Chapter 193 Favor
"Affection Upgraded, Diamond Quality Lv.0!"

"Dawn Upgraded, Diamond Quality Lv.0!"

As Jiang Xiao crushed the star beads in his hand, a message came from the inner star map.

Jiang Xiao was overjoyed!

He already had the strength, had already reached the peak of his life, and now he just needed to marry a rich and beautiful woman!

Thinking this, Jiang Xiao rubbed his butt and crawled out of the bushes.

"Are you okay?" Han Jiangxue asked, while using Wild Wind to blow away the savage team.

On the battlefield next to them, Xia Yan was also kicking the savage team, not killing them, just simply kicking them away.

Xia Yan snorted coldly, saying, "What could possibly happen to him? He's as thick-skinned as a pig! He wouldn't even make a sound if you scalded him with boiling water."

While saying this, Xia Yan, still not satisfied, added, "Scumbag pig!"

"Such a big temper." Jiang Xiao scratched his head, looked at Xia Yan acting childish, and said with a smile, "Alright, alright, we'll take you to the movies and shopping, okay?"

"That's more like it." Xia Yan kicked away the last savage gunman, casually throwing away the desperate giant blade, the dark silver giant blade fell to the ground, turning into specks of star power, shattering apart.

Jiang Xiao said with a smile, "You knocked me up a level with that shoulder bump just now!"

"Huh?" Xia Yan turned her head to look at Jiang Xiao, and said, "Really?"

Jiang Xiao: "Really."

Xia Yan: "Then come here, I'll bump you a couple more times."

"Forget it, forget it." Jiang Xiao subconsciously rubbed his butt. Endurance was good, and diamond was indeed a big diamond, but the problem was that it still hurt! He was truly drunk!

He didn't know who set the star technique effect, it was truly deserving of a beating!

Jiang Xiao leaned his body to the side, leaning against the big tree, closed his eyes, with a look of frowning and thinking.

In fact, he was just observing his inner star map.

"Diamond · Affection: Halo skill, allows units within the halo range to have a special loathing effect with each attack, absorbing or giving the target vitality, star power, or vitality and star power."

Jiang Xiao was slightly stunned.

What kind of star technique description was this?

The previous platinum · Affection, the last sentence was: Absorb the enemy's lost vitality and star power, or give the enemy's lost vitality and star power.

Either absorb or give, vitality and star power were bundled together.

But now...

Jiang Xiao thought carefully, after upgrading to diamond quality, the effect of the Affection star technique completely changed!

Diamond quality Affection allowed Jiang Xiao to have more choices.

In other words, he could absorb star power and vitality together, absorb star power alone, or absorb vitality alone.

Absorption was like this, and giving was the same.

This... this kind of upgrade, any choice of combination, could create many operations, right?

Let's not mention the fancy operations for now, if he only absorbed the target's star power, without absorbing the other party's vitality, he could completely avoid the user from experiencing vitality fullness, leading to madness, dizziness, and other situations.

Not bad, huh?

What about Dawn?

Jiang Xiao looked at Dawn's description, and it still had no changes.

"Diamond · Dawn: Affection halo, always favors and chases after that glimmer of dawn."

"Is there any change?" Xia Yan looked at Jiang Xiao opening his eyes, but still not saying anything, and couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Xiao: "Bigger!"

Xia Yan: ???

Jiang Xiao: "The range should be bigger, right? Anyway, the range expands every time the quality of the Affection halo is upgraded."

Saying this, Jiang Xiao directly activated the Affection halo.

If he inferred according to the previous samples, the golden quality Affection halo had a radius of 40 meters, while the platinum one had a radius of 60 meters, so wouldn't this diamond quality Affection halo have to be more than 80 meters?

Jiang Xiao continued, "There should be some interesting effects as well."

Saying this, Jiang Xiao beckoned to Xia Yan.

Xia Yan looked wary, but still walked over, looking reluctant.

Jiang Xiao was standing within the Affection halo, the dark golden Dawn scales lit up again, rotating.

Jiang Xiao stretched out a finger and gently poked Xia Yan's arm.

Xia Yan: "......"

Jiang Xiao's face lit up with joy, saying, "I didn't absorb any vitality, all I got from this scam was star power!"

Han Jiangxue: "......"

Scam?

This word... describes it very accurately!

Xia Yan was also delighted when she heard this, saying, "That crappy effect of yours that absorbs vitality is finally gone? That's great! I can finally let go and do whatever I want in the future!"

Jiang Xiao grinned, and said, "What do you mean by crappy effect?"

Xia Yan pointed to the surrounding deep forest, and said, "Have you forgotten when you were carving words on me? Right here in the armory? Have you forgotten?"

Jiang Xiao's expression was a little awkward, of course he remembered that scene, at that time Xia Yan was killing everywhere with her feet on the Affection halo, as a result, she absorbed too much vitality, her body was full and swollen, dizzy, like a beautiful idiot.

At that time, Jiang Xiao had a flash of inspiration, drew out his dagger, helped her sit under a tree, and rolled up her sleeves...

Jiang Xiao even remembered that he carved the entire dish list, *Bao Cai Ming* (a traditional Chinese crosstalk routine), on her arm...

Han Jiangxue, whether intentionally or unintentionally, spoke to help Jiang Xiao out of the situation, and said, "Absorbing star power alone is very good, when we rest in the Calamity Shadow Territory, let's measure the range of Affection."

Jiang Xiao said, "It can also absorb vitality alone, or both together, any combination.

By the way, let's not enter the Calamity Shadow Territory, let's go back home, it's almost the New Year, we have to combine work and rest, we're working 996 every day, and you're helping me kill star beads, you're really working too hard, I have to treat you well."

Unexpectedly, Xia Yan did not agree with Jiang Xiao's point of view, although she still looked at Jiang Xiao with resentful eyes, she said, "It's been almost a month, I've been cultivating in your Calamity Shadow Territory, I can clearly feel that the cultivation speed is much faster than on Earth, if you really want to treat someone, it should be me treating you."

"Oh?" Jiang Xiao looked at Xia Yan curiously, and said, "So you have a conscience?"

Xia Yan said righteously, "I've decided! You can go home and have a good sleep, and Xuexue and I will go out shopping! Buy New Year's goods, and bring you good food when we come back!"

Jiang Xiao looked at Xia Yan with a look of disgust, who are you trying to fool?

You just want to get rid of me, how can I let your conspiracy succeed?

Han Jiangxue ignored the conversation between the two, and quietly said, "I've touched the threshold of the late Star River stage."

A light sentence shocked both Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan!

Jiang Xiao looked confused: "What's with the 'you'?"

Han Jiangxue said, "The threshold of the late Star River stage."

Xia Yan said in surprise, "You only entered the middle Star River stage during the summer vacation, it's only been half a year, you... well, that's right."

Although she was surprised in her heart, when Xia Yan thought of her cultivation achievements in Jiang Xiao's Calamity Shadow Territory, she was not surprised that Han Jiangxue was about to step into the late Star River stage.

When the trio was in the Calamity Shadow Territory, the star power was almost always full, constantly impacting the upper limit of the body's star power, replacing the star power again and again, allowing the purest star power to flow through the body.

Xia Yan even guessed that even when they were sleeping, the rich star power environment there was transforming and nourishing their bodies and minds.

This Calamity Shadow Territory was really extraordinary.

Jiang Xiao nodded silently, even the star power environment of the upper dimension was far inferior to his current Calamity Shadow Territory.

Jiang Xiao said, "When you advance to the Star Sea stage, with eight more star slots, make up for all kinds of star techniques, have a star pet to assist you, and then you can transform stars into weapons..."

Han Jiangxue: "Hmm?"

Jiang Xiao said, "We'll go to the Dragon Cave!"

Han Jiangxue bit her lip, quietly looking at Jiang Xiao, he had never forgotten his promise to her.

"Hey, the two of you are going, I'm afraid your strength is not enough, right?" Xia Yan said from the side, "I'm a little worried."

Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao both looked at Xia Yan with puzzled eyes. In life, maybe the little poison milk was really worrying, but in battle, the most worrying one was probably you, Xia Yan?

Jiang Xiao said with a smile, "Then you have to quickly advance to the Star Sea stage, you have to summon the great sword, even if you don't know how to use it, you can be like me, summon the great sword from the sky and stab villains!"

Xia Yan looked at Jiang Xiao with a look of disgust, a good star-transformation weapon, what did you say it was!?

However, Xia Yan listened to Jiang Xiao's suggestion, and said, "From today onwards, I will sleep in the Calamity Shadow Territory every day and practice every day! After school starts, I won't live in the dormitory anymore, I'll sleep there with you every day."

Jiang Xiao suddenly said, "Then I'm taking it seriously."

Xia Yan: "Of course, I definitely won't lie... you... hmm, what do you mean?"

Jiang Xiao waved his hand: "It's no use saying more! It's settled! Sleep here with me every day from now on, and don't go home either!

When you go back, call Uncle Xia and don't go back for the New Year either. What's the point of New Year's Eve, what's the point of celebrating the New Year? How important is Star Sea? Time waits for no one!

Let's strive to go to Star Sea in our junior year! Starry sky in our senior year! Become gods in our first year of graduate school! Pass the Heavenly Tribulation directly in our second year of graduate school, and wait for lightning..."

Pass the Heavenly Tribulation? You think you're cultivating?

Han Jiangxue glared at Jiang Xiao unhappily: "You're getting more and more out of line, I can summon lightning now, do you want to pass the Heavenly Tribulation?"

Jiang Xiao quickly shut his mouth, his face full of obedience...

Xia Yan also felt more and more wrong as she listened, ignoring the second half of Jiang Xiao's words, the first half could still be heard, the reasoning was indeed the same, but... why did it sound so awkward coming out of his mouth?

"Alright, alright, let's go, let's go back." Han Jiangxue said, while setting up the Black Sky Teleportation Cover.

The trio directly returned to the space door of the armory, saving time and effort.

Jiang Xiao secretly thought that within his capabilities, there were still Bell and Chengyin that could be upgraded to diamond quality.

However, if he wanted to truly enter the Dragon Cave, Jiang Xiao believed that it was better to improve Silence to diamond quality as well.

Wangchuan...

We can't enter the shadow-based other dimension spaces, they are not open to the public, but are key national protection areas, I'll take out a Night Watcher certificate, what if it doesn't work? It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, but what if I get criticized by Er Wei?

So, Wangchuan, it's time for you to exert your strength again...

Jiang Xiao secretly thought that the opening combat class for the next semester would be held in Jinmen!

Hmm... since he had already arranged his plan for the next semester, he would take advantage of the New Year to send a text message to Head Instructor Qin, wish him a happy New Year, and pay him some attention.