Two Points

Lu Yin stared coldly at Gulles. "Say it again. Help me apply the medicine."

Gulles clenched her teeth and said, word by word, "Fine. Just remember, I'll settle this score with you one day." With that, she smeared ointment on her hand and pressed it against Lu Yin's back.

A cool sensation spread over him, and Lu Yin breathed out in relief. The healing medicine produced by the Three Leaf Clover Company really was effective. His wound scabbed over in no time.

Gulles's little hand was soft and delicate, and combined with the cool ointment, it made for a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Lu Yin looked at her a little more kindly.

"Hmph. Get up. We're going back to robbing people," Gulles said.

Lu Yin tossed the Void Ring to her. "We're done robbing people. This is enough. Go play by yourself."

Gulles hurriedly protested, "No! Ede hasn't shown up yet. We have to rob him."

Lu Yin smiled and ignored her. Those people hadn't taken him seriously before, thinking the strongest student from any one academy would be enough to deal with him. But now, seven had shown up all at once. If he kept robbing people, he'd definitely run into another group like that. Only an idiot would do that.

Lu Yin searched through the Void Rings of the five students and found another two cubic meters of Star Energy Crystals. He waved goodbye to Gulles and took off.

Gulles suddenly shouted, "You bastard! My armor! My bow and arrows!"

"I'm just borrowing them. I'll return them someday!" Lu Yin's voice grew fainter and fainter until it could no longer be heard.

Left behind, Gulles stamped her feet in anger. Her brother had given her the armor and bow and arrows to protect herself. It was only thanks to them that she'd been able to make Ede wary of her. Now they'd all been stolen. That bastard—what a shameless, despicable little man.

In Capital City, Zhang Ding Tian and the others had also seen the results posted on the regional network.

Bai Xue was stunned. Those students from the stars were all at the Heaven level, and the ones daring to take on the mission were at least among the top three in their academies. Nearly half were the strongest in their respective academies. She had witnessed firsthand how powerful the strongest students were, yet seven of them had been defeated in one go. How had Lu Yin grown so much in the few days since she'd last seen him?

Zhang Ding Tian suddenly looked up toward the south of Capital City, a rare smile appearing on his face. "An old friend has arrived."

Bai Xue's eyes lit up. "Is that Zhou Shan?"

The two hurriedly flew toward the south of Capital City, but then abruptly stopped halfway and looked north. "Another old friend. Looks like they all want to wade into the mess in Capital City."

Bai Xue was delighted. "Wu Sheng is here too. Wonderful!"

Zhang Ding Tian took a deep breath. "They shouldn't have come. Four of the Seven Saints are here. Add Lu Yin, and that makes five of them facing dozens of Trial Takers. The odds are hopelessly stacked against them."

In the distance, Lu Yin found a secluded mountain village. After setting up Flame Crystals all around it, he took out a large handful of Star Energy Crystals and crushed them. Surging star energy flooded the area, and Lu Yin began absorbing it as he circulated the Heavenly Star Art.

To the west of Capital City, Ede and more than a dozen students appeared. "Everyone, get yourselves ready. We'll launch our attack on Capital City in three days. Our opponents aren't the natives defending the city, but the second batch of Trial Takers who are about to arrive. According to the rules, even if an Integrating Realm expert appears among them, their power will be sealed, and they'll only be able to use Probe Realm strength. Even so, they're no ordinary opponents. Everyone, be prepared."

All the students grew solemn.

The Great Yu Empire's planetary trials rarely saw a second batch of Trial Takers. This time, it was purely because of Starry Sky Tenth Academy. Many prodigies who usually kept a low profile had joined the trial at the last minute to improve their scores. That was why there was a second round of trials. Some of them had come to Earth, and those were the prodigies they would soon be facing.

More and more students drew near Capital City.

In southern China, more than a dozen students descended wearily onto the sea. "We've finally reached China. That Ede guy is gathering people to seize the fugitive's things. We should make a move too. We can't let him get ahead of us."

Groups of students appeared in the east and north as well. China was in turmoil.

As the sun lit up the land on the third day, Zhang Ding Tian stood atop the steel city wall, watching the distance with a solemn expression. A mass of dark figures appeared.

At the same time, far away, Lu Yin opened his eyes. In three days, he'd absorbed five cubic meters of Star Energy Crystals and expelled the impurities from his body. Now it was filled with surging star energy, making him much stronger than before. This was the effect of energy suppression: the more star energy he absorbed into his body, the higher his energy level became. His current strength had definitely reached the peak of Probe Realm. In terms of battle power, that should be—three thousand.

Over the past few days, Lu Yin had robbed a total of seven cubic meters of Star Energy Crystals and used up five. Looking at the two cubic meters he had left, he couldn't resist the temptation. He took out the die and rubbed his hands together. "Come on, let's take a gamble. I hope I don't roll one pip again. That's such a rip-off. It's almost impossible to steal anything good." As he spoke, he crushed one cubic meter of Star Energy Crystals.

The die's dim surface quickly changed, eventually glowing with starlight.

Lu Yin swallowed and reached out a finger, gently tapping the die. It spun rapidly. Lu Yin stared at it without blinking, his eyes wide open. At last, five sides disappeared, leaving just one: two pips.

Lu Yin was excited. Two pips—a number he'd never seen before. He stared at the die as a black hole suddenly appeared beneath it and began to spin. An explanation of its use appeared in his mind. "Decompose? Decompose anything?" Lu Yin was puzzled. What did that mean?

Looking at the slowly spinning black hole, Lu Yin thought for a moment, then casually tossed a piece of scrap metal into it. In the blink of an eye, it fell out through the black hole. It was no longer scrap metal, but a solid piece of iron with a smooth, hard surface—and it was much smaller than before.

Looking at the iron, Lu Yin understood what "decompose" meant. Any inanimate object thrown inside would be broken down into its base materials.

This ability was useful. Lu Yin thought for a moment, then tossed a Void Ring inside. It was one he'd stolen from a student. He'd robbed several students of their Void Rings and kept them because those students had gone too far.

The Void Ring passed through the black hole, and a dark red piece of metal the size of a fingernail fell out. Lu Yin was delighted. This was Qiu Jin, the metal used to make Void Rings and one of the precious ores.

After putting away the Qiu Jin, Lu Yin threw all the Void Rings he'd stolen into the black hole. In total, he obtained a piece of Qiu Jin about the size of his thumb. He thought for a moment, then tossed the Qiu Jin into the black hole too. With a snap, a grain of metal shimmering with a dark golden light fell out. Lu Yin's eyes widened. This was Qiu Jin Essence, worth far more than Qiu Jin. It was an essential material for making super-large Void Rings, and it was extremely expensive.

Lu Yin carefully put away the Qiu Jin Essence, his eyes alight with excitement. "Should I find a garbage dump to decompose things in from now on?"

After five minutes, the black hole disappeared.

Just like the Time Stop Space, the black hole's duration could be extended by spending Star Energy Crystals. Lu Yin guessed that the exchange rate was probably the same. He couldn't help feeling troubled. It seemed no amount of Star Energy Crystals would ever be enough.

"Forget it. I'll figure something out later," Lu Yin murmured. He moved his body, making a series of cracking sounds, and looked toward Capital City. "It's time to go back." With that, he shot into the distance with a bang.

Lu Yin headed for Capital City, but by then the city was already in chaos. Millions of survivors watched the sky in terror as shockwaves swept across the land again and again, bringing disaster in their wake.

Ede had joined forces with more than twenty students to attack Capital City. By the time news of the assault spread, the fighting had already begun.

The steel city wall was destroyed almost immediately. Bai Xue stood outside the ruins, panting. Before her stood Heidian, looking arrogant, along with two other students.

"Foolish natives, thinking you can stop us. Know your place," one of the students said disdainfully, his heated gaze fixed on Bai Xue. The woman was far too beautiful.

The other student stared at her just as hungrily.

They were all the strongest students in their respective academies. Just one of them would have been enough to deal with Bai Xue, but her appearance had drawn all three of them. If there hadn't been so many people around, plenty of students farther away would have turned their eyes this way too.

Heidian frowned at Bai Xue. "Woman, I'll give you a chance to submit to us. I can take you off this trash planet and let you explore the stars for real."

"Heidian, don't tell me you're planning to keep her all to yourself," the student beside him immediately protested.

Heidian was haughty. There were differences even between academies, and his strength surpassed the other two. The only people there who could defeat him were Ede and Zhang Ding Tian. He didn't care about anyone else.

Bai Xue clenched her fists and slowly exhaled. Her blue hair fluttered, and in the next instant, the ground froze as the temperature all around them plunged.

The three students across from her paid no heed. At most, the woman was as strong as the strongest student in an academy. Fighting three at once was impossible.

In the distance, Zhou Shan roared furiously as he crashed to the ground alongside a student. His strength was barely enough to hold off one opponent.

More than a dozen figures hovered in the sky, gazing down with cold arrogance. They had never worried about losing. This was just a city full of natives.

"What a waste of time. Attack," one of the students said arrogantly, raising his hand toward Capital City. The air pressure dropped, crushing countless people until they spat blood as they stared at the sky in despair.