Chapter 380: A Gap (1/2)

A skinny person walked out from behind him. It was nighttime, and the man’s silhouette could only vaguely be seen. However, Lu Yin had comprehended a domain, which dramatically heightened his senses. Despite that, even though he could clearly see the person in front of him, Lu Yin had no idea who the man was. “Who are you?”

The person had started tailing him the moment he exited Northgate Mansion, but Lu Yin had never felt any bad intentions from the man.

The silhouette approached Lu Yin, stopping about ten meters away from Lu Yin. “I’m Ah Fan. You might not know me, but I’ve fought you before. You should have some recollection of that.”

Lu Yin was confused. “We’ve fought? When?”

Ah Fan seriously answered, “We fought in a ported battle. At the time, you had a red name.”

Lu Yin was shocked. “You’re the one who I won the teleportation stone from?”

Ah Fan reluctantly nodded.

Lu Yin didn’t know how to respond. He had never thought that he would run into this person here. A ported battle could be between any two people who were in the younger generation and had access to a teleportation stone. This person had been extremely unlucky to have met Lu Yin when he had a red name. Moreover, Ah Fan was from the Northline Flowzone, giving Lu Yin the extremely awkward opportunity to meet this person in real life.

They looked at each other without speaking.

Although Lu Yin felt awkward, he wasn’t too affected by it, as teleportation stones were meant to be fought over. When the crazy headmaster had ruined Astral-10, many of the academy’s teleportation stones had been robbed, and this was a normal occurrence.

“What? Are you planning to get revenge?” Lu Yin asked.

Ah Fan stared at Lu Yin and seriously stated, “I want to fight with you again.”

Lu Yin frowned. “You should already know that you won’t be able to defeat me.”

A trace of bitterness appeared within Ah Fan’s eyes. “I know that, but I’m still a top student from Shangwu Academy. I really can’t accept that I was defeated in a single move. At the very least, I hope to be able to withstand a second move.”

Lu Yin raised his brows. “Withstand a second move? That’s ambitious.”

Ah Fan was stunned; it was withstanding two moves from Lu Yin. Was that really that ambitious?

Ah Fan didn’t know that Lu Yin now used Thirty Stacks as a standard attack. There were only a few Limiteers in the entire universe who could withstand Thirty Stacks, and even some Explorers would be instantly killed by such an attack. This was why Lu Yin had said that Ah Fan was ambitious in his goal; even a grey-eyed Corpse King from the Neohuman Alliance had been defeated by that move.

Hang on, Shangwu Academy, Ah Fan? Lu Yin felt like he had heard this name before.

Lu Yin finally recalled where he heard this name before. Ah Fan was one of the nominees from San Dios, and the records had shown that he was from Shangwu Academy.

“Did you participate in the Outerverse trials?” Lu Yin asked.

Ah Fan nodded. “Yes.”

Lu Yin nodded in understanding. Since this person had been nominated by San Dios and he had also exited from Northgate Mansion, he definitely had some background. This was the exact kind of person Lu Yin wanted to recruit. “You want to challenge me?”

“Yes,” Ah Fan replied seriously.

Lu Yin paused for a moment. “I can accept your challenge, but I have a condition.”

Ah Fan clenched a fist. “It’s just a battle, so why do you need a condition?”

Lu Yin smirked. “I only battle for personal gain or for self defense, so why should I battle with you? There are risks associated with battle, and I need to protect myself.”

“Fine, what’s your condition?” Ah Fan exasperatedly asked.

Lu Yin’s eyes gleamed. “I’ll give you two options. The first one is to join San Dios and become a subordinate member under me if you’re defeated.” Lu Yin paused at this moment since he didn’t know how to set a price. Back in Astral-10, when Craynor had challenged Lu Yin over Xi Yue, he had set a price of twenty thousand star crystals.

Twenty thousand had been a considerable amount to him back then, but now, he already owed fifty star essence just to Lulu, which was equivalent to five million star crystals.

Once he remembered that he still owed such a large amount to Lulu, Lu Yin steeled his gaze. “The second option is one star essence. You can choose either one.”

Ah Fan was stunned. “What- what did you just say? A star essence?”

Lu Yin nodded, but he had a bad feeling after seeing how stunned Ah Fan appeared. “You… don’t have that much?”

Ah Fan shook his head. “Star essence is way too precious. Normally, only the direct heirs of the larger families have access to such a thing. I don’t have any.”

“Star crystals are fine too. You can just convert it,” Lu Yin continued.

Ah Fan thought about the two options for a moment. “I’ll choose the first option.”

Lu Yin arched a brow. “Why? Don’t you have ten thousand star crystals?”