Chapter 37

Lu Yin descended and walked up to Lase, "Empty out everything in the Nongkong Ring, don't make me force you."

Lase's face twitched, "Are you the strongest from some academy? You come here to rob me instead of completing your mission? You'll be penalized."

Lu Yin's gaze turned cold, he raised his hand, and the air began to distort—this was the Fluctuation Palm.

Lase hurriedly said, "No, no, don't attack, I'll empty it, I'll empty it." As he spoke, Lase, with a sense of grievance, emptied out everything from the Nongkong Ring, a mix of all sorts of things. Lu Yin took the star energy crystals and some useful items, then left directly.

"Hey, what's your name?" Lase shouted.

Lu Yin ignored him.

Lase cursed, there were still such scoundrels among the students. Suddenly, Lase remembered something and quickly opened his personal terminal area network. At the top of the map, a line of text floated: "Lase was defeated."

Lase spat blood again. Not reporting his name meant only one possibility: that scoundrel's personal terminal wasn't his; it was also stolen.

In the distance of Tongcheng, Lu Yin looked at the area network and nodded in satisfaction. The people from the Da Yu Empire monitoring the Earth trial definitely knew his name but kept it hidden, which was still fair. Who's next? Lu Yin stared at the map, "It's you," and then he sped off.

For three consecutive days, Lu Yin robbed over ten students who were hiding comfortably in Huaxia. These students, without exception, were at Granie's level, only wanting to quietly occupy a place to gather mineral resources and survive until the end of the trial, with no intention of getting involved in anything else. Unfortunately, they were targeted by Lu Yin, who was now in dire need of star energy crystals. Even a small amount was valuable.

In the clouds, Lu Yin organized the Nongkong Ring. His Nongkong Ring had a large space, but it was still not enough. There were too many miscellaneous minerals and herbs. Lu Yin helplessly threw them away one by one; otherwise, there would be no place to put the things he would rob next. These students didn't find anything valuable, so he didn't feel bad about throwing them away. The only thing that annoyed Lu Yin was that these students were too poor; he had to rob many of them to gather just two cubic meters of star energy crystals.

Actually, the students who dared to participate in the trial were elites from various academies, already much wealthier than ordinary students. If they were ordinary students, even robbing a hundred or a thousand might not have been enough to gather one cubic meter of star energy crystals.

This kind of crystal was hard currency in the universe, equivalent to gold on Earth. Even students from wealthy families were reluctant to use it to accelerate their cultivation, preferring to save it for critical moments. Therefore, most students cultivated by systematically absorbing the star energy floating in the universe, unlike Lu Yin, who wanted to take shortcuts.

"It seems I have to rob the strongest from academies like Willow; otherwise, the efficiency is too low," Lu Yin muttered to himself. Actually, even if he didn't think this way, it wouldn't matter; all the students he could rob nearby had already been robbed. Now, the area network was spreading the story of Lu Yin, saying that a space pirate had infiltrated the trial, causing fear.

Due to Eder's suggestion, more and more students were gathering in Tianzhu. During the time Lu Yin was robbing, Tianzhu had already gathered no less than thirty students, nearly ten of whom were the strongest from their academies.

Those who dared to track fugitives were at least among the top three in their academies. The gathering of thirty such strong students made all of Tianzhu tremble.

On the fifth day, Eder announced that they would start heading to the capital, telling other students not to come to Tianzhu.

The area network exploded; the declaration of war on the capital had finally begun.

At the peak of Huaxia, Lu Yin stood up, "It's started? I will also begin—hunting," and then he soared into the sky.

Two days later, a notification floated on the area network map: "Ian was defeated."

Many students felt a chill; they had seen this notification at least ten times, all rumored to be the work of that space pirate. That person's personal terminal was stolen, making it impossible to determine his identity.

Originally, many students thought that person only dared to rob ordinary students, but Ian's robbery made many hearts skip a beat. Ian was the strongest from his academy.

On a desolate land, a man coughed blood, his face pale as he glared at a distance. There, Lu Yin used his blood to easily open the Nongkong Ring, his eyes shining as he looked at the contents, "Not bad, not bad, there are quite a few good things, worthy of being the strongest from an academy."

"Who are you? Which academy? Leave your name," Ian roared. Just now, he encountered this person, who without a word used the Sky Splitting Palm to stun him. By the time he reacted, he had already been hit again, the Sky Splitting Palm only causing him injury, but the second palm was the key, knocking him to the ground and severely injuring him.

Lu Yin threw the Nongkong Ring to Ian, "Call me Brother Seven."

Brother Seven, Ian was furious, watching as Lu Yin left.

In the far west of Huaxia, Qinghai, Eder and Hedian, along with no fewer than ten students, had serious expressions.

"Ian was robbed, that person calls himself Brother Seven. Eder, we should deal with this threat before heading to the capital. After all, there are still fifteen days before the second batch of trial participants arrives, and we have enough time," someone suggested.

"That's right, letting such a rat run around will cause trouble," another person said darkly, his little schoolmate had also been robbed, and that scoundrel even robbed women, making him furious.

Eder and Hedian exchanged glances, "Alright, two people per group, search the area around the capital, gradually narrowing the range, and find all personal terminal locations. If you encounter someone acting alone with the strength of the strongest from an academy, attack immediately. Better to err on the side of caution."

"It's a pity the area network has blocked image transmission; otherwise, we would have known who was causing trouble long ago," someone said unwillingly.

After speaking, everyone dispersed.

Lu Yin looked at all the personal terminal locations on the map, "They're moving in pairs, interesting. One of them is definitely the strongest from an academy, come on."

Half a day later, Lu Yin stood in the clouds. In the distance, two students appeared, looking at their personal terminals. "Only 1,700 combat power, trash," one of them said disdainfully, even glaring at Lu Yin.

The other waved at Lu Yin, "Kid, come over."

Lu Yin calmly flew to the two, his gaze calm.

"Kid, have you seen the person who robbed you?" one of them asked.

Lu Yin nodded, "Yes."

"Draw a picture of that person," the man said.

Lu Yin shook his head, "I haven't learned how to draw."

"Are you an idiot? You can connect to your personal terminal to directly draw what you see," the man said angrily.

Lu Yin said calmly, "Actually, there's no need, that person is right here."

"Where?" the two were startled.

Lu Yin pointed to himself, "It's me," and then he clapped his hands, the Fluctuation Palm distorting the air and hitting the two. One of them immediately lost consciousness, knocked out, while the other barely held on, roaring, "It's you, you're asking for death," and drew his long sword to slash at Lu Yin.

This person was the strongest from his academy, though not as strong as Willow, he was much stronger than Trez. However, facing Lu Yin's Heavenly Star Palm, he was no match. With just one palm, his sword was broken, and his body was thrown to the ground.

Lu Yin successfully robbed again, and this incident once again ignited the area network.

Eder's face was dark. How long had it been, and someone was robbed again? Where did this scoundrel come from?

"Everyone, remember, don't approach any strangers," Eder sent a notification to everyone. Actually, he didn't need to, as all the students were already subconsciously avoiding anyone, regardless of their combat power.

Lu Yin looked at the Nongkong Ring, "Combined, it's about one and a half cubic meters of star energy crystals, enough to absorb," and then he removed his personal terminal and threw it into a mountain stream, rushing to the other side, finding an abandoned farm, crushing the star energy crystals, and using the Heavenly Star Technique to absorb them directly.

In the capital, Zhang Ding Tian and others looked at the area network, speechless.

"I can guarantee it's Lu Yin," Bai Xue said firmly.

Zhang Ding Tian was puzzled, "Why?"

Bai Xue recounted how Lu Yin had robbed Bai Lie and Willow, saying, "Who else could it be?"

Zhang Ding Tian's expression was strange. This Lu Yin seemed ordinary, but he never expected him to be so extreme. He had already robbed over fifteen people, including several of the strongest from their academies. What was he trying to do?

Bai Xue could guess it was Lu Yin, and Granie could guess it too. Compared to Zhang Ding Tian and others, Granie was even more shocked. The first time she met Lu Yin, he was only at the Observation Realm, not even a match for her. She never expected him to quickly surpass many of the strongest from academies, truly a freak.

Lu Yin leisurely absorbed star energy in the farm, while Eder and the other students were searching frantically. They searched for five days without any leads, eventually finding an unclaimed personal terminal in a mountain stream.

"Keep searching. If we can't find him in seven days, we'll head to the capital directly. The second batch of trial participants will arrive in ten days, and the plan must not go wrong," Eder said darkly.