"Guixu..." Su Chen walked down from the rainbow bridge. Exploring the Guixu was one of the extrely important tasks within each Pillar. Various resources catering to professions ca from there, and one could even discover things like Morning Star Embers.
"To explore the Guixu, one must go through the Nether Realm."
Although so of the good things inside could be sold for extrely high Spirit Essence prices, Su Chen wasn't too interested in this. Primarily, it consud too much ti, and there was a real danger to one's life.
"Unless it's a special situation, I still won't consider it." Su Chen shook his head. Before he had taken two steps, he saw a rainbow light flash beside him. It was a person from the Office of Law arriving.
The two happened to make eye contact, and the other party was also taken aback.
"Here to deliver goods?" Su Chen asked first.
The other party reacted a half-beat slower and also recognized that this was the buyer. He nodded and said, "The two portions of Morning Star Embers you purchased."
"So fast..." Su Chen was surprised.
This person was a man of few words and didn't an to chat. He reached out and took two tal boxes from his portable space.
Su Chen reached out to take them and opened them to take a look. The light from the two embers was soft and warm, roughly matching the pictures. After confirming there were no problems, he signed for receipt.
"The efficiency is truly fast. I thought I really had to wait for half a day." Su Chen clutched the tal boxes in his hand, already sowhat impatient, and hurriedly returned to his residence.
First, he took out the Morning Star Embers purchased from outside the Abyssal Domain, which was cheaper. The coal-like exterior showed a grayish-red color in its cracks.
He tentatively fed it to the World-Slaying Manifestation—
[The Morning Star Embers slowly rged into the World-Slaying Manifestation wrapped in yellow clay. The viscous, flowing outer shell solidified quite a bit, and a muffled sound could faintly be heard coming from within...]
"Gone?" Su Chen was slightly taken aback. He waited for quite a while, but no more text appeared. He couldn't help but click his tongue: "Just how much more is missing? Give an accurate estimate so I can have an idea in my heart."
Su Chen took another Morning Star Embers purchased from within Lingxiao from the other tal box. This piece was valued at two hundred and thirty Faith Essences, and its surface cracks revealed a greenish-white color.
As soon as he squeezed it in his hand, it disappeared.
[The Morning Star Embers slowly rged into the World-Slaying Manifestation wrapped in semi-solidified yellow clay. The outer shell gradually solidified, turning into a statue. The muffled sound within beca increasingly distinct, as if sothing was about to break out of its shell.]
"Break out of its shell... It's really not enough." Su Chen's brow furrowed tightly. It looked like it had reached the final critical juncture. Perhaps it would break out of its shell very soon, or perhaps he would have to wait a very long ti.
If he had to buy another portion of Morning Star Embers because of this, he always felt like it was a huge loss.
"But if I don't let the World-Slaying Manifestation finish shaping as soon as possible, I won't have a way to obtain a large amount of Faith Essence by getting on the ranking. The Harsh Gold Stone, Nine Prisons of Thunder Eruption, and Water Spirit Current are all waiting for to prepare..."
"If it really doesn't work out..." A holographic projection reflected from Su Chen's body. He was already prepared to buy another portion of Morning Star Embers, even gritting his teeth: "Forget it, since I've already bought them, I won't wait. I'll just buy it internally to save having to wait again..."
Right at this mont, the Status Panel suddenly trembled—
[The Sun-Mirror Calamity-Slaying Sovereign sensed the host's intense internal conflict and decided to lend a helping hand. With just a stretch of his hand, a thick, green lightning bolt struck down, hitting directly on the yellow clay statue wrapping the World-Slaying Manifestation.
Only a loud cracking sound was heard, and the World-Slaying Manifestation broke out of its shell, appearing even more robust and radiant.]
"Ha, good Heavenly Sovereign!" Su Chen's heart fluttered, and he imdiately put away the holographic projection. The text on the Status Panel continued to evolve—
[The World-Slaying Manifestation has finished shaping according to the host's requirents. The energy supply thod for the Sky-Scars has changed; it no longer requires tallic materials to supplent it afterward, but the physical stamina consud will be increased by an ultra-massive margin.]
[The World-Slaying Manifestation gained the dium-grade trait—[God-Ascending Marks]: When the number of Sky-Scars utilized is three, five, seven, and nine, an overall 20% enhancent will be sequentially obtained.]
"dium-grade trait?" Su Chen's pupils dilated slightly. "Can't the [Sun-Igniter] only catalyze weak characteristics?"
Su Chen believed he rembered correctly. After pondering for a mont, he had a guess. "Could it be because of the two Morning Star Embers?"
"That's true. This thing is a good item that can only be obtained after a Morning Star's death. Two pieces used shouldn't just accelerate the shaping speed of the Mystic Yellow Clay..."
"[God-Ascending Marks]. This trait is a bit abnormal. I currently have eight Sky-Scars, which ans I can obtain a 60% total enhancent, nearly half. It's equivalent to gaining another five Sky-Scars out of thin air..."
Thinking carefully, Su Chen couldn't help but gasp. "A dium-grade trait is already this formidable?"
But then he thought again: "That makes sense. This trait is already considered sothing that can only be obtained by a Radiant Moon or a mid-to-late stage Morning Star. It should have this kind of strength."
"This is only dium-grade. Just how abnormal would an even higher-grade trait be..."
"However..." Su Chen glanced at the text on the Status Panel again. A major flaw of the World-Slaying Manifestation had been solved, turning into purely being supplied by physical stamina.
"Increased by an ultra-massive margin"—it was already marked in the text. Coupled with the newly obtained dium-grade trait, he feared the consumption of the World-Slaying Manifestation would reach an unimaginable degree.
"With the Eternal Physique, Verdant Wood Guest, and Cinderless Fla linked by the Seven-Branch Wondrous Tree, I wonder if they can hold up." Su Chen felt sowhat unsure.
The more powerful the ability, the more terrifying the consumption would be.
"Right, now that it doesn't need tallic materials to supplent it, I might as well try it..." Su Chen reacted. Thinking of it, he did it. He adjusted his body's posture and tentatively utilized one Sky-Scar.
In an instant, a surging power erupted from deep within his body, but Su Chen's face couldn't help but change slightly. He only felt his physical stamina being drained like opening floodgates.
"This consumption is a bit too fucking fierce." He estimated carefully; the consumption had probably multiplied by five or six tis at least, and this was under the consumption weakening of the Inexhaustible Titan.
The Cinderless Fla erupted, and black flas subrged into his body, amplifying the Eternal Physique and doubling its base augntation. Only then did Su Chen's expression ease up a bit.
"This is only one, and it's almost higher than the joint use of five Sky-Scars." Su Chen clicked his tongue. This was the price of not needing tallic materials to supplent the energy supply.
Gritting his teeth, he simply tried triggering two directly.
Instantly, his skin pulled taut, and vitality nearly condensed into substance rippled outwards, forming a hazy blood mist.
Su Chen's face changed slightly. A phantom image on the surface of his skin dispersed. From within his nearly dried-up body, a torrent gushed out; it was the Doppelganger augntation.
Benefiting from the trait of the Eternal Physique, coupled with the amplification of the Cinderless Fla, the augntation of the Doppelganger was nearly two hundred tis his own, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.
Three Sky-Scars, the initial trigger requirent for [God-Ascending Marks]. The consumption indeed multiplied by a large margin because of it.
Even the Eternal Physique amplified by the Cinderless Fla wouldn't be able to hold up for too long.
"Even with the Doppelganger augntation, I estimate it'll drain dry within a minute..."
Su Chen had already roughly estimated it and dispersed the augntation.
This was only the single ability of the Eternal Physique; he still had the Verdant Wood Guest to supplent the Doppelganger: "If only five Sky-Scars coordinate with the Inexhaustible Titan, I might be able to hold up a little longer. But with all eight Sky-Scars active, and obtaining another 60% augntation on top of that, hiss..."
He couldn't help but shake his head, mocking himself sowhat. "I thought I really had so stamina redundancy. Once the World-Slaying Manifestation cos out, tsk..."
Although the consumption had increased massively, Su Chen had sowhat expected it in his heart, and he preferred it this way. Otherwise, having to supplent tallic materials every ti was sothing he truly couldn't afford.
"The Eternal Physique has been strengthened to a certain degree, but the Inexhaustible Titan hasn't been strengthened much yet. Perhaps I can do sothing about it."
"Moreover, after the Limit Break pulls to the 9th-Tier, my physical constitution will undergo a leap, and my base stamina will also increase significantly. Perhaps I can hold up longer..."
Su Chen calculated for a while. Overall, he was quite satisfied with this tamorphosis of the World-Slaying Manifestation. Not being able to hold up due to the massive consumption wasn't a problem with the World-Slaying Manifestation; it was his own problem.
"With the Heavenly Sovereign righteously lending a hand, I can directly purchase the Harsh Gold Stone now." Su Chen projected the holographic screen. After rging the token into himself, issuing commands with just a thought was very convenient.
He found the Harsh Gold Stone he had marked long ago and chose to purchase it.
[Your purchase request has been accepted. The Harsh Gold Stone has always been deposited in the Office of Law. Please wait a mont.]
"Deposited in the Office of Law... It's probably sold by so big shot." Su Chen glanced at it. The Office of Law always had a deposit service, which could save a lot of ti.
But due to so unspeakable psychology between the various heavens, very few people used the deposit service; only so big shots dared to.
"Right, there are also the potions..." After the purchase was complete, he suddenly rembered this matter. He jumped to the resource allocation page, selected his attribute inclination, and claid the Rank Eight—Lightning Fla True Liquid potion.
.........
"Hiss~"
Shen Yi'an pushed open the hall doors and walked out with a very unsightly expression. He just happened to see Chu Ran and Wei Zhenghong discussing sothing in low voices in front of the neighboring palace.
"Old Shen, you're out." Wei Zhenghong spotted him and greeted him.
"Senior Brother Shen..." Chu Ran bowed respectfully and turned to leave.
There had always been a certain distance between him and Shen Yi'an. Later, because he followed a portion of the people to evacuate when the Royal Court attacked, although this was within the permissible scope of Qing Cang, those who stayed behind inevitably had thoughts, and the estrangent between them grew heavier.
Shen Yi'an was well aware of this and rely returned the bow politely. Wei Zhenghong then asked, "What rank?"
Hearing this, a hint of bitterness appeared at the corner of Shen Yi'an's mouth. "Nine hundred... and eighty-seven..."
"A lot better than ." Wei Zhenghong grinned, but he also looked very helpless, trying to find joy in sorrow: "At least you got into the top thousand."
"A thousand..." The corner of Shen Yi'an's eye twitched. He and Wei Zhenghong were the top tier in the Dust Star Sea, yet here, one was outside the top thousand, and the other barely squeezed into the top thousand.
"...We can't even compare to so 7th-Tiers..." Shen Yi'an almost squeezed this sentence out from his throat, feeling both sorrowful and helpless.
The Lingxiao Morning Star Ranking included all age-appropriate practitioners in the eight heavens who had not yet advanced to Morning Star. Let alone 7th-Tiers and 6th-Tiers, there were even 1st-Tiers and 2nd-Tiers.
"Old Shen..." Wei Zhenghong consoled him: "Those aren't ordinary 7th-Tiers either; they are all Divine Dawn and True Radiance. They basically all have top-tier Holy Classes, and more than one."
"Between the two of us, only you have an interdiate-level Holy Class."
Although he was consoling Shen Yi'an, by the end of his words, Wei Zhenghong also found it hard to force a smile.
The more they understood, the more helpless, and even despairing, they felt in their hearts.
A top-tier Holy Class was forged from eight professions, abruptly three more than a lower-level one. And those guys had more than one top-tier Holy Class on them.
He only had one lower-level Holy Class. The gap between them was more than just a chasm.
Shen Yi'an clenched his fists, his face extrely ugly. With his pride, it was very hard to accept this kind of reality. He gritted his teeth and said:
"Xuanwu Heaven is publicly acknowledged as the weakest among the Nine Heavens, yet their four Star Seeds are all ranked in the top hundred. We can only hover around the thousandth rank."
"You tell how the other sect mbers can go out to handle affairs and communicate!"
After joining Lingxiao, the distance between sect mbers beca extrely close; they shared both glory and disgrace.
Like Xuanwu Heaven, which was declining day by day, quite a few of their internal mbers had defected to other heavens, and when interacting with other heavens, they unconsciously felt inferior.
Their Bronze Heaven had just joined, and they still had an Ancient King present. Perhaps so malice wouldn't manifest so quickly, but it ultimately couldn't remain like this forever.
Wei Zhenghong was silent, but his voice beca much colder. "It's useless to talk about this now. It's only because of the limitations of the Dust Star Sea that this is the case. The only benefit is that you and I have never used resources to weaken the difficulty of professions."
"Perhaps we can use this to at least supplent a top-tier Holy Class, and see if it can harmonize with an interdiate-level low-grade Cultivation Technique. We might be able to advance quite a bit."
Hearing these words, Shen Yi'an took a deep breath, but cald down a lot. "What you said is right. What we should consider now is how to make up for the deficit."
Wei Zhenghong nodded, and his tone shifted: "Furthermore, we still have Su Chen. I heard from Chu Ran that while the two of us were entering the Nether Realm, he had already co out of seclusion."
"He underwent tamorphosis into True Radiance?" Shen Yi'an couldn't help but look over.
"That's right." Wei Zhenghong nodded, and couldn't help but say: "When Su Chen was at the 7th-Tier, he could withstand a strike from Qin Yun head-on. Although the gap between Morning Stars in the Dust Star Sea and the Morning Stars here is quite large, it was still a Morning Star."
"Moreover, it's said that the True Radiance talent has unique abilities that provide massive augntation. Once he advances to the 8th-Tier, he might be able to squeeze into the top hundred, or even the top fifty."
"In this way, our Bronze Heaven can be considered to have soone who can hold up our reputation."
"True Radiance..." Shen Yi'an's expression was complex, yet he smiled inexplicably. "Both inside and outside Lingxiao, people are surprised that Su Chen advanced to the 7th-Tier at such a young age. They all think he focused on his main profession, not knowing exactly what his Holy Classes..."
ntioning this, Wei Zhenghong also grinned. Just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at another palace nearby.
The hall doors were opening, and Su Chen walked out from within. Seeing the two, he greeted them: "Old Wei, Brother Shen..."
"We were just talking about you, and out you co." Wei Zhenghong cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations on undergoing tamorphosis into True Radiance."
"Congratulations, Martial Uncle." Shen Yi'an also echoed.
"We're already so familiar, no need for these formalities." Su Chen waved his hand and inquired, "I heard you guys talking about so ranking?"
"Naturally, it's the Lingxiao Hidden Star Ranking..." Wei Zhenghong smiled bitterly.
"Oh, you guys went to try it? What's the situation?" Su Chen couldn't help but ask.
"Hovering around the thousandth rank." Shen Yi'an sighed.
Su Chen raised an eyebrow, sowhat surprised, but thinking of Wei Zhenghong and the other's setup, he didn't say anything.
Naturally, he wouldn't press on the sore spots of the two, and instead asked, "This Lingxiao Hidden Star Ranking, what kind of rotation thod does it use?"
"Hmm..." Shen Yi'an pondered, seemingly organizing his words, but Su Chen interrupted: "Forget it, let's go check it out together later. I'm going to pick sothing up."
He ca out naturally because the Harsh Gold Stone had arrived.
"That works too." Shen Yi'an nodded.
Su Chen arrived outside the Core Zone. The delivery person from the Office of Law was already waiting there. After signing and receiving the goods, the other party left.
"Harsh Gold Stone..." Su Chen looked down at the brilliantly radiant, irregular tal-like stone in the box. He reached out and grasped it, and it vanished.
[The World-Slaying Manifestation swallowed the Harsh Gold Stone in one gulp. Its body underwent so changes, suddenly taking on a layer of tallic luster. The defensive strength of the Immovable Vajra increased slightly.]
With the trait harmonizing, the World-Slaying Manifestation obtained a slight enhancent. And Su Chen had already opened the Seven-Branch Wondrous Tree page, sowhat impatiently wanting to integrate it.
One of the branches gradually turned blood-gold and spread towards the roots, mixing with the power of the other Holy Classes.
Under the Seven-Branch Wondrous Tree, multiple lines of text were trembling. At the very bottom, a line of blurred blood-gold handwriting gradually took shape, a fierce and savage aura rushing toward one's face—
[Harsh Gold Essence-Devouring: At the cost of temporarily being unable to use any augntations or abilities of the Eternal Physique, Cinderless Fla, or Verdant Wood Guest, the World-Slaying Manifestation will have zero consumption for a short period of ti.]
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