The Butterfly Shadow Race

"What are the conditions? Just say it," Amu said excitedly. No one was willing to die, and neither was he. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would grab it.

"Very simple. Take me in," Lu Yin said, pointing at the gradually appearing 'Great Superstar' planet in front of them.

Amu turned his head, surprised. "You want to go into 'Great Superstar'?"

Lu Yin nodded. "So? That's the only condition."

"You're not here to kill me?" Amu's voice was choked. He wasn't stupid; he had just been overthinking before. Now he had reacted.

Lu Yin looked at Amu, his eyes turning cold. "Of course not. But, if you don't take me in, then that's not for sure."

Amu was threatened by Lu Yin and quickly agreed. "Alright, I'll take you in. You're not from the Butterfly Shadow territory?"

"How do you know?" Lu Yin was curious.

Amu said, "Because the ten-academy competition is coming up, anyone from the Butterfly Shadow territory can participate in the territorial trial unconditionally, as long as they are young. You can't go in, which means you're not from the Butterfly Shadow territory."

Lu Yin smiled and said nothing.

Although Amu was ostracized by the Butterfly Shadow Race, he was a true member of the race, with an extraordinary status. To be able to use the family's reputation to roam the entire territory showed the prosperity of the Butterfly Shadow Race. Amu was quickly allowed to enter. Even his request to bring Lu Yin, a person who had suddenly appeared, was granted without anyone paying attention.

"Um... can you... take me with you?" just before entering 'Great Superstar', Amu made a request to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin chuckled. "Do you think I would let you leave?"

Amu was startled and smiled embarrassedly. That was right; he was a hostage. This person was also afraid that he would report to the expert who was supervising this trial after he left.

"You'll ride in the same flyer with me," Lu Yin ordered decisively.

Amu nodded and squatted down in the flyer with some grievance. This kind of personal flyer had very little space. Fortunately, Amu was thin and weak; if it were a burly man, he really wouldn't fit. As for Lu Yin's own flyer, he had left it in its original place. His flyer was engraved with the symbol of the Tenth Academy, which was too eye-catching.

As the flyer shook, the scene before their eyes rapidly retreated. Dozens of spaceships pierced through the atmosphere and landed on 'Great Superstar', creating craters one after another and stirring up shockwaves.

This scene made Lu Yin sigh with emotion. Before, he had faced the trial as a native. This time, it was the opposite; he had to appear as an invader. His mood was a little complicated.

The landing location of each person was random. Lu Yin's flyer had smashed into the cliff of a mountain, shattering the cliff, causing the ground to shake and stirring up a cloud of dust.

When the dust settled, what appeared before the two of them was a beast's mouth full of huge sharp teeth, which was biting the outer shell of the flyer and letting out a loud roar.

Lu Yin looked at his personal communicator. Combat power: 2800. He was surprised. "Even a wild beast has the strength of the Reaching Realm. Not bad."

Amu was terrified. "This is a territorial trial. It's very difficult and full of bloodshed. 'Great Superstar' is also a famous death planet in this domain. I... we should just stay in the flyer. There probably aren't any creatures around that can destroy the flyer."

Lu Yin expanded the scanning range of his personal communicator. The strongest combat power around was 5900, close to the peak of the Melting Realm, posing no threat to him. With this thought, he opened the cabin door and, in Amu's horrified eyes, threw him out, then kicked at the wild beast.

The wild beast was directly kicked away by Lu Yin. Its huge body tore through the air and slammed into the forest in the distance. Just as Lu Yin was about to say something to Amu, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked again into the distance, his eyes widening. That wasn't a forest. Those... were blades of grass.

Lu Yin looked around, his eyes full of amazement and admiration, then flew into the sky. Indeed, the green plants in the distance were grass. And this place was not a cliff at all, just a slope. They had landed in a patch of grass, but this patch of grass was a bit too big.

Amu walked over with a bitter face. "You've discovered it, haven't you? This is 'Great Superstar'. Everything becomes extremely huge. What you just kicked away was not a huge wild beast, but an insect. We humans are smaller than insects on this planet, at the bottom of the food chain."

Lu Yin marveled. "The universe is truly magical. There are all kinds of planets." At this moment, he remembered the introduction on the network about the Giant Race on 'Great Superstar': ugly, bald with long arms, with a forest growing on their back, their whole body green, their two eyes full of black threads. This was not a human at all, but another type of humanoid wild beast. It was only because they were very similar to humans that they were called Giants.

"We should just wait here until the trial is over. This planet is really terrifying. It often gives birth to Star-Wandering Realm experts, so there are usually several Explorer Realm experts stationed outside the planet to suppress them. We can't complete the mission," Amu said, trembling. He was really scared.

Lu Yin was curious. "What is your mission?"

Amu said in fear, "To hunt and kill the Giant King."

Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "What a coincidence. I also want to hunt and kill the Giant King. Let's go."

"Where to?" Amu had a bad feeling.

Lu Yin's eyes were full of excitement. "To hunt and kill the Giant King."

Amu's strength drained away. "I'm not going! The Giant King is a peak Limiteer Realm expert and has a great chance of breaking through to the Explorer Realm. No matter how many people go, it's not enough to die. I'm not going."

Lu Yin raised his voice and glared at Amu fiercely. "What did you say? Say it again!"

Amu pleaded, "I beg you, let me go. I'm not going. I'm not going with you anymore. I'll die. Don't worry, I promise I won't tell anyone about you. I swear. You can go by yourself."

Lu Yin cracked his knuckles and waved his hand. The wind from his palm stirred up a shockwave, forming a huge slash that tore through the ground, cutting the land before Amu's eyes in half, of unknown depth, and even distorting the void.

Amu's mouth hung open, and he stared blankly, then looked at Lu Yin. "That... big brother, let's go hunt and kill the Giant King."

Lu Yin nodded in satisfaction. "That's more like it. Remember, you listen to me in everything. You can express your opinion, but whether I listen or not is up to me."

Amu forced a bitter smile. "Yes, yes, whatever you say."

Everything on 'Great Superstar' was new to Lu Yin. In two days, they had encountered countless giant insects. Some attacked them, while some were very gentle. Lu Yin was like an executioner, killing many insects along the way, which scared Amu.

Just like that, two days later, the two saw their first Giant.

It was indeed as seen in the images on the network. The Giant only had a humanoid form; otherwise, it looked like a wild beast in every way, especially the forest on its back.

"It is said that after a Giant is born, it will immediately cover its back with clay and then plant trees. As they grow day by day, that forest will become denser and denser. The purpose of this is for defense. The back is the weak point of a Giant," Amu slowly introduced.

Lu Yin didn't care about any weak points. It was just a Melting Realm-level Giant, and he had knocked it down with one palm. He landed in front of the Giant.

The Giant was ferocious, its teeth as sharp as a wild beast's, and it gave off a foul stench.

Lu Yin frowned. He couldn't communicate. Moreover, looking at the Giant's eyes, it didn't seem to have any intelligence.

"It's impossible to communicate. The Giants are actually wild beasts. They eat anything on this planet, fight purely on instinct, and their living habits are also completely based on instinct. They live in tribes, and the strongest Giant is the leader. And the strongest of the entire Giant race is the Giant King. The Giant King has intelligence; the other Giants only act on instinct," Amu said.

Lu Yin was surprised. "You know quite a lot."

Amu forced a smile. "I had no choice. The moment I knew I had to participate in the territorial trial, I started preparing. Actually, we are very safe staying here. This grassland is the least dangerous place. I've deliberately investigated. We..." Before Amu could finish, a loud bang was heard. The Giant had been knocked out by Lu Yin's kick. "What were you saying?"

"Nothing, big brother. We can set off now," Amu said attentively.

Lu Yin hummed in acknowledgment. "Since you've researched 'Great Superstar', you should have some understanding of the Giant tribes. Lead the way. I have to find the Giant King as soon as possible."

Amu was bitter. This was the Giant King. Just hearing those three words made him tremble, and now he had to face it. This person beside him was so scary. Could he really have been sent by the Butterfly Shadow Race to kill him? To create an accidental death? It was possible.

A few more days passed. The two finally left the grassland and appeared in a boundless forest.

In the forest, every tree was towering. Lu Yin once again marveled at the magic of the universe. In the distance, several figures approached.

Seeing people coming, Amu subconsciously moved closer to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin stared ahead. Five people had arrived, four men and one woman. When they saw Lu Yin and the other two, they were stunned, probably not expecting to run into them.

"Amu?" the woman was surprised.

The other four also looked at Amu in surprise.

Amu's expression changed, and he lowered his head slightly.

Lu Yin was puzzled. "You know them?"

Amu hummed in acknowledgment and said nothing.

The woman who had spoken first sized Amu up for a while, then looked at Lu Yin, her eyes full of mockery. "Another one trying to curry favor with the Butterfly Shadow Race, without even figuring out the target."

Lu Yin was puzzled.

A man opposite them spoke up. "Brother, do you want to get connected with the Butterfly Shadow Race? Amu is indeed a member of the Butterfly Shadow Race, but he is the only male in the clan, an abandoned member. I advise you to stay away from him. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to get close to the Butterfly Shadow Race, but you might also be hated." With that, the few of them left on their own.

Lu Yin looked at Amu with interest. He suddenly became interested in the Butterfly Shadow Race. To name a territory after a clan showed its glory. Moreover, from the meaning of this, this Butterfly Shadow Race actually had no men. This was interesting.

Amu felt Lu Yin's gaze and said in a low voice, "They are my classmates. We all landed in this area. But... no one is willing to team up with me."

"I'm not interested in that. Tell me about the Butterfly Shadow Race. Does this race really have no men? How do they reproduce?" Lu Yin was very curious.

Lu Yin's question was very impolite. If the one standing opposite him was not Amu but another member of the Butterfly Shadow Race, they would definitely not have given him a good look. But Amu was an exception. He had been abandoned by the Butterfly Shadow Race.

"The Butterfly Shadow Race is not a race that reproduces like ordinary humans. It is a general term for the heirs of a bloodline power, inheriting the bloodline of an ancient Butterfly Shadow expert. And this kind of bloodline can be bestowed. The females who are bestowed are the members of the Butterfly Shadow Race," Amu said.