Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 2069: Chapter 889: Major Events and Protectors_2

Practically the ultimate fighter jet among paupers—poorer than a ton of Star Lords.

His most valuable stuff is definitely his True Monarch Blood Crystal.

But the haul from the Sumeru Spaces of Eight Tribulations True Monarch Zou Shan and Seven Tribulations True Monarch Wuo Feng was actually pretty decent.

Zou Shan had one piece of Innate Treasure Material in hand, while Wuo Feng had four.

And more than twenty pieces of Innate Spiritual Material.

A True Monarch who majors in Space really is loaded.

But then again, Xu Jin now has more than twelve pieces of Innate Treasure Material on him, and with these added in, that makes seventeen.

And that’s not even counting the seven Innate Treasure Materials currently being nourished for Upgrade, all with quite good special properties—once the Upgrade is done, that’ll be seven pieces of Chaos Elemental Materials!

Xu Jin is pretty damn rich too!

As for the Innate Treasure Materials, Xu Jin isn’t going to Upgrade all of them; first, there’s no need, second, once they’re Upgraded it’s a pain to sell them.

Selling two pieces of Innate Treasure Material? Totally normal.

But if Xu Jin dares sell two pieces of Chaos Elemental Materials, even Emperors will start staring at him.

The Star Ruins Primordial Sand the two contributed to Xu Jin totals over thirty grains.

There are also more than twenty chunks of Star Jade Marrow, over two hundred drops of All Heaven Star Dew in total, more than two thousand drops of Nine-tiered Star Crystal, and over three hundred thousand pieces of remaining Sixth to Eighth-Order Star Jade.

Without hesitation, Xu Jin dumped all of it into the Candou Platform, converting it into Starlight.

That once again pushed his stash of Starlight on the Candou Platform back over five thousand strands—enough to support him through quite a few big battles.

At the same time, Zou Shan and Wuo Feng also delivered a pleasant surprise to Xu Jin: True Monarch Blood Crystals and Yan Dao Pearls!

Zou Shan had two True Monarch Blood Crystals, one Five Tribulations, one Two Tribulations, both from the Alien Race!

Space True Monarch Wuo Feng had no fewer than four True Monarch Blood Crystals: one Five Tribulations, one Four Tribulations, and two Three Tribulations. Three of them are from the Alien Race, and one of them is from the Human Clan.

You can sense that clearly just from the aura.

Six True Monarch Blood Crystals in one go; that’s a windfall for Xu Jin.

Even if he doesn’t sell them, just using them himself is insanely useful.

At the very least, he can add six Stars to the Can Dou Star River.

There are twelve Yan Dao Pearls, most from the Alien Race, a few from the Human Clan.

Let’s just say these two will do literally anything.

After cleaning all this up, Xu Jin confirmed there were no residual traces left on him, then finally turned his inner gaze toward his Chaos Cloud Tower.

The Chaos Cloud Tower was still covered in cracks.

It hadn’t been damaged internally, but the injury to it wasn’t light.

Thanks to the Chaos Earth Embryo, its self-repair speed was still very fast, but even then, it’d probably take ten days to half a month to fully recover.

"After live-combat testing, the Chaos Cloud Tower is clearly my top burst method. Since I don’t have Chaotic Star Gang yet, I’ll just keep beefing up the Cloud Tower!"

How to strengthen the Chaos Cloud Tower?

Simple.

Keep using it to suppress various Law Paths.

Theoretically, the more Law Paths it suppresses, the more those Laws will back-temper the Chaos Cloud Tower itself, making it stronger.

In the next instant, Xu Jin’s Divine Thought moved, and he directly took out the True Monarch Blood Crystal of Seven Tribulations True Monarch Wuo Feng he’d obtained earlier, then tossed it into the Can Dou Star River to play it out.

He just happened to have another day and a half, so he’d try comprehending a few Law Paths.

Of course, more importantly, Xu Jin rather liked that Space Rule Dao Skill Wuo Feng had used earlier.

That Space Rule Dao Skill that straight-up locked him in place with Space Power so he couldn’t move at all!

If he learns that, it’s absolutely hard control!

No idea if it left any trace inside that True Monarch Blood Crystal.

*****

Inside Ancient Wood Star Island, the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment had just received a message from Yu Kun Emperor, and his face grew even darker: [You’re saying that Four Tribulation True Monarch who used Source Thousand Touch to search for Xu Jin was killed too!]

[Yes. I had people confirm it several times. The Star Force Mark he left in other people’s Tongxuan Orders for communication has already been dissipating one after another.]Yu Kun Emperor sent back.

[An Eight Tribulations, a Seven Tribulations, and now a Four Tribulations. You think Xu Jin took them out?

Or did someone else get involved?]The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment narrowed his eyes.

[The odds that Xu Jin killed them all by himself are extremely, extremely low!

But personally, I’m more inclined to think Xu Jin has a Protector!]

[A Protector?]The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment was stunned. [Haven’t we already investigated his background clear as day?]

[A lot of times, the intel you can find is exactly what someone else wants you to see.]Yu Tiao Emperor said.

[Then who could this Protector be?]The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment asked.

[No idea! Most likely some Emperor, or someone at your True Monarch level! But that doesn’t quite add up. If there really is such a Protector, there’s no need to play it like this!]

[Exactly!

If there really is such a Protector, they just have to show their identity and we’d naturally back off. Why bother with all this mess?]The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment was puzzled.

[That’s exactly what I can’t figure out!

A Protector who can come and go freely in the Star Ruins Battlefield, yet even you, a close minister of the central command, don’t know about him.

If there really is such a "coincidence," do I, in Dongxuan Star Realm, still have any right to compete?]Yu Kun Emperor said doubtfully.

[You mean... there is no Protector?]The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment was a bit confused.

[Heavenly Punishment, tell me, could it be a coincidence?]Yu Kun Emperor asked.

[A coincidence? What do you mean?]

[You’re all searching for that Alien Race Nine Tribulations True Monarch that infiltrated the rear, right? Could it be these few unfortunates just happened to get casually butchered by that Alien Nine Tribulations True Monarch?]Yu Kun Emperor guessed.

[This... that really is possible!]The True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment said. [But if we just chalk this up to Xu Jin having good luck, I still feel it’s too simplistic!

Lucky enough that an Eight Tribulations and a Seven Tribulations who went to ambush him got killed by an Alien?

Where on earth do you find luck that good?]

[Heavenly Punishment, I have my reasons for judging it this way!]

[Go on.]

[Heavenly Punishment! Put yourself in the Protector’s shoes. After you killed Zou Shan and Wuo Feng during their ambush on Xu Jin, what’re the odds you’d then be able to find Hu Yiwei, who used Source Thousand Touch to search, in the vast Star Ruins Sky and kill him too?]Yu Kun Emperor asked.

[That...]

After thinking for a long moment, the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment finally said, [If I killed those two while they were carrying out the ambush, then my chances of finding Hu Yiwei would be extremely, extremely small.

In the boundless Star Ruins Sky, trying to find someone more than a hundred thousand miles away, who is constantly on the move—that’s harder than finding a needle in the ocean!

So what are you getting at?]

[That’s exactly my point.

If Zou Shan and Wuo Feng were killed by the Protector during the ambush, then Hu Yiwei wouldn’t have died.

Unless the three—Zou Shan, Wuo Feng, and Hu Yiwei—were killed together, or at least very close to each other!

And you and I clearly agreed beforehand that Hu Yiwei absolutely could not be allowed to know the truth, and would have to be silenced afterward.

Theoretically, during the ambush, the distance from Hu Yiwei should’ve been very far!

Yet all three are dead!

The only thing that explains this is bad luck—they ran into an Alien Direct Bloodline Nine Tribulations!]Yu Kun Emperor said.

[That does make sense... So how do we arrange things next?]

As the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment was still talking with Yu Kun Emperor, his Tongxuan Order suddenly started Flashing. He glanced at it once, and his expression changed drastically.

[Yukun, something big just happened on a Battle Zone Star Island. We’ll talk later!]

In the next instant, Thunder Light flashed, and the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment vanished from the boundless Star Ruins Deep Space!