Star Stage Level Seven!
Seeing the flames on the Little Phoenix grow even brighter, Lin Zhen was overjoyed. This Little Phoenix still had potential to be tapped; the intensity of the flames had actually increased again!
The Black Hole Beast unleashed its Devour Power, and the flames began to merge once more!
Lin Zhen and Little Phoenix's flames resonated once again. The previously deep yellow flames turned bright yellow in less than ten minutes, and within an hour, they reached a golden yellow color!
Although it hasn't reached the intensity of the Little Phoenix's somewhat pale flames yet, the power of the flames now is much stronger than before!
When this training session ended, Lin Zhen couldn't help but pick up the Little Phoenix and shower it with kisses again.
The Little Phoenix wobbled and dodged, still unwilling, but not as intensely as before.
"We've struck gold! Now we can finally start large-scale smelting!"
Lin Zhen set up the furnace again, this time with a much stronger flame, allowing for a continuous supply of ore.
For a full twelve hours, or a whole day of smelting, the Thunder Crystal in front of Lin Zhen piled up to be more than a person tall.
"Chris, please weigh me. Is I heavy enough to advance?"
"Master, you are currently at the Star Stage Level Four. You need eight tons of Thunder Crystal to advance, and you have about half of them now."
"Okay, then I'll stick with it for one more day."
Another day has passed, and Lin Zhen has dug a huge pit in this basin. Lin Zhen's Thunder Crystal has finally accumulated to a quantity of eight tons.
Sitting atop this pile of Thunder Crystal, Lin Zhen began a new round of devouring!
Above his head, a strange beast, entirely black and resembling Qilin but far more Qilin, appeared.
Black flames burned all around it, and a huge Black Hole began to form.
"Roar~~~!!!"
As the Black Hole spun, the energy within the Thunder Crystal began to surge wildly into Black Hole!
Lin Zhen's aura and power began to rise all the way up, growing wildly from the fourth level of a star!
The ever-expanding Star Power kept the Little Phoenix at a distance, its eyes fixed on Lin Zhen with a hint of shock, but more so with complex emotions, as if it were lost in thought.
One hour later!
The last bit of energy from this pile of lightning entered Lin Zhen's body.
Whew!!
A wave of energy emanated from Lin Zhen, causing the Garbage Basin to expand even further.
It's a level 5 star!
Lin Zhen opened his eyes and stretched his limbs. "Chris, calculate my current Star Power."
"Master, your current Star Power is 753. It is already very rare for a minor realm advancement to increase Star Power by so much."
"I know. In that case, my cultivation level has risen to the Star Level Nine Peak, and I hope to get close to a thousand."
"Theoretically speaking, yes."
Lin Zhen nodded. If one could have a thousand Star Power, that would be equivalent to Star System Level 3. It was absolutely unimaginable for a Star Stage that hadn't even reached the Black Hole Stage to possess so much Star Power.
Due to the Black Hole Beast's characteristic that after it devours something and advances in level, it will take another month before it can devour something again, Lin Zhen had a month of free time, during which he could simply cultivate casually to stabilize his realm.
Of course, Lin Zhen wasn't idle either. When he had time, he would go to the Simulation Field. Now, all of Lin Zhen's opponents were at the Star System Level Two. This was because once his Star Power exceeded that level, opponents at the Star System Level One no longer posed any challenge to Lin Zhen.
Besides cultivation, Lin Zhen had another task: to prevent the Little Phoenix from flying too far and to let it perch on his shoulder when it was free.
This task seems arduous and challenging. Little Phoenix always seems shy and unwilling to get too close to Lin Zhen. Only occasionally will she give him a little face and perch on Lin Zhen's shoulder for a while.
For example, Lin Zhen made a promise, "Little Treasure, come here and stay with me for ten minutes and I'll go find you a Phoenix Tree."
He noticed that the Little Phoenix seemed to really like staying in high places, and since there were no Phoenix Tree here, he thought that if he could get one, the Little Phoenix would be very happy.
Little Phoenix would usually come over at this time, but while it worked the first and second time, it wouldn't cooperate the third time because Lin Zhen hadn't kept his promise.
At this point, Lin Zhen had to rack his brains to come up with other solutions.
As time passed, the Little Phoenix gradually recovered and was able to fly freely, while Lin Zhen was about to undergo his second absorption.
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On a large planet, there lived a gigantic monster.
The monster resembled a skyscraper, with Beehive- like body covered in holes from which disgusting pus oozed.
Small spiders kept crawling out of each hole.
The monster was surrounded by a vast expanse of dark red fungal carpet, as if it were soaked in blood. The small spiders absorbed nutrients from the fungal carpet, grew, and gradually transformed into spider warriors.
The spider warriors shuttle between monsters and creep, constantly increasing their strength.
The newborn spiderlings already possessed the strength of the Stellar Realm, and their cultivation level continued to rise.
Occasionally, a giant spider appears inside the monster, possessing strength reaching the Star Stage. Such a spider warrior can then go out and participate in battles.
This is the Insect Race's mother hive, the Spider Nest!
A disgusting, enormous opening appeared at the top of the mother nest, and the Spider Commander emerged from it.
"Have you still not found Feng Qingluan's whereabouts?"
"Commander, we still haven't found the person who contacted us from the Fire Qilin side. Because Feng Qingluan's aura is weak and the Dimensional Universe is temporarily closed, we can't find her exact location. We guess she's somewhere healing."
"Hmph! She got off easy, but judging from her injuries, it will probably take her two or three years to recover. The Suspended Island is about to open, and she won't have time to participate."
"Yes, with one less major competitor, Commander-in-Chief will surely be able to gain something on the Suspended Island."
"I hope so. I'm setting off now to try and secure a favorable position on the Suspended Island as soon as possible to study the Ancient Heavenly Stele. You all stay here and guard the Mother Nest well. Once I return from the Suspended Island, our Insect Race will launch a full-scale attack and utterly crush the Fire Qilin!"
Yes!
A group of spider warriors bowed in agreement.
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The Suspended Island is the core of the entire Chaotic Star River, and there is Ancient Heavenly Stele on it, which records extremely important cultivation techniques.
Once you find a large number of Cold Stone, you can absorb their energy and go to comprehend the Heaven Stele.
Anyone who feels they have the ability to compete at the Heaven Stele will go to the Suspended Island to study.
The Suspended Island opens only once every hundred years, and the opening time is one year. The outbreak of this war between the two countries is also largely due to the competition for the Suspended Island.
Legend has it that the Suspended Island was a forbidden land of ancient gods, with not only Heaven Stele but also divine power on it. Fighting was forbidden inside the Suspended Island.
If anyone dares to make a move on the Suspended Island, the ancient divine power will instantly reduce them to ashes.
Therefore, both the Insect Race and the Human Race would head to the Suspended Island at all costs, perhaps because they had the aptitude to comprehend the Heaven Stele.
Not only Spider Commander head to the Suspended Island, but other commanders of the Insect Race and experts of the Star System Stage also went there one after another. Even the experts of the Fire Kirin Empire temporarily stopped fighting with the Insect Race and even stopped searching for resource stars, and began to set off.
Since there's only one month left before the Suspended Island opens, arriving late will put you at a disadvantage compared to others.
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Currently, Ye Hua is far ahead in the Kill Ranking, with over 70,000 kills.
Nan Lie second, killed 50,000, and for the time being, it seems that he has no hope of catching up with Ye Hua.
Tian Ci, who came from the Sanjiang Star Region Federation, ranked fifth and killed 30,000.
As for Feng Qingluan, her kill count has already stopped at nearly 30,000, ranking sixth, and it looks like it will continue to decline.
Lin Zhen, who was once ranked first on the list, has now fallen to last place!
The silence that lasted for more than half a year turned Lin Zhen, who was once number one, into a complete laughing stock.
This seems to confirm something: one can't achieve much in a short time. In a place like the Chaotic Star River, what matters in the end is strength. If you're not strong enough, you won't go far.
The opening of the Suspended Island brought a slight sense of relief to people. Once they went to the Suspended Island, there would be no war for the time being, and the warriors of the Fire Qilin would no longer have to suffer the siege and slaughter of the Insect Race race.
People expect Ye Hua, this chosen one of heaven, to turn the tide, reach the top of the Suspended Island, and then completely defeat the Insect Race.
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"Oh dear! I'm last place! There are 20,000 people in the Chaotic Star River now, and I'm ranked last. This is really embarrassing."
Lin Zhen glanced at the rankings within the Dimensional Universe, sighed, and lay down on the ground.
Above the sky, the Little Phoenix circled low for a day. It hadn't been seen for a day, and then it returned, having flown off somewhere. Three months had passed, and the Little Phoenix had grown quite a bit. Its wingspan was now over two meters, making it a beautiful large bird.
Beneath Lin Zhen's feet, a huge pit had been dug into this resource planet.
If viewed from other planets, this planet would appear as a large crescent moon, much like the moon around the 11th or 12th of each month.
Lin Zhen no longer needs to do the work of cleaning up the garbage and collecting the ore; instead, a group of robots are doing the work.
These robots were from Lin Zhen's Dark Star Space. He bought them, used them, and then left them there; Lin Zhen had almost forgotten about them.
Because Lin Zhen had promised to find Phoenix Tree for the Little Phoenix, she went to the Dark Star Space to see if any of the newly sprouted plants had Phoenix Tree seeds. However, she didn't find any seeds, but instead found these robots.
While the robots kept busy, Lin Zhen spent his days playing with the Little Phoenix, visiting the Simulation Field, and then cultivating.
In just three months, Lin Zhen's cultivation level reached the Level Seven Initial of the Stellar Realm!
This level allowed Lin Zhen's Star Power to reach 850, surpassing Sun Hao back then.
He saw the news that the Suspended Island was about to open in the Dimensional Universe, and he was a little anxious. Whether to advance first or go to the Suspended Island immediately was still a question.
At this moment, the Little Phoenix landed and, unusually, took the initiative to come to Lin Zhen's side, carrying a crystal-clear little stone in its beak, and placed it at Lin Zhen's feet.
"Cold Stone!"