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After bidding farewell to Bai Yimo, Shi Ming returned to the captain’s quarters of the Great Fortune. He took out the wondrous item the succubus had acquired from the Trading Tower—the [Teleportation Shattered Star]—and began to study it carefully.
It was an orange object, similar to a sunstone, filled with a Spatial Power that was difficult to contain.
It was indeed a rare and highly sought-after item.
The Infinite Brain scanned it.
[Teleportation Shattered Star]
[Level: 10]
[A shattered star that fractured within a Wormhole, it was born with the ability for long-distance teleportation. It can record a maximum of three anchor points; activating it allows teleportation to a corresponding anchor. As it contains no internal energy, each jump requires 100 Cosmic Crystals for power. The cost will double with each subsequent jump in a short period, up to a maximum of 1,600 Cosmic Crystals.]
[Already upgraded to the highest level; cannot be upgraded further.]
[Infinite Upgrade Requirement: 1000 grams each of blood from two different Nirvana-rank Fierce Beasts with the Spatial Attribute.]
This [Teleportation Shattered Star] had a very high affinity for space and should have been enormously valuable, but since it didn’t contain its own energy, every trip required an external power source. Moreover, it could only record three anchor points, which greatly limited its utility. Compared to a Shuttle Page from the [Wandering Atlas], it was clearly much weaker.
However, it could undergo an infinite upgrade, and the materials for this upgrade required the flesh and blood of Nirvana-rank Fierce Beasts with the Spatial Attribute.
The Spatial Attribute was extremely rare.
And it required two different types.
Shi Ming took stock of his treasures. The Active Wormhole Quintetra counted as having the Spatial Attribute. He still had plenty of its remains after killing it, so extracting 1000 grams of blood would be no problem.
As for the other type...
’Should I try using my own blood?’
His body contained eight attributes, so his blood should be able to serve as a higher-tier, backward-compatible substitute. For the current Shi Ming, 1000 grams of blood was nothing. Nourished by the Supreme Sanctuary that had evolved from [Zero], he could handle losing ten times that amount without any pressure. The only potential concern was that his blood’s level was so high it might cause an unforeseen reaction.
’Worth a shot.’
A treasure that allowed for teleportation was an urgent necessity for Shi Ming at this moment.
He activated the Infinite Brain.
He extracted 1000 grams of blood from the Active Wormhole, suspending it beside the sunstone-like [Teleportation Shattered Star] on standby. Then, he slit his finger and drew out another 1000 grams of his own blood. The two blood types mingled and fused. Guided by the Infinite Brain, they transformed into pure, essential energy that enveloped the [Teleportation Shattered Star].
WHOOSH!
Like a stalled engine suddenly doused in gasoline, the Teleportation Shattered Star roared to life. As it began to spin wildly, the blood energy swirling around it surged violently into its core, nearly making it explode. The Infinite Brain, however, adjusted the infusion speed in real time, facilitating the wondrous item’s most fundamental transformation.
’It seems to be working!’
’But... the Spiritual Power consumption for this infinite upgrade is more than three times higher than I anticipated! It’s also taking much longer... Has a mutation occurred because of my blood’s unique nature?’
For a wondrous item of this level, it could indeed be considered a mutation.
The upgrade continued.
Shi Ming was in no position to stop it.
After three hours, the infinite upgrade finally concluded. The Teleportation Shattered Star came to rest, its upgrade complete. The orange-yellow stone was now even more dazzling, its surface marked by eight new hollows. Besides Spatial Power, each hollow pulsed with other, different energies. Within them, one could faintly glimpse miniature, worm-like forms constantly tunneling through.
[What an unexpected surprise!]
[High-end materials often lead to unimaginable gains. The Infinite Brain will make the most of every ounce of power, ensuring no resources are wasted!]
[Under the dual enhancement of the Active Wormhole’s blood and your own, the Teleportation Shattered Star has been greatly satisfied and has evolved into the "Zhe Yue Morning Star"! It can now mark 8 coordinate anchor points, and the energy required for teleportation has been drastically reduced. Each jump now costs only 33 Cosmic Crystals, less than a third of the original amount! The consumption multiplier for consecutive jumps in a short period remains unchanged.]
[Not only that, but it has also acquired a new ability from the characteristics of your blood!]
[Joy of Helping:]
[Consume 333 Cosmic Crystals to make the Zhe Yue Morning Star emit a gentle, warm light. After 30 seconds, any creature illuminated by this light will be forcibly transported along with you to a designated anchor point of your choice.]
Shi Ming hadn’t even actively used the Eye of Destiny or the Brain of Creation to get information; the notification popped up automatically before his eyes.
’It really did mutate, and it even gained an extra skill. The name is pretty strange, too...’
’Joy of Helping?’
’Interesting. A good deed a day, just my style.’
Doing a good deed a day was his principle in life.
On the surface, this skill seemed no different from a group teleport, but it had one key word: [Forcibly].
As everyone knows, teleporting with someone else requires their cooperation. If they refuse, the Spatial Power of the teleportation won’t affect them. It’s impossible to forcibly take them along unless they are already under control.
And the Zhe Yue Morning Star’s special feature was exactly that: it was compulsory!
Combined with the unique properties of certain locations, like the Cave of the Stars, this created a lot of new strategies. Imagine encountering a particularly difficult or unbeatable enemy. Shi Ming could use the [Zhe Yue Morning Star] to envelop himself and his opponent for thirty seconds. As long as the enemy remained within the starlight after those thirty seconds, they would be treated to a one-way trip to the depths of the Star Cave, sending them directly into the heart of the Cave of the Stars and saving them a thousand years of drifting!
Now, wouldn’t you call that a "joy of helping"?
Shi Ming could withstand the backlash from the Cave of the Stars and return whenever he pleased.
’As for how my opponent would get back... well, that’s not my problem.’
This ability wasn’t highly lethal, but it was annoying as hell. Getting hit was tantamount to direct exile. Although the Cave of the Stars was filled with treasures, for many powerful experts, time was far more valuable than treasure.
Even if you got treasure, you couldn’t use it in such a desolate place,
and you’d have to wander for a thousand years to get back.
Totally badass!
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「Three days later.」
The Great Fortune was drifting as usual in a nebula far from Treasure Star, observing the unique and magnificent sight in this Star Sea, the [Shattered Star Waterfall]. Suddenly, Shi Ming felt the Spatial Power around him stagnate.
From the hazy depths of the Star Sea, a familiar laugh echoed.
"Your Excellency, look. Isn’t this the man you were looking for? I secretly placed a mark on him; he can’t escape. That 500,000 bounty—can it be credited to my account now?"
It was none other than Bai Yimo.
At this moment, she was draped in a misty, light gauze, elegantly perched on the shoulder of a five-meter-tall giant.
Strands of her hair faintly brushed against the giant’s cheek, the stark contrast in their sizes creating an inescapable allure. Many of the nearby attendants couldn’t help but steal glances. They didn’t dare to stare openly, yet couldn’t control their base instincts. Their only release was to be both restrained and wild, occasionally letting their imaginations run free within their Brain Domains to vent their desires.
"Of course. Not only the 500,000 Cosmic Crystals, but also a boon from the Sovereign... Then, you will become the rightful Lady of the Manor, and together with me, become the third-in-line successor of Assassination Star."
The giant turned his cheek and kissed her.
Then he snapped his fingers, and the woman on his shoulder teleported away, directly ignoring the spatial lockdown.
This was to prevent the ensuing battle from frightening the lovely lady.
Immediately after, he crushed a token.
This was Lord Ron’s token. As long as it was crushed, Ron could sense the fluctuations here through [Destiny] and descend to this location using the temporary anchor point created when the token shattered!
Not only that, but knowing Shi Ming possessed a method to ignore spatial lockdowns and force an escape, they had also prepared a secondary precaution: the Ten Thousand Vault Radiance, a supreme treasure from the Ten Thousand Vaults Star Realm, which had been used to issue a command forbidding departure.
Shi Ming’s expression didn’t change at all.
His gaze swept over the group.
"Are you all here to enjoy the scenery too?"