“Black Flame Demonic Star Bead (Gold Quality)

Star Techniques:

1. Black Flame: Black flames burn the user, continuously decreasing vitality, greatly increasing the user's strength. The user will feel intense burning pain. This inherent negative effect ignores all dispels, purifications, and buffs. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)

2. Black Blaze: When in a continuous Black Flame state, due to a significant increase in strength, using power beyond the user's capacity during attacks may backfire, causing immobility. This inherent negative effect ignores all dispels, purifications, and buffs. Passive Star Technique, no activation required. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)

3. Black Flame Fear: When attacked, share the torment of the Black Flame with the attacker. Passive Star Technique, no activation required. (Silver Quality, Upgradeable)

4. Black Flame Weapon: Consumes a large amount of Star Power to enhance the Black Flame's burning intensity. Condenses a Black Flame weapon according to the user's will, which requires the Black Flame to sustain its existence. (Gold Quality, Upgradeable)

Merge and absorb?”

Jiang Xiao held the Star Bead in his pocket, the corresponding Star Technique introductions appearing in his inner vision.

Seeing the second Star Technique, Jiang Xiao found it unbelievable. Even though he had seen the introduction of this Star Technique in books, he was still dumbfounded when it truly appeared in his mind.

This was the first time in Jiang Xiao's long journey that he had seen a Star Technique that inflicted a negative effect on himself, and it was a passive one. It didn't require activation; it would accompany the Black Flame Demon for its entire life.

If the Black Flame Demon's third Star Technique, "Black Flame Fear," was the source of the suffering in Black Rock Mountain, then its second Star Technique, "Black Blaze," was the reason why this Star Bead was worthless.

No one would absorb the Black Flame Demon's Star Bead. The number of Star Slots everyone had was limited, and each one was extremely precious. If one absorbed a passive negative Star Technique, it would be a case of being penny-wise and pound-foolish.

If you wanted a powerful Gold-quality Star Technique like "Black Flame Weapon," the second Gold-tier creature in Black Rock Mountain, the Black Flame Ghost, could fully meet a Star Warrior's requirements, and the Black Flame Ghost didn't have a passive negative Star Technique.

"Slow down, Teacher Hu, slow down..." Sun Xiao Sheng called out dissatisfied. No matter how hard she tried, the figure of the bald Hu was getting farther and farther away from her.

And the order that Bald Hu had just given was that those who fell behind had to stand at military attention for an hour.

Not to mention running with weights, even resting here, the scorching temperature was almost suffocating, let alone training here.

It's easy to go up the mountain, but hard to go down. The crowd had already passed the summit and was running down the mountain.

If they continued training like this, the water supply would not be enough at all. Was this also one of the tests?

Jiang Xiao licked his dry lips and said, "Strictly speaking, we don't need any food or water. My Blessing can help you recover your life state."

Cai Yao's face lit up with joy, and she looked at the young man running with a load on his back in front of her and asked, "Really?"

Jiang Xiao responded, "Yes, but it can only maintain your life and vitality, and cannot relieve your thirst or hunger."

Le Yue said casually, "It's good enough to be able to survive. We are in Black Rock Mountain, after all. Thirst and hunger are nothing compared to life."

Sun Xiao Sheng was holding half a bottle of mineral water, resisting the urge to open it, but seemed to have discovered something. She said while running, "Hey? Teacher Hu has stopped."

Le Yue's expression changed and he said, "Could it be that we've run into a Black Flame Demon again?"

Jiang Xiao smiled and turned his head, saying, "You should pray that we encounter Black Flame Demons. We've already eliminated one once, and we can just repeat the process."

Speaking of which, Jiang Xiao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The feeling of pain lingered in Jiang Xiao's mind, lingering for a long time. If... even he, with the Blessing, had to endure such pain, then Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan...

If only they were on the same team, at least he could help them stabilize their condition.

Are you two... doing alright now?

While Jiang Xiao was thinking, the team had caught up with Bald Hu's pace.

Sun Xiao Sheng said, "Ha, it turns out to be a mud pit. Are we going to detour? This mud pit can 'eat people'."

Yes, the scarlet mud pits in the Black Rock Mountains really did eat people. If you accidentally stepped into one, you might not be able to pull yourself out.

Bald Hu looked around. There were steep black rock cliffs, and it seemed that there was only one road ahead unless these people had wind-type Star Techniques.

Bald Hu said, "Our next goal is Supply Point Number 7. This is the closest route. If we detour, it will take a lot of time. You can decide for yourselves."

"Look, Little Fire Mud, so cute." Sun Xiao Sheng blinked her big eyes, seemingly forgetting her hunger and thirst. She tilted her head and carefully observed the "bubbles" coming out of the dark red mud pit.

A trace of reminiscence also appeared in Cai Yao's eyes: "When I was little, my dad took me to the Little Fire Mud park near our house. They felt very comfortable to knead."

Sun Xiao Sheng hurriedly said, "That's Little Fire Mud after it's cooled down. Don't touch it now, it's very hot."

Although it was called Little Fire Mud, this thing was a giant mud ball, about the size of a yoga ball, with a diameter of at least 80 or 90 centimeters. If a human held it in their arms, they wouldn't be able to close their arms around it.

Of course, if you squeezed it hard... that's another matter.

Different from the mud balls on Earth, the surface of this mud ball was dark red, but it was translucent. People could see the dark red Star Power flowing inside it, and even see the dark red mud flowing back and forth inside the bubbles.

What made Little Fire Mud even cuter was that this translucent, dark red "mud ball" had a pair of bright, lava-colored eyes, and a round little mouth.

*Paji!*

Little Fire Mud jumped and walked on the mud pit as if it were flat ground, splashing mud all around when it landed.

The next moment, another Little Fire Mud emerged from the mud pit, seemingly dissatisfied with being disturbed. It opened its round little mouth and spat out a mouthful of mud.

The slowly flowing mud in its translucent belly immediately decreased by a section.

*Poo...*

The Little Fire Mud causing trouble was spat on its face, and its bright, lava-colored eyes couldn't help but close tightly. It opened its little mouth, took a mouthful of mud from the ground, and spat it back at the other one.

The two Little Fire Muds were spitting mud at each other face to face, unable to cause each other any harm, but they were having a great time.

Jiang Xiao and the others stood not far to their left, but these two little guys didn't seem to have any sense of crisis, and didn't care about any other creatures at all. The way they were spraying each other was just like kindergarten kids frolicking in puddles.

Suddenly, one of the Little Fire Muds changed its way of playing. It jumped up, like a bouncy ball, and in a few hops, it jumped in front of the Little Fire Mud that was still spitting mud, and jumped hard.

*Paji!*

The Little Fire Mud used its round body to heavily hit the top of the other Little Fire Mud's head, even flattening the Little Fire Mud and pressing it into the mud pit below.

As if it had won, its bright, lava-colored eyes blinked happily, and it jumped up, splashing mud everywhere again.

The Little Fire Mud that had been pressed down quickly climbed up, and not willing to admit defeat, it also jumped towards the cheering victor.

The two naughty children messed up this quiet, dark red mud pit. Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore!

In the depths of the mud pit, a huge mud ball slowly floated out of the mud pit, constantly wriggling and approaching the two Little Fire Muds.

"Oh, these two little guys are going to be squashed." Sun Xiao Sheng seemed to have been here before and was familiar with the scene that was about to happen.

But Sun Xiao Sheng's prediction failed. The huge mud ball opened its mouth and swallowed the two Little Fire Muds one by one?

The Big Fire Mud and the Little Fire Mud were similar, and the skin on the surface was also translucent and dark red, so... so people could see the two Little Fire Muds still fighting in the Big Fire Mud's belly.

Yes, they didn't realize they were being eaten. In the Big Fire Mud's belly, they were still jumping around, trying to squash each other, having a great time.

Even the Big Fire Mud couldn't stand the turmoil in its belly. It opened its mouth and spat out the two Little Fire Muds, spitting them out of the mud pit...

*Paji! Paji!*

The two naughty children fell heavily on the ground and really turned into two puddles of mud?

Jiang Xiao and the others hurriedly retreated, afraid of being burned by the hot mud.

Slowly, the two puddles of mud on the ground kept wriggling and pieced themselves together again into two round Little Fire Muds.

The word "danger" should not exist in their life dictionaries.

The Little Fire Mud and the Black Flame Demon that everyone had seen were completely from two different worlds.

From their appearance to their thinking, their styles were completely opposite to those of the Black Flame Demon.

They didn't have pain, nor did they hunt. They didn't know what "getting stronger" was. They only knew how to play happily.

When the two Little Fire Muds saw these five strange guys, they actually widened their eyes and jumped towards them with a "paji paji".

"Wild Little Fire Mud are very hot, don't touch them." Sun Xiao Sheng looked like she still had lingering fears, and took several steps back.

Sun Xiao Sheng's retreat attracted the attention of the two Little Fire Muds. They looked like they had been abandoned, pouting their mouths and with "teary" eyes, constantly jumping towards Sun Xiao Sheng, looking like they wanted a hug...

"You, you guys don't come over, go away, go away, I'll smash you if you come any closer..." Sun Xiao Sheng waved her hands repeatedly, and black Starfall fell on the two Little Fire Muds.

The transparent skin of the two cute, hug-wanting little guys instantly shattered, and the mud inside the balls splattered, being blown to pieces...

Le Yue and Cai Yao were dumbfounded. Sun Xiao Sheng actually attacked these cute creatures?

Jiang Xiao also grinned and thought to himself: Judging from this level of hatred, this little girl... must have been burned badly before?

Sun Xiao Sheng clearly felt everyone's gazes. She also blinked her eyes with a pitiful expression, pouting her mouth, almost like the expression of the Little Fire Mud.

She only heard Sun Xiao Sheng say aggrievedly, "Don't look at me like that, they are really hot, very hot, you can't sit on them to play..."

As she spoke, Sun Xiao Sheng's small hands subconsciously covered her butt.

Jiang Xiao was silent for a while, then opened his mouth to Sun Xiao Sheng, "Tell me your story."

Sun Xiao Sheng: "......"