Swallowing the Stars: I, the New Master of Babata

Chapter 93, The Little Guy

"Not fast enough!"

Hong gritted his teeth, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth... His eyes were filled with stubbornness and unwavering determination.

He wasn't afraid of losing; he was only afraid that after today, he wouldn't even have the chance to compete with Dong Qing anymore.

Hong is not stupid.

Not stupid.

He could sense that Dongqing was only a thin veil away from breaking through to the Hengxing level.

If it weren't for the need to awaken the realm, I probably would have already broken through this barrier.

"Extreme pressure, a life-or-death breakthrough?"

Dongqing saw through Hong's true thoughts; he wanted to use the pressure to force out his potential in the face of life and death.

Actually, there's no need for that. If Hong is willing to take shortcuts, I can easily help guide him to awaken his inner potential.

Dongqing only glanced at Hong's eyes.

I understand that he probably doesn't want to take shortcuts.

Actually, it's not just Hong.

Thor is similar.

"Don't hold back. If you beat me, the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy is yours."

As two of Earth's three giants, Hong and Thor are both proud people. They know very well that Dongqing can help people awaken their potential, but they are unwilling to accept this shortcut to awakening.

Most importantly, if Hong accepts this shortcut, then what's the difference between him and admitting defeat? This battle would be meaningless. What he needs is a fair and square fight.

"I don't need the Ultimate Martial Arts Gym, joining the Earth Defense Organization will suffice."

Dong Qing shook his head, and swung his sword even faster.

Like a waterfall, the continuous stream of sword light cleaved through the dark and deep universe. The sword light condensed into a river that lingered for a long time. From Earth, it could be seen as a long, silvery river.

In order not to harm the moon beneath his feet, which has accompanied Earth for billions of years, Dongqing's sword flashes were either upwards or diagonal, never slashing down towards the ground.

Perhaps the moon itself is not as beautiful as it is in myths and legends.

But the moon has carried many beautiful expectations of humankind throughout history.

The moon of today is not the same as it was in ancient times.

The moon that shines today once shone on people of the past.

Sooner or later.

Dongqing will also become an ancient figure in the eyes of future generations.

The star beneath his feet will continue to shine upon the world.

In the unknown regions of the universe, deep within the chaotic mist.

"Little guy, you have great talent. Your intelligence and comprehension are among the best in the entire primordial universe."

Deep within the chaotic mist sat a colossal figure, its body covered in azure scales and possessing enormous wings.

"Teacher, according to the plan, the original star-level golden-horned behemoth cub might not be able to trigger a life-or-death crisis for Earthlings. Should we replace it with another cosmic-level galactic behemoth?"

The speaker was half-human and half-beast, with a human upper body and a snake body that stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, long enough to entwine the entire solar system. Its slightly cracked mouth could swallow the entire sun.

"No need. In billions of years, only this one talented and promising young man has emerged from the Earth's lineage. From now on, let nature take its course." Kuiwei shook his head.

Looking across the countless races of the primordial universe, only a handful of beings could rival him in terms of soul. And the little guy in his mouth had a soul that was one billionth of his.

The total amount of souls can be increased.

However, it is difficult to improve the quality further.

And He was pleasantly surprised to discover a little creature from the Earth lineage.

In terms of soul quality, it was actually comparable to his previous self before reincarnation.

"Does the teacher mean we should also take back the golden-horned behemoth cubs we prepared earlier?"

The figure, with a human head and a snake's body, clutched a barely perceptible particle of dust in its hand.

Just like bacteria floating in a normal person's hand, they are completely invisible to the naked eye.

"Consider the Golden Horned Beast cub a gift for the little guy; doesn't he like raising Earth monsters?"

"Since he likes keeping these little gadgets as pets, we can just keep another giant star beast."

The void in front of Kuiwei's figure reflected the battle on the moon. His gaze toward Dongqing was full of doting and admiration.

If it were just an ordinary cosmic super genius, he would at most glance at them a couple of times, but beyond that, he wouldn't feel anything more.

But Dongqing, the little guy he was talking about, had an exceptionally high-quality soul.

Such a high quality of soul is truly worthy of the great effort he put into transforming the Earth back then.

It wasn't easy. We've waited billions of years and drawn blue and white cards for billions of years.

Finally, we got the super limited SSR card, Dongqing.

"Teacher, there are many talented people on Earth. Do you really think so highly of this little guy?"

The figure, with a human head and a snake's body, was only one ten-thousandth the size of Kuiwei's figure.

Upon hearing Kuiwei's words, he immediately understood that his teacher greatly admired Dongqing.

"Putti, you don't understand. The soul is the foundation of everything. This little guy's total soul volume is not large, but the quality is very, very high. I even suspect that he may have been reincarnated."

Kuiwei had indeed suspected that Dongqing might be a transmigrator, reincarnated from a higher-level world, but after years of observation, he put aside this suspicion.

Because I didn't sense any otherworldly aura from Dongqing.

Unless Dongqing comes from a world that is more advanced than his.

But this kind of thing.

How could that be?

"Teacher, since you admire this young fellow so much, isn't a mere inheritance of the title of Marquis and Immortal a bit unworthy of him?"

"Back then on Earth, I was revered by humans as the progenitor Fuxi. If you don't mind, teacher, I can transform into Fuxi now and take you as my disciple."

The figure with a human head and a snake's body spoke at the same time.

They were also watching Dongqing and Hong on the moon.

In his view.

The gap between Dongqing and Hong.

It's not a difference in talent at all.

The essence of the soul.

They are fundamentally different.

If Dong Qing wanted to, he could use his terrifying mental power to directly enslave or annihilate the soul at any time. Hong might not even have the right to fight Dong Qing.

However, being fellow Earthlings, and with Dongqing still possessing a moral compass, he couldn't bring himself to do such a cruel thing. Even within the Five Elements Domain, the power of the knife in his hand was reduced to seventy or eighty percent.

"The little guy is still too young, and his temperament is still unstable. We can protect him secretly, but we can't protect him openly."

Kuiwei refused without hesitation. There is still a difference between a grand-disciple and a disciple; the level of closeness is different.

A disciple who takes on another disciple becomes a grand-disciple.

Those who accept disciples are called disciples.

The apprentice took on a grand-apprentice.

He then had no disciples.

How can this be allowed?

Apprentice and teacher vying for someone?

"Teacher, I understand. I will keep a close eye on my future junior brother."

The figure with a human head and a snake's body immediately understood its teacher's thoughts.

But junior brother it is!

Who told their teacher to be so unreasonable!

We're all family anyway.

It's simply a matter of seniority.

A shift in perspective.

The surface of the moon.

Just as Dong Qing hesitated whether to strike decisively and decide the outcome.

After fighting for a day and a night, Hong finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Yes.

For a whole day and night, although Dongqing retained some of its strength, kept its Five Elements Domain under control, and never used its most powerful mental energy from beginning to end.

But Hong did indeed reach the pinnacle of sublimation, completely burning himself out, and with the overclocking blessing of the Dharma Body, he barely possessed the power to contend with Dongqing.

This power.

That's not simple at all.

Because of the difference between the constant star level and the planetary star level.

It is much larger than planetary-level and war god-level objects.

after this war.

It won't be long.

Hong was able to achieve a breakthrough to the Hengxing level naturally.

One's own strength will increase by hundreds or thousands of times.

however.

Dong Qing was already finding it hard to suppress his urge to break through.

He felt that his body was like a...