Chapter 152: Limit and the Grand Master

【If you have time, look at the Killing God Battlefield, Pan Hong】

Inside the Star Gathering Array of the Academy Hall, Yuan Feiqing, who was practicing, suddenly received a star light transmission from his teacher Pan Hong.

This made Yuan Feiqing a bit surprised. Killing God Battlefield?

Isn't it used for fighting? What is there to look at?

But since his teacher said so, Yuan Feiqing still entered the Killing God Battlefield through the Star Picking Token and looked at the general ranking. There was no change. Looking at the New Disciple Ranking, hmm?

His ranking had fallen by one place?

Who went up? 【1

Looking all the way up, Yuan Feiqing was quite surprised when he saw Xu Jin's name ranked first.

He was convinced by Xu Jin being the top scholar of the autumn examination.

However, it was said that Xu Jin's cultivation base hadn't even broken through to the second layer of Refine Star, yet he had already killed his way to first place?

The next instant, as the leaderboard shifted slightly, Yuan Feiqing, who saw the key point, gasped sharply!

The seventy-second level!

He understood!

The ranking his master asked him to look at was not the point.

It was the number of levels.

Xu Jin, at the first layer of Refine Star, had already killed his way to the seventy-second level.

Yet he, at the third layer of Refine Star, was still stuck at the sixty-fourth level!

With one low and one high, the gap was terrifying, wasn't it?

"Xu Jin shouldn't have the strength to kill me in seconds, right?" Suddenly, an extremely absurd thought popped into Yuan Feiqing's mind.

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Feiqing shook his head firmly.

Impossible!

At least, Xu Jin at the first layer of Refine Star couldn't.

But Xu Jin at the third layer of Refine Star would be hard to say.

Fortunately, Xu Jin was only at the first layer of Refine Star now.

After thinking, Yuan Feiqing immediately sent four or five starlight messages in a row.

In fact, without Yuan Feiqing's reminder, many newly promoted disciples were already paying attention to the rankings of the God-Slaying Battlefield.

There was no help for it; Xu Jin's climb up the leaderboard today was too explosive.

Fortunately, the God-Slaying Battlefield leaderboard did not display Xu Jin's specific cultivation base.

Many core disciples and inner academy disciples who were not very clear about Xu Jin's situation subconsciously assumed that Xu Jin was also at the third layer of Refine Star.

After all, he was the top scholar of the direct lineage; the third layer of Refine Star was very normal.

In their view, this result was just normal.

Being the top scholar of the autumn examination and ranked first in the God-Slaying Battlefield was a very normal thing.

However, those disciples who knew Xu Jin's specific situation felt it was too explosive.

Guan Li, ranked sixth among the direct lineage, was the first to discover the anomaly, and then he watched for two quarter-hours, watching Xu Jin's ranking rise rapidly all the way to the current seventy-third level!

Suddenly, Guan Li felt a sense of dejection.

After becoming a direct disciple, he had been full of energy, preparing to show off his skills.

Now, looking at Xu Jin's results and then looking at himself, he suddenly lost his spirit.

"Senior Sister, look at the God-Slaying Battlefield! How is this Xu Jin so powerful that he actually makes me feel unable to surpass him!" Guan Li notified Meng Qingqiu via starlight message and took the opportunity to sigh a few times.

Meng Qingqiu had long been notified by Yuan Feiqing.

Xu Jin's performance surprised her greatly, and she even felt it was somewhat explosive.

Too strong!

But it was just a feeling, and it didn't affect her in the slightest!

After watching for only a few dozen breaths, Meng Qingqiu exited the God-Slaying Battlefield, preparing to continue her cultivation.

Others are others, and she is herself!

She kept her feet on the ground, and every bit of improvement in her cultivation base was a solid gain; Meng Qingqiu liked this feeling the most.

It was just that Meng Qingqiu clearly saw that Guan Li's mood was wrong.

【Why are you obsessed with surpassing Xu Jin? Do you still want to surpass your master? Surpass the Grand Master? — Meng Qingqiu】

【Senior Sister, how many years have Master and the Grand Master cultivated! And this Xu Jin is the same as us; it's just that I feel he is too strong and I seem too weak. — Guan Li】

【If everyone thought like this, wouldn't the Grand Master's peers be depressed to death? Guan Li, what is the purpose of your cultivation? — Meng Qingqiu】

【The purpose of cultivation? I haven't thought much about it. My family asked me to cultivate; my family set my cultivation plan and goals. — Guan Li】

【Then from today on, I will set a cultivation goal for you. Can you do it? — Meng Qingqiu】

【Senior Sister, you command it; whatever you set, I will do it even if I have to risk my life. — Guan Li】

【Simple. From today on, you must ensure that today you are stronger than yesterday you, and tomorrow you are stronger than today you. — Meng Qingqiu】

Guan Li looked at this sentence from Meng Qingqiu for a long time before replying.

【Thank you, Senior Sister, for your guidance. I understand! From today on, today I will definitely be stronger than yesterday me, and tomorrow I will definitely be stronger than today me. — Guan Li】

After sending this starlight message, Guan Li let out a long breath. The terrifying pressure Xu Jin had just brought seemed to disappear in this instant. Xu Jin's ranking, which had jumped to the seventy-fourth level on the God-Slaying Battlefield leaderboard, became a pure number in Guan Li's eyes again.

His spirit recovered, and his confidence recovered.

Glancing at the God-Slaying Battlefield leaderboard, Guan Li left decisively, intending to go cultivate.

Today me must be stronger than yesterday me!

Compared to Guan Li, Meng Qingqiu, and Yuan Feiqing, the reactions of Yan Chen and Lu Kun were completely different.

Yan Chen watched Xu Jin's ranking rise and rise, his fists clenched tightly.

"How can he be so strong?"

"How can he be so strong at the first layer of Refine Star?

I shouldn't be weaker than him; I'm already at the third layer of Refine Star."

Muttering, Yan Chen also stepped into the God-Slaying Battlefield to challenge the levels and climb the leaderboard.

Lu Kun, on the other hand, watched the changes in the leaderboard with a sinister expression.

The pride of the past few days since being accepted as a student by University Rectifier Fang Shinan, and the comfort of actually enjoying the treatment of a direct disciple, were blown away completely by Xu Jin's explosive ranking in this instant.

Lu Kun was very shrewd.

He understood too well why he had been accepted as a student by University Rectifier Fang Shinan.

In fact, one of the main reasons was that Xu Jin, the top scholar of the direct lineage, had caused University Rectifier Fang to lose face.

University Rectifier Fang accepting him had a bit of the intention of regaining face, and fortunately, his strength was not bad either.

But at this moment...

【Hongli, come over here. — Song Ziye】

Song Ziye, the head of the twelve Vice University Rectifiers, didn't stay in the Minglun Hall for long before sending a starlight message to his student, Especially Ji Hongli.

Especially Ji Hongli had excellent talent and came from the Ji clan of Dachen Wan Yi. Song Ziye had already made up his mind: he had to start with his own student to snipe Xu Jin.

Even if he threw all the resources that lost to Liu Zhou Qingzhu onto Especially Ji Hongli, it would still be better than losing to Liu Zhou Qingzhu.

Charity begins at home.

【Alright, Teacher. I am currently cultivating in the Star Power Secret Realm and will come over in about two quarter-hours. — Especially Ji Hongli】

After receiving the reply, Song Ziye didn't say anything more. He returned to his residence, entered the God-Slaying Battlefield of the Star-Plucking Tower, and then stared at the changes in Xu Jin's ranking with a slightly obsessed look.

In just this short time, he had already reached the seventy-sixth level.

That is to say, Xu Jin was already fighting six alien races at the eighth layer of Refine Star simultaneously, one of whom was an elite alien!

Ordinary aliens were mostly mid-to-low-grade Star Forgers with quite weak strength, so it wasn't outrageous for a genius of Great Chen to kill them across tiers.

But elite aliens were all high-grade Star Forgers. An elite alien at the eighth layer of Refine Star, in terms of real strength, was only slightly worse than a direct disciple of the National Dao Academy with the same cultivation base, but at least stronger than about half of the core disciples with the same cultivation base.

Although the aliens simulated by the Star-Plucking Tower God-Slaying Battlefield secret realm were slightly worse in combat power than the real aliens of the same tier in the Star River Battlefield—after all, it was only a simulation—

the ferocity, cruelty, and cunning of the aliens could not be simulated very accurately.

But they still possessed eighty to ninety percent of their strength.

Yet this Xu Jin was only at the first layer of Refine Star; counting it up, he had already surpassed seven tiers!

How could he be so strong?

At the same moment, Xu Jin, who had just successfully challenged the seventy-seventh level, received a starlight message from his teacher, Liu Zhou Qingzhu.

【Xu Jin, after finishing the challenge in the God-Slaying Battlefield, come find me at the Academy Hall. — Liu Zhou Qingzhu】

After Xu Jin replied, he immediately started challenging the seventy-eighth level again.

Today, he had already planned to challenge until his limit!

In fact, Xu Jin felt that his limit was almost reached.

When challenging the seventieth level, it was already slightly difficult.

Xu Jin used his Divine Soul Secret Art to break the evil, combined with a high-power star power discharge, to kill the alien genius at the seventh layer of Refine Star.

Xu Jin called the small boss of high-grade Star Forging in the God-Slaying Battlefield an alien genius. In terms of strength, they were really strong.

If compared to the high-grade Star Forgers Chi Meng and Chi You that Xu Jin had encountered in the Huoxuan Star Domain before...

If either of these two were brought here, they would be killed within ten seconds.

If it were Xu Jin at the Star Forging Realm, they would also be annihilated.

If it were Xu Jin without the mid-tier Fire Source Star Pattern engraved, they would also be killed.

The alien genius of high-grade Star Forging was not just about star power; they were strong in all aspects, including star patterns, star arts, and actual combat ability.

Of course, if it were one-on-one, Xu Jin wouldn't be afraid at all.

The key was, it was one against eleven.

And at extremely close range.

The moment the battle started, he would fall into a heavy siege.

The seventy-eighth level was the same.

In this level, there were two elite aliens.

In the first second of the battle, Xu Jin was focused-fired by eight aliens at the eighth layer of Refine Star.

Relying on the Kite Ring he had just learned, Xu Jin used his eerie speed and movement techniques to dodge most of the attacks, but he was injured one after another.

While his protective star light shield and standard star armor shattered, it also bought Xu Jin the opportunity to kill the enemy.

Breaking the evil combined with fire arrows and the Star Fire Ring erupted one after another, allowing Xu Jin to kill the two strongest elite aliens at the eighth layer of Refine Star and that nurse-like alien Green Demon in a short time.

This alien Green Demon that could heal was the one Xu Jin hated the most at the moment.

The subsequent battle was much simpler.

The seventy-eighth level was passed.

Xu Jin continued to challenge the seventy-ninth level of the God-Slaying Battlefield.

The difference in difficulty between the seventy-ninth level and the seventy-eighth level was just one more ordinary alien at the eighth layer of Refine Star.

Since the seventy-eighth level could be passed, the seventy-ninth level was basically passed as well.

【Xu Jin: Can challenge the eightieth level. Reward: 80 Dao Merits.】

Just as Xu Jin expected, the Dao Merits of this God-Slaying Battlefield were cumulative and becoming increasingly impressive.

However, Xu Jin was not in a hurry to challenge; instead, he first seriously thought about his tactics.

The lineup for the eightieth level of the God-Slaying Battlefield should be fixed: six ordinary aliens at the eighth layer of Refine Star, three elite aliens at the eighth layer of Refine Star, one elite Green Demon alien that could heal, and an alien genius at the eighth layer of Refine Star with super-strong combat power!

If he wanted to win, it still depended on killing this alien genius at the first opportunity.

In fact, the best tactic was to rely on movement and speed to break out of the siege at the first opportunity, and then fight a guerrilla war to defeat them one by one.

But Xu Jin had already tried this at the seventieth level; his current speed was barely on par with the elite aliens at the seventh layer of Refine Star, while the alien genius at the seventh layer of Refine Star had a speed that surpassed his.

Then the speed of the elite aliens and alien genius at the eighth layer of Refine Star would definitely be far faster than Xu Jin's.

This tactic could not be used.

However, once Xu Jin's cultivation base made another breakthrough and he engraved a speed-type star pattern, this point would be greatly improved!

Then he could only use the first tactic — capture the bandits by capturing the king!

As long as he killed the alien genius at the eighth layer of Refine Star and the elite Green Demon, then there was a certain probability of passing the eightieth level.

If he couldn't, then that would be the limit of Xu Jin at the first layer of Refine Star!

The next instant, Xu Jin chose to challenge.

He stepped into the God-Slaying Battlefield of the eightieth level in an instant!

In an instant, eleven enemies appeared in a fan shape on the opposite side of the light curtain.

During the five-second countdown, Xu Jin quickly searched for his target.

The next instant, the countdown disappeared.

Xu Jin's Flying Star Steps erupted repeatedly, and he retreated rapidly in an instant.

Retreating was to avoid falling into a heavy siege.

Just as Xu Jin expected, the four elite aliens and the alien genius chased after him quickly.

In just one second, the alien genius arrived in front of Xu Jin.

It was at this moment that Xu Jin did not retreat but advanced instead.

As his Divine Soul Star rotated and he broke the evil, the moment he blasted out, he unleashed a Star Ring infused with twenty percent of his star power. The moment he blasted back the four elite aliens, Xu Jin hung in mid-air, using the Wind-Stable Ring tactic.

But all of Xu Jin's attacks were focused on that alien genius.

The next instant, a fire arrow infused with sixty percent of the star power from Xu Jin's middle star palace blasted wildly toward the alien genius.

At the same time, Xu Jin also took four or five attacks head-on; his fire shield shattered, his protective star light shield shattered, and his standard star armor shattered.

He was heavily injured in an instant.

And the alien genius was also blasted flying backward by Xu Jin's violent strike combined with the Nine-Pulse Divine Sword tactic under the Kite Ring, life or death unknown.

He succeeded!

The moment Xu Jin felt a joy in his heart, a circle of vines had already wrapped around Xu Jin's body.

As fire light surged to burn the vines, Xu Jin's figure had already been blocked by the Green Demon's vines for an instant, and the six ordinary aliens behind also rushed over, their attacks coming down like a downpour.

The star light in front of Xu Jin collapsed.

Defeated!

The eightieth level, challenge failed!

In the quiet room, Xu Jin replayed the battle situation just now in his mind.

There were no mistakes in tactics!

His luck was just a little bit off.

If that Green Demon had gone to save the alien genius instead of using a wood-type star art to trap him, then he would still have had a tiny possibility of winning.

But it was only a possibility.

The God-Slaying Battlefield had another extremely significant limitation.

Once star power was exhausted, it could not be replenished!

If it were in actual combat, Xu Jin could pour out seventy percent of his star power without regard for anything, and then use the Arena to replenish it; then the possibility of passing this eightieth level would become very high.

But now, if he were to fight and die two or three more times just to gamble on that tiny bit of luck, it would be meaningless.

"Then I'll wait until I reach the second layer of Refine Star and finish engraving the star patterns before coming back!"

The next instant, Xu Jin exited the God-Slaying Battlefield.

【First place: Xu Jin, eightieth level】

Just the moment Xu Jin exited the God-Slaying Battlefield, Xu Jin's Star-Plucking Token suddenly vibrated three times in a row, an emergency.

Xu Jin took a look and was quite surprised; it was actually an emergency starlight message sent by Grand Master Cheng Yuexiao.

And just when Xu Jin exited the God-Slaying Battlefield, Song Ziye, who had been paying attention to the God-Slaying Battlefield, had his expression wither!

Was there still a chance?

Before leaving the Minglun Hall, Song Ziye saw that Xu Jin had only killed his way to the seventieth level, so the chance was still very high.

But now, it was the eightieth level!

This gap!

Unless Xu Jin stood still for the next half month, otherwise...

"Teacher, the disciple has arrived." Outside the door came the voice of Especially Ji Hongli; it was the disciple Especially Ji Hongli whom he had summoned.

"Hmm?"

Song Ziye, with a withered face, looked at the ranking on the God-Slaying Battlefield and suddenly said, "Hongli, you go back first; there's nothing for now."

He needed to think carefully about how to proceed, and then he had to discuss it with University Rectifier Fang.

"Oh?"

Especially Ji Hongli left with a puzzled look.

What happened to the teacher?

At the same time, Yan Chen's expression was ferocious.

On the God-Slaying Battlefield leaderboard, Yan Chen had just broken through two levels in a row, killing his way to the sixty-ninth level, ranked second.

But he had already died twice in a row at the sixty-ninth level.

But looking at Xu Jin's ranking at this moment made him even more explosive.

Eightieth level!

Xu Jin was at the first layer of Refine Star, while he was at the third layer of Refine Star!

As for Lu Kun, his expression was even more gloomy, and in his tightly clenched fists, his nails were almost piercing into his palms.

(End of chapter)