Chapter 4

Lu Yin bent down to avoid, fleeing a dozen meters in a rather狼狈 state, while the factory on the spot turned into ruins.

The young man soared in the sky, looking at Lu Yin coldly, his gaze full of arrogance, "Are you a native of this planet?"

Lu Yin's gaze was heavy, a Heaven-level powerhouse!

"Am I asking you a question, didn't you hear me?" The young man growled, casually slashing with his sword, the visible slash cutting through the earth, raising a cloud of dust.

Lu Yin said seriously, "Are you an alien?"

The young man sneered, landing on the ground, looking at his wristwatch, "Combat power is only eight? Garbage, wait, with a combat power of eight, it's impossible to dodge my slash." As he spoke, the young man looked at Lu Yin in surprise, "Do you specialize in **?"

Lu Yin was puzzled, "Are you an alien?"

The young man frowned, "For you natives, you can call us that, but we prefer to be called 'Superiors.'"

"Superiors?" Lu Yin frowned.

The young man looked down, "Your planet has long been within the surveillance range of our Great Universe Empire. To us, you are just natives in a reservation. We are, of course, the Superiors. Now, tell me, do you specialize in ** and have cultivated it to the Horizon Realm, or even close to the Exploration Realm?"

"I don't understand what you mean," Lu Yin replied.

The young man narrowed his eyes, thinking it over. How could a native planet know about the realm divisions?

A cold light flashed in his eyes as he stared at Lu Yin, "Attack me, let me see your strength."

Lu Yin clenched his fist, "Are you sure?"

The young man sneered, "I, Yasta, am not so weak that a native like you can injure me. Even if you can hide your combat power, it's impossible for you to reach the Exploration Realm. Even if you did, you still can't compare to me. I will show you the despairing gap."

Lu Yin drew out an iron rod, "Then I'll make my move."

Yasta looked coldly, hooking his finger.

In the next moment, Lu Yin rushed at Yasta, the iron rod slicing through the air, aiming for Yasta's neck.

Yasta easily dodged, his hands casually in his pockets, teasing, "Planetary evolution indeed produces a batch of savages. Your attacks are fierce and decisive, aiming to kill. This is good; only this can forge iron-blooded warriors."

Lu Yin's iron rod blocked all of Yasta's routes, each strike faster than the last, the sharp air currents cutting into the earth, leaving marks.

Yasta was at ease, watching Lu Yin's strike, he lifted his leg, his combat boots stopping the blade, his hands still in his pockets, looking coldly at Lu Yin, "Combat power 302, not bad. It's not easy to reach the Horizon Realm with just **. Even our academy's Exploration Realm students find it hard to reach the Horizon Realm with just **. I admire you. I'll give you a chance. Follow me, become my slave, and I can take you off this planet to see a different sky."

Lu Yin pressed the iron rod firmly against Yasta's combat boots, his gaze surprised, "A different sky?"

Yasta looked proud, "Of course. I am a top student at the Great Universe Empire's First Military Academy, qualified and brave enough to apply for the planetary evolution trial. Once I successfully complete the mission, I can advance to a higher academy. Following me will be the glory of your life. Of course, it also depends on whether this planet has someone more suitable. Just pray you're not too bad, ha ha." He finished by kicking Lu Yin's iron rod away.

Lu Yin watched Yasta immersed in his superior pride, his gaze suddenly turning cold. His right palm moved rapidly, visible ripples forming in the air as if caught in his palm.

Yasta didn't pay attention at first, but when he saw it, he was incredulous, "Wave Palm? How can you...?" In the next moment, Lu Yin slapped Yasta's chest hard, the air wave pushing him back. Yasta's white light armor shattered, and he spat blood, flying backward. In mid-air, Yasta struggled to lift his head, his body twisting, drawing a short knife to slash at Lu Yin. Lu Yin rushed at the short knife, his right palm moving rapidly again.

Yasta gritted his teeth and roared, "You're not a native, you come from the stars."

Lu Yin's gaze was cold, and he slapped out.

Yasta growled, stabbing with his short knife, but it missed. Lu Yin's body disappeared, and the knife only hit an afterimage. "Stepping technique?" Yasta spat blood, his ring melting, forming armor over his body. With a bang, in the same spot, Yasta was slapped again, and this time, a faint cracking sound was heard.

A second after being hit, the armor covered his entire body, but it was too late. His heart was completely shattered, and his body crashed into the spaceship in a pit, blood flowing down the spaceship's hull.

Lu Yin knelt on one knee, panting heavily, his right arm's veins bursting, his face in pain.

The Wave Palm was not something he could currently use. If it weren't to kill Yasta, he wouldn't have risked crippling his arm. Fortunately, the ambush was successful, and he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

In that instant, he used the Wave Palm twice and the Stepping Technique once, his body trembling violently, already overburdened.

Slowly walking to Yasta's body, he watched the armor covering Yasta's body slowly disappear, turning back into a ring.

Lu Yin took the ring and put it in his pocket. This was a ring armor, a common protective device for many cultivators in the stars. Yasta's ring armor was the lowest grade, but it could defend against attacks from Heaven-level powerhouses.

In addition to the ring armor, the device on Yasta's wrist that tested combat power was a personal terminal, containing all his information, including his location.

Lu Yin took the personal terminal, skillfully removing the tracking device and putting it in his own Condensing Air Ring. Finally, he looked at Yasta, his gaze flickering, and ultimately focused on Yasta's second finger on his right hand, cutting it off. A chip fell out from the blood.

"Sure enough, it's here," Lu Yin was overjoyed, picking up the chip. The reason he ambushed Yasta and didn't absorb energy crystals to become an evolved being was to wait for this thing.

The Body Shaping Decision, a chip condensed from a superpowerful being's energy, could stimulate cells and cleanse the body when fused into the body, allowing direct absorption of cosmic energy for cultivation. This is the most effective cultivation method recognized in the universe.

As for cultivating by absorbing energy crystals, it is a lower-level method. It cannot directly absorb cosmic energy, requiring the search for energy crystals and making it difficult to break through the bottleneck.

Such cultivators in the universe are called wanderers, and many even call them—war slaves.

The energy that can be directly absorbed in the universe is called star energy. The energy crystals in mutated beasts' bodies are also a form of star energy, but they are too impure, and direct absorption is harmful.

Lu Yin came from the stars. To legitimize his identity, he did not cultivate using the Body Shaping Decision before coming to Earth, placing himself completely in the position of an ordinary person. Now, on this planet, he no longer needed to be cautious. The planetary evolution trial was a place where anything was possible.

In the universe, anyone who cultivates using the Body Shaping Decision must register; otherwise, it is illegal. However, in the planetary evolution trial, what you get is yours. This is a rule set by the Great Universe Empire's Youth Council, and no one can violate it.

"This person is only at the Exploration Realm, meaning this Body Shaping Decision has been used twice, with one more chance left. Unfortunately, I still need to continue searching," Lu Yin muttered, throwing Yasta's body into the spaceship and turning to leave.

Suddenly, a shadow blocked the sunlight, and someone attacked from behind.

Lu Yin sidestepped, turning and kicking out. With a bang, he clashed with the attacker, a Ground-level powerhouse. Lu Yin immediately reacted, retreating.

The attacker also retreated several steps, lifting his head, and a clear face appeared before Lu Yin's eyes. It was a woman.

"Why did you attack me?" Lu Yin's tone was cold. Although he didn't sense any killing intent from this woman, an attack was still an attack, and it was a sneak attack.

The woman looked at the spaceship, her gaze fixed on Lu Yin, "I saw you throw that alien's body into the spaceship. Who are you? Why did you kill the alien? What do you know?"

Lu Yin sneered, "Why should I tell you?"

The woman said coldly, "I will make you talk," and drew a dagger from behind, leaping at Lu Yin. The dagger sliced through the air, emitting a cold glow.

Lu Yin dodged easily. The woman's speed was not slow, the dagger slicing through the air, emitting a whistling sound, each strike aiming for Lu Yin's vital points.

Through the cold glow, Lu Yin seized the opportunity, grabbing the woman's wrist with one hand and reaching for her abdomen with the other. The woman frowned, her feet cracking the ground, letting go of the dagger, and her hand met Lu Yin's palm. The air suddenly cooled, and Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. His palm was freezing, "Combat technique?"

"You are not my match, speak," the woman growled, the temperature dropping again.