Chapter 449: Heavenly Soldiers and Star Bones

Lu Yu couldn’t even calculate how many Star Spirit Stones he had consumed.

The mere consumption of star bones would likely amount to hundreds of billions.

However, as long as it can make him stronger, he is willing to endure any cost, no matter how great.

And now the evolution of the King’s Bone is nearly perfect, at 99% completion, with just the final 1% remaining.

The once golden King’s Bone has now lost its original luster.

Every bone, every inch of Lu Yu’s bones seemed to be entwined by tiny rivers of stars, within which only a faint golden glimmer remained, barely visible.

Three hundred and seventy bones and sinews—

Lu Yu took a deep breath, swallowing the last bit of starlight transformed from the Star Spirit Stone.

“Boom…”

Lu Yu’s bones were undergoing tremendous changes, and the attributes of the King’s Bone were rapidly disappearing.

However, Lu Yu felt that his bones had become somewhat different. The stars on his skeleton were densely packed, as if his bones were formed from condensed starlight, shining brilliantly.

His sinews and bones numbered four hundred, a result of devouring countless Star Spirit Stones to evolve his stellar bones.

At the moment Xing Gu was completed, his three main attributes were enhanced once again.

This is the strengthening of the flesh when countless energies accumulated within the body are transformed into star bones.

Lu Yu could feel the changes taking place from his bones to his flesh.

The upper limit of life force reached one hundred and sixty zuns, attack power one hundred and thirty zuns, and after further enhancing tendons and bones by another hundred zuns, it finally achieved a total of five hundred zuns.

“More than a hundred statues?” Lu Yu sucked in a breath, and the smile on his face grew even wider.

With over five hundred muscle and bone statues, he had some confidence if he were to enter the Demon King’s domain.

The star bone evolution is complete. A phantom spirit star soul bead has been detected in your possession. Would you like to commence the absorption process?

“Devour!”

Lu Yu nodded without hesitation and made the selection.

The power of devouring originated from a mutation during the evolution of the Star Bone and the Swallowed Star Bead, ultimately manifesting as the ability to consume everything.

Devour: Once I detect that you possess the Phantom Spirit Star Ball, when it evolves to the ninth level, use the Star Bone to devour the Phantom Spirit Star Soul Pearl, and you will be able to construct a unique Star Artifact!

What makes the unique Star Artifact so special?

As Lu Yu was thinking, his eyes suddenly lit up.

A unique star artifact, if that’s really the case, could it possibly set another record?

Lu Yu took a step out of the domain and entered the Demon Hunting Plains.

The ruins before him were still crowded with people.

After all, people from all over the world who enter the Demon Hunting Plains will appear here.

People can reach various parts of the Demon Hunting Plains from here.

Many people have already come to know Lu Yu.

And now, seeing Lu Yu suddenly appear here, there was first a moment of calm—

Immediately, the surrounding area erupted into deafening cheers that shook the heavens.

“Lu Yu, it’s Lu Yu.”

“Now that Fanggang is under attack, he still comes here. Could it be that he’s so confident the defense won’t be breached?”

“This is too confident. Is the defense of that city really invincible?”

“Then I must go and have a look. I don’t believe there’s really a city that’s invincible.”

“Lu Yu might just be putting on a show of confidence to draw attention to himself by coming here at this time.”

The sensation caused by Lu Yu’s sudden appearance was something he himself had never anticipated.

More people left the Demon Hunting Plains and surged toward Fanggang City.

Lu Yu remained calm, waiting here for the final absorption to complete.

This time, the consumption was not slow, progressing at about ten percent per hour.

New attributes began to emerge with faintly visible text.

However, Lu Yu was taken aback to discover that the first thing to emerge was not the star bone’s attribute, but rather a mutation of the Star-Devouring Pearl.

The Star-Devouring Pearl has been successfully separated. Due to the evolution of the King’s Sacred Bone and the absorption of a large amount of star spirit stone essence, the mutation has been completed.

Star Devouring Art——

Description: The Star-Devouring Art possesses the ability to consume any object imbued with stellar power. Whether it’s a half-star artifact, a star artifact, or a star weapon, any energy source containing star-force can be devoured.

The stellar power obtained after consumption can be infused into other weapons or even objects that also possess stellar power.

“Another ‘technique’!” A glimmer of delight flashed in Lu Yu’s eyes.

Then, another prompt appeared.

“Your Devouring Soldiers Technique and the Star-Devouring Technique share the same origin. Will you integrate them?”

“Can it fuse again?”

Lu Yu was slightly startled.

Both the Art of Swallowing Armies and the Art of Swallowing Stars indeed possess the effect of harnessing the power to devour stars.

The effect of the Troop-Devouring Technique only works on star soldiers and star artifacts, whereas the Star-Devouring Technique seems to be effective on all objects imbued with star power.

Lu Yu chose to integrate.

“The second fusion was successful, obtaining the Heavenly Soldier Technique.”

Celestial Martial Arts——

Description: The power of Tian Bing Art originates from ancient star souls. Tian Bing Art possesses the ability to devour all starlight. It can consume any energy that contains star power, including half-star artifacts, star artifacts, and star weapons. At the same time, it can also transform star power into a unique ability of celestial force.

The attributes of the Heavenly Soldier Technique surprised Lu Yu.

The power of the stars could originally only be harnessed and absorbed by invoking the stars during the night.

It exists only within the Half-Star Artifact.

Nowadays, the Celestial Soldier Technique can actually transform star power into celestial essence, which means that soldiers can be forged regardless of day or night.

As long as he is given time, during the day he can refine weapons using the star energy he has transformed, and at night he can employ the Star Attraction Technique. In this way, he can continuously refine weapons without interruption.

Don’t mention a hundred temperings, a thousand temperings; even ten thousand or a hundred thousand temperings are feasible.

Lu Yu’s heart raced with excitement as he finally saw the emergence of the star bone attribute.

Star Bone:

Description:

The evolution of a Star Bone into a Star Artifact is not limited to the bone itself, but involves the entire body. The ultimate completion of a Star Artifact transforms the entire physical form, not just the bones. Your Star Bone, mutated from a King’s Bone through the absorption of a Phantom Spirit Star Soul Pearl, now possesses the potential to evolve into a Star Artifact. This evolution requires immense Star Power for enhancement and refinement, combined with powerful materials to achieve the final transformation.

Ability:

The Star Bone absorbs the power of stars to enhance the physical body. Through continuous refinement and reinforcement, when the body has accumulated sufficient star power, the method of refining a star weapon is applied to further evolve the body, aiming to transform it into a star artifact.

Lu Yu was well aware that the less specific attributes a skill had, the more powerful its ability would be.

This isn’t merely about evolving the bones, Star Bone.

The ultimate evolution is to transform the entire body into a star artifact, to convert one’s physical form into a star artifact!

Seeing this, he felt relieved that he had managed to avoid such a situation himself.

Possessing the Celestial Art allows one to transform the power of the stars, while the Star-Calling Art can also channel and harness stellar energy.

Most importantly, it was the art of training soldiers.

The ultimate evolution is essentially the tempering of star artifacts; without the art of forging, it simply couldn’t be completed.

Moreover, Xing Gu only provided an explanation about his evolution into a star artifact, but did not offer any specific methods.

And from the mouth of the underground bones in the city of梵天魔城 (Fan Tian Mo Cheng), he learned the art of forging weapons, including all the knowledge of casting star artifacts, which turned out to be exactly what he needed.

What remains is the enhancement and tempering.

This is the same process used for ordinary Star Refining devices. He can first practice by refining other star artifacts to become familiar with the process, and then ultimately proceed with his own evolution.

Although the damage-absorbing attribute and all the constellation skills of the Phantom Spirit Star Soul Pearl were completely devoured and vanished.

Loss does not necessarily mean losing something valuable.

Lu Yu could feel the difference in the star bones.

The absorption of the Illusionary Spirit Star Soul Pearl was causing transformations within his bones.

The bones of a king remain bones, only they are harder.

But Xing Gu is different now.

Still bearing the name of a bone, yet it is a star soldier.

To be precise, his bones are now the prototype of a half-star artifact.

Refining human bones into stellar artifacts—

Lu Yu now clearly understood that his current physical form had already surpassed that of a Star Soldier. Although he still couldn’t stand up to a Midstar weapon, at the very least, it would be extremely difficult for Star Soldier-grade weapons to inflict any real harm upon him.

He learned a great deal from the information he received from the art of forging soldiers and Xue Ji, including partial memories of the King’s Ancestor.

Lu Yu considered the plan to evolve his star bone, and the events he had speculated about began to unfold.

The voice of the Monster Hunting Plains echoed across the entire plain, saying, “Supreme Being Lu Yu, you have set a new record. By evolving yourself into a weapon, you have become the first human to accomplish this feat since the opening of the Monster Hunting Plains. You will be rewarded with one hundred billion Star Spirit Stones, ten bottles of Celestial Power, five hundred Blue Star Souls, and one hundred drops of Evolutionary Liquid.”

Many people have already heard this voice in the Red Fire Land; it belongs to the one who claims to be a god.

This voice announced the rules and also rewarded those who completed the tasks.

Many people have already come to believe that the voice indeed belongs to a deity.

When the sound rang out again, it immediately shook everyone present.

“Evolve oneself into a weapon?” In the ruins, many people instantly turned their heads to look at Lu Yu.

Their eyes looked strange, and one by one they stood there with their mouths agape.

“Lu Yu, what exactly are you trying to do?”

“Do you want to die?”

“Turning oneself into a weapon… is that still a human being?”

Many people are talking about it.

Lu Yu has already created records, and even broken them, more than once.

Many people immediately understood why Lu Yu had entered the Demon Hunting Plains at this time; he had known all along that he would evolve.

Therefore, he came here to set records and earn rewards.

Another hundred billion Star Spirit Stones, along with five hundred Blue Star Souls, and even including Star Power—what kind of thing is this?

“One hundred drops of evolution liquid! It’s hard for us to get even a single drop, yet he actually received a reward of one hundred drops at once.”

They were murmuring to themselves.

At this point, Lu Yu had already left.

He came here for this record.

The reward from the Demon Hunting Plains satisfied him greatly.

Lu Yu’s return to Fanggang City was just beginning on the fourth day.

The attack had reached a fever pitch.

A wide variety of abilities emerged one after another, with some people even attempting to dig their way in from underground.

However, when they reached the deepest part of the city wall’s foundation, they discovered that there was a protective dome of light covering the underground area.

Therefore, attempting to enter through underground passages is completely impossible.

Meanwhile, some individuals with special abilities possess the power to traverse through the void.

However, these abilities are completely ineffective against the light mask.

Corrosive power, attribute attacks, skills, and even the abilities of flames…

All kinds of abilities have been used by people, but none of them can shake the city’s light shield even slightly.

Not even capable of causing the slightest tremor within the city.

The more this happened, the more the surroundings erupted in excitement, with an increasing number of people becoming thrilled and animated.

Because this means the city is truly impregnable.

If one could live in a city like this, everything would be guaranteed.

“Lu Yu must have his reasons for setting up such an attack,” someone exclaimed excitedly. “We absolutely must get a spot to enter.”

At the moment the shield opened, many people already realized that the activation of the city’s shield meant the defense mechanism had been triggered.

Anyone who can enter the photomask must have been granted permission.

Therefore, they must find a way to secure a permanent access slot.

Someone exclaimed excitedly, “No one knows when the next destruction will come to this world; entering this city will surely save our lives.”

“Go all out!” someone roared. “Even if we can’t breach the city walls, we must test just how intense an attack this city can withstand.”

“That’s right, this definitely needs to be tested.”

People who originally came out of mere curiosity now exerted their full strength, and even the demons used previously unseen methods to attack the light shield.

The mask remained as steady as a mountain, not moving in the slightest.

An attack by more than five million people merely caused the shield to ripple with successive waves of light.

The city remains still, the ground remains still, as if this city exists in another realm of space, completely unaffected by any harm.