Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 361: Chapter 166: No Benefit (Please Subscribe)

Underwater, Xu Jin gasped for air within the waters controlled by Ji Hongli.

The power of the nurtured fourth-tier Dawn Emblem was greater than Xu Jin had imagined.

And it was capable of group damage.

Even just a moment underwater had injured Xu Jin.

The Rain Curtain Body Protective Starlight he had reinforced with forty percent of his Star Power shattered in an instant.

The Dawn Radiant Light had already blasted onto Xu Jin’s Universe Arm Shield, and had it not been for Ji Hongli quickly submerging him at the critical moment, his third-tier top-grade Arm Shield would have been destroyed again.

The surface of the water had already begun to boil.

It must have been scorched by the Dawn Radiant Light.

Feeling the heat, Ji Hongli quickly dove with Xu Jin.

”Prepare for battle, I estimate they might launch a strong attack! If they attack and kill into the water pool later, stick close to me. Now that the strongest fourth-tier expert has been killed, and the next strongest, a fifth-layer Star Condensing expert from the Purple Winged Alien Race, is seriously injured,

we stand a great chance of escaping with our lives,” Xu Jin instructed.

Previously, these fourth-tier experts hadn’t launched a strong attack, not purely because of the hindrance of the several dozen meters deep water pool.

The more important reason was they didn’t want to pay the price.

Ji Hongli, a top-tier genius at the fourth-layer Refining Star, held a tremendous advantage underwater. Xu Jin estimated that under the water, Ji Hongli could easily slay top-tier geniuses of the seventh and eighth-layer Refining Star; otherwise, Tian Lie wouldn’t have called for reinforcements.

And a fourth-layer Star Condensing Realm expert entering the water would see a not insignificant reduction in strength.

Like Zi Yang, at Star Condensation Seventh Layer, venturing underwater would certainly be able to slay Ji Hongli, but it would undoubtedly require a hefty price.

Naturally, they chose the clumsy method that wouldn’t cost much.

But now, with the death of Zi Yang, those remaining Purple Winged Aliens would definitely launch a desperate strong attack.

The reason was simple—Military Law!

When Xu Jin first fell into the Purple Wind Star Domain, he was startled by the frenzied attacking stance of the military of the Purple Wind Star Domain.

Even if the commander died, they did not collapse but attacked Xu Jin like madmen.

The reason was the Military Law of the Purple Wind Star Domain was exceedingly harsh—if a superior died, it was negligence on the part of the subordinates, who must be punished. If they could kill the enemy, a death sentence would turn into a reprieve; if not, even if they returned alive, they would be executed!

This was the intelligence Xu Jin had obtained after interrogating Warm Dream.

Based on this discovery, after the chaos, and once the troops of the Purple Wing Clan recovered, what would inevitably follow would be a reckless strong attack on the pool, fighting to the death!

Ji Hongli, hugging Xu Jin from behind, nodded vehemently.

”Bring over Zi Yang’s corpse.”

The next instant, Xu Jin stepped forward and, out of habit, began to search the body. There was a package, which Xu Jin did not dare to unwrap for fear of water getting inside.

But through his Divine Thought, he sensed there were plenty of Pills inside, probably from the current era, likely provided by Tian Lie.

There were also more than twenty fourth-tier Star Jades, and two fifth-tier Star Jades!

As for the Star Artifacts and Armor, they had already been destroyed by the Dawn Radiant Light.

Like a blade, Starlight in an instant, Xu Jin swiftly extracted a fourth-tier upper Star Core, and the moment he did, he knew it was a top-grade Star Core of the upper fourth tier.

At the same moment, a faint flicker of Starlight on the Candou Platform.

With Ji Hongli at his side, Xu Jin didn’t immediately try it out and stowed it in his backpack.

Blood diffused from Zi Yang’s body.

But then Ji Hongli gently waved her hand, and a bubble instantly formed, directly enveloping the blood and the body, then fixed it to one side.

These underwater techniques were indeed powerful.

Suddenly, Xu Jin remembered the other Protection Star Pattern on the Thunder Stingray Star Core he had obtained, called Water Control, and once he had a chance, he decided to test it out.

If he could obtain the Water Control Star Pattern, wouldn’t his combat ability underwater significantly improve?

At this thought, Xu Jin decided there was no need to wait.

With a thought, he directly switched out the Thunder Stingray Star Core to gain the protection of the Water Control Star Pattern.

Almost the moment he switched it on, the uncomfortable feeling of staying underwater completely disappeared, replaced by a sense of comfort.

The feeling was probably like a fish taking to water.

Xu Jin had the urge to swim freely.

However, he had not been in any rush to try it since he previously lacked the ability to control water and continued to be held quietly in Ji Hongli’s arms, waiting for the enemies to come down.

Once the battle commenced, Ji Hongli would definitely not have much attention to spare for him, so then it would be no problem to use the Water Control ability in combat.

But speaking of which, being held by a tall, beautiful woman with a soft and warm embrace felt great in terms of both physical sensation and experience.

For a moment, Xu Jin was somewhat intoxicated.

He hoped that those attackers would take a bit longer to come down.

Ten breaths.

A hundred breaths.

Fifteen minutes.

Fifteen minutes passed, and still no enemies came.

This left Xu Jin incredibly puzzled.

What was going on?

Were the enemies storing up a powerful move?

Or waiting for reinforcements?

In an instant, Xu Jin tensed up—if the enemies sought out more reinforcements and brought in another mid to late-period Star Condensing expert, then they would be in deep trouble!

He had to go and investigate.

He said a word to Ji Hongli, and she immediately embraced Xu Jin, moving gracefully like a mermaid, and brought Xu Jin close to the water surface with just a slight motion.

Peering cautiously at the edge of the water grass, the noise of confusion, curses, and roars blended into a cacophony.

After listening for a moment, Xu Jin suddenly understood.

It was Tian Lie arguing with the remaining Star Condensing Realm experts.

Tian Lie was demanding the Star Condensing Realm experts send troops to launch a strong attack underwater.

But with Zi Yang dead, these Star Condensing Realm Purple Winged Aliens no longer heeded Tian Lie. For one, they hadn’t received any benefits from him, and second, the Dawn Radiant Light that Xu Jin had just unleashed was too terrifying!