Star Odyssey

arly shocked as he crushed his glass in his hands.
“A super powerhouse.”

“So the Sword Sect’s Long Yun was here, hahaha!” A tremendous sound wave engulfed the capital before spreading out into the distance.
At the same time, terrifying attacks shot out from the other three peaks towards the east.

“Goodbye, hahahaha.” Another sword qi swept out, causing the simultaneous attack from all four Martial Sovereigns to be stopped and even directly eradicated.
Long Yun had not shown himself from the start of the confrontation to the end.

This was a shocking scene, and many were utterly terrified.
One foreign alien had held his own against four Martial Sovereigns; this was an absolute powerhouse.

The experts of the Shenwu Continent believed that while the foreigners may be strong, their top powerhouses were nothing much, and that they were even slightly weaker than the strongest powerhouses of their continent.
However, Long Yun’s sword had completely shattered those assumptions.
It was as if he had torn through a veil and shown those of the Shenwu Continent what reality was.

Crown Prince Ming Hao was also stunned beyond belief; that foreigner was a Martial Emperor like him, but the foreigner had withstood a combined attack from four Martial Sovereigns. How? He could not understand it.
Even if he used all of the Shenwu Empire’s resources for his own cultivation, he would never be able to reach this terrifying level of strength.

Ming Zhaoshu had a downcast expression, and a thought that he had long sealed away in his heart now resurfaced; he was going to take the Shenwu Continent out with him.
From his view, the Shenwu Continent had never truly stopped the foreigners’ invasion, but had instead simply been placed under supervision.
They natives were all to be pitied.

Outside the capital, Lu Yin’s brows jumped up. The Sword Sect, Long Yun? So he was a genius Explorer who was actually able to withstand an attack of four Cruisers.
Although the four had not used their full strength, not even a normal Cruiser would have been able to resist that combined attack without suffering injuries, let alone an Explorer.
This person was definitely an expert at the very top of the Top Hundred Battle Rankings, and was someone who even surpassed Wendy Yushan.

Lu Yin had specifically checked once before and verified that Wendy Yushan had not yet become a Cruiser and that she was still an Explorer.
Despite that, she had still used her own strength to become the captain of the Second Imperial Squadron and had once defeated a Cruiser. 

“Long Yun? That’s a familiar name.
He’s one of the human powerhouses that has a ‘must kill’ status on the Heaven-Devouring list.
It’s disgusting to see that someone like that is here as well!” the Ghost Monkey shouted.

Long Yun’s sword had not only shocked the entire capital, but it had also saved those who had arrived with him.

Besides the two unlucky fellows who had dropped directly into the capital, the rest had escaped, and Wu Shang had run away as well.

This angered Bei Zhigui greatly, as Wu Shang had definitely been a foreigner.
Those experts who had suddenly appeared on the List of Tempering out of nowhere were also possibly foreigners, yet only Wu Shang had the confidence to challenge them.
He had also only recently joined the Ming Constables.
Clearly, he was also a foreigner.
What a pity it was that he had slipped away.

The Ming Constables had always strictly examined every member who joined the Ming Vanguard, and even if Lu Yin had a stamp of approval from the previous court master, the Ming Constables would still investigate whatever they could.
Lu Yin himself had nearly been discovered as well.

The top ranker of the List of Tempering had never been revealed, but that might just be a strategy devised by Crown Prince Ming Hao to reveal any foreigners who tried to challenge the List of Tempering.
The leader would simply challenge whoever was suspect, which meant that they always had some insurance in the form of a peak powerhouse who was so terrifying that few could withstand them at the top of the list.

Since the List of Tempering had been created by the crown prince, he definitely preferred to leave no loopholes than let the Ming Constables take advantage of it.
Lu Yin had just realized this logic, but it seemed that Wu Shang had only thought of it after leaving the city.
Unfortunately, he had been noticed by Bei Zhigui and would have been in great danger if not for Long Yun.

Ten days quickly passed by, during which Lu Yin made a great contribution.
He captured a trialtaker who was from the Innerverse’s Blazing Mist Flowzone on behalf of the Ming Constables.
If someone had a good reputation within the Blaze Realm, then they were automatically an enemy of Lu Yin’s.
He showed no mercy.

The Ming Constables had established itself with the sole goal of slaughtering trialtakers, but not many were uncovered each year.
As time passed, the trialtakers had gradually learned how to conceal and hide themselves better, which meant that the Ming Constables was rarely able to capture trialtakers alive.
Thus, Lu Yin’s contribution caused Ming Zhaochen to praise him lavishly.
As Lu Yin had already demonstrated sufficient strength, he was directly promoted to a deputy commander under Li Zimo’s command.

Lu Yin simply did not believe that Ming Zhaochen would promote him that easily without ulterior motives—perhaps he wanted to use Li Zimo to silently monitor Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was not bothered by this in any case, as he had always been planning on using the Ming Constables to deal with the Daynight clan’s members.
Doing so would even gain him contributions from the Ming Constables.

Li Zimo was a naturally cold person who was an expert in the sword.
His entire body resembled a sharp, unsheathed blade; he openly revealed his danger and ability, but he never hurt anyone.
It was as if he had concealed his aura within a very confined space.

Liu Shaoqiu was very talented with the sword, but he had a subdued aura even though he had mastered a sword technique similar to the Thirteen Swords.
This Li Zimo was number two on the List of Tempering, so his strength could not be overlooked.
However, his sword technique was unknown.

Lu Yin dared not remain too close to the man, for fear that he might detect Lu Yin’s true strength.

“For now, we’ll head out with three people each to provide security for the Reverent King's Palace,” Li Zimo informed Lu Yin after receiving a mission.

Lu Yin was shocked.
“The Reverent King's Palace?”

“The Reverent King's Palace is not far from the imperial palace.
Let’s go,” Li Zimo replied indifferently.
He then led six people from the Ming Vanguard towards the king’s palace.

Lu Yin never thought that he would return to the Reverent King's household this soon.
Fortunately, he had changed his appearance prior to joining the Ming Constables, or else he would be definitely recognized by the Reverent King's household members.

The palace was rather courteous to the Ming Constables members, and they requested them to protect the backdoor.
This also meant that the Ming Vanguard members could escort any important members of the household to safety if so needed.

“Your Highness, the crown prince has ordered the Ming Vanguard to protect our Reverent King's Palace.
Is he trying to monitor us?” Tang Si asked solemnly.

Ming Zhaoshu shook his head.
“He’s not that stupid.
He’s only doing this as a show for others.
He wants to prove that our uncle-nephew relationship is harmonious.
He’s actually rather invested in this, to the point where the Ming Constables even deployed a commander this time.”