Chapter 327: Divine Techniques and the Alliance

Starlight shifted. Xu Jin and Ji Ji Hongli, hand in hand, descended into the Spring Thunder Star Domain. During the descent, they felt an irresistible spatial power attempting to tear them apart.

However, the pass-through jade talismans held in their hands simultaneously emitted spatial fluctuations that enveloped them both, successfully resisting this spatial power and preventing them from being separated.

This left Xu Jin marveling.

This was yet another major source of revenue for the Grand Void Palace.

Because these pass-through jade talismans with spatial attributes were also produced by the Grand Void Palace.

Unfortunately, the selling price was too high to be popularized within the army; otherwise, if thousands of people simultaneously held spatial pass-through jade talismans and invaded a target star domain, they could form a strategic advantage.

Upon landing, what came into view was a verdant mountain range, while the sky was thick with dark clouds.

This was the characteristic of the Spring Thunder Star Domain: thunderclouds gathered throughout all four seasons of the year.

Almost simultaneously, Xu Jin's Thunder Source Star Pattern and the Thunder Spirit Heart within his Middle Star Palace became active at the same time.

Within the Fifth Tier Spring Thunder Star Domain, there were mainly three types of power: wood, water, and thunder. Thunder power occupied the main body, and among the three known great kings, two were proficient in thunder power.

They were the Thunder Spirit clan and the Thunder Eagle clan, respectively, while the other clan was the Water Spirit clan.

The moment he landed, the Thunder-type Heaven and Earth Star Will from the Spring Thunder Star Domain that Xu Jin had previously refined became active. In an instant, Xu Jin felt himself completely merge with this world; conversely, the aura of Ji Ji Hongli beside him became exceptionally distinct within his senses.

Activating the five Bright Era Star Patterns to rotate, within three hundred and fifty meters, there were no alien races, but there was boundless, vigorous vitality, especially the water-type star power, which was particularly abundant.

Xu Jin speculated inwardly: had they landed within the territory of the Water Spirit clan?

Beside him, Ji Ji Hongli, dressed in a red battle skirt, also held a thorn in one hand, looking vigilant. Her pretty face was taut, and she was slightly nervous.

Do not be fooled by Ji Ji Hongli's confident words in front of Xu Jin; this was her first time entering a Fifth Tier star domain. Never mind a Fifth Tier star domain, she hadn't even entered a Fourth Tier star domain before. To say she wasn't nervous would be a lie.

But when Xu Jin looked over, Ji Ji Hongli immediately feigned relaxation, appearing completely casual.

This appearance directly amused Xu Jin.

Xu Jin's Bright Era Star Patterns had long since sensed the nervousness Ji Ji Hongli felt from the inside out.

Yet here she was, pretending to be relaxed.

Quite cute.

Having her by his side wasn't bad either.

Xu Jin directly handed over seven emblems. "Keep these emblems for life-saving purposes."

"I have them!"

Ji Ji Hongli said stubbornly, "I even have Sixth Tier supreme ones!"

Xu Jin, however, directly pulled Ji Ji Hongli's hand and, in a very forceful and overbearing manner, slapped the seven emblems into it. "If you don't listen to my arrangements while adventuring and fighting outside, then get lost back home, get lost back to Dachen Wan Yi!"

His tone was very fierce.

Ji Ji Hongli was startled by Xu Jin's sudden change to ferocity. She widened her eyes, bit her lip, and nodded lightly.

Xu Jin also felt he had been a bit fierce, and felt a little apologetic in his heart. "When you fought alongside that peerless hero of yours, did you listen to whatever he said?" Xu Jin asked.

"That's right."

"Then good, I won't care about other times! But when fighting with me, just treat me as that peerless hero of yours. Whatever I say, you listen to, understand?"

"But you aren't him!" Ji Ji Hongli said stubbornly.

"When fighting outside, whatever I say, you do. That is my requirement! If you can't do it, I'll send you back to Dachen Wan Yi right now!" Xu Jin said seriously.

"Understood."

"This emblem has even stronger lethality than the Sixth Tier supreme emblems. If you encounter a late-stage Sixth Tier expert and I am not around, you can use it to save your life! This emblem has the power of a Sixth Tier supreme, and these five have power roughly equivalent to the full-force strike of a mid-stage Sixth Tier expert. Use them when needed, don't be stingy.

Life-saving comes first, understand?" Xu Jin instructed.

"Remembered!" Ji Ji Hongli bit her lip and nodded heavily.

Xu Jin gave Ji Ji Hongli one Sixth Tier supreme, one Fifth Tier supreme, and five Fifth Tier mid-grade emblems, all of which had been nurtured.

Added to the emblems Ji Ji Hongli brought herself, it should be enough.

The two strolled through the mountain forest. Less than two quarters of an hour later, Ji Ji Hongli's utility was demonstrated: over a dozen Fourth Tier Water Spirits, led by one Fifth Tier Water Spirit, came charging over.

Human bait!

Xu Jin also wanted to see Ji Ji Hongli's true combat power, so he deliberately held back. After finishing off a few Fourth Tier ones, he began to engage in a protracted battle, watching Ji Ji Hongli fight bitterly against that one Fifth Tier and four Fourth Tier ones.

That's right, it was a bitter battle.

Encountering a real mid-stage Fifth Tier alien race for the first time, Ji Ji Hongli was still a bit flustered.

She relied solely on the Sixth Tier supreme defensive star artifact, the Golden Scale Armor, to take the hits.

But after a brief moment of being flustered, Ji Ji Hongli entered the zone.

Braving the attacks of the mid-stage Fifth Tier Water Spirit, she actually killed two Fourth Tier alien races in succession.

From Xu Jin's perspective, with Ji Ji Hongli's current cultivation of Fourth Tier, Third Layer, if she didn't rely on that set of Sixth Tier star artifacts, she could at most contend with or kill a Fourth Tier, Ninth Layer alien race, and barely hold off a Fifth Tier, early-stage alien race.

But with that set of Sixth Tier star artifacts, she had the combat power to kill a Fifth Tier alien race.

But if she faced a Sixth Tier, barely saving her life would be good enough.

However, this was already quite formidable; the effect of a genius paired with the power of money.

A few breaths later, Xu Jin made his move. With one 'Break Evil', he captured that mid-stage Fifth Tier Water Spirit alive.

Wen Meng interrogated.

Beside them, Ji Ji Hongli watched Xu Jin capture the mid-stage Fifth Tier Water Spirit—who had been entangled with her for nearly a quarter of an hour—with a casual strike. Her almond eyes widened; she was clearly very shocked.

This look made Xu Jin, who had keen perception, feel quite satisfied.

Although silent, the emotional value was maxed out.

Very quickly, Xu Jin obtained further intelligence.

Within the Fifth Tier Spring Thunder Star Domain, there were three kings: the King of Frost, the King of Thunder Spirits, and the King of Thunder Eagles.

This made Xu Jin somewhat surprised. Where did the Wood-type king go?

Currently, Xu Jin and his companion were within the territory of the King of Frost, and the distance was not too far, over sixteen hundred li.

Xu Jin prepared to strike directly at the Frost Wang Cheng, letting Ji Ji Hongli, this super signal transmitter, help him disperse and attract the enemy's firepower outside the Frost Wang Cheng, while Xu Jin would strike straight at the Wang Cheng, stealthily bomb and kill the King of Frost, and then leave quickly.

During the flight, Xu Jin once again witnessed Ji Ji Hongli's 'money power', or rather, the equipment smashed onto her by the Ji family.

Her boots were also a Sixth Tier star artifact, and a Sixth Tier star artifact capable of multi-directional assistance in increasing speed—the Wind-Breaking Boots—which not only doubled her speed but also included a Fifth Tier auxiliary star artifact, the Wind-Listening Wings.

When flying at high speed, they could actually condense into a pair of Wind-Listening Wings, increasing her speed by another fifty percent.

"My grandfather said you have peerless combat power and was afraid I would hold you back, so he prepared several rare star artifacts for me. These Wind-Listening Wings were even stripped from my eldest uncle.

These Wind-Breaking Boots were my grandfather's own, and he gave them to me too."

Ji Ji Hongli's star artifacts, one after another, made Xu Jin look at her a few more times, which made Ji Ji Hongli feel a bit embarrassed, so she explained to Xu Jin.

This made Xu Jin sigh somewhat.

The Ji family really spent a fortune sending Ji Ji Hongli to his side; half of the star artifacts on Ji Ji Hongli's body were actually stripped from her elders.

This Old Master Ji is truly decisive.

This bet was placed heavily enough.

With the assistance of two speed-type star artifacts, Ji Ji Hongli's speed could barely keep up with Xu Jin's, though it was only Xu Jin's normal speed.

Along the way, they encountered several waves of alien races. Xu Jin was not in a hurry to kill the enemy, instead taking the opportunity to let Ji Ji Hongli practice.

Ji Ji Hongli's actual combat ability was also rapidly improving through the tempering.

An hour and a half later, Xu Jin and Ji Ji Hongli had just arrived within a hundred li of the Frost Wang Cheng when, suddenly, two Sixth Tier Water Spirits and one Sixth Tier Wood Spirit came charging toward their position, bringing with them dozens of Fifth Tier ones.

This lineup made Xu Jin somewhat surprised.

With both Wood Spirits and Water Spirits present, could it be that the Water Spirit clan had annexed the Wood Spirit clan?

Then, couldn't the King of Frost possess three Heaven and Earth Star Wills?

Wouldn't that mean possessing a certain degree of divine power?

That would be different.

Must be extremely careful.

The moment Xu Jin disappeared, Ji Ji Hongli was so frightened that her face turned pale.

"You mainly focus on defense and attracting the enemy's attention. If you have spare time, you can coordinate with me a little." Xu Jin's voice transmission rang out, which made Ji Ji Hongli feel much more at ease.

"One alien race? And a Fourth Tier one, aren't there two?" The leading Water Spirit looked surprised, but still waved his hand, letting the twenty-plus Fifth Tier ones under his command charge toward Ji Ji Hongli.

Whoosh!

The sharp whistling sound of breaking through the air rang out instantly.

But before the whistling sound of breaking through the air rang out, the head of a Sixth Tier alien race had already been blasted open by a flash of fire!

To be precise, before the sound of breaking through the air appeared, the head of this Sixth Tier alien race had been blasted open, and then the sound appeared.

Flowing Flicker!

Under the state of twenty times star power consumption, the Starlight Flowing Flicker achieved success in one strike!

Xu Jin had tried this tactic in the Golden Star and Practice Arena Secret Realms; it was best used for sneak attacks.

Once infiltrated within fifty meters, generally no one could block it.

In the state of twenty times star power consumption, at twice the limit speed, Xu Jin's speed had already approached seven hundred meters per second, more than twice the speed of sound.

Perhaps because of the sound barrier, it didn't reach the over seven hundred meters per second Xu Jin had expected, but it was close.

Of course, Xu Jin was using the Sixth Tier low-grade star artifact, the Moon Shadow Sword, as the edge. If he used his own physical body as the edge, Xu Jin himself would have to crash into five meters of debris.

The reaction speeds of the other two Sixth Tier experts and the twenty-plus Fifth Tier experts were extremely fast.

After the Sixth Tier Water Spirit was killed, they immediately bombarded Xu Jin together, directly blasting Xu Jin, who was about to stealthily leave, out of the void.

Then they charged toward Xu Jin.

In an instant, Xu Jin fell into encirclement.

Several hundred meters away, Ji Ji Hongli also moved at the same time.

Startle Dream!

Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Jin utilized the Divine Soul Star Technique, Startle Dream.

In the Fourth Tier Practice Arena Secret Realm, it was to temper himself, so he needed to restrict himself.

But here, Xu Jin had no need to restrict himself.

In an instant, the second Sixth Tier fell into a brief stupor, hard-controlled.

The Great Sun Star Technique, based on the Dazzling Purple Heavenly Fire, instantly concentrated on one point and erupted continuously. As the scorching light exploded, this hard-controlled Sixth Tier alien race began to turn to ash inch by inch, visible to the naked eye.

But at the same time, the third mid-stage Sixth Tier alien race and over a dozen Fifth Tier alien races had already completed their encirclement of Xu Jin. Many alien races had already begun long-range bombardment of Xu Jin.

Seeing that Xu Jin was about to fall into a bitter battle.

Suddenly, while the grass on the ground grew wildly, ink-green brilliance spiraled up like crazy, instantly causing trouble for the dozen-plus Fifth Tier alien races and that Sixth Tier alien race.

Especially the concentrated fire of those dozen-plus Fifth Tier alien races, which was all interrupted by Ji Ji Hongli.

Xu Jin had originally propped up the Fish Curtain Golden Bell and activated the Sixth Tier star artifact, the Golden Scale Armor, prepared to take the concentrated fire head-on. He didn't expect Ji Ji Hongli to bring such an unexpected surprise.

Opportunity must not be lost.

With a flap of his Thunder Wings, Xu Jin instantly charged within fifty meters of the third Sixth Tier alien race. 'Break Evil' blasted out, the Great Sun Star Technique erupted again, and purple thunder followed, directly blasting this mid-stage Sixth Tier Water Spirit to the ground.

The Earth Magnetic Force instantly rushed into his body and exploded!

Earth Magnetic Ground Explosion!

Instantly, the third Sixth Tier alien race was blasted into fragments.

On the other side, Ji Ji Hongli, besieged by ten Fifth Tier alien races, had already fallen into a bitter battle.

However, with the three strongest Sixth Tier alien races resolved, the remaining Fifth Tier alien races were very simple for Xu Jin to deal with.

The Dazzling Purple Heavenly Fire, combined with the Sixth Tier Star Technique 'Great Sun', took one out with every move.

Instant kill!

In less than three breaths, the battle ended.

Of course, Xu Jin still left one alive.

Xu Jin was there interrogating the captive, while Ji Ji Hongli was quickly cleaning up the battlefield, collecting valuable loot, especially star cores.

But in just two breaths, Xu Jin frowned.

The Water Spirit clan had not devoured the Wood Spirit clan; rather, the Wood Spirit clan had voluntarily merged into the Water Spirit clan.

As for the specific reason, the captive did not know.

But the current Water Spirit clan was incomparably powerful, with fourteen Sixth Tier experts.

Just in the Frost Wang Cheng, there were eight, and counting the King of Frost, there were nine.

Currently, there were still six Sixth Tier alien races in the city.

Even if Xu Jin launched a stealthy surprise attack, the difficulty would not be small, and it would be extremely dangerous.

Then, he could only use emblems to open the way.

The two continued to move forward cautiously. When they approached within twenty li of the Frost Wang Cheng, Ji Ji Hongli suddenly stopped, revealing a listening posture.

Xu Jin was stunned.

Under the sensing of the Bright Era Star Patterns, he only felt that the Wood-type star power within Ji Ji Hongli's body was very active. With Ji Ji Hongli as the center, the flowers and grass within a radius of several meters were exceptionally active, shaking their heads and wagging their tails, as if they were truly listening to something.

A few breaths later, Ji Ji Hongli returned to normal and looked at Xu Jin. "Senior Brother Qi, I just overheard some rather strange intelligence."

"What intelligence? Listening?"

Ji Ji Hongli hesitated for a moment and said, "Senior Brother Qi, this is an ability brought by the unique Bloodline Star Pattern of my Ji clan—the Hundred Flowers Star Pattern and the Hundred Grass Star Pattern. I can borrow the spirits of flowers, grass, and trees to overhear certain sounds around them. My grandfather instructed me not to reveal it to others, but you are an exception.

This ability of mine hears more the more lush the vegetation is; where there are no flowers, grass, or trees, I can hear very little."

Bloodline Star Pattern.

Xu Jin was somewhat stunned.

He had heard of it.

Among the human race of the current era, there is the inheritance of Bloodline Star Patterns. Just like the Spirit race, when cultivated to a certain degree, one will awaken one to several Bloodline Star Patterns.

But it is extremely rare.

It is said that those who can awaken Bloodline Star Patterns all possess ancient bloodlines.

He didn't expect Ji Ji Hongli to actually possess Bloodline Star Patterns, and that the Ji clan actually possessed ancient bloodlines.

"How far can you hear at most with this ability?" Xu Jin asked.

"In places with lush vegetation, it can reach about forty li at most; in places with sparse vegetation, it's twenty li," Ji Ji Hongli said.

"Is the effect of this ability always like this? Or can it be improved?" Xu Jin asked.

"It can be improved. The higher the cultivation, the stronger the effect; the stronger the Divine Soul cultivation, the stronger the effect. Moreover, I can engrave more of these Bloodline Star Patterns in the future to strengthen it," Ji Ji Hongli said.

Xu Jin somewhat understood why the Grand Master insisted on him taking Ji Ji Hongli in. Perhaps it was related to this ability of Ji Ji Hongli's.

These Hundred Flowers Star Pattern and Hundred Grass Star Pattern, not to mention anything else, just this ability to overhear movements forty li away is a divine technique.

A divine technique for reconnaissance and early warning!

If it can be strengthened in the future, and the listening range can be expanded to sixty li or even a hundred li, that would be a divine technique among divine techniques!

According to what Xu Jin knows, even an Eighth Tier expert has limited movement speed.

A distance of one hundred li takes at least ten breaths of time at the limit, and usually, they rarely fly at limit speed.

If applied to a team, it is absolutely the number one scout.

What's more, Xu Jin had just witnessed Ji Ji Hongli's combat auxiliary ability.

Her combat awareness was very strong, and her auxiliary role was also very strong.

Just need to create a tiny opportunity for Xu Jin, restraining the target enemy for a brief moment, and Xu Jin could complete the surprise attack.

The key is that it can exponentially accelerate Xu Jin's efficiency in killing enemies.

Furthermore, if Ji Ji Hongli can learn 'Star Healing'.

Then that would be a super-strong scout plus a healer.

If that's the case, Ji Ji Hongli must be cultivated well.

If cultivated well, the effect of one plus one would be three or four.

For a time, various thoughts surged in Xu Jin's mind.

"Senior Brother Qi, what are you thinking about?" Ji Ji Hongli was somewhat surprised.

"By the way, what strange intelligence did you hear?" Xu Jin asked.

"Alliance!"

"I just heard someone in the Frost Wang Cheng say, 'The Great King will go to the alliance with peace of mind, we will deal with these two little shrimps.'" Ji Ji Hongli said.

"Alliance?"

Xu Jin's expression became incomparably surprised.

Alien races forming an alliance within a star domain?

How is this possible!

The alien races in star domains that Xu Jin knows of, including those he has seen and those recorded in the history of the Great Chen State Academy, have never had any talk of an alliance.

Each one wishes they could beat the other's brains out, then unify the star domain and strive to be the King of the Star Domain, or even the God of the Star Domain.

Yet here, an alliance has popped up?

This made Xu Jin instinctively feel it was eerie!

"Listen again, investigate again!" Xu Jin ordered.

Ji Ji Hongli nodded lightly, the flowers and grass around her began to flicker with green light, each one looking verdant and dripping, setting off Ji Ji Hongli, who was dressed in red, to look even more delicate and charming. "Senior Brother Qi, I am listening."

Three breaths later, Ji Ji Hongli's expression suddenly changed. "Senior Brother Qi, it's not good. The King of Frost inside said he wants to deal with us mice first before going to the alliance!

Saying that we humans are the most annoying, and if we are to fight, we must use full strength to kill them at once!

He is already here!"

The moment Xu Jin and Ji Ji Hongli looked up, they saw over a hundred streams of light rushing out of the Frost Wang Cheng.

The aura of the leading Sixth Tier expert was as many as six!

The others were all Fifth Tier experts.

Xu Jin and Ji Ji Hongli changed color simultaneously!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 328 =====