Chapter 342

Five Gold Stars, four Radiant Stars.

For Xu Jin, the quantity is not much, but for others, it might be a massive amount.

Xu Jin must convert it into strength as quickly as possible.

Especially after knowing the intense malice contained in the Star Picking Pavilion authority upgrade rules.

Like Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang, who knows the Grand Master possesses the Star Picking Pavilion's Silver-level authority but can do nothing about the Grand Master, cannot slay him, and can only sigh in helplessness!

But Xu Jin is different. If the several Star Lords learn that Xu Jin has obtained Silver-level authority, Xu Jin will likely become their prized target.

"Star Spirit, how many people currently possess Silver-level authority?"

"My lord, the current Silver-level authority holders have all hidden their information, so I cannot inform you."

"Star Spirit, can you help me find the location of the Silver-level authority holders?" Xu Jin asked again.

"My lord, I apologize; currently, all Silver-level authority holders have hidden their locations."

"Star Spirit, how can I discover other authority holders?" Xu Jin asked a very critical question.

"My lord, when other authority holders are within a certain distance of you, you will have a sense."

This answer made Xu Jin's nerves suddenly become tense. "Star Spirit, how close is 'within a certain distance'?"

"If the other party enters the coverage range of your Original Spirit Yuanling Taiguang, you will definitely have a sense! But it is not necessarily only when they enter the Original Spirit Yuanling Taiguang range that you will have a sense; the closer the distance, the greater the possibility of sensing them, and the farther the distance, the smaller the possibility of sensing them will become," the Star Spirit answered.

The coverage range of the Original Spirit Yuanling Taiguang—it seems this is a safety boundary.

I wonder how far the Original Spirit Yuanling Taiguang coverage range of veteran existences like Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang and Tianyang Xingjun Cangming is?

Ten meters, or twenty meters?

Or perhaps a hundred meters?

Xu Jin has secretly warned himself to be careful and stay away if he has the chance to encounter such existences in the future.

The next instant, Xu Jin suddenly triggered the Thunder Spirit Heart within the fifth tier of his Middle Shang Xinggong!

Xu Jin obtained three strands of Thunder-type Heaven and Earth Star Will in the Spring Thunder Star Domain; he obtained one through a trade earlier, and after merging it within the Spring Thunder Star Domain, he obtained the Thunder Spirit Heart of the fifth tier.

The reason he tried every possible way to get the Thunder-type Heaven and Earth Star Will earlier was actually to prepare for this moment.

With a Thunder Spirit Heart of sufficient rank, Xu Jin can rapidly deduce and elevate his Lei Yuan star pattern to the eighth tier.

By then, he will have another main combat star art.

Because currently, the power of his Thunder-type star arts is still insufficient, mainly limited by the Lei Yuan star pattern, and he also lacks very powerful Thunder-type star arts.

The National Academy does not have inheritance in this regard; there is no way.

But according to previous deduction experience, when a star pattern is deduced to above the eighth tier, one will obtain a special star art, and this kind of special star art has immense power.

It just so happens that it can fill the gap in Xu Jin's Thunder-type star patterns!

The next instant, Xu Jin opened this month's Star Dome Secret Realm enlightenment time and simultaneously sank his mind into the Lei Yuan star pattern, triggering a Gold Star!

This combat experience in the Spring Thunder Star Domain yielded huge gains, and he even piled the Thunder Spirit Heart to the fifth tier, so deducing the Lei Yuan star pattern was like a fish in water, like water flowing into a channel.

When the high-tier derivation time of this Gold Star ended, Xu Jin's Lei Yuan star pattern had elevated from the seventh-tier middle to the seventh-tier upper, and even more.

He smoothly broke through to the seventh-tier upper and deduced three branches, but he did not completely break through to the eighth tier!

Without hesitation, Xu Jin triggered a Radiant Star and first enabled the Radiant Star's high-tier derivation.

In an instant, Xu Jin sank once again into a world filled with thunder.

There were Water Thunder, Fire Thunder, Wood Thunder, Earth Thunder, and Metal Thunder; Xu Jin began to immerse himself in the world of thunder evolution.

During the deduction process, Xu Jin unexpectedly discovered that as he constantly moved his thoughts, the Fire Source, Wind Source, Earth Source, and Metal Source star patterns he had inscribed in his body all had a response.

A quarter of an hour later, the eighth-tier lower Lei Yuan star pattern was completely filled in, representing that Xu Jin's Lei Yuan star pattern had officially broken through to the eighth tier.

And at the very moment it was completely filled in, the Fire Source star pattern in Xu Jin's Middle Shang Xinggong began to rotate constantly, actually interacting with the eighth-tier lower Lei Yuan star pattern. A hundred breaths later, a flash of realization surged into Xu Jin's heart.

Guards Huo Yun Divine Thunder!

This is a special Thunder-type star art brought by the eighth-tier lower Lei Yuan star pattern, but this special Thunder-type star art can actually interact with Fire-type star power.

In short, when unleashing this Guards Huo Yun Divine Thunder, he can use Fire Source star power to bless it and elevate its power.

That power must be extremely formidable!

Xu Jin did not expect such a surprise.

Beyond the surprise, Xu Jin calmed his heart and continued to deduce.

After the star pattern was deduced to the eighth-tier middle, the difficulty soared again. Until the high-tier derivation time ended, Xu Jin had only deduced a small branch of the eighth-tier lower Lei Yuan star pattern.

【Each Radiant Star can directly help you fill in a small realm of a star pattern below the ninth tier, and then directly enter high-tier derivation time. Do you want to fill it in now?】

【Fill in.】

In an instant, countless starlight emerged, bringing Xu Jin into a bizarre world of thunder again, but this time, Xu Jin was like a bystander, as if watching a movie; after the movie ended, the ending had already emerged.

The eighth-tier lower Lei Yuan star pattern had already been filled in to the eighth-tier middle.

At the same time, information about another special star art emerged in his mind: Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain.

Using the power of Heavenly Gang thunder, condense it into a Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain, which can injure, defend against, and defeat enemies, with infinite wonderful uses.

As for the coverage range of the condensed thunder chain, it is related to the caster's soul thought power.

But this star art brought by the eighth-tier middle Lei Yuan surprised Xu Jin somewhat. Xu Jin had originally thought it would be some stronger Divine Thunder; he didn't expect it to be a Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain.

However, Xu Jin was not disappointed at all.

He even had some anticipation.

Because not a single special star art brought by an eighth-tier star pattern had ever disappointed him.

The Guards Huo Yun Divine Thunder cannot be unleashed within the Star Dome Secret Realm, but the Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain can be unleashed.

The next instant, as Xu Jin moved his thoughts, amidst the sizzling sound of electricity, five Heavenly Gang Thunder Chains as thick as a child's arm emerged instantly.

That feeling was very strange.

This thunder chain seemed not like a thunder chain, but like five additional hands of Xu Jin.

They moved with his thoughts, controlled at will, near or far as he pleased.

At the farthest, they could reach eighty meters away, but after reaching the limit of distance, the consumption of star power became extremely rapid.

The next instant, Xu Jin moved his thoughts and directly triggered the Chain Star Pattern.

Instantly, a terrifying scene emerged.

The five Heavenly Gang Thunder Chains turned into fifteen.

Standing there, fifteen Heavenly Gang Thunder Chains danced behind Xu Jin, thunder light sizzling and flashing, setting Xu Jin off like a tentacle monster, exceptionally terrifying!

As Xu Jin moved his thoughts, the fifteen Heavenly Gang Thunder Chains flew up and down; when blasting out, they were like spirit snakes moving, extremely fast and powerful, and when retracted, they were ready to strike, also very terrifying.

Very quickly, Xu Jin played with this Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain until he mastered it.

They could be condensed into a ball, condensed into a layered Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain shield, and could even be condensed together to form a thunder hammer or thunder sword!

Very fierce!

Especially the thunder chain shield, which in Xu Jin's view, was very practical.

This is equivalent to adding another layer of powerful defense for Xu Jin!

For body-protecting star arts like the Fish Screen Jin Zhong, no matter how strong you are, you can only cover yourself with one such circle.

But the thunder chain shield can be near or far as he pleases and is detached from the body.

And it is extremely strong.

It is equivalent to being able to perform layered defense!

Under such a thunder chain shield, the previous Gold Star-level inner demon's attacks would not be much of a threat. Under layered defense, the probability of shattering Xu Jin's Fish Screen Jin Zhong would be even smaller.

If he encountered a seventh-tier powerhouse again, relying on this move, Xu Jin would not be injured, nor would he need to rely on the sixth-tier supreme-grade Golden Scale Armor for main defense, and even the Fish Screen Jin Zhong might not necessarily shatter.

A sense of safety exploded!

This made Xu Jin's heart move.

The importance of the third-tier upper Chain Star Pattern was highlighted at this moment.

Whether it was the Guards Huo Yun Divine Thunder or this Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain, their roles were very great.

Xu Jin had originally intended to deduce other star patterns, but after putting away the Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain, he directly began to deduce the Chain Star Pattern.

Triggering the fifth-tier middle Thunder Spirit Heart, he sank his mind into the Chain Star Pattern, and then Xu Jin directly triggered a Gold Star to enable high-tier derivation!

This combination, when used on low-to-mid-tier star patterns, is simply using an anti-aircraft gun to shoot a mosquito, with extraordinary effects.

The rank of the Chain Star Pattern was elevating rapidly.

Ten breaths later, it elevated to the fourth-tier lower; thirty breaths later, it elevated to the fourth-tier middle; a hundred breaths later, it elevated to the fourth-tier upper.

Half a quarter of an hour later, it elevated to the fifth-tier middle.

A quarter and a half of an hour later, when the high-tier derivation enabled by this Gold Star ended, Xu Jin's Chain Star Pattern soared directly to the sixth-tier lower.

And it was a complete sixth-tier lower; if there had been more time, he could even have deduced it to the sixth-tier middle.

Exploding directly from the third-tier upper to the sixth-tier lower, the elevation was huge.

Whoosh!

When Xu Jin triggered the Chain Star Pattern again, the thunder chains behind Xu Jin had already increased from fifteen to twenty-five.

A proper tentacle monster!

The power of the Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain became even greater and more flexible!

The only drawback was that the consumption also increased exponentially!

After triggering the Chain Star Pattern, the consumption of Xu Jin's Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain exploded directly to five times the original!

After unleashing it, the star power within Xu Jin's Lei Lei Yuanxing Core dropped rapidly; one percent of Lei Yuan star power could only support it for ten breaths.

However, this did not matter.

At the current stage, with the Arena, Xu Jin lacks nothing but star power.

Moreover, Xu Jin's cultivation base is there; subsequently, his total star power will continue to increase exponentially.

High consumption is completely not a problem.

Thus, of Xu Jin's five Gold Stars and four Radiant Stars, three Gold Stars and three Radiant Stars remained.

But this time, the Star Dome Secret Realm enlightenment time had only used up one hour, and there were still three hours left.

Xu Jin prepared to continue seeking enlightenment, but what star pattern should he seek enlightenment on?

Xu Jin planned to consume another Radiant Star!

Being good at everything is not as good as specializing in one thing!

Xu Jin set his target on the Fire and Earth aspects.

Currently, Xu Jin's star arts with the greatest power are Fire-type and Earth-type, and the strongest are the Fire Source and Earth Source star patterns.

If Xu Jin deduces one of these two star patterns to the eighth-tier upper, he wonders if he can touch the ninth-tier star pattern at close range.

So which star pattern should he deduce?

After thinking for only three breaths, Xu Jin made a decision.

Deduce the Great Sun star pattern.

Why make such a decision?

It is mainly a choice between Dao and Art!

If the Fire Source and Earth Source star patterns are compared to Dao, then the Great Sun star pattern is Art!

To be more specific, the Fire Source and Earth Source star patterns are power, while the Great Sun star pattern is the weapon!

The current situation is that Xu Jin's power is actually very strong; like the Dazzling Purple Heavenly Fire, it is an extremely strong special power. Let alone seventh-tier, many eighth-tier experts do not possess such powerful star patterns as Xu Jin.

But Xu Jin's full-force strike, let alone compared to eighth-tier, is far worse than seventh-tier.

Among this, there is the reason that the star patterns have not been strengthened, but the more important reason is that the Art carrying this power is not good enough.

In other words, the weapon is not good enough!

The rank of the Great Sun star pattern is sixth-tier upper; its limit is right there.

A super-strong Fire Source star pattern can at most let the Great Sun star pattern's power overflow its limit a little bit, but it cannot exceed its rank.

Xu Jin feels that if he deduces and elevates the Great Sun star pattern significantly, then the star art's power might increase exponentially.

Making such a decision has a great deal to do with Xu Jin's previous thoughts on compressing the Great Sun Star Art.

And he has already achieved something.

Xu Jin feels this is a path!

If this idea succeeds, the power of the Great Sun Star Art will increase by more than two times!

The next instant, Xu Jin triggered the fifth-tier upper Fire Spirit Heart, sank his mind into the last Gold Star, and enabled high-tier derivation.

At the same time, Xu Jin began to deliberately think about issues related to compressing the Great Sun Star Art.

This is the experience Xu Jin gained from using high-tier derivation many times.

As long as you keep a certain aspect in mind, high-tier derivation will show you the Dao evolution of that aspect.

Before long, Xu Jin saw a star in the vast starry sky begin to collapse and shrink, then explode instantly, and the scene before him instantly turned into a world of scorching light.

Before long, Xu Jin saw a small flame shrink and explode again.

Watching these Dao evolutions, suddenly, some of the confusion Xu Jin had when studying the Great Sun star pattern earlier broke open, and in an instant, his thoughts became clear.

His previous direction was wrong.

He was like compressing a balloon before, wanting to compress the entire Great Sun Star Art together through external force; although it had an effect, it consumed a lot of soul power and even more time.

But this evolution made Xu Jin understand that this kind of shrinking should be an active shrinking from the inside out.

Just like a person pulling their fist back!

That efficiency is higher, the soul consumption is smaller, and it can be completed almost in the blink of an eye.

And in Xu Jin's enlightenment, Xu Jin's Great Sun star pattern also underwent fundamental changes.

Within the Great Sun star pattern, all the main star patterns were changing.

They were changing themselves while nourishing.

When deduced to the seventh-tier lower, it was still growing.

When the Great Sun star pattern was deduced to the seventh-tier middle, it had already grown to a certain extent.

The entire Great Sun star pattern was fluffier and had a larger range, but it could shrink even more fiercely.

It was like a collapse, rapidly shrinking inward, and then exploding!

Originally, the maximum range was ten meters; now, it can reach a maximum range of twenty meters, but when exploding, it can easily collapse to a three-meter range. If Xu Jin uses soul power to shrink it both internally and externally without regard for consumption, it can even shrink to the size of one meter!

How much the power increases, Xu Jin does not know yet.

The Star Dome Secret Realm cannot unleash it.

But he thinks doubling it should be no problem.

Thus, the Gold Stars in Xu Jin's hand have been consumed to only two, and there are three Radiant Stars left.

But there are still two and a half hours of high-tier derivation time left.

After thinking about it, Xu Jin directly triggered the seventh-tier upper Clear Soul star pattern, then triggered a Radiant Star, and began to deduce and seek enlightenment again!

There are seventy-eight Clear Soul star patterns inscribed in the Upper Shang Xinggong; as long as the Clear Soul star pattern elevates by a small rank, the benefit will be huge.

It must be deduced!

(End of chapter)