Tiangong Pavilion!
The most elite and purest artifact-refining force in High Heaven City.
Equipment and items produced by Tiangong Pavilion are practically hard currency throughout the entire Zero Realm.
For instance, the Silver Star Shuriken before him, this item is one of Tiangong Pavilion's signature tools.
The Silver Star Shuriken is one meter long, with five sharp blades forming its body. The hilt has two loading slots; one can be filled with Strengthening Stone and the other with elemental crystals.
Although it's a single-use item, a fully equipped Silver Star Shuriken can unleash power equivalent to a full-force strike from a Silver Three-Star Awakened.
Even without being loaded with 강화석 and elemental crystals, a bare Silver Star Shuriken's power is equivalent to a strike from a Silver Two-Star Awakened.
However, if that were all, this item wouldn't be enough to become Tiangong Pavilion's signature tool. Its greatest feature is that it has no usage restrictions.
Tiangong Pavilion has always recruited members based solely on comprehension, not strength, which has led to many of its members being relatively weak.
Precisely because of this, to protect themselves, they racked their brains to produce items with no usage restrictions.
This means that as long as one is fully prepared, even a newly awakened novice can instantly unleash Silver-level combat power.
Killing enemies above one's rank using items is also the key to Tiangong Pavilion's standing!
However, such items are never sold externally, and even if they are, it's at large auctions, often being priceless and obtainable only by major forces.
In his previous life, Chen Bugu had only teamed up with someone from Tiangong Pavilion during a mission and saw a Silver Star Shuriken then, but he never expected to see it again now in Alek's hands.
Chen Bugu fully activated Bullet Time, retreating rapidly.
After the shuriken flew from Alek's hand, it transformed into a silver meteor, accelerating towards Chen Bugu.
Silver Two-Star and Black Iron Nine-Star might seem to differ by only two stars, but in reality, the power gap is enormous and cannot be met head-on.
Chen Bugu shot Water Wood Arrows repeatedly while accelerating backward.
Upon hitting the Silver Star Shuriken, the Water Wood Arrows instantly shattered into water and wood energies, dissipating into the air.
Chen Bugu had already retreated from Cross Street, but the Silver Star Shuriken still followed closely, and even Alek was not far behind.
"This guy really isn't at ease unless he sees me die."
Chen Bugu didn't know what method Alek used, but he could feel that he had been locked on. At this rate, he would be caught by the Silver Star Shuriken within three seconds.
Helpless, Chen Bugu turned around, facing the rapidly approaching Silver Star, pulled out his Rapid Wind Dagger, and pushed Inference to its limit.
When the Silver Star Shuriken was still 10 meters away from Chen Bugu, Chen Bugu activated Gale Thrust, displacing 15 meters diagonally forward.
This move successfully caused Chen Bugu and the Silver Star Shuriken to miss each other.
Reverse displacement at extreme range is also a method commonly used by people in later generations to deal with directional lock-on skills.
It was a pity that after the Silver Star Shuriken missed, it circled widely behind and flew towards Chen Bugu again.
"Hahahahaha, Chen Bugu, give up! This is a marked lock-on; you can't escape."
Alek stood on a nearby rooftop, watching Chen Bugu, venting the frustration in his chest.
No matter how fast Chen Bugu broke through, as long as he was still in the Black Iron stage, the Silver Star Shuriken combined with the 【Marking Rune】 could take his life!
Not to mention him, Chen Bugu, no one in the entire Obsidian Town could block this strike.
Chen Bugu was now past caring about the rampant Alek. He stopped on a main road, watching the Silver Star return and attack, already prepared.
Soon, he would do his best to avoid vital areas. As long as he had a breath left, he could survive by relying on Recall.
The only thing to worry about was the small-scale explosion that would occur after the Silver Star Shuriken hit.
Chen Bugu's spiritual power rapidly drained, and the consumed Lingguang Imprints were replenished.
Even if the Aura Shield couldn't block it, gaining even one more second would be useful for Chen Bugu.
Just as the silver star was only a dozen meters away from Chen Bugu, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Chen Bugu's mind.
Subsequently, an Echo imprint disappeared from his mind.
A massive "energy arrow" condensed from the remaining Xuanwu energy appeared in front of Chen Bugu.
Blinding white light instantly engulfed everyone's vision.
This arrow was originally sealed by Chen Bugu when he couldn't control it. Now, upon release, it immediately exceeded Chen Bugu's control.
Feeling the violent energy before him, Chen Bugu hurriedly released it.
The giant energy arrow, with its dazzling white glow, flashed past, then collided with the Silver Star Shuriken.
Chen Bugu only felt that the energy in front of him rapidly expanded after colliding, forming an unstable energy storm, followed by an unprecedented huge explosion.
White light instantly engulfed Chen Bugu.
The Aura Shield shattered, and the three Lingguang Imprints that had just been replenished evaporated in an instant.
Chen Bugu seized this moment to retreat repeatedly.
The power of the arrow formed from the remnants of the Xuanwu's energy far exceeded Chen Bugu's expectations.
The energy storm destroyed everything around it.
Seeing that he couldn't escape the explosion's range, Chen Bugu instinctively put his hands in front of his head.
The powerful gale pushed him back several meters. He finally managed to stabilize himself and hurriedly re-condensed his remaining spiritual power into Lingguang Imprints.
The blinding white light gradually dispersed with the violent energy. Chen Bugu felt intense pain in both arms.
He opened his eyes and saw a huge pit fifty meters away. The pit swallowed the entire main road, and even the houses on both sides were affected.
The stone bricks on the original main road had all turned to dust, and the courtyard walls of the houses on both sides had also disappeared.
The residents inside the houses sat paralyzed on the ground, terrified and speechless at what had suddenly happened before them.
Chen Bugu turned to look at the other side of the road and found that the Silver Star Shuriken had disintegrated into fragments, and the energy arrow had also disappeared.
The other direct recipient of this explosion—Alek—was now covered in blood and wounds. He had been forced out of his "Crimson State" at some unknown point.
Even with the enhancement of "Blood Transformation," Alek could not escape unscathed from an energy storm of this level.
He still couldn't understand how he could have lost.
Who would have thought that Tiangong Pavilion's Silver Star Shuriken would be blocked by someone in this small Obsidian Town?
Alek was severely wounded. He staggered to his feet, hurriedly took out a recovery elixir and swallowed it, but Chen Bugu wouldn't give him time to recover.
"Chen Bugu, you and I have no mortal enmity. We should talk."
"What do you want? I can give you anything!"
"If you kill me, the people behind me won't let you go."
"Wait, we can..."
No matter how Alek shouted, Chen Bugu ignored him.
He released the bowstring in his hand, and the wooden arrow, carrying purple flames, instantly crossed the distance between them.
Alek's brow was pierced, and purple flames spread from between his eyes, engulfing the once-glorious leader of Cross Street.
People nearby watched this scene, all understanding that Cross Street was completely finished...