Chapter 139 Breakthrough

At dawn, as the red sun gradually rose, the foursome flickered away.

After sending the blind girl and Hai Tianqing back to the birch forest, Jiang Xiao, carrying the dizzy Er Wei, flickered back to the stone villa and delivered her back to her room.

The sky was already bright, so Jiang Xiao didn't plan to sleep.

As the old saying goes, young people, where does the waist come from?

No waist, no kidneys! Because the kidneys are in the waist...

Rounding it up, young people also have no liver, so sleeping or not doesn't matter, just stay up~

With that in mind, Jiang Xiao flickered to the lakeside forest, and specifically went to the other side of the lake, further away from the stone villa.

There was no helping it, Er Wei's perception was too strong. Although she should be sleeping soundly because of the alcohol, Jiang Xiao was still afraid of her being woken up by the slightest sound.

Zi Po stood at the head of the bridge, supporting herself against a tree trunk. When she saw Jiang Xiao's figure appear by the lake, she hurriedly waved at Jiang Xiao, "Come~ come~"

Having been stationed here for a long time, serving soup, Zi Po had also learned a little Chinese, but her level was not high. Currently, she was still in the stage of "bursting" out words here and there.

Jiang Xiao hurried over in a flash, raised a finger, and made a silent gesture, "Shhh!"

Zi Po, hunched over, held the soup in her hand and looked at Jiang Xiao with confusion. Her originally kind expression also became nervous, and she couldn't help but look around.

Jiang Xiao took the huge broken bowl, and said, "There are evil spirits sleeping in that stone city, don't wake her up, or we'll be haunted by vengeful ghosts."

Although Zi Po didn't understand what Jiang Xiao was saying, seeing his serious look, she couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Jiang Xiao: "..."

"Glug~ glug~ glug~ burp~" Jiang Xiao happily drank a bowl of thick soup. Sure enough, late-night wine couldn't compare to early morning porridge.

No need to worry about the difference between soup and porridge; everything can be rounded up.

Jiang Xiao came to Zi Po's side, sat down with a thud, leaned against the big tree, and opened his Inner Star Map.

There were still skill points left in the Inner Star Map, hmmm, he needed to think carefully about it.

Zi Po looked curiously at the little guy beside her leg, "I'm treating you to soup, why are you still sticking around?"

Trying to scam her, was he?

He drinks the soup and then goes to challenge the vengeful ghost? Why is he resting on the spot?

The more Zi Po thought about it, the angrier she became. Her soup was for warriors, not cowards.

Jiang Xiao was studying his skill points when Zi Po, with one of her old hands, grabbed his shoulder and lifted him up.

Jiang Xiao: ???

Zi Po put him on the ground, pushed him forward with one hand, and pointed to the Shu Li Bridge, pointing to the faint stone villa in the distance.

Jiang Xiao smacked his lips unhappily and stepped onto the Shu Li Bridge.

Nearly 250,000 points; it seemed like a lot, but it could only improve two Diamond Star Techniques.

Adhering to the principle of not improving skills that could be improved through training, Jiang Xiao looked again and again. He found that his Xia Family Saber Technique was at Diamond quality lv8, Fighting Saber Mastery was at Platinum quality lv8, and Dagger Mastery and Hand-to-Hand Combat were both at Gold quality lv8.

Damn it, they were all just one small stage away from needing to use skill points to brute force the major stage.

As he looked, Jiang Xiao saw the "Abundant Star Power" among the basic skills. At this moment, Abundant Star Power was still at Gold quality lv1.

When Abundant Star Power was at Bronze and Silver, it could occasionally improve on its own, but it seemed like only a few times. In most cases, Jiang Xiao had used skill points to brute force it.

Currently, it seemed that Abundant Star Power could not be improved on its own.

One must know that Jiang Xiao had been fighting in alien dimensions for so long, yet it still showed no signs of advancing, not even improving by a small stage.

Since Jiang Xiao had Star Pets, his total Star Power was very sufficient, so he had never paid attention to this basic skill.

Abundant Star Power was a "veteran-level" skill, almost a skill that came with the Inner Star Map. When Jiang Xiao first opened the Inner Star Map, it was a large blank slate, but even then, Abundant Star Power was already listed there.

Moreover, this was a "basic skill."

Could it be a pit? Was it a deep abyss pit under a certain setting of this Star Warrior world?

As Jiang Xiao pondered, he threw 900 points into Abundant Star Power. In an instant, Abundant Star Power reached Platinum quality lv0.

"Wow~" Jiang Xiao couldn't help but shiver. Traces of Star Power quickly merged into his body, and it was happening constantly.

Since entering the Galaxy stage from the Nebula stage, transforming from an "Awakened" to a "Star Warrior," Jiang Xiao would only treat this "traditional craft" as an extra when training his body, after all, sharpening the knife does not delay the woodcutter.

But he would never be like he was back in high school, lying on the bed and absorbing Star Power before going to sleep.

On the one hand, Jiang Xiao had more and more Star Pets. When Star Pets were in Jiang Xiao's body, they would actively absorb Star Power. The Star Power of the Star Pets was Jiang Xiao's Star Power!

Borrow it~ Spend it~

He didn't have to pay for it himself~

On the other hand, the quality of Jiang Xiao's Cherishing Aura, Light of Reversal, and other Star Techniques had greatly improved. With one slash, the Star Power storage capacity increased sharply. Therefore, Jiang Xiao no longer needed to deliberately replenish the consumed Star Power in his body.

Compared to absorbing Star Power before going to sleep, he was too tired from fighting and needed sleep more.

And at this time, Platinum quality Abundant Star Power gave Jiang Xiao an especially comfortable feeling. Even if he did nothing, the speed of absorbing Star Power from the surroundings was about to catch up with the speed of his own voluntary absorption of Star Power.

Jiang Xiao's heart stirred, and the Star Power pouring into his body from the surroundings actually stagnated.

"Can this basic skill be freely turned on and off?" Jiang Xiao stood in the middle of the bridge and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Worthy of being a veteran-level basic skill; it had something to it.

Clearly, it was a basic skill, but it lived like a passive Star Technique, but Abundant Star Power was not in the "Star Technique" category, so it would not be interfered with by any silence-type Star Techniques.

Hmm, this was good, very good.

Otherwise, Jiang Xiao would not be able to "hide" his figure and launch sneak attacks.

If you were hiding in the grass, planning to ambush someone, any Star Warrior would be able to sense the constant influx of Star Power in the grass. Then who could you ambush? How could you *Demacia*?

Jiang Xiao's heart stirred, and the massive Star Power borrowed from Ao Ao Long completely replenished his "bucket." He secretly anticipated the performance of Abundant Star Power.

Then, Jiang Xiao was shocked. He, whose body was originally full of Star Power, reaching the limit and unable to absorb any more Star Power...

The Star Power between heaven and earth still slowly flowed into Jiang Xiao's body, and the old Star Power in Jiang Xiao's body was also being replaced.

But in the transition between the new and the old, the Star Power that had reached its limit seemed to be expanding the "bucket" little by little, expanding the total amount of Jiang Xiao's Star Power reserves.

Most importantly, while expanding Jiang Xiao's body, it was inevitably modifying Jiang Xiao's body...

Jiang Xiao's Adam's apple bobbed. Had Abundant Star Power changed its course? It wasn't stopping when the Star Power in his body was full?

Had the Platinum quality completed a qualitative change?

In other words, before the Gold quality, this basic skill would automatically turn off after the Star Power in Jiang Xiao's body was full.

And after the Platinum quality, Jiang Xiao could choose to turn it on or off on his own. Then, as long as Jiang Xiao didn't turn it off, would he be in constant cultivation?

On Earth, maybe it wouldn't matter much, after all, the Star Power on Earth was too thin.

But in this alien dimension, the gains were, damn!

In essence, it was the same as the Awakened in the Stardust and Nebula stages. Through their own cultivation, they used the new to replace the old, constantly replacing and impacting, in order to achieve the effect of modifying their bodies.

Because these two stages were still called "Awakened," their small buckets could hold too little Star Power, so it still had an effect.

But after the Galaxy stage, most Star Warriors in the world focused their attention on "physical training" and the study of "Turning Stars into Martial Prowess."

The main reason was still the qualitative leap of the Galaxy stage. Upon entering the Galaxy, Star Warriors' strength increased across the board.

The total amount of Star Power increased greatly, but the speed at which Star Warriors absorbed Star Power on their own was too slow, so it could be described as having little effect, far from being as fast as absorbing Star Beads to fill the gap, and even further from being as fast as replenishment-type Star Techniques.

Therefore, although Star Warriors had not abandoned their traditional skills and were still cultivating diligently, the benefits they received were simply not proportional to the time and effort they put in.

In the final analysis, it was still because the Star Power on Earth was too thin.

This was also the root cause of why Star Warriors on Earth were stuck at the peak of the Star Ocean.

And the people who could still get a lot of benefits from this "traditional craft" were the members of the Tail Feathers team.

Because the Calamity Shadow training space that Jiang Xiao provided them had an explosive Star Power concentration!

Absorbing Star Power for 1 second in it was equivalent to absorbing Star Power for 10 seconds for a Star Warrior on Earth. The effect was completely different. Er Wei, Yi Qingchen, and others simply lived in the space during training, not forgetting to absorb Star Power and nourish their bodies and minds even when sleeping.

"Fool! Jiang Xiao!" Jiang Xiao beat his chest and stamped his feet, slapping his forehead with a palm, "Abundant Star Power seems to be increasing endurance, but it's actually a cultivation buff!"

In the process of combat, it was all about life and death in seconds. Jiang Xiao couldn't divert his energy to absorb Star Power. In addition, the quality of his Star Techniques was too high, and the amount of Star Power consumed was extremely terrifying. Absorbing Star Power to replenish himself was just a drop in the bucket and useless.

It wasn't until this moment, when Abundant Star Power had completed a qualitative change, that Jiang Xiao belatedly realized how terrible this basic skill was...

Without saying a word, Jiang Xiao threw another 10,000 points in. "Abundant Star Power" immediately reached Diamond quality lv0.

"Damn..." Jiang Xiao grabbed the railing with one hand, feeling the Star Power of heaven and earth pouring into his body, the speed obviously accelerating. Diamond Abundant Star Power had completely surpassed Jiang Xiao's own voluntary absorption of Star Power.

This was incredible.

Jiang Xiao gritted his teeth and, for the first time, used skill points to push Diamond to the Starry Sky, throwing in 100,000 skill points just like that. This was a huge investment!

"Abundant Star Power leveled up! Starry Sky quality!"

"Condition met! Max level basic skill! Reward 00 skill points!"

Jiang Xiao: ???

Starry Sky Abundant Star Power was the highest quality?

It was full?

Jiang Xiao blinked, and confirmed again. Indeed, the Inner Star Map showed Abundant Star Power, Starry Sky quality.

There were no minor stages after that.

What about Candlelight?

What about Scorching Sun?

Jiang Xiao stroked his chin. The maximum level of basic skills was Starry Sky quality, which was six stages, while the maximum level of Star Technique quality was eight stages. Why was it different?

Jiang Xiao couldn't figure it out. Standing on the Shu Li Bridge, he didn't notice the figure quietly appearing behind him.

A full 2 or 3 seconds later, Jiang Xiao felt a chill running down his spine.

He turned around suddenly, and the Flower Blade in his hand instantly formed, but his movements also stopped abruptly.

The sharp blade was fixed half an inch above Er Wei's forehead, extremely dangerous.

Jiang Xiao's heart skipped a beat, but Er Wei, who was almost slashed, seemed to feel nothing. She raised her hand, pressed her fingers on the broad blade of the Flower Blade, and gently pushed it away.

Jiang Xiao smiled awkwardly, and the Flower Blade in his hand shattered. He opened his mouth and said, "Why are you awake? You've only been asleep for a few minutes?"

Er Wei frowned slightly, looked at Jiang Xiao, and said, "Shouting and sighing."

Jiang Xiao's expression stiffened, and he immediately retorted, "I ran to such a distant bridge to let you sleep well, you should be content! It's just your perception is too strong!"

Er Wei didn't respond, her expression only becoming more serious. She said, "You've broken through your Star Power realm."

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment, and said, "No, I haven't broken through my realm. It's early yet, I'm only in the mid-Starry Sky stage, and haven't even touched the threshold."

Hearing this, Er Wei showed a surprised expression. She took a step back, feeling the extremely considerable Star Power surging around Jiang Xiao's body, and said, "You're absorbing Star Beads."

Jiang Xiao came back to his senses. Only then did he completely feel the terrifying power of Starry Sky Abundant Star Power.

Between heaven and earth, specks of Star Power continuously poured into Jiang Xiao's body. This scene was very similar to the scene when people absorbed Star Beads.

But there was still a huge gap compared to breaking through a Star Power realm. Not to mention a major realm, even the momentum created by breaking through a minor realm was far inferior.

One must know that when a Star Warrior in the Starry Sky stage broke through a minor realm, the Star Power pouring into the Star Warrior's body from heaven and earth could be so concentrated that it was almost like transparent flowing water.

People standing next to the Star Warrior would be suffocated by the concentrated Star Power, and would feel suffocated.

Jiang Xiao grinned, and said, "No, I'm not absorbing Star Beads, I'm just purely absorbing Star Power."

Er Wei: ???

She rubbed her eyes with one hand, the hazy look almost killing Jiang Xiao with cuteness...

The most frightening thing was reverse cuteness.

Jiang Xiao never expected that Er Wei in a drunken state would be so cute!

Want...

No, you don't.

Jiang Xiao shouted loudly in his heart, and gave himself a head-on blow!

After she rubbed her eyes, the expression on her face was not cute.

She narrowed her slender eyes slightly. "Is this some Star Transformation effect from *Star Warrior Chronicles*?"

From her point of view, this was the only way to speculate.

After all, Jiang Xiao was standing right in front of her and hadn't done anything to absorb Star Beads, but specks of Star Power were still constantly pouring into Jiang Xiao's body...

Others came with background music, Jiang Xiao came with a background picture.

Jiang Xiao reached out his hand, and specks of Star Power fell into his palm, merging into his body.

Beyond a radius of 1 meter around him, the Star Power was colorless and invisible, but within a radius of 1 meter, the compressed and fused Star Power was visualized to the extent of shimmering light spots.

So at this time, Jiang Xiao was indeed a little strange.

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao sighed softly. Specks of shimmering light surrounded his body, dancing like butterflies, merging into his Star Map, and being transformed into a gray and red scorched earth color.

He looked up at the sky, shook his head constantly, with an expression that showed a child could not be taught, and sighed, "So many years, haven't you understood yet? The only thing that remains unchanged about me is my mystery. I'm a mysterious man, you'll never understand me."

Er Wei suddenly reached out her hand, and her warm palm stroked Jiang Xiao's cheek, her voice hoarse, "So many years, haven't you understood that the only thing that remains unchanged about me is the urge to beat you up?"

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao took a step back subconsciously, but the bridge railing behind him blocked his path.

Er Wei stretched out her arm and grabbed Jiang Xiao by the collar.

Jiang Xiao panicked and hurriedly said, "Are you acting crazy from being drunk? Are you acting crazy from being drunk!? Hey? Zi Po is watching! Let go! Are you trying to choke me?"