Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 256: Chapter 134: The Night of the Prince’s Execution (10,000 Updates Seeking Monthly Pass)_2

Everyone was just a step too slow; by the time they arrived, a massacre had taken place.

Clearly, the enemy was faster, exploiting the difference in speed and timing.

If they continued to hurry over in the same manner, they would still be a step late, so Chi Song urgently requested that several Star Refining Realm Late-Period experts rush ahead to the Fire Pine Tribe.

They split into two groups for the operation.

Only then was there a chance of a successful rescue.

After successive setbacks, Chi Dian had no choice but to accept that his previous tactics were indeed wrong.

He had to listen to the Clan Leader of the Fire Pine Tribe, Chi Song.

The Clan Leader of the Fire Armor Tribe had intended to return to his tribe to assess the casualties, but Chi Dian had forcefully stopped him in the name of Prince Chi You.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jin arrived at the Fire Pine Tribe. After restoring his Star Power outside the Fire Pine Tribe, he charged inside.

Before even half of the Star Refining Realm elites of the Fire Pine Tribe had been taken down, suddenly, five powerful auras of Starlight rushed into the Fire Pine Tribe at an incredibly high speed.

The strongest aura among them was unmistakably from the Eighth Layer of the Star Refining Realm.

But leading the charge was none other than the Clan Leader of the Fire Pine Tribe, Chi Song.

Seeing the heavy casualties of his tribe, the Clan Leader of the Fire Pine Tribe, Chi Song, had bloodshot eyes, ”Damn Dachen thieves!”

Xu Jin only took one glance before he realized what had happened.

They had split their forces.

The elite force pursuing him had divided, allowing them to catch up at just the right moment.

A Star Refining Realm Eighth Layer and four Seventh Layers—untouchable.

Almost instantly upon seeing them, Xu Jin activated the Rapid Electric Star Pattern and exerted his Flying Star Step to its full potential.

He flashed out more than a hundred meters in a single bound.

Allowing no opportunity to encircle him, Chi Dian, Chi Song, and the others, Xu Jin charged out of the Fire Pine Tribe.

”Chase him!”

Chi Dian, Chi Song, Chi Armor, Chi Li, Chi Yuan—five of them pursued him relentlessly.

After a full day of tracking, they had finally come face to face with their enemy, and they could not let him escape.

Especially the three from the devastated tribes, Chi Song, Chi Armor, and Chi Li, were frenzied, relentlessly pursuing Xu Jin.

But as they chased, the differences in speed were laid bare.

Chi Dian was the fastest; at full force, he could flash about ninety meters at a time, while the other four Seventh Layer Clan Leaders were at seventy to eighty meters, not a huge difference.

Small as the gap was, over time, it grew.

A hundred seconds later, the six pursuers had stretched into a line.

Xu Jin was at the very front, roughly a thousand meters ahead of Chi Dian, who had by then left the four Seventh Layer Clan Leaders nearly two thousand meters behind.

And as the chase continued, the distance only increased.

Xu Jin frequently looked back, calculating distances and timing, wondering if there might be a chance to take down Chi Dian, the Star Refining Realm Eighth Layer Expert.

If he could take out this Eighth Layer Expert, then the pressure on Xu Jin would greatly decrease.

But the current distance was not enough.

If he turned to fight back, he could spare at most ten seconds.

Ten seconds was too risky.

One misstep, and he could be surrounded.

If he could get Chi Dian to increase the distance from the following four Seventh Layers to over five thousand meters, then there would be enough time.

Xu Jin deliberately maintained a distance of no more than a thousand meters from Chi Dian, but the gap between Chi Dian and the other Star Refining Realm experts kept widening.

Three thousand meters, four thousand meters, they were almost out of sight.

Just when Xu Jin thought the opportunity to strike at the Eighth Layer was nearly at hand, Chi Dian suddenly slowed down.

For a fleeting moment, Chi Dian looked back and, seeing no sign of the four Seventh Layer Clan Leaders, broke out in a cold sweat.

He felt trapped in a dangerous predicament.

After all, he was pursuing none other than the Dachen Genius who had single-handedly fought and slain six Star Refining Realm opponents!

Slow down!

Without hesitation, Chi Dian slowed down.

Watching Chi Dian’s abrupt decrease in speed, Xu Jin inwardly heaved a sigh.

The guy wasn’t stupid, quite vigilant, in fact—and Xu Jin’s chance to kill him had just slipped away.

In the next instant, Xu Jin once again fully unleashed his Flying Star Step, quickly disappearing from Chi Dian’s line of sight as he slowed down.

Minutes later, the four Seventh Layer Clan Leaders caught up, asking how Chi Dian had lost the trail. Chi Dian, quick to fabricate, claimed that after a clash in which he was repelled, the target had fled into a valley up ahead, and he then led the four Clan Leaders in pursuit.

While Chi Dian didn’t lie about the direction Xu Jin had vanished in—indeed toward the valley—Xu Jin had circled back toward the Fire Pine Tribe.

Five minutes later, Xu Jin reappeared outside the Fire Pine Tribe. This time, he didn’t restore his Star Power but drew three strands of Starlight directly from the Candou Platform, refilling his Star Power to its peak. His figure vanished in an instant as he slipped into the Fire Pine Tribe.

After a few short breaths, Xu Jin located the resting place of the Fire Pine Tribe’s elite guards who had stayed behind.

They were sitting cross-legged, each recovering their Star Power.

In the next moment, Xu Jin launched a surprise attack, instantly striking down a Sixth Layer Refining Star warrior. Before the Red Scale Warriors could react, he quickly slew several Fifth and Fourth Layers, then swiftly escaped before the elite warriors could encircle him.

At this point, the Fire Pine Tribe sent up smoke signals as a warning to their chief.

But in less than a minute, Xu Jin approached invisibly, striking unexpectedly again, killing another Sixth Layer Refining Star and grievously wounding another, before escaping once more.

With only one Sixth Layer Refining Star elite remaining, they became easy to deal with.

There was no choice—Xu Jin possessed both incredible speed and Invisibility.

A minute later, Xu Jin attacked once again.