mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 271 Star Core-Level Commodities
Chapter 271 Star Core-Level Commodities
night.
The spaceship flew smoothly above the clouds, and Han Duo focused intently on monitoring the flight path in the cockpit.
Song Chen sat in his chair, the system panel unfolding before him.
After a day and a night of fighting, all five border strongholds were wiped out, with a total of six sixth-tier beast kings, more than five hundred fifth-tier beast kings, and countless fourth-tier and lower beast kings killed.
The kill count has reached an unprecedented 200 million.
He took a deep breath and clicked into the Star Core-level Shop. Now he could finally experience the power of the Star Core-level.
The dark gold interface of the Star Core-level store unfolded before my eyes.
Combat skills, superpowers, equipment...
Each one was ridiculously expensive, but his account balance was there—two hundred million—enough to buy some.
Song Chen carefully examined the entire Star Core-level store.
This time he looked more carefully, no longer focusing only on swordsmanship and movement techniques, but expanding on all categories and comparing them one by one.
After the system was upgraded to level five, the store interface was also adjusted, with detailed description labels added next to each item.
This includes prerequisites for cultivation, the upper limit of the effect, compatibility with other skills, and even cultivation risk warnings.
This information never appeared when I purchased A-rank or S-rank combat skills before.
He spent a full twenty minutes browsing through the Star Core-level store from beginning to end, and gradually came to a conclusion: the Star Core-level product system is much more complete than that of S-level and below.
Previously, his combat skills were scattered: a sword technique, a movement technique, and a special ability, each independent of the others, which he bought and practiced on his own.
However, each item at the Star Core level is not isolated; it's not like choosing a skill, but more like choosing a complete growth path.
He clicked on several core products he had previously viewed and compared them again.
After a long while, Song Chen closed the list.
His current combat system is already in place: Seven Thunder Slashes (Grandmaster level), Eye of Truth (S-level), Soaring Strike (Grandmaster level), and Nine Heavens Thunder (S-level).
This setup is more than enough to deal with enemies at or below the mid-tier of Tier 6. In the battle against Japan, he used this system to kill several Tier 6 enemies that had been crippled by nuclear bombs. In the battle against the Heavenly Sea, he used this system to kill four Tier 6 enemies at their peak underwater.
In the short term, attack capability is not his weakness.
What truly limited him were two things.
One is the body's upper limit; after continuous high-intensity battles, the fatigue in muscles and meridians becomes increasingly apparent.
Another aspect is the method of displacement. Fuyao is a wind-based movement technique. Master-level Fuyao can achieve near-instantaneous continuous displacement within the atmosphere, and can also achieve a similar effect in the sea by manipulating water currents.
However, the essence of soaring is still physical movement, with a trajectory, a process, and a speed limit.
When facing enemies at the peak of the sixth tier or even stronger, the limitation of physical movement will become increasingly fatal.
Song Chen's gaze lingered on one of them.
[Eternal Body]
Level: Star Core
Type: Combat Skill-based Physical Enhancement
Effects: Reshapes the body's basic structure with the power of the Star Core, granting the body Star Core-level toughness, resilience, and resistance to impact. Damage sustained in combat can heal rapidly, broken bones can mend within breaths, and torn muscles can repair themselves during battle. Resistance to toxins, mental attacks, and psionic erosion is greatly enhanced.
Price: 110 million kill points
Note: This combat skill is a passive ability; it takes effect automatically upon completion of training and does not require active activation.
Song Chen read the explanation of the Eternal Body three times.
He had seen the item on the sea, but his understanding of it was not deep enough at the time.
Looking at it now, this item is worth no less than ten S-class battle armors.
It takes effect passively and repairs automatically, meaning that physical damage during combat can be recovered without leaving the battle, which means that the ability to continue fighting will be improved by more than one level.
What he lacks most right now is this: a one-man operation to wipe out the enemy, without logistics, support, or rest time.
After destroying one stronghold, you have to rush to the next one. If you get injured, you have to grit your teeth and fly to the next battlefield.
The Eternal Body perfectly solves this problem.
Song Chen made a decision in her heart: this is it.
After making the purchase, he still had 90 million kill points left, so he continued looking.
He was very satisfied with a Star Core-level ability.
[Void Travel]
Level: Star Core
Type: Spatial displacement ability
Effect: Allows for spatial jumps, ignoring physical obstacles and terrain barriers, with an initial maximum distance of 100 kilometers.
Price: 8000 million kill points
Note: This ability is an active skill that requires briefly locking onto the target's spatial coordinates.
Song Chen stared at the line "ignoring physical obstacles and terrain barriers" for a long time.
A trajectory is required for soaring, even if it is a continuous displacement, the trajectory still exists.
A sufficiently strong enemy can intercept it by predicting its trajectory, but Void Travel has no trajectory; it is a direct spatial jump, disappearing from point A and reappearing at point B, with no intermediate process.
In actual combat, this ability is far more valuable than speed itself. When chasing someone, the terrain will not block the way; when escaping, one will not be surrounded or trapped; and when entering the battlefield, one does not need to consider fortifications and obstacles.
Furthermore, void travel is a supernatural ability, not a combat skill.
This means it can be used in conjunction with the "Soaring" technique. Use "Soaring" for everyday travel and "Void Shuttle" for crucial moments in battle; the two do not conflict.
Song Chen did some mental calculations.
One item costs 110 million, another 80 million; their kill count is high enough.
Song Chen didn't hesitate for long. He reached out and clicked "buy".
[Purchased the combat skill "Eternal Body", consuming 110 million kill points]
[Purchased the ability "Void Travel", consuming 80 million Kill Points]
Two confirmation prompts popped up almost simultaneously, and then the icons of the two items on the system panel lit up at the same time, indicating that the system had entered a cultivation state.
The cultivation progress bar started jumping, but it stopped after progressing less than five percent.
A new notification pops up in the center of the panel.
[The cultivation of Star Core-level items requires initial activation in an environment rich in spiritual energy. The current environment lacks sufficient spiritual energy density. Please select a higher density area to complete the activation.]
Song Chen was startled; this was the first time she had encountered such a situation.
All the combat skills and abilities I bought before were learned immediately upon purchase, and at most I needed to spend time practicing to become proficient. However, the Star Core level required a specific environment to activate.
He was about to open the spaceship's psionic environment map to check the nearby high-density areas when a second line of prompts suddenly popped up on the system panel.
[The system has detected that the buyer is using a Star Core-level product for the first time. The system will provide a one-time, proactive activation guide; no need to actively seek spiritual energy.]
[Activation countdown: 3...2...1...]
The next moment, Song Chen felt an incredibly vast energy surging out from the depths of the system.
The force was gathering, compressing, and accumulating power within the system, like a blocked floodgate being forced open.
If this power were to be unleashed, the spaceship would be doomed, and Han Duo in the cockpit would not survive.
Without thinking twice, he yanked open the spaceship hatch.
Han Duo heard the noise in the cockpit and turned around, only to see Song Chen's back as he stepped out of the cabin.
"Councilor Song?"
"Don't follow me!"
Song Chen's voice came from outside the cabin door, his tone more urgent than ever before.