Chapter 278: Forsaken Star and Celestial Fiend

Joo Joowon raised his hand, and that faint spark of fire immediately fell into his palm.

Without stopping, he immediately brought the earth fire back to the Sea of Quanta. After taking only a few seemingly unreal steps, his spirit body quickly passed through the passage and returned.

Light and dust began to appear around the spark of fire as well. Joo Joowon casually stuffed it inside, forcing it into the soul residence. The starlight that had not yet dispersed squeezed the spark of fire until it almost went out. It could only cling tightly to the area around Joo Joowon’s body, which appeared to be in a state of vacuum.

This was the earth fire’s last remaining spirituality. That was why it could not only pass through the Sea of Quanta but also enter the soul residence. The flames it displayed externally were not its true body. They were ordinary substances that could spread and extinguish at will.

All of their abilities actually depended on the spirituality produced by the earth fire. Without it, the remaining flames were no longer worth worrying about.

The flame was faint, like the light of a candle.

Joo Joowon did not care. The small amount of remaining energy immediately transformed into stardust and returned along the pull of the attraction.

[ System Notification: Your soul is currently injured. [Soul Projection] cannot be used for the time being. ]

Joo Joowon wiped the water from his face and jumped down from the waterfall, paying no attention to the system notification.

This was exactly the result he had anticipated from the beginning.

In fact, if he had not chosen such a desperate, all-or-nothing method when using Astral Combat just now, and had only used it as a means of intimidation, there would have been a very high chance that he could have returned to his main body and left openly without any trouble.

It was not easy for things such as water, fire, or even stones to develop consciousness. Naturally, they were also more afraid of death. Therefore, Joo Joowon believed that the earth fire could make the correct choice.

That feeling of disaster approaching could not be faked. This was especially true for spiritual creatures that did not possess physical bodies. Their senses would be much clearer than those of ordinary people, and they would also be more afraid of this kind of attack.

However, what good was it to retreat completely unharmed? If he left such a danger behind, would the other party let him go after becoming stronger in the future?

Even if the other party could do that, Joo Joowon could not. It was impossible for him to leave such a huge danger near his own residence and simply ignore it. He was willing to take a dangerous move for this reason.

One had to understand that the entire system of fighting through Star Fortune actually belonged to an obscure and unpopular type. Its methods were strange and unpredictable. Most enemies could not even defend themselves, let alone fight back. It could be called overwhelming 9suppression from a higher dimension. The only danger they would encounter was the instinctive counterattack made by their Main Star when it faced a crisis. Under these circumstances, if Joo Joowon still did not dare to take risks, then what else would be worth risking?

There was no absolutely safe method. However, Joo Joowon was not gambling. He simply believed that, after paying a certain price, his chances of success would not be low.

Since the threats nearby had all become food for the earth fire, this place could instead be considered the safest location in the surrounding area. Therefore, Joo Joowon was not in a hurry to leave. After reaching the shore, he simply dropped down onto the ground and began resting.

If his Star Fortune and Star Fiend before had been a small pool filled to the brim, then now only a shallow layer remained. It was not even deep enough to cover the back of his hand.

This small amount of Star Fiend was no longer enough to use against enemies.

For Astral Diviner, Star Fortune and Star Fiend were essentially the consumption of their own fortune. Therefore, they could not use their skills until their blue was completely empty like players of other classes could.

Because the only kind of existence that had no fortune was a dead person.

Every existence possessed "fate" and "fortune." Fate was one’s destiny pattern, the certain events that one would inevitably encounter in life. "Fortune," meanwhile, was the series of lines connecting to "fate," representing the chance meetings and connections encountered along the path of life.

If one’s Main Fate is strong, then even if life does not go smoothly, one can still achieve greatness later in life and enjoy peace in old age. If one’s Main Fate is weak but one’s external fortune is strong, one can likewise rise rapidly.

The difference between the two is that the former is stable, while the latter is unstable. Once the external fortune is exhausted, the latter may fall into a situation even worse than before rising to prominence. This is what people commonly mean when they say that if one’s virtue does not match their position, disaster will surely follow.

For someone with a destiny pattern like Joo Joowon’s, the situation would become even worse if his external fortune declined.

Other people attract disasters because decisions they make or actions they take in certain situations unintentionally bring calamity upon them, causing Star Fiend to gather around their fate. However, the Forsaken Star and Celestial Fiend is born into the world carrying disasters and tribulations from the very beginning.

Therefore, once their Star Fortune declines, disasters will inevitably press down upon them. Everything will go badly, and the consequences will be far more serious than those suffered by ordinary people.

The Forsaken Star and Celestial Fiend has always damaged the outside while strengthening the inside. Every person affected by it will contribute a portion of their own fortune to the Astral Diviner, while also unconsciously bringing more Star Fiend.

These baleful energies cannot affect the Astral Diviner, while the fortune will instead strengthen him. This creates the common situation where everyone around the person is constantly unlucky, while the person at the center of it all remains completely unharmed.