Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 22 Guidance, Growth

Qin Ming was actually thinking about this problem during the previous battle.

Not only was it because he wanted to train his body and halberd skills, but also because he found that when he was fighting against the beast tide, the feeling of high mental concentration and wanton fighting made his blood boil.

When sorting out his thoughts after the battle, Qin Ming discovered that in that state, the speed of absorbing soul aura and flesh and blood essence was several times faster than usual!
This brings about a rapid increase in strength.

Although he did not conduct a punching strength test, Qin Ming estimated that his punching strength was probably close to 7000kg.

Under the protection of everyone, the speed of simply using mental power to attack and absorbing soul breath and flesh and blood essence has increased compared to usual, but it is not very big.

Qin Ming also had some guesses about this situation.

There is great terror between life and death.

When facing the crisis of death, every cell in the body will boil like a conditioned reflex, making him absorb faster.

And with the captain and the others here, this is also a good training opportunity.

Psychics do have a great advantage at the apprentice level, but this advantage will be greatly weakened after warriors break through to the planetary level and possess the ability to fly and awaken special abilities.

With the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Qin Ming believed that there would be no problem in reaching the planetary level.

At this stage, he still relies mainly on mental power, but his physical skills and close combat are not bad either.

"Okay, you'll take Qianye's place later. Be careful. We'll clear out most of the monsters first, and then lure out the ones hiding in the house.

There are already high-level beasts here. If they gather into a beast tide, we will be in danger."

Without much hesitation, Lu Haochuan agreed.

Qin Ming has already proven his strength, so it is not impossible to let him lead the way.

However, as the cleanup continued, they had entered a dangerous area and could no longer act recklessly as before.

"Don't worry, Captain. With my telekinesis, I don't have to worry about being attacked. If things don't work out, I can always use my flying knives to resolve the battle."

Qin Ming nodded and said without hesitation.

……

Two hours later.

"Let's go, keep moving forward!"

After their strength was restored, they continued walking to the next street. As for the monster corpses and other things behind them, there would naturally be special military personnel to clean up.

The battlefield camera system will clearly record all military achievements, including those from hunting monsters.

Holding the Broken Army Halberd, Qin Ming and Zhang Yan walked in the front, with twelve flying knives suspended in the air, flowing slowly like swimming fish.

"You left, I'll be right, let's go!"

Zhang Yan held the war hammer in one hand and looked at a small herd of armored bulls not far away.

The Iron-Armored Ox is nearly three meters tall at the shoulders, and its fur has mutated into black scales. It is one of the stronger ones in the same level in terms of both strength and defense. The weakest ones are all high-level beast soldiers, and their leader is a medium-level beast general.

Further away, there are some monsters like unicorn boars, lion mastiffs and the like.

In the distribution of monster populations, before the Great Nirvana period, pigs, dogs, cats, cows, sheep, etc. were the most numerous in human society, so nowadays the majority of monsters are pigs, dogs, cats, cows, sheep, snakes, etc.

Monsters formed by mutations of foxes, monkeys, scorpions, wolves, tigers, and leopards are very rare.

This also applies to City 003, except that City 003 is close to the ocean, and some amphibious monsters will crawl out of the ocean.

“We both use long and heavy weapons, and our fighting styles are similar.

You can see how I fight.

Using heavy weapons makes us far more lethal than other warriors, but it also makes it easy for monsters to take advantage of us when we move so vigorously, so we need to hold back.

Also, use throwing knives when it's time to use them.

This is actual combat, not training. If you’re not careful, you could be seriously injured or even die!"

Zhang Yan said in a deep voice.

Qin Ming is very talented, but his martial arts strength is only that of a high-level warrior. Facing a monster of the level of the Iron-Armored Bull, it is actually very difficult for him to engage in close combat.

"Understood! Don't worry, Brother Zhang."

Qin Ming took a deep breath, then held the halberd with both hands in the Yin-Yang position and strode forward.

tread!tread!
The alloy boots landed on the ground with a crisp sound.

The armored bull a hundred meters away immediately looked over. Years of fighting had caused the armored bull's eyes to turn red the moment it spotted humans.

Roar!
With roars, all the armored bulls ran wildly in the ruins.

"Here it comes!" Zhang Yan's war hammer slammed into the ground, bouncing up a deformed sewer manhole cover on the ground, and then he kicked it hard.

Bang!
With huge power, the manhole cover rushed towards the herd of armored bulls. The head of one armored bull that was hit caved in on the spot, and the three armored bulls next to it instinctively turned their heads to avoid it.

The charge formation was thrown into chaos. Now!

The two men growled and simultaneously launched a counterattack towards the armored cattle.

A distance of one hundred meters is almost a blink of an eye for warriors and armored bulls.

Qin Ming's pupils shrank slightly, and he moved his feet to avoid the frontal charge of the armored bulls. While the twelve flying knives tore the three armored bulls into pieces, the tip of the Broken Army Halberd accurately pierced the gap in the nose bone of an armored bull.

Like Qin Ming, Zhang Yan dodged the frontal attack of the armored bull and smashed the armored bull's side with a hammer.

The moment the hammer head touched the scales, the armored bull, with a force of over twenty tons, flew up into the air.

Bang!
The armored bull flew backwards and knocked down several of its charging companions in succession, causing the entire formation to become completely chaotic.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Ming rushed forward.

The halberd in his hand pierced the throat of an armored bull, and after slashing it out, he used the crescent of the halberd to hook the leg joint of another armored bull and pulled it hard.

With his strength, he could not confront the Iron-Armored Bull head-on like Zhang Yan did, and could only attack its weak points.

Although he could not kill the monster every time, Qin Ming did not turn back to finish it off, but continued to move forward.

He was not fighting alone, there were captain and others behind him.

"Pay attention to the rhythm!" Lu Haochuan's spear smashed the head of an armored bull, his voice as calm as a precision machine tool, "Qian Ye, two o'clock!"

Ling Qianye's two swords turned into phantoms, and the whole person passed under an armored bull like a ghost, protecting Xiao Heng firmly in the center.

Xiao Heng held a heavy machine gun and fired continuously.

With a dull sound, an armored bull fell down each time.

When dealing with beast-soldier-level monsters, firearms are extremely powerful, especially in the hands of a hot weapon warrior like Xiao Heng.

The roar of the machine gun can easily attract monsters from farther away.

……

After half an hour.

The ruins of the street were already littered with the corpses of monsters, and Qin Ming was covered in blood.

“It’s good, but it’s not enough.

It’s good that you have learned Zhang Yan’s fighting style and my fighting style.

But you must remember, you are a spiritual master!

You don't have to learn from us completely.

The perfect level of body skills allows one to utilize any object or life around them.

But as a psychic, why would you give up your greatest advantage?

You can fully utilize mental power to make your body move better, kill monsters with the smallest force, and attack their weaknesses.

Including interfering with monsters and creating opportunities.

Don't reject your own power.

The best fighting style is the one that suits you."

Lu Haochuan walked up to Qin Ming, his brows furrowed slightly and his voice serious.

As soon as the battle started, he discovered that Qin Ming had deliberately not used his mental power in order to train his body and halberd skills. This was obviously a detour!

He didn't say it immediately during the battle, just to let Qin Ming have a deeper understanding.

"I understand."

Qin Ming suddenly understood.

He did intend to imitate the fighting styles of the captain, Zhang Yan and others, especially the captain. That smooth and flowing fighting style was very attractive to him.

Moreover, in order to train his body and become stronger, he did suppress his mental power.

This always made him feel aggrieved, and it was not as enjoyable as fighting the beast tide alone.

There is nothing wrong with imitation, but copying is wrong.

"Also, you made several fatal mistakes when facing the Iron Bull! For example..."

As a high-level warrior who is close to being a god of war, and also a weapon master with the highest level of physical skills and artistic conception, Captain Lu Haochuan clearly pointed out Qin Ming's mistakes one by one.

It could be body movements, halberd techniques, or even the operation of a flying knife.

Qin Ming suddenly understood what he had said. With all sorts of ideas in his mind, he just wanted to experiment again on the spot to verify it.

"Let's go! Take a break. There's a big guy ahead. The real test has just begun."

(End of this chapter)