Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 48 We'll fight again someday!

"call out!"

With a thought, Lu Jin sent the triangular light cone that had been deflected flying back into a streak of platinum light that shot toward the golden-horned beast.

"Roar--"

A deafening roar resounded, and the wound on the golden-horned behemoth's forehead visibly healed rapidly.

With a flash of golden light from the two sharp horns on its head, and as the innate secret technique 'Enhancement' was activated, the golden-horned behemoth slammed out its right hoof claw, which was covered in scales.

This time, Luo Feng, realizing that Lu Jin was not Xiao Kalami, was no longer prepared to fight head-on with his scales.

"clang!"

A sound like the clanging of metal rang out, and after swatting away the triangular light cone that was attacking again, the golden-horned behemoth charged straight at Lu Jin.

'Flowing light!'

Immediately, Lu Jin activated his planetary-level special ability 'Flowing Light,' his entire body radiating white light, his speed skyrocketing, allowing him to evade the golden-horned behemoth's pounce.

'The speed is not slow.'

Luo Feng thought to himself.

"Dang!" "Dang!" "Dang!"

After exchanging three more blows, Luo Feng unleashed his power, his speed increasing dramatically in an instant.

The Golden Horned Beast possesses numerous secret techniques passed down through generations, covering various aspects.

Although he has not yet formally mastered the movement technique "Absolute Space," it does not mean that he has practiced this technique in vain; it simply means that he has not yet reached the point of qualitative change.

"Whoosh!"

The massive, imposing golden-horned beast rushed towards Lu Jin at lightning speed, raising its hooves and slamming them down towards Lu Jin's head.

Of course, Luo Feng didn't go all out either, holding back most of his strength, afraid of killing Lu Jin with a single swipe of his claw.

"boom--"

The huge, ferocious claws slammed into Lu Jin, who was unable to dodge in time.

A powerful force erupted instantly, and after being weakened by 90% by the Light Set, it acted on Lu Jin.

At the same time, Lu Jin's figure flew backward at high speed like a cannonball.

Thanks to the Light Set and the 'Radiant Body' talent's stacked damage reduction from a thousand times the amount of physical attack, Lu Jin was unharmed despite the Golden Horned Beast's deliberate attack.

However, the impact force generated after being struck by this claw will not disappear despite Lu Jin's high level of material damage reduction.

Lu Jin was knocked back more than 100 meters before he regained his footing in mid-air.

"Hmph~, you wretched creature, you do have some skill!"

Lu Jin, who didn't mistake the Golden Horned Beast for Luo Feng, snorted coldly, and the triangular light cone shot out again.

'Babata, is he hurt?'

Raising his claws to swat away the incoming triangular light cone, Luo Feng glanced at Lu Jin, who was shrouded in white battle armor, and asked Babata.

Babata said, 'Their aura hasn't changed, so they probably aren't affected. Go ahead and beat them up!'

"Dang!" "Dang!" "Dang!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Relying on his massive physical damage reduction, Lu Jin only attacked and never defended.

Although he was repeatedly knocked away by the golden-horned behemoth's hooves, he did not suffer any injuries.

Meanwhile, the power of Luo Feng's claws grew stronger and stronger until it went all out.

At this moment, Luo Feng felt like he must have seen a ghost.

Even though he had already given it his all, Lu Jin, who had been enduring his hooves and claws one after another, still acted as if nothing had happened, as if his attacks were just a tickle to him.

To be honest, for Lu Jin, the Golden Horned Beast Luo Feng's attacks were like tickling, or even less effective than tickling.

At least tickling him would make him laugh out loud. 'Babata, why are my attacks having no effect on Lu Jin?'

Facing Lu Jin's offensive and occasionally launching a counterattack, Luo Feng, feeling extremely frustrated, asked Babata.

Babata said, "Lu Jin's life level is the peak of the ninth level of the planetary realm, there is absolutely no mistake about that."

I'm not entirely certain about the specifics, but setting aside practical possibilities and focusing solely on the theory...

It must be that Lu Jin's life gene multiplier is extremely high, high enough to make up for the difference in realm.

Alternatively, it could be due to high levels of life genes and psychic power amplitude, along with some secret technique that significantly reduces the damage received.

In other words, Luo Feng has already possessed the Golden Horned Beast, and his future is promising. Moreover, he has already used the inherited soul imprint of Meteorite Star.

Otherwise, Babata might reconsider whether to follow Luo Feng or Lu Jin, who seems to have greater talent and potential.

'Looks like my cousin has quite a bit of luck on his side.'

Luo Feng thought to himself.

Time ticked by, and the great battle in the skies above the sea continued.

With high damage reduction and defensive amplitude based on physical exertion, Lu Jin's defense is maxed out, making him invincible.

The Golden Horned Beast Luo Feng had a higher foundation and greater strength in all aspects, but it was still no match for Lu Jin.

Occasionally, Lu Jin would even catch him off guard, hitting him with a triangular light cone that wasn't too weak, causing him minor injuries.

Fortunately, the pronucleus inside its body is the life core of the Golden Horned Beast.

As long as the energy in the internal world of the protocore is sufficient, it can quickly repair all injuries on the physical level, which is equivalent to having a pseudo-immortal body, and minor injuries are insignificant.

Unexpected.

'Wow—'

From Lu Jin's perspective, a dazzling golden light emanated from the Golden Horned Beast, followed by a pure golden ball of light falling down before disappearing.

At the same time, a gray progress bar appeared above the head of the Golden Horned Beast, with a few small words next to it.

— [Cooldown Time: 4 months]

Upon seeing this, Lu Jin, shrouded in white battle armor, was overjoyed.

After a long and arduous struggle, I finally managed to get the wool!
Having withstood another claw attack from the golden-horned beast, Lu Jin retreated rapidly, coldly snorting, "You wretched creature, I'll spare you for now. We'll fight again another day!"

After saying that, Lu Jin put away the Radiant Cone, transformed into a streak of light, and disappeared rapidly into the sky above the sea.

With the fleecing done, the cooldown period began, and Lu Jin could no longer fleece Luo Feng for a short time, so he naturally lost the will to continue fighting.

Even if there are no injuries, being beaten up is still a bad feeling.

"Damn, how is this kid so amazing?!"

Luo Feng cursed inwardly.

"Babata, what do you think we should do now?"
Lu Jin's strength isn't much weaker than mine; if he breaks through to the Stellar level, I might not even be able to defeat him.

Luo Feng asked Babata.

Upon reaching the peak of the ninth planetary rank and advancing to the stellar rank, one's fundamentals in all aspects will experience at least a fourfold improvement.

Furthermore, since major level breakthroughs involve a leap in life force, the actual increase in combat power will be even greater.

Once Lu Jin makes up for his weakness in attack power, with his unreasonable defense, he might actually be no match for the stellar-level Lu Jin.

After thinking for a moment, Babata suggested, "How about I send him a text message to explain? We don't want Lu Jin to mistake him for a Devouring Beast and kill him."

This is something we have to be careful about. We finally found a successor for our master, Huyanbo, and Babata doesn't want anything to happen to the promising Luo Feng.

'Let's do it this way!'

Luo Feng nodded.

(End of this chapter)