Chapter 244: Targe (1/2)

Sparks flew throughout the entire gravity training room as the speed of the two steadily increased. Silver had been able to rely on his domain and his innate gift of seeing through weaknesses to remain undefeated up until now, but Lu Yin’s Cosmic Art was his natural nemesis, as every move of Silver’s was in turn seen through by Lu Yin.

A minute later, the two simultaneously retreated, breathing heavily.

Silver’s face fell, and he shook his butterfly knife once to remove all the sweat that had gathered on the blade.

Nicks had appeared in the piece of metal in Lu Yin’s hand, but it still remained sharp.

“I was overthinking it. You haven’t seen through my attack trajectories. Rather, you’ve only reversed my trajectories to block my attacks.” Silver’s face sank for a moment, but then he commented on their exchange in a relaxed manner.

Lu Yin nodded. “I’m indeed unable to replicate your attacks that are a combination of your domain and innate gift.”

“Captain, this won’t do. If I don’t act, then will you not be able to attack either?” Silver asked with a teasing smile.

Lu Yin laughed before saying, “Fine, then let’s see whether you will act.” With those words, Lu Yin lifted a hand that transformed into a claw as the 96th form of the Skybeast Claw technique suppressed the entire gravity training room. The howl of a beast rang through the void.

Silver’s eyes flashed, and his butterfly knife swept out, directly slicing the Skybeast Claw apart. However, Lu Yin had already appeared in front of Silver, and the metal piece in his hand was streaking forward. Silver raised his butterfly knife in an attempt to block Lu Yin’s attack, and a loud bang rang out as the shockwave from the collision distorted the void. Multiple spatial cracks extended out and tore at the walls as the piece of metal in Lu Yin’s hand snapped in half. However, Lu Yin was not shocked at all, and he took advantage of this opportunity to strike out with his palm. The palm squarely hit Silver in the chest, and Lu Yin followed up by using Nine Stacks to forcefully pin Silver to the ground as he was unable to resist the pressure.

After the ninth stack disappeared, Silver spat out a mouthful of blood and stared intently at Lu Yin. He smiled, though he looked rather miserable with his bloody teeth. “Captain, it’s only a spar. There’s no need to be so ruthless.”

Silver remained on the ground as he put away his butterfly knife before casually replying, “You want to kill me?”

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes.“I’m someone who has made contributions at the warfront.”

Lu Yin then squatted down beside Silver. “I have Honor Points.”

Silver’s expression did not change. “So what? You can try killing me whenever you want.”

Lu Yin looked at Silver and sighed. He then stood up as there was nothing he could do to this person who seemed to be completely unafraid of death.

Silver stood up too, and marvelled, “Captain, I’m really curious. How did you read the trajectories of my attacks?”

“Tell me your identity, and I’ll explain it to you,” Lu Yin casually replied as he clenched his fist.

Silver wiped the trickle of blood from his lips. “I thought that I would be able to give you a good fight if you didn’t use battle force, but I never thought that you were this strong even without battle force. You’re about at Starsibyl’s level.”

Upon hearing these words, Lu Yin was reminded of when Silver had immediately given up when he was matched up against Starsibyl in the Astral Combat Tournament. “Why did you admit defeat in your match with Starsibyl?”

Silver helplessly replied, “I can see through weaknesses, but Starsibyl can see the future.”

It was that same phrase once again. Lu Yin had heard it many times, but he still did not truly believe in divination. If Starsybil could really see the future, then the woman would be unparalleled. Instead, it should be the power of some innate gift or battle technique that outsiders did not know about, although it sounded like Silver actually knew. The Neohuman Alliance was truly powerful and secretive.

Before Silver left, he warned Lu Yin, “Be careful of Undying Yushan.”

Lu Yin did not understand what Silver was saying. Undying Yushan was indeed powerful as he was a Hunter who had even entered the top twenty in the Astral Battle Rankings. But still, he had long since retired from the universe’s stage and was now only an emperor in his twilight years. If not for Lu Yin himself, then Undying Yushan would have already died. Was there some kind of underlying meaning behind Silver’s warning?

Lu Yin wanted to ask for more details, but Silver had already left.

“Hey, what’s his ranking in your Astral Combat Academy?” the Ghost Monkey asked.

“None of your business,” Lu Yin coldly replied.

The Ghost Monkey continued talking, saying, “With his strength, he could challenge one of the Spiritual Academy’s Academy Masters. Although he’d probably be defeated, it would still be worth a try. He should be at the level of one of your academy’s student leaders.”

Lu Yin did not bother talking with the monkey and instead returned to his quarters where he started to recite the Stonewall Scriptures. This had long become a habit, and he now made sure to recite a little of the Stonewall Scriptures every day.

His days at the border warfront as well as his battles during the Astral Combat Tournament had made him realize the usefulness of the Stonewall Scriptures. The elder from Driftcharge Planet had been right; reciting the scriptures would allow Lu Yin to transform. Even if the scriptures held no offensive capabilities, they would still help him build up a resistance to any attacks that targeted spiritual force.

Using one of the expedited military routes, their warship quickly returned to the Frostwave Weave and docked at Astral-10’s space station.

Lu Yin and Silver disembarked and looked around at the familiar space station and could not help themselves from feeling emotional. Although their time at the border had been short, they had gained a great deal of experience.

“Brother Lu, you’re back!” Coco cried out with a cheer.

Lu Yin was amused. “Coco, why are you so happy?”

“Brother Lu, hurry up and tell me about your battle stories from the warfront! I’m really curious!”

“Curious?”