On the other side of the battlefield, the Specter expert was very pleased with himself. He had defeated five Enlighters and two who were comparable to Enlighters in one go. In the Outerverse, this was a magnificent feat, and one of them had even been a Mavis. This was a huge contribution, and with the war fortress that he had stolen, it was enough for him to advance to the Silver rank.
The die stopped spinning: four. Lu Yin was delighted as the scene before him changed, and he appeared in the Time Stop Space.
He was no longer flustered since he had plenty of time.
Lu Yin lined up all of his cosmic rings and took off his universal armor. "I hope that this armor can be upgraded to the point where it can resist Envoys."
Any item that wanted to be upgraded was limited by its material, and there was an upper limit. Although Lu Yin did not know what the upper limit of the universal armor was, it should not be too high. Thus, he took out an item: a piece of metal that contained Ancient Crimson Copper. It had been decomposed from a Perceptive Intermediate sourcebox, and it was rumored to be one of the main materials for a weapon with a power level of 500,000. It was extremely rare and also very invasive, which was exactly what Lu Yin needed.
At this time, he was not afraid of being invasive, and the more aggressive it was, the better. It would be best if it could completely replace the original material of the universal armor.
If it had been anyone else, they would not have been able to decompose the Ancient Crimson Copper from the piece of metal, but Lu Yin had a way. He looked at his die and tapped it, causing it to spin slowly. It was still a one. He was calm as he used the star essence to extend his time in the Time Stop Space to thirty days. He had plenty of star essence now.
Ten days later, Lu Yin rolled his die again. This time, it went smoothly, and two pips appeared on the die, which was exactly what he needed.
He decomposed the piece of metal, and the Ancient Crimson Copper that the monkey had described appeared. It was very little, but even so, Lu Yin still needed it. He needed to upgrade the material of the universal armor, or else it would not be able to be upgraded.
The Ancient Crimson Copper needed to be melted, as it was one of the main materials for a weapon with a power level of 500,000. Melting it was very difficult, and Lu Yin could not do it with his current strength. Thus, he took out the ancient fireseed sourcebox.
Perhaps it was fate, but he had everything he needed.
Right, the cosmic rings of the others. Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he opened each of their cosmic rings, especially the flame engineer's. He was an engineer, so he should have a lot of materials.
When Lu Yin opened Yuehua Mavis's cosmic ring, he was stunned. This … this woman's cosmic ring was several times larger than Lu Yin's, and there were at least a few million star essence piled up inside!
Lu Yin was speechless, as releasing all of these star essence would cause chaos in the market.
As expected of the Mavis Family.
He found more than ten materials in their cosmic rings, but he did not recognize any of them. However, it did not matter since they had all melted.
Lu Yin was only one step away from successfully unlocking his sourceseed sourcebox, and he used the next two days to completely unlock it. Extremely high temperatures roasted the Time Stop Space. If he had been outside, this heat would have melted Lu Yin, but this was his personal space, and he could change everything, so he was naturally able to isolate himself from the high temperatures.
He tossed the Ancient Crimson Copper and the other materials into the flames, and as he watched the materials slowly melt, he hurriedly separated them and tossed them all towards the universal armor.
The other materials were fine, as they stuck to the surface of the universal armor like ugly patches. Only the Ancient Crimson Copper, while the amount was the least, was able to fuse into the universal armor. Very quickly, the armor's color changed slightly, and one could see a faint green color.
It was worthy of being called an invasive material, as just a little bit of it could directly change the internal materials of the universal armor.
The ancient flame seed was still burning, and if there were no supporting materials, the flames would gradually extinguish.
Lu Yin could not bear to see it extinguish so quickly, but he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly tossed the star essence into the flames. The star essence instantly melted, and the air was filled with scorching star energy. Lu Yin's body slowly recovered, and the pain of being roasted caused him to sweat profusely. The temperature of the flames was extremely high, and it was not something he could endure. He could only adapt bit by bit and gradually approach the flames, but he could only adapt to a certain degree of heat.
Still, it was enough. He immediately absorbed the star energy while being roasted by the high temperature, and his eyes widened in delight. It was effective! Using the ancient flame to burn the star essence and combining it with the high temperature of his body to absorb the star energy was much faster than directly absorbing it. Although it was far from the exaggerated absorption speed that he had experienced in the flame furnace, it was still several times faster than normal.
As he thought about it, Lu Yin activated the Sirius Art. A visible whirlwind of star energy swirled around him and was absorbed into his body. The star energy quickly disappeared.
Lu Yin opened his eyes and exhaled. Using the ancient flame to burn the star essence was more than twenty times faster than using the Sirius Art. The Sirius Art was originally a hundred times faster than a normal cultivator's absorption speed. In other words, this method was more than two thousand times faster than a normal cultivator's absorption speed, which was already an exaggerated figure.
Although it was far from being able to absorb 40,000 times faster, it was still much faster.
Unfortunately, half of the star energy produced by the ancient flame had been consumed, as this cultivation method was too costly. Lu Yin looked at the flames and saw that they were smaller than before, which meant that the consumption of the ancient flame was greater as well.
This was a cultivation method that pursued speed and did not care about the energy consumption.
Lu Yin stood up and touched his arm, which was still scalding hot. This cultivation method was not something that a normal person could endure. His body was abnormally strong, but even so, it was still very difficult for him to endure the ancient flame's high temperature. A normal cultivator would probably be reduced to ashes before they could even absorb the star energy.
Although there were many drawbacks to this method, it was still one of the shortcuts to quickly increasing one's strength. Lu Yin's gaze subconsciously drifted towards the cosmic rings, as if he might strike it rich.
The flames continued to burn, and Lu Yin added fuel from time to time so that they would not be extinguished so quickly. Ten days quickly passed, and Lu Yin impatiently tapped his die, causing it to spin.
Six pips, but it was ineffective. Lu Yin was helpless, and he waited for another ten days before rolling his die again. This time, it was three pips, which was the number that he had been dreaming of.
The universal armor had changed in appearance and was much uglier than before. It was full of bumps and bumps, and many materials were stuck to the surface. The armor itself had a greenish tint to it, which made it particularly ugly. However, Lu Yin had no other choice since he did not know how to refine armor.
He placed the universal armor on the upper screen and then generously tossed in tens of thousands of star essence. The amount of star essence piled up into a mountain, and the universal armor immediately fell off.
It had been upgraded eleven times before, and it had been able to withstand attacks with a power level of nearly 300,000. This upgrade had consumed 15,000 star essence, which was an exaggeration, but it had been worth it.
Lu Yin picked it up and placed it back on again. The universal armor descended once more, and it had been upgraded once more. The star essence that had been piled up before had almost been used up.
Almost 50,000 star essence had been used up just like that. This had all belonged to Hugh Phinhas, and the old man did not have that much money!
The Dark Phoenix Clan was not something that Enlighters in the Outerverse could compare to, and they could stand side by side with the great powers of the Innerverse. An Enlighter elder only had 50,000 star essence, which was something that Lu Yin despised.
He did not even consider that the amount of star essence that Lu Yin had plundered from the cosmic rings of Karthika and the other Enlighters in the Innerverse had not even reached that amount. Hugh Phinhas could already be considered rich.
Next up was Mr. Jun's. A Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker only had 2,000 star essence, which was embarrassing.
Lu Yin despised him as he took out Saul's cosmic ring. His eyes lit up, as not bad. The old man actually had more than 100,000 star essence, and he was indeed worthy of being the vice president of the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society. This was probably just a backup, as the old man's true wealth was definitely in his Mavis Bank crystal card. What a pity.
Villa Mistress Lian's cosmic ring had less than 30,000 star essence, which left Lu Yin speechless. She was still a member of the Nalan family, but she was still so poor.
Zhu Tie Zhu's cosmic ring had more than 200,000 star essence, and he was indeed worthy of being the ancestor of the Zhu family. However, Lu Yin was still not satisfied. Zhu San had asked for 100,000 star essence, which was very generous.
The flame engineers did not have much money, and all they had was materials, which made Lu Yin unhappy.
Lu Yin did not touch Cai Jianqiang's, as that guy probably did not have much money either.
Aside from Yuehua Mavis, everyone else had less than 350,000 star essence in total. If Yuehua Mavis was included, then the total was almost 3,000,000 star essence.
Lu Yin's eyes lit up as he upgraded his universal armor. He upgraded it again and again, which consumed an exaggerated amount of star essence. Finally, after upgrading it six times, there was no change to the armor, which meant that it was useless.
Lu Yin sighed. Had he reached his limit?
If he had not added the Ancient Crimson Copper, he might have only been able to upgrade it once or twice. After all, there was too little copper, and he did not have enough other materials.
Lu Yin did not know how many attacks his universal armor could withstand, but he was sure that it could withstand attacks with a power level of around 400,000.
He still had close to two million star essence left, and after some thought, he took out the rebound bead and continuously upgraded it. After upgrading it five times, he had used up more than 300,000 star essence, and he could not upgrade it any further. At this point, the rebound bead could probably absorb attacks from powerhouses with a power level of 300,000.
He started to upgrade his bracers, but unfortunately, the materials were not enough to upgrade them much. He could only upgrade them twice, but they should be enough to display the power of 300,000 powerhouses.
He still had close to 1,500,000 star essence left, and he did not hesitate to upgrade his Super Flash.
He upgraded all of his tear bullets 22 times, and he had used up 100,000 star essence to upgrade them to the max.
He still had about 1,400,000 star essence left, which was a lot if he added the 120,000 star essence that he already had.
Lu Yin did not plan on upgrading them any further, and he would use the rest to cultivate.
He looked up at the time and saw that another hundred days had passed. The flames would not be able to burn for much longer, so every bit that he could absorb was still better than nothing.
Lu Yin tossed the star essence into the flames and used the high temperature to burn his body as he frantically absorbed the energy.
Days passed, and the flames grew thinner and thinner until they finally disappeared. This process took more than seventy days, and Lu Yin had absorbed close to 3,000 star essence. Normally, it would have taken him four years to absorb so much star essence, but it had only taken him seventy days here.