Chapter 217: Lost And Found (1/2)

The most outstanding participants in this tournament weren’t monsters like Liu Shaoqiu who had only recently joined the academy, but rather, it was those from Astral-10. Ever since the director of Astral-10 had gone crazy a thousand years ago and nearly destroyed Astral-10, that branch of the Astral Combat Academy had lost its splendor. But now, three of the sixteen people who had reached the sixth round were from the previously fallen academy. This was simply a jaw-dropping result.

Even during the fifth round, a lot of students had started looking at the students of Astral-10 strangely, which frightened Coco so much that she had immediately left.

Silver smiled as he surveyed his surroundings. His unsettling grin made a shiver run down everyone’s spines.

Xia Luo’s expression was just as gentle as always, and he had even captured quite a few girls’ hearts during this tournament.

Up on the peak overlooking the fields, Lu Yin stood up. He wasn’t that tall, but he still managed to dominate the atmosphere. “I’ll see you all during the battles of the final sixteen.” After that, he disappeared.

Feng Shang stretched out lazily as he commented, “Did you hear that? He’s challenging us, haha.”

Nightqueen Yanqing narrowed her eyes. Although Lu Yin had shown that he had four-lined battle force, she still did not see him as someone who could truly rival her. At most, she felt a bit of caution towards him. The opponents who she was the most concerned about were Starsibyl and Han Chong.

The sixth round of the elimination battles would start after a day so that both the participants and spectators would have ample time to rest.

Lu Yin opened his eyes on the trial zone mountain and was immediately greeted by a crowd of surprised faces. “What’s wrong?”

“‘What’s wrong?’ What do you mean, ‘what’s wrong?!’ Dude, tell us if you have some secret way to train your battle force!” Big Pao exclaimed in an exaggerated manner. Everyone stared at Lu Yin with a curious expression.

Lu Yin nodded and simply replied, “Yup.”

Everyone was shocked. Was he being serious?

“What is it?” Big Pao asked.

Lu Yin smirked. “Die.”

“You’ll need to protect me from now on, Brother Lu.” Coco drew close and looked up at Lu Yin with an adorable smile on her little face. Lu Yin burst into laughter and fondly patted her on the head.

Lulu raised her fist. “After I raise my battle force to four lines, let’s fight again.”

Off in the distance, Michelle looked at Lu Yin, the awe in her eyes yet to dissipate. She saw him in a completely different light from when she had first entered the academy. At that time, she had truly wanted to recommend that the academy be expelled, but now, she really did approve of Astral-10, especially after realizing that many of its students weren’t weak. Even the weakest students, Coco, Schutz, and the rest, were no weaker than the average student from the other academies, and that wasn’t even mentioning the mysterious Xia Luo, Silver, and the strongest of them all, Lu Yin.

Liu Xiaoyun walked down from the peak of the trial zone mountain, her presence shocking everyone.

“Why’s there another living person here?” Zora yelped in shock.

Liu Xiaoyun frowned as Zora’s phrasing hadn’t been very nice. She looked at Lu Yin and quietly said, “I apologize for looking down on you before.”

Lu Yin smiled. “It’s alright.”

Liu Xiaoyun then matter-of-factly said, “The trial zone mountains are the entrances to the trial zones. The higher you are on the mountain, the higher your position. I’ll let you have the peak.” After that, she quietly walked away.

Lu Yin casually glanced at the peak. It was high, but he didn’t really like it. It felt too arrogant to occupy that position, and it wasn’t time for such things yet. “Take the peak if you like it. Astral-10 doesn’t have any rules about stuff like this.”

Nobody here really cared about their appearances. Astral-10 only had fourteen students in total, so who cared about who sat at the top of the mountain?

Meanwhile, at the border of the Erudite Flowzone, Grand Marshal Shui Chuanxiao clasped his hands behind his back and looked out into space. Numerous planets had been lined up to form a net, and outside this line of defense was the Astral Beast Domain, where humans had difficulty stepping foot into. It was vast and mysterious.

“We only need to show two more battles. There’s no need to reveal all of our cards to the entire universe in one sitting. They’ll be the future heroes of the human race, and we don’t need them to get on the Heaven-Devouring List already,” Shui Chuanxiao said.

Behind him, an officer respectfully said, “I’ll let the Astral Combat Academy know right away, sir.”

“Wait.” Shui Chuanxiao suddenly turned towards the huge map and pointed at one of the lines of defense. “Who’s the guardian for this point?”

“He’s from Culture Flowzone’s Lost Radiance Academy, and his name is Qu Ao.”

“What about here?”

“The Beast Tamer Flowzone’s First Hall’s Sir Gloria.”

“What about here?”

…

As he studied the map, Shui Chuanxiao suddenly said, “Notify the Astral Combat Academy that all top sixteen participants are to come to the Human Domain border, with the final four being the groups’ leaders. They’ll be in charge of guarding our line of defense.”

The officer was shocked. “Sir, it’s way too dangerous out there. The academy won’t agree to this.”

Shui Chuanxiao snickered as he replied, “That’s a direct order from me. I don’t need their approval for this.”

“Yes, sir.”

“By the way, is there another powerhouse on the other side right now?”

The officer sternly answered, “Yes, Yao Gu. He’s a Void Thunderbeast who’s third on the Beast Region’s Heavenly Beast List.”

Shui Chuanxiao was shocked. “Yao Gu? You mean the one who got on the Skymender List and was able to fight evenly against Serati Phoenix of the Ten Arbiters?”