northernbook Chapter 138 - 103: Celestial Phenomenon
Chapter 138 - 103: Celestial Phenomenon
Chapter 138: Chapter 103: Celestial Phenomenon"Not good!"
Ji Xinghuo exclaimed in his mind, "How could there be a Star Fall Phenomenon?"
In the Star Realm, many peculiar phenomena occur, like the Star Tears he had encountered before, but the phenomenon taking place now was called the "Star Fall Phenomenon."
The trigger for this event had long been known—it was the presence of a Star Fall Ability!
In fact, the reason the Star Fall Ability was named as such was because when it appeared, it was accompanied by a celestial phenomenon, as if a shooting star had broken free from the Galaxy’s reflection and fallen into the Star Realm.
Alien Species, Abilities, Spiritual Objects, Treasures—anything of this level would trigger a Star Falling Phenomenon.
Once the phenomenon occurred, it meant that a treasure of Star Fall Level had appeared in the area!
Ji Xinghuo had, of course, known about this for a long time.
But he thought that when Qing Hong evolved from a regular iron arrow into a Spiritual Object, it must have already triggered a Star Fall Phenomenon once, and he was merely sharing Abilities with Qing Hong, so it shouldn’t trigger the phenomenon again.
He never expected that he had guessed wrong.
At this moment.
The entire Midpoint Fortress was stirred up, with people running onto the streets or coming out from the barracks, looking up at the shooting star falling in the sky.
"Star Fall Phenomenon!"
Many people were shouting, "This is the Star Fall Phenomenon, who got the Star Fall Ability?"
"The shooting star is falling toward the fortress!"
"The Star Fall Alien Species must be inside the fortress, or if not, it can’t be far away."
"Damn it!"
"Who is it? Who’s so lucky?"
The people on the streets all looked excited, envious, amazed, and bewildered, while some stared intently at the direction of the falling star, their eyes gleaming with greed.
Ji Xinghuo felt very nervous, more nervous than anyone else as he watched the phenomenon in the sky, from his perspective, more clearly than anyone else could see—the shooting star was falling straight toward him, but it was just an illusion, not an actual falling star.
Even so, it revealed a lot of information.
Fortunately, the shooting star was very far off, and its falling direction pointed toward a vast area, making half of the people in Midpoint Fortress think it was headed for them.
Ji Xinghuo felt slightly relieved.
He had read online in the past that the Star Fall Phenomenon does not pinpoint the exact location, covering a broad and general area instead.
Boom!
A loud thunderclap echoed from the mountaintop district of Midpoint Fortress.
People turned their heads and saw a figure soaring into the sky, surrounded by dark clouds, and wrapped in blindingly bright lightning.
Through his Wanxiang Star Pupil, Ji Xinghuo could see everything crystal clear, and his pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.
Heavenly King Mutant!
The Midpoint Fortress was guarded by a Heavenly King, but it wasn’t always the same person; instead, nations took turns sending a Heavenly King on rotation. The defending Heavenly King did not intervene in military commands or administrative tasks, nor did they have the authority to command troops. Their sole responsibility was combat—to kill any formidable enemies that attacked.
The current guardian of Midpoint Fortress was a Heavenly King from the West Alliance, named "Heinrich Mueller."
He was a "Superconductor Stringer."
An advanced profession combining Superconductor Mage and Spiritual Power Stringer, Heinrich was extremely powerful, ranking ninth on the global Heavenly King list!
Heinrich had an impressive nickname—Zeus!
He wasn’t a Magnetic Field Madman; his initial professional template was Superconductor Mage, but later he gained Spiritual Energy, specialized as Electric Field Stringer, and combined the two to wield powerful force of thunder and lightning. Each time he acted, it was with a flash of lightning and a boom of thunder, magnificent and powerful, just like the god king Zeus from Western mythology.
He was not as powerful as Zeus from mythology, but he wasn’t far off either.
At first, he did not accept this nickname and was very resistant, but after being called it for over a hundred years, everyone, including he himself, had come to accept it by default.
"Zeus!"
"Lord Heinrich has come out, could he have acquired the Star Fall Ability?" Ji Xinghuo heard someone on the street questioning.
"How do you know it’s definitely an Ability? Maybe it’s some other treasure."
"It surely isn’t Zeus who acquired it."
"Looking at Zeus’s reaction, he seems just as surprised..."
The surrounding people continued to discuss animatedly, but no one knew that the real instigator was right there in this inn.
Ji Xinghuo watched the falling star, which seemed to be rapidly approaching, but was actually still very far away.
According to what he read, the shooting star would not actually hit the ground.
Just as he observed, the concern for Ji Xinghuo grew; he worried about being discovered in relation to the Star Fall Phenomenon. Regular Mutants might not notice, but a Heavenly King Mutant might possess unknown information and methods that could expose him to Zeus...
His gaze occasionally shifted to Heinrich up in the midair by the mountain top.
Even from a few kilometers away, Ji Xinghuo could see every move of Heinrich clearly. This Zeus had a distinctive appearance, being tall and strong, dressed in a loose white robe with blue trimmings, his hair unkempt, and a full beard peppered with grey, his rugged features noble and commanding.
At first glance, he looked almost identical to the Zeus of mythology.
"Is this some kind of cosplay?"
Ji Xinghuo mused internally.
Called Zeus, dressing and demeanor aligning with Zeus, yet he claims he doesn’t want the nickname?
This is practically performance art!
But he only dared to mutter internally, fearful that Heinrich might suddenly look his way. He occasionally glanced from a distance but quickly averted his gaze, not daring to stare too long.
Heinrich’s gaze roamed around the entire fortress, seemingly
This required highly skilled use of the Dimension Stomach, quick activation, and correct positioning.
Of course, the volume of the items stored couldn’t exceed the space of the Dimension Stomach.
This could be upgraded!
Ji Xinghuo glanced at the interface: upgrading a First Level Dimension Stomach to a Second Level required 1021 points of Spiritual Origin Energy, achievable by hunting for four to five days.
He invested the remaining 156 points of Spiritual Origin Energy into the Dimension Stomach, and indeed, the space expanded,
quickly exceeding two cubic meters!
Ji Xinghuo noticed that the opening of the Dimension Stomach had also slightly enlarged and couldn’t help but be thrilled. If the opening was large enough to cover his whole body, wouldn’t that mean he was invincible?
Next, the offensive capabilities of the Dimension Stomach were also extremely powerful.
By storing powerful objects and throwing them out at critical moments, ordinary enemies simply couldn’t defend against it.
It could also greatly increase the frequency of shooting arrows!
Ji Xinghuo tested this by storing dozens of arrows in the Dimension Stomach, drew the Dragon Falcon Eagle Bow, and at the moment it was fully drawn, pulled an arrow from the space and positioned it perfectly on the bow, then fired it straight away.
Whiz, whiz, whiz, whiz...
He quickly mastered this high-speed archery technique, the rate dependent on the speed of drawing the bowstring.
In a state of high-frequency thinking, the Thousand Spirit Skillful Hand moved as fast as a phantom, able to shoot three arrows per second at its fastest.
This was obviously not the limit.
As the Thousand Spirit Skillful Hand upgraded, shooting would only get faster.
Looking at the dozens of arrows stuck in the target, Ji Xinghuo thought to himself, "Maybe it’s time to upgrade the Thousand Spirit Skillful Hand..."