Chapter 1591

Star Fall Continent, beneath the deep blue sky.

Xu Jingming flared his wings and sped forward, jet-black lightning carving a straight path through the sky, tearing through ten-thousandfold gravity.

He had been flying toward the Star Fall Divine Palace for over a month, covering nearly two million kilometers.

The Star Fall Beasts he encountered along the way were not few, but far from ubiquitous.

"Roar—!"

Below, among the mountains, a beast shaped like a giant lizard.

A Star Fall Beast over thirty meters long roared to the heavens, its crimson scales glinting with metallic coldness under the starlight.

Its aura had clearly reached Cosmic Rank 8!

Xu Jingming didn't even bother to draw his spear.

With a thought, the Annihilation Divine Thunder crashed down!

Hiss!

The furious lightning struck it directly, instantly destroying its life core.

The massive headless carcass crashed to the ground, staining the rock walls with blood.

"Ding! Slain one Cosmic Rank 8 Star Fall Beast. Source Points +8,000,000!"

The system's melodious notification chimed.

Xu Jingming waved his hand to collect the corpse, but his brow furrowed slightly.

This was the 123rd Star Fall Beast he had slain in over a month.

Their ranks ranged from Cosmic Rank 5 to Cosmic Peak.

Add in the demons and demonic races he'd killed, and he'd accumulated roughly 2.5 billion Source Points.

Combined with his previous surplus, the system panel still showed 34.1 billion Source Points remaining.

"Too inefficient."

Xu Jingming scanned the vast, endless land below, sighing inwardly.

Though Star Fall Beasts were native creatures, as Cosmic Rank beings, their distribution was sparse.

Often, after flying an entire day, he could kill only three or four.

To form a perfect divine body upon breaking into the Immortal Rank, he must attain the Fourth Layer of the Source Core Secret Scripture.

He had already seen it—the difficulty of the Third Layer of the Source Core Secret Scripture was over a hundred times that of the Second Layer!

Even Lin Qianxue, a Level 1 Bloodline genius, had remained stuck at this stage for over ten thousand years without understanding it.

When he first upgraded the Source Core Secret Scripture from First Layer to Second Layer, it cost him 1 billion Source Points.

Calculating by this difficulty.

To upgrade from Second Layer to Third Layer, the starting cost would be at least 100 billion Source Points!

As for the Fourth Layer? That would likely be an astronomical number.

"If I keep going at this pace, I have no idea when I'll ever accumulate enough..."

Suddenly, Xu Jingming's mind stirred, and he asked in his consciousness:

"Vera, does your Seduction Art work on these native creatures?"

Deep within his consciousness, the illusion of a demon girl appeared.

She blinked her large purple eyes, her heart-shaped tail swaying gently, and shook her head:

"Useless.

These Star Fall Beasts have too low intelligence; their soul structures are as simple as beasts'.

Seduction Art targets the desires and emotions of intelligent life—it's like playing the lute to a cow."

It was like trying to seduce a child only a few years old.

Even if she transformed into her seductive adult form, the creature would show not the slightest reaction.

"Didn't expect low intelligence could be such a blessing," Xu Jingming chuckled helplessly.

Aside from native creatures, everyone else entering this realm were elites of the Cosmic Rank.

Vera's Seduction Art was useless against them too.

In other words, this ultimate weapon was temporarily useless.

"If only there was a way to find the Star Fall Beasts' nest..."

As he pondered, Xu Jingming suddenly brightened.

Insect Race!

His powerful spiritual force had sensed an Insect Race!

Just a hundred kilometers away!

"Insect Race! Finally, I've found you!"

Xu Jingming felt a surge of excitement.

Over the past month, he had slain demons, slain demonic races.

But he had never slain the one he most wanted to encounter—the Insect Race!

"No, no, I can't show too much strength.

I must be evenly matched—so she keeps producing troops endlessly!"

Xu Jingming made up his mind: he must not reveal too much of his power.

He retracted all his aura, continuing to fly forward as if he had sensed nothing.

After flying another sixty kilometers,

A figure hovered in midair over ten kilometers away.

This was a female-form insectoid, standing over ten meters tall.

Her skin was a pale gold, shimmering with the luster of glazed glass.

Her features were seductive and exquisite, finely carved like sculpture, her compound eyes a deep violet.

If one ignored her exaggerated height.

And the pair of translucent wings behind her, thin as cicada wings, inscribed with intricate insect patterns.

She looked no different from a human beauty of unparalleled charm!

"She's an insectoid capable of shape-shifting!"

Xu Jingming's heart jolted, then surged with wild joy.

He swiftly searched the data provided by the Nine Swords Dominator, and soon locked onto the information.

Ai Ke, top-tier Nine-Star War General, power level Eternal First Stage!

Specializes in insect swarm tactics, once destroyed an entire small human fleet single-handedly.

"Good! Good! Good! I've finally found you!"

Xu Jingming forcibly suppressed his excitement.

His aura grew even more restrained.

Even the Star River Shadows on the surface of his Dark Star Battle Suit dimmed slightly.

"Wretched human!

You don't even realize you've fallen into my trap! Prepare to die!"

Ai Ke's piercing screech tore through the air!

She spread her arms, her wings vibrating at high frequency, emitting a shrill hum.

The next instant.

Hummm! Hummm! Hummm!!!

Dozens of dark insect portals suddenly ripped open before her!

Swarms of insectoid warriors surged forth like a tidal wave!

There were hunter-dog-sized warriors with grotesque carapaces — 'Blade Warriors'.

There were reaper-clawed, crimson-eyed 'Tearers'.

And even floating midair, bellies swollen like artillery batteries — 'Blaze Worms'!

Within mere seconds, the insect swarm exceeded a thousand!

A black, oppressive mass, blotting out sky and sun.

Their hissing merged into a death symphony that raised the hairs on one's scalp.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! This is it!"

Xu Jingming's eyes gleamed, his mind roaring.

Insect swarm tactic!

This was precisely the monster-farming scenario he had long dreamed of!

"Kill!"

Ai Ke pointed a jade finger — the swarm surged forward like a black flood!

Blade Worms dug their four legs into the ground, moving like lightning.

Tearers beat their wings upward, claws glinting with cold light.

Blaze Worms swelled their bellies as scorching fireballs began to coalesce!

"Come on! Let me see how many troops you can spawn!"

Xu Jingming grinned, gripping the Ninefold Thunder Prison Spear horizontally, his dark red killing aura exploding violently!

His form turned into black lightning, charging straight into the insect sea!

His spear lashed like a dragon, the Thunder Fang Blade shredding all before it!

Wherever he passed, insectoid warriors fell like cut wheat, limbs and torsos flying through the air.

In truth, he needed only to unleash the Annihilation Divine Thunder to obliterate these insectoid warriors.

But he feared scaring off this rare insectoid, so he fought only with close combat.

'Ding! Killed a Cosmic Fifth-Rank Blade Worm — Source Points +150,000!'

'Ding! Killed a Cosmic Sixth-Rank Tearer — Source Points +210,000!'

'Ding! Killed a Cosmic Seventh-Rank Blaze Worm — Source Points +240,000!'

'......'

System alerts rang out like a downpour of raindrops.

The Source Points gained from killing one insectoid warrior were roughly one-twentieth of those from killing a demon of the same rank.

But the sheer quantity made up for it!

In just this short while, Xu Jingming's system panel had skyrocketed by millions of Source Points!

He grew more excited with each kill, yet always kept his power suppressed to barely sufficient levels.

Occasionally, he allowed a few insects to get close, leaving faint scratches on his battle suit, appearing slightly battered.

Far away, Ai Ke watched coldly, a flicker of doubt in her violet compound eyes.

This human was no weakling — his spear technique was sharp, his killing aura immense.

But he seemed... not overwhelmingly strong?