The Crystal Pillars Destroyed

Lou Xueru sighed, "Two of the twelve Crystal Pillar have been destroyed, the first and the eighth."

"These twelve Crystal Pillar are the foundation of Blue Star. It is because of these twelve Crystal Pillar that Blue Star has begun to produce martial arts geniuses who have cultivated to eight times the Strength Value in the past two years."

Otherwise, Blue Star might be like Shuimang Star now, without a single genius at the Qi and Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm.

"The destruction of the Crystal Pillar is tantamount to the excavation of the very foundation of our Blue Star. How did you manage to protect something so important?"

Lei Jinglong couldn't help but rebuke him angrily.

Lou Xueru was also very helpless, and simply said, "I am in charge of the work of the Genius Class. I have an inescapable responsibility for the damage to the Crystal Pillar."

I will apologize to Chairman Zhou afterwards, but now is not the time to pursue responsibility. Let's think about how to make amends!

"Let's go, let's go see for ourselves!"

Lei Jinglong didn't say much. As Ninth-Order Grandmaster who had cultivated innate Innate Primordial Qi, he could briefly fly on Blue Star, which has a mass of no more than 100 trillion tons.

Anxious, Lei Jinglong flew through the air and arrived at the plaza of the Second Campus, the area where the twelve Crystal Pillar were placed, in just a few minutes.

As soon as he landed, Lei Jinglong saw that the two Crystal Pillar had been cut in half.

"Principal Lei, you've arrived!"

A group of guards from Blue Star University saw Lei Jinglong suddenly descend from the sky and rushed to greet him.

Lei Jinglong ignored the others, his gaze fixed on the two Crystal Pillar that had been cut in half, his expression almost bloodshot.

"The Outer Stars Crystal Pillar are made of high-grade materials, and even ordinary Grandmaster Martial Artist would find it difficult to destroy them with a single blow."

"Two of them have been destroyed! What are you guards doing?!"

The leading Grandmaster guard looked grim and said, "Principal Lei, we reacted quickly enough. As soon as we saw someone rush into the Crystal Pillar's comprehension area, we took action immediately."

"Bullshit! If you had acted immediately, would the Crystal Pillar have been damaged to this extent? And two of them would have been destroyed?"

This Crystal Pillar represents the future of our Blue Star. Each round of defense has two Grandmaster Martial Artist and more than ten seventh-level Qi Refining into Gang Seventh-Order Martial Artist. With so many people, you couldn't even defend the Crystal Pillar? What were you all doing?

If the future of Blue Star is ruined by you, you all deserve to die! And I, the president of Blue Star University, should resign and be infamous for eternity!

Lei Jinglong was furious. He unleashed the full aura of Ninth-Order Grandmaster, making all the guards feel as if a huge boulder was pressing down on them.

At this moment, Lou Xueru also descended from the sky.

Upon arrival, Lou Xueru immediately questioned the guards, "Tell me the details. Who exactly broke into the enlightenment area of Crystal Pillar? Why were you able to allow someone to destroy the second Crystal Pillar? Did you fail to intervene in time when the first Crystal Pillar was destroyed?"

The head guard said, "Director Lou, the person who launched this sudden attack is an eighth-level Grandmaster Martial Artist at the mid-stage of the Innate Embryonic-Breath Stage."

Normally, we wouldn't let a suspicious person near the Crystal Pillar, but this attacker had someone cooperating with him."

Lei Jinglong angrily retorted, "What are you rambling on about? Tell me everything in detail, all at once!"

"Yes, Principal Lei!"

The leading Grandmaster guard quickly replied, "There were two people involved in this attack."

One of them was a stranger, and the other was the instructor of the Ordinary Class 76 at Blue Star University, a Blue Star native."

"Damn it, there's an inside man! Where is he?"

"By the time our large contingent of guards arrived, the attacker, knowing he could not escape, had already slit his own heart and died."

Zhang Hongyang, the instructor of Ordinary Class 76, has been captured alive. It was thanks to Zhang Hongyang's help that the attacker was able to get close to the Crystal Pillar.

As he spoke, the Grandmaster guard ordered his men to drag the attacker's body up.

Lei Jinglong immediately stepped forward to examine the attacker's corpse and instantly realized that the attacker was Grandmaster Martial Artist at the mid-stage of the Innate Embryonic-Breath Stage, just one step away from the late stage. He coldly snorted and said, "Bring that damned traitor up here!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing the order, the leading Grandmaster guard immediately commanded the guards behind him to take action.

Soon, a man in his early forties was dragged over by two guards.

"Principal Lei, this is the person who covered the attackers. He is Zhang Hongyang, the tutor of Ordinary Class 76 of our Blue Star University. He is from Lanjing." The head guard hurriedly said to Lei Jinglong.

Zhang Hongyang, the instructor of the Ordinary Class 76, was dragged over by the guards and looked miserable, with all his joints and bones broken.

Upon seeing this traitor from Blue Star, Lei Jinglong's eyes blazed with fury. He stepped forward and kicked Zhang Hongyang hard, instantly causing Zhang Hongyang to bleed profusely from his head.

"You bastard, are you even Blue Star? How dare you betray Blue Star!"

Zhang Hongyang was kicked and let out a soft groan of pain.

He took a deep breath before answering, "I... I'm from Blue Star!"

"You bastard, you're a Blue Star citizen who betrayed your home planet! How much have you taken from Outer Stars? Do you even know what the Crystal Pillar means to Blue Star?"

Zhang Hongyang coughed a few times. "I'm sorry... I really didn't accept any benefits. My daughter, who is studying at Starry Sky University, was kidnapped by those people. If I didn't do what they demanded, my daughter would die..."

"Who are they? Explain yourself!" Lei Jinglong demanded.

Zhang Hongyang shook his head. "I don't know either, maybe... they're from Wood Source Planet."

Lou Xuesheng stepped forward and said coldly, "You are a professor at Blue Star University. You should know what the Crystal Pillar means to Blue Star. Yet, for your daughter, you have betrayed your mother planet. Do you know that your actions could plunge Blue Star into an abyss of no return?"

Zhang Hongyang's face was ashen. "I understand what I've done, and I was mentally prepared for this. I've let down my home planet, but for my daughter, I had no choice..."

"You've committed such an outrageous act, do you really think your child can return to Blue Star? Blue Star may be vast, but it will never accept the child of a traitor who betrayed their mother planet!"

Zhang Hongyang smiled bitterly, "I understand. The people who instructed me have promised to accept my daughter, and they guarantee they will do everything they can to ensure she graduates smoothly from Starry Sky University."

Lei Jinglong roared in fury, "Why are you wasting your breath talking to this traitor? We on Blue Star have zero tolerance for those who betray our mother planet! Drag him away, put him on trial, and execute him immediately!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the two guards quickly dragged Zhang Hongyang away.

"Principal Lei, three students are largely to blame for the attacker's success in destroying two Crystal Pillar!" the leading Grandmaster guard added.

"Which three students?" Lei Jinglong asked.

The Grandmaster guard said, "Bring the person up!"

"Yes!"

The two guards quickly brought up three more girls who were tied up.

These three girls are Feng Shuangshuang, Lu Qingchan, and Wu Qianqian.

At this moment, Feng Shuangshuang and the other two were filled with terror. Even if they were stupid, they knew they were in big trouble.

"What's wrong with these three students?" Lou Xueru asked.

"These three students were from Ordinary Class 76. When the Crystal Pillar was attacked, these three students were studying the secret techniques within the Crystal Pillar."

Zhang Hongyang was the tutor of the Ordinary Class 76. It was because of these three that we were able to get closer to the Crystal Pillar, making it easier to start working on it.

If it weren't for these three people, Zhang Hongyang and the attacker could have destroyed at most one Crystal Pillar Crystal Pillar, and wouldn't have had a chance to destroy the second one.

"Why would a student from Ordinary Class be here studying the Crystal Pillar? Aren't only students from Genius Class qualified to do so?" Lou asked.

"It's because their tutor, Zheng Dongyang, from the Super Genius Class gave them first-class letters of recommendation."

"Zheng Dongyang?"

Lou Xueru and Lei Jinglong were both taken aback. How was Zheng Dongyang involved?

"Detain these three students first, let the Academic Affairs Office find out their backgrounds, and then interrogate them one by one to see if they are also involved with Outer Stars forces."

"If any collusion with Outer Stars forces is discovered, we will show absolutely no leniency," Lou Xueru said.

Lei Jinglong put his hands behind his back and said coldly, "These three students have caused Blue Star to lose an extra Crystal Pillar. Even if they are innocent and it was an Wuxin mistake, Blue Star University can no longer tolerate them. They must be expelled from Blue Star University, their martial arts skills will be abolished, and their families within three generations and five degrees of kinship will be prohibited from holding any public office within the Blue Star system."

"Please convey my message to the Academic Affairs Office!"

"Yes!"

The head Grandmaster guard obeyed the order and immediately had Feng Shuangshuang, Lu Qingchan, and Wu Qianqian imprisoned.

At that moment, the hearts of Feng Shuangshuang and the other two sank.

Expelled from school, martial arts abolished?

What trouble have they gotten themselves into? All they did was greet the teacher from the Ordinary Class!

Isn't this like sitting at home and having disaster strike from the sky?

Looking at the destroyed Crystal Pillar, Lei Jinglong sighed repeatedly.

"If we fail to secure the position of Permanent Councilor Star of the Fourteen-Star Alliance this time, I fear that martial arts on Blue Star will be doomed to decline forever."

"I have already notified Lin Muzhi, the vice president of the Divine Sense Master Association. He is one of the top Divine Sense Master on Blue Star. I hope he can save the situation!" Lou Xueru said.

"Let's hope so. If we can't make amends, then we will be sinners in the eyes of history."

"Do you think this attack was planned by Wood Source Planet? Or could it have been carried out by people from Red Flame Planet or Shuimang Star who visited Blue Star?"

Lei Jinglong for a moment. "It's not impossible. It's not surprising that Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star might be deliberately trying to sabotage our Blue Star's martial arts development, given how rapidly it's progressing."

However, I still tend to believe it was Wood Source Planet that did it."

"Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star are suspects. Let's investigate them thoroughly. We, Blue Star, cannot suffer this loss in silence," Lou Xueru said.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a dignified and imposing appearance arrived at the square of the Second Campus.

Lei Jinglong and Lou Xueru saw the middle-aged man and quickly went over to him.

"President Lin, you've finally arrived!"

The middle-aged man was Lin Muzhi, the vice president of the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association and one of the few Grandmaster of Divine Sense Master on Blue Star.

"The Crystal Pillar was attacked? How much was damaged?"

"Two were destroyed, the first and the eighth. You'll see when you go take a look!"

With that, Lei Jinglong immediately led Lin Muzhi to the Crystal Pillar.

Upon seeing the two hundred-meter-tall Crystal Pillar severed in half, Lin Muzhi was immediately shocked. "How could it be so serious? Crystal Pillar are made of hard material; only Grandmaster Martial Artist could possibly damage them with their full strength. How did you manage to protect them?"

"It was indeed our fault for not taking good care of her. We'll talk about that later. Please take a look and see if there's any way to salvage the situation!" Lei Jinglong said hurriedly.

Lin Muzhi stepped forward and came to the Crystal Pillar that had been cut in half. He immediately stretched out his Mental Power to examine it.

After a while, he came to another Crystal Pillar and used his Mental Power to examine it.

In the end, Lin Muzhi shook his head and said, "This Crystal Pillar was created by a ninth-level Mental Power Grandmaster; I am powerless to change it."

Lei Jinglong asked, "So... these two Crystal Pillar are now useless?"

"Anyway, the Divine Sense Master on Blue Star are definitely powerless. Perhaps transporting these two Crystal Pillar to Outer Stars and asking Mental Power Grandmaster from Outer Stars intervene could save them."

"To request the intervention of Grandmaster- level Divine Sense Master? The question is, is it even possible to do so?"

Lin Muzhi shook his head. "Perhaps even Mental Power Grandmaster from Outer Stars could save the Crystal Pillar."

"The Outer Stars Mental Power Grandmaster are knowledgeable and experienced; their mastery of Mental Power is far beyond my reach."

"I'm afraid it's dangerous. Trying to get Mental Power Grandmaster from Outer Stars to help us, whether we succeed or not, will probably be extremely risky," Lei Jinglong shook his head and sighed.

Within the Thirteenth Campus, thousands of troops simultaneously poured into the sparring arena, quickly gathering and surrounding most of the people from Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star.

Beside Chen Lie, Ruan Liusu watched the commotion in the sparring arena with surprise.

The commotion really does seem like someone has been assassinated, but with such a big commotion, who could be the one attacked? Could it be someone in the top ten of the Blood Qi Ranking?

At this moment, two armed men approached Chen Lie and said to Zhu Jingshu, "Are you from Red Flame Planet or Shuimang Star? Come with us!"

Zhu Jingshu was still puzzled, but one of the martial arts students from the Imperial Academy beside her couldn't help but step forward.

"How dare you! This is the fifteenth princess of my Great Yan Dynasty! How can you treat her like this?"

The two armed men said expressionlessly, "We are under orders from our superiors to treat everyone equally, regardless of their status on Shuimang Star or Red Flame Planet. Please cooperate."

The martial arts student from the Imperial Academy wanted to argue, but Zhu Jingshu stopped him.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, what happened? Why did this happen all of a sudden?"

"This is a decision made by higher-ups; we're not aware of it either. We'd appreciate your cooperation!"

Zhu Jingshu nodded. As a princess of a nation, she didn't believe that Blue Star would do anything to her without reason, so she left directly with the two armed men.

These troops that poured in were only targeting the people of Shuimang Star and Red Flame Planet, and they didn't care at all about the students of Blue Star University.