A hundred days later, a secret mission!
It was almost a blatant announcement to all the Orb Patrollers that the operation to explore Ultimacy was about to begin and that only the strongest Cultivators were allowed to set foot in the mysterious space zone that no one had ever set foot in before!
The entire Empyreal Star City was seething with excitement.
All the Star Teams had applied for all kinds of dangerous missions with all their might.
The more than ten star rails in the launch base of Occult Orbs Fellowship were running day and night. Every hour, star shuttles would rush out across the sea of stars and break the void.
Thunder and lightning were raging in the sky all day long. The red and purple clouds never faded, either.
While all the Star Teams were going crazy, Team Blue Bronze announced their glorious return by outshining all the other Star Teams with their dazzling achievements.
Every time a Star Team returned from an Occult Orb with abundant trophies and was counting their contribution points in satisfaction, they would hear the even more appalling achievements of Team Blue Bronze echoing in Empyreal Star City.
"March 15th, Team Blue Bronze went to the Shadowy Illusion Planet and picked a rare treasure named 'Thunder Flower', which is of great help to the Core Formation Stage Cultivators who practice spiritual energy of the thunder class.
"Team Blue Bronze also slew the Thunder Spirit Leopard, a powerful spiritual beast that guarded the Thunder Flower.
"March 21st, Team Blue Bronze went deep into the Blazing Sun Domain. Not only did they find an enormous ancient battlefield and excavate a large batch of well-preserved ancient weapons, Vulture Li Yao also unearthed a fully-structured armed shuttle!
"Some of the techniques contained in the armed shuttle are at least thirty years more advanced than the state-of-the-art technology of the Xing Yao Federation. If they can be fully deciphered, it will be a great help to the development of the new generation of armed shuttles of the Union Army!
"March 27th, Team Blue Bronze, together with three other Star Teams, marched to the Red Flame Domain and destroyed a blood pool where the demon clan was breeding exotic demon beasts. More than fifty demon generals were slain, including 'Inferno Witch Ding Ling Dong'. Team Blue Bronze also slayed three high-level demon generals and made the greatest contribution!
"April 6th, in order to compete for a highly dangerous mission, Team Blue Bronze had a duel with Team Phoenix, which ranked 29th on the Rank of Stars. It took them only 21 minutes and 37 seconds to finish the battle!
"After only one month, Team Blue Bronze has risen by more than thirty places and reached the 27th place in the Rank of Stars!
Such news was circulating in the circle of Orb Patrollers almost every day.
Two rookies. Every time Vulture Li Yao and Inferno Witch Ding Ling Dong carried out a mission, their strength would increase crazily. Their glamorous battle videos would leave people dumbfounded, and they became well-known brutal figures in Empyreal Star City.
…
April 27th, in a high-end crafting room with the most complete facilities in Polaris City.
As the contribution points in his account increased crazily, Li Yao could also provide himself with a better training environment. This refining workshop was modified from the maintenance workshop of a starship from the Star Ocean Imperium. It was one of the best refining rooms in the entire Tian Yuan Realm. The rent for every hour was astronomical. Li Yao gritted his teeth and rented it for three hours every day.
After more than a month of training in the Occult Orbs, in the frigid hell, in the magma ocean, and in the blood pool in the demon caves, Li Yao's spirit had gone through a lot of changes.
In the past, although he had experienced the Battle of Verdant Tarn City and the Battle of Seven Cities, he had spent most of his time in the Grand Desolate War Institution. Therefore, it was inevitable that he had the naivety of a college student.
Fighting in a foreign land far away from the Tian Yuan Realm, he was like a saber that had been polished hundreds of times. The sharpness of the saber was all concealed in it. He looked more tranquil and solemn.
Below his right eye, however, there was a bright blue tear scar. The calmness and tranquility had been broken, which made him look somewhat brutal.
The scar had been left by the corrosive acid when he destroyed the blood pool of the demon clan. Although he had applied secret medicines, it would take two to three months for the scar to heal. Only after that would the flesh grow back.
Li Yao didn't care about it. On the contrary, he liked the feeling of brutality.
Li Yao leisurely warmed up his ten fingers. After nearly two months of soaking and tempering, which was worse than death, his [Thousand Fingers Supple Bone Technique] had been cultivated to the peak level. Strands of purple light continuously rippled out from his fingers and quickly revolved around his slender fingers, as if each of his hands was holding a bunch of purple flames.
His fingers trembled slightly, and the purple flames were absorbed by his hands. His palms looked as if they were carved out of purple jade. They were translucent and flawless.
"Crack!"
In the next second, the knuckles on his hands, which had been as smooth as purple jade a moment ago, bulged. Ten extremely sharp bone blades seemed to have been wrapped in his flesh. He opened his fingers and turned them into unparalleled weapons that reeked of blood. Dozens of electric arcs, one blue and the other purple, burst out from his pores and danced around his fingers, making cracking noises.
In front of Li Yao was an extremely hard Kunwu Rock.
The rock was not only harder than many metals, but it was also naturally resistant to spiritual energy. It was only slightly weaker than the 'Dark Star Rock' that Li Yao used to temper his magical equipment.
Li Yao sneered. His claws, which were surrounded by blue and purple electric arcs, clawed at the Kunwu Rock. After a series of cracking noises, as if a ferocious beast was chewing its prey into its mouth, the Kunwu Rock crumbled and shrunk like a piece of rotten wood. Half a minute later, it had shrunk to twice its original size.
Li Yao was satisfied. He studied the claw marks that he had left behind carefully and mumbled to himself,
"As expected of the ultimate Cultivation technique that cost me 32,000 contribution points. The power of the 'Purple Electric Blue Hell Claw' is indeed astonishing!"
Ever since he had mastered the 'Thousand Fingers Supple Bone Art', he had been thinking about a new Cultivation technique that could make the best use of his fast hand speed and strong fingers.
After much consideration, he decided to practice a claw art.
After all, when his spiritual energy burst out, he would be in the form of an eagle.
Eagles were best at attacking with their claws. If he practiced a claw art, it would be easier for him to resonate with his spiritual energy.
Therefore, after he had accumulated enough contribution points, he redeemed the 'Purple Electric Blue Hell Claw', one of the best claw arts in the world of Cultivators of the Heaven's Origin Sector.
Although he had only been cultivating for half a month and could only be said to be a beginner, Li Yao was already very satisfied.
"In the world of Cultivators, there is a piece of rarely-seen magical equipment named 'Lightning Claw', which can unleash super high-voltage electric currents while tearing the enemy apart. I can install a Lightning Claw on the left arm of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and add the ability of high-frequency oscillation.
"Electric discharge and high-frequency oscillation. Even the strongest armor-type demon beast would be killed by a single claw!"
"In such a case, I will have the Floating Vulcan Cannon for remote attacks, the Boiled Blood Wind Slashing Saber for close combat, and the Lightning Claw for close combat. Together with the forty miniature beast puppets that I refined with the 'Gold Thread Venomous Bees', I will be armed to the teeth. I won't be scared even if I go to Ultimacy right now!"
Li Yao licked his sharp teeth and smiled. He stopped the technique and cleaned his hands carefully. Then he walked into the dust-free room on the right side of the refining workshop.
The 'Purple Electric Blue Hell Claw' was just a warm-up for him.
What came next was the most important work.
Over the past month, he had been carrying the nine scraps of magical equipment that he bought in the secret treasure exchange and studying the wounds on them day and night. He had made some progress, too. He had vaguely grasped a few wisps of saber aura from ten thousand years ago, which made the 'Thunderous Tornado Saber Art' even more intimidating and aggressive.
But what brought him the greatest harvest was the rusty piece of magical equipment that looked like a watch.
The magical equipment seemed to be broken and worthless. But after Li Yao cleaned the rust with the secret arts of the Hundred Smelting Clan and cleaned all the components, he found that the damage was not as bad as he thought.
However, the delicacy of the magical equipment was far beyond Li Yao's expectation. It was even more delicate than the most advanced hunting watch of the Zephyr Guild.
Li Yao was from the Grand Desolate War Institution. His research on precision magical equipment was still lacking after all. This piece of magical equipment was perfect for him to practice.
He dismantled the magical equipment into components that were smaller than a grain of rice and thinner than a girl's hair. He studied and analyzed the usage of every component and the ultimate purpose of the magical equipment.
At first, it was just for fun. But soon, he was deeply attracted by the magical equipment.
When all the components were spread out, they were only the size of a desk.
But for him, they were like a boundless ocean. There was no end to them no matter how hard he tried.
Li Yao was completely addicted to the magical equipment. Other than the days of fighting in the Occult Orbs, he had devoted himself to the polishing and maintenance of the magical equipment since he returned to Empyreal Star City.
Today, he had figured out the features of all the components. According to the designer's intention, he had refined a few more tiny components himself. Everything was ready.
"The technique used by this magical equipment is too profound and unfathomable. It's impossible for me to repair it completely with my current strength!"
"However, I can avoid the most difficult part for now. I can only repair the peripheral components. Then, I can connect the peripheral components with an external unit and activate the magical equipment to the minimum. I estimate that I can perform 30% of the technique!
"30% of the technique. That's enough!"
For the components that were smaller than rice grains, Li Yao adopted a brand-new way to assemble the magical equipment with spiritual threads!
He closed his eyes, and his spiritual energy spread out like ripples. Like invisible hands, they lifted the thousands of tiny components the size of grains of rice and made them rise and fall in front of him.
Then, thousands of spiritual threads extended out of his spiritual root. Every spiritual thread tied up a component softly.
Li Yao was mumbling to himself. His hands were moving quickly in midair. But instead of making a gesture, he was drawing a bright gold, translucent 3D blueprint.
As his fingers shivered at a speed that was too fast to be seen by the naked eye, the spiritual threads dragged every component to a specific location on the blueprint.
When the thousand components were all in place, Li Yao suddenly opened his eyes. He clapped his hands and bellowed, "What the hell are you waiting for?"
"Condense!"
The bright gold 3D blueprint immediately shrank into a gold ball. Then it exploded, revealing a brand-new piece of magical equipment.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
