialtakers’ side to contest against all of the remaining defending experts from the Shenwu Continent. Furthermore, the defenders had four people who were on the List of Tempering. Their battles had nearly destroyed the fifth level.

Rumble!

A loud explosion blasted out, causing the very air to distort. Lu Yin and Zhanlong Daynight both pulled back at the same time while keeping their eyes on each other.

With a whoosh, Li Zimo swiped his sword at Zhanlong Daynight. He had switched to a new sword after his last one was damaged.

Zhanlong Daynight used his fingers to tap it away. He retreated a few more meters and snickered, “You’re such an idiot! You can’t even tell who’s your friend and who’s your enemy.”

Li Zimo paused, frowning hard. He glanced back at Lu Yin with a guarded expression. He had a clear idea of Zhanlong Daynight’s strength, and even he found it difficult to block his attacks, but this person seemed able to do so with ease. Since when had a powerhouse like him existed on the Shenwu Continent?

“Who are you?” Li Zimo suddenly said as he glared and pointed his sword at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin knew that he wouldn’t be able to get out of this. “It doesn’t matter who I am, Commander Li. Rather, what’s more important is the fact that the person before you is our true enemy. He’s definitely a foreigner, and the responsibility of our Ming Vanguard squad is to eliminate them.”

Zhanlong Daynight laughed maniacally. “Are you still trying to hide even now, Lu Yin? I can’t believe that you had the guts to sneak into the Ming Constables as a foreigner! You’ve got balls.”

Li Zimo had a stern look as he focused hard on Lu Yin.

Lu Yin sighed. “I thought that the Daynight clan was filled with only condescending assholes, but you’re pretty blunt.”

Zhanlong Daynight disgustedly replied, “Don’t lump me in with those morons.” He then glanced at Li Zimo. “Things have gotten pretty interesting now, sword guy. So, who are you going to fight?”

Li Zimo narrowed his eyes. “I’ll kill both of you!”

“How dare you!”

“How dare you!”

Lu Yin and Zhanlong Daynight both attacked Li Zimo at the same time. Regardless of the circumstances, it was an undeniable fact that they were both foreigners, and as such, could be considered to be on the same side. Li Zimo wasn’t weak either, so they wanted to end the battle as soon as possible before other reinforcements had a chance to arrive.

When Li Zimo saw two experts simultaneously attacking him, his gaze went cold as he slashed downwards with his sword before then slashing it across horizontally as well. There was a clang, and the sword was shattered into bits by Lu Yin while Li Zimo himself was hit in the stomach by Zhanlong Daynight. Li Zimo spat out a mouthful of blood as he half-knelt on the ground. He was obviously slightly weaker than either of them, so the final result was nothing surprising.

Lu Yin was about to continue attacking when Li Zimo interrupted and said, “You can kill me, but the two of you will still be enemies.”

Zhanlong Daynight became surprised, and even as Lu Yin’s attack towards Li Zimo continued, the black-and-white haired young man fired off an attack to his side. Lu Yin suddenly turned around. “I knew that you people from the Daynight clan couldn’t be trusted!”

There was a loud crash, and the fifth level nearly collapsed. Lu Yin was also forced back several steps by Zhanlong’s attack. With a wave of his right hand, Lu Yin sent shockwaves pulsing through the area as five-lined battle force burst out. Its dark-gold radiance illuminated the entire level and left everyone in awe.