Lu Yin descended and walked up to Lasse. "Pour out everything inside your Void Ring, don't force my hand."
Lasse's face fell. "Aren't you one of the strongest people in some academy? Why aren't you completing the mission and instead robbing me? You'll have points deducted for that."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. He reached out, causing the air to distort – this was the Ripple Palm.
Lasse quickly said, "Don't, take it easy! I'll pour it out, I'll empty it all!" With that, Lasse reluctantly dumped everything out of his Void Ring. There was all sorts of junk. Lu Yin took the Star Energy crystals and some useful items before leaving directly.
"Hey, what's your name?" Lasse shouted.
Lu Yin ignored him.
Lasse cursed loudly. There were such bastards among the students. Suddenly, Lasse remembered something and hurriedly opened his personal communicator's Local Area Network. He saw a line of text flying across the map: 'Lasse has been defeated.'
Lasse spat out another mouthful of blood. Not reporting a name could only mean one thing: that bastard's personal communicator wasn't his, he had also robbed it.
Far away in the city, Lu Yin looked at the Local Area Network and nodded in satisfaction. Those monitoring the Earth trial in the Great Yu Empire would definitely know his name. By hiding it, it was somewhat fair. Who was next? Lu Yin stared at the map. "It's you," he muttered, and then quickly rushed out.
For three consecutive days, Lu Yin robbed over a dozen students who were leisurely hiding in Huaxia. Without exception, these students were all at Granny's level. They had been secretly occupying land to harvest mineral resources, intending to survive until the end of the trial without getting involved in anything else. Unfortunately, they were targeted by Lu Yin. He was severely lacking in Star Energy crystals, and even mosquito meat was still meat.
Inside the cloud layer, Lu Yin sorted through his Void Ring. The space inside his Void Ring was already quite large, but it still wasn't enough. There were too many miscellaneous mineral resources and medicinal herbs. Helplessly, Lu Yin threw them away one by one, otherwise, there would be no space to store the things he plundered later. These students basically didn't have any good items, so he didn't feel any heartache throwing them away. The only thing that annoyed Lu Yin was how poor these students were. After robbing so many, he had only gathered two cubic meters of Star Energy crystals.
In reality, the students who dared to participate in the trial were all elites from various academies, already very wealthy compared to ordinary students. If they were ordinary students, even if Lu Yin robbed 100 or even 1000 of them, he might not even be able to gather one cubic meter of Star Energy crystals.
This type of crystal was strong foreign currency in the universe, equivalent to Earth's gold. Even students from wealthy families were reluctant to use it to accelerate their cultivation progress, preferring to save it to protect their lives at crucial moments. Therefore, the vast majority of students cultivated by gradually absorbing the scattered Star Energy in the universe. Lu Yin was thinking of taking a shortcut.
"It seems I have to rob the strongest people in the academies like Willow, otherwise the efficiency is too low," Lu Yin murmured to himself. In fact, even if he didn't think so, it was useless. He had already robbed most of those he could easily target. Now, the Local Area Network was full of rumors about Lu Yin, saying that an interstellar highway robber had infiltrated the trial students, which terrified everyone who heard it.
Due to Erde's suggestion, more and more students gathered towards Tianzhu. While Lu Yin was robbing, Tianzhu had already gathered no less than 30 students, nearly ten of whom were among the strongest in their academies. Those who dared to pursue the fugitive were at least among the top three strongest in their academies. The gathering of these 30 strong individuals made the entire Tianzhu tremble.
On the fifth day, Erde publicly announced the start of the advance towards the capital city, telling the other students not to come to Tianzhu.
The Local Area Network exploded with discussions. They were finally declaring war on the capital.
Hidden in the mountains of Huaxia, Lu Yin stood up. "Has it begun? I should start as well - hunting," he said, and then soared into the sky.
Two days later, a notification swept across the map on the Local Area Network: 'Yan has been defeated.'
Many students' hearts sank. They had seen this kind of notification no less than ten times. Rumor had it that it was all the work of that interstellar highway robber. That person's personal communicator was stolen, so his identity couldn't be confirmed.
Originally, many students thought that person only dared to rob ordinary students, but Yan's defeat made many people's hearts clench. Yan was one of the strongest in the academy.
In a desolate wasteland, a man coughed up blood, his face pale as he glared at a spot not far away. There, Lu Yin was using his blood to very easily open the Void Ring. His eyes lit up as he looked at the contents. "Not bad, not bad, quite a few good things. As expected of one of the strongest in the academy."
"Who exactly are you? Which academy are you from? Leave your name!" Yan roared. Just now, he had encountered this person. Without saying a word, this person had used the Rending Sky Palm to completely confuse him. By the time he reacted, he had been struck by another palm. The Rending Sky Palm at most would have injured him, but the second palm was the key. It had knocked him to the ground, directly causing serious injuries.
Lu Yin threw the Void Ring back to Yan. "Call me Seventh Brother."
"Seventh your mother!" Yan raged, watching Lu Yin leave.
In the far west of Huaxia, by a clear lake, Erde and Hai Di'an, along with ten other students, wore serious expressions.
"Even Yan was robbed. That person calls himself Seventh Brother, Erde. We should probably deal with this hidden threat before going to the capital. After all, there are still fifteen days before the second batch of trial participants arrive, so we have plenty of time," someone suggested.
"That's right, letting such a rat run around will ruin things," another person said with a gloomy face. His younger sister had also been robbed. That bastard even robbed women, which had infuriated him.
Erde and Hai Di'an exchanged glances. "Alright, teams of two. Search the area around the capital, gradually narrowing the search. Look for the locations of anyone with a personal communicator. If you encounter someone acting alone who also possesses the combat power of the strongest in the academy, attack immediately. Rather kill by mistake than let one slip away."
"It's a pity the Local Area Network blocked image transmission, otherwise, we would have known who was behind this long ago," someone said unwillingly.
With that, everyone dispersed.
Lu Yin looked at the locations of personal communicators on the map. "Clearly acting in teams of two, interesting. The one acting alone must be one of the strongest in the academy. Come here."
A long while later, Lu Yin stood within the cloud layer. In the distance, two students appeared. They looked at their personal communicators. "Only seventeen hundred combat power, trash," one of them said disdainfully, then glared at Lu Yin.
The other person waved at Lu Yin. "Hey kid, come here." Lu Yin calmly flew towards the two of them, his eyes indifferent.
"Kid, I'm asking you, have you seen the person who robbed you?" one of them asked.
Lu Yin nodded. "I have."
"Draw that person's image," the person said.
Lu Yin shook his head. "I haven't learned how to draw."
"You stupid kid, you can directly draw the image in your mind by connecting to your personal communicator!" the person said angrily.
Lu Yin calmly said, "Actually, there's no need. That person is right here."
"What?" The two were shocked.
Lu Yin pointed at himself. "It's me." With that, he struck out with both palms. The Ripple Palm distorted the air, directly slamming into the two people. One of them fainted on the spot, stunned by the impact. The other one stubbornly resisted, roaring, "So it's you, you want to die!" With that, he drew a long saber and slashed at Lu Yin.
This person was one of the strongest in the academy. Although he couldn't compare to Willow and the others, he was much stronger than Tres and his group. However, against Lu Yin's Celestial Palm, he was still no match. With just one palm strike, his long saber was broken, and his body was also smashed to the ground.
Lu Yin very easily succeeded in another robbery. This incident once again caused the Local Area Network to explode with discussions.
Erde's face was gloomy. How long had it been? Another person had been robbed. Where did this bastard come from?
"Everyone remember, do not approach any strangers," Erde distributed the notification to everyone. In fact, he didn't even need to notify them. All the students were subconsciously staying away from anyone, regardless of their combat power.
Lu Yin looked at the Void Ring. "Combined, there's roughly one and a half cubic meters of Star Energy crystals, enough to absorb." With that, Lu Yin took off the personal communicator that was still in the canyon and flew towards the other side, found an abandoned farm, crushed the Star Energy crystals, and used the Heavenly Star Art to directly absorb them.
Far away in the capital city, Zhang Ding Tian and the others looked at the Local Area Network, remaining silent for a long time.
"I dare to bet it was Lu Yin who did it," Bai Xue said confidently.
Zhang Ding Tian was curious. "Why?"
Bai Xue recounted the events of Lu Yin robbing Bailey and Willow, saying, "If it wasn't him, who else could it be?"
Zhang Ding Tian's expression was strange. This Lu Yin looked so ordinary, he didn't expect him to act so extreme. Counting it up, he had already robbed more than fifteen people, including several of the strongest in the academy. What did he want to do?
Bai Xue could guess it was Lu Yin, so naturally Granny could also guess. Compared to Zhang Ding Tian and the others, Granny was even more shocked. She remembered when she first met Lu Yin, that kid was only at the Vision Realm and wasn't even a match for her. She never expected him to so quickly overpower many of the strongest in the academy. This kid was truly a monster.
Lu Yin leisurely absorbed Star Energy on the farm. Erde and the other students were frantically searching. They had searched for five days without finding a single clue. In the end, they found an unclaimed personal communicator in the canyon.
"Keep searching. If we can't find him within seven days, forget it and go directly to the capital. There are still ten days before the second batch of trial participants arrive. The plan must not go wrong," Erde said grimly.