Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1540: Chapter 627: Yuchan’s Transformation (Part 2)

Under Ning Yuchan’s command, the Mystic Tiger Army retreated like a tide.

What Ning Yuchan didn’t know was that a thousand miles ahead of the Mystic Tiger Army, the Blood God Sect Hierarch, Yu Shen, was watching the distance from high in the clouds with another Ninth Tier alien, Ju Lu.

"The losses of the lads are too severe. Shouldn’t we charge and fight for a bit?" Ju Lu, the Ninth Tier alien, felt heartache seeing the large number of Eight Desolate elites killed by the Mystic Tiger Army.

Blood God Sect Hierarch Yu Shen gave a cold glance and said, "Brother Ju, these are the orders from your Prince. If you don’t want to follow them, that’s your business, but don’t drag me into it.

Three hundred miles is far from enough.

A minimum of five hundred miles, or even as deep as eight hundred miles, would be necessary."

"Alas!"

Ju Lu sighed in regret, watching more and more of the Eight Desolate elites being slaughtered and Ning Yuchan leading the Mystic Tiger Army to retreat like a tide, until they withdrew from the channel fortress back to the Galaxy Battlefield.

"How many lads have to be sacrificed to achieve the strategy..." sighed Ju Lu, in the initial stage of the Ninth Tier.

"As long as we can ambush and kill one of their Ninth Tier, even sacrificing hundreds of thousands of troops would be worth it," said the Blood God Sect Hierarch, adding, "And if successful, the battle exploits will continue."

"Just don’t know how long it will take."

"Soon, very soon. The prey will only grow hungrier and hungrier."

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In the fortress of Channel No. 53, as soon as Ning Yuchan returned, she reported the battle situation to the Dachen Commander, and after handling various military affairs, Ning Yuchan immediately entered her tent and began diligent cultivation.

Normally speaking, Ning Yuchan’s cultivation level had reached the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Seventh Tier, and with the deliberate nurturing by Xu Jin, all her main and commonly used Star Patterns had been comprehended to the upper Eighth Tier, and she should be finding a way to break through to the Eighth Tier as soon as possible.

But Ning Yuchan did not.

Ning Yuchan’s diligent cultivation was focused on stimulating her Golden Elephant Star Pattern of the upper Eighth Tier.

Within the Golden Elephant Star Pattern, the substantial amount of Sharp Gold Essence that Ning Yuchan had accumulated had long condensed into a Golden Rhythm Pearl.

At this moment, it was shimmering in Ning Yuchan’s Cloud Tower.

Under Ning Yuchan’s continuous stimulation, the Golden Rhythm Pearl in the Cloud Tower spurted out strands of icy white Sharp Gold Evil Qi, which spiraled around her body.

Simultaneously, her abundant Divine Soul power was stimulating the unique essence within the Golden Rhythm Pearl.

As it circulated repeatedly, strands of Evil Qi, far colder than the Sharp Gold Essence, slowly gathered from between Heaven and Earth and merged into Ning Yuchan’s Jade Tower.

This Evil Qi was cold, violent, and in its pale white brilliance, at first glance, it seemed similar to the other Sharp Gold Star Power, but when placed together with other Sharp Gold Star Power, this pale white light stood out like a crane among chickens, evidently exceptional.

About one-fifth of the flashing starlight in Ning Yuchan’s Cloud Tower had been replaced by this different Sharp Gold Star Power.

At this moment, the rigorous cultivation Ning Yuchan was undergoing aimed to replace most of the power in her Cloud Tower with this new, distinct Star Power.

Previously, Ning Yuchan had used this Evil Qi exploding Star Power to instantly kill a Mid Eighth Tier alien.

This power was something Ning Yuchan had diligently cultivated over the past few months.

It also came about when she followed a sudden intuition.

The Golden Elephant Star Pattern of the upper Eighth Tier provided Ning Yuchan with three strands of Sharp Gold Essence daily, which she initially used up entirely.

In recent months, she used very little, allowing it all to be accumulated.

Ning Yuchan wanted to try using the so-called Golden Rhythm Pearl to enhance her body.

Condensing a Golden Rhythm Pearl wasn’t difficult; a hundred strands of Sharp Gold Essence were enough.

But the subsequent body refining was the most crucial part.

Initially, every session of cultivation felt like undergoing severe punishment.

Each time Ning Yuchan activated the Golden Rhythm Pearl to enhance her body, it felt like she was being shredded.

Especially in the first ten days, Ning Yuchan couldn’t even complete a single body refining session without stopping, using Star Healing Star Skill to treat herself, refining for a bit, then healing again.

She ended up looking like a gory mess.

Fortunately, Ning Yuchan persisted, and the pain gradually reduced.

Initially, it took ten or more self-treatments and about half a day for one body refining.

Eventually, it reduced to three to five treatments.

Then later, she could complete the refining without using Star Healing even once.

Now, Ning Yuchan no longer needed Star Healing when refining her body with the Golden Rhythm Pearl.

In more precise terms, her body refining had completed.

The Geng Metal Spirit Body recorded in the Golden Elephant Star Pattern’s refining method had been accomplished by her.

Normally, it would take others three to five years or even six to seven years of hard work, yet she achieved it in just three months.

Ning Yuchan speculated that it might be related to her innate Gold series talent.

What Ning Yuchan didn’t realize was that nobody usually refines their body while simultaneously healing themselves.

Just like nobody exercises while hooked up to an IV drip.

After completing the Geng Metal Spirit Body refining, at first, Ning Yuchan thought it would only enhance her Gold Element Star Skill by ten to twenty percent, allowing more Gold Element Star Power from Heaven and Earth to gather when she activated Gold Series Star Skills.

Unexpectedly, she noticed two significant benefits.

Firstly, after completing the Geng Metal Spirit Body refining, when she continued to activate the Golden Rhythm Pearl to deplete Sharp Gold Essence, it could transform her Star Power into Acquired Geng Metal Star Power.

This Acquired Geng Metal Star Power was malevolent and overpowering, with over twice the power of her original Star Power.

Even a Seven-Star Spiritual Treasure could be sliced like tofu.

Once Ning Yuchan discovered this, she constantly underwent diligent cultivation, striving to transform her Star Power and even her Cloud Tower into Acquired Geng Metal Star Power.

Of course, this was just the biggest benefit; the other advantages were evident everywhere.

Including a great increase in efficiency when Ning Yuchan contemplated Gold Series Star Skills.

The second benefit Ning Yuchan remembered was that her body became whiter and more delicate after refining the Geng Metal Spirit Body, even she found it hard to let go.

Someone would certainly love it even more.

However, in the message Ning Yuchan sent Xu Jin using the Yuan Yang, she was too shy to mention her skin’s change, opting instead for Xu Jin to personally experience it when he returned.

Regarding the various magical transformations brought about after the Golden Elephant Star Pattern condensed the Golden Rhythm Pearl for body refining, including the feelings and experiences during cultivation, Ning Yuchan had already informed Xu Jin when she first condensed the initial strand of Acquired Geng Metal Evil Qi.

As Ning Yuchan persistently cultivated, she overlooked rumors circulating within the army.

Or perhaps reports from other troops.

It was said by some officers that the Sin Killing Army from the Cangming Star Hall had already advanced four hundred miles into the Eight Desolate Continent.

Others claimed the Pengri Army of the Tianyang Star Hall had achieved the first rank in current battle accolades, reaching five hundred miles into the Eight Desolate Continent, only a step away from the military city.

By contrast, the Mystic Tiger Army seemed somewhat conservative.

Some in the army were discontented, believing that if the Mystic Tiger Army had not retreated, the assured battle achievements would be different.

Yet, these minor voices did not tarnish Ning Yuchan’s prestige in the army.

However, as the battle exploits of the real-world Human Clan’s forces increasingly shone on the front lines of the Eight Desolations, and as the fruits of victory multiplied, the actions of each army group grew bolder and bolder.