Chapter 77: Provocation (2/2)
“Quite a few hours,” she replied.
“He’s been suffering like that for hours?!”
Bai Xue nodded, her own face a little pale already. However, Lu Yin was extremely impressed. Rebuilding one’s physical body clearly required great suffering, and even a stone-cold soldier like Zhang Dingtian found it hard to bear. He glanced over at Seruzen, curious about how this monk would behave and whether he would scream.
“Damn it, where’s that dog barking from? It’s disturbing me!” a rude voice suddenly rang out. Lu Yin looked over to see several youths whose clothes had been messed up from what he assumed to be training. They seemed to be Yu Academy elites, at least on Eddy’s level.
“What are you looking at, trash? Such a waste of the Empire’s resources. If the pool was given to us, we’d have become Melders long ago. Just a bunch of native nonsense!” One of the youths was clearly in a bad mood, insulting Lu Yin with a provocative tone. A few others looked at Bai Xue and their eyes nearly popped out. The youth that had just cursed saw her as well, and his jaw dropped open in amazement.
Bai Xue was disgusted, “If you want the resources, fight for them yourselves. We won this opportunity.”
“Oh, sassy. Alright, fight for it, you say? Let’s see what ability you have,” one of them was obviously very interested in Bai Xue, and took the initiative to stretch a hand towards her. He was trying to touch her face.
Lu Yin frowned, but sensing the lack of bloodlust, he didn’t act. Bai Xue snorted and struck out with her fist. While the youth’s expression was frivolous, he met the attack with a serious gaze. He knew that those who could join Yu Academy had some substance to them, and also understood the qualifications required for remodeling. His hand immediately formed a claw as he barked, “Skybeast Claw!”
Bai Xue’s expression changed, but not into one of fear. She was much stronger than she had been on Earth, and the training on the Perseverance proved effective right now. Her body blinked away with the Roving Step, something Lu Yin had taught her. Having adapted to forty times gravity much faster than Seruzen, her speed far surpassed the average Sentinel. The attack crashed into the ground without much damage, while her hand pressed down on the youth’s abdomen and a layer of ice extended across it.
“Frost?” the youth was overwhelmed, retreating without a thought. The ice shattered with a bang, and a shadow flitted past the youth as another strike headed towards Bai Xue.
“Despicable!” Lu Yin’s gaze focused, and he raised his own hand which had a shocking five stars within. Bronsen had almost intervened at the same time, but he stopped the moment Lu Yin struck out. The newcomer was clearly a Melder, but he had sensed that Lu Yin’s attack was actually stronger!
Two attacks streaked past Bai Xue and collided with each other, a violent shockwave pushing her away in an instant. The other students and Seruzen soon followed, a vacuum popping in the emptied void as Lu Yin finally saw the stranger’s face. He focused on the youth’s vicious gaze; the target wasn’t Bai Xue, it was himself. Terrifying pressure crashed down as the Melder tried to crush him with star energy alone, the weight of it all causing him to shiver, but the stars within his palm exploded in response. The first three withstood the opposing strike, the fourth changed the stranger’s gaze and prompted a Skybeast Claw, while a growl and the fifth sent both parties flying backward.
BANG! Shockwaves radiated in all directions, drawing the attention of the formcast pool’s guards. Lu Yin retreated five steps, while the dumbstruck Melder was pushed back seven. Bronsen and the guards all watched on in shock; a Sentinel had actually knocked back a Melder, this wasn’t simply a realmbreaker. The other side was an elite of Yu Academy!