254: Chapter 254 Many hands make light work! Becoming the hope of a free planet?

In the [Ancient Ruins], they killed two planet-level five-stage BOSSes.

They obtained an A-grade rating.

They accumulated 81 star core fragments.

In the [Purgatory Town], they killed one planet-level five-stage BOSS.

They obtained an A-grade rating.

They accumulated 84 star core fragments.

This was the harvest Yan Buyu gained as the team leader.

If compared to a few weeks ago, and looking at the performance of Xuan Jizi, Xiao Yuntian, Yun Haiyao, and himself during their first exploration of the [Ancient Ruins] Dungeon, this result could already be considered excellent.

It was even slightly better than their second attempt.

However, compared to the seven teams this time, their performance was at the bottom!

Among the other teams, only two or three were on par with them.

There was another portion that had killed planet-level six-stage BOSSes, and the star core fragments harvested from each Dungeon easily exceeded 100.

Xuan Jizi's team, relying on killing two planet-level seven-stage BOSSes, averaged over 200 fragments per Dungeon, accumulating a total of 408 star core fragments, taking the top spot!

When the teams lined up to report the situation to Zhang Jian and hand over the star core fragments, Xuan Jizi was indescribably smug.

Although everyone handed over all the star core fragments to Zhang Jian without keeping a single one, they did so willingly.

Not to mention that the Dao-Grade Sword Puppets Zhang Jian refined for them were the biggest reason for their increased strength and ability to go further in the Dungeons.

Just the fact that after the Sword Puppets reached level 99, Zhang Jian Advanced the star core fragments needed for Fusion for everyone, was a favor they could not ignore.

Not to mention, Zhang Jian also promised that once star core fragments were more abundant, he would help them use the star core fragments to increase their attribute points.

No one had any complaints about this.

In fact, they wished they could hand over even more star core fragments so they could leave a deep impression on Zhang Jian.

But in reality, whether it was dozens or hundreds, Zhang Jian did not really care.

After all, he had entered these two Dungeons alone and easily obtained a total of 3,000 star core fragments, which was more than the harvest of the other seven teams combined.

But that was not the most critical point.

Among the seven teams, there were a total of 22 Sword Puppets.

Relying on the mythical level [I Am A Soldier] entry, they were also simultaneously earning experience points and loot for Zhang Jian.

And with the bonus from the +9 level Dao-Grade entry [Godslayer: Destiny Inverse Scale], the quantity of the harvest had an additional bonus.

When Zhang Jian aggregated the loot from each Sword Puppet, he discovered that from this item alone, the harvested star core fragments amounted to over ten thousand!

Over 4,000 synthesis voucher fragments had also dropped.

Added to the corresponding fragments handed over by Xuan Jizi and the others, plus one complete synthesis voucher obtained from an S-grade rating, in the end, Zhang Jian had as many as 17,000 star core fragments on him.

He had even accumulated a full 9 complete synthesis vouchers!

Although his synthesis now relied mainly on entry bonuses and he did not need this stuff, he still put them away properly, just in case he needed them.

In the time that followed, the others also went out according to their assigned teams.

Their targets were clearly the level 99 Dungeons located across China and even around the world.

Although these Dungeons did not drop star core fragments, relying on their current strength, they could already form a dimensionality reduction strike.

They could almost guarantee an easy clear of nightmare difficulty and refresh the Hell difficulty.

Relying on the rating at this difficulty, the extra bonuses from the Dungeon were not to be underestimated.

Although the experience points no longer had the cross-level bonus, it could be considered better than nothing.

However, item drops were not affected.

Even if entering a Dungeon only resulted in one mythical level skill dropping, it was still not bad.

At the very least, it was one more chance to draw a mythical level passive skill.

Everyone dispersed to various places, leaving Zhang Jian all alone.

Of course, he was not idle either.

So many star core fragments looked good, but only after synthesis, turning into complete star cores, could they count as a true harvest and be useful.

Zhang Jian patiently started synthesizing them slowly.

Failure.

Failure.

Success!

Zhang Jian glanced at it.

One-star grade star core, Star Power range increased by 1%.

Trash!

He complained in his heart, but his hands did not stop, and he continued to synthesize.

Every time he succeeded in synthesis, he would take time to glance at it.

However, most of them were one-star grade.

Occasionally, a two-star grade would appear, but he was no longer unfamiliar with the corresponding attributes and had no expectations.

In the end, he simply stopped looking.

He just synthesized them blindly.

Until, when he picked up star core fragments and subconsciously synthesized them, no light flashed.

Only then did Zhang Jian stop.

At this moment, his eyes were somewhat dazed, and he did not know how much time had passed.

But the large pile of complete star cores flashing with various colors in front of him silently spoke of his achievements.

He picked them up one by one to check.

One-star.

One-star.

Two-star.

One-star.

...

Out of about ten or so, only one could be a two-star grade star core.

The output was relatively stable.

Until Zhang Jian picked up a star core with a noticeably different light.

The pleasantly surprised voice of the Will of the Heavenly Dao instantly rang in his mind.

"It's actually a three-star grade!"

Zhang Jian examined the three faint little stars visible on the star core, and the corresponding information for this item flashed through his mind.

Star Power range increased by 3%.

Star Power limit increased by 10%.

Star Power recovery speed increased by 20%.

Zhang Jian was excited.

These stats were much stronger than the one-star and two-star grades!

The Will of the Heavenly Dao shouted even more excitedly, "Zhang Jian, we've struck it rich!"

"With this thing, if I use it for sacrifice, I can exchange it for a Cultivation Technique to reach the Transcendence Realm!"

"We can completely avoid connecting to any other planet, not be under the jurisdiction of the Star Domain, and give birth to our own Transcendence Realm existence!"

Zhang Jian's expression was grave.

The significance of this was too great!

Ever since he connected with the Will of the Heavenly Dao, he no longer needed to go through Yan Buyu, having him use the [Hyper-Dimensional Calculation] skill, and painstakingly ask the Will of the Heavenly Dao to help with deductions.

Now, it had become the Will of the Heavenly Dao proactively coming to communicate with him.

Because of this, he also learned a lot of top-secret information that others did not know.

Among them, this included the common planet management methods in the Universe.

For example, for unowned planets, anyone who discovered them would report them directly to the Universe Alliance, making them a public planet of the Universe.

And higher-level powerhouses would incorporate them into their jurisdiction by refining the Will of the Heavenly Dao.

Similarly, they would also be protected by them and become a safe civilized planet.

But to escape this top-down control, one must become a Free Civilized Planet.

That is, to independently give birth to a Transcendence Realm existence without reporting to the Universe Alliance.

If the quantity is sufficient and it is recognized as having the ability to survive in the Star Domain, it can avoid being forcibly controlled.

But at the same time, it also bears the risk of being destroyed by any powerhouse at any time.

Before, after hearing the Will of the Heavenly Dao explain this situation, Zhang Jian had originally thought that reaching this stage would still require a long time.

Yet, he did not expect that now, he could start working on the Cultivation Technique and make a Breakthrough to the Transcendence Realm?