Chapter 1717: Here
Making this decision, Liu Mang had to steel himself quite a bit!
"You're tougher than me, and more important than me. This place still needs you to hold things together. If something goes wrong when luck turns bad, it won't be easy to clean up!"
"It doesn't matter who takes the effect!"
Hairpin Wei sighed:
(︶～.︶✽) "I'll make a Lucky Wei to eat it. I have more experience."
Mo Tian also had a resolute look in her eyes:
٩(•̀～•́๑) "Me! I'll eat it. I'm only at Diamond rank, so I won't make much of a difference. Even if I get unlucky and die..."
But before anyone could finish, Jiang Nan tilted his head back and stuffed the Lucky Little Cherry into his mouth, swallowing it whole!
Hairpin Wei's hair literally stood on end:
"(ºД.º*) "Jiang Nan, are you crazy? It'd be better if we ate it! Why did you..."
Jiang Nan grinned: "Let me be the Child of Destiny one more time. I'll use this luck to level up. Diamond Ten Stars doesn't seem to be cutting it anymore!"
As he spoke, he pulled out two small fire jars containing stars and, without hesitation, pressed them onto himself!
With a flash of red light from the small fire jars, two stars immediately rushed into Jiang Nan's body!
These two stars were the ones he had pulled out while grinding levels deep inside the Moon Core back then!
He had kept them for when he broke through to Star Glory.
Now Jiang Nan's level had smoothly reached Diamond Ten Stars!
But since he had only just broken through not long ago, there was still a gap before the true peak.
Jiang Nan wasn't sure that using those two stars would let him successfully break through to Star Glory!
So he had kept them unused.
But now that he had eaten the Lucky Little Cherry, he no longer had that worry!
He would definitely make it!
Given the current situation, Jiang Nan didn't think he, at Diamond Ten, could play a decisive role!
So he had to go for Star Glory!
"Boom!"
With the two stars entering, boosted by luck, Jiang Nan directly smashed through the major level barrier!
He forcibly pushed his level up to Star Glory One Star Peak!
Endless spiritual energy clouds were attracted, forming a spiritual energy funnel that drilled into Jiang Nan's body. His physical constitution and total spiritual energy capacity both advanced again!
Whether it was his innate skills or all the spiritual skills he had absorbed later, their power surged across the board with the major level increase!
Liu Mang, Mo Tian, and the others were so shocked their eyes nearly popped out!
Σ(ଵ口ଵ|||) "Holy crap! He just leveled up? Just like that? Wasn't it not long ago that he hit Diamond Ten? How is he already..."
And it wasn't just a minor star; it was a major level!
Breaking through mid-battle was already impressive enough, but using two jars to bump himself to Star Glory?
Leveling up just from traveling? Could he be any more casual?
Jiang Nan spread his hands: ʅ(･´‸･｀)ʃ "Don't be jealous. I just charged two stars into myself. Basic moves, no need to comment."
Liu Mang had a black question mark face.
☻?
What the heck did he mean by "charged two stars into himself"? Was he playing a game? Charging stars just like that?
Levels could be charged? How about charging one for me? I could use it too, you know?
Everyone else struggled and exhausted themselves to reach Star Glory, but Nan Shen just...
Hairpin Wei swallowed hard. When Jiang Nan was at Diamond, he could already massacre Star Glory level fighters!
Now that Jiang Nan was Star Glory, just how strong would he be?
She might not know the specifics, but Mo Tian knew that from this moment on, the world's strongest Star Glory had been born!
Jiang Nan curled his lips into a dangerous smirk.
(๑¯ิ৺¯ิ) "Time to settle some scores properly."
The next moment, Jiang Nan teleported away with everyone, covering a full thirty thousand meters in one go!
Right now, he could only hope to be lucky enough to reach the spike where Shan Mao and Zhong Yingxue were...
Rather than "luckily" finding another spike!
Hang in there, everyone! Wait for me to get there!
......
Meanwhile, at the Hegu Lingxu spike location, the battlefield was utter chaos!
Solomon hadn't even moved, still standing atop the muscle giant's head, overlooking the brutal battlefield.
(͡°৺͡°) "Tsk tsk tsk~ Tenacious, aren't they? All of you, pay attention, don't play them to death. If they die, they won't be of any use!"
In the field, two kilometer-long giant beasts and endless muscle monsters were furiously attacking the spell array!
Explosions and roars were deafening!
Shan Mao had pushed herself to her limit. A charged Military God Opens Heaven collided violently with the fist of the kilometer-long muscle giant!
"Boom!"
A thunderous sound rang out. The surrounding white-hot sea of flames swayed under the shockwave!
Shan Mao's body was pressed into the ground by the muscle giant. The thing's strength was terrifying!
Her body let out a pained groan of unbearable strain, and the taste of blood spread across her tongue!
The muscle giant was also badly injured by the terrifying punch force, blood spraying from its arm, but it rapidly regenerated using Life Essence!
The two were locked fist against fist, deadlocked!
At that moment, a dazzling silver radiance shot over at a speed surpassing everything!
"36 Star Continuous Flash!"
An extreme silver edge bloomed, striking heavily against the muscle giant's chest, blasting a hundred-meter-wide bloody hole!
Combined with Shan Mao's heavy punch, it forced the muscle giant back over a kilometer!
Xia Yao landed, her whole body steaming with white vapor, legs trembling.
(#ŏ﹏ŏ) "Damn it! What kind of monsters are these? We'll be worn down to death!"
These parasitic beasts could not only use their original innate skills but also had freakish physical constitutions and could regenerate and repair!
They could even merge into larger muscle beasts, making them extremely hard to kill with the group's methods!
Zhong Yingxue was doing better. She kept firing powerful white fireballs, forcing the other muscle giant back, its whole body bursting into raging flames!
Many muscle monsters were directly burned to ash!
But the consumption was terrifying. No matter how many they killed, there was no sign of decrease!
The Durian Pulp was completely used up. For now, Zhong Yingxue could only rely on absorbing spirit pearls to maintain her consumption, but it wasn't nearly enough!
At least she could maintain the white flame armor on everyone, preventing them from being parasitized. Any parasitic seed that tried to enter their bodies was instantly incinerated into nothingness!
Solomon sneered: "You three, get up there!"
Immediately, three more muscle giants waded through the magma and charged forward!
Zhong Yingxue bit her lower lip, forced to use White Sun Incinerates the World again!
She tried to repel the charging muscle giants!
But the three monsters didn't dodge or evade. They didn't care about being burned at all. They turned on Muscle Pump and charged straight in!
Zhong Yingxue: !!!
"I can't hold it! Everyone, fall back!"
Everyone retreated onto the spell array. Zhong Yingxue transformed into a Nine-Headed Phoenix, spreading her wings wide!
"Blazing Sun!"
A kilometer-wide blazing sun took shape. The white-hot fireball emitted searing heat, turning the surroundings into a lake of lava!
The moment the muscle monsters charged into the blazing sun, they were incinerated into ash!
But the five muscle giants surrounded the blazing sun, punching frantically!
They let their arms be carbonized, but new ones grew back as they kept punching!
The group was now protected by the blazing sun but surrounded by monsters, with no way to retreat!
Zhong Yingxue's face was pale as death. Xia Yao shouted anxiously: "Does anyone still have Durian Pulp? Anything that can restore spiritual energy? Once Snow uses up all her spiritual energy, it's over!"
But after fighting this long, everyone's stocks were depleted!
Ye Xinghe was full of regret. He should have just exploded himself earlier instead of worrying about face! He wasted two big durians!
The blazing sun gradually faded from white to deep blue, then began shifting toward cyan!
The temperature kept dropping, dealing less and less damage to the muscle giants. It wouldn't hold for much longer!
Qin Shou's expression turned ruthless. He grabbed a dagger and aimed it straight at his own heart!
(#˃᷄益˂᷅#) "This is all my bad luck! If I die, maybe the bad luck will stop. I should have died before anyway. I've lived extra long—worth it!"
If his death could give everyone a chance to live and turn things around, then dying was worth it!
But just as Qin Shou was about to stab himself, the dagger in his hand melted into molten iron from the high heat!
Zhong Yingxue looked firm: "I won't allow it! Even if you're unlucky, you have to live well!"
"Xiao Nan brought you all in, and I'm bringing every single one of you out alive. Not one is allowed to be missing!"
The molten iron dripped all over Qin Shou's crotch!
It scalded him so badly his whole body blistered. He screamed in pain, crying!
ﾞ━=͟͟͞͞(ଵ◊ଵ‧̣̥̇) Yo ho ho ho ho~
If you say I can't die, I won't die, but don't melt my knife!
Even drinking cold water made him choke now, and molten iron was burning his little bird?!
In the blink of an eye, the blazing sun had cooled down to cyan!
Solomon laughed unrestrainedly: "Hahaha! Jiang Nan! If you don't come over soon, I'll be taking all these companions of yours!"
"Or do you not care at all?"
The five muscle giants pushed through the high temperature, forcing their way into the blazing sun. Their giant hands grabbed wildly at the running figures!
Like they were playing a game!
Solomon's gaze swept over Wu Liang, Zhong Yingxue, and the others!
"I don't see the little girl I want? Activating it now would be too boring."
"But attacking his own companions... that should be interesting too."
The smile on Solomon's face grew even crazier!
The blazing sun's temperature had dropped to only orange. To the muscle giants, it was no longer unbearable!
Just then, lightning raged in the distance, slashing over wildly!
It was Bracelet Wei!
"Yo? That was fast! Give me those girls! I want Jiang Nan to taste the agony of living death!"
Wu Liang, Ye Xinghe, and the others' eyes were filled with despair!
Another Dao Heaven? Was that Bracelet Wei?
But it wasn't over yet! On the other side, Sen Luo also arrived with tens of thousands of muscle monster groups and mercenaries!
"Finally found you bastards!"
Shan Mao gritted her teeth. Sen Luo too?
Great. Almost everyone was here now!
Everyone's eyes focused on Qin Shou!
Qin Shou broke out in a cold sweat and cried:
(;#༎ຶᗜ༎ຶ`) "I said I should have just died! Do I really have to be this unlucky?!"
Did I have that much face? Three Dao Heavens came to kill me?
Managing to gather together in the Rainforest Maze? That was kind of a miracle in itself!
But it wasn't over yet! A flash of Bose light appeared in the void!
Rui Ya's figure suddenly materialized inside the blazing sun, charging straight for the spike planted in the center!
Her eyes were full of excitement!
─=≡Σ(((つ•̀▿•́)つ "Got it!"
Five giant beasts squeezed into the cyan sun. Giant hands pressed down. Three Dao Heavens watched eagerly. And a Bose body went straight for the spike!
The mission to guard the spike had completely collapsed!
Zhong Yingxue stared blankly at this scene. She clenched her small fists, closed her eyes tightly, and shouted with all her might:
(ง˃᷄口˂᷅)ง "Jiang! Nan!"
Her voice echoed across the battlefield, piercing the clouds!
"Here!"
A response, like it came from the depths of the Nine Nether Hell, exploded in everyone's ears, firm and resolute!
Steadfast and calm, murderous intent clear yet somehow reassuring!
It was Jiang Nan's voice!