A Special Star Demon Has Appeared

Jiang Changkong secretly followed them.

Ji Ziling and the other two wove through the weeds for fifteen minutes, then stopped.

Ying Yanxue said, "Here should do."

Ji Ziling glanced at the young man beside her. "Big Huang, do it."

The young man's face twitched. "Senior, my name is Huang Mingye, not Big Huang."

As he spoke, he opened his backpack and took out a glittering round orb.

"Got it, Big Huang," Ji Ziling said with a curl of her lip.

Huang Mingye muttered unhappily, "You got pissed off by Senior Zhang Hua, so go take it out on him if you've got the nerve. What's the point of bullying me?"

"Don't think I don't know Zhang Hua sent you along to keep an eye on us."

Ji Ziling's face darkened, and she kicked Huang Mingye so hard he tumbled several times. "Keep whining and see if I don't cripple you."

Huang Mingye's face flushed crimson, but he did not dare say another word.

"Enough, Ziling. Don't make things hard for him either."

Ying Yanxue said calmly, "We can settle this matter after we go back."

"That bastard Zhang Hua got lucky this time."

Ji Ziling snorted coldly, her tone full of displeasure. "He actually dared threaten me and make me help hunt a special Star Demon. This isn't over."

"I dragged you into this," Ying Yanxue sighed softly.

Ji Ziling shook her head. "Don't talk about dragging me into it. I just look down on Zhang Hua for using such petty tricks.

"If he'd discussed it properly, then just because he saved you, I would've helped. He was just far too despicable."

Ying Yanxue said nothing, which counted as silent agreement.

As they spoke, Huang Mingye had already gathered a pile of dry grass and lit it, placing the orb on top to burn.

As the orb was scorched, it released golden smoke and a rich fragrance.

"All right, seniors."

Huang Mingye said cautiously, "Shall we hide?"

Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue nodded, and together with him, hid in the weeds off to one side.

Jiang Changkong hid in another direction. He was some distance from them, but he could see the crystal orb.

His heart ached.

Essence, energy, and spirit: 1000!

He was too far away. He could only see the essence, energy, and spirit, but could not extract it.

That one orb actually had one thousand essence, energy, and spirit!

If every orb had that much, did the other directions have them too?

As it burned, the essence, energy, and spirit rapidly drained away, dispersing in all directions along with the golden mist.

He had the urge to rush out and snatch it.

But after thinking about it, he gave up.

He had no confidence in taking on two top students by himself.

Although Ji Ziling and the others would not attack him, there was still Huang Mingye. It was not as if he could just kill him, right?

Turning away, Jiang Changkong headed in another direction. He could not make a move here, so he could go elsewhere.

Zhang Hua and the others had split into five directions. In two of them, there were no Peak Nebula Level cultivators.

Before long, Jiang Changkong found an orb that was burning.

With the golden mist there, it was easy to find.

However, by the time he arrived, there were already some Star Demons here.

The Star Demons were surrounding the orb, greedily inhaling the golden mist.

Essence, energy, and spirit: 934.

These damned Star Demons.

Jiang Changkong glanced into the weeds, where four people were hiding. The strongest was at Late Nebula Level.

He thought for a moment, then pulled a tattered piece of clothing from his backpack and covered his entire head before looking at the orb.

The Star Demons' bodies were not small and blocked the view. As long as he was fast enough, he could take the orb, extract the essence, energy, and spirit, and leave quickly.

Once the thought came, he acted. Jiang Changkong charged straight at the orb, using the Star Demons to hide his body, and grabbed the orb.

Roar!

The Star Demons instantly descended into chaos, ferociously surrounding Jiang Changkong.

Jiang Changkong had long been prepared. A sweep of Star Power shook the Star Demons away, and he plunged into the weeds.

In the weeds, the four of them could only vaguely make out a human-shaped shadow among the Star Demons.

One of them shot to his feet and cried out in alarm, "It's humanoid! A special Star Demon has appeared."

As long as it was a humanoid Star Demon, it had to be a special Star Demon.

Of course, some beast-type ones were special Star Demons too!

Jiang Changkong: "??"

A humanoid special Star Demon?

Are you fucking kidding me?

"Keep your voice down. Notify the seniors at once. We can't beat this special Star Demon."

The other three grabbed the one who had spoken and whispered.

Jiang Changkong carried the sphere with him, extracted the essence, energy, and spirit, then casually threw it away.

The Star Demons chasing him instinctively went after the sphere, temporarily letting him off.

After extracting the essence, energy, and spirit and adding them to Traceless Three Blades, Jiang Changkong went to look for the next one.

By the time he arrived, there was no one left here, and the sphere was gone as well. Only a few Star Demons were still darting around in confusion.

He swung his blade and cut down the Star Demons. After Jiang Changkong finished extracting their essence, energy, and spirit, he rose and left.

In this short while, he had already collected over a thousand essence, energy, and spirit.

"That sphere must be used to attract Star Demons."

Jiang Changkong pondered.

A humanoid special Star Demon?

Could that special Star Demon be nearby?

Zhang Hua and the others couldn't confirm where it was, so they could only think of ways to lure it out?

Then had Kexiang's people come for the special Star Demon too?

Those rich, free-spending guys definitely had spheres too.

Jiang Changkong had no doubt at all that Kexiang focused heavily on equipment.

If it came to martial arts, Kexiang definitely wasn't as good as a martial arts school.

But when it came to equipment, things that attracted Star Demons, they definitely had no shortage of them—maybe even stronger ones.

Thinking of this, Jiang Changkong went off to look for Kexiang again.

Two hours later, he saw the golden mist. It was even denser now.

He followed the golden mist and found a dozen or so Star Demons surrounding a sphere.

Essence, energy, and spirit: 1350!

Sure enough, Kexiang's was better.

Using the same method, Jiang Changkong got the sphere, was once again mistaken for a special Star Demon, and caused another burst of chaos.

"This seems like it'll be a huge help to me?"

Jiang Changkong's thoughts stirred slightly, and he headed to another place.

Once a special Star Demon had been discovered, the other spheres were retrieved, but those Star Demons had not gone far yet.

He could kill a few more. Besides, next time, he didn't have to snatch the sphere. Guarding one spot and killing there would also be pretty good.

Once a place had attracted enough Star Demons, he would go to another place and take the sphere.

When they all rushed over to look for the special Star Demon, he could make his move.

With a plan in mind, Jiang Changkong hurried to the next location.

On Kexiang's side, there were only four locations. Each location had a dozen or so Star Demons, making fifty or sixty in total across all four.

Even if they were only at Star Qi Peak, fifty or sixty of them would still yield two or three hundred essence, energy, and spirit.

And that was without giving them time to lure more in. Next time, he could wait a little longer.

Jiang Changkong made a round, killed all the Star Demons, extracted their essence, energy, and spirit, then used the Primordial Martial Compass to continue hunting Star Demons.

At noon, Jiang Changkong's Traceless Three Blades upgraded—major mastery!

Putting away the blade hilt, Jiang Changkong pondered how he should contact Ji Ziling.

If he wanted to contact Ji Ziling, he had to avoid Huang Mingye, but he couldn't make a move.

Otherwise, if he alarmed Zhang Hua, more trouble would come.

If possible, could they join hands and chop up Zhang Hua?

The thought flashed through his mind and was instantly extinguished by him, because chopping up Zhang Hua meant he would have to chop up the others too, killing them to silence witnesses.

Right, marks!

He could leave marks for them and let them follow the marks to search.

Jiang Changkong returned to the area near Zhang Hua and the others. The group was feeling gloomy; they had actually let the special Star Demon escape.

So he simply watched them while holding a stone and carving marks into it.

"How are you people handling things? When a special Star Demon appears, you don't know to stop it?"

Zhang Hua said angrily.

"Senior, we couldn't stop it either," the four said aggrievedly.

A special Star Demon, according to what they knew, was at Star Qi Peak. The strongest among them was only at the Late Star Qi Stage.

What were they supposed to use to stop it?

Their hard heads?

Zhang Hua also knew he had misspoken, but his expression remained cold. As a super top student, he would not apologize to poor students!

"This afternoon, I'll go over there and take a different direction."

Zhang Hua snorted coldly and said, "Once a Star Demon appears in one direction, it usually won't run too far. This time, we'll take it down directly."

"All of us?" Ji Ziling said flatly.

Zhang Hua said flatly, "You continue going to the original place. Cao Ye and I will go.

"As far as I know, the special Star Demon has a small squad under it. It shouldn't be acting alone.

"This time, we'll check things out first. If we can take it down, we'll notify you. If we can't, we'll follow it and find its lair."

Cao Ye was another super top student.