Lu Yin wasn't the only one who had been thrown down from the sky. There were many others around him who were still alive, but they could also be considered dead. They were meat, meat for the miners below.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth and looked at his arm. His cosmic ring was gone, and his gadget was gone. Everything was gone, and the star energy around him was quite thin. Thankfully, the star energy stored in his body hadn't been used up, and he still had some left. He couldn't just fall down like this, or he would be eaten even if he didn't fall to his death.
As he got closer and closer to the ground, Lu Yin's gaze turned sinister. He could clearly see the slaves' appearances, and they couldn't even be considered humans. They were like beasts with their mouths wide open, grabbing the smashed corpses and biting them.
Lu Yin wasn't unfamiliar with this scene, as he had seen it during Earth's trial. Back then, he had been in a higher position, but now, he was waiting to be eaten.
He got closer and closer, and just as he felt the hands of the slaves about to grab him, he growled and forced himself to raise his hand. Shockwave Palm! Bang!
The ground was smashed apart by the palm, and shockwaves swept out in all directions within a radius of ten meters. All of the slaves within range were instantly killed by the shockwaves. Lu Yin had used the Roving Step in the nick of time to fall to the ground, panting heavily as intense pain shot through his body.
The surrounding slaves hurriedly fled, looking at Lu Yin in fear. They were just ordinary people, not even cultivators. They didn't dare to get close to Lu Yin, even if he was severely injured.
Lu Yin didn't dare to faint, as that would kill him. He wanted to move his body, but he didn't know how long it had been since he had eaten. He had no strength left, and he could only move his fingers.
He looked around and saw that all his hair had been burned away, and he wasn't wearing anything. Perhaps the slaves had wanted to make it easier for the slaves to eat, so they hadn't given him any clothes. He just lay there on the ground and looked around fiercely, scaring the slaves into running even further away.
The dust on the ground gave off a pungent smell; this planet wasn't suitable for human habitation. Strange insects would occasionally crawl out of the cracked earth, and Lu Yin was famished and swallowed them all in one gulp. It tasted terrible, but that was all he could eat. Otherwise, he would starve to death and become meat again.
He had never imagined that he would experience something like this; this inhumane torture was indescribable.
He faced off against the slaves on this planet for several days, but no matter how severe his injuries were, he couldn't sleep. He kept his bloodshot eyes open with all his might.
On the fifth day, the surrounding slaves inexplicably dispersed, and a skinny old man with a hunched back appeared in front of him. The old man walked over step by step until he was right in front of Lu Yin and slowly squatted down.
Lu Yin could even smell the decaying odor coming from the man's body. "Scram!" Lu Yin roared with all his might. Star energy flickered at his fingertips, forming flames in an attempt to scare the man away. A strand of battle force even seeped out of his body, but it disappeared in an instant.
The old man was shocked and said in a hoarse voice, "Battle Qi? Little guy, are you a disciple of a great power?"
Lu Yin did not reply and continued to stare at the old man, his heart sinking. This person knew so much, so he was obviously not an ordinary person. He was most likely a cultivator, and Lu Yin could not scare him. Was he going to be eaten?
He had never imagined that he would become a sacrificial pawn in a game between great powers. He didn't even know who was behind all of this; he was like an ant that could be easily trampled to death.
"Do you want something to eat?" The old man opened his mouth, and two rays of light flashed in his skeletal eyes.
His words shocked Lu Yin, and he stared at the old man with bloodshot eyes that were filled with desire.
The old man's lips curled up in a strange arc, and his sinister and terrifying face sunk in. He approached Lu Yin and whispered, "Human flesh is called white meat. Do you want some?"
"Scram!" Lu Yin growled.
The old man chuckled strangely and just sat there in front of Lu Yin. He did not move, but he did not leave either.
A strange insect crawled out of the ground once more, this one the size of a palm and with a green barb on its tail. Lu Yin bit down on it again, and the green barb pierced his lips. However, nothing was more terrifying than starvation in his current state.
Green liquid flowed from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes continued to stare at the old man.
The old man did not move, and he continued to stare at Lu Yin until Lu Yin could no longer hold on and collapsed.
Lu Yin did not know if he had died or fainted. Perhaps there would be no future for him once he closed his eyes.
Just as Lu Yin lost consciousness, the old man suddenly stood up and walked behind him. He tapped Lu Yin's back and then moved his hands along the surface of Lu Yin's body in a strange pattern. Star energy seemed to circulate within Lu Yin's body as well.
After half an hour, the old man finally stopped and collapsed to the ground. He stared at Lu Yin and said, "Whether you die or not will depend on your luck. If you don't die, then my family still has a glimmer of hope."
At the same time, the date of the Astral Combat Tournament was set: it would be held in three months.
The Astral Combat Tournament was the most important event in the Astral Ten Academies, but it did not have much of an impact on the outside world. At most, it would attract a few great powers to recruit talents, but the effect was not great. This was because almost all of the geniuses who could enter the Astral Combat Academy came from the various great powers. However, the Astral Combat Tournament was related to the Astral Domain War, and it was a plan by some of the universe's great powers to recruit soldiers.
Regardless of their profession or status, everyone would do their best to watch the Astral Combat Tournament on the day of the tournament.
Because of the Astral Combat Tournament's great influence, many of the great powers' hidden geniuses had come out and joined the Astral Combat Academy in anticipation of the tournament in three months.
However, at this moment, Astral-10 was shrouded in a shadow. Old Cai helplessly looked at the screen on his gadget and sighed before shaking his head with a bitter smile.
The screen was showing the scene of Lu Yin being struck by a beam of light at the pirate port. It was only a brief moment, and there was no end to it. However, no one believed that Lu Yin would have survived. That beam of light was a weapon specially designed to deal with Cruisers, and even Explorers would find it difficult to survive, let alone a mere Melder.
"Why did that brat just happen to appear at the pirate port?" Old Cai was speechless.
Michelle stood beside him and was also watching the screen. When she saw the final scene of Lu Yin being struck by the beam of light, she frowned. "No matter what, he's still Astral-10's leader. He can't die in vain."
"There's no way to avenge him there," Old Cai said.
Michelle was puzzled.
Old Cai calmly replied, "That's the pirate port. If he's killed there, he'll bear the reputation of being a pirate. No matter who he is, as long as he dies, he'll bear the reputation of being a pirate. This is also the reason why those people are attacking the planet so recklessly."
Michelle was furious. "Are we just going to let it go?"
Old Cai waved his hand. "Of course not. Don't worry, someone will stand up for him."
Lu Yin was a Lockbreaker, and one with great achievements at that. His death would incur the wrath of the Lockbreaker Society, and unless they found out that he was a pirate, the Lockbreaker Society would not let his killer off.
Soon, all of Astral-10's new students knew about Lu Yin's death. Old Cai did not hide it, as the Astral Combat Tournament was about to begin, and Lu Yin was the leader. News of him could not be hidden.
"What?
Brother Lu is dead? "
Coco was sorrowful as she carried the large syringe. "It's all my fault that I wasn't by his side. Otherwise, I would have given him a shot."
Zora was speechless. "Coco, this has nothing to do with you."
"Right, Brother Lu seemed to be on the same planet as Senior Brother and the others. Are they alright?" Coco was worried.
"Don't worry, they're fine," Zora assured her.
Xia Luo looked at the screen and revealed a rare expression of helplessness. "Did he die so easily?
What a pity. "
Lulu was depressed. She had long since treated Lu Yin as a friend, and they had been friends ever since Earth's trial. She had never thought that he would suddenly die. Life was too fragile.
It was rare for Silver to not smile, and his eyes were filled with an endless chill. Lu Yin's death had disrupted his rhythm.
Astral-10 was not the only academy that could see the scene of Lu Yin's death. The other academies could as well. After all, he was a student of the Astral Combat Academy, and his death was enough to attract the attention of the Astral Combat Academy.
"I thought that Astral-10 was going to rise up, but who would have thought that their leader would die so easily? And at the pirate port, haha!"
"The Blaze Realm's people are going to be happy. Right, could it be that the Blaze Realm did it?"
"Impossible, they wouldn't have the guts to harm an Astral Combat Academy student. This guy is just unlucky. They were trying to eliminate pirates, but he got involved."
"Our previous guess was right. This guy must have been released by Astral-10 to confuse the other academies."
"Don't be fooled, Lu Yin isn't the strongest in Astral-10. It's Xia Luo, Lulu, and Mavis."
"Wrong, it's Big Pao and Little Pao. They teamed up to challenge the Dao of Heaven's Realm Master, so they're definitely the top experts among the Area Masters."
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In Astral-6, Charon was excited. "He's dead, he's really dead! That's great! Wait, that's not right. What does this guy's death have to do with me? His uncle, that bastard."
On the other side, Liu Ji frowned. "He's still a Lockbreaker, but he actually died at the pirate port. The Society won't let this matter rest."
In Astral-8, Jared smiled. Lu Yin's death had made him happy. "Go tell Xi Yue about this and make her happy."
In the Innerverse, in the Souldream Tribe's territory in the Spirit Seal Flowzone, Xi Yue watched the scene of Lu Yin's death on a screen. She didn't know why, but she couldn't feel happy. Her mind kept replaying the scene from the second layer of the Sand Ocean, and she felt depressed.
At the same time, Master Wusheng received the news as well, and he was furious. "Investigate who dares to touch a member of the Lockbreaker Society. I don't care if it's the Leo family or some other random organization. Investigate all of them. They must give the Society an explanation for this matter."
Because of Lu Yin's death, the enormous machine that was the Lockbreaker Society began to move. Every single Lockbreaker was a treasure of the universe, and they could not be easily killed. If a Lockbreaker's death was not investigated, then the Lockbreaker Society's status would plummet. This was something that the 630,000 registered Lockbreakers could not accept. Let alone a mere one star Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker, even the death of a Lockbreaker without any contributions would be investigated thoroughly. This was the terror of the Lockbreaker Society.