Chapter 316: Changes In Earth (1/2)

After making this declaration, Liu Shaoqiu left Astral-3.

From start to finish, Nightqueen Yanqing had not dared to make a move. Just like what Liu Shaoqiu had said, among the Limiteers of the Daynight clan, only Zhanlong Daynight could be considered to be his match. No one else was worthy.

Zhanlong Daynight: it was this person yet again! He should have died after his defeat in the Shenwu Continent. His name should have never been brought up again. Nightqueen Yanqing hated even hearing his name, but the Daynight Technique of Immunity was something that she understood very well.

News that Liu Shaoqiu had defeated a strong competitor from the Cosmic Sea quickly spread. Following that, more news came out that the two experts from the Cosmic Sea had pulled out of the Tournament of the Strongest.

Lu Yin was astonished by the news on his personal gadget. Those two people were truly unfortunate; one had been eliminated by him and the other by Liu Shaoqiu. Having said that, they only had themselves to blame for purposefully offending the Sword Sect and the powerful Liu Shaoqiu by proxy.

It also had to be said that Liu Shaoqiu had shown tremendous improvement. The fact that he had mentioned the Fourth Sword showed that he had already completely grasped this next step of the Thirteen Swords. In their next battle, Lu Yin would have to face off against a completed Fourth Sword, which caused excitement to bubble up within his heart. He also felt a certain longing for the battle to happen sooner rather than later, as he was curious about the Fourth Sword.

When he saw the news about Liu Shaoqiu, Lu Yin was suddenly reminded of Li Zimo from the Shenwu Continent. That man’s talent for the sword was definitely not inferior to Liu Shaoqiu’s in the slightest. Li Zimo was a true master of the sword, and if he ever went to the Sword Sect, it would be an interesting development.

There was a ding from Lu Yin’s gadget and a notification popped up. Lu Yin opened it and was shocked by what appeared before him.

The competitors of The Tournament of the Strongest have been confirmed. From the Human Domain’s Astral Combat Academy: Starsibyl, Han Chong, Grandini Mavis, and Lu Yin. From the Astral Beast Domain: Embermane, Hua Yishou, Feng Jiu, and Tian Hou. From the Technocracy: Cloud, Ben, Duo Mi, and Yar Pater. From the Cosmic Sea: Liu Shaoqiu and Zijun.

“Lu Yin, where are you hiding?” Lulu cried out in her lovable voice, appearing out of nowhere.

When he saw Lulu, Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. He waved his arms, creating a violent gale.

Lulu carefully sidestepped the gust of wind before turning around to look at Lu Yin, the sides of her mouth curling up. “Ah, so you were hiding here? Are you afraid to take part in the tournament?”

After saying that, she hopped up into the tree and landed less than three meters away from Lu Yin. She swung her snow white legs around with a carefree expression on her face.

Lu Yin gave a smile. “Coming back to tease me as soon as you finished your mission?”

Lulu giggled. “I’m not here to joke around. Actually, it’s the opposite—I’m here to pass you some important information.”

“Information?” Lu Yin asked, caught off guard.

Lulu pointed to herself. “Mavis.”

Lu Yin’s eyes lit up. “Are you going to tell me some information about Grandini?”

Lulu nodded.

Lu Yin was puzzled. “But both of you are from the Mavis family. Why would you want to betray her?”

Lulu snorted disdainfully. “That woman dared to strut around in front of me after showing her skills off, so I want to teach her a lesson. Anyway, ‘betray’ is too strong a word. I’m just filling you in on some basic facts about her. Things that many others are already aware of. Only a friendless, person with no background who has had no fortunate encounters such as yourself would be unaware of what I’m about to tell you.”

Lu Yin was rendered speechless. It was true that he had no background to speak of, but when did he become friendless? He had many friends… Oh wait, he didn’t actually have that many... Regarding his fortunate encounters, there had been several, but none he was willing to share.

“What a plucky girl. The Mavis clan is indeed terrifying,” the Ghost Monkey said.

“Alright then, what do you want to tell me, you little traitor?” Lu Yin teased.

Lulu rolled her eyes at him. “Do not underestimate Grandini, and do not just think that she is an easy target just because she only has four-lined battle force. Let me tell you something—you didn’t see any more only because she either never went all out or never used her innate gift. If she does end up using it, none of you will be her match.”

“Innate gift?” Lu Yin asked curiously.

Lulu rolled her eyes again. “If you’re expecting me to tell you about the Mavis clan’s innate gift, you can forget about it. All I can say is that when she actually uses her innate gift to increase her powers, the change will not be gradual. It will be completely unlike how she fought during the Astral Combat Tournament; not even close to that. Having said that, if she does not use her innate gift to increase her powers, everything that I just said will be inconsequential.”

As he stared at Lulu, Lu Yin thought back to the time he had spent on Earth. Back then, this girl had used her innate gift to tame and bring back an Explorer level turtle. Despite the creature being at the Explorer realm, which was far higher than their cultivation realms, it had still been easily tamed. This was something unfathomable to Lu Yin, but he knew that this matter was definitely somehow connected to the Mavis clan’s innate gift. However, he still did not have even the slightest idea as to what the Mavis clan’s innate actually was. All he knew was that it was terrifying.

“I understand. I will face her seriously,” Lu Yin told her.

Lulu lifted her head. She considered something for a bit before speaking. “Actually, it is not that bad of a thing if she increases her strength. If I know those old foxes at the Astral Combat Academy, they probably won’t let competitors from the same domain fight against each other. If you fight her, it will only happen in one of the later stages.

“You seem very confident that I’ll be able to last to the very end,” Lu Yin asked in a probing manner, feeling that something was strange.

Lulu laughed before replying, “I’m not. I just hope to see it happen. After all, you are the student leader of Astral-10, so it will reflect badly on us if you lose.” Once she was done speaking, Lulu hopped down and left.

“Monkey, what’s the Mavis clan’s innate gift?” Lu Yin asked.

“Seventh Bro, how would I know what that clan’s innate gift is?” the Ghost Monkey answered.