Calm Before the Storm

(Correction: In the previous chapter, Blood Elder's combat power was S1, not A1. Also, please vote, please vote, anyone?)

Li Wei's kick sent Blood Elder flying a full hundred meters away. The latter crashed into a building, smashing the wooden structure to pieces.

After the broken planks and the dust that had been kicked up settled, Li Wei still couldn't find any trace of Blood Elder.

"Not good"

Li Wei realized something was wrong; could the other party be trying to escape? But the Silver Armor Kai Star man beside him was one step ahead of Li Wei, leaping forward. Four protruding circular pipes quickly extended from the armor on his back, and then a terrifying blast of air shot out. The Silver Armor Kai Star man was like a jet plane, arriving at the destroyed wooden house in an instant.

Li Wei arrived shortly afterward. Li Wei was very interested in the unique flying and movement style of the Silver Armor Kai Star people, but he didn't have time to study it right now.

The two searched through the ruins for a while, but there was no sign of the Blood Elder. They then concluded that the Blood Elder had escaped.

Several mangled corpses were also found in the ruins; they were likely the residents of the house. Ordinary people like them never imagined that staying in their own home would lead to such an undeserved disaster.

Now that Blood Elder has escaped, Li Wei has no choice but to be wary of him from now on.

At this moment, the Silver Armor Kai Star warrior walked over, gave Li Wei a medieval-style knightly salute, and said, "Barak-Yin, greetings, Lord Destroyer."

After listening, Li Wei thought about it carefully and realized that Barak was the surname of the Kai Star Royal Family, and that Red Armor had used this surname that day.

"Who is that Red Armor Man to you?" Li Wei wanted to confirm, because in this day and age, it was a big no-no to easily trust others.

"Barak-Chi is my seventh brother," Silver Armor replied truthfully.

Li Wei thought to himself, "That makes sense. Red Armor did mention before that he has a very powerful older brother who possesses silver armor and has always been cultivating in the Shadow Street world, rarely venturing out."

But this time, why is it him who came?

When Li Wei voiced this question, the Silver Armor sighed deeply, "Last time, Seventh Brother failed in his duty to protect Destroyer, resulting in the death of the previous Destroyer. In Kai Star, this is a capital offense. Although he approached you, Your Excellency, and asked you to become Kai Star's new Destroyer, the death penalty can be pardoned, but the punishment cannot be offset. After you entered the Blood Clan Star Domain, Your Excellency, Seventh Brother was ordered by Father to undergo a one-year trial in the Shadow Street Level 1 mission world."

Li Wei suddenly realized that Red Armor had been quite clever that day, not fighting against him but begging him to become their Destroyer. So that was the reason.

Even if Red Armor had actually killed himself, the 'criminal' who murdered Kai Star's Destroyer, he would likely have had to face Kai Star's laws upon returning. So, he cleverly used this opportunity to win over others and thus escaped a terrible fate.

Looking back now, that guy Red Armor was no ordinary character. If it were me, I probably wouldn't have had such courage back then. And he was incredibly bold. Red Armor probably didn't tell anyone that the previous Destroyer Kai Star died at my hands, otherwise, who knows how much trouble that would have caused.

"For the past ten months, your star domain has been sealed off, but just a few hours ago, we discovered that the previously sealed teleportation array had been opened. Upon closer inspection, we found that the Earth Star Domain had upgraded from Level 2 to Level 3. Therefore, my father sent me to congratulate you, my lord. However, I discovered that Blood Elder had entered the teleportation array before me. His Qin Family Star Domain is quite unique among many star domains. The entire star domain only has about a thousand members from the Qin Family. Generally speaking, they rarely go out. After leaving the teleportation array, I secretly followed him, and ended up here. I never expected that he would come here to cause trouble for you, my lord, so..."

Li Wei finally understood what had happened.

The Star Domain Teleportation Array was indeed activated after the Star Domain was upgraded. According to Silver Armor, the changes that occurred after the Star Domain upgrade were not limited to this.

A level 3 star system is much larger than a level 2 star system, and it also has more resources.

In addition, as the star field upgrades, the Shadow Street will add auxiliary buildings and functions, providing more enhancement paths for the reincarnators in that star field.

However, Li Wei also obtained another interesting result: after upgrading the star field, the buildings and functions that appeared in Shadow Street were random.

When the Kai Star Domain was upgraded, the first building that appeared was 'Armor Enchanting', a unique functional building for Kai Star. It could provide attribute bonuses to the armor of the Kai Star people, just like the Red Armor's Flame Armor and the Silver Armor's 'Metal' Armor attribute.

Of course, after the star field is upgraded, in addition to the expansion of the star field map and the appearance of some new buildings, many things in the star field are also reset, somewhat like a computer 'reboot'. After the star field is rebooted, the teleportation array will naturally be restored to the open state, and after upgrading to a level 3 star field, it will be impossible to close the teleportation array.

Perhaps, the Blood Elder of the Qin Family, like the Kai Star people, had been paying attention to the Earth Star Domain teleportation array, which is why he arrived so quickly after it was activated.

Li Wei did not return to the Wizard City Hall with the Silver Armor; the place was already in a mess, and he left the Grand Wizard's subordinates to clean up the mess. After arriving at the Destroyer's City with the Silver Armor, Li Wei piloted the flying castle and flew towards the Three Heroes City.

Zheng Yutong and the others were safe and sound, but Li Wei would not let them go out again. After all, once the teleportation array was opened, not only were the Qin Family, who possessed the 'Blood Control Method,' eyeing them covetously, but there was also the formidable enemy, the Blood Clan Star Domain. Presumably, they had also received news of the Earth Star Domain's teleportation array opening, and perhaps the Vampire Starfolk had already arrived here by now.

Next, Li Wei decided to temporarily bring all his companions to the Destroyer's City, where at least their safety could be guaranteed. As for the Qin Family and the Vampire Starfolk, these two troublesome individuals also needed to be dealt with as soon as possible.

At this moment, the Silver Armor who had been following Li Wei couldn't contain himself any longer and said, "My lord, I've come here this time because I have a favor to ask."

Li Wei had already seen through it, but since he was the Destroyer of Kai Star, he naturally had an obligation to help them. Similarly, when he was in trouble, the people of Kai Star would do their best to help him.

After questioning, the Silver Armor said, "Kai Star has been a Level 3 star domain for a long time now. As the Destroyer of Kai Star, you have an obligation to upgrade the level of Kai Star Domain. In fact, you should know that if a star domain does not upgrade for more than 3 years, it will be downgraded. Kai Star just advanced to a Level 3 star domain 3 years ago. If it does not upgrade again, it will..."

Li Wei was taken aback. There was such a setting? He really didn't know that. Wasn't this like someone chasing you with a whip? If you didn't move forward, you'd get whipped. That's the principle of survival of the fittest, isn't it?

However, Li Wei currently has no extra star domain upgrade points, so he could only helplessly say, "Upgrading a star domain requires a lot of energy, and I simply don't have that much energy right now. As you know, I just upgraded the Earth Star Domain."

Upon hearing Kai Star, Silver Armor chuckled and said, "My lord, I know that. When our previous Destroyer Lord upgraded Kai Star, he used a lot of energy. And there are many sources of energy. After three years of exploration, Kai Star has discovered many ores containing a lot of energy. This time, I brought some with me."

As he spoke, the Silver Armor took out a fist-sized blue crystal and handed it to Li Wei.

Li Wei glanced at it and was somewhat surprised. This blue crystal was called 'Star Tear Ore' in the Eye of Perception. It was extremely rare and could be said to be the most important and precious mineral in the star field.

After settling the silver Silver Armor, Li Wei took the 'Star Tear Ore' to an empty hall, then activated the Devouring function, and something pleasing happened.

The black silk gushed out, engulfing the 'Star Tear Ore' within it. A few seconds later, it twisted the blue crystal into strands of pure azure energy, which then flowed into the right eye.

"Gained 300 energy points, current energy points: 315, upgrade points: 0 (315/100000)..."

These were all functions that Li Wei discovered later when he studied the Black Paper. It could be said that the energy he obtained by absorbing energy would be displayed in numerical form. In addition, there were also the number of upgrade points and the progress, which was very intuitive.

Li Wei never expected that this small Star Tear Ore would contain so much energy. And this was just the energy from one piece of Star Tear Ore. If he had several hundred pieces, he could probably collect 100,000 energy points in an instant.

Next, Li Wei plundered all the Star Tear Ore on the Silver Armor. Star Tear Ore must be an extremely precious resource in the Kai Star Domain. The Silver Armor only had three or five pieces on it. After consuming them all, Li Wei gained 1,000 energy points, which was a considerable gain.

Now, Li Wei cannot afford to lose the powerful ally, the Kai Star Domain. After all, the teleportation array opened more than two months earlier than he expected, and Li Wei is not yet prepared to face those enemies. With the help of the Kai Star people, the trouble will be much less.

So, at Li Wei's request, Silver Armor returned to Kai Star to collect 'Star Tear Ore'. Li Wei, in turn, arranged to go to Kai Star three days later to collect the 'Star Tear Ore'.

In order to help Li Wei deal with the Qin Family and the Vampire Starfolk, Silver Armor sent nearly a hundred Kai Star warriors to help Li Wei resist the external enemies after returning.

These Kai Star warriors were all clad in gray armor, with a uniform combat strength of B3, and some even reaching A1 or A2. With the addition of these fresh troops, Li Wei's pressure was greatly reduced; at least these Kai Star warriors could help guard the teleportation array in the Earth Star Domain.

However, Li Wei had already encountered some trouble before these Kai Star warriors arrived.

Just after Li Wei returned to Three Heroes City and brought An Hei and the others to Destroyer's City, he received news that Wizard City had been occupied by an incredibly powerful group. In addition, more than half of the level 4 towns had also been occupied by a mysterious force, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among the townspeople. These two events were very likely the work of the same group.

The one who told Li Wei this news was none other than the Daoist, whose face was somewhat pale after just experiencing a great battle.