288: Chapter 288 Undercurrents Surge, An Enemy from Outer Space!

With the success of this seven-star star core, Zhang Jian was full of confidence in the [Eternal Divine Gift] method.

He began staying entirely in the secret room, focused solely on synthesis.

By continuously dismantling one-star star cores, he earned star core fragments.

Then, time and time again, he used the [Heaven-Chosen Synthesis] method to create three-star and five-star star cores as Materials for the final synthesis.

Roughly every dozen hours or so, he could produce enough resources for a synthesis.

Each time, he would only take a short break of one or two hours before diving back into the busy work.

Days passed by like this.

And each output was quite good.

Six-star.

Six-star.

Seven-star...

Even on the seventh synthesis, he produced an eight-star star core directly.

Both the base stats and special attributes were significantly higher than those of the seven-star one.

And likewise, it came with a 105% additional bonus.

Although a nine-star one had yet to appear, Zhang Jian believed it wouldn't be too far off.

From these few syntheses, he also gradually felt the powerful might of the [Gift of Courage] affix bonus.

The 1000% high-quality probability increase turned the six-star, which originally had less than a 9% chance, into a super high probability.

Coupled with the 1% cumulative probability of the three grades of top-tier star cores, it directly soared to over 10%.

A miraculous thing happened!

The three-star, four-star, and five-star ones that originally had a high probability of appearing simply vanished!

By the 20th synthesis, Zhang Jian could basically confirm that when he used the [Eternal Divine Gift] method, the lowest result would be a six-star star core!

If calculated by the cost acquisition method.

It could be said that this event, which was originally just a tiny probability of defying the heavens, had become a guaranteed profitable business for him!

However, even with such confidence in hand, a nine-star one had not appeared even once.

This made Zhang Jian sigh a little.

If even he was like this, for others to want to change their lives through this method was no different from daydreaming.

Fortunately, over this period, his overall harvest was quite good.

One eight-star, two seven-star.

And the one with the highest probability, a full 17 six-star star cores.

Such a yield rate also made Zhang Jian change his original plan.

His own brothers, the core members of the team, must all use top-tier star cores to break through!

In this way, when everyone breaks through to the Transcendence Realm in the future, they will all be powerhouses within that Realm, with extraordinary strength.

United, they would be a force not to be underestimated.

Although Water Blue Planet has a weak foundation and a short growth time, with such development prospects, it will definitely catch up rapidly!

This idea naturally received Wang Fei's full support.

However, he did not announce it directly to others, telling them, "You just need to wait patiently; everyone will have the opportunity to use top-tier star cores to break through to the Transcendence Realm and become powerhouses in the Universe."

He only asked everyone to continue exploring the Dungeon first and accumulate more basic Materials.

Wang Fei felt that with their long-term cooperation and trust, everyone should be able to understand and support this.

After Brother Jian finishes his seclusion, he will announce this good news to everyone.

By then, perhaps a group of people could break through together.

Not only would a group of Transcendence Realm existences be born collectively, but it could also turn Water Blue Planet into a free civilization with infinite potential.

Thinking of this, the anticipation in Wang Fei's heart was almost uncontrollable.

He was happy every day.

But he still underestimated the complexity of human nature.

Yan Han, Wei Donglai, and others who had known Zhang Jian early on naturally trusted his words unconditionally.

But among the others, it was not so.

Boom!

When Huang Tianfang, the main damage dealer at the back of the team, waved the staff in his hand, thunder poured down from the sky.

The powerful energy brought by a full 60,000 points of destructive power caused the Ninth-stage Planet Level BOSS in front of them to fall on cue.

Nie Zhijun, in the front row of the team, picked up the BOSS's drops, his tone calm.

"65 star core fragments, one mythical level skill; it's passable."

Looking at the group, he, as the captain, summarized.

"We have five minutes before exiting the Dungeon, let me say a few words."

"We are all old timers in this team; since our talent can't compare to the young people, we must work harder."

"A-Wei, in the future when dealing damage, you must coordinate with the Sword Puppet; don't always be foolishly fighting solo."

A black-faced, honest-looking man carrying a huge broadsword nodded.

Huang Tianfang felt that his final strike just now was effective, so he proudly raised his neck, waiting for praise.

But he heard.

"Old Huang, the power of your skill is average; it's better to use it less in the future."

"Wang Fei previously trained us that whether attacking or defending against these planet-level monsters, we cannot rely on skills; we must use our bodies more."

"After breaking through to the Transcendence Realm in the future, it will be either melee combat or learning Star Art."

"With bad habits now, it will take more time to change them later."

Huang Tianfang's Face stiffened.

But forced by the captain's authority, he nodded and didn't speak.

After the three waited for the Dungeon evaluation to appear and finished the settlement.

Nie Zhijun ignored their heated gazes, took the rewarded three-star star core, and went to submit it to Wang Fei.

Huang Tianfang and Ning Tianwei chatted while waiting.

"Wei-zi, you say we are already Ninth-stage Planet Level, why won't they let me break through to the Transcendence Realm?"

The black-faced man scratched his head.

"Didn't Wang Fei say, let us settle down more, and we'll arrange it freely later."

Huang Tianfang rolled his eyes.

"Whatever he says, you just go with it? Can't you use your brain to think?"

"Even if one-star or two-star star cores are common, the potential after breaking through is limited."

"But just now, we obtained a three-star star core; that counts as a good thing, right?"

"Yet Old Nie didn't say a word and just took it to submit!"

The more he spoke, the more agitated he became.

"Using this three-star one, no matter who breaks through to the Transcendence Realm, their strength will greatly increase, and perhaps they could defeat the Transcendence Realm BOSS in the Dungeon; wouldn't the harvest be even greater?"

Ning Tianwei shook his head.

"I don't understand either, anyway, whatever Wang Fei says, we just execute."

"With a big shot like Zhang Jian here, are you still afraid we won't have suitable star cores for Breakthroughs in the future?"

Huang Tianfang snorted, somewhat disapprovingly.

"He is strong, but he is not yet in the Transcendence Realm."

"So many star cores have been submitted, and I haven't seen anything come of it."

"Could it be that he can return a four-star or five-star star core to us?"

Ning Tianwei's expression changed, and he immediately straightened his Face.

"Old Huang, what you said is heartless, isn't it?"

"How many resources did Zhang Jian pay out of his own pocket to help us improve?"

"Even if all future harvests are given to him, it would be hard to repay his kindness."

"How can you say such things?"

Seeing his old friend angry, Huang Tianfang felt a bit foolish.

"Fine, fine, it's my fault."

"Zhang Jian is awesome, Zhang Jian is great, it's me overthinking, okay!"

He stood up indignantly and left alone.

A few dozen meters away, in a place that was originally empty, two figures suddenly appeared.

The two broke out of stealth and communicated quietly.

"This person doesn't seem to be on the same page as Zhang Jian."

"Perhaps this is a Breakthrough; report it to Boss Drew immediately!"

The next moment.

The two figures disappeared again.

When Nie Zhijun returned and saw only Ning Tianwei waiting for him, he was a bit strange.

"Where is Old Huang?"

Ning Tianwei curled his lips.

"I said a few words to him just now; he seemed a bit unhappy and left first."

Nie Zhijun thought it was because he had criticized Huang Tianfang just now, making him lose Face, so he shook his head helplessly.

"This guy, why is he like a child, throwing a tantrum."

He didn't think too much, but smiled.

"Just now, Wang Fei received the star core and even praised our team in front of several other teams."

Ning Tianwei was overjoyed.

"Really?"

"Now our team has gained Face!"

The two discussed happily.

Completely unaware of the two who quietly appeared and disappeared not far away.

...

Drew received the news soon and was very excited.

Huang Tianfang, this was a powerhouse from his own era.

Previously serving as the Vice Dean of Galaxy Academy, he belonged to the same rank as him, or even a figure who was a cut above.

Ten years ago, he was famous and counted among the top tier of Professionals on Water Blue Planet.

It's just that he has been relatively quiet in recent years.

After Zhang Jian's sudden emergence, Xuan Jizi went from his previous high profile to delegating power to Wang Xuri.

Huang Tianfang, Nie Zhijun, and these other veteran powerhouses also began to quietly appear by Wang Fei's side.

And quietly broke through to the planet-level strength.

According to the scout's last report, this Huang Tianfang was suspected to already possess Ninth-stage Planet Level strength, but he had never attempted to break through to the Transcendence Realm.

Right now.

Having the opportunity to turn such a powerhouse, Drew was naturally overjoyed.

Soon, he took a series of measures.

Immediately sent people to contact the other party.

At first, the other party still appeared very resistant.

But when Drew discovered that the situation of his contact with the other party was not known by Wang Fei.

He knew there was a chance!

Under the offensive of several waves of young beauties sent out, Huang Tianfang slowly let out some information.

He wanted to break through to the Transcendence Realm but was always told to wait for an opportunity.

He considered his strength not bad, but his limelight was always suppressed by a bunch of greenhorns.

In short.

After drinking, Huang Tianfang was full of complaints.

Whenever he had free time, he would indulge in the gentle embrace of several beauties.

After many tentative invitations from Drew, the other party also gave a clear response.

If Drew could provide him with at least a four-star star core, giving him a chance to break through to the Transcendence Realm, he could join Drew's camp.

Hearing this request, Drew's Face turned black directly.

Four-star?

Our twenty-something teams, with over a hundred planet-level strength members, are constantly rotating to grind Dungeons.

Relying on Dungeon evaluations and exchanges, we haven't even seen a two-star star core.

You come up and open your mouth like a lion, demanding a four-star one directly?

He originally prepared to flatly reject this fanciful madman.

But when Huang Tianfang demonstrated his own strength, he hesitated again.

A full 60,000 points of total attribute cap.

With as many as 11 Heavenly Dao reward bonuses on him.

A terrifying 63,000 points of destructive power.

Combat skills that could easily take on five of Drew's planet-level teams alone.

Drew was a bit indecisive and could only report to Blood Shadow.

The result.

Blood Shadow waved his hand, "Agree to him!"

Under his command, the progress of the transaction with Wang Fei and the others was suddenly accelerated.

They took out more divine matter and star core fragments, exchanging for a large batch of complete synthesis protection vouchers.

Started trying the [Heaven-Chosen Synthesis] method.

The investment of 1,000 star core fragments each time made Drew's heart skip a beat.

Even with the 10% bonus from the Intermediate synthesis furnace, and the 20% increase from two synthesis protection vouchers.

Plus the 10% base synthesis rate of the synthesis method itself.

The cumulative total was only 40%.

Basically, every five syntheses, at most, they would succeed twice.

Every time it failed, Drew felt heartbroken.

And even if it succeeded.

The high-probability output was still a one-star star core.

Especially.

After synthesizing a full 21 times and succeeding 11 times.

They were still all one-star, which made Drew doubt life itself.

He asked Blood Shadow more than once, and the other party told him not to worry.

When the 11th time was still one-star, Drew felt his heart was very tired.

He even began to suspect if Blood Shadow had made a mistake.

This so-called [Heaven-Chosen Synthesis], which consumed 10 times more than normal synthesis, couldn't synthesize anything good at all.

He even felt that even if this method could really, as Blood Shadow said, synthesize a four-star or even five-star star core at best.

The probability must be ridiculously low.

With the output speed of resources on their side, wanting to synthesize such things would probably take a long time.

One year, two years.

Or even longer?

Just when he was thinking this, a surprise arrived unexpectedly.

After consuming the last 2,000 star core fragments on hand.

The 12th synthesis succeeded.

Two-star star core.

The 13th synthesis succeeded.

Three-star star core, born!

The gorgeous stats made Drew drool.

And the continuous success and sudden burst made all his previous negative emotions vanish.

He began to believe in Blood Shadow's words firmly, feeling that he would definitely be able to synthesize a four-star star core.

He even ordered to stop other Professionals from attempting to use one-star star cores for Transcendence Realm Breakthroughs.

Resources must be used on the cutting edge!

Huang Tianfang, this top-tier talent, must be won over.

This is not only a very promising future Transcendence Realm powerhouse.

But also an excellent weapon to challenge Zhang Jian's camp, and even to slap them in the Face.

In this battle, they will surely win!

...

Just when both sides were silently developing, wanting to make some moves.

In the Star Domain where Water Blue Planet is located, a ripple stirred.

A warship slowly sailed in, bringing an unusual aura.

In the warship's operation room, Ming Wei's eyes were bright.

Finally, he was almost at the destination.

Who exactly killed my son Ming Kong? What kind of planet can give birth to such bold people who commit treason?

Very soon, the truth will be revealed!