Nine Star Burden

Chapter 198: You Guys Are Right

Jiang Xiao pressed the play button, and at the next moment, the scene showed a figure leaping up from the ground. It was Gao Junwei!

“Wow, this technique is really good!” Jiang Xiao exclaimed in awe.

Gao Junwei didn’t jump by himself but was lifted up by his crescent sword.

Jiang Xiao also knew that Xia Yan did not mean that Wu Haoyang’s Star Map or crescent sword was superb when she remarked: “The sword is great.” Instead, she was referring to Wu Haoyang’s skill!

At this moment of the video playing on the screen, Wu Haoyang’s body was tilted slightly to the side and he was holding onto the sword with one hand and dashing forward, forming a beautiful arc in front of him.

Some redness could be seen on the blade which had some slight effects of Blood Fangs.

Gao Junwei frantically raised his Chinese sword to defend himself.

To their astonishment, the Chinese sword in Gao Junwei’s hand actually shattered after Wu Haoyang’s sword was swung across!

Jiang Xiao did not believe that the sword in Gao Junwei’s hand was a defective product since the latter had a wealthy family.

Wu Haoyang’s Blood Fangs were of Brass Quality and none of his peers had activated Blood Fangs either. Hence, Jiang Xiao also refused to believe that the sword was smashed because of the ripping effects of Blood Fangs.

Therefore, there may be two reasons for that outcome.

The reason could be that, in terms of strength, Wu Haoyang had the absolute upper hand.

Or, Wu Haoyang had already outclassed Gao Junwei in terms of Star Power level.

Displayed on the screen was the scene of the crescent sword being swung and the Chinese sword shattering into pieces. The aura of the crescent sword seemed to lag and the fiery red arc landed in front of Gao Junwei’s chest.

Gao Junwei’s body flew obliquely backward and he plunged straight into the woods.

Jiang Xiao turned around to look at Li Weiyi, who also had a sullen expression.

Li Weiyi hesitated for a moment before asking, “The pinnacle of the Nebula Stage?”

Xia Yan humphed and said, “Look at his Star Map. The nebula is so rich and intense, it’s almost going to condense into water. He’s definitely at the peak of the Nebula Stage.”

Li Weiyi nodded. Except for Jiang Xiao, all three of them were in the late Nebula Stage. And although Han Jiangxue had reached the late stage before them, she had still yet to break through the threshold of the peak of the Nebula Stage.

What did the peak of the Nebula Stage signify?

It did not only mean the amount of Star Power and the degree of exertion of Star Techniques.

It also meant that the physical quality and physical attributes in all aspects of the ones in the peak of the Nebula Stage were ahead of others.

Li Weiyi looked at Jiang Xiao and said, “Thank god we retreated at that time. Had we fought then, and broken our arms and legs, we would be at a huge loss if we don’t heal before the semi-finals.”

Han Jiangxue said in a timely manner, “Okay, good that you now have a general understanding of them. We don’t have to put too much effort into Wu Haoyang’s team for the time being.”

Seeing that the video was about to end, Jiang Xiao asked curiously, “What happened afterward?”

Xia Yan said in disdain, “What else could have happened? Gao Junwei failed and fled the scene.”

“Oh.” Jiang Xiao looked for the footage of Team No. 24, which was also the team from Jiangbin High School No. 3 that Gao Junwei belonged to.

“Here.” Jiang Xiao suddenly pressed the pause button. The scene of Yu Zhen being blasted away by Zhang Hui and his Flame Arc was playing on the screen. After she flew away, a faint frosty mist formed on her body.

Jiang Xiao turned to look at Han Jiangxue and asked, “Ice Cave? Ice Soul?”

Han Jiangxue nodded in gratification. Regardless of how many points Jiang Xiao had scored in the cultural subjects about the Dimensional Space, he had at least gotten a thorough understanding of the Star Beads of the creatures of other dimensions in the neighboring provinces.

Without a doubt, Jiang Xiao obviously understood them well. Since he couldn’t buy the Star Beads from the faraway provinces, Jiang Xiao could only find some Star Beads that he could use in the Dimensional Spaces of other neighboring provinces.

In the neighboring provinces like Dameng Province, Zhongji Province, and Liaodong Province, Jiang Xiao was tempted by two types of Star Beads.

One was the Ghost Tiger Star Bead from Below the Stars Level 3 in Dameng Province.

It contained four Star Techniques:

Perception (Silver Quality)

Razor-sharp (Silver Quality)

Swiftness (Silver Quality)

Howl (Gold Quality)

However, Jiang Xiao couldn’t buy any Ghost Tiger Star Beads, and if he wanted to have the Star Technique “Swiftness”, he could only retreat to Below the Stars Level 2 to find the Star Beads from the Dog-headed Walkers.

However, the Dog-headed Walkers had three Star Techniques in one Star Bead, without the Gold Quality Howl. Jiang Xiao did not want to mistreat himself and so did not buy any.

Another one that Jiang Xiao was tempted by was Ice Cave, which was from the unique Dimensional Space located in the Zhongji and Liaodong Provinces.

There was a creature of another dimension known as the Ice Soul in the Ice Cave.

Ice Soul contained three Star Techniques:

Ice Bomb (Brass Quality)

Ice Mist Armor (Silver Quality)

Ice Roar (Gold Quality)

It was interesting for one Star Bead to contain three Star Techniques that were all of different qualities.

There were output and defensive Star Techniques amongst the three. Hence, they were rather ideal.

Besides, Jiang Xiao would often be reminded of an old game whenever he saw Ice Roar.

He would think of the phrase—”God may be kind, but he’s also just as formidable and daunting.”

However, the Ice Cave was similarly inaccessible by the public. Hence, Jiang Xiao couldn’t buy the Ice Soul Star Bead at all. Even if he were to resort to all means to get it, it would be hard for him to upgrade it in the future. Hence, Jiang Xiao gave up that idea.

It seems that Yu Zhen is really impressive. Her family must be wealthy and powerful since she has the Gold Quality Blue Crown scepter and has acquired the Ice Mist Armor of Ice Soul.

In hindsight, she may have tried to acquire “Ice Roar” but failed and ended up acquiring “Ice Mist Armor” instead.

After all, she had ignited her Star Map before and only one of the star slots in her scepter Star Map contained a Gold Quality Star Technique.

Hey, wait, something’s wrong.

If she possesses the Ice Mist Armor, why didn’t she use it before being beaten?

Why did she only start stacking it after she got beaten?

That clearly doesn’t make sense...

“This Ice Mist Armor probably doesn’t belong to Yu Zhen, right?” Jiang Xiao asked with a frown.

“Yeah.” Han Jiangxue grabbed a few pieces of paper that contained some information and sat on the sofa beside Jiang Xiao before handing them to him.

Jiang Xiao looked at the list of Star Techniques that Zhang Mingming possessed and said, “It’s such a pity. If Zhang Mingming had acquired Ice Roar, the danger factor would definitely increase exponentially.”

Indeed, the Ice Mist Armor did not belong to Yu Zhen but the Medical Awakened Zhang Mingming.

Zhang Mingming had eight star slots that were filled with the Star Techniques: Green Glow, Endurance, Blessing, Decoy, Bell, Imprint, Vine, and Ice Mist Armor respectively.

Han Jiangxue nodded and said, “After all, Zhang Mingming is a smart person. He has the Star Techniques that he should have.”

Jiang Xiao thought about it and said, “After all, he’s also lucky enough to have gotten Ice Mist Armor and not that Brass Quality Ice Bomb.”

Li Weiyi chimed in, “That’s indeed the case. Besides, that Ice Mist Armor isn’t much. It can only freeze the ones attacking near it, the other attackers far away will not be affected. Xia Yan and I both have Flame Arc and Bursting Flames while you have Flame Torch Pillar and Flame Torch Whip. That Ice Mist Armor will be easily shattered by your Flame Torch Whip.”

Han Jiangxue nodded and said, “The Silver Quality Ice Mist Armor indeed isn’t that domineering. The problem is that Zhang Mingming has treatment, control, and defensive Star Techniques. The combination is great. I think we should get rid of him first.”

Jiang Xiao was filled with disdain.

Zhang Mingming did sound rather impressive and all-rounded, but any of Jiang Xiao’s Star Techniques would overpower all eight of Zhang Mingming’s Star Techniques.

Treatment?

My Blessing provides treatment too.

Control?

My Blessing can do that too.

Defense?

My Blessing...

I have Blessing, why do I need a defensive Star Technique!?!

Tell me who you want to attack. I’ll give him a Blessing and we’ll just get rid of him. Done deal!

However, Jiang Xiao did not show his disdain and instead scratched his head and pretended to be confused. He asked, “Isn’t normal to wean off your nanny during a group battle?”

Han Jiangxue flipped through the papers in Jiang Xiao’s hand and removed a page. “Xia Yan wants to kill her first.”

“Yu Zhen?” Jiang Xiao asked with raised brows. After looking at Yu Zhen’s information, he said, “She’s heavily injured, can she still compete?”

Han Jiangxue said, “She probably can. The Medical Star Warriors that have been sent to the competition are all very competent.”

Jiang Xiao nodded and continued to read the information about Yu Zhen.

24 star slots, late Nebula Stage!

Wow, this Rules Awakened is a little fierce. Her physical attributes must be impressive.

It was no wonder she was able to catch up with Zhang Hui in the Arsenal at that time. Zhang Hui was a melee fighter with high sensitivity.

He looked at her Star Techniques to see that they were:

Green Glow, Endurance, Burning Flame, Bursting Flames, Unknown, Unknown, and Dark Blue Scepter.

Two Brass Quality, five Silver Quality, and one Gold Quality Star Techniques!

There were two unknown Silver Quality Star Techniques.

No one knew what kind of Star Techniques were embellished in the two Silver Quality star slots. It was stated clearly in the information sheet that they were very likely to be passive Star Techniques which might enhance certain physical attributes or increase the damage done by lightning magic.

They did not rule out the possibility that Yu Zhen had been hiding active Star Techniques.

However, the possibility was rather small.

It was more likely for them to be passive Star Techniques that would increase the damage done by lightning magic.

It was because Yu Zhen’s “Dark Blue Scepter” Star Technique was terrifyingly overpowering!

It was extremely powerful and she had yet to reach the Galaxy Stage. However, she seemed to be able to exert its effects fully.

That was also why Xia Yan suggested that they get rid of Yu Zhen first.

Dark Blue Scepter was a Star Technique that would allow one to descend from the sky quickly. As long as Yu Zhen stayed for a second longer, she would have the ability to kill her enemies within seconds.

Even though she was the only one left on the arena, she would be able to turn the situation around.

Gold Quality Star Techniques were indeed extremely powerful for the high school students and they could totally be lethal.

Not to mention, she was a Rules Awakened who could completely exert the power of the Gold Quality Star Technique.

Han Jiangxue looked at Jiang Xiao and said, “What do you think? Which one should we get rid of first? Zhang Mingming or Yu Zhen?”

Xia Yan also looked at Jiang Xiao, anticipating his answer, for she was unsure of what he would choose.

Jiang Xiao held onto the information sheet and nodded. “Your considerations are all apt. I think we should get rid of Gao Junwei first.”

Li Weiyi remained silent.

Han Jiangxue was speechless.

Xia Yan remained silent.