653: The non-existent fifth path

Chen Du's question was not just simple curiosity.

He possessed the eternal heart, and as a Ten Secret Treasure himself, his basic strength amplification reached a terrifying 1000%!

Objectively speaking, even if Chen Du wasn't the lowest Rank person in this world to condense five Star Marks, he should be one of them.

After all, there is only one eternal heart; unless another ultimate resource had a similar or stronger amplification function and was also obtained by another Ten Secret Treasure owner, it would be impossible to surpass Chen Du.

Although theoretically possible, Chen Du believed it was practically impossible.

Because the eternal heart is an auxiliary resource, even an ultimate resource cannot surpass it in the auxiliary Domain; at most, it could be on par.

So the answer to this question was crucial. If his current strength was just a little short of condensing five Star Marks, then Chen Du would wait until his Rank was sufficient before landing on Star Island.

The Star Island Alien smiled upon hearing this, unsure if he was mocking Chen Du for overestimating himself or if his smile just didn't look friendly.

"Young man, your ambition is quite grand."

"Are three Star Marks not even worth considering anymore?"

"Starting with the fourth and fifth Star Marks."

But he didn't make things difficult for Chen Du, saying in the next breath:

"The strength requirement is very simple: the fourth Star Mark requires an additional 400 million in strength, and the fifth Star Mark doubles that, requiring an additional 800 million!"

"The Star Mark, when crossing from the third to the fourth, increases its strength requirement by more than ten times, so between three and four, there is a huge watershed."

"Being able to land on Star Island, condense the third Star Mark, and return alive is already the goal of many people."

"As for the fourth, that is something only a Genius with a Nine Secret Treasure can achieve."

"As for the fifth, that is an existence that is absolutely impossible to condense!"

Chen Du frowned slightly upon hearing this.

"Impossible to condense? Why is that?"

Chen Du came specifically for five Star Marks; he needed to be the strongest at every stage. Only then could he not lose to anyone.

If he truly went to war with those Great Civilizations later, frankly, a High Martial Civilization itself couldn't provide much help.

So Chen Du's goal from the very beginning was to be able to single-handedly take on a Great Civilization.

It was precisely for this reason that he demanded so much of himself.

"The fourth requires an additional 400 million in strength, requiring a Nine Secret Treasure; I can understand that point."

"But, the strength corresponding to Rank 29.9 is 100 million jin. If someone has a Ten Secret Treasure, and the amplification is 890%, wouldn't the additional strength be 890 million jin? Doesn't that meet the requirement?"

After Chen Du finished speaking, he awaited the other party's answer, expecting them to talk about legends of Ten Secret Treasures, or how they couldn't exist. To his surprise, the reply was:

"Young man, you've made one mistake."

"The Rank at which the Star Mark is condensed is not calculated based on the end of the Skysoar Martial Artist stage, which is Rank 29.9."

"Its calculation Rank is Rank 29!"

"Many Civilizations don't know this point."

"Of course, you can still land on Star Island at Rank 29.9 to condense it; that doesn't hinder anything, but it can only be calculated using the Rank 29 calculation Rank."

"That means 80 million jin. Whether a Ten Secret Treasure truly exists, I don't know, but even if it does, its amplification is 890%."

"Then the final additional strength would be 712 million, which doesn't reach 800 million."

The Star Island Alien sighed slightly after speaking:

"That's why I said the fifth Star Mark is an existence that is absolutely impossible to condense."

"Alas, young people nowadays just love to argue."

Although he said this, Chen Du could feel that the other party wasn't angry; perhaps having done this job for so long, life had become a bit dull.

The other party had clearly interacted with many Aliens, and without survival pressure, he held almost no hostility towards Aliens outside his own Civilization.

Coupled with his limited talent and no future prospects, simply living had, unknowingly, made him more talkative.

Upon hearing this, Chen Du, using his actor-level skills, put on a frustrated expression, providing emotional value to the other party.

In reality, his heart was already bursting with laughter.

The strength corresponding to Rank 29 is 80 million, and with a Ten Secret Treasure plus the eternal heart, his own additional strength amplification could reach 1000%, which translates to exactly 800 million!

In other words, he was very likely the only person in this world who met the conditions to condense the fifth Star Mark!

Chen Du was ecstatic internally, while on the surface, he sighed slightly, putting on a sad expression of longing for the fourth Star Mark but being unable to attain it.

Now, the only thing he was a bit conflicted about was whether he should wait until he reached Rank 29 before going up.

According to the Star Island Alien, at Rank 29, he could condense three Star Marks in one go, directly elevating Nimble Cats Grace's ability from two-star to five-star.

And this ability, when chosen during the Skysoar Martial Artist selection, was in the Mental Energy direction.

His Mental Energy, under the Crystal Space's mechanism... no, its rules, had become incredibly terrifying.

Whether the Crystal Space transcends rules or is a stronger set of rules, Chen Du couldn't say for sure yet, but in any case, when the Nimble Cats Grace ability reached 5 stars.

His Mental Energy would most likely also reach Rank 40, a Rank comparable to a Starry Sky Warrior!

However, suffering from a lack of a direct destructive method, it seemed a bit useless.

Seeing Chen Du remain silent, the other party thought his words had dampened his fighting spirit.

Then he cleared his throat twice: "Cough cough."

"Cheer up, young man!"

"Being able to condense three Star Marks already makes you a Dragon among men, a Phoenix!"

"Four are rare even in Great Civilizations."

After encouraging him, he pulled out a piece of leather, made of unknown material, and handed it to Chen Du:

"This is your mission. Read it and return it to me."

Chen Du took it and glanced at it.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

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