Lu Yin’s next opponent in the ported battles was another Melder, the most common type of contestant one could find. The order of occurrence went Melders, Limiteers, Sentinels, and then a minority of Explorers.

He looked at his current target and lifted his hand, the air rippling as he started stacking attacks. Six Stacks hadn’t burdened him at all before, and using even seven didn’t add much load. An astonished Lu Yin got to eight when the Melder blinked towards him and kicked out, almost shattering the sky with his powerful battle techniques. Facing such close combat, he went all the way to nine directly. Nine explosions of power left the sky buzzing, shattering the powerful Melder in an instant.

Lu Yin was stunned; the power of Nine Stacks far exceeded that of Six Stacks and even the six-star Cosmic...