Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 187 Guardians of the Forbidden Zone!

They stepped into the vortex passage and landed on a rocky bridge.

Judging from their surroundings, they had left the original forbidden area and appeared out of thin air in an endless void. The rock bridge beneath their feet meandered and extended straight into the endless distance. Even without any support beneath their feet, the rock bridge remained steadily suspended in the void.

"This is the passage to another forbidden space."

Luo Shen clicked his tongue in praise.

Although he had learned a lot about the Star Tower from the King of Killing and other royal servants, Luo Shen still couldn't help but marvel at its wonders when he actually experienced it firsthand.

"Follow this passage all the way to the end, and you'll reach the next forbidden area."

Yan Na gazed into the distance at the end of the rocky bridge.

It was nothingness.

Luo Shen didn't follow Yan Na's gaze, but instead focused his attention below. Below the rock bridge was also endless void. If he was lucky, he might even be able to see the Sealed Star. Of course, that was just the Sealed Star moving within the Star Tower, not its emergence into the world.

If you're lucky, you can usually see it several times a year within this restricted passage.

Moreover, there are no restrictions in the void below. Even if you accidentally fall, you can fly back to the bridge freely, as long as you don't fall into the location of the sealed stars below. Those sealed stars are blocked by invisible barriers formed by star towers. Even universe venerables cannot break through this barrier and forcibly take the sealed stars.

Even ordinary kings, and even those at the pinnacle of kingship, can perish.

"I'm really lucky, I actually saw the Star-Sealing Demon."

Luo Shen looked down, and Yan Na looked down as well. In the depths of the endless void, a star was slowly rolling. This star, which was comparable in size to an ordinary planet, had a faint aura that made people's hearts tremble. It rolled slowly in the endless void at a constant speed, repeating itself endlessly.

"This is an extremely rare and powerful treasure for sealing off evil spirits."

Luo Shen sighed.

If he hadn't known that the Star-Sealing Tower couldn't block the flow of energy, and that it was a treasure left by the Mountain-Sitting Guest to the leader of the Earth lineage, he might have actually been tempted by greed.

Unfortunately, he wasn't confident he could gain the Star Tower's recognition as its master.

Moreover, he also has extraordinary encounters. As long as the Primordial World continues to grow, his future achievements will not be inferior to Luo Feng in the original work.

"Unfortunately, unless a sealed star appears voluntarily, even the Lord of the Universe cannot forcibly capture it." Yan Na shrugged and said, "Let's keep moving forward. Instead of wasting time on these visible but intangible sealed stars, we might as well find another group of alien kings."

Luo Shen nodded.

The two quickly walked to the end of the rock bridge.

At the entrance to that void passage, the two stepped together and entered another forbidden space.

This is a world of ocean.

In a whirlpool, Luo Shen and Yan Na leaped out and hovered above it, surrounded by surging waves.

"There's no divine power aura in this forbidden space." After sensing for a moment, Yan Na said to Luo Shen beside her, "It seems our luck isn't so good; there aren't any other alien teams in these two forbidden spaces in a row."

Luo Shen laughed and said, "I'm afraid only we would think that way. Other weaker alien teams would probably rather not run into anyone."

As one of the few highest-level combat zones in the entire Seventh Battlefield, the Star Tower is extremely dangerous. Even though the alien powerhouses who dare to come here are quite confident in their own strength, they cannot guarantee that every enemy they encounter will be the type they can handle.

However, Luo Shen and his companion were highly skilled and daring, so they had no such concerns.

"Let's go find the passage to the next forbidden space."

Luo Shen said.

Under normal circumstances, the passage is very easy to find. After all, the speed of a King-level expert is extremely fast. At most, they can explore the entire forbidden area in a day, so finding the vortex passage is naturally a piece of cake.

Yan Na nodded.

The two were preparing to choose a direction.

Suddenly, the sea below became turbulent, the water crashing as if it were about to surge into towering waves, and a dark shadow appeared below.

Then a loud explosion occurred.

"Hey!"

With a sharp, piercing, and high-pitched sound, a jet-black, dragon-like monster with a long, flat neck and covered in metallic scales suddenly burst out of the sea, stirring up huge amounts of seawater that splashed in all directions. The part of it that emerged from the water was over a thousand feet long, and its pair of sharp five claws gleamed with a cold light.

A pair of narrow eyes stared intently at Luo Shen and the other person.

"Huh!?"

Luo Shen let out a soft "hmm," his gaze sweeping over the dragon-like monster. He said with a hint of surprise, "Could this be the guardian of the forbidden area?"

Forbidden Zone Guardians are guardians within the forbidden zone. Their strength varies, and they are forged from special metals, making them immune to soul attacks. Under normal circumstances, even attacks from peak-level King-ranking experts would find it difficult to damage the energy core of a Forbidden Zone Guardian at a range of 100 kilometers.

However, the part that has emerged from the surface is only a thousand feet in size, and its strength is quite weak.

"I remember that the guards of this forbidden area don't appear very often. Could it be that a star-sealing planet is about to be born?"

Luo Shen stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Yan Na, standing to the side, shook her head and said, "I just contacted the King-level experts from other factions, and there were no abnormalities in the forbidden areas they were in. This doesn't seem to match the situation when the Zhenfeng Star was born. I guess we just happened to run into the birth of this forbidden area guardian."

The stars that are sealed away are only occasionally revealed over long periods of time.

When the sealed star is born, various anomalies will occur throughout the Star Tower. The most obvious feature is that these countless forbidden spaces will be interconnected, naturally guiding the many powerful figures within the Star Tower to converge at the place where the sealed star is born, ultimately triggering an earth-shattering battle!

Secondly, the presence of forbidden zone guards in each forbidden zone is another anomaly.

However, it is not uncommon for forbidden area guards to appear. Almost every powerful person who ventures into the Star Tower has encountered forbidden area guards.

However, this cannot be blamed on Luo Shen. After all, in the original work, Luo Feng first encountered the guards of the forbidden area before discovering the birth of the Zhenfeng Star, which is why he made such a connection.

"The outer metal of this forbidden area guardian is extremely sturdy, making it impossible to break through head-on. Soul attacks are also completely ineffective against it. Therefore, the only way is to destroy its internal energy core through a powerful attack," Yan Na reminded.

Luo Shen nodded, his gaze fixed on the dragon-like monster.

Although the dragon-like monster was a metal mechanical puppet, it was no less intelligent. Its combat instincts were comparable to those of a normal King-level expert. The way it looked at Luo Shen and the other person was like an eagle catching a chick.

"Hey, this guy's practically becoming a spirit."

Luo Shen smiled.

Yan Na shook her head and smiled, "This is, after all, a metal puppet from the Star Tower. If its combat sense were poor, it wouldn't have been able to be forged and placed here."

"Hey!"

Before the two could have a chance to chat any longer, the dragon-like monster suddenly raised and lowered its throat, and a sharp sound that made one's eardrums feel like they were about to burst spread in all directions like a shockwave. Wherever it passed, the space rippled, and the surrounding seawater surged with countless waves.

The sound wave struck Luo Shen at the speed of light, affecting both Luo Shen and Yan Na almost instantly.

Such sonic attacks are quite rare.

Even though Luo Shen and his companion had anticipated this, they were still caught off guard. As the seawater spread in all directions, the full form of the dragon-like monster gradually emerged.

It turns out that the upper half of this dragon-like monster is only one-tenth of its full body!

Its true body was still hidden beneath the seawater, resembling a giant island hundreds of kilometers long. Countless metal tentacles surrounded Luo Shen and his companion from all directions, accompanied by terrifying sharp whistles.

The tentacles were dense and numerous, like clouds covering the sky, completely obscuring Luo Shen and his companion.

"Sizzle!"

Hundreds or even thousands of metal tentacles, each hundreds of miles long, with slender, sharp scythes at the base of each tentacle and tiny forks at the ends, rotating around each other like a meat grinder.

Even something as tough as outer space can be easily torn apart and shredded by its metal tentacles.

"Looks like we've been underestimated!"

Holding the skull battle sword, Luo Shen instantly soared into the sky, unleashing his swordsmanship and slashing directly at the tentacle connection. The power of the world, after circulating through the core of the skull battle sword, unleashed a power that, while not comparable to the limit of a King-level expert, was still nearly equal to the peak of a typical King-level expert.

If he were to unleash his body amplitude technique again, his strength would experience an extremely exaggerated leap.

But that's enough.

"Sizzle!"

A flash of silver light!

In an instant, the numerous swords on a thick metal tentacle were cleaved in two and fell straight into the sea, stirring up countless waves. However, the surrounding tentacles did not change their movements at all and continued to frantically attack Luo Shen.

Yan Na, standing to the side, also brandished a long whip.

Although she only had one whip, she wielded it with such force that not a single tentacle could get close to her.

"These tentacles are incredibly tough."

Luo Shen couldn't help but complain, "My strike was comparable to a peak-level King-level attack, but I still couldn't sever its tentacles. I could only cut through some thin scythes. Its defense is simply unbelievable!"

Although there are hundreds of thousands of King-level experts in the Star Tower, there are quite a few of them at the peak of King-level or even at the limit of King-level.

But this doesn't mean that peak-level kings are commonplace.

These forbidden area guards could withstand even a single attack from a peak-level King-ranking expert, only losing some thin scythes that were barely scratches. And these were just ordinary forbidden area guards at the hundred-kilometer level.

How terrifying would it be if there were even stronger guards protecting the forbidden area, spanning thousands of kilometers?

It was mentioned in the original work.

The forbidden area guards, spanning thousands of kilometers, were so terrifying that even the Heavy Arrow King, at the pinnacle of his power, was rendered powerless to resist. Unless the Heavy Arrow King was willing to burn his immortal divine power, he simply could not stop their offensive.

If Luo Feng and his companion hadn't found the entrance to the next forbidden space, the Heavy Arrow King might have had to burn his immortal divine body to survive.

Fortunately.

While these dragon-like monsters possess strong defenses, they are somewhat lacking in offensive power.

Moreover, its enormous size also brought it many inconveniences. Although every movement was powerful, it also gave Luo Shen and the other two more reaction time. Often, as soon as its tentacles moved, Luo Shen would have already disappeared into the path of the tentacles' movements.

"So, are you confident?"

Luo Shen asked Yan Na, inquiring whether she was confident in directly destroying its internal core. After all, such a large forbidden area guardian, made of such sturdy metal, should fetch a good price if sold to the Virtual Universe Company.

Yan Na didn't say anything.

Taking advantage of the moment when the dragon-like monster's tentacles were in a daze, he lashed out with his long whip, striking the monster's vulnerable abdomen with a blow comparable to that of a peak-level King!

Boom~~

The entire body of the dragon-like monster was suddenly sent flying backward, and at the same time, the terrifying power contained in the whip tore open its abdomen in an instant, revealing the metal structure inside. And that wasn't all; the whip suddenly churned inside.

A huge hole appeared.

The dragon-like monster, which had been so majestic just moments before, suddenly began to convulse completely, with all its tentacles wilting and curling up.

"Great job! Well done, Yan Na!"

Luo Shen praised.

But Yan Na's expression remained unchanged. She shook her head at Luo Shen and said, "Don't be careless. The guards of this forbidden area have extremely strong defenses. According to the information, even an invincible king cannot forcibly tear their bodies apart. My attack was only comparable to the limit of a king. In theory, it should be impossible for me to tear its abdomen apart."

Luo Shen understood immediately upon hearing this.

There's another trick up your sleeve!

really!

Even though the monstrous dragon-like creature had its abdomen torn apart and its entire body curled up, it remained suspended in the air and did not fall into the sea like the other scythes that had been cut apart before. Clearly, as Yan Na had said, this was just a ploy to lure the enemy deeper into the sea.

Luo Shen carefully examined the dragon-like monster, looking at the hole in its ruptured abdomen.

Click!Click!Click!

With a series of crisp sounds and a flash of golden light, the abdomen of the dragon-like monster was forcibly split in two by some force, and the broken metal pieces were reassembled and pieced together again to form two dragon-like monsters!

Although it was only half the original length, it still made Luo Shen frown.

These guardians of the forbidden area are not necessarily stronger the longer they are. Although there is some relationship between their length and strength, it is not a direct correlation. Especially for monsters like these dragons, the smaller they are, the faster they are, and the greater the threat they pose.

Faced with the two dragons pouncing towards him, Luo Shen suddenly flashed past like a phantom and fled far away.

Unfortunately, this forbidden area is only so big.

There's simply no way to escape completely!

"Hey!"

With a sharp, eerie cry, the dragon-like monster's speed increased dramatically, creating ripples in the void. It was about to catch up with Luo Shen when, fortunately, Luo Shen made a strange turn, changing direction several times in the air, and managed to make the dragon-like monster spin around in circles.

As for Yan Na on the other side, she did not dodge.

After all, she was extremely strong. Even if she didn't dodge, the dragon-like monster couldn't do anything to her. Not to mention, the long whip in her hand was as flexible as her arm, easily intercepting the dragon-like monster's movements.

"There's no need to fight them. Let's find the passage to the next dimension."

After shaking off the guards of the forbidden area once again, Luo Shen shouted at Yan Nana. He had already tried, and the two new dragon-like monsters had much stronger external defenses than before. He couldn't break through their defenses at all, not even by injuring them.

Instead of wasting energy on them, it's better to go and cause trouble for other alien squads.

Yan Na nodded.

With a flick of the whip, it extended instantly, binding the two dragon-like monsters together to Luo Shen's astonishment. With a sudden swing, it teleported to Luo Shen's side and began to circle around him.

(End of this chapter)