Spear Mountain Range

Thinking about it, it wasn't that strange. Both Domain Masters and Realm Masters were at the peak of the Limiteer Realm. A Domain Master was weaker than a Realm Master, but their influence covered an entire Academy, and they were one of the few experts who could contend with a Realm Master.

The Astral Academies were divided into ten. Apart from the Tenth Academy, the other nine all had Realm Masters and Domain Masters. But a Realm Master was unique, while there were only a few Domain Masters. They were the existences that had truly climbed to the peak of the Astral Combat Academies.

Lu Yin was startled by Van Kleed's power, but for now, he had no intention of competing with that kind of person. He looked at the man. "Why did you tell me to scram as soon as you saw me?"

The man was surprised. "Is this your first time in a Trial World?"

Lu Yin's eyes turned cold. With a wave of his hand, the broken bridge completely shattered. The marks of the Heavenly Beast Claw were clearly visible as it grazed past the man's neck, almost injuring him. The man was so scared that he quickly said, "In the Trial World, you can hear the voices of the ancient past. Whether it's the wails of a battlefield or a marching song, you can even hear cultivation arts, but the probability is very small. Moreover, the more people there are within a certain range, the smaller the probability. So, as long as you're outside a cultivation ground, normally no one is willing to get too close to others."

Lu Yin understood. There was such a thing? What a magical place. Could one really hear the voices of the ancient past?

Before long, Lu Yin let the man go. This person was just an ordinary Melting Realm student of the Sixth Academy and didn't know much. He didn't even have the qualifications to enter a cultivation ground. What he knew, Lu Yin had already found out. He hadn't expected the Astral Combat Academies to have so many experts. Just what he had heard from the man's mouth was enough to be horrifying. Fortunately, those experts whose fame spanned across the combat academies were too far from him. What he wanted to do now was to go to the Spear Mountain Range and learn about one of the few cultivation grounds in the Prison Path.

The Prison Path was very large, and as far as the eye could see, it was all black. Under 50 times gravity, Lu Yin's pace was not fast. He had to be on guard against possible attacks, because in the Trial World, there were not only students of the Astral Combat Academies but also a strange creature called a Battle Soul. It couldn't be considered a living creature. According to the explanation of the man just now, a Battle Soul was an image left by everyone who had ever fought in the Trial World, retaining the strength of the fighter at the time of the battle.

It was inexplicable, but after countless years of exploration and countless case studies, it was proven that a Battle Soul was just an image, with no life characteristics, no appearance, no intelligence, nothing. It was just an image, but it had a physical form and was very aggressive. Students who encountered a Battle Soul would all have a fierce battle. This was also the danger in the Trial World.

Of course, not all battles formed a Battle Soul image; the probability was very small. Otherwise, after countless years, Battle Souls would have long since spread throughout the Trial World.

According to current statistics, the number of Battle Souls was not large, so the biggest enemy in the Trial World was still the students.

The moment he first heard of something like a Battle Soul, Lu Yin felt it was very strange. A Battle Soul gave him the feeling that the creator of the Trial World had intentionally created opponents based on the strength of the trial-takers. If the nine great Trial Worlds were a game, then the Battle Souls were the monsters, and they were monsters tailored to the strength of the trial-takers, never disappearing. The stronger the trial-taker, the stronger the Battle Soul.

"Could the Trial Worlds have been created by some ancient existence within the Astral Combat Academies?" Lu Yin suspected. He surveyed his surroundings, especially looking up at the huge planet in the sky, which should be the moon of the Trial World. There were three in total, bright and pure. This place also had day and night, and also suns.

Right now, it was because of these three moons that the all-black Prison Path was illuminated with a path.

The messy footprints on the ground were increasing. Lu Yin had been walking for a good few hours. When he saw a path that was clearly trodden by humans, he knew he was not far from the Spear Mountain Range.

Boom! The ground shook, and a shockwave accompanied by a spatial distortion swept in all directions, uprooting many black giant trees.

Lu Yin, through the branches, saw two students fighting in the distance. Both were in the Limiteer Realm, and both used long spears.

"Give up. With your talent, it's fundamentally impossible to graduate. With me here, don't even think of going to the Spear Mountain Range," one person shouted, his eyes arrogant.

Opposite him, another student's expression was grim. "Where I go is my freedom. Moreover, I will definitely graduate smoothly and join the Ten Arbiters Council."

"A joke! All those who can join the Ten Arbiters Council after graduation are top-ranked experts. You are not qualified. Die!"

Boom!

The ground shook again.

Limiteer Realm students were not uncommon in the Astral Combat Academies. It was difficult to join an Astral Combat Academy, and it was equally difficult to leave. One either reached the Explorer Realm and voluntarily graduated, or one couldn't reach the Explorer Realm, and their age surpassed that of the youth, and they were expelled by the Academy. In history, there were many, many expelled students, even more than the number of graduates. Not every student could reach the Explorer Realm.

These two Limiteer Realm students looked to be no more than ten years older than Lu Yin, around 30. They still had ten years left. If they couldn't break through to the Explorer Realm, they would face forced expulsion, and the names of these two would no longer be on the list of students of the Astral Combat Academies.

Lu Yin had no interest in interfering in their battle. These two clearly had a personal grudge, which had nothing to do with him. He didn't overthink it, bypassed the battlefield, and went straight east. The Spear Mountain Range was right in front of him. He could already see a few mountain peaks with an aura that pierced the heavens. They stood quietly on the land, yet they seemed to pierce through the void, causing the empty space to always be in a state of near collapse.

Just by standing there, it was enough to pierce through the void. This was the Spear Mountain Range. Lu Yin's eyes burned with passion. Perhaps he could obtain something there. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but speed up.

The closer he got, the deeper his feeling for the Spear Mountain Range. It was an indescribable sharp aura. Every glance he took, his eyes felt as if they would be pierced. Several times, Lu Yin saw a long spear cross the void and stab towards him, flashing with a sharp edge, one spear enough to break the heavens.

Suddenly, Lu Yin's pupils dilated, and his body stopped. He had heard something, like a wail, extremely mournful. The image before his eyes distorted, as if he had crossed through the ancient past and saw a man holding a long spear, slowly raising it. It was an ancient spear technique, and the man was about to execute it. Suddenly, Lu Yin's scalp tingled, a warning appeared, and his body subconsciously retreated.

A sound of surprise came from his original spot. It was a man, his cold eyes staring at Lu Yin. His body swayed, and a long spear appeared in his hand, stabbing directly out, its target clearly Lu Yin's head.

Lu Yin was furious. This person not only ambushed him but also continued to attack without any reason, his killing intent revealed, and he had interrupted the image he was seeing. This kind of person deserved to die. He had no intention of holding back. He used Void Flash to directly disappear and appeared behind the man, striking out with a palm. The seven-star Heavenly Star Palm pushed aside the air, causing the man to be horrified. The long spear turned and stabbed backward, a turning-back spear thrust. The tip of the spear grazed past the Heavenly Star Palm and stabbed at Lu Yin's face.

A palm versus a spear, the difference was in the distance. Helpless, Lu Yin changed the direction of his Heavenly Star Palm and blasted the body of the spear. The power generated by the explosion of the seven stars surprised the man, and he almost couldn't hold the long spear. He had a hard time using a strange force to neutralize the power of the Heavenly Star Palm. Even so, his palm was still injured by the vibration of the long spear, and it was dripping with fresh blood.

Lu Yin raised his hand and grabbed the tip of the spear. The Ninefold Impact passed through the body of the spear and directly blasted at the man. The man finally couldn't hold the body of the spear anymore, let go, and retreated a few steps, his face pale, looking at Lu Yin in disbelief. Every step left a clear footprint on the ground.

Lu Yin had no intention of letting him go. He had just seen an ancient image and might have seen a peerless spear technique, but it was interrupted by this person. Hateful. He grabbed the tip of the spear and directly swung it at the man. The man was not weak; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to block Lu Yin's Heavenly Star Palm. But Lu Yin's Ninefold Impact, he couldn't block. Especially since he had lost his spear, he had no strength to fight back. His body was directly pierced by the long spear held by Lu Yin. He glared at Lu Yin with a ferocious face. "You... are so vicious."

"You brought it upon yourself," Lu Yin's tone was icy as he let go of the tip of the spear. He didn't ask this person why he had attacked him; there were too many reasons. Just the fact that he had seen the ancient image was enough. Everyone was selfish. Lu Yin had seen the ancient image, and this person thought that no one else would ever be able to see it again. It was natural for him to ambush him, not to mention Lu Yin was only in the Melting Realm. How strong could he be? He didn't care. Perhaps there was another reason: the Tenth Academy.

When one side has been in a weak position for a long time, when they reappear, they will naturally be considered unqualified to be on par with their former peers. The Tenth Academy had not made a name for itself in the Trial World for too long. Once it appeared, it would surely be met with ridicule everywhere, and even be besieged.

Lu Yin had understood the Tenth Academy's rule of needing a hundred wins to enter the Trial World before. But the deeper he went, the deeper his understanding. The Tenth Academy had been weak for too long.

The long spear swayed a few times and stopped. The man's body gradually dimmed and finally disappeared.

This was the Trial World. One could kill people. But it wasn't a real death. The person's body back at the academy would be fine, but their spirit would surely be severely injured. It would probably take a period of rest before they could enter the Prison Path again.

This was just an interlude. It was just a pity that he couldn't see the peerless spear technique.

Looking up, the Spear Mountain Range was right in front of him. The towering mountain range was solemn and majestic. Lu Yin took a deep breath and continued straight ahead.

Before long, he was stopped. The ones who stopped him were two Melting Realm students.

"Student, may I ask if you use a spear as a weapon?" one person asked.

A glint flashed in Lu Yin's eyes, and he shook his head. "No."

"Then you cannot approach the Spear Mountain Range. Retreat," the other person shouted.

Lu Yin frowned. "On what basis? Who stipulated that one must use a spear as a weapon to enter the Spear Mountain Range?"

The two looked at each other and sneered. "This is a rule set by the Domain Master of the Spear Mountain Range, Senior Van Kleed. On what basis, you say?"

Lu Yin was helpless. If it was really like this, he had no way. A Domain Master had absolute authority in his cultivation ground. As long as it wasn't too much, no one would object to him. Not to mention Van Kleed was a student of the Sixth Academy. The Realm Master of the Prison Path would come from the Sixth Academy; the Prison Path was the main base of the Sixth Academy.

Lu Yin pondered for a moment and turned around, intending to think of another way. At worst, he would find a spear technique and pretend. He could always go.

At this moment, a woman indifferently passed by Lu Yin and walked towards the Spear Mountain Range. And the two Melting Realm students did not stop her at all.

Lu Yin turned to look at the woman. She was in the Melting Realm, like him, yet she was not stopped. "Why didn't you stop her?"

The two who were blocking Lu Yin were impatient. "We stop whoever we want to stop. Do we have to report to you?"

Lu Yin's eyebrow twitched. He saw the two of them glance at the back of his hand and immediately understood. These two must have seen that he was a student of the Tenth Academy, which was why they had stopped him. But it was strange. Even if the students of the Tenth Academy were not welcomed, it wouldn't be to the point of having enemies everywhere. The students of the Astral Combat Academies were not so brainless as to find trouble for no reason. Changing his train of thought, what if these two were specifically targeting him? Lu Yin suddenly thought of Xi Yue. It seemed he was not an unknown person in the Astral Combat Academies. He probably had a basketful of enemies.