Chapter 212: Starsibyl (1/2)

Xia Ye’s monstrous kick had caused the battle force on Cang Shi’s leg to split before it connected with Cang Shi’s abdomen. At the same time, Xia Ye released the fist that he had captured previously. As a result, Cang Shi’s body was sent flying and vanished in midair.

Everyone stared in amazement at the arena plains, and then at the calm Xia Ye. This battle had been the most intense one yet of this Astral Combat Tournament, not to mention the highest quality. There had been a collision of terrifying physical force, amazing evasive movements and instincts, dazzling attacks, and of course, the shocking four-lined battle force.

No more than a hundred students in the entire Astral Combat Academy had comprehended battle force, and only Area Masters had managed to cultivate two-lined battle force, which was no more than twenty or even fifteen people. Even fewer had cultivated their battle force to the three-lined realm, and Xia Ye was the only one who had revealed four-lined battle force thus far. Even the student leaders of the ten academies had never revealed four-lined battle force before.

This was the Astral Combat Academy, the best training institution in the entire Human Domain. If one widened the scope to include the younger generation of the entire universe, then the probability of encountering someone with four-lined battle force would reduce infinitely close to zero. At this moment, Xia Ye had become the object of worship for countless people.

Atop the peak overlooking the field, Kuang Wang had a serious expression, and it could even be called a little ugly. Xia Ye’s power had far exceeded his expectations, and he was no longer even confident of defeating Xia Ye. Why had this person kept such a low profile until now?

The other student leaders had a similar reaction. Cang Shi was already very powerful, and none of them would dare to claim that they would definitely prevail over his four-lined battle force, but despite that, Xia Ye had won. His battle force’s intensity had even surpassed Cang Shi’s; this was a person who had deeply hidden their true strength. Additionally, Xia Ye had received the Astral Combat Academy’s teachings and was an elite who had walked to this step with his own merits.

Astral-1’s leader smiled. “The distance of a single step can be like a vast abyss. In its countless years, the Astral Combat Academy has produced many freaks and geniuses. Although only a few Limiteers have ever achieved four-lined battle force, they still exist in the academy’s history. The accomplishment of reaching five-lined battle force as a Limiteer, however, belongs solely to the Ten Arbiters. No one from the younger generation can surpass them who symbolize this era.”

“They were also the start of an era,” Lu Yin suddenly interjected. He saw Astral-1’s leader, Dao Bo, and a few others look at him strangely, but he merely smiled and said no more.

Nightqueen Yanqing snorted. “Don’t make any rash presumptions about the Ten Arbiters.”

A number then appeared before her. It was her turn.

Nightqueen Yanqing got up and tapped the number to appear in the arena plains.

Many students silently watched Nightqueen Yanqing from within the Lifeseek Realm while countless more watched on their screens. This was a Nightqueen of the Daynight clan.

Nightqueen Yanqing’s opponent instantly admitted defeat. Her opponent was an Area Master who knew that he would be powerless against Nightqueen Yanqing. He did not even dare to show his face.

Next was Xue Liuyun, although this Astral-4’s leader also had no opponent, as the person had also immediately admitted defeat.

Another two new faces appeared in the following match. They could not be considered complete unknowns, however, as one of them had been Astral-5’s representative during the Knocking on the Dragon’s Door stage. His name was Tu Bo, and his opponent was a pretty girl.

When the girl’s name was transmitted, Lu Yin was stumped. Angie? Where have I heard that name before?

After digging through his memories , Lu Yin finally remembered where he had heard the name before. Amu had mentioned that she was the Umbral Butterfly Tribe’s young mistress and also a student of the Astral Combat Academy. It turned out that this was her.

The Umbral Butterfly Tribe could absorb the strength of nearby plants to limitlessly strengthen themselves, but this was also their weakness. Lu Yin looked around at the battlefield. Although this was not a swamp filled with poisonous plants and there were quite a few ordinary plants lying about, these plants would not be able to provide much strength and could only give Angie a small boost. He was rather curious to see how much Angie would be strengthened by the present flora.

Unfortunately, Lu Yin was disappointed as the battle ended too quickly. Angie’s power was decent and approached the level of an Area Master, but the battle ended instantly since she had been matched up against Tu Bo.

Lu Yin shook his head as the Outerverse’s Umbral Butterfly Tribe’s young mistress was just too weak. It could only be said that the Astral Combat Academy held too many talented students that had been gathered from all over the universe. It resulted in a situation that was unfathomable to the average person, where the disparity between geniuses could be seen from someone like Schutz. He was the top expert of the Great Yu Empire’s younger generation, but he could not even get past the first round of this tournament.

Soon after, another person appeared on the arena plains. It was Silver, and his appearance immediately attracted a great deal of attention as his performance during the Three Academies Guarding the Gate stage had been too dazzling. His killing domain was just too disturbing.

His appearance even drew the attention of Dao Bo and some of the other leaders. He had reached this stage even though he was only a Melder. This made his feat even more impressive.

Silver’s opponent was from Astral-9. He was not an unknown student, and was someone else who had participated in the Sounding the Battle Drums stage. His name was Zong. He had a pale face, and his body emitted a deathly aura, giving him the appearance of a walking corpse.

One side smiled horrifyingly while the other gave people the chills just by standing there. Many thought that the two were rather similar.

In the Great Yu Empire, Undying Yushan looked at his screen seriously. Ever since Silver had joined the Astral Combat Academy, the Great Yu Empire had ceaselessly been trying to investigate his origins, but they hadn’t made any progress. His background was too ordinary, to the extent that it was actually extraordinary. This person was definitely not simple.

No trash talk was exchanged on the plains as the two figures simultaneously attacked.