At the bottom of a flight of stairs, Lu Yin sighed. Both God Taiyi and Ling Gong were his friends, but unfortunately, one of them had to be eliminated here.
If he was being realistic, Lu Yin was more confident in God Taiyi’s chances of victory. The power that Jin He had revealed earlier had even made Lu Yin feel slightly apprehensive. He was still unable to understand how Jin He had countered Fan Shun’s strongest attack, but it was possible that God Taiyi could do the same. Sadly, God Taiyi had underestimated Ling Gong. The Ten Arbiters’ White Knight was not someone who would be taken down so easily.
God Taiyi clenched the spear, and fresh blood flowed down the length of the weapon. A saber appeared in his hand, and he made a clean slash. At the same time, two bloody tears streamed down from the corner of his eyes, leaving scarlet lines behind.
Ling Gong glared at him coldly. She had seen this person talking with Lu Yin outside of Zenith Mountain, and she had originally intended to not kill him because of his relationship with Lu Yin. However, at this moment, she was not able to stick to that plan. As her thoughts reached this point, her spear spun around before pulling back and stabbing in a different direction. The weapon moved flawlessly, and the spear was aimed at God Taiyi’s chest. If it successfully landed, then even if he did not die from the wound, he would still suffer severe injuries.
Ling Gong held back in her attack, still giving God Taiyi a way out: if he retracted his saber, then he would have time to avoid her spear.
However, God Taiyi did not do that. Instead, he showed a creepy smile.
Ling Gong’s heart sank as she suddenly remembered the fight between Jin He and Fan Shun; things actually were not looking good for her.
The spear struck God Taiyi, but it instantly shattered whereas God Taiyi’s saber struck true and slashed across both of Ling Gong’s shoulders, leaving behind a large wound that gushed out blood.
This sudden turn of events left everyone confused.
At the bottom of the stairs, Jin He’s eyes lit up; that was the Knowing stage. As expected, that rascal had reached that stage as well.
Lu Yin shot a look towards them. Just as he had thought, God Taiyi had used the exact same technique as when Jin He had countered Fan Shun’s strongest attack. Ling Gong’s spear had completely shattered, and this could have only been done by the power of an advanced stage of Truesight.
Truesight was a miraculous technique. Lu Yin made a mental note to pay Gods’ Origin a visit in the future so that he could cultivate Truesight further as well.
God Taiyi lost his footing and fell a couple of steps back. Blood gushed from the wound on his abdomen without letting up, and he locked his eyes onto Ling Gong, who was standing before him. She had suffered more serious injuries than him. Although he knew that she was Lu Yin’s friend, God Taiyi had no other option at this time; he could not give up on ZENITH. Still, he had held back during his last attack. Otherwise, his blade would have slit Ling Gong’s throat, killing her without a doubt.
God Taiyi almost never laid his hands on women, but sadly, this was ZENITH.
Countless people across the Innerverse tensed up, but on the other hand, the people of the Neoverse broke out in cheers, especially in Gods’ Origin. “You all saw that, right? That’s the power of a god! All of your attacks are futile.”
“This is the power of the Knowing realm! There’s no way God Taiyi would ever be weaker than that traitor.”
“I’m looking forward to watching God Taiyi eradicate that traitor.”
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In the Innerverse, the Lingling clan had gone silent. The members of the clan watching the battle were not worried in the least. With the Lingling clan’s Soulsplitting Technique, a person was able to split themselves into three.
On the first layer of Zenith Mountain, Ling Gong’s severely damaged body disappeared.
God Taiyi’s expression instantly changed. This did not bode well for him. The members of the Lingling clan were able to use the Soulsplitting Technique to split themselves into three copies, and that meant trouble for him. God Taiyi whirled around to look at the Skycastle; it had not vanished. At the same time, Ling Gong slowly emerged and hefted her spear.
God Taiyi was frustrated. He had already been badly injured, and he stood no chance of victory in a situation where Ling Gong was completely unharmed. Although the Knowing Realm of Truesight was formidable, the price to use it even once was far too much. His eyesight was already beginning to blur, and Jin He should be suffering from the same symptoms at this time. Ling Gong would surely prepare some defensive measures before facing God Taiyi once again.
Bells rang and echoed throughout the massive Skycastle. Ling Gong held her spear in one hand as she faced God Taiyi head on.
With no other choice, God Taiyi said, “I admit defeat.”
The words tore at his heart. His journey in ZENITH had come to an end.
Appalled by the outcome, the viewers from the Neoverse all screamed their lungs out.
This was especially true in Gods’ Origin. The people there had been so excited just a moment ago, and the sudden change in the battle situation was so drastic that everyone was left speechless.
In contrast, the Innerverse became wildly excited; their Ten Arbiters had already secured six of the top twenty places in ZENITH. That meant that more than half of the Arbiters had placed highly. What did that mean? It meant that, even if the famously invincible Ten Arbiters had stepped onto the greatest stage in the entire universe, they were still invincible!
Everyone watched the screens and focused on the bottom of the stairs, eager to discover just who would be Ling Gong’s opponent to enter the top ten.
Ling Gong vanished and quickly reappeared. What greeted her was a pair of piercingly cold eyes that belonged to none other than Xia Jiuyou.
Her opponent to enter the top ten was Xia Jiuyou.
Throughout the Innerverse, many peoples’ hearts fell. Who could have guessed that Ling Gong would face Xia Jiuyou?
These people were unaware of the Nine Clones Secret Technique, but they did know that Xia Jiuyou had been predicted to end up in fifth place whereas Ling Gong was not even expected to enter the top ten. To most people, this showed that Ling Gong was absolutely no match for Xia Jiuyou.
Lu Yin’s heart also fell when he saw that Ling Gong’s opponent was Xia Jiuyou. Even though Lu Yin had managed to suppress Xia Jiuyou before the start of ZENITH, that did not actually mean anything. No one knew just how powerful the Nine Clones Secret Technique actually was, and Lu Yin refused to believe that the technique merely allowed a person to quickly raise their cultivation just by assimilating the clones. If that were all that it did, Progenitor Chen would not have been invincible during his time.
Xia Jiuyou was one of ZENITH’s most enigmatic participants, and Lu Yin had always felt this way about the other youth.
Still, things were not too bad. If Lu Yin wanted to better understand the Nine Clones Technique, then there was another person whom he could observe: Starsibyl.
At that same moment, Starsibyl happened to appear on the battlefield. Her opponent was Wu Taibai.
In the current universe, only two people had managed to comprehend the Nine Clones Technique: Xia Jiuyou and Starsibyl.
Xia Jiuyou was a descendant of Progenitor Chen, so everyone was able to accept him comprehending Progenitor Chen’s secret technique. However, no one could understand just how Starsibyl had managed to learn the technique as well.
However, that did not matter at this moment. Her opponent was Wu Taibai, one of the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Three Skies. If she wanted to secure a victory, then she would definitely have to bring her true strength to bear.
Starsibyl was widely renowned not only in the Innerverse, but also in the Neoverse and the Sixth Mainland. Everyone was curious as to what Starsibyl would reveal at this time.
On the battlefield, Wu Taibai behaved in a refined and well-mannered manner, similar to when he had first met Lu Yin. He looked like a graceful noble heir.
Across from him, Starsibyl stared at Wu Taibai, her eyes flashing.
The corners of Wu Taibai’s lips curled into a small smile. “Did you manage to divine something?”
Starsibyl’s brows furrowed, and she looked at Wu Taibai with a growing confusion that quickly became pure bewilderment. What was going on? Why wasn’t she able to divine anything about this person at all?
That could not be right; how could that be? She was sure that she had been able to do so before.
Of the Daosource Three Skies, Bu Kong and Zhi Yi were the most famous, but as another member of the Daosource Three Skies, Wu Taibai had not exactly been overlooked by everyone else either.
Starsibyl had conducted a divination a long time ago, even before ZENITH, and she had been able to divine matters concerning Wu Taibai at that time. From what she could sense, he was very strong, but he still lagged the slightest bit behind Bu Kong. Thus, she had not paid much attention to Wu Taibai.
However, now that she was facing him directly, she was not able to divine anything, nothing at all. It was as if she was facing Lu Yin or Wang Yi.
What in the world was going on?