Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1076: Chapter 430: Wood Spirit Palace’s Moves and the Deceptive Kill

[Master, I have been eliminated.]

The seventh-tier genius of the Wood Spirit Palace, Hou Ziang, was eliminated from the Seven Kills Secret Realm after being killed twice consecutively by Xu Jin.

Though fearing his master’s rebuke, Hou Ziang quickly returned. Upon reaching a location covered by Starlight from the Star-picking Tower, he reported the matter to his master, the Palace Master Chi Lei of the Wood Spirit Palace.

Failure and elimination signify an issue of capability.

It can also be explained as the enemy being too cunning.

At most, his master would give him the cold shoulder for a while.

But if he conceals and fails to report, it’s an issue of attitude and intelligence, causing the master to completely give up on him thereafter.

Upon receiving the Starlight Transmission, the Wood Spirit Palace Master was startled and naturally inquired about the details first.

Hou Ziang, of course, reported the details meticulously to his master Chi Lei as well. During the reporting process, to highlight his earnest effort and lack of cowardice, Hou Ziang slightly exaggerated the strength of the Heavenly Saint Qi he encountered.

[Heavenly Saint Qi? Fifth tier, third layer, nearly capable of instant-killing you, consecutively even? At the very least, a full set of Seven-Star Spiritual Treasures.]

[Five Elements Divine Thunder, are you sure this guy possesses the legendary Five Elements Divine Thunder?]

Initially, the Wood Spirit Palace Master Chi Lei doubted it.

A fifth-tier, third-layer instant-killing a seventh-tier, fourth-layer?

Such events only exist in legends; how could they possibly recur in reality?

However, when his disciple mentioned the Five Elements Divine Thunder, he began to believe it somewhat.

His expression also became extremely serious.

Previously, when he teamed up with the Sumeru Palace Master Luo Xian to pressure Great Chen Wan County, intending to heavily injure or slay the National Master Cheng Yuxiao under the guise of Qian’an Emperor’s command and then have the two palaces dominate Great Chen, dividing its territory, he was astounded by Cheng Yuxiao’s Thunder Star Skill!

The Thunder Star Skill, surprisingly, was stronger than his!

Such was outrageous!

Recently, the Wood Spirit Palace Master has been openly and covertly investigating this matter.

It’s known that, half a year ago, the Great Chen National Taoist Institute traded a Heaven and Earth Star Will and two Star Domains for a Third-Order Thunder Origin Star Pattern.

This implies that prior to that, the Great Chen National Taoist Institute lacked a Thunder Series inheritance.

Yet now, the Thunder Star Skill of Cheng Yuxiao of the Great Chen National Taoist Institute not only rivals his own but even surpasses it?

Now, another Five Elements Divine Thunder appeared!

He knows about the Five Elements Divine Thunder.

According to their Wood Spirit Palace’s inheritance records, if one could deduce the Thunder Origin Star Pattern to the eighth or even ninth tier, they could deduce the immensely powerful Five Elements Divine Thunder.

The problem is, despite their Wood Spirit Palace’s years of accumulation and research, the Thunder Origin Star Pattern has only been deduced to the eighth tier middle, at most.

The difficulty of deducing the eighth-tier star patterns is only known to those who have deduced them.

Unfortunately, before the Wood Spirit Palace was unsealed, the disciples of both palaces were not eligible to enter the Star-picking Secret Realm to pick Gold Stars.

Moreover, picking Gold Stars is exceedingly difficult.

Since the unsealing, the Wood Spirit Palace has arranged for numerous disciples to enter the Star-picking Secret Realm to pick Gold Stars, and as of now, they have successfully picked three Gold Stars!

Yet it still remains ineffective.

If these three Gold Stars were in Chi Lei’s possession, he would be confident in deducing the Thunder Origin from eighth-tier middle to ninth-tier lower, or even deducing the Thunder Elephant from seventh-tier middle to eighth-tier lower.

The problem is, these aren’t in his possession; they are in the hands of some newly cultivated disciples.

Their cultivation levels are mostly at the Third or Fourth Tier.

These disciples, let alone deducing to eighth-tier Thunder Origin, haven’t even succeeded in comprehending the Thunder Origin Star Pattern of Sixth Tier Upper.

If they want the Gold Stars they’ve picked to play a role, it’ll likely take three to five years, or even seven to eight years, before these disciples study the Thunder Origin Star Pattern up to eighth-tier middle, and then use the Gold Stars for further deducing, possibly surpassing the current rank.

So the question arises, how is the Great Chen National Taoist Institute able to quickly deduce the Third-Order Thunder Origin Star Pattern to eighth-tier middle or upper?

This question has previously puzzled Chi Lei to no end.

Counting on Cheng Yuxiao, impossible.

Even if Cheng Yuxiao spent an entire year without eating or drinking, focusing all his energy and resources on deducing the Thunder Origin Star Pattern, at most Cheng Yuxiao could deduce it to Fifth Tier Upper, Sixth Tier is challenging!

To quickly deduce the Thunder Origin Star Pattern to eighth-tier upper, at the very least it requires four to eight Gold Stars or four to five Gold Stars plus one Bright Star!

With Cheng Yuxiao’s current cultivation level, it’s impossible for him to pick another Gold Star.

Once the cultivation level breaks through the Seventh Tier, they can no longer enter the Star-picking Secret Realm.

Unless the Great Chen National Taoist Institute has an extraordinary genius disciple who can consecutively pick four to eight Gold Stars or Bright Stars in a short time!

The probability of this is extremely low, but not impossible.

Now, the Wood Spirit Palace Master Chi Lei has the answer.

The fifth-tier third-layer Heavenly Saint Qi matches perfectly!

Also capable of performing the Five Elements Divine Thunder that Cheng Yuxiao cannot!

The reason and goal are found.

Great Chen has produced another extraordinary genius, most likely using four to five or more Gold Stars, possibly even Bright Stars, to quickly deduce the Thunder Origin Star Pattern to at least eighth-tier upper within a short time.

Only this explains why a fifth-tier third-layer disciple can perform the Five Elements Divine Thunder, which Cheng Yuxiao cannot!

[Well done, the intelligence you reported is immensely important. Did you notice which entrance to the Seven Kills Secret Realm that Heavenly Saint Qi entered from?] asked the Wood Spirit Palace Master Chi Lei.

At this moment, in Chi Lei’s view, this Heavenly Saint Qi himself is extremely important, as is the Thunder Based Divine Tao True Intent, equally important.

Gaining either would cause a qualitative leap in the strength of the Wood Spirit Palace.

If both are acquired, the Wood Spirit Palace might just take off.