I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Luo Yuan is currently quite far from the military region, and he doesn't dare to fly directly in the air. Doing so would not only consume a lot of his mental energy, but would also cause trouble if he encountered flying monsters.

After eating some high-energy food and drinking some fresh water to replenish his energy, Luo Yuan continued on his way.

He mostly encountered low-level monsters along the way, occasionally encountering monsters of the Beast General level wandering around. Luo Yuan would simply kill them and collect materials. He was only interested in monsters of the Beast General level and above. He also kept collecting attributes and fusing them directly along the way. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to the God of War level.

Three days later, Luo Yuan arrived at the entrance of a hundred-story skyscraper. The building was still relatively intact, but the plaster had long since peeled off, revealing the steel and concrete inside. Most of the glass wall on the front of the building was also broken. Looking up, he could see many monsters wandering inside.

Luo Yuan didn't know which floor the Beast General-level Illusion Fox was on in this skyscraper. He flew up on his shield, but he couldn't see it clearly through the broken glass wall, so he simply landed on the ground and went straight up from the first floor of the skyscraper. By constantly picking up the various attributes dropped by these monsters, he could also improve his strength through battle and become stronger with each battle.

He fought his way from the first floor to the fiftieth floor in less than an hour. The monsters were mostly beast-soldier level. He decapitated any monster that stood in his way, and his strength increased. This gave Luo Yuan a game-like experience of challenging the Trial Tower and leveling up by fighting monsters.

Next up should be the Beast General level monsters. Excitement shone in Luo Yuan's eyes; his hunting game had officially begun.

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Chapter 35 Breakthrough to War God Level

Inside a dilapidated skyscraper a hundred stories high in a city in the wilderness, the flash of a blade is heard. Each swing leaves behind the corpse of a monster, and the blade's edge leaves deep marks on the wall. The monster's blood and brains splatter, and its shattered entrails are smeared all over the floor.

Luo Yuan stood atop a mountain of monster corpses, his Blood Shadow Battle Blade still dripping with monster blood. However, this time, not a single drop of blood stained his combat suit. Through deliberate dodging, Luo Yuan avoided the stench of monster blood. He didn't want to have to go back and wash himself every time he hunted a monster, which demonstrated just how amazing his dodging skills were.

Through continuous attribute stacking, Luo Yuan's dodging technique has become infinitely close to perfection. He has now fought his way up to the 80th floor. From the 50th to the 79th floor, the monsters are all low-level beast generals, which are not difficult for him to kill. However, starting from the 80th floor, he encounters mid-level beast general monsters. Most of the monsters here are canines and felines, and there are also some mutated ones whose species are completely indistinguishable.

As Luo Yuan continued to collect attributes during the battle, he grew stronger with each fight. In particular, after acquiring the Endurance attribute, his stamina increased significantly. The Beast General-level monsters he fought also possessed some intelligence. They originally intended to outlast Luo Yuan through a swarm of beasts, but they discovered that Luo Yuan seemed to have an inexhaustible source of energy, growing stronger with each kill. As a result, they began to back down.

But Luo Yuan didn't care what they thought. Carrying the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, Luo Yuan continued to climb upwards. When he reached the 90th floor, he encountered monsters that were all high-level beast generals, but fortunately, there weren't many of them.

On the ninety-fifth floor, ten high-level beast general-level monsters surrounded Luo Yuan. Each of them had a ferocious appearance, and some even had drool dripping from their mouths. Among them was a three-headed snake-like monster, but it had a single horn on its head, which seemed to be a unicorn python. There were also four monsters that looked like tigers but had lightning wrapped around their bodies, which seemed to be lightning tigers.

There were also three monsters that Luo Yuan couldn't recognize, looking like a chicken and a duck at the same time. Luo Yuan just wanted to say that the information on the martial arts forum was really a bit inaccurate. He had been browsing for so long and had never seen a monster that looked like this before.

Luo Yuan didn't want to think too much. He decided to use the 9-series throwing knives. He was tired of killing them after so long, and the stench of these monsters made him feel nauseous. With a thought, six 9-series throwing knives flew swiftly from Luo Yuan's waist and headed towards the ten monsters surrounding him. The knives' trajectories were varied and their angles were tricky, specifically targeting the monsters' vital points.

The two lightning tigers were stabbed in the anus by Luo Yuan's two throwing knives, which directly shredded their internal organs. The three unicorn pythons were caught off guard by Luo Yuan while dodging the throwing knives and had their heads chopped off. As for the other monsters, they also met their end under the siege of Luo Yuan's throwing knives and battle sword.

When Luo Yuan fought his way to the ninety-ninth floor, he found that his body seemed to have broken through some kind of restriction. Feeling a sudden surge in power, Luo Yuan seemed to have thought of something. After killing all the monsters on the ninety-nine floors, he did not go directly to the last floor, but instead opened his attribute panel.

Name: Luo Yuan

Strength: Apprentice level (Beginner War God)

Strength: 68000kg

Speed: 403 m/s

Defense: 68000 kg

Spiritual weight: 35000 kg

Evasion Technique: Perfect Level

Technique: Five Hearts Facing Heaven Method, Guiding Technique 'Ninefold Primordial Origin' (Second Level)

Skills: Movement technique 'Flowing Light' (Second Level), Sword technique 'Thunder Blade' (Second Level)"

Note: 1. You can pick up attribute bubbles directly using your mental power, and you can also use them for exploration. Currently, both methods can be used within a radius of one kilometer.

2. It can help the host comprehend and create a sword technique.

Looking at his attribute panel, Luo Yuan was overjoyed. He had finally broken through to the God of War level, and his dodging technique had also reached the perfect level. He had previously improved his Ninefold Thunder Blade to the peak of the first level by collecting proficiency in the Limitless Hall. After soloing the ninety-nine floors of this dilapidated skyscraper, his swordsmanship had also improved, and he had finally broken through to the second level.

He was particularly delighted by the two pieces of information on the panel notes. He no longer needed to run around like a madman to pick up attributes. As long as the attribute bubbles were within the range of his mental power, he could pick them up with a single thought. This meant that his strength would improve very quickly in the future. Moreover, with the help of the system, he could also comprehend and create his own sword technique. He would work on that later.

Luo Yuan looked up at the last floor of the stairs, his eyes filled with fervor. His mental strength was growing rather slowly, and the breakthrough point was on this hundredth floor.

Instead of going directly up, he used his mental power to investigate. With the system's help, his mental power could now cover a radius of one kilometer. When he released his mental power, everything within that one kilometer was clearly visible. The buildings also became nothingness. As long as there were no unique restrictions, he could look at anything at will and even hear the sounds.

When Luo Yuan's spiritual power penetrated to the hundredth floor, he saw with his mind's eye a huge nine-tailed white fox lying on it. Its body occupied nearly half of the base of this last floor. It should be noted that the hundredth floor is nearly thirty meters high and 500 square meters in area, so it can be seen how big this fox is.

Judging from the aura emanating from this nine-tailed white fox, Luo Yuan was certain that it had not yet broken through to the lord level, but it was not far from it. Under each of its nine tails lay a seven-tailed or eight-tailed white fox, all of which possessed the might of a high-level beast general. In other words, there were ten high-level phantom foxes on this last level, and the largest one was very close to the lord level in strength.

What Luo Yuan found very interesting was that the hundredth floor was actually enveloped by an invisible mental energy barrier. This must have been the work of the nine-tailed white fox. Luo Yuan guessed that the barrier was probably for soundproofing and shock absorption, otherwise, even though he had made such a commotion down there, these phantom foxes would still be sleeping so soundly.

Of course, that's all. This phantom fox's spiritual energy quality is far inferior to Luo Yuan's. You should know that the spiritual energy that Luo Yuan picked up was refined by the system before being integrated.

Suddenly, the nine-tailed white fox seemed to sense something. It awoke with a start, opened its lantern-sized eyes, and looked around with golden pupils.

Luo Yuan slowly went upstairs. After passing through the mental barrier of the nine-tailed white fox, he made eye contact with it. The nine-tailed white fox let out a "roar~", and then the nine phantom foxes on the hundredth floor immediately formed a formation, watching Luo Yuan warily.

"Human, what are you doing on our territory?"

Suddenly, a mature female voice entered Luo Yuan's mind, which startled him. He hadn't seen the nine-tailed white fox speak; it was actually transmitting its consciousness directly through mental power. Luo Yuan was overjoyed; he had struck gold this time.

"Phantom Fox Clan, I demand your submission, or your death!"

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Chapter 36 Nine-Tailed White Fox

"Hahaha, human, you're courting death!" the nine-tailed white fox transmitted telepathically, its golden pupils filled with ferocity.

"Since you're unwilling, then I'll just have to beat you until you submit."

Luo Yuan's aura suddenly surged, and the pressure of a war god made the group of phantom foxes feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy. A human war god corresponds to a lord-level monster.

"Aww~ Aww~"

At the command of the Nine-Tailed White Fox, the other nine high-level beast general-level phantom foxes quickly formed a strange formation. Their eyes began to turn red, and they opened their mouths towards the sky, as if gathering something inside. Invisible energy waves spread outwards.

Luo Yuan didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he looked at the yellow attribute bubbles falling from the high-level phantom foxes and was delighted. He quickly used his mental power to pick them up. In particular, the attribute bubble that fell from the nine-tailed white fox was yellow with a hint of green. Could it be that the attribute bubbles that fell from lord-level monsters or human war gods were green?

"Mental Strength +6"

"Mental Strength +6"

"Mental Strength +6"

"Mental Strength +10"

"Mental Strength +10"

………………

Good heavens! Luo Yuan's eyes lit up with joy. These high-level phantom foxes were his experience points, and he planned to tame them and make them his pets.

Nine high-level phantom foxes gathered an invisible ball of light in their mouths. Suddenly, they lowered their heads and shot the ball of light at a nine-tailed white fox. Then, they instantly became weak. The ball of light actually merged into the body of the nine-tailed white fox. The aura of this nine-tailed white fox also began to rise. Its body suddenly grew larger, and its snow-white fur grew longer, making it look like it was covered in snow.

The nine-tailed white fox's transformation took only a few breaths. Its pupils turned golden-red, and strange red patterns appeared on its forehead, giving it a mystical appearance. The attribute bubbles it dropped also turned completely green.

"Mental Strength +15"

"Mental Strength +15"

"Mental Strength +15"

........................

"Interesting. You've actually reached the initial lord level, although it's only temporary. But that's not enough!" Luo Yuan wasn't flustered at all; on the contrary, he was eager to try.

"Humans, die!"

The nine-tailed white fox transmitted its message through its spiritual power, and Luo Yuan simply stood there and smiled disdainfully, his expression full of provocation.

"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~~"

The nine tails of the nine-tailed white fox shot towards Luo Yuan like cannonballs, reaching the speed of sound. The force was so great that it pierced holes in the floor of the skyscraper, just like poking tofu with a knife.

Luo Yuan displayed his perfect dodging skills, moving with ease as if he were teleporting through the attacks of the nine-tailed white fox. He even managed to collect attribute bubbles along the way. The nine-tailed white fox attacked for a long time without even touching the hem of Luo Yuan's clothes. It seemed to be going crazy and was getting angry.

Because the nine-tailed white fox knew that its current state was temporary. Once the blessing period ended, these phantom foxes would become fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of the human war god before them.

"That's it, alright. I'm in a hurry, so hurry up and use any other amazing moves you have." Luo Yuan yawned and transmitted his thoughts to the nine-tailed white fox.

"Aww~, human, don't be arrogant, behold my Phantom God Strike."

Suddenly, the nine-tailed white fox opened its mouth to the sky, gathering its spiritual power in its mouth. After a while, it emitted a spiritual wave towards Luo Yuan. The ripples spread out, and Luo Yuan felt a little dizzy.

When Luo Yuan came to his senses, he found himself standing on a vast lake. Strangely, he was standing on the water without falling in. A message came to his mind: this was his sea of ​​consciousness, and the vast lake was formed by his mental energy. He could freely mobilize the mental energy here.

"This seems to be the first time I've come to my own sea of ​​consciousness. It's so vast," Luo Yuan murmured to himself as he sensed this sea of ​​consciousness.

"Aww~, how is this possible? How could a mere novice War God possess such a powerful sea of ​​consciousness!"

Suddenly, a childish voice rang out. Luo Yuan looked down and saw a miniature nine-tailed white fox at his feet. However, the white fox was imprisoned by the lake water formed by spiritual energy and could only stand there blankly.

Luo Yuan lifted the nine-tailed white fox by the collar. The fox bared its teeth at Luo Yuan, looking rather cute. He looked between the fox's legs and saw that it was indeed a female fox. The nine-tailed white fox felt violated and its eyes turned red again.

"Who let you into my sea of ​​consciousness? Do you agree or not?" Luo Yuan asked the nine-tailed white fox.

"Human, you're asking for death!" the nine-tailed white fox then stretched out its head and shouted.

Luo Yuan smiled and tossed the nine-tailed white fox onto the lake. Then, with a thought, the lake surface, formed from his spiritual energy, surged and solidified into countless transparent flying knives that hovered in the air, pointing at the white fox. In the blink of an eye, the nine-tailed white fox was surrounded by thousands of flying knives, each carrying a terrifying killing aura.

"I'll give you one chance to rephrase your words. Will you convince me or not?" Luo Yuan said sharply, narrowing his eyes.

The nine-tailed white fox shrank back as it looked at the thousands of spirit knives surrounding it. As a noble nine-tailed fox, it had great potential and a long future ahead of it. It couldn't die here. If its spirit dissipated, it would become a walking corpse and eventually be devoured by other monsters. Moreover, looking at the human in front of it, who was so young yet possessed such great power, following him didn't seem like a bad deal.

"Master, I, I submit!" The nine-tailed white fox collapsed onto the lake, its pride shattered in the face of life and death.

“Very well. To demonstrate your loyalty, I will leave a wisp of my spiritual power in the center of your sea of ​​consciousness. If you have any disloyalty, I will detonate it. Even if I cannot kill you, I will make you wish you were dead.” Luo Yuan tried to tame the nine-tailed white fox using the methods he had read in some fantasy novels in his previous life. He didn’t really know if it would work, but he was giving it a try anyway.

Returning to reality, Luo Yuan found himself on the 100th floor of a dilapidated skyscraper. His five senses had returned, and the scene in his sea of ​​consciousness felt somewhat unreal and fantastical. But then he remembered that Luo Feng had a huge metal sphere in his sea of ​​consciousness, which was even more fantastical than what he was experiencing now.

Luo Yuan looked at the nine-tailed white fox. It had lost its previous ferocity and become very docile. Its big head rubbed against Luo Yuan, and its snow-white fur was very smooth. The other nine phantom foxes also seemed to have received a command and bowed to Luo Yuan.

"Alright, I'll call you Xiaobai from now on. You're now moving to County 0231, next to the North Military Region of the Jiangnan Base. You must conceal your presence and do not act rashly without my orders. If anything happens, I will transmit my thoughts to you directly through mental power." Luo Yuan transmitted his thoughts to the nine-tailed white fox.

“Yes, Master!” the nine-tailed white fox nodded.

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Chapter 37 Rat Swarm

After giving instructions to the Nine-Tailed Illusion Fox, Luo Yuan began his return journey. He instructed the Nine-Tailed White Fox to lead the Illusion Fox clan to relocate to County 0231, making it easier for him to collect attributes every day. He had a very fruitful trip, not only raising his strength to the War God level but also perfecting his dodging technique, reaching the second level of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, and even increasing his mental power significantly, bringing him closer to the War God level.

Since breaking through to the God of War level, Luo Yuan's speed has reached the speed of sound, so his return journey is much faster.