Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation
Chapter 96 - 87 Thunder on Rainy Day and Upgrade (Four updates, 18K for first subscription, asking for monthly passes)_2

Chapter 96: Chapter 87 Thunder on Rainy Day and Upgrade (Four updates, 18K for first subscription, asking for monthly passes)_2

Earth Storm!

This time, Xu Jin still executed Earth Storm.

But Earth Storm was no longer Starlight Ground Stab.

Instead, the ground’s starlight surged, and in an instant, it locked his feet as if locking them with a ground chain.

The second variation of Earth Storm, Earth Prison!

With Flying Star Step exploding again, Xu Jin dashed past like a bolt of lightning, a large head soaring into the sky.

One kill!

At this moment, the Refining Star Second Layer Tao robber was still curled up like a shrimp.

Suffering a heavy blow between his legs, he was in too much pain to bear.

Nevertheless, Xu Jin was in no hurry.

His mind sank slightly into the Candou Platform, taking out the Earth Storm Star Core of third-tier middle and directly put in the Gale Leopard Star Core of the third-tier upper, choosing the protection of the Rapid Electric Star Pattern.

In an instant, a faint sense of trembling spread through his whole body, Xu Jin felt that the moment the Rapid Electric Star Pattern’s protection began, his entire body was filled with explosive power.

Right then, the Refining Star Second Layer cultivator finally recovered from the intense pain.

Seeing his companion dead and Xu Jin motionless, he got up and, with a burst of starlight under his feet, turned to run.

The next instant, Xu Jin moved.

A burst of starlight exploded under his feet.

In a flash, Xu Jin shot out like a meteor, producing a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

The headwind was like slashing knives.

But Xu Jin used the momentum to pass over the back of the Refining Star Second Layer cultivator, and in the moment of passing, his long knife swiftly cut down.

One strike, directly cutting through the protective starlight and severing flesh and bone.

A large head soared into the sky, but the body of the Refining Star Second Layer cultivator surged forward for more than ten meters before slowly falling to the ground.

Looking at the headless corpse spewing blood, Xu Jin felt nothing.

He calmly went over to loot the bodies.

Compared to the fumbling a month ago when he killed Deng Hu, remembering how his sweat was like syrup and his hand shook for quite a while after killing his first person.

But now, after killing, he could calmly loot the bodies.

After the looting, Xu Jin kicked both bodies, including the heads, into the Golden Sand River a few dozen meters away, where they disappeared into the river.

In fact, even if Xu Jin had reported to the authorities, there would be no issue; he was the Star Patrol Commander and would only need to go through the procedure of registering it at most, and there might even be merit to gain.

Usually, these types who prey on their own kind had murder cases on their hands.

But it’s better to avoid trouble when one can.

Xu Jin’s time was precious now, and he did not wish to waste it.

It must be said, Xu Jin had to thank these two wealth-bringing kids.

Together, the two of them yielded three Star Weapons, all of which were First-tier, a sword, a knife, and a pair of arm guards.

The pair were worth at least 6,000 taels, and if they were sold on the black market, they could fetch at least 9,000 taels. A pair of arm guards was priced at 3,000 taels at Jinshan Taoist Institute, and one could estimate to sell them for over 3,500 taels on the black market.

The two had not much silver on them, silver notes and silver adding up to slightly over 2,000 taels, but each had a bottle of Star Refilling Pills and Rejuvenation Pills.

Xu Jin did not lack Star Refilling Pills, but Rejuvenation Pills were consumed in large quantities.

At least two, sometimes even three, pills were needed a day.

Having these two bottles meant he could support about ten days’ worth of consumption.

These two wealth-bringers successfully brought Xu Jin’s wealth back over the ten thousand taels man mark.

Reaching a total of 12,600 taels.

"Hey, in the end, are you robbing me or am I robbing you?"

Shaking his head, Xu Jin quickly left.

This battle yielded great rewards.

What Xu Jin referred to as a huge harvest wasn’t in terms of silver; it was the testing just now.

Testing the might of Star Skills on lifeless objects versus on cultivators represented completely different concepts.

The former was more accurate and had a greater application in real combat.

Basically, in this battle, Xu Jin had thoroughly tested the three Protection Star Patterns he had chosen.

In terms of power, the Protection Thunder Snake Star Pattern provided by the Fourth Tier Lower Thunder Stingray was the biggest, with the fastest attack and also had special properties. The only problem was that it consumed a lot.

Executing a Thunder Snake’s Star Power consumption was fifteen times that of the basic Star Skill.

With Xu Jin’s robust Star Power after engraving the Great Gathering Star Pattern, one Thunder Snake could take away one-tenth of Xu Jin’s Star Power.

The Earth Storm Star Pattern provided by the third-tier middle Fierce Bear Star Core was also very practical with respectable power, but the consumption was not small either, ten times that of the basic Star Skill.

Xu Jin at full Star Power could launch it consecutive fifteen times.

The Protection Rapid Electric Star Pattern provided by the third-tier upper Gale Leopard Star Core had the least consumption, equating to five times the basic Star Power for a single use.

But it could double the speed of Xu Jin’s Flying Star Step in an instant.

Also, during the test just now, Xu Jin discovered another matter.

Switching different protections of the same Star Spirit, after selection, consumed starlight.

For example, after Xu Jin chose the Spirit Sniffing Star Pattern of the third-tier lower Green Snake Star Spirit, switching to the Concealing Star Pattern required injecting starlight to change.

But if a different Star Core is directly replaced, there’s no consumption of starlight.

Just like what just happened, Xu Jin took out the Green Snake Star Spirit from under the Candou Platform and replaced it with the Gale Leopard Star Core without any consumption.

Switching was very convenient.

But for the two Protective Star Patterns within the same Star Spirit, no matter how the switch is made, starlight consumption is necessary.

"It’s a pity that now there can only be two Star Cores under the Candou Platform, if there could be one more, the tactics would be more flexible..."

Xu Jin sighed.

Suddenly, Xu Jin’s steps paused.

Now that it’s a Second Layer Candou Platform, why not upgrade to a Third-Tier Candou Platform?

The upgrade conditions for the Third-Tier Candou Platform, especially the difficult ones like the Human Tier Star Jade and Star Fallen Iron, Xu Jin had already dealt with them; gold and silver were also long absorbed into it.