Chapter 737 - 396: Starry Sky Guard Team 2

For a tier-eight skill, Rhino Charge wasn’t exceptionally powerful.

However, Su Ze was still quite satisfied with this skill upgrade. The new Rhino Charge showed him the possibility of dismantling and reassembling skills.

Before the upgrade, Rhino Charge had been difficult to dismantle because all its effects were causally linked.

The damage and control of Rhino Charge both relied on the charge to be triggered. Without the charge, there would be no collision with the target, and thus no damage or Dizziness effect.

But now, after the upgrade, this causal link had been severed.

Rhino Charge had become a skill composed of two parts: "Charge" + "Area Trample," making it feasible to dismantle.

Previously, Su Ze had been vexed about how to handle the Rhino Charge skill in the future.

As a Charge Skill, its potential was limited, making it difficult to upgrade to the Ancestral God level.

’Now it’s much simpler,’ he thought. ’I can dismantle it and integrate its parts into other skills.’

But that was a matter for later. For now, Rhino Charge’s upgrade to a tier-eight divine skill was enough for his ninth evolution, so there was no need to tamper with it yet.

If he were to dismantle and fuse it, he would wait until he became a Sun God.

The only skills that still needed upgrading were "Knowledge is Power," "Instant Simulation," and "Sponge Body."

Afterward, Su Ze entered a state of Genetic Introspection to observe the Beast Race Origin Gene he had plundered.

After plundering from four Beast Race Moon Gods, the completeness of his Beast Race Origin Gene had reached 24%, which was lower than he expected.

Su Ze had discovered during the plunder that although the various branches of the Beast Race shared the same Origin Gene, there were clear differences.

When he plundered the Ape Race Moon God, its Origin Gene contained a greater amount of other races’ Origin Genes than those of the Wolf Race and Fox Race Moon Gods.

’It seems that when plundering the Beast Race, I should target their stronger branches for a higher return,’ Su Ze mused.

Su Ze didn’t continue his secluded cultivation to digest the Evolutionary Material. Without the aid of the Sands of Time, it would consume a vast amount of time, measured in years.

Just as he was about to head out, the Magic Cube suddenly came to a halt.

Su Ze connected to the Magic Cube’s detection system and immediately understood what had happened.

They had run into Star Pirates.

This was already their second encounter with Star Pirates on this trip. Two days ago, while he was in seclusion upgrading his skills, the Magic Cube had also run into a group of Bag Race Star Pirates. However, that group was of average strength, with only two Bag Race Moon Gods leading a band of Star Gods.

Mr. Ya and the others had handled it themselves without disturbing Su Ze.

Even if Su Ze didn’t act, the combat power aboard the Magic Cube was not weak. Although Dou Yi had already been replaced, Dou Er, Dou San, and Dou Si—three Moon Gods—remained. With the addition of nearly twenty Star Gods, they were more than enough to deal with ordinary Star Pirates.

Besides, Mr. Ya and the others were formidable fighters. Su Ze had fully armed them with tier-seven hidden weapons, a Tier Seven Hundred-Change Flower, and they had each just received a tier-eight Divine Artifact.

An ordinary Star God could only dream of such equipment!

The Star Pirates blocking their path this time were also of average strength, with three Moon Gods and over twenty Star Gods.

Su Ze glanced over and felt relieved. Although they outnumbered Mr. Ya’s group, they were just from the Scale Race, a fourth-rate race. Mr. Ya and his team could handle them.

Since leaving the Zexing region, they had encountered more and more races along their journey. This was the first time Su Ze had come across the Scale Race.

A dozen or so minutes later, Mr. Ya and his team had achieved a decisive victory. They had killed most of the Scale Race pirates and even captured a few alive. One of the three Scale Race Moon Gods was dead, and the other two were fleeing.

At this moment, Su Ze finally made his move. He targeted one of the fleeing Moon Gods and activated his newly upgraded Rhino Charge skill.

The effect of the space-ignoring charge manifested. Su Ze leaped directly out of the Magic Cube, crossing the void as if using an Instant Teleportation Skill to appear beside the fleeing Scale Race Moon God.

As long as the target was within the skill’s range, it could be locked onto. Once locked, he could ignore all distance and spatial barriers to arrive at the target’s side.

Simultaneously, the "Trample" effect activated, and all life forms in a large area around Su Ze suffered a trampling attack.

Blood immediately poured from the seven orifices of the Scale Race Moon God. It fell into a state of Dizziness and was reaped by Su Ze with a single slash of his blade.

At his current level, dealing with Moon Gods of the same tier from these fourth-rate races was as easy as slicing through melons.

The other fleeing Moon God was caught by Dou Er and the others, severely wounded, and dragged back.

Naturally, Su Ze didn’t stand on ceremony with his own puppets. He directly plundered and absorbed the captive.

He looked at Dou Er and said, "Dou Yi is dead. From now on, you are Dou Yi. Dou San, Dou Si, you will all move up in rank accordingly."

"Yes, Master!" the three responded in unison.

"Star Lord," Old Waller said, "we must be getting close to Jade Plate Star. The number of Star Pirates we’ve encountered has increased noticeably."

Star Pirates usually set up ambushes in the regions surrounding Public Planets, intercepting ships traveling to and from them.

"This is a good thing," Su Ze declared forcefully. "As long as they don’t have a Sun God, we have nothing to fear. We’ll take on as many as they send. Wipe them all out and restore peace to the universe!"

Over the next few days, Su Ze’s group successively encountered three more waves of Star Pirates. He didn’t even have to act; Mr. Ya and his team took care of them all.

Mr. Ya and the others were thoroughly enjoying themselves, becoming addicted to hunting pirates. Each encounter with Star Pirates not only yielded a hefty profit in resources but also allowed them to plunder Origin Genes and increase their strength.

They were originally two days away from Jade Plate Star, but three days had passed and they still hadn’t arrived. This was because the group had started circling Jade Plate Star, actively searching for Star Pirates.

Su Ze summoned everyone and said, "From now on, we need to coordinate our actions. We should strive to make a name for ourselves in the future."