Lin Chen felt slightly nervous in his heart because this jump had consud far more spiritual power than he had anticipated.
At this mont, Lin Chen was sowhat weak. If Qingluan Immortal Monarch were to take action against him now, the situation would beco extrely unfavorable.
Qingluan Immortal Monarch stared at Lin Chen for a few monts, a look of concern appearing on her face: "It looks like you’ve expended quite a bit of spiritual power."
Lin Chen replied with a bitter smile: "This journey spanned an unknown number of star rivers. I was almost completely drained. No wonder the old Clan Chief said that even the powerful Starry Sky Demon Beasts would have to pay a hefty price to reach this place."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch smiled lightly: "No rush, take your ti to recover. We have ti."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch withdrew her gaze and turned her body to survey the scenery in front of her.
Lin Chen quietly let out a sigh of relief. Qingluan Immortal Monarch harbored sinister intentions toward him, but fortunately, she had already struck before and believed that she had him under control. Otherwise, if she attacked him now, things would truly be troubleso.
Gazing at the scene ahead, Qingluan Immortal Monarch lanted: "The entire star system has been destroyed. I wonder what it encountered..."
The entire starry sky was littered with endless teorites of varying sizes. So were as small as one or two ters, while others were broken planets the size of continents.
A planetary graveyard!
Just as Qingluan Immortal Monarch said, this planet had suffered an unknown catastrophe; all the planets in the star system, big and small, were destroyed by imnse forces, turning into countless fragnted stellar teorites scattered across the entire star system.
At this mont, the two of them stood on an irregular teorite with a diater of around seven or eight kiloters. Their figures were minuscule compared to the vast graveyard of the star system.
"So many teorites, in all sizes... Kryptonite, this is going to be hard to find!"
Qingluan Immortal Monarch furrowed her brow, muttering softly.
According to the old Clan Chief, Kryptonite possessed miraculous abilities, but its size was typically not large—usually about the size of a fist, and the largest might not exceed the size of a basketball.
The power of Kryptonite wasn’t determined by its size but by its purity. The higher the purity, the greater the energy contained within it, and the greater its interference with the Chaos Star Core, leading to more destructive power in battle.
Searching for such minuscule items within this broken star system, without any effective search thods, was tantamount to finding a needle in an ocean.
Qingluan Immortal Monarch withdrew her gaze and sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for Lin Chen to recover from his injuries.
It was not yet ti to reveal her cards to Lin Chen. If Lin Chen decided to turn tail and run, leaving her stranded here, she would be screwed.
The old Clan Chief had said that without the ans for spatial traversal, relying solely on flight would take a lifeti to get back.
Qingluan Immortal Monarch thoroughly understood the principle of spatial jump. Spatial jump wasn’t simply about jumping across a linear distance but rather using spatial tunnels to jump from one near-point to a destination.
It’s like a sheet of paper: when flat, the two edges are the furthest apart, but spatial jump folds the paper, connecting the edges via a spatial tunnel, arriving in an instant.
For that reason, although Lin Chen’s jump seed effortless, it allowed him to traverse countless star seas. With Qingluan Immortal Monarch’s strength, not to ntion getting lost in the starry sky, even at full speed, it would take tens of thousands of years to get back, and even then, she might not succeed.
Qingluan Immortal Monarch’s thod of controlling Lin Chen was subtle—it was called the Soul Lock Chain. She could activate the chain to make the controlled suffer a fate worse than death. If the controlled attempted to counterkill her, it wouldn’t work either; upon her death, the Soul Lock Chain would fully tighten, completely annihilating the controlled’s Primordial Spirit.
Qingluan Immortal Monarch was concerned about Lin Chen countering her for two reasons. On the one hand, she feared that Lin Chen possessed powerful techniques granted by the Great Wilderness Saint. If he were to stealthily strike back, she might end up being controlled herself, leading to mutual hesitations, where neither dared to act against the other.
On the other hand, she worried about Lin Chen’s starry sky jump ability. With one leap spanning thousands of star rivers, such an enormous distance might cause her thods to fail entirely.
Her thods worked flawlessly in the Immortal Realm, but in the vast universe, she couldn’t guarantee effectiveness over such distances—she’d never tested it before.
And so, she waited, for days.
The cross-legged Lin Chen finally opened his eyes, his gaze radiant, no longer showing signs of weakness.
Qingluan Immortal Monarch turned her head: "Recovered?"
Lin Chen nodded: "Hmm. Thankfully, I had enough top-grade dicinal pills. Otherwise, simply ditating might have taken half a year to a full year."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch pointed toward the vast and boundless starry sky: "We’re probably at the edge of this broken star system. To search effectively, we need to head toward the central area. What do you think is the most efficient way to search?"
Lin Chen looked at the desolation of the broken starry sky, smiling bitterly: "There’s no other way—heading toward the central area seems like relying on luck. However, after listening to the old Clan Chief’s words, I have a bold idea."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch fixed her gaze on Lin Chen’s face: "Let’s hear it."
Lin Chen responded: "The old Clan Chief said Kryptonite is a special material produced only under specific conditions during star system explosions..."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch nodded: "That’s true. Is there an issue?"
Lin Chen shook his head and continued: "The old Clan Chief also said that Cosmic Ghosts are intangible special entities ford under unique environnts. I’m wondering if this special environnt also refers to specific conditions during star system explosions..."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch’s eyes suddenly lit up: "You an to say, Kryptonite and Cosmic Ghosts are products of the sa special conditions during star system explosions?"
Lin Chen nodded: "Yes. If Cosmic Ghosts existed beforehand, their survival probability during the terrifying impact of star system explosions would be minimal. So, they are highly likely also post-explosion special products."
"If Kryptonite exists in areas without Cosmic Ghosts, those Starry Sky Demon Beasts searching for Kryptonite might have already succeeded. After all, they have unique starry sky abilities and are far superior to us in search efficiency."
"They’ve returned empty-handed, so is it possible to assu that areas containing Kryptonite also have a significant number of Cosmic Ghosts? Perhaps they found the Kryptonite but failed to escape the Cosmic Ghosts, leading to no return..."
Qingluan Immortal Monarch broke into a smile: "Reversing the reasoning: Kryptonite and Cosmic Ghosts might be products of the sa special environnt, or even coexistent conditions. Wherever there’s Kryptonite, there are Cosmic Ghosts. If we want to find Kryptonite, we should search for Cosmic Ghosts. If we locate Cosmic Ghosts, we’ll find Kryptonite."
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