Yego smiled, "I know a little more than you. I can barely gather information about that inner circle. Willow has allied with Paris—the strongest person from our academy—and also Bailey. Currently, they're probably investigating the cause of this planet's evolution. Perhaps, they've already gone to the capital. That place isn't somewhere we can set foot. I just want to occupy an area, find a mineral resource, and I'll be satisfied. There's no need to fight those monsters."
"Bailey? Bailey of the third gravity planet?" Granny exclaimed, her face pale.
Yego's expression was serious, "Yes, Bailey, a renowned name among the Great Martial Empire's younger generation, almost joined the Great Martial Youth Council, that Bailey. His combat power is 3000, peak Observation Realm."
Lu Yin was surprised, not expecting that these students weren't unprepared; they had already silently made their arrangements. Only the top-tier powerhouses could go and complete missions. Yasta and Aodhan belonged to the lowest tier, while Granny barely qualified for the tier of Tres and Yego. The absolute top-tier powerhouses weren't in Su Xing; they were closer to the capital, that was the most brutal trial ground.
"As far as I know, the Huaxia region of this planet has three most VIP teams. One team is Bailey's group, I don't know who the other two are specifically, but they are definitely the highest-level powerhouses from various major academies. They are monsters capable of contending with the second batch of trial students about to descend. The goal of these monsters is fundamentally not the planetary trial, but the legendary—territorial trial. What we're doing now can only be considered exercise," Yego said seriously.
Granny fell silent, she knew too little, her tier was too low.
"Alright, I've told you everything I need to tell you. The time has come," Yego suddenly said.
Granny was puzzled, "What time?"
Yego gave a strange smile, "Time for your pleasure."
Granny looked at Yego's smile, her heart sinking, and looked at the teacup, "Did you poison the tea?"
"Of course not. Poisoning isn't that easy. Personal communicators can detect material components to a certain extent. What I put in is good stuff, a Power Surge Powder," Yego took out a glass bottle from his Void Ring, with three green leaves on it.
Granny exclaimed, "Three-Leaf Herb Pharmaceutical company's potion! What is Power Surge Powder?"
Yego said proudly, "You can try to stimulate the energy in your body."
Lu Yin placed a hand on Granny's shoulder, "Don't act rashly," then looked at Yego, "Power Surge Powder is a powerful potion used by Fusion Realm powerhouses to instantly unleash all the Star Energy within their bodies. Observation Realm users would be exhausted due to insufficient Star Energy, and would even suffer severe backlash injuries. Am I wrong?"
Yego was surprised, "You actually know? Oh right, you just said your grandfather is the principal? Seems like you have some wealth."
Lu Yin's eyes were cold, "Cultivators below the Fusion Realm cannot activate Star Energy by consuming Power Surge Powder. What exactly do you want to do by spending such a high price on Power Surge Powder?"
Yego put away the glass bottle, saying arrogantly, "Jinling is a good place. It has a special status in this country. Occupying Jinling, this achievement can make me even more brilliant, not to mention," he said, his greedy gaze assessing Granny, "I've long wanted to taste the flavor of a beauty from the Imperial Military Academy."
Granny stepped back, her face pale, and angrily said, "Despicable!"
Yego laughed, "Despicable? How can you say that? What I gave you to drink is a tonic. It's only your fault for being too weak to handle the supplement."
In a hidden corner, the two Blue Mountain Academy students twisted and made noises.
Yego's gaze swept over them, and he frowned, "Useless things, still want me to save you?" He then waved his hand, and a strong wind tore open the chains binding the two students.
The two quickly shouted, "Senior, watch out!"
Yego turned his head, his eyes narrowed. His abdomen was hit by a violent impact accompanied by intense compression, blasting him out of the military camp and directly into the abandoned field behind it. Lu Yin leaped out, extended his hand, and the air vibrated. As his single palm pressed down, a terrifying energy wave slammed into the ground. Yego, who had fallen, was struck again, struggling to raise his hands to block, but he was still driven into the ground, his arms broken, and a mouthful of blood gushed skyward as he directly fainted.
Lu Yin landed, looking coldly at Yego. Both Vibration Palm and Void Palm could be unleashed with only physical strength, without needing to use Star Energy.
Outside the military camp, countless evolved humans surrounded them, staring in shock at the half-dead Yego, not daring to move.
Lu Yin coldly swept his gaze over them, then looked at the two Blue Mountain Academy students. Their faces were pale, and they honestly stayed put, motionless.
Granny let out a breath, and at the same time, was even more shaken. Even though she knew how powerful Void Palm was, she never expected it to so thoroughly crush Yego. Lu Yin, relying solely on physical strength, was already capable of fighting against the top 3 powerhouses of major academies. His progress was too fast.
"I ask you, is the matter of the Gale Crystals true or false?" Lu Yin asked the two students. Before coming here, he had asked them, and they had given the same answer as Yego, but now Lu Yin didn't believe them.
The two exchanged glances, then whispered, "Gale Crystals do exist, but the mutated bird flock is not to be trifled with. There's a very large mutated bird there that likely reached the Fusion Realm; one of our classmates died under that monster bird's claws."
Granny glared at Yego with resentment. She definitely didn't want to provoke a Fusion Realm powerhouse.
"The potion's effect will wear off in half an hour. At that time, take those people back to Jinling," Lu Yin told Granny. With that, he walked out of the military camp.
Feng Hong and several other Centurions were already waiting outside. A group of controlled evolved humans, who came from Anhui, were the people Yego had controlled. This group of evolved humans did not grieve over Yego's death; instead, they breathed a sigh of relief. Yego's control over them stemmed entirely from his strength.
"Release them. Those who wish to join Xing Ying can stay, those who don't, let them leave," Lu Yin said.
Feng Hong nodded and immediately made the arrangements.
Soon after, Feng Hong returned, whispering, "Sorry, Saint Yin, we had to trouble you to rescue us again."
Lu Yin smiled, "The opponent is a Heaven-tier powerhouse, there's nothing that could be done. Tell me about the surrounding cleanup."
"Yes, almost all the Zombies from Jinling to Duy Huong have been cleared, and a group of mutated beasts have also been cleared, but not all of them. The mutated beasts are very strong, we can only mark the territories of some mutated beasts on the map for warning. Further west is Anhui, and that Heaven-tier powerhouse came from the west..." Feng Hong reported.
Lu Yin listened for a while, then dismissed Feng Hong.
He realized he had been mistaken about his direction. That time, when hot weapons bombed the city, he saw the intense ambition hidden in Liu Tian Ge's eyes. Before the students descended, Liu Tian Ge didn't know about the Starry Sky, and his ambition could only be directed at this land. But now, with more and more students appearing, he understood the situation of the Starry Sky. Could his gaze still be limited to Earth?
Lu Yin could confirm that someone like Liu Tian Ge would not easily submit to others. Wucheng being marked blue was nine-tenths likely the same as Jinling; he had suppressed the students, understood everything about the Starry Sky. As for Huaxia, or rather Earth, he definitely didn't have too much desire. His ambition would shift to the Starry Sky. And Lu Yin himself was still thinking of using Xing Ying to strike his Wucheng, which was truly too narrow-minded.
It would take too long for Xing Ying to pass through Anhui to Wucheng (Hubei), not to mention the sacrifices would definitely be huge. Moreover, by then, everything would have changed. The descent of the second batch of trial participants had brought extremely negative developments. Nothing could progress in the direction he thought. Liu Tian Ge might not even be able to withstand the attacks of the second batch of trial participants.
Lu Yin exhaled, his gaze turning westward. He decided to temporarily set aside his hatred for Liu Tian Ge and focus on that corpse. He wanted to complete the mission. The students' mission could also be Earthlings' mission. Once he completed the mission, coupled with his previous arrangements, entering the Starry Sky's Tenth Academy was not impossible.
Half an hour later, Granny dragged the three Yego out. The two students were again bound. Yego was in even worse shape, his internal organs severely injured by Lu Yin's shock, making even slight movement difficult.
Lu Yin unceremoniously removed Yego's Void Ring, unlocked it using his bloodline password, and emptied out everything inside.
Yego was just a student, so he didn't have too many good things, only a few Gale Crystals, some unknown potions, and a total of ten Star Energy Crystals. Lu Yin took all the useful items. "Let's go, back to Jinling."
Granny nodded, and meekly followed Lu Yin.
Around Jinling, most of the students who had descended were from the Great Martial Empire's First Military Academy and Blue Mountain War Academy. They were either dead, captured, or one had been subdued by Lu Yin. Before the second batch of trial participants appeared, Jinling should be fine.
Lu Yin's only concern was the silver-haired man. That person had made Lu Yin feel a chilling sense of crisis for the first time, and was also the first person to completely block his Heavenly Star Palm. His strength far surpassed Yego and Tres.
Lu Yin had probed Granny about whether she knew that person, but Granny was completely bewildered.
In Jinling, Lu Yin officially proposed to Chu Shan that he wanted to go to the capital.