Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 89 The Eternal Tree (Part 1)

"hold head high--"

Having been spotted by Lu Jin, the golden-horned giant beast Luo Feng let out a triumphant howl.

Golden runes flowed at the tip of his head, instantly spreading throughout his body. Luo Feng activated his innate secret technique 'Enhancement', causing his aura to double.

At the same time, amidst the surging golden light surrounding him, the newly mastered Golden Domain blossomed forth.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the golden-horned behemoth flapped its scaled wings and transformed into a golden light, rushing towards Lu Jin at lightning speed.

"Cut~"

Seeing this, Lu Jin curled his lips and used the movement technique 'Illusory Body of Light and Shadow', leaving behind many afterimages in the void to avoid the attacking golden-horned behemoth.

"Shh!"

Immediately afterward, Lu Jin had a thought, and the Radiant Divine Weapon appeared beside him.

As the Force surged, accompanied by a dazzling white light, the innate secret technique 'Divine Mantra of Light' was activated, and a field of light bloomed.

Instantly, the rapidly expanding field of light completely suppressed the Golden Horned Beast Luo Feng's Golden Domain.

The sixth level of the Light Domain can suppress the first level of the Metal Domain, which is not too difficult.

Not to mention that, with the blessing of the innate secret technique 'Divine Light Mantra', Lu Jin's basic strength in all aspects is even greater than that of the Golden Horned Beast, which has just entered the first level of the universe and has been blessed with the innate secret technique 'Enhancement'.

"Congeal!"

A surge of immense mental power erupted, and the Radiant Divine Weapon manifested beside Lu Jin emitted a string of platinum light.

Driven by the fundamental laws of light, nine platinum blades instantly coalesced, and as the secret threads burst forth and intertwined, a platinum battle axe radiating a hazy glow materialized.

The first level of the Divine Weapon, the Illusion Wave Axe!
'Holy crap! The first level of the Radiant Divine Weapon?!'

As soon as the Phantom Wave Axe was unleashed, Babata's exclamation rang in Luo Feng's mind.

"go with!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the platinum battle axe, which was filled with the fluctuations of the fundamental laws of light, sped towards the golden-horned beast.

"stop--"

Seeing the platinum battle axe, imbued with the power of the fundamental laws of light, about to strike, the golden-horned behemoth Luo Feng, terrified out of his wits, hurriedly shouted.

Although the axe had not yet officially fallen, Luo Feng had already truly felt the danger of death.

This script is wrong!

Shouldn't I, Luo Feng, have decisively defeated Lu Jin and then given this little brother a good talking-to, reminding him that his older brother will always be his older brother?

How did it become that I can't even withstand one move?

"Hmm? Is it because you're not ready? I'll give you half a minute to prepare."

Controlling the Illusion Wave Axe to stop not far in front of the Golden Horned Beast, Lu Jin asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng, an Earthling, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth within the Primal Core's inner world.

At this moment, Luo Feng's slightly inflated ego due to his great strength instantly returned to square one.

Compared to their last battle, the Golden Horned Beast's strength has indeed increased dramatically.

But to everyone's surprise, Lu Jin's strength increased even more dramatically.

Not only did he cross the threshold of the fundamental laws of light, but he also mastered the first level of the Divine Weapon of the Controller.

"Shh!"

The enormous golden-horned beast disappeared, and Luo Feng, an Earthling, emerged from its primordial core.

"you win."

Luo Feng said with a frustrated expression.

Luo Feng knew that Lu Jin was strange. He had previously felt that he had the advantage, mainly because he had also mastered the power of the domain.

In his view, since they both possessed domains, even if Lu Jin's domain level was higher, there shouldn't be a huge gap between them in terms of domains.

With the Golden Horned Beast also having a level advantage, their chances of winning are quite high.

But to his utter surprise, Lu Jin, who had mastered the domain before him, had actually crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws of the universe.

Whether one has crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws of the universe is a much greater difference than whether one has mastered a particular domain!
With such a vast difference in skill, he had absolutely no chance of winning.

"Tsk, these young people are no good!"

Lu Jin clicked his tongue, canceled the 'Divine Light Spell,' dispelled the Illusion Wave Axe, and sheathed the Radiant Divine Weapon. Then, Lu Jin changed his tone and said, "Brother, you didn't think it was over just because you admitted defeat, did you?"

You were the one who challenged me, and you were also the one who conceded defeat before we even officially started fighting.

You made me come all this way for nothing?
How is this possible? !
"Uh~, what are you going to do?"

Luo Feng immediately had a bad feeling.

"Don't be afraid, I'm just helping you loosen up your muscles. Take this punch!"

Wiping his fist, Lu Jin said with a smile, then flashed forward and threw a punch at Luo Feng.

"Whoosh!"

Luo Feng immediately retreated.

However, Luo Feng's speed is nowhere near as fast as Lu Jin's.

"Oh!"

Unable to dodge in time, Luo Feng was hit squarely in the back and flew out spinning. Lu Jin immediately pressed his advantage.

"Oh!"

"Ah—, don't hit my face!"

That's a slap in the face!

As he spoke, Lu Jin threw another punch.

Don't hit someone in the face?
If you don't slap someone in the face, then who do you slap?!
The next moment, a crimson light flashed across Luo Feng's body, and his entire body was enveloped in the protection of the Stellar-level Cloud-Piercing Armor.

Seeing this, Lu Jin curled his lip and couldn't help but increase the force of his punch.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Fists rained down, and a one-sided beating unfolded in outer space.

Before long, seeing that he had done enough, Lu Jin was about to withdraw his fist.

"Wow—"

Suddenly, a dazzling golden light flashed by.

A golden ball of light fell from Luo Feng's body and then disappeared.

Lu Jin: "???"

what's the situation?
Wasn't Luo Feng in a cooldown period after his fall?
How can it still explode?
Blinking, Lu Jin, feeling that he wasn't seeing things, sent a wisp of his consciousness into the external space to investigate.

Looking at the newly appeared golden ball of light in the external storage space, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

Is there a bug?
That shouldn't be the case, right?

This is a high-end cheat, not an online game on Earth.

Even if he's out of his mind, there's no way a cheat program could have bugs.

When the thought touched the golden light, the golden light dissipated, and the light transformed into a green leaf that resembled jade.

At the same time, a golden light curtain appeared above the emerald green leaves.

[Dropped Item: Eternal Tree Leaves]

[Drop Source: Stellar-grade Cloud Vine (Leaf)]

[Drop Tier: Ascended Drop]

[Item Description: Leaves from the 'Eternal Tree', a stellar-level special life form]

【Eternal Tree: A special plant-based life form, akin to the laws of time and space, possessing 4800 times the life gene density, and endowed with three great innate secret techniques: ①. Infinite growth, ②. Mastery of time and space, ③. Gate to time and space】

[Unlimited Growth: By absorbing sufficient energy, the Eternal Tree can continuously increase its size (Note: It cannot exceed the limitations of the rules)]

[Mastery of Space and Time: The higher the life level and the larger the size of the Eternal Tree, the stronger its control over the surrounding space and time.]

[Gate of Time and Space: Using a tiny part of its own body as a coordinate, the Eternal Tree can open a gate of time and space leading to that coordinate.]

The energy required to open a spacetime portal depends on the distance traveled, the duration of its operation, and the strength of the spacetime constraints at both ends of the portal.

After mastering the complete laws of time and space, one can open the spacetime gate that breaks through the limitations of the cosmic membrane.

(Note: An excessively powerful force restricting space and time will prevent the portal from opening.)

(End of this chapter)