Chapter 131: Conditions of Battle (2/2)

Craynor smirked. “Of course not. I just wanted to do battle with you. As an elite student of Astral-10, you aren’t scared right?”

Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. “You don’t have to provoke me. I’ll battle with you, but I have some conditions.”

Craynor was bewildered. “Conditions?”

Lu Yin smiled confidently as he replied, “I’m in the middle of training, but you’re interrupting me to have some battle. You’re wasting my time, so I must get something out of it in return.”

Craynor laughed and condescendingly asked, “Sure, what do you want?”

Lu Yin raised up two fingers. “Twenty thousand star crystals and I’ll battle with you.”

Craynor’s expression changed. “Twenty thousand?! You’re crazy! Do you know how much twenty thousand is?”

“You don’t have that amount?” Lu Yin sneered contemptuously.

Craynor coldly answered, “Of course I do, but you’re not worth that price.”

“I can give you another choice as well. If you lose, give me your cosmic ring; if you win, I won’t take a single cent. How about that?” Lu Yin suggested temptingly.

Craynor beamed. “Fine, we’ll do that.”

Lu Yin’s sharp eyes gleamed. “Great, you’re truly a powerhouse from the Blaze Realm. You can attack at any time.”

Craynor smirked again as he arrogantly said, “Be careful Junior. I might not be able to control my strength.” Then, he rushed towards Lu Yin, the star energy surrounding his body bursting into flames that distorted the air with its high temperature as he aimed a palm at Lu Yin.

It was as if a glaring sun had appeared above the desert, causing a blistering heat to sweep towards Lu Yin.

Lu Yin’s gaze turned serious; Craynor was truly an elite student from Astral-8. His control over star energy was comparable to the genius, Da Lei, and might even be slightly stronger. His attack that combusted star energy into flames was far stronger than Archino’s, who Lu Yin had met during Astral-10’s assessment. Archino had relied on the actual sun in the sky to fuel his attack, while Craynor could power his attack with just his own star energy. He truly deserved the title of being second in the rankings.

Lu Yin still remembered his battle with Gerbach, where Gerbach had relied on Lightning Fruits to use Lightning Arrow. There was an insurmountable difference between the two of them.

The person in front of him was as powerful as Xi Yue’s musical battle technique, but it was a shame that he had met Lu Yin. Lu Yin disappeared using Flash and tore the star energy surrounding Craynor apart before appearing right in front of him. He then lifted his palm and used his Nine Stacks Shockwave Palm.

Craynor narrowed his eyes. He felt threatened by this attack and instinctively dodged. There was a loud bang at the spot where he had originally been standing, and the aftershock of the attack radiated in all directions, blowing Craynor’s star energy apart. He whirled around as he finally realized that this person definitely wasn’t a common Melder. He had assumed that Xi Yue was just joking when she had said that someone had teased her, as he didn’t think that there was anyone from Astral-10 who was strong enough to defeat Xi Yue. But clearly, he had been wrong. From what he could tell, this person far exceeded his expectations.

Lu Yin didn’t stop his offense and continued to hurl more attacks at Craynor. Craynor roared and equipped his ring armour even as his star energy continued to combust into flames that surged everywhere. He seemed like he was about to erupt.

Lu Yin ignored him and smashed another Nine Stacks Shockwave Palm onto Craynor’s body, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood as his ring armour completely shattered. After this shocking blow, his body even began sinking into the desert.

Lu Yin’s Nine Stacks Shockwave Palm was powerful enough to battle against Invincible Palm, a Limiteer, let alone Craynor. Although Craynor was powerful in his own right, he was definitely easier to defeat than Xi Yue, as Xi Yue’s musical battle technique had posed a greater threat to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin grabbed Craynor, who was heavily injured, and removed his cosmic ring. He then unceremoniously tossed him on the ground.

“Stop, stop!” Craynor yelled hoarsely as he continued to glare at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin bent down and shot him a cold look. “Are you trying to break your promise?”

Craynor gritted his teeth as he replied, “There are battle techniques from the Blaze Realm inside. You’ll definitely become an enemy of the entire Blaze Realm.”

Lu Yin scornfully replied, “I never planned on taking the battle techniques from the Blaze Realm, but since you have told me about them, I would seem cowardly if I didn’t take them.

Craynor’s gaze changed. “What are you going to do?”

Lu Yin poured everything out of Craynor’s cosmic ring. Most of it was star crystals, for a total of ten thousand. There were also some Mavis Bank cards, medicines, ring armor, and even hot weapons. There were also some items that he couldn't recognise. The unidentified objects all emitted heat and were probably related to his battle techniques.

Lu Yin didn’t bother asking Craynor what the items were. He first took the star crystals, the Mavis Bank cards, and a vial of blood meant for gene recognition. Finally, he also grabbed a red card that had the symbol of the Blaze Realm—this was probably a battle technique from the Blaze Realm.

Craynor’s face was pale as he stared at Lu Yin in disbelief.

Once Lu Yin learned the battle technique, the Blaze Realm would go after Lu Yin, and Craynor would be implicated as well.

“I’m not interested in the battle techniques from the Blaze Realm, but I should be able to get a good amount of money if I sell it, right?” Lu Yin said with an evil smile.

Craynor asked in a low voice, “What do you want?”

Lu Yin looked at him with a frosty gaze. “I want to know about the elites in Astral-8 as well as the person you serve.”