Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Driven by various forces such as Hong, Thor, and Xia Kingdom, humanity's retaliation against the monsters is remarkably swift.

Led by Hong and Thor, fifteen members of parliament, including Jia Yi, Mohandson, East, Tripati Singh, and Sokolov, went directly to the deep sea area to launch an attack on the lair of the sea monster.

This battle was truly earth-shattering.

The entire ocean seemed to be boiling over due to the enormous shockwaves from this battle.

A towering column of water, towering waves, and a giant sea serpent that had broken into two pieces floating on the sea.

All of these points demonstrate the radical nature of this major battle.

Unfortunately, most of the battlefields of this great battle were underwater, and people could only judge the intensity of the battle by the degree of fluctuation of the sea surface, but could not see the actual battle scene.

Xiang Bei couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

After all, it was a rare sight to see Hong and Thor go all out. He had already completed all six levels of the "World Destruction" technique, but the remaining part about the domain was still a mystery to him.

Perhaps we can find some inspiration from Hong's actions.

It's a pity, I couldn't get my wish!

The entire battle lasted a full half hour. The process of the battle was not visible, but the result was quite pleasing.

At the cost of two councilor-level powerhouses being seriously injured and seven councilor-level powerhouses being slightly injured, the human side killed six king-level monsters, severely injured five king-level monsters, and had ten king-level monsters escape with minor injuries.

Of course, the biggest contributors to this battle were Hong and Thor, who killed two King-level monsters as soon as they made their move.

Then Thor chased after the Thunder Dragon King the whole time, and the battlefield between the two went from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere.

Hong even chopped off all six tentacles of the Octopus Beast King. If the beast hadn't run away quickly, its head would have been chopped off.

After this battle, the sea monsters seemed to have become much more docile, and sea monster attacks in various parts of the world have decreased significantly.

It's foreseeable that these king-level and emperor-level monsters are currently hiding in some unknown trench, licking their wounds.

Meanwhile, Xiang Bei launched a frenzied attack while the two beast kings hid away to lick their wounds.

After his movement technique entered the realm of intent, his speed in the seawater increased greatly, making him even more unrestrained in the sea.

After finding a lone King-level monster, it unleashed a powerful attack imbued with the power of a raging storm. After the attack, it turned and left without caring whether the opponent was seriously injured or not, showing no intention of lingering in battle.

Then Xiang Bei went directly to find the next King-level monster, and waited for the cooldown of Heart Steel to pass before launching another attack.

Anyway, as long as Heart Steel cools down, he'll use it on a King-level monster to make sure he doesn't waste any opportunities to use Heart Steel.

Thus, Xiang Bei caused panic among all the king-level monsters in the entire sea area.

After all, it's infuriating for beasts that a human might suddenly appear and deliver a vicious blow, then turn and run away, especially since they can't catch up with them.

When have these king-level sea beasts ever been treated like this?

However, their two beast kings on the sea beast side had just been chased all over the sea not long ago.

They're currently hiding to recover from their injuries, and even the king-level monsters are furious but helpless.

Of course, the more crucial point is that they are no match for that human. One hit from that attack would seriously injure them, and two hits would leave them half-dead.

Therefore, under the sweeping actions of Xiang Bei, these monsters that originally lived in the sea were forced to constantly migrate and flee.

Even if these monsters swarm together, it's useless. Xiang Bei just unleashes his ultimate skill and leaves, not caring who gets hit.

Therefore, under Xiang Bei's relentless sweeping, these king-level monsters almost always ran away upon seeing him, just like the former lord-level monsters.

Naturally, Xiang Bei's actions attracted the attention of the higher-ups in the human race.

After all, such a crazy existence, chasing king-level monsters all over the ocean, is rare even on the entire Earth.

Ultimately, at the suggestion of Jia Yi, Councilor Su Lei Shen, and others, Xiang Bei officially became one of the councilors of the War God Palace.

On the very day Xiang Bei became a councilor, he met Hong, the strongest person on Earth, for the first time.

It must be said that Hong, the strongest person on Earth, truly lives up to his name!

When Xiang Bei first saw Hong, he was momentarily stunned, feeling as if countless rays of light were being drawn to Hong from all around him!

Mysterious and powerful!

Xiang Bei is now confident that he can contend with planetary-level powerhouses, but when facing Hong, he has no desire to fight at all.

Fortunately, Hong is a pretty good person. In fact, to some extent, despite being a former assassin, he has a bit of a saintly heart.

Later, with the introduction of Thor, Xiang Bei consulted Hong about many of his questions regarding cultivation.

Especially the insights about the realm at the end of "The Apocalypse".

Unfortunately, although Hong himself had mastered the domain, he was only in the exploratory stage and could not teach Xiang Bei much.

After exchanging ideas, Xiang Bei still couldn't find a solution.

However, Xiang Bei was not discouraged. Comprehending a domain is extremely difficult. A genius like Hong, who can comprehend a domain at the planetary level, might not appear once in ten thousand years across a dozen star systems.

Moreover, there's still a long time to go; Xiang Bei is only seventeen years old now.

It's only 2053 now, and there are still more than three years before the story begins.

Who knows what Xiang Bei's strength will be in three years?

Time passed gradually

Under Xiang Bei's frenzied sweep, the Heart Steel's feedback to Xiang Bei became increasingly powerful. In just a few days, Xiang Bei had already surpassed the intermediate War God level and directly reached the advanced War God level, taking another step forward in strength!

His strength continued to rise, and by mid-March, Xiang Bei had already reached the peak of the God of War level in terms of physical attributes.

Originally, Xiang Bei thought that after his physical fitness reached the peak of the God of War level, the next step should be to prepare to break through to the Planetary level.

However, to Xiang Bei's surprise, his physical fitness continued to improve, the cosmic energy within him became increasingly abundant, and his strength became even more formidable.

However, there were no signs of a planet forming within the body and advancing to the planetary level.

At first, Xiang Bei thought there was something wrong with his cultivation.

Later, he discovered that apart from his strength continuing to steadily improve, he had no other side effects.

Only now did Xiang Bei slowly realize that it wasn't that there was a problem with his cultivation, but rather that his body simply hadn't reached the limit of the God of War level.

In other words, the limit of a normal apprentice level is not Xiang Bei's limit; his body can continue to improve!

This discovery surprised Xiang Bei himself for quite a while.

Normally, there are only two possibilities in this situation. The first is that Xiang Bei has cultivated some special secret technique that allows his body to contain more energy.

Secondly, Xiang Bei himself had health problems.

Xiang Bei definitely didn't cultivate any special secret techniques; the manuals he practiced were all available for purchase on Earth.

Then there's only the second option left!