Lu Yin's gaze turned icy. Someone wanted to use the Third Academy as bait to lure in cultivators from the Inner Universe. What a vicious scheme.
He hadn't expected the Third Academy to be destroyed. The Ninth Academy's warship had been able to withstand a single finger from Old Ancestor Qiuhan, but only a single finger. Given the Sixth Continent's assault, it was already remarkable that the Third Academy's dean had managed to take an Imprinter down with him.
Although the Starry Sky Ten Academies competed with one another, they still belonged to the same institution. Lu Yin had no reason to stand by and do nothing.
"We're going together," Lu Yin said firmly.
Hai Qiqi didn't object. She wasn't a student of the Starry Sky Academy, but she'd heard of its great renown. Now that the Third Academy had been made into bait, she wanted to save them too.
"Really? Thank you, senior!" Alfonso exclaimed, bowing deeply.
"Don't call me senior anymore. Call me Seventh Brother," Lu Yin said casually.
Alfonso nodded repeatedly. "Seventh Brother." He felt as though he'd heard that name somewhere before.
Back then, Lu Yin had been famous throughout the Inner Universe, and many people knew him. Fortunately, he'd disguised himself; otherwise, Alfonso would certainly have recognized him.
Half a day after Lu Yin and the others left, news of Gui Bing's death reached Ghost Granny.
As an Imprinter of the Tong Family, Ghost Granny enjoyed a high status, yet Gui Bing was her only disciple. She'd even given him the Shadowless Ghost Needle she'd made with her own hands, raising him as if he were her son. When she heard the terrible news, rage overwhelmed her, and she immediately left the planet to avenge Gui Bing herself.
The Tong Family's forces were concentrated in