Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

In the water

Since Thor killed a King-level monster, there have been far fewer Lord-level monsters near the shore.

However, some daring lord-level monsters still live in the coastal areas.

Take this deep-sea crocodile turtle in front of us, for example. Its strength has reached the level of a high-level lord, and its power is terrifying. In particular, the turtle shell has an incredibly strong defensive capability. When Xiang Bei used his SSS-level battle halberd to hit it, he could only leave some inconspicuous white marks on the turtle shell.

Forget about breaking through its defenses, it can't even drop a single fragment.

Xiang Bei had fought this deep-sea crocodile turtle several times, and its unparalleled defensive power made it quite difficult for him to fight back.

Even if the other party simply retreats into its shell, Xiang Bei can only watch helplessly from the outside, completely powerless to do anything about it.

Xiang Bei estimated that the old turtle's shell had a defensive capability comparable to that of a king-level monster.

However, Xiang Bei was quite happy to have such an indestructible old tortoise as an opponent.

If you can't break it from either side, just use it as a punching bag to practice and test your moves.

But whenever Xiang Bei had any ideas, he would run to the old tortoise.

It's fair to say that this deep-sea alligator snapping turtle was thoroughly annoyed by Xiang Bei's harassment.

Every time Xiang Bei came, he would fly into a rage and have a big fight with him, and then he would be beaten so badly that he would shrink into his tortoise shell and become a punching bag.

Even so, this deep-sea alligator snapping turtle had no intention of moving and remained in the trench in that area of ​​the sea.

At first, Xiang Bei thought that the alligator snapping turtle was guarding some kind of treasure.

But it was later discovered that the old tortoise was staying there simply because it was lazy.

I don't want to move; I just want to stay put and sleep.

Xiang Bei harassed him every day; how could the deep-sea alligator turtle not be furious?

Unfortunately, while the alligator snapping turtle is indeed powerful, its greatest strength lies in its defense.

If other people encounter a deep-sea alligator snapping turtle in the water, they can only run away.

Unfortunately, Xiang Bei's understanding of the essence of water was limited by the seawater, so his strength was not great. When he fought the deep-sea crocodile turtle, the crocodile turtle was no match for him.

"Old tortoise, I'm back again!"

"roar!"

The deep-sea alligator turtle was extremely annoyed by Xiang Bei's repeated provocations, but it was no match for him.

After each fight with Xiang Bei to vent his frustrations, he could only retreat into his shell for some peace and quiet.

As an old tortoise who doesn't like exercise, I really dislike Xiang Bei, that unlucky kid.

"Old turtle, try my newly improved move!" Xiang Bei grinned, his halberd stirring the water and instantly whipping up a water python in the sea.

The serpentine snaked around, carrying thousands of seawater with it, eventually causing a turbulent surge in the surrounding currents and even creating a loud rumbling sound in the sea.

In an instant, Xiang Bei merged into the water python and headed straight for the deep-sea crocodile turtle.

"roar?"

The deep-sea alligator snapping turtle looked somewhat surprised.

It had fought Xiang Bei several times and was quite clear about Xiang Bei's strength.

However, Xiang Bei's move has deeply shocked the deep-sea alligator snapping turtle, which can even sense the threat of death from it.

Without hesitation, the alligator snapping turtle retracted directly into its thick shell, leaving not a single inch of its skin exposed to the outside world.

"Boom!"

The massive anaconda crashed against the shell of the deep-sea alligator snapping turtle, producing a tremendous sound.

The impact blasted the surrounding seawater back into the air.

The deep-sea alligator snapping turtle was sent flying far away by Xiang Bei's attack, its massive body buried directly under the seabed.

If you look closely, you'll see that a spike the size of a bowl on the shell of the alligator snapping turtle has been smashed to pieces.

Some tiny cracks have appeared on the tortoise shell.

"Damn! That's really hard!"

Watching the deep-sea alligator snapping turtle being smashed into the seabed, Xiang Bei couldn't help but sigh.

Despite the old turtle's somewhat disheveled appearance, it didn't come out after being knocked into the seabed mud and instead hid there pretending to be dead.

But in fact, the old man wasn't injured at all.

At most, he was just shaken by Xiang Bei's force.

However, seeing that the old thing was reluctant to come out, Xiang Bei gave up the idea of ​​continuing to entangle with it and planned to find another lord-level monster to wreak havoc on in a while, increase its maximum health, and then leave.

Xiang Bei has gained a lot these past few days, and that move he just made was a technique he created by combining the essence of water.

He has now grasped the threshold of the Water Realm and can occasionally use some of its power in a move.

It's just that it's still very immature.

In fact, Xiang Bei's skills are already quite outstanding. Many War God-level experts are only at the Perfect level due to their own limitations.

Very few can truly grasp the essence of art.

Many powerful individuals only truly begin to comprehend the essence of the realm when they reach the planetary level.

After all, the realm itself is a higher level of artistic conception.

Hong is the only person on the entire planet who has grasped this understanding!

Everyone else is still only at the conceptual level.

Even in the universe, most planetary and epochal cultivators are at the Intent level.

Those who can comprehend a field at the Eternal Star level are hard to say about in intermediate universes, but in elementary universes they are definitely considered geniuses.

It's hard to say whether a realm lord can comprehend a domain at the planetary level, but a domain lord-level powerhouse would definitely be willing to take on a disciple.

Back in his villa, Xiang Bei quickly washed up and then turned on the holographic projector.

He now spends an hour studying every day.

The content includes, but is not limited to, university cultural courses and explanations of famous works from China and abroad, ancient and modern.

The teachers who lectured him every day were all senior professors from Kyoto University, many of whom were introduced through Zhang Qiu's connections.

However, Xiang Bei learns very quickly. He can memorize many things after the professors only need to explain them once.

However, it still takes some effort to fully understand and grasp the underlying principles.

However, having these senior professors help with teaching saved Xiang Bei a lot of effort.

Xiang Bei's learning speed has made the old professors question their own existence.

Of course, these old professors were still very happy to have some connection with Xiang Bei.

After finishing an hour of study, Xiang Bei relaxed his mind a little, checked the time, and then went back into Thunder Fortress.

I remember the last time I challenged the Trial Tower was before I went on an adventure in the desert.

At that time, his Trial Tower level reached 3.8 and he could no longer advance.

Now, after his journey underground, his battle with the Carcharodontosaurus, and a month of spiritual cultivation, he wants to see if he can reach that level.

Soon, the third level of the Trial Tower, which had previously blocked Xiang Bei's progress, was breached by Xiang Bei with overwhelming speed.

Then comes the fourth level of the Trial Tower.

The location changed abruptly from a mountaintop filled with strange rocks to a decaying swamp teeming with death.

In the swamp, monsters resembling giant crocodiles lurk.

Xiang Bei's mission was to kill these swamp crocodiles.