After quite a while, the aftershocks from their collision dispersed.
At this moment, everything that Lu Yin could see had changed; the mountain range that had been in front of him before had vanished, and the void was distorting unceasingly, as if it would shatter at any moment.
He looked around for Shang Rong and White Knight and quickly found the two. They were both standing within a deep pit, staring at each other.
Shang Rong’s face was flushed red, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. There was a gaping hole in his shoulder where he had been stabbed by White Knight’s spear, and the blood from the wound had spilled out to cover half of his body.
White Knight was standing across from him and was not in much better shape. The knight’s armor had been almost completely shattered while the spear was broken in half. White Knight had already sustained some injuries from the battle against Blood Looney, and then the knight had been forced to fight against Shang Rong soon after. White Knight’s injuries were even worse than Blood Looney’s when he had faced off against Nightking Zhenwu.
Shang Rong tightly grasped his shoulder and walked forward towards White Knight step by step. “You are already at your limit. To be able to struggle with me to this degree, I, Shang Rong, will remember you. But today, you must die.”
White Knight slowly raised the broken spear so that its tip pointed at Shang Rong. “Have you forgotten what the Fifth Mainland people excel at?”
Shang Rong suddenly hesitated, and he appeared uncertain. According to the historical records of the Sixth Mainland, the Fifth Mainland’s cultivators were the best at concealing their strength, or in other words, acting weak to gobble the strong. These people would always hold something back, and this characteristic had repeatedly caused those from the Sixth Mainland to feel resentful, but also helpless.
Because of this, during the ancient war, countless experts from the Sixth Mainland had died at the critical moment of a battle.
Shang Rong stared at White Knight. “I don’t believe that you still have the strength to retaliate.”
“You can see. At worst, we’ll just die together,” White Knight said indifferently.
Shang Rong froze in place as his eyes flickered.
Lu Yin watched this confrontation take place, hesitating over whether or not he should act. There was a fundamental disparity in his strength compared to Shang Rong, and while White Knight had been able to withstand that strength which could dissolve everything, Lu Yin may not necessarily be able to do so. In particular, his hesitation was born from his inability to see through the essence of the strength behind that disintegration. Even if Shang Rong was currently injured, that strength was still enough to obliterate Lu Yin.
After a while, Shang Rong appeared to have made the decision to act, and he stepped forward.
White Knight spun the spear tip with a cold expression, but the knight did not take a single step back.
Shang Rong stopped. He seemed to struggle with himself for a while, and then he glared at White Knight. “I won’t take advantage of your injuries for now. When you recover, we will fight each other again.”
He then leaped up, left the crater, and flew into the distance.
Lu Yin relaxed, as Shang Rong had been intimidated into retreating.
Within the pit, White Knight maintained the same posture without moving.
Lu Yin felt that something was strange, and he jumped down into the pit to approach White Knight, as he wanted to find out what was going on in the Innerverse.
Out of fear that White Knight would attack him, he promptly stated, “I’m from the Fifth Mainland. You must know Wendy Yushan. I’m Lu Yin.”
White Knight did not respond.
Lu Yin approached closer. “I’m Lu Yin. You should’ve heard of me.”
White Knight still did not respond.
When Lu Yin walked to the armored figure’s side, he gently pushed against the body, and White Knight crumbled to the ground.
“So he actually passed out a long time ago.” Lu Yin laughed, as an unconscious person had managed to scare Shang Rong away. Lu Yin wondered what Shang Rong would think if he came back only to find that White Knight had fainted during their battle.
Lu Yin bent over and looked at White Knight. This was one of the Ten Arbiters, and back in their original universe, the Ten Arbiters were supreme existences of the younger generation. Wen Sansi, Nightking Zhenwu, Lan Si: each and every one of them was a high and mighty figure. This was the first time Lu Yin had ever been this close to one of the Ten Arbiters, and he could even decide this one’s fate.
Lu Yin felt complicated, as White Knight was the person who had taken Wendy Yushan to Myriad Swords Peak. Zhao Yilong had also mentioned that this person had treated Wendy Yushan very well, and nobody believed that the knight did not have feelings for Wendy Yushan.
Wendy Yushan was also Lu Yin’s fiancée. Even though the whole thing was a sham, they had known each other for so long that Lu Yin had to admit that he had had some thoughts of his own for Wendy Yushan; any normal man would have some intentions. Her appearance and character contained attractive qualities that were rarely seen, and even if Wendy Yushan did not feel any love for Lu Yin, there was still the affection one felt for a family member.
If this person lived, they might eventually take Wendy Yushan away from Lu Yin some day in the future.
Lu Yin sighed and smiled bitterly. He grabbed White Knight and left. No matter what the future might hold, this person was on his side in the dispute between the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands, and he had also indirectly saved Lu Yin’s own life. He had to repay this favor.
“A life for a life. I’ll rescue you this time, and the favor I owe you for saving me from the cauldron will be considered repaid,” Lu Yin said.
As for Nong Zaitian, Lu Yin did not look for him, as his survival depended on his own luck. After all, they were still enemies. As for Mr. Bai and the others, Lu Yin held some friendship towards them, and he would save them if possible. However, the rest could forget any such effort on his part.
Lu Yin also did not toss the hoe aside, as he figured that taking it back to research further might yield some results. Although its appearance was rather lacking, its speed was impressive.
The Daosource Sect was massive, and it was not easy to run into any of the Realmlings or Ten Arbiters.