Chapter 88: Overbearing Fiancee (1/2)

Shockwaves broke through the tower walls and dispersed the clouds, lightning dissipating in all directions. At the top, Lu Yin managed to block Gerbach’s full-power attack with his Cosmic Palm, but that wasn’t all. The fifth star’s explosion even suppressed the lightning arrow and dispersed it, scattering the battle technique entirely. The man himself was fine, but this was an automatic defeat.

Lu Yin put his own hand back down, watching the black on his palm. This was the power of the lightning; while it wasn’t all that serious, his entire palm had been charred.

“You won,” Gerbach stated.

Lu Yin took a deep breath and lifted his palm, “It’s a tie. I’m injured.”

Gerbach burst into laughter, “I needed a lightning fruit to power my technique; that was cheating. I don’t believe you went all-out, either. I’m not someone who can’t take a loss.”

Lu Yin didn’t argue. He truly hadn’t gone all-out here; at the very least, using Bai Xue’s innate gift alongside the Cosmic Palm would have led to a stronger strike.

Gerbach sighed happily. “It doesn’t feel good to fight while suppressed, but this isn’t half bad. You should be top ten in Yu Academy.”

“What? Doesn’t the Academy have more than ten Melders?” Lu Yin was shocked.

Gerbach chuckled, “Melders? You know that means nothing, right? No more than ten people in the Academy could have blocked that arrow; you’re definitely up there.”

Lu Yin recalled Tyson who had challenged him at the formcast pool. That was a Melder as well, but the Cosmic Palm had beaten him easily. Then there was Munoor, whose result would likely be the same. This made sense; he was a realmbreaker, after all. Were Melders weak? No, they were quite strong, but not in the Great Yu Empire. Even Gerbach wasn’t all that much when compared to the average Melder in the Innerverse; that was just the extent of the disparity. This thought suddenly dissipated all anticipation of becoming a Melder. He realized that he needed to understand more about what becoming a Melder meant, not just rush into the stage and become a weakling like Munoor.

Lu Yin was snapped out of his thoughts when Gerbach agreed to his request for the Skybeast Claw. He nodded, “Thanks a ton.”

“Mm. Schutz is the only one left. How will you get him to agree?”

Lu Yin shrugged; he hadn’t planned this out yet. Schutz was indisputably the strongest youth in the Great Yu Empire, the top fighter in Yu Academy who was much stronger than Tianming and Gerbach. He was a member of the former Great Yu Empire Youth Council, possessing so many dazzling titles that even an ordinary person would be pushed to the top, but Lu Yin had no idea what kind of person he was.

Lu Yin was curious, “It’ll depend on what I have to pay.”

Gerbach was astounded, “I thought you’d do it regardless of the consequences.”

Lu Yin shrugged, “Like you said, there isn’t a large difference whether I have the next five variations or not. There’s no point in losing more than I gain.”

Gerbach sized Lu Yin up, “Honestly speaking, I’ve met a lot of people who aren’t afraid of death to obtain a powerful technique, especially in this academy. Your practicality is a rare trait.”

Lu Yin chuckled. He was willing to give up a great many things for the entirety of the Skybeast Claw, but not for a mere twenty forms. It wasn’t even like that was his biggest hope; his focus was the Cosmic Palm. What he actually wanted was for Gerbach to show him the twenty forms, but that request was unreasonable. Nobody liked their battle techniques being stolen, even if it was one that everyone had access to. It was an invasion of privacy. Now that Gerbach knew he could learn the Skybeast Claw in battle, he would never use it again.

Gerbach switched on his gadget and a hologram appeared, depicting a youth with a cold glare and red sword on his back, bare upper body filled with scars. Schutz looked quite ordinary, but was a step beyond numerous youths across the Great Yu Empire.

“What’s up?” Schutz’s hoarse voice rang out, boredom filling his tone.

“I was beaten.”

“By whom?” Schutz’s eyes glinted.

“Lu Yin, the Zishan King.”

Schutz sighed, “He’s a Sentinel.”

“I suppressed my combat level, but I still lost. He also managed to learn the fifteenth form of the Skybeast Claw in combat, and recreated it perfectly.”

Schutz went quiet.

“By the looks of it, he’s invincible amongst Sentinels; at the very least, there’s no match in Yu Academy. Even overall, he’s top ten; he might be a threat to become a hall master the moment he becomes a Melder. What do you think?”

Schutz watched Gerbach, “Where is he?”