Chapter 364: Chapter 363: Frenzied Plunder
A torrential flood of Celestial River Water slammed into Lone Night Star.
At that moment, the center of the Yihuo Nebula erupted in a blindingly brilliant light.
Starting from the first ring within, an incomparably resplendent silver light flared up and spread outwards, surging like a tide to sweep across all twelve rings.
After a few breaths, the entire twelve rings of the Yihuo Divine Palace shone like a blazing, dazzling sun.
RUMBLE!
The roaring, surging Celestial River Water crashed against the massive nebula, like a flood striking a divine mountain.
BOOM!
The light around the perimeter of the twelve rings trembled violently.
Lone Night Star thundered violently.
For a fleeting moment, Qin Feng thought Lone Night Star had been completely shattered.
WHOOSH.
The next moment, countless streams of Celestial River Water flowed around the Yihuo Divine Palace, changing course as the unstoppable stellar torrent surged past.
’It’s over!’
Deep underground, Qin Feng opened his eyes. He closed them again for a moment to sense his surroundings. When he opened them once more, the shock in his eyes was unmistakable.
In just a short time, the Star Essence Qi outside had instantly multiplied dozens of times over.
The dense Star Essence Qi was so thick it was almost liquid.
RUMBLE!
A silver light shot out from underground, piercing a hundred zhang into the sky like a sharp sword.
Qin Feng looked around, and a wondrous sight appeared before him.
Countless streams of liquid Star Essence Qi had formed a boundless, silvery-white celestial river. It cut across the star domain, its silver waters roaring.
The river’s surface was endless and vast beyond measure.
The magnificent, imposing scale of that silvery-white celestial river was beyond imagination.
It was a celestial river formed purely from condensed, liquid Star Essence Qi.
It was Star Water!
Behind him, the Yihuo Divine Palace resembled a fiery-red divine mountain. A faint red light seemed to have completely fused its twelve rings together.
Within the silvery-white celestial river, it stood like a colossal red rock.
RUMBLE!
The roar of the endless Celestial River Water filled his ears.
Countless specks of starlight now dotted Lone Night, which was filled with a silvery mist—Star Essence Qi that had been concentrated to its absolute limit.
Qin Feng took a single breath and instantly felt a slight increase in the Primordial Star True Power within his body.
"A great opportunity! A heaven-sent opportunity!"
Qin Feng immediately sat cross-legged upon Lone Night Star and began to circulate the Mixed Element Star Technique with all his might. His body transformed into a massive, silvery-white vortex.
Countless streams of tangible Star Water poured into his body, and the twenty Star Spiritual Veins within him operated at full capacity.
As the incredibly dense Star Essence Qi poured into him, Qin Feng felt an aching, stretching sensation in his meridians.
’The Star Essence Qi contained within this Star Water is just too dense!’
His Primordial Level Star True Power continuously worked to refine the extremely dense Star Water, condensing it inch by inch into new Spirit Veins.
「A moment later.」
A silver light erupted from Qin Feng’s body, shooting toward the heavens.
’This isn’t working. The refinement speed is too slow!’ Qin Feng frowned. Without a doubt, the Starlight Spiritual Tide before him was a rare feast that came only once in a thousand years. But the speed at which a Condensing Vein Realm expert could refine Star Water was simply too slow.
It was nothing compared to the prodigies on the Star Ranking who were in the Sea of Reincarnation Realm.
A slower refinement speed meant that Qin Feng’s piece of the pie from this feast would be much smaller than that of many other geniuses on the Star Ranking.
RUMBLE!
Just then, a sound of something tearing through the air was heard, and a dense silver light slammed down onto the Star River.
Within the silver light was an exceptionally terrifying expert. He looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old with an indifferent expression. In an instant, his form shifted, and an eruption of Space Power created a massive spatial rift.
The invisible spatial rift produced a terrifying suction force, devouring countless streams of Star Water.
This speed was a hundred times faster than Qin Feng’s own absorption rate!
"An Inner Heaven and Earth?"
Qin Feng’s eyes lit up.
At that same moment, streaks of silver light appeared on the stars of the surrounding twelve rings. One after another, great figures of the Sea of Reincarnation Realm emerged. They transformed their bodies into vortexes, each breath drawing in a stream of Star Water as large as a creek.
Other prodigies at the Condensing Vein Realm, like Qin Feng, also appeared and began using their own techniques to absorb the Star Water.
There were at least a thousand Condensing Vein Realm experts, both old and young, but they seemed few and far between scattered across the vast Star River.
All of them were desperately absorbing the Star Water, seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But anyone could see that the great figures of the Sea of Reincarnation Realm were absorbing Star Water at least ten or twenty times faster than the Condensing Vein Realm experts.
The stronger one was, the greater the benefits they received.
Most of the geniuses from All Stars Academy had gathered together. The prodigies of the Top Ten Teams joined forces, a group of several hundred young men and women appearing on an ancient star to jointly operate a massive Star Battle Array.
The speed at which this battle array, operated by the combined young men and women, devoured Star Water was terrifying.
It was actually no slower than several Martial Arts Giants absorbing Star Water together.
RUMBLE!
It was as if a channel had been opened in the endless Celestial River Water, creating a new branch. A thundering torrent of Star Water rained down upon the prodigies of the Top Ten Teams.
At the center of the Battle Array, the auras of several peerless prodigies of the Sea of Reincarnation Realm surged, their power clearly advancing by leaps and bounds.
At the same time, many of the other youths within the Battle Array also reaped great benefits, their auras climbing steadily higher.
Qin Feng’s gaze was sharp, and he spotted many familiar faces within the Battle Array.
Among them were some of the famous geniuses from the first and second years of All Stars Academy.
Squinting, Qin Feng saw Xuelian, Ye Qinghua, Jiang Bing’Er, Lin Fei, Jin Ruyi, Ouyang Yu, Luo Lie, and others.
He also saw Li Qiubai, Yuan Daozhen, Xiao Yuchan, Liu Canyang, and even Lû Chunyang.
Near the core of the Battle Array, Qin Feng saw the two women, Baiyun and Yun Mo. They were diligently absorbing the Star Water as silvery streams of it were channeled down to them from above. The cultivation of the two women was undergoing a dramatic transformation.
This was at least several times more effective than absorbing it alone.
In the Void, as if sensing Qin Feng’s tangible gaze, Yun Mo opened her beautiful eyes. She instantly spotted the familiar figure floating in the Void above Lone Night Star.
A cold smile touched her lips, and she gave Qin Feng a pitying look.
Qin Feng could almost see the sigh in her beautiful eyes.
"Junior Sister, what’s wrong?" Baiyun noticed something was off with Yun Mo.
"It’s nothing, Senior Sister. Let’s keep refining and absorbing the Star Water. We need to strive for a breakthrough to the fifth stage of the Condensing Vein Realm, the Celestial Extreme Realm!"
Just then, others nearby also noticed Qin Feng.
"Isn’t that Qin Feng, the Elder of Cyan Dragon Academy? Looks like he’s all alone."
"Whatever. That guy was so full of himself that he refused Heaven’s Edge Sea Pavilion’s invitation. He brought being alone on himself! He thinks he can get an advantage by absorbing the Star Water all by himself, but this Star Water contains countless strands of the Power of Star Evil. Who knows how much slower his absorption rate is by himself."
"There’s nothing wrong with being proud, but it’s foolish to ignore the bigger picture. Even for a Fourth Grade Alchemist, he can’t put on such airs when it comes to an invitation from the Celestial Sea Pavilion. You know, when we form a Battle Array together, our absorption of Star Water is several times faster than doing it alone!"
"Just ignore him. He asked for it!"
"Serves him right!"
"Forget him! Let’s focus on powering the Battle Array and our cultivation!"
"That’s right, ignore him. He’s all alone and weak. The benefits he can gain are limited, and his progress will be minimal. But we’re different. We have the protection of the Top Ten Teams and can absorb the Star Water several times faster. When we go back this time, our strength will have soared. It won’t be impossible to take his Elder position from him!"
...
A few geniuses from All Stars Academy exchanged glances, their gazes occasionally sweeping over the frowning Qin Feng, who stood alone in the sky above Lone Night Star. They communicated with their minds, gloating over his misfortune.
Comments