Chapter 920: Chapter 369: Heavy Hammer Seeks Military Merit
Xu Jin used the four times flow flash to fly at high speed for sixty breaths, then supplemented his Star Power once with the starlight of the Candou Platform, and switched to three times flow flash to continue flying at high speed.
This is another great advantage of having condensed thirty-six Star Cores.
Previously, Xu Jin could only sustain the four times flow flash for seven breaths at most.
Later, after deducing the Great Gathering Star Pattern to the seventh-tier middle stage, and his cultivation level increased to the fourth rank ninth layer, the four times flow flash could last ten breaths.
However, after the number of Star Cores in the Central Star Palace directly reached thirty-six, Xu Jin’s four times flow flash duration reached forty breaths, and theoretically, it could last for seventy breaths if the Star Power of the Lower Star Palace is urgently called upon.
Because there are still ten Star Cores in the Lower Star Palace that have not been cultivated to the Star Refining Peak.
Unfortunately, it is currently unable to perform five times flow flash.
Although the Star Power is already sufficient.
However, the current Star Power is distributed among the Star Cores, which, although as a whole, is a bit scattered.
Xu Jin estimates that once his cultivation level breaks through to the fifth-tier Gathering Battle, and the entire Star Palace becomes one coherent entity, he will be able to perform five times flow flash.
After flying continuously with three times flow flash for an hour, Xu Jin went into Invisibility and then traveled at low speed for another hour to confirm no one was following before resuming his journey, this time using one time flow flash.
On the way, Xu Jin had already figured out the situation.
He had still underestimated Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce.
Although cautious, he had become careless due to recent successes.
Although the Right Minister of War Zhao Weizhen’s cultivation level was only at the early stage of the fifth rank, he was considered a core figure in the Mystic Tiger Army, at least on the surface, as the fifth most powerful figure.
Such a figure in power silently dying in the Military Mansion.
How could Military Lord Chai Ce take it lightly?
As for the precise ambush, it wasn’t that Chai Ce could calculate everything, but rather his analysis skills were extremely strong.
The Yangdu Battle City is the front line; to the east is the endless Galaxy, to the west is the direction of Da Chen Battle City.
As for the north and south, these are the desolate areas around Yangdu Battle City.
In fact, due to being the front line, the surroundings of Yangdu Battle City are desolate, with sparse population.
One or two two-hours might not see a single passerby.
Guarding the direction towards Da Chen Battle City might discover the assassin.
And Xu Jin underestimated Marquis Yangdu, leaving Yangdu Battle City no more than a few dozen miles, directly stepping on stars to quickly leave, thus exposing himself.
If Xu Jin had stayed hidden in and around Yangdu Battle City for another half-day or full day, he wouldn’t have been discovered.
However, despite the extreme embarrassment of this battle, it was not without gain.
This was considered a direct confrontation between Xu Jin and a seventh-rank strongman of this world, and Xu Jin fully realized his situation when facing seventh-rank experts.
Early-stage seventh rank poses little threat to Xu Jin.
Mid and late-stage seventh-rank experts are very threatening to Xu Jin, but not fatal. As it stands, Xu Jin’s speed is faster than these mid and late-stage seventh-rank experts.
But dealing with top-level experts like Marquis Yangdu at the peak of the seventh rank is extremely deadly.
With just one or two strikes, he could possibly kill Xu Jin, not to mention being slightly faster than Xu Jin.
On the way back to Da Chen Battle City, Xu Jin kept thinking about one problem.
How to preserve his life in front of top-level experts like Marquis Yangdu?
As for offense, Xu Jin was not worried.
As long as his cultivation level breaks through to the fifth rank, the lethality of Star Skills will definitely explode.
As long as he can preserve his life in front of top-level experts like Marquis Yangdu, gaining the opportunity to maneuver, with Xu Jin’s methods, there’s a chance to injure or even severely harm him.
Although the previously cast Divine Soul Star Technique had very little effect on Marquis Yangdu, it still had an impact.
As long as there’s an impact, there are plenty of opportunities.
To preserve life before top-level experts, there are basically two directions, one is speed, and the other is stacking defense.
In terms of speed, Xu Jin knows only two Star Patterns, one is Meteor Star Pattern, which has been deduced to the eighth tier lower, and the other is Willow Catkins Star Pattern, whose rank is only at fifth-tier upper.
This was passed on to Xu Jin by the family elder convinced by Liu Qingzhu’s persuasion.
But the Willow Catkins Star Pattern leans towards movement techniques, offering much less speed augmentation.
So Xu Jin had never deduced it before.
But today, being locked on and chased by the arrow light of Marquis Yangdu Chai Ce, nearly suffering serious injury, Xu Jin thought that in terms of movement techniques, he should deduce a thing or two.
Another direction is the Thunderhawk King’s Thunder Escape Star Skill, seen previously in the Spring Thunder Star Domain.
Extremely fast speed.
It could transform into a flash of lightning, with the Thunder Escape Technique executed by the Thunderhawk King at the Sixth Rank Ninth Layer Peak, equaling Xu Jin’s four times flow flash.
When in the Spring Thunder Star Domain, Xu Jin also acquired the Inheritance Essence Blood of the Thunder Escape Star Pattern from the Thunderhawk there, just never deduced it.
Another direction is the Thunder Wing.
Thunder Wing can augment speed, but Xu Jin’s Thunder Wing has always been derived from the Thunder Element Star Cores of the Ritual Officers, with not high rank.
This means there’s a possibility for significant strengthening of Thunder Wing.
As for the Meteor Star Pattern, deducing it to the eighth-tier middle would only increase the speed by one-tenth.
However, if the Meteor Star Pattern were enhanced, who knows how efficient the speed improvement would be.
This is also a direction.
Concerning speed, these are the improvement directions Xu Jin could think of.
Regarding stacking defenses, the areas that can be strengthened are even fewer.
Fish Curtain Golden Bell is considered the strongest defense Star Skill Xu Jin has seen so far.
Among several Star Patterns, the Rain Curtain Star Pattern is a shortcoming, only reaching the fourth-tier upper.
This Rain Curtain Star Pattern was actually a benefit gained by Xu Jin during the autumn exam, when Mountain Master Dong Zhao and Right Libationer Song Bing made a bet.