Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 13 Cultivating Skills in Real Combat

After a long while, Lu Jin, whose strength had surged dramatically, opened his eyes, realizing that the life force provided by the Life Source Crystal was exhausted.

'Whoosh—' 'Whoosh—' 'Whoosh—'

After throwing a few punches out of thin air, Lu Jin secretly assessed the changes in his own body.

"You increased your punching power by a thousand kilograms?"

After a moment, Lu Jin carefully observed the changes and came to a conclusion.

Although he hadn't been tested by the punching power testing machine and his cheat didn't display his various strength data, Lu Jin felt that his guess was probably correct.

Is the Life Source Crystal incredibly effective?

Perhaps this is indeed the case from the perspective of ordinary Earth martial artists.

But in Lu Jin's opinion, it seemed to be just like that.

The universe is vast and full of wonders; there are countless treasures that can enhance the strength of apprentice-level martial artists without any side effects.

Even if one swallows a golden pill (life source crystal), and one's fate is in one's own hands (achieving immortality), that is a normal situation and there is no need to make a fuss.

After all, the Demon Refining Pot is a supreme treasure of the God King. Even if it is limited by the suppression of the primordial universe, it is still an extremely powerful treasure.

Lu Jin was even certain that Life Source Crystals were not the only resources that the Demon Refining Pot could produce by decomposing corpses; it was just that the 'raw materials' he was currently using were of extremely low quality.

Otherwise, if it can only produce Life Source Crystals, then this God King's Treasure would be too weak.

After glancing at the remaining incomplete Life Source Crystal in the Demon Refining Pot, Lu Jin thought for a moment and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to consume it.

Before leaving the guard zone, his punching power was close to 3,000 kilograms. Now he has increased his punching power by another 1,000 kilograms, which is nearly 4,000 kilograms. He is not far from the minimum punching power of 4,000 kilograms for advanced warriors.

Before a mentalist's talent for mental power is fully realized, their mental power level is two levels higher than that of a martial artist.

With physical abilities approaching those of a high-level warrior, his psychic power is naturally close to that of a mid-level general.

Such strength, placed on a novice martial artist who hasn't even mastered the first level of an S-rank martial arts manual, especially one that has grown rapidly in a short period of time, is like a child wielding a large sword.

In a world that devours everything, the importance of the foundation is self-evident.

Of course, this foundation does not refer to rank.

Rather, it is factors that determine combat strength, such as physical exertion, mental power amplitude, movement technique level, willpower strength, and comprehension of domain laws.

If one blindly stacks levels at this moment, their physical attributes and mental power will surge, making it difficult to control them effectively.

Therefore, in terms of improving physical strength, mental power amplitude, and movement technique level, at least several times the original effort will be required.

As for not addressing the fundamentals?

If you don't practice swordsmanship and movement techniques, how can you comprehend the essence, the domain, or the laws?
Stellar-level martial artists or mentalists who cannot grasp the fundamental laws will inevitably become cannon fodder sooner or later.

They might not even qualify to be cannon fodder.

With a surge of telekinesis, a sharp seven-element throwing knife hovered above his head. The Broken Army Battle Sword, which he carried on his back, was unsheathed. Holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, Lu Jin left the residential building where he was hiding and went to find a beast-soldier-level monster to practice his swordsmanship and movement techniques in actual combat.

Real combat is undoubtedly the most efficient way to practice swordsmanship and movement techniques.

Ordinary martial artists wouldn't dare to do this, otherwise, if they made a mistake, they would most likely be finished.

But Lu Jin is different. He is not only a martial artist but also a mentalist, and his mental power cultivation is much higher than that of a martial artist. If he accidentally makes a mistake, the six-element combat suit he wears, which can withstand the bites of high-level beast generals, is enough to serve as his life-saving shield among the beast soldier-level monsters.

The seven-element throwing knives, suspended overhead and ready to unleash a fatal blow at any moment, can make up for mistakes in actual combat in an instant.

Ten days later, in the afternoon.

On a street in County 0268, a large, spotted, tiger-like creature with two tails, a low-level beast general-level two-tailed tiger cat, commanded more than twenty calf-sized beast soldier-level tiger cat minions to attack a fully armed human warrior who held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right.

Around the battlefield, there were already more than a dozen beast-soldier-level tiger cat corpses lying around.

"Bam—"

"Pfft-"

The sturdy hexagonal shield blocked the pounce of a tiger-cat. Lu Jin thrust out his battle sword, the sharp Po Jun sword piercing directly through the tiger-cat's relatively vulnerable neck. Then, with a downward pull and a turn of his feet, he narrowly avoided the outstretched claws of two tiger-cat monsters behind him.

Although he was being attacked by more than twenty monsters, the number of tiger cats that could attack him at the same time was very limited because the tiger cats were as big as calves.

"Roar--"

Seeing another underling fall in battle, the two-tailed tiger-cat who was holding the line finally couldn't sit still any longer. It raised its head and roared angrily. Its body, which was even stronger than a tiger, crouched down slightly and rushed towards Lu Jin in the middle of the battle.

"Hmph—I'm not playing with you guys anymore!"

Seeing this, Lu Jin, who had been distracted by the two-tailed tiger cat, snorted coldly, and three seventh-element throwing knives that had been hovering above his head shot out, drawing three deadly arcs on the battlefield.

"Puff puff puff puff puff puff—"

With a series of piercing sounds, the more than twenty beast-soldier level tiger-cats that were besieging Lu Jin all had their brains pierced by sharp throwing knives.

"呲-"

The next moment, a screeching sound rang out. It was the two-tailed tiger cat that had witnessed this scene. Its claws left deep claw marks on the old and cracked street, sending up a string of sparks.

Spicy balls!

Instantly annihilating more than twenty of its own underlings, even though the two-tailed tiger cat wasn't the sharpest of brains, it could still realize that the human martial artist before it was someone it absolutely couldn't afford to offend.

Driven by its desire to live, the two-tailed tiger cat, before it could stop its forward momentum, forcibly turned its body, pushed off the ground with both legs, and ran in the opposite direction at an even faster speed.

Before, it was hunting; now it's fleeing for one's life. Which is faster? Is there even a question?
'Trying to run away?'

With a stomp of its foot, leaving a clear footprint on the hard cement ground, it chased after the fleeing two-tailed tiger cat at a speed far exceeding 100 meters per second.

Lu Jin did not choose to kill the low-level beast general-level two-tailed tiger-cat with a throwing knife, but instead prepared to kill it with his own martial arts strength to verify what he had gained in the past ten days.

Ten days ago, his martial arts skills were indeed only those of an intermediate-level warrior who severely lacked practical experience and had few techniques.

Even disregarding equipment factors, in terms of martial arts strength alone, he couldn't even defeat a high-level beast soldier.

But things are different now. After ten days of hard work (using cheat codes), and taking an apprentice-level life crystal every day, he has become a beginner warrior with a punching power of over 10,000, decent combat experience, superb swordsmanship, and mastery of microscopic movement techniques!

Soon, realizing that the human martial artist behind it was faster than it, the two-tailed tiger cat, knowing it couldn't escape, stopped running and prepared to have a real life-or-death duel with the human martial artist.

Although its chances of winning this life-or-death duel were slim, given its recent entry into the Beast General realm, it was its only way out.

(End of this chapter)