Meanwhile.
In the Azure Dragon Galaxy, Tianshu Star.
Special Officers’ District, Manor One’s underground cultivation room.
Forty-five thousand drops of flawless Origin Blood circulated steadily deep within Su Yu’s heart, producing a low, rumbling sound like a surging river.
Su Yu slowly opened his eyes and took stock of his current assets.
After spending three hundred Meteor Coins earlier, he had seventeen Meteor Coins left in his system balance.
Adding the one hundred low-grade Star Essence Stones from Commander Chen Xuan, as well as the one hundred low-grade Star Essence Stones Lu Xinghe had lost to him…
His total available funds came to two hundred and seventeen Meteor Coins.
“I can still run a few more simulations.”
Su Yu considered the matter silently.
However, he did not immediately summon the system and spend more money.
Forty-five thousand drops of Origin Blood had already granted him the basic combat strength of a Stellar-level expert.
If he poured all two hundred-plus Meteor Coins into Origin Blood, at most he could increase the amount by another twenty or thirty thousand drops.
That would certainly be an improvement, but it would not produce a qualitative change.
He was still more than one hundred thousand drops away from the million-drop threshold for the Black Hole level.
“There are still three months before the Starry Sky Rookie Tournament begins.”
“These two hundred Star Essence Stones are my only hard currency.”
“I can’t spend them all on simulations. I need to keep them in reserve.”
Su Yu’s thoughts were clear.
The starry sky was vast, and there were far too many unknown variables.
Top-grade astral materials, special formation disks that could save his life, and even certain cosmic treasures that simulations could never replace—
All of them required real money to purchase.
The best steel had to be used on the cutting edge.
Moreover…
Su Yu furrowed his brow slightly as he realized a serious problem.
He had advanced far too quickly.
A few days ago, during the Seventh Legion’s new-recruit test, he had possessed only eleven drops of Origin Blood.
Now, he had forty-five thousand!
If the increase had been a few hundred or a few thousand drops, it could still be explained by “enlightenment” or “accumulated potential finally erupting.”
But his Origin Blood had multiplied more than four thousandfold in just a few days!
That was no longer something that could be described as the talent of a genius.
It was a monster that defied the laws of the universe.
Once certain old monsters discovered his talent, their first reaction would absolutely not be to recruit him. More likely, they would cut him open and study him piece by piece!
“I have to hide this.”
“A tree that towers above the forest will be struck by the wind.”
Su Yu’s mind raced.
His first thought was the Primal Chaos Limitless Origin Blood Art.
“The essence of this cultivation method is to shatter the Origin Blood and fuse it into the body in exchange for an extreme increase in combat power.”
“At the same time…”
“It can also serve as the perfect means of disguise!”
Su Yu’s thoughts shifted.
Deep within his heart, the miniature crimson sea of stars suddenly reversed its flow.
Hummm—!
Gray, hazy streams of Primal Chaos energy instantly enveloped the forty-four thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven drops of flawless Origin Blood within it.
In the next instant…
Those tens of thousands of drops of Origin Blood, each containing enough energy to destroy heaven and earth, transformed without warning into blood mist imperceptible to the naked eye.
Following his meridians, they silently dispersed throughout his limbs and bones.
They completely lay dormant within every inch of his bones and muscles, down to his tiniest cells!
Not the slightest trace of energy leaked out.
Those tens of thousands of drops of Origin Blood seemed to have evaporated from the world itself.
Meanwhile, inside his heart…
Only thirteen lonely drops of Origin Blood remained, slowly rotating.
Compared with the time of his test a few days ago, there were exactly two more drops—no more, no less.
Su Yu stood up and stretched his limbs.
His physical body felt as heavy as a star, but on the surface, he still appeared to be nothing more than a newcomer who had just entered the Meteor level and possessed only thirteen drops of Origin Blood.
“I’ll test the concealment effect.”
Su Yu pushed open the heavy alloy door of the cultivation room and strode out.
Tianshu Star, Seventh Legion Intelligence Center.
As a senior intelligence officer, Lu Xinghe’s office was not far from Manor One.
Su Yu did not announce his arrival. He simply pushed open the door and walked in.
Inside the spacious office, Lu Xinghe was hunched over a pile of intelligence files displayed as holographic projections, his brows tightly furrowed.
“Commander, it’s me.”
Su Yu’s calm voice rang out in the office.
Lu Xinghe paused and raised his head.
When he saw Su Yu, the tension on his face instantly relaxed, replaced by a smile.
“You brat, why aren’t you staying in the manor and consolidating your cultivation? What brings you here?”
“Have you run into a bottleneck in your cultivation?”
Lu Xinghe set down the files in his hand and leaned back in his chair.
“Go on. Is there something you don’t understand about the cultivation method, or do you need some special auxiliary formation?”
Su Yu walked up to the desk.
“I’d like to learn more about the other participants in the Starry Sky Rookie Tournament.”
“Know yourself and know your enemy.”
At this, Lu Xinghe let out an amused laugh.
“Know yourself and know your enemy?”
“You’re really planning to compete with those monsters for a ranking?”
Lu Xinghe shook his head, a trace of helplessness in his voice.
“I already told you. You’re only going there to go through the motions and broaden your horizons.”
“You have only eleven drops of Origin Blood. What are you going to use to fight monsters with tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of drops?”
As he spoke, Lu Xinghe subconsciously released a trace of Black Hole-level perception and swept it over Su Yu’s body.
He had only intended to examine Su Yu’s physical condition after these few days, to see whether forcibly cultivating had left his vital energy unstable.
However…
The instant his perception swept over him, the smile on Lu Xinghe’s face froze without warning.
His pupils contracted to pinpoints within 0.1 seconds!
His entire body jolted as if struck by lightning, and he sprang up from the spacious office chair!
Bang!
The chair behind him was knocked heavily to the floor.
Lu Xinghe did not notice.
He stared fixedly at Su Yu’s heart, his eyes nearly bulging from their sockets.
His breathing stopped completely at that moment.
“You…”
Lu Xinghe raised a hand and pointed at Su Yu, his finger trembling violently beyond his control.
“Your Origin Blood…”
“How did it become thirteen drops?!”
Lu Xinghe’s voice had even changed pitch from the sheer shock.
Thirteen drops!
He had seen it clearly. There was absolutely no mistake!
A few days ago, at the new-recruit testing grounds, this kid had obviously possessed only eleven drops of Origin Blood!
How many days had passed since then?
Less than a week, all told!
How had two extra drops appeared out of nowhere?!
Su Yu remained calm, allowing Lu Xinghe’s Black Hole-level mental power to sweep over his body again and again.
Inside, however, he was silently assessing the result.
“Looks like the concealment effect is perfect.”
“Even a Black Hole-level expert with a million drops of Origin Blood can only see the thirteen drops I’m pretending to have when examining me from such close range.”
“He didn’t detect the tens of thousands of drops lying dormant deep within my body.”
Su Yu was completely reassured.
“Commander, isn’t it just two extra drops?”
Su Yu looked at Lu Xinghe, whose face had flushed with excitement, and spoke in an indifferent tone.
“I had some insights over the past few days, so I advanced naturally.”
Just two extra drops?!
Advanced naturally?!
Hearing his casual explanation, Lu Xinghe felt his brain buzz as if it had been struck by a massive hammer from the starry sky.
He grabbed Su Yu by the shoulder, and Black Hole-level mental power surged into Su Yu’s body like a tidal wave.
He examined him carefully.
There were no impurities!
The Origin Blood was still one hundred percent flawless!
That meant Su Yu had not consumed any top-tier resources at all. He had relied entirely on absorbing the universe’s energy and cultivated those drops through sheer effort!
“You call that ‘just two extra drops’?”
Lu Xinghe’s voice trembled, his entire worldview shattered in that moment.
He stared at Su Yu as if he were a cosmic monster wearing human skin.
“Do you have any idea how long it would take even a peerless genius in the heart of the starry sky to cultivate a single drop of flawless Origin Blood by themselves?!”
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