Nine Star Burden

Chapter 40: Medical Star Technique?

Two days later, in the snowfield.

“It’s safe. Hurry and warm me up,” Xia Yan ordered Jiang Xiao as she looked at the two of them in the natural cave.

Jiang Xiao scurried in and raised his hand to give them a Blessing.

“Mm…” Xia Yan squirmed in pleasure and continued in a shaky voice, “We’re far enough away from the battlefield~ we can take a break.”

Han Jiangxue looked around and said, “There are traces of White Ghouls around. They should be out hunting. Be careful.”

“Yes, yes, yes, you call the shots. Hurry and open it.” Xia Yan rubbed her hands excitedly and stared at Han Jiangxue with an intense gaze. Time passed too slowly in the past two days and Xia Yan was bored out of her wits.

Han Jiangxue glanced at Xia Yan, shook her head helplessly, opened the coffin, reached a hand in and fumbled about.

She then took out the tattered military backpack and the scattered items.

“Search for some goodies,” Xia Yan said as she frantically inched closer, squatted down and began to rummage through the bag.

Her face that was full of excitement began to stiffen. The military backpack contained the supplies and items required for survival in the wild that was given to them at the start. There was nothing valuable in there at all. Just like the military backpack that Jiang Xiao carried, the items were all of uniform specifications.

“There isn’t a single Star Bead at all? Don’t these guys keep anything in stock?” Xia Yan lamented in displeasure.

“They encountered an unprecedented crisis and possibly absorbed all of their Star Beads.” Han Jiangxue analyzed calmly.

“Ah…” Xia Yan sat down on the ground, grabbed her short and wavy chestnut-colored hair before continuing with a look of distress, “Absorb the Star Bead of that Awakened. Let’s see if it can help you break through the middle stage of Nebula.”

“Considering the needs of the team, you should take it.” Han Jiangxue was all proper and serious like she was going by the book. It seemed that she was not tempted at all and immediately took out the frozen corpse that was severed and covered in snow.

Jiang Xiao inched closer towards them, finally getting a chance to scrutinize the Awakened.

This is an adult male who’s about 40 years old. His facial expression is extremely scary and he has a full beard on his chubby face. He seems to have lived rather well.

“Probably an offline Awakened.” Xia Yan took a glance at the chubby face and continued in disdain, “No melee awakener will eat his way to this size. He looks like a spoiled person.”

Everyone knew that the upgrade of Star Power required physical strength. If it were an Awakened that was struggling to grow, he would definitely train himself as hard as possible.

They reckoned that this Awakened could have stagnated at a certain Star Power stage and was unable to break through the plateau regardless of how hard he tried. Hence, he decided to let himself go.

“Begin,” said Han Jiangxue.

“Hope he stagnated at a high level of Star Power,” said Xia Yan, who apparently analyzed the information and flipped the corpse over before picking out the Awakened’s brain skillfully with her dagger.

It was Jiang Xiao’s first time seeing what a Star Bead was like.

There was nothing too surprising, for it was just a Star Bead that was as big as a glass sphere. It was similar to a White Ghoul Star Bead and also emitted fluorescent light.

“Can I take a look at it?” Jiang Xiao asked.

“This was taken from a human body.” Xia Yan extended the hand that contained the Star Bead and stared at Jiang Xiao in a taunting manner.

Jiang Xiao pursed his lips in displeasure, for Xia Yan had teased him several times before in the past two days.

Everyone needed a growth process, that was inevitable. No one was born a cruel and ruthless killer. Acquired cultivation and environmental factors were extremely important too.

Jiang Xiao grabbed the bloodstained Star Bead and stood rooted to the ground at this instant.

Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue had repeatedly stated that it would be impossible for humans to absorb any Star Techniques from the human Star Beads.

However, at this moment, Jiang Xiao’s head was suddenly loaded with plenty of information.

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?? Star Bead (?? Quality)

Star Technique:

Can Be Absorbed Together.