Chapter 1209: Breakthrough to Starlight Seventh Stage! Rare Heaven-and-Earth Treasures Emerge!

Heishi Star, layers of dark clouds piled up.

The night sky, devoid of a moon, was pitch black, not a finger visible in front of the face.

Terrifying beast roars echoed across the entire Heishi Star.

Heishi Star, southern hemisphere.

Inside a cave, a bonfire crackled with streaks of pitch-black lightning.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, surrounded by a faint glow of pitch-black Lei Guang.

Before him, a piece of beast meat the size of a washbasin roasted over the bonfire.

Golden fat dripped down, sizzling.

If not for the Doushen Shenlei infused into the bonfire, the flame's heat alone would take a hundred years to cook this Starlight-grade beast meat.

"Forty-three days..."

Xu Jingming, having adjusted his state to peak condition, slowly opened his eyes.

Since leaving Base 104 and entering the Heishi Star wilderness, forty-three days had passed.

During these forty-three days, he hunted beasts by day and lay low to rest by night.

On average, he gathered 4,000 Source Points daily—far more efficient than in the Sacred Land's beast trial zone!

More importantly, he could collect beast materials.

At this moment, the vast capacity of his space ring was nearly filled with various beast materials.

Of course, the total Source Points accumulated were also extremely abundant.

"Deep Blue."

Xu Jingming silently murmured, opening his system panel.

【Name】: Xu Jingming

【Level】: Starlight Sixth Stage (+)

【Ability】: Doushen Shenlei (T7+)

【Physique】: 1.64 billion Qi (+)

【Spirit】: 1.66 billion Hz (+)

【Skills】: Lei Ji Shenying (T7, Beginner+), Lei Fa Shu (T7, Beginner+)...

【Body Cultivation】: Zixiao Lei Wen Shen (T7, Sixth Layer+)

【Spirit Cultivation】: Xinghe Mingfa Fa (T7, Sixth Layer+)

【Domains】: Lightning Domain (Fifteenth Layer), Destruction Domain (Eighth Layer)

【Manifestation】: Lei Yuan Shi Ri Xiang (Advanced+)

【Source Points】: 84,000

In the previous period, he spent all his Source Points on upgrading his Manifestation, Body Cultivation, and Spirit Cultivation.

His Manifestation had reached Advanced proficiency and could now manifest its true form.

His Body Cultivation and Spirit Cultivation had also caught up with his level, both reaching the Sixth Layer!

This instantly boosted his Physique and Spirit attributes by 700 million points!

His Lightning Domain had also been upgraded from the Fourteenth Layer to the Fifteenth Layer.

Now, the accumulated Source Points were again sufficient to upgrade his level!

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming activated his intent and began upgrading.

Source Points -80,000!

Starlight Sixth Stage → Starlight Seventh Stage!

Boom—

His internal Qi surged violently; the T7 Doushen Shenlei erupted uncontrollably from his body, ravaging the cave.

The once-solid cave walls shattered like tofu under the furious lightning, rocks flying everywhere.

Fortunately, Xu Jingming's spiritual force was strong enough to tightly contain all the phenomena within the cave.

Otherwise, such a massive display would have drawn the attention of nearby beasts.

Half an hour passed before the phenomena slowly faded, and Xu Jingming opened his eyes again.

【Level】: Starlight Seventh Stage

【Physique】: 2.14 billion Qi (+)

【Spirit】: 2.26 billion Hz (+)

A single level breakthrough granted him another 500 million points in base attributes!

"S-Class, your strength must now rival Starlight Ninth Stage!"

Eva emerged from her smart bracer, her green twin tails fluttering in the wind, her cute face filled with awe.

"Starlight Ninth Stage?"

Xu Jingming shook his head, "If it's an ordinary Starlight Ninth Stage, they wouldn't be my match.

But if it's a Starlight Ninth Stage like a Sacred Land Level 1 prodigy, I'd still be lacking."

"How long have you been in the Sacred Land?"

All told, it's only been about half a year!"

To achieve this combat power is already incredible!"

Seeing Xu Jingming still unsatisfied, Eva couldn't help but complain.

Other Level 1 prodigies just entering the Noah Sacred Land would need at least a hundred years to reach such a feat.

"True enough."

Xu Jingming smiled.

This place truly is his blessed ground.

Though he occasionally encounters danger, it's always within controllable limits.

As long as he keeps killing, his strength will rapidly breakthrough and advance.

"Eva, tally up our current gains."

As he spoke, Xu Jingming took a bite of roasted beast meat.

The meat was tender and juicy, melting on the tongue, its rich aroma bursting in his mouth.

This was the thigh of a Starlight Stage Seven beast, the Crimson-Eyed Demon Ox—its flesh the firmest and most delicious.

It could still fetch a high price within the base.

But a single beast corpse was simply too massive.

Aside from collecting key material parts, he discarded the rest of the flesh outright.

"Got it."

Midair, Eva giggled and swiftly compiled the results:

"During this period, we've slain 1,404 Starlight-stage beasts, mostly Common-Blooded.

A few were Spirit-Blooded, and only one was Royal-Blooded.

That Royal-Blooded beast was Starlight Stage Six; its corpse is intact and worth roughly 600 million Noah Coins.

The remaining beast materials can be sold for 84.5 billion Noah Coins, totaling 85.1 billion Noah Coins."

1,404 beasts!

That was an absolutely terrifying number.

An average of 32 beasts slain per day!

Keep in mind,

a six-member squad could consider it excellent to hunt four or five beasts of the same stage in a day.

Xu Jingming could achieve this only because his strength utterly crushed beasts of his own stage.

When facing an equal opponent—like that Royal-Blooded Starlight Stage Six beast—

he spent fully two or three hours to kill it, then hours more to recover to peak condition.

Of course, there was another reason.

That was the B1-class battle suit!

The battle suit his teacher Lu Wen gave him reduced Starlight-stage impact damage by 90%!

Even Starrealm-stage damage was reduced by 70%!

With this suit's enhancement, plus his already formidable physique, he could fight beasts without restraint.

"85.1 billion Noah Coins..."

Xu Jingming frowned slightly.

This sum seemed huge, but it was still far from his goal.

Earlier, he had already checked the Virtual Universe for one-time items like the "Thunder Rune" that could temporarily boost his strength to Starrealm stage.

But the lowest price was 5 billion Cosmic Coins—that's 500 billion Noah Coins!

"85.1 billion is less than one-fifth."

Xu Jingming felt helpless.

Even adding the 1 billion Cosmic Coins in Eva's bank account, he was still short 3.2 billion Cosmic Coins.

"You don't have to buy through official channels—try the black market.

The black market trades in barter; maybe you can find a bargain."

Eva said.

"Barter? But I don't have anything valuable on me."

True, Xu Jingming's assets were extremely abundant.

But that abundance was limited only to Starlight-stage items.

When he first became a disciple, his teacher Lu Wen had promised to provide one top-tier cultivation resource per year suited to his current level.

But to claim that resource, he had to wait four more months.

Even if he got it, it would still be a Starlight-stage resource—its value likely wouldn't suffice to trade for a Thunder Rune, a trump card.

"Looks like for now, I can only keep hunting beasts."

Xu Jingming shook his head, about to resume his meal—

Suddenly—

Boom—boom—boom!!

The entire cave shook violently; thunderous roars echoed from afar.

Terrifying Yuan energy fluctuations surged like a tidal wave, clearly felt even across countless kilometers.

"Is this... the disturbance of a heavenly treasure emerging?!" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.