Chapter 1309: Not Enough Attributes? Deep Blue!

On the Silver Radiance Star, in a vast, open grassland.

When Xu Jingming removed the neural helmet.

He saw Ye Lan enthusiastically roasting native wild fowl meat.

This Star Rank Two powerhouse looked just like a young girl out for a spring picnic.

Xu Jingming couldn't help but smile and said:

"Lan'er, aren't you going to meet Ai Mose and the others?"

Ye Lan's relaxed expression flickered slightly, then she handed him the roasted skewer:

"Not yet."

Her cheeks flushed faintly as she lowered her head, poking at the bonfire, her voice barely a whisper.

Though she had mentally prepared herself, she still felt uneasy about Xu Jingming's many women.

Especially Lu Yunji and Yuli—she feared they wouldn't accept her.

Xu Jingming took the skewer, bit into it, and juicy, tender meat burst in his mouth.

Watching Ye Lan's rare, delicate blush, he couldn't help laughing:

"A Star Rank Two senior sister, and you're shy? Don't worry—they'll accept you."

Ling Shuang and the others need no explanation—they've long been eager for someone to share the burden.

As for Lu Yunji and Yuli, they likely anticipated Ye Lan's arrival already.

"Yes, I know. I want to tell them face-to-face when we return to the Sacred Land," Ye Lan's unease eased slightly.

Though the Virtual Universe was incredibly lifelike, she still felt such an important matter was better said in person.

"Fine."

Xu Jingming casually tossed the empty skewer stick onto the ground.

Then he rose to his feet and looked up at the sky.

A streak of light pierced through the clouds, landing precisely a hundred meters away.

It was a spacecraft brimming with sci-fi design.

Immediately, the hatch opened.

A middle-aged man clad in battle armor stepped out and approached Xu Jingming.

"Sacred Land Grade One Genius Xu Jingming, these are the resources you purchased. Please verify your identity and receive them."

The man spoke in a low voice.

Though he suppressed his aura, the natural pressure radiating from him confirmed he was unquestionably a Cosmic Rank powerhouse.

"No wonder these are S-class resources—sending a Cosmic Rank warrior to deliver them."

He murmured in awe, then quickly verified his identity using the instrument the man produced.

"Identity confirmed. All resources you purchased are inside this Space Ring."

The man handed him a Space Ring.

After Xu Jingming verified everything was correct, he departed without delay.

"Finally arrived—two S-class resources!"

Xu Jingming's eyes gleamed faintly as he immediately retrieved the two S8-class resources.

The instant the resources were removed, a faint, fragrant aroma drifted out, and a surge of powerful energy swept across the grassland.

On the left, the Star Vortex Dragon Saliva Grass glowed crystal-clear, its leaves layered like dragon scales, radiating crimson light.

On the right, the Nine Nether Soul Lotus was deep and dark blue, its petals beaded with frost-like soul-force dewdrops.

"These two S8-class resources should boost your base attributes by roughly eight hundred million."

"But how much you ultimately gain depends on your own constitution."

Ye Lan smiled lightly.

Everyone's constitution differs.

Some absorb the effects well and gain more attributes.

Others absorb poorly and gain less.

"With my constitution, I should absorb it well."

Xu Jingming smiled faintly, sat cross-legged, and said, "Lan'er, keep watch."

"Alright."

Ye Lan's long hair whipped wildly as she extended her aura, using her spiritual sense to detect every movement around.

Xu Jingming first retrieved the Star Vortex Dragon Saliva Grass and swallowed it whole!

The instant the Spirit Herb entered his mouth, the entire plant transformed into a scorching torrent surging into his body!

Boom—!!

Brilliant crimson light erupted violently around him.

Fine dragon-scale patterns surfaced on his skin, as if ancient dragon roars echoed within his body.

Every inch of flesh greedily devoured the medicinal power, his blood and qi surging like boiling magma!

"Five point five billion… five point seven billion… five point nine billion!"

Xu Jingming closed his eyes, inner-viewing his system panel, clearly sensing his physique stats skyrocketing.

The medicinal power of the Star Vortex Dragon Saliva Grass was overwhelmingly brutal, even causing his bones to crack and pop.

His muscle fibers continuously tore and reformed, each regeneration becoming stronger and more resilient.

Ye Lan's pupils shrank slightly.

She saw the ground where Xu Jingming sat had melted into crimson magma from the intense heat.

The green grass within a kilometer radius instantly carbonized!

More astonishingly, a colossal dragon silhouette faintly emerged behind him, scales and claws flaring, his aura like a hellish prison.

"This commotion… how could it be just 800 million? At least one billion!"

Ye Lan had just flashed this thought.

Xu Jingming suddenly opened his eyes, golden-red light blazing in his pupils.

Without hesitation, he grabbed the Nine Nether Soul Lotus and shoved it into his mouth.

"Crack!"

The instant the pale-blue ice crystal shattered between his lips, the temperature of the entire grassland plummeted!

Frost flowers spread rapidly outward from Xu Jingming across the grass.

Water molecules in the air froze into fine ice crystals that drifted down.

From the crown of his head, a brilliant blue column of light shot upward, a storm of manifested mental force churning the clouds into vortices!

"My mental force is evolving..."

Inside Xu Jingming's consciousness sea.

Liquid mental force converged into a hurricane, growing ever larger!

The extreme cold of the Nine Nether Soul Lotus and the fierce energy of the Star Vortex Dragon Saliva Herb formed a perfect balance within his body.

"Boom—!"

The violent upheaval of his physical body and mental force even stirred disturbances in heaven and earth!

Wild Doushen Shenlei surged forth automatically, emitting deep thunderous roars, encircling him of their own accord.

"Such powerful lightning!"

Ye Lan's heart jolted; she had no choice but to tear open space.

She sealed the Doushen Shenlei outside, watching in shock as Xu Jingming's aura climbed steadily higher.

【Physical】: 5.46 billion Qi → 6.83 billion Qi!

【Mental】: 5.67 billion Hz → 6.78 billion Hz!

When the last trace of medicinal power was fully absorbed, Xu Jingming let out a long howl and leapt upward.

The Doushen Shenlei coiling around him exploded violently.

The shockwave blew away the turf of every thousand meters around him!

He clenched his fist midair, and pure qi burst forth, forming a sonic boom cloud.

"S you, your current Qi is roughly 6.8 billion, mental force roughly 6.7 billion."

Eva, who had monitored the entire process, immediately delivered the analysis data.

"6.8 billion Qi, 6.7 billion mental force..."

Feeling the surging power within him, Xu Jingming turned to Ye Lan, who stood dumbfounded, and smiled.

"It seems my constitution absorbs these two resources particularly well."

"Indeed, very impressive."

After her shock, Ye Lan murmured.

Generally speaking, the more rare flowers, herbs, or pills one swallows,

subsequent ingestions yield drastically diminished effects.

Yet Xu Jingming's current state clearly showed he had never consumed any cultivation resources before!

To achieve such an astonishing breakthrough speed through innate talent alone can only be described as utterly contrary to heaven's will.

"Although your attributes surged by nearly one billion, they still seem short of the Star Rank threshold," Ye Lan frowned slightly.

S8-level cultivation resources have potent effects; to further enhance your attributes, you must consume even rarer materials.

But we no longer have enough credit points to purchase resources above S8.

"Don't worry, I have my own method."

Xu Jingming's gaze flickered slightly.

He knew his Deep Blue System could directly add points to his Qi and mental force via Source Points!

But direct point-adding was far less efficient than adding points to Body Strengthening Art or Spirit Refinement Art.

So he had rarely done it.

Now, however, was the time for direct point-adding.

Thinking thus, he no longer hesitated and silently murmured, "Deep Blue!"