Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Pair of Double Pupils

"Bang!"

Fang Yi broke through a stone wall and came to the outer ring road of the city through the hole in the wall.

The sounds of fighting not far away were what drew Fang Yi in this direction, according to the analytical scan.

On a street, three warriors, each wielding a weapon, were engaged in a fierce battle with a red crystal antler deer the size of a bus and covered in scarlet crystals.

"The Crimson Crystal Horned Deer gets its name from its body being covered in crystals formed from blood... It is a rare monster, not very aggressive, but extremely valuable."

Fang Yi watched the battle in the distance, analyzing the intelligence presented by both sides.

The three warriors were all at the intermediate-level general level, and there was also a junior general sniper in the distance.

With the four of them working together to deal with this red crystal horned deer, there should be virtually no unexpected problems.

Without lingering, Fang Yi headed to another street to continue his exploration.

A few minutes later.

The four-man martial arts team successfully killed the rare antlered deer.

The group was excitedly dissecting the organ.

Another squad suddenly appeared, their team emblem featuring a two-headed eagle with sharp, menacing eyes—this was the Eagle Squad, consisting of five members.

With a gunshot, a martial artist who was performing the autopsy had his arm shot off!

"Little Cai!"

The captain of the martial arts squad was shocked. Seeing that his younger brother's arm had been shot, he quickly tried to get closer and pull him back.

However, he was pulled away by two other team members.

"Captain, let's hide!"

Then, the people hiding in the shadows looked up and around.

Upon seeing the squad's insignia, the martial arts captain clenched his fists, filled with extreme anger.

"Eagle Squad...you son of a bitch!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

Then, another bullet was fired from the tall building, instantly piercing through the head of the wounded martial artist!

"Pfft—!"

Blood splattered on the ground, with a few drops landing right in front of the dark corner where the group was.

The martial arts captain trembled as he looked at the blood of his own younger brother not far in front of him.

Simultaneously.

A rough voice echoed.

"Now... hand over my spoils."

Captain of the Two-Headed Eagle Squad.

A white man with a full beard was watching the group of people below with great interest, his expression one of extreme anger.

He seemed to be thoroughly enjoying himself.

A martial artist standing nearby, holding a heavy sniper rifle and aiming it at something in the distance, said:

"Captain, when we first arrived, it seemed like a figure flashed by several kilometers away. I remember that person was Fang Yi, who recently became a famous martial artist."

"Hmm? Fang Yi... I vaguely remember him, but how dare a novice martial artist come to this place?"

The captain of the Two-Headed Eagle Squad frowned slightly, knowing that the Demon Cave was a terrifying monster stronghold.

They came here to hunt.

A team must have at least two warriors at the general level; otherwise, they can only hunt on the outermost perimeter.

And if you're unlucky enough to encounter a high-level monster warrior, you'll only face death.

And now.

A person who had only recently become a martial artist dared to come to this place alone.

"I heard that person has extremely high talent, and it is said that he has already reached the level of a warrior general... or perhaps he has reached the level of a mid-level warrior general, which is why he dared to come here alone."

"The Two-Headed Eagle Squad," explained another bespectacled man.

"Hmm... interesting. Remember his route. I'd like to see just how far this genius martial artist can go. Hahaha. As for now, let's go collect the spoils of war we've worked so hard to obtain."

These words were spoken.

The other team members all smiled slightly.

"Bang—!"

……

As the Eagle Squad left, the martial artists who had been hunting down the corner earlier were now hiding in a distant corner. Of the four of them, only three survived.

The captain gripped his weapon tightly, clenching his teeth.

He was holding the martial artist who had been shot in the head earlier in his arms. The martial artist's entire head was wrapped in bandages, making it impossible to see his face.

This was to make the body more complete and dignified.

Because he had promised his parents.

No matter what happens, I must bring my younger brother home...

now.

At the very least, they should be laid to rest and not left to rot in the wilderness, becoming food for monsters.

All the survivors.

They all looked extremely resentful.

A young martial artist, covered in blood and severely injured but fortunately receiving timely treatment, asked weakly with a mixture of grief, indignation, and confusion on his face, "Captain, what exactly is the background of that squad?"

"It's normal that you don't know since you just joined."

The martial arts captain took a deep breath, seemingly to compose himself, and then explained, "The Azure Eagle Squad is a recently formed team. I've heard some people speculate that in any county or city where this team appears, many martial artists die. It seems highly likely that they've been secretly causing trouble..."

"Damn it, they're a bunch of animals!"

……

Noon.

The light of the star and the sun.

A sweep across the ruins, above the high-rises now covered in various vegetation, reveals glimpses of their former prosperity, even after the passage of time.

Despite the sunlight and the fact that it was midday, the overall ambient temperature was less than 10 degrees Celsius.

Near the Central Ring Road area.

The Demon Cave has four rings.

It is divided into four areas from the inside out: the inner ring, the middle ring, the outer ring, and the suburban ring.

"We've now moved from the outer ring to the border between the outer and middle rings. You can basically encounter lord-level monsters in the middle ring, and even at the border with the outer ring, there are quite a few low-level lords."

Fang Yi analyzed the situation from the left, right, and front.

With just a quick glance, one could see hundreds of high-level warrior beast soldiers lurking in the high-rise buildings, dozens of general-level monsters scattered in the corners, and more than 10 high-level general-level monsters!

But these are not Fang Yi's goals.

All I saw was...

far away.

There is a tall building that looks like it is about to collapse, with a huge artificial lake sitting on its edge.

The artificial lake is a stagnant pool of water, with a large amount of garbage, waste leaves, and various floating objects visible on its surface.

At that edge, there is a huge, thick body connecting the high-rise building and the artificial lake. At first glance, it looks like a huge circular tube connecting the two facilities.

But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it is the torso of a monster!

Under the extreme analytical scanning of his double pupils, Fang Yi could clearly see the monster's complete body.

It was a serpentine creature with horns on its head, a huge body, that traversed the space at the bottom of tall buildings, and whose skin was covered with scales and had a large number of black intersecting lines that wrapped around its body.

"Judging from its markings and the horns on its head, this is definitely a Black-lined Flood Dragon that has reached the Lord level! Well, I didn't expect that the first Lord-level monster I've encountered would be a Flood Dragon."

Fang Yi could hardly contain his excitement.

At the edge of that tall building, there were dozens of low-level beast general black-lined snakes and one high-level beast general two-headed black-lined snake, far more than the lion mastiffs from before.

However, even though the enemy has a large number of troops.

Fang Yi felt no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, he became even more excited.

"Walk!"

The voice just fell.

Fang Yi stepped on the shield and floated away.

At the same time, he was also thinking about the next battle plan in his mind, after all, the number of enemies this time was large.

We must not act as recklessly as before.

The skyscraper had already collapsed more than halfway, now barely held together by the remaining load-bearing columns and reinforced concrete walls. When a gust of wind blew by, the upper part of the building appeared to be teetering on the brink of collapse, as if it would completely crumble at any moment.

"Got it."

Fang Yi stepped on the shield and flew away quickly.

Just as they approached the building and not far from the edge of the artificial lake, the black dragon inside the high-rise suddenly opened its eyes...