Lu Ye didn't pay much attention to it; although spirit jade doesn't have the distinct classifications like Spirit Stones, the quality does vary, just not significantly.
Generally speaking, higher-quality spirit jade will appear darker in color.
So even if he noticed the color of these two pieces of spirit jade in front of him was slightly bright, it wasn't a big deal.
But the mont he grasped one of the spirit jades, he suddenly realized sothing was wrong because the feeling from his hand was unusual.
Not only that, but a trendous sense of danger suddenly enveloped his mind.
In front of his vision, space twisted, and in what seed to be an empty spot, a bloody maw filled with sharp fangs suddenly opened wide, biting down towards him.
Lu Ye instinctively wanted to retreat, but a strange pulling force surged from that giant mouth, preventing his escape.
Seeing the fanged mouth about to close, Lu Ye crashed forward, at the mont the fangs descended, he plunged into the giant mouth.
On the teorite, the twisted space cald, a figure several ters high suddenly appeared, a peculiar creature with a round body covered in spikes, tailless, and looking like a round ball, with two long, antenna-like things on its forehead, each tipped with a fleshy sac emitting a purple glow.
These fleshy sacs, irrespective of color or shape, with their surface textures, looked indistinguishable from spirit jade.
The "spirit jade" Lu Ye saw earlier was precisely the disguise of these two fleshy sacs, but once this peculiar creature revealed its true form, the real appearance of these sacs was exposed, now looking not just like spirit jade, but like two lanterns hanging from the creature's forehead.
If seen by people living by the sea, they'd surely recognize it as sothing that looks very similar to a lanternfish from the ocean.
But lanternfish live in the sea, while this peculiar creature resides in the stellar space.
The lanternfish swallowed Lu Ye whole, its two eyes flickered with a slightly cunning light, but before it could savor the delicacy in its mouth, a sudden change occurred.
Bright light suddenly burst from the gaps of the lanternfish's fangs, at first glance, it seed like a bright lamp was in its mouth, and soon, the surface of the lanternfish's body also emitted linear bright lights, with powerful and violent spirit force suddenly erupting.
A lotus flower abruptly blood, exploding like a big sun, its brightness making the area within hundreds of miles like dayti.
No sound was heard in the stellar space; the lotus petals flew in all directions, cutting through the Void, and as the lotus slowly dissipated, there stood Lu Ye in the heart of the bloom, eyes slightly downcast, with his Boulder Mountain Saber in hand, the blade stained with blood!
The entire blade shimred with a faint glow.
That was the empowernt of the Divine Sharp Edge Spirit Runes!
Since developing this new spirit rune, Lu Ye had never used it against an opponent before, mainly because he hadn't had the opportunity, but unexpectedly, today it debuted.
The effect was excellent! Though slightly inferior to the blessing from Lü Yingying, the difference was minor.
Once he further enhances his expertise in the Path of Spirit Runes, he should be able to further improve and optimize the Divine Sharp Edge.
This is the kind of spirit rune that can provide him support in the Constellation Realm; in comparison, the initial Sharpness spirit rune is considerably less useful.
This encounter was quite unexpected; honestly, before the sense of danger suddenly descended, Lu Ye hadn't detected anything amiss because this creature hid itself perfectly, those two "spirit jades" distracted him a bit, and since leaving the Nine Provinces, he hadn't encountered any living beings, which made him slightly complacent.
But his response was extrely swift; if he hadn't slamd into the beast's giant mouth, when those fangs clamped down, Lu Ye figured he wouldn't have kept one arm!
At this point, Lu Ye realized what he had encountered.
Star beast!
Within the domains, there are various demon beasts, and outside the domains, there are as well, but outside they're not called demon beasts; they're star beasts, which co in many strange varieties, each with unique abilities. Lu Ye's stellar space exploration experience is limited, and he has scant information about the stellar space, so he naturally didn't know what this star beast was; he hadn't even had ti to see its complete form.
But relatively speaking, star beasts have a unique advantage, which is the innate ability to absorb and refine stellar space energy, so they live in the stellar space from birth.
Spirit jade and spirit crystals, essential cultivation materials for cultivators, are also their favorites; every star beast can devour spirit jade and spirit crystals to enhance its strength.
Like the Void Beast core Lu Ye obtained in the Insect Race Tree World, the Void Beast is a type of star beast, and a very powerful one, since it naturally controls the power of the void, so even if you surpass its strength, it's hard to hunt it down.
This further highlights the rarity of the Void Beast Core.
On the Insect Race's side, it's unclear how they obtained a Void Beast Core, which they placed in the Insect Race Tree World as a channel to connect with other Tree Worlds, eventually leading to Lu Ye clearing it out completely.
Such a loss is undeniably significant.
Lu Ye could feel that the star beast he just slew was at the Constellation Realm level, because when it appeared, the spirit force fluctuations revealed themselves, and the pulling force from its giant mouth was likely its instinct, or called Innate Divine Ability!
Both of them at the Constellation Realm level, yet the star beast fell in one strike, showcasing Lu Ye's own foundation, even as a newcor to the Constellation level, the rich accumulation from the past continues to fernt.
Of course, it also has to do with the environnt Lu Ye is in; no matter how strong the star beast's defense is, its mouth is always relatively fragile.
The third form of the Tyrannical Saber, enhanced with Divine Sharp Edge Spirit Runes, has an extrely terrifying power.
But Lu Ye had no joy in slaying a powerful enemy; instead, his scalp tingled with unease. In his ntal consciousness, he sensed powerful auras rapidly reviving, and in his vision, star beasts that resembled lanternfish with round bodies and two lanterns hanging from their heads were flying over from all directions.
There was not just one lanternfish in this asteroid belt, but a whole group!
Lu Ye even sensed the aura belonging to the Moon Jade Realm among them!
In other words, this group of lanternfish included so in the Moon Jade Realm.
As they flew and crashed into the teorites, shattering them, it slightly slowed their speed, but it didn't seem to be a big problem.
Lu Ye imdiately knew these guys were the tough and thick-skinned type.
He had stumbled right into a den of thieves!
Without thinking, Lu Ye turned around and fled, quickly pushing his speed to a controllable limit with the help of his spirit force.
Thanks to the experience he had accumulated over ti, he had entered this asteroid belt from the tail end and had only ventured about ten miles in. It wasn't too difficult to escape now.
If he had recklessly entered from the middle of the asteroid belt, he would be surrounded, finding it hard to save himself.
The sudden death of their companion undoubtedly infuriated the lanternfish, each one chasing relentlessly. Soon, the ones with lower cultivation were left behind, with only the higher-cultivation lanternfish clinging to Lu Ye like leeches.
Lu Ye realized his speed was insufficient.
The distance between them was closing rapidly, and the closest lanternfish were already within thirty miles.
Such a distance within a domain would still be relatively safe, as a Divine Sea Realm cultivator's attack couldn't reach that far.
But in stellar space, it wasn't enough.
Lu Ye's skin tightened imdiately, a needle-like pain warning of impending danger.
Without hesitation, he shifted his body to the side.
Almost simultaneously with his movent, several purple beams pierced through his previous position.
Lu Ye broke out in a cold sweat, not knowing exactly what those purple beams were, but guessing they surely were an attack thod used by the lanternfish. He couldn't withstand the attack of a few Moon Jade Realm lanternfish.
Turning his head hurriedly, he saw the two lanterns hanging from the lanternfish's heads emitting increasingly bright purple light, which then transford into beams dashing toward him.
Lu Ye maneuvered through stellar space, constantly dodging the attacks from behind, narrowly avoiding several near misses, looking quite distressed.
But this also slowed his escape speed. He could still speed up, but that would exceed his controllable limits, and crashing into sothing ahead would be disastrous.
Lu Ye felt exasperated, never imagining his first battle in stellar space would unfold like this. Just for killing one of their companions, they pursued him relentlessly, blatantly unfair.
In a mont of defiance, Lu Ye turned back and hurled a weapon control technique.
He didn't aim at the chasing lanternfish, knowing such an attack was of little use; the weapon control was ant for sothing else.
Unexpectedly, shortly after launching the weapon control, a purple beam intercepted it, shattering it instantly.
Helpless, Lu Ye changed direction and launched another weapon control, learning from the last attempt to avoid the direction whence the lanternfish were coming, aiming to the side instead.
He continued fleeing forward, persistently dodging the purple beams attacking from behind.
After a brief mont, his figure suddenly flickered and disappeared from the spot.
The relentless lanternfish imdiately fell into a state of bewildernt. They too had spiritual intelligence, and while drifting through stellar space with the asteroid belt, had encountered other races' cultivators and witnessed their techniques, but such a strange thod was a first.
How could such a large living person disappear into thin air?
The lanternfish surged to where Lu Ye vanished, searching in all directions. Moreover, they fired purple beams from their dangling lanterns to all sides, seeming convinced that Lu Ye was hidden nearby, trying to force him out.
Little did they know, Lu Ye had already appeared nearly ten thousand miles away.
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