Chapter 929: Chapter 372: Opportunity and Fluff Shadow (Part 2)
[Brother Chi, cooperation benefits both.]
[Hahaha, Brother Luo, just wait a few days, I will definitely visit the Sumeru Palace personally.]
[Alright, I will wait with my cup in hand.]
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Inside the Star-picking Tower Star Dome Secret Realm in Da Chen Battle City, Xu Jin opened his eyes, feeling a bit regretful.
It’s not working.
Xu Jin engraved another Eighth Tier Lower Thunder Elephant Star Pattern, but no matter how he urged it, he couldn’t condense even a trace of the Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm.
This made Xu Jin’s previous anticipation fall through.
This Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm is so powerful, just injecting it into Thunder Star Skills can enhance their power by 50%.
This could definitely become Xu Jin’s trump card in the future.
But the problem is there’s too little of it!
If a Thunder Elephant Star Pattern could condense a strand of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm every day, with Xu Jin’s seventy-two Star Cores, he should engrave at least fifty or sixty of them.
If every day he could condense fifty or sixty strands of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm, Xu Jin would have injected several strands into each Thunder Star Skill.
But in the current tests, this idea fell through.
Only one strand of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm can be condensed each day, which is too little.
The idea of increasing the quantity of engraved star patterns to increase Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm has fallen through.
Xu Jin thought long and hard, and found only one direction to increase the quantity of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm.
That is to continue to derive the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern to enhance its rank.
See if it can be increased.
Once deciding on this direction, Xu Jin did not hesitate to activate another Bright Star to derive the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern.
But this time, after activating the Bright Star, Xu Jin first directly used the ability of the Bright Star to enhance the rank of a star pattern by a minor rank, and then began to open the High Order Derivation.
The rank of the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern was directly elevated to Eighth Tier Middle.
In the instant it was raised to Eighth Tier Middle, countless insights poured into Xu Jin’s mind, and he immediately understood.
The Eighth Tier Middle Thunder Elephant Star Pattern did not introduce new Special Star Techniques; the special technique still remains the Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm.
But the Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm has undergone a change.
Two strands.
The Eighth Tier Middle Thunder Elephant Star Pattern can condense two strands of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm per day.
Then, Xu Jin started the High Order Derivation again to continue deducing the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern.
However, the deduction process was exceptionally difficult; after one session of High Order Derivation, only one branch of the Eighth Tier Middle Thunder Elephant Star Pattern was deduced.
But Xu Jin was not discouraged; the failed deduction process also accumulates experience.
With enough accumulation, it will eventually lead to a qualitative change in the future.
Still have four Bright Stars.
Xu Jin hesitated whether to use another Bright Star to elevate the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern to Eighth Tier Upper?
If the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern is elevated to Eighth Tier Upper and the Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm obtained daily only increases from two strands to three, it’s not very efficient.
If it doubles, increasing from two strands to four, the gain would be different.
It would be extremely worthwhile!
Moreover, from previous usage, Xu Jin feels that the effect of injecting Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm into star skills should be cumulative.
In other words, more strands of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm injected would result in more cumulative effects, making it completely usable as a killer trump card.
After hesitating for a few moments, Xu Jin activated another Bright Star again, directly raising the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern from Eighth Tier Middle to Eighth Tier Upper.
Still did not obtain any new star technique, but there was a change in the Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm.
It was not the anticipated doubling, but an increase of one strand.
Daily can condense three strands of Nine Heavens Thunder Rhythm.
A bit disappointed, but not a complete waste.
Then, using High Order Derivation to deduce the Eighth Tier Upper Thunder Elephant Star Pattern towards Ninth Tier.
The difficulty was even more challenging than Xu Jin imagined.
With various enhancements, after one high-order derivation, only one branch was deduced.
There are still three Bright Stars left, and nine Gold Stars.
What to derive next?
Considering the significant enhancement of the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern, Xu Jin temporarily shifted the direction of deducing Stacking Armor towards the Earth Elephant Star Pattern.
Previously, the Earth Elephant Star Pattern deduced from the Earth Elemental Star Pattern Inheritance Essence Blood was only Fourth Tier Upper.
Xu Jin directly used a Gold Star to activate the High Order Derivation for deduction.
Perhaps due to the stronger enhancement from the Fourth Tier Earth Series Law, only two Gold Stars were used to deduce the Earth Elephant Star Pattern from Fourth Tier Upper to Seventh Tier Lower.
Then, based on previous experience and to not waste the high-order derivation of the Bright Star, Xu Jin directly resorted to activating a Bright Star. First, he opened the high-order derivation to deduce the Earth Elephant Star Pattern from Seventh Tier Lower to Seventh Tier Upper, and then directly used the characteristics of the Bright Star to supplement a minor rank.
The Earth Elephant Star Pattern was deduced in one go to Eighth Tier Lower.
No need to experiment; based on the previous results of testing the Thunder Elephant Star Pattern, Xu Jin knew his Earth Star Technique’s power should have doubled.
So the defensive power of the Fish Curtain Golden Bell would naturally double.
Earth Core Earth Charm: One strand of Earth Core Earth Charm can be generated daily; a hundred strands can be condensed into a Mystic Yellow Earth Seal, which can be used for refining the body or amplifying Earth Star Technique power.
Feeling the special star technique gained, Xu Jin showed a smile of satisfaction as he thought it should be.
This is exactly what I wanted.
Another trump card-like power.
Originally, raising the Earth Elephant Star Pattern to Eighth Tier Middle or even Eighth Tier Upper would be the best to quickly accumulate this special power.
However, deriving ’Elephant’ type star patterns beyond Eighth Tier is too difficult, taking a Bright Star for just a minor rank.
Currently only two Bright Stars are left, they need to be used sparingly.
Stacking Armor direction completed.
Next, deduce speed type star patterns.
With Stacking Armor completed, once the speed type star pattern is deduced, Xu Jin will not fear encountering a Seventh-Tier Peak expert like the Yangdu Marquis again.
At worst, if unable to win, he can ensure his survival.
Even facing a Eighth Tier expert, the chance to protect himself is considerable.
At that time, the return of the Great Saint is close.
The speed type star pattern that Xu Jin previously planned was the Willow Catkins Star Pattern.
The Willow Catkins Star Pattern is currently Fifth Tier Upper.
Xu Jin directly used two Gold Stars to deduce the Liu Family secret Willow Catkins Star Pattern from Fifth Tier Upper to a bit past Seventh Tier Middle.
Then, Xu Jin resorted to using another Bright Star again.
In one go, he deduced the Willow Catkins Star Pattern to Eighth Tier Lower, then using the characteristics of the Bright Star, supplemented it to Eighth Tier Middle.
Another Eighth Tier star pattern gained.
By this point, Xu Jin still has five Gold Stars and one Bright Star left.
Unexpectedly, the Willow Catkins Star Pattern brought a surprise to Xu Jin.
The speed enhancement from the Eighth Tier Middle Willow Catkins Star Pattern was not much.
It only increased Xu Jin’s current speed by about 20%, with his normal maximum speed being slightly over 400 meters.
The enhancement range is not large.
The surprise is the special star technique brought about by the Willow Catkins Star Pattern breaking through to Eighth Tier: Fluff Shadow.
The Fluff Shadow Star Pattern of Eighth Tier Lower can use Star Power to create two Fluff Shadow clones carrying one’s aura, confusing the enemy.
The special star technique remains Fluff Shadow in the Eighth Tier Middle Willow Catkins Star Pattern, but the Fluff Shadow clones created using Star Power increased from two to four.
After engraving the Star Pattern, Xu Jin let out a long breath, showing a satisfied smile.
Now, he felt more confident.
Moreover, this Fluff Shadow Star Technique can be deduced further using the Star Lamp, it has room for enhancement.
Next, it was time for the Rain Curtain Star Pattern.
But just as he was about to derive it, the starlight above the Star Dome Secret Realm suddenly dissipated completely, the starlight that originally brought endless clarity and inspiration to Xu Jin became completely dim.
Turns out the four two-hour sessions of comprehension time this month in the Star Dome Secret Realm had been exhausted.
"Well, this month’s derivation comes to an end! The Gold Stars can’t be wasted, moving forward, the frequency at which I acquire Gold Stars and Bright Stars will become increasingly lower."
It’s time to contact the State Preceptor and start sweeping the Fourth Tier Star Domain!
With this thought, Xu Jin casually sent a Starlight Transmission to State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao, and while waiting for the State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao’s reply, he activated the Can Dou Lamp Domain, beginning to research and deduce the Thunder Escape Star Pattern using the Inheritance Essence Blood, Thunder Series Star Core, and the Essence Blood of the Thunderhawk Clan!
The Thunder Escape Star Pattern is Xu Jin’s main direction for speed in the future!