Lethal Stunner: Kicking Off with Five Beast Husbands-Chapter 166 The Death of Xuan Jiu

According to the map extracted from Insect Brain 1.0 by Caicai, Xiao Jinsheng and the others arrived at the outskirts of the Star Stone Mine.

Since this area was Fog Corpse territory, Xiao Jinsheng didn’t dare to get too close.

After all, once she crossed a certain distance, her physique would attract Fog Corpses to hunt her down.

"If only Star Stones could chase after me too." Thinking about how Fog Corpses could manifest Star Stones from nothing while chasing her, Xiao Jinsheng murmured wistfully.

"Keep dreaming." Yu Yunxiao replied.

Angry, Xiao Jinsheng reached out to grab his ear, but she suddenly felt an overwhelming surge of Star Stone Energy flowing up from the ground into her body.

The energy was so dense it became visible to the naked eye, and within moments, it elevated her Five-Star Plundering Superpower to Six Stars.

Yu Yunxiao was stunned: "This... is this a dream come true?"

"Does this even make sense?" Xiao Jinsheng was dumbfounded.

Just like she said, it felt like a dream.

And in dreams, naturally, you dream big.

But such a dream coming true still left her feeling a bit dazed.

"You are the Star Stone Origin, so it does seem reasonable," Huaiqing commented.

"Fog Corpses approaching you within a certain distance end up absorbing the Star Stone Energy hidden underground," Que Zelian stated. "This time, the energy buried beneath was directly drawn into you, likely because we’ve gotten closer to the Star Stone Mine."

Alternatively, the reason Xiao Jinsheng hadn’t absorbed underground Star Stone Energy in other places was that the energy there was too impure, not concentrated or refined enough.

So it wasn’t that Xiao Jinsheng couldn’t absorb Star Stone Energy the way Fog Corpses did.

It was simply that her body instinctively rejected those contaminated energies.

The type she could absorb had to be either purified from Star Stones.

Or naturally refined and pure, like the energy from the Star Stone Mine.

In just the span of their conversation, Xiao Jinsheng noticed that her Plundering Superpower was already nearing a breakthrough to Seven Stars.

Unfortunately, the seven Beast Husbands and the extra companion standing with her in the same location couldn’t draw any energy from the ground.

Nor could they, like Fog Corpses, rely on her Star Stone Origin physique to absorb the energy.

"If I can absorb Star Stone Energy just by standing outside the mine, we wouldn’t need to go further inside and risk attracting Fog Corpses, which would only waste time," Xiao Jinsheng proposed.

But she wasn’t about to let herself absorb the energy alone.

So Xiao Jinsheng took out the Star Stone Source Stones that Chen Yunji had given her earlier.

Aside from the one she’d returned to Chen Yunji, she had seven left—just enough for her Beast Husbands.

After all, Star Stone Source Stones were designed for Beastmen to separate their Superpower Energy, suppressing the levels of their abilities.

Xiao Jinsheng came up with an idea.

By leveraging her Star Stone Origin advantage, she could avoid fighting the Fog Corpses guarding the mine while still absorbing the energy to advance her Superpower Level.

She would then transfer the energy she absorbed into the Star Stone Source Stones.

Since the Source Stones could store energy, they could also release it.

The abilities stored within them were even greater than those of the Star Stones, making them more convenient to use.

Xiao Jinsheng announced her plan and began putting it into action.

The seven Beast Husbands, along with the extra companion, divided into groups to protect Xiao Jinsheng while working to advance their Superpower Levels.

As absorbing energy required her presence, Xiao Jinsheng naturally couldn’t return to the Space.

At night, she slept in a tent, and with just a thought, her body automatically absorbed the purest Star Stone Energy.

Deciding to stop absorbing it was just another thought, and her body would cease.

Because of this trait, Xiao Jinsheng felt like a robot.

But with time so tight, there was no room for idle thoughts; enhancing everyone’s power was the priority.

During the day, Xiao Jinsheng would stop absorbing Star Stone Energy and focus on transferring energy into the Star Stone Source Stones.

The higher the Star Level, the more energy was required.

The frantic days flew by quickly.

Before they knew it, three months had passed in this busy schedule of daytime activity and nighttime rest.

Xiao Jinsheng felt utterly drained.

Even though she had seven Beast Husbands, she hadn’t had a chance to indulge any of them.

Fortunately, the three months of effort had evened out her and her Beast Husbands’ Superpower Levels—except for Li and Shi Xie, the other five were now balanced.

Yu Yunxiao, Superpower Level: Nine Stars.

Su Ye, Superpower Level: Nine Stars.

Que Zelian, Superpower Level: Nine Stars.

Huaiqing, Superpower Level: Nine Stars.

Mo Jiao, Superpower Level: Nine Stars.

Li, Superpower Level: Ten Stars.

Shi Xie, Superpower Level: Ten Stars.

Given the urgency of their situation, everyone unanimously decided to prioritize elevating those with lower Superpower Levels, ensuring at least Nine Stars.

After all, during the three months spent circling the Star Stone Mine, they had evaded hundreds of patrols by Fog Corpses.

As long as everyone’s average power increased, their safety could be assured.

If, by any bad luck, the Fog Corpses managed to detect that they were harvesting energy near the mine, they would be capable of defending themselves.

Looking at her Nine-Star Plundering Superpower, Xiao Jinsheng exclaimed excitedly, "Now I can replicate nine Superpowers!"

However, when she noticed her Spiritual Power Level, her excitement faded again.

Three months ago, while fighting Bai Yan and Kui Mao, she had used her Plundering Superpower to replicate their abilities, which inevitably reduced her Spiritual Power Level.

After three months of constant activity, her Spiritual Power had remained stuck at a dropped Four Stars.

A low Spiritual Power Level made using her Plundering Superpower inconvenient, so Xiao Jinsheng decided to relax for a while.

At the same time, she could work on raising her Spiritual Power.

Since Li had broken the rules earlier, she hadn’t drawn lots or followed the schedule to stay in his room that night.

She drank meat porridge cooked by Que Zelian, whose culinary skills had dramatically improved, and helped him cheat in a blindfolded game of tag the next day.

A master of fairness, Xiao Jinsheng could neither forget nor renounce her balanced approach.

She contemplated which Beast Husband to "favor" next with her help.

Then Huaiqing furrowed his brows, glanced at Li, and solemnly said, "Lend me your Domain."

Without asking for a reason, Li deftly opened his Domain.

Huaiqing’s expression grew grave as he turned to Chen Yunji and warned, "I’ve seen that prophecy again."

"Prophecy?" Chen Yunji asked.

He knew that among Xiao Jinsheng’s Beast Husbands, Huaiqing—who had awakened the Bai Ze Bloodline—possessed the ability to foresee the future.

But as for the content of Huaiqing’s prophecies, this was the first time Chen Yunji had heard of any today.

"The same vision—it’s never happened before that I’ve prophesied the same thing twice." Huaiqing spoke with a heavy tone. "It’s still the earlier prophecy, but this time with some differences."

"Chen Yunji dies at Snow Cliff Ice Sea, a blood hole torn open at his dantian, and the Star Stone extracted."

"The difference is, this time, it’s not the Twelve-Star Star Stone, but a Ten-Star Star Stone."

"What does that mean?" Chen Yunji felt a rising sense of dread.

Upon hearing Huaiqing’s explanation, he recalled that earlier on Cloud Island, Huaiqing had witnessed a prophetic vision:

He himself had died at Snow Cliff Ice Sea, his body lying next to a Twelve-Star Star Stone.

Huaiqing’s prophecies were highly accurate, but the events they depicted often ended up changing.

For example, Huaiqing had once predicted that Bai Yan would win first place in the Cloud Island competition, but the final winner turned out to be Xiao Jinsheng.

Thus, after Chen Yunji had left Cloud Island with them, everyone believed his prophesied death at Snow Cliff Ice Sea would be averted as long as he didn’t return to the Northern Territory.

But as Chen Yunji listened, he was the only one who recognized the underlying problem.

He asked hurriedly, "Was this prophecy seen the day you came to pick up Xiao Jinsheng and first met me?"

"It was on that day," Huaiqing confirmed.

"The person you saw in your vision wasn’t me." Chen Yunji declared firmly. "The one who dies is Xuan Jiu."

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