Chapter 91: Gather Battle and Soul Forge Star (Seeking subscriptions and monthly tickets)

Just as Supervisor Cao Chun walked toward the statue, Old Qi's voice appeared in Xu Jin's ears again.

"The Concealment Emblem I gave you, you haven't used it all up, right? If you haven't used it all up, use it right now. If you have, nod, and I'll give you more," Qi Qi Shanye said.

At this time, Xu Jin was mainly listening to advice.

Xu Jin could roughly guess that Old Qi intended for him to take advantage of the chaos to pick up some benefits.

But what kind of benefits?

Xu Jin guessed, could it be the star power leaking and dissipating everywhere in this statue?

Almost at the same time he heard Qi Qi Shanye's instruction, Xu Jin, who was already sitting cross-legged in the grass behind the statue, moved his star power and crushed the Concealment Emblem Old Qi had given him. Xu Jin had also nurtured these two emblems, but he had never used them.

This Concealment Emblem was different from other emblems when used.

Other emblems had a huge commotion when used, but this Concealment Emblem was as if nothing had happened after use.

Xu Jin didn't know that a force had enveloped him, and he felt a sense of isolation from the world, and then there was no movement at all.

What Xu Jin didn't know was that Qi Qi Shanye was shocked at this moment.

Because, in his sensing, Xu Jin had disappeared.

If Qi Qi Shanye had revealed his figure, his mouth would have been shocked into an 'o' shape.

"This... the concealment effect of the Concealment Emblem I, Old Qi, made—when did it become so strong? A hundred meters away, even I can't sense it?"

It was because Qi Qi Shanye had always left a trace of divine sense on Xu Jin; otherwise, Xu Jin would have directly disappeared at this moment, and he wouldn't have been able to find him, let alone contact and instruct him.

Otherwise, he could only risk closing the distance to search for and discover Xu Jin.

At the same time, Supervisor Cao Chun, who walked to the front of the statue, sat cross-legged. His divine sense swept over, and there was no anomaly in all directions. Then, his mind slightly urged, and nine brilliant, shining star phantoms appeared on his chest. The nine brilliant, shining stars, under Cao Chun's urging, began to rotate and accelerate.

In an instant, a star vortex was formed.

The moment the star vortex was formed, the invisible power that had been leaking from the Worship Battle Divine Sect statue toward all directions was suddenly attracted by Cao Chun's star vortex.

In an instant, it was all sucked into Cao Chun's star vortex, and a starlight waterfall directly appeared and poured into Cao Chun's body.

"Activate your Clear Soul star pattern, let it move, let it rotate. As long as you can bear it, let it rotate as fast as you can," Qi Qi Shanye's instruction entered Xu Jin's ears.

Hearing this, Xu Jin immediately followed suit.

Just making the Clear Soul star pattern in his head move was quite difficult.

That feeling was extremely uncomfortable.

He had used all his strength, used all the strength of a suckling child, but it wouldn't rotate even a tiny bit.

Xu Jin, who was hiding, even flushed red, but it wouldn't rotate even a tiny bit.

"Relax, the only thing that can make the Clear Soul star pattern rotate is the power of the mind.

Even if you had a billion catties of brute force, you couldn't make the Clear Soul star pattern rotate.

Relax, focus, focus, focus again. You only need to keep the thought of making it rotate.

Pure thought!" Qi Qi Shanye's voice sounded.

Hearing this, Xu Jin let out a long breath. After relaxing, he closed his eyes, introspected the Clear Soul star pattern, and then concentrated all his mind on the Clear Soul star pattern. From inside to outside, at this moment, there was only one thought: "Rotate!"

"Rotate for me!"

The power of focus was still somewhat terrifying.

Ten breaths later, Xu Jin's Clear Soul star pattern suddenly moved slightly and rotated for the first time.

When this Clear Soul star pattern rotated for the first time, it was like a rolling wheel, slowly starting to rotate, and then rotating faster and faster, faster and faster.

In just a few breaths, it had already rotated into a ball of light and shadow.

The moment it turned into a ball of light and shadow, a formless power that the Worship Battle Divine Sect statue was scattering in all directions was suddenly attracted.

Just like Cao Chun's nine-seat star vortex attracting star power, Xu Jin's Clear Soul star pattern began to rotate and absorb this formless power that Cao Chun couldn't absorb.

In just a few breaths, in the center of the Upper Shang Xinggong, the Clear Soul star pattern's core changed from virtual to real, and a dot-like radiance appeared. With the appearance of this point that changed from virtual to real, Xu Jin's attraction to the formless power scattered by the Worship Battle Divine Sect statue became even more powerful.

More and more of the formless power emitted by the statue was drawn and absorbed into the Clear Soul star pattern, and the point in the center of the Clear Soul star pattern that had changed from virtual to real was also expanding rapidly.

A hundred meters away, Qi Qi Shanye, who had left a bit of divine sense on Xu Jin beforehand, had already sensed the changes happening in Xu Jin's body.

Not long after, even in Qi Qi Shanye's eyes, a trace of envy flowed out.

"This is truly... a heavenly opportunity."

"Just this one step can save several decades of hard work, and even more..."

"Sigh, if I had had this opportunity back then, I'm afraid I would be slaughtering Hu Hu Xuechuan like a dog now, and my cultivation would have long since gone to a higher level, and I wouldn't be like this now..."

Feeling the changes in Xu Jin's aura, Qi Qi Shanye sighed repeatedly.

"However, such a good opportunity is also extremely rare to encounter."

In fact, before the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong was locked twenty years ago, the thing the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong was most keen on and loved to do was to strike at the Worship Battle Divine Sect.

Whenever they discovered the traces of the Worship Battle Divine Sect, the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong would rush the fastest.

If they were to rank the mortal enemies of the Worship Battle Divine Sect, then the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong would rank first, and the second, third, and fourth would inevitably be certain branches of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong.

The reason lay here.

This Worship Battle Divine Sect's method of worshipping the stars, gathering gods, and receiving stars had a by-product, and this by-product was a large amount of pure soul power.

Originally, the thoughts of thousands of people had a million trillion miscellaneous thoughts; who would dare to absorb them directly into their body? Whoever did would go crazy.

But this Worship Battle Divine Sect's method of worshipping the stars, gathering gods, and receiving stars, through training star slaves, made these soul powers relatively clean, and then this statue was worshipped by thousands of people, and was constantly washed by the condensed star power. This method of gathering gods and receiving stars naturally had the effect of purifying soul power.

Therefore, within the Worship Battle Divine Sect's statue, a large amount of pure star power and soul power naturally gathered.

However, most Star Officials couldn't discover or absorb this soul power.

But this didn't mean the Worship Battle Divine Sect knew nothing about this power; on the contrary, collecting soul power was also one of the purposes of the Worship Battle Divine Sect.

It was just that what the Worship Battle Divine Sect used to collect this soul power wasn't a person, but a vessel.

It was the Star Official seal that had escaped earlier.

Under normal circumstances, if they encountered a danger they couldn't handle, the Star Official would activate the Star Official seal at the first opportunity, first sucking away the soul power within the statue, part of which would be used to strengthen the Star Official seal, and part would be stored by the Star Official seal to be used to recast the statue next time.

But today, this Worship Battle Divine Sect Star Official was perhaps too confident, or perhaps he had been misled by the strength of Ning Ning Yuchan and Xu Jin who had appeared, thinking he could easily resolve it, and hadn't encountered a danger he couldn't resolve.

Because if he used the Star Official seal to draw away the soul power within the statue, this statue would be ruined.

Rebuilding it would take a long time.

In the past, when they besieged the Worship Battle Divine Sect, the Worship Battle Divine Sect's Star Officials, let alone seeing people from the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong, would, at the slightest sign of trouble, immediately take away the soul power, destroy the statue first, and then flee directly.

Cautious to the point of being unable to be more cautious.

But now, the style was different.

Perhaps it was because the Worship Battle Divine Sect's risk had significantly decreased in the twenty years since the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong was locked, so their new generation of Star Officials had become bolder.

In the past, they nurtured star slaves, and if they got five or six hundred people to do it, it was considered a large scale; getting to a thousand people was a super-large scale.

But this one in front of them had actually reached over two thousand people.

It might truly be so.

After all, in the eyes of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong, the Worship Battle Divine Sect in the past was a great tonic.

As long as they killed fast enough, they could grab a large amount of pure soul power to strengthen the star bucket of their Upper Shang Xinggong.

But most of the time, they couldn't grab it.

At that time, the Worship Battle Divine Sect's Star Officials were all killed by the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong until they were incomparably alert; at the slightest sign of trouble, they would immediately take away the soul power and flee again without counting the consumption of the star power within the statue.

Unlike this Star Official today, whose boldness was simply asking for death.

The Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong occasionally grabbed one, and it was the kind where there were many wolves and little meat.

Dozens or hundreds of experts from the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong would divide the soul power within one statue; that was competing to see who could grab it faster.

But the experts of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong were still incomparably keen on such things.

Because as long as they grabbed a little bit, it could be worth several years of hard cultivation.

Unlike now, this Worship Battle Divine Sect Star Official's boldness had increased more than tenfold.

It must have a necessary relationship with the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong being locked for the past twenty years.

This, however, benefited Xu Jin now, directly enjoying the soul power of an entire statue alone.

And the storage amount of soul power in this statue was obviously very large.

Two thousand star slaves—this had never appeared in the twenty years before the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong was locked.

And in terms of duration, it was also very long.

At least one month.

It might even have existed for two or three months.

Therefore, this opportunity of Xu Jin's was something even Qi Qi Shanye was very jealous of.

If it had been ten years ago, at the very least, he would have kicked Xu Jin away and enjoyed this super-large portion of soul power alone.

But now, for him, it no longer had much effect.

However, Xu Jin receiving this opportunity made him see some hope.

Just as the soul star in Xu Jin's Upper Shang Xinggong was rotating rapidly and the point of soul star was expanding rapidly, at the entrance of the Qiujiang River, more than twenty warships flying the Yanzhou Water Division flag entered the river with the current, and then rushed toward Qianye Island with flags fluttering.

At the same moment, Yanzhou City, Yanzhou Dao Academy, Heavenly Yang Branch Palace, Cangming Branch Palace, Yangdu Dao Academy, and Yangdu County Government all had streams of light soaring into the sky, rushing toward the direction of Qianye Island without sparing consumption.

Some people's faces were full of surprise, while others' faces were full of shock and anger.

In the Marquis of Yangdu's mansion in Yangdu County, the Marquis of Yangdu's mansion Chief Clerk Zhou Yixian and Military Advisor Lu Yuanchen looked at each other, both with faces full of sorrow.

"Brother Zhou, I entrust this to you."

"Brother Lu, rest assured. From now on, your mother is my own mother, and your children are my own children; I will never let them suffer the slightest grievance," Chief Clerk Zhou Yixian said.

"In that case, thank you!" Lu Lu Yuanchen had a face full of sorrow.

"Military Advisor Lu, rest assured, the Marquis will definitely not let you die in vain," Chief Clerk Zhou Yixian said.

"Please forward this family letter."

Giving a letter to Chief Clerk Zhou Yixian, Lu Yuanchen instantly soared into the sky, starlight erupting under his feet, rushing toward Qianye Island at the fastest speed. Subsequently, Zhou Yixian gave a few instructions and also followed closely behind Lu Yuanchen's starlight.

On Qianye Island, Ning Yuchan quickly walked among the group of girls, treating the girls who were in extremely poor condition, and at the same time comforting these girls.

She wanted to ask if Xu Jin had found his sister, but she hadn't found Xu Jin. But the situation was urgent, and Ning Ning Yuchan didn't have that much time to manage Xu Jin.

This nest of the Worship Battle Divine Sect had been wiped out, and the people had been rescued, but the real trouble was still behind.

Of course, the trouble behind wasn't Ning Ning Yuchan's business; what Ning Ning Yuchan was worried about at this moment was the situation of these two thousand young girls.

She had rescued star slaves of the Worship Battle Divine Sect in the past, but what was terrifying was that many girls who had been abducted as star slaves of the Worship Battle Divine Sect had their spirits become abnormal after being rescued.

Some even became crazy, and some became stupid.

Along the way, Ning Ning Yuchan saw those terrified girls and directly knocked them unconscious with a palm strike.

If they could have a good sleep and then wake up, most of the girls would return to normal, but many girls, even after being knocked unconscious, had nightmares one after another, waking up in shock again.

Occasionally seeing a few girls who had already fallen asleep, Ning Ning Yuchan revealed a trace of joy.

Many girls with firm minds, or girls with extremely thick nerves, could fall asleep on their own once rescued, and any girl who could fall asleep on her own would return to normal after waking up.

This was experience.

In a place Ning Ning Yuchan didn't notice, Xu Jin's sister, Xu Jiang'er, had fallen asleep at some point, her breathing becoming very steady, and the originally tense little face gradually became relaxed in her deep sleep.

Little Jiang'er had started cooking meals, washing clothes, and taking care of her frail brother Xu Jin since she was eight years old; her heart was extremely delicate, and her mind was also quite firm.

But whether she was firm enough to fall asleep immediately after being rescued was unknown.

The reason little Jiang'er was able to fall into a deep sleep immediately after being rescued was that Qi Qi Shanye had made a move.

Qi Qi Shanye himself was an expert in soul stars and had been incomparably familiar with the Worship Battle Divine Sect earlier, so after discovering Jiang'er, he risked using his powerful soul power to directly soothe little Jiang'er's incomparably tense spirit while also letting Jiang'er fall into a deep sleep on the spot.

This could ensure that she would have no sequelae after waking up.

As for the other girls, Qi Qi Shanye had no way, and could only secretly use soul power to save dozens of them on the periphery.

He was familiar with Tian Zhang; during the previous Great Search for Demons event, Tian Zhang knew of his existence, and Mountain Chief Dong Zhao also knew of his existence. Qi Qi Shanye knew Dong Zhao knew of his existence, and Dong Zhao also knew Qi Qi Shanye knew he knew of Qi Qi Shanye's existence, but he just couldn't appear in front of Dong Zhao.

The Heavenly Yang Shang Xinggong not only issued an order to hunt down the Shadow Demon Qi Qi Shanye, but also issued a military order to hunt down and capture the Shadow Demon Qi Qi Shanye through the Great Chen court and the National Dao Academy.

One could know, but one couldn't face each other.

This was the bottom line.

The bottom line that both sides knew and tacitly observed.

Otherwise, it would only plunge both sides into an extremely difficult situation.

Therefore, Qi Qi Shanye had to hide himself well.

In the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour passed. Under the waterfall-like star power infusion of the Worship Battle Divine Sect statue, the nine massive stars on Supervisor Cao Chun's chest condensed to the extreme and were thick to the extreme.

Suddenly, Supervisor Cao Chun, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes. The nine massive stars that were one body, under the terrifying star power and high-speed rotation, suddenly turned into a whole.

The nine massive stars, with one star that was the most brilliant and largest in volume as the main body, and the other eight stars, like satellites, rotated around the main star, forming a whole.

During the rotation, countless star power between heaven and earth was absorbed into it.

From this moment on, even if Cao Chun didn't cultivate, as long as he stood here, the star power in his body could be endless.

Even if he were asleep, the star power he consumed could be automatically replenished.

This was the Gather Battle Realm of gathering stars into a bucket.

"Broken through, then continue!" Mountain Chief Dong Zhao's voice sounded.

The newly broken-through Cao Chun sat down again, and the star bucket that had just condensed suddenly spun and retracted into his body, and his aura was completely suppressed.

The star power within the statue began to dissipate in large quantities.

At this time, Supervisor Cao Chun's soul power reached out, actively drawing in a wisp of starlight, and after two or three times, he skillfully inscribed a star pattern. The star pattern began to rotate rapidly, and during the rotation, a lot of star power was absorbed into it.

Very quickly, the center of this star pattern changed from virtual to real, and the point that changed from real began to expand rapidly.

The more it expanded, the faster it rotated, the greater the star power it absorbed, like a snowball rolling, and a small star prototype had already appeared rapidly.

This was Forge Star.

After Cao Chun broke through, he actually started to Forge Stars again, and the speed of this Forge Star was incomparably fast.

It was mainly because the star power here was incomparably sufficient.

Behind the statue, in Xu Jin's Upper Shang Xinggong, a soul star the size of a fist had already condensed. Within the soul star, the Clear Soul star pattern seemed like amber, with textures in between.

At this very moment, this soul star of Xu Jin's was still rotating at high speed.

Every rotation could absorb a large amount of soul power into the Upper Shang Xinggong.

If it were in Qi Qi Shanye's view, at this very moment, Xu Jin had already attracted all the soul power dissipated by this statue.

"Don't stop, keep cultivating until there is no soul power left to absorb. I have already found your sister and let her fall asleep peacefully; you can rest assured," Qi Qi Shanye's voice sounded in Xu Jin's mind.

This made Xu Jin greatly relieved. His sister had been rescued, was safe and sound, and he had countless reasons to cultivate with all his might at this moment, but not a single reason to be distracted.

In this world, strength was everything!

Just like when storming the island today, Ning Ning Yuchan was brave to the extreme, reckless to the extreme, which made Xu Jin, who was fighting alongside Ning Ning Yuchan, feel great.

But everything was built on the foundation of strength, on the foundation of having confidence.

Otherwise, it was just courting death.

A quarter of an hour later, outside the soul star in Xu Jin's Upper Shang Xinggong, a layer of starlight-like radiance had already lingered.

Refine Star, First Layer.

This soul star Xu Jin had just forged had already broken through to Refine Star, First Layer.

Looking at this scene, Qi Qi Shanye felt some emotion, recalling his own past.

How long did he take to Forge Stars with his soul?

It seemed he used fifteen years of hard cultivation before he could Forge Stars with his soul, and after he did, he, Qi Qi Shanye, began to become famous overnight.

As for the soul star from the early stage of Forge Star to the perfection of Forge Star, and then to Refine Star, First Layer, it seemed he used another ten years?

In fact, this was also a major problem for the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong; the disciples of the Lord Lingji Shang Xinggong, because they needed to Forge Stars with their souls, were usually late bloomers.

But many disciples were finished before they could bloom.

For someone like Xu Jin who had obtained a great opportunity, not to mention once in a thousand years, it was absolutely once in a hundred years.

It could only be said that causes and effects were determined by heaven.

If Xu Jin hadn't had the courage to plan to save this sister, he probably wouldn't have had this opportunity to gain.

Another quarter of an hour later, in Supervisor Cao Chun's Middle Shang Xinggong, the newly forged star had already reached Refine Star, Ninth Layer, and he began to Forge another star.

Xu Jin's soul star had already been surrounded by three layers of hazy starlight, Refine Star, Third Layer.

The Yanzhou Water Division landed on Qianye Island, began to blockade Qianye Island, and searched the surroundings of the island to see if there were any remnants left.

Another quarter of an hour later, Xu Jin suddenly opened his eyes.

Gone.

No matter how he urged the soul star, he couldn't absorb even a wisp of soul power; the soul power within this statue in front of him had already been sucked dry by him, and of course, a portion had dissipated.

"Finished, it's gone?" Qi Qi Shanye's voice sounded.

"Hmm, then move away first. After leaving the statue for a hundred meters, slightly urge your star power, and you can break the effect of the Concealment Emblem. Your sister is over there; go see her, and then mix into the main force."

Xu Jin nodded.

"An expert is coming; I must leave first." After saying this, Qi Qi Shanye's hidden figure quickly moved

"Hmm, then walk far away first. After you are a hundred meters away from the statue, slightly circulate your star power, and you can break the effect of the Concealment Emblem. Your sister is over there; go see her, and after that, blend into the main group."

Xu Jin nodded.

"An expert is coming; I must leave first." After saying this, Qi Qi Shanye's concealed figure quickly moved away.

There was no other reason; Qi Qi Shanye had already vaguely sensed the aura of Hu Hu Xuechuan, the Hu Hu Dianzhu of the Yanzhou Branch of the Lord Tianyang Star Hall, and he had to leave.

He himself had always been vaguely tracked by the Fixed Star Disk, a star artifact in Hu Hu Xuechuan's hands. If he stayed too close, he would be precisely located, and by then, he would have to flee for his life again.

Following Qi Qi Shanye's guidance, Xu Jin moved more than a hundred meters away from the statue. He slightly circulated his star power, and in an instant, Xu Jin felt as if something had shattered, as if he had returned to this world once again.

Many weeping young girls looked at Xu Jin, who had appeared abruptly in their field of vision, as if they were seeing a ghost; they were extremely terrified.

Because a second ago, there wasn't a single person where Xu Jin was standing, but now, there was an extra living person.

A person appearing out of thin air—who wouldn't be afraid?

Xu Jin didn't pay them any mind and quickly followed the direction Qi Qi Shanye had given him to find his sleeping sister, Jiang Er.

He lightly placed his fingers on her and, seeing that Jiang Er's breathing was steady, felt completely relieved.

He didn't stay long and left as if he were just passing by.

It was better not to attract too much attention.

"Eh, I haven't seen you for a while, where did you go? I was just saying I wanted to find you, afraid that something might have happened to you?" Seeing Xu Jin, Ning Ning Yuchan, who was busy, asked urgently.

"I went to find my sister, and fortunately, I found her," Xu Jin said.

"Is she asleep?" Ning Ning Yuchan asked with concern.

"She was already asleep when I found her," Xu Jin said.

"That's good, then it's fine. By the way, you help me patrol too. As long as you see anyone waking up, whether they are crying or laughing, knock them unconscious without exception. Whether they can return to normal depends on their own fortune." Ning Ning Yuchan was also giving it her all right now.

But many girls, even after being knocked unconscious, would wake up in a fright from a nightmare and start crying again, leaving Ning Ning Yuchan unable to handle it alone.

"Alright." Xu Jin readily agreed.

"Be careful with your strength; they are all ordinary people, don't..."

Ning Ning Yuchan hurriedly urged him. Xu Jin, who had already started saving people, directly gave an 'OK' gesture. After giving it, he realized Ning Ning Yuchan didn't understand, so he waved his hand and said, "Teacher, don't worry."

As Xu Jin and Ning Ning Yuchan began to save people continuously, more and more streams of light arrived on the island.

The most eye-catching ones were Hu Hu Xuechuan, the Hu Hu Dianzhu of the Yanzhou Branch of the Lord Tianyang Star Hall, who had rushed over in a hurry, and Mei Mei Longwei, the Hu Hu Dianzhu of the Yanzhou Branch of the Cangming Star Hall. However, after they arrived, they did not communicate with Dong Zhao but waited silently.

For this matter, the most important party had yet to arrive.

Within a few breaths, the starlight inside the statue of the Baidou Divine Sect in the rear completely vanished. As the last trace of star power was absorbed by Cao Chun, this Baidou Divine Sect statue, which stood five or six meters tall, suddenly crumbled into dust inch by inch.

Supervisor Cao Chun broke through from the peak of the fourth-tier Condense Star Realm to the fifth-tier Gather Battle Realm, and then forged four stars.

At the very same moment the statue crumbled, Zhou Jianping, the Head of the Yangdu Dao Academy of the Great Chen, had already rushed to Qianye Island. The instant he stepped onto Qianye Island, he withdrew the starlight beneath his feet and rushed in front of Dong Zhao, questioning him angrily.

"Dong Zhao, you brought troops into my Yangdu Prefecture territory without a word; what is the meaning of this?

In your eyes, is there still any national law, is there still any military law?"

(End of chapter)