Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 12 County Town No. 0268

'Yanhuang Home' is very efficient in delivery. At 3 pm, the first three chapters of 'Mist Sword' that Lu Jin bought were delivered.

In the guard's residence, wearing loose training clothes, Lu Jin sat cross-legged in the training hall, flipping through the "Mist Sword" manual.

Similar to the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, which emphasizes speed and is said to be "the only invincible martial art," the core essence of the Mist Sword also lies in speed.

The continuous and extremely fast swordplay can be used to advance, leaving the opponent no time to parry and creating an opportunity to strike; or it can be used to retreat and neutralize all kinds of attacks from the opponent.

When the sword's momentum is like a vast, misty fog, completely enveloping the opponent, that is when the opponent's chance of survival is cut off.

The "Mist Sword" manual contains a complete set of movement techniques called "Lingbo", a complete set of guiding techniques called "Yuanshui", and a complete set of sword techniques called "Mist Sword".

The complete "Mist Sword" is divided into five levels, each containing five chapters on movement techniques, guiding techniques, and sword techniques. However, Lu Jin only bought the first three levels, and each of the movement techniques, guiding techniques, and sword techniques only has three chapters.

Ignoring his useless guiding techniques and setting aside his movement skills for the time being, Lu Jin flipped through the three chapters on swordsmanship.

'Each sword strike uses only 80% of its power? So, the Mist Sword technique, with its five layers of internal force, becomes 4.8 times more powerful when combined with those five layers of hidden energy?'

With a slight brow twitching, Lu Jin couldn't help but think to himself.

As expected, you get what you pay for, and there's a reason why it's expensive. Compared to "Nine Thunder Blade," which costs 100 billion Yanhuang coins, "Mist Sword" is of a much lower quality.

However, on a global scale, 4.8 times the power is actually quite high.

As far as he knew, due to the lack of inheritance, the average councilor-level expert on Earth could only exert three or four times the physical strength, and even Thor, who was the world's most skilled at exerting force, could only exert seven times.

Moreover, the martial artists on Earth have developed their power through a flawed approach, focusing only on strength and speed, and neglecting defense. This has led many fragile martial artists to be hesitant to hunt monsters of similar strength alone in the wilderness.

Shaking his head, Lu Jin stopped thinking about the power multiplier, took out the Po Jun Battle Sword, and began practicing the nine sword moves from the first chapter of "Mist Sword".

For a martial arts novice like him, although he had a solid foundation in swordsmanship, the idea of ​​acquiring a secret manual that could instantly boost his power was basically out of the question.

Whether it's about being a good person or practicing swordsmanship, you can't be overly ambitious; you have to be down-to-earth.

Two o'clock in the morning, at the main gate of the Martial Arts Supply Base in Nanwei District, Jiangnan Base City.

Glancing at the large amount of dry food and water stored in his external storage space, Lu Jin looked back at the supply base, pounded his chest in satisfaction, and then turned and disappeared into the darkness of the wilderness.

In the early morning of June 22, 2056, a monstrous killer with a bloodthirsty nature arrived on the desolate land of Yanhuang.

In the pitch-black night, a figure ran along an abandoned highway.

Ignoring the sporadic roars of beasts echoing through the wilderness, Lu Jin, referring to the satellite map on his combat watch, headed towards a county town numbered 0268, two hundred miles away from the Southern Guard District.

I just got the game "Mist Sword" and I'm not yet proficient in swordsmanship and movement techniques.

It doesn't matter. He hunts monsters not with martial arts strength, but with mental power at the level of a junior warrior.

It's hard to say against Beast General-level monsters, but against Beast Soldier-level monsters, as long as it's not a beast tide, it's a piece of cake.

So, Lu Jin set his sights on County Town No. 0268.

According to the information provided by 'Yanhuang Family', the number of Beast General-level monsters in County 0268 is extremely small, but the number of Beast Soldier-level monsters is large.

Furthermore, most martial arts teams wouldn't venture into areas where beast-general-level monsters like these are rarely seen. After all, the main purpose of martial arts teams going to the wilderness to hunt monsters, besides improving their strength, is to obtain valuable monster materials to sell for money.

However, since beast-class monsters can be killed with ordinary firearms, they don't fetch high prices, so martial arts teams rarely go to such 'remote' places to hunt.

But for Lu Jin, this area, where beast general-level monsters rarely appear and hunting teams seldom visit, is a treasure trove of good fortune.

As the saying goes, "sharpening your axe won't delay your work." In the crushing battle, you can slaughter everything in sight and have a continuous supply of Life Crystals. Once your strength has increased, it won't be too late to change maps and hunt beast generals or even lord-level monsters.

Three hours later, just before dawn, an abandoned city appeared in Lu Jin's sight.

Is the night very dark?
A martial artist's eyesight is far superior to that of an ordinary person. To Lu Jin, the night was much like a cloudy day to an ordinary person.

"Roar--"

Suddenly, a loud roar came from the road, and a canine monster as strong as a lion sprang out from dozens of meters ahead of the shattered road.

"A Grade F Lion Mastiff?"

Lu Jin, who has loved looking at various monster illustrations since childhood, recognized the other party's identity immediately.

Without hesitation, Lu Jin darted out at lightning speed. Once the distance between them had closed to about thirty meters, with a 'whoosh', a throwing knife shot out through the air.

"Pfft-"

A soft sound of flesh being pierced and body being torn apart rang out. The F-grade lion mastiff was directly pierced through the brain by the sharp seventh-element throwing knife and collapsed helplessly on the shattered road.

The next second, Lu Jin appeared next to the lion mastiff's corpse.

Looking around, Lu Jin released his mental energy and, finding no one else present, conjured the Demon Refining Pot in his hand and put the fresh F-rank monster corpse into it.

Without checking for the moment, Lu Jin flashed away and continued running towards the county town ahead.

After entering the county town, Lu Jin casually killed a few mindless beast soldiers with his throwing knives, then found a dilapidated residential building on the outskirts of the county town and hid inside.

Inside the building, which was temporarily considered safe, Lu Jin's consciousness sank into the Demon Refining Pot. He saw that the several monster corpses that had been stored inside the pot were gone, replaced by two apprentice-level life source crystals.

One of them was dark red and was clearly a complete apprentice-level life source crystal.

The other one was a pale red, a color even lighter than the incomplete apprentice-level life crystal he had previously consumed.

"Not bad!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Lu Jin thought to himself, and the dark red apprentice-level life crystal appeared in his hand.

The Life Source Crystal melts upon entering the mouth; as soon as it's placed inside, it transforms into saliva and sinks into the stomach.

Soon, a powerful life force surged from his abdomen and then spread throughout his body, creating an exceptionally comfortable feeling that made Lu Jin involuntarily close his eyes.

The cells of his bones and flesh were evolving, and the familiar 'evolutionary frenzy' reappeared. Lu Jin felt that his physical fitness and mental strength were increasing at a speed that ordinary martial artists could not imagine.

(End of this chapter)