Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 45 Planetary-Level Life Source Crystal

'Whoosh whoosh--'

A flash of light appeared, and four silver-gray Sky Shuttle blades shot out through the air.

In the blink of an eye, the four Star-Spotted Scorpion monsters, whose highest level was no more than a mid-level lord, were killed by the sharp blades of the Sky-Piercing Shuttle.

"His-"

The fall of four Lord-level Star-Spotted Scorpions caused a stir among the numerous Beast Generals and Beast Soldiers of the Star-Spotted Scorpion monsters throughout the valley, with the hissing of scorpions filling the air.

'You looked down on me before, but now that I've killed four of your lord's underlings, you should be getting a little upset, shouldn't you?'

Sensing the particularly powerful aura deep within the earth below, Lu Jin in mid-air couldn't help but think to himself.

Sure enough, very soon, a giant scorpion over ten meters long rushed out of the largest underground passage in the center of the valley below.

The Scorpion King's torso is jet black, covered in star-like spots, while its massive pincers and tail are silvery-white, emanating a faint aura of violent lightning.

After bursting out of the underground passage, Scorpion King did not stop its momentum. Instead, it soared into the sky and flew towards Lu Jin, who was in mid-air.

In the world of Swallowing the Stars, if the gravity of a planet or continent is not too great...

Whether human or monster, anyone whose life level reaches planetary level can possess the ability to fly.

'Whoosh—'

With a thought, Lu Jin manipulated the hexagonal shield beneath his feet to dodge the soaring Scorpion King.

In terms of running speed on the ground, he is inferior to Scorpion King, who is a King-level monster.

However, in terms of flight speed, even the Scorpion King, which is not a bird species, is a mere junior compared to him, even without the double flight speed boost from the Sky Shuttle.

"Drill cone, solidify!"

After dodging the Scorpion King, Lu Jin's mind raced, and the Sky Shuttle he carried on his back transformed into 365 silver-gray blades that scattered out and converged into a cone under the control of his mental power.

The next moment, twelve golden threads suddenly shone brightly, and the mountain-drilling cone transformed into a golden stream of light that shot out towards the Scorpion King not far away.

Boasting himself as a King-level monster, while his opponent was merely a so-called War God-level mentalist, a whole realm below him, Scorpion King didn't take Lu Jin's attack seriously.

After all, in its understanding, only human experts at the level of councilors and powerful laser cannons are worthy of its fear.

"call out--"

With only one giant pincer guarding its front, the Scorpion King did not choose to dodge. It raised its ferocious silver tail hook, and amidst the purple arcs of electricity, a purple beam of light shot out at lightning speed.

The two sides were not far apart, and the purple beam attack formed by the Scorpion King's primal energy was extremely fast, just like a beast-shaped laser cannon.

However, this did not stump Lu Jin. He used his telekinesis to move the hexagonal shield under his feet sideways, thus avoiding the Scorpion King's attack.

After mastering the Mountain Drill Cone and Mountain Shield, why did he spend three days practicing these two secret techniques before setting off, even though he was eager to hunt down a King-level monster?

There was no other reason than to make myself proficient in using these two secret techniques.

Moreover, while performing the secret technique, a small portion of mental energy can be diverted to attack and dodge simultaneously.

"boom--"

Just as Lu Jin dodged the purple beam of light, a violent roar resounded throughout the valley.

The mountain-drilling cone, which transformed into a burst of golden light, struck the Scorpion King's body.

Under the intense drilling and tearing force, one of the giant silver pincers that the Scorpion King had been blocking in front of him was instantly shattered. Before the Scorpion King's eight cold eyes could even show any fear, the drilling cone, still unabated in its momentum, drilled a huge, gaping hole through the flesh in the Scorpion King's body.

The next second, the drill that had killed the Scorpion King transformed into a Sky Shuttle and flew back.

After putting away the hexagonal shield, Lu Jin rode the Sky Shuttle and sped past, collecting the Scorpion King's corpse, which was in freefall in mid-air, into his external storage space. He then quickly left the Qinling Mountains.

For Lu Jin at present, the first priority is to find a safe place to decompose the Scorpion King's corpse into planetary life source crystals.

Then, by relying on the planetary-level life source crystal, he broke through to become a planetary-level mentalist.

Having become a planetary-level psychic and made up for the gaps in his basic skills, with the Mountain Drill Cone that has a psychic power amplitude of 36 times, ordinary king-level monsters are nothing more than easy prey for him.

After hunting down king-level monsters, with the help of numerous planetary-level life crystals, his level and strength will skyrocket, and sweeping across the globe will be just around the corner!
Outside the Qinling Mountains, inside a natural karst cave.

After casually killing a lord-level giant rock bear monster that was entrenched in the cave, Lu Jin took the corpse of the Scorpion King out of his external storage space and threw it into the Demon Refining Pot.

Of course, adhering to the principle of avoiding extravagance, Lu Jin also made sure to remove the valuable materials from the Scorpion King's body beforehand.

That's at least tens of billions of Yanhuang coins worth of materials! We can't waste it like ordinary flesh and blood.

Before long, in the Demon Refining Pot, which had an infinitely large internal space, in addition to the tens of thousands of apprentice-level life source crystals that were already there, two more planetary-level life source crystals appeared.

The size of the planetary-level life source crystal is the same as that of the apprentice-level life source crystal, both being about the size of a marble.

However, the colors are slightly different, and it also has a gold stripe.

Of course, the two planetary-level life crystals obtained after dismantling the Scorpion King's corpse are not the same in terms of completeness.

One of them is intact, displaying a rich, crystalline red color.

The other one was incomplete, with a very pale color, and probably contained only one-tenth of the energy of the complete one.

'For a king-level monster that's at the bottom of the rankings, getting even a little over one Life Source Crystal is already pretty good.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Without much hesitation, Lu Jin took out the complete planetary-level life source crystal and consumed it.

The Life Source Crystal melts upon entering the mouth, transforming into a stream of fluid that seeps into the stomach.

Instantly, Lu Jin felt a surge of powerful life force welling up from his abdomen.

Cultivators in the universe are mainly divided into two major factions: martial artists and spiritual practitioners.

Judging from the magnitude of the increase in strength, his strength will undoubtedly be greater after becoming a planetary-level mentalist than after becoming a planetary-level martial artist.

Therefore, Lu Jin's breakthrough this time was in mental power, not genetic energy.

It guides the immense life force surging from within the abdomen into the sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, Lu Jin saw a large amount of mist appear in the boundless sea of ​​consciousness, which was the pure mental power transformed from the planetary life source crystal.

As countless pure and incomparably refined atomized spiritual energy converged, drops of liquefied spiritual energy condensed and flowed into the 'Galaxy,' which symbolized his peak spiritual energy cultivation as a high-level war god.

At first, only a drop or two of liquefied spiritual energy flowed into the 'Galaxy', but it quickly turned into a drizzle, and then into a downpour.

With the infusion of liquefied spiritual energy, the 'galaxy' surging within the sea of ​​consciousness is rapidly expanding.

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