Advancing to Star King Rank (I)

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"The Celestial Sacred Fruit can only be consumed by those whose combat power reaches S9 level and who are on the verge of a breakthrough. Its effect is to increase the success rate of entering the 'Star King level' by 100%."

Just when he was about to fall asleep, someone delivered a pillow to his head. Upon seeing the attributes of this Celestial Sacred Fruit, Li Wei finally let out a wild laugh.

Li Wei was not completely ignorant about the Star King level. In fact, he had already figured out the situation of this realm. Combat power was divided into seven major levels from weak to strong: f, e, d, c, b, a, and s. Each major level was further divided into many smaller stages. In this way, strength could be divided according to combat power.

However, once you reach the pinnacle of combat power, namely S9 level, it becomes extremely difficult to improve further. For ordinary people, S9 level is already their limit.

However, in reality, after S9 level, there are 'Star King' level, 'Star Emperor' level, and 'Star King' level. Reaching these three levels is absolutely not something an ordinary person can do. Pluto King and the Head Monster are both Star King level experts. They said that the breakthrough from S9 level to Star King level is extremely difficult. Although it seems like there is only one level difference, in reality, the gap is like heaven and earth. Even the exceptionally talented Mordor used many rare items and nearly 30 years to successfully break through. As for Pluto King and the Head Monster, they 'spent' a full hundred years.

Of course, they all have methods to quickly increase their combat power, just like the 'Hades Fruit'. However, this item is only effective for combat power below S9 level. Once you reach S9 level, the Hades Fruit is just a fruit that can only fill your stomach. If you want to continue to improve, you can only accumulate strength or have a fortuitous encounter. Moreover, when you meet the breakthrough conditions to advance, even if you are well prepared, there is only a very small chance of success. If you are unlucky, you may fail. The result of failure may be losing your life or being stuck at S9 forever, unable to have another chance to step into the Star King level. Of course, the Star Emperor level is just a pipe dream.

Now that Li Wei has obtained this Celestial Sacred Fruit, it's like he's taken out insurance for himself. In other words, as long as he meets the breakthrough conditions and uses this Celestial Sacred Fruit, he will advance with a 100% success rate. Of course, he has every reason to be excited about this.

Li Wei currently possesses a Hades Fruit, which can allow him to advance to S8 level. Zheng Yutong, An Hei, and the others also each have a Hades Fruit, so advancing to S9 level is a certainty for Li Wei.

So all that's left is to strengthen our forces and prepare for the final battle against the Main God Mordor.

After mentally reviewing his next steps, Li Wei stood up with a determined look in his eyes and walked out of the small dark room.

Earth Star, Three Heroes City, Secret Training Chamber.

Li Wei sat upright on the ground, with twelve Hades Fruit in front of him. Zheng Yutong and the An Hei Gang had given him all the Hades Fruit they had obtained for the 'Qingzhou Demon-Sealing' mission.

Li Wei initially disagreed, since he only needed two Hades Fruits to advance to S9 level, but they still handed over this treasure to him without hesitation.

"These guys, are they putting all their hopes on me?" Li Wei muttered to himself, a determined glint in his eyes. He then raised his hand, and a burst of true energy swept up all twelve Hades Fruit. Instantly, the twelve Hades Fruit swirled like flowing clouds in the training chamber.

After leaving the mission world, Li Wei regained his original strength. However, the divine essence he had cultivated in the mission world had dissipated due to the Five-Kill Blood Formation. It seems that the blood array can grant people extremely powerful strength for a short period of time, but afterwards, all their cultivation will be completely lost.

It's a double-edged sword, capable of harming both the enemy and oneself. But how did that Cripple know this bizarre incantation? And who is the guy hiding inside the Cripple's body?

"After advancing to S9, I'll go to the Qingzhou Demon-Sealing Sealing Mission World again!" Thinking of the Cripple, Li Wei vaguely felt that the other party's secrets might be of great help to him.

But for now, let's focus all our attention on the upcoming promotion. After all, this is a direct jump from S7 to S9, which is very important, and Li Wei can't afford to be careless.

Banishing the distracting thoughts from his mind, Li Wei made a hand seal, Hades Fruit in the air was crushed to pieces by an extremely powerful force. Then, all the fragments merged together, forming a large mass of matter.

The method of shattering and combining the souls of Hades Fruit was Li Wei's own idea. He had even consulted the Pluto King himself before going into seclusion, and the Pluto was astonished by the idea. Everyone knows that consuming a single Hades Fruit can increase combat power by one level, but what would happen if the souls of many Hades Fruits were combined?

Even Pluto King didn't know the answer to this question, but he did offer Li Wei a suggestion: it was worth a try, as there might be unexpected gains.

Li Wei wouldn't completely believe Pluto King's words, nor would he completely reject them. After all, he and Pluto King' Head Monster were allies, and the 'rule' that they couldn't kill each other was written into the Rule Codex. If Pluto King were to harm him, it would undoubtedly be courting his own destruction.

Therefore, Pluto King wouldn't harm himself, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't scheme.

Thinking of this, Li Wei made a hand seal, opened his mouth and spat out a black flame.

After the black flame appeared, it burned in the air like a liquid, showing no sign of dissipating but existing very stably. A small cluster of sparks appeared and landed on the wooden table next to it, which instantly turned into nothingness.

"Dragon Essence Flameblood... truly domineering! The Dragon Power has granted me is arguably the most destructive ability I can currently match the Wine God Spell!" Li Wei exclaimed sincerely. He had gained this formidable power from the Dragon Power when he consumed the Hades Fruit, advancing from S4 to S7. His first level up granted him 'Flameblood,' the second 'Dragon Flameblood,' and now, at the third level, it had become the black 'Dragon Essence Flameblood.' This flame was only a small ball, but in Li Wei's eyes, it was an absolute black flame capable of burning everything. Now, Li Wei intended to use this 'Dragon Essence Flameblood' to refine the twelve Hades Fruit.

Flame has always been a powerful force that can remove impurities and filth; otherwise, ancient people wouldn't have yearned for its immense power. Alchemists also rely on flame to extract the essence from medicinal herbs, thus creating various pills with different effects. What Li Wei is about to do is something similar to alchemy. First, he uses his true essence to crush the twelve Hades Fruit, then combines them together. Next, he carefully refines this fragment with Dragon Essence Flameblood.

The moment the black flames touched the fragment, they ignited. Li Wei controlled the power of the Dragon Essence Flameblood perfectly; with just a light touch, many black impurities produced by the burning fell out.

On the very first smelting, many impurities were burned out, and less than 30% of the original amount remained.

Next, the same steps were repeated: to remove impurities from the fragments of the Hades Fruit. The process lasted all day, until more than ten hours later, the twelve fragments of the Hades Fruit had turned into grape-sized, dark red liquids, which floated in the air under the control of true energy, shimmering with light.

After retrieving the Dragon Essence and Flameblood, Li Wei was drenched in sweat. With his current S7-level combat power, he was exhausted after continuously controlling the Dragon Essence and Flameblood for more than ten hours. Fortunately, things went smoothly.

The dark red liquid was the Purification of the twelve Hades Fruit. Not only Li Wei, but even Pluto King himself had never seen such a thing before, let alone knew the consequences of consuming it.

With a wave of his hand, the liquid rippled and slowly floated in front of Li Wei. At this distance, Li Wei could easily smell the faint fragrance emanating from the liquid. Taking a deep breath, the fatigue in his body seemed to vanish. Seeing this, Li Wei did not hesitate and swallowed the liquid in one gulp.

The liquid melted in his mouth, and at first it was nothing, like swallowing a mouthful of sweet honey, which was refreshing. But soon, Li Wei's brows furrowed.

Suddenly, a violent surge of energy rose from Li Wei's lower abdomen, directly impacting his internal meridians. Under the influence of this energy, his body began to writhe on its own.

Controlling this almost insane energy wave, Li Wei discovered that his combat power had broken through to S8, and soon it reached S9. At this moment, the power showed no signs of weakening, continuing to rampage and enhance his physical body and combat power.

Upon reaching S9 level, the Hades Fruit loses its effect, so everyone must proceed cautiously and steadily, accumulating strength within S9. Only when they reach the point where a breakthrough is needed can they have a chance to break through to the 'Star King' level. Pluto King and the Head Monster lingered at S9 level for a hundred years before gaining the strength to break through. As for Mordor, who was far more powerful than the two of them, it also took him nearly 30 years.

Originally, Li Wei had no idea how long he would remain at the S9 level. In fact, he thought that he could only challenge the Main God Mordor, who had reached the 'Star Emperor' level, with his S9 level strength. After all, with the power of space, the Rule Codex, and allies such as Pluto King, the Skull, and the Ghost King, he would have at least a 50% chance of winning against Mordor.

But now, after coincidentally melting twelve Hades Fruit and swallowing that 'essence', Li Wei was surprised to find that he had actually reached the breakthrough point from S9 level in just a few minutes.

This speed was unprecedented; if Pluto King and the others knew, they probably wouldn't believe it. But it had indeed happened. Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then realized that he was about to advance in rank?