Lei Nü’s face was still calm beneath her mask, and her eyes revealed her steely determination. She lifted her other hand towards Bu Kong, still using Discipline.
Bu Kong was shocked, and he quickly averted his attack.
Lei Nü did not end up using her secret technique, and the two competitors pulled away from each other.
“Are you planning to fight me to the death?” Bu Kong asked Lei Nü, curious.
Lei Nü answered, “So what?”
Bu Kong laughed. “Woman, don’t forget that you’re using a secret technique, which you can’t keep using repeatedly. How many times can you withstand my attack? You’ll eventually be struck.”
Lei Nü fell silent, as this was the truth. No matter if she was facing Bu Kong or Xia Jiuyou, her weakness was too obvious, as she did not know many battle techniques. Although Autumn’s Sorrow was a strong battle technique that was difficult to counter, it was also not particularly effective.
As the Hall of Honor’s second Honor Chosen, Lei Nü had spent most of her efforts in mastering secret techniques. That was what had allowed her to surpass Shu Jing and the other young elites within the Hall of Honor. However, once she faced an opponent able to withstand her secret techniques, she lost all of her advantages.
“It seems like you really thought that you’d be able to keep up with me with just your secret techniques. Your innate gift isn’t bad, you know multiple secret techniques, and your battle technique is hard to counter as well. If you weren’t facing me, then you could’ve easily defeated any other opponent. What a shame,” Bu Kong said with a laugh, “You won’t succeed if you try to fight me with your secret technique. Do you know how Lockbreakers fight? Specifically, Boundless Advanced Lockbreakers?”
Lei Nü frowned as she kept a close eye on Bu Kong.
Many people heard Bu Kong’s words and were confused; how Boundless Advanced Lockbreakers fought?
Most people did not know the answer to that, as it was rare to encounter an Advanced Lockbreaker, especially one who had mastered sourcebox arrays.
“The greatest advantage that Lockbreakers have over normal cultivators is our control of star energy. Star energy is the main weapon for all cultivators, but are you sure that you can control your weapon?” Bu Kong mocked gently. The air nearby started swirling about, and the dust on the ground started moving as well. It was not actually wind moving about, but rather star energy. Bu Kong had seized control of the atmospheric star energy in the entire arena.
Lei Nü was stunned. The star energy inside her body had turned chaotic, and although it had only just happened to her, she was still unable to react in time. Her reserves of star energy rushed out of her body, and she collapsed onto the ground, unable to tolerate the sudden change.
The people watching saw waves billow through the arena, which were actually star energy made visible.
Lei Nü’s star energy had been forcibly and completely expelled from her body by Bu Kong.
Everyone was stunned. How was such a thing possible?
In another arena, Wu Dan was astonished. He had not expected anybody from the Sixth Mainland to have such an in-depth understanding of star energy. It was not easy for somebody to accomplish what Bu Kong had just done. Although star energy was a common energy source, it would transform into a unique energy after being absorbed by a cultivator. It was easy for a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker to suppress another cultivator’s star energy, but fully controlling the star energy within someone else’s body was another feat entirely.
Bu Kong’s mastery of star energy was terrifying since he had gained an understanding of the unique characteristics of Lei Nü’s star energy within such a short amount of time. Wait—he had just extracted Lei Nü’s star energy, and she was quite powerful. How could Bu Kong have possibly succeeded so quickly?
The more Wu Dan thought about it, the more worried he became. Were there any competitors in ZENITH who were capable of defeating Bu Kong? Lei Nü was very powerful, and even if she was not a Lockbreaker, she should still have excellent control of her own star energy.
Bu Kong must have done something.
Aside from Wu Dan, Qiu Shi, Xin Nü, and Lu Yin all felt confused as well.
Lu Yin felt that he had great control over star energy, and he had also comprehended more than one sourcebox array. With all that, he was able to easily suppress his opponents’ star energy, even if they were powerhouses in a higher realm. However, dispelling the star energy from within an opponent’s body was a completely different task.
It was easy to defeat someone, but very difficult to force them to fully submit.
Bu Kong had done so, but how?
Outside Zenith Mountain, the older powerhouses from the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands were also very confused at this time. There were some powerful Lockbreakers among these older powerhouses, but even for them, it would not be easy to achieve what Bu Kong had just done.
Nobody could understand how Bu Kong managed to do it, but he had turned Lei Nü into a normal person in an instant.
Countless people stared at him with respect.
In the arena, Lei Nü knelt on the ground as blood dripped out of her mask. She had been completely suppressed by Bu Kong, and he had even turned her into a normal human.
Bu Kong smirked and looked up at a screen. He saw many stunned faces looking up at various screens, and he knew that they were all focused on him.
This was the feeling that he had wanted to enjoy. He was one of the Daosource Three Skies. He was not just the Sixth Mainland’s sky, but also the Fifth Mainland’s.
Who else could turn an Enlighter, the Hall of Honor’s second Honor Chosen, into a normal person? He was able to do so with just a wave of a hand! He must seem to wield the power of gods to the people watching!
Lu Yin silently observed Bu Kong; that person was a great threat. Lu Yin had some understanding of the battle that had just happened, and Bu Kong had countered Lei Nü’s Autumn’s Sorrow after she had used it just a few times. In contrast, Lu Yin had spent quite a bit of time trying to understand the technique.
Bu Kong’s talent for fighting was absolutely terrifying, but his ability to dispel star energy from within his enemy’s body was even more frightening.
Lu Yin could not understand how Bu Kong had managed to achieve that.
However, Lu Yin was certain of one thing; when Bu Kong had made Lei Nü into a normal person, he had immediately become one of the top candidates for ZENITH’s champion.
This was what it meant to be one of the Daosource Three Skies.
The battle between Bu Kong and Lei Nü had taken quite a long time, and most of the other battles had already finished. For example, Corpse Looter had been defeated by Yao Xuan. Although Corpse Looter was quite powerful and inferior only to the Realmlings, he was still powerless when up against Yao Xuan.
Cang Shi had been in the same arena as Corpse Looter, but he had immediately collapsed.
Elsewhere, Feng Shang had been defeated by Wu Dan, leaving him frustrated. However, the gap between them was simply too great to overcome.
Additionally, Liu Xiaoyun, Avery, Han Chong, and many others had also been defeated.
They were all quite powerful and could be considered elites in the universe, but they were not able to proceed any further in this competition.
Avery was ranked fourth on the Top 100 Rankings and was known as the Second War King. The bookmakers in Soulseal Flowzone had predicted that Avery would finish ZENITH with a high ranking, but he had already been eliminated.
His loss had caused multiple clans in Soulseal Flowzone to go bankrupt.
Avery had been easily defeated by White Silkworm.
At this moment, the battle that attracted the most attention was the fight between Shu Jing and Wu Taibai.
Wu Taibai was another one of the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Three Skies. He rarely showed his abilities in front of others, and Lu Yin’s greatest impression of Wu Taibai was from the battle in the cauldron in the Daosource Sect’s ruins. Even after Wu Taibai had forced Nightking Zhenwu to use the battle technique that he had learned from the Arrow Progenitor, Wu Taibai had still almost killed Nightking Zhenwu.
Of the three Daosource Three Skies, Wu Taibai was the most mysterious, but despite that, he had only been predicted to place seventh in the competition, only receiving that position due to his status as one of the Daosource Three Skies.
After Bu Kong demonstrated his power, everybody became curious about Wu Taibai’s abilities.
Shu Jing was the Hall of Honor’s third Honor Chosen, and he had fought against Bu Kong during the battle atop the Champions’ Stage. Although Shu Jing was weaker than Lei Nü, he was still considered one of the elites of ZENITH.
Regardless, Shu Jing felt very frustrated during his fight against Wu Taibai, as he seemed to be unable to touch Wu Taibai no matter what battle technique or innate gift he used. Wu Taibai moved around very casually, but he always managed to barely dodge Shu Jing’s attack at the last second. This made Shu Jing feel as if he had the ability to land an attack on Wu Taibai, but he failed every time.
Lu Yin’s expression fell as he watched the frustrating battle. It was a complete suppression.
This was different from Bu Kong’s fight with Lei Nü, as Wu Taibai only ever dodged Shu Jing’s attacks with his vast experience. This member of the Daosource Three Skies had not even used any of his own abilities, but he had already managed to force Shu Jing into a corner.
Shu Jing was being played with by Wu Taibai.
Although Shu Jing was weak, he was the Hall of Honor’s third Honor Chosen. Yet, his battle with Wu Taibai made him look like a child fighting against an adult.
There was a linear movement that tore the sky apart and streaked into the distance. Shu Jing tucked in his arm, but Wu Taibai still appeared right next to him and grabbed Shu Jing’s arm. “Let me feel what Discipline is like.”
Wu Taibai quickly retreated with an arm in his hand. He had just torn Shu Jing’s arm off of his body.
Sweat dripped down Shu Jing’s forehead. “Discipline.”
Wu Taibai’s expression changed as blinding pain appeared in his right arm. It felt as though his whole arm was going to be torn apart.
This was Discipline, a secret technique that could reflect an opponent’s attack back to them.
However, the pain only lasted for a short while before Shu Jing collapsed.
He did not have the strength to fully utilize the secret technique.
Wu Taibai threw the arm away and looked over at Shang Qing. Only the person that had summoned Progenitor Chen would be able to let him feel the excitement of a true battle.
Bu Kong’s battle with Lei Nü had been astounding, but Wu Taibai’s fight with Shu Jing had been eerily calm.
Lu Yin did not understand Wu Taibai’s battle technique.
At this time, Wang Yi was staring at Wu Taibai in confusion from another arena. Was his intuition wrong? Wu Taibai had made Wang Yi experience a familiar feeling just now, but wasn’t Wu Taibai from the Sixth Mainland? Why did he give Wang Yi that feeling? This should not be possible!
Outside Zenith Mountain, Mu En was furious.
Both the Hall of Honor’s second and third Honor Chosen had been defeated by people from the Sixth Mainland.
Although the first Honor Chosen, Shang Qing, was still widely accepted as the strongest contestant, the defeat of two other Honor Chosen was a disgrace to them.
Oh right, Lu Yin was still there as well.
Mu En turned to look at Lu Yin; he was Hall of Honor’s fourth Honor Chosen.
The Hall of Honor would only be able to redeem themselves if two of their Honor Chosen entered the top ten, and one of them became ZENITH’s champion.
Mu En immediately sent out orders to publicize the news that Lu Yin was the fourth Honor Chosen. He wanted to recast Lu Yin’s image as a genius who had been groomed by the Hall of Honor rather than him being the Alliance Leader of the Great Eastern Alliance.
Although nobody understood what had happened in the fight, the results were as expected: Shu Jing lost.
