Qingyu sneered, "The condition was for you to exchange something of mine for Huo Xiaoling. Since you didn't bring the item, what right do you have to make me release her?
Scram! "
Yan Gang was furious, but he knew he wasn't Qingyu's match. Qingyu's gaze grew colder and colder, so he quickly left, afraid that he would be captured.
Huo Xiaoling sat on the snowy ground, her eyes flickering as she watched Qingyu's back. If this person was really from the Daynight clan, then none of the trial students would be a match for him. The trade in eight days was all under his control, and he was just playing around.
Below Tianzhu's Hidden Peak, students appeared one after another, almost all of them from the second batch.
Most of them had removed their gadgets to avoid having their locations announced.
Munoor had also appeared, but he had hidden himself.
There was one other Melder whose cultivation had been sealed, and he had hidden himself as well.
Those who dared to appear here were the true elites.
Eight days passed in a flash, and Lu Yin spent the entire time observing the star chart and the rotation of the stars. The fourth star was becoming clearer, but it still hadn't fully appeared.
He sighed; the further he progressed, the more difficult it would be to simulate the stars. He could feel that adding more stars wasn't that simple; the Sirius Art was more like creating a system of stars that mimicked the universe. It was a magnificent technique, but just four stars was already so difficult. His current Sirius Art could only simulate eight stars at most, and he didn't know how long it would take him to complete it.
As for breaking through to the Melder realm, that was unlikely in the near future.
Breaking through to the Melder realm wasn't something that could be done by simply reshaping one's body. Everyone had different physiques, and the difficulty of breaking through was different as well. It required a certain feeling, a signal sent by the body to the body. Only by obtaining that feeling could one break through, or else reshaping would fail, and Lu Yin didn't want to experience the consequences of that.
If breaking through to the Melder realm was so easy, then someone like Raas who didn't lack star crystals would have broken through long ago.
Everything the human body grasped would have an impact on breaking through to the Melder realm, including techniques.
Lu Yin looked at his palm, not knowing how the Sirius Art would affect his breakthrough.
He flipped his hand over to reveal his die, and he crushed another cube of star crystals. The die began to absorb the energy at a crazy rate and quickly returned to normal.
Lu Yin was overjoyed when he saw that the die had been restored. After calculating the time, he would reach his limit after using it five times and would fall into a deep sleep. The die would also sleep for ten days, which meant that he could only use it four times at a time. It was best to rest for a few days after using it.
He really wanted to use it now since he had quite a few star crystals in his cosmic ring, but it was time for him to head to India.
Walking out of his bedroom, he took to the skies. Zhang Dingtian and the rest were already waiting for him. There were five of them in total: Zhang Dingtian, Bai Xue, Jeraldine, Gerlaine, and Balaror. Including him, that made six. Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng were left to guard the capital.
A group of students were tied up behind Zhang Dingtian and the rest. Their faces were sallow and emaciated, and it was obvious that they had been starved to death. Although they were powerless, they still glared angrily at Lu Yin, especially Raas and Jenny Auna. One was the son of the Vice-Treasurer, while the other was the heir of the Auna family. They had never experienced such hardship before.
At Veron's level, he was already an ordinary student.
"Let's go," Zhang Dingtian said in a low voice. He soared into the air, and with a rope in his hand, he dragged the forty-two students as if they were broken wine bottles and flew towards the west. They had all left. These students couldn't stay here. Otherwise, even Zhou Shan and Wu Sheng wouldn't be able to protect them.
Lu Yin was stunned by the spectacular scene, and he wondered what the other students would think of it.
Jeraldine was stunned; she was just one of the most ordinary students in the trial, and any one of these captured students could kill her in an instant. Her worldview was being challenged.
Gerlaine, on the other hand, was very excited. She provoked Eddy, Raas, and the rest while provoking Jenny Auna, angering the latter so much that she wanted to bite her.
Lu Yin greeted Bai Xue, but she didn't look at him kindly.
Lu Yin knew why; he'd heard the rumors in the city, and it was normal for her to be angry. Even he was a little angry. What did she mean by 'rejected'? Was he really that bad?
On the other hand, countless Indian survivors stared blankly at the sky above India. Qingyu used a rope to tie up all the captured students and dragged them down the Tibetan Peak. It was exactly the same as what Zhang Dingtian had done. Many of the students were so angry that they vomited blood. They were elites, but now they had lost all face.
Huo Xiaoling's face was red with anger; she didn't just hate Qingyu, she hated Lu Yin as well.
Using them in exchange? Bastard! If it wasn't for the trial, she really wanted to break the seal and fight Qingyu to the death.
Outside of Earth, Sigmund and the others had ugly expressions on their faces. Mira, on the other hand, was smiling happily as she looked at the screen. Finally, the screen switched to Tianzhu's Tibetan Peak. That was where the final battle would take place. No one thought that this would be an ordinary transaction. Battle was unavoidable.
Qingyu had set out a day earlier, and when he arrived at Mount Tibet, Lu Yin and the rest weren't there yet. However, the students who had been waiting there feasted their eyes on them.
The elite students, who had always been high and mighty, were being humiliated like this, and Huo Xiaoling was one of them.
Yan Gang was trembling with rage; Huo Xiaoling was the fiancée of the Fireforge Planet's young master, and this wasn't just a slap to her face, but to the young master himself.
Qingyu casually tossed the students to the ground and yawned as he looked at the towering Mount Tibet. His expression was relaxed, and he didn't look like a wanted criminal at all.
Half a day later, Lu Yin and the rest arrived.
The moment they saw Lu Yin's group, the hidden students were shocked once more. Lu Yin had captured even more students than Qingyu, and the sight of him being hung in the air was a spectacular sight. Even Yan Gang was stunned, but it was quickly followed by anger. The Fireforge Planet had a good relationship with the Auna family, and he had been received by them when he had come to the Great Yu Empire. He hadn't expected Jenny Auna to be treated in the same way as Huo Xiaoling, and he was so angry that he almost burned himself.
The students who were secretly protecting Jenny Auna were also trembling with anger. If news of this spread back to the Great Yu Empire, the Auna family would lose all face.
Compared to these two women, Raas didn't seem that important.
Qingyu's eyes lit up as he looked at Lu Yin's group, "You're the one who negotiated with me."
"How so?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Qingyu smiled, "Intuition."
Lu Yin waved a hand, and Zhang Dingtian tossed the forty-two students to the ground, not far from the thirty-two that Qingyu had tied up. Both sides looked at each other awkwardly, especially Huo Xiaoling and Jenny Auna. The Huo family didn't have a good relationship with the Auna family, but they were on the same level. They had known each other since they were young, but they hadn't expected to meet under such circumstances.
"I'll give you all the students, thirty-two in total. Where's my stuff?" Qingyu asked with his hands behind his back.
Lu Yin took out the stone and casually tossed it to Qingyu.
Qingyu took it and looked at the sixteen-sided stone with a burning gaze. He then looked at Lu Yin in astonishment, "Don't you want to know what this thing is used for?"
"Nope," Lu Yin replied indifferently. He didn't want to reveal the Daynight Fist to this person; who knew if it would be exposed to the Daynight Clan? He didn't want to be hunted down, so it was best to get rid of it as soon as possible.
Qingyu praised, "Smart and tactful, you didn't try to fool me. Unfortunately, if you hadn't threatened me, I could have given you a bright future."
Qingyu's words caused Lu Yin's gaze to turn cold. Zhang Dingtian took a few steps forward, his eyes flashing with killing intent.
"Did you cause Earth's evolution?" Zhang Dingtian asked in a low voice.
Qingyu looked at Zhang Dingtian and sneered, "Who do you think you are to question me?" His gaze fell on Zhang Dingtian's saber, and he couldn't help but laugh. "My saber is actually in the hands of trash like you. What an insult! Hand it over!" His figure vanished as he charged at Zhang Dingtian.
Zhang Dingtian slashed out with his sword, the blade vibrating rapidly as he used all his strength to attack Qingyu. Qingyu was astonished, "A realmbreaker?
Interesting, "he said as he pulled out his iron staff and smashed it down, easily shattering Zhang Dingtian's attack as it pierced through the void and covered the sky. Not just Zhang Dingtian, but Lu Yin, Bai Xue, Gerlaine, and the rest were all caught in the attack.