Targeting the Capital City

"I know a bit more than you do. I can barely pick up news from that circle. Willow has teamed up with our academy's strongest, Paris, and Bailie. They should be investigating the cause of this planet's evolution right now, or perhaps they've already gone to the Capital City. That's not a place we can venture into. I'm content with just occupying a region and discovering a mine. There's no need to clash with those monsters."

"Bailie? Bailie from the third gravity planet?" Granny exclaimed, her face turning pale.

Ye Ge's gaze grew serious. "That's right, Bailie. He's renowned among the younger generation of the Great Yu Empire, the one who almost joined the Great Yu Youth Council. His combat power is three thousand, peak Probe Realm."

Lu Yin was surprised. He hadn't expected these students to be unprepared; they had already silently divided their tasks. Only the strongest at the top tier would undertake missions. Asta and Aoton belonged to the lowest tier. Granny could barely be considered on the same level as Teres and Ye Ge. The top-tier experts weren't even in Jiangsu Province but closer to the Capital City, which was the most brutal proving ground.

"From what I know, there are three top teams in the Huaxia region of this planet. One is Bailie's team. I don't know who the other two are specifically, but they are definitely the strongest experts from various academies. They are monsters capable of contending with the second batch of trial students about to descend. Their goal isn't the planet trial at all, but the legendary—territory trial. This is just a warm-up for now," Ye Ge said sternly.

Granny fell silent. She knew too little; her level was too low.

"Alright, I've told you what I needed to tell you. Time's up," Ye Ge suddenly said.

Granny looked confused. "Time for what?"

Ye Ge chuckled sinisterly. "Time for you to have fun."

Granny looked at Ye Ge's smile, her heart sinking. She glanced at her teacup. "Did you poison my tea?"

"Of course not. Poisoning isn't that easy. Personal terminals can detect material composition to some extent. What I gave you is something good—Power Strengthening Powder," Ye Ge said, taking out a crystal bottle from his Void Ring. It had three emerald green leaves on it.

Granny gasped. "A potion from the Three Leaf Clover Company? What is Power Strengthening Powder?"

Ye Ge said proudly, "You can try to activate the energy within your body."

Lu Yin placed a hand on Granny's shoulder. "Don't act rashly." He then looked at Ye Ge. "Power Strengthening Powder is a potion for Integrating Realm experts that allows them to instantly control all their internal Star Energy to unleash immense power. Using it in the Probe Realm will cause energy depletion due to insufficient Star Energy and even severe injury from backlash. Am I correct?"

Ye Ge was surprised. "You actually know about it? Right, you said your grandfather is the principal? You seem to have some background."

Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "Cultivators below the Integrating Realm who take Power Strengthening Powder cannot mobilize Star Energy. What do you want to achieve by spending so much to use this potion?"

Ye Ge put away the crystal bottle, saying proudly, "Jinling is a good place. It holds a unique position in this country. By occupying Jinling, this achievement will make me even more brilliant. Moreover," he said, his gaze greedily scanning Granny, "I've wanted to taste the flavor of a beauty from the Great Yu Empire's Military Academy for a long time."

Granny retreated, her face pale. "Despicable!" she said angrily.

Ye Ge laughed. "Despicable? How can you say that? What I gave you is a tonic. It's just that you're too weak to receive it."

From the corner, the two students from Blue Mountain Academy were writhing and making noises.

Ye Ge's gaze swept over them. He frowned. "Useless things. Do I still need to save you?" With a flick of his hand, a gust of wind tore apart the chains binding the two students.

The two quickly shouted, "Senior, be careful!"

Ye Ge turned his head, his pupils constricting. A powerful impact accompanied by intense pressure blasted him out of the military camp, smashing him into the abandoned fields behind it. Lu Yin leaped out, raising his hand. The air rippled. As he pushed his palm down, a terrifying blast of air struck the ground. Ye Ge, lying on the ground, was hit again. He weakly raised his hands to block, but was still blasted into the ground, his arms broken. He spat blood towards the sky and immediately fainted.

Lu Yin landed, looking coldly at Ye Ge. Wave Palm and Void Splitting Palm only required physical strength to unleash and did not need Star Energy.

Countless Evolvers from outside the military camp surrounded them, staring in shock at the half-dead Ye Ge, not daring to move.

Lu Yin swept his cold gaze over them, then looked at the two Blue Mountain Academy students. Their faces were pale, and they stayed put obediently.

Granny breathed a sigh of relief, but was also more shocked. Although she knew the power of Void Splitting Palm, she hadn't expected it to crush Ye Ge so completely. Lu Yin, relying solely on physical strength, was already capable of fighting the top three experts from various academies. His progress was too fast.

"I'm asking you, is the matter of the Gale Crystal true or false?" Lu Yin asked the two students. Before coming, he had asked them, and they had answered the same as Ye Ge. But now, Lu Yin didn't believe them.

The two exchanged glances and said softly, "The Gale Crystal does exist, but the mutant bird flock is difficult to deal with. There's a giant mutant bird there, possibly at the Integrating Realm. One of our classmates died under that monster bird's claws."

Granny glared hatefully at Ye Ge. She didn't want to provoke an Integrating Realm expert.

"In another half hour, the effects of the medicine will wear off. Take these people back to Jinling then," Lu Yin said to Granny. After speaking, he walked out of the military camp.

Feng Hong and several Commanders of Ten Thousand were already waiting outside. A group of Evolvers were being controlled. They were from Anhui, the people Ye Ge had controlled. These Evolvers didn't seem sad about Ye Ge's death; instead, they were relieved. Ye Ge's rule over them was entirely based on his strength.

"Release them. Those willing to join Xing Camp can stay. Those unwilling can leave," Lu Yin said.

Feng Hong nodded and immediately made arrangements.

A moment later, Feng Hong returned and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Hidden Saint. We had to trouble you to save us again."

Lu Yin smiled. "The opponent was a Heavenly Rank Expert. There was nothing we could do. Tell me about the progress of clearing the surrounding areas."

"Yes. From Jinling to Yuxiang, the zombies are almost all cleared. We've also cleared out some mutant beasts, but we can't clear them all. Mutant beasts are very strong. We can only mark some of their territories on the map as a warning. Further west is Anhui. That Heavenly Rank Expert came from the west..." Feng Hong reported.

Lu Yin listened for a while and then dismissed Feng Hong.

He realized he had been heading in the wrong direction. During that thermal weapon bombardment of the city, he had seen the intense ambition in Liu Tiange's eyes. Before the students descended, Liu Tiange didn't understand the Starry sky. His ambition could only be directed at this land. But now, with the increasing frequency of students appearing, he understood the situation of the Starry sky. Would his gaze still be limited to Earth?

Lu Yin was certain that someone like Liu Tiange wouldn't easily submit to others. Wu City being marked blue, with a ninety percent probability, was the same as Jinling. He had suppressed students and learned everything about the Starry sky. He definitely didn't have much attachment to Huaxia, or rather, to Earth. His ambition would shift to the Starry sky, yet he was still thinking of using Xing Camp to strike Liu Tiange's Wu City. It was too narrow-minded.

For Xing Camp to reach Hubei's Wu City via Anhui would take too long, not to mention the heavy sacrifices. And by then, everything would have changed. The second batch of trial students would descend, bringing immense variables. Nothing could proceed as he had planned. Liu Tiange might not even be able to withstand the attack of the second batch of trial students.

Lu Yin exhaled, his gaze looking west. He decided to temporarily put aside his hatred for Liu Tiange and focus on that corpse. He had to complete the mission. The mission of the students could also be the mission of the Earthlings. Once he completed the mission, combined with his previous arrangements, entering the Starry Sky Tenth Academy wouldn't be impossible.

Half an hour later, Granny dragged out the three, including Ye Ge. The two students were tied up again. Ye Ge was in a worse state; Lu Yin had injured his internal organs, making it difficult for him to move.

Lu Yin unceremoniously took Ye Ge's Void Ring and unlocked it using his bloodline password, pouring out all its contents.

Ye Ge was just a student and didn't have many good items, only a few Gale Crystals, some unknown potions, and dozens of Star Energy Crystals. Lu Yin collected all the useful items. "Let's go, back to Jinling."

Granny nodded and obediently followed Lu Yin.

Most of the students who descended around Jinling were from the Great Yu Empire First Military Academy and Blue Mountain War Academy. They were either dead or captured, and one was subdued by Lu Yin. Before the second batch of trial students appeared, Jinling should be safe.

Lu Yin's only worry was the silver-haired man. That person had given Lu Yin his first taste of bone-chilling danger and was the first to completely block Heavenly Star Palm. His strength far surpassed Ye Ge and Teres.

Lu Yin had tried to ask Granny if she recognized that person, but Granny looked completely bewildered.

In Jinling, Lu Yin formally proposed to Zhou Shan that he wanted to go to the Capital City.