Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1106: Chapter 441: Strike While He’s Down

Seven Killings Secret Realm, August 15.

After over a month of intensive cultivation in the Star-picking Tower, Xu Jin slowly stood up.

Having consumed two Gold Stars and advanced the Breaking Evil Star Pattern from the seventh tier to the eighth-tier middle level, Xu Jin continued to immerse himself in dedicated cultivation within the branch of the Star-picking Tower.

As of today, his cultivation level in the Central and Lower Star Palace had been elevated to the peak of the fifth-tier ninth layer.

With a bit more honing, Xu Jin would be able to set his sights on the Li Yun Tower and break through to the sixth tier.

However, time would no longer allow it.

The seventh stage of the Seven Killings Secret Realm had already spanned thirty-five days as of today.

In another fourteen days, the seventh stage of the Seven Killings would be completely over.

After much consideration, Xu Jin felt it was time to take action.

Ju Xuan was not an easy target; if he failed to kill him, and Ju Xuan managed to hold on until the very last day of the seventh stage of the Seven Killings Secret Realm, his efforts would be in vain.

By then, whether it be the inheritance of the Seven Killings Secret Realm or the two paths of the Divine Dao True Intent that Xu Jin had yearned for, both would slip away.

With a step, Xu Jin had already exited the branch of the Star-picking Tower, and with a mere thought, the towering branch building from sky to earth promptly emerged from the void. As Xu Jin urged it, it began to rapidly contract with a mighty roar.

"How could you not give a single heads-up, nearly trapping this lady inside?" The displeased voice of the Star Spirit resonated from within the Star Tower.

"Uh, you’re still here?" Xu Jin was surprised.

"When did I say I was leaving?"

"Well, you can leave now!"

"You..."

Yet Xu Jin did not coddle the Star Spirit, and the branch of the Star-picking Tower continued to shrink. Just before severing its connection with the main Star-picking Tower, a strange aura that had always been urged by the Mingji Star Pattern, which Xu Jin kept urging, left the branch.

This indicated that the Star Spirit actually needed a power carrier.

However, this kind of power carrier or its nature was currently of such a high level that it was beyond Xu Jin’s reach.

In the next instant, the branch of the Star-picking Tower transformed into a beam of starlight, flying into Xu Jin and disappearing without a trace.

At the same time, Xu Jin rose on the star, and Thunder Wing appeared behind him, instantly transforming into a thunderbolt, speeding towards the distant horizon.

Almost at the very start of his flight, Xu Jin could feel the difference.

The massive increase in his cultivation level further boosted his speed in Thunder Escape, and the increase was quite significant.

When he initiated the Thunder Escape Star Skill, it was indeed the activation of five Star Patterns all at once.

The Great Gathering Star Pattern, Thunder Origin, Thunder Elephant, Thunder Escape, Thunder Wing.

As his cultivation in Star Power increased, his speed naturally increased as well.

Additionally, there was an invisible condition, which was the cultivation of the Primordial Spirit!

All stimulations of Star Power and exhibitions of Star Skills were inseparable from Divine Soul Thought Power.

Moreover, it was extremely crucial.

But during the cultivation process, this was a natural progression, and most cultivators were entirely unaware of it.

However, Xu Jin believed that Primordial Spirit cultivation should be the core focus.

In Xu Jin’s understanding, both Star Power cultivation and Star Patterns were merely hardware and energy.

But the crucial part of this process should be the software.

Without software, no matter how powerful the hardware and energy, they couldn’t be utilized effectively.

It’s just that everyone’s Divine Soul cultivation is natural, so most of the time, it’s considered normal.

But in reality, it’s not.

Enhancing Divine Soul cultivation is essentially upgrading the software.

The stronger the Divine Soul cultivation, the more powerful the stimulation of Star Power and speed, under the same hardware.

This is also why strong Divine Soul cultivation naturally enhances the power of Star Skills.

At this moment, Xu Jin realized that his speed had increased by 30%, which was the result of both cultivation enhancement and Divine Soul cultivation enhancement acting together.

After flying for just a few breaths, Xu Jin’s expression became immensely confident.

With this speed, there was absolutely no issue in preserving his life in front of Ju Xuan.

If the speed of Thunder Escape was already this fast, then with five times the Flowing Flashes, it would only be faster.

In a blink, Xu Jin was fully confident.

Not to mention that after advancing the Breaking Evil Star Pattern to the eighth-tier middle, he had acquired two powerful Divine Soul Star Techniques, one named Mind Blade Burst.

It was an advanced version of Breaking Evil, wherein thought is action, and upon hitting the target, the target explodes, capable of severely damaging the opponent’s Primordial Spirit.

However, due to the emphasis on speed, each time he conjured a Mind Blade, only at most half of the Divine Soul power was consumed.

The Divine Soul Secret Technique obtained from the eighth-tier middle Breaking Evil was called Soul-shocking Hammer!

Comparatively, Xu Jin preferred this Soul-shocking Hammer!

The Soul-shocking Hammer required some time to condense, but at most, it could gather up to 30% of his Divine Soul power to form a hammer, pounding the target.

The power was immense.

The consumption was also extremely sizeable!

With Xu Jin’s current Divine Soul cultivation, he could strike out only three hammers.

However, the advantage of the Soul-shocking Hammer was that it would only dissipate upon hitting a target.

If it missed, it would not dissipate.

At the same time, the strike range was only twice the radiation range of the Primordial Spirit Embryo Light.

The power was strong, but the distance was short.

These two Divine Soul Secret Techniques effectively filled in the gap in Xu Jin’s Divine Soul cultivation aspect.

Used well, they were mighty killing devices.

Having previously distanced himself from the Seven Killings Palace by ten thousand miles, flying back now would also take several two-hour periods.

Xu Jin was not in a hurry, flying calmly towards the Seven Killings Palace at a speed that consumed very little.

Three hours later, as Ju Xuan, who was quietly cultivating to recover his injuries near the Seven Killings Palace, suddenly opened his eyes and looked up.

"This kid, he must be ready, looking so confident?"

The eighth-tier middle expert of the Gold Pillar Alien Race, Ju Xuan, had already detected Xu Jin’s presence.

"Perfect, my injuries are about seventy to eighty percent healed! If he wants to fight, then I’ll gladly send him on his way."

In the next instant, Ju Xuan also rose into the air, heading towards Xu Jin’s direction.