Ji Xinghuo stood at the entrance of the cave, gazing up at the strange phenomenon in the sky.
A shooting star detached from the reflection of the Galaxy, strikingly conspicuous, radiating dazzling starlight, and plummeting toward him at a high speed.
This was the second Star Fall Phenomenon he had experienced, so he wasn’t panicked.
It wasn’t a real star falling, just an illusion.
Ji Xinghuo’s electromagnetic induction spread fully, covering a radius of five thousand meters, startling many wild animals and some monsters within its range, but there were no intelligent creatures.
He had specifically chosen this place, far from the path to Sky Falling Cliff, and there was nothing worth risking here, so no one would come, and it was desolate.
Moreover, it was night.
The Star Fall Phenomenon wouldn’t cause as much commotion as it did last time during the day.
Several minutes later.
As the phenomenon in the sky disappeared and the reflection of the Galaxy gradually faded, Ji Xinghuo’s suspended heart settled, he opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface, the Ether Affinity advancement was completed.
[Ability: Ether Resonance (Sixth Level 1/182111)]
Ji Xinghuo blinked, confirming he hadn’t misread, 182111, six digits! Ether Resonance needed over 180,000 Spiritual Origin Ability to upgrade from the sixth to the seventh level!
Then he was filled with great joy.
It had indeed advanced into a Star Fall Ability, the second Star Fall Ability he possessed.
Regarding the Ether Sensitivity ability, there was quite detailed information on Earth, and many countries and institutions had conducted a lot of research and speculation. From Superior Level "Ether Sensitivity" to Transcendent Level "Ether Affinity" to Star Fall Level "Ether Resonance," they advanced in a successive manner.
However, it was uncertain on Earth if one could advance further beyond Ether Resonance.
Now, Ji Xinghuo knew for sure, there definitely was!
But the difficulty of advancing was incredibly high, 180,000 Spiritual Origin Ability was only enough to reach the seventh level. By the rule, upgrading Ether Resonance to the eighth level would probably need millions of Spiritual Origin Ability.
And even then, reaching the eighth level of Ether Resonance might not ensure an advancement.
"It’s too difficult!"
Ji Xinghuo shook his head, knowing it would be a long time before he could upgrade Ether Resonance again. If he wanted to speed up his cultivation, he could consider fusing another Ether Sensitivity and then upgrading it; the combined effects of both would offer a better cost-performance ratio.
"What’s the effect of Ether Resonance?"
Only then did Ji Xinghuo start to seriously feel it and immediately discovered an invisible vortex about a hundred meters in radius forming around him, centered on his body!
Even though he was not cultivating at the moment and not expending any Star Power, Ether Energy continued to flow incessantly into his body.
Furthermore, when he concentrated, he could preliminarily interfere with the distribution and flow of Ether Energy.
Ji Xinghuo entered an Overclocking state, maintaining it for half a minute, and used up half of his Star Power.
Then he tried to recover.
Suddenly, the hundred-meter-radius energy vortex churned violently, as if embracing all streams, pouring in from all directions into his body. On the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface, Star Power would restore one point every about three seconds, and it only took 25 minutes for the consumed half of his Star Power to be fully restored.
If his Star Power was exhausted, complete recovery would only need just over 50 minutes.
Ji Xinghuo was amazed; he still remembered when he first became a Mutant, he only had 53 points of Star Power, and full recovery required 140 minutes.
Now, with 1043 points of Star Power, it only took 52 minutes to recover.
The efficiency was over fifty times better!
While he was still marveling, he saw the Star Power numeric value on the interface flicker and change to 1044. At this rate, even without doing anything, his Star Power would continue to increase.
Of course, cultivating would definitely be faster.
With some medicine to enhance efficiency, Ji Xinghuo was confident that within a Star Realm Month, his Star Power could reach the bottleneck of an Advanced Mutant.
Ji Xinghuo looked down to see Qing Hong crawling out of his pocket, its tiny eyes filled with excitement, making continuous noises with its mouth.
Qing Hong shared the benefits of Ether Resonance with him, gaining significant advantages from it.
This brought it closer to its next evolution.
Ji Xinghuo felt Qing Hong’s anticipation in his heart; this creature, after several Ability upgrades, already knew that its master had ways to strengthen it rapidly.
He opened the interface to view Qing Hong’s Ability information.
Dimension Stomach Third Level, Miniaturization Second Level, Giant Transformation Second Level, Holy Scale Armor Fifth Level, Spirit Smell Fourth Level, Ether Resonance Sixth Level, Thunderbolt Hand Fifth Level, Gravity Mutation Third Level, gene recombination, Sky Splitting Claw Third Level.
And it had 22,403 points of Spiritual Origin Ability.
Apart from Dimension Stomach, Holy Scale Armor, and Ether Resonance, all could be upgraded.
However, Ji Xinghuo did not rush to start but instead took out a Red Emperor Blood Crystal and said to Qing Hong, "You try this first."
He wasn’t sure whether Spiritual Objects could use Red Emperor Blood Crystals.
Qing Hong immediately nodded.
It grew to its six-meter-long true form, its claws ejecting Void Spheres, and it made a cut on its own neck; Ji Xinghuo inserted a Blood Crystal into the wound, which immediately healed.
Soon, Qing Hong began to change.
Ji Xinghuo watched it worriedly; after all, Spiritual Objects were just that and not true intelligent creatures. He didn’t know if Qing Hong could withstand the horrifying illusions of the Red Emperor Blood Crystal. If Qing Hong’s consciousness was controlled by the Blood Crystal, leading it into madness, it would be troublesome.
After a few minutes, Qing Hong’s eyes turned red, emitting a violently mad aura.
Ji Xinghuo exited the cave, leaving it inside.
Outside, he monitored Qing Hong’s condition with his electromagnetic induction; it grew increasingly agitated, the gaps in its scale armor filled with a bloody flow, transforming into a vast being, roaring somberly in the cave. Its claws struck the rock walls, sending stones flying everywhere as if in a frenzy.
The shaking lasted for more than ten minutes. Just as Ji Xinghuo was considering whether to intervene and forcibly stop it, Qing Hong’s roar subsided.
The bloodiness in its eyes faded, and it gradually regained consciousness.
Ji Xinghuo walked into a chaotic cave, and Qing Hong immediately came up affectionately, licking him all over with its tongue, its eyes filled with eagerness to please.
Having successfully absorbed the Red Emperor Blood Crystal, it could now fuse with another Alien Species.
Ji Xinghuo had already prepared it for this.
He took out a piece of fresh flesh, dark red in color, looking like a mutated organ freshly cut from a monster.
This was actually an Alien Species, bought before entering the Star Realm, costing over five million Ya Yuan.
[Alien Species: Biological Field]
[Fusion Success Rate: 87%, 83%]
[Can it be upgraded: Yes]
The "Biological Field" could create an invisible force field, inherently not powerful in itself, it could be used as an extra sensory ability, but limited to the range of the force field, unlike sight, hearing, or smell, which have long distances.
However, when combined with other abilities, the Biological Field could change the nature of its force field, achieving a powerful effect greater than the sum of its parts.
For example, Biological Field + Burning could create a high-temperature force field.
Biological Field + Silence would become a sound-proof force field.
Biological Field + Mind Scream is Mind Shock.
This ability was like a carrier, also understood as a mediator and amplifier, it could expand the scope of many abilities, turning directional abilities into area-based abilities; it could also change the properties of other abilities to form unique effects.
Since the last time, Qing Hong had fused with "Gravity Mutation," Ji Xinghuo found it highly suitable to pursue the evolutionary path of a Gravity Warrior.
Gravity Mutation + Biological Field could form a Gravity Field!
Initially only able to control its own gravity changes, when combined with the Biological Field, it became capable of controlling the gravity within a certain range.
This was one of the most powerful capabilities of a Gravity Warrior.
Ji Xinghuo himself could also fuse with it, achieving a success rate of 87%, higher than Qing Hong’s 83%.
However, the function of the Biological Field overlapped with that of the Electrostatic Field. In the Magnetic Field Madman’s professional templates, Biological Field was not included.
Ji Xinghuo tossed the piece of flesh into Qing Hong’s mouth.
It swallowed it directly without even chewing.
"At an 83% success rate, if it fails, we can only wait to buy another one when we return to Earth." Ji Xinghuo didn’t have another Biological Field Alien Species on hand, and in Sky Falling Cliff, trading definitely wouldn’t be as convenient as on Earth; he might not be able to purchase the desired Alien Species.
Fortunately, Qing Hong’s fusion was successful!
Moments later, on the interface of the Wanxiang Star Pupil, an additional ability information for Qing Hong appeared.
[Ability: Biological Field（1/47）]
Ji Xinghuo asked Qing Hong to demonstrate, simultaneously activating Gravity Mutation and Biological Field.
Standing next to Qing Hong, he immediately felt his body weight increase by about five times, the surrounding space compressing him, affecting his speed and agility; the next second, gravity plummeted to only one-fifth, this sudden change made him feel very uncomfortable.
The first level Biological Field’s gravity field had an effective radius of about 3 meters.
Ji Xinghuo immediately upgraded it.
Investing Spiritual Origin Ability, it ascended to （Second Level 1/277), expanding the radius to 5 meters; upgrading again,（Third Level 1/1187), the radius expanded further; then upgraded to （Fourth Level 1/4637), the force field’s radius reached about 18 meters.
Glancing at his Spiritual Origin Ability which still had over 20,000 points, Ji Xinghuo simply upgraded the Biological Field to （Fifth Level 1/19237).
Conveniently, he also upgraded Gravity Mutation by two grades, becoming （Fifth Level 1/22307).
This used up over 13,000 points of Spiritual Origin Ability.
The two Fifth Level abilities combined formed a gravity field with a radius of about 40 meters, with the gravity change reaching up to 20 times!
Even someone of Ji Xinghuo’s physical condition was greatly affected inside the gravity field.
For others, most could only be at the mercy of Qing Hong!
However, it was still not satisfied.
"You, you haven’t evolved yet!" Ji Xinghuo was somewhat speechless, Qing Hong’s strength had increased so much, yet it was still just a Superior Level Spirit Creature.
The next evolution would be to Catastrophe Spirit Item, equivalent to Legendary Second Dan.
However, considering the difficulty of a Super Mutant ascending to Legend, this could be understood.
The evolution of monsters and spiritual creatures, the pattern differed from that of intelligent races; from Superior to Catastrophe, this step was more difficult than all previous evolutions combined.
"Only 8,751 points left."
Ji Xinghuo looked at the remaining Spiritual Origin Ability, definitely not enough to further upgrade Qing Hong. He needed to reserve these points.
If nothing unexpected happened, he could soon evolve to Super Mutant, again able to fuse with another Alien Species.
And that Star Tears, usable when he became a Super Mutant.
Ji Xinghuo packed up and left the cave with Qing Hong, but did not immediately return to Sky Falling Cliff. Instead, he went to a nearby colossal cliff and threw a spherical boulder off the edge. Just before it was about to hit the river surface, he retrieved it into his Dimension Stomach.
After consideration, he thought a ten-ton man-made meteor was already powerful enough.
So he found a second boulder and did the same.
This way, he could deploy two meteors powerful enough to instantly kill legendary warriors during his adventures on the Bloody Plateau, greatly boosting his confidence.
Ji Xinghuo returned to Sky Falling Cliff, rested overnight, and the next morning he went to the Snow Ape Giant Tribe.
"Chieftain Han Qiu." As soon as Ji Xinghuo entered the hall, he directly said to the Snow Ape Giant, "I want to trade with Elder Void Spirit."