Swallowing the Stars: My Comprehension is Beyond the Heavens!

Chapter 54 Hunting and Phantom Butterflies

In this city, finding a monster of the Beast General level is quite easy.

After Luo Feng and Luo Xia finished their dry rations, they spotted a mid-level beast general-level Ironhide Boar not far from the residential building.

This Iron-Skinned Mad Boar is one of the best among pig-type monsters, and like the Scaled Iron Bull, it is an existence with amazing defensive capabilities.

"There are other grunt-level monsters around this Ironhide Boar."

"Fortunately, there aren't many, only thirteen."

"Brother, what do you mean?"

"What else can we say? We just have to take them down!"

The two brothers quickly gathered their belongings and charged towards the Ironhide Boar, using their shields as cover!

This mid-level beast general-level iron-skinned mad boar had astonishing defense, but even with Luo Xia's four times-power technique, he still managed to stab it through the ear with a sword, smashing its head to pieces.

With the Beast General-level Ironhide Boar falling to the ground, Luo Xia and Luo Feng together dealt with the other grunt-level monsters.

The most valuable part of this iron-skinned mad pig is its skin.

Luo Xia and Luo Feng skinned all the iron-skinned mad boars, and then, before the other monsters could surround them, they used their shields to return to the rooftop of the residential building they had been on.

……

Time passed day by day.

Ever since Luo Xia and Luo Feng arrived in City 023, the lone Beast General-level monsters in the city have been in trouble.

The two brothers didn't use their mental powers; they would engage in close combat with the monsters each time, and only after the sparring session was over would they kill the Beast General-level monsters!

Through such practical training, the two brothers' strength improved rapidly!

Luo Feng's physical abilities are now approaching those of an intermediate-level warrior! Moreover, he has basically mastered the second level of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, and can now unleash 2.1 times his original physical strength!

Because they hunted too many monsters, Luo Xia and Luo Feng had to occasionally return to the supply base to sell the monster materials.

Upon their first return to the supply base, they sold the materials to a businessman surnamed Liu from the HR Alliance.

"Wow, you two brothers are quite something, managing to hunt down the Scaled Iron Bull! Even high-ranking generals would avoid such creatures!"

"Let me do the math... a set of beast general-level horns and hides, and six sets of high-level beast soldier horns and hides. I'll just give you a round number: 5000 million. How about that?"

"There's still the remaining Ironhide Boar hide. I can offer 500 million for this Beast General-level hide. How about 50 for each of the other hides?"

We returned to the supply base for the second time.

It was that same businessman surnamed Liu.

"Holy crap! You two brothers actually hunted down a high-level beast general-level two-tailed tiger-cat! Awesome! I'll give you 3800 million if you sell me its tail tendon, how about it?"

"And this Shadow Slayer Hound, a low-level beast general, I'll give you 1200 million! That thing is terrifyingly fast; even high-level warriors might not be able to outrun it. How did you manage to kill it? It's incredible!"

We returned to the supply base for the third time.

"To be honest, do you two brothers have some kind of secret to killing Beast General-level monsters? How come you can hunt so many Beast General-level monsters every time? It's outrageous! Brothers! I won't say any more! I'll give you 8000 million for all the monster materials you brought this time. How about you sell me all the materials from these Beast General-level monsters?"

……

That day, Luo Xia and Luo Feng were resting on the rooftop of a skyscraper, drinking water and calculating their recent earnings.

Luo Feng smiled and said:

"As expected, Captain Gao and the others were right. It's quite easy for martial artists to make money. We've only been here a few days, and we've already earned nearly 3 million!"

Luo Xia smiled, munching on some high-energy chocolate, and asked, "Big brother, have you fully mastered the second level of your Nine-Fold Thunder Blade?"

Luo Feng nodded and said, "Yes, I can now consistently unleash 2.1 times my original physical strength. Combined with my current physical attributes approaching those of a mid-level warrior, my current power burst is very close to that of a high-level warrior!"

At this point, he turned to Luo Xia with a puzzled look and asked, "Speaking of which, Xia, haven't you created the second level of your sword technique yet? Do you need to buy the later parts of 'World Destruction' for reference?"

Rorschach shook his head and said:

"My swordsmanship no longer needs to refer to the secret manuals at the end of 'World Destruction'. Because my current swordsmanship has completely broken away from Hong's World Destruction Spear Technique."

Moreover, in my expectations, the power exertion technique of the second level of swordsmanship needs to reach eight times the original physical strength, which is somewhat difficult.

That's a rather arrogant statement.

But in fact, the most important part of "The End of the World" for Rorschach is the idea of ​​the Flood contained within it.

This idea is made very clear at the beginning.

The manuals that follow "Apocalypse" basically all follow the idea in its opening chapter—how to make the gun in your hand faster and unleash more power!

Rorschach's swordsmanship also follows this philosophy.

However, the sword technique he created is much stronger in terms of power generation, far surpassing "World Destruction" and "Nine-fold Thunder Blade". At present, these two manuals are not of much reference value to him.

Therefore, if Luo Xia wants to comprehend the second level of swordsmanship, he can only figure it out on his own for now.

Fortunately, he has an extraordinary level of comprehension.

It's a bit difficult to say it out loud.

But he already had a plan, and with more practice, he would soon be able to achieve the 8x power exertion technique!

At that time, he will be able to use the power of a high-level warrior to touch the level of a high-level war god, spanning an entire major level!

This kind of improvement is absolutely incredible!

After all, even if Thor's "Ninefold Thunder Blade" is mastered to the ninth level, it only achieves a power exertion technique of 7 times!

"The second level allows for eight times the body's power..."

Luo Feng gasped in shock. The sword technique his younger brother had created had completely surpassed the Nine-fold Thunder Blade!

Luo Xia smiled as he looked at his shocked older brother.

He had actually considered upgrading and optimizing Luo Feng's Nine-Fold Thunder Blade technique.

However, after reading the manual for the Nine-fold Thunder Blade, he discovered that the power exertion techniques in Thor's manual were already quite perfect.

After all, Thor is a top-tier powerhouse who is at the forefront of humanity, and his mastery of martial arts is definitely the strongest!

Although Luo Xia can further optimize and upgrade the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, it will increase the difficulty of cultivating the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade.

The increased difficulty of the "Ninefold Thunder Blade" is beyond Luo Feng's current ability to learn; he must wait until he reaches the level of an advanced warrior before he can learn it.

On the contrary, the Thor version of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" is more suitable for him to learn now.

and so……

In the end, Rorschach could only optimize and upgrade its accompanying guiding techniques and movement methods.

Fortunately, the accompanying guiding techniques and movement methods greatly improved Luo Feng. Through continuous training, his physical attributes have become very close to those of an intermediate-level warrior.

After chatting for a while and resting enough, the two brothers picked up their binoculars and began searching for monsters of the Beast General level.

At that moment, when the sun was high in the sky and the sunlight was at its brightest, Luo Xia suddenly saw an unnatural color in his line of sight.

He was slightly taken aback, then clearly saw the true form of that color, and cried out in wild joy:

"Big brother, look! There's a Phantom Butterfly of Beast General level over there!!"

"Phantom Butterfly!?"

Luo Feng was startled and quickly picked up his binoculars, looking in the direction Luo Xia was pointing.

"Where is it?"

Through the telescope, Luo Feng did not spot the phantom butterfly.

There was no way around it; the Phantom Butterfly was a monster that was extremely good at disguising itself. When it was not moving, its body almost blended into the surrounding environment!

"Brother, look closely over there. Isn't there a piece of stained glass? Look at that glass, isn't there a patch of color that looks off?"

Rorschach said.

Luo Feng then squinted and looked toward what appeared to be the stained-glass window of a cathedral.

Upon careful observation, he indeed discovered that there was a patch of color on the huge stained-glass window that was somewhat off.

However, this strangeness is easily overlooked.

If it weren't for Luo Xia's guidance, Luo Feng wouldn't have been able to discover it for a while.

"Is it really a phantom butterfly?"

Luo Feng asked, somewhat incredulously.

The Phantom Butterfly is an extremely precious and rare monster!

The number of martial artists who have seen the Phantom Butterfly can be counted on one hand.

Are they that lucky?

I actually encountered a phantom butterfly?!

Phantom Butterflies are monsters mutated from butterflies. They are highly skilled in mental power and can create illusions and dreamscapes!

Phantom Butterflies of the Beast General level are extremely rare.

If Luo Xia and Luo Feng could catch such a Phantom Butterfly, they could sell it for over 10 billion in the HR Alliance's online store!

Why are phantom butterflies so precious?

That's because there's a crystal core inside the Phantom Butterfly's body.

This crystal core can help mentalists quickly enhance their mental power!

(End of this chapter)