Chapter 165: God's Left Hand, Favorability Rising

"Three."

Counting the new Spirit Star, the Spirit Stars that arrived after Lan Xing reached three.

These three Spirit Stars all fell silent.

They, like Lan Xing, probably also had a Dark Energy Tide when they first arrived.

"It has weakened."

Two days later, the Dark Energy Tide on Lan Xing began to weaken.

This means Lan Xing is about to suck dry the Dark Energy in the surrounding area.

Wherever Lan Xing appears, it must be one of the areas richest in Dark Energy in this nebula.

After it is drained, even if Lan Xing continues moving through the nebula, it is hard to have such a large-scale Dark Energy Tide again.

On a cosmic scale, Lan Xing's speed is too slow.

The weakening does not disappear instantly; rather, the Dark Energy within the Dark Energy Tide gradually becomes thinner.

So far, this Dark Energy Tide has lasted nearly twenty days.

Lu Xun absorbed Dark Energy with all his might, packing more than ten thousand Chaos Cells in his left hand with Dark Energy.

But they were not filled completely.

Each Chaos Cell contained only one or two percent of Dark Energy.

There was no way; although called a tide, the Dark Energy inside remained in a free state—Lu Xun being able to absorb this much Dark Energy was already quite good.

Moreover, a hundred Chaos Cells were completely filled with Dark Energy by Lu Xun.

In this Dark Energy Tide, the total amount of Dark Energy absorbed by Lu Xun was astonishing.

It reached several thousand cubic units of Dark Energy.

Exactly how many thousand cubic units, Lu Xun dared not confirm.

At least over two thousand cubic units, even three thousand.

With this much Dark Energy, even Six-Seven Realm Powerful Ones could not achieve it.

Six-Seven Realm Powerful Ones also lack a Chaos Divine Body; once their bodies can't hold more after absorption, they can only choose to refine it.

"Let's test the effect."

Lu Xun decided to test the effect first.

With a thought, a flying sword shot out, turned back after a hundred meters, and came shooting back at extreme speed.

The flying sword flew straight toward Lu Xun.

"Clang!"

Lu Xun threw a fierce punch, sending the flying sword flying.

"Awesome!"

Lu Xun glanced at his own fist and couldn't help exclaiming.

This flying sword was the Fourth Grade Heavenly Rank Flying Sword Lu Xun had used before.

Although it is a Fourth Grade Heavenly Rank, it is extraordinarily sharp, cutting metal and stone effortlessly.

For such a flying sword, under Lu Xun's control, blocking it bare-fisted would be useless even with True Qi shielding the body—unless the fist carries True Intent, using True Intent to withstand it, only then could it be knocked down.

But just now, Lu Xun used nothing.

He used no True Qi, let alone True Intent.

He wanted to use True Intent but couldn't, because he only has Palm Intent, not Fist Intent.

Lu Xun truly blocked the flying sword with pure flesh.

Putting this in anyone else's case, it would be nearly impossible.

No matter how high one's body-tempering level, can flesh and blood be as sharp as a flying sword?

Even if one opens the skin aperture in the hand aperture, awakens the Bronze Skin Iron Bones divine ability, relying solely on flesh and blood, it is still hard to withstand such a sharp flying sword.

Lu Xun, however, did it.

The reason is,

Naturally, it has to do with the Chaos Cells.

His more than ten thousand Chaos Cells each loaded with one or two percent Dark Energy, combined with a hundred Chaos Cells fully loaded with Dark Energy,

made his fist indestructible.

Although it is still far from the system's claim of being comparable to an Immortal God Body,

but it is already enough to block a sharp flying sword head-on.

"Boom!"

A stone was shattered by Lu Xun.

"So strong."

Lu Xun showed a look of joy.

This fruit stone is not an ordinary stone.

It is a Core Stone.

Core Stone, that is, stone gathered from deep within Lan Xing, has an extremely high density.

Since Lan Xing began its ascension, Lan Xing itself has been constantly changing, its mass growing larger, and the density of objects likewise increasing.

This causes Lan Xing's gravity to also increase slowly.

This increase is not rapid, so humanity can continually adapt.

If ancient humans were suddenly placed here now, they would feel very heavy, and their strength would diminish greatly.

Lu Xun just now used no True Qi, no martial techniques, nor any other means.

Just by relying on his own strength to attack, he actually shattered the heartstone into pieces.

Even a fifth-realm grand master would find it extremely difficult to shatter the heartstone in that way.

Although Lu Xun's body tempering itself is extremely terrifying.

Being able to shatter the heartstone without any means is enough to show how terrifying his left hand is.

In fact, when attacking, Lu Xun felt that the chaos cells in his left hand all trembled together, thereby causing his left hand to erupt with astonishing power.

"Just loading this little bit of Dark Energy makes me this strong; if I filled it completely, my body might truly rival a deity."

Lu Xun said softly.

The strength of his left hand makes him not doubt the system's words at all.

Being comparable to a deity is no empty talk.

The premise is that Lu Xun can obtain enough Dark Energy to fill the chaos cells.

If he truly reaches that point, Lu Xun would be incredibly formidable.

That piece of divine bone would be enough to prove the point.

Just a mere bone,

Not even a sacred weapon can damage it; even Fu Xue at the peak of the Six Realms has no way to deal with it.

Lu Xun used chaos power to drive the Phoenix True Flame, burning it for a full five days before reducing it to ash.

Once Lu Xun reaches that point, he could stand there motionless, and no one could move him.

Of course, filling all the chaos cells with Dark Energy is not simple.

The required amount of Dark Energy is an astronomical figure.

So, this cannot be rushed.

No matter how you say it.

Thanks to this Dark Energy Tide, Lu Xun turned his left hand into a trump card.

"Let's just call it the God's Left Hand."

Lu Xun gave his left hand a name.

God's Left Hand.

"It's over."

One day later, the Dark Energy Tide completely ended.

As soon as the Dark Energy Tide ended, the Rainbow Bridge was about to appear.

Next comes the real show.

A figure flashed, and Fu Xue arrived beside Lu Xun.

Fu Xue, without a word, brought Lu Xun back to the space fortress.

"Lu Xun, your battle merits have been tallied; wait a moment, I'll go get your medal."

After Fu Xue placed Lu Xun on a platform, she left.

Not long after, she returned.

"Lu Xun, your battle merits have reached the one-star level; this is your medal."

Fu Xue, with a relieved smile at the corner of her mouth, handed a golden medal to Lu Xun.

The medal is beautiful, made entirely of gold, with a shining star on it.

Below the star, it is surrounded by abundant rice stalks.

This represents one-star battle merits.

The more stars on the medal, the greater the battle merits required.

"Thank you, teacher."

Lu Xun took it.

"The Rainbow Bridge is about to appear; according to past convention, you should be in the third batch to enter. After entering, be careful—there are many dangers at the Ancient Path nodes, so don't go to overly dangerous places."

Fu Xue advised.

"Teacher, what is usually found at the Ancient Path nodes?"

Lu Xun asked.

He had never entered the nodes of the Starry Sky Ancient Path; the more he knows, the safer he will be.

"Each Ancient Path node's situation is different; I'm not sure of the specifics, but let me tell you about the situations we've encountered before."

After Fu Xue finished speaking, she began to explain in detail to Lu Xun.

What she spoke about were all the situations encountered after passing through the Rainbow Bridge.

The Rainbow Bridge is very, very long.

Descending from different points, the places reached are also different.

The first batch to enter the Rainbow Bridge are basically top-tier experts.

The second batch consists of experts above the Six Realms; among them, some will take on the role of pathfinders.

After clarifying the conditions of each segment of the Rainbow Bridge, these pathfinders will assign grades to each segment.

They are divided into different star ratings.

The star rating represents the upper limit of resources inside.

For example, four-star means the resources inside are basically of the fourth realm or below.

Generally, the higher the star rating, the better the things there are, and also the more dangerous.

There are also cases of misjudgment.

For example, some places with low star ratings end up yielding someone an enormous harvest.

This situation is not very common; it belongs to the minority cases.

Lu Xun listened attentively, occasionally asking a question or two.

Fu Xue would earnestly answer Lu Xun's questions.

In this way of question and answer, half a day passed without them noticing.

"Right, you've offended quite a few people; during the scouting phase at Rainbow Bridge, it's often when the various tribes attack each other, at that time Lan Xing is relatively chaotic, those who want to kill you are likely to take the opportunity to strike, and foreign tribes might also act against you, so be careful."

Finally, Fu Xue reminded him.

She seems to know quite a lot about Lu Xun's affairs.

"Teacher, I'll be careful."

Lu Xun said.

"That's good, by the way, this is the property deed for Star Moon Building, I'm giving it to you."

Fu Xue thought of something, took out a property deed, and handed it to Lu Xun.

"Ah? Star Moon Building is yours, Teacher?"

Lu Xun was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, this was one of my past investments; I no longer need it, I've had someone handle the transfer procedures, and the property deed now bears your name."

"Thank you, Teacher."

Lu Xun, without pretension, accepted it.

Star Moon Building is a four-story small building with a total area of over a thousand square meters.

In an area like Qingbei Jie, one square meter can sell for several hundred thousand.

In other words, Star Moon Building is worth several hundred million.

If it were before, this would be a huge sum for Lu Xun.

Now... it's basically nothing.

For Fu Xue, it's even less of anything.

After Lu Xun won first place in the secret realm assessment, the spirit puppet Fu Xue gave him is worth more than Star Moon Building.

So there's no need to be pretentious.

After Fu Xue gave the property deed to Lu Xun, she left.

"Favorability at 45%?"

After she left, Lu Xun unexpectedly discovered that Fu Xue's favorability toward him had increased by a full 15%, reaching 45%.

"It increased that much?"

Lu Xun was somewhat surprised.

Thus, even if Fu Xue is as cold as ice, as long as there's a chance to get close to her, it's still possible to raise her favorability.

This favorability increase might be because she saw Lu Xun's hard work over this period and also because he helped her deal with the Seventh Realm Dark Beast.

Later, Lu Xun pointed out to her the areas where Dark Energy was concentrated, which probably also helped.

Whatever the case, this is a good thing.

Lu Xun originally didn't hold much hope.

Now, however, he has seen hope.

Unfortunately, Fu Xue said she would leave and just left, making it hard for Lu Xun to spend more time with her.

This caused Lu Xun's plan to increase favorability to fall through.

However, given Fu Xue's personality, sometimes going with the flow actually works better.

If one is really too proactive, it might backfire.

Lu Xun can still only plan for the long term.

Fortunately, after binding four people, his cultivation speed is already extremely fast, so there's no need to rush to bind a fifth.

Lu Xun can just stay steady.

If he can encounter a suitable binding partner, binding them first is also fine.

If he can't, then he'll just wait for Fu Xue's favorability to rise.