novelraw Chapter 409-2: Star Spirit Envoy Shell, Star Annihilation Ring (2)
Chapter 409-2: Star Spirit Envoy Shell, Star Annihilation Ring (2)
[He lifts his palm, intending to trigger the Star Annihilation Magic Formation, but before his hand can rise, his head droops and all light fades from his eyes.]
[The female Star Mage lets out a scream and flees the office at top speed…]
[The Polar Star Society Star Spirit Envoy Who Gazes Upward has died. Your experience points have greatly increased!]
[The power within your shell begins to boil. The shell of Corrupted Calamity Lich has risen in level. Current shell level: 111.]
[You step up the final step of the staircase, sidestepping the running, screaming female Star Mage. You walk down the corridor and into the Star Spirit Envoy’s office…]
[Several glowing items are flickering on the Star Spirit Envoy’s blood-soaked corpse. His face is still frozen with the unwilling fury he felt at the moment of death…]
[You stride forward and scoop all the items into your possession.]
[You have obtained Fading Trace of World Wandering Spirit Essence x1.]
[You have obtained Staff of Gazing at the Starry Sky (Legendary+ Weapon).]
[You have obtained Star Annihilation Ring (Special Equipment).][Shell of Polar Star Society Star Spirit Envoy Who Gazes Upward: An incomparably powerful Star Mage whose status and position is equivalent to deputy director of the Polar Star Society branch. In his pursuit of ultimate power, he ultimately died at the hands of a certain sinister, vicious priest. Compatibility: 128%(+65%).]
[Do you wish to possess this shell?]
Although Lin Xun had not killed the Star Spirit Envoy with the Special Anesthetic Syringe and other methods, he had secretly driven Flesh Authority during the transplant operation to temporarily suppress the Eyeball Heart’s powerful strength.
Otherwise, the Star Spirit Envoy would have been unable to withstand the burden of the new heart right there on the operating table and would have died from ruptured blood vessels.
As for why he had not killed the Star Spirit Envoy on the spot, it was because he wanted to obtain this shell.
If they took each other’s lives, it would not be such a big deal to waste a bit of soul strength.
But once Lin Xun died, Star Spirit Envoy’s corpse would refresh and disappear, leaving behind only a few dropped items.
With the approach he had taken now, he could kill without leaving a trace and still obtain both the dropped rewards and the shell.
[You possess the shell of Polar Star Society Star Spirit Envoy Who Gazes Upward!]
[The fragmented memories remaining within the shell gradually revive…]
[…]
[Every Starrealm Envoy possesses extraordinarily powerful strength. Each of them has at least reached the demigod realm, and there are even some among them who have advanced to top demi-god, only a step away from becoming gods.]
[As the stronghold near several auxiliary capitals close to the Imperial Capital, the Starrealm Envoy in charge of this branch had long since become a top demi-god, yet he was still unable to break through and ascend to become a god.]
[Several of the powerful Starrealm Envoys in the organization are in exactly this situation.]
[Possessing the talent to push themselves to top demi-god is already something ordinary people can only dream of, yet they still cannot become gods through their own power the way Executor Lord did, without relying on any external aid.]
[On the advice of the High Priest of the Radiant Stars, and also to increase their leverage against the two Knowledge Schools, Executor Lord ordered all priests to research transplant techniques that strengthen the body.]
[During the years when the stars could not shine upon the world, the organization invested countless financial and material resources to support the priests’ transplant research…]
[After spending many years, the priests finally completed research on transplants for all internal organs, leaving only the final step of heart modification and transplant.]
[But this most critical technique was also the most difficult. No matter how much effort the priests poured into it, they never made any progress at all.]
[Two days ago, the Starrealm Envoy discovered an astonishing great secret while exploring the Abyss.]
[Unfortunately, I was not among the three who accompanied him, so I could not learn the specific content of that secret.]
[All I know is that the Starrealm Envoy returned to the branch with the three Star Spirit Envoys who had explored the Abyss with him, rested for only a single day, then hurried to headquarters to meet the Executor Lord.]
[A secret capable of alarming the Executor Lord must possess immense value. Barring unexpected events, those few will receive unimaginable rewards.]
[Damn it. Why did the Starrealm Envoy not bring me along when exploring the Abyss but chose to bring those others instead?]
[Jealousy nearly drives me mad, yet I can do nothing about it and can only sit and rot in the branch building, venting my resentment on my female subordinates.]
[I know that when those few return, they will definitely flaunt it all before me…]
[Just as I am venting, the ugly thing that is the Star Radiance Priest barges in to interrupt me, claiming that he has already solved the Eyeball Heart transplant problem.]
[I can hardly believe my ears. That a priest with such mediocre strength could actually surpass so many other priests and become the first to crack the problem?]
[Yet the facts leave me with no choice but to believe him. He has no reason to pay such a high price just to come here and mock me.]
[Under the combined pressure of profit and threat, the Star Radiance Priest has no choice but to accept my terms… Heh heh, that idiot has no idea that only a small part of the Spirit Essence in the secret chamber is real and that the rest is illusionary copies.]
[As for the truly precious Star Core Crystal, I never planned to let him live. Once the transplant is done, I will eliminate him and take the Star Core Crystal back.]
[Since the Starrealm Envoy did not bring me along to his good fortune, I will make sure he misses out on the most important Eyeball Heart. What he loses will be a hundred or a thousand times greater than any reward he gains…]
[…]
[The fragmented memories abruptly end.]
[You have learned the decryption incantation from the Star Spirit Envoy’s memories!]
The corner of Lin Xun’s mouth twitched as he opened the Inventory.
He saw that the item description of the Spirit Essence pouch had changed…
[Star Silver Pouch (Item): … The pouch has an unstable spatial storage function and can store a limited amount of very light items. Remaining uses: 5/10.]
[The pouch is currently storing 647,600 points of Spirit Essence.]
[By clicking this item, you can deposit or withdraw items.]
“Damn, I got played by this guy!”
Fortunately, Lin Xun was not short on Spirit Essence at the moment. Once his pasture district allocation was complete and the Offering Ritual was held, he would gain an inexhaustible supply of Spirit Essence.
By then, he would truly be able to treat Spirit Essence as dung.
Among the items dropped by Star Spirit Envoy, aside from the Spirit Essence, one was his weapon equipment, and the other was the most important Star Annihilation Ring.
[Star Annihilation Ring (Special Equipment): A silver ring set with a shining gem. When you look closely, you can see countless stars twinkling within the gem. These stars are not scattered at random but arranged according to a certain pattern, granting the ring the power to control the Star Annihilation Magic Formation.]
[Using this ring, you can wield the immensely destructive power of the Star Annihilation Magic Formation in the Polar Star Society branch here.]
[Activating the Star Annihilation Magic Formation to deliver a devastating strike against a designated enemy will consume at least 3% of the formation’s stored energy. With your current clearance, you can consume at most 30% of the formation’s stored energy in a single use.]
[Remaining stored energy of Star Annihilation Magic Formation: 97/100.]
“Can burning 30% of the energy one-shot a top demi-god?”
Lin Xun fell into thought. If he waited for the Starrealm Envoy to return, could he use the magic formation to one-shot him?
Based on the earlier text, it seemed that the Starrealm Envoy’s clearance outranked that of the Star Spirit Envoy. If he tried to use the instant kill magic formation against the Starrealm Envoy, the one who ended up dead might very well be Lin Xun himself.