Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Judongxing

slave market

Compared to the slave market on Qiulong Star described in the original work, the slave market on Judong Star was probably much smaller in scale.

The quality is also far inferior.

At least most of the slaves sold here are only apprentice-level and planetary-level slaves; those that reach the eternal-level are very expensive.

Xiang Bei saw that the price of a Star-level slave had been driven up to 130 million Black Dragon Coins, and it could only be traded in Black Dragon Coins; Silver and Blue Coins were not being sold at all.

However, planetary-level slaves are much cheaper; a planetary-level slave only costs 90 silver blue coins.

The price is ridiculously cheap.

Xiang Bei could roughly guess that the slaves of the Hengxing level were most likely transported to large places like Qiulong Star for sale, so their level would definitely be much higher.

However, for apprentice-level and planetary-level options, prices are naturally cheaper in smaller, closer locations like Judongxing.

However, Xiang Bei had little interest in planetary-level slaves.

In fact, Xiang Bei actually wanted to buy a life form such as a star-level alien beast.

Don't forget that his biggest advantage is his Heart of Steel.

However, there are fewer and fewer monsters on Earth that can satisfy his Heart Steel needs.

So he decided to buy a higher-level exotic beast.

However, the level of the same-level beasts is much higher than that of human slaves with the same-level equipment, sometimes even several times higher.

Xiang Bei definitely can't afford it.

In the end, Xiang Bei had no choice but to buy a first-tier slave from the Black Boar Clan.

To be honest, the Black Boar race, as a slave race, is not exactly welcomed in the universe.

First, this race is ugly. Not only are they covered in black bristles, but they also have blue faces and fangs, making them look ferocious and ugly, just like a human-shaped wild boar.

Secondly, this race has difficulty cultivating, as they are only good at physical growth and can hardly learn things like physical strength or secret techniques.

Furthermore, the Black Boar tribe sometimes has a slow mind and appears somewhat dull-witted.

Their only advantage is the Black Boar Clan's powerful physical abilities; they can stand over four meters tall and have extremely strong regenerative abilities.

Even with serious injuries, as long as you eat more and rest more, you will recover in a short time.

To put it simply, he's a big, dumb guy with high health and strong regeneration.

However, to be honest, it is indeed not easy for such a slave race to cultivate to the Eternal Star level.

However, it still couldn't change the fact that their entire race was a slave race, and even he himself had to be sold into slavery by others.

They were not even popular among slaves.

Other star-level slaves were priced at over 100 million Black Dragon Coins, but he was only priced at 95 Black Dragon Coins, yet still, not many people were interested.

After all, humans who can afford star-level slaves are especially concerned about the amount of tens of thousands of black dragon coins they spend to buy black boars.

Wouldn't it be better to buy a race with better potential? Maybe its strength will even improve in the future.

In the end, Xiang Bei only spent 900,000 Black Dragon Coins to buy it, and then spent another 100,000 Black Dragon Coins to buy ten Planetary Rank 7 and ten Planetary Rank 6 Black Boar Clan slaves.

In fact, the slave traders even gave Xiang Bei four first-tier planetary Black Boar slaves as a bonus to complete the deal.

Of course, Xiang Bei's choice to buy Black Boar slaves was not out of any overflowing compassion or sympathy for these guys.

What a joke! The human race on Earth is still in dire straits. Even the most powerful figures like Thor and Hong haven't reached the Heng star level. How could he possibly have the right to sympathize with others?

He only had two reasons for liking the Black Boar Clan: firstly, the fact that they were cheap enough.

A powerful expert at the Hengxing level was only sold for 90 Black Dragon Coins. Even though the Black Boar Clan is not good at secret techniques or power generation, it is still worth it in terms of realm alone.

Secondly, they were drawn to the unique characteristics of the Black Pig tribe.

Thick blood and fast recovery are the best nourishment for his steely heart!

Don't blame him for being ruthless; in Xiang Bei's view, using these unfamiliar Black Boars to enhance his own strength was perfectly justifiable.

It's better than being powerless to fight back when you encounter an enemy in the future.

The universe is inherently dark and cold; it's better to hurt others than to hurt yourself and your family.

However, Xiang Bei still bought tens of thousands of Black Dragon Coins worth of healing medicine in the end.

There's no other way but to let them practice their skills, since we paid money to do so.

Recycling is the most beneficial option for Xiangbei.

Afterwards, Xiang Bei went to the Virtual Universe Company again. This time, Xiang Bei didn't hesitate and directly purchased 10 Virtual Consciousness Helmets.

Once everything was ready, Xiang Bei led the large group of Black Boar slaves back to the port of call.

Back on the spaceship, Xiang Bei saw several large alloy boxes in the spaceship's main hall, and then he remembered that he had brought some jellyfish from Earth.

However, Xiang Bei certainly wouldn't care about these petty benefits now.

Even if they can be sold, they won't make much money, and the energy consumed when there's no business might be expensive.

After thinking for a moment, Xiang Bei dialed a number directly. It was a friend he had met at the Qianwu Taoist Temple.

My family runs a restaurant business, and I heard it's quite large, with several branches throughout Judongxing. I can ask them if they want these jellyfish; if so, I can give them to them as a gift as a courtesy.

However, Xiang Bei did not expect that the other party would be quite interested in these jellyfish.

Not only did he personally come and take all the jellyfish away, but he also wanted to order 5000 from Xiang Bei, willing to buy them for 5000 silver blue coins each.

Ok

With 25 million silver blue coins, Xiang Bei could buy six or seven planetary-level sixth-tier Black Boar Clan slaves.

However, Xiang Bei is not sure if there are five thousand of these jellyfish on Earth.

All I could do was tell him to go back and check if there was any contact information in the virtual universe.

After a brief hiccup, Xiang Bei finally embarked on his journey home.

Direct travel into the dark universe is prohibited outside the outer reaches of Ju Dong Star. Xiang Bei followed his original route and moved away from the Ju Dong Star region before entering the dark universe.

Fortunately, they did not encounter any audacious space pirates, after all, the warships of Torch East Star were nearby, which was quite a deterrent.

dark universe

Inside the Silver Star

Xiang Bei was standing in front of a group of Black Boar slaves.

"From today onwards, you will be with me. As for your mission, it's very simple: you will serve as my sparring partners and fight alongside me."

Those who behave well may even be granted their freedom, but those who are courting death will not hesitate to wipe you off the face of the earth.

As Xiang Bei said, the sparring match was just an excuse; the main goal was actually the colossal devouring effect of Heart Steel.

Of course, this is also a pie in the sky for these Black Pig people. The Black Pig people are relatively simple-minded, and they really believe and listen to a pie in the sky.

They didn't even know where the line for "good performance" was, yet they were already yelling and complaining.

"Very well, let's start with you now!" Xiang Bei said, pointing to one of the sixth-tier planetary Black Boar warriors.