Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

After queuing for a long time, it was finally Gao Sheng's team's turn to arrive at the second floor of the villa.

All the other rooms on the second floor were normal, except for one room where a woman with purple patterns on her face stood at the door. The woman opened the door, and a stream of light leaked out from inside.

The shimmering light, like bubbles, made it impossible for Gao Sheng, Luo Feng, and the others to see inside the room.

"Go inside, and you'll enter the Thunder World," the woman said coldly.

Nine people, one holding another's hand, walked towards the brightly lit room door.

Suddenly! The seasons changed.

It used to be a sunny, villa-filled, and bustling base of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

In the blink of an eye, we were suspended in the air, with layers upon layers of mountains beneath our feet!

Bang!

Upon entering the Thunder World, the nine people immediately plummeted at an astonishing speed, crashing onto the ground below before they could even react.

"Damn it! That hurts!" Thor cursed as he stood up.

"Such strong gravity, it must be 650 times the standard gravity of the universe," Luo Feng's bodyguard, Ao Gu, said solemnly.

"My mental energy range is less than a kilometer," Meng B said.

"Gao Sheng, where are we going?" Luo Feng asked, looking around.

Because of his newfound wealth and status, as well as his familiarity with the universe, he naturally became the leader of this temporary team.

Just like the Earth trio, Luo Feng is clearly the youngest and not the strongest Earthling on the surface. However, because of his wealth, his identity as the successor of the Meteorite Star, and Babata's knowledge, he naturally became the leader of the three brothers.

Gao Sheng's team is incredibly strong!

Promotion: Level 3 Spiritual Master (Star-Level)

Luo Feng: Level 2 Spiritual Master (Star-Level)

Thor: A second-tier martial artist of the Eternal Star level

Hong: First-tier martial artist of the Hengxing level

That's right, Gao Sheng's physical cultivation is progressing very quickly, and he's already one level higher than Luo Feng.

Okay, all that combined strength is insignificant; the real issue is what comes later:

Meng A: Level 9 Spiritual Master (Eternal Star Level)

Meng B: A ninth-level spiritual master of the Eternal Star level

Ao Gu: A ninth-level spiritual master of the Eternal Star level

Mo Xing: A ninth-level spiritualist of the Hengxing realm

Tie Nanhe: A ninth-tier martial artist of the Hengxing level

Nine people, five of whom are at the ninth level of the Eternal Star level, and four of whom are mental cultivators—this is the strength of the Ascension Squad!

Because he was prepared in advance, Luo Feng brought an extra bodyguard this time. He couldn't bring any more, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of the adventure and training.

The nine-person team was located on the top of a mountain, surrounded by tall trees.

"This should be the Tianhe Mountains." Gao Sheng looked at the map on the smart computer and compared it with the surrounding terrain to determine his location.

"We're lucky. The Heyuan Swamp is located in the Tianhe Mountains, a place where the Iron Rhinoceros is relatively easy to find. It's 2.3 kilometers away. Let's go."

With bodyguards outside and Gao Sheng and three others inside, the nine-person team hiked towards the Heyuan Marshland.

"There is a ferocious beast 18 kilometers ahead."

"There's an adventure team of six people 25 kilometers in that direction."

As they advanced, Gao Sheng reported the movements of nearby ferocious beasts and human groups.

This allowed the entire squad to advance at an astonishing speed, a speed that most squads in the Thunder World could not even imagine!

Gao Sheng actually knew more about the situation further away, but the gravity of this Thunder World meant that even a star-level being couldn't move very fast, so there was no need to report anything too far away.

Because he bought Xiao Ai a detection device.

A detector should be an essential tool for adventurers, but most adventurers don't have one.

Spaceships typically carry detection devices, but these are either enormous or have a very crude detection method.

A detector that can be carried by a single person is very expensive because it needs to ensure a certain detection range and accuracy. If it is not even as good as telekinesis, what is the point?

With his current high level of authority and financial resources, this detector is the best he could buy. It cost over a billion cosmic coins. Even most cosmic-level powerhouses don't have such an instrument. It's a type that domain lords often use. Its detection radius is 100 kilometers. The reason it's so small is because it's so precise!

If a domain lord can cover a planet with a single thought, why would they need such a detector? Because the detection and control of mental power is greatly affected by gravity, materials, and other factors. For example, a ninth-level mentalist at the Eternal Star level can detect thousands of kilometers with their mental power in the void or the air of a planet, but their detection speed drops much further when they encounter rocks. However, in this Thunder World, their mental power can only radiate a thousand meters, and underground, they can probably only detect a few meters. Moreover, in many cases, mental power detection is very unsafe.

The detector is naturally affected by the material. The radius of 100 kilometers refers to the range in the void. However, the higher the level of the detector, the stronger its penetrating power, and it is not affected by gravity. The detector that Gao Sheng bought can detect even the ground layer of this Thunder World to a depth of 10 kilometers, which is much stronger than telekinetic detection. Of course, it cannot compare with Babata's, but it has one advantage: its range is larger than Babata's.

After a day's journey, the nine people finally arrived at the source of the river swamp.

The swamp, spanning hundreds of kilometers, was dotted with pools of water of varying sizes and marked by signs of trampling and fighting, indicating that large numbers of ferocious beasts frequently roamed and even fought around it.

The Heyuan Marshland was originally a place where many ferocious beasts from the surrounding area came to drink water.

On the swamp, one could still occasionally see the corpses of unicorn iron rhinoceroses, their horns all dug out. Without a doubt, these were the work of the examiners not long ago.

There's no need for Gao Sheng to come to the River Source Swamp. The quest items are completely unimportant. When the adventurer teams start fighting over the Cosmic Crystals later, they'll be everywhere.

If Gao Sheng hadn't been with Luo Feng's team, he probably wouldn't have come.

But now, of course, we'll proceed with the assessment tasks as normal.

We can't exactly say, "Let's go rob someone."

Since there was still plenty of time, Gao Sheng wanted to test his combat strength by using the ferocious beasts of this Thunder World.

"There are no ferocious beasts. There's nothing we can do but wait." Thor shook his head.

Gao Sheng can detect some unicorn iron rhinoceroses at great distances, but it's useless if the distance is too far to catch up.

Finally, Gao Sheng found a dense thicket of bushes, and the nine of them began to lie in wait.

The bodyguards remained on alert, while Gao Sheng and his three companions entered the virtual universe to continue their cultivation. Since Xiao Ai was monitoring the area within a 100-kilometer radius, there was nothing to worry about.

the next day.

"Master, a herd of iron rhinoceroses is approaching," Xiao Ai suddenly said in Gao Sheng's consciousness.

"Hmm?" Gao Sheng regained consciousness.

Xiao Ai directly reflected the detection results into Gao Sheng's consciousness.

"There are iron rhinoceroses coming towards us," Gao Sheng said, 'looking' at the reflection in his consciousness. "There are 10 of them at the level of Rank 6 or above, and another 6 at Rank 4 or below."

"You guys kill the mid-to-high-level ones later, and we'll handle the rest," Luo Feng said to Ao Gu and the others.

"Okay," Gao Sheng, Hong, and Lei Shen all said.

After a while.

One after another, truck-like creatures appeared in the field of vision. Their rock-like skin left no doubt about their toughness. Their single horn, which resembled a sharp scimitar, reflected a cold light under the illumination of the nine orbs of light in the sky, but their eyes were very gentle.

The so-called ferocious beasts and monsters are actually just different levels of intelligence. These ferocious beasts are not necessarily really ferocious. The one-horned iron rhinoceros is essentially a very simple and peaceful herbivore.

"superior!"

The four bodyguards rushed forward, but Meng B did not move to protect the four people; this was arranged beforehand.

The four bodyguards all possessed second-tier weaponry and combat suits, making them quite strong among ninth-tier human level beings. Dealing with this level-one iron rhinoceros was like cutting melons and vegetables for them.

In just a moment, 10 one-horned iron rhinoceroses fell in anger and resentment, while the remaining low-ranking iron rhinoceroses showed no intention of fleeing and continued to roar angrily.

"It's our turn!" Gao Sheng laughed heartily, and a crescent moon rose into the sky.

Hong and Lei Shen also charged forward with shouts, but before they could reach the remaining unicorn rhinoceros herd,

A crescent moon and a golden swordfish flew by together.

"Pfft!" "Pfft!"

The remaining six unicorn rhinoceroses all had their heads exploded and were dead beyond any doubt.

"Damn it!" Thor yelled, "Can you leave some?"

"Yes, we'll have to take turns next time," Hong said. He could also tell that this ferocious beast was actually not very strong; it had great power but mediocre combat skills and no human weapons or armor.

Of course, he can't deal with high-level opponents using force, but dealing with third or fourth-level opponents is no problem at all.

Before long, the four bodyguards had cut off the unicorn horn.