Chapter 1 Absorbing Star Beads

After absorbing this human Star Bead, Jiang Xiao was raking it in.

Zhong Ling (Bell Spirit) and Chen Yin (Bearing Seal) are Silver-quality Star Techniques, and upgrading their quality requires 10 Star Beads of the same type or 100 skill points.

Jiang Xiao pondered for a long time and finally understood the principle behind it.

The Bai Gui (White Ghoul) Star Beads and Bai Gui Wu (White Ghoul Witch) Star Beads that Jiang Xiao absorbed had Bronze-quality Star Techniques, so they required 10 Bronze-quality Star Beads of the same type.

But after Qing Mang (Cyan Glow) and Ren Nai (Endurance) were upgraded to Silver-quality, they required 100 Bronze Star Beads or 100 skill points.

However, Zhong Ling (Bell Spirit) and Chen Yin (Bearing Seal) are Silver-quality Star Techniques, skipping the Bronze-quality altogether, so they require 10 Silver Star Beads of the same type.

But if he doesn't use Star Beads to upgrade, but relies on skill points, then he still needs 100 skill points.

This means: 10 skill points = 10 Bronze Star Beads = 1 Silver Star Bead.

After continuous experimentation, Jiang Xiao discovered that Zhu Fu (Blessing) and Zhong Ling (Bell Spirit) were very different.

The Bai Gui Wu's (White Ghoul Witch's) Zhu Fu (Blessing) slowly restores the target's vitality.

This vitality is all-encompassing. It can treat the human body's condition, such as nausea, vomiting, and physical discomfort. It can also restore the target's strength, and it also has a certain effect on healing wounds.

It can be called a divine skill in the early stages.

However, the Lava Ghoul Witch's Zhong Ling (Bell Spirit) Star Technique only has a single function, which is to heal the target's physical wounds.

Moreover, the effect is quite significant. On the way back to the city, Jiang Xiao experimented on a White Ghoul that had been beheaded.

The White Ghoul had its head chopped off by Xia Yan, its neck separated from its head, and large amounts of blood were flowing.

Jiang Xiao directly used the Zhong Ling (Bell Spirit) Star Technique on the lonely head, and flesh actually began to slowly grow out of the neatly cut neck.

The speed of flesh growth was slow, but it was visible to the naked eye.

Finally, after Jiang Xiao's Star Power was exhausted and he released the Silver-quality Zhong Ling (Bell Spirit) a full 10 times, the lonely head stopped bleeding, because a layer of flesh membrane had grown on the neck.

Well...

It was disgusting.

The trio finally decided to go home. They were running out of time, and if they didn't go back, they would miss the second half of the military training.

Jiang Xiao's task was also arduous. He had to integrate into Class One of Senior High and eventually be selected as a student representing the class.

It wasn't important whether they won first place in the team competition. What was important was that Jiang Xiao demonstrate his great value.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the team won first place. Whether they were freshmen or sophomores, anyone who won the team championship would be eligible to challenge the "School Overlords."

The so-called "School Overlords" were not one person, but a team.

At this time, in Jiangbin No. 1 High School, the School Overlord team was the team that Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan belonged to.

If the freshmen and sophomores defeated the School Overlord team, they would receive generous rewards. The school would take out some good-quality Star Beads as encouragement.

But this was an unrealistic fantasy. If Jiang Xiao was a reckless young man, he might be arrogant and eager to try.

But after working with Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue for so long, Jiang Xiao knew that defeating them was harder than ascending to heaven.

To say nothing else, Han Jiangxue could directly sentence Jiang Xiao to death with one move.

Sui Kong (Shattered Void) + Huang Feng (Wild Wind).

Jiang Xiao probably wouldn't even have a chance to make a move.

Such a challenge was not a battle for rewards and honor for the freshmen and sophomores. To put it bluntly, it was a battle to let them know that there was always someone better.

The school used this method to curb the freshmen's vigor and encourage them to work hard in their cultivation.

Of course, if you couldn't withstand such a blow and were discouraged by the high school seniors, that would be even better.

It's good to recognize yourself as soon as possible. It's better for Awakened with such fragile hearts to quit as soon as possible, because after you leave the campus, the crises you face will increase a thousandfold.

Xia Yan also explained to Jiang Xiao the Star Power and Star Technique levels of the remaining two comrades in her team. As expected, both of those boys were in the mid-stage of the Nebula Stage.

Xia Yan focused on explaining the strength level of a person named Gao Junwei.

His Star Chart was a knife, similar to a Tang Dao (Tang Dynasty sword), with 25 Star Slots.

Among them, 2 Bronze, 3 Silver, and 1 Gold Star Technique were embedded.

The Bronze Star Techniques were Qing Mang (Cyan Glow) and Ren Nai (Endurance).

Two of the Silver Star Techniques also overlapped with Xia Yan's, namely Zhuo Yan (Scorching Flame) and Bao Yan (Exploding Flame), which must have been obtained in the Other Dimension Space around the volcanic cluster.

The remaining Silver Star Technique was a bit interesting. It should have been a Star Technique given by his family, called Chong Neng (Charge).

This Star Technique, which sounded like a support skill, was actually an out-and-out output divine skill.

Gao Junwei was skilled in unarmed combat, and his Tang Dao (Tang Dynasty sword) skills were even more powerful.

When he was fighting, the Chong Neng (Charge) Star Technique could exert a huge effect.

Whether it was fists or Tang Dao (Tang Dynasty sword), Gao Junwei could gather lightning power on them. When a punch was thrown or a knife was slashed down, lightning would overflow, not only adding an extremely powerful damage effect, but also having an exceptionally strong defense-breaking effect, and it might cause the target to be numb and unable to move for a short time.

And that Golden Star Technique was called Ju Hou (Fearful Roar).

This was a rare and truly divine skill.

Although the Golden-quality Star Technique consumed a lot of Star Power and Gao Junwei couldn't roar a few times, even once was enough.

Especially when facing Other Dimension creatures, this Ju Hou (Fearful Roar) would make a considerable number of low-level Other Dimension creatures terrified, trembling, devoid of fighting spirit, and fleeing in all directions.

This was a perfect Star Technique to save lives and reverse battles.

Gao Junwei's family spent a lot of money and favors to buy these Star Beads.

You must know that Star Beads do contain Star Techniques, but it's not like you can successfully absorb them.

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao asked Xia Yan in surprise, "Isn't Gao Junwei in the Nebula Stage? How did he obtain a Golden-quality Star Technique? Didn't you tell me that Star Power must be raised to the Star River Stage to have a chance to possess a Golden Star Technique?"

"His family spent money like water for this Golden Star Technique. They spent so much money that they were almost bankrupt." Xia Yan showed a mocking smile on her face, "Who knows how many Golden Star Beads he absorbed."

Although Gao Junwei was a genius with 25 Star Slots, his Star Power level limited him, making it almost impossible to absorb a Golden Star Technique.

But that was the result, he succeeded.

Regardless of whether his family was bankrupt or not, Gao Junwei was really very strong at this time.

Gao Junwei was completely different from Han Jiangxue. She succeeded in absorbing the Golden Star Technique Sui Kong (Shattered Void) in one go, not only because she was naturally gifted, but also because she was lucky.

Of course, logically speaking, Han Jiangxue's aptitude was much higher than Gao Junwei's.

Don't think that Han Jiangxue only has 5 more Star Slots than Gao Junwei, but for Awakened, every additional Star Slot means a world of difference in their aptitude.

Maybe an Awakened with 16 Star Slots is not much more qualified than an Awakened with 15 Star Slots.

But an Awakened with 30 Star Slots is much stronger than an Awakened with 29 Star Slots.

The closer you get to the limit, the harder it is to surpass.