Lu Yin stood there as if stunned. Star Picking Girl couldn't even be bothered to warn him.
The Seventh Stage Artifact Refiner grinned cruelly and brought his hammer down on Lu Yin's head. He was only venting his anger on Lu Yin; he hadn't planned to take him hostage. Hostages were useless in wartime.
Lu Yin watched the hammer fall. Its trajectory and the way it sealed off the void were far beyond the Fourth Stage Artifact Refiner he'd fought earlier. This was the power of an Imprinter. Star energy was useless against them; they stood above it.
With a boom, Lu Yin dodged. The hammer struck the void, sending ripples of force outward in layers that spread across a radius of ten thousand miles.
Runes flickered in Lu Yin's pupils. As the ripples spread, their Rune Dao Numbers weakened. By the time they reached him, they were no stronger than an unweakened attack from a Fourth Stage Artifact Refiner, still within what Lu Yin could withstand.
Lu Yin remained firmly in the air, enduring the spreading ripples of force.
Both the Seventh Stage Artifact Refiner and Star Picking Girl were shocked.
Although the Seventh Stage Artifact Refiner had suppressed his battle force to below two hundred thousand, an Imprinter was still an Imprinter. Their understanding of power was different from that of ordinary people. Even a casual strike could crush an enemy across realms. They could unleash infinite destructive power from limited strength; otherwise, they wouldn't be invincible even among those with battle forces below two hundred thousand.
Moreover, star energy was useless against them.
Yet Lu Yin had withstood the blow.
Star Picking Girl was stunned. Even she had to dodge instead of take it head-on, but this man had withstood it?
Lu Yin had weakened the Rune