Chapter 383: Mooching While Secretly Helping Others (2/2)

Lily Anne smiled. “Brother Lie, don’t be angry. I’m not challenging you per se—I just want to test out Brother Lie’s Dark Loosening Technique. I was unable to study in Shangwu Academy, which is truly one of my life’s regrets. Can Brother Lie satisfy this junior’s wish?”

After her words, many felt their irritation towards her diminish. It turned out that she still cared about Shangwu Academy.

Still, the older folks did not view it in the same light. If she really cared about Shangwu Academy, then she would not have gone to the Astral Combat Academy in the first place. It seemed like this brat had another agenda.

But Northgate Lie was clueless and readily walked onto the stage. “Alright, since An’er wants to try out the Dark Loosening Technique, then I will satisfy your wish. I’ll stand still and let you beat me. As long as you can make me retreat by even a single step, it’ll be your victory.”

Lily Anne smiled. “Brother Lie thinks too highly of me. The Dark Loosening Technique is famed for its defense as well as its ability to increase your star energy absorption rate. The one being attacked will appear to be imprisoned, but their mountain-like motionless has an underlying flexible strength that causes the opponent’s attacks to dissolve. How could I cause Brother Lie to take a step back?”

Northgate Lie laughed. “An’er, just don’t hold back when attacking me.”

“Alright then, I’ll start.” And with those words, Lily Anne slammed an unassuming palm into his chest, sending shockwaves coursing through the ground as a gale swept across the arena, which then rose into the air and released a soft rumble. Northgate Lie did not take even a single step back while Lily Anne had to take a few steps back.

“It certainly lives up to its reputation. My palm strike was reduced to a third of its strength, and there’s also a retaliating effect. Brother Lie, is this a backlash effect against my attack?” Lily Anne asked in astonishment, her voice extremely loud.

Northgate Lie nodded. “That’s right. An’er can try again.”

“Alright then, I won’t hold back.” Lily Anne then displayed her battle technique, the Flower-Plucking Palm. Her star energy formed into petals that overlapped with her palm strike as she struck at Northgate Lie’s chest once again. The void shuddered, and a giant spatial crack appeared beside Northgate Lie that stretched far into the distance.

“So this is the Dark Loosening Technique. It possesses a strength that diverts my attack, and this strength is roughly…”

“How powerful, Brother Lie’s Dark Loosening Technique should even be able to withstand a Cruiser’s attack. I wonder how strong an attack must be to break such a defense.”

“This must be the Dark Loosening Technique’s secret defense, so it’s…”

…

The crowd’s gazes became stranger and stranger, as Lily Anne seemed to be talking too much. It almost felt like she was explaining all of the Dark Loosening Technique’s details. This seemed less like a consultation and more like an overt plot to reveal information about the Dark Loosening Technique.

Northgate Lie’s face grew uglier by the minute, as he could tell that this brat was testing him out for Lu Yin. In other words, she was trying to secretly help an outsider even though she was a native of the Northline Flowzone.

“Alright, Lie’er, there’s a limited time to the Northgate Platform Competition. Stop playing around.” Northgate Kong finally could not take it anymore and firmly interrupted.

Northgate Lie relaxed and pushed Lily Anne aside. He forced out a smile. “An’er, this ends here. I’ll coach you by myself in future.”

Lily Anne nodded and replied, “Thank you Brother Lie.” She then walked off without any subtlety.

Northgate Lie was furious, but there wasn’t really much that he could do. He glared at Lu Yin with hatred filled eyes; what relationship did that bastard have with Lily Anne that she was willing to do such a thing for him?

On top of the tall platform, Lu Yin blinked. Even a fool would now know what Lily Anne had been doing. He wondered why this woman was helping him so much, and she had even revealed so many details of Northgate Lie’s technique. Lu Yin had already known how the Dark Loosening Technique worked; it was a defensive style technique that diverted attacks. Thus, Lu Yin already knew how to deal with it.

This Dark Loosening Technique was not even worth mentioning when compared to the Daynight Restoration Technique, but it would still be difficult for Lu Yin to breach it if someone much stronger used it. Lu Yin calculated for a moment. Hmm, Thirty Stacks should still be enough to break through.

“Sis, that was brutal!” Lily Shu'er shot her sister a thumbs-up when Lily Anne returned to the Lily family’s floating platform.

In front of the sisters, Lily Liana barked, “Nonsense! An’er, go and apologize to the Northgate family later.”

Lily Anne acknowledged the family head’s order.

“Sis, answer truthfully. Do you like Lu Yin?” Lily Shu'er slyly cozied up towards Lily Anne with gleaming eyes.

Lily Anne tapped her sister’s forehead. “Don’t spout nonsense! We may need that person’s help for certain things in the future.”

“Pfft, who are you trying to deceive? Our Lily family might not be that strong, but we still won’t ever need help from someone from the Outerverse! Brother Lie is part of the Ten Arbiters Council, so we’ll have no use for that person.”

Lily Anne looked at Lu Yin. It was precisely because he was from the Outerverse that they might need him in the future.

The Juniors Tournament lasted for another two days, though the majority of the onlookers were bored out of their minds by the end. Lu Yin was no different, and he passed the time by reciting the Stonewall Scriptures, though not to the extent of fainting.

On the final day, Lu Yin was sitting around idly when he haphazardly glanced at the man with the facial scorpion tattoo again. Curious, he searched him up on the network. Lu Yin quickly found the information that he was looking for. This man was part of the Fire Scorpion Sect, a powerful sect in the Tempest Flowzone. The sect’s power was second only to the ruling faction of the Tempest Flowzone, the Feng Clan. The Fire Scorpion Sect also reared astral fire scorpions and harvested their poison. This meant that they were skilled in both fire and poison battle techniques.