Chapter 146: Who’s the Top Student? (2/2)

Liu Ji nodded. “I have lots of time. Let’s go.”

Xia Luo smiled and brought her to the Sand Ocean next.

Liu Ji saw something surprising as soon as she reached the Sand Ocean; there was a girl who was practicing, her every punch shaking the desert. The vibrations surprised Liu Ji as she could feel the terrifying strength of the girl through the reverberations of the earth underneath them. How powerful was that punch just now?

“Who is she?” Liu Ji was shocked.

Xia Luo replied, “A new student. She’s quite nice.”

“Not the top student?”

“No.”

“Next place.”

They went to the Stargazing Deck next, where Zora and Coco were. Both of them were struck speechless by the sight of Coco embracing her enormous syringe for no apparent reason. The sight disturbed Liu Ji so much that she instinctively took a few steps back upon seeing the syringe. Most girls were scared of that ominous looking thing.

Coco’s eyes sparkled when she saw Xia Luo. “Brother Xia, why did you come here? Are you injured? You’ll be fine once you get an injection.”

Xia Luo retreated with a smile. “No, I’m not injured.” He quickly brought Liu Ji away as well; he was also quite frightened of that syringe. No one had allowed Coco to give them an injection yet, and Xia Luo was also curious about what the effects would be.

“The girl just now was quite strong. Would you like to take her offer?” Xia Luo tried to tempt Liu Ji.

Liu Ji immediately shook her head. “No, thanks.”

Xia Luo was slightly regretful at the lost opportunity.

After a while, the two of them reached the Treasury, where they bumped into Silver, who was wearing his perpetual, superficial smile on his face.

As soon as she saw Silver, Liu Ji's gaze changed. If Xia Luo gave her a familiar feeling, then this person gave her the chills. Both men were all smiles, but they gave her two entirely different feelings. When her eyes met Silver’s, Liu Ji felt a piercing pain in her eyes and a great threat in her heart; this person was able to threaten her life.

“Brother Xia, what a coincidence,” Silver said with a smile.

Xia Luo’s face sank when he saw Silver and he just nodded in greetings.

Silver then turned to Liu Ji and exclaimed, “What a beautiful girl! Is she a new junior? I heard that many new students will be joining us to participate in the Astral Combat Tournament.”

Xia Luo replied with a simple, “No.”

“What a shame. I wanted to spend time with this junior,” Silver then shrugged and left after waving at Liu Ji.

Liu Ji's expression was grim. What a scary man! She wasn’t thinking about his abilities, but rather about his aura. This was the first time that she had ever felt such terror from just seeing someone.

“How powerful is he?” Liu Ji was curious.

Xia Luo shook his head. “Not sure.”

“Since your academy has a top student, then there was definitely a competition. How can you not know?” Liu Ji thought Xia Luo was lying to her.

Xia Luo calmly answered, “He admitted defeat in the middle, so nobody knows the depths of his strength.”

Liu Ji narrowed her eyes. Her only thought was that Astral-10 definitely wasn’t simple. Everyone she had met so far were either weird or geniuses, but they were all very strong. If Xia Luo truly had the right to be a Lockbreaker, then there was no way that he would be weak either. Liu Ji was confident that she was one of the stronger Melders in the Astral Combat Academy, but the few people that she had met today were all comparable to her. Astral-10 had truly hidden itself well.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Liu Ji and she gave Xia Luo an odd look. “Are you the top student?”

Xia Luo laughed before replying, “Of course not. By the way, I still don’t know your name yet.”

“Liu Ji .”

“Liu Ji? What a nice name,” Xia Luo complimented.

Liu Ji frowned. “Are there only these few places in Astral-10?”

“I’m sorry. Most of the locations in Astral-10 were destroyed and there are only these few places left,” Xia Luo answered with a helpless shrug.

Liu Ji had heard about that as well. According to the rumors, the Headmaster of Astral-10 had gone crazy and destroyed the entirety of Astral-10, including its collection of battle techniques, skills, and weapons, all of which had been gathered over countless years. This had caused Astral-10 to deteriorate rapidly until it reached its current state of near collapse.

After Xia Luo was done taking Liu Ji around, Lu Yin had already left the Time Stop Space. After spending a full month in there, he had finally finished cultivating the eighth star of his Cosmic Art. As expected, the power of his Cosmic Palm now surpassed his Nine Stacks Shockwave Palm. Despite this improvement, it also signified that Lu Yin had reached the end of his path with this Cosmic Art.