"Surpassed the Melting Realm? Limiteer? Not an Explorer?" Lu Yin was surprised.
Xiao Pao shook his head. "Explorer is impossible. Once one reaches the Explorer Realm, they can apply for graduation. That kind of person can't casually make a move on others. But there are definitely quite a few in the Limiteer Realm. Don't treat those people as ordinary Limiteer Realm experts; they also advanced from the Melting Realm and are experts who have participated in the Realm Spirit War and even the trials of the Three Realms and Six Paths. Fighting across realms is possible for them. You are still in the Melting Realm; it's very difficult to fight those people across realms. It's better to hide."
Lu Yin pondered. His cultivation had just gotten on the right track, and he had comprehended Battle Qi. He could go further in the Realm Spirit War; a hundred wins was very close for him. The next step was the Three Realms and Six Paths. He didn't want to leave. Moreover, Xi Yue had said that the way to strengthen Battle Qi was through combat. Since she had attracted so many experts for him, then he would fight!
"Seniors, thank you for your trouble. I don't want to go out. I'll just cultivate in the Sea of Forgotten Sands. If anyone comes looking for trouble, they can come straight here. I won't run," Lu Yin said firmly.
Da Pao's eyes lit up, and he patted Lu Yin's shoulder. "Ambitious! Actually, I don't approve of you running away either. Our Tenth Academy is not that afraid of trouble. If you can't even pass this hurdle, how can you compete with others in the Three Realms and Six Paths? Good, you go and cultivate."
Xiao Pao also nodded, looking at this junior of his in a new light for the first time. This incident might not be a bad thing; it just depended on how far he could go.
At this moment, Da Pao's personal communicator received a notification, and his expression changed. "So fast?"
Lu Yin and Xiao Pao looked at him.
He said solemnly, "The troublemaker has arrived. An expert from the Eighth Academy, Ranuk."
"Who?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Da Pao said in a low voice, "An expert on the Melting Realm ranking list of the Eighth Academy, no weaker than Xi Yue. At the same time, he's also the second on the ranking list of the Innerverse's Fire Domain, second only to the top ranker, Gall."
"The Fire Domain," Lu Yin's expression darkened. This was not the first time he had encountered people from this power. During the Tenth Academy's assessment, it was an expert from the Fire Domain who had blocked their path, but he was dealt with by Lulu. This time, he wanted to test the so-called second on the ranking list.
"Go to the Sea of Forgotten Sands. Since he's looking for trouble anyway, we'll let him find you there," Xiao Pao said.
Lu Yin nodded, entered the teleportation device, and went directly to the Sea of Forgotten Sands.
At the space station of the Tenth Academy, the spaceship cabin door opened, and a team of Fire Domain disciples walked out. Ranuk got off the spaceship and surveyed his surroundings. Before long, this place would belong to their Fire Domain.
Xiao Pao walked into the space station and faced Ranuk directly.
Ranuk looked at Xiao Pao. "Are you a student of the Tenth Academy? Where's Lu Yin? Tell him to get his ass out here."
Xiao Pao frowned, thought for a moment, raised his hand, and used his Star Energy as a pen to carve a few words on the tall wall beside him: 'Lu Yin is in the Sea of Forgotten Sands.' Then he gave Ranuk a disdainful glance, turned, and left without a word.
Ranuk was furious. To dare to look down on him. "The Sea of Forgotten Sands. Good! A spar between students. I hope the mentors of the Tenth Academy won't interfere."
Xiao Pao slowly walked away.
Ranuk snorted and walked towards the teleportation device. The Fire Domain disciples beside him wanted to follow but were stopped by Ranuk. Students could enter and exit, but non-students could not.
The ten great Astral Academies were actually all branches of the Astral Combat Academy; together, they were called the Astral Combat Academy. But because the universe was too big, it was impossible to cover everything from one location, so it was divided into ten academies. Ranuk was nominally a student of the Eighth Academy, but he was actually considered a student of the Tenth Academy as well.
Even though he looked down on the Tenth Academy, the Tenth Academy was still the Tenth Academy. Fire Domain disciples could not enter; otherwise, it would be looking down on the entire Astral Combat Academy, which was a very terrifying thing.
Entering the teleportation device, Ranuk's eyes were deep. That person had said to bring back one of Lu Yin's arms, to make him unable to cultivate. In that case, he would just break all four of his limbs. But before that, he had to ensure the mentors of the Tenth Academy would not interfere.
At this moment, on the desert, Lu Yin was thinking. With Xi Yue's status, she could probably attract many powerful enemies. If it was just fighting, it would be too much of a waste of time. For some reason, he remembered what had happened during the Earth trial. The corner of his mouth lifted. This was not bad either.
Ranuk looked at the vast desert before him. This was the Tenth Academy's famous Sea of Forgotten Sands. It was rumored to have once been a holy land for cultivating Battle Qi, but because the headmaster of the Tenth Academy went mad, causing the sea of sand to change drastically, the former cultivation holy land was gone forever.
"Eighth Academy student Ranuk requests an audience with the Tenth Academy's Mentor of the Sea of Sands," Ranuk shouted.
Lu Yin looked up at the distance. He was finally here.
"What is it? Speak," the Mentor of the Sea of Sands' voice echoed in the desert.
Ranuk said in a low voice, "This disciple wishes to spar with your academy's Lu Yin. I hope the Mentor of the Sea of Sands will grant this."
"I will not interfere."
The corner of Ranuk's mouth lifted. "Before one side admits defeat, I hope the Mentor of the Sea of Sands will not interfere."
"I said I won't interfere, so I won't. What's the point of talking nonsense? If you talk any more nonsense, get out." The Mentor of the Sea of Sands' temper was much worse than Mentor Guan Yu's. Ranuk wasn't angry at being scolded; on the contrary, he was smug. This was what he wanted. He had recorded it. As long as he crippled Lu Yin before he admitted defeat, no one could find fault.
Lu Yin stood up and quietly looked at the man walking towards him from the distance. This was the second on the Fire Domain's ranking list, Ranuk.
When Ranuk saw Lu Yin, a glint flashed in his eyes, and his tone turned cold. "Junior Brother Lu Yin, I've heard a lot about you."
Lu Yin said indifferently, "Here to cause trouble?"
Ranuk gave a faint smile. "Junior Brother, you exaggerate. It's just a spar. As an elite student of the Tenth Academy, you wouldn't dare not to, would you?"
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes. "No need to provoke me. A spar is fine, but on one condition."
Ranuk was puzzled. "A condition?"
Lu Yin gave a faint smile. "I am cultivating. You came to disturb me for no reason, and you call it a spar, wasting my time. There has to be some compensation."
Ranuk laughed loudly and said with disdain, "Fine. What do you want, Junior Brother?"
Lu Yin held up two fingers. "Twenty thousand cubic meters of Star Crystals, and I'll fight you."
Ranuk's expression changed. "Twenty thousand cubic meters? Are you crazy poor? Do you know how much twenty thousand cubic meters is?"
"Don't you have it, Senior?" Lu Yin mocked.
Ranuk snorted coldly. "I have it, but you're not worth that price."
"I can give Senior another option. If you lose, give me your spatial ring. If I win, I don't want a single cent. How about it?" Lu Yin said again, his tone full of temptation.
Ranuk grinned. "Good. Junior Brother, you keep your word. Let's do it."
Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "Straightforward! As expected of a Fire Domain expert. Senior, you may make your move."
Ranuk sneered. "Be careful, Junior Brother. A senior's hand doesn't know how to be light or heavy." With that, he forcefully rushed at Lu Yin. The Star Energy on his body turned into the form of fire, creating a scorching high temperature that distorted the air as he struck a palm at Lu Yin from a distance.
A sun seemed to appear on the desert, dazzlingly bright, accompanied by a high temperature that burned the void as it swept towards Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's expression changed. As expected of an elite student of the Eighth Academy. His control over Star Energy was no worse than the genius Da Lei's that he had experienced, even a bit stronger. The power of the attack he executed by simulating flames with Star Energy was even greater than Aquino's, whom he had met in the Tenth Academy's assessment. Aquino had borrowed the burning power of the sun in the sky, while this person had reached this step with just his own Star Energy. He was worthy of his title as the second on the ranking list.
He still remembered his fight with Gurbach before. Gurbach needed to rely on that kind of lightning fruit to execute the Flashing Thunder Arrow. Compared to this person, the gap was too large.
This person's strength was not much weaker than Xi Yue's when she executed her musical combat technique. A pity he ran into him. With this thought, Lu Yin used Void Flash to disappear, tearing through the Star Energy blockade Ranuk had set up around him, and appeared directly in front of him, raising his palm, Ninefold Nine-Wave Palm.
Ranuk's pupils contracted, and his scalp tingled. He sensed a crisis and subconsciously dodged. A fierce explosion occurred at his original spot, and the shockwave swept out in all directions, even blowing away Ranuk's Star Energy. He turned around. This person was not an ordinary Melting Realm cultivator; he had been mistaken. He had originally thought the matter of molesting Xi Yue was just a joke. He didn't think anyone in the Tenth Academy could compare to Xi Yue and suppress her with strength. But now it seemed, this person's terror was beyond imagination.
Lu Yin didn't stop and grabbed towards Ranuk. Ranuk shouted, and a ring-type battle armor appeared on his body, his Star Energy turning into fire and sweeping in all directions. He was about to erupt.
Lu Yin was dismissive. Another Ninefold Nine-Wave Palm fiercely blasted onto Ranuk's body. Ranuk spat out a mouthful of blood, and his ring-type battle armor directly shattered, his body forced into the desert.
The Ninefold Nine-Wave Palm could fight against the Limiteer Realm expert Zhang Wu Ji, let alone Ranuk. Although this person was strong, the trouble he caused Lu Yin was far less than Xi Yue's. Xi Yue's musical combat technique was soft on the outside but hard on the inside, posing a greater threat to him.
Lu Yin grabbed Ranuk. This person was already severely injured. He wasn't polite and took off his spatial ring, then threw Ranuk's body directly onto the sand.
"St... stop," Ranuk tore his throat shouting, glaring at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin squatted down and looked at him indifferently. "You want to go back on your word?"
Ranuk gritted his teeth. "Inside is my Fire Domain's combat technique. If you steal it, you will surely face the endless pursuit of the Fire Domain."
Lu Yin was dismissive. "I never intended to take your so-called Fire Domain combat technique. But now that you've said it, if I don't take it, I'll seem too cowardly."
Ranuk's expression changed. "What do you want?"
Lu Yin emptied everything from his spatial ring. Most of it was Star Energy, about over ten thousand cubic meters. There were also some Mebis Bank star cards, medicines, ring-type battle armor, and even firearms. There were also many things he didn't recognize that gave off a scorching feeling, probably related to the combat technique he cultivated.
Lu Yin had no time to ask slowly. He took the Star Energy and the bank star cards, took a vial of his blood for the genetic verification password, and finally, picked up a pink star card with the Fire Domain's symbol on it, which was probably the Fire Domain's combat technique.
Ranuk's face was pale as he stared at Lu Yin.
Once Lu Yin learned the Fire Domain's combat technique, even if he would be pursued by the Fire Domain, he himself could not escape responsibility.
"I'm not interested in your Fire Domain's combat technique. But if I sell it, I can get a lot of money, right?" the corner of Lu Yin's mouth lifted.
Ranuk's tone was low. "What do you want?"
Lu Yin's gaze was cold. "I want to know the situation of the top experts of the Eighth Academy and the situation of the person you serve."
Ranuk secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This request was not too much. "Alright, I'll tell you." He paused, and seeing Lu Yin staring at him, Ranuk organized his words and said in a low voice, "Our Astral-8 Academy has one Realm Master and three Domain Masters. The one I serve is one of the three Domain Masters, Gall, the top ranker on the Fire Domain's ranking list."