Chapter 335: Concealment Secret Technique and Ambush

Human race from the current era!

Under the influence of 50% of the world's authority, Xu Jin not only precisely locked onto the intruder's position in the first instant, but also clearly sensed the intruder's aura.

A human from the current era, at the peak of the fifth tier, ninth layer.

This left Xu Jin somewhat puzzled. Why would a human from the current era come here at this time?

Could it be that they, like him, came to the star domain to hunt alien races?

This possibility was quite high.

A powerhouse at the fifth tier, ninth layer, daring to venture alone into a fifth-tier star domain, must definitely possess the combat power to challenge sixth-tier alien races across tiers. Nine times out of ten, they were some genius among the humans of the current era.

Suddenly, the intruder's aura faded.

It wasn't that it faded, but rather that the world's will of this star domain's rejection or hostility toward them had lessened. Within a few breaths, it had faded significantly.

This left Xu Jin somewhat surprised. There was such a method?

If one possessed this method, the difficulty and danger of entering certain star domains in the future would be greatly reduced.

"Little Yuer, did you sense the intruder?" Xu Jin asked suddenly.

Ji Hongli had refined 10% of the world's star will, so her senses must be very sharp.

After closing her eyes and sensing for a few breaths, Ji Hongli shook her head.

Subsequently, Xu Jin asked the Lei Lei Lingwang and Lei Jie, wanting to confirm it from them.

If even they couldn't sense it, then Xu Jin would have to find this person and find a way to trade for this method.

Lei Jie shook his head, indicating he could not sense the intruder's aura.

The Lei Lei Lingwang first shook his head, but suddenly said, "Master, there is one. I sensed an intruder's aura in that direction."

Xu Jin was surprised, thinking that the Lei Lei Lingwang, as a king, was more favored by this world, to the point that even he, who held 50% of the world's authority, couldn't sense the aura, yet the Lei Lei Lingwang could.

But the next instant, Xu Jin understood the reason.

It wasn't that the Lei Lei Lingwang was more favored by the world, but that another intruder had arrived.

The aura of another intruder had descended, in a different direction.

With the blessing of 50% of the world's authority, Xu Jin immediately found this person's position and sensed their aura clearly—another human from the current era.

Fifth tier, ninth layer.

They must have come together to fight in this star domain.

Two breaths later, the aura of the second intruder from the current era began to fade, disappearing from the senses of the Lei Lei Lingwang and the others. Three breaths later, the third person's aura also began to disappear.

Among everyone present, besides Xu Jin, who held 50% of the world's authority, no one else could sense their existence.

Could it be a mercenary squad fighting as a group?

A team of three, having mastered this secret technique to hide their aura.

This possibility was extremely high.

Because on the Star River battlefield, mercenary squads, including many combat teams from guilds and clans, were very active.

They had a higher frequency of operations than the official armies.

The reason was simple: hunting for wealth!

The star domain was very dangerous, but within it, there were also countless opportunities to make a fortune.

Miracles of getting rich overnight were constantly being staged on the Star River battlefield.

Xu Jin originally didn't want to interfere; they were humans from the current era, after all. What they could hunt depended on their own abilities.

As long as they didn't hunt the elites like the Lei Lei Lingwang whom he had subdued, it would be fine.

He then began to take out the seventh-tier star core he had captured earlier and started to observe it carefully.

His divine soul consciousness instantly sank into it, beginning to sense and study it carefully.

After studying it for only three breaths, the hairs on the back of Xu Jin's neck stood up.

The aura of his own kind.

This star core, to be precise, was a star core refined with special techniques. What was fatal was that it emitted the aura of the human race.

This kind of aura might still be blurry to others.

But Xu Jin, who possessed the Bright Era Star Pattern, sensed it with absolute clarity.

This should be a star core dug out from the star palace of a seventh-tier human. It was a common fire-type star core, refined by an expert using extremely ingenious methods into something similar to an emblem, capable of erupting with astonishing attacks.

No wonder the Saint Clan messenger said it could instantly kill a peak sixth-tier, ninth-layer existence.

It wasn't bragging.

The star technique sealed within this seventh-tier star core should be capable of it.

Moreover, this thing wasn't like an emblem; it wasn't a one-time use item. It should be able to be activated several times, at least twice or more.

The Saint Clan actually possessed such technology.

Doesn't that mean that in the eyes of the so-called Saint Clan, the human race is also just a pile of cultivation materials?

At first, Xu Jin felt a chill down his back, but not long after, Xu Jin was relieved, or rather, he understood.

This is a war between races.

Just like how he dug out the star cores of alien races.

In the mountains, tigers eat people, and hunters also hunt various prey, even surrounding and hunting tigers.

There is no right or wrong.

There is only stance.

There is only strength and weakness!

Thinking this through, Xu Jin's desire to return to the Star River battlefield became even more urgent.

He must return to the current era in the shortest possible time, report this matter to the Grand Master, and then have the Grand Master issue a warning to all parties in the current era to organize a response!

Instantly, Xu Jin looked at the Lei Lei Yingwang, who had been persuaded to surrender by the Lei Lei Lingwang, his killing intent exploding.

He had no patience left.

"Why, still unwilling?" Xu Jin walked in front of the Lei Lei Yingwang with a gloomy face. The Lei Lei Lingwang hurriedly bowed, "Master, he is already tempted, but still hesitating. Please give me a little more time."

"I don't have time."

Xu Jin looked at the Lei Lei Yingwang with a gloomy face, "I'll ask you one last time, are you willing to surrender?"

When he asked this, the fluctuations of the Earth Origin Magnetism had already risen in Xu Jin's palm.

If the Lei Lei Yingwang said even half a "no," Xu Jin was prepared to smash this guy's head with one palm, take the world's star will of the Spring Thunder Star Domain he possessed, put the corpse into his Sumeru space, and then give the Lei Lei Lingwang some emblems to let him command the army and begin unifying the Spring Thunder Star Domain.

There would definitely be setbacks.

But since all the other kings have already died in battle, unification is merely a matter of how much time it takes.

"Willing to surrender!"

"I am willing to surrender!"

When the Lei Lei Yingwang's voice sounded, the Lei Lei Lingwang was stunned and kicked him, "You damn eagle, I've been trying to persuade you with all my heart for so long, and you were still pretending? Were you playing with me?"

Upon noticing Xu Jin's gloomy expression, the Lei Lei Lingwang hurriedly added, "It's still the Master's divine might!"

The Lei Lei Yingwang, kneeling on the side, had his sharp face, characteristic of the Thunder Eagle clan, twisted into a bitter melon!

It wasn't that he was pretending!

It's just that this human from the current era was too terrifying!

He possessed a secret sensing technique, and just now, he had truly and clearly sensed the killing intent of this human from the current era.

If he continued to be stubborn, people would really die!

He had been dragging things out with the Lei Lei Lingwang earlier just to get a bit more "selling price."

He just didn't expect this human from the current era to be so ruthless.

He only asked once, and he was going to kill.

He felt that if he had knelt a second slower just now, he might have been finished by now!

"Consider yourself smart! Hand over the world's star will you control, and then open your divine soul!" Xu Jin, feeling urgent, ordered with a gloomy face.

The Lei Lei Yingwang didn't say any nonsense and immediately obediently handed over the world's star will he controlled.

Only 10%!

This made Xu Jin frown slightly, but he didn't speak.

Regarding this point, as long as the Lei Lei Yingwang opened his divine soul and was controlled by him, he would know clearly, so there was no need to worry about him holding anything back.

Xu Jin directly threw this world's star will into his Sumeru space, not in a hurry to refine it.

He placed a control restriction within the Lei Lei Yingwang's divine soul at the fastest speed and was about to start giving instructions.

After giving instructions, he prepared to leave.

But when he was about to give instructions, Xu Jin's brows suddenly furrowed.

Not right!

The auras of those three intruding humans from the current era were actually heading in three different directions.

The three directions they were heading, if viewed from a general perspective, were the directions of the King Cities of the Thunder Spirit, Water Spirit, and Thunder Eagle tribes.

This was completely different.

Even the boldest mercenary squad, if they came to a fifth-tier star domain to hunt for wealth, the first priority would be to assemble, not to head straight for the three major King Cities separately.

Isn't that looking for death?

Even Xu Jin had to carefully design strategies and tactics within the King Cities of the three tribes.

One mistake, and it would be death and soul destruction!

There's a problem!

These three definitely have a problem!

Their previous behavior, if explained as a mercenary squad, was still reasonable.

But their behavior at this moment could not be explained by a mercenary squad.

Re-evaluating their various behaviors earlier, it represented a possibility—a high degree of organization and discipline!

If this were Xu Jin from a few months ago, he might not have cared.

The road is wide, everyone walks their own way.

This Spring Thunder Star Domain wasn't Xu Jin's own home.

But Xu Jin, having experienced so much deceit, had completely different thoughts.

His vigilance was also completely different. He thought of many possibilities.

Especially since the alien races in this Spring Thunder Star Domain had extremely high combat power, were extremely fast, and were extremely dangerous.

Yet, after Xu Jin had been inside for more than half a day, three people arrived; this was worth pondering.

The danger within this must be eliminated!

"Little Yuer, Thunder Spirit, you two first cooperate with the Thunder Eagle to reorganize the Thunder Eagle Wang Cheng. Thunder Spirit, Thunder Eagle, you two go first to deal with the sixth-tier beings in the Thunder Eagle Wang Cheng. I leave it to you to deal with them, make them all open their divine souls, and let Little Yuer control them!

If you do it well, there will be rewards.

If you mess it up!

Hmph!"

The next instant, Xu Jin instantly soared into the air. The triple Flowing Shimmer plus the blessing of 50% of the world's authority made Xu Jin's speed reach the extreme.

Xu Jin estimated that his speed might have exceeded 1500 meters per second.

Three li per second.

Unfortunately, this speed was only within the Spring Thunder Star Domain.

Once out of the Spring Thunder Star Domain, he wouldn't have such astonishing speed.

The intruder from the current era closest to Xu Jin was about a thousand li away.

In less than five minutes, the distance between Xu Jin and this person was less than a hundred li.

This was mainly because this person was heading toward the Thunder Eagle Wang Cheng, flying in the opposite direction to Xu Jin.

When the distance was fifty li, Xu Jin directly went invisible and constantly adjusted his direction, waiting on this person's inevitable path.

Ten breaths later, a human who was also half-invisible while flying appeared in Xu Jin's perception.

This method of invisibility was very ingenious; even if flying at high speed, unless one was close, it was very difficult to discover them.

The next instant, a majestic divine soul fluctuation rose.

Break Evil!

Xu Jin did not hold back.

This fifth-tier, ninth-layer human didn't even have time to react before blood sprayed from their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, and they fell from the sky. Xu Jin instantly flashed and pounced, and the moment his palm touched their forehead, Gentle Dream was activated.

Strengthened pull into the dream realm!

When forcibly pulling this person into the dream realm, Xu Jin's face became even gloomier.

There's a problem.

If they were really members of a mercenary squad coming to hunt for wealth, with this ability, they would have been killed long ago.

Moreover, their divine soul cultivation was only at the Refine Star seventh layer, far from breaking through to the fourth tier.

Usually, experts heading to the star domain to hunt for wealth must have their divine soul cultivation broken through to the fourth tier.

Without breaking through to the fourth tier, one cannot open the Sumeru space; even if you have gains, you can't carry much away.

A large bag weighing hundreds or thousands of jin, even if you can carry it, you're just a living target!

After landing, Xu Jin carefully found a place and began to interrogate using Gentle Dream.

"What did you come here for?"

"On the orders of the Department Head, to investigate the situation in the Spring Thunder Star Domain."

Xu Jin didn't dare to ask key questions directly, fearing it would trigger the divine soul seal.

But for mission-related questions like this, generally speaking, there was no problem.

Divine soul seals couldn't be cast by just anyone at will; it was impossible to cast one every time a mission was issued.

"Specifically, what situation in the Spring Thunder Star Domain are you investigating?"

"The Department Head said that there are powerhouses coming to hunt the kings of the Spring Thunder Star Domain, so we are to investigate the situation of the kings of the Spring Thunder Star Domain. If any king of the Spring Thunder Star Domain falls, we are to notify the Department Head immediately using a secret technique."

Xu Jin's face sank instantly.

It really was aimed at him.

Sure enough, his judgment was correct.

If it were a mercenary squad, it would be impossible for them to head straight for the three major King Cities.

Xu Jin wanted to ask who the Department Head was, but he held back; this was a key question.

"How do you conceal your auras? How do you avoid being targeted by the world of the Spring Thunder Star Domain and being besieged by the alien races of the Spring Thunder Star Domain?" Xu Jin asked.

This question was very key.

If he got the answer, the value would be immeasurable.

"This is a secret technique passed down by our Department Head to conceal our own auras."

Xu Jin wanted to ask about the secret technique itself directly, but he didn't dare; there were previous lessons!

"What do you need to use for this secret technique of yours?"

"To cast this secret technique, one needs to prepare the star cores and blood of the alien races of the target star domain."

As soon as these words were spoken, a thunderclap exploded in Xu Jin's mind.

A question he had been thinking about all along suddenly had a direction.

Previously, Xu Jin had used the Lei Lei Lingwang's inherited blood essence and tried various methods, but he couldn't decipher the star patterns inside and couldn't comprehend them.

But Xu Jin could indeed discover that there were star patterns inside.

He always felt he was missing something!

He always felt that for him, a human, to comprehend the inherited star pattern blood essence of an alien race, he needed a medium.

But what exactly it was, he couldn't think of for a moment.

Hearing about the blood and star cores of alien races now, it reminded Xu Jin instantly.

Perhaps, this is what was missing.

In the future, when he has time, he can try to comprehend the star patterns in the inherited blood essence using the star cores and blood of alien races.

If he can comprehend them, then the channels for obtaining star patterns in the future will be even more!

The value is immeasurable!

At the same time, Xu Jin understood a bit about why concealing aura required the blood and star cores of the local star domain's alien races.

It should be a disguise secret technique, nine times out of ten using the secret technique to activate the blood and star cores of the local star domain's alien races, covering them on one's own body, and then deceiving the world's star will of this place.

No, the world's star will cannot be deceived.

Xu Jin could discover them.

It should be to significantly weaken their own sense of presence, so as not to be discovered by other ordinary alien races.

Xu Jin still didn't dare to ask about the secret technique directly.

Such a secret technique, nine times out of ten, had a divine soul seal added to it.

He couldn't ask about the secret technique, but he could ask in another way.

"What is the first step in casting this secret technique of yours?"

"First, draw out the star power within the alien star core."

"And the second step?"

"Then inject the star power drawn from the alien star core into the blood?"

"And the third step?"

"Use the blood essence injected with the alien star core's star power, use..."

Bang!

This human from the current era's head exploded violently.

Obviously, it had touched the divine soul restriction, touched the key secret technique.

After searching the body, this guy was pitifully poor; a few life-saving emblems, all fifth-tier, mainly for speed, not a single sixth-tier one.

Besides that, there were only two emblems used for special communication, and a few bottles of elixirs, nothing else.

After thinking for a while, Xu Jin instantly soared into the air and rushed in another direction.

Half a quarter of an hour later, another human from the current era flying toward the Cold Ice Wang Cheng was ambushed and captured alive by Xu Jin.

A quarter of an hour later, the fifth-tier, ninth-layer human from the current era flying toward the Thunder Spirit Wang Cheng was ambushed and captured by Xu Jin, all in a state of unconsciousness.

Xu Jin didn't dare to conduct key interrogations again.

If one question was asked poorly, the head would explode.

Not only would he get no news, but it would also easily alert the enemy.

However, Xu Jin's previous life was a world where language could be played with like a flower.

Things like "Wolong and Fengchu," "family members," "honest people"—the changes in meaning were enough to shock the ancients!

Since he couldn't ask directly, he would ask in a roundabout way.

"Did your so-called Department Head arrange an ambush outside the Star River passage?"

"I don't know."

"Have there been such examples before?"

Since they arranged it so meticulously, this kind of thing definitely wasn't the first time.

"There was one three months ago. A guy got a world's star will from a fourth-tier star domain, we detected it, and then it was intercepted by the Department Head. We all made great contributions and were rewarded!"

Good fellow, there really was!

Next, Xu Jin didn't dare to ask too much, but began to think carefully.

The current problem is that Xu Jin wants to return to the Star River battlefield to issue a warning.

To report the emergency military situation here to the Grand Master in the shortest possible time.

However, there is an ambush aimed at him and Ji Hongli at the Star River passage!

If Xu Jin were this scheming Department Head, what kind of power would he arrange to ambush outside the Star River passage?

It definitely couldn't be fifth-tier!

Sixth-tier?

Also unlikely.

Because the direction they were investigating was whether Xu Jin and Ji Hongli had killed the kings of the star domain and obtained the thunder-type world's star will.

If they could kill the kings of the star domain, it meant that Xu Jin and Ji Hongli possessed the strength to kill peak sixth-tier, ninth-layer powerhouses, and even the strength to kill peak sixth-tier, ninth-layer kings among a group of sixth-tier beings.

With such strength, sending sixth-tier beings to block the Star River passage is either stupid or foolish!

Seventh-tier is the most likely!

However, it definitely couldn't be early seventh-tier!

It is very likely to be a veteran seventh-tier powerhouse, and perhaps more than one!

If it were Xu Jin arranging personnel for an ambush, he would definitely arrange powerhouses with overwhelming strength.

The kind of powerhouse who could easily kill peak sixth-tier, ninth-layer alien races with a wave of their hand.

At the very least, a veteran seventh-tier, or even multiple seventh-tier beings!

Only then could it be foolproof!

So the question arises, in this situation, how can Xu Jin leave the Star River passage alive and then go to warn the humans of the current era?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 336 =====