Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

A river in the northern part of Thunder Base City

Xiang Bei floated alone in the river, his whole body like a ribbon drifting with the current.

After being enlightened by Thor, Xiang Bei immediately realized his mistake and quickly corrected his errors in cultivating his artistic conception.

Aiming too high is not advisable; taking things step by step is the best path to self-cultivation.

Therefore, Xiang Bei decided to first understand the various states and changes of water flow under normal conditions.

So Xiang Bei found this unremarkable river.

I plan to go deeper into the river and experience the feeling of its flow.

However, the many monsters in the river were quite annoying, constantly interrupting Xiang Bei's enlightenment.

Thus, the monsters of this river suffered a calamity.

Holding a halberd, Xiang Bei charged into the river alone, slaughtering all the monsters in the river, from beast soldiers to lords.

They killed or fled these monsters.

Of course, it's also because the river is small and not very noticeable.

There was no result of a King-level monster inhabiting the area.

Otherwise, Xiang Bei wouldn't have been able to act so recklessly.

After Xiang Bei drove away the monsters in the vicinity, he began to drift along the river.

The main principle is to drift wherever the wind takes you, and never take the initiative to intervene.

Xiang Bei was even rescued once by other hunting teams who mistook him for a survivor.

And because of that incident, Xiang Bei earned the nickname "The Strange Man of the River".

. . .

Time flies, and another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

It is now December.

Kyoto base city has just been covered in a heavy snowfall, and everything is now a blanket of white.

At this moment, the Xiang family home was extremely lively.

Not long ago, the Xiang family gained another War God-level expert.

This has attracted the attention of the entire Kyoto base city.

Since Xiang Bei entered the Thunder Martial Arts Academy's elite training camp and rose rapidly, the Xiang family has become incredibly popular in the Kyoto base.

Even just last month, there were rumors circulating at the Thunder Martial Arts Academy that Thor, the second strongest man on Earth, intended to take Xiang Bei as his disciple.

More reliable sources say that Xiang Bei has already reached the strength of a war god and has personally killed many lord-level monsters.

It's just that it wasn't certified as a God of War level.

In addition, Thor personally proposed an agreement for Xiang Bei to hold a temporary position at the Thunder Martial Arts School.

The Xia Kingdom gave them ample face in response.

The Xia Kingdom has also attached increasing importance to Xiang Bei and has allocated a lot of additional resources to him.

This includes investing a lot of resources to support the Xiang family.

This instantly made the Xiang family even more powerful.

The Xiang family also proved their worth; after recovering from his injuries, the old man personally took action and killed the two monsters that had triggered the beast tide.

The Xiang family also mobilized a considerable amount of funds to purchase a "chalcedony" at a high price.

After being given to Xiang Bei's father, Xiang Hu, it successfully propelled Xiang Hu to the level of a war god.

The Xiang family is now considered to have three war gods.

Naturally, it was at its zenith.

Today, the Xiang family is holding a war god banquet for Xiang Hu, and almost everyone of importance in Kyoto base city is in attendance.

However, today's banquet was only attended by the second generation of the Xiang family and a group of younger members.

As for the old man Xiang Shan, the main character of today, Xiang Hu, is not here.

The reason is simple: a very important person has come today.

It is none other than Jia Yi, the number one military officer and the strongest person in the Xia Kingdom!

Xiang Bei and Xiang Hu were overjoyed that this important figure was here today. After all, Xiang Shan and Xiang Hu held positions in the military and were considered Jia Yi's subordinates.

Moreover, Jia Yi had so many titles, and both Xiang Shan and Xiang Hu held this big shot in high esteem.

However, it seems that this big shot only came to offer his congratulations today. After chatting with Xiang Shan for a long time, he got up and left.

However, before leaving, this bigwig presented a generous gift.

That was a cultivation manual, which recorded all of Jia Yi's cultivation experience from the War God level to the Planetary level, including the experience of breaking through to the Planetary level.

With this guide, the chances of successfully advancing to the peak of the War God realm can be increased by at least 10%.

at the same time

Although the Xia Kingdom has entered the cold winter season, the weather in Thunder Base City is still hot.

Xiang Bei naturally knew that his father had advanced to become a martial artist.

However, in order to receive better guidance from Thor, Xiang Bei did not return to Kyoto Base City.

I simply called my father to offer my congratulations and chatted with my mother for a while to ease her longing for me.

With Thor's occasional guidance over the past month, Xiang Bei has made rapid progress.

Now, his physical strength has reached 4.2 times, and he has completed the cultivation of "Po Jun".

I am currently studying Hong's "World Destruction" spear technique in seclusion.

The first three levels of "World Destruction" have been successfully cultivated, and the fourth level is just around the corner.

His halberd techniques and body movements became increasingly refined.

I have made considerable progress in understanding the artistic conception, but there is still a long way to go before I can fully grasp the artistic conception of water.

In terms of physical fitness, he did not reach the level of an intermediate-level war god.

The main reason is that Xiang Bei has focused his energy on understanding the artistic conception over the past month.

Moreover, since reaching the God of War level, the growth of physical fitness has slowed down relatively.

After all, lord-level monsters are powerful and not easy to hunt.

Xiang Bei could use the Giant Devouring ability to severely injure those monsters, but the difference was enormous compared to the maximum health points gained from a one-hit kill, almost ten times greater. It was unclear how this was calculated.

As a result, although Xiang Bei frequently sought out and fought against lord-level monsters in the waters, he actually killed very few of them.

The increase in maximum health points is naturally less, and it has only reached 10 kilograms of punching power.

Furthermore, Xiang Bei was also unable to hunt down a large number of monsters with high comprehension.

Firstly, there aren't many Lord-level monsters near Thunder Base City, and this is, after all, the headquarters of the Thunder Martial Arts School, with Thor, a top-tier powerhouse, in charge.

Many monsters are unwilling to come this way, fearing that they might be easily dealt with by Thor.

Therefore, if Xiang Bei wants to hunt more lord-level monsters, he has to go further away.

However, if you go far away from Thunder Base City, hunting too many Lord-level monsters can easily attract King-level monsters.

After all, lord-level monsters are considered a core force among monster groups.

After being killed too many times, even the King-level monsters couldn't sit still.

In fact, Xiang Bei had already attracted the attention of a King-level monster in the past month or so.

There's nothing we can do about it; Xiang Bei keeps going out of his way to cause trouble for lord-level monsters, and he even goes deep into the sea, acting incredibly arrogant.

No powerful warrior on Earth would frequently go to the sea to fight lord-level monsters a dozen times in a month.

Therefore, after Xiang Bei went deep into the sea, a terrifying monster resembling a giant starfish appeared directly from the deep sea.

If the opponent hadn't been slow, Xiang Bei would have been finished!

However, Thor later single-handedly plunged into the sea with his sword and pulled the starfish ashore to roast it.

That's quite an amazing technique!