Star Demon Blood

Jiang Changkong did not know how long the battle had lasted.

All he saw was blood energy surging into the sky and the students in utter chaos.

Jiang Changkong ran off to kill Star Demons, working hard to improve himself.

By the time evening came, Jiang Changkong finally returned. Zhang Hua and the others had already left.

They had changed locations to settle down. Of the dozen or so people, aside from the two senior girls, all of them looked wretched.

Zhang Hua was covered in blood, his face deathly pale.

Cao Ye, the top student, was about the same, his clothes in tatters.

The rest of the students were in even worse shape. Not only were their clothes torn, they also had quite a few injuries on them.

If not for Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue not wanting anyone to die, half of this group of teammates would probably have been killed.

"Senior, this is all your fault. If it weren't for you, there wouldn't have been so many Star Demons."

Huang Mingye could not help saying.

He had been injured too. There had originally been a long scar on his arm, but fortunately, Ji Ziling had helped treat it.

Ji Ziling sneered. "You're blaming me? If you people hadn't had no idea how to hold back, it wouldn't have turned into this."

Ying Yanxue also spoke up. "If it weren't for the special Star Demon, we wouldn't have bothered getting involved. Didn't you see that Ziling and I were injured too?"

"Enough, all of you."

Zhang Hua spoke up to stop the three of them from arguing. In truth, he was a little suspicious too.

Had Ji Ziling done this on purpose, then used it to improve her healing ability?

But after seeing that both of them were injured, and with Zhou Wen's threat added on top, he dismissed the idea.

Huang Mingye tactfully shut his mouth. He only dared to complain once.

"My backpack is gone," a young man said.

"If it's gone, it's gone. You're lucky you kept your life."

Zhang Hua snorted coldly and said, "There are only three Star Smoke Balls left."

The young man was somewhat dissatisfied, but he did not say anything more.

It wasn't your backpack that went missing, so of course you don't care. That was everything I earned along the way.

"When several Star Smoke Balls were used at the same time, they attracted special Star Demons one after another."

Ji Ziling pondered and said, "But clearly, with the boost from the scent of blood, they were even more enticing."

Zhang Hua looked at her. It was already something to be grateful for when Ji Ziling did not cause trouble, yet she was actually taking the initiative to make suggestions?

However, what she said was the truth. They had indeed seen a special Star Demon today.

Although they had only caught a glimpse and could not examine it closely, that humanoid figure, along with its claws and Star Demon skin, was definitely a humanoid Star Demon.

A humanoid Star Demon had to be a special Star Demon!

"Then tomorrow, we'll use the Star Smoke Balls along with Star Demon corpses, and use fresh blood to lure it in."

Zhang Hua pondered and said, "We'll also make preparations. If the special Star Demon appears, then we make our move. We can't let it turn out like today again."

On the other side, Jiang Changkong ran to the battlefield. There were still quite a few Star Demons that had not scattered.

The Star Demons gnawed on the corpses. Blood energy soared into the sky, and essence, energy, and spirit rapidly drained away.

Jiang Changkong charged into the Star Demon horde and extracted essence, energy, and spirit.

As for the living Star Demons, he ignored them for the time being. He would extract the essence, energy, and spirit first.

Elsewhere.

Kexiang's small team.

"Those muscleheads from the martial arts school fought a battle with the Star Demons?"

Zhang Xiaoyu and the others stared at a young man in astonishment.

"Right. At the time, blood energy was surging into the sky, so I used the starlight reconnaissance device."

The young man replied, "That group of muscleheads discovered a special Star Demon. In the end, they didn't catch it, and instead had a bloody fight with the Star Demon horde.

Based on the information I obtained, they probably killed two or three hundred Star Demons."

"What a bunch of muscleheads who only grow their Star Power and not their brains."

The Kexiang students looked disdainful.

The two schools developed in slightly different directions. They placed more emphasis on technology, creation, and equipment.

In certain respects, Kexiang had a sense of superiority, feeling that the martial arts school only knew how to solve problems with fists.

And that was indeed the case. What the martial arts school relied on most was individual strength.

Therefore, quite a few Kexiang students called the people from the martial arts school muscleheads and barbarians.

"What a pity about those several hundred Star Stones."

Kexiang's students all looked regretful.

When you were fighting a swarm of star demons, staying alive was already good enough. There definitely hadn't been any chance to dig out Star Stones.

"Still, the martial arts school's muscles are pretty enviable too."

Zhang Xiaoyu and the other three thought of Jiang Changkong.

If they could have that kind of defense too, they would rather become muscleheads.

When star demons bit him, their teeth shattered. With defense like that, who wouldn't be envious?

The Kexiang students were envious too, but envy wouldn't get them anywhere, so they could only find a bit of superiority with their mouths.

As for what they said about a student whose physique was so strong that star demons couldn't chew through him and even broke their teeth on him, they didn't believe it.

That kind of defense had to be their battle armor—an alloy!

Essence, Qi, and Spirit: 5892

Because a lot of Essence, Qi, and Spirit had been lost and quite a bit had been chewed away, it was fortunate that the Star Stones were basically all still there. That was the only reason there was this much.

He had to admit, Zhang Hua and the others had worked hard enough.

This group of laborers had not been hired for nothing.

Together with what he had killed today, the Star Smoke Balls and the like, he added everything into Traceless Three Blades.

The Star Power inside Jiang Changkong's body grew much richer once again.

Jiang Changkong: Late Star Qi Stage

Low-grade mid-tier martial arts:

Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique: Greater Mastery 1/16000

Taiji Fist Classic: Greater Mastery 1/16000

Traceless Three Blades: Greater Mastery 10352/16000

Essence, Qi, and Spirit: 0

"If I do this one more time, won't my Traceless Three Blades reach perfection outright?"

Jiang Changkong murmured.

He hadn't dared hope for it before, but now, he could absolutely look forward to it.

Right, there was also a bag of Star Stones.

It was the one Ji Ziling had kicked out. There weren't many Star Stones inside, only thirty.

Twenty at Star Qi Peak, eight at the Early Star Qi Stage, and two at the Mid Star Qi Stage.

This guy was poor as hell!

With this few Star Stones, he didn't even care about them now. He might as well toss them to Ji Ziling.

He had just thought of Ji Ziling when the weeds shook, and Ji Ziling, dressed in green, came over with a bottle.

"Good brother, you really made me search."

"You can get out now? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?" Jiang Changkong was slightly taken aback.

"They're extremely weak right now, and Yanxue is helping keep watch too."

Ji Ziling said indifferently, "As for that swarm of star demons, we can't get the Star Stones either. A bunch of star demons are guarding them."

Jiang Changkong smiled. "It's fine. Just seeing them in such a sorry state makes me feel good. These are the Star Stones I got, but they're not much."

"You keep all of these. When we make our move tomorrow, we'll strip them of every Star Stone they have. I want them to lose everything, lose so badly they don't even have their underpants left, and they still want special Star Stones?"

Ji Ziling sneered. They had dared scam her like this, so of course she had to hit back.

Special Star Stones? First, she would make them spit out every Star Stone in their hands.

"What's in the bottle in your hand?" Jiang Changkong's gaze fell on the bottle in her hand.

Inside the bottle was a puddle of black liquid. He couldn't recognize it.

"Star Demon Blood, Peak Nebula Level."

Ji Ziling lowered her voice and said, "We'll continue the operation tomorrow. If the special star demon vomits blood and suffers heavy injuries, that little brat Zhang Hua is definitely going to go crazy."

"I'll listen to you, senior, but you need to be careful too. The Kexiang people are nearby."

Jiang Changkong said.

Ji Ziling nodded slightly. "Don't worry. Although the two schools are rivals, under normal circumstances, they won't fight to the death."

After leaving behind the Star Demon Blood and agreeing to meet again late tomorrow night, Ji Ziling left.

Jiang Changkong thought for a moment, and out of caution, changed to another place to stay.

What if someone else showed up?

Just now, he had been so focused on his essence, energy, and spirit that he had gotten too absorbed and hadn't even looked at the Primordial Martial Compass. He hadn't noticed Ji Ziling arriving at all.

Should he go kill some more Star Demons?

Jiang Changkong thought it over. It was still early anyway, so he would go kill a few more and rest in the latter half of the night.

The more Star Demons he killed, the sooner he would level up.