Chapter 262: Initial Encounter (2/2)
The woman was shocked by the man’s sudden appearance.
Both of them remained motionless for a few seconds, but then there was an alarming cry. The girl had finally reacted, and it was in the most normal reaction possible—she released a shrill cry.
Lu Yin immediately covered her lips and very awkwardly tried to say, “Look, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to-”
Suddenly, a group of people charged into the room, shouting, “Mistress-” Lu Yin was about to do something when a loud boom sounded from above, and Arikar crashed down as well. Lu Yin hurriedly retrieved the girl’s clothes from a nearby rack, wrapped the girl up in them, and then used Flash while holding onto her tightly.
While still in midair, she gave him a rather blank look. Her beautiful, star-like eyes stared at Lu Yin’s face as petals fell around her.
“Outrageous! You actually dare to be indecent towards the young mistress!” There was an angry roar, and an enormous shockwave surged towards the falling Arikar.
Arikar was in a miserable state, as he did not know anything about a young mistress; he had simply been tossed out of a spatial rift and had happened to land inside the tub.
By now, Lu Yin had already wrapped the girl up tightly and thrown her onto a nearby bed. With a quick “Sorry,” he grabbed a scarf, covered half of his face, and then rushed out of the room.
“Who dares to barge into the Reverent King’s estate?” an angry shout sounded out as a terrifying force descended upon the area.
Lu Yin and Arikar were both stunned by this presence; this was an Explorer! They quickly evaded.
Thump!
The void shuddered as a furious man appeared. He stared intently at Lu Yin and Arikar, who were escaping in either direction of him and raised both of his palms; one for each fleeing youth.
Arikar gritted his teeth. He was a top member of the Blaze Realm’s younger generation, and although he had been a Realmbreaker, fighting against an Explorer was different. It was too difficult for a Limiteer to jump realms and face off against an Explorer, but it was no issue for Arikar to preserve his life.
“Darkgold Palm.” A palm erupted with black flames and then struck out at the middle-aged man. The dark gold palm was instantly vaporized, but the middle-aged man’s palm strike remained strong and continued traveling through the void to viciously strike at Arikar. The Blaze Realm genius’s pupils shrank to pinpoints. How is this possible? This man is just a native! He spat out a mouthful of blood and then fell to the ground with a thump.
At the same time, Lu Yin clashed against the palm that had been sent after him. He responded with a Nine Stacks, Fifteenfold Shockwave Palm that was supplemented by five-lined battle force. The void rumbled intensely as the terrifying collision compressed the ground and caused many of those who were pursuing Lu Yin to be forcibly scattered. Lu Yin borrowed the strength of the man’s palm and retreated even faster.
The man was shocked that this person had actually directly received his palm. This child was not simple.
A large part of the estate had been ruined by their exchanges, causing many to gather.
The middle-aged man hurriedly rushed into the house to check on the girl and then dismissed the attendants.
“Father!” the girl cried out with reddened eyes and a wronged expression.
The man rushed to hug her. “Yan’er, are you alright?”
The girl nodded, tightly hugged her quilt, and then responded, “I’m okay.”
The man finally relaxed. “Everything is fine as long as you’re alright. Rest assured, father will definitely not let that person off.”
The girl responded with a soft sound of assent.
In another area, after directly receiving that man’s palm, Lu Yin quickly escaped by using Flash to flee into the woods. This was not the city, but rather the outskirts in the country. Apart from that single sprawling residence, there were only about a dozen peasant families’ homes.
Lu Yin was glad that he had not landed in the city, or else he would have faced the Ming Constables’ pursuit. That organization had a unique item called heavenly globes that could detect star energy. It would have been very difficult for him to escape from such a situation.
No one was pursuing Lu Yin, so he was finally able to relax. He removed the scarf that he had used to hide his face and thought of the girl who he had just encountered. She was too beautiful, and he had previously only ever seen that dazzling of an appearance in Bai Xue’s face. Even Mira, Michelle, and the beautiful Madam Nalan and Yue Xianzi were all lacking in comparison to this remarkably beautiful woman.
Furthermore, this girl had a pure appearance, and Lu Yin could not even imagine trying to be flirtatious with her. It was like seeing the world’s purest face, and it made him feel inferior.
He looked at the silky cloth in his hand, and his nose could still vaguely smell her fragrance. It was fresh, elegant, and also rather intoxicating.
Unaware of his own thoughts, Lu Yin carefully stowed the scarf away. He did not place it in his cosmic ring, but rather in his robes and by his bosom.
His most urgent task right now was to find some martial crystals, which were similar to the star crystals. They would allow him to conveniently and rapidly replace his star energy with martial power. After doing this, he would no longer be detectable by heavenly globes and would thus be able to enter the cities.
In the manor that Lu Yin had just fled from, Arikar was painfully curled up within some ruins. The surrounding soldiers had all left, and there was a lone young man towering over the tormented youth. He was Tang Si, a powerhouse at the Martial King realm, which was the equivalent of the Limiteer realm, and he belonged to the Reverent King’s residence. They were currently outside the main palace of the Reverent King’s estate. The person who had attacked Lu Yin and Arikar was Ming Zhaoshu while the girl whom Lu Yin had encountered was the princess of the Reverent King’s estate—Ming Yan.