Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

After picking all the ripe blueberries from the lizards, Xiang Bei didn't rush to leave but stopped nearby.

His idea for going to the Tu Lizard's Secret Realm was actually very simple: to fight and become stronger, so as to provide enough resources for the Heart Steel.

The task of collecting blueberries from lizards was just a side task, and Xiang Bei didn't have any urgent desire to do so.

What he needs is to squeeze every last drop of value out of every lizard colony.

Therefore, after picking blueberries from the lizard, Xiang Bei went directly to a relatively clean lizard cave to continue his seclusion and study the "Five Elements Yuan Water Method".

What Xiang Bei didn't know was that the Tu Lizard race had a very special racial talent: after they died, their bodies would emit an extremely subtle scent that was difficult for ordinary planetary or even constant-star powerhouses to detect, but only the Tu Lizard race could clearly sense it.

Furthermore, this scent clings to the body of the killer of the lizard, and is extremely difficult to remove. A single speck can remain for decades and linger for eons, eventually reaching lizard colonies hundreds of kilometers away.

Furthermore, lizards are extremely vengeful creatures. If you kill one, other lizards will quickly swarm out and surround and kill you.

However, this special intelligence was also hidden by the Virtual Universe Company as a kind of training exercise. Even old people like Sa Yanxu knew about it. When going to the Tu Lizard Secret Realm, they would definitely bring a special scent remover to avoid being contaminated by the scent of the Tu Lizard when it died.

However, newcomers like Xiang Bei are bound to suffer greatly when they first enter the Tu Xi Maze.

Not long after Xiang Bei killed the group of lizards in this area, several lizards in another lizard-gathering area under a small hill suddenly stood up quickly from their lazy state, their blood-red eyes fixed on a certain direction, filled with hatred.

At the same time, a ferocious mouth full of fangs opened wide, making a "screech" sound. The sound was unpleasant, but it quickly spread throughout the entire lizard community.

Then countless lizards stood upright, and some lizards living in burrows also emerged from their holes.

One of them was exceptionally large, with jet-black, gleaming scales all over its body. Judging from its aura, it was clearly a star-level lizard, far stronger than the ordinary lizards.

Immediately afterwards, the celestial-level lizard suddenly raised its head and let out a huge roar towards the sky, the sound carrying extremely far.

Not long afterward, equally horrible roars echoed from all corners of the dense forest, clearly responding to the call of the Star-level Tu Lizard.

Then, the star-level lizard charged out first, and the towering trees around it were reduced to pieces as it rampaged through the forest. Behind the star-level lizard and throughout the forest, countless other lizards followed suit.

In an instant, the entire dense forest seemed to come alive.

Meanwhile, inside the cave, Xiang Bei frowned slightly. He seemed to faintly hear an extremely unpleasant roar, and a bad premonition immediately rose in his heart.

"No way, is the Virtual Universe Company really that shady?" Xiang Bei had already guessed that this Virtual Universe Company must be hiding some key information about the Tu Lizard Secret Realm.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiang Bei disregarded the crippled lizards and flew out of the cave before turning and running away.

However, Xiang Bei was unaware that once he came into contact with the scent of a dead lizard, he would be accurately located by other lizard groups. As long as he didn't remove the scent, there would be no use in escaping. Instead, his wandering around would attract even more hostility from the lizards.

However, Xiang Bei soon realized something was wrong, because after he changed direction several times, the swarm of lizards following him not only did not decrease but actually increased.

By this point, Xiang Bei was well aware that he must have been covered in something that allowed the lizard to pinpoint his location.

If that's the case, he can't run around recklessly, otherwise the number of lizards chasing him will only increase.

Just as Xiang Bei was thinking about how to get rid of the thing that was tracking and locating him, a huge figure suddenly darted out from directly in front of him as he fled.

In an instant, more than a dozen towering trees in front were smashed into a pile of wood chips.

"A celestial-level lizard!"

Xiang Bei was startled and immediately changed direction and fled without lingering.

If it were just a single star-level lizard, Xiang Bei believed he wouldn't be afraid with his combat strength. But who knew how many lizards were chasing after him?

However, this star-level lizard clearly did not want to let go of Xiang Bei, the ferocious beast that had slaughtered its own kind. Its scarlet eyes were fixed on Xiang Bei, and it stomped hard on the ground, creating a large pit several meters in diameter. The entire beast transformed into a black streak of light and crashed towards Xiang Bei.

"Such a rapid burst of speed!" Xiang Bei's pupils contracted instantly, and then without hesitation, his battle halberd swept towards the Hengxing-level lizard like a raging water python, pushing his first level of water domain to its limit.

Then, with a loud "boom," Xiang Bei and the star-level lizard were sent flying backwards at the same time.

However, the moment Xiang Bei was sent flying backward, he immediately changed his form and continued to flee into the distance.

"It's too rough!"

Xiang Bei chuckled inwardly. This star-level lizard possessed great cultivation, but its utilization of its physical body and development of energy were extremely crude. When fighting, it relied entirely on biological instincts and could not unleash the strength that a star-level martial artist should have.

He was even much weaker than Hei Yi, a slave of the Black Pig Clan.

Xiang Bei estimated that with the attack bonus from Heart Steel, he was confident he could defeat his opponent in a one-on-one fight.

Unfortunately, now was not the time. He sensed another equally powerful aura behind him, clearly another star-level lizard was catching up.

Xiang Bei dared not stop and ran wildly, while the group of lizards chased after him relentlessly.

Especially the two star-level lizards, which were clearly faster than Xiang Bei. In just over ten breaths, the lizards that had been repelled by Xiang Bei had caught up with him.

A pair of sharp, scale-covered claws plunged straight into Xiang Bei's back.

Left with no other choice, Xiang Bei had to turn around and fight back.

The halberd transformed into a towering wave, its heavy spray crashing down on the lizard like a mountain. This attack was far more powerful than the previous one, as Xiang Bei had also used the combat secret technique "Heavy Water" that he had learned from the Qianwu Taoist Temple.

Although this move cannot compare to the combat secrets of a domain lord, its power is still passable, especially after Xiang Bei has mastered it to the perfect level of Triple Heavy Water.