Chapter 589: The Secret of the Crystals: Absorbing to Grow Stronger

It is a monster that looks like a crab, with a pair of huge claws.

Its body exceeds twenty meters, essentially a World BOSS.

Just as Jiang Chen discovers it, a meteor happens to fall toward it.

It quickly adjusts its posture, then flies toward the meteor.

A massive claw clamps the meteor with perfect accuracy.

The seemingly huge claw becomes incredibly gentle the instant it clamps the meteor.

This control over power is startling.

After clamping the meteor, the BOSS flies backward dozens of meters along the meteor's momentum before releasing the force.

After a stalemate of several seconds, the Light Orb on the meteor disappears, revealing the starry crystal inside.

Jiang Chen finds this starry crystal much larger than the ones he obtained; one can replace several of his.

He quickly realizes that he used a bone spear to strike the meteor down, causing a massive Explosion.

In fact, most of its energy had already been consumed.

Thus the obtained meteor crystal is smaller, and the energy it contains is weaker.

But this World BOSS uses another method; it can be said to overcome hardness with softness, causing no Explosion of the meteor, thereby obtaining the intact starry crystal.

Then it tosses the intact starry crystal into its mouth and swallows it.

Its whole body radiates brilliant, multicolored light.

At this moment, a torrent of light weaves over it, as if turning it into a colorful star.

Jiang Chen feels its aura seems to have increased, a little stronger than before.

"So the BOSS here can become stronger by Absorbing starry crystals,"

Starry crystals contain the divine power of the Starry Sky God, and this divine power serves as nourishment for BOSSes to grow stronger.

Day after day, year after year of meteor slaughter, any BOSS that survives on the Meteor Continent is a powerful being.

Their marks are already etched onto this land; even if killed by humans, they can Rebirth shortly thereafter.

Moreover, the Rebirth speed is faster than in other regions.

Monsters or BOSSes alike are endless to kill.

After death, they can Rebirth after a short time.

This seems to be a rule; Jiang Chen didn't understand before, but now he has some grasp.

Although meteors devastate the land, they also infuse massive divine power into it; every inch of the Meteor Continent contains the Starry Sky God's divine power.

With divine power's blessing, monsters grow stronger and Rebirth speeds up.

Precisely because of this, the extremely dangerous Meteor Continent still attracts some powerful Elite Professionals.

Often dozens of Elite Professionals above level 85 form a team to slay World BOSSes on the Meteor Continent and harvest equipment materials.

However, such teams are few; the Meteor Continent is too dangerous.

Bad luck leads to encountering a meteor of extreme power.

One might be blown to death on the spot.

Just as the crab BOSS has just swallowed the starry crystal, space kilometers away seems to have a curtain ripped open.

A group of Human Professionals suddenly appears, numbering forty.

Each of them is above level 85, with massive aura.

They immediately charge toward the crab BOSS, unleashing a variety of Skills.

Elite Professionals at level 85 have basically sensed the Skill space and seen the Skill core.

Their understanding of Skills far exceeds that of Low-Level Professionals.

The Skills they cast are immensely powerful, instantly blinding the crab BOSS.

The crab BOSS is Absorbing the starry crystal, seeming to enter a special state, its reactions noticeably half a beat slower.

Jiang Chen watches from afar, slightly surprised, "Just as they say, when you speak of Cao Cao, he appears."

He had just thought that Elite Human Professionals occasionally come here to hunt World BOSSes, but didn't expect to run into them himself.

Clearly these Human Professionals had been eyeing the crab BOSS, waiting to strike when it Absorbs the starry crystal.

The hunting team of forty Elite Professionals moves in orderly fashion, suppressing the crab BOSS utterly.

Four powerful Knights surround it in the center, tightly trapping it.

Outer Perimeter mages and Archers continuously attack, constantly casting Skills.

There are also supports applying Control; though they only create slight effects, they become the final straw that crushes the crab BOSS.

"Blue Leaf Guild, truly the top guild of the Human Race!"

Jiang Chen sees that these people's attire all bears the Blue Leaf Guild emblem.

Only a guild like Blue Leaf Guild could organize such a powerful team.

Jiang Chen watches for a while, knowing the outcome is already decided.

The Blue Leaf Guild comes prepared, dealing massive damage to the crab BOSS from the start, directly shaping the battle.

Just as he prepares to leave, a massive aura rises in the distance, charging toward him.

Then he sees a Black Shadow, moving at incredible speed, rapidly approaching him.

"Dragon King!"

Jiang Chen is startled; a Dragon King has arrived.

The Dragon King is a being on the same Divine Level tier as the Demon King and the Human Race.

Under normal circumstances, a Dragon King cannot enter Lower Space.

Either the Dragon Race used special means to summon the Dragon King, or it returned via a Deep Space Space-time Portal.

Jiang Chen thought it was more likely that the Dragon Race summoned it using special means.

After all, the Space-time Portal connection points are random, so they cannot be pinpointed.

The Dragon King was clearly coming straight at him.

Considering the previous two waves of the Dragon Race, Jiang Chen thought the Dragon Race should know his location.

But he had had no contact with the Dragon Race.

"It must be the Demon Emperor!"

Jiang Chen instantly thought of the Demon Emperor, and ninety‑plus percent it was the Demon Emperor who had tampered with him.

The Demon Race has a way to leave a scent, allowing tracking via that scent.

This method is nothing new on the Demon Emperor.

Even if the Demon Emperor shared the tracking method with the Dragon Race, that would be normal.

Long Huang must hate him, so having the Dragon Race hunt him down is perfectly logical.

Jiang Chen's soul is now strong, his thoughts flash like electricity, and he can quickly figure out anything.

Though it's only a guess, it's ninety‑plus percent likely, and Jiang Chen feels he won't be wrong.

The professionals of the Blue Leaf Guild also sensed the Dragon King's presence, and each showed panic on their faces.

They had long seen Jiang Chen in the distance and thought a Level 70 youngster coming to the Fallen Star Continent was courting death.

But at that time, to ambush the Crab Boss, they kept silent, planning to warn Jiang Chen after the boss was defeated, or possibly protect him in leaving.

How come the Dragon King suddenly shows up now; the development exceeds their expectations.

Moreover, the Dragon King's target is clearly heading straight for Jiang Chen.

A Dragon King deliberately coming to the Fallen Star Continent to kill a Level 70 Human Professional—what on earth is going on?

"Team Leader, should we protect him?" someone from the Blue Leaf Guild asked.

The Team Leader's eyes flicked, "Nonsense, we're all Human Race—are we supposed to watch him get killed with our eyes open?"

"The Dragon Race's Dragon King, I want to see how strong it is! How does it compare with our Human Race's Divine-level Strongman!"

"Exactly, I think the Dragon Race's Dragon King is no different; we'll only know after we fight it."

"Brothers, push harder, finish off the big crab quickly, then go meet the Dragon Race's Dragon King!"

Someone shouted toward Jiang Chen, "Little brother, retreat quickly."

Jiang Chen heard them, and the Blue Leaf Guild's response did not disappoint him.

It's a guild full of loyalty, not only to its own members but also to fellow Human Race comrades.

In this situation, normally they should retreat.

At least they could ignore him, act prudently, which would be the typical reaction.

But they chose to protect him.

Since that's the case.

Jiang Chen's voice rang out, "You just focus on the BOSS; I'll handle the Dragon King!"

As his words fell, Jiang Chen's aura instantly surged upward.

Jiang Chen looked at the swiftly approaching Dragon King, "The Dragon Race's professionals can't push a Skill to its limit, so I'll use you to test it!"

The Undead Legion appeared in the sky, with a full thirty thousand headless Knights at the front.

Silver Flame shot upward, like a wall of fire.

The headless Knights, upon appearing, immediately activated their Charge Skill, rushing toward the Dragon King at astonishing speed.

Though their combat power is inferior to the Dragon King, the Dragon King still needs some effort to kill them.

Then the heavens turned pitch black, and a massive Ku Lou Wang throne materialized in midair.

The remaining ninety Skeletons vanished simultaneously, and a Ku Lou Wang wielding a sharp sword emerged on the throne.

A blood‑colored bone cloak rustled in the air.

The Ku Lou Wang rose from the throne with a chilling scraping sound and swung a sword at the Dragon King!

Skill: Divine Slash!