Swallowing the Stars: Level 1, One Talent, Invincible Chaos Origin

Chapter 34, Marquis Yanyuan
Inside the blazing core of a star, Jiang Ming and his Vulcan clone sat facing each other, observing the various fluctuations within the star.

The closer a star gets to its core, the greater the pressure becomes. Even with Jiang Ming's previous strength and the talent of his Stellar Body, he wouldn't have been able to stay in the core area for long without affecting his cultivation.

They can only stay a little outside the core area.

However, with the improvement of his understanding of the laws, the enhancement of the Stellar Body to Jiang Ming has become more and more miraculous. At this moment, Jiang Ming can reside permanently in the core of a star while in the Stellar Body state.

"With the help of the Flame Crystal, the time acceleration effect of the Time Wheel can reach a thousand times the speed of time."

As Jiang Ming felt his strength rapidly increasing and gained various insights under the flow of time, he couldn't help but feel exhilarated.

"From the permissions of the Virtual Universe Company, I found that the time acceleration treasures only have an acceleration effect of ten to several dozen times, and the resources consumed every day are in the form of Hunyuan units."

In comparison, the consumption of the Wheel of Time is extremely small.

When Jiang Ming lacked sufficient permissions, he couldn't find any information about time-accelerating treasures. Even now, with the permissions provided by the Virtual Universe Company, all he could find were treasures of average quality, with a maximum acceleration effect of twenty or thirty times.

Even the lowest-level time-related treasures cost Jiang Ming an astronomical price that he couldn't even imagine.

Let alone buying it, even if it were given to Jiang Ming, he couldn't afford it.

These treasures only require a very short time to deplete the four hundred Chaos Units in Jiang Ming's possession.

Moreover, these time-accelerating treasures all have a fatal flaw: they blur the user's perception of the laws of the outside world.

It severely reduces the efficiency of understanding.

Jiang Ming's Time Wheel, seemingly due to his own innate talent, did not obscure the external laws.

Jiang Ming's understanding of the laws is consistent whether he is in a state of accelerated time or in the outside world.

"A single flame crystal, which is only 180 units of Chaos, can support my time acceleration by a thousand times for decades without blurring the laws of the outside world. If this were to get out, I don't know how many powerful people would be envious and go crazy."

The incredible power that the Wheel of Time could unleash with sufficient resources made even Jiang Ming yearn for it.

Flame Crystals are formed by compressing stellar energy and a very small amount of divine flame power from an immortal being who has fully comprehended the fundamental laws of flame.

Such a flame crystal, valued at 180 units of Chaos, is equivalent to one percent of the energy of a star. If detonated directly, it could easily kill a World Lord level expert.

The energy within is also incredibly pure, capable of easily accelerating the Wheel of Time a thousandfold.

"Unfortunately, with my current access level, I can't even find any information about the Vulcan Crystal or the Vulcan Source Crystal."

The Fire God Crystal and the Fire God Source Crystal are formed from extremely high purity fire divine power. Even the lowest level Fire God Crystal has the ability to threaten immortality.

This is an absolute strategic resource; Jiang Ming doesn't even have the authority to view it, let alone purchase it.

"But for me now, it's enough."

As Jiang Ming felt his understanding of the laws gradually increase, his mood became extremely good.

"Judging by the time, it's time to set off. Although the treasures in the Realm Within a Realm are no longer of much use to me, they are still worth several hundred Chaos Units."

Jiang Ming thought to himself.

After selling the 'SSS-grade Bloodline Evolution Agent', Jiang Ming's wealth has surpassed the entire treasure trove of the Realm Within a Realm.

But it is still a treasure worth 200 Mixed Yuan Units, which Jiang Ming cannot ignore now.

Moreover, with his current strength, he could easily obtain this treasure.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Ming's consciousness connected to the virtual universe and teleported to a huge manor in the Qianwu Continent.

In the manor stood a woman dressed in red and black armor, tall and slender, with a delicate face and a full, graceful figure.

Her long, flowing, crimson hair cascaded down her back, exuding the sexy allure of a mature woman.

"teacher."

Jiang Ming entered the manor and greeted the woman.

The woman before him was an immortal teacher that Manluo had found for him, possessing the strength of a high-level immortal military lord.

"Hmm." Upon seeing Jiang Ming arrive, Marquis Yan Yuan nodded. Facing Jiang Ming, she did not put on any airs of an immortal and appeared extremely approachable.

"Teacher, I plan to apply for the Space Mercenary Examination and test my strength in real combat."

After Jiang Ming received answers to his routine questions about cultivation, he spoke to Marquis Yan Yuan.

Within the Universe Kingdom, the Immortal Kings and Marquises are mostly only at the peak of the Marquis level, with the strength of a high-level military lord.

He only received the title of king or marquis because he was granted the title.

However, in terms of strength, he was not a true king or noble.

"The Space Mercenary Assessment? With your strength, it's not really necessary."

Although Marquis Yanyuan felt that Jiang Ming was wasting his time, he did not directly refute his idea.

“I have several close friends who went to participate in the cosmic mercenary assessment. They made some discoveries in that world’s master. Based on the information they provided me, I speculate that there is a world within a world in there.”

Luo Feng and his group have been in the Thunder Time for some time now, and it is estimated that the Realm Within a Realm will emerge soon.

"Oh? A realm within a realm?"

Marquis Yan Yuan became somewhat interested. A World Lord can create a world within his body, but the difficulty of creating another world within the body's existing world increases tenfold.

Without real treasures, no realm lord would have spent so much to build it.

However, Marquis Yan Yuan lost interest after glancing at the information sent by Jiang Ming.

The Thunder Lord was too weak in life, so even if he had any treasures, they wouldn't be very valuable.

"Alright, if there's a realm within a realm, it can also hone your skills a bit."

Although Jiang Ming expressed doubt, and the possibility of a world within a world still remains uncertain, since Jiang Ming is interested, there's no harm in going.

"Thank you teacher."

With Jiang Ming's strength, obtaining the treasure within the realm wouldn't be difficult, but while obtaining it would be easy, what to do after it's gone is another matter.

Jiang Ming had initially planned to rely on Manluo, but after getting to know the teacher Manluo introduced him to, he realized that this teacher was a better choice.

……

Leaving the virtual universe, Jiang Ming boarded a spaceship and headed towards Canglan Star.

For those participating in the Space Mercenary Assessment for the first time, they need to register offline before they can participate in the assessment; this is the basic procedure.

But this only applies to people with absolutely no connections.

For Jiang Ming, the Virtual Universe Company's access made it easy for him to complete the registration process.

However, this is only for registration; to truly become a cosmic mercenary, one must pass the world's assessment.

The entrance to the Thunder World is a villa that looks extremely ordinary, but it is heavily guarded.

At that moment, a silver spaceship approached from the sky, and its hatch opened.

Jiang Ming's figure emerged from it.

Upon seeing Jiang Ming disembark from the spaceship, a man wearing a 'One-Star Mercenary' medal on his chest immediately emerged from the villa and went to greet Jiang Ming.

"Yes, I'm here to take the assessment."

Jiang Ming spoke to the cosmic mercenary.

"plz follow me."

The mercenary responded respectfully, and then led Jiang Ming toward the villa entrance.

The trainee mercenaries who were still queuing up nearby immediately started talking about it.

(End of this chapter)