Chapter 98: Assessment Road
This was The Undying Yushan’s power, the power of someone in the top twenty of the Astral Combat Ranking in his youth who was now a Hunter. Even though he was heavily injured and didn’t have much longer to live, he was still an unyielding emperor that someone like Bazeer could not defy.
Bazeer panted, and it took a while for his face to regain color. He gritted his teeth and stared at the Emperor’s back, gaze filled with anger.
On the spaceship, Lu Yin, Xia Luo, and Lulu Mavis finally reunited; they hadn’t seen each other since they arrived at Zenyu Star.
“Haha, Lu Yin, I heard that your proposal got rejected, so embarrassing, haha,” Lulu laughed immediately.
On the other hand, Xia Luo patted his shoulder, “Don’t mind her.”
Lu Yin smiled, “It’s fine, but why didn’t Bazeer invite you two to the party?”
Lulu rolled her eyes, “Do you think that just anyone has the right to invite me?”
Xia Luo shrugged, “I just arrived two days ago.”
“Huh. Well, I wonder how strict the assessment will be, and whether anyone from the Innerverse will be there,” Lu Yin mused while looking at the sky.
“The Innerverse? There shouldn’t be a lot of people from the Innerverse,” Xia Luo said. Seeing the curiosity in Lu Yin’s expression, he turned to Lulu, “You should know that Astral-10 has been driven out.”
Lulu nodded and her smile disappeared, “The Astral Combat Academies are ranked according to the Interacademy Tournament. Astral-10 has been the worst for a long time; if not for that, they wouldn’t have been sent to the Frostwave Weave.”
“Rumour has it that since the news that the old students even left once they learnt of the relocation. So we’re currently registering to join an empty school.”
“But why?” Lu Yin asked, “Even if Astral-10 moves to the Frostwave Weave, the trial zones of the Three Realms Six Daos that you mentioned should still be around, right?”
“I’m not sure about that, but I am pretty confident that most of the people joining the Astral-10 assessment will be from the Outerverse. The geniuses who can join any Astral Combat Academy would go to the first eight; Astral-10 will join Astral-9 in being predominantly Outerverse,” Xia Luo explained.
“Still, the Astral Combat Academy is very attractive to people from here. You can see it from the Empire itself; most of the young elites from the weaves nearby will definitely attend; this is the only place where they will get a chance to compete with the countless prodigies of the Innerverse. This is their hope that they’ll be able to catch up,” Lulu continued.
“Countless prodigies?” Lu Yin muttered to himself. The Astral Combat Academy was like a line that connected the young elites of the Outerverse and Innerverse, but how long was that line? He really wanted to see how powerful those geniuses from the Innerverse were.
Most students retreated into training to prepare for the impending assessment, including Gerbach and the rest. Time passed quickly in isolation; the very next day, Lu Yin noticed all sorts of other spaceships joining them on the journey, from one that looked like a coffin to one that resembled a sword. These spaceships were carrying elites from various places in the Outerverse. To the Innerverse, Astral-10 was a rejected failure. To the Outerverse, it was a lifeline.
One more day passed, and Lu Yin put down his star charts as the spaceship came to a halt. He looked out the window and saw a vast array of others nearby, all pointing in the same direction. He left his room and headed to the top deck where a bunch of students were already gathered, all looking at the scene in front of them. In the middle of empty space was a vast continent that stretched out endlessly, with an ordered array of small, personal stars that illuminated the land in their fiery hue. He could feel the heat even from the distance, his vision distorted by the high temperatures as though the flames were burning the sky.
Many of the students were dazed, “What is this?”
Crown Prince Dorren turned around from the helm, saying solemnly, “This is Astral-10’s assessment for Sentinel cultivators. The Academy is at the end of this path; if you fail to complete it, you can either retreat or die.”
Lu Yin’s expression was grim, this was a path? It was certainly narrow and long, but it was almost as wide as the Earth!
“Sentinel?” Lulu exclaimed as well, her expression sinking.
Dorren looked over with a gentle gaze, “Yes, this is the path for Sentinels. There are a total of ten paths leading to Astral-10, three for Sentinels and seven for Melders. All Sentinels are to board their personal pods and set off for the assessment right now.”
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