Wu Shattered Star River

Time passed quickly, and half a year went by in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Han successfully refined more than thirty runes, adding to the previous one hundred and thirty.

Countless pieces of information flooded his mind, all related to the application of star power, as well as knowledge of Starburst and Starflash.

These runes were like fragments of knowledge, incomplete and often profound and complex.

Having these fragments didn't mean he could easily comprehend them; Starburst and Starflash were so powerful that they were naturally not ordinary spells, but exceptionally profound and complex.

Even if he understood the principles, releasing them would require constant derivation, verification, and repeated experimentation.

The time flow inside the Heavenly Beast Cauldron was a hundred times faster, so in half a year, Jiang Han had essentially deduced for fifty years inside.

He had basically figured out how to quickly condense star power and understood the basic principles of Starburst.

Quickly condensing star power was actually simple because he had previously cultivated the Star Sacred Body, and condensing the Star Sacred Armor also required quickly drawing down star power, so this was not difficult for him.

The principle of Starburst was simple to explain, but very complex to apply.

In simple terms, it involved drawing down a large amount of star power and then condensing countless star orbs.

These star orbs gathered together to form a huge star array, trapping the enemy within the star array.

After the array was activated, the orbs devoured each other, eventually forming a giant orb, which was then detonated, instantly tearing the nearby space and creating terrifying power to injure or kill the enemy.

The first level of Starburst consisted of forming one layer of array, the second level formed three layers, and the third level formed ten layers.

The key to Starburst's power lay in the array itself, which was created out of thin air using star orbs.

Moreover, after successfully arranging it, he also had to control the array to make the star orbs devour each other instantly, condense into a giant orb, and finally detonate it.

It sounded easy!

But the enemy was alive and very powerful.

Condensing star power took time, arranging the star array took time, the star orbs devouring each other took time, and finally detonating it also took time.

An Emperor-level expert's speed was extremely abnormal; would he just stand by and watch you set up the array and surround him?

Even if you successfully trapped him within the star array, if the star array's operation was too slow, he could easily blast it open or forcibly break out.

Therefore, the difficulty of the Starburst spell lay in speed.

Drawing down star power and star orbs took a long time initially because tens of thousands of star orbs had to be condensed.

Later, condensing the star array, having the star orbs devour each other, and finally detonating it all needed to be completed instantly, otherwise the enemy would immediately escape, making it impossible to harm him.

In the end, the core principle of Starburst was to use a strange star array to gather a large amount of star power together and then detonate it to form terrifying destructive power.

The first level only had one array, the second level had three arrays, and the third level even reached ten arrays.

Ten arrays required condensing hundreds of thousands of star orbs, and the power of detonating so much star power was unimaginable; otherwise, how could it kill a Heavenly Emperor?

Ten layers of arrays, created out of thin air, meant that one wrong step would cause all the arrays to collapse, which was why the third level of Starburst was so complex.

Jiang Han didn't think that far ahead; he would first master the first level.

Theoretically, the first level could injure or even kill ordinary Immortal Emperors, which was enough for him.

In addition, refining dozens of runes released a large amount of Ancient God Origin, which Jiang Han used to enhance his physical body, increasing its strength several times over.

Unfortunately, the God of War bloodline did not awaken again, probably requiring continuous enhancement of his physical body.

Jiang Han wasn't in a hurry; when he was tired, he would enter the Heavenly Beast Cauldron for a nap, and after waking up, he would continue swimming forward, while refining runes and deducing Starburst and Starflash.

… …

In half a year, Zhang Xiongyi became even more broken; he would feel better after each awakening, but after swimming for a while, he would inexplicably become manic, start talking nonsense, sometimes simply stop swimming, and sometimes cry and shout…

Immortal Emperor Tianmo would directly knock him unconscious each time, and also give him many soul-nourishing divine medicines before carrying him along.

Immortal Emperor Tianmo's approach was very correct, otherwise Zhang Xiongyi would have gone mad long ago.

Tian Yuan did not stop at that island, but kept swimming around, changing his route.

Each time he encountered an island or reef, he would stop and record all of them.

He firmly believed that there was a powerful natural array here, and if he wanted to break the array, he needed to find the key points, which he believed were these reefs and islands.

In addition, he withstood the pressure and dived underwater to explore the surging undercurrents.

In half a year, he had recorded countless islands and reefs, and drawn many curves of undercurrent flow, but he had not gained anything and felt that breaking the array was a distant prospect.

Xuanji remained motionless, floating on the Bitter Sea like a piece of wood.

She held a jade bottle in her left hand and a willow branch in her right, her appearance dignified, with faint Buddhist light emanating from her body, making her seem like a Buddha in this dim, deathly sea.

… …

Ancient God Starfield, Rakshasa Realm!

A figure flew quickly and landed in Heavenly Chaos City, entering the City Lord's Mansion in the north.

The newcomer was Immortal King Xu, who entered a great hall and reported to Tian Tuo, who was sitting inside: "Lord Tian Tuo, Emperor Jiang Tian's prediction was correct, the Devil's Lair has moved!"

"Hmm?"

Tian Tuo suddenly raised his head and asked, "How many demons have come? How many experts?"

Immortal King Xu replied: "According to reports from our mole inside the Devil's Lair, the demon race itself has not moved. The ones mobilized are the three major tribes under their command: the Scorpion Demon Tribe, the Blood Tribe, and the Arrow Tribe."

"These three tribes are located in the starfields closest to us, and they are very strong. The three tribes have a total of more than a dozen Emperor-level experts, the strongest being the Scorpion Demon Tribe's King Zongzheng, who should barely have the battle power of a Heavenly Emperor."

"As expected, it's exactly as the commander predicted!"

Tian Tuo's face was full of admiration. Jiang Henshui said that the demons would launch exploratory attacks at first to see the reaction of the God Race and the Heavenly Court.

If the two forces did not react, they would definitely launch a full-scale attack and completely occupy the Ancient God Starfield.

"Send a message to the Ancient Spirit Tribe, the Flower Fairy Tribe, and the Tatar Tribe!"

Tian Tuo ordered: "Inform the three tribes that the demons are preparing to attack the Ancient God Starfield, and ask their tribal kings to come and discuss countermeasures."

Immortal King Xu summoned a subordinate to send the message. He did not retreat, but asked worriedly: "Lord Tian Tuo, do you think the Ancient Spirit Tribe will join forces with the demons after learning that they are about to attack? If the Ancient Spirit Tribe betrays us, we will be in big trouble."

"No!"

Tian Tuo said with certainty: "We have not clearly expressed that we want to unify the Ancient God Starfield. What the commander told the Ancient Spirit Tribe before was—once he revives the Azure Emperor, he will leave, and the Ancient God Starfield will still belong to the three tribes."

"In recent times, we have not suppressed or encroached on the Ancient Spirit Tribe's territory. Relatively speaking, the Ancient Spirit Tribe should still trust us."

"If they surrender to the demons, once the demons completely occupy the Ancient God Starfield, the Ancient Spirit Tribe will only have one path to take, becoming a vassal under the demons."

"The demons have always been tyrannical, and the Demon Ancestor is even more ferocious and cruel. Which race under the demons has a good life? Unless the Ancient Spirit Tribe is crazy, they will surrender to the demons."

"In addition, it is difficult to kill us in this strange terrain of the Ancient God Starfield. Once the commander leads us in a mad revenge, the Ancient Spirit Tribe will not be able to bear it!"

Immortal King Xu nodded slightly and said: "As long as the Ancient Spirit Tribe, the Flower Fairy Tribe, and the Tatar Tribe join forces with us, we should have no major problems fighting the three tribes under the demons."

Tian Tuo nodded and said: "We must go all out in this battle and drive the three tribes back fiercely, killing more than half of their experts, so that we can extinguish the demons' ambition to invade!"