Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation-Chapter 55 - 51 The First Victim

After all, Ji Bochang was the flag master of the Star Patrol Guard.

So Xu Jin had been waiting for Niu Gui’s decision.

Seeing Niu Gui take action, Xu Jin didn’t immediately hurl out the Vortex Blade Emblem, primarily because after Niu Gui hurled the Star Burst Emblem in his hand, he also charged forward.

That Vortex Blade Emblem had no discretion in its attack.

Moreover, Xu Jin dared not get too close to Ji Bochang.

The gap in their cultivation levels was vast, getting too close could mean being instantly killed by Ji Bochang’s sword without even knowing how it happened!

Almost simultaneously, Ji Bochang, who was bent down looking for his horse, spun around like a whirlwind.

His longsword burst with starlight continuously slaughtering, managing to grind the just-exploded Star Burst into pieces, and at the same time, he slashed out!

“Old Niu, you’re looking for your own death!”

The starlight on the longsword surged over four meters, slashing down while simultaneously producing three long beams of sword light.

Despite Niu Gui’s wealth of experience, he managed to evade two beams; with the last one, he could only brace with the longsword in his hand.

The sword light, carrying starlight that materialized, directly cut through Niu Gui’s standard issued longsword.

At the moment the longsword broke, Niu Gui’s left arm punched out a basic Star Shield toward Ji Bochang’s sword light, while his left arm and chest burst with starlight—it was Niu Gui rallying a massive amount of Star Power for defense at that instant.

But ultimately, the difference in their cultivation level was too vast.

One at Dining Dawn Sixth Layer, the other at Refining Star Seventh Layer, and an entire Star Casting Realm separating them.

The Star Shield shattered, his left arm was directly chopped off, and the residual power of Ji Bochang’s sword light fiercely hit Niu Gui’s left chest, breaching the armor, but luckily it was just the residual force, blocked by the starlight Niu Gui had mustered.

Niu Gui was blasted backward spitting blood.

Just at that moment.

Xu Jin moved.

He knew this was his chance.

And it was his only chance to act.

In the blink of an eye.

Almost at the moment Ji Bochang’s sword chopped down, Xu Jin’s Star Power surged into the Vortex Blade Emblem, activating it and then blasting it toward Ji Bochang.

At the instant when Niu Gui was slashed away, the Vortex Blade Emblem had already transformed into a high-speed Vortex Blade Wheel, bombarding Ji Bochang.

“Kid, I’ve been on guard against you for a long time!”

Yet Ji Bochang coldly chuckled, his longsword swiftly retracting in front of him to rotate, and during the rotation, it instantly condensed into a thick Scale Light Star Shield in front of him.

Before the Blade Wheel and himself, Ji Bochang actually formed two thick Scale Light Star Shields in front of him.

Actually, Ji Bochang had lied from the very start— the Vortex Blade Emblem wasn’t weak against someone in the later stages of Refining Star, it was still a significant threat, being a Star Skill modified and enhanced by the genius Ning Yuchan himself.

Saying it wasn’t effective was just to lull Xu Jin.

Ji Bochang kept an eye on Xu Jin, even watching him store the Vortex Blade Emblem, always wary of him.

In his vision now, the only threats were the emblems Xu Jin and Niu Gui held.

Seeing the Blade Wheel approaching, he had quickly set up two layers of Scale Light Star Shields and could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He might not be able to withstand Ning Yuchan in person, but the Vortex Blade Emblem produced by Ning Yuchan could be blocked with proper preparation.

But the very next instant, Ji Bochang’s eyes suddenly widened.

The rapidly approaching Blade Wheel, in a flash, tore through his first Scale Light Star Shield, then, with unmatched speed, shredded his second Scale Light Star Shield as well.

In fact, the moment he had just formed the two Scale Light Star Shields, they were obliterated by the charging Blade Wheel.

Unbelievably, after shredding the two Star Shields he had laid out, the Vortex Blade Wheel was unscathed.

How could this be unscathed after tearing through the two Scale Light Star Shields he had set up?

Would Ning Yuchan’s presence alone have this kind of power?

But this was an emblem, and the power of a Star Skill engraved into an emblem should have substantially decreased compared to the original caster’s application.

How could this be happening?

Ji Bochang no longer had time to ponder these questions.

He had thought that the two Star Light Star Shields could expend most of the blade wheel’s power, leaving him to easily extinguish it.

Now it seemed, the blade wheel’s power hadn’t been depleted much.

Dodge was already too late, and he could only withstand it.

In an instant, Ji Bochang used all his might to channel the Starlight into his longsword and then slashed towards the Blade Wheel like lightning.

He stomped his foot, a Starlight Shield appeared and covered his entire body while his left hand slightly pushed.

Before the Blade Wheel and his body, within the Starlight Shield, he laid down a basic Star Shield to protect his chest vitals.

The instantaneously created basic Star Shield could indeed save his life in critical moments.

In the next moment, Ji Bochang’s longsword was twisted away by the Blade Wheel, and the Starlight he had slashed out was shred to pieces.

But this all-out strike from Ji Bochang, combined with the consumption of the previous two Scale Light Star Shields, also significantly depleted the Star Power within the Vortex Blade Wheel.

The upper half of the Blade Wheel vanished by half, and its Starlight dimmed a bit, yet, it still ferociously bombarded Ji Bochang with its remaining might.

The Starlight Shield Ji Bochang sustained was instantly shredded.

However, the basic Star Shield at his chest and the fiercely channeled Starlight on his upper body took effect.

It blocked the upper half of the Vortex Blade Wheel, directly causing it to disappear.

But the lower half of the Blade Wheel, cut through like thunder.

The sound of Starlight slicing through flesh continued incessantly.

A muffled grunt turned into a scream.

Blood splattered!

From his abdomen downward, Ji Bochang’s groin and legs were completely shredded.

He fell to the ground on the spot.

Blood surged uncontrollably from his wounds, and amidst the shredded wounds, Xu Jin even saw intestinal filth and other organs; blood was flowing all over the place.

Yet still, Ji Bochang didn’t die; he screamed in agony, struggling, and frantically channeled his Star Power toward his wounds in an attempt to survive.

He even took out a whole bottle of antiseptic medicine from his bosom and sprinkled it on his wounds.

Xu Jin watched Ji Bochang’s struggle to survive, but paid no attention.

Such injuries, if inflicted on a normal person, would surely be fatal.

But for an expert of the Star Refining Realm, it was hard to say.

One thing was certain: Ji Bochang was badly injured, even if he did not die, his condition was nothing close to good.

So much blood lost was not for nothing, nor were the intestines severed without consequence.

But Xu Jin still dared not approach closer.

Who knew if this man, before his last breath, would unleash a Star Skill and take Xu Jin with him?

That would be a huge loss.

Better to let him fend for himself, turning around, Xu Jin lunged towards the fallen Niu Gui.

He ripped off a string of cloth strips, first binding the profusely bleeding wound at Niu Gui’s severed arm, and poured his own bottle of antiseptic medicine on it, but it was not enough, he then shouted, “Antiseptic medicine!”

Other disciples, finally reacting, hurriedly handed over their issued bottles of antiseptic medicine.

The sudden changes were too dramatic.

A dozen breaths later, Niu Gui’s bleeding at the severed arm ceased, Xu Jin gave him half a bottle of antiseptic medicine to drink, and Niu Gui’s condition gradually improved.

In fact, Niu Gui’s wounds, at the point of his severed arm, were not the most severe, the critical one was the slash he received from Ji Bochang.

Although he caught it, his chest was badly mutilated, the Starlight had penetrated his body, narrowly missing shattering Niu Gui’s Star Pattern.

Now it improved slightly.

Meanwhile, a dozen meters away, Ji Bochang was still struggling, Starlight surged crazily at his severed lower half, the blood flow slowed, but it still couldn’t be stopped; the wound was too large, and if it continued, he would inevitably bleed to death.

Struggling, Niu Gui stood up, slowly walked to a point about four or five meters away from Ji Bochang, clearly also guarding against Ji Bochang’s desperate struggles.

“Answer me, why?” Niu Gui asked solemnly, his face filled with sorrow.

Being betrayed by a former comrade-in-arms was hard for anyone.

“Save me first, Old Niu, save me, I’m about to die!” Ji Bochang seemed scared of dying, his words frantic.

Niu Gui looked on, asked for a bottle of antiseptic medicine from the crowd, threw it to him, but Ji Bochang was still unsatisfied, “Old Niu, this is not enough, do you have the Star Healing Emblem, please save me first!”

“If I could afford the Star Healing Emblem, cwould I need to have a severed arm?” Niu Gui retorted coldly.

With that one remark from Niu Gui, Ji Bochang was suddenly awakened, he looked at Niu Gui, then at the disciples of the Dining Dawn Realm, indeed.

If he didn’t have a Star Healing Emblem ready, how could these people possibly have it?

Suddenly, Ji Bochang turned to Xu Jin, “This Vortex Blade Emblem of yours, why is its might so great?

Completely abnormal.”

Xu Jin shook his head innocently, and could only say, Ji Bochang was the first victim of the power disparity of Star Lamp Nourishment Emblems.

Yet Niu Gui was furious, “Speak, why?”

At this moment, knowing there was no rescue and facing death, Ji Bochang stopped struggling and gasped, “Thirteen years ago, my family was poor, my mother was gravely ill and about to die, Mountain Master Zhou used his Star Power to cure my mother’s grave illness…

then he funded me to attend Star Pointing at Jinshan Taoist Institute…

gave me silver to assist my cultivation…

helped me break through to the Star Refining Realm…

I never had the chance to repay him…

Last night, he gave me the chance to repay him…”

“You really are faithful and loyal, aren’t you!” Niu Gui said this, but it was hard to tell whether it was sarcasm or praise.

“Old Niu, beg the Governor on my behalf, spare my son’s life…

thank you…”

Having just finished speaking, Ji Bochang’s head tilted, and he was breathless.