Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled-Chapter 276 - 274: Breaking Through Nine Trials, Star Power
Xia Feng did not recklessly step forward to push the portal again. Instead, he sat cross-legged and began to meditate.
Just after slaughtering those ten star beasts, he could feel a power that was completely different from divine power and the power of faith emerging from within his body.
Although very faint, he vaguely felt that this power seemed capable of invoking the stars.
He looked up again at the midair, where it was still a stretch of pure white void.
But Xia Feng seemed to see through this void, glimpsing the distant starry sky.
He sensed the star power from the farther reaches of the cosmos.
After refining this power, he once again placed his hand on the door ring.
Just clearing one area granted him a brand-new power, and now he was curious to see what good things he could obtain at the end of these ancient ruins.
The second trial involved ten star beasts at the Celestial Tier Fourth Layer Martial Sovereign level.
Perhaps it was Xia Feng’s imagination, but it seemed like these star beasts had developed some resistance to his Qingxue Sword.
Previously, when slaughtering Celestial Tier Third Layer Martial Emperor Level star beasts, he could nearly cut through them just by swinging his sword. This time, it required a significant amount of effort.
This was quite different from an ordinary Celestial Tier Fourth Layer Martial Sovereign.
He mentally noted this peculiarity, then swung his sword to slay the rest.
Now that he was a demigod, killing these Martial Sovereign level star beasts was as easy as flipping his hand.
Thus, within half a day, he had slaughtered his way to the seventh trial, now confronting ten Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign level star beasts.
After half a day of fierce fighting, he managed to discern some patterns.
Star beasts did not seem entirely devoid of consciousness, though such a statement might be slightly off.
What Xia Feng meant was that star beasts appeared to gain some form of experience from those he killed previously.
Initially, he simply used the Qingxue Sword to slay them, but later, the star beasts’ physical toughness grew stronger and stronger.
It wasn’t like the normal physical strengthening after leveling up; it seemed to transcend stages.
Back when he was at Celestial Tier Fifth Layer Martial Sovereign, there was nothing he couldn’t cut through with the Qingxue Sword, something that had never happened before.
Even the Black Tortoise at Celestial Tier Fifth Layer Martial Sovereign, he could cleave to pieces, let alone a star beast without any shell.
Later, he consciously tried various Great Dao techniques to test them and summarized this pattern.
He wondered if all star beasts were like this, or if only those in these ancient ruins had unique encounters.
They could gain new resistances based on how they died previously.
Within Xia Feng, a considerable amount of star power had gathered, and even now, while not visible, it could subtly invoke the stars in the sky.
He looked forward to whether gathering this star power to its peak would also grant him such resistances.
After killing the ten star beasts of the seventh trial, Xia Feng was not as relaxed as at the beginning. He panted a few breaths, then sat by the portal to regulate his breathing.
These ancient ruins were quite intriguing, being an enclosed space with no water and a circular area over a hundred meters in radius.
The portal in the middle served as the test; each time you pushed it open, it would lead you into a trial.
But Xia Feng was no stranger to the Great Dao of Space—his grandfather Xia Tianming had cultivated it, and coupled with the Void Cauldron, a space-element divine artifact.
However, each time he opened the door, no matter how cautious he was, trying to discern the reality, he could never figure out how he ended up in this space.
That dark place even made Xia Feng suspect if it was outer space.
Although he hadn’t had the chance to go in his previous life, he had heard of outer space.
Plus, with star beasts and star power present, it’s logical that such a dark world would lead him to such associations.
While lost in thought, Nine Evils suddenly spoke: "Master, I seem to have felt some strange power in that space."
Xia Feng looked puzzled, only to hear Nine Evils continue: "It’s those tiny sparks of light. I feel like I have the power to influence those sparks."
"I can sense that once I fully grasp that power, I can directly evolve into a Martial God level exotic beast."
Xia Feng was delighted to hear this, knowing that Nine Evils was referring to star power: "You felt that power too? Can you absorb it?"
Nine Evils nodded, making Xia Feng even more joyful: "Then, when I enter later, you should contemplate it well and strive to fully master this power in the last two trials."
The eighth trial featured ten demigod level star beasts, yet Xia Feng still refrained from using the Void Cauldron, instead seizing the opportunity to test the star power within him.
Indeed, using star power to attack star beasts proved to be more potent.
After using all his strength to deal with these ten fragments, upon exiting, Xia Feng’s legs almost gave way, nearly collapsing at the portal.
Nine Evils sounded a bit worried: "Master, are you okay? Will the next trial have Martial God level star beasts?"
Xia Feng paused, having had similar thoughts, but the door ring had stated that the first eight trials had ten beasts, while the final one would have fewer.
Although they might be more challenging to kill, using the Void Cauldron should not be too much of an issue.
The great power that set up the trial in these ancient ruins likely did not anticipate an extraordinary talent like Xia Feng would come to challenge it.
Star beasts can naturally swallow and evolve. Even challengers, though demigods, could grasp at most one Great Dao Rule.
The first eight trials would be enough for star beasts to develop resistance to the challenger’s Great Dao Rule, then bring in a few Martial God level to face the demigod, and it would be an easy triumph.
Who would have imagined a monster like Xia Feng, bearing ten Great Daos, also carrying a Void Cauldron?
Just the Void Cauldron alone could fend off a Martial God.
So, when Xia Feng opened the door ring for the last time, seeing the three Martial God level star beasts, he was somewhat caught off guard, wondering if there weren’t too few of them.
If the great power knew what he was thinking, it might crawl out of its grave in anger, truly thinking everyone was as formidable as him.
In the end, Xia Feng, looking bewildered, used star power to invoke the Void Cauldron, wiping out the three opponents effortlessly, still dazed over the simplicity of it.
If he had known it would be so easy, he wouldn’t have bothered exerting himself in the previous trials, fearing any misstep might cost him the chance to challenge.
After the corpses of the three star beasts disappeared, the space in front of him did not dissipate.
Gazing at the pitch-black starry sky, Xia Feng couldn’t help but tense up, wondering if there would be a final boss?
Three stone pillars rose from the void, with a light cluster at the forefront, resembling a mass of star power.
The second was a spindle-shaped small boat, appearing somewhat odd.
The third excited him the most, being a secret manual without a cover inscription.
Then a light curtain descended from midair, straight into Xia Feng’s brow.
He closed his eyes to perceive the information within.
After a moment, he stepped forward to collect the three items, then found himself outside the portal once again.
