Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 26 Luo Shen, the Poor Guy

Lightning!

Although it is only one move, and although it is derived from the Nine-fold Thunder Blade, this one strike is 4.5 times the force of the body!

It's even stronger than the power exerted by mastering the fourth level of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade!

While the strike appeared as light and effortless as a slow-motion scene in a movie, it actually possessed unparalleled speed, leaving the Firescale Three-Horned Boar no time to react before Luo Shen severed its head with a single blow!

Just like its name—Lightning!

Thunder struck suddenly in the blink of an eye!

Awooo~

With the death of the Firescale Trident Boar, the surrounding boar monsters began to let out low, mournful roars, and the herd began to scatter, with large numbers of monsters fleeing in all directions.

In particular, the bloodthirsty tank that was fighting Chen Qinglong rushed out of the commercial plaza immediately.

They quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

This bloodthirsty tank is quite clever, or rather, lord-level monsters are very intelligent. Knowing that staying here would only lead to death under Luo Shen's blade, it chose to escape immediately.

After all, even the Firescale Three-Horned Boar died at Luo Shen's hands, so it was even less likely that it would be a match for Luo Shen.

Chen Qinglong tried to stop him, but he couldn't.

After all, Bloodthirsty Tank's strength was not much worse than his, and he had many loyal beast generals protecting him, who were determined to defend Bloodthirsty Tank to the death, so naturally they could not stop him.

Luo Shen, on the other hand, was due to the distance being too far.

In addition, his attention was initially focused on the Firescale Trident Boar, and by the time he noticed the Bloodthirsty Tank's movements, it had already escaped his sight.

If I can't catch up, I might as well not chase after it.

They began dissecting and collecting materials from the Firescale Three-Horned Boar on the spot.

The most valuable part of this low-level lord-level Firescale Trident Boar is its three sharp horns, followed by its fiery red scales and various other materials and parts.

Add them all up.

The total price was much higher than the two-headed black-striped snake they had hunted before!

Under normal circumstances, the price of a low-level lord-class monster is around 5 million to 30 billion, while the price of one Firescale Trident Boar, which is the number one pig-type monster, is equivalent to three monsters of the same level!

Although it is much weaker than top predators such as the Silver Moon Wolf and the Ironclad Dragon, its price is also much lower.

But I estimate it can sell for at least 20-22 billion.

"As expected, it's easier for powerful martial artists to make money!"

As Luo Shen collected materials for the Firescale Three-Horned Boar, he sighed. After all, a low-level lord was worth so much money. If it were a mid-level lord or even a high-level lord, the price would be sky-high.

The price is in the tens of billions!

After collecting the Firescale Trident Boar, Luo Shen also collected several Beast General-level monsters nearby.

Even a mosquito bite is still meat, no matter how small!

After all, he had just created the Lightning Blade, and the fourth level of the Nine-fold Lightning Blade was clearly not enough; he needed to purchase the later manuals.

However, the fifth level of the Nine-fold Thunder Blade requires 20 billion!

In addition, he needs to learn from other sword techniques to see if he can develop a second sword technique.

And then there's the need to upgrade weapons and equipment, which takes up a lot of money.

Don't be fooled by how fast he makes money—he can sell a single Firescale Trident Boar for over 20 billion—he also spends it like water. After all, he's now fighting Lord-level monsters, and his A6-type battle sword won't last long before it breaks down.

Then you'd have to buy the A7 model, or even the A8 model, of the battle knife.

The A8 model Ghost Blade is definitely unaffordable, as even at half price it would cost 120 billion, plus contribution points are required. However, the A7 model Ghost Blade is not cheap either.

The price at the Extreme House is 20 billion, half price is 10 billion, and it also requires three-star contribution points!

And this is just the price of the battle knife.

If we were to change to a combat suit, even just the 7 series, the price would be over 100 billion, which is simply unthinkable!

"Still poor!"

After storing the materials from the last Beast General-level monster in his combat backpack, Luo Shen couldn't help but sigh, unaware that the Azure Dragon Squad and the Wild Goose Mountain Squad had already arrived behind him.

The warriors from both teams looked at each other in bewilderment.

In particular, the captains of the Yanshan Squad and the Qinglong Squad exchanged a glance:

"What do you mean by that, senior?"

"How would I know?"

"How about we transfer some money to our senior as a token of our appreciation?"

"Do you think the senior cares about your paltry sum? Let's not say anything more. If the senior doesn't bring it up, we shouldn't interfere."

Although it's a bit absurd that such a simple eye contact could convey so much information, it truly reflects what the two of them were thinking.

"senior."

Chen Qinglong, the captain of the Qinglong Squad who had spoken to Luo Shen on the phone earlier, stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your help earlier, senior." Although he was surprised by Luo Shen's youth, he still maintained a respectful demeanor on the surface.

"Thank you so much for saving our lives, senior. The Yanshan team will never forget it."

Upon seeing this, the captain of the Yanshan team hurriedly stepped forward to express his gratitude. If it weren't for Luo Shen, they probably would have been wiped out here today.

Faced with their enthusiasm, Luo Shen smiled and waved his hand, saying, "We're all brothers from the same martial arts school, no need to be so polite. Anyone can encounter misfortune in the wilderness. I'm helping you today, maybe it'll be your turn to help me tomorrow."

The captain of the Yanshan squad and Chen Qinglong exchanged a glance.

"I have a feeling there's something more to your words, are you sure it's really just a verbal thank you?"

"How about we ask them?"

In all honesty, Luo Shen was simply expressing his feelings.

After all, compared to Li Wei and the Tiger Tooth Squad, the attitude of these two was simply heavenly.

God knows how these two could have taken his words as having a hidden meaning.

So when the two men expressed their gratitude to Luo Shen for saving their lives and offered to give him all the materials from the beast general-level monster they had just killed, Luo Shen was a little confused. Were they really going to be so polite?

After refusing multiple times, he finally had no choice but to accept it.

"You're too kind, you're too kind."

Luo Shen sighed, "There are still more good people than bad. They know he's short of money and they're finding all sorts of ways to give him some."

Little did they know, the two captains exchanged a glance in secret:

"See? I told you there was a deeper meaning in what you just said, senior."

"You're really something. If it were me, with my bluntness, I wouldn't have been able to tell there was any other meaning."

Through conversation, it was learned that both the Qinglong Squad and the Yanshan Squad were martial arts teams from the Kyoto base city and had an excellent relationship with each other; otherwise, Chen Qinglong would not have risked his life to lead his team to the rescue.

This made Luo Shen even more emotional.

Compared to them, those guys from Huya are utterly rotten; they deserve to die at Luo Feng's hands!

Luo Shen thought of Luo Feng for no apparent reason.

This kid hasn't contacted him for so long, could he really have killed Li Wei like in the original story?

"Probably not," Luo Shen muttered to himself.

"Senior, we've collected all the materials." Chen Qinglong called out to Luo Shen from not far away.

Luo Shen nodded and walked over.

Although neither of these two martial arts teams had a master like Luo Shen who could kill a low-level lord like the Fire Scale Trident Boar, each of them was a martial artist at the intermediate-level general level or above, and their strength was quite good.

In particular, Chen Qinglong is also a novice war god.

The Azure Dragon Squad fought their way here and joined forces with the Wild Goose Mountain Squad, killing many monsters in the process. Therefore, there are still quite a few Beast General-level monsters among the monster corpses around here.

But Luo Shen was also a sensible person.

You can't just take everything just because someone offers to give you all the materials.

After a final back-and-forth, Luo Shen took one of the two high-level beast general-level monsters, leaving the others behind.

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