1338: Jinyu, Seven Stars

“Handsome guy, save me!”

“I will repay you handsomely in the future!”

In the forest, upon seeing the young man who suddenly appeared, Shen Yu was startled at first, but then her heart was filled with wild joy. She shouted, changed direction, and sped up.

The Four-Horned Magic Ox was a Vicious Beast in the Early Stage of the Four Realm, with tough hide, thick flesh, and immense strength. However, its massive size made it slow. Otherwise, she, being in the Middle Stage of the Three Realm, would have no chance of escaping if she encountered it.

The sudden appearance of this young man was perfectly timed. As long as he could hold it off for a moment, she would have a chance to successfully escape.

As for what would happen to this young man? That could only be left to fate.

But just as she finished speaking, Shen Yu was surprised to find that the young man's figure had vanished from her sight!

Strange, where did he go?

This discovery left Shen Yu somewhat bewildered.

Could it be that I'm too nervous and having hallucinations?

Boom!

Just as Shen Yu was thinking this, a violent collision sound suddenly erupted behind her, startling her.

“Roar, roar, roar!!!”

At the same time, the Four-Horned Magic Ox’s painful roar also rang out.

“Damn…”

Shen Yu turned her head and was immediately stunned.

She saw that the young man, whom she had suspected was a hallucination, had stomped the massive head of the Four-Horned Magic Ox, which had been chasing her so frantically, into the ground.

The Four-Horned Magic Ox’s two hind hooves were flailing in the air, kicking wildly, looking incredibly disheveled and comical…

“This guy is actually a Four Realm?!”

Upon seeing this scene, Shen Yu was dumbfounded.

She had never expected that this young man, who looked even younger than herself, would possess the strength of a Four Realm, and moreover, could gain the upper hand in a head-on confrontation with the Four-Horned Magic Ox.

“Such a young Four Realm? Could he be a True Disciple of the Seven Stars Sect?”

Shen Yu secretly speculated, unconsciously stopping her steps.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Roar!

The Four-Horned Magic Ox roared madly, directly flinging Wang Chen, who was stepping on its head, away.

Whoosh!

However, just as the Four-Horned Magic Ox, having broken free, stabilized itself, Wang Chen gracefully turned in the sky, stomped on the air, and returned at an even faster speed.

Boom!

As the violent Qi explosion sound just rang out, Wang Chen charged in front of the Four-Horned Magic Ox.

He extended his arm, and his clenched fist, carrying an unparalleled immense force, once again smashed into the Four-Horned Magic Ox’s forehead.

Under this incredibly powerful force, the Four-Horned Magic Ox’s raised head dropped heavily, its two forelegs almost completely sinking into the ground.

Immediately after, Wang Chen gave the Four-Horned Magic Ox no further chance. He pointed his left hand like a sword and thrust it out. The power of heaven and earth converged, forming a ten-meter-long Sword Qi, which directly pierced into the Four-Horned Magic Ox’s eye.

Pfft!

Blood splattered.

The Sword Qi crushed the Four-Horned Magic Ox’s eyeball, then passed through its brain and burst out from the back of its head.

Roar!

The Four-Horned Magic Ox only had time to let out a mournful cry before its massive body collapsed with a crash.

“No experience points gained, it seems this is just an ordinary transcendent creature.”

Wang Chen shook off the blood adhering to his fingers, and with a thought, he directly put the Four-Horned Magic Ox’s corpse into his spatial ring.

No matter in which world, the flesh and blood of transcendent creatures held considerable value.

Currently, he had nothing but the clothes on his back. Perhaps his first pot of gold would have to come from this transcendent Vicious Beast.

After doing all this, Wang Chen turned to look at the black-clad woman not far away.

He saw that the woman’s eyes were filled with shock, clearly awestruck by the clean and decisive battle.

However, at this moment, Wang Chen was too lazy to care what this person was thinking. He took a step and arrived in front of the woman, then used the Mark of Enslavement.

The woman’s intention to divert disaster to him was very obvious earlier, so he had no psychological burden using some methods on her.

“I am Shen Yu, I thank Senior for saving my life…”

Shen Yu, on the opposite side, was cautiously trying to express her gratitude. Before she could finish her sentence, her vision went black, and her consciousness instantly fell into Chaos.

The next second, she knelt down as if worshipping a deity:

“Your servant, Shen Yu, greets Master.”

“Hmm.”

Wang Chen nodded with satisfaction, then asked the question he was most concerned about.

…

…

A moment later, Wang Chen had a better understanding of the planet he had descended upon.

This Life Star he was on was named Jin Yu Star, and it was currently being developed by the Seven Stars Sect. It had already been officially incorporated into the Tianxia Empire’s administrative system.

The specific location of Jin Yu Star was in the unexplored Star Domain outside the Kangjin Star Region, which belonged to the Azure Dragon Grand Region, one of the five major administrative regions of the Tianxia Empire.

The Seven Stars Sect was a small Sect force registered in the Tianxia Empire, with over 100,000 Disciples and a Six Realm expert overseeing it. This time, the entire Sect was developing Jin Yu Star, intending to make it their Sect’s main gate and simultaneously gain official backing from the Empire.

Because according to the Empire’s Development Order issued ten thousand years ago, forces that develop ownerless Life Stars and pledge loyalty and pay taxes to the Empire would automatically assume the position of Planetary Governor, with a permanent tenure that could be passed down for generations.

Simply put, after the Seven Stars Sect developed Jin Yu Star, as long as they paid sufficient taxes to the Empire every ten years, they would be the local emperors of Jin Yu Star, free to do whatever they wished, even planetary extinction, and no one would interfere. During this period, the Seven Stars Sect’s ownership of Jin Yu Star would be protected by Imperial law, and they would also have access to special material purchasing privileges.

Of course…

If they couldn't pay the taxes, the Empire would unceremoniously incorporate Jin Yu Star into its direct jurisdiction.

As for Shen Yu, she was a Level 3 Mercenary registered with the Imperial Mercenary Association, affiliated with the Kangjin Star Region branch of the Azure Dragon Grand Region.

This time, in order to quickly complete the development of Jin Yu Star and reduce casualties among their younger generation, the Seven Stars Sect chose to issue high bounties through the Mercenary Association. For every native Vicious Beast killed on Jin Yu Star, they could receive double the normal bounty.

This led to a large number of low-level mercenaries traveling thousands of miles to Jin Yu Star.

However, these mercenaries were mostly Level 3 Mercenaries like Shen Yu, with the highest being Level 4 Mercenaries with Four Realm strength. There were no Level 5 Mercenaries or higher.

Every Level 5 Mercenary had already passed the first great heavenly tribulation and could briefly traverse the star sea with their Physical Body. They simply didn’t care for the small money gained from hunting Vicious Beasts.

Moreover, allowing Level 5 Mercenaries, who could briefly traverse the Void Realm, to enter Jin Yu Star, the Seven Stars Sect was also worried about being taken advantage of and inexplicably tricked.

After learning about the situation of the planet he was on from Shen Yu, Wang Chen gradually gained clarity about his current predicament.

Not directly ascending to the reception platform in a directly administered region of the Tianxia Empire was both good and bad for him.

Although he became an unregistered citizen because of it, he also wasn’t noticed by the Empire, giving him great freedom in his actions.

“In that case, the first problem before me is to get rid of this unregistered status and become an official citizen of the Empire.”

“Only then can I use inter-planetary teleportation arrays or ride Universe spacecraft.”

Wang Chen pondered, his gaze falling back on Shen Yu.

There was a way to solve the unregistered citizen problem right in front of him.