Star Odyssey

Chapter 511: Peeled

Lan Yue pouted. “Brother Lu, as soon as Xi Yue is captured by the Dire Barbarian Clan, things will become miserable for her. On behalf of your academy mate, I beg for Brother Lu to rescue Xi Yue. She once mentioned in the clan that she had a moment of fate with Brother Lu.”

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. “Where are they?”

“They’re fleeing in the direction of Pyrolyte Lake, and they’re currently heading east.” Lan Yue was delighted with Lu Yin’s response.

Lu Yin leaped up and dashed away, as Lan Yue was correct in saying that Xi Yue and he had interacted in the past. He did not want to watch the woman die a miserable death for nothing. As for the Dire Barbarian Clan, Blaze Realm, and Ross Empire, they were all already his enemies. Who cared how they responded to his actions. 

Lu Yin had initially hesitated before because the Souldream Tribe had tried to deceive him in an attempt to bind him to their side in the competition for pyrolyte ore. However, their schemes were wholly unrelated to Xi Yue, and that washboard was rather interesting.

In outer space, above the planet, the Dire Barbarian Clan became upset, and Lei Long looked at Lu Yin’s movements coldly. He quickly ordered some people to move towards Planet Pyrolyte and send another order with their spacecraft. 

Not long after, Lu Yin looked up and saw the Dire Barbarian Clan’s warning: “Lu, retreat.”

Lu Yin sneered. The Blaze Realm and Ross Empire were already his enemies, so he had only been lacking the Dire Barbarian Clan. 

In the worst case scenario, he would just take Ming Yan with him to the Cosmic Sea after the events on Planet Pyrolyte fizzled out, where he would join up with Leon’s Armada. At that point,  the Dire Barbarian Clan would not be able to look for him even if they had the courage to enter the Cosmic Sea. 

To the south, Xi Yue led a group of Souldream Tribe members towards the east in defeat. In the sky above them, spacecraft moved together to form an arrow that pointed directly towards them. Even if the Souldream Tribe sent ships to crash into the arrow, it was useless since the arrow would only reappear elsewhere. 

In a deep crater, before the fleeing clan members, there was a single personal spacecraft that appeared in everyone’s vision. 

The clan members were delighted. “Xi Yue, head for space and escape! You can’t be captured by the Dire Barbarian Clan,” one of the female Souldream Tribe members shouted.

“Xi Yue, go! There’s only one personal spacecraft, so only you can leave.”

“Xi Yue, don’t bother with us.”

…

Xi Yue felt distraught, because she knew that her escaping would be the best outcome. She gritted her teeth and charged towards the small ship.

However, the vessel didn’t even make it a thousand meters before it was destroyed by an invisible shockwave. Xi Yue plummeted through the sky in a sorry state, and she despaired when she looked back to see Kayze and the two other Explorers. 

Kayze towered high in the sky and arrogantly stared down at Xi Yue. He had a heated gaze, and he used his star energy to make the air vibrate, producing a voice. “I’ve searched for you for a long time, little lamb.” 

Xi Yue clenched her fists tightly as she lifted her cosmic ring up high. “Kayze, don’t force me to detonate all of the pyrolyte ore in here!” 

Kayze sneered. “Do you think that this is still when everyone first arrived at Planet Pyrolyte? Based on how long you’ve been mining for, at best, you have a few grams of pyrolyte, which would amount to an explosion equal to an attack with a power level in the couple ten thousands. I’ll just stand here and let you blast me. How’s that sound?”

Xi Yue’s body trembled.

The members of the Souldream Tribe gathered around Xi Yue and stared fearfully at Kayze.

Kayze smirked and then slowly descended as he stared at Xi Yue. “I’ll give you a chance to hand that cosmic ring over. Then, I’ll give you a dignified death. Well, at least you’ll keep your clothes on.”

“Despicable!”

“Shameless!”

“Pervert!”

The Souldream Tribe girls all screamed at him.

The two Explorers behind Kayze frowned, as they rather disapproved of the Dire Barbarian Clan’s behavior. However, they didn’t have a choice at this time since they had to listen to the strongest, who happened to be Kayze.

“Look at the sky,” one of the Explorers behind Kayze growled.

Kayze looked up, and saw two words formed by the vessels: “Kayze, hurry.”

Kayze’s eyes flashed. He pushed out with both of his hands, causing a visible shockwave to converge into a line. He wanted to destroy all of these people with one strike so that they would have no ability to resist at all.

Suddenly, the void tore apart as the tip of a blade pierced through and stabbed at Kayze.

His pupils constricted, and he hurriedly moved to dodge the attack, but the tip of the blade still managed to draw some of his blood before vanishing into nothingness.

The crowd turned around and saw Ling Que coldly looking at the Explorers.

Xi Yue and the others were overjoyed. 

Kayze’s face sank. “Ling Que, you want to intervene?”

Ling Que looked at Kayze with loathing. “Your Dire Barbarian Clan is a cancer upon the Spirit Seal Flowzone. I’ve long since wanted to eradicate you scum.”

Kayze’s eyes went wide. “Cut the bull shit! If the Souldream Tribe hadn’t married off so many girls to your Lingling clan, then why would you guys even bother defending them? They’re just whores waiting to be sent off to work.” 

Ling Que grew furious, and he immediately split his soul. One became two, and then two became three. Three Que’s Might Slashes were quickly launched at Kayze.

Kayze’s body quivered, and he unleashed his Berserk Inferno in response. The terrifying black soundwaves formed a blazing inferno that covered the entire area, and it even caused Ling Que’s giant blades to become unstable. Ling Que was not Lu Yin, and he could not compare to such a freak. He did not have the power to easily suppress Kayze, and while merging the three blades into one would be enough to threaten Kayze, the Explorer still wouldn’t have much difficulty facing such an attack. 

The Berserk Inferno carried a strength that repelled everyone, and only the three Que’s Mighty Slashes were able to resist it. 

In space, Lei Long was furious, as everyone seemed willing to challenge his Dire Barbarian Clan. Although the Lingling clan was powerful, Ling Que was just a mere Limiteer. And yet, he had the guts to challenge their clan.

However, even though the Enlighter was furious, he didn’t dare to give the order to kill Ling Que, as such an order would lead to the entire Dire Barbarian Clan being massacred by the Lingling Clan. 

Kayze was being held back by Ling Que, and the other two Explorers glanced at each other, trying to decide whether to deal with the Souldream Tribe and steal their pyrolyte.

Xi Yue and the others prepared themselves since they could put up some resistance so long as they were not facing Kayze. 

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of the crowd and blocked the path in front of Xi Yue. In the next moment, the two Explorers fell to the ground, and their bodies trembled intensely. They had evidently suffered a great attack. 

Xi Yue stared dumbfoundedly at the man who had suddenly appeared. “Lu Yin?”

Lu Yin turned around and looked at her. “Long time no see, washboard.”

The Souldream Tribe crowd had strange expressions. Washboard?

Xi Yue’s face flushed red. “You bastard! You’re the washboard, you thug!”

Lu Yin shrugged. “I’m not a thug, but he is-” He pointed towards Kayze.

Kayze’s expression changed, and he was just about to escape, but three Que’s Mighty Slashes streaked past him. Two landed on nothing while the last hit his arm. However, Kayze didn’t stop moving, as he forcefully endured the pain and escaped. 

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed, and he vanished only to reappear in front of Kayze the next instant. “I heard that you’re covered in some layer that’s made up of a bunch of star essence.”

While making his way over, Lu Yin had suddenly had this thought. Truth be told, his objective in rescuing Xi Yue was not entirely pure. He seemed to see a countless amount of money headed his way in the future, and he would not let go of a single bit of it. It should be known that, after rolling his die at the Sea King’s Dome, he only had about 120 star essence and 80,000 star crystals left. That was far too little for him, and it made him unwilling to risk rolling his die any more. After all, rolling the die was the best method to improve his power. 

Kayze’s face turned deathly white when he heard Lu Yin’s words. “What do you want?”

Lu Yin’s lips curled up, and he grabbed Kayze.

Kayze gritted his teeth and was about to display his Berserk Inferno again in an attempt to throw off Lu Yin.

However, when he encountered a way to get money, Lu Yin’s power was abnormally strong. Five-lined battle force instantly covered his body as one of his palms shot through the black inferno formed from soundwaves. He firmly grabbed Kayze by his hair and then smashed him into the ground. There was a loud thump, and the ground in the entire area quivered as a giant fissure extended through the earth.

Everyone blankly stared on, as Kayze, a Dire Barbarian Clan powerhouse, was being brutally beaten by Lu Yin. It looked like he was swinging a wooden club .

Against Lu Yin, whose physical body had reached the pinnacle, those even a little weaker than him would meet a very tragic outcome. Kayze was in such a position now, and even if his true power was impressive, he was finished the moment that Lu Yin grabbed a hold of him.

Ling Que watched Kayze’s tragic situation, and his eyelids twitched. He didn’t hesitate for even a moment to flee from the scene. 

The other two Explorers’ faces paled. They endured their pain, and they wanted to escape as well, but they were suppressed by Lu Yin’s Spacerender Palm and forced to remain flat on the ground. 

The Souldream Tribe stared at Lu Yin in shock and adoration, as he was truly too powerful. 

Xi Yue’s gaze had become complex, as the disparity between when they first met and now was like the chasm between heaven and earth. Before, during the Astral Combat Tournament, she had previously even been determined to catch up to Lu Yin, but there was no such motivation now. An abnormality like this person was something that she could never catch up to. 

Above the planet, Lei Long snarled furiously. He wanted nothing more than to charge down to the planet and slaughter Lu Yin. 

The other powers also had ugly expressions, as there seemed to be no solution to this kid. Even if they sent down Explorers, there weren’t many Explorers who could defeat this youth. He had created too much trouble for them all. 

Elder Ren and Hai Dashao stood tall above the planet, and the old man looked at Lu Yin with appreciation in his eyes. “This little brat’s not bad. In all my years, he ranks within the top few of all the youths I’ve ever seen.” 

Hai Dashao did not deny such praise, as Lu Yin’s performance was indeed impressive. 

Lu Yin stepped upon Kayze and looked all around. He then looked at Xi Yue. “Is there a spacecraft nearby?” 

Xi Yue shook her head.

Lu Yin extended his domain out further and further until he finally managed to find a hidden spacecraft beneath the dirt to the southwest. 

It was only at times like this that the value of a collapsible spacecraft was properly appreciated. If Xi Yue owned such a vessel, then she would have escaped long ago, especially since such a spacecraft could ascend into outer space extremely quickly and was fast enough that Kayze would not be able to react in time. Since killing was not allowed above the planet, she would have been safe the moment she left the planet. In other words, she would have been safe so long as she owned a collapsible spacecraft, but unfortunately, she did not. 

It was logical for a collapsible spacecraft to be sold at such extravagant prices.

Right, where’s Ling Que? Lu Yin suddenly recalled that Ling Que had been around earlier.

He looked around for Ling Que, but the other man had disappeared, as he had escaped at high speeds. Lu Yin couldn’t be bothered with Ling Que’s absence, so he simply grabbed Kayze, took him to the spacecraft, and stuffed him inside. He thought about things for a moment and then went back to capture the other two Explorers. He ordered one of them to peel off the star essence skin on the other two. 

Kayze had awakened by this time, and he was stunned when he heard these words.

Lu Yin had an imposing look. “What? Is there a problem?”

Kayze was furious. “Lu Yin, don’t go too far when bullying others!”

Lu Yin glared at him coldly. “If you don’t have these star essence, then it won’t be too easy for your Dire Barbarian Clan or the Blaze Realm and the Ross Empire to send more people down. I’m saving myself a bunch of trouble.”

“Think this through! If you go through with this, then the next Explorers who will show up will be stronger than me—none of the forces are willing to waste their star essence, so they’ll start sending their strongest people. Can you really handle that?” Kayze bellowed in rage.

Lu Yin sighed, as his words were actually true. As soon as these three star essence skins were peeled off, then the Dire Barbarian Clan would suffer heavy losses. They would then save up their star essence for the most reliable person they could send. Naturally, they would send a powerhouse, and it would be someone who wasn’t the slightest bit weaker than Kayze. 

It had to be said that Kayze’s words had struck the bottom of Lu Yin’s heart, but there was one other thing: his hidden trumps had not been revealed .

He was thinking about his Fatesand, and especially about the fact that he had not removed the grain of Fatesand in his right leg yet. The various forces observing him still didn’t know his true strength.

“Peel them off!” Lu Yin barked decisively.