Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 161 - 106: Star Pattern Cloud Flipping and Third Essence (Subscribe Please)_2

Chapter 161: Chapter 106: Star Pattern Cloud Flipping and Third Essence (Subscribe Please)_2

But today, Xu Jin lost to ’Moon Shadow’ despite having the upper hand in strength.

The special effect of Moon Shadow’s ’Cloud Flipping’ Star Pattern was the key to her victory over Xu Jin.

However, the use of Star Rope, a basic Star Skill, also greatly broadened Xu Jin’s horizons.

Star Rope can be used like this?

Not only can it be wielded with hands, but it can also be shot out from the feet.

It can be as flexible as a venomous snake.

In fact, the principle is the same as Xu Jin’s peculiar Flying Star Step; theoretically, any part of the body can release the Star Rope.

But the Flying Star Step only requires a burst of power to change direction, while the Star Rope requires delicate control.

Thus, in most cases, the Star Rope can only be controlled and cast through both hands.

Both feet?

Xu Jin left the Star-picking Tower and tried using his feet to wield the basic Star Skill Star Rope.

It was possible, but extremely difficult to control.

Not to mention controlling four Star Ropes at the same time with both hands and feet, at the beginning, even simultaneously wielding two with both hands was not manageable.

It was apparent that Moon Shadow must have put in great effort in this regard.

Most people, even after seeing and realizing it, couldn’t learn to do it.

After pondering for 15 minutes, Xu Jin reassessed the recent battle and planned another quick-attack tactic.

Xu Jin once again entered the first tier Martial Arts Secret Realm in the Star-picking Tower to challenge ’Moon Shadow’.

[Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Star Lord Moon Shadow has already left the Star-picking Tower and cannot accept the challenge.]

[Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Star Lord Moon Shadow has already fought and won against you today, thus her refusal to accept the challenge is not considered.]

She has left.

Xu Jin could only leave the Star-picking Tower for now.

Tomorrow, tomorrow he would have a grand battle with Moon Shadow.

Just right; during the martial practice with Drunk Moon Immortal and No Big Deal tomorrow, he could try out the new tactics, or even practice the Star Rope.

Thinking it over, Xu Jin decided to immerse his consciousness into the Star Lamp.

He began to try mimicking Moon Shadow’s technique of controlling the Star Rope.

This Star Skill technique was extremely difficult to master.

Because every attempt consumed Star Power, yet Star Power was limited.

But the Star Lamp didn’t have this limitation, so it was the perfect tool for Xu Jin to practice such Star Skill techniques.

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On July 26th, during his morning cultivation, Xu Jin reduced the number of top-grade Transcendence Pills he consumed from two essences to one.

If Pills were used in succession, the efficacy of the second would be directly diminished by fifty percent.

Xu Jin wanted to save the quantity to see if he could nurture a Third Essence top-grade Transcendence Pill.

If he could cultivate such a Pill, Xu Jin felt that it would be possible not only to achieve Purification eight times but perhaps even nine times.

Nine times of Purification, not to mention other effects, would mean that just in terms of Star Power, Xu Jin would be thirty percent above other geniuses.

It would be as if they were at seventy and he at a hundred.

Moreover, this was the foundation for future increases in Cultivation Level.

The higher the Cultivation Level, the bigger the gap would become.

Therefore, Xu Jin was eager to give it a try.

As for whether he could nurture a Third Essence top-grade Transcendence Pill?

The answer was definitely yes, he just didn’t know how long it would take.

Why was Xu Jin so sure?

Because the two-essence Transcendence Pill he consumed today had already been nourished for two more days within the Star Lamp after reaching the second essence.

After taking it, Xu Jin found that the efficacy was significantly better than the two-essence top-grade Transcendence Pill he consumed yesterday, though not by a large margin.

An improvement meant it wasn’t at the limit yet, and there was the possibility of the Third Essence.

So, Xu Jin deliberately reduced his consumption of Pills to see if he could produce a few more Third Essence top-grade Transcendence Pills, to reach the limit of Purification.

Currently, Xu Jin had seven top-grade Transcendence Pills on hand, three of which had already accumulated ten days of Nourishment and had been nurtured for six more days after reaching the second essence.

He didn’t know how many days it would take to reach the Third Essence.

His current findings were that reaching the First Essence required one day of nourishment in the Star Lamp, and reaching the Second Essence required an additional three days of nourishment after the First Essence.

As for the Third Essence, it was still unknown.

But Xu Jin was determined to figure out this batch of top-grade Transcendence Pills.

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On the evening of July 26th, after cultivating with a two-essence Transcendence Pill, Xu Jin rushed excitedly into the Star-picking Tower.

As usual, he first acted as a practice partner for Drunk Moon Immortal while trying out his new Star Skill techniques.

After practicing for a day, he had not managed to master sending out four Star Ropes simultaneously with both hands and feet like Moon Shadow did.

It was too difficult.

At the least, it required splitting one’s concentration three ways.

But unexpectedly, Xu Jin had developed another technique.

He couldn’t control four Star Ropes with his hands and feet, but with one hand, he could control two to three Star Ropes.

Or to put it another way, he could control one Star Rope with each finger.

Currently, he could manage up to three Star Ropes with one hand.

Two felt the most flexible, while three felt slightly less so; he would have to continue working on it.

While developing the technique of controlling Star Ropes with his fingertips, Xu Jin simultaneously developed another Killer Device—Star Arrow.

In the past, with one hand he could release one Star Arrow, and with both hands, he could fire out four to six Star Arrows in a second.

Now, Xu Jin only needed a rapid flick of his fingers; a single hand could now launch four to six Star Arrows in a second.

With another three to five days of practice within the Star Lamp, by flicking both hands together, he could unleash eight to ten Star Arrows, or even more, in a second.

But to be honest, this technique was still difficult to master.

Even though Xu Jin had only practiced for a day, he had performed Star Skills more than a hundred thousand times within the Star Lamp.

What did it mean to execute Star Arrows a hundred thousand times?

Considering Xu Jin’s current Star Power, at full energy, he could launch around 240 Star Arrows. If he spent a day doing nothing else but restoring Star Power to practice Star Skills, based on most geniuses’ Divine Soul Power, then taking a Rejuvenation Pill to restore Divine Soul Power for cultivation of Star Skill techniques.