Chapter 400: Second War King (2/2)

Lu Yin nodded, as this response was not unexpected. He headed towards the teleportation stone.

Currently, Astral-10 had three teleportation stones. One had been there from the beginning while the other two had been won by Lu Yin. No one else had managed to win a stone yet.

Xia Luo and the rest were powerful, but the chances of them being matched up against someone stronger than them in a ported battle was just too high. Lu Yin had also lost many times, to say nothing of Xia Luo and the rest.

Lu Yin’s ported battle record currently stood at 134 victories to 108 defeats, and his best winning streak had been nineteen matches. His statistics were rather impressive, but that was in the past. Now, after two upgrading his body twice with the strengthening fruits, his power had undergone overwhelming changes. He wanted to raise his winning streak to thirty matches, since that was one way to gain the ability to challenge those on the Top 100 Rankings.

It was not possible to directly challenge the Top 100 Rankings whenever one wished, and that was because the opponent had the right to reject such challengers. The Astral Combat Academy even encouraged them to reject such challengers so as to preserve the authoritative nature of the rankings. If just anyone was allowed to challenge those on the list as they wished, then it would trivialize matters. The experts on the list would end up being pestered to death since there was no way they could kill everyone.

As such, in general, those who did not qualify would not have their challenges accepted. However, if such a challenge was accepted, then the results would still be valid. If Lu Yin had fought and defeated Northgate Lie, then Lu Yin would have stepped into the Top 100 Rankings.

Lu Yin had been thinking of this when he attempted to challenge Northgate Lie. Lu Yin wanted to enter the Top 100 Rankings, but he had let the matter slide after thinking about it. There were benefits that came with a greater reputation, but there were also disadvantages. Those targeting him would use a different level of power against him if he did so.

He had not been threatened by Northgate Taisui because he had revealed his rather powerful connections. If an enemy wanted to deal with Lu Yin, then they would now also factor in Nightking Yuanjing’s influence, which meant targeting Lu Yin’s connections. If he entered the Top 100 Rankings, then the powers targeting him would send even stronger forces, as people would be attacking not just his connections but also Lu Yin himself.

Being famous wasn’t necessarily all beneficial.

As Lu Yin stepped within the range of the teleportation stone, the scenery around him changed as he started a ported battle.

It was no longer that difficult for Lu Yin to rack up a consecutive streak of fifteen matches, as long as his luck wasn’t atrocious. At present, there were no more than a hundred people in the younger generation who could defeat him.

In his sixteenth battle, when his name turned red, his opponent was actually a Sentinel. Lu Yin was speechless and even felt like he was looking at a sprout.

At that moment, the young sprout’s heart collapsed. He became stupefied once he saw that he was facing a red named opponent nicknamed “Seventh Bro.” The Sentinel’s senior had explained what a red name indicated, and had also shared the information with a voice full of dread and worship. Now, he had actually encountered someone with a red name. He cursed internally. What the- and then his death caught up to him.

Lu Yin released a breath since he had snatched another teleportation stone. Not enough. I have to keep going.

Seventeenth match, victory. Eighteenth, victory. Nineteenth, victory… Lu Yin quickly matched his previous win streak, but it still wasn’t enough. Soon, he achieved twenty two straight victories. Twenty third, victory…

Boom!

The floating rock shattered, and the figure before Lu Yin disappeared. He looked up: thirtieth match, victory.

He had racked up a winning streak of thirty victories, which was one way to be qualified to challenge the Top 100 Rankings.

There were a few ways to qualify to challenge the experts on the ranking list, and achieving any one of them was enough. This meant that, right now, Lu Yin could challenge someone on the list, as long as he was confident enough to do so.

Of course, the opponent could still reject him, but the meaning behind the rejection was different now. To bystanders, rejecting a challenge from someone who was qualified to issue it meant that the ranker was afraid.

As long as one qualified, they could challenge any expert on the Top 100 Rankings at any time.

Lu Yin opened his eyes. Liu Shaoqiu would probably achieve his qualifications soon as well, as his strength was enough to ensure a streak of thirty victories.

Although there were many in the universe’s younger generation, the differentiation between them was patently obvious. The Ten Arbiters would forever stand at the peak, followed by those on the Top 100 Rankings. It was possible for there to be hidden powerhouses, but there weren’t that many of them.

Lu Yin was confident that only a hundred or so people in the young generation could defeat him. He estimated there were no more than a few hundred who could defeat Liu Shaoqiu, and they were too sparsely scattered throughout the universe.

More importantly, Liu Shaoqiu and Lu Yin were still just Limiteers. As soon as they became Explorers, even fewer people in the universe would be able to defeat them.

There were only two more matches left, and Lu Yin would win a teleportation stone if he won the next one, so he continued on and started another ported battle.

Just like the match before, the setting for this one was in the sky, and countless giant rocks floated in the backdrop. All around them, white clouds drifted by, making for a very beautiful scenery.

A mighty figure appeared before Lu Yin with the words “Second War King” boldly written above his head.

Lu Yin was shocked by this person’s nickname. War King? He remembered that one of the Ten Arbiters was known as the War King, but this person actually dared to call himself the Second War King. It was insane.

What was even more baffling was that Lu Yin’s opponent actually sat down on a rock and leisurely waved at him.

The meaning was evident—it was an invitation for Lu Yin to attack at will.

Lu Yin squinted and earnestly observed his opponent. With such boldness, this person was either someone who greatly overestimated his own strength or someone who was truly powerful. Which category did this person fall into? Lu Yin could not tell, because he could not feel any hint of danger aura from this person. In fact, he seemed like just a regular human, which was actually even more abnormal.