Chapter 482: The Clash with the Star System Stage!
Seeing the fearless Lin Zhen, Xilanke couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
“Hahaha! Truly, ignorance is bliss, Lin Zhen. You probably don’t even know what kind of being you’re facing, nor do you know the terror of a Star System Stage strong one.”
“Star System Stage, it’s just a level higher than the Black Hole Stage.”
“Stupid! You’re even more stupid than those fools I’ve robbed! The Black Hole Stage is a watershed, a Star System Stage’s power directly surpasses that of the Constant Star Stage by a hundredfold. You, a mere early stage Constant Star would dare defy me, you’re just brainless! I must say, this task is way too simple, Lin Zhen, I’ve overestimated you.”
Lin Zhen, looking at the dismissed Xilanke in front of him, is communicating with Chris in his mind.
“Chris, can you estimate Xilanke’s Star Power?”
“Master, Xilanke’s Star Power is about eighty more than yours, around four hundred and one.”
“A difference of eighty Star Power, it’s completely fightable. It looks like it’s time to give this pirate leader a surprise.”
Lin Zhen looked up at space. There in the sky, a Permanent Crystal Battleship was hanging not far away, from Lin Zhen’s angle, you could even see a crowd of people inside the ship’s window watching the event adorned with joyous laughter.
In their view, Lin Zhen, a Constant Star Stage, doesn’t possess the strength to battle Xilanke. This will be a one-sided or cat-play fight.
This battleship is decent, basically among the strongest in the Fire Kirin Empire, Lin Zhen decided to keep it.
Xilanke contemptuously looked at Lin Zhen, not setting foot on the ground, he advanced in the air, walking step by step.
“Today will be the day of Solar Territory’s destruction, Lin Zhen. After I take you down, I will slaughter every Life Star in your territory one by one. Blame your foolishness for taking in my Black Pearl and subordinates, you’re seeking your own doom!”
“Say goodbye!”
With that, an impressive light burst from Xilanke’s hand!
The speed, power, and limit of space, this simple move is familiar to Lin Zhen.
This technique is incredibly similar to that of the first Star System character that he encountered in the virtual field!
The virtual field doesn’t just offer simulations out of thin air, it is based on some original Star System characters or common features, with slight modifications to the simulation.
Lin Zhen’s first opponent was also a swordsman, a Level 1 star system, which turned out to be about eighty percent similar to Xilanke.
Although the character certainly wasn’t modeled off Xilanke, the sword techniques they used were identical!
Having experienced similar situations countless times, Lin Zhen reacted immediately.
With a slight tilt of his body, he dodged the seemingly unescapable strike, rapidly advanced in a zig-zag.
Xilanke never dreamed that Lin Zhen could dodge his attack. He hurriedly launched a second in response, but Lin Zhen managed to dodge it as if he had foreseen it!
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~!!!”
Continuous Sword shades intersects in mid-air, this was Xilanke’s best sword technique. Although this technique wasn’t rare, with many knowing how to perform it, it was completely different when he performed it in the Star System Stage, and it didn’t harm Lin Zhen at all!
“This is impossible~!”
Xilanke’s eyes bulged in disbelief, completely unable to believe what was happening.
Lin Zhen seemed to know exactly where his sword would land. He easily evaded each strike. In less than a second, he had evaded three thousand strikes!
And Lin Zhen was now in front of him, effortlessly walking on his sword edges!
The advantage he got from attacking first was all gone. Xilanke had no choice but to swing his longsword to counter Lin Zhen’s Yin-Yang Spear attack.
“Lin Zhen, don’t think that just because you have a good footwork technique, you can compete with a Star System Stage. Your Star Power and strength are far inferior to mine!”
“Really? Let’s see then!”
“Get down, Meteor Fall!”
A star light passed over Lin Zhen’s head from the sky, falling straight onto Xilanke!
The spear is a weapon of siege, and Lin Zhen’s Yin-Yang Spear, having the blessing of the World Power, had already reached the peak of a High Grade artifact, almost reaching the degree of a Top Quality artifact.
The two’s Star Power differed by eighty, but that was not an insurmountable gap. Under these circumstances, Xilanke’s advantage was nullified!
“Boom~~~!!!”
The enormous shockwave made everyone on the distant Permanent Crystal Battleship involuntarily retreat.
Xilanke retreated several hundred meters, no longer able to maintain his hovering posture. His feet left two deep gullies on the hard surface of Pluto!
Meanwhile, Lin Zhen swung his spear, standing against the wind, his body emitting a stern aura. This moment, he made no moves, but no one dared confront him!
Xilanke, as well as the people on the Permanent Crystal Battleship, were stunned at this moment!
A Constant Star Level 1, he managed to repel a Star System Stage with a single spear thrust!
No one in the entire universe would believe this if they heard it!
Because in the known history, in the history of the Fire Kirin Empire, nothing like this has ever happened, not even once.
Some exceptionally gifted martial artists could perhaps challenge the freshly-promoted Star System Stage with late Black Hole stage strength, but successful examples were few and far between.
However, it has absolutely never happened with the Constant Star stage, let alone a Constant Star Level 1, a newly promoted Constant Star Level 1 at that.
The scene of Lin Zhen’s breakthrough just now was seen by everyone on the Permanent Crystal Battleship, but at this moment, they all deeply doubted whether their eyes were deceiving them.
“Who on earth are you!?” Xilanke asked harshly.
Lin Zhen laughed: “Xilanke, extraordinary things exist in the vast world. Don’t blame anyone for being challenged by me, blame your Star System Stage for being too weak!”
“Nonsense! Lin Zhen, don’t get too complacent. I admit, your strength is the strongest that I have ever seen. But ultimately, you can’t oppose the Star System Stage. I was careless just now. This time, I will not give you any chance.”
“You must have seen my knife skills before, but this time, my knife skills will be unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Prepare yourself for death!”
Xilanke’s eyes turned red. Being repelled by the Constant Star Stage was a great humiliation for him. It was certain that the pirates behind would spread the news of their fight. He had just entered the circle of the Star System Stage and he certainly did not want to become a laughingstock.
After eliminating Lin Zhen, the first thing he would do is take out his compatriots!
The High Grade artifact in his hand, a long knife, was swung widely, stirring up a bloody wave that rushed towards Lin Zhen!
This was Xilanke’s real skill, his self-created Blood War Knife Skill!
“Armorization!”
Black scales appeared across Lin Zhen’s body. His stature grew larger in an instant and he danced with the Yin-Yang Spear, immovable like a mountain!
The intense battle was earth-shattering from the get-go. The mountains on Pluto shook, the earth trembled, and even the swift hurricanes had to change their course when they met the turbulence of the two fighters’ showdown.
Xilanke on the offense, Lin Zhen on the defense. The gap in Star Power between the two was eighty, but under the negating factors of Lin Zhen’s armorization and steadfastness, it had become almost negligible.
At least Xilanke did not have the ability to crush Lin Zhen on the spot.
In the beginning, Xilanke still refused to believe it, he launched a full attack with the courage from a surge of adrenaline, but after half an hour passed, he hadn’t forced Lin Zhen to step back at all!
The ground beneath their feet was shattered, but Lin Zhen still stood firm like a rock in a cesspit, smelly and stubbornly obstructing Xilanke’s advance!
No matter how much he refused to admit it and how unwilling he was, he had to admit in his heart that Lin Zhen indeed had the strength to fight at the Star System Stage!
But Xilanke still firmly believed that he could win.
As a Star System Stage expert, his abilities couldn’t possibly be limited to this extent.
Mental Shock!
Xilanke was a Spiritual Mind Master at the peak of the Sky Blue stage. At the Star System Stage, almost eight out of ten individuals were Spiritual Mind Masters. Even those that were not, also had their unique skills to defend against mental shocks.
He never expected that Lin Zhen would actually clash mentally with him!
Their spiritual powers collided in mid-air. The invisible impact made both of them groan in pain and retreat simultaneously!
Xilanke was nearly two thousand years old and his pirate exploits had been circulating throughout the Tianhe Empire for a thousand years. After cultivating for so long, he was still not able to defeat Lin Zhen in spiritual power!
Once again, Lin Zhen overturned Xilanke’s traditional beliefs, pushing him into madness!
“Lin Zhen, nobody will be able to save you today!”
He could see that Lin Zhen was only in his twenties. A youngster in his twenties was able to rival him in Star Power and spiritual power. If he didn’t kill Lin Zhen this time, Lin Zhen would definitely come to kill him in the future.
To eliminate the grass, one must pull out its roots; otherwise, endless troubles will arise!
Having thrown caution to the wind in the fight, Xilanke finally brought out his last resort.
Beast-shift: Galaxy Beast!
A mutated variant of the Advanced Galaxy Beast, Black Dragon, the Ice and Fierce Fire Double-headed Dragon!
Very few Galaxy Beasts mutate. Once they do, they become stronger than other beasts of the same level. This Ice and Fierce Fire Double-headed Dragon might still be an Advanced Galaxy Beast, but it had the capability to confront a Super Star River Beast!
Similarly covered in black scales with only the eyes and mouth exposed, an additional head had sprouted from Xilanke’s shoulder!
Two heads on one shoulder, and his artifact long knife split into two.
One was fiery red all over.
The other was pure white.
“Lin Zhen, don’t think that you’re the only one with Galaxy Beast genes. I can tell that your Galaxy Beast genes come from a Super Star River Beast, but my Ice and Fierce Fire Double-headed Dragon is also comparable to a Super Star River Beast. This time, you will have no chance of turning the tables!”
Xilanke swooped in swiftly, swinging his dual blades as the Ice and Fierce Fire ambiances attacked from both sides. Their power was over twice as strong as before!
Lin Zhen blocked with his Yin-Yang Spear, which forced him to retreat again and again!
With both of them having transformed simultaneously, the difference in Star Power between the two finally revealed itself. This time, Xilanke had the absolute upper hand!