Listening to that peacock-like creature speak, even though the other party was not in front of Jia Yan, he still felt an unbelievably terrifying pressure. A Stellar Level existence, that is a completely transcendent strong one beyond ordinary creatures. For Jia Yan, who has also reached the Stellar Level, he understands the terror of Stellar Level beings the most. However, because he has also reached the Stellar Level, he is able to stabilize his mindset at this moment. "Senior Kong Ping, it is not impossible to return the items to you, but could you agree to two conditions for me? Surely they have also told you that I want two things. I’ve heard that in the starfield where Bai Niao Battle Hall is located, they produce something called Sinking Star Substance and Semi-Green Plants. If you can give me a ton of each and ensure my safety, then I’ll hand over the items you stored with me last time." Jia Yan’s avatar gathered his thoughts and then spoke with a smile. "Oh? You dare to threaten me!" Kong Ping’s expression slightly darkened, and even through the screen, one could feel her terrifying pressure. However, Jia Yan did not show any fear. After all, this is just a communication; no matter how powerful the other party is, they can’t affect his avatar. "This is not a threat, but a negotiation, Senior. I’ve said it, if you can give me those two items and guarantee safety during the transaction, we can cooperate. If you want to use force against me, I’m sorry, but I could escape your grasp once before; I believe a second escape is possible today, ten years later. Senior, surely you wouldn’t forsake those two items over a little grudge, would you?" Jia Yan shook his head, seemingly speaking with great confidence. "Oh... You are actually so confident in yourself. Hmph, a ton each of Sinking Star Substance and Semi-Green Plants, right? These are both materials with very short preservation times. Fresh ones take time; give me two months. We’ll trade then." Kong Ping’s impression of Jia Yan seemed extremely poor. After saying this, she directly closed the communication screen. "Alright, we’ll contact each other again in two months. Please have your fleet retreat." Jia Yan smiled to the side at the two enormous Semi-permanent Star Creature beings as he saw the screen close. "We will naturally leave. Hope you don’t play any tricks; otherwise, you’ll learn the consequences of offending a Stellar Level strong one." The two Semi-permanent Star Creature beings of Bai Niao Battle Hall snorted coldly, seeing how Jia Yan made Kong Ping give up the attack and even agree to Jia Yan’s harsh terms with just a few words. Then Jia Yan disembarked from the battleship, and shortly, the thousands of battleships around him retreated like a tide. Not much time later, there wasn’t a single ship silhouette left on the formerly militia-strewn border of the Taia Nation. "Whew... Finally deceived them." At this moment, Jia Yan’s avatar exhaled softly. The earlier talk of trade and demands for Sinking Star Substance and Semi-Green Plants were all things Jia Yan had investigated beforehand. He knew all along that those two items were exactly the specialties of the starfield where Bai Niao Battle Hall is located, and both are unique items with short preservation times. Intentionally bringing it up was to make Kong Ping spend time collecting them. It would certainly be easy for her as a Stellar Level strong one, but it still requires time, plus the time needed to travel to the Northern Star Domain, and two to three months is quite normal. And this two to three months period is the time gap Jia Yan needs. By then, his true body will be able to emerge. "However, the Sinking Star Substance and Semi-Green Plants are not entirely useless to me. I feel they could still be quite useful, and perhaps have some peculiar effects. Even if I don’t use them, I could collect them for future exchanges with other strong ones." Jia Yan thought for a moment and felt confident that his earlier act had no flaws, thus feeling at ease. Truth be told, even if Kong Ping suspected he had some purpose, she would absolutely not have imagined that Jia Yan was aiming to utilize the time gap to have his true body reach its peak state. She certainly wouldn’t believe that a creature who was incredibly weak more than ten years ago would suddenly become as powerful as her, a Stellar Level strong one. This is akin to how people on Earth wouldn’t believe that a child who was a little baby a year ago is as strong as an adult a year later—it’s completely counterintuitive. And this is the blind spot. Perhaps at this time, Bai Niao Battle Hall is merely monitoring the massive retreat movements of the Taia Nation outside the border, as long as there’s no escape attempt. They wouldn’t concern themselves with other matters because, as long as there’s no great escape, no matter what small Taia Nation struggles do, in front of Bai Niao Battle Hall and the incoming Stellar Level strong ones, there is absolutely no chance. As for Jia Yan, he quickly continued, fully focusing on breaking through with his true body, occasionally paying attention to the construction of the Star Gate. On Earth, his avatar is rapidly losing its own mass. The particles and matter components of his body are quickly converting into Star Gate energy, facilitating a faster communication between Earth and the Taia Nation. Fortunately, this avatar is hidden deep underground. Otherwise, it would definitely frighten others. "Whew, the matter of this body is about to be completely annihilated; I guess it has served its purpose for communication between Earth and Bella Country." Jia Yan observed his avatar’s body, which at this moment was in a magical state. Countless particle-like things flew out from his body, congealing into small spheres of various colors. These spheres then transformed into strings of bubble-like objects, directly flying into a luminous object with a two-meter diameter above his head. "When this body is completely gone, the avatar over there will become the situated practitioner of both sides. Anyway, no one on Earth will notice." After making this decision, Jia Yan closed his eyes. He completely gave up control of this avatar. In the next moment, the entire flesh of the avatar suddenly turned into countless colorful bubbles, rushing madly into the light above. As for the Earth avatar, Jia Yan finally completely lost all perception. Because he had already completely perished. In the distant Country of Taia, Jia Yan’s avatar let out a long sigh, with only this avatar left, he no longer had much distraction. "Alright, let go of all control over this avatar as well, focus entirely on the control of the true body, and break through quickly!" Before long, the spiritual power within this avatar was completely relaxed, and Jia Yan put all his heart and mind back into his true body, making every effort to break through. After all, two months’ time—neither long nor short. If time is not well controlled, it would be dangerous if Kong Ping arrives before his true body is out. Regarding the Country of Taia, because Jia Yan had already informed them, even if he did not appear, the busy work did not stop. Soon, time passed quickly under such tense pressure. Despite the previous gamma ray strike, the work in Taia Country quickly recovered because of the great pressure that followed. In the first month, they roughly completed the star gate. Then the first test item sent to the other side of the star gate was something like a star gate stabilizer. And the transmission of this item was very quick. After half a month, the news of the successful transmission of the item came. Scientists in Taia Country naturally rejoiced, and work continued. They had confidence to fully implement the main functions of the star gate within half a month. During these two months, Jia Yan had not appeared at all. Although some high-level officials in Taia Country doubted whether Jia Yan had fled, no one dared to say it publicly. Some high-level officials secretly arranged retreat routes, but Taia Country just turned a blind eye. What Taia Country needed now was stability, at least the star gate work needed to be completed with all efforts. And then as the time reached one particular day... "It’s been two months!" In the Taia Nation Palace, Kama sat on the throne, looking at the special smart brain’s time, and sighed deeply. "Kama, didn’t you have great trust in Jia Yan? Are you afraid?" A female voice sounded beside her. Kama glared at the speaker. The woman speaking was a cosmic level being, an extremely elegant and noble lady. No one would believe she was the top military and political leader of Taia Country. "Aunt Findley, stop teasing me. I trust the Lord, but this time we’re facing a stellar level strong one. Can’t I worry a bit?" Kama didn’t hide her nature in front of the other, looking like a playful little girl. "Hehe, I didn’t say our great Empress wasn’t allowed to worry. Rather, I’m happy that our country has such a caring Empress." Findley chuckled. But her tone quickly changed. "However, Kama, why do you trust Jia Yan so much? Just like a decade ago, he only caused bigger harm to our country. Have you forgotten the last time he suddenly fled, putting our Taia Country under huge pressure and harm? This time’s more exaggerated. He directly offended a stellar level strong one and tied our country to him. If he really fled, our Taia Country would surely be doomed." Upon hearing Findley’s words, Kama’s expression hardened, then she resolutely shook her head. "Aunt Findley, you haven’t had long contact with him, so you don’t understand. Lord Jia Yan is someone who can perform miracles. Maybe... even facing a stellar level strong one this time, he has some way. Like, inviting some helper to mediate, or something else..." "Oh, invite a helper? Does he look like someone who can invite a stellar level helper? Before a stellar level strong one, there’s no other way but another stellar level. I don’t believe in his abilities. To tell you frankly, I have arranged a special route for your cousin. If things change, I will send her away. You must understand a mother’s heart, right?" "...Alright, I understand." The conversation between Kama and her aunt, of course, no outsiders could know. But just as they were talking, an urgent report sound suddenly burst in from outside the hall!