"Zero?" Han Feng called out, his voice echoing in the empty chaos.
There was no response. This unusual phenomenon made Han Feng frown. Aside from the last time he leveled up to zero, it had never lost contact. He had wanted to ask if there was any way to quickly increase his strength, but he hadn't expected to be unable to reach the guy now.
"Damn it..." Han Feng opened his eyes, his forehead already beaded with sweat. At this critical juncture, Zero had actually gone missing.
Inside the cultivation space, Han Feng gazed at the void and chaos beneath his feet, lost in thought. Since Zero wasn't there, he would just cultivate as usual for now.
Han Feng closed his eyes again, sensing and searching for that familiar energy flow within his body. Slowly, the star network within his body began to activate, and with a deeper perception—the shimmering light within his body resembled sparse stars in the night sky.
"Star trails..." Han Feng silently recited the basic incantation, trying to guide the points of light along a specific route.
On the star network map, Han Feng suddenly discovered that the scattered light spots in one of his thin meridians were not moving at all, but with his focused will, the brightest one began to move slowly.
The two points of light trailed tiny tails, like comets streaking across the night sky, but this was not the autonomous flow of the star network diagram.
A tearing pain suddenly erupted from all parts of my meridians. Directly manipulating the power of the stars was like grasping a red-hot iron chain with bare hands.
Han Feng gritted his teeth, the taste of blood spreading in his mouth, but he stubbornly refused to give up.
One by one, the dots of light lit up, slowly and laboriously connecting to form a line. By the time the seventh dot was in place, Han Feng was completely soaked in sweat.
But in that instant, an unprecedented sense of freedom swept through his body, and the star clusters that had been moving slowly on the star map became active as if stimulated by something.
\"boom!\"
An invisible wave of energy erupted from Han Feng, and even his true form inside the room could feel the changes in his body.
The shockwave made the glassware in the room vibrate. He exited the cultivation space and stared in astonishment at his arm. The milky white light that had been there had vanished completely, replaced by pale blue patterns that emerged beneath his skin, forming a miniature star map.
There was no time for celebration; Han Feng immediately returned to his cultivation space to try the next step. He recalled the key points of "Meteor Fall" and guided the energy from the star trail into his palm. This time it went much more smoothly; a walnut-sized ball of light quickly took shape, but compared to the previous milky-white light, the pale blue energy now possessed a much more solid and powerful effect!
"This is..." Han Feng stared at the ball of light and discovered that it was no longer just the power of stars, but tiny stardust flowing and colliding within it, with each tiny burst releasing astonishing energy.
Footsteps suddenly came from downstairs, followed by Liu Mengran's gentle knocking on the door: "Han Feng? Are you alright? We heard a really loud noise..."
The sphere of light vanished instantly. Han Feng hurriedly pulled down his sleeve to cover the star map on his arm: "It's nothing! I accidentally knocked over a chair."
After a moment of silence, Liu Mengran's voice lowered: "Don't push yourself too hard... Wanwan and I are here."
These words pierced Han Feng's heart like a dull knife. She knew, of course she knew. Liu Mengran understood what the Nangong family meant, and she understood Han Feng's feelings at this moment better than anyone else.
The footsteps faded into the distance. Han Feng raised his arm again; the star map had disappeared, but the connection remained.
He suddenly realized something. Had his abilities grown to the point where they needed to break through their limitations? Was all of this caused by the evolution of the power of the stars?
"Again." Han Feng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes more determined than ever.
This time, he no longer simply followed Zero's teachings, but incorporated his own understanding. The power of the stars was no longer confined to the meridian pathways, but flowed freely within his body like a real galaxy, yet followed some deeper laws.
When the energy reached its peak, a sudden change occurred—star patterns began to appear on Han Feng's entire skin, and specks of starlight seeped out from his pores, forming a semi-transparent film of light on his skin.
To his surprise, he discovered that this layer of light could change shape at will, sometimes as hard as armor, and sometimes as flexible as silk.
"What's going on?" Zero had never mentioned this state before, and Han Feng was staring blankly at the changes in his body.
Maintaining this state was extremely taxing. In less than three minutes, Han Feng felt a dizzying sensation as the light membrane flickered a few times before disintegrating into countless points of light. He collapsed to the ground, his muscles trembling from exhaustion, but a victorious smile played on his lips.
As Han Feng stopped moving, the surrounding stellar energy surged into his body like a madman.
A 50% win rate? Now it might be able to increase to 60%.
Han Feng closed his eyes tightly, silently sensing the enormous energy being absorbed into his body.
"Huh? How could this be?" Zero's voice rang out at that moment.
Han Feng opened his eyes again: "You've finally shown up."
Zero's voice seemed to carry a hint of anxiety: "What did you just do? How could the star meridian diagram in your body change?"
"I don't know either. I just incorporated my own understanding of the power of stars into my cultivation," Han Feng explained.
"What?! Tell me quickly how you did it?" Zero was unusually flustered at this moment, and kept asking questions.
Han Feng then told Zero about how he had just cultivated and the strange changes that had occurred.
Zero stared at Han Feng in disbelief, muttering repeatedly, "How is this possible? This shouldn't be happening."
Han Feng asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Judging from your reaction, it seems you don't know about this situation either."
Zero seemed to realize her lapse in composure and was trying to calm herself down.
"Tell me what's going on. I feel like I have inexhaustible power within me, and these stars can move according to my will."
Zero looked at Han Feng as if he were a monster, her eyes filled with complex emotions, but she remained silent for a long time.
Seeing this, Han Feng asked again, "Zero, is there something you haven't told me?"
Ling fell silent at Han Feng's sudden words.
After a long pause, Ling said softly, "Your feeling is right."
Han Feng asked, "What do you mean?"
Ling said to Han Feng with a complicated expression, "I don't know what kind of luck you had to develop the Star Vein Map to such an extent."
"Didn't you teach me how to cultivate?" Han Feng asked, somewhat puzzled. "And you just said my intuition was correct, what aspect were you referring to?"
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