Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 105 Practical Experience, Uninvited Guest

After raising its claws to defend itself twice, the saber-toothed tiger, whose forelimbs were completely corroded by the biting cold, finally couldn't withstand the third foot-long ice spike.

The foot-long ice spike blasted a huge crater several meters in diameter into its massive head, cracking the hard skull and severely injuring it.

Analogous to humans, the saber-toothed tiger beast is like a martial artist who has just entered the ninth level of the universe.

When it comes to attacking and counterattacking, how can a martial artist match the agility of a mentalist?

In addition, the claws were affected by the cold air and were somewhat unresponsive, so it's normal that they couldn't block it.

"Haven't even grasped the domain, just average."

Seeing that the saber-toothed tiger beast had not yet unleashed its domain, Lu Jin curled his lip, and with a thought, a foot-long crystal ice spike shot out again.

"Pfft-"

The crystalline ice spike pierced through the wound on the saber-toothed tiger's head, penetrating the already cracked skull and then reaching its brain.

A burst of biting cold air caused the saber-toothed tiger beast, frozen in solid ice, to completely lose its life force.

Even if a life level has not reached the level of a domain lord, or if there is no life core such as a primordial nucleus, the brain is still a vital part of a cosmic-level life form.

When a telekinetic weapon penetrates the brain, death is inevitable, not to mention that the entire brain and body are frozen into a lump of solid ice.

After retrieving the parts of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, adhering to the principle of not wasting resources, Lu Jin also stored the corpse of the Saber-toothed Tiger Wild Beast into his World Ring.

Then, Lu Jin's thoughts communicated with Mo Yun Teng again: 'Mo Yun, investigate the nearby universe for peak ninth-tier beasts, or beasts that have just entered the first tier of Domain Lord level.'

After this small test, Lu Jin prepared to find stronger wild beasts as his real combat opponents.

Since the purpose of coming to the Nine Heavens Secret Realm is to gain experience, we cannot just look for weaklings to bully; we must find opponents who are evenly matched or whose strength surpasses our own.

While it's satisfying to dominate weaker opponents, future rivals won't always be weaker, so it's necessary to adapt in advance.

A domain lord-level wild beast must possess a domain, and due to a leap in its life level, its strength is at least dozens of times that of a peak ninth-order universe beast.

Theoretically speaking, even a wild beast that has just entered the first level of the Domain Lord realm is stronger than him.

However, Lu Jin was not intimidated at all.

Wearing armor formed from the immortal-grade Cloud Vine, he essentially had an absolute defensive cheat code, so even teasing a low-level domain lord beast was no big deal for him.

'Master, more than 6,000 miles to the northwest, there is a peak ninth-order cosmic beast. It is not yet possible to determine whether it possesses a domain.'

More than 30,000 li to the north, there is a wild beast that has just reached the first level of a Domain Lord.

Mo Yun Teng's voice echoed in Lu Jin's mind.

From a genius's perspective, isn't mastering a field something that anyone can do?
From the perspective of an ordinary person, however, the field is a high-level and powerful force.

Those who possess a domain are all domain lords, something not every cosmic-level life form can have; in fact, only a minority of cosmic-level life forms possess a domain.

Before a being below the Domain Lord level releases its domain, even if the Mo Yun Vine's life level is as high as Immortal, it is impossible to determine whether the other party possesses a domain.

Because the realm does not alter the body and soul of life, nor can it form unique characteristics like the fundamental laws do.

Without hesitation, Lu Jin chose the wild beast located more than 30,000 miles to the north, which was at the first level of the Domain Lord realm.

Picking the softest persimmon?

Lu Jin, who was undergoing training, refused, because only tough challenges could bring him more gains in strength.

"call--"

A blood-red figure streaked across the sky above the vast lake.

'Underwater?'

Sensing the powerful aura emanating from the depths of the water ahead, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

Lu Jin released his mental energy and probed the waters ahead. He saw a huge turtle-like beast coiled at the bottom of the lake, which was ten thousand meters deep.

The giant tortoise looks somewhat ferocious, with a body diameter of over a thousand meters and an overall dark color.

Its enormous head was covered with three sharp spikes, one long and two short, and its shell was covered with numerous spiky protrusions. The black claws at the front of its four limbs gleamed with a chilling light.

When Lu Jin's mental energy swept over the giant turtle, the giant turtle, which was sleeping soundly at the bottom of the lake, opened its huge eyes, its gaze penetrating through the ten-thousand-meter-deep lake water, looking at Lu Jin in mid-air above the lake.

"hold head high--"

As the lake water rippled, a long, drawn-out call from a turtle rang out.

Perhaps too lazy to bother with Lu Jin, this 'weak little guy', the giant tortoise yawned and then closed its eyes again.

Do whatever you want, but don't disturb my afternoon nap!
Lu Jin: "."

"Sky-Piercing Style, Condense!"

Lu Jin's gaze sharpened, and amidst the surging azure light, the water domain expanded, and his mental power surged forth. The Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon he carried on his back shot out a string of tiny sharp cones.

The secret-patterned silk threads connect and converge, gathering a dazzling blue light, and a foot-long blue ice cone appears.

"call out--"

A foot-long ice spike shot out, piercing into the lake and heading straight for the giant turtle at the bottom.

Should we not fight?
Then I'll force you to accept the challenge!

"Shh-"

In an instant, the giant tortoise beast, which had originally intended to ignore Lu Jin and continue sleeping, opened its eyes.

"hold head high--"

An angry roar rang out, and a blue light flashed from the dark spikes on the giant tortoise beast's head.

As the Force surged, a beam of blue light burst forth, meeting the foot-long ice spike that shot through the water.

"Bam—"

"Kakaka-"

Two streaks of blue light intersected, emanating a chilling aura that instantly froze the nearby lake water. The water was then shattered into ice crystals by the violent energy fluctuations, causing the temperature of the surrounding lake water to plummet.

At the same time, the ferocious giant turtle swung its four limbs and rushed towards the lake surface at high speed.

Although turtles prefer quiet environments, they are still wild beasts from the wilderness and marshes.

Feeling that its dignity as the overlord of the vast lake had been severely challenged, the giant tortoise could no longer tolerate it.

"Wow--"

Water splashed and a huge column of water shot into the sky. The giant tortoise beast quickly rose to the surface, its huge dark blue tortoise eyes filled with anger as it stared at Lu Jin in the air not far away.

"Heavenly Frost Style, Condense!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back shot out a string of blue light, which gathered into nine foot-long ice cones.

The aura of the laws flowed, and the blue threads on the ice cones burst and intertwined, with sharp snowflakes bursting out from the nine ice cones as the center.

In the blink of an eye, a spherical space with a radius of several hundred meters centered on Lu Jin transformed into a world of ice and snow, with countless sharp snowflakes flying down.

The next moment, leaving a trail of afterimages in mid-air, Lu Jin's figure flew rapidly towards the giant tortoise beast.

While it's said that mentalists can attack from a distance, their attack range is actually quite limited when their level isn't too high.

Once a martial artist reaches the planetary level, they can project their Force, and the stronger they are, the farther the Force attack can travel.

This results in the fact that during the apprentice stage, mental cultivators can be said to completely overwhelm martial artists of the same level and have an absolute advantage.

However, once the level increases, although the advantages of a mentalist still exist, in one-on-one combat, the advantage they can gain is far less than that of an apprentice.

"Whoosh-"

The giant tortoise beast's body surged with primal force, and blue light gathered at the tips of its claws. It then unleashed a hundred-meter-long, azure energy claw at Lu Jin, who was flying from afar.

The azure giant claw shot out, and Lu Jin's mind shifted, causing the surrounding space to distort and several spatial illusions to appear.

Upon seeing this, a look of astonishment flashed in the giant tortoise beast's large, dark blue eyes.

What the hell?
With a fierce glint in its eyes, the giant tortoise beast unleashed several more massive claw strikes.

As expected, under the deliberate manipulation of the giant tortoise beast, Lu Jin's figure was shattered several times by the successive attacks of the azure giant claws, but those hit by the giant claws were all spatial illusions.

It's no exaggeration to say that once you master the spatial illusion body technique, unless you encounter a saturation attack that targets both your main body and all your illusion bodies simultaneously, you'll at most get your clothes slightly dirty.

Just as several spatial illusions were being destroyed, Lu Jin, who was flying at high speed on the Water Cloud Shuttle, unleashed an 'ice and snow world' that covered an area of ​​hundreds of meters, which also enveloped part of the giant tortoise beast's body.

"Dang Dang Dang——"

"呲呲呲——"

Dense, sharp snowflakes swirled down, accompanied by a metallic clang and the sound of flesh being pierced and torn apart.

Undoubtedly, the strongest part of a turtle's defense is its shell, which almost completely protects its entire body.

Lu Jin's Heavenly Frost Style unleashed sharp snowflakes, but they were clearly lacking in power and unable to break through the shell of the giant tortoise beast, which had just entered the first level of the Domain Lord realm.

However, since the giant tortoise beast does not have other parts protected by a sturdy shell, its defensive capabilities are not that strong.

In the blink of an eye, numerous fine wounds appeared on the giant tortoise beast's limbs, neck, head, and other parts, and countless drops of bright red blood spurted out, staining the surrounding lake water red.

Unfortunately, for a domain lord-level life form whose life core is its life essence, physical injuries are not fatal.

As long as there is sufficient internal energy, physical injuries can be easily healed, let alone minor injuries that do not have much impact.

"Roar--"

The damage wasn't high, but the pain from the dense wounds was no less intense. The giant tortoise beast roared angrily, and a surge of blue light erupted, instantly expanding its water domain.

"Shhhhh-"

At the same time, a dense barrage of water arrows burst forth from the giant tortoise beast, raining down on Lu Jin.

"Shuashuashua——"

Upon seeing this, Lu Jin's pupils shrank slightly, and multiple spatial illusions appeared, causing him to dodge continuously.

Furthermore, while dodging, he used his stronger understanding of the laws and his affinity for the laws to control his own water domain and suppress the water domain of the giant tortoise beast.

"Boom boom boom boom boom—" The number of water arrows that shot out was so great that it was like an overwhelming storm. Even with Lu Jin's excellent movement skills and the ability to create eight spatial illusions, he could not avoid being hit by the saturation attack.

Fortunately, this was not an invisible and intangible soul attack. With the blood-red armor formed from the Immortal-level Cloud Vine, the mere first-tier regional lord giant tortoise beast could not break through its defenses.

The water realm spread, manifesting countless illusory forms within, and countless sharp snowflakes swept through the 'Frosty World'.

One side was tough and resilient, unleashing a barrage of water arrows. The two sides exchanged blows, creating a lively and exciting battle.

After a long battle, the giant tortoise beast's own blood had already stained the nearby lake red, and it was extremely frustrated.

Although this 'three-eyed' creature has a much lower life level than it, its strength is not to be underestimated.

Let's not even talk about those numerous 'illusions' where the attack itself is a false hit, but the person being hit is real.

The blood-red armor on its body was some kind of treasure, and all its attacks seemed to tickle the opponent, failing to cause any damage whatsoever.

Your own attacks cannot break your defense, but the opponent's attacks can break your defense.

Although each wound was almost negligible, there were just too many sharp snowflakes falling, like a blizzard was raging in the sky.

Fortunately, his strength had reached the Overlord level (Domain Lord level), and he had condensed the 'Overlord Core' (Life Core), possessing an 'Immortal Body', otherwise he would have had all his blood drained.

"Roar--"

Unable to defeat Lu Jin after a long time, the giant tortoise beast roared in frustration, its body surging with primal force and glowing with a brilliant blue light.

Lu Jin was immediately startled and retreated rapidly, preparing for the giant tortoise beast to unleash its ultimate attack.

But at that moment, a cunning glint flashed in the giant tortoise beast's dark blue eyes, and it immediately plunged into the water and fled.

I, an old tortoise, have lived through countless sunrises and sunsets, but I understand best what it means to 'know when to shrink back'.

Lu Jin: "."

They escaped?

Without hesitation, Lu Jin immediately plunged into the water to give chase.

With his current level of strength, ordinary environmental factors can no longer have a significant impact on him, let alone the fact that he has comprehended the Law of Water.

More than an hour later, somewhere in the lake.

"Wow--"

A column of water shot into the sky, and a blood-red figure burst out of the water, riding a water shuttle, flying towards the shore of the vast lake.

At the bottom of the lake, tens of thousands of meters deep and stained red with blood, the giant tortoise-like beast stretched out its wrinkled neck, looking utterly despondent.

Lu Jin did not allow Mo Yun Teng to kill the giant tortoise beast. For him now, the giant tortoise beast was a good opponent.

He gained a lot from this match and will come back again tomorrow.

After setting up a temporary settlement on the shore of the vast lake, Lu Jin began to summarize the gains from this battle.

After summarizing and organizing, he began to practice the third set of sword techniques out of the 108 sets of sword techniques in the "Falling Snow Secret Manual".

What the human being needs to do is to enhance their understanding of the Law of Water, cultivate the "Heavenly Frost Secret Manual" that comes with the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, and cultivate the "Myriad Streams" technique.

The "Heavenly Frost Manual" and "Myriad Flows" can be practiced in actual combat, while practicing the 108 sword techniques of the "Falling Snow Manual" can also enhance one's understanding of the Law of Water.

Therefore, during non-combat periods, the only training task for the human being is to master the 108 sword techniques of the "Falling Snow Secret Manual".

As for the Water Qilin clone located in the Great Luo Heaven at this time, it only has one cultivation task—to cultivate the 108 sword techniques of the "Bloodstained Secret Manual".

Of course, besides cultivating the "Bloodstained Secret Manual", the Water Kirin clone also has another task.

That is to set aside a small portion of time each day to remotely probe the star of the Nine Heavens Secret Realm through the Kunlun Mirror, and see if any treasures can be found.

Using the psychic power of the Water Kirin clone at the peak of the ninth level of the universe, it can use the Kunlun Mirror to probe remotely, and each time it can probe a spherical area with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers without any blind spots.

The diameter of the star Gan Guang is tens of billions of kilometers, which is hundreds of thousands of times the diameter that the Kunlun Mirror can detect.

To survey the entire planet of Chaoguang, one would need to investigate trillions upon trillions of them.

Such an astronomical number... it's unrealistic to explore it all. It's just a matter of trying our luck. What if we get incredibly lucky?

It can be said that the Kunlun Mirror has a considerable range of exploration, but it is not yet sufficient.

Fortunately, this is only temporary. As strength increases, the detection range of the Kunlun Mirror will also increase.

Initially, planetary-class planets had a diameter of 1,000 kilometers, stellar-class planets had a diameter of 10,000 kilometers, and now cosmic-class planets have a diameter of 100,000 kilometers.

If nothing unexpected happens, then the diameter of a domain lord-level domain lord will be one million kilometers, and the diameter of a world lord-level domain lord will be ten million kilometers, and the exploration range will also increase very rapidly.

In addition, treasures with contained energy are very difficult to find using the Kunlun Mirror.

However, treasures with large energy fluctuations are very conspicuous in the Kunlun Mirror's detection.

Moreover, in the Devouring Starry Sky, the truly valuable treasures are usually those that are restless and unruly.

If it is not fully developed yet, the treasure needs to absorb a large amount of cosmic energy as nourishment, which will cause quite a stir.

If the treasure has already been conceived, it will emit energy fluctuations, waiting for the destined person to arrive.

Both of these phenomena exhibit obvious anomalies and are essentially impossible to escape the Kunlun Mirror's detection.

A week later, Lu Jin abandoned the giant tortoise beast.

In terms of actual combat strength, he was no match for the giant tortoise beast that had just entered the first level of the Domain Lord realm.

The reason he was able to beat his opponent to the point of despair was entirely because he was wearing armor made of the Immortal-grade Cloud Vine, and the third level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon: Heavenly Frost Style could also pose a certain threat to his opponent.

Once you've become familiar with your opponent's fighting style and improved your own combat experience, continuing to fight them becomes pointless.

Moreover, considering that this giant tortoise beast had served as his sparring partner for a week, and had at least put in the effort even if it hadn't done anything particularly meritorious, Lu Jin didn't let Mo Yun Teng kill it.

A Water Domain Pearl and a Domain Lord-level Life Source Crystal were no longer of any concern to Lu Jin.

However, the journey of trials is not over; it has only just begun.

In the second week, Lu Jin found a wild beast that looked like an enlarged Tyrannosaurus Rex.

This Tyrannosaurus Rex beast is slightly stronger than the Giant Turtle beast, and its level has reached the peak of the first rank of Domain Lord.

But with the Immortal-grade Cloud Vine Armor on his body, Lu Jin, fearless, went straight into battle.

Every day, in addition to practicing the "Falling Snow Secret Manual," he would find his opponent to fight.

The goal is not to defeat the opponent, but to improve one's own combat experience and skills in the process of fighting.

Furthermore, while practicing the "Heavenly Frost Secret Manual" and "Myriad Threads Flow" in actual combat, one should also strive to minimize the number of attacks one suffers.

Because Lu Jin knew that the attack of a first-level Domain Lord at the peak was aimed at the human body at the ninth-level Stellar Realm.

Without the Cloud Vine Battle Armor, even wearing a fourth-tier Force Battle Suit would have been enough to severely injure him, or even kill him outright.

In the third week, Lu Jin changed his next opponent.
Every week, Lu Jin would have Mo Yun Teng find a wild beast whose level did not exceed the peak of the second tier of Domain Lord, to serve as a combat opponent and familiarize them with different combat rhythms.

As for those whose level exceeds the peak of the second tier of a Domain Lord?
Unless the opponent's body is too fragile, the Heavenly Frost Style cannot break through their defenses.

If you can't even break through their defenses, you'll only get beaten up. Naturally, Lu Jin wouldn't seek out such an opponent for actual combat.

Time flies, and more than half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

That morning, above a mountain range.

Lu Jin, exuding a fierce aura, was fighting against a wild beast with a wingspan of over two hundred meters, three pairs of wings, and golden feathers that looked as if they were cast from iron. It resembled an eagle.

Suddenly, Mo Yun Teng's voice rang in Lu Jin's mind: 'Master, a human Realm Lord has appeared 30 kilometers to the southwest, at the seventh level of Realm Lord.'

Upon hearing the sound, Lu Jin frowned slightly. Relying on the Cloud Vine Armor he was wearing, he withstood a blow from the flying beast before retreating rapidly and disengaging from the battle.

Seeing that the 'three-eyed monster' had come to fight him for the third time and seemed unwilling to continue, the flying beast was overjoyed. With a flap of its three pairs of golden wings, it quickly fled.

Lu Jin ignored the flying beast and rode the Water Cloud Shuttle, flying northwest into the sky.

Early on, when Lu Jin first came to the planet of Gaoguang for training, he had instructed Mo Yunteng to warn him whenever a human realm lord approached within 30 kilometers.

This wasn't Lu Jin intending to hunt down a human realm lord, but rather a matter of caution.

It should be noted that the human being's life level is only at the peak of the ninth rank of the Stellar Realm.

Even though the Water Kirin clone was a level higher, its consciousness strength was only at the peak of the ninth level of the universe.

Once he encounters a Realm Lord, given the vast difference in power, even from a great distance, a single glance from the other party is often enough to shatter his soul.

After all, he wasn't a freak like Hong. Aside from the factor of cheat codes, he was just an ordinary Earthling with a little talent.

Of course, with the ability to create clones, Lu Jin wasn't afraid of his main body's soul collapsing. As long as the original core remained, he could be a hero again in no time.

But while he wasn't afraid of death, he feared the enslavement of his soul.

With the soul strength of a Realm Lord-level expert, if there were a secret technique for soul enslavement, he wouldn't be able to stop it at all, and it might even be so fast that Mo Yun Teng wouldn't have time to make an effective response.

Therefore, to avoid this situation, Lu Jin had Mo Yun Teng set up a warning zone.

If a human realm master appears within a radius of 300,000 kilometers, notify him immediately.

Moreover, if any human realm lord appears within a 100,000-kilometer radius, they will be killed without question, eliminating all risks.

The reason he left the spot was mainly because Lu Jin didn't have much bloodlust for humans. If the other party was just passing by, he would act as if nothing had happened.

After all, he wasn't so domineering as to not allow others to pass by his vicinity.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Water Qilin clone within the Great Luo Heaven stopped cultivating the "Blood-Drifting Secret Manual".

With a thought, the Kunlun Mirror located the original body, and then extended its view to the southwest to remotely probe the human realm lord.

Soon, the human realm lord appeared in the God's-eye view of the water unicorn's avatar.

This is a rather burly realm lord, standing 5.6 meters tall, with a single red horn on his head, red hair and red eyebrows, and his entire exposed skin covered with red patterns resembling flames.

If Lu Jin remembered correctly, the other party was the Red Horned Humans, one of the many branches of the human race in the universe, and they were not uncommon in the Tianshuang Universe.

At this moment, the Crimson Horned Human Realm Lord leisurely hung at a distance behind his true form, a look of joy on his face, as if he had encountered something to be happy about.

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