Lu Yin inspected the Void Ring and smiled faintly. He hadn't expected to get it back after losing it. It contained all sorts of things he'd worked hard to obtain, including 97,500 cubic meters of Star Energy Crystals. The Mebis Bank card also held 710,000 cubic meters—a staggering fortune. Thankfully, he'd gotten it back.
At least saving Zhuo Baiye hadn't been for nothing.
Lu Yin raised his head. Back at Pirate Port, he'd guessed that if the Reo Family discovered Zhuo Baiye's existence, they wouldn't kill her. Now it seemed the woman was safe after all. That was the power of a background.
Lu Yin's gaze was calm. If he'd had the White Night Clan backing him, he wouldn't have experienced the despair of Tuofu Star. The Reo Family would have rescued him and respectfully sent him to the Inner Universe, instead of treating him like a piece of meat.
Unbeknownst to him, the thoughts that had already begun to sprout in Lu Yin's mind grew stronger and stronger. Suddenly, he remembered something and took a ring from his Void Ring. It was the Great Yu Empire's Imperial Authority Ring. With Undying Yu Shan dead, anyone could use it to command the imperial army. He'd been somewhat reluctant to accept the ring and hadn't wanted it, but after the life-and-death ordeal on Tuofu Star, his outlook had changed. Wearing the ring seemed rather fitting.
A day passed quickly. When everyone reappeared on the tournament plain, many parts of the Human Starfield fell silent as people stared at the screen that had come alive again. The round of sixteen had begun.
Blood Liuyun and Kuang Wang still hadn't appeared on the peak. Losers weren't entitled to stand atop it again. That was reality.
When Lu Yin appeared, many people looked at