302: Chapter 302 Father and Son United! How Strong is the Bluebird Clan on the Move?

After Yun Kai handed the 500 five-star Star Cores he had exchanged back to Yun Xin for engraving and Fusion, the trade with Zhang Jian finally began to get on the right track.

It only took two hours to trade the synthesized eight-star ones and exchange them back for 200 six-star ones.

And after these resources were used for engraving and Fusion, two more eight-star ones were produced!

Watching the resources circulate back and forth, yet constantly increasing, Yun Xin's gratitude and trust toward Zhang Jian merged into a single emotion: Loyalty!

In just over four hours—counting the time for trades and preparations, totaling no more than five hours—he had directly doubled the Materials worth equivalent to one million one-star Star Cores!

Not only that, but during the engraving and Fusion process, Yun Xin also discovered that after the Fusion was completed, he had indirectly absorbed a portion of Star Power, supplementing his own upper limit of Star Power.

Just in these last four Fusion sessions, he had increased his Star Power by 300 points. He had already covered one-tenth of the path to his 2398-point limit.

One must know that when Yun Xin used four-star Star Cores to Cultivate, even while absorbing at full capacity for 20-plus hours a day, he could barely increase his Star Power by 400 points.

If he had used the previous one-star Star Cores, the speed would have been more than ten times slower!

Yet the time for these four Fusion sessions added up to barely a few hours. The efficiency was incomparable.

Most importantly, the Star Power gained in this way did not require consuming resources. It was incidental to the Fusion process!

Moreover, through these few continuous improvements in Star Power, Yun Xin also discovered a pattern: the amount of Star Power he gained seemed to be related to the total Star Power of the Star Cores consumed during the engraving and Fusion.

100 six-star Star Cores, each containing 5000 points of Star Power. The total Star Power is 500,000 points, and he could gain 50 points of Star Power per Fusion.

500 five-star Star Cores, each containing 2000 points of Star Power. The total Star Power is 1,000,000 points, and he could gain 100 points of Star Power per Fusion.

It was basically one ten-thousandth of the total Star Power. Yun Xin's mind began to race.

Under these two methods, because the Fusion time had exactly a twofold difference, the efficiency of gaining Star Power through Fusion was basically the same.

If he moved on to four-star ones, he could gain 250 points of Star Power per Fusion. The efficiency was significantly higher than the previous two. There was a difference!

Yun Xin's eyes lit up. He quickly calculated his average Star Power gain per hour for every Fusion method. Finally, he arrived at an answer.

Using three-star ones for Fusion was the most cost-effective. He immediately went to find Yun Kai, but discovered he was in seclusion. So, he took the resources and went out, exchanged for a batch of three-star Star Cores, and conducted an experiment.

Eight hours later, in front of the testing instrument, looking at the electronic screen: "Star Power limit: 2150 points." Yun Xin was overjoyed.

His accumulated Star Power limit had just reached 900 points before. Yet, with just this one Fusion, it had increased by 1250 points.

Calculating based on 25,000 three-star Star Cores, each with 500 points of Star Power, the total was 12.5 million in total Star Power. And one ten-thousandth of that was exactly 1250 points. It completely matched his calculation method!

This speed completely surpassed the efficiency of traditionally absorbing Star Cores to improve. It could be called divine speed!

He even only needed to absorb 300 more points of Star Power to begin his Breakthrough to the second level of the Transcendence Realm!

However, for that Breakthrough, he definitely wanted to continue using the special eight-star Star Cores manufactured by Zhang Jian. Being a believer in Zhang Jian was his bounden duty!

But the value of those two Star Cores was too high; even with the many discounts Zhang Jian provided on the exchange trades, they still wouldn't be cheap. He had to work harder! Yun Xin clenched his fists, his gaze firm.

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Yun Kai had completely failed to notice the sound of his son, Yun Xin, knocking on the door when he came to find him. After absorbing the first six-star Star Core manufactured by Zhang Jian, he was immediately shocked.

Out of the awe and anticipation he felt after learning about Zhang Jian recently, he had chosen a 50% level Heavenly Dao contract. But the extra power attached to the Star Core, even though he had significant mental preparation, still shocked him.

As a veteran powerhouse of the Transcendence Realm, and having achieved Breakthroughs using six-star Star Cores, he had absorbed and performed Fusion with the most Star Cores of this level. He could be said to know their attributes by heart.

For every one he had performed Fusion with in his mind, he could clearly perceive its specific attributes; he didn't even need an instrument to detect them.

Therefore, after supplementing with the first one, he immediately realized the difference. The original 20% increase in Star Power range became 38%. The original 50% increase in the Star Power limit became 95%. The original 75% increase in Star Power speed became 142.5%. Every attribute had increased by a full 90% compared to the initial state!

It even surpassed the basic effects of a seven-star Star Core. And this was merely at the 50% level of the original attached power.

While this made Yun Kai excited and happy, it also generated a deeper sense of awe. How strong must the original effect be? And how strong must Zhang Jian, who could manufacture such Star Cores, be?

He was grateful that his son, by some stroke of Opportunity, had managed to latch onto such an incomparably thick thigh. He was even more grateful that he had dared to try, which had brought such impressive gains.

After absorbing and performing Fusion with one, a bold idea arose in his heart: he would use Star Cores manufactured by Zhang Jian for all the Star Cores that could be fused within this Realm!

Currently, at the sixth level of the planet-level, the six Star Cores that had originally been fused had all become shaky due to the decline in his Realm. He had just absorbed one, and the other five were also in a replaceable state. Gritting his teeth, Yun Kai directly replaced them all one by one.

After he finished replacing them all and monitored them with the instrument: 14284 points! This number made him burst into tears.

He remembered very clearly. Three months ago, when the Star Cores within his body disappeared again, and his strength dropped from the seventh level of the Transcendence Realm to the sixth, his Star Power limit was only 9139 points. It was the first time in his life that it had fallen below 10,000 points of Star Power, which had filled him with panic.

Although he still claimed to the outside world that he was at the ninth level of the Transcendence Realm, he knew very well himself that his strength after the decline was considered decent within the sixth level, but compared to the higher levels, there was already a gap.

But now, he had merely replaced the six Star Cores at his current Realm, and his Star Power limit had increased significantly. It was even very close to his Peak of 14896.

Most importantly, once he finished absorbing this portion of his Star Power limit, he could Breakthrough again to the seventh and eighth levels of the planet-level, and even return to his Peak. And during this period, if he used the special six-star Star Cores manufactured by Zhang Jian for all Breakthroughs and improvements, how strong would he be the moment he returned to his Peak? Within Yun Kai's heart, a long-lost passion ignited.