Host: Wen Yuncheng

Race: Human

Age: 22

Class: Mechanical Overlord

Level: 66

Experience: 9035/95000

Points: 17075

Wen Yuncheng calculated her experience. In that case, the Airstrike Support and the energy core’s explosion must have taken out over eighty heads.

She had actually jumped straight to Level 66 just like that? Leaping two levels in a row felt really good. Having passed the hurdle of Level 65, Level 70 didn’t feel far away at all.

She really wanted to reap the heads of the Huanling generals, but she couldn’t interfere in a battle between Star Emperors. Even if she did participate, those two generals would surely fight to the death to take her down with them… When it came to drawing aggro, Wen Yuncheng never doubted her own ability.

“A great harvest?” Seeing that Wen Yuncheng hadn’t stayed outside to farm kills, Lin Jinyu guessed what had happened and asked.

“Yeah… I guess so. I’m almost at the third layer of Star King,” Wen Yuncheng said, a little embarrassed. After all, her Little Ice Mountain was still at the first layer of Star King. The Mechanical Master template… although leveling up relied on missions, in chaotic times with plenty of missions, leveling up was as easy as drinking water. As for Lin Jinyu’s method, she cultivated and leveled up steadily. No matter what, the higher the Star rank, the harder it was to level up. Take those Star Emperors, for example. Even those who had just entered the rank, which one of them wasn’t over fifty? It was just that Star Emperors tempered their bodies, so they didn’t look that old.

And as for those who did look old… there were two reasons: one, they were simply too old, and the excessive consumption of their life force naturally showed on the outside. The second, of course, was that their talent wasn’t monstrous enough, and they had broken through too late in life.

[Leveling up is like drinking water for the ever-so-casual Wen Yuncheng.] Sensing Wen Yuncheng’s thoughts, 1947 couldn’t help but quip.

Lin Jinyu nodded. Wen Yuncheng was progressing at a divine speed, and it was hard for her not to be happy for her. But she couldn’t help overthinking it. After all, despite working so hard, she had only just entered the Star King rank. After this was all over, to what extent would Wen Yuncheng have grown? Star Venerate? Star Emperor? And would she herself still be a Star King?

When that time came… Lin Jinyu couldn’t help but wonder, with Wen Yuncheng’s flamboyant nature, how many people on the Starry Sky Continent would look up to and pursue her. And at that time, would Wen Yuncheng still want to marry her?

When she reached a sufficient height and possessed everything… After all, Lin Jinyu still remembered that Wen Yuncheng’s growth seemed to have no bottlenecks. The thresholds of Star Emperor and Star Saint, which were unattainable for ordinary people, were practically non-existent for Wen Yuncheng.

Even now, Lin Jinyu found it difficult to truly fight side-by-side with Wen Yuncheng. Of course, this was related to Wen Yuncheng’s attack methods and disguise skills, but the reality of the situation still made Lin Jinyu sad. A gap was starting to form between her and Wen Yuncheng, and this gap might continue to widen in the future. This gap… hadn’t just started to form today, and as time went on, it would only become harder and harder for Lin Jinyu to catch up to Wen Yuncheng’s pace.

…Would she be left behind one day?

Not wanting her emotions and sadness to affect Wen Yuncheng, Lin Jinyu raised her arms and hugged Wen Yuncheng tightly. “Congratulations.”

“Haha, but I’m still a ways off from the third layer of Star King, and even further from Star Venerate,” Wen Yuncheng said, patting her Little Ice Mountain’s back. After all, the experience requirements were only getting higher. Fortunately, the experience from missions had also increased accordingly. Star Venerate? It didn’t seem that difficult. “After we’re done here, let’s go back to the Imperial Capital to rest for a few days! Then we’ll see what their next move is and make a new plan… Those guys from Fu really aren’t afraid of death. Sooner or later, we have to uproot all their strongholds within the Empire.”

As Wen Yuncheng rambled on about her plans, Lin Jinyu’s arms moved down to rest on Wen Yuncheng’s waist. She suddenly said, “Wen Yuncheng.”

“Hm?”

“I like you.”

A kiss landed on Wen Yuncheng’s cheek, a light touch that was over in an instant. Wen Yuncheng froze for a moment, her delight overflowing. “I like you too! I love you so much!” To express that her feelings were even stronger than Lin Jinyu’s, Wen Yuncheng eagerly kissed the corner of Lin Jinyu’s lips.

Xiao Shi’er, at their feet, didn’t dare to look up. She just curled into a ball by Lin Jinyu’s feet. Her three tails covered her head, hiding her completely.

–Really, don’t foxes have fox rights?!

Chu Han and the others had split off three Star Emperors to obstruct one general, while the other seven surrounded the remaining one. At this moment, they held nothing back. After all, they fully intended to keep both Huanling generals here for good.

Heaven-rank Spirit Treasures? Not just Mo Dingtian, but the several Star Emperors from the academy had also brought out their Heaven-rank Spirit Treasures. “This is our academy’s ultimate treasure, passed down for generations. If it breaks…”

“If it breaks, this general’s head is yours! It’ll be enough for your academy to boast about for another dozen generations!” Mo Dingtian laughed as Star Power poured into the Heaven-rank halberd in his hand, its color gradually turning jade-white and glowing brilliantly.

“Then one head won’t be enough to go around.” The other Star Emperors all brought out their trump cards. Even Chu Han burned his essence blood again to fight.

“Hold this Phantom Emperor back! Don’t let them get near the planar passage!”

“Damn it!” The eyes of the half-step Phantom Saint, besieged by seven people, were bloodshot. How could he not feel their killing intent? Even he wouldn’t dare to receive the energy contained within the Heaven-rank Spirit Treasures these people had brought out with his bare hands. Of course, besides anger, he felt more indignation: Why? Why didn’t you try to kill the half-step Phantom Saints at the other strongholds like this? Why did you set your sights on me?

Of course, the reason was simple. They hadn’t acted before for fear of unforeseen complications. But if they didn’t act now… there was no fortress left. Although it wasn’t the final battle, it was the final battle of this small stage… The Empire had to tear a chunk of flesh from Huanling.

“In that case, you’ll all have to accompany…” Before this half-step Phantom Saint could finish his threat, Mo Dingtian’s halberd pierced through the afterimage he left behind. The Phantom Saint moved with incredible speed, but the seven people followed him like shadows. Even though he kept dodging at his absolute limit…

“Don’t give him a chance to self-destruct.” Mo Dingtian retracted his halberd and shot forward like a phantom. The halberd swept out, and in that instant, the Star Power directly tore the air in front of him apart!

“Suppress.” The Star Emperors from the academy and the sects suddenly attacked. They threw their weapons in an instant, directly sealing off the Phantom Saint’s multiple paths of movement. In that instant, seven hidden stars in the sky above shone brilliantly. A silent stream of stellar power poured down, borrowed and guided by them.

“…Stars…” The half-step Phantom Saint violently spat out several mouthfuls of blood, and blood trickled from his eyes. Spirit Treasures, Phantom Artifacts… he desperately activated all his defensive treasures, but they were destroyed by the combined stellar power of the seven attackers. Finally, this power slammed into his body–

The annihilation of his physical body was instantaneous, but the collapse of his divine sense was much slower. He stared blankly at the sky, at this plane. Vaguely, it was as if he could see countless stars twinkling in the boundless cosmos.

“Everyone, don’t relax, there’s still one more! Let’s finish this in one go!–“

Half-step Phantom Saints fallen: two.

When a Star Emperor falls, a star falls. But what about a Phantom Emperor?

The ten Star Emperors killed the two generals together. As for the soldiers who had escaped through the planar passage earlier, they didn’t pay them much mind. However, as for the soldiers who hadn’t managed to escape after the two Phantom Emperors died, not a single one of them would be allowed to leave alive.

They had consumed a great deal in this battle. Every one of them had gone all out, holding nothing back as they activated their Spirit Treasures and borrowed the power of the stars. The ten of them floated in the air, looking at the wreckage where the fortress once stood. They looked at each other and burst into laughter–

This was victory!

Just as they were preparing to return to the city, countless golden orbs of light suddenly began to drift down from the sky.

“What is this?” The Star Emperors were shocked and uncertain. However, when an orb of light merged into their bodies, they were astonished to find that their nearly depleted Star Power and their injuries were recovering.

“Does killing powerful invaders come with a reward from the heavens?”

Wen Yuncheng and Lin Jinyu also noticed the orbs of light. Or rather, all living beings on the continent had noticed this light. It was just that in areas too far from where the Phantom Emperors had fallen, they were merely specks of light rather than orbs. But this phenomenon still caused an instant uproar among them.

Even indoors, the orbs (or specks) of light were unaffected, passing through the eaves to fall and merge into the bodies of living creatures.

Wen Yuncheng raised her hand to catch an orb of light, and it dissolved into her body. For some reason, Wen Yuncheng had a strange sense of familiarity with these orbs. She looked at Lin Jinyu, only to find her standing there, with numerous orbs of light seemingly drifting toward her.

…A heaven-sent opportunity?

At this moment, Lin Jinyu entered an extremely profound state. Although she was still standing there and could still see Wen Yuncheng, even noticing Wen Yuncheng’s small, worried movements as she tried not to disturb her, her consciousness and body seemed to be gradually separating.

And just then, she heard a timid baby voice ask her:

“Do you want to become the master of the continent?”

There was no surprise, no excitement. In that instant, Lin Jinyu became extremely calm. She couldn’t see who was asking, and simply replied in an almost indifferent tone, “Then what do you want to get from me?”

The voice didn’t reply. Perhaps it was stunned, or perhaps it had left.

Lin Jinyu felt herself gradually emerging from that profound state. Just a second before she fully recovered, the baby voice appeared again. It said, “I want you to protect me, to protect this plane. To shoulder the responsibility for the entire plane…”

And then? There was no “and then.”

Lin Jinyu met Wen Yuncheng’s worried gaze. She pressed her temples, feeling her head throb. “I… seem to have absorbed a lot of the light orbs.”

“Yes, the orbs of light seemed to be attracted to you.” When Wen Yuncheng even tried to touch the orbs that were moving toward Lin Jinyu, they would swerve to avoid her hand. It was as if they were very unwilling to be absorbed by her. “This is a fortuitous encounter, a good thing… It’s probably the world’s reward for the Protectors killing those two generals, right? After all, a star falls when a Star Emperor dies, so it’s impossible for there to be no phenomenon when a Phantom Emperor dies.” This concept was also a guess from 1947. After all, this was the Starry Sky Continent; the Plane Consciousness certainly wouldn’t arrange any kind of memorial for a dead invader. Just handing out rewards would be the end of it. “We can postpone our departure for a few days. You go inside first, I’ll stand guard for you. Go into seclusion and digest the Star Power.”

Seeing Lin Jinyu’s discomfort, Wen Yuncheng felt both sorry for her and a little envious. The feeling of being stuffed full of rewards… she actually kind of wanted to experience that herself.