It was another life-saving strategy Xu Jin had up his sleeve.
Sixth Tier Emblems were hard to come by, but with money, one could purchase a Sixth Tier Star Core.
The other eight Fifth Tier Star Cores were mostly the same, providing Protection Star Patterns that seemed useless for the time being and could only be saved for use as Fifth Tier Emblems.
Of course, there was no telling when they might come in handy.
Besides, one of the Fifth Tier Upper Star Cores was quite a surprise to Xu Jin, being the relatively rare Wood Spirit.
[Fifth Tier Upper Wood Spirit: Can obtain Protection, Mid-tier Wood Origin, Mid-tier Healing]
In the next instant, Xu Jin, holding the Star-picking Order, entered the God-Killing Battlefield at Level 128, replaced his Star Core, and began to attempt transformations.
Mid-tier Healing wasn’t particularly noticeable in the God-Killing Battlefield.
However, the two Fifth Tier Fire Spirits significantly enhanced the potency of Xu Jin’s Fire Series Star Skills.
Xu Jin spent some Starlight to switch protections, testing the power changes of Star Skills under the protection of two Mid-tier Fire Origins and one Mid-tier Fire Origin with Initial Tier Fire Elephant.
He continued testing until Level 137 before concluding.
The conclusion was that the potency of his skills in the God-Killing Battlefield was more or less the same.
It felt like there was hardly any difference in Star Skill power when using Initial Tier Fire Elephant and Mid-tier Fire Origin.
But using Initial Tier Fire Elephant in the God-Killing Battlefield felt like being restrained.
In the end, Xu Jin chose protections with Mid-tier Fire Origin and Initial Tier Fire Elephant.
Overall, the potency of his Fire Series Star Skills had improved by about one-tenth and a half over what it had been before.
The other two Ritual Officer positions were filled with Fourth Tier Thunder Spirits, each obtaining protections of Mid-tier Thunder Source and Thunder Wing.
In the future, if needed, he could switch them all for Fire Spirits to stack the power of Fire Series Star Skills.
So, what Xu Jin would continue to do in the future was to gather Fire Series and Thunder Series Star Cores, so at critical moments, he could switch the Star Cores of the Ritual Officers to one type to maximise the stack of power and unleash a burst.
As for Fire Meteor, a Star Skill that sounded very impressive, Xu Jin had not tested it on the God-Killing Battlefield.
When he had time, he could test it in the real world.
This newly acquired Fire Meteor might become his trump card when challenging Gold Stars or Bright Stars in the future.
But considering he probably wouldn’t need it in the short term, Xu Jin felt that for quite some time to come, the Combined Star Skill Shock Dream he had evolved would definitely be extremely powerful.
After inventorying the day’s gains, Xu Jin had intended to engrave star patterns.
The ninth Star Pattern position in the Central Star Palace was still vacant, and without a suitable pattern for engraving at hand, Xu Jin decided to consult his teacher.
However, his Cultivation Level had already reached Refining Star Eighth Layer Peak, and he had yet to do his evening practice.
He couldn’t waste the time set aside for evening practice.
After some thought, holding the Star-picking Order, Xu Jin went directly to the Star-picking Secret Realm.
Today’s visit to the Star-picking Secret Realm was perhaps the most confident and self-assured he had ever been.
For no other reason, in the past few days, his Divine Soul Cultivation had dramatically soared, exploding from Fourth Tier Star Condensation First Layer Middle Period right up to Fourth Tier Star Condensation Third Layer Early Period, with his Divine Soul Power nearly doubling in strength.
Moreover, the Combined Star Skill Shock Dream he had evolved was Xu Jin’s greatest confidence.
Conversely, the enhancement to Fire Series potency from the two newly acquired Fifth Tier Fire Spirits didn’t seem like much.
But Xu Jin felt that even without Shock Dream, he should be able to take down Bright Stars.
Compared to his strength, this challenge in the Star-picking Secret Realm should be the least difficult for Xu Jin.
It was also the reason for Xu Jin’s rapid power progression.
After this one, and perhaps one or two more challenges, if Xu Jin’s Cultivation Level increased at a normal rate, the difficulty of facing Gold Stars and Bright Stars would reach Hell Level.
Copper Stars, Silver Stars, none posed any difficulty and were effortlessly one-shot.
Gold Star Level Heart Demons and Gold Star Level Gatekeepers were the easiest Xu Jin had ever defeated.
And with all this, Xu Jin didn’t even use Shock Dream, only combining Breaking Evil with Warm Dream and Breaking Evil with Shock and Fear.
Then, Xu Jin challenged Bright Star.
When facing Bright Star, Xu Jin was still very cautious because a small slip-up could get him killed!
The attacking power of Gold Star Level Heart Demons and Gold Star Level Gatekeepers was still very strong.
If Xu Jin took two hits in a row, he’d be instantly killed!
Even with the Protection Star Pattern, Swimming Fish, he’d be one-shotted.
However, today’s challenge was exceptionally easy.
As soon as the battle started, Xu Jin rushed towards the Gold Star Level Gatekeeper and threw an Instantaneous Shock Dream.
Directly cc’d the Gold Star Level Gatekeeper.
At the same moment, the Gold Star Level Heart Demon also attacked, also with Shock Dream.
Xu Jin wanted to test the effect of the Shock Dream Star Skill on Gold Star Level Heart Demons!
In an instant, the bombarded Gold Star Level Heart Demon fell into a brief stupor!
Already prepared with tactics, Xu Jin, combining Flame Burst with Soul-shaking Golden Lotus with another Flame Burst, killed the Gold Star Level Heart Demon.
One Flame Burst woke the Gold Star Level Heart Demon from its nightmare, and as it awoke with eyes wide with terror, the Soul-shaking Golden Lotus detonated causing severe instant damage while its Divine Soul also suffered greatly; then another Flame Burst!
An undoable kill on the Gold Star Level Heart Demon.
But as Xu Jin achieved an undoable kill on the Gold Star Level Heart Demon, a frightening sword light bombarded his back, sending him flying backward.
It was the Gold Star Level Gatekeeper breaking free from Shock Dream and attacking Xu Jin!
Xu Jin estimated that Shock Dream only cc’d the Gold Star Level Gatekeeper for one second.
But that was powerful enough.
The reason was simple because the Divine Soul aura emanating from the Gold Star Level Gatekeeper at Refining Star Eighth Layer was already at the aura level of Fourth Tier Star Condensation.
Not much different from Xu Jin’s own Divine Soul Cultivation.
Cc’ing someone for one second was powerful enough.
In real combat, if you could cc your opponent for half a second, or even an instant, it was a significant advantage!