Chapter 86

But no matter who it is, a glance from afar will tell that there's no need to lie.

Those densely packed Star Plant...

Aside from the Divine Miracle Core, who else could build such a fortress!

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The Star Combat Department group, however, failed to reach the inner city.

Lin Zhaoxia was seriously injured, and Zhong Qian was also greatly exhausted.

They engaged in a large-scale direct conflict with the remnants of the Descending Star Cult.

The Star Combat Department won a narrow victory but suffered heavy losses.

They lost three outstanding students, and Lin Zhaoxia and Zhong Qian were almost incapacitated.

However, they all possessed life-saving pills, preventing them from collapsing.

The entire Department of the Agronomy Department has already met up, including Ying Qi and Shen Shangchi.

But they still had no news of Li Yang.

Zhong Kun was unaware of his older brother's injury. He had been concealing his identity, and even when the entire Agronomy Department gathered, he did not reveal it.

Zhong Kun said, "Let's go find our senior sister first. I hope nothing's happened to her!"

Yu Hongyuan said, "It's impossible for Senior Sister to be in trouble."

Zhong Kun then asked, "But why haven't we heard from her yet?"

Lin Zhaoqin also said confidently, "Maybe Senior Sister is lying in ambush, waiting to take down the Divine Miracle Core!"

Yu Hongyuan rubbed his hands together and said, "That makes sense."

Looking at the terrifying fortress ahead, Feng Yiqiao calmly said, "Don't get separated, and don't go looking for anyone. Let's take down the Divine Miracle Core first. Once we break the core, the Divine Miracle will disappear, and then everyone will be safe."

Chapter 86

The commotion outside was so loud that Li Yang noticed it too.

Jiang Yuqing asked curiously, "Why does it feel like there are so many people gathered outside?"

The Little Ox nodded repeatedly.

They couldn't see very clearly, since there were many Star Plant in the yard, and some of Star Plant had grown so large that they were blocking their view.

No matter how smart Li Yang was, she couldn't have guessed that Yan Wu would incite everyone to attack her.

Jiang Yuqing would never have imagined that.

However, Li Yang was quick-witted and soon came up with some ideas. She pondered for a moment and said, "There's probably some misunderstanding. They might have mistaken this place for the Divine Miracle Core."

Jiang Yuqing: "???"

[Jiang Yuqing's Shock Points increased by 1000 points.]

Li Yang continued, "Seeing so many Star Plant out of the blue, they probably wouldn't guess that Little Ox planted them. They'd likely think these Star Plant are protecting the Divine Miracle Core."

Jiang Yuqing: "..."

That makes perfect sense.

If he hadn't been there, he would have thought this was the heart of Divine Miracle.

"Then what should we do?" Jiang Yuqing said. "Should I go out and explain to everyone?"

Li Yang looked at him. "I didn't expect you to be so bold."

Jiang Yuqing was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening. "Damn it! I can't go out!"

Li Yang looked away; she wasn't surprised by his cowardly behavior.

Jiang Yuqing: "I don't have any Star Skill to change my appearance. If I go out, forget about explaining, Fifth Master will definitely kill me!"

Although Kuang Daqiang and the other two are dead, Jiang Yuqing was still hunted down because it was Fifth Master's order.

When Fifth Master saw that Jiang Yuqing was still alive, he had no intention of keeping him alive.

Jiang Yuqing had just forgotten about this.

At this moment, Li Yang reminded him that he didn't want to go anywhere anymore. He just wanted to stay in the house and be a quiet and dutiful alchemist.

Li Yang stood up and said, "You and Little Ox stay inside. I'll go out and take a look."

Jiang Yuqing nodded repeatedly, taking the opportunity to boost their own level of Shock Points.

As for what's so shocking?

That's way too many!

For example, Li Yang's courage, Li Yang's decisiveness, Li Yang's sense of responsibility...

In short, there's just too much to cover; Jiang Yuqing's Shock Points is more than enough!

"Be careful." Jiang Yuqing didn't want anything to happen to Li Yang; he wished he could rely on her for the rest of his life.

Li Yang responded, slung her small backpack over her shoulder, and went out.

Jiang Yuqing said, "Why don't you take your backpack..."

Li Yang said, "I won't abandon him."

[Lifespan +100 years.]

[Jiang Yuqing's Shock Points increased by 200 points.]

Jiang Yuqing didn't understand Li Yang's quirks.

Does this backpack have any special meaning?

There is absolutely no way we could abandon them.

It's like you're talking about someone extremely important!

That's so sentimental.

Jiang Yuqing was unaware of Lianxin's existence; if he had known, it would have given him an even bigger Shock Points.

Li Yang had so many secrets that his Shock Points was inexhaustible.

Li Yang did not go out in the form of Little Ox.

The outside world is full of humans; if she were to transform into the Astral Realm being, it would only cause chaos.

Of course, Li Yang didn't transform into her own appearance. Not to mention Fifth Master's group, there might even be remnants of the Descending Star Cult waiting to mess with her.

Li Yang was unaware that the remnants of the Descending Star Cult had been completely wiped out by the Star Combat Department.

Li Yang transformed into the face she used when she first entered the Divine Miracle.

An ordinary-looking girl, who appears to be about twenty-two or twenty-three years old.

There are students of this age in Central Capital and Star-Slaying Military Academy, and there are also independent cultivators of this age...

Being too young would draw attention, while being too old would not meet the entry requirements, so this age is reasonable.

Li Yang easily and quietly moved away from her row of houses by using the Hidden Shadow.

She had been here for half a month and had already figured out the situation around her.

This is an abandoned villa area, and Li Yang occupies four or five houses in it, mainly occupying the yard.

Most of the houses in the villa area were also damaged.

Especially after the Divine Miracle occurred, it seemed as if another powerful shockwave descended, causing widespread damage to houses once again.

The area that used to be surrounded by greenery has also been razed to the ground.

Even more bizarrely, tall trees have inexplicably sprung up in some places.

This is also due to some species mutations caused by the spreading Starlight after the Divine Miracle landed.

Those tall trees did not become sentient Astral Realm beings; they simply underwent a clear mutation, much like certain quarantine zones within the Huaxia Realm Domain.

At this time, most of the Divine Miracle seekers were lurking in that grove of trees, while some were lurking in the more distant ruins.

Yan Wu was very clever; he didn't step in to organize anything, but simply spread the news about the Divine Miracle Core.

Li Yang did not approach any particular team rashly, but instead used his Hidden Shadow ability to gather information about the situation around them.

Teams at the Third Grade Realm rarely have a mentalist present.

A spiritualist's cultivation typically begins to show its potential at the fourth or Fifth Grade.

Second and Third Grade Realm rarely venture out unless they have extremely reliable teammates. Most second and Third Grade Realm Star Wielders are also unwilling to bring along Spirit Masters, partly because Spirit Masters are of little use in the early stages, and partly because it takes effort to protect them, which is simply too much to bear.

Just like Yan Wu's squad, there wasn't a single mentalist in it.

If there were a spiritual healer present, Jiang Yuqing wouldn't have been able to hear their conversation.

A voice could be heard speaking not far away:

"I have a feeling that even if everyone arrived, it would be very difficult to breach this fortress."

"Yeah, there must be over a thousand Star Plant! And so many of the Third Grade Realm... Who can possibly defeat that?"

"There are only fifty or sixty people coming. Even if we could fight ten against one, we still couldn't win."

"But the Divine Miracle Core must be incredibly powerful!"

"He can actually gather so many Star Plant to do his bidding; if we could capture him, he'd be practically Invincibility."

"As expected of a secret treasure of Divine Venerable from the upper realm, even with a low cultivation level, its power is formidable."

"Before I came to the Divine Miracle, my teacher told me that the core of this Divine Miracle must be a top-tier treasure! Think about it, a low-grade item that can be carried by Divine Venerable from the upper realm... it must have top-tier abilities."

These words did indeed tempt Li Yang.

She began to wonder what the Divine Miracle Core was.

That Divine Venerable held an extremely high position; what kind of magical treasures hadn't he seen? Yet he carried such a usable second or Third Grade item with him, which was enough to show how special this thing was.

A person's level of understanding is one thing, and their ability is another.

Li Yang had also heard her teacher say that she shouldn't be too superstitious about the colors of Star Skill.

Gold may not suit you.

Sometimes, blue can have surprisingly good effects.

There is indeed a faction in the Astral Realm that advocates that there are no useless Star Skill, only useless Star Wielders.

Of course, this statement is somewhat extreme.

The quality of Star Skill is also determined by human evaluation, and there are indeed differences in quality.

However, since it's a human review, the probability of error is also quite high.

Take Li Yang for example. Although her Vest and Hidden Shadow are only of blue quality, the effect of combining them is surprisingly good, even surpassing some purple quality Star Skill.

If Star Skill are like this, then secret treasures might be the same.

Li Yang has been busy planting Star Plant lately and has completely forgotten about the Divine Miracle Core.

Now she's got her eye on it again.

This is a good thing.

We can't let it fall out there all alone.

After dealing with the assassin with the Hunting Blade, she'll have a proper look at the Divine Miracle Core.

After eavesdropping for a while, Li Yang roughly figured out the current situation.

Just as she suspected, everyone had indeed misunderstood.

They mistakenly believed that the house filled with Star Plant was the location of the Divine Miracle Core.

Li Yang still had some questions, but she couldn't hear them just by eavesdropping; she had to ask someone.

She observed for a while and found a suitable team.

This group was a last-minute team, and everyone was on edge. One of the boys looked particularly disheveled, as if he had encountered something in the Divine Miracle. He was nervously watching everyone, filled with suspicion.