Chapter 41: One Palm (2/2)
BANG! BANG! BANG! Three tremendous explosions rang out, followed by an equal number of broken bodies shooting out from the rubble. The entire battlefield froze and stared at the man who had appeared out of nowhere and defeated three school leaders in one exchange. Who was that?
“He actually came back.” Hiding in a corner, Jeraldine’s eyes widened. Zhou Shan spat out a mouthful of blood and smiled bitterly from his own position within the city, while Bai Xue was utterly shocked. This wasn’t a large back, but it had kept her safe. He’d actually returned as promised, and even seemed much stronger than before.
Of course, this was Lu Yin. He still had no gadget, so he had no way to know that the capital was already under attack, but fortunately he’d returned just in time to save Bai Xue. He looked back at her, “I said I’d be back.”
“Be careful, there’s too many of them,” Bai Xue said weakly.
Lu Yin nodded and grew serious; there truly were too many opponents. Although he was now a peak Sentinel and his Cosmic Palm was at least as strong as Zhang Dingtian’s attacks, even the Bladesage had been beaten up. The upcoming fight was certainly going to be difficult. However, a coughing Zhang Dingtian climbed up from the ground, leaning against his sword as his focused gaze scanned through the area with resolution. Lu Yin tossed him some healing ointment, “Treat yourself.”
Zhang Dingtian grabbed the ointment, but instead of applying it he just swallowed it like a boor. This left Lu Yin speechless; this was a topical ointment! Still, it was a product from Shamrock Enterprises, so it would likely be somewhat effective even when ingested.
From a distance, Eddy’s trio rose up and stared at Lu Yin, “Who are you?”
Lu Yin didn’t bother with small talk and simply donned Gerlaine’s armor, the lightning sparking across his body. This shocked Hayden, “This is Gerlaine’s armor, why do you have it?!”
“She gave it to me,” he answered.
““Impossible!”” Eddy, Hayden, and a few others responded simultaneously. Gerlaine was a famous youth in the Great Yu Empire, mostly due to her powerful and protective brother Gerbach who left other elites feeling helpless. Gerbach was a monster whose reputation prevented anyone from daring to bully his sister; if she really had given her armor to someone, it would end up troublesome. Did this youth have some sort of connection to them? Wait, it couldn’t actually be her boyfriend, could it? Everyone looked at Lu Yin with bewilderment.
Lu Yin inhaled deeply, putting on an authoritative tone as he spoke to Eddy, “Get lost.” One had to catch the leader to tame the herd, and he was planning to do just that as he shot forward.
Eddy was still occupied with unraveling Lu Yin’s identity when he was forced to retreat once more. He had already witnessed Lu Yin’s power in the previous attack, and didn’t dare face it directly. Lu Yin used the Roving Step to appear in front of Hayden right after, but despite being startled this youth actually reacted with a Water Dragon Punch. The water flow wrapped around him and blocked the attack, but Lu Yin simply smiled and pointed his palm in the direction Eddy was fleeing.
“Spacerender Palm?!” Eddy recoiled in shock, using a palm of his own. Loud shockwaves blew everything away as Lu Yin whirled around for another attack, prompting him to grit his teeth, “Bastard, don’t go overboard!”
Lu Yin smiled once again, raising his palm towards Eddy who grunted as he sensed the incoming danger. A vague bestial roar rang out as he clenched his right fist, the sign of the battle technique that had allowed him to defeat thirty other school leaders to enter the famed Yu Academy—the Beast King Punch. He had only used it once each against the criminal and Zhang Dingtian ever since arriving on Earth, but now he was forced to use every means at his disposal.