Swallowing the Stars: Only in my later years did I come to the life-spending panel.

"name?"

"Luo Feng".

"age?"

"eighteen."

"Eighteen years old, advanced warrior." Zhou Mu's tone was calm. "Not bad talent. But there are at least a thousand people worldwide who can reach this level at your age. What makes you think you can become a powerhouse like me?"

Luo Feng was momentarily speechless at Zhou Mu's words, but he didn't back down, looking directly into Zhou Mu's eyes: "I don't know. But I do know that if you don't even dare to think about it, you'll never succeed!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Zhou Mu's lips.

Although this is a bit rough, it hits the nail on the head.

"You're right," Zhou Mu said slowly. "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. If you don't even have the courage to dream of it, you certainly can't become a strong person."

"But thinking about it won't help; we need this." He pointed to Luo Feng's head.

"And this too."

He then pointed to his heart.

"Talent, temperament, and opportunity are all indispensable. You ask me how to do it, but I can't give you a specific answer. Everyone's path is different, and my path may not be suitable for you."

A hint of disappointment flashed in Luo Feng's eyes, but he did not lower his head. He still looked directly at Zhou Mu, anticipating his response.

Zhou Mu continued, "But I can tell you something..."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the few young martial artists in the cabin before finally settling on Luo Feng's face.

"Two months from now, the global elite training camps of Ultimate Martial Arts Academy and Thunder Martial Arts Academy will be merged to form the Peak Training Camp."

"I will serve as the head instructor, specializing in training the world's top young martial artists. The location will be in Jiangnan Base City."

Upon hearing this, a collective gasp filled the cabin.

The Pinnacle Training Camp? A merger of two martial arts elite training camps? And this person in front of us is the head instructor?

Once this news gets out, martial arts geniuses from all over the world will flock to it.

Luo Feng's eyes lit up.

Looking at his reaction, Zhou Mu said calmly, "If you really want to become a strong person, then show your talent to the fullest, don't hold back, and strive for the opportunity to enter the Peak Training Camp. Three months later, the training camp will recruit students globally and select the best."

He paused, then looked directly into Luo Feng's eyes:

"Luo Feng, I have high hopes for you. I hope to see you at the Peak Training Camp."

These words exploded in Luo Feng's ears like a thunderclap.

Lord Zhou Mu... do you think highly of him?

This powerful figure at the pinnacle of humanity says he has high hopes for him?

Luo Feng clenched his fists until his fingertips turned white, and something seemed to be boiling and burning inside his chest.

He took a deep breath, then nodded emphatically, his voice trembling slightly with excitement:

"I definitely will, Lord Zhou Mu! I will definitely enter the Peak Training Camp!"

Zhou Mu nodded and didn't say anything more.

He turned around and looked out the window again.

There, military support troops had already entered the scene, and countless figures were clearing away the scattered rat beasts. On the distant horizon, the setting sun was sinking, dyeing the entire sky a deep orange-red.

"Open the hatch, you can go back to the Jiangnan base city first."

Zhou Mu gave the instructions.

"Yes!" the driver replied quickly and began operating the controls.

The hatch opened, and Zhou Mu leaped out, walking in the air before being picked up by a silver-white delta fighter jet.

At this moment, the circular fighter jet slowly turned its direction and flew towards the Jiangnan base city.

Inside the cabin, Luo Feng stood still for a long time without moving.

Zhou Mu's words kept echoing in my mind: "I have high hopes for you, Luo Feng. I hope to see you at the Peak Training Camp."

After a long while, he raised his head and looked through the porthole at the increasingly smaller silver-white fighter jet, his eyes burning with an unprecedented flame.

……

On the other side, silver-white fighter jets flew steadily above the clouds.

Zhou Mu sat cross-legged in a comfortable chair, his mind focused on the Life-Extending Furnace panel in his mind.

"panel!"

[Shouyuan Furnace]

Name: Zhou Mu

Realm: Planetary Level 1 Spiritual Master, Apprentice Level 9 Martial Artist

Skills: Lightning Domain, First Stage Perfection (can be deduced), Nine-Layer Lightning Blade, Fourth Stage Perfection (can be deduced), World Annihilation, Eighth Stage Perfection (can be deduced)... [Expand]

Current lifespan: 932 years

Current lifespan stolen: 9234 years

Looking at the number "9234" on the panel, Zhou Mu felt a mix of emotions.

During this rat swarm, he killed no fewer than 100,000 rat beasts. Just the final use of his domain to wipe out the scattered rat hordes alone resulted in countless deaths at his hands. Yet, the lifespan he ultimately gained was less than ten thousand years.

"The panel's suppression of those who have surpassed one major realm is too ruthless." Zhou Mu shook his head. "No matter how much lifespan I have left, I can only plunder for one second when I surpass one major realm. Otherwise, this rat swarm could have given me at least tens of thousands of years' worth of lifespan resources."

However, Zhou Mu also knew that these were the rules of the panel, and complaining would be useless.

The most important thing right now is to convert these stolen lifespans into real strength.

Zhou Mu's gaze fell on "Lightning Domain" in the skill bar.

Since breaking through to the planetary awakening realm, he has been exploring how to use the domain, but due to his limited level, he has never been able to truly unleash its power.

Now that I've plundered over nine thousand years of lifespan, it's time to break through!

"Panel, continue analyzing the lightning domain, max it out!!"

He was silent.

On the panel, the characters representing the lightning field began to blur...

At this moment, a strange feeling rose from the bottom of Zhou Mu's heart. His consciousness seemed to leave his body and drift to an unknown place.

There was no sky, no earth, only endless darkness and chaos.

But in the deepest, endless darkness, something is flickering...

It's lightning!

It started as a faint arc of electricity, which flashed and disappeared in the chaos.

But then a second, a third, and countless bolts of lightning lit up simultaneously, intertwining, colliding, and merging, finally transforming into a vast sea of ​​lightning.

Zhou Mu's consciousness stood before the sea of ​​lightning, as insignificant as a speck of dust.

Amidst the endless lightning, he saw two completely opposite forces perfectly fused together. Each bolt of lightning carried the power to destroy everything, but after the destruction, where the lightning dissipated, a faint glimmer of life quietly sprouted.

"This is... the Law of Lightning?"

Zhou Mu murmured, his eyes filled with shock.

His consciousness lingered in that sea of ​​lightning for an unknown amount of time, sensing the trajectory of each bolt of lightning. He couldn't fully comprehend those profound rules, but even just glimpsing a tiny fraction of them had already benefited him immensely.

I don't know how much time had passed, but my consciousness suddenly returned to my body.

Zhou Mu opened his eyes, and a faint flash of lightning appeared in them.

When I looked at the panel, the characters on it had changed.

[First Stage of Mastery in the Lightning Realm → Fifth Stage of Perfection in the Lightning Realm]

[Consumes 9234 years of lifespan.]

[You are beginning to grasp the basics of the laws...]

[Understanding of the Lightning Law: Beginner (1%)]

[Should we continue the deduction by consuming the host's own lifespan?]