305: Chapter 305 A Prodigy Emerges! Blood Shadow's Doubts

Two eight-star star cores, 500 five-star ones, 600 four-star ones, and twenty six-star ones.

These were all the Materials that Zhang Jian had traded over.

He didn't even say what he needed, only encouraging Yun Kai and the other to do their best.

The two were both somewhat flattered and deeply moved.

They absolutely could not let down Zhang Jian's expectations!

Both of them entered their respective cultivation rooms.

Yun Xin, whose Star Power had already reached its limit, held an eight-star star core in each of his hands and closed his eyes.

"I want to become stronger!"

"I want to protect Blue Bird Planet!"

"I want to make sure my father never suffers grievances because of me again!"

Waves of intense obsession surged in Yun Xin's heart.

Driven by this obsession, the circulation speed of the Star Power inside his body reached its highest Peak in history.

The cells inside his body seemed to be calling out in joy.

The rotation of the star cores had reached its limit.

In an instant, he entered a state of selflessness.

The two eight-star star cores were like two swimming Dragons, easily fusing into his body.

When Zhang Jian's phantom appeared once more,

without any hesitation or thought,

there was only devout faith in Yun Xin's heart.

"Zhang Jian is my god!"

The purity of this belief surpassed everything.

And the two newly fused star cores, the moment they entered Yun Xin's body, seemed to have found their own kind.

They charged directly toward the original star core that had been used for his Breakthrough.

For other Transcendence Realm cultivators, this was a process that required a lot of time to run in, adapt, and constantly search for a point of compatibility.

But for Yun Xin, it was so natural and so easy.

It was as if these three star cores were meant to be together from the very beginning.

As they chased each other around, a feeling of joy spread through Yun Xin's heart.

He seemed to have gained some enlightenment.

These star cores, which shared a completely unified source, achieved a perfect fit under his intense conviction.

His body did not reject it.

Silently, he reached a state that others could only dream of achieving.

The massive Star Power within the eight-star star cores suddenly exploded.

However, it was reined in by the will of the initial star core, which began to guide it thread by thread, transforming Yun Xin's body.

One hour.

Two hours.

Five hours.

The efficiency of this Breakthrough far exceeded Yun Xin's imagination.

In just twelve hours,

he only felt a cool air rush out from his chest, which then became calm.

Yun Xin raised his hand, wanting to mobilize his Star Power, but only felt an empty sensation.

Instead of being alarmed, he was overjoyed.

This meant the Breakthrough was a success!

He hurriedly stood up and rushed into Yun Kai's cultivation room.

Coincidentally, Yun Kai had just finished his test and was staring at the instrument with a very strange expression.

Yun Xin leaned over.

He saw an astonishing number.

27,846 points!

"Dad, have you recovered to the ninth stage of the Transcendence Realm?"

Yun Xin asked in pleasant surprise.

Yun Kai shook his head, but his eyes were filled with a smile.

"I've only just broken through to the seventh stage."

Yun Xin was dumbfounded.

"You have this much strength at just the seventh stage?"

He remembered that at Yun Kai's Peak, his Star Power limit was less than 20,000.

Now, the increase was actually this huge?

Recalling how Yun Kai had been acting mysteriously and staying out of sight these past few days, he suddenly realized.

"Do you also believe in Zhang Jian and absorbed his star core?"

Yun Kai nodded.

"Speaking of which, it was my good luck. Back when I broke through against all odds, I used a six-star star core."

"And the lowest quality special star core that Zhang Jian can produce happens to be six-star."

"That's why I was able to catch this last train."

Yun Xin was also genuinely happy for his father.

"Looking at it this way, the drop in your Realm was actually a blessing in disguise!"

There was some relief and also some lingering fear in Yun Kai's eyes.

"In fact, my strength had already deteriorated to the absolute limit."

"If it had dropped even one more stage, let alone returning to my Peak, the star core in my body would probably have permanently decayed and been irreplaceable."

"Zhang Jian is truly my great benefactor!"

The two looked at each other, both calling it a stroke of sheer luck.

Learning of Yun Xin's purpose, Yun Kai was doubly delighted. He quickly operated the instrument and helped him test.

He had used this thing several times over the past few days and was already highly familiar with it.

But after seeing the number on the display screen, both of them froze.

"Is the machine broken?"

The two spoke in unison.

Because the number displayed on it was too terrifying.

7,510 points!

Yun Kai remembered that when he was at the fifth stage of the Transcendence Realm, his Star Power limit wasn't even this high.

He stuffed Yun Xin back into the machine and tested him again.

But the number did not change at all.

Yun Xin was already counting on his fingers and murmuring to himself.

"Normally, an eight-star star core increases the Star Power limit by 100%. Back then, when I chose the shallow believer level at the 20% tier, I got a boost of over 30%."

"Now that I have devout faith, which is the devout believer level at the 50% tier, could it be an eighty to ninety percent boost?"

He raised his head, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"I didn't calculate wrongly, did I? The boost is actually this high?"

Yun Kai was also deeply shocked and couldn't help but start calculating.

"With each stage's Breakthrough, the base Star Power increases by 10%. If you're at the second stage, that's just a bit over 1,200 points."

"Absorbing two star cores, if each increases the limit by 190%, then two would be 380%."

"Plus the 136% boost from the previous one..."

Yun Kai's mouth fell wide open.

"7,500 points... it really is that high!"

The two instantly went from being dazed to utterly shocked.

At just the second stage of the Transcendence Realm, his strength was already no less than that of an established fifth-stage Transcendence Realm expert like Yun Kai.

This had completely exceeded what the two of them had anticipated.

Now, he couldn't even be considered a galaxy-level Genius anymore.

But rather, a Star Domain-level Prodigy!

A once-in-a-lifetime true Dragon!

Moreover, Yun Xin knew very well that this was only the advantage brought by the Star Power limit.

In reality, every aspect—from the range of his Star Power output to the speed of his Star Power recovery—received a boost from his faith in Zhang Jian, making him far stronger than other geniuses of the same level!

Having just broken through, the Star Power in his body was empty, so it couldn't be demonstrated yet.

Yun Xin directly took 500 five-star star cores from the Materials Zhang Jian had traded over last time and used his talent to imprint them once.

And this synthesis brought an unexpected surprise.

After the synthesis, there were actually 25 of the 500 cores left over.

The time spent was also shortened by 6 minutes compared to the normal two hours.

With just a slight perception, Yun Xin discovered the reason.

His talent was actually growth-oriented.

As his strength increased, it could reduce the consumption of Materials and shorten the synthesis time.

This discovery made him overjoyed.

If things continued like this, wouldn't synthesizing become more and more cost-effective in the future?

Although the effect wasn't obvious yet, once he broke through a few more stages, it would become apparent.

When that time came, he would be able to give Zhang Jian a surprise!

Yun Xin thought happily to himself.

After finishing the synthesis, he obtained 625 points of Star Power.

The other half was offered directly to Zhang Jian through the Heavenly Dao contract.

In the past, he might have been a bit reluctant.

But now, realizing the massive improvement brought by his faith in Zhang Jian, he wished he could offer him even more Star Power so that Zhang Jian could see his hard work.

Otherwise, if the other party no longer needed him, where would he go to find those special star cores?

Originally, he had planned to have Yun Kai trade this newly synthesized eight-star star core over.

But Yun Kai said that Zhang Jian couldn't spare the time to receive it for now.

It seemed he was busy with important matters.

"Zhang Jian is in danger!"

"He needs the support of his believer!"

A thought welled up in Yun Xin's heart, and he suddenly felt a heavy weight of responsibility.

After their Breakthroughs, the two of them didn't even bother to rest and immediately threw themselves into cultivating.

Although they lacked a sufficient quantity of higher-quality star cores,

they still had some stock of four-star ones.

The two of them each grabbed a pile of four-star star cores and immersed themselves in cultivating.

They knew very well that half of every bit of progress they made would be returned to Zhang Jian.

This was their silent support!

...

Within a massive red circle, a small black dot suddenly appeared.

This was precisely the scene Zhang Jian saw through his global vision after mastering the Formation.

Using his mind to continuously zoom in and magnify the location of the small black dot,

he saw a bizarrely shaped warship that was clearly different from the style of the Water Blue Planet.

Although its design was very strange and looked quite abrupt,

the chilling aura emanating from it made it obvious at a glance that it was not to be trifled with.

After the warship descended through the atmosphere, it seemed to want to follow the path of the spatial rift to locate this place directly.

But as the rift shook, it seemed to be highly unstable.

The warship was completely unable to proceed.

A few minutes passed.

A translucent figure slowly emerged from the warship's hatch.

It seemed to peer around warily

before stabilizing its posture.

Its appearance was very similar to Ming Kong, the so-called Young Lord of the Void God Clan that Zhang Jian had faced during the group class-change quest.

Zhang Jian's spirits lifted.

It was indeed an enemy!

This figure scouted around the warship for a bit, then waved toward it.

In the next moment,

Swish!

row after row of tall, translucent figures walked out of the warship in sequence.

They were densely packed, numbering at least a hundred.

The Will of the Heavenly Dao [Water Blue] appeared silently before Zhang Jian at some point, quickly briefing him on the situation.

"These hundred-plus people all have at least eighth-stage planet-level strength."

"The ten leading them are even powerhouses among the Ninth-stage Planet Level, and the energy fluctuations all over their bodies are only slightly inferior to Wang Fei and the others."

Zhang Jian's hands were still outputting Star Power.

He had merely stopped expanding the range, instead locking the key defensive area around the rift.

He was also trying to activate several Star Arts associated with the Formation.

Hearing the words of the Will of the Heavenly Dao, he nodded.

"Those below the Transcendence Realm are nothing to worry about."

"They wouldn't be invading our planet with just a bunch of planet-level small fry, would they?"

"How could that be possible!"

Water Blue's voice grew shrill, seemingly somewhat agitated.

"The scouting one and the one surrounded by the crowd are both in the Transcendence Realm!"

Zhang Jian's heart stirred.

"Can you detect their approximate strength?"

Water Blue immediately fell silent.

Only after several minutes did she speak somewhat uncertainly.

"One of them doesn't seem much stronger than Instructor Wang Weidong and the others, probably around the second or third stage of the Transcendence Realm."

"The other one, who is burly and wearing blood-colored armor, is somewhat undetectable. I feel he is very dangerous!"

"Oh no, he discovered me!"

The Will of the Heavenly Dao shrieked, then fell into dead silence.

She had likely hidden herself out of fear.

Zhang Jian's expression grew solemn, and he quickened his hand movements.

He slowly condensed a massive shield, enveloping himself as well as Instructor Wang Weidong and the other two.

As for Wang Fei and the others,

just before the alien warship entered the Water Blue Planet, he had already had them leave collectively to hide in the Galaxy Academy's exclusive warship, waiting for an opportunity.

And the very moment the shield took shape,

Bang!

a blood-red hand arrived at high speed from not far away,

crashing into the shield.

The man in the blood-colored armor was somewhat surprised.

Bang!

He swung his arm again, but was still blocked by the shield.

The man in the blood-colored armor stopped his movements, glanced at Zhang Jian, and fell silent.

He was seen taking out a compass-like object from his bosom, slowly moving it around.

In the next moment,

he turned his gaze in another direction.

There, it was impressively the location where Drew and the others were.

The blood-red hand flew out once more.

Zhang Jian did not block it, merely watching the other party's actions.

"Help, Lord!"

In front of the RV,

the appearance of the blood-red hand threw everyone into a panic.

Although under Blood Shadow's command, Drew and Huang Tianfang eagerly mobilized the Star Power in their bodies, clumsily forming a defensive posture,

some of the others who were only at the first stage of the Transcendence Realm cried out in alarm.

Under the combined resistance of Blood Shadow and the other two, the blood-red hand was slightly hindered.

However, with just a slight outward flip, it bypassed the defensive range of the three.

It directly grabbed a short, thin man with dark skin all over.

Because of his own life talent, he had absorbed a full three portions of divine substance and had been selected by Drew.

In just half a month, his strength had been forcefully raised from Tier 2, Level 50, to Tier 3, Level 99.

It took another week to barely raise him to the Ninth-stage Planet Level.

Just a few days ago, he had only just broken through using a one-star star core, and his total Star Power limit was a mere 500 points.

Furthermore, he hadn't even learned a single Star Art.

Among this group of Transcendence Realm cultivators, he was also the one with the least combat experience and the weakest strength.

That was why he was noticed by the blood-red hand.

Seeing that Blood Shadow and the others were not easy to deal with, it targeted him instead.

Drew's face changed drastically, and he was about to turn around to rescue him.

But he was shouted down by Blood Shadow.

"Don't move!"

Drew could only watch helplessly as the blood-red hand grabbed the thin man, turned into a gust of wind, and flew toward the sky.

"Lord, why did you..."

Not only Drew, but Huang Tianfang was also somewhat puzzled.

He didn't understand why their side had so many people, yet they didn't rescue their companion.

"Fools!"

Looking at their questioning expressions, Blood Shadow couldn't help but curse.

"This giant hand is clearly a mid-tier Star Art, which cannot be used without mid-tier Transcendence Realm strength."

"With your meager strength, do you just want to go and die?"

Drew and Huang Tianfang broke into a cold sweat.

Mid-tier Transcendence Realm!

This was a title that could only be held by someone with at least fourth-stage Transcendence Realm strength.

The enemy was actually this powerful?

But having followed Blood Shadow for so long, Drew also knew somewhat of Blood Shadow's background.

"Lord, with your strength, you shouldn't be afraid of him, right?"

Blood Shadow's face was heavy.

"If my true body were here, I could naturally clean him up easily."

"But having crossed through space, my power is heavily depleted, and I cannot easily use Star Arts due to my physical body."

"If I act rashly and alert an even stronger opponent on their side, what will you do?"

The two suddenly realized.

They then lowered their heads, looking ashamed.

"Thanks to your caution, Lord. Your subordinates thank you!"

Blood Shadow waved his hand, not minding it.

He merely gazed at the warship in the distance,

feeling somewhat helpless in his heart.

The envoy of the Universe Alliance hasn't even arrived yet, so why has such a group of people suddenly shown up?

Before making clear the other party's intentions, it's better to wait and see.