Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 2043: Chapter 879: Disputing Merit

"Another piece of Second Tribulation True Monarch Blood Crystal, that makes three."

"This is a Fourth Tribulation True Monarch Blood Crystal, that makes four."

When Xu Jin laid out the fourth piece of Fourth Tribulation True Monarch Blood Crystal, all the True Monarchs were stunned. Every gaze was locked tightly on those Blood Crystals, even their breathing turned a bit hurried.

Not greed!

But shock.

Cutting down four True Monarchs in a single battle—many high-tier True Monarchs don’t have that kind of record.

Farther away, seeing Xu Jin take out so many True Monarch Blood Crystals, Li Qingchen, Lin Bowei and the others were already dumbfounded.

Four Tribulations, man.

He can even kill Fourth Tribulation True Monarchs!

Watching this scene, Defender Guan was already grinning so hard his mouth couldn’t close. When Xu Jin took out that Fourth Tribulation True Monarch piece, Mr. Guan glanced at Bai Changshan and said, "Bai, you’ve got no objections to giving Xu Jin the First Merit now, right?"

Bai Changshan’s expression was a bit ugly.

This "Xu Jin’s four kills," plus the initial scouting contribution, in theory is just about enough to outweigh his own "five kills" merit.

But the First Merit for a Medium-sized Star Realm is just too envy-inducing.

Honestly, Bai Changshan had been a Guardian for so many years, he’d taken First Merit for micro and small Star Realm Fragments before, but this kind of First Merit and benefits for a Medium-sized—especially one close to a large—Star Realm Fragment? He really had never gotten it.

He originally didn’t want to fight over it anymore.

But suddenly he thought, all this War Merit was earned with him risking his life in battle, so why shouldn’t he fight for it?

Why the hell not?

If I can’t win, then fine.

Not fighting is what’s stupid!

"Hei, I’m impressed by Xu Jin’s four-kill merit, I really am! But my five-kill merit, plus the War Merit of heavily injuring multiple higher-Rank high-tier True Monarchs, isn’t exactly shabby either.

Especially since among the five True Monarchs I killed, two were Sixth Tribulation True Monarchs!

That’s not something you can compare with killing one or two Second or Third Tribulation True Monarchs!

One Sixth Tribulation at least ought to count as two, right...?"

As Bai Changshan was speaking, he suddenly noticed Mr. Guan’s eyes had gone a bit blank, and the eyes of his subordinate True Monarchs at the side were also frozen; the whole scene abruptly went quiet.

At the instant Bai Changshan turned his head, he saw Xu Jin calmly take out two more True Monarch Blood Crystals wrapped in strands of silver threads.

Everyone’s eyes and attention were drawn to those two special Blood Crystals.

At Bai Changshan’s side, the Seven Tribulation True Monarch Wuo Feng, who mainly cultivated Space, could hardly hide the fear in his eyes. He sized Xu Jin up from head to toe, and exclaimed, "Two Blood Crystals of Fourth Tribulation True Monarchs from the Silver Wing Clan who mainly cultivate Space.

Silver Wing Clan Fourth Tribulation True Monarchs have Combat Power comparable to Sixth Tribulation True Monarchs; killing them is even harder than killing Sixth Tribulation True Monarchs!

Xu Jin, did you obtain these after your formation kill?" Wuo Feng asked.

"Precisely." Xu Jin said blandly.

Of these two Silver Wing Clan Fourth Tribulation True Monarch Blood Crystals, one was obtained last time, and the other was reaped this time.

Xu Jin hadn’t planned on taking them out, but after hearing Bai Changshan talk like that just now, he decisively brought them out.

First Merit is important.

His real Combat Power just needs to be hidden a bit.

No need to hide too much.

Besides, Xu Jin’s Combat Power is still rapidly climbing right now; whatever anyone estimates based on what he’s shown is still underestimating him.

A huge underestimate.

So he simply took them out.

Bai Changshan’s expression cycled back and forth between embarrassment and shock.

He’d been slapped in the face!

But he really hadn’t seen this coming.

He looked Xu Jin up and down, from top to bottom—Tenth Rank Little Star Monarch, huh.

And he cut down this many True Monarch Experts in one battle?

Is this guy even human?

No way!

He’s a peerless Genius!

In a flash, countless thoughts sped through Bai Changshan’s mind.

In the end, the embarrassment and shock on his face were forcibly twisted into a smile. "Brother Xu, I’m impressed, really impressed!

I, Bai, am impressed!

Fighting over this First Merit was me overestimating myself!

I concede!"

Bai Changshan immediately cupped his hands towards Xu Jin in salute.

All around, the sound of sharp intakes of breath rose in a chorus.

Forget the Star Lords—even the True Monarchs present now were looking at Xu Jin with different eyes.

"Hei, submit the report. First Merit belongs to Xu Jin. I concede, and I acknowledge it!" Bai Changshan said.

"Hahahahaha!"

Mr. Guan burst out laughing. "I knew it, Bai, you’re still the straightforward one. Then I’ll file the report!

Xu Jin, hurry up and go enjoy your First Merit."

"Many thanks, Guardian."

Xu Jin, who had put away the True Monarch Blood Crystals, was all smiles.

He also wanted to see how many benefits this Medium-sized Star Realm Fragment could give him.

Especially given that it’s extremely close to a large Star Realm Fragment.

"Hold it!"

Just as Xu Jin was about to leave, an Eight Tribulation True Monarch, Zou Shan, who had been standing behind Bai Changshan observing the whole time, suddenly spoke to stop him, and everyone’s gaze swung over.

"Mr. Guan, Bai Guardian, I believe there is a problem with this First Merit." Eight Tribulation True Monarch Zou Shan said.

"What problem?"

"Old Zou, what nonsense are you spouting? The First Merit has already been confirmed; it belongs to Brother Xu!" Almost at the same instant that Mr. Guan asked, the Wuyang Star Island Guardian Bai Changshan grew anxious.

He turned and shouted at the Eight Tribulation True Monarch Zou Shan, so worked up that he actually used the words ’nonsense’ on an Eight Tribulation True Monarch.

To stand up now and keep tangling over First Merit—wouldn’t that be humiliating?

Even if there seemed to be a problem, Bai Changshan had absolutely no desire to keep tangling over it.

Xu Jin, with the body of a Tenth Rank Little Star Monarch, killed that many True Monarchs, including two Silver Wing Clan Fourth Tribulation True Monarchs whose Combat Power was equivalent to Sixth Tribulation True Monarchs. There are only two possibilities.

First, they really were Xu Jin’s own kills. Second, they weren’t his kills, someone else killed them and handed them to Xu Jin; some top Expert helped Xu Jin cheat.

Only these two possibilities.

If it’s the first, then Bai Changshan would be an idiot to keep arguing.