Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Primordial God and Demon Avatar

In a huge conference room at the military headquarters base east of Kyoto Base City, Xu Qiankun looked at the extremely alluring mixed-race beauty standing in front of him.

"Hello, I am Yao Rao, one of the three personal guards under the master of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy."

She spoke with a graceful yet humble demeanor.

"Hello, alluring councilor, I am Xu Qiankun."

Xu Qiankun and Yao Rao shook hands briefly.

"Miss Enchanting has come from afar, please take a seat."

Jia Yi warmly invited Yao Rao to sit down.

After the group sat down, Jia Yi had tea brought to them.

"This is a gift that the museum master asked me to deliver to congratulate Xu Qiankun of the military on his advancement to the level of a councilor." Yao Rao took out a box. "This box contains the spirit of plants and trees, 'Yang Huai Spirit Marrow,' which is an extremely precious type of spirit of plants and trees. Even a planetary-level mentalist can greatly enhance their strength by using it. If a peak war god mentalist uses it, they can definitely use it to break through to the planetary level."

"This...is too precious!"

Xu Qiankun stared at the combination lock box with shining eyes.

He had never heard of the spirit of the plant, Yanghuai Lingsui, but since it was specially sent by Hong, its value was probably no less than that of the heartwood of a ten-thousand-year-old willow.

Most importantly, Xu Qiankun's current mental strength has reached 66 kilograms. With another treasure of the 'Jade Marrow Pearl' level, his strength can continue to improve. He might even be able to directly reach the peak of the apprentice level and qualify to break through to the planetary level.

"The master told me to tell you," seeing Xu Qiankun's naive and unsophisticated appearance, a charming smile appeared on her alluring face, "Although you have broken ties with my Extreme Martial Arts School, it was done by the lower-ups after all, and it will not affect your relationship with the upper echelons of Extreme Martial Arts School."

"The gym leader hopes you can grow up quickly, and ideally, have the ability to fight alongside him."

"Earth does not belong to any one person; it belongs to all people on Earth. It cannot be protected by any one person; it requires the joint efforts of all people on Earth."

When she said her last sentence, Yao Rao deliberately lowered her voice.

"Don't worry, Ms. Yaorao. Although I have left the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy, I still respect and even admire Master Hong as always. I will take him as my role model."

Xu Qiankun patted his chest and assured her that he believed what Yao Rao said.

In the original story, whether it was Hong, Thor, or Morhandson, East, or Jia Yi, they were all willing to die to protect the Earth.

"The owner thinks highly of you," Yao Rao said, standing up and walking towards the reception room. "I've finished my business, I should go now."

Goodbye

Zhu happy also got up to take his leave.

The beast tide had long since ended, and if it weren't for waiting for Yao Rao to arrive, he would have left long ago.

Xu Qiankun and Jia Yi personally saw the two off, and then returned to the reception room. "It seems that Hong has already taken notice of you."

"Hmm," Xu Qiankun nodded slightly. "I just didn't expect Hong to give me a gift."

As the number one person on Earth, Hong naturally has an air of arrogance, capable of suppressing five major powers including China and the United States single-handedly.

Despite the fact that Merhandson, East, and Atkin are the third to fifth speakers, seemingly not much lower in rank than Hong, he doesn't actually take them seriously, let alone offer them gifts or curry favor.

At this point in time, the only person on Earth who could command Hong's attention was Thor.

Now there's another one, Xu Qiankun.

"You might not have time tomorrow," Jia Yi said, glancing at the briefcase on the table. "So I'll help you submit your application for promotion to senator, and also help you schedule a challenge against Atkins to compete for the fifth speaker's seat. What do you think?"

"You can handle it yourself."

Xu Qiankun said with a smile. Of course he knew what Jia Yi was thinking. It was nothing more than to enhance China's voice in the War God Palace.

He naturally supports this.

Becoming speaker would not only benefit China, but also himself.

"I will be in seclusion tomorrow. Commander, please exchange the rewards I earned from slaying the monsters this time for manuals," Xu Qiankun said after thinking for a moment. "Except for 'Dripping Water' and 'World Destruction,' exchange as many manuals as you can, from highest to lowest quality."

"Alright, all the manuals will be delivered by tomorrow afternoon," Jia Yi nodded in agreement. "I see you're quite interested in this Yanghuai Spirit Marrow. There should also be a Jade Marrow Pearl in the national treasury. Would you like to have it too?"

Jadeite Pearl, a plant spirit whose main effect is to enhance mental power, can be taken multiple times.

However, the effect is greatly reduced each time it is taken. That is why two pills can still be kept in the treasure vault. Otherwise, Jiang Ning would have used them all to enhance her strength long ago.

"Let the country keep it," Xu Qiankun shook his head and refused. "With this Yanghuai Spirit Marrow, my strength should be able to improve further. Taking the Jade Marrow Pearl won't have much effect."

After discussing some matters with Jia Yi, Xu Qiankun returned to Courtyard No. 8, Lakeside Island, Langhuan Residential Area, in his King-class fighter jet.

Get a good night's sleep.

Xu Qiankun casually tossed the briefcase that Yao Rao had brought him onto the bedroom table, took a nice shower, and went to bed. Soon, his breathing became even.

However, news of the beast tide in Kyoto base city has already reached the ears of major forces around the world through various channels.

In the Jiangnan Base City, at the HR Alliance headquarters building, Li Yao, who was fast asleep, was awakened by an urgent message.

Upon seeing the message, he was instantly wide awake.

"Yao, what's wrong?"

A white noblewoman with blonde hair, blue eyes, and an exquisite face, dressed in revealing pajamas, asked in confusion.

Li Yao replied in a low voice, "The beast tide in Kyoto base city is over."

"Oh," Vinina said nonchalantly. "Kyoto Base City is the most populous and strongest base city in China. I heard that Zhu happy, the inspector of the Limit Martial Arts Academy, is also there. With them joining forces, it won't be difficult to quell the A-level beast tide."

"But this time, the Kyoto Beast Tide involves a total of eleven king-level monsters from land, sea, and air," Li Yao said.

"What? Eleven King-level monsters?" Vinina exclaimed in surprise. "Are they planning to annihilate Kyoto Base City?"

Li Yao's next words shocked Vinina even more: "I just received news that ten of the eleven king-level monsters have been killed, and only one flying monster escaped."

"My God, could it be that Hong has sent reinforcements?"

Vinina looked on incredulously.

Eleven King-level monsters—that's eleven members of parliament-level combat power. Apart from Earth's strongest being, Hong, and the second strongest being, Thor, she really couldn't think of anyone else who could accomplish the feat of slaying ten King-level monsters.

"It's not Hong, but that newly crowned invincible war god."

"A newly crowned invincible war god?" Vinina frowned, then quickly realized, "That Xu Qiankun who once opposed you in City 063?"

"That's right, it's him." Li Yao nodded with a heavy expression. "I don't know if China has used all its resources on him, but his strength has improved very quickly. Of the ten king-level monsters that were killed, six were killed by him alone, and the remaining four were killed by him and other strong people in a joint effort."

"Xu Qiankun's strength may have already surpassed that of Lord Atkin."

"How is this possible?"

Vinina couldn't believe it.

Who is Atkin? He is the fifth councilor of the Ares Palace, the fifth strongest person on Earth, the second strongest person in the European Union, and one of the true face figures of the HR Alliance.

She had also read Xu Qiankun's information, and he was indeed remarkable. He became an invincible war god at the age of nineteen, and his talent might even be stronger than Elder Fal, who had just broken through to become a councilor not long ago.

But talent is talent, and strength is strength. She didn't believe that anyone could so quickly convert talent into strength and become a figure standing at the pinnacle of the world.

"I need to verify the message."

Vinina took out her communication watch and began contacting the HR Alliance's people in Kyoto. Two minutes later, she silently hung up the phone.

"Yao, you've offended Xu Qiankun. I think we should leave China tonight."

Vinina whispered, having verified the information and confirmed that what Li Yao said was true.

"Okay, let's leave tonight."

Li Yao nodded in agreement. Although, based on his understanding of the Chinese government, even if Xu Qiankun wanted to deal with him, he wouldn't directly and violently attack him.

But what if?

Even if a councilor-level powerhouse kills a God of War without any reason, it's considered a death sentence, and even the God of War Palace wouldn't impose a severe punishment unless the person killed had an extremely powerful background.

For example, the martial arts prodigy that Hong and Thor value most.

"Bring Wei"

Vinina quickly packed up.

"Is that guy named Xu Qiankun really that strong?"

At the headquarters of the Thunder Martial Arts Academy, a bald young man in a white robe looked at the data projected on the auxiliary computer with interest on his face.