At that moment, two black dots flew over from the distance. Two more men had arrived, both of them quickly descending.
Eddy was excited to see them, "Senior Raas, I'm here, Senior Raas!" Lu Yin slapped him on the head again, "What are you shouting for? Who's here?"
Eddy glared fiercely at Lu Yin, "Your end is here. Student Raas is an expert from Yu Academy, you're no match for him. Let me go, and I can help you plead with Senior Raas."
Lu Yin looked at the two men who had just arrived with a solemn expression. Yu Academy?
That was where the true elites of the Great Yu Empire resided, and it could also be considered an academy that nurtured the best of the younger generation.
Outside the capital, the first man who'd arrived was still standing on the ground and looking around. The two who'd arrived later looked down at Lu Yin's group from above, and one of them stepped forward and looked down arrogantly, "Eddy, you really know how to make Yu Academy proud. You were actually captured by the natives, you useless thing."
Eddy's expression turned ugly as he gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
The other man waved his hand and looked down calmly, "Who captured Eddy?
Let him go, and I'll spare his life. "
"Is he the Senior Raas you mentioned?" Lu Yin asked.
Eddy was excited, "Yes, Senior Raas isn't an ordinary Yu Academy expert. His father is the Vice-Treasurer of the Great Yu Empire, Lord Sicar. He collected all sorts of battle techniques for Senior Raas, and his strength is second only to Melders in Yu Academy."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up, "Vice-Treasurer?
His family is rich? "
Eddy was stunned, but that wasn't the point!
Lu Yin looked at Raas with a burning gaze; he was in dire need of star crystals. The eight cubes that the students had given him were far from enough, but Raas might be able to surprise him. As for the strength that Eddy had mentioned, Lu Yin didn't really care. Raas seemed much gentler than the first man, and that person was definitely dangerous.
"That person seems to have changed," Zhang Dingtian suddenly spoke up.
Lu Yin turned around and looked at the man who was still standing on the ground. His gaze changed; this person gave off a very ordinary feeling, just like a normal person. He didn't seem as dangerous as he had when Raas and the others had approached him. This person had changed the moment Raas and the others had approached him.
Raas frowned, "What, you're not going to let him go?
Or do you think you can protect this place by luck? "
"Senior Raas, the fugitive left something in this city. As long as we control this place, he'll definitely come!" Eddy shouted. His defeat and the arrival of the second batch of trial-takers had completely destroyed his hopes of completing the mission. He might as well do Raas a favour and have someone to rely on in the future.
Raas's eyes lit up, and he smiled. "Is that so? Looks like my luck isn't bad. Even a random landing would result in a good place."
At this moment, the man standing behind Raas looked to the side and glanced at the spacecraft. He whispered a few words in Raas's ear, and Raas looked at the first man who had appeared. "Friend, my name is Raas. Let's get to know each other."
On the ground, the man squatted down to pick up the soil and sniff it. "It smells like blood."
High up in the sky, Raas' face sank. "Friend, let's get to know each other. I'm Raas, the son of the Great Yu Empire's Vice-Treasurer, Sicar."
The man stood up and looked at Raas with a faint smile. "Xia Luo, I'm just a nobody. I wouldn't dare to associate myself with you."
Russ frowned. Charlotte?
He had never heard of this name before.
Lu Yin turned to Zhang Dingtian. "We can't let them talk, it'll be troublesome if they reach a consensus. I'll go grab Raas, you keep an eye on Xia Luo."
Zhang Dingtian nodded and tightened his grip on his sword.
Eddy heard this and looked at Lu Yin like he'd seen a ghost. Grabbing Raas? Was he crazy? Raas's strength aside, just his background alone was enough to deter trial-takers from touching him.
Lu Yin looked up at the sky; this was just the beginning. He had waited for so long, and now, he was finally getting close. With that in mind, Lu Yin flew towards Raas with a bang, and under everyone's shocked gazes, he struck out with his palm, causing the air to distort.
Raas had been wondering about Xia Luo's identity, but he hadn't expected Lu Yin to attack him directly. The man behind him stepped forward in anger, "How dare you attack Sir Raas!" His hand transformed into a claw as a formless bestial roar filled the void. Lu Yin seemed to see a giant claw covering the sky; it was similar to Eddy's Beast King Fist, but it was much more powerful.
Lu Yin didn't let his guard down, and two stars appeared in his palm. The two collided in the air with a bang, shockwaves spreading out in an arc as an invisible force crushed the ground. The man was sent flying a hundred meters away, spitting out a mouthful of blood as he stared at Lu Yin in shock.
His strength was about the same as Eddy's; Lu Yin's full-powered Sirius Palm had crippled Eddy, and his two-star Sirius Palm was enough to injure him.
Raas's eyes narrowed, "No wonder you were able to capture Eddy. You're quite strong." He then raised his right palm and transformed it into a claw, but this attack was much stronger than the one from before. A phantom of a giant claw appeared in the void, as if it had stepped out from outer space to grab Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's expression changed; Eddy, that man, and Raas had all used the same battle technique, but each was stronger than the last.
Below, Xia Luo's eyes lit up, "Yu Academy's top battle technique, the Skybeast Claw. Although this person has only grasped five of the 108 forms, it's enough to crush most Sentinels. Not bad."
Behind him, Zhang Dingtian's eyes went wide while Bai Xue, Jeraldine, and the rest were shocked; they had never even heard of such a battle technique before. This was the foundation of the Great Yu Empire.
Two stars revolved in Lu Yin's palm, and a third appeared and collided with Raas's claw. Everyone's expressions changed as a huge shockwave swept out in all directions, the three stars exploding at the same time. Raas was shocked by the superimposed shockwave, and the phantom claw shattered. His eyes narrowed as his body vanished, and Lu Yin used the Roving Step at the same time to vanish from the sky.
The next moment, the two reappeared at the same time. Lu Yin struck out with his palm again, but Raas was afraid. His Skybeast Claw had been broken, and there was no way he could block it. He dodged to the side and crushed a gale crystal, a grey whirlwind swirling around his left index finger as he pointed at Lu Yin. This was his strongest battle technique, the Yin Wind Finger, a technique that Sicar had paid a huge price for.
Lu Yin felt a sense of danger, and Raas's command caused his entire body to turn icy cold. This was a bone-chilling cold that seemed capable of freezing star energy. Lu Yin's eyes grew cold as he activated the Sirius Art, three stars appearing around him. The grey whirlwind from Raas's Yin Wind Finger was continuously weakened as it neared Lu Yin's body. Raas was shocked; how was this possible?
Lu Yin easily dodged the finger and pressed his left palm against Raas's abdomen, "Spacerender Palm." He then used a huge force to slam Raas into the ground, not even having time to put on his ring armor.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and he circulated the Sirius Art once more. The man's claw suddenly slowed down as it neared Lu Yin's body, to the point where Lu Yin could clearly see all the variations of this battle technique. Lu Yin used the Roving Step to dodge the attack, raised his right palm, and clawed at the man under everyone's shocked gazes. There was a thump as the man's right shoulder was injured, and he fell to the ground.
Eddy stared blankly at the scene; what had he just seen?
That person had actually used the Skybeast Claw, an ultimate battle technique passed down through the Yu Academy. Only those who had joined the Academy could learn it through the stone walls. How was this possible?
Eddy wasn't the only one who was shocked; everyone else was as well, including Lu Yin himself.
After defeating Eddy and capturing many students, Lu Yin had suffered countless attacks. Although Gerlaine's armor had protected him, his body had still been injured. It was during that time that he'd used the Sirius Art to recover his star energy that he'd unintentionally discovered another use of the Sirius Art. Not only could it accelerate the absorption of star energy, it could also form a strange defensive force field around his body that weakened the enemy's attacks.
He'd thought that this was the most powerful aspect of the Sirius Art, but now he realized that he still didn't understand it. Not only could it defend, but it could also perfectly display the enemy's battle techniques in front of him. As long as he wanted to, he could learn it. Even he hadn't expected this.
Lu Yin clenched his fists in excitement. He'd known that the Sirius Art was heaven-defying when he'd first obtained it, but now he realized that he'd underestimated it. It wasn't just heaven-defying, it shouldn't even exist. It was a technique that imitated the workings of the universe and was extremely powerful.
Back on the ground, Xia Luo's eyes widened in shock, but then his lips curled up, "Interesting."