Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 258: Chapter 134 Night of Executing the Prince (10K more, asking for monthly votes)_4

”Previously, we pursued in this way, and then Lord Chi Song and Lord Chi Dian tragically died. If we keep chasing like this, then we...”

Chi Li said in a wretched voice.

The enemy before them, elusive as a ghost, instilled fear in their hearts!

Unable to catch up, unable to find, unable to win, and moreover with the ability to instantly defeat someone at the Eighth Layer of Refining Star, how could they fight?

This battle, it was impossible to fight!

”Go to the Royal Court, we can only go to the Royal Court!”

”At that time, we’ll stay by the King’s side. With the King’s strength, we will definitely have the power to kill this bandit!” Chi Li suggested.

”That’s our only choice! Let’s calm the people of the Fire Pine Tribe first, then set off...”

Whoosh!

Just as the three of them were preparing to leave, Xu Jin struck again, severely wounding Chi Li with a sudden attack.

This time, Xu Jin didn’t execute hit-and-run tactics but chose to confront them head-on.

If he allowed these people to return to the Red Scale Royal Court and joined up with the remaining elite forces of the Red Scale Royal Court, it would pose a tough challenge for Xu Jin.

Therefore, they had to be killed now.

After a surprise attack that severely injured one of them, Xu Jin fought alone against three warriors at the Seventh Layer of Refining Star. Although it was difficult, he still stood a chance.

Especially since Xu Jin’s Star Power was abundant.

The intense battle that had just started a minute ago already saw Chi Yuan displaying signs of depleted Star Power.

They had been marching urgently for a full day, with very little time to recover their Star Power. Especially when they had reached the Fire Pine Tribe, they had been rapidly depleting their Star Power without any time to recover.

Now, not long into this great battle, their Star Power was running low.

As a result, Chi Yuan was the first to be killed.

But Xu Jin had to pay a price as well, intercepting two attacks from a Red Armor with his Second-tier Star Weapon arm guard.

The Second-tier Star Weapon on his left arm shattered on the spot.

However, the tide of battle consequently turned.

With Chi Yuan dead and Chi Li severely injured, only the Red Armor remained. He held out for less than a minute before the severely injured Chi Li attempted to flee. As the Red Armor cursed, Xu Jin cut him down.

Chi Li, severely injured, barely cried for mercy before he too was killed by Xu Jin.

An enemy at the Seventh Layer of Refining Star, capable of threatening Xu Jin’s safety, could not be left alive.

Upon finally killing this group of elites in the late period of Star Refining, Xu Jin breathed a sigh of relief.

It must be said, Candou Platform is indeed a weapon of mass destruction in group battles.

Without the Starlight support from the Candou Platform, the difficulty for Xu Jin to kill these individuals would have multiplied several times.

But today, he had expended less than twenty strands of the Candou Platform’s Starlight.

Worth it!

And just at this moment, the Red Scale Heart Armor previously imbued with Chi Dian’s fresh blood, including the Red Scale Heart Armor in Xu Jin’s arms, began to pulsate rapidly at different rhythms and change colors.

”The Dachen bandit is in the Fire Element Tribe. He must be killed.”

Xu Jin sneered, beginning to habitually loot the corpses, digging out the Star Cores from the bodies of these individuals at Star Refining Realm.

These Star Cores could be counted as War Merit and attributed as Taoist Merit when brought back.

Most of the individuals from the Red Scale Clan at the Star Refining Realm were poor.

But these few Clan Leaders and Chi Dian did have some Star Jade pieces on them.

They seemed to be for recovering Star Power.

Star Jade pieces recover Star Power quite slowly, but the contained Star Power is formidable.

The Clan Leaders and Chi Dian carried the goods with premium quality. Fourth Tier Star Jades, each person with two or three pieces, altogether yielding twelve pieces.

This took Xu Jin by surprise.

After collecting thirty-six pieces needed to upgrade the Candou Platform to the Fourth Tier, there were still four pieces left over.

This counted as extra earnings.

In total, twenty Third-tier Star Jades were found, which Xu Jin then added to the Candou Platform, converting them into Starlight, offsetting the consumption from the fierce battle.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Jin found another ten Fourth-tier Star Jades and over a hundred Second and Third-tier Star Jades in the private treasury of the Fire Element Tribe Chief. This added another twenty or so strands of Starlight to Xu Jin’s Candou Platform.

Overall, the amount of Starlight in Xu Jin’s Candou Platform increased today.

After a period of intense consumption, it rose from the previous eighty strands to now one hundred and forty strands.

Every strand was Xu Jin’s extremely firm backbone.

Xu Jin did not attack again; instead, he found a relatively safe place and ate his fill before immediately falling into a deep sleep.

He had been continuously battling the entire day, engaging in intense conflicts that not only drained his Divine Soul Power but also left him extremely weary.

While Xu Jin breathed deeply in sleep, Chi You, the Lord of the Red Scale Royal Court, was filled with anxiety, unable to sleep the entire night!

They had vanished!

The elite he had dispatched had lost contact!

Not only had all contact been lost, but of the four major divisions, only the Fire Element Tribe could be reached—all others were unresponsive.

This filled Chi You with sheer terror!

He wanted to send someone to investigate the situation, but he was well aware that if the elite troop he had sent out had indeed been wiped out, what good would it serve to send out these remaining Refining Star early period elites?

For a moment, Chi You was plunged into torment.

”Meng’er, I hope Chi Meng can breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of Refining Star soon!” This was Chi You’s only hope.

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On the afternoon of August 13th, it was Xu Jin’s fifth day in the Fire Radiant Star Domain.

At this moment, Xu Jin was already ten miles outside the Red Scale Royal Court.

In the morning, Xu Jin had directly rushed to the Fire Element Tribe and slaughtered the Refining Star Realm elites and some Star Casting Realm warriors who dared to resist. After looting the place, he arrived outside the Red Scale Royal Court following the map.

Now, Xu Jin was not in a hurry.

He had clearly explored the basic intelligence of the Red Scale Royal Court.

Beneath Lord Chi You, there was one at the Seventh Layer, one at the Sixth Layer, three at the Fifth Layer, eight at the Fourth Layer, and over forty at the early stages of Refining Star.

The Royal Court’s defensive forces were still quite formidable.

And since Xu Jin was unsure whether the Royal Court had any hidden forces, he did not rush to attack.

Instead, he began to cultivate diligently ten miles away from the Royal Court.

As for Lord Chi You, he definitely knew that Xu Jin had arrived near the Royal Court.

Because ever since Xu Jin had arrived at the Royal Court, the doors had been shut tight, the atmosphere extremely tense, and they no longer allowed ordinary warriors and clanspeople to come and go.

A day and a half later, the Star Core of the Central Star Palace within Xu Jin was resplendent with Starlight, round and smooth as Ruyi, dazzling like the stars—this was the sign of the Peak of Star Casting.

Last night, Xu Jin had made a surprise attack on the Royal Court, cutting down that expert at the Seventh Layer of Refining Star and killing more than a dozen warriors at the early stages of Refining Star, leaving the entire Red Scale Royal Court in a state of panic.

At the same time, he discovered another important piece of intelligence.

Inside the Red Scale Royal Court, there was another hidden expert at the Eighth Layer of Refining Star—the Prince, Chi Meng.

And Prince Chi Meng could breakthrough to the Ninth Layer of Refining Star at any moment.

This was a significant threat.

Today was Xu Jin’s seventh day entering the Fire Radiant Star Domain.

During the day, Xu Jin continued his arduous cultivation, persisting until almost midnight.

The Mingji Star Core of the Lower Star Palace was also rapidly advancing to the Middle Period of Star Casting.

Xu Jin immersed his thoughts into the Star-picking Order, ”State Preceptor, are you there?”

”I am.”

Instant reply.

This instant reply from the State Preceptor warmed Xu Jin’s heart and gave him a sense of security. This response was far more reliable than his girlfriend from a previous life.

”State Preceptor, I am going to explore the Red Scale Royal Court again soon, and at the crucial moment, I will need you to help me kill the Red Scale King. It might need to be timely,” Xu Jin said.

”Alright, I will await your order at any time,” chuckled State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao.

”Cough cough, State Preceptor, you speak too gravely. I wouldn’t dare to order you around!” Xu Jin replied.

Hearing this, State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao laughed softly, ”Xu Jin, I will say it again—I believe in your strategic judgment. Otherwise, you could not have accomplished so much in the Fire Radiant Star Domain. But if you encounter any situation you cannot handle, withdraw immediately.

With your current situation, I believe you can safely hold out until the Star Gate is restored; there is no need to take risks!”

”State Preceptor, rest assured, I understand!”

After speaking, Xu Jin rose to his full height and looked toward the Red Scale Royal Court in the night.

Tonight, he was going to execute the King!

It would all depend on whether the Prince came out or not!