Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 166 Breakthrough, Peak of the Fifth Stage of the Star Realm!

【检测到可献祭物品，獠牙巨鳄*13、钢刃巨蟒*9、棱甲黑熊*7、刃牙狂狮*11、独角铁犀（残缺）*11，请问是否献祭？】

Sacrifice!

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Lan made her decision immediately.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the iron rhinoceros with its horn removed could still become a sacrificial target.

He had previously thought that only intact corpses could be sacrificed by him.

However, being able to offer sacrifices is certainly a good thing, and this can be considered an unexpected surprise.

Before Jiang Lan, the corpses of a group of monsters rapidly turned transparent and then disappeared completely, leaving no trace on the ground.

Seeing this, Jiang Lan quickly retreated, not even having time to read the system's instructions.

The area around Demon Moon Lake was fraught with danger for him.

This is because of the battle just now, which has resulted in the absence of other ferocious beasts in this area.

Otherwise, his coming alone to offer up a corpse would be no different from courting death.

Even so, he could not linger by the Demon Moon Lake.

After flying for thousands of kilometers, Jiang Lan spotted a cave in the mountains below. After confirming that there were no other people or ferocious beasts inside, he flew directly into the cave.

Upon entering the cave, Jiang Lan looked around.

The cave is naturally formed and shows no signs of human intervention.

Perhaps due to the lack of ventilation over the years, Jiang Lan could also smell a rotten odor coming from deep within the cave.

But none of that matters. Finding a safe place right now is already a blessing.

Only then did Jiang Lan check the system information.

【献祭成功，宿主获得淬体丹（獠牙巨鳄*13、钢刃巨蟒*9、棱甲黑熊*7、刃牙狂狮*11、独角铁犀（残缺）*11）、秘籍《敛息》。】

Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow.

Did you win the lottery?

So many monsters were sacrificed before, but there was still no reaction.

I never expected to get such a good deal today, and even have an unexpected bonus?

Looking at the "Concealing Breath" manual on the reward, a wave of unfamiliar memories flooded Jiang Lan's mind.

After taking a brief moment to assess the situation, Jiang Lan smiled.

The naming method for this system remains as simple and straightforward as ever.

Concealing one's aura, as the name suggests, means being able to hide one's aura so that others cannot detect one's presence through it.

To be honest, Jiang Lan was quite lucky when they were by Demon Moon Lake. The group of warriors were in a hurry to kill the group of unicorn iron rhinoceroses and did not check their surroundings.

Otherwise, he would easily be discovered by that group of martial artists.

Even knowing there might be danger, Jiang Lan still did not choose to leave.

After all, take a gamble, and you might turn a bicycle into a motorcycle. Take another gamble, and you might turn a motorcycle into a Land Rover.

Losing a bet doesn't necessarily mean anything bad will happen, but if you win...

The Body Tempering Pills and Breath Concealing Technique currently in Jiang Lan's system inventory are the rewards for his winning gamble.

"call……"

Jiang Lan suppressed her excitement and let out a long breath.

Opening the system inventory, I saw that the Body Tempering Pills were arranged according to the level of the sacrificed monster before its death.

【Fanged Crocodile (Star-level Tier 3)】

【Armored Black Bear (Hengxing Tier 6)】

With a thought, Jiang Lan produced three Hengxing-level Tier 3 Body Tempering Pills in his hand.

With his eyes closed, he poured the Body Tempering Pill into his mouth.

The pure energy transformed into bursts of heat, rapidly gathering in the lower abdomen, specifically the dantian area.

Within his dantian, the ever-rotating cyan-purple star sensed the sudden influx of energy, and its rotation speed increased dramatically as it rapidly absorbed it.

The stars are rotating faster and faster.

In just a few seconds, the planet's rotation speed had reached a level that even Jiang Lan himself could hardly detect.

Sudden.

It was as if all the inertia had vanished.

Within Jiang Lan's dantian, Hengxing suddenly contracted, transforming into a bluish-purple dot of light.

The spot of light got smaller and smaller, and after a few seconds, it finally shrank to its limit.

"boom!"

It suddenly exploded!

Originally, there was only one Hengxing dantian, but now it has been split into two, slowly rotating within Jiang Lan's dantian.

Second-tier Star!

"You broke through?!"

Babata's shocked voice rang out.

"Didn't you say that you could only break through by fighting monsters?"

"yes."

"But just now... you clearly only saw others fighting, you didn't participate yourself... Could it be that you can become stronger just by watching others fight?"

Jiang Lan simply smiled upon hearing this, offering no further explanation.

This thing is inexplicable.

Now that he has obtained the Body Tempering Pill, he can't possibly risk his first-level Hengxing strength to hunt down some ferocious beasts just because of Babata, can he?

That's too much trouble.

As for Babata's side...

Anyway, his increased strength is a good thing for both him and Babata.

So after a period of internal struggle, Babata let the matter drop.

Having severed ties with Babata, Jiang Lan followed the same method, taking out three Body Tempering Pills from his system inventory once again.

However, all three of these are of the fourth rank of Hengxing.

The difference between each rank of a star is roughly double.

Jiang Lan is currently at the second level of the Hengxing realm. Normally, the physical attributes of a fourth-level Hengxing cultivator would be about four times that of him.

The energy contained in the Body Tempering Pill is one-tenth of the total strength of the ferocious beast.

Suppose there is an experience bar with a maximum value of one hundred. A fourth-tier Hengxing Body Tempering Pill can increase his experience by forty.

So, three Star-level fourth-tier Body Tempering Pills are just enough to level him up.

He tilted his head back and took the pills.

Within his dantian, the two stars spun rapidly once more.

"boom!"

Two become three.

Star-level Tier 3!

Take drugs again.

"boom!"

Fourth-order Star!

Come again.

"boom!"

Fifth order of the constellation.

With a thought, Jiang Lan took out all the Body Tempering Pills and put them in her mouth.

This time, his strength did not improve again, but remained at the peak of the fifth level of the Hengxing realm.

Jiang Lan's eyes gleamed with excitement.

He was quite satisfied with the result.

It took a total of half an hour to advance from the initial stage of Hengxing Level 1 to the peak of Hengxing Level 5!

During those half hour, he was either breaking through or in the process of breaking through.

"You...you...a fifth-tier Star Realm cultivator?!"

Babata's voice rose in pitch, his tone filled with disbelief.

Jiang Lan shrugged.

"Too slow?"

"Gulp..." Babata swallowed hard. "You're not slow at all, the speed at which your strength is increasing is terrifying! Seriously, sometimes I wonder if you're even human? Or are you a giant star beast disguised as a human?"

"No... I'm afraid even the giant star beasts aren't as outrageous as you! Jiang Lan, you really are..."

"Alright, stop reminiscing," Jiang Lan interrupted. "Let's go to Demon Moon Lake again. If things go smoothly this time, we should be able to break through to the Hengxing level and step into the cosmic level."

He couldn't handle the beast horde before, but now, as long as the beast horde's strength isn't too outrageous, Jiang Lan is able to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)