Chapter 319: An Interesting Battle (1/2)

Lu Yin burst out in laughter. Everyone was wondering if this woman from the Technocracy had had her eyes altered. The contempt in them was so blatant that it seemed to be asking for a beating.

“How are you doing?” Lu Yin asked Grandini as he glanced at her.

Grandini looked at her fair little fists. “Those modified humans are very tough. They’re hard even when you hit them.”

Lu Yin was speechless. She said that they were tough, but she had nearly crippled Domi.

At that moment, the second battle began. Han Chong stretched his arm out and started drawing with star energy as the ink. He drew mountains and seas, and the boundless high peaks released a huge pressure.

Yun glanced over at him, the disdain in her eyes still as overbearing as ever. Just as everyone thought that she would take Han Chong’s attack head-on with brute force, she reached out. Her arm briefly danced in the air and destroyed Han Chong’s technique.

The entire field went quiet. Every one gazed at this scene in astonishment, including Lu Yin.

What in the world?

Lockbreaking! She had used a lockbreaking technique, and not just any technique either.

Lu Yin took several steps forward and purposefully activated the Cosmic Art while observing Yun. That woman’s Lockbreaking skill was even higher than his own. It was so quick and proficient that it had easily dissolved Han Chong’s drawings as if they were nothing more than simple lines.

Starsibyl’s expression changed, and she eyed Yun nervously. Disbelief was evident in her eyes. She could not find anything to use for a divination on this woman. One could say that Yun was beyond such things.

Han Chong gazed at Yun in shock. The star energy drawing above his head gradually melted away and dissipated.

“Is that all you have?” Yun mocked, appearing bored.

“You’re a Lockbreaker?” Han Chong was startled.

Yun sneered. “Perhaps. I’ll give you one more chance. If you don’t have anything more to show, then just scram.”

Outside the arena, many students became enraged, and even the creatures from the Astral Beast Domain were agitated. Yun was just too arrogant, and her arrogance was aimed at every person here, not just Han Chong. It wasn’t merely arrogance either—-there was another strange sensation that she was giving off.

Han Chong frowned. This battle was not playing out the way that he had expected it to. He could not predict what this woman would do, so he stopped hiding his true abilities. He began drawing once more, but at a slower speed than before. However, with each line that he added in, the drawing let out a strange pressure, and it felt as if the very sky was turning dark.

Starsibyl looked up and stared intensely at Han Chong’s hand.

Outside the arena, Xia Ye’s eyes twinkled with curiosity. This was the technique that had crushed him during the Astral Combat Tournament.

Inside the battlefield, Yun just watched on as Han Chong continued drawing. The disdain in her eyes had disappeared, and what replaced it was shock that was soon followed by an overwhelming bloodlust. She instantly appeared before Han Chong, raised an arm and pressed down with it. Han Chong’s eyes widened, and he flicked a finger in response. Ever since he had learned this drawing technique, nobody at his level had been able to defeat him. Even Xia Ye’s four-lined battle force had been crushed.

Yun’s palm kept pressing down against the drawing. Somehow, heaven and earth seemed to shake, and a strange undulation swept across the Lifeseek Realm. It was so subtle that nobody aside from Han Chong and Yun sensed it. Even Lu Yin, with his domain and Cosmic Art active, did not sense it.

The undulation only took place for a brief moment, but the instant afterwards, Yun tore through the painting and pressed her palm against Han Chong’s chest. Han Chong was defeated, and he disappeared even as an expression of disbelief was etched on his face.

The battle was very quick, but it had been life-changing for the audience. Yun, who was from the Technocracy, had defeated Han Chong with such ease and even shown off her expertise at Lockbreaking. Nobody had expected this result; it was too astonishing.

Yun back her hand pulled, and the bloodlust in her eyes gradually disappeared only to be replaced by her usual contempt for the universe. “Trash.” And with that, she left the battlefield.

“Round Two. Victor: Yun.”

All the human students had glum expressions.

Within the crowd, Xia Ye was shocked. He had been certain that Han Chong would not lose and that his drawing was invincible. Despite that, how had he still ended up losing?

Lu Yin was surprised as well. That drawing had given even him a sense of grave danger—there was no denying that. However, the drawing had seemingly met its natural nemesis in the form of Yun’s attack and had been torn to shreds. How exactly had Yun done it?

Watching Yun battle was like watching Starsibyl; they were both extremely mysterious.

The battle had not taken very long nor had it caused much damage to the arena. Soon enough, the next battle began, and this time, Hua Yishou appeared inside the battlefield.

Facing Hua Yishou was Liu Shaoqiu.

Upon seeing Liu Shaoqiu, Hua Yishou became slightly annoyed. He really did not want to be matched up against Lu Shaoqiu because the mouse wasn’t confident of emerging victorious. The Sword Sect’s Thirteen Swords had killed a fair number of astral beasts, and this person was considered to be a genius and had just defeated a powerhouse from the Cosmic Sea a few days ago. Then, he had challenged the human Lu Yin and also announced that he had comprehended the Fourth Sword. This swordsman was sure to be a headache.

On the other side, Liu Shaoqiu didn’t mind who his opponent was. However, after seeing the mouse that was the size of a palm, he couldn’t help but frown. This mouse wasn’t even as large as his sword!

Amongst the spectating students, one person became downcast and glared at Hua Yishou with sorrow and bloodlust. It was Hart Phoenix.

For the Phoenix clan, their number one enemy from the Astral Beast Domain, the species that they most wanted to eradicate, was Hua Yishou’s race. Those mice had eaten quite a number of the Phoenix clan disciples, which had led to them becoming mortal enemies.