Chapter 513: Chapter 511: Is It Necessary?

After a deathly silence that lasted ten-some breaths, an uproar finally erupted.

"Is he even human?"

"Holy shit, did he just swallow the entire Celestial Essence Spirit Star?"

"Monster, he’s a damn monster!"

"This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone swallow a whole Celestial Essence Spirit Star."

"That guy from the Men Family didn’t lose unfairly!"

...

Everyone was utterly shocked.

Even all the True Monarch Perfection cultivators felt their scalps tingle.

They asked themselves honestly: if it were them, it would be impossible.

Xu Yang felt the whole Celestial Essence Spirit Star inside the divine cauldron, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

Immediately after, his aura plummeted sharply.

After the Celestial Monarch Elixir and Celestial Brilliance Divine Sky Seal, a wave of weakness hit him.

His flesh body also suffered various degrees of damage.

But it wasn’t a big deal.

Xu Yang swallowed a Healing Elixir, then lifted his eyes to the crowd.

Anyone who met his gaze immediately avoided it.

"What’s he planning to do?" Yie Vajra was momentarily stunned.

Gon Lang muttered in a low voice, "Someone’s about to get unlucky. You think he’ll stop now that he’s swallowed the entire Celestial Essence Spirit Star?"

Hearing this, both Yang Ziye and Yie Vajra’s expressions changed simultaneously.

The words were quiet, but in this tense silence everyone heard them clearly.

The crowd’s faces changed dramatically.

At this moment.

All the Celestial Essence Spirit Stars had been claimed.

If Xu Yang wanted a second one...

"You, get up and walk away."

Xu Yang suddenly pointed to the nearest True Monarch Perfection martial artist and spoke calmly.

"You..." The True Monarch expert’s face darkened, gritting his teeth, "You’re going too far!"

Xu Yang’s expression didn’t change in the slightest—a chilling murderous intent surged over him.

Swish!

He vanished like lightning from his spot.

"Damn it!"

"I’ll remember you, bastard."

The True Monarch expert bellowed and sprinted away.

"Hmph!"

Xu Yang let out a cold snort, his figure accelerating in an instant, then unleashed the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill—suddenly, the opponent’s speed dropped.

He closed the distance in a flash, palm slamming down.

The True Monarch expert’s heart thudded, throwing himself forward with a desperate punch.

BANG!

A wave of force exploded forth.

The True Monarch expert’s face twisted in agony, horrified to find his True Essence in chaos. He couldn’t even react before an invisible crushing force slammed into him, weighing him down.

Xu Yang smirked, curling his hand from palm to fist.

BOOM!

The True Monarch expert screamed, sent flying like a ragdoll.

He didn’t die, but he was badly wounded, smashing into the ground, then scrambling away without a backward glance.

This scene stunned everyone.

No one expected Xu Yang, having swallowed the Celestial Essence Spirit Star and seeming injured, to still have such terrifying combat power!

"If he sets his sights on me, I’ll walk away quietly!"

That was the thought in most martial artists’ minds right now. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Didn’t you just see that guy got beat half-dead just for mouthing off?

Wouldn’t it be smarter just to leave quietly?

Xu Yang, ignoring everyone, sat down cross-legged before the Celestial Essence Spirit Star, quietly beginning to absorb its energy and cultivate.

As time passed and Xu Yang made no further moves, everyone around breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!

Seven or eight people burst in from outside.

"Celestial Essence Spirit Star!"

"Hiss!"

"Such a heaven-sent fortune—even third-tier Pure Water is nothing compared to this."

"Hahaha, beat it! Your spot’s mine now!"

Several excited martial artists locked onto their targets, driving people away without hesitation.

Instantly, battles erupted!

Four people were chased off in disgrace.

One among them rushed at Xu Yang, "Kid, get the hell up!"

Dozens of eyes instantly turned to this arrogant, burly man.

High-tier True Monarch, peak level—his aura was astonishing, just a step from True Monarch Perfection; it was easy to imagine that training here by the Celestial Essence Spirit Star for ten days or half a month, he would break through for sure!

But the target he picked left everyone speechless.

Every gaze was full of pity!

Out of all people, why pick...

This terrifying monster!

The burly man sensed something was off—why was everyone looking at him?

But he didn’t care much.

The lure of the Celestial Essence Spirit Star made his blood boil; at most half a month, maybe just seven or eight days, and he could advance to True Monarch Perfection—who wouldn’t be tempted?

"Kid, what are you blanking out for?"

"Fuck, don’t know how good you have it!"

Seeing Xu Yang open his eyes but not moving, the burly man’s expression darkened; his body swelled, red light erupting over him as lines rapidly weaved across his right arm.

In an instant, a beast’s savage roar pierced the air.

His right arm transformed into a giant claw, blazing with crimson flames, surging power erupting like a volcano, about to explode in fury.

BOOM!

The burly man swept his claw in a deadly arc toward Xu Yang.

"Poor bastard!"

"How unlucky can you get? Out of all these people, he picked the scariest one."

"He’s got a serious death wish."

No one could bear to watch!

Xu Yang remained seated. At the exact moment the claw struck, he abruptly raised his hand.

A twisted blade of force shot out like a spiraling drill.

SPLAT!

A spray of blood burst forth.

The burly man’s mighty claw was sliced cleanly in half down the middle.

He shrieked and staggered back, face ghostly white, eyes wild with terror.

"Heh, you dare mess with big bro?"

"Should’ve picked someone else."

Nearby, a High-tier True Monarch’s eyes flickered, a cold smile forming—then, suddenly, he made his move.

Whoosh!

A spirit umbrella spun overhead, enveloping the scene, unleashing immense, oceanic power to suppress everything.

Moving like a ghost, clutching a dagger, he struck with lightning speed, stabbing hard into the burly man’s back.

SPLAT!

The burly man screamed miserably, thrashing violently, but the umbrella shook and its vast power pinned him down, drowning him.

In just a moment.

The man perished.

The martial artist who struck pocketed the Storage Ring, then turned with a sycophantic grin to Xu Yang, "Big bro, please cultivate in peace."

The onlookers wore strange expressions, faces twitching.

Seriously?

Xu Yang’s mouth twitched; hard to hit a smiling face, so he nodded slightly.

Half an hour later.

Xu Yang did the unthinkable again.

He forcibly swallowed a second Celestial Essence Spirit Star.

With the first time’s experience, the second attempt went smoothly—even without the Celestial Monarch Elixir, nothing went wrong.

"Damn it!"

"He’s at it again."

"Looks like he’s not in great shape—who’s going to suppress him?"

"You go!"

...

Xu Yang let out a breath, sweeping his gaze around.

After passing over the martial artist who’d just helped, his eyes fell on someone behind him.

Then Xu Yang walked over slowly.

The martial artist being targeted turned pale, forced a wry smile, and left without waiting for Xu Yang to speak.

The crowd watched Xu Yang skip past that martial artist, inwardly impressed.

Who says it wasn’t worth it?

He was closer to Xu Yang, yet Xu Yang deliberately passed him by.

At that moment, the earlier helper was filled with relief; thank the heavens he was quick-witted.

Dodged a huge calamity!

When Xu Yang’s gaze locked onto him before, he damn near bolted.

Seeing everyone’s admiring glances, he couldn’t help puffing out his chest, feeling rather proud.

Nearby.

Xu Yang sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate.

Two Celestial Essence Spirit Stars would be plenty.

There was no more time to waste.

What followed was uneventful.

In a blink, five days passed.

During this time, some broke through from High-tier True Monarch to Perfection.

Others didn’t have major breakthroughs, but their auras had all shot up.

Just five days here—worth half a year of hard training outside!

That day, after days of peace, the Spirit Star region was suddenly rocked by violent upheaval.

Whoosh!

Three figures sped over from the river’s depths, raising a stormy wave.

"Reinforcements are here."

"To cause such a stir, they’ve gotta be True Monarch Perfection!"

Everyone snapped their eyes open, calculating silently who was about to get unlucky.

"Young Master, this is the place."

"It really is the Celestial Essence Spirit Star!"

"To think bumpkins from Daqian could luck into such a treasure, discovering a place like this!"

"With this kind of treasure, Young Master’s cultivation will surely rise to another level!"

A stream of astonished, fawning chatter drifted over.

The three martial artists appeared outside the Spirit Star Space.