Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 20 Battle... Planetary Powerhouses, Terrifyingly Powerful!

Behind the mask, her alluring face flushed red.

Despite being a planetary-level martial artist, she is only twenty-two years old.

The world has never lacked geniuses.

In fact, Yao Rao only took three years to cultivate from an ordinary person to the peak of a high-level war god, and she was only nineteen years old at that time.

It took her three years to break through from the peak of the High God of War to the Planetary level.

So from the age of sixteen, she had been focusing on her cultivation and had absolutely no experience in relationships.

She gently bit her silver teeth.

Jiang Lan wasn't saying she was good at all; she was clearly saying she was alluring.

Across from the alluring woman, Jiang Lan realized his mistake and quickly tried to make amends:

"Haha, I had no idea I was this good."

Jiang Lan felt a little regretful.

He just killed a monster at the level of a beast soldier and got arrogant, daring to speak disrespectfully to a planetary powerhouse.

The fiancée is the fiancée.

People's hearts are unpredictable, and Jiang Lan didn't know what Yao Rao's true feelings were towards him.

If you really anger Yao Rao, you could crush him with a single finger.

After a moment of silence, Yao Rao chose to skip the topic and continued:

"How are you feeling?"

"It's alright, but I think we can try finding something stronger."

"Even stronger are the Beast Generals. Just like humans, the strength of a monster changes dramatically with each level it advances. So if you want to challenge a Beast General, you need to be mentally prepared beforehand."

Jiang Lan nodded.

"Can."

What he needs to do now is to quickly adapt to the process of hunting monsters and try to turn himself into a heartless monster-killing machine.

The more efficient he is at killing monsters, the more corpses he can sacrifice after Yao Rao leaves, and the faster his strength will increase.

"Let's go then, to the county town," Yao Rao explained. "Generally speaking, the monsters in the wild are usually quite weak. The stronger monsters mostly inhabit former county towns or cities. That's because there are plenty of supplies left behind by humans before the RR virus outbreak there, which can guarantee the survival of those monsters."

Although the RR virus has been around for decades, the supplies left in the city have long since spoiled and expired.

However, when the virus first broke out, the first to enter the city were usually the most powerful monsters.

After the monsters divided up their territories, they multiplied and thrived in their respective lands. Over time, this led to the current ecosystem where the monsters are more powerful in the city center.

As we passed the carcass of the armored bull we had just killed, the system's voice sounded again.

[Sacrificeable item detected: Armored Bull (corpse). Do you wish to sacrifice it?]

Jiang Lan ignored him once again.

He couldn't risk sacrificing the monster before Yao Rao left.

Moreover, this armored bull is only a beast soldier level, and Jiang Lan wouldn't be so easily swayed by such a trivial benefit.

As they walked, Yao Rao continued to explain to Jiang Lan the precautions to take when facing the beast general.

"Beast generals rarely act alone. Each beast general is guarded by at least several beast soldiers. As the monster's level increases, the number of guards around it will also increase."

"When you reach the lord-level monster, you'll be guarded not only by beast soldiers, but also by beast generals."

Jiang Lan nodded and said:

"I see."

As they talked, the two arrived at the entrance to the county town. The dilapidated GG sign above swayed in the wind, seemingly telling the story of the bustling place that once stood there.

It's quite lively now, though there's no one around, but there are still plenty of monsters.

"Watch your surroundings."

Upon hearing the reminder, Jiang Lan immediately perked up and began to pay attention to any movement around her.

Although Jiang Lan did not see the monster, she could vaguely hear roars of beasts reaching her ears.

After entering the county town, the monster's noises became significantly more frequent than when it was in the wild.

"Whether in a city, a county town, or the wilderness, you must always be vigilant in any area. Because you never know when or where danger will strike."

Jiang Lan nodded again.

He knew that what Yao Rao was saying to him were lessons learned from countless predecessors who had shed blood.

Jiang Lan walked cautiously ahead of Yao Rao, heading towards the center of the county town.

After walking about 300 meters, the figure of a monster reappeared in front of Jiang Lan.

It was a monster evolved from a goat, its spiraling horns radiating a chilling, captivating light. Because it hadn't been groomed for so long, its once white wool had turned a dark gray, knotted into strands clinging to its skin, creating a kind of grotesque beauty.

The goat, its eyes bloodshot, lowered its head the moment it saw Jiang Lan, pointed its horns at him, and then charged at him fiercely.

Jiang Lan had not yet deactivated his Shadow Strike state, and the speed at which this goat ran was not even as fast as the injured Ironclad Bull from earlier.

It should be a mid-level beast soldier.

Jiang Lan quickly calculated the strength of the goat in his mind.

He raised his longsword and, instead of retreating, charged straight at the goat.

Less than half a second later, the two collided.

"laugh!"

Jiang Lan plunged his longsword between the two horns of the goat, and with a forceful twist of his wrist, the sword instantly spun around inside the goat's skull like a dragon emerging from the sea.

Then Jiang Lan raised his longsword upwards with his right hand.

The longsword pierced through the goat's skull and was suddenly thrust out.

At the same time, the goat monster seemed to have all its strength drained away, and it collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"good."

Jiang Lan turned to look at Yao Rao, "I also think... cough cough, I also think I'm pretty amazing."

Judging from Jiang Lan's tone, Yao Rao recalled the conversation between the two when Jiang Lan killed the Ironclad Bull.

You were clearly trying to get a second chance, weren't you?

Noticing the somewhat unfriendly look in Yao Rao's eyes, Jiang Lan chuckled awkwardly.

"Let's go, let's go to the town center."

After saying that, without waiting for Yao Rao's reply, he turned around and walked quickly toward the town center without looking back.

Yao Rao glanced at Jiang Lan for a moment, then took a step forward and appeared beside Jiang Lan in the next instant.

Jiang Lan's heart skipped a beat.

So fast!

He felt a chill run down his spine.

In his Shadow Strike state, everything he saw outside appeared to be 'slower'.

Even so, he hadn't noticed her seductive movements at all, and hadn't even felt the wind she stirred up.

By the time the wind blew onto his face, Yao Rao had already appeared beside him.

Is this planetary level?

Planetary powerhouses, terrifying indeed!

"Don't look at me, keep walking."

Shivering, Jiang Lan obediently replied, "Okay!"

This woman isn't pursuing him at all; she's clearly just showing off her muscles.

(End of this chapter)