Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 26 The reckoning will surely come in the future!

March 11, 2061, morning.

"Whoosh!"

Above the boundless snowfield, a figure shrouded in white battle armor sped past, riding a hexagonal shield and dodging beams of icy blue energy shooting from behind.

Behind the white figure, a giant bear, over fifty meters tall and covered in long white fur, flew menacingly through the air, relentlessly pursuing it.

Undoubtedly, only King-level monsters, who have reached the planetary level, can project their Force and fly without wings.

'The Siberian Ice Bear King dared to bully me, an apprentice! I'll remember this grudge for now, but I'll settle it another day!'

Looking back at the relentlessly pursuing King-level monster 'Ice Bear King', Lu Jin noted it down in his notebook.

After more than two months of hunting in Siberia, Lu Jin has made significant progress in improving his skills.

Although the martial artist's level has reached the initial stage of War God, and the level of mental power has even entered the advanced stage of War God, the drop rate of Life Elixir when hunting monsters below the King level is not very high.

But more than two months later, Lu Jin has still raised his martial arts level to a level close to that of an intermediate war god.

In other words, the platinum-gold sphere of mental energy in his sea of ​​consciousness had not been completely shattered, indicating that his mental energy had not yet reached the peak of the advanced war god level. Otherwise, Lu Jin would have thought that he had already become an intermediate war god warrior.

In addition to his basic punching power and mental power, he also increased his physical strength by four times and his mental power amplitude by seven times three days ago.

Lu Jin had originally planned to wait until the sphere of mental energy in his sea of ​​consciousness completely shattered, and then become a peak-level advanced war god mental master.

Go and provoke a king-level monster to see what the drop rates are like in a true challenge against a monster of a higher level.

But unexpectedly, just a few minutes earlier, after he had killed a high-level lord-class ice bear...

Before he could even finish collecting the monster materials, this planetary-level ice bear monster suddenly appeared.

Lu Jin was certain that this King-level Ice Bear was definitely more than just a Planetary-level 1 creature.

With mental power approaching the peak of advanced war god, and considering the seven-fold mental power amplitude, this is nearly 3.5 million kilograms of force.

However, even with such strong mental power, the triangular light cone split from the third-tier top-grade mental weapon 'Radiant Cone' still could not pose a fatal threat, indicating that this Ice Bear King's level was probably already at the second or even third tier of the planetary realm.

Fortunately, the psychic could fly, and the opponent was not a king-level avian monster, so its speed was about the same as his own at full speed; otherwise, he would have really been defeated today.

Of course, at first, Lu Jin didn't know that the Ice Bear King was far stronger than himself, and only thought it was a first-level planetary king-class monster.

After all, most of the king-level monsters on Earth are at the first planetary level, and only a few are above the first planetary level.

While he might not be able to defeat a first-tier planetary-level king-class monster, he wouldn't necessarily be defeated.

Therefore, upon seeing a king-level monster emerge, Lu Jin immediately pulled out his trump card, using his mental power to propel seven triangular light cones out, directly piercing the unsuspecting Ice Bear King's right eye.

The killing of his loyal henchman, coupled with the grudge of being blinded, fueled the Ice Bear King's burning hatred, which is why he relentlessly pursued the human warrior, determined to tear him to pieces.

After a while, the Ice Bear King was still hot on his heels, and Lu Jin couldn't help but get a little anxious.

It is true that mentalists can fly by manipulating objects, but maintaining the fastest speed while flying by manipulating objects consumes a lot of mental energy.

In a battle of attrition, he was merely a ninth-level apprentice mentalist; how could he possibly outlast the Ice Bear King, whose level was undoubtedly above the first-level planetary realm?
'Damn it! Once I reach the planetary level, you'll be the first one I take down!'

Lu Jin cursed inwardly, then took out a huge animal hide that faintly exuded a terrifying aura from his external storage space, and threw it directly towards the snowfield below with his mental power.

While most monster kills result in normal drops, critical hits can also yield loot.

Within the external storage space, several sets of monster materials, obtained through critical hits and surpassing planetary-level quality, have already been accumulated. Even the hide of a stellar-level monster—I refuse to believe the Ice Bear King wouldn't be tempted.

It's important to know that for planetary-level monsters, the corpse of a stellar-level monster is a great source of nourishment.

Even if it's just animal hide instead of a corpse, consuming it is enough to increase the Ice Bear King's level.

If the Ice Bear King were tempted, he would fly down to pick up the animal hide, and that brief delay would be enough for him to escape.

"Roar!"

After glancing at the fleeing humans ahead and then at the animal hide plummeting rapidly towards the snowfield below, the Ice Bear King roared in mid-air and ultimately chose the animal hide.

It could sense that the animal hide contained extremely high levels of energy, and if it could consume it, its strength would likely increase to a higher level.

Moreover, this is the territory of one of its old rivals, and it absolutely cannot let its old rivals pick up this animal hide, otherwise it will be in big trouble later.

Seeing that the Ice Bear King behind him had chosen animal hide and was moving at the same speed, Lu Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After flying for another twenty minutes, Lu Jin finally relaxed.

Standing high in the sky, gazing at the vast, continuous mountain range in the distance, Lu Jin tapped the communication watch on his wrist to check his location.

"Huh? They've all gone back to China?"

Seeing that the satellite positioning showed that he was outside the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China, Lu Jin couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If a beginner-level War God warrior can unleash the speed of sound, then the speed of flight of an advanced War God mentalist is even more impressive.

With seven times the amplitude of his psychic power and a supersonic speed of more than four times, almost five times, he could run more than five thousand miles in half an hour.

'Alright, I'll start by hunting in the Changbai Mountains.'

With these thoughts in mind, Lu Jin piloted his hexagonal shield and flew towards the distant Changbai Mountains.

This year's Spring Festival is on January 21st. There are still ten days until the Spring Festival, which is enough time for him to raise his mental power to the peak of the apprentice level, and then use the planetary life essence to become a first-level planetary mental master.

With the mental power gained from reaching the first level of planetary cultivation, my strength will increase fourfold, and I will surely be able to kill that Ice Bear King and avenge today's humiliation.

the other side.

Hundreds of miles north of the Northeast Base City, a vast herd of beasts surged toward the war base.

"Boom boom boom——"

"Boom bang bang-"

Cannons roared, rockets soared into the sky, and machine guns swept across the battlefield. The horde of beasts surging toward the war base perished in droves under the overwhelming firepower.

A few monsters that charged onto the war base while carrying cannon fire were promptly killed on the spot by the warriors guarding the base's walls.

Command center inside the war base.

"Damn it! It's almost Chinese New Year, and they're still causing trouble!"

Looking at the satellite-captured images of the beast tide projected on the large screen, a middle-aged man with a general's star on his shoulder and some graying temples cursed loudly.

(End of this chapter)