True Form Revealed, The First Star God Jing Wood Tapir!

Ruan Liusu said, "It does have an impact. Generally, the longer the Illusion Beast beast is, the larger the Crystal Core will be after a successful hunt."

Hunting Illusion Beast under 10 meters tall will yield Standard-Sized Crystal Core Crystal Core.

Hunting Illusion Beast that are 12 to 18 meters long will drop medium- Medium Crystal Core Medium Crystal Core, which are 1.5 times the size of Standard Crystal Core. Hunting Illusion Beast that are over 18 meters long will drop Large Crystal Core, which are twice the size of Standard Crystal Core.

Hunting Black Illusion Beast will yield Super Crystal Core. Super Crystal Core are far superior in quality to ordinary Crystal Core; based on the exchange rate for Galactic Coin, one Super Crystal Core is equivalent to ten ordinary Crystal Core.

"So, to take first place, we have to hunt down the Black Illusion Beast," Chen Lie said.

"If the two of us work together well, we might have a chance to hunt down Black Illusion Beast is no more than ten meters in size, but it will definitely take about half an hour and there is a risk of working for nothing."

Instead of doing that, we might as well just hunt the White Illusion Beast honestly. Didn't we just kill seven Illusion Beast in twenty minutes? Two of them even dropped Medium Crystal Core Illusion Beast."

"Have you forgotten? Besides martial arts, I am also Divine Sense Master proficient in Mental Power."

"Isn't it said that Divine Sense Master have a natural advantage in hunting Illusion Beast?" Chen Liedao.

"But as far as I know, only Divine Sense Master who has created an offensive spiritual Consciousness Spirit can cause serious damage to Illusion Beast, such as Consciousness Spirit with an axe, halberd, hook, knife, or sword."

"Are you also a person with this kind of Consciousness Spirit?" Ruan Liusu asked.

"Do such low-end things as axes, halberds, hooks, knives, and swords deserve to be called Consciousness Spirit? Creating such garbage Consciousness Spirit is a waste of the profession of Divine Sense Master."

"Don't worry, my Consciousness Spirit is a hundred times stronger than any inanimate object like axes, halberds, hooks, swords, or knives."

"A hundred times?"

Ruan Liusu was somewhat puzzled. Although the Consciousness Spirit of ordinary axes, halberds, swords, and the like were indeed not considered strong within the realm of Divine Sense Master, they were still high-quality Consciousness Spirit that most ordinary Divine Sense Master could create. How could they be considered trash?

Or rather, Chen Lie's Consciousness Spirit is Attribute-Type Consciousness Spirit, or even a higher-level Life-Type Consciousness Spirit?

Chen Lie said no more and continued to move forward.

Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu advanced for more than ten kilometers, hunting down the nine-headed Illusion Beast along the way.

Thirty kilometers into the depths of the Wasteland, small Black Illusion Beast began to appear.

"There is a Black Illusion Beast here."

Ruan Liusu pointed to the Black Illusion Beast not far ahead and said, "This Black Illusion Beast beast is only about ten meters long, and it's one of the weaker ones among the Black Illusion Beast. Chen Lie, didn't you just say you wanted to try hunting a Black Illusion Beast? How about this one?"

Chen Lie turned his head and saw a ten-meter-long, all-black Wolf-Headed Illusion Beast. He nodded and said, "Okay."

"Then we must cooperate well later, and not let it get away, or we'll have worked for nothing."

After Ruan Liusu finished speaking, she immediately leaped forward and unleashed her double S-Rank Martial Art technique.

"Boom"

With a loud bang, Ruan Liusu struck the Wolf-Headed Illusion Beast with the force of her palm.

The Wolf-Headed Illusion Beast let out a miserable howl, and its appearance changed drastically in an instant. It grew four limbs, and its body was covered with scales, making it look like a giant Wolf-Headed Crocodile.

Having suffered a heavy blow from Ruan Liusu, the Wolf-Headed Illusion Beast instantly flew into a rage, its emerald green eyes fixed on Ruan Liusu, and it lashed out with its claws.

With a "whoosh," the Illusion Beast's claws tore through the air and struck Ruan Liusu. Ruan Liusu dodged instantly, but was still knocked back dozens of meters by the residual force of the claw.

Upon seeing this, Chen Lie immediately flew forward and struck out with his palm at the head of the Illusion Beast wolf.

"Boom!"

An immense force exploded, and a Flood Dragon Phantom flew out from Chen Lie's hand.

The wolf-headed, crocodile-bodied Illusion Beast was stunned by the attack. Several seconds passed before it roared and pounced on Chen Lie with a ferocious expression. The ten-meter-tall Black Illusion Beast did indeed possess the strength of the early Blood Refining Stage, and its attack had a force of about 40,000 jin. Therefore, facing the Wolf-Headed Illusion Beast's attack, Chen Lie did not engage in direct confrontation but instead retreated while continuing to fight.

Although this Illusion Beast possesses the strength of the Blood Refining Stage, its combat power is extremely weak. It cannot compare to a true Blood Refining Stage cultivator; it is only slightly stronger than Martial Artist has reached the Organ Refining Stage Completion and has one foot in the Blood Refining Stage.

Seeing Chen Lie being chased and attacked by the Illusion Beast, Ruan Liusu immediately leaped up and waved her palms at the Illusion Beast, revealing her intention to use SS-Rank Martial Art.

The immense force of nearly 30,000 jin pounded repeatedly on the Illusion Beast, creating a series of loud explosions.

Soon, Ruan Liusu discovered the Illusion Beast's weakness. When her palm strike landed on the Illusion Beast, Illusion Beast remained unmoved, but as soon as she hit Illusion Beast head, the Illusion Beast would immediately roar. So she Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, this Illusion Beast's scales are hard. Its weakness is its head. Focus your attack on the Illusion Beast's head."

Chen Lie naturally saw that the Illusion Beast's weakness was in its head. She and Ruan Liusu worked together to begin wearing down the Illusion Beast.

The battle lasted for more than ten minutes. Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu together struck the Illusion Beast's head no less than a hundred times, and a third of the Illusion Beast's wolf head was knocked off.

After fighting the Illusion Beast for hundreds of moves, Chen Lie unleashed a powerful palm strike while Ruan Liusu distracted the Illusion Beast.

With a deafening boom, Chen Lie's blood and qi exploded, shattering two-thirds of the Illusion Beast's wolf head into pieces with a single palm strike. The Illusion Beast, suffering a heavy blow, immediately let out a series of miserable howls.

Its crocodile-like limbs instantly retracted, returning it to its previous harmless appearance.

The Illusion Beast twisted its body and immediately swam to one side.

"Be careful not to let the Illusion Beast escape!"

Upon seeing this, Ruan Liusu unleashed her advanced movement technique, seemingly teleporting, and instantly caught up with the Illusion Beast.

"Gold-Slicing Cloud-Folding Palm!"

Ruan Liusu unleashed a palm strike, and the already severely injured Illusion Beast instantly vanished from its form upon being struck by the powerful force of the palm.

With a "thud," a dark Crystal Core fell into Ruan Liusu's hand.

"Done!"

Ruan Liusu put away the black Crystal Core and approached Chen Lie with a smile on her face.

"One black Crystal Core is equivalent to ten ordinary Crystal Core. We have already collected 16 ordinary Crystal Core of various sizes along the way. Let's add this Super Crystal Core and call it 30 Crystal Core."

It took about twenty minutes to hunt down that Black Illusion Beast, and an hour has passed since the start of the competition.

If we maintain this pace, we can collect at least 120 Illusion Beast by the end of the competition."

Although they had wasted twenty minutes, she and Chen Lie had successfully hunted down a Black Illusion Beast, which was equivalent to ten ordinary Crystal Core. She had thought it would take at least half an hour to successfully hunt down a Black Illusion Beast, and there was a possibility that the Illusion Beast would escape and cause her to work for nothing. She did not expect that Chen Lie and she would cooperate so perfectly, much better than her cooperation with Zhao Ziyan.

"With 120 Crystal Core, is there any hope of winning first place?" Chen Lie asked.

Ruan Liusu rolled her eyes at Chen Lie and said, "Don't even mention taking first place, getting into the top ten with 120 Crystal Core is dangerous."

"Then why are you so happy about it?"

"Do you really expect to win first place?"

Ruan Liusu stood with her hands on her hips, showing off her graceful figure. She tilted her head and stared at Chen Lie with her pretty eyes. "This competition has several members of the Genius Group from the top ten provinces of Blue Star, two Martial Leader from the top twenty provinces of Blue Star, and a member of the Provincial Genius Group from the Jingji province participating."

Although this level of strength is not at the Blood Refining Stage, it is almost the same as that of a true Blood Refining Stage. Hunting down Black Illusion Beast is a piece of cake, and it can be done in just a few minutes.

We're already incredibly lucky to have made it into the top ten.

With 120 Crystal Core, there's a small chance it will make it into the top ten, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

"Taking first place is impossible."

No sooner had Ruan Liusu finished speaking than a mocking laugh rang out from afar.

"Heh heh, I thought you guys had some trump card, daring to boast about taking first place, but in the end you couldn't even make it into the top ten." Ruan Liusu, who had been smiling, turned cold upon hearing this familiar voice.

"Bai Xianxian, you really have nothing better to do. During the competition, instead of hunting Illusion Beast, you're chasing after me to make trouble?" Bai Xianxian walked over from a distance and snorted coldly, "I didn't waste my time following you; I just happened to see you."

"Looks like the partner you found isn't all that great. A quarter of the competition time has passed, and you've only gotten this few Crystal Core." "How many Crystal Core I get is none of your business. Even if I come in last place, I'm happy with it. Do you have any right to criticize me?" Ruan Liusu's tone was unfriendly.

"I'm too lazy to argue with you, I'm just telling you that I'm requesting Captain Yue Lin to assist me."

Although Captain Yue is at the Blood Refining Stage, according to the competition rules, the Crystal Core obtained in the competition will be counted in half. However, so far, we have hunted down five Black Illusion Beast and 17 White Illusion Beast.

Even if we calculate the Crystal Core we obtained at half the rate, it would still be no less than what you obtained."

"I understand, you can get lost!" Ruan Liusu said without changing her expression.

Bai Xianxian snorted coldly, but did not leave.

At this moment, Yue Lin walked up.

As the Martial Leader in Sunan Province, Yue Lin was well aware that the conflict between Ruan Liusu Bai Xianxian Bai Xianxian Ruan Liusu been going on for a long time, so he was not surprised by the confrontation between them.

What truly puzzled him was that the rumors circulating within the Sunan Province Genius Group a month ago had actually come true: Ruan Liusu's family had indeed introduced her to a boy, and Ruan Liusu was quite happy about it.

If someone in the prime of their martial arts training starts dating too early, it will inevitably hinder their progress and may also affect their mental state during training.

Ruan Liusu has exceptional martial arts talent. At a young age, she reached the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, and in just a few months, she cultivated all the way to the Organ Refining Stage. However, she has now wasted her talent.

Yue Lin glanced at Chen Lie and then said to Bai Xianxian, "Time is precious during the competition. Let's discuss any issues after the competition and not waste any time."

Bai Xianxian quickly nodded and said, "Okay, Captain, let's go ahead and look for the Illusion Beast."

After Yue Lin answered, he and Bai Xianxian headed towards the front of the Wasteland.

After leaving, Yue Lin turned to Ruan Liusu and said, "Ruan Liusu, you are also a martial artist, and your talent is outstanding in Sunan Province. Sometimes even I am ashamed of myself."

Let me give you a piece of advice, which is also what the mentors of the Sunan Province Genius Group often tell us: the golden age for martial arts cultivation is before the age of 30. If you are over 30 and cannot break through the Seventh Tier Qi Refining into Gang Realm, the difficulty of becoming Grandmaster in the future will double.

Those under twenty are in the golden age of martial arts cultivation, because only those under twenty have the physical qualities to cultivate Blood-Qi Martial Way with twice the results with half the effort.

Listen to your family members, but don't listen to them completely.

Those who practice martial arts should have a heart for martial arts. It is unwise to waste time and energy on other things during the best period of training." Upon hearing this, Ruan Liusu simply replied expressionlessly, "Thank you for the reminder, Captain Yue. I know what I'm doing."

After Yue Lin finished speaking, he turned around and left with Bai Xianxian.

Chen Lie asked, "What did he mean by that?"

"Nothing."

Ruan Liusu shook her head, not explaining further to Chen Lie.

Ruan Liusu disagreed with Yue Lin's words.

She was naturally a person with a strong desire for martial arts; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to practice martial arts for an average of more than 10 hours a day since she was 14. Ruan Liusu stared at Chen Lie meaningfully for a while. If two people with a desire for martial arts were together, it might not necessarily have a negative effect, just like her father said, supporting each other at Starry Sky University.

Most importantly, Chen Lie was exactly her type. The moment she first saw Chen Lie, his extraordinary demeanor made her feel an instant connection. She had met many people Chen Lie in martial arts, but only Chen Lie had ever made her heart flutter.

If it weren't for this thought in her mind, Ruan Liusu wouldn't care whether it had any positive effects or not. If there was any possibility of delaying her martial arts practice, she would immediately say goodbye.

"Our speed in hunting Illusion Beast is too slow. We've only managed to get over a hundred Crystal Core in the entire competition, and we can't even make it into the top ten. Isn't this a wasted trip?" Chen Lie said at this moment.

"What can I do? I've only refined three organs so far, and the fourth organ is still in the cultivation stage. If I had another month, I'm sure I could reach the Organ Refining Stage Completion. Then I wouldn't have to go through so much hardship to hunt the Black Illusion Beast. But my strength isn't enough right now," Ruan Liusu said. "How about this, you stay here and keep watch for me for a while. I'm going to use my Mental Power to hunt the Illusion Beast."

"The density of Illusion Beast here isn't too high, let's advance another twenty kilometers," Chen Lie said.

"Good!"

After Ruan Liusu responded, she and Chen Lie immediately moved forward at full speed.

In just over ten minutes, the two had reached a distance of more than fifty kilometers deep in the Wasteland.

The density of Illusion Beast has increased significantly here, and there are also more Black Illusion Beast.

"Approximately how many Illusion Beast would you need to hunt to take first place?" Chen Lie asked.

Ruan Liusu thought for a moment and said, "I'm not too sure either, but I think getting three hundred Crystal Core should be enough to guarantee first place, right?" "Okay, I understand."

Ruan Liusu pushed it aside. She knew that Chen Lie's Mental Power was not weak, but she didn't have a specific concept of it.

When she accompanied Chen Lie Illusion Beast the Northwest Military Training, Chen Lie also kept a low profile. He only killed a few dozen Exotic Beast in half a day, which was also because Chen Lie claimed that he was proficient in a secret technique to restrain the Illusion Beast.

Therefore, she was also very curious about Chen Lie's true level of Mental Power.

"You stay on the side and watch out, make sure the Illusion Beast doesn't escape, I'm about to make my move."

As Chen Lie spoke, he extended his divine sense and locked onto a Black Illusion Beast that was ten meters long, then activated his Mental Power Impact.

"Boom"

After a Mental Power attack as sharp as a sword was launched, the Black Illusion Beast attacked by Chen Lie exploded instantly, its body dissipating into nothingness, and even its Crystal Core did not fall off.

Standing to the side, Ruan Liusu's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? Where's the Crystal Core?"

Chen Lie shook his head; he was also unsure about the situation. "Could it be that this Mental Power attack was too powerful?"

Ruan Liusu said, "I noticed that the Mental Power Department Divine Sense Master in other Genius Class all use their Consciousness Spirit to subdue Illusion Beast."

It is said that only Divine Sense Grandmaster can materialize their Mental Power and manifest Consciousness Spirit in the real world. However, in the Wasteland where the Illusion Beast reside, one can directly manifest Consciousness Spirit to deal with Illusion Beast.

"I see."

Chen Lie focused his mind and used his divine sense to communicate with the first Star God Jing Wood Tapir above the eight stars of Well Constellation within his Sea of Consciousness consciousness, mobilizing his Mental Power to try to manifest it outside his Sea of Consciousness.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Lie had not reached the level of an eighth-order Divine Sense Grandmaster, where Mental Power could materialize. As soon as his Mental Power left his Sea of Consciousness, it would encounter countless obstacles and instantly vanish into nothingness.

Yet, in this Wasteland, Chen Lie's Mental Power was not hindered in the slightest.

Ten meters above the ground, an Primordial Ferocious Beast with a tiger's face, a deer's body, and its feet treading on a cluster of stars manifested.

This is the original form of Jing Wood Tapir, the first Star God created from the Seven Mansions of the Southern Sky and the eight stars of Well Constellation.

With starlight in its mouth and eyes like lightning, the Jing Wood Tapir stood majestically in the sky.

"This... this is your Consciousness Spirit?"

Ruan Liusu exclaimed in surprise. How come she had never seen such Consciousness Spirit in the Blue Star Consciousness Spirit Atlas?

It's like being a mythical beast from ancient Blue Star mythology; it's truly amazing.

At this moment, the Jing Wood Tapir, controlled by Chen Lie, roared to the sky, and lightning bolts resembling spider Jing Wood Tapir emanated from its two horns. "Boom..."

In an instant, muffled thunder rumbled around the Wasteland, and a spiderweb-shaped lightning bolt covered an area of about a hundred meters in radius. All the Illusion Beast within this hundred-meter radius covered by the lightning screamed in agony.

The Illusion Beast, touched by the lightning, instantly grew limbs and transformed into ferocious creatures. However, within seconds, they became listless and returned to their harmless state.

"Hurry up and act! Don't let these Illusion Beast escape!"

Chen Lie reminded Ruan Liusu, and then took the initiative to attack, eliminating a Illusion Beast in one move while collecting the dropped Crystal Core.

Ruan Liusu had never seen such a scene of rampant hunting and killing of Illusion Beast before. After a moment of shock, she immediately took action to harvest the Crystal Core.

The Illusion Beast within a hundred-meter radius seemed to have suffered severe damage. Ruan Liusu simply flicked her palm and left, instantly annihilating the Illusion Beast and causing their Crystal Core to fall out.

Within a radius of 100 meters, there were 12 Illusion Beast, two of which were Black Illusion Beast.

Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu each hunted down six Illusion Beast and obtained twelve Crystal Core, including two black Super Crystal Core.