Chapter 42: Arrival (1/2)

Everyone was stunned by Eddy’s defeat. This was the exceptional student who had been accepted into Yu Academy, the strongest of them all who could match up to Zhang Dingtian. Yet he was destroyed in a single strike? The Bladesage himself was similarly shocked; Lu Yin was much stronger than before, to the point that he had no confidence that even he could take on that strike.

Lu Yin looked at his right palm; with the third star revolving around it, the Cosmic Palm was much stronger than expected. This wasn’t simply an attack of individual explosions; each blast layered the damage, so the power of three stars far exceeded that of two. He had once guessed that he would be able to match Zhang Dingtian when he mastered the third star, but this attack was clearly more powerful than anything he had seen the man accomplish.

“3700!” a distant student stared at his gadget in shock, “He’s a realmbreaker!”

The entire group felt their scalps go numb; all realmbreakers were freaks, and only those with strange innate gifts could accomplish the task. For a fringe planet to produce two such people was unfathomable, and there was even someone else with an innate gift. Was this really a normal planet?

Watching on, Jeraldine was also stunned by the new might of the scoundrel, who clenched his fist before glancing over all the students who had tried to attack the capital. He then grinned widely and charged towards another student. That student was also an elite in his school, but the student was so frightened by the mere sight of Lu Yin charging towards him that he didn’t even think of resisting. However, his escape was cut short as Lu Yin grabbed his shoulder, crushing the ring armor with ease.

“Shut up and stay still!” Lu Yin knocked the youth unconscious with a fist to the forehead, leaving him behind as he chased the other students. It was like a wolf had charged into a herd of sheep; his Cosmic Palm was unrivalled, while his armor protected him completely and left the students helpless. He had knocked eight of them out before the group even started to disperse amidst the chaos, giving up on their participation entirely. Their attacks were meaningless and they couldn’t hope to defend; what was the point in trying?

Hayden was the first to run, but was held back by Bai Xue who was watching him from the start. “Scram, woman!” he shouted, not wanting to be rendered unconscious. He had the feeling that the scoundrel definitely had a reason for knocking them unconscious, and recalling the fate of Parlie and Veron, he drew a breath of cold air. That idiot couldn’t possibly be trying to kidnap all the trainees!

Still, by the time he broke through the ice and tried to escape, a terrifying energy slash stopped him in his tracks. Blade in hand, Zhang Dingtian was staring coldly at him, “Did we say you could leave?”

In the distance, Gerlaine felt numb as she stared at the capital, “I have to be blind. Is that bastard catching students?”

Balaror smiled bitterly, “No, he’s indeed kidnapping them. The elites of various academies across the universe are being caught like rabbits; this should be the first time something like this has ever happened in history.”

In every trial, students were like almighty deities that could look down upon all other life on the planet. They would only compete among themselves, but now these elite trainees were being captured one after the other. They were even running away, but only five evaded capture. When silence returned to the capital, the vicinity was ruined and nineteen unconscious students lay miserably on the ground.

Lu Yin wiped the sweat off his brow; it had been exhausting, but it was finally over. Those that managed to escape had done so quickly to avoid capture, and unfortunately all had footwork techniques that helped them slip away. Moving quickly to loot them all, he started counting, “Nineteen here, plus Parlie and Veron makes 21. Eh, Zhou Shan brought those two from Blue Mountain Academy, right. So that’s 23, not too bad.”

These actions were just too practiced, leaving Zhang Dingtian and Bai Xue speechless. The near-unconscious Eddy’s eyes went wide, “You’re the planetary thief!”

“Don’t be ridiculous, these are just the spoils of war. I can’t fight for free,” Lu Yin dismissed the accusation, leaving the youth indignant.

It was only at this point that Jeraldine came over, helping to organize the loot, but Lu Yin didn’t blame her for the lack of participation. After all, she was a student herself; it was good enough that she hadn’t sided with the attackers. In fact, she was now very useful. While the “borrowed” armor had blocked quite a few attacks for him, the exhausting battle had left all his internals shaken up and he needed some rest to recover. Zhang Dingtian and Bai Xue were obviously tired to the point that they could barely move, while Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng were badly injured. She tended to all the wounded while he returned to the city’s military camp to recover, allowing the cultivators of Earth to clean up after the battle.

Two hours later, the last of the captive students woke up to find that they had been kidnapped. Furious glares were leveled at Lu Yin, and someone even shouted, “You’re the bandit that robbed Ian!”