Chapter 454: A Product of an Epoch and the Might of Heaven (Requesting Double Moon Tickets)

In just a few breaths, Xu Jin had shaken off all seven-stage pursuers completely.

The star technique of spatial displacement—only when used do you realize it's a perfect escape skill.

From the extreme altitude of maximum visibility, one spatial displacement can carry you to the horizon—about thirty li—and after two or three consecutive uses, the enemy vanishes without a trace.

Although the spatial displacement star technique consumes immense soul power, with Xu Jin's Nascent Soul cultivation base, he could use it no more than a dozen times in one go.

And this is only because the spatial displacement star technique is ranked sixth-stage upper, and the space-source star pattern is also sixth-stage upper.

If he obtained a seventh-stage or even eighth-stage version, its power would only grow stronger.

Unfortunately, this directional displacement is limited by visibility—otherwise, it would be even more potent.

But Xu Jin had also considered: if he could find a star technique that enhanced vision, wouldn't it pair perfectly with spatial displacement?

This world holds wonders beyond imagination.

Star techniques that enhance vision certainly exist.

He'd keep an eye out—perhaps he'd find one someday.

After five consecutive spatial displacements to escape his pursuers, Xu Jin found a hiding spot, concealed himself, and immediately began refining this mass of Celestial Authority.

As soon as his spiritual sense sank in, he sensed it clearly.

Fifty percent.

This contained fifty percent of Celestial Authority.

No wonder it interfered with him so severely.

And fortunately, it was only fifty percent.

If it had been sixty or seventy percent, Xu Jin would never have had a chance to kill Lu Hong, the Blood God Disciple.

Moreover, based on Xu Jin's past experience, Lu Hong had not fully unleashed the power of this Celestial Authority.

Primarily because the star force Lu Hong cultivated was not a direct star force of heaven and earth, but a derivative one.

Thus, he could not fully activate its power.

If a seventh-stage ninth-realm elder from another race had seized this fifty percent of Celestial Authority, Xu Jin would still be fleeing now.

The chance to turn the tables would be minuscule.

Because fifty percent of Celestial Authority allows one to draw upon the star force of heaven and earth to empower oneself.

It's like gaining an extra Star Tower.

As soon as refining began, Xu Jin realized this mass of starlight contained only Celestial Authority—no Celestial Star Will.

That meant the Celestial Star Will here had been stripped away and taken by someone else.

This also fit Lu Hong's identity.

Now, after obtaining this fifty percent of Celestial Authority, things were different.

Refining such things was second nature to Xu Jin; his Nascent Soul was immensely powerful, and within less than half an hour, he completed the refining.

The instant refining finished, a sensation of a dragon returning to the sea arose naturally.

At that moment, he was heaven and earth; heaven and earth were him.

But soon, Xu Jin fell out of that feeling.

It was only a fleeting sensation—because he possessed only fifty percent of Celestial Authority.

Yet even fifty percent granted him partial control over this realm.

With a thought, he became like a god above, perceiving everything in this realm.

At the slightest intention, any location would unfold like a magnified map, every detail falling within Xu Jin's perception.

The sensation was like a god mode in a game—powerful, omniscient.

With a single thought, the entire scene of Blood Spirit Holy City came under Xu Jin's overhead view.

Blood Spirit Holy City was not in chaos, but it had been placed under total lockdown; ten seventh-stage guardians and vajras of the Blood God Sect guarded their so-called Holy Hall.

Inside the Holy Hall, as more and more Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Pills were fed in, a mass of blood light churned and swelled.

Especially the upper portion, already fully condensed, had taken on the form of Lu Hong, the Blood God Disciple.

"So fast? Blood Rebirth—already complete?"

Watching this, Xu Jin was startled.

The Blood God Sect's Blood Rebirth was faster than he'd imagined.

But the drawbacks were obvious.

After dying once, Lu Hong's cultivation aura had plummeted to sixth-stage ninth-realm peak.

But the worst was his soul cultivation.

Lu Hong had already forged a Nascent Soul.

Now, his soul cultivation had dropped to fourth-stage second-realm.

Of course, compared to death, these drawbacks meant nothing.

Then, through his spiritual sense, Xu Jin detected forty-three seventh-stage elders across the entire Sixth-Stage Plum Star Region.

Except for the ten Blood God Sect seventh-stage guardians stationed at Blood Spirit Holy City, all other seventh-stage elders were paired up, scouring the entire region for Xu Jin.

At the same time, Xu Jin located the Star Gate's position within the Plum Star Region.

Due to long-standing operations, the Blood God Sect had already built a city at the Plum Star Region's Star Gate, guarded by their elite forces.

Then, Xu Jin directly activated the Celestial Authority, attempting to locate Mo Da Niu's whereabouts.

Soon, Xu Jin discovered a subterranean bunker beneath Blood Spirit Holy City.

Inside, over two thousand young men from the current human race sat quietly, all dressed in identical blood-red combat gear.

Xu Jin only knew Mo Da Niu's basic appearance—he'd never seen him in person.

While using the Celestial Authority to examine these two thousand youths, Xu Jin found four or five boys who might be Mo Da Niu.

But it didn't matter—as long as they were alive, he could find them.

Once he dealt with these Blood God Sect members, he'd find them.

But now, he couldn't go after them yet.

Revealing his intentions wouldn't be wise.

Yet since the Blood God Sect's seventh-stage elders had split their forces, Xu Jin decided to first cut off their wings.

This was his perfect opportunity.

Especially those seventh-stage ninth-realm peak elders.

After his previous battle, Xu Jin had a clearer understanding of his combat strength.

Against a seventh-stage ninth-realm peak alien king, one-on-one, he could handle it—and kill him.

But without using his accumulated special powers, killing required full deployment of techniques and time.

To achieve a swift kill, he needed to use those special powers.

In a one-versus-many scenario, it was even harder.

In short, although Xu Jin's star techniques, star patterns, Celestial Star Will, and Nascent Soul were all extremely powerful, his cultivation base remained a weakness.

After finding Da Niu and locating his master's whereabouts, Xu Jin would urgently strengthen his star patterns and break through to sixth stage.

The next instant, Xu Jin's mind stirred, and with the Celestial Authority, he instantly located the three strongest seventh-stage ninth-realm peak kings in the Plum Star Region.

These three were currently scattered across three locations, each accompanied by two seventh-stage elders, frantically searching for Xu Jin.

It has to be said that controlling fifty percent of the heavenly and earthly authority is incredibly convenient.

It's basically a super radar.

Soon, Xu Jin selected a target: to first kill the Black Wood Clan's seventh-layer, ninth-realm peak monarch and see if he could obtain something he desired.

But before setting out, Xu Jin spent some time studying the metal lump that had been melted by the lightning.

Lu Hong, the Blood Spirit Child, was a powerful cultivator who had created a Niche Space; normally, most items would be stored within such a space.

Items of inferior quality would be instantly reduced to ash under the Five Elements Divine Lightning.

Only items of significant importance or those actively in use would be melted by the Five Elements Divine Lightning into metal lumps.

Xu Jin sank his spiritual sense into the fist-sized metal lump but couldn't identify its material—yet it felt strangely familiar.

He then searched within his own Niche Space.

After a few breaths, Xu Jin pulled out an item, carefully compared it, and confirmed the match.

He now knew what it was!

The Mandarin Duck Seal!

This was a unique Mandarin Duck Seal exclusive to the Blood God Sect.

Even in its melted state, when his spiritual sense touched it, the sensation was nearly identical—meaning that shortly before his death, Lu Hong had used the Mandarin Duck Seal to communicate with the outside world?

Was it a plea for help?

Or a warning?

Or perhaps a request for guidance?

Xu Jin couldn't determine exactly which one it was.

But whoever held a Mandarin Duck Seal capable of contacting Lu Hong was almost certainly a high-ranking member of the Blood God Sect.

That meant the outside world was already aware of the events here.

It could be a plea for aid, a warning, or even the arrival of reinforcements.

Xu Jin needed to be even more cautious.

The last time he encountered such a star-domain communication artifact—the Mandarin Duck Seal—was when he saw it in the possession of Blood Child Fu Ying; now he found another in Lu Hong's possession.

According to Xu Jin's understanding, Blood Children in the Blood God Sect were not top-tier figures, but rather mid-to-high-ranking members.

Above them were Elders, Protectors, and Vice-Teachings.

Only slightly higher in status than the chapter masters in each region.

Now it seemed that in the Blood God Sect, every Blood Child possessed a pair of these Mandarin Duck Seals—objects Xu Jin had regarded as divine communication devices spanning star domains—so what about the sect's other high-ranking members?

They certainly all had them.

But Xu Jin had also asked the State Preceptor Cheng Cheng Yuexiao, who had personally handed the Mandarin Duck Seal to Chen Guo's top alchemy master for study.

That alchemy master admitted that even with the physical object, he could not replicate it.

Even if allowed to disassemble it at will, he still could not reproduce it.

Because its internal structure, including star runes, was completely incomprehensible to him.

He couldn't even copy it by imitation.

This alone proved that the numerous Mandarin Duck Seals within the Blood God Sect were absolutely a groundbreaking product in this world.

It was like suddenly finding a smartphone in an era when pagers were popular.

Even if disassembled, it could not be replicated.

The technological gap was too vast.

According to Xu Jin's knowledge, Chen Guo's alchemy craftsmanship, while not the pinnacle of this world, was not far behind other factions.

Could it be that the Blood God Sect possessed some divine being who mastered groundbreaking alchemy techniques?

Theoretically, it was possible!

But Xu Jin believed it was impossible!

Science and technology were the primary productive force.

With such alchemy mastery applied to star artifact crafting, the power of Blood God Sect's star artifacts of the same rank would utterly crush those of this world.

If such an extraordinarily skilled alchemy master truly existed, the Blood God Sect would have long since firmly established itself in this world—perhaps even become one of its top powers—and would never need to hide like rats.

Yet the Blood God Sect remained rats to this day.

Moreover, Xu Jin had noticed that the equipment of these mid- to high-ranking Blood God Sect members he encountered was quite ordinary.

Then where did the Blood God Sect's groundbreaking communication artifact, the Mandarin Duck Seal, come from?

For a moment, Xu Jin was intensely curious.

As he pondered, Xu Jin shot skyward, heading straight for the seventh-rank ninth-layer peak elder of the Black Wood barbarians.

Xu Jin's Thunder Dash was already extremely fast; now, with the power of the Heaven and Earth Authority, his speed surged by another fifty percent.

The two-thousand-li distance was covered in just over half a minute.

Ahead, the Black Wood King was searching for the intruder with two subordinates, chatting casually as they scouted, his words betraying faint concern.

To ambush and slay the Blood God Saint Envoy despite their encirclement and pursuit—

How powerful must this person be?

Could they even handle him?

Although the Blood God Saint Envoy claimed the attacker had used a one-time secret treasure forged by a top-tier expert of this world,

they still felt uneasy.

Yet the Saint Envoy's divine authority loomed over them, so they could only obey.

As they chatted, a distant rumbling like rolling thunder suddenly reached them; all three barbarians' faces turned pale.

One seventh-rank ninth-layer peak, one seventh-rank eighth-layer, one seventh-rank seventh-layer.

All were Wood Spirit barbarians assigned by the Blood Child.

"Worse—he's coming for us! Sound the alarm immediately!"

The moment the crimson alarm talisman shot skyward, the three saw Xu Jin emerging from the rolling thunder.

"Go! Don't hold back—use your full strength!"

Though wary, these three seventh-rank elders felt no fear.

The instant they clearly saw Xu Jin's figure, they pushed their star force to its limit; behind them, star towers materialized, and vast starlight rained from the heavens, instantly boosting their aura as they charged toward Xu Jin.

Xu Jin watched the three charging at him, his expression utterly relaxed.

Before this, facing these three, he would have needed to use special powers to eliminate them without injury.

But now—with the Heaven and Earth Authority—he didn't need to.

Especially since Xu Jin cultivated orthodox star force and star arts, the Heaven and Earth Authority amplified him even more.

Xu Jin merely thought, and instantly, clouds rolled up from all directions.

The clouds gathered with thunderous force, countless lightning bolts flickering within.

The next instant, the Five Elements Divine Thunder erupted.

The moment the Five Elements Divine Thunder erupted, it directly triggered the countless lightning bolts within the clouds to crash down together.

At once, heavenly wrath merged with the Five Elements Divine Thunder.

In that moment, heavenly wrath was summoned, and lightning rode its power.

BOOM!

As thunder roared, the seventh-rank seventh-layer elder on the far left was struck by blinding lightning.

In that flash, all his starlight defenses shattered under the terrifying lightning.

In an instant, he turned to ash!

The seventh-rank seventh-layer elder was reduced to ash—including his soul.

He had not yet formed a Nascent Soul.

Xu Jin himself was startled.

This was terrifying!

And so wasteful!

A seventh-rank seventh-layer elder—minimum ten seventh-rank star cores!

Just like that—gone!

Xu Jin was shocked; the Black Wood King and the other seventh-rank eighth-layer Wood Spirit were even more stunned.

But even as they reeled, the Five Elements Divine Thunder struck again.

This time, Xu Jin deliberately weakened its power slightly.

The lightning exploded across the sky, illuminating the ashen faces of the two seventh-rank elders.

BOOM!

The seventh-rank eighth-layer barbarian's head exploded outright; his entire body was reduced to charred coal.

Another instant kill!

As his Nascent Soul emerged, Xu Jin didn't even look—he flicked out a single lightning bolt and obliterated it.

Almost simultaneously, the Black Wood King turned and fled!

He didn't know why this man was so strong!

But he knew that even he, if he charged, would only die.

No chance of victory.

Flee!

Flee far away—sound the alarm immediately!

But how could Xu Jin let him escape?

He stepped forward; as Earth Magnetism activated, the Heaven and Earth Authority summoned torrents of Earth-element star force to reinforce it.

Instantly, the seventh-rank ninth-layer peak Black Wood King felt as if a planet had been chained to his feet, dragged violently to the ground.

Dazed and reeling, Xu Jin casually unleashed a controlled Cinnabar Fire Divine Thunder—still weakened—shattering all his protective starlight, filling his body with crackling lightning, his skin blackened and charred.

The next instant, a massive foot stomped down on his head, crushing it into the earth as if struck by a sledgehammer.

His mind spun, briefly losing consciousness.

Just as the Black Wood King believed he was certain to die, a heavenly voice suddenly reached his ear: "Release your Nascent Soul—I'll imprint it, and I'll spare your life."

"I—I agree! But my Nascent Soul has already been imprinted by the Blood Spirit Saint Envoy! I don't know if you can imprint it again, but until his imprint is removed, I cannot defy his orders." Having surrendered once to save his life, surrendering a second time was easy.

Xu Jin frowned—this was problematic.

(End of Chapter)