Chapter 278: Extreme Emperor Tianyang Xingjun

"Xu Jin, return!"

Dean Dong Zhao's voice suddenly came, which made Xu Jin, who had just captured the living human and was killing with excitement, suddenly pause, but then he reacted.

He had already used the starlight of the Arena to recover his Star Power twice, while Dean Dong Zhao and several Vice Deans were in a state of prolonged battle.

In this wave of charging, each of them had killed at least a dozen, or even twenty-plus, and they were all reaching their limits.

They were still holding on now because they were waiting for Xu Jin.

Xu Jin was not stubborn either.

With a flap of his Thunder Wings, he instantly flashed toward Dong Zhao, and along the way, he casually killed another Fifth Tier and another Fourth Tier.

"Go, return!"

Seeing Xu Jin return, Dong Zhao waved his hand, and Han Qing, Tang Hui, Liu Zhou Qingzhu, and the others instantly returned together, back into the Origin-Returning Spirit Light Array.

"You all recover first; I will stand guard," Dong Zhao said.

Liu Zhou Qingzhu, who had returned, merely glanced at Xu Jin, said nothing more, took out her own clothes, and began to tidy up the deceased Shen Wei.

Xu Jin's gaze paused, and soon, Dong Zhao used voice transmission to briefly explain what had happened to Xu Jin.

This left Xu Jin very surprised.

It was a pity.

If he had arrived half an hour earlier, Vice Dean Shen might have lived.

But now...

Sensing Xu Jin's worried gaze, Liu Zhou Qingzhu stopped what she was doing, looked up, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that fragile. You all recover first; I need to tidy him up cleanly."

Seeing Liu Zhou Qingzhu say this, Xu Jin also breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Zhou Qingzhu had also served in the Star River Battlefield; such a blow would not cause her to collapse.

"Alright, then I will recover first."

As they spoke, Han Qing and Tang Hui directly swallowed an elixir, sat cross-legged, and quickly began to recover.

Xu Jin's heart stirred; Gentle Dream surged out silently, and the two instantly fell into a deep sleep.

Dean Dong Zhao looked at Xu Jin with great surprise.

"Dean, I used Gentle Dream. Gentle Dream pulls them into a deep sleep, which should be able to quickly allow them to recover their fatigued soul power, and their Star Power can also recover somewhat," Xu Jin said.

Dong Zhao looked at Xu Jin; what surprised him was not Gentle Dream.

He knew Xu Jin could use Gentle Dream.

What surprised him was that Xu Jin could silently pull Han Qing and Tang Hui directly into Gentle Dream. One had to know that the soul cultivation of these two was one at the Refine Star Ninth Layer peak, and the other at Refine Star Eighth Layer.

Xu Jin had pulled them into Gentle Dream without their knowledge; how much stronger must Xu Jin's soul cultivation be compared to theirs?

"Dean, I will interrogate first," Xu Jin said, looking at the captive in his hand.

Before coming, Xu Jin had already stopped the bleeding of the captive whose four limbs had been severed; if he died from blood loss, it would be a huge loss.

The next instant, Gentle Dream invaded, and the incomparably pained Liu Meng instantly fell into a deep sleep.

"What is your name?"

Xu Jin asked directly in the dream.

"Liu Meng."

"Where do you come from?"

"The living world."

"Who sent you here?"

"It was..."

Bang!

Without warning, Liu Meng's head exploded like a watermelon, and red and white matter splashed directly onto Xu Jin.

Xu Jin's expression instantly became incomparably ugly.

This Liu Meng had placed an extremely sophisticated restriction in his soul.

Upon touching this restriction, it had directly detonated, and his head had exploded.

Xu Jin had seen relevant records in the notes he obtained from the Star-Plucking Tower branch of the Spirit Record Star Palace, but there were no relevant secret techniques.

Because there was a condition for performing this secret technique: one must have a soul that had broken through to the Fifth Tier and condensed a Meta-Spirit to perform a soul restriction.

Usually, only mid-tier Meta-Spirits and above could successfully perform it.

"Soul restriction! It seems this person's background is not simple. Those who master soul restrictions and can successfully perform them are few and far between, even in the living world," Dean Dong Zhao said.

"Now, even the evidence is gone, and I don't even know which Star Palace sent him," Xu Jin said hatefully.

"His background can probably be judged a little."

Dean Dong Zhao searched casually. "Looking at his clothes and hairstyle, he looks a bit like someone from the Great Hong Empire."

Dong Zhao took out the dried meat from Liu Meng's chest, took a bite, and then said slowly, "Beef jerky, primarily salty; it likely also comes from the Great Hong Empire. The Great Hong Empire's taste leans salty, while the Great Chu side likes spicy.

A Fifth Tier Ninth Layer peak expert, nine times out of ten, should come from the Heavenly Yang Star Palace. Eh?"

Suddenly, Dong Zhao searched out five emblems from Liu Meng's chest, and his gaze instantly froze.

"This kid died unjustly! It's also fortunate that you were the one who captured him; otherwise, I might have had to take one or two heavy hits, been heavily injured, and if I wasn't careful, I might have lost my life," Dong Zhao said, pointing to the two Sixth Tier Superior emblems found in Liu Meng's chest, one Water-type and one Fire-type.

Xu Jin felt a chill upon hearing this.

At the time, this Liu Meng had only blasted a Fifth Tier Superior emblem at him, causing Xu Jin a little bit of trouble, but he hadn't expected him to have Sixth Tier emblems in his hand.

It must have been that Sixth Tier emblems were too precious, and he had discovered that he was only a Fourth Tier, so he hadn't been willing to use them.

Now, he didn't even have the chance to use them.

No wonder both Dean Kou Jing and the Grand Master had been constantly instructing that emblems should be used when needed and never saved.

This Liu Meng was a clear negative example.

He saved emblems.

And directly saved his life away.

If he had blasted out a Sixth Tier Superior emblem at the time, Xu Jin would have been heavily injured if not dead, and then this Liu Meng would definitely have been able to take the opportunity to escape.

"Water-type and Fire-type Sixth Tier Superior emblems, both attack-oriented; they are likely products of the Heavenly Yang Star Palace. The Azure Star Palace and the Heavenly Yang Star Palace are both skilled in Fire-type and Water-type, but the Azure Star Palace does not have a Grandmaster Emblem Maker capable of producing Sixth Tier Superior Water-type emblems."

When Dong Zhao made his judgment, he threw all five emblems to Xu Jin. "You keep them; they will just happen to replenish your consumption."

This was his own war trophy, so Xu Jin did not decline.

He accepted them directly and did not share them with Dean Dong Zhao.

The reason was simple: these Sixth Tier Superior emblems could only maximize their power after being nurtured in Xu Jin's hands.

Next, Xu Jin and Dean Dong Zhao began to communicate and discuss.

Having killed into the Fifth Tier Spirit Martial Star Domain for nearly six days, Dong Zhao and the others had gained a lot of information.

Including Liu Meng's background and purpose, as well as those two blood-robed humans.

Dong Zhao and the others had discovered those two blood-robed humans two days ago.

A quarter of an hour later, Dong Zhao rubbed his brow and said, "Give me a hit too; I can't hold on much longer."

The next instant, Xu Jin's Gentle Dream invaded, but unexpectedly, it encountered the resistance of Dong Zhao's soul. Although it was only for an instant, Dong Zhao released his soul, and after a breath, Dong Zhao fell into a deep sleep.

This left Xu Jin thoughtful.

Dean Dong Zhao's soul cultivation should be stronger than he had imagined.

It didn't look like someone who had just broken through to the Fourth Tier.

However, it was not surprising; Dean Dong Zhao was the direct disciple of the former Grand Master of the Great Chen National Academy.

Afterward, Xu Jin casually gave Liu Zhou Qingzhu, who had already finished tidying up Shen Wei's corpse, a Gentle Dream, also letting her fall into a deep sleep.

The Bright Record Star Pattern could sense it.

The state of the four was very poor, especially their soul power, which had been over-consumed.

Xu Jin himself, based on the information he had gained, continued to analyze.

Blood God Sect!

This Fifth Tier Spirit Martial Star Domain actually had traces of the Blood God Sect.

It was very clear that the Blood God Sect had already developed here.

According to Dong Zhao, the Blood God Sect had controlled at least the Fire Ox and Jin She clans here, which was why they could let the troops of the two clans surround them and drive them into a desperate situation.

However, to a certain extent, the Blood God Sect should only have considerable influence and could not completely control the kings of the two clans.

Otherwise, the simplest thing would be to concentrate the Heaven and Earth Authority of the kings of the two clans into one person's hands, which would definitely exceed thirty percent.

The obtained Heaven and Earth Authority would significantly accelerate their trend of unifying the Spirit Martial Star Domain.

But they hadn't.

In other words, the Blood God Sect had great influence over the Fire Ox and Jin She clans, but this influence also had an upper limit.

Besides this, according to Dean Dong Zhao, the first four days they had entered had been relatively smooth.

They had killed a portion of the alien experts.

The alien squads they encountered were also relatively chaotic and quite random.

They had never encountered a situation where two alien squads surrounded them at the same time.

But two days ago, the forces of the Fire Ox and Jin She clans had merged, and their strategy was extremely strong.

Using human-wave tactics, they had blocked them step by step, and a large number of Sixth Tier experts had participated. Previously, Dong Zhao had once killed a Sixth Tier and heavily injured a Sixth Tier.

And two days ago, when Dong Zhao and the others discovered those two blood-robed humans, Liu Meng had been with those two blood-robed humans.

Currently, it could basically be determined that Liu Meng came from the Heavenly Yang Star Palace.

It could be determined that the Heavenly Yang Star Palace had cheated.

But they hadn't obtained evidence.

Even if Xu Jin brought Liu Meng's corpse back now, it would be useless.

The Heavenly Yang Star Palace could clear itself with one sentence: he was just a warrior who had been trapped in the Spirit Martial Star Domain previously!

This was very normal.

Every country had such situations.

Besides this, Xu Jin also determined one point: the Heavenly Yang Star Palace and the Blood God Sect had contact or collusion.

As for how deep it was, it was hard to say.

The Blood God Sect in the living world was even more evil than the Worshiping Battle God Sect.

But the notoriety of the Blood God Sect in the living world was mostly because they could use the blood of cultivators to allow those who could not cultivate to step onto the path of cultivation, but there were relatively few experts in the Blood God Sect.

What Xu Jin hadn't expected was that within the star domain, the influence of the Blood God Sect was actually so great.

It had indirectly controlled the forces of two alien clans.

This was a Fifth Tier Star Domain.

So, how should they act next?

Xu Jin deduced a circle himself; there were three directions for the next action.

The first direction was the most secure: that was to leave.

After Dong Zhao, Liu Zhou Qingzhu, and the others woke up, they would withdraw from the Fifth Tier Spirit Martial Star Domain with Xu Jin, and the five of them could retreat completely.

Although there was still one day left until the end of the Lou Gong Battle, it was about the same.

This was the most secure approach.

The second direction of action was hunting.

In a group of five, they would hunt the Fourth and Fifth Tier experts of the Spirit Martial Star Domain on a small scale.

With the five of them cooperating, the efficiency should be very high.

With the five of them cooperating, killing Fourth Tier aliens would be like slaughtering dogs, and those below Fifth Tier mid-stage could also be killed quickly, and Fifth Tier late-stage or even peak ones would not be difficult either.

Even if they encountered Sixth Tier ones, they could kill them.

In this way, they could obtain a large number of points.

After all, killing a Fourth Tier alien could also obtain five points.

With the five of them working together, killing several hundred was definitely no problem.

Doing this, the risk was also not great.

The third direction was a bit risky, which was to try and see if they could kill their way into the Wang Cheng of a certain clan, kill the king, and then investigate the truth of the Blood God Sect.

This was relatively difficult.

However, from his heart, Xu Jin still leaned toward the third option.

If there was cooperation from the Dean, the risk would also be significantly reduced.

But to let a group of Vice Deans take risks with him, this...

Dong Zhao, Liu Zhou Qingzhu, and the others slept for a full two hours.

The two hours in the Gentle Dream state left the four of them full of spirit, and their state had almost recovered to the peak.

After waking up one after another, they also communicated with Xu Jin for a while.

They were naturally incomparably grateful for Xu Jin's rescue.

Whether it was Tang Hui or Han Qing, they were very clear that under the previous situation, Dong Zhao's Sixth Tier emblems were used up, and they probably wouldn't even have had the chance to break out.

If Xu Jin hadn't come to save them, they would all have been buried here.

One after another, they praised Liu Zhou Qingzhu for having a good disciple.

If this were in the past, Liu Zhou Qingzhu would have jumped for joy and would have had to show off a bit.

But Shen Wei's death left Liu Zhou Qingzhu's eyes shrouded in an unresolvable sorrow.

Regarding the matter between Shen Wei and her teacher Liu Zhou Qingzhu, Dong Zhao had also mentioned a few words previously, which also made Xu Jin feel some emotion.

Fate plays tricks on people!

People, sometimes they really have to be a bit braver.

It's not to say Shen Wei was cowardly!

It was that Shen Wei considered too much for Liu Zhou Qingzhu, so he never dared to clarify, never dared to ask directly.

Otherwise, it would have been a different ending.

Dean Dong Zhao was the last to wake up, but his state was still not very good.

It was because he had used his heart's essence blood to activate the Star Artifact previously, and the consumption was quite large, so he would not be able to recover in a short time.

Afterward, Xu Jin stated his three proposed ideas in front of everyone to see their opinions.

The first to speak was Dong Zhao, "The second and third items must be chosen cautiously. I have already received an emergency notification from the Grand Master using the Child-Mother Heart Demon emblem: control the points. Before the end, the points obtained should preferably be kept within eight thousand, and at most not exceed ten thousand.

But they must also be higher than three thousand."

"In that case, the first item won't work, and the third item won't work either."

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Once we kill a King of a Star Domain, the points obtained will exceed ten thousand, directly exceeding the standard."

Xu Jin's words left Liu Zhou Qingzhu, Tang Hui, and the others with bitter smiles.

Killing the King of a Fifth Tier Star Domain—Xu Jin's idea was truly bold enough!

A Sixth Tier Ninth Layer King, let alone them, even if a Seventh Tier early-stage expert came, heavily injuring them was possible, but killing...

Dong Zhao, however, heard some subtext, "Xu Jin, your confidence is very sufficient? It seems you have quite a few Sixth Tier emblems in your hand."

"I do have a few, and just now, cooperating with you, Dean, was even more satisfying to kill," Xu Jin said.

"That is true."

Dong Zhao nodded, "The matter of controlling points is not a problem. The Star-Plucking Token only injects the aura of the Star Spirit and can record some information in real-time, but as long as it is thrown into the Sumeru Space, it cannot record, and the points will not increase.

However, I still think killing the King of a Star Domain directly is too bold.

But there is one thing I think we must start investigating properly," Dong Zhao said.

"You all might have underestimated the influence of the collusion between the Heavenly Yang Star Palace and the Blood God Sect," Dong Zhao said.

"How so?" Xu Jin and the others looked at Dong Zhao.

"My teacher was the former Grand Master, so I know a bit more information than you all."

Speaking of this, Dong Zhao looked at everyone with a stern gaze, "According to my teacher, within the Blood God Sect, it is possible that, just like the Worshiping Battle God Sect, they both have assistance for breaking through to the Ninth Tier."

"Assistance for breaking through to the Ninth Tier?"

Xu Jin asked in confusion, "Dean, is breaking through to the Ninth Tier very difficult?"

"It's more than just difficult!

In the three thousand years of the living world, no Ninth Tier has appeared.

Three thousand years ago, it is said that the existence who created the Star-Plucking Tower, as well as that true Tianyang Xingjun, were both existences who had broken through to the Ninth Tier.

Besides that, there are no more legends of the Ninth Tier."

"The true Tianyang Xingjun?" Xu Jin was puzzled.

"According to legend, the four existing Star Palaces were originally one family, governed by a supreme Extreme Emperor Tianyang Xingjun over the entire living world, but three thousand years ago, this Tianyang Xingjun had not appeared for a long time.

It was also because this Extreme Emperor Tianyang Xingjun had not appeared for a long time that the subordinates under his command began to govern themselves, splitting into the current four Star Palaces.

But since then, no Ninth Tier has appeared again.

These are all things my teacher, the former Grand Master, found from the vast historical materials, things that seem like historical facts and also like legends; whether they are correct is not certain.

But in the historical materials of the last three thousand years, whether it was the major empires that were constantly changing, or the major Star Palaces that had always existed, no Ninth Tier experts had appeared.

And the Star Lords of the major Star Palaces have always been making efforts toward breaking through to the Ninth Tier.

It is said that the destruction of the Spirit Record Star Palace is also related to breaking through to the Ninth Tier," Dong Zhao said.

"Dean, do you mean that the Heavenly Yang Star Palace and the Blood God Sect have collusion, not just to destroy us, but possibly to make efforts or preparations for the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun to break through to the Ninth Tier?" Xu Jin asked.

"There is such a possibility!

And it's not small!

In fact, the Star Lords of the major Star Palaces, including the former Spirit Record Tianyang Xingjun, were all making efforts to break through to the Ninth Tier, but no one has succeeded yet!

So I think we still need to explore the Blood God Sect here.

See how deep the connection between the Blood God Sect of the Spirit Martial Star Domain and the Heavenly Yang Star Palace is.

If the Heavenly Yang Tianyang Xingjun is really preparing to break through to the Ninth Tier by borrowing the hand of the Blood God Sect, then we must be careful.

Such an existence without a bottom line, if they break through to the Ninth Tier, they will inevitably be able to unify the living world, which would not be a blessing for the living world!" Dong Zhao said.

"Then, Dean, what do you mean?" Xu Jin asked.

"We continue to explore, and under the premise of paying attention to safety, explore toward the Wang Cheng of the Jin She or Fire Ox clans. With Xu Jin here, it will be easier to obtain information; see if we can capture the Blood God Sect disciples who have entered here, and then make a judgment."

After finishing, Dong Zhao looked at Liu Zhou Qingzhu, Tang Hui, and Han Qing, "What about you three, what are your thoughts? If you want to withdraw, you can also leave in advance."

"Brother Dong, I am with you. If there hadn't been the organized encirclement of the Blood God Sect, Shen Wei would not have died at the hands of the aliens. I want to avenge Shen Wei," Liu Zhou Qingzhu was the first to express her stance.

"We came together, naturally we return together!" Tang Hui expressed his stance.

The next instant, everyone's gaze looked at Vice Dean Han Qing, making Han Qing feel very awkward, "Who are you all looking down on? I will definitely be with you!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 279 =====