Chapter 00071: Re Strike
# Re-Strike
Chapter 71
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 71: Re-Strike
For the battle on the arena, Lan Xiaobu had no interest at all; he was pondering several things. He must enter the Jade Dawn Star, but where should he go after exiting the Jade Dawn Star?
He could not stay in the Heavenly Net Star, nor could he return to the Abandoned Night Star. He should visit a more advanced technological civilization planet. One reason was to learn technological knowledge and to take a look at what the planetary purification machine he wanted looked like, and whether he could create one himself.
Of course, the most important thing was still the cultivation technique. Once he stepped into the Innate Realm, he would face the dilemma of having no technique to cultivate. If he obtained a cultivation technique, to what extent could he cultivate to ignore the attacks of these technological civilizations?
Lan Xiaobu began to search the technological memories in his mind. The memories were quite chaotic; although they had been organized once, they were not originally his. If it weren't for his cultivation of the Spirit Refining Technique, many memories might have faded away by now.
The Spirit Refining Technique was indeed a very good thing. After he advanced to the second stage of the Spirit Refining Technique, not only did his memory become incredibly sharp, but even some previous things, as long as he could recall a vague concept, could quickly be restored.
Lan Xiaobu fell into deep thought, and no one disturbed him. Even after the Abandoned Night Star experienced another battle, no one interrupted Lan Xiaobu's contemplation.
This was mainly because in this battle, Chang Yuan had defeated his opponent. Although Chang Yuan had also sustained some minor injuries, his solid foundation allowed him to win the match.
It was Tai Mo Chang who interrupted Lan Xiaobu's thoughts. While Lan Xiaobu was struggling with his memories, he looked at Tai Mo Chang with confusion, "What is it? Sixth Prince."
Ke'er, standing beside him, said, "The Sixth Prince hopes that I go on stage to fight that ruthless person. I definitely am not a match for him, and besides, I am still recovering from my previous injuries."
Tai Mo Chang quickly said, "Blue Lieutenant, I saw you were deep in thought just now, afraid of disturbing your thinking, so I didn't interrupt you. Let me explain our situation: we have had three battles, and Ke'er and Chang Yuan each won one. However, we just lost the last battle, which was against that guy from the Sheye Star. In the next battle, it will still be our Abandoned Night Star against the Sheye Star. The Yan Xi from the Sheye Star hasn't even come down..."
Lan Xiaobu was still lost in thought, but Tai Mo Chang was always paying attention. Later, he asked Ke'er to deal with Yan Xi from the Sheye Star, but Ke'er refused, and in his helplessness, he called for Lan Xiaobu.
"Xiaobu, just now Miao Yimo was killed by Yan Xi." Ke'er said, his eyes still showing some fear, indicating how powerful the one who killed Miao Yimo was.
Lan Xiaobu turned around and indeed found that one of the five elite contestants from the Abandoned Night Star had already been lost—Miao Yimo, the big guy.
Just now, he was focused on searching his memories and even tried to use the Spirit Refining Technique, without paying any attention to his surroundings. He did not expect the situation to have changed so drastically.
To be honest, if Lan Xiaobu had a slight fondness for any of the five from the Abandoned Night Star, it would be Miao Yimo. Although Miao Yimo was the son of an Eight-Star Commander, he was somewhat simple-minded, spoke little, and did not have the demeanor of a commander’s son.
He never expected that while he was searching for memories and contemplating whether he could design a planetary purifier, Miao Yimo would be killed.
"Who killed him?" Lan Xiaobu frowned slightly.
"It was him, that guy on the stage, Yan Xi from the Four-Star Technological Civilization Planet. His strength is extremely formidable." Tai Mo Chang pointed to the man on the arena.
"We have now won two matches and lost one. If we lose this match, it will be quite difficult for us." Surprisingly, the girl with eyes on her forehead, Ning Dongrou, stepped forward and spoke.
Lan Xiaobu's gaze fell on the injured Chang Yuan. Just now, Tai Mo Chang mentioned that Chang Yuan had fought once.
"Sixth Prince, why don't you go on stage yourself?" Lan Xiaobu stared at Tai Mo Chang, thinking whether he was here just to watch or to reap the benefits?
Tai Mo Chang showed no signs of embarrassment, "Blue Lieutenant, my strength is far inferior to Yan Xi's. Going up would just be courting death."
Ke'er added from the side, "I suspect these people are doing it on purpose. We just fought with the Sheye Star and lost one person, and now the next battle is still between our Abandoned Night Star and the Sheye Star."
Lan Xiaobu couldn't be bothered to argue with this Sixth Prince anymore; if he was courting death, wouldn't Ke'er be courting death too if he went up? His gaze landed on Chang Yuan, "Chang Yuan, why don't you go up?"
He saw Chang Yuan's injuries; they were just some superficial wounds and would not damage his strength at all.
At this moment, the announcement sounded again, "Please, contestants from the Abandoned Night Star, come to the stage quickly, or you will be treated as forfeiting."
Chang Yuan did not hesitate, saying, "Okay, I'll go."
Although he was injured, he still grabbed the long stick beside him and quickly dashed toward the arena. His only task here was to represent the Abandoned Night Star in the battle.
Now that the commander’s son Miao Yimo was dead, the only one who could go up was him, Chang Yuan. Was he supposed to send two women up? Or let the Sixth Prince go?
Seeing Chang Yuan go up, Tai Mo Chang's eyes flashed with a hint of malice. Just a new recruit lieutenant, yet he completely disregarded him, the Sixth Prince.
In fact, in Tai Mo Chang's mind, if Ke'er did not go up, Lan Xiaobu could let a new recruit go up to die. After this match, he could go up and win one to pass the selection. But Lan Xiaobu was sending Chang Yuan to die. He knew that once they passed the selection and entered the Jade Dawn Star, Chang Yuan would be his personal bodyguard. If Chang Yuan died, who would protect him in the Jade Dawn Star?
Ke'er was also very strong, but Tai Mo Chang knew he could not rely on him. Ke'er clearly followed Lan Xiaobu and would not care about him at all. As for Lan Xiaobu himself, judging from his previous attitude toward him, he would not take the Sixth Prince to heart.
Chang Yuan had already leaped onto the arena, and Lan Xiaobu's attention turned to Chang Yuan's opponent.
Just now, Tai Mo Chang said that Chang Yuan's opponent was Yan Xi from the Four-Star Technological Civilization Planet. This guy looked quite ordinary, even somewhat ugly. He had a broad forehead, a flat nose, and a face full of spots, with an average build and no remarkable features.
Almost at the same time Chang Yuan stepped onto the competition stage, Yan Xi's crescent blades attacked Chang Yuan.
As soon as Yan Xi made his move, Lan Xiaobu realized that his opponent's strength was probably not much worse than that of an Innate Realm expert, or perhaps he was also a half-step into the Innate Realm. Moreover, Lan Xiaobu suspected that Yan Xi had also cultivated Internal Qi, and it was quite powerful.
Lan Xiaobu felt even more vigilant; Yan Xi was just a contestant sent from a planet, yet his strength was so formidable. One could guess that there must be many stronger individuals than Yan Xi.
If there were many people stronger than Yan Xi, it meant that Innate strength was not a rare thing on these planets. Even if Lan Xiaobu stepped into the Innate Realm, he could not guarantee his own safety. Fortunately, his trump card was not his strong Internal Qi, but his Divine Sense and Soul Thorn.
As soon as Yan Xi's crescent blades began, Lan Xiaobu thought that Chang Yuan would undoubtedly lose, as there seemed to be a significant gap between Chang Yuan and Yan Xi.
But when he saw Chang Yuan's long stick turning into circles of stick shadows, and the roaring sound of Internal Qi colliding exploding, he knew that Chang Yuan was also a master about to step into the Innate Realm.
Compared to someone like Ke'er, Chang Yuan was truly someone who had been guided by renowned masters and had great opportunities. Otherwise, he would not be able to withstand Yan Xi's attacks.
This was a truly evenly matched fight, which attracted the attention of most people in the plaza. Some began to whisper, wondering what kind of place the Abandoned Night Star was, as it had not only a strong person like Ke'er but also a master like Chang Yuan.
Tai Mo Chang was also shocked by Chang Yuan's strength; at this moment, he was one hundred percent sure that Chang Yuan had concealed his strength before. Otherwise, Chang Yuan would not be able to be Yan Xi's opponent at all.
Chang Yuan was very strong, but he still fell slightly short compared to Yan Xi.
Just as Lan Xiaobu hesitated whether to help Chang Yuan again, Yan Xi's crescent blades drew a broken moon, with the gap of the broken moon aimed at Chang Yuan's neck. According to normal reasoning, at this moment, Chang Yuan should have sidestepped and swept his long stick horizontally.
In fact, Chang Yuan intended to do so, but just as he was about to sidestep, two white beams shot out, targeting the spaces on Chang Yuan's left and right sides.
No matter whether Chang Yuan avoided from the left or the right, he would be hit by these white beams.
Only Lan Xiaobu could observe clearly with his Divine Sense; many people, even those with formidable strength, did not understand what was happening. But Chang Yuan felt a sinking feeling in his heart. He originally planned to quickly dodge to the right, but his body pulled back again, and before he could make his next move, a white beam shot toward his brow.
Only Chang Yuan and Lan Xiaobu could see clearly that this white beam was spewed out from Yan Xi's mouth. This should be Yan Xi's killer move, meant for opponents of similar strength.
In an instant, a shade of despair flashed in Chang Yuan's eyes. He knew that no matter what, he could not avoid this sneak attack. However, even if he were to die, he wanted to heavily injure Yan Xi before dying.
Chang Yuan no longer cared about the crescent blades aimed at his neck or the white beam sneaking toward his brow. His long stick wildly smashed toward Yan Xi's head.
He only hoped that before he was killed, this strike could injure Yan Xi.
Lan Xiaobu did not hesitate to unleash the Soul Thorn, and it was a heavy stab. At the same time, he constructed a Divine Sense shield, hoping to help Chang Yuan block it.
"Crack!" Chang Yuan heard the sound of Yan Xi's skull fracturing. He even saw the brain matter splattering. To his surprise, he had killed Yan Xi, and the white beam that was about to reach his brow actually softened countless times.
Chang Yuan hurriedly sidestepped, and the white beam that had previously been aimed at him had already passed.
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