Chapter 1286: Liquor Hero’s Strength

After admitting defeat, the fatty turned his head to look at the second layer, an expression of grief and indignation painting his face. "Skinny Bro, Fat Bro had to step down, so you have to work hard!"

On the second layer, the thin man shouted back, "Fat Bro, I’ll work hard!"

"Skinny Bro, you must lose weight."

"Fat Bro, you will definitely get fatter."

"Skinny Bro!"

"Fat Bro!"

…

Zhi Yi looked away, embarrassed, as the corners of her mouth twitched.

Everyone from the Sixth Mainland instinctively wanted to hide their faces, as these two were just too embarrassing. How could things have gotten this far? Most of the Sixth Mainland would actually have preferred for the Greenmen Duo to not make it so far into ZENITH.

Wu Taibai appeared not far from Lu Yin and smiled at him.

Lu Yin spoke up, "I always felt that your name was very strange."

Wu Taibai smiled and said, "Yes, that makes sense."

"What does it mean?" Lu Yin asked casually, as he did not expect Wu Taibai’s name to have any significant meaning.

Wu Taibai smiled and replied, "You’ll know later, or possibly never."

"How could I learn about your private matters?" Lu Yin wondered out loud.

Wu Taibai stopped talking and turned to look at the battlefield.

At this moment, a huge shadow covered everyone on the first layer; Star Devourer had appeared, and his opponent was just some Explorer from the Sixth Mainland.

"I give up." The cultivator from the Sixth Mainland did not hesitate at all.

The next few matches were nothing impressive, at least not until Starsibyl appeared. Her appearance caused many people's expressions to change, as one of the predicted top ten finalists had appeared.

Also, Starsibyl's opponent was Nightqueen Yanqing.

Upon seeing Nightqueen Yanqing, many people began talking about her, and a great deal of attention was turned to Lu Yin.

The most sensational thing that Lu Yin had ever done was practically overthrow all of Daynight Flowzone. He had even caused the Daynight clan to go into seclusion after the death of Arbiter Zhenwu. Even for ZENITH, Nightqueen Yanqing was the only participant from the Daynight clan.

A commotion broke out even in the Neoverse.

The Daynight clan’s power was not something that was well known only in the Innerverse and Outerverse, as the Cosmic Sea and the Neoverse were also familiar with them. The clan was a true monster, but they had been suppressed by a lone youth.

Nightqueen Yanqing appeared with a blank expression. Her entire personality had changed after the events of the Daynight Feast, and she had become a very silent person.

In fact, aside from the grudges that had long since existed, Lu Yin still felt a bit of admiration for Nightqueen Yanqing. The woman had her own pride and self-respect. Even if she faced countless ridicule, she still dared to face everything straight on. She had behaved like this on Planet Pyrolyte, and she still maintained this behavior even during ZENITH when under the entire universe’s observation. Even on the greatest stage in existence, where youths from two mainlands were competing, Yanqing was still the same as ever.

The Daynight clan had been suppressed, and so, they had been abandoned by all other outside parties. The Xun family, the Blaze Realm, the sylvan dragon clan, the Frostmoon Sect, and many more had once been under the Daynight clan’s authority, but they no longer associated with the clan.

Despite these circumstances, Nightqueen Yanqing had still dared to attend ZENITH, and the psychological pressure that she was facing would be insurmountable for any ordinary person.

On the first layer, Nightqueen Yanqing and Starsibyl faced each other.

"I admire you greatly, and you uphold the dignity of the Daynight clan," Starsibyl said with admiration in her voice as she stared at Nightqueen Yanqing.

Starsibyl had met and interacted with far too many people, and there were exceptionally few who could earn her admiration.

Nightqueen Yanqing's eyes stared back at Starsibyl before turning purple. Yanqing’s innate gift of purple pupils could petrify everything that she saw.

Starsibyl’s image gradually disappeared from where she had stood, and Nightqueen Yanqing's eyes narrowed. Her head snapped up as Starsibyl landed while blue lines appeared all over Yanqing's body, shrouding her entire form in blue stripes. She had activated her seven lined battle force at the same time as her Nightking’s Body.

Off in the distance, Lu Yin was surprised to see that Nightqueen Yanqing had managed to cultivate seven lined battle force, as it was an amazing improvement. Still, it was a pity.

Nightqueen Yanqing had made great progress. With her seven lined battle force and the Nightking’s Body, she was powerful enough to go toe-to-toe with an heir from an Imprinter’s clan from the Sixth Mainland. The Daynight clan had devoted an impressive amount of resources into improving Yanqing’s strength in hopes of doing well at ZENITH, but unfortunately, she still lost. When it came to going against Starsibyl, let alone Yanqing, even if Nightking Zhenwu was resurrected, he would find it very difficult to win.

Starsibyl had remained silent for a long time, but she was anything but weak, especially since she had cultivated the Nine Clones Technique. Like Xia Jiuyou, Starsibyl had not merged with all of her clones yet, but her strength was still rather unfathomable.

In the Daynight clan’s ancestral land, many of the Daynight clan members sighed. Would they still be defeated at this stage? Fortunately for them, Zhuo Daynight and Zhanlong Daynight had already been defeated, which meant that Nightqueen Yanqing was the most successful out of the Daynight clan’s youths, even when including the traitors.

At this moment, less than twenty people were still waiting to take part in their matches. Lu Yin glanced around, and sure enough, Wang Yi was the biggest threat out of everyone left.

During the next two matches, Xin Nü and No. 0007 both won their matches.

Xin Nü defeated Qing Zhiyu, who was one of the Innerverse Lockbreaker Society’s Distinguished Five.

Qing Zhiyu was a five star Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker, and his combat style revolved around dissolving his opponent's star energy, but unfortunately, he ended up facing Xin Nü, who was an Advanced Lockbreaker. Thus, he was doomed from the start of the fight.

As for No. 0007's opponent, he faced Gods’ Origin’s God Xiaobai. She had also reached the Clarity realm of Truesight, which amazed Lu Yin. Unfortunately, none of her attacks were able to injure No. 0007 at all. Their fight allowed everyone to see No. 0007’s abilities, which seemed to have militaristic roots. It looked very simple, but that belied the deadly spear techniques.

Right after God Xiaobai’s fight, Gods’ Origin’s Qingguang God had his match. These people who referred to themselves as deities were all famous in the outside world as madmen.

God Qingguang’s opponent was Liquor Hero.

Truthfully, of the Ten Arbiters, the least known one was Liquor Hero. Even if War King and Serati Phoenix were unable to participate in ZENITH due to their ages, they still had more of a presence in the universe than Liquor Hero.

Besides drinking, the woman only drank more. She spent most of her days clinging to a barrel of alcohol, as she was scared of being robbed.

People stared dumbfoundedly at Liquor Hero when she appeared. She was wearing long clothes and was even holding onto a wine barrel when she appeared on the battlefield.

God Qingguang frowned. "Woman, I don't want to do anything, so admit defeat."

Some distance away, God Taiyi commented, "Be careful and don't underestimate her. She's an Arbiter you idiot!"

God Qingguang’s frown grew even more pronounced, and his pupils transformed into runes as he stared at Liquor Hero and weakened her.

After Liquor Hero’s runes were reduced by an entire level, God Qingguang raised a hand. All kinds of strange weapons manifested in the void before fiercely attacking Liquor Hero.

The people of Gods’ Origin referred to themselves as gods not because they were able to weaken their enemies, but rather because they were able to create something out of nothing.

Although Lu Yin also practiced Truesight, he did not understand the technique to create something out of nothing.

The audience stared on in awe as God Qingguang miraculously conjured numerous weapons into existence. Even though items and power vessels were forbidden in ZENITH, it was useless since these items were all self-created. Thus, they were considered a part of his skill.

Various weapons surrounded Liquor Hero. They instantly tore the void apart with an overwhelming strength that could compare to the Lan Si’s earlier Vacuum Palm. This was an attack worthy of Gods’ Origin.

Liquor Hero hiccupped and looked up to glance at God Qingguang. Then, there was a thud as the barrel of wine slammed onto the ground. All of the surrounding weapons attacked in unison, but they all strangely targeted the wine barrel before disappearing and leaving nothing behind at all.

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Everyone who saw this felt stunned and confused; what had just happened?

Off in the distance, Lu Yin's pupils shrank as he stared at the battlefield in shock; what had he just seen?

"Creation realm." Close to Lu Yin, Xin Nü’s face was solemn.

On the other side of the first layer, Bu Kong looked up, his eyes filled with surprise. "The Creation realm of star energy control."

Qiu Shi's expression grew serious. Someone at the same age as her had reached the Creation realm of star energy control, but just how had Liquor Hero managed to do such a thing?

There were many Advanced Lockbreakers watching this fight, and even some Array Masters. However, not a single one of them had suspected that one of the youths had already reached the Creation realm of star energy control. This was unheard of.

No one had ever considered that one of ZENITH’s participants would have already reached the Creation realm of star energy control; Liquor Hero had surpassed all of her peers.

Some cultivators pursued the pinnacle of physical strength, others the pinnacle of spiritual force, and still others the pinnacle of a domain. Liquor Hero was striving for the pinnacle of star energy control.

At this moment, Liquor Hero had not only shocked Lu Yin and the other youths, but also the older powerhouses from both mainlands, especially the Lockbreakers. All of them stared at her with shining eyes.

For her star energy control to reach the Creation realm was proof that Liquor Hero was a natural Lockbreaker, and she would definitely be a peerless Lockbreaker in the future. But what Lockbreaker level had she reached thus far?

In the Neoverse, Xiu Ming immediately requested for Liquor Hero’s Lockbreaker information to be pulled up, but there were no results. The girl was not a Lockbreaker.

Xiu Ming stared at his screen; Was she really not a Lockbreaker? What a pity. She had managed to reach the Creation realm of star energy control at such a young age; it was a pity for such a talent to not be a Lockbreaker.

There were only a few people who managed to understand Liquor Hero’s response, and while most people did not have any idea what had happened, their cluelessness did not stop them from being amazed.

God Qingguang also fell into this group.

Creating something out of nothing was the foundation of the self-proclaimed gods from Gods’ Origin, but this woman had managed to absorb all of God Qingguang’s attacks into a wine barrel. This looked like something beyond the abilities of a god, so just who was this deity?

Liquor Hero let out another burp. "Do you drink?"

God Qingguang gulped. "You- how did you do that?"

Liquor Hero grinned. "I'll tell you when we drink."

God Qingguang blinked. "Alright, I'll drink."

He was too curious to say no.

Liquor Hero picked up her barrel and tossed it over. God Qingguang raised a hand to grab it, and God Taiyi shouted from the distance, "Be careful!"

God Qingguang did not react in time. The wine barrel seemed to weigh hundreds of millions of kilos, and the impact knocked him unconscious.

Liquor Hero pouted. "If you can’t take it, then you don't deserve to drink my wine!"

With that, she staggered over to God Qingguang, clearly intending to retrieve her barrel.

ZENITH had brought the most talented youths of the entire universe together. No one was willing to give up a chance to enter the top ten, and one hidden powerhouse after another was being revealed here.

Yōu Ye'er had been one, and Liquor Hero was another. Who would have suspected that someone who had been sleeping in her cups throughout the entire competition was actually superior to all other youths in one aspect? Liquor Hero was undisputedly without equal when it came to controlling star energy.

After Liquor Hero’s victory, Hui Santong was up next, and his opponent was Xiao Qing.

This match should have garnered everyone’s attention, but many people were still distracted by the drunkard, preventing them from focusing on the next match.

As an inheritor from the Seven Courts’ Hui family, Hui Santong was considered a contender for the top positions in ZENITH, but he was not Xiao Qing's match.

Others were unaware, but Lu Yin knew that Xiao Qing was the Sage Martial Realm’s true Realmling, not Sword Scholar.

Regardless of if it was Hui Santong's golden meteor battle technique or the Hui secret technique, nothing was strong enough to overpower Xiao Qing's Azure Silk Swordsmanship.

Although they had known each other for a long time, Lu Yin had never seen Xiao Qing's true power due to the limited time they had together.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA