Gaia lowered her head slightly, eyes tightly shut, sensing Jiang Xiao's actions.

He seemed... seemed to be lost in thought.

A full five minutes later, Jiang Xiao suddenly waved his hand, and a spatial portal opened: "Wait for me a moment."

"No need." With that, Gaia walked over, intending to follow Jiang Xiao into his spatial portal.

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao scratched his head, what was this supposed to mean?

Was this trust?

For Star Warriors at their level, there weren't many things to be wary of. After all, their strength was there; all schemes and tricks were useless in the face of absolute power.

However, for Gaia, what she feared most, perhaps the only thing she feared, was entering another person's space.

Why?

Because of her unique experience! Because Gaia had been imprisoned for decades.

To be honest, she was willing to follow Jiang Xiao into the Calamity Shadow World, and Jiang Xiao felt flattered...

Perhaps, um... this wasn't her real body. After all, her real body was a huge mountain, still standing in the Alps.

The two of them walked into the Calamity Shadow World one after the other. Gaia turned her back, opened her eyes, and looked around.

It was a deep forest, but not a quiet one.

Jiang Xiao's eyes turned red, and soon, a drizzle began to fall.

Found the target~

With a flash, Jiang Xiao returned, holding a White Ghoul in his hand.

To be precise, a White Ghoul with a pierced chest...

Obviously, the moment Jiang Xiao flashed over, he had already unsheathed his butcher knife. The White Ghoul he brought back was already "taken care of."

Gaia closed her eyes again, turned around, and felt the rapidly diminishing life force of the White Ghoul, and Jiang Xiao squatting beside the White Ghoul, lost in thought.

"Hiss... ah... ah..." Jiang Xiao pressed the back of the White Ghoul's head, pressing it hard against the ground. It struggled desperately, its mouth emitting bursts of roars, but it only grew weaker.

Jiang Xiao also backed away, holding up *Star Warrior Chronicles*.

Page Four! Let's go!

Previously, when Jiang Xiao opened Page Four - Guardian Page, he had used Backflow Light on Gaia and received endless Star Power attacks.

Because Gaia was much stronger than Jiang Xiao, her life force was more vigorous than Jiang Xiao, and her Star Power was more abundant.

So, what about changing the target?

What about finding a White Ghoul whose life force was about to run out and whose Star Power was far less abundant than Jiang Xiao's?

In the state of activating "Guardian Page", Jiang Xiao threw a Backflow Light onto the White Ghoul's body.

"Roar!!!" In an instant, the White Ghoul "revived"!

Of course, the White Ghoul wasn't dead to begin with, but the moment Jiang Xiao connected it with Backflow Light, its wounds healed rapidly. It suddenly got up and opened its scarlet eyes!

Gaia gently hooked her finger, and the ground beneath the White Ghoul's feet suddenly cracked open. Its thick legs instantly disappeared into the cracked earth.

"Ahhh! Ahhh!" The White Ghoul roared angrily, but its lower body was buried in the ground, and it couldn't pull out its legs no matter what. Its hands gripped the ground fiercely, determined to tear the earth apart, but...

The once soft grassland was now terrifyingly firm, and the White Ghoul was firmly restrained...

"Hmm?"

Jiang Xiao made a slightly surprised sound.

"What's wrong, child?" Gaia suddenly asked.

Jiang Xiao said, "The special effect of erasing all Star Techniques that I imagined seems a little off."

Gaia hesitated slightly, and said, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Xiao said, "Just now, my life force and Star Power were pouring into this weak White Ghoul along the Backflow Light. You have to know, I've activated Page Four - Guardian Page."

Magic types, such as Ice Roar, when hitting Hopkins, would erase all freezing and tearing effects, turning into pure Star Power attacks, which was understandable.

Silence and Blessing, when thrown on Hopkins, would also be transformed into pure Star Power to attack Hopkins.

But this Backflow Light...

It was originally an adjustment and sharing of Star Power.

Jiang Xiao turned to look at Gaia, and said, "I seem to have found a way to hurt him."

Gaia had obviously kept up with Jiang Xiao's pace, and said, "Can't he understand Backflow Light as pure Star Power, thus making this Star Technique completely ineffective?"

Jiang Xiao's expression was strange, and he said, "I don't think so, I just now..."

Jiang Xiao waved his hand again, and a Backflow Light hung on the White Ghoul's body. He threw away all the effects of the Star Technique in his mind and understood its external manifestation as a pure Star Power line...

Two seconds later...

"Alas..." Jiang Xiao sighed deeply, put his hands on his hips, and shook his head helplessly.

He was being naive.

Jiang Xiao thought he had found the key to victory, and thought that the endurance-type Star Technique was so special, that it was different from any other type of Star Technique such as output, control, and healing... But reality slapped Jiang Xiao in the face again.

There was no difference. As long as it was a Star Technique, there was no difference.

When Backflow Light turned into a pure Star Power line in Jiang Xiao's eyes, this line didn't even have the effect of transmission and sharing, let alone the so-called harm.

At this moment, Jiang Xiao had two identities.

As the user of the Star Technique, Jiang Xiao could make Backflow Light still have an effect.

But as the target connected by Backflow Light, standing from the perspective of the "victim", Jiang Xiao could completely erase the effect of Backflow Light.

Not believing in fate, Jiang Xiao hung a Backflow Light on Gaia's body again. Standing from the perspective of the victim to understand and apply the Guardian Page, Jiang Xiao found that Gaia's life force and Star Power were no longer pouring into Jiang Xiao's body.

After all, the so-called Backflow Light had become a pure Star Power line, a useless Star Power line...

Gaia obviously felt all of this. She stepped forward, her voice gentle, comforting, "Don't be discouraged, you've done a good job."

Jiang Xiao sat down on the ground, scratching his hair in distress.

Gaia stood beside Jiang Xiao, squatted down, and softly comforted him: "You always have to try, always have to experiment, always have to consider all kinds of situations.

Now that you've failed, you've also figured it out.

It's better than being blindly confident and being taught a lesson by him when you confidently go to war with him in the future."

Jiang Xiao smacked his lips and said, "You're really good at comforting people."

"Hehe." Gaia smiled, "Don't give up, we have plenty of time."

Jiang Xiao said, "Ah, you can rest assured about that. I'm not someone who gives up easily. If this road doesn't work, I'll find another one. I don't believe he can really be invincible... This damned *Star Warrior Chronicles*..."

Gaia put a hand on Jiang Xiao's shoulder and said softly, "Maybe I can encourage you and make you happier."

Jiang Xiao turned his head and looked at Gaia in surprise: "Hmm?"

Gaia closed her eyes and said, "You said... you can copy other people's Star Charts, right?"

Jiang Xiao's mouth was half-open, and he was stunned for a long time before he barely managed to "ah" once.

Gaia stood up, took two steps back, and in front of her, a special Star Chart bloomed: "Maybe it can give you more chips to win."

Jiang Xiao: ???

What the hell... what is this?

You're telling me this is a Star Chart?

This is too simple, isn't it? This is... black soil?

Damn, it turns out it's black soil!?

Jiang Xiao looked up at Gaia and said, "Seventy-five? Year of the Tiger?"

Gaia was obviously stunned for a moment and said, "What?"

"No, nothing..." Jiang Xiao waved his hand, smiled awkwardly, and exposed his age again...

Gaia frowned slightly, but didn't dwell on this question. Instead, she continued, "This is the Star Chart of the Earth, a Star Chart that breeds all things."

"Yeah, yeah." Jiang Xiao nodded repeatedly. When he saw Gaia's main body before, Jiang Xiao knew how strong her Star Chart effect was.

However, Jiang Xiao never expected that her Star Chart, whose main body was a mountain, would be a piece of land.

That pitch-black soil, the texture was simply terrifying, and you could even see the pitch-black, granular soil clearly.

Gaia spoke again, "Hopkins still doesn't dare to see me because of my Star Chart."

Of course, Jiang Xiao knew how strong Gaia was. Among Hopkins' teammates, only Gaia didn't know that Jiang Xiao was coming, because Hopkins didn't tell Gaia in advance.

Before, after Jiang Xiao obtained Axel's information, he thought that Hopkins didn't want to see his old lover, so he didn't notify Gaia.

But now it seemed that maybe there was also a reason for her strength?

Gaia: "He and I can kill each other."

"Oh?" Jiang Xiao became interested and quickly asked, "How do you say that?"

Gaia stood on the ground and gently rubbed her toes, saying, "As long as I'm still standing on the ground, the earth will provide me with endless energy.

Not only Star Power, but also life force.

This means that I have enough Star Power to completely destroy him.

Similarly, if he takes me away from the ground, I will also be in danger."

"Gulp." Jiang Xiao's Adam's apple wriggled, and his heart trembled violently!

What did he hear?

This is indeed a great god from ancient times. The effect of the Star Chart is explosive to this extent?

There was obviously a reason why she could make Hopkins afraid.

Gaia continued, "Any Star Technique that attacks Hopkins will be converted into Star Power to offset the Star Power in his body.

As for me, I won't suffer any harm either. As long as I'm still standing on the ground, any attacks against me personally can all be borne by the earth for me."

Jiang Xiao looked at Gaia with a bewildered expression and said, "That is to say... the earth provides you with life force, provides you with Star Power, and also provides you with comprehensive protection, bearing all the damage."

Gaia nodded gently, but sighed and said, "Unfortunately, after I was imprisoned here, I gradually realized the Second Star Transformation into Weapon in my lonely years.

Otherwise, there would be an interesting battle between him and me.

Child, do you want this Star Chart?"

Jiang Xiao looked at Gaia stupidly and blurted out a word: "Mom!"

Gaia: ???

"Uh... that, that..." Jiang Xiao came back to his senses and quickly said, "I mean, Mother Earth... please be sure to maintain your current posture, don't move, don't move!"

There were too many soil particles, and Jiang Xiao had to copy them for a while.

You might not believe it, but soon, you will have a Daddy Earth!

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