“Is that Hai Tianqing! Is that person destroying the Sacred Ruins?” Xia Yan asked with great difficulty.

Such a massive scene was indeed a bit too frightening.

“She knows what she’s doing. She won’t touch the space gate.” Hai Tianqing responded, then shouted loudly inside, “Er Wei! Let us in!”

Er Wei, standing in the fire tornado, spat out wisps of heat and turned to look at the group of people, then quickly收敛 (shōuliǎn) the fire tornado.

Behind the group was a patch of white ghosts, numb from the electricity, and countless more were surging in. At the critical moment, the group finally rushed in.

Before they could ask any questions, Er Wei raised her head again, and the flames rose again!

A beast star map slowly bloomed, and the golden star slots continued to flicker with light.

Without a word, Hai Tianqing also shone with golden light. A phantom scepter was inserted into the ground. This time, it wasn't the white healing scepter, nor the blue lightning scepter.

The gem on the scepter was actually light yellow.

Jiang Xiao immediately sensed something was wrong. This seemed to be… a star technique to restore physical condition?

Why does it feel… so good?

Mmm…

Jiang Xiao was still immersed in this special sensation when he was pulled into another wonderful touch.

This seemed to be someone's embrace?

So flat,

Is it Li Weiyi?

Since the surrounding area was full of scorching temperatures and the smell of burning corpses, Jiang Xiao couldn't immediately smell the familiar scent.

He turned his head slightly and finally saw Han Jiangxue's profile.

She looked… really worried about him.

Come to think of it, how did she recognize him when he was wearing a mercenary uniform?

On the other side, when Han Jiangxue hugged Jiang Xiao, she also felt a hint of comfort.

She didn't have the Scorching Flame star technique and could only rely on star power to protect herself as much as possible. However, when she touched Jiang Xiao, a rich star power wrapped around her as well.

Someone is protecting him?

Who?

Who has such strength and mood?

Could it be that burning Er Wei?

Han Jiangxue was stunned for a moment. The joy of reunion was always so brief.

But Han Jiangxue's breakdown in this second was enough for Jiang Xiao to brag about for a lifetime.

"It's good to be alive," Han Jiangxue said softly, letting go of Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao nodded, pouting, and muttered, "That makes sense."

"We're breaking out," Han Jiangxue said, ignoring Jiang Xiao's muttering, and turned to look at the entrance they came from.

"She said there might be enemies invading from underground," Jiang Xiao said quickly.

Han Jiangxue looked at Jiang Xiao coldly and said, "This isn't a battle you should be involved in. We're not qualified either."

Jiang Xiao was slightly stunned and said, "Can we two break out?"

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao suddenly noticed the soil beside him starting to flow in an orderly manner.

"Here, they're coming up!" Jiang Xiao shouted, quickly backing away.

Hai Tianqing hurriedly said, looking at the constantly flowing soil with full alertness, "Don't go in. That's their home field. It's no different from seeking death."

"Where isn't their home field?" The lava giant standing in the center of the arena, manipulating the fire tornado, finally spoke.

Still a question, still a statement.

Hai Tianqing ordered, "Maintain this star technique, block the entrance of the white ghosts, and leave the rest to us."

However, the fire tornado quickly dissipated at a visible rate.

The lava giant's body was flowing with lava, dripping to the ground, making sizzling sounds, "You're not my commander anymore."

Hai Tianqing's eyes narrowed.

"With white ghosts, we can profit from the chaos. Those who can be sent to attack the Sacred Ruins are not simple mercenaries. Their star techniques are monotonous and unified. Obviously, they were trained and cultivated to be like this, specifically to perform a certain type of mission." Er Wei, with her fiery phoenix eyes, looked at Hai Tianqing and said, "Have you seen the captain?"

Hai Tianqing shook his head with a solemn expression, "We got separated."

Er Wei looked at the surging soil on the ground and said, "I hope he's holding back the opponent's mercenary captain, not already dead."

As she spoke, strips of mud hands rolled up from the ground, scattering like venomous snakes.

The enemy didn't show their heads to observe. It seemed that in their plan, they should first use mud hands to clear out the white ghost swarm in the Sacred Ruins.

Jiang Xiao retreated while bending down to grab a handful of star beads and stuff them into his pocket.

The fire tornado burned the white ghost swarm and incinerated their bones, but the star beads kept spinning around, following the storm of the fire tornado.

As the fire tornado dissipated, the ground was covered with sparkling white ghost star beads.

Han Jiangxue looked at Jiang Xiao as if he was hopeless and waved her hand, blowing Jiang Xiao to the side of her team.

Jiang Xiao, scrambling on the ground, grabbed another large handful of star beads and directly absorbed them without saying a word.

Because he knew…

Gold-quality star technique *Qing Mang (Cyan Edge)*, today is the day!

After many battles and constantly absorbing white ghost star beads, "Qing Mang" and "Ren Nai (Endurance)" in Jiang Xiao's inner star map had reached Silver quality Lv.6 (310). If nothing unexpected happened, he could upgrade the quality after absorbing 37 more.

Perhaps, this battle, he needs Gold-quality *Qing Mang*.

Belatedly, Jiang Xiao also discovered a very serious thing.

Since his star techniques could be upgraded, high quality and low quality didn't have much impact on him. He didn't need to pursue those rare high-quality star beads.

After he upgraded the quality, even lower-quality star techniques could produce miraculous effects.

Therefore, Jiang Xiao's consideration for choosing star beads should have two points.

1. Whether the additional special effects of the star technique are powerful enough.

2. Whether such star beads are very easy to obtain, even to the point of being plentiful.

Of course, if a star bead is of extremely high quality and has extremely strong additional special effects, directly reaching the top in one step without the need for upgrading, then it doesn't matter whether it is "plentiful."

However, Jiang Xiao at the current stage has difficulty accessing such star beads.

Let's take a practical look. The "Qing Mang" and "Ren Nai" that Jiang Xiao currently possesses, the knockback effect of Qing Mang is simply too miraculous.

And after his "Ren Nai" is upgraded to Platinum or even Diamond quality, can it be compared to that Russian mercenary with the body of steel?

If it still can't be compared, then what about upgrading the quality further?

Look at the white ghost star beads all over the ground now!

Not to mention Gold-quality star techniques, as long as Jiang Xiao has a good relationship with Er Wei and farms here for a few days and nights, these "Qing Mang" and "Ren Nai" might be directly upgraded to Diamond quality!

Don't people know what's above Diamond quality?

If Jiang Xiao farms here for a few months, he can let the world know what a master-level "Qing Mang" is.

He can even tell everyone what a king-level "Qing Mang" is!

It doesn't matter how small my strength is, and it doesn't matter if I can break through your defense, I can throw you from the city center to the suburbs with this punch…

Want to clock in on time for work?

Want to go home immediately after school to play games?

Want to catch a cheater, but are afraid of alerting the cheating couple because of the lack of speed?

As long as you have thick skin and flesh,

Come find me,

This monk is willing to give you a ride!

Cyan light patterns on the palm, fists for those with thick flesh.