Stellar Transformation-Chapter 433: Episode 14 - 6 Metal Beast

Qin Yu glanced at the corpse of Xuzong and sighed inwardly.

Xuzong really had no shame. From the conversation he had overheard, it seemed that Xuzong had once pursued Xiu Ya to be his wife, but had been unsuccessful. Even so, Xuzong had the nerve to make a move.

Moreover, judging by Qin Yu’s immortal consciousness, the strength of Xuzong and Xiu Ya were quite similar. The girl named Xiu Ya, if she hadn’t been injured earlier, probably wouldn’t have been forced into such a situation.

"The body is too resilient; it’s also difficult to repair. A severed arm would take a considerable amount of time and energy to heal. Losing an arm, her strength has greatly diminished," continued Qin Yu in his thoughts.

This is the weak point of almost all experts who cultivate their bodies.

Ye Qu had also said, if a bone in the body breaks, it’s extremely difficult to repair. Considering the difficulty of repairing a divine artifact, one could imagine, though bones, being naturally part of one’s body, are slightly easier to mend.

The people from the Dark Star Realm who also cultivate their bodies are no exception either.

"Thank you for saving my life, sir," Xiu Ya respectfully said to Qin Yu.

"It was nothing; don’t mind it too much. Which village in ’Sangyuan Star’ are you from?" Qin Yu asked casually, appearing well-acquainted with the planet. In fact, everything Qin Yu knew was forcefully ’soul searched’ from that ’Xuzong’ spirit just now.

In reality, Qin Yu had already learned from Xuzong’s memories that Xiu Ya was a cultivator from ’Sangna Village’ on ’Sangyuan Star’.

Xiu Ya, unsuspecting, respectfully said, "I’m a cultivator from Sangna Village."

"Sangna Village? Hmm, it’s my first time on Sangyuan Star, I’ll start by visiting Sangna Village then," Qin Yu said with a light smile, while Xiu Ya excitedly said, "I can lead the way for you, sir."

"You should heal your injuries first," Qin Yu said.

Xiu Ya bowed in gratitude, then immediately sat down cross-legged on the ground and began to heal her injuries.

Meanwhile, Qin Yu began organizing the information he had gathered in his mind. At the same time, Qin Yu gained a deeper understanding of the Dark Star Realm, certainly more than Ye Qu and Wu Lan knew.

"So it turns out, in the Dark Star Realm, there are only three star domains with actual populations, and the other six are empty, with hardly anyone," Qin Yu finally understood completely.

From the memory of ’Xuzong,’ Qin Yu knew that the population of the Dark Star Realm was far less than the Immortal Realm, the Demon World, and the Demon Realm.

In the Dark Star Realm, a populated planet typically just has over ten thousand people. Even the larger planets have only about a hundred thousand, ordinary ones around ten to twenty thousand, and the smallest ones even just a few thousand.

It’s incomparable to the billions in the Immortal Realm. Also, the people of the Dark Star Realm only reside in ’Reunion Star’.

Of course, ’Reunion Star’ is just Qin Yu’s own term, while the people of the Dark Star Realm call ’Reunion Star’ ’Yuan Dong Star’. There are very few Reunion Stars, typically only several dozen in a star system and perhaps only a few hundred in a star domain.

"There really are few people, just about ten million in one star domain of the Dark Star Realm, and only about thirty million in total across three star domains. The Dark Star Realm... really has a sparse population," Qin Yu couldn’t help but sigh again.

Immortal, Demon, and Demon Worlds...

Any given planet there, probably has a population of over a billion. And places like Blue Mars, which are especially well-developed, boast tens or even hundreds of billions. The population of just one planet exceeds that of the entire Dark Star Realm.

"However, the number of experts in the Dark Star Realm far surpasses those in the Immortal Realm, Demon World, and Demon Realm combined," Qin Yu still found this discovery shocking.

According to the memories from ’Xuzong’.

In the Dark Star Realm, every ’Reunion Star’ has an Elder protecting it, overseeing the planet. Unless there are significant issues, Elders only meditate in the ’Elder Hall’.

One Reunion Star definitely has one Elder. With three Star Domains, there are about two thousand Reunion Stars, which means... there are at least nearly two thousand Elders. And to become an Elder, one must be at least Emperor-level!

Just these Elders alone encompass nearly two thousand Emperor-level experts!

Yet, the Emperor-level experts of the Dark Star Realm are certainly not limited to just these. The three major Star Domains inhabited by people each have a ’Holy Star,’ and these three Holy Stars are the headquarters of the Golden Punishment Sect, Black Flame Sect, and Bai Xuan Sect respectively.

In the Holy Stars, each sect’s Emperor-level experts are frighteningly numerous.

Besides the Holy Stars, there is another mysterious place sure to have a large number of Emperor-level experts, and the number of Emperor-level experts in this location... is estimated to exceed half of those in the rest of the Dark Star Realm!

"The Elders of each Reunion Star, the experts in the headquarters of the Holy Stars, I estimate nearly three thousand by now, and that’s only half... far too many. It is estimated that even if the Immortal Realm, Demon World, and Demon Realm were to dig three feet into the ground and add up all their hidden Emperor-level experts, it probably wouldn’t reach three thousand," Qin Yu felt helpless.

The population gap was so vast.

Yet, there were many more experts in the Dark Star Realm.

It was an unavoidable fact; right from birth, it was known that infants in the Dark Star Realm naturally had far superior physiques than those from the Immortal Realm, Demon World, and Demon Realm. This was probably caused by generations of evolution.

At the same time, Reunion Stars were doubtless one of the reasons; with such terrifying gravity, how could the infants be inferior?

Generally, infants in the Dark Star Realm saw a rapid increase in strength after birth, and most of them could reach the level of Heavenly Immortal by the age of sixteen. Of course... in the Dark Star Realm, the strengths are mainly divided into three levels: ’Ordinary,’ ’King Level,’ and ’Emperor Level.’

King Level corresponds to the ’Golden Immortal,’ and ’Demon King.’ Emperor Level corresponds to Demon Emperor and Immortal Emperor. As for ’Ordinary,’ it corresponds to... below Golden Immortal!

That is to say, in the Dark Star Realm, there isn’t even talk of Golden Core, Nascent Soul, or Heavenly Immortal. Because anyone from the Dark Star Realm, even if lazy and gluttonous, could easily reach the level of Heavenly Immortal, and they don’t have Four-nine Heavenly Tribulations, Sixty-nine Heavenly Tribulations, or Ninety-nine Tribulations!

"This... This surely shows favoritism by the heavens," Qin Yu was at a loss for words.

When people of the Dark Star Realm become adults, they already match the level of a Heavenly Immortal. This is the disparity. Those with good aptitude, even as children, could match up to Heavenly Immortal experts.

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"Sir, I am ready," Xiu Ya stood up and spoke respectfully.

Xiu Ya had not cultivated for long, not even a hundred years, but she was already at the peak of ’Ordinary,’ nearing the level of King-level experts. Even in the Dark Star Realm, her cultivation speed was considered extremely fast. After all, people of the Dark Star Realm... as long as not afflicted by natural disasters or calamities, had virtually infinite lifespans.

They were born with the ability to absorb energy from heaven and earth, to exist independent of air, and they were born incredibly strong, with terrifyingly hard bodies. This was their natural gift.

"Let’s go together," Qin Yu nodded.

All he could do was accept that the disparity between people was vast. But Qin Yu didn’t know that while people from the Dark Star Realm are terrifyingly formidable from birth, there are places in other dimensions, ten times, a hundred times more terrifying than the Dark Star Realm. Such is the universe!

"Sir, Xiu Ya is grateful to you for saving her life. If there is anything you require in the future, Xiu Ya will definitely do her best," Xiu Ya said to Qin Yu as they flew side by side.

Qin Yu smiled and nodded, "Xiu Ya, I didn’t expect you to have not yet reached the King Level, but you killed a King-level Metal Beast. That is truly rare."

Xiu Ya blushed at Qin Yu’s praise but eventually said helplessly, "If it weren’t for the Metal Beast’s Gold Core, Xuzong wouldn’t have resorted to such methods to deal with me."

"Yes, treating a woman this way is indeed reprehensible," Qin Yu sighed.

In the Dark Star Realm, men generally have slightly stronger abilities than women. Occasionally there might be a few powerful women, but overall, men are stronger. For instance, the three Great Sovereigns of the Dark Star Realm, the previously ascended Golden Punishment Monarch, and now the Black Flame Lord and Bai Xuanjun are all male. From this, one can see the disparity. It is not that there have never been women in the history of the Dark Star Realm, but among so many monarchs, only one has ever been a woman! This illustrates the gap between the genders.

The people of the Dark Star Realm typically do not bully women, let alone take advantage of someone’s peril to kill a woman. What Xuzong did would make any ordinary person from the Dark Star Realm furious enough to kill.

"Xiu Ya, obtaining a Gold Core should reduce quite a bit of your cultivation time," Qin Yu, who was now well aware of this ’Gold Core’, commented.

Xiu Ya nodded, her face involuntarily breaking into a smile, "It’s a King-level Gold Core; it should at least save me a hundred years of cultivation time. It’s lucky that the Metal Beast had just entered the King Level, otherwise I would have been doomed."

"Sir, could you tell me what level you are at? Are you a King-level expert? What star King-level are you?"

Qin Yu knew that in the Dark Star Realm, the ’King Level’ and ’Emperor Level’ were further divided into many star levels. For instance, among King-level experts, they range from the weakest One-star King Level to the strongest Eighteen-star King Level. From the weakest One-star Emperor Level to the Eighteen-star Emperor Level.

Compared to the Immortal Realm, Demon World, and Demon World, the Dark Star Realm has more detailed distinctions between ’King Level’ and ’Emperor Level’.

"You’re asking me which star King-level?" Qin Yu couldn’t help but laugh internally.

King Level?

Even just entering the Eighth level of the "Nine-Transformation Dark Gold Body", he should at least be at Fifteen-star Emperor-level. If including Qin Yu’s Life Essence Power recovery ability, he could probably match up to Seventeen or Eighteen stars.

Qin Yu suddenly laughed, "So, what level do you think I am?"

"Could it be, could it be an Eighteen-star King-level?" Xiu Ya whispered, her guess making Qin Yu laugh. At that moment, Qin Yu’s Immortal Consciousness detected several fierce beasts and birds suddenly attacking.

"Sir, just how many stars are you?" Xiu Ya pressed, her pure eyes fixating on Qin Yu.

Qin Yu smiled and replied, "Stop asking, I’ve already detected three avian Metal Beasts rushing this way at high speed."

Xiu Ya’s expression changed immediately, then she quickly asked, "What level?"

"They’re all King-level; as for how many stars, you should know once you clash with them," Qin Yu said cheerfully, and at that moment, three huge, golden fierce birds flew over.

Xiu Ya’s face turned pale, and she looked toward Qin Yu, pleading.

"You go first, don’t worry, I’ll be right behind you," Qin Yu said with a smile. Hearing this, Xiu Ya felt reassured immediately, her spirits rose, and she shouted as she charged forward.

Employing all her skills, Xiu Ya managed to avoid defeat for the moment due to her agile movements.

Qin Yu watched from the side, his heart still in shock.

"This Dark Star Realm is truly unbelievable. Metal Beasts, these creatures made entirely of metal—where do they come from? Such formidable strength, but ridiculously low intelligence."

Qin Yu was puzzled.

Reunion Stars were not absent in the Immortal Realm, Demon World, or Demon World regions, treated only as desolate planets that no one cared about. Qin Yu had also explored a few Reunion Stars using Great Teleportation and his Immortal Consciousness, but he had never encountered such unique creatures as the Metal Beasts before.

A Metal Beast with the strength of a Golden Immortal, yet so lacking in intelligence?

The strangest thing was, even within the Dark Star Realm, other Star Domains did not have Metal Beasts; only the Star Domain of the Golden Punishment Sect had Metal Beasts, and moreover, these creatures were only born on Reunion Stars.

In the Star Domain of the Black Flame Sect, however, the Reunion Stars were home to Flame Beasts, made up of a type of Fire Attribute Energy crystal, their bodies burning with flames.

In the Star Domain of the Bai Xuan Sect, the Reunion Stars were inhabited by Ice Beasts, made of ice.

"What’s going on? There are Metal Beasts on the Reunion Stars in the Golden Punishment Sect’s Star Domain, while there are Flame Beasts on the Reunion Stars in the Black Flame Sect’s Star Domain. Could there be some difference between the Reunion Stars of these two places?"

Qin Yu was full of doubts.

He did not understand what made the Reunion Stars different across Star Domains.

Now Qin Yu was baffled about the origins of the Metal Beasts, Flame Beasts, and Ice Beasts. He would only truly understand later, after meeting Emperor-level experts in the Dark Star Realm. After all, those kinds of matters were beyond the knowledge of ordinary Dark Star Realm people like those from Xuzong.

"Sir," Xiu Ya could only hold on for a while before she could no longer withstand the pressure.

Qin Yu smiled, then with a swift movement, in Xiu Ya’s astonished eyes, Qin Yu turned into three afterimages, each appearing in front of one of the Metal Beasts.

Each afterimage grabbed with one hand, piercing through the bodies of the Metal Beasts and extracting their cores—the Gold Cores.

Then the three afterimages vanished, and Qin Yu returned to his original spot. It all happened in the blink of an eye. Had Xiu Ya not been staring intently, she might have thought Qin Yu hadn’t moved at all.

"Sir, you..." Xiu Ya suddenly felt that the ’Qin Yu’ in front of her could probably rival the most revered elders of the ’Sangyuan Star’.

"Here, these three Gold Cores are for you," Qin Yu casually tossed the three Gold Cores to Xiu Ya.

The way Qin Yu had blinked and killed three Metal Beasts in moments, then tossed over the three Gold Cores, caused Xiu Ya’s mind to short-circuit for a good while.

"Ah, Gold Cores." Xiu Ya suddenly dived, catching the three Gold Cores that were falling toward the ground.

(Fang Qie was thinking... If only he had the same physical constitution as the people of the Dark Star Realm, how wonderful it would be. Even without cultivating, probably not even a nuclear bomb would leave a mark... haha, just daydreaming!)

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