Celestial Anomaly

At this moment, a soft chime came from Dolan Yushan's personal communicator. He glanced at it, his expression stunned. He then looked up and slowly spoke, "Gui Huo has been defeated. He's severely injured and near death."

Hearing this, Huo Qingshan and Jue Lang both looked over in shock. "Who did it?" Rock Ona was astonished. They knew about Gui Huo's talent, the ability to turn his body into nothingness. With such a talent, theoretically, there was almost no one in the Outerverse's Reaching Realm who could defeat him. In the battle at the martial arena, Lu Yin had only suppressed him by relying on that bell; otherwise, he also couldn't have defeated this person. Even Tian Ming was helpless.

Dolan Yushan's expression was strange. "The King of Zishan, Lu Yin."

Everyone was astonished.

Rock Ona frowned. "Lu Yin can defeat Gui Huo?"

The corner of Dolan Yushan's mouth lifted. "This is news from the empire. When Gui Huo met Lu Yin, he intentionally opened the recording on his personal communicator, probably wanting to broadcast the battle. But unexpectedly, he was easily defeated by Lu Yin and is now severely injured and near death. Barzel is furious."

Rock Ona was amazed.

Huo Qingshan's eyes lit up.

"Although the Outerverse Youth Council has great power, it's limited to the younger generation. Barzel was too arrogant and looked down on our Great Yu Empire too much. This battle by the King of Zishan is just what was needed to suppress his arrogance," Rock Ona said with emotion.

Dolan Yushan gave a faint smile. It wasn't just Barzel; Barzel was just a dog. Behind him was a major figure in the Youth Council. That person was the real mastermind, plotting to win his sister's heart by humiliating Lu Yin. Unfortunately, they didn't understand his sister. Her heart was very big.

At this moment, in the Great Yu Empire, Barzel was roaring. Gui Huo was someone he had sent to the assessment, yet he had been beaten so miserably by Lu Yin, causing him to lose all face. "Damn it, truly damn it," Barzel growled.

On the Reaching Realm path, both Lu Yin's and Lulu's speeds were very fast. Lulu had White Flash, and Lu Yin had Void Flash, into which he had even integrated some of White Flash's skills. His speed was no slower than Lulu's, which surprised her.

Along the way, the two saw many young people flying into the distance and also saw countless strange beasts roaring. This path was full of danger; besides the strange beasts, there were also peculiar plants. The only thing missing was water; all of it had been evaporated.

The two flew for two hours before stopping to rest.

Lu Yin looked at his personal communicator, checking the combat power, and found the surroundings were densely packed with combat powers of 3000. "A conservative estimate, there are at least several thousand people participating in the assessment around us," Lu Yin said, slightly tired.

Lulu rubbed her calves. "It's normal. Your Great Yu Empire sent over a hundred people. It wouldn't be strange if the entire Outerverse had billions of people in the assessment. But the only ones who can actually come are from the territories near the Canglan territory. Each Reaching Realm path should have over a hundred thousand people."

Lu Yin was speechless. Three Reaching Realm paths with nearly a million candidates. In other words, nearly a million Reaching Realm cultivators, equivalent to the population of a city on Earth. An army formed from this force would be enough to sweep through the Solar System!

"I've always been curious, why do you always wear green clothes?" Lu Yin asked.

Lulu looked at Lu Yin with disdain. "Everyone in the Mebis clan wears green. You have a problem with that?"

Lu Yin looked at Lulu with a strange expression. "Are you very rich?"

Lulu's eyes darted around, and she smiled slyly. "Yes. You want to borrow? You can, three percent interest."

Lu Yin was speechless.

"I was just thinking, are we in too much of a hurry? With hundreds of thousands in the assessment, the competition ahead must be fierce, and more and more people will be coming from behind," Lulu said thoughtfully.

Lu Yin had also thought of this. The Tenth Academy had appeared in the Canglan territory, so they were among the first to arrive. What about the people from the neighboring territories? The assessment had no time limit. The later it got, the more people there would be. Rushing ahead was equivalent to paving the way for those behind. An assessment couldn't be this simple; there must be trouble ahead.

"I don't want to pave the way for others. Let's wait a bit, rest for a few days," Lu Yin said after some thought.

Lulu nodded. "Okay."

The surrounding landscape was dominated by bare, scorching mountains.

Lu Yin stood on a dry mountain, looking out in all directions. Groups of people occasionally streaked across the sky. He wondered how the others were doing.

More than twenty hours passed quickly. Lu Yin and Lulu were resting under a dry mountain when the world suddenly went dark. The light from the suns in the sky dimmed simultaneously. Immediately after, the land entered a deep freeze. A current of extreme cold swept over, descending from the sky. In an instant, the once-scorching ground became freezing.

Lulu exclaimed, "A change in the celestial phenomenon! A super expert has made a move. As expected of the Astral Combat Academy."

Lu Yin looked up, shaken, at the sky. The chain of suns was simultaneously frozen. The endless cold air descended from the starry sky, like the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven. This was the method of an absolute expert, something he couldn't even imagine. If viewed from the distant starry sky, the entire path looked like a popsicle.

In the starry sky, countless people watched in shock. Ten paths were frozen simultaneously, the current of extreme cold sweeping vertically across the ten paths without affecting the starry sky at all.

Dolan Yushan and the others swallowed. This kind of method was beyond their imagination, beyond their comprehension.

Star-Wandering Realm experts ranged from the lowest, Explorers, to Cruisers, and then Hunters. The Great Yu Empire had them all. But none of these people could accomplish this step. This was the method of a terrifying existence beyond the Hunter Realm, with a combat power of over one hundred thousand.

Huo Qingshan's eyes burned with passion. He could destroy one path, but he couldn't freeze ten. This was the ultimate power he had always pursued. This generation of young people was too lucky to have the opportunity to enter the Astral Combat Academy and witness a level of power that surpassed the Outerverse. Truly too lucky.

Dimming the starry sky, freezing the suns—this kind of power left everyone only with shock, and nothing else. They were too far from this kind of power.

Lu Yin felt the cold air emanating from the ground and took in a cold breath. A person could actually achieve this level.

"Stop looking. You won't be able to figure it out even if you think about it. Even Star-Wandering Realm experts can't figure it out. The levels of power are different," Lulu said, pouting.

Lu Yin's eyes burned with passion. "This path was created, wasn't it?"

"Who knows. Maybe it was made by dismantling a galaxy and putting it together. Who knows," Lulu said casually.

Lu Yin looked at Lulu. "Does your Mebis clan have this kind of expert?"

Lulu rolled her eyes. "I don't know, and I don't want to talk about it."

Even if Lulu didn't say, Lu Yin could guess. Without such an expert presiding, on what basis did the Mebis clan dominate the economy?

Looking up at the sky, the dark night and cold wind made one feel a sense of loneliness. Lu Yin's eyes were deep. He had nothing to reminisce about; he had lost his memories. The only thing worth missing now was Earth. That planet could be considered his hometown. He wondered how it was doing.

He didn't know how much time had passed. Leaning against the icy cliff, Lu Yin counted silently. Over seven hundred. During this time, over seven hundred people had flown over his head. This was just in his vicinity. The width of the Reaching Realm path was equivalent to the radius of Earth. A conservative estimate was that over a hundred thousand people had passed through during this time.

It was about time. Lu Yin stood up. "Let's go."

Lulu grunted in agreement and clenched her fists.

Suddenly, a black dot in front of them rapidly approached, flying towards them.

The two didn't move, watching the black dot get closer. It was a young man.

The young man was Meng Yue. He had seen Gui Huo's miserable state and was greatly interested in the power of the Triple Impact, so he had followed Lu Yin and Lulu. He hadn't seen Lu Yin, but he had seen Lulu. That green outfit was too eye-catching. But after chasing for a while, the two had disappeared. Their speed was too fast, leaving Meng Yue helpless. He had circled around a large area and still couldn't find them, wasting a lot of time. He thought he wouldn't be able to catch up, but unexpectedly, he ran into them here.

Landing on a low mountain, Meng Yue stared at Lu Yin and took out an image of Gui Huo. "Was this person defeated by you?"

Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. "What's it to you?"

Meng Yue's eyes were full of excitement. "Come, let's fight."

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes. "You want to avenge him?"

Meng Yue said nonchalantly, "It has nothing to do with him. I'm very interested in your combat technique. Triple Impact should be the combat technique of the Ninefold Gate from the Haoyuan Territory. You integrated Triple Impact into the Three-Wave Palm. I want to test its power."

"Not interested," Lu Yin's tone was flat. He didn't want to waste energy fighting an irrelevant person.

Meng Yue didn't say any more and directly attacked, rushing at Lu Yin and sweeping out a kick. The kick was sharp, carrying a trace of fierce power. Lu Yin directly used Void Flash to dodge, his tone cold. "If you want to fight, go find someone else. This is an assessment. I don't have time to play with you."

"That's not up to you." With that, Meng Yue raised his palm and struck at Lu Yin. He knew he couldn't catch this person with speed, so he could only use the Great Desolate Palm to attack by surprise and decide the winner in one blow. What he pursued was the limit of the Reaching Realm; he wanted to fight any Reaching Realm expert.