Chapter 402: Crossing the Dao of Heaven’s Ocean of Death (1/2)

As Lu Yin stood on the shore of the Ocean of Death, he stared into the distance. The water and sky were the same color, a vast, dark yellow. It was eerily reminiscent of the Yellow Springs that buried the living; it was a chilling scene.

Was there really an inheritance on the other side of the Ocean of Death?

Was the Arbiter who had ascended the Sky Platform and the Arbiter who had crossed the Ocean of Death the same person? Or had more than one of them succeeded? Lu Yin was very curious about all these things.

“Brother Lu, it’s been a while.” Kuang Wang walked over as he casually waved away the various students who were trying to chat with Lu Yin, behaving in an overbearing fashion.

Lu Yin looked at Kuang Wang and smiled. “It has been a while. Senior is more refined every time we meet.”

Kuang Wang smiled. “Everyone wants to cross the Ocean of Death with you, but they aren’t qualified.”

Lu Yin didn’t deny Kuang Wang’s words. He wasn’t a bad person, but he was not the kind of person who would try to please everyone either. Bringing along one more person could very well increase the danger for the rest of the party, and there was no need to risk it for no reason. Aside from Coco and the others from Astral-10, anyone else who wanted to team up with Lu Yin needed to have the necessary power, such as the person currently in front of them, Kuang Wang. His appearance at this time clearly indicated that he wanted to cross the Ocean of Death with them.

“Brother Lu, I’ll cut to the chase. I wish to cross the Ocean of Death with you. You can state any conditions you may have.” Kuang Wang was extremely direct.

Lu Yin was moved, and he looked closely at Kuang Wang, who should be rich. He thought about it and then answered, “I heard that senior is from the Beast Tamers Flowzone’s Divine Grade Hall.”

“That’s right.” Kuang Wang was proud of his background.

Lu Yin continued looking at him. “Is the Divine Grade Hall very wealthy?”

Kuang Wang was stunned, and he looked at Lu Yin with a dumbfounded expression. He had never dreamed that Lu Yin would ask him such a question.

He saw Lu Yin’s genuine interest in his answer, so Kuang Wang hoarsely replied, “It should be rather wealthy. I’m not sure.”

“Ok,” Lu Yin acknowledged. After that, his right fingers snapped against the void while three of his fingers rubbed together. With every snap, he would rub them together, just like Elder Cai’s action from before. It was a very elegant, noble, but mysterious method of asking for money.

Lu Yin’s lips rose. Sure enough, this method was both obvious while appearing to be elegant, stylish, and noble. “That depends on how much senior thinks it’s worth.”

Kuang Wang nodded and stared blankly at Lu Yin. “Alright, I’ll transfer the money to you after we get out.”

Lu Yin was excited as he gave Kuang Wang his Mavis Bank account number, as he once again had money. Of course, it was not much, but it was still better than nothing.

As for Kuang Wang, his emotions were rather complicated. He hadn’t expected the strongest student in the Astral Combat Academy to be like this. Wasn’t it too tacky to ask for money? Shouldn’t an expert have the bearing of an expert? When he saw Lu Yin’s excited expression, Kuang Wang had to turn around. He might have misunderstood what truly powerful experts were like.

Before much time passed, Xia Luo arrived, followed by Coco and Zora soon after.

“Senior, how did you guys attempt to cross the ocean before?” Lu Yin asked.

Kuang Wang replied, “The Ocean of Death has a special property that gradually dissolves star energy and living beings, but at an even faster rate. Hence, you can only use star energy to form a boat, and the main challenge is seeing whether or not your star energy can last all the way until the end. Also, illusions will appear.”

“Illusions?” Lu Yin and the rest were caught off guard by this, even Xia Luo. None of them had ever attempted to cross the Ocean of Death before.

Kuang Wang explained, “The illusions are the most troublesome. You’re actually fully aware that they’re illusions, but you’ll still believe that they are real despite that. More importantly, the illusions can destroy a person’s spiritual force.”

Lu Yin and Xia Luo exchanged glances, as they could not guarantee anything when spiritual force was involved. With their current strength, they were not yet able to learn any techniques that could defend them against spiritual force attacks. When Lu Yin recited the Stonewall Scriptures, he would gain an imperceptible defense against spiritual force attacks, and Liu Shaoqiu had acquired a spiritual force attack through learning the Thirteen Swords. Many of the Daynight clan’s battle techniques carried a spiritual force attack, but all of these were passive in nature.

Actually, with their true strength, they did not yet qualify to contact such battle styles.

Lu Yin did not know if his current defense against spiritual force attacks could withstand the illusions, and his only hope was that the illusions’ strength did not surpass the phantom pike’s in the centipede's body.

Lu Yin felt that anything related to spiritual force was not something that should be easily provoked.

At this point, another figure flew over. It was actually Feng Shang.

“Hello everybody, can I join you in crossing the Ocean of Death?” Feng Shang had come of his own accord.

They all looked at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin looked at Kuang Wang.

Coco and Zora were lost; what did this look mean? Did Kuang Wang hold the power to decide?

The corners of Kuang Wang’s lips stretched, as he knew what Lu Yin meant. He hurriedly pulled Feng Shang aside and muttered to him in hushed tones.

After Feng Shang heard what Kuang Wang had to say, he looked at Lu Yin in shock.

Lu Yin acted in a cavalier manner. A gentleman who loved money must procure it in moral ways. If he put in the effort, then he should get his just rewards. After all, he would not take them across for nothing, as he was not their caretaker.

Soon after, Kuang Wang and Feng Shang returned, and Feng Shang nodded towards Lu Yin with a face still showing surprise. “Shall we?”

Lu Yin nodded. “We’ll use star energy to form the boat and then take turns maintaining it. Zora, you can go first.”

Zora acknowledged his words, and her star energy surged out before forming a small boat that floated atop the Ocean of Death.

“Senior Kuang Wang, why can’t we fly across?” Coco asked.

Kuang Wang replied, “Because the further in you fly, the greater the restrictive force you feel. Given that, we can only sail across.”