Chapter 1597: He Really Knows How to Play
As Xia Yao suddenly spun to the right, activating the Star-Slashing Mode of the Addictive Little Fire Jar, Jiangnan immediately jolted, a surge of ecstasy spreading throughout his body, his face melting in pure bliss!
(˚₊*(ˊॢ⁼̴̤̆ꇴ⁼̴̤̆ˋॢ)*₊˚)
But the next moment, he felt like he was leaking, all his spiritual energy sucked away by the Little Fire Jar!
His whole body went completely dry!
Then, a star appeared on each of the two Little Fire Jars!
Jiangnan’s rank dropped from Diamond Eight to Diamond Six!
With two “pop pop” sounds, two large red lumps the size of oranges also appeared on Jiangnan’s six-pack abs!
Xia Yao couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing!
ꉂꉂ◟(˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅๑) “Pfft—hahaha! They look like they’re sagging!”
Jiangnan’s face darkened, and he immediately punched Xia Yao’s head, making her smoke from the impact!
(๑◔﹏◔ิ๑)
What the hell do you mean by sagging?!
But Jiangnan’s move shocked everyone so much their eyes almost popped out!
Zhang San twitched his mouth: (͡°~͡°) “So, you think you have too many stars, so you plucked two to play with?”
Jiangnan grinned slyly: (•́.̫•̀) “How could that be? I just didn’t get enough of the thrill of breaking through, so I wanted to do it a few more times!”
With that, he took out a massive pile of Spirit Beads and started breaking through again!
It didn’t take long—
“Boom!”
Under the effect of the Origin Wind, Jiangnan effortlessly broke through again, reaching Diamond Seven!
Then, in no time, he shot up to Diamond Eight!
He had just been cut down by two stars, and now he was back to where he was in a blink?
Bati’s eyes twitched: (･ˇдˇ･｡:) “Is he even human? Can he show off any harder? If I had your ability, why would I have to hide until I reached Dao Heaven before showing myself?”
Raising stars was as simple as eating and drinking for him!
Wasn’t that terrifying?
But Jiangnan was full of excitement.
It was time to test his theory!
So he had Xia Yao take the fire jar with the two stored stars and gently press it against him!
A surge of powerful spiritual energy poured into his body!
Under everyone’s stunned gaze, Jiangnan’s rank shot up from Diamond Eight to Diamond Nine!
Then, it reached Diamond Ten!
Though it was barely Diamond Ten, not quite at the peak.
After all, the quality of the seventh and eighth stars couldn’t compare to the ninth and tenth.
But at least it pushed Jiangnan to Diamond Ten!
Xia Yao was thrilled, hugging Jiangnan’s face and kissing him twice!
(๛˘³˘)(∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀ω˂̶́∗)੭ Yes!
“Hahaha! It worked! I told you!”
Everyone was completely stunned at this point, right?
Zhang San zipped over like lightning, hugging Jiangnan’s thigh with a pleading look!
(#･᷄ᯅ･᷅) “Nan Shen! Nan Shen, please charge me some stars! I’ll pay whatever it costs!”
Bati went absolutely crazy, rushing over and grabbing Jiangnan’s arm!
(O･`益･´)ﾉ!!! “Brother! You’re my big brother! I’ll work for you for years! I don’t ask for much—just give me three stars! Fill me up!”
Even Baikou and Miye got excited, and Wu Liang’s eyes turned red!
(ʃƪ✧(エ)✧) “Nan Ge! Do you need a licking bear? Look at me, am I good enough?”
Stars could actually be charged like this?!
Jiangnan hadn’t expected such a heated reaction!
He rolled his eyes.
(*꒪ัд꒪ั*) “There’s no such good thing in the world! The stars I pull out of myself can only be used to charge myself! I can’t use them for others!”
“If you want to raise your stars, you need your own stars!”
Everyone was taken aback. Even so, that still worked, right?
For example, the bottleneck of Diamond Eight and the bottleneck of Diamond Nine were completely different!
This effectively reduced the difficulty of leveling up, didn’t it?
But Jiangnan, now at Diamond Ten, wasn’t satisfied. If he could get two more stars, wouldn’t he jump straight to Starlight in one go?
Then it was time to act!
So he had Xia Yao use four Little Fire Jars. Not only did she pull out the two stars he had just charged in, but she also pulled out two more!
His rank dropped back to Diamond Six!
If he broke through to Diamond Eight again and then charged these four stars in, his rank would definitely hit Starlight, wouldn’t it?
Thinking it was beautiful, Jiangnan was about to cultivate and break through, but the expression on his face froze!
This time, the bottleneck was unshakable. He couldn’t break through no matter what. Every time he tried, his whole body ached and he felt weak, like being locked up. Trying to break through again was nothing but a pipe dream.
Jiangnan covered his face. Sure enough, things weren’t as simple as he thought!
There were limits. With this kind of bug-exploiting move, at most, he could squeeze out one or two stars per major realm!
The human body had its limits. Repeating breakthroughs? Doing this too much would mess him up!
Helpless, Jiangnan charged the four stars back in, restoring his rank to Diamond Ten!
Sure enough, the locked-up feeling disappeared!
Still, Jiangnan was happy. At least he had squeezed out two extra stars!
Profit, profit!
Wait…
Why did he have to use these two stars now? He could save them. When he naturally cultivated to Diamond Ten Peak, he could charge these two stars in!
Then he would directly hit Starlight!
He wouldn’t have to be stuck on a major rank for so long!
Back when Jiangnan went from Gold to Platinum and Platinum to Diamond, he had been stuck for quite a while!
Anyway, the gap between Diamond Eight and Diamond Ten wasn’t huge. There was no qualitative improvement in his Spiritual Art power. The only difference was the total amount of spiritual energy!
Saving them was better!
With that thought, Jiangnan had Xia Yao pull out the two stars he had charged in. He treasured them carefully and stored them in his Alternate Dimension.
He would use them when he reached Diamond Peak.
Everyone just watched as Jiangnan’s rank went up and down, changing back and forth.
Bati’s mouth twitched: “You really know how to play! With just those few stars, you can’t figure out how to arrange them?”
Xia Yao: (´థжథ)σ “Pfft—hahahaha!”
She was rolling on the ground laughing, tears streaming!
ꉂꉂ◟(˚˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅˚๑) “Xiaonan! Your abs are so round and exaggerated!”
Jiangnan’s expression froze. He looked down and his face turned pitch black.
On his stomach, there were two rows, four in total, eight big red lumps neatly arranged.
(̿▀̿益▀̿̿)̄…
(づ畕ど)
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His originally chiseled abs now looked like they had undergone an Abdominal Muscle Expansion Technique, extremely round…
After all the messing around, he had pulled out fire jars eight times in total!
Jiangnan: !!!
“Do you have to pull them out so neatly? They look exactly like corn cobs!”
Zhong Yingxue, who had been holding back her laughter, finally pictured a corn cob and burst out laughing!
˚‧º·(˚˃᷄ꇴ˂᷅˚)‧º·˚ “Jiang Corn! Pfft—stop making me laugh, okay?”
Jiangnan gritted his teeth. He was about to show them what a real Southern Man was when—
“Boom!”
A deafening explosion rang out!
A terrifying wave of spiritual pressure sent Jiangnan and the others flying!
Miye was sitting cross-legged on the ground, her beautiful face flushed with excitement.
(⑉ᵒ̌◡ᵒ̌⑉) “I… I raised a star!”
She had been stuck at Dao Heaven Nine Peak, and under the cleansing of the Origin Wind, Miye finally broke through!
She reached Dao Heaven Ten!
Jiangnan was thrilled: “That’s great! Use as many Spirit Beads as you need! Focus on your breakthrough! I’ll pull out a star for you later to see if we can squeeze out an extra one!”
Miye nodded continuously, and Jiangnan began showering Spirit Beads everywhere.
But he had underestimated the amount of spiritual energy needed for a Dao Heaven breakthrough. He was bleeding resources!
Meanwhile, Baikou watched eagerly. Jiangnan wasn’t stingy. He directly pulled one of Baikou’s stars down, dropping her to Dao Heaven Nine, to see if she could break back to Dao Heaven Ten.
If she could, then charging that star back in might even break through the racial limit gate?
At this moment, Jiangnan was completely busy!
Not only did he work on Miye and Baikou, but he also used the Little Fire Jar bug to save up stars for Zhong Yingxue and the others!
As Jiangnan had said, at most, one or two stars could be saved per major realm!
For example, Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao each saved two stars, and even Xiong Er did the same!
But Wu Liang and Lan only saved one before they got that locked-up feeling!
No more could be done. It varied from person to person.
Bati could only watch with envy. If they pulled one of his stars out, he couldn’t cultivate back at all!
Helpless, Jiangnan charged it back in.
As for Zhong Yingxue and the others, they didn’t think about saving stars for breaking through major realms. They used the stars they saved directly to increase their ranks!
After all, they didn’t want to fall too far behind Jiangnan and wanted to play a bigger role in the counteroffensive.
And they were confident about breaking through to Starlight!
On the other side, Miye successfully broke through to Dao Heaven Ten, and Jiangnan helped her pull that star out!
Miye then tried to charge up to Dao Heaven Ten again!
At this moment, Jiangnan sat in front of Baikou and Miye, wailing loudly!
˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄口˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚ “Wah—I’ve used it all up! This was my wife fund! It was for my wife! You can’t use it for free!”
Zhang San’s mouth twitched: (≖_≖) “You’ve been saying that for 15 minutes now, haven’t you? And you’re still pulling stuff out? You haven’t run out yet?”
Just how deep was Nan Shen’s wife fund?!
Supporting two Dao Heavens and a group of Diamonds breaking through continuously, and still pulling out more?!
“Boom!”
Baikou lived up to expectations and broke back to Dao Heaven Ten!
But now her beautiful face was flushed red with embarrassment.
(⑉︶﹏︶)…
She had used Jiangnan’s wife fund. That would make her his…
Ptoo, ptoo!
Miye, however, had no psychological burden at all.
(*⁰̷̴～⁰̷̴) “What are you getting worked up about? I still have a Nightless City! What’s mine is yours, isn’t it?”
Jiangnan felt a little comforted hearing that. At least Bad Sister was good!
Seeing Baikou back at Dao Heaven Ten, Jiangnan was full of anticipation.
“Whether it works or not depends on this! Ready?”
Baikou nodded solemnly: “Come… come on!”
Jiangnan directly charged the star he had just pulled from Baikou back into her!
“Boom!”
Baikou’s eyes widened!
One star charged in, and her rank quickly shot up to Dao Heaven Ten Peak, hitting the human ceiling!
Her whole body emitted an intensely blazing white light, snow fell out of nowhere, and an aura of extreme cold spread!
But the next moment, the white light went out. Baikou’s face turned red as she spat out a mouthful of blood!
She collapsed to the ground, gasping for air, and shook her head helplessly.
“This method doesn’t work! The gate of the human racial limit is too solid. It can’t be broken so easily!”
“I still need time.”
Jiangnan’s expression darkened. So this gate couldn’t be forced open by brute force?