Chapter 368: Disparity (1/2)

Lu Yin released a breath as he watched the news on his screen. Darkstar Gorge was now entangled with all the powers connected to the Nine Allied Nations, which would temporarily lessen the danger that the Shenwu Continent was facing, which would buy him some time.

Opposite Lu Yin, Barley looked at the instigator of the current fiasco. Although nobody else knew this, Barley was fully aware that Lu Yin was the mastermind behind everything. However, he could not think of a single reason why Lu Yin would want to start a war between Darkstar Gorge and the Darkmist Weave. Had everything been done just to deal with Puyu? That was impossible, as the two sides would not go all out for just a single Shuta Planet. They would merely go through the motions, and that wouldn’t be enough to deal with Puyu. Barley just could not fathom Lu Yin’s motives.

Whether one considered Darkstar Gorge or the powers of the Darkmist Weave, a war could not be easily triggered. In other words, both sides were just wasting time at the present.

In the eyes of the powers related to the Nine Allied Nations, Lu Yin was an obnoxious brat who had set Darkstar Gorge up to confront them, only to then turn around and make a stand for righteousness on humanity’s behalf. This last bit left them unable to vent their bitter suffering, which in turn caused them to be sullen.

“You want to know my strength?” Wendy Yushan looked at Lu Yin in astonishment.

Lu Yin solemnly replied, “I really want to know the disparity between me and the top twenty in the Top Hundred Rankings.”

Wendy Yushan’s eyes flashed. “Top twenty? I’ll be higher than that soon.”

Lu Yin was stunned. “You’ve already learned it?”

She shook her head. “It’s not that easy, but I’m confident that it won’t take me much more time.”

“Impossible! A secret technique can’t be learned that easily! Otherwise, those terrifying powers with secret techniques would have been mass-producing experts since a long time ago!” The Ghost Monkey quickly refuted Wendy’s claim.

Lu Yin studied Wendy Yushan. “Some advice if I may. Even after you learn it, you shouldn’t overly flaunt it. You won’t be able to withstand the backlash. Despite the Great Yu Empire’s obvious power, it only managed to rule over thirteen filaments. Remember His Majesty’s fate in the Starfall Sea all those years ago.”

Wendy Yushan replied, “I know.”

She then raised her hand while holding her sheathed longsword. “You can feel it with just one sword.”

Lu Yin grew serious, took a deep breath, and adjusted his condition. His muscles swelled, and his right hand pulsed like a heart. The air rippled as it settled into multiple layers, and even the void started to warp.

Wendy Yushan’s eyes narrowed at this sight as she silently marveled to herself. It was no wonder how he had overcome the combined attack of Bazeer and Yan Feng; this power could even rival the tail-end of the Top Hundred Rankings! Even she had not been this powerful when she was at Lu Yin’s age. This was the power of a true Ten Arbiters’ candidate.

“You can attack first,” Wendy Yushan told him.

Lu Yin did not hesitate and used Flash to appear beside her. A dark-gold radiance flickered around his body as he released his five-lined battle force without any hesitation. He raised a palm and then unleashed a Thirty Stacks Fortyfold Shockwave Palm. Wendy Yushan did not move as Lu Yin’s palm approached her, but he nonetheless kept a close eye on her as nine stars revolved around his body and his domain was completely released. He wanted to experience the disparity between Wendy Yushan and himself in his peak state.

The palm continued to approach Wendy, growing closer and closer with each passing moment. Right when Lu Yin was about to hesitate and consider stopping his attack, he heard a whooshing noise. An endless amount of sword qi appeared before him that rushed through the void and turned into a white sword light that sliced through his domain, causing his dark-gold, five-lined battle force to collapse. One sword had split apart his Overlaying Stacks, and the tip was suddenly at Lu Yin’s neck, exactly the same as a couple of days before.

Lu Yin was still in his attacking posture, but his attack had been forcibly stopped due to an instinctive response to the crisis. He had a feeling that, as soon as he acted, his hand would be gone. That was how extreme the danger that was currently emanating from Wendy Yushan felt.

The two exchanged glances, and the shock in Lu Yin’s eyes slowly dissipated. He grimaced. “Just one sword. I can’t even take one sword from you.”

Wendy Yushan put her blade away and gracefully stood before Lu Yin. “The Myriad Swords Peak’s sword technique is very simple: all the swords combine into one. What I just displayed was Ten Thousand Swords as One, which simplifies a complex path to return to a natural state.”

Lu Yin did not understand her explanation.

Wendy Yushan spoke again. “Our Myriad Swords Peak does not have as many sword techniques as the Sword Sect since we only seek one path: a single sword. To face any opponent, only one sword is required. If that one sword is defeated, then we’re defeated as well. If that one sword wins, then we win. It’s that simple.”

“Was that one sword your strongest attack?”

Wendy Yushan looked at him, and a crafty glint passed through her eyes. “What do you think?”

He had always assumed that Wendy Yushan was an ice princess, and he had yet to see any sign of emotion in her eyes besides disdain. He was momentarily stunned, since he seemed to see a fairy-like charm and beauty in her eyes at this moment.

Wendy Yushan adjusted her expression and calmed down again.

Lu Yin pursed his lips, and thought of the sword that he had just seen. Could that attack really have been her strongest?