Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 356 - 165 Dawn (20,000 words combined for subscription)_2

Chapter 356: Chapter 165 Dawn (20,000 words combined for subscription)_2

The next instant, under the operation of State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao, the Six Alloy Wheel began to reveal golden and blood-colored specks of light, one by one.

At the moment when seven golden specks of light were fully visible, both State Preceptor Cheng Yuxiao and Left Libationer Meng Yanhui’s expressions simultaneously relaxed.

They both breathed a sigh of relief.

They were all still there!

But in the very next instant, joy surged in the eyes of the two men!

Great joy!

Six!

There were only six blood-colored specks!

This signified that a disciple from the Star Hall had already fallen.

The cause of death could vary; it might have been the work of disciples from the National Taoist Institute or slain by an alien race from the Third Tier Star Domain. However, as long as the number of Star Hall disciples was reduced, it was a great advantage for the disciples of Da Chen National Daoist School.

The two Star Masters, however, were looking at the six blood-colored specks that appeared with some disbelief.

A disciple from the Star Hall had fallen in just half a day?

That seemed unlikely!

Especially this time, they had hit the jackpot, as Cheng Yuxiao drew the third-tier Purple Wind Star Domain, which the Cangming Star Hall had attacked but failed to conquer, and they had some tricks up their sleeve.

In essence, there was no way their Star Hall disciples could fall to the hands of alien race experts.

"State Preceptor Cheng, has the Six Alloy Wheel been fully activated?" asked Zhang Zhen, somewhat disbelieving, as under the current circumstances, the fallen Star Hall disciple could only have been slain by a disciple from Da Chen National Daoist School.

And according to the intelligence on the National Taoist Institute they had painstakingly obtained beforehand, when pairing up the Star Hall disciples, their strength was overwhelming.

Under normal circumstances, this year’s disciples from the National Taoist Institute had no chance of killing a Star Hall disciple!

But...

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuxiao’s face showed a hint of joy, and with a stimulus of Star Power, he activated the Six Alloy Wheel to the point where starlight burst forth.

However, no matter how much he activated it, there were only six blood-colored specks representing the Star Hall disciples.

"I have sent out the locations!"

As he said these words, Cheng Yuxiao felt an unprecedented ease.

Advantage!

After just half a day into the mission, Da Chen National Daoist School had gained such an advantageous position in the battle, a first in thirteen years!

How could he not rejoice?

Du Tingyun and Zhang Zhen, on the other hand, had somber expressions.

Such a disadvantage at the start was a first for the two great Star Halls.

"Star Master Zhang, are you sure your ’broken feather’ is effective?" the situation made Du Tingyun start to doubt.

"Absolutely effective, unless the King of the Third Tier Purple Wind Star Domain has been replaced. And just a month ago, our Star Hall had made a deal with Zi Hao, the Master of the Third Tier Purple Wind Star Domain!

Just yesterday, I personally contacted the Master of Purple Wind Star Domain about it!" Zhang Zhen asserted.

"Can we contact them now?"

"No, the commotion during contact is too great. If Cheng Yuxiao weren’t here at the Star Gate, we could still make contact, but now, there’s no way," said Zhang Zhen.

"What on earth is going on, why is the start like this?"

As Du Tingyun pondered, he began to observe the specks of light on the Six Alloy Wheel more closely.

Immediately, he was taken aback again.

On the Six Alloy Wheel, apart from one golden speck being extremely close to a blood-colored speck,

there were actually four golden specks of light that were nearly overlapping.

Four disciples from Da Chen National Daoist School had already gathered together.

On the side of Star Hall, there were also four disciples grouped together, but they were in pairs of two!

This only deepened his concern.

And this, too, was the reason for Cheng Yuxiao’s internal joy.

He knew that Xu Jin’s Red Scale Heart Armor had worked.

It was indeed worth offering up a Red Scale Heart!

*****

In the eastern part of the Purple Wind Star Domain, Xu Jin was rapidly advancing towards Ji Hongli’s location.

There was no consideration over whether to rescue Ji Hongli or not.

Having accepted a Red Scale Heart from the State Preceptor, he had to get some work done.

He must approach and observe Ji Hongli’s situation.

See what kind of desperate situation Ji Hongli claimed to be in.

Then he would make a decision.

If he were capable of rescuing, Xu Jin would find a way.

But if he were not, Xu Jin wasn’t about to joke with his own life!

There were still so many people waiting for him to return.

At seventy percent of Xu Jin’s maximum speed, he could cover up to two thousand miles in two hours.

Two hours later, as sensed by the Red Scale Heart, Xu Jin was already very close to Ji Hongli.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jin, near the location indicated by the Red Scale Heart Armor, failed to find Ji Hongli.

But he discovered a massive army of the alien race.

The dense alien army was encircling a pond.

Quickly, Xu Jin located the pond on the map.

Named Golden Flowing Pond.

It wasn’t large, spanning just around five hundred meters in diameter.

But by then, it was fully besieged by the alien army. Upstream, where the water came from, Xu Jin stealthily infiltrated the area using the Invisibility Technique and saw traces of powerful Star Skills.

The water had been forcefully redirected.

The upstream inflow had been diverted into another large pit that had been blasted into the ground, spilling into the wilderness.

And at the lowest edge of Golden Flowing Pond, a large gap had been blasted open; alien troops were using brute force to dig deep trenches, and the water level of the pond was slowly falling.

Suddenly, Xu Jin realized that Ji Hongli must be hiding in the pond.

And at the edge of the pond, a young man, whom Xu Jin found somewhat familiar, was sharing drinks and converse jovially with an alien from the Purple Wings race, of the Fourth Tier Star Condensing Realm.

They seemed to be getting along swimmingly!

Upon moving closer, Xu Jin recognized him.

He was Tian Lie, a top-grade Star Casting genius from the Tianyang Star Hall, whose Cultivation Level was at the Sixth Layer of Refining Star.

Tian Lie specialized in Fire Series Star Skills, while Ji Hongli specialized in Water Series Star Skills.

The Purple Winged alien accompanying Tian Lie was a Seventh Layer Star Condensing Realm expert.