Chapter 1 Awe

At that moment, the numerous high-dimensional beings surrounding the massive treasure trove looked at Xu Jingming in astonishment! Of course, they recognized Wu Ming of the Heart Realm lineage. After all, there were only a few dozen Heart Realm experts in the entire territory.

"This Wu Ming has only been an Eternal Realm expert for about ten thousand years. A newly advanced Eternal Realm expert actually dares to provoke the Five Devil Stars?"

"He's splitting into five avatars simultaneously? Does he intend to fight five star lords at once?"

"No matter how precious a treasure is, you have to be alive to use it."

"Is he crazy?"

The many high-dimensional beings whispered among themselves, all feeling that Xu Jingming's actions were simply unbelievable! The Five Devil Stars were renowned far and wide, their reputation proven through countless terrifying battles. Xu Jingming was challenging five of them alone? In their eyes, it was a ridiculous and foolish act.

The five star lords fixed their gazes on Xu Jingming.

"Buzz..." Their gazes carried boundless pressure of will. Under their watch, the expressions of Xu Jingming's five avatars remained unchanged, still looking at the five star lords with indifference.

At this moment, no high-dimensional being dared to continue mining. Even the dean and the others temporarily stopped. The Five Devil Stars were too famous. Although the dean and the others desperately hoped that Xu Jingming could win, reason told them… the probability of Xu Jingming winning was extremely low.

"Jingming, those are the Five Devil Stars. In a one-on-one fight, they dare to fight against a half-step third realm expert."

"Should we just give up?" The dean, the tower master, and the island master were all unsure.

They weren't worried about themselves. With the forbidden weapons, self-preservation wasn't a problem. They were worried that the conflict would be too great, involving the human race behind them! The Five Devil Stars didn't have any low-dimensional races to take care of.

"Dean, there's no need to worry," Xu Jingming transmitted, still confident.

"Interesting, interesting."

The five star lords looked at Xu Jingming.

"It has been a very, very long time since a high-dimensional being dared to provoke all five of us at the same time," one of the star lords said with a smile. "The last time we five worked together was when we fought the Ancient Tree World Master. We were defeated by the Ancient Tree World Master in that battle."

There were a total of three half-step third realm experts in this territory. The one with the greatest background was Island Lord Di Long! The strongest was the Ancient Tree World Master!

When the Five Devil Stars joined forces, they weren't afraid of even a half-step third realm expert. They had fought against the Ancient Tree World Master in the past, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to split. That battle was fierce, but they were ultimately defeated.

But that battle made the other high-dimensional beings even more afraid of the Five Devil Stars.

"I know you, Wu Ming of Myriad Stars Island, a little guy who has only been an Eternal Realm expert for ten thousand years," another short and fat star lord said. "If you have the guts to provoke us, you have to bear the cost of provocation."

"Since he provoked the five of us, let's send him on his way."

The five star lords smiled. Suddenly, dark star phantoms appeared around each of them, and golden flames spread out. These golden flames spread in the direction of Xu Jingming!

Wherever the flames passed, all the rocks were burned to ashes, and the original gold beads began to melt into liquid under the golden flames. These golden flames even burned the void, burning into the inner depths of the Heart Realm.

"Dark Star Fire is a unique flame of the 'Dark Star School' among the Star Body lineage. It can be said to be among the top three flames among the countless schools of the Primordial Star," Xu Jingming understood this.

Dark Star Fire also depended on who was wielding it.

If a newly born high-dimensional lifeform used it, its power would naturally be insignificant.

But the Five Devil Stars had accumulated too much. When the five of them used the Dark Star Fire at the same time, they could destroy time and space, burn the Heart Realm, and incinerate everything. Even Nato would be burned to ashes.

"Wu Ming is too arrogant to dare to provoke the Five Devil Stars."

"If you want to die, go ahead and do it. How dare he say such a thing to the Five Devil Stars? Disaster comes from the mouth."

"He really overestimates himself."

The spectating high-dimensional beings trembled in their hearts, while also observing Xu Jingming's fate. They all believed that this 'Wu Ming' of Myriad Stars Island would lose a few avatars at best, and all his avatars would be annihilated at worst, leading to his complete death.

"Jingming, why don't you hide inside the forbidden domain?" the dean asked.

"No need."

Facing the terrifying golden flames rushing toward him, Xu Jingming's five avatars' eyes lit up. He was actually very excited.

He had created his own mental weapon spear technique, *Jin Ge* (Golden Halberd), but had no suitable opponent! He asked himself if the first move of *Jin Ge* was stronger than Da Mengke's ultimate move, and he could easily kill Nato with this spear technique. He hadn't even had the chance to use the second move.

No matter how strong the Five Devil Stars were, individually, they were still not half-step third realm experts! They were the most suitable opponents.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

When the five illusory Xu Jingmings were about to touch the golden flames, each of them held an illusory spear in their hand and instantly transformed into five dazzling rays of light, rushing into the golden sea of fire, heading straight for the five star lords.

It was the first move of *Jin Ge*—Thunderbolt!

The light that Xu Jingming's five avatars transformed into had terrifying penetrating power in the sea of Dark Star Fire, breaking through all obstacles. When he used this move, his whole body was flowing with light.

Man and spear as one! The Dark Star Fire could not break through that layer of flowing light and harm Xu Jingming in the slightest.

"Hmm?" Seeing this, the five star lords each shot out terrifying beams of light from their eyes, shining towards Xu Jingming. They were of the same lineage, and had been together for a long time, even their methods were very similar. However, the light beams only slowed the speed of Xu Jingming who was transformed into light. He still withstood the light beams and rushed in front of the five star lords.

The five illusory figures, each holding a spear, flashed and passed through the bodies of the five star lords.

"This?"

"He touched the five star lords?"

The spectating high-dimensional beings couldn't believe it. They originally thought that Xu Jingming's avatar would be destroyed in the face of the Dark Star Fire and other methods. How could they have imagined that this 'Wu Ming' of Myriad Stars Island would still pass through the bodies of the five star lords in the face of such terrible obstacles.

The bodies of the five star lords trembled slightly. The short and fat star lord shivered and muttered, "That actually hurt a little."

"It doesn't target the physical body, only the mind?" The other star lords also looked at Xu Jingming.

"Unfortunately, we of the Dark Star lineage have cultivated to a very deep level. The flesh and mind are combined extremely closely. The mind seems to be covered with a layer of physical armor. You want to destroy our minds? Hmph, that's not enough!"

The Five Devil Stars stared at Xu Jingming at the same time, and became more serious.

The five illusory Xu Jingming avatars stood in the distance, each holding an illusory spear, also becoming more serious.

"As expected of the Five Devil Stars," Xu Jingming looked at them and said. "It only took one spear to kill Nato. I didn't expect that to deal with you five… the same move only caused you minor injuries."

"He killed Nato?"

"One against five, and the Five Devil Stars were injured?"

The surrounding high-dimensional beings were stunned. What day was it today? To let them see such an unbelievable scene?

"No wonder you dare to provoke the five of us," the short and fat star lord said with a smile. "But what you call minor injuries, we've already recovered from in the blink of an eye."

The physical body nourished the mind. Their strongest point was the physical body. It would take a lot of effort for a half-step third realm expert to destroy it. With the protection of the physical body, their relatively inferior minds also had extremely strong resistance and recovery abilities.

"In terms of individual strength, you are probably the strongest below the half-step third realm in the entire Nanting 3609 territory," another star lord said. "But since you provoked the five of us at the same time, you still have to lose."

"You can be proud of losing to the five of us in a one-on-five fight."

"Let's attack."

The aura of the five star lords changed. In an instant, they transformed into five huge black stars burning with flames! These five black stars were too large, they had already broken through the void. The rocks shattered like quicksand, the original gold melted like flowing water. The aura of the five black stars was obviously much stronger than before.

Rumble~~~ The five dark stars simultaneously rolled over and crushed towards Xu Jingming.

Before they even touched Xu Jingming, the surrounding space-time was already severely twisted and compressed. The distant high-dimensional beings couldn't even stand steady. They only felt the interference of various chaotic forces in the void, and the space-time was constantly twisting and changing.

"They revealed their true forms?" The five Xu Jingming became even more excited. "Very good, very good."

The aura of the five Xu Jingming wielding their spears was extremely restrained. Each of them transformed into five beams of light, like a light in the darkness, seemingly soft, but tearing through the darkness.

*Jin Ge*, Second Form—Lamplight!

This was the second move that Xu Jingming had comprehended from that spear technique on the silver paper. This move placed a significantly greater burden on his mind, and Xu Jingming was only able to have seven avatars use it at the same time.

The first move, Thunderbolt, required much less mental burden, and Xu Jingming could have dozens of avatars use it at the same time.

The Lamplight move required enough mental power to be invested.

"Light a lamp, illuminate my heart, destroy the darkness."

The five lights, seemingly soft, were unstoppable! When these five lights touched the five dark stars, they still pierced through them, the process of the light piercing through was the process of destroying all darkness.

"What kind of move is this?"

"How is this possible?"

"Is he a half-step third realm expert of the Mind lineage?" The five star lords felt fear as the light destroyed their minds.

Their strongest point was their bodies. Even with their bodies protecting their minds, their minds were still relatively weak. They were more wary of half-step third realm experts of the Mind lineage. Fortunately, there were no half-step third realm experts of the Mind lineage in the entire Nanting 3609 territory.

In their opinion, Xu Jingming's previous move, Thunderbolt, although strong enough, still couldn't threaten them. They had seen Mind Realm experts of this level before.

But the second move, Lamplight, was too terrifying. It made them even wonder… could the other party be a half-step third realm expert of the Mind lineage?

"We've fallen," the five star lords understood this at this moment. The lights seemed slow, but they quickly penetrated the five dark stars. The dark stars also stopped moving.

The five lights, seen from a distance, made the spectating high-dimensional beings tremble with fear.

"Is this Jingming?" The dean, the tower master, the island master, and the others couldn't believe it. Even though they had heard that Xu Jingming could kill Nato with one spear, the scene before them was still too shocking.

The five lights merged into one, transforming into Xu Jingming's avatar.

Xu Jingming frowned slightly, looking towards the direction of the Primordial Star.

"The Five Devil Stars still have other avatars." Having formed such karma, Xu Jingming clearly sensed the other avatars of the Five Devil Stars. "They each have an avatar very close to the Primordial Star. They also have one or two avatars in other territories."

"I can't reach them very close to the Primordial Star. If I show up, I will be incinerated instantly," Xu Jingming knew this.

The Five Devil Stars were of the Primordial Star lineage, and of the Dark Star School, so they could get very close.

Xu Jingming was of the Mind lineage, and was not adapted to the harsh environment near the Primordial Star. Even if he became a half-step third realm expert, he wouldn't dare to get so close to the Primordial Star! The Primordial Star would have to annihilate him!

"Even if there is a half-step third realm expert who can barely reach there, their strength will be greatly reduced in that harsh environment. But the Five Devil Stars are in their element there," Xu Jingming understood. "No wonder they have been running rampant for so long."

The avatar very close to the Primordial Star was the Five Devil Stars' greatest reliance for survival.

"But they are not to be feared. They can only hide there. If they dare to come out and fight me, I can still kill them easily," Xu Jingming thought.

Xu Jingming walked towards the five huge dark stars that were stopped there and motionless. As he walked over, the other high-dimensional beings watched, none of them daring to speak or disturb him.

At this moment, in this territory, Xu Jingming's status was already above the Five Devil Stars! Approaching a half-step third realm expert!