"Can Xing Sheng hold on for three hours?" Qin Xuan glared at the doctor, asking.
The doctor nodded, "He can."
Soon, all the Xing Camp soldiers in the vicinity retreated.
With no one else around, Granny let out a breath. Three hours was just a safe estimate; in reality, she only needed two hours to recover some of her injuries. Without Contemplation Realm cultivators, the remaining people couldn't stop her.
Thinking of this, Granny glanced at Tres, then looked at Aodhan. Hmm?... Aodhan? Granny's expression changed. She wanted to stand up and check, but the slightest movement brought intense pain throughout her body. Resigned, she sat down. No need to rush; she'd wait two hours. Even if Aodhan wasn't dead, his injuries were definitely more severe than hers. Oh, and that Yatta. He actually dared to lay a hand on her; he needed to be taught a lesson too.
Under the ruins a thousand meters from Granny, Aodhan's corpse lay quietly on the ground. Lu Yin gasped for breath; his injuries were also very severe, but at this moment, the most important thing was the Body Forging Art. Body forging, to a certain extent, could heal injuries.
After observing for a while, Lu Yin severed Aodhan's five fingers before finding the Body Forging Art crystal shard.
"This is it!" Lu Yin was excited, integrating the Body Forging Art into his body. Immediately, intense pain swept through him. He once again felt that supreme power. All the cells in his body were reorganizing, pathways expanding. The immense power swelled as if encompassing the Starry Sky, taking this small, insignificant human out of the confines of Earth.
Pfft!
Lu Yin spat out a mouthful of blood. Cellular transformation was painful, yet it was also blissful. He could feel his own evolution, becoming more and more in tune with this starry sky.
An hour passed. Granny's complexion improved slightly; her injuries were showing signs of recovery. "Give me another hour, and I'll be able to move," Granny said excitedly. She had no intention of leaving. Controlling Jinling would give her leverage to negotiate with stronger individuals in the future.
Although the blue zone was protected to a certain extent, not everyone adhered to this rule. Normal planetary evolution trials were one thing, but today, the Tenth Starry Sky Academy was about to emerge. Everyone wanted to shine in the trials. This Earth trial was bound to be cruel.
What worried Granny the most was the arrival of the second group of trial participants in just over two months.
Their group of trial participants had already been determined beforehand. At that time, news of the Tenth Starry Sky Academy had just appeared, and not many people had temporarily joined this trial. But the second group would be completely different. The second group of trial disciples were coming specifically for the Tenth Starry Sky Academy. Granny didn't know who would appear, but she had a premonition that unimaginable monstrous talents might emerge among them.
She also had no intention of monopolizing Jinling; that was unrealistic. She hoped to use Jinling as an offering to align with others in exchange for better trial results. This was her goal, and it should also have been Tres's goal.
Another half an hour passed. Granny felt she had recovered a bit more. Just as she was about to get up and search for Aodhan, a surging Star Energy fluctuation suddenly came from not far away. Granny looked over in alarm, "This is...?"
A thousand meters away, the pain in Lu Yin's body slowly subsided. He clenched his fist, feeling his own power. Today, he truly stepped into the cultivation world, having a hint of capital to look up at the starry sky.
Granny tapped her personal terminal, testing her combat power. Beep, beep, beep, beep, the sounds rang continuously. Finally, the combat power displayed was one thousand and eighty. Granny was puzzled, "One thousand and eighty? Just broke through to the Contemplation Realm? Who? Yatta?"
From the ruins a thousand meters away, Lu Yin pushed aside the rubble and walked out, looking at Granny.
Granny's eyes were surprised, her heart sank, and her gaze flickered, "You... broke through to the Contemplation Realm?"
Lu Yin approached Granny step by step, smiling faintly, "Didn't you notice?"
Granny frowned, her tone softening, "I'm sorry, Yatta, I shouldn't have pushed you out to block the enemy's attack just now, but you have to believe me, it was my instinctive reaction, not intentional."
Lu Yin walked to a spot more than 10 meters away from Granny, saying with a smile, "Of course I believe you. An elite from the Academy, having experienced life-and-death trials, having this kind of instinctive reaction is too normal."
Granny revealed a smile, "That's good, Yatta. Tres and Aodhan are both dead, and this native is also severely injured. From now on, Jinling is ours. We cooperate; no one can steal Jinling."
"Well said. Can I borrow something from you first?" Lu Yin asked, looking at Granny with a faint smile.
Granny's expression changed. She forced a smile and asked, "What is it?"
Lu Yin said, "Nothing much, just various energy crystals."
Granny's eyes sharpened, "What did you say?"
Lu Yin stared at Granny, calmly saying, "In that case, hand over your Void Ring."
"You want to rob me?" Granny shouted.
Lu Yin shrugged, "Don't put it so darkly; I'm just taking a look."
Granny stood up and stared at Lu Yin, viciously saying, "Yatta, don't think that successfully forging your body and healing some injuries means you can suppress me. You haven't fully recovered, and besides, I've also healed some of my injuries. It's hard to say who would win in a real fight. Don't forget, you've just reached the Contemplation Realm, only 1080 combat power."
Lu Yin's mouth curved upwards, "Really? If you truly believed in combat power, would you be talking so much nonsense to me?"
Granny's eyes flickered; she didn't answer.
Lu Yin continued, "Combat power is just the external manifestation of Star Energy's influence, purely the influence of Star Energy. It doesn't represent true strength. That's the first sentence in the Academy's textbook, isn't it?"
"Wrong. The textbook just doesn't want to discourage ordinary students. The stronger the combat power, the higher the intensity of the body's Star Energy, and it has a suppressive effect on those with lower combat power. Otherwise, why do you think Tres is stronger than me? Our combat powers are almost double apart; that difference cannot be compensated by any combat technique," Granny said coldly.
Lu Yin took a step, approaching Granny again, "Make your move, if you're confident."
Granny's eyes were vicious, staring at Lu Yin, who was slowly approaching. She took out a Flame crystal from her Void Ring and crushed it. Flames soared into the sky. "Blazing Flame Palm!" Granny was forced to attack. Even if this palm strike could defeat Lu Yin, she herself would be injured again, but there was no other way; Granny could only do this.
Immediately, Granny's palm strike came, her palm accumulating deep flames. Lu Yin extended his hand, the moon revolving around his palm, and unleashed the Heavenly Star Palm without hesitation. The moment they connected, the moon erupted, and the terrifying force from the palm completely destroyed the flames, sending Granny flying a hundred meters away, her arm broken, landing awkwardly on the ground, looking at Lu Yin in disbelief.
She never imagined that Lu Yin could heavily injure her with a single palm strike. What kind of combat technique was that exactly? It absolutely couldn't be the Wave Palm; the Wave Palm was fundamentally no match for the Blazing Flame Palm. Their combat powers were almost double apart; ordinary combat techniques would find it very difficult to compensate for that difference.
Lu Yin's eyes burned as he looked at his right hand. This was the Heavenly Star Palm. After reaching the Contemplation Realm, the power of the Heavenly Star Palm soared once again. With the palm came the manifestation of stars, and the exploding stars were enough to crush everything. This was still just one star. What if it were two stars? Ten stars? Twenty stars? What would its power be like then? Lu Yin couldn't even imagine.
This kind of combat technique absolutely could not be revealed.
The commotion here attracted Qin Xuan and the others. When the army reappeared, they saw only Lu Yin standing on the ground.
"Brother Lu?" Feng Hong was surprised.
Qin Xuan and the others were also surprised. They had retreated very far during the battle and hadn't seen anything.
Lu Yin said, "Imprison that woman. She delayed Xing Sheng's rescue."
Soon, Granny was escorted away by the military, and Zhou Shan was also urgently taken to the treatment room by the doctor.
"Wait a moment," Zhou Shan's weak voice sounded.
Everyone gathered around.
Zhou Shan looked at Lu Yin, "During my treatment, Jinling will be under your protection. I'm counting on you."
Lu Yin nodded, "Don't worry."
"Thank you," Zhou Shan said, then immediately fainted.
Today's battle caused immense losses to Jinling. Lu Yin ordered the military to rebuild the destroyed Jinling base, calm the survivors, and at the same time ordered Luo Yun and the others to return to Jinling.
Many matters didn't require Lu Yin's attention; the Xing Camp had its professional methods of handling things. He, on the other hand, went to the deepest level of the prison where evolved humans were held in Jinling and saw Granny.
At this moment, Granny was bound at her limbs, and many high-tech weapons were hidden around her. As soon as she made the slightest unusual movement, she would be shot.
Lu Yin dismissed the guards, walked to Granny, removed her Void Ring, cut her finger, and used the genetic code in her blood to unlock the Void Ring, pouring out everything inside.
Void Rings were extremely precious; not many people could afford them. Yasta and Aodhan didn't have one; only Granny and Tres did. Tres's Void Ring had been taken by Lu Yin, yielding many good things. Today was Granny's turn.
"Who exactly are you?" Granny asked.
Lu Yin smiled and said, "What do you think?"
"You definitely came from the universe and are not from Earth," Granny said decisively, gritting her teeth and glaring at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin nodded, took all the energy crystals, and put the remaining underwear and other items back into the Void Ring, then returned it to Granny.
Without the genetic code, the Void Ring would be useless. He didn't need to steal a useless Void Ring.