Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 9: One throwing knife takes care of it!

To be fair, martial artists can make money, but their expenses are also enormous, not to mention higher-level equipment.

Of course, as a mentalist, his earning ability is destined to be unmatched by martial artists of the same level.

Money will truly become just an external thing in the future; I certainly won't lack it.

There happened to be a mirror in the lounge. After putting on his combat uniform, carrying his sword and shield on his back, and attaching his throwing knife to the buckle on his combat boots, Lu Jin looked at his fully armed and heroic figure reflected in the mirror and nodded to himself in satisfaction.

Wow, this young man is incredibly handsome!

"Not bad!"

After Lu Jin walked out of the lounge, Li Yunqian gave Lu Jin a very fair evaluation of his appearance.

"guard!"

Li Yunqian called out towards the door.

"Chief!"

Soon, Wei Xin, a member of Li Yunqian's personal guard, strode into the office.

"Wei Xin, take Lu Jin to the wilderness and act as his martial arts combat assessment examiner. Remember, you are just a witness."

Li Yunqian said with a serious expression.

"Yes!"

Wei Xin saluted.

Half an hour later, Lu Jin and Wei Xin, fully armed, walked out of the gate of Nanwei District.

"Brother Lu, tell me about your skill level so I can be mentally prepared."

As they walked, Wei Xin said to Lu Jin.

Although the commander only assigned him, a senior soldier, to serve as a witness to the combat assessment and did not assign any other personnel, and the equipment Lu Jin was wearing was also quite expensive, he could tell that Lu Jin's strength was probably not bad.

But Wei Xin was still unsure, after all, no matter how talented Lu Jin was, he was still just a newbie.

There are not many monsters near the supply base, and it is almost impossible to encounter a Beast General-level monster.

However, there are still monsters of the beast soldier level. If there are too many of them, his small arms and legs might not be able to keep up.

"Intermediate-level warrior, junior-level object manipulation general, mentalist, hmm, no practical combat experience."

Lu Jin didn't try to hide anything and said it directly.

He wasn't Luo Feng from the original story, and he had no intention of hiding his mental power.

He has a high-ranking general uncle and a powerful maternal grandfather who is a bigwig in the Wei faction; the entire Wei faction is his backer.

As long as he acts uprightly and behaves honestly, he will never be involved in any dirty deeds.

"A mentalist?!"

Wei Xin couldn't help but raise his voice.

No wonder, no wonder the commander dared to send this little Karami to bring Lu Jin, this martial arts newbie, to the wilderness. It turns out this newbie is actually a mentalist at the junior general level!
Practical experience?

A mentalist who has no practical combat experience is indeed far inferior to a mentalist with extensive practical combat experience.

But for a beast-soldier level monster, even if this junior warrior mentalist lacks practical experience, he is still an absolutely terrifying killer.

After all, killing a beast-class monster with just a thought is easy; it's a complete rout. Is it difficult? Not at all!
It was precisely because of this that Li Yunqian felt at ease letting Lu Jin and Wei Xin go to the wilderness. In any case, the two wouldn't go too far, and there were no beast-general level monsters near the Wei District.

The two walked along the dilapidated road for about ten minutes.

Suddenly, the two, who were keeping a close watch on everything around them and remaining vigilant at all times, saw a monster that looked like a land tank appear in the wilderness a hundred meters ahead.

This is a pig-like monster with black fur all over its body, resembling black steel spikes, and a single dark gray, dagger-shaped horn on its head.

"G-grade One-Horned Boar!"

Upon recognizing the pig-like monster, Wei Xin gripped his combat knife tightly. Glancing at Lu Jin beside him, Wei Xin relaxed slightly and activated the recorder attached to his combat suit.

Li Yunqian arranged the martial arts combat assessment for Lu Jin without using any back channels, but rather by providing convenience whenever possible.

The core of the martial arts combat assessment—killing monsters—is absolutely essential.

The video recording of Lu Jin's solo kill of the monster was submitted to Wei Fang for review. Only after the review was approved could Lu Jin be considered a formal martial artist recognized by Wei Fang and even by all forces around the world.

If there is no video evidence, then the assessment is invalid.

"Boom boom boom——"

The next moment, the one-horned boar swung its four hooves wildly and launched a 'death charge' towards Lu Jin and his companion.

Seeing that Wei Xin had turned on the recorder, Lu Jin nodded to himself, his mental power surged out, and a throwing knife clipped to his boot shot out at lightning speed.

'Whoosh—'

"Pfft-"

A soft whooshing sound rang out, and then, the one-horned boar that had rushed to within thirty meters of the two men had a bright red flower of blood bloom on its left ear. Immediately afterwards, a spurt of blood gushed out from its right ear as the sharp throwing knife, carrying immense kinetic energy, pierced through the boar's brain.

Instantly, the one-horned boar's eyes glazed over, and the momentum of its corpse caused it to tumble and fall to the ground like a gourd.

'Om—'

The flying knife in mid-air trembled slightly, shaking off the traces of blood on it, and then flew back to Lu Jin in an arc.

Is there a monster?

One throwing knife and it's done!

It's a bit of a pity, though, because Wei Xin is still nearby, and he can't take away the carcass of the one-horned wild boar.

Otherwise, if it decomposes into life source crystals and is absorbed, it could potentially boost physical fitness by several hundred kilograms.

Of course, Lu Jin wasn't too disappointed. After the practical assessment, he could hunt monsters in the less dangerous wilderness on his own, and there would be plenty of monster corpses of beast soldier level.

"When it comes to slaying monsters, you psychic masters are the best!"

Seeing that Lu Jin had killed a G-level unicorn boar without even moving a step, Wei Xin couldn't help but sigh.

"Haha, Brother Wei, don't be envious. If you really want to be, find a wife and have lots of kids. Maybe you can even give birth to a spiritual master!"

Lu Jin said with a smile.

"It's not as reliable as me becoming a war god!"

Wei Xin rolled his eyes.

Looking across the entire Jiangnan base city, how many are truly spiritual masters? Probably not even as many as war god warriors.

Ignoring this minor incident, the two continued their search for the next monster.

G-rank Unicorn Boar monster materials?

It wasn't worth much money, so Lu Jin didn't bother.

More than an hour later, Lu Jin and his companion returned to the supply base.

With someone following him, it wasn't convenient to use cheats, so Lu Jin naturally had little interest in hunting monsters and didn't intend to test his swordsmanship and movement skills.

After killing five beast-soldier level monsters, they started heading back.

"Very good, Comrade Lu Jin, from now on you are a member of the Nanwei District of Jiangnan Base City! Here are three copies of the contract, sign them."

Inside the office, Li Yunqian patted Lu Jin on the shoulder with satisfaction, then handed him three contracts.

"Commander Li, let's get this straight first. Becoming a Guardian is no problem, and I'm willing to protect the country. But it's impossible for me to stay in the Guardian District. I'll just be a figurehead."

Lu Jin didn't take the contract, but spoke directly.

(End of this chapter)