Bai Xue

Teres's Body Sculpting Technique had already been obtained. There was no need to worry about breaking through to the Integrating Realm, so he could stay for now. However, as soon as there was news about that corpse, he would leave immediately. Nothing was more important than that corpse.

In Jinling, smoke from gunfire shot straight into the sky, and the fighting never stopped. Every few days, a beast tide would surge from the west, appearing inexplicably.

In the sky, flying Mutant Beasts swarmed toward the gathering place.

Granny soared into the air, condensing the flames in the sky into Flame Palm, which shook the sky and sent sparks flying, earning the admiration and reverence of countless people.

Lu Yin stood on the city wall, looking west. The beast tides had been too frequent these past few days. Could a powerful Mutant Beast have appeared?

"Granny, support the southwest!" Lu Yin shouted.

In the sky, Granny was annoyed. She was a prodigy from the starry sky, yet she was being ordered around like this. She wanted to refuse, but seeing Lu Yin's icy eyes, Granny wisely obeyed. A scene from a few days ago flashed through her mind.

The day after visiting Zhou Shan, Lu Yin had suddenly proposed a spar, promising not to use Wave Palm, and Granny had agreed. Damn it, the scoundrel had actually used Void Splitting Palm and nearly crippled her. Granny, furious, swore never to spar with him again.

Of course, she was also shocked by Lu Yin's strength. While Wave Palm wasn't too surprising, Void Splitting Palm was entirely different. As far as she knew, there was only one person her age who could use Void Splitting Palm: Velo, the strongest at the First Military Academy. Lu Yin was the second.

BOOM

Flame Palm slammed heavily onto the Ground, shattering several powerful Mutant Beasts. Granny took a breath.

She also found it strange. Although there were many Mutant Beasts after Doomsday, not all of them attacked humans. Beasts had their own nature. As long as no one invaded their territory, they rarely came out. This was a key reason why so many Survivors had managed to live. But now, the beast tides were becoming too frequent.

ROAR

A huge roar echoed. Ahead, two Mutant Beasts charged and attacked Granny. Granny unleashed Flame Palm again, killing both Mutant Beasts with one strike.

On the city wall, Lu Yin frowned. This woman relied too much on Battle Skills, which limited her development. Once she stopped using Flame Palm, her combat power would drop by half. He estimated that in the academy, she would only be considered upper-middle, far behind Teres, and only slightly stronger than Aoton.

Suddenly, Lu Yin's eyes widened, and he roared, "Stop!" As he spoke, he raised his palm and pressed down in the air. The air was grabbed, forming ripples that spread out, then like a cannonball, it blasted toward Granny's direction.

Granny turned in surprise. Seeing Lu Yin's Void Splitting Palm approaching, her expression changed drastically. This scoundrel has gone mad, attacking me? Suddenly, Granny felt a chill down her back. Someone was ambushing her. Granny reacted quickly, instinctively bending over. Void Splitting Palm grazed Granny and directly hit the man behind her. With a bang, the air vibrated, and Granny was swept away by a powerful thrust. Behind her, a man spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, crashing into the ground.

Lu Yin leaped up and flew rapidly toward Granny, glaring at the man lying on the ground, landing in front of Granny.

Granny let out a sigh of relief, looking at Lu Yin gratefully. If it hadn't been for Lu Yin just now, she would have been ambushed. The attacker was also at the Probe Realm. If the ambush had succeeded, she didn't know how serious her injuries would be, or if she might even be killed.

A huge crack appeared in the Ground. The man clutched his chest, looking at Lu Yin in shock. "Void... Void Splitting Palm? How is that possible?"

Lu Yin coldly stared at the man, his peripheral vision scanning the surroundings. Then his gaze sharpened, and he disappeared with Roaming Step, charging into the beast tide. The man shouted, "Run!" But it was too late. In the abdomen of a Mutant Beast, a young man looked at Lu Yin's hand grabbing him in surprise. He drew his long saber and slashed. With a clang, the saber broke. Lu Yin shattered the saber with one palm and slammed it into the man. The Ground for dozens of meters around cracked, and waves of energy spun and shot out, tearing countless Mutant Beasts to shreds.

Lu Yin's two strikes defeated two Probe Realm cultivators, leaving Granny dumbfounded.

She was sure these two were Students. Although not students from the First Military Academy, anyone who could participate in the trial was definitely not weak. They had been defeated so easily. This was Lu Yin's current strength; his true combat power far exceeded his combat statistics.

As the two were defeated, the beast tide actually retreated strangely.

Lu Yin immediately knew that the beast tides during this period came from these two individuals.

"Who are you?" Granny shouted, almost having been ambushed.

The two men looked at Lu Yin warily and did not answer.

Lu Yin waved away the soldiers and stared coldly at the two. "If you don't talk, I'll cut you up and feed you to the Mutant Beasts."

"We are all Students. You can't be so cruel," one of the men said fearfully, his face pale.

Lu Yin shrugged. "Sorry, I'm not a Student. I'm an Earthling."

"Impossible," the two exclaimed, looking at Granny simultaneously.

Granny remained silent.

The two were shocked. "How could mere Natives defeat us so easily? And use Void Splitting Palm?"

"Enough, no need for nonsense. Either talk, or die," Lu Yin said coldly.

More than ten minutes later, Lu Yin ordered the two men to be locked up. He pondered, these two were from the Great Yu Empire's Blue Mountain Academy. Blue Mountain Academy was located on a planet full of beasts, so these two knew some beast taming techniques, but they could only control very weak Mutant Beasts. As for attacking Jinling, like Granny and the others, they wanted to occupy Jinling.

However, unlike Granny, these two had someone behind them, and they were not far from Jinling, in Anhui.

Granny said resentfully, "Why didn't you kill them? They wanted to seize Jinling."

Lu Yin looked at Granny. "You go kill them."

Granny was startled and turned her head. "I can't do it."

Lu Yin said coldly, "Although the trial doesn't forbid death, it's not good to kill too much. This is the first and last time. Be smarter in front of me in the future." With that, Lu Yin turned and left.

Granny looked at Lu Yin's retreating back and pouted. What a pity. I wanted to push Lu Yin into a position where everyone would be hostile to him, so I could break free from control, but it didn't work. This scoundrel is smarter than I imagined.

"Boss, the beast tide has retreated," Xu San said excitedly to Lu Yin, his small eyes shining.

Lu Yin glanced at him and knew what he was thinking. "Did you run out of Energy Crystals?"

Xu San said sheepishly, "I ran out. I've gotten much stronger."

Lu Yin said, "Don't rush to break through to Heaven Rank. You don't have the ability yet. Try to immerse yourself and refine the energy within your body."

"Okay, Boss," Xu San felt Lu Yin's concern.

As for Lu Yin, he didn't want this person to wear down his potential by absorbing too many impurities, as that would make him worthless. Many major powers had ways to disperse all their energy and cultivate again. The current Xu San was worth such powers doing that, but the higher the strength, the greater the price paid, and the corresponding price received would be less. Therefore, the stronger Xu San became, the less Lu Yin would receive in the future. Earth Rank was just right; it was enough to save his life.

Zhou Shan's injuries had recovered considerably. Lu Yin had used Granny's healing medicine on him.

"What are you planning to do with those two Aliens?" Zhou Shan asked.

Lu Yin said, "Keep them locked up for now. They'll definitely be useful. You can also interrogate them. It's good to know more about the Alien situation."

Zhou Shan nodded, "I heard they're from Anhui?"

Lu Yin said, "They're right in our path, might as well take care of them together."

"Our path? I've always been curious, why do you always want to go west?" Zhou Shan asked, confused.

Lu Yin looked at Zhou Shan, "Want to hear the truth?"

"Of course."

"I'm going to Hubei to see someone," Lu Yin said calmly.

"Hubei? A relative of yours?" Zhou Shan asked, puzzled.

Lu Yin chuckled, "You could say that."

Zhou Shan nodded, "Alright, Jinling was saved by you, so we'll go west if you say so. By the way, it wouldn't be bad if we actually reach Hubei, it connects to Liu Shaoge's Wu City, and we can join forces to deal with the Aliens."

Lu Yin's eyes flickered, "Liu Shaoge? Saint of Light? How is he?"

Zhou Shan asked, "How is he what? His strength or his personality?"

"I'm curious about both," Lu Yin said with a smile.

Zhou Shan replied, "Actually, I don't know him that well either. Although we worked together back then, we didn't interact much. The person who knows Liu Shaoge best should be Luo Saint Bai Xue. From what I've heard, the two of them seem to have something going on."

Lu Yin frowned, then relaxed, "Something going on? Are they married?"

"No, they seem to have mutual feelings for each other," Zhou Shan said uncertainly, then looked at Lu Yin with a smile, grinning, "Have you met Bai Xue?"

Lu Yin shook his head.

Zhou Shan looked up at the high altitude, pointing at the clouds, "Bai Xue is like that."

Lu Yin looked up in the direction Zhou Shan was pointing, looking quite lost.

"Bai Xue, a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally unadorned, the goddess of Luo River, breathtakingly beautiful," Zhou Shan sighed.

Lu Yin stared at Zhou Shan as if he had seen a ghost, "You know how to use idioms?"