Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

The elite training camp's many geniuses hunt in three locations most frequently each day.

The first is a large-scale city ruin in the northeast, inhabited by a large number of monsters, including some lord-level monsters.

The second is the vast desert in the south, where a large number of desert-specific monsters live. These monsters generally hide under the sand and launch surprise attacks on passing martial artists, often making them difficult to defend against. Even genius martial artists in elite training camps may fall victim to their attacks and perish in the sand if they are not careful.

The third is the eastern coastline.

The ocean is home to an immense number of sea monsters, and even if martial artists from all over the world were to unleash their killing spree, they might not be able to exterminate them all.

The bay to the east of Thunder Base City is teeming with countless sea monsters, making the coast near the elite training camp a frequent hunting ground for the geniuses there.

Of course, ordinary warriors would greatly reduce their combat power if they fought in the ocean, so most warriors would only hunt monsters near the coast and not venture into the ocean.

Xiang Bei's target was the city ruins to the northwest. Although the journey was longer, it was safer and easier to spot traces of monsters.

Fighting in the desert is risky; who knows what might emerge from beneath the sand? The uncertainty is too great. It's not too late for Xiang Bei to explore when he's stronger.

The same goes for the coast. There might be a few lord-level monsters hiding in the ocean, and most of those that come ashore are just cannon fodder of the beast soldier level.

Before going to fight on the coast, you have to clear out a huge number of cannon fodder beast soldiers.

His system doesn't increase combat power the more you kill; it has a cooldown period.

. . .

Amidst the ruins of numerous high-rise buildings, the city's former prosperity can still be discerned from its historical sites.

However, this place has now become a paradise for a large number of monsters.

Xiang Bei had only just reached the edge of the city ruins when he discovered several monster hordes led by beast generals!

One of the beasts was none other than Xiang Bei's old friend, the Wild Bull!

Xiang Bei naturally extended the warmest greetings to these old friends, making them a part of his scoring system.

"Mid-level Beast General, Desert Iron-Humped Camel!"

In front of the ruins of a building, Xiang Bei instantly spotted the enormous figure, which was at least three stories high even when it was lying on the ground.

The desert camel is a unique species of monster found only in the desert.

With its towering height and massive size, this camel is unlikely to suffer fatal injuries even when attacked.

Its steel-like fur also provides it with strong defense, making it difficult for even some large-caliber firearms to inflict effective damage.

In addition, the enormous humps give the desert iron-humped camel unparalleled endurance.

So much so that among all the general-level monsters, the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel is one of the most troublesome.

Its defense, health, stamina, speed, and even poison resistance are almost maxed out.

Among the many beast general-level monsters, only the mid-level beast general-level Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel is even more difficult to hunt than many high-level beast generals!

However, now that they've appeared before Xiang Bei, there's no reason for him to let them go.

Moreover, a Desert Iron Peak Camel is quite valuable; its materials can fetch around 100 million.

Although the training camp calculates points based on killing monsters, you don't actually possess the monsters; the price is just a little lower.

Because the camels in the desert are extremely sensitive to smell, Xiang Bei did not deliberately hide his tracks when he approached them.

Therefore, when Xiang Bei was still quite a distance away from his opponent, the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel had already stood up, its beastly eyes cautiously fixed on Xiang Bei's location.

Xiang Bei simply grinned at this.

"Hey buddy, I heard you're pretty tough!"

"I happen to have something intimate to say to you."

As he spoke, Xiang Bei suddenly exerted force with his feet, and his whole body shot straight towards the Iron Peak Camel in the Sand Sea.

When Xiang Bei had just mastered the 1.2x force exertion technique, he was already researching how to exert force using other parts of his body.

However, compared to using your hands to exert force, mastering the use of other parts of your body takes a little longer, but it's not difficult to learn.

With 1.8 times the leg strength, Xiang Bei's speed increased dramatically once again.

In the blink of an eye, the distance between Xiang Bei and the Desert Iron Peak Camel had been reduced to within ten meters.

"Oh~"

The cry of the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel rang out, and then Xiang Bei's halberd made intimate contact with the body of the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel.

However, this was the Iron Peak Camel of the Desert taking the initiative to come forward. Its huge body collided with Xiang Bei's battle halberd, only swaying slightly, while Xiang Bei was forced to retreat.

"He's really tough!" Xiang Bei's eyes lit up.

He was beaten up by Belinda all day yesterday, and he had a lot of anger to vent.

"I hope you can hold on a little longer!"

"Bang!"

A large amount of sand and dust splashed up as the Iron-Hipped Camel of the Desert smashed down with its own head!

"Pooh!"

However, just as Xiang Bei easily dodged, the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel suddenly spat out a water arrow from its mouth, shooting straight towards Xiang Bei.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this was not water arrow at all, but rather the saliva of a desert iron-humped camel mixed with some unchewed grass leaves!

"I...you..."

In an instant, Xiang Beiji hurriedly dodged away in a disheveled manner!

Even if this move hit Xiang Bei, it wouldn't actually do much damage, but it's extremely humiliating!

If he were to get covered in saliva from a sand-covered iron-humped camel that was several stories high, his entire body would probably be covered in saliva.

"Go to hell!" Xiang Bei lost interest in taking his anger out on the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel. He was worried that if he didn't vent his anger, he would get sick from the disgust!

The halberd danced in Xiang Bei's hands like the wind, leaving afterimages in mid-air.

Before the Iron Peak Camel could dodge, Xiang Bei struck him with his halberd, leaving a long, narrow bloodstain on his tall body.

Instantly, flesh and blood rolled over, and a large amount of blood flowed out.

However, as mentioned before, the desert camel is large and has extremely strong endurance, so ordinary injuries cannot cause fatal damage to it.

As the pain from his injuries intensified, the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel's attacks on Xiang Bei became even more frenzied.

Its tall body, huge head, and thick hooves became weapons for the enemy, which relentlessly attacked Xiang Bei.

However, for Xiang Bei, the attack speed of the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel was still a bit slow, and its huge body also made it not very agile.

As Xiang Bei wielded his halberd, the warrior ripped three bloody, flesh-puffed wounds onto the thick, long neck of the Iron Peak Camel in the Desert Sea.

Unfortunately, these three extremely deep wounds only cut through the muscles of the neck of the Desert Iron Peak Camel, without damaging the blood vessels or trachea.

"Damn, that's some thick meat!"

Xiang Bei snorted coldly, and then, as the Iron Peak Camel in the Sand Sea was in pain, he quickly flashed to its side and swept his halberd horizontally.

"Bang!"

He channeled all his strength into the battle halberd, exerting 1.8 times the force to push its power to its peak.

Instantly, Xiang Bei swept off the joint of one of the front legs of the Desert Iron Peak Camel!

"Oh~"

At this moment, the Sand Sea Iron Peak Camel could no longer stand. With a painful roar, its massive body fell forward uncontrollably.

"puff!"

The halberd pierced directly into the opponent's eye socket, bursting the eyeball and penetrating into the brain of the Iron Peak Camel in the Desert!

A colossal engulfment!