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

Just then, the figures from before rushed to the edge of Demon Moon Lake.

There were nine of them in total, and their personnel configuration was surprisingly similar to the group Jiang Lan had encountered before.

Seven Star Ninth Rank warriors dressed in black combat suits, followed by a man and a woman.

However, this man and woman looked slightly more professional than the previous team, and they were also wearing combat uniforms.

Jiang Lan smacked her lips.

This was done as a team.

The group saw Jiang Lan standing by the lake, and a pile of corpses.

The leading martial artists exchanged glances, then looked at the man.

"Young Master."

The man addressed as "Young Master" looked at the ground, then at Jiang Lan.

"Hello, can you sell us the horn of this one-horned iron rhinoceros?"

Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow slightly.

He thought this young master would just have his group of martial artists forcibly seize it, but he didn't expect him to be so polite.

Although he was confident that even if a fight broke out, he could wipe out all his opponents.

But since no one was causing trouble, Jiang Lan naturally had no interest in creating trouble for himself or having some kind of pretentious, face-slapping scene.

"I'm sorry, I don't plan to sell this rhinoceros horn at the moment. Why don't you look around the area? There are quite a few iron rhinoceroses in this place."

The man addressed as "Young Master" remained silent for a moment.

"One hundred thousand, Qianwu coins."

Jiang Lan: "..."

One hundred thousand Qianwu coins is quite a lot.

The fourth-tier female slaves he bought on Qiulong Star previously cost no more than 20,000 Qianwu coins each.

One hundred thousand is enough to buy five.

The 100,000 Qianwu coins are a lot, but the problem is that Jiang Lan is not short of money.

He may not have much else, but he has over nine billion Qianwu coins in his bank account.

"Uh...sorry, please take another look."

The monster corpses before him were crucial to whether he could break through to the ninth level of the Hengxing realm and enter the cosmic realm.

Although you can still sacrifice the rhinoceros horn even if it's gone, the reward you get will be incomplete, and the effect of the Body Tempering Pill will be greatly reduced.

If we wait a little longer, we may be able to encounter other ferocious beasts.

But Jiang Lan didn't want to wait any longer.

Upon hearing this, the man didn't say anything, and it seemed he was preparing to leave with his men.

Just then, the woman next to the young master, dressed in combat gear and with a good figure, suddenly spoke up.

"Kid, don't be ungrateful!"

Jiang Lan: "..."

Young Master: "..."

The guards: "..."

Jiang Lan twitched the corner of her mouth.

What kind of development is this?

I already said I don't want to show off and get slapped in the face, so why would I offer my face up to someone else?

Before he could speak, the young master glared at the woman beside him.

"Sorry, my sister isn't very bright, please don't mind her."

With that, he grabbed the woman and flew away into the distance.

"I'm gone."

Upon hearing the young master's voice, the group of ninth-level Hengxing guards reacted and followed suit.

Jiang Lan was left standing there in silence.

What's going on?

They offered their face up, then pulled it away?

Thinking of this, Jiang Lan smiled and shook her head.

Forget it, let's just treat it as a farce.

Anyway, the appearance of this group of people didn't affect him at all.

But that young master is quite interesting.

Although he had seven guards at the ninth level of the Hengxing realm, he did not choose to bully the weak; on the contrary, he was quite polite.

Of course, this may also be related to the strength that Jiang Lan has demonstrated.

After all, among the dead beasts were even two Hengxing level eight beasts.

A group of ferocious beasts died, but Jiang Lan was unharmed.

Even ordinary ninth-level Star Realm experts would find it difficult to achieve this level.

However, Jiang Lan didn't know what the young master was really thinking.

In any case, his choice saved his life.

Jiang Lan shook her head slightly and looked at the herd of beasts in front of her.

Sacrifice!

[Sacrifice successful...]

After glancing at the system notification, Jiang Lan flew directly back to the cave where he often stayed recently.

As usual, apart from the Body Tempering Pill, we didn't get anything else.

"Babata, keep an eye on our surroundings. If anyone approaches me, tell me immediately!"

Next, Jiang Lan will officially break through to the cosmic level.

The reason Jiang Lan chose to break through in this world of the Realm Lord was because he felt that in this place, having only the strength of the ninth level of the Hengxing Realm was still a bit unreliable.

After all, this place is full of groups of ninth-level Star Realm cultivators.

Although his Cloud Vine is already at the cosmic level.

However, the universe is vast, and no one can guarantee that there aren't any exceptionally powerful ninth-tier Star Realm beings within this Thunder World.

Therefore, to ensure everything goes smoothly, Jiang Lan decided to make a breakthrough here.

Once he reaches the cosmic level, he can roam freely within this world master's realm.

Of course, you still have to be careful of the lightning that appears from time to time in the sky.

After all, let alone the universe, even a domain lord of average strength would only face certain death if struck by this attack.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things for you. You can focus on your breakthrough."

"Um."

Jiang Lan nodded emphatically, then opened his system inventory, and with a thought, took out a handful of Body Tempering Pills and put them in his mouth.

One handful after another, Jiang Lan quickly swallowed all the Body Tempering Pills he had just obtained through the sacrifice.

The Body Tempering Pill transformed into streams of pure energy, rapidly converging towards Jiang Lan's dantian.

"call--"

Inside Jiang Lan's dantian, nine stars spun rapidly, relentlessly absorbing the energy entering the dantian.

As energy is absorbed, the nine stars continuously expand and contract.

Jiang Lan closed his eyes, sat cross-legged inside the cave, and concentrated all his energy on his dantian.

After an unknown amount of time, as the star continued to contract, Jiang Lan's entire dantian was filled with liquid cosmic energy, like an ocean.

Nearly another hour passed before the star in his dantian suddenly exploded.

"boom!!!"

Fragments of the bluish-purple star flew everywhere, all sinking into the ocean of energy.

Immediately afterwards, a strange energy appeared at the center of Jiang Lan's dantian, attracting liquid energy to continuously gather at the center of the dantian.

In no time, everything in his dantian gathered at the center, forming a huge water sphere.

The water sphere slowly shrank.

As time passed, the water sphere shrank to a point where even Jiang Lan could only sense it but could not see it.

Jiang Lan's heart suddenly started beating faster.

He had a feeling that it was going to work!

"boom!!!"

The water sphere, shrunk to its limit, exploded with a roar, and a nebula spread out at a speed that Jiang Lan couldn't even react to.

By the time Jiang Lan realized what was happening, the nebula had already taken shape.

Around the nebula are eight spiral arms.

Jiang Lan knew that the spiral arm was formed from his soul.

In an instant, Jiang Lan felt herself enter an incomparably wonderful and harmonious state.

This feeling was countless times more pleasant than when I swallowed the heartwood of the ancient willow.

Cosmic level, done! (End of Chapter)