Chapter 1264: Mavis And Lu Yin

Yao Gu attacked from above.

A massive gale covered this section of the mountain, and everyone who had been around Wang Yi immediately ran away the moment they saw Yao Gu attacking. Some of the participants even leaped off the mountain and chose elimination over death.

Wang Yi looked up and calmly observed the void thunderbeast. His right foot hesitated midway before he suddenly flashed away. He reappeared a thousand meters to the side, and the massive void thunderbeast crashed against the side of the mountain like a meteor. A huge wound opened, blood started spurting out, forming a red river that flowed down the mountain. The onlookers were all stunned.

Yao Gu was stunned, and he looked down at his abdomen in astonishment. A massive open wound covering his entire body had appeared, but more shockingly, he did not know when or how it had appeared, which was also why he had been unable to prevent it. Yao Gu was a void thunderbeast, which meant that he could escape from most situations even when facing a powerhouse who was much stronger than him.

However, he had been instantly defeated without even a chance to defend himself.

To the southeast of Zenith Mountain, an enormous void thunderbeast tore through the sky to appear atop the Astral Beast Domain’s skeleton. He stared at a screen in shock. “That’s impossible! How could Yao Gu be injured so badly?”

Multiple other beasts appeared from the distance, all of them staring at the screen in shock.

That was Yao Gu, a genius from the void thunderbeast clan who had been bestowed the surname Yao by the Celestial Beast Empire. He was also a powerhouse on Skymender’s List, but he had been instantly defeated, and shockingly, no one had been able to see how it had happened.

This development not only shocked the powerhouses from the Astral Beast Domain, but also everyone else.

Zenith Mountain’s entire northern face fell quiet, and even Yao Xuan, who was up high on the mountain pass, stared at Wang Yi with astonishment. This person was very powerful.

Yao Gu slowly turned around to look at Wang Yi in shock. He was a powerhouse on Skymender’s List, and he was one of the strongest powerhouses in the entire Astral Beast Domain, so how could he have been defeated so easily?

Wang Yi calmly continued walking up the mountain without revealing any expression on his face, as if the matter with Yao Gu was not worthy of any regard.

At the same time, elsewhere on the northern face of the mountain, Starsibyl closely observed Wang Yi with flashing eyes as her star energy went berserk.

She could not see. She could not see. Why was she not able to see this person’s destiny? It was just like Lu Yin!

Starsibyl kept a wary eye on Wang Yi. Wang was a primeval surname, and no one with a primeval surname should be underestimated. Where was this person from? Was he actually from the Technocracy? Was he somehow related to Wang Wen, who stayed in Ironblood Weave?

The Technocracy was too large of an unknown.

In Frostwave Weave, on Earth, a young man fiddled with his hat as he stood near Lu Yin’s statue. He looked up at a screen in surprise. “Not bad. That’s really not bad.”

On the mountain’s eastern face, Lu Yin watched a screen as Wang Yi defeated Yao Gu, feeling blown away.

Lu Yin had not been able to see anything on the screen, but he was certain that Wang Yi was extremely fast, to the point where Yao Gu had not even been able to react. Additionally, Wang Yi’s one move had gravely injured Yao Gu. The Technocracy’s representative would be one of Lu Yin’s fiercest opponents in ZENITH.

“Since you have the time to watch others, it’s time for me to attack!” Yuhua Mavis had already arrived at the mountain pass.

Lu Yin smirked. “You’re really impatient.”

Yuhua Mavis sneered. “Let’s see how much you’ve improved and what the source of your arrogance is.”

She then leaped into the sky and punched at Lu Yin. A massive shockwave shot forward from her wrist and arm, and a loud bang rang across Zenith Mountain as she punched at Lu Yin.

Yuhua Mavis nearly always formed a grass fist when attacking, and she rarely ever used her actual fists, possibly because she was too strong and that her bare fists might kill her opponent.

However, she was using her fists against Lu Yin. This was a full powered attack from the Mavis family’s Treeheart Descendant.

At that moment, numerous screens across the universe switched their feed from Wang Yi over to Lu Yin. Qinmei Mavis also paid close attention and grew very attentive. Originally, the Human Domain’s second gatekeeper should have been either Yuhua Mavis or Qiu Shi, as that had been the understanding when ZENITH had first been announced.

However, after Lu Yin had returned from Progenitor Chen’s Mausoleum, he had been nominated by Eversky Island’s Highsage Grandmaster and supported by Arch-Elder Zen.

Although Yuhua Mavis was not upset about not being a gatekeeper, she was still annoyed that Lu Yin had replaced her. Furthermore, Lu Yin’s comment had been the main reason why she had raced to the first checkpoint. She wanted to see how someone who had previously only been able to withstand seven of her attacks was suddenly able to replace her as a gatekeeper and act in such an arrogant manner.

As he watched Yuhua Mavis’ fists approach him, Lu Yin saw the countless rune lines on her fist. This attack far exceeded the power of the seventh punch that had removed him from the golden stage in the Mountain and Seas Zone. Yuhua Mavis was not holding back at this moment, and if Lu Yin could not withstand this attack, then he would end up either dead or crippled.

Yuhua Mavis had fully tapped into the strength of the Mavis family. The Mavis family was a powerful clan that not even the Sixth Mainland would dare to underestimate. They were extremely strong.

When Yuhua Mavis attacked, everybody turned to watch the battle.

Everybody was aware that Lu Yin’s ability to retain his position at the mountain pass would depend entirely on whether or not he was able to stop Yuhua Mavis.

Everybody felt anxious, as this battle represented the true level of ZENITH.

Yuhua Mavis’ fist drew closer to Lu Yin with a swish. The attack raced towards Lu Yin like an ancient beast.

Lu Yin raised his head and clenched his right hand. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Ever since he had become a Melder and experienced the absurd increase in his physical strength, he had believed that no human at the same cultivation realm as him could be stronger than him. However, Lu Yin had finally understood why the Mavis clan represented the Human Domain’s peak physical power during the battle in the Mountain and Seas Zone.

Seven attacks. At that time, Lu Yin had only been able to endure seven attacks, but even the final attack had not been Yuhua Mavis’s full strength. She possessed an impossible level of strength and was quite possibly the strongest human of their generation.

When he had been forced off of the golden stage, Lu Yin had been shaken, as he had been defeated in what he believed to be his greatest forte. Although he had been two realms below Yuhua Mavis at the time, it had still been a loss.

After becoming a Hunter, finding Yuhua Mavis and comparing his strength to hers had risen to the top of Lu Yin’s list of goals.

And that day had finally arrived.

Strength could overcome everything; this was the Mavis family’s motto.

Yuhua Mavis made no attempt to stop Lu Yin from moving away. She had released a simple attack, but if Lu Yin did not dare to stand up to this attack, it was a sign that he had lost to the Mavis family.

Yuhua Mavis approached Lu Yin with killing intent flickering through her eyes.

Lu Yin’s right fist suddenly relaxed, and he raised his hand to grab Yuhua Mavis’ right fist.

Bang!

The sound of the impact shattered the ground near the mountain pass and released a massive gust of wind.

The ground fractured apart as everybody was fixated on Zenith Mountain’s eastern pass. The tremendous shockwaves were visible, and they drew out an arc through the sky. On the screens, it looked as though a hole had opened up in the sky.

The contestants across the entire eastern side of the mountain who had been fighting and squabbling with each other all felt an overbearing pressure wash over them that nearly caused them to faint.

Liu Tianmu, Unseen Light, Bai Ling, Xin Nü, Cursewind, and all of the other elites looked up at the sky. This pressure had come from a massive physical attack, but how could a human be so strong?

Feng Liu was shocked; this strength was nearly comparable to Star Devourer’s! That was insane!

Lu Yin did not fight with Yuhua Mavis, and he had merely stopped her attack. Then, he tossed her off to the side, causing her to land behind the pass. “This isn’t the time for us to fight.”

Yuhua Mavis was stunned. If Lu Yin had fought back against her and stopped her attack that way, she would not be this surprised. However, Lu Yin had stopped her attack without any attempt at retaliation, which meant that he was much stronger than her.

Even after being flung through the pass, Yuhua Mavis still had not recovered enough to react.

After hearing Lu Yin’s comment, she stabilized herself and landed on the ground before looking back at Lu Yin with a conflicted expression.

At this moment, Qinmei Mavis, who was standing outside of Zenith Mountain, was just as dumbfounded as Yuhua Mavis. Only someone from the Mavis clan could understand just how strong the Treeheart Descendant was, and theoretically, no human should have been able to withstand Yuhua Mavis’s attack. Even beyond that, the only creatures capable of comparing with the Mavis family’s physical power were a few unique beasts from the Astral Beast Domain.

Qinmei Mavis had never expected that another human would actually be able to stop Yuhua Mavis’s attack, let alone toss her away. It was completely unbelievable.

Lulu was also blown away, and she looked at Lu Yin in a daze. How could he be so strong? It had already been ridiculous when his strength had exceeded her, but now, he was actually even stronger than Sister Yuhua somehow! Was he actually an astral beast in disguise?!

A similar reaction rippled through not only the eastern face of Zenith Mountain, but also the competitors on the other sides. Wen Sansi had a solemn expression. Although he was confident in his barrier, there were no absolutes in the universe. Corpse Beast had destroyed Wen Sansi’s barrier before, and if Lu Yin had reached a similar level of strength, then he might also be capable of shattering Wen Sansi’s barrier.

No, Lu Yin could not be that strong.

Star Devourer ignored all of the incoming attacks as watched Lu Yin with one open eye. This solitary eye showed a strong interest as the massive beast mused, “Humans, strength. Do you really understand?”

Zhi Yi’s eyes narrowed. She had been able to sense the resulting shockwaves from Lu Yin’s strength, and she had realized how strong he had become. Why was Lu Yin so mysterious? Zhi Yi did not want to receive such a powerful physical attack herself, so it was no wonder why Lu Yin had been chosen to be a gatekeeper.

Nevertheless, physical strength was just one of many aspects of strength, and there were still ways for Zhi Yi to defeat Lu Yin.

Xiao Qing blinked as she stared at a screen. Since when had this guy become so powerful? There was a huge difference from when she had first met him in the ruins of the Fifth Mainland’s Daosource Sect. Did all of the Fifth Mainland’s cultivators improve this quickly?

Sixteen gulped, thankful that he had not offended Lu Yin when they had been together in the Cosmic Sea. This guy was basically an astral beast in human form!

Wu Taibai watched Lu Yin with curiosity. This person was indeed interesting.

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Translated By: WQ

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA