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

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"Now, it's my turn."

Zhou Mu gripped the Chasing Blade Spear tightly, and with a flash, he disappeared from the spot.

Forty times the speed of sound, unleashing full power!

Before Lei Longhuang could even react, he only saw a deep purple afterimage streak across the night sky. The next second, Zhou Mu appeared above the Tentacle Beast King's head.

The spear's edge pierced the sky like a thunderclap, heading straight for the head of the tentacle beast king.

The Tentacle Beast King struggled frantically, its remaining tentacles desperately trying to stop it. However, the severed tentacles grew back in just a few dozen seconds thanks to its powerful regenerative ability, but the growth was still pitifully slow due to the suppression of its domain.

They were like slow-motion shots, gradually pulling towards Zhou Mu, unable to keep up with his speed at all.

The spear's edge pierced through layers of obstruction, finally stabbing fiercely into the head of the tentacle beast king.

puff!

Dark purple blood gushed out, shooting skyward like a fountain.

A sharp pain, like a thunderclap, coursed through his entire body. The tentacle beast king convulsed uncontrollably, and the mournful cries emanating from its mouth shook the surrounding giant waves, causing them to surge backward.

But it's not dead yet.

The Tentacle Beast King's vitality is incredibly strong; although this shot severely injured it, it was not fatal.

A huge, bloody hole had split open in its head, but the flesh inside was writhing frantically, trying to heal the wound.

Zhou Mu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

The tentacle beast king's vitality was even stronger than he had imagined.

If one shot doesn't kill, then come again!

He drew his gun and stabbed again.

One shot, two shots, three shots...

Every shot hit the same spot, every shot went several inches deeper.

At the same time, Qianshanxue frantically slashed and transformed into twelve blood-red whirlwinds, severing the remaining tentacles of the Tentacle Beast King one by one and peeling off its armor plates piece by piece.

The tentacle beast king's struggles grew weaker and weaker, and its hisses became fainter and fainter.

Its body, hundreds of meters long, was covered with countless wounds, some so deep that bone was visible, and in some places, even the writhing internal organs could be seen. The dark purple blood almost stained the entire sea black.

But Zhou Mu showed no mercy.

The seventeenth shot.

When the spear tip pierced through the already bloody hole again, and emerged from the Tentacle Beast King's jaw through its brain, the Tentacle Beast King's massive body convulsed violently a few times before finally losing all its breath.

Those scarlet eyes gradually lost their luster, turning into a deathly gray.

[Slay a planetary-level 7th-tier tentacle beast and plunder 2700 years of remaining lifespan]

[Current lifespan stolen: 2895 years]

Zhou Mu sheathed his spear, looked at the numbers that popped up on the panel, and nodded slightly.

The tentacle beast king still has a decent amount of lifespan left, enough for it to advance one level of its domain.

He turned around and looked at Thunder Dragon Emperor.

That ferocious beast, stretching nearly a thousand meters, was trembling with fear.

It witnessed firsthand every detail of the human's brutal killing of beings of its own caliber.

A human weaker than himself completely suppressed the newly-breakthrough Beast King with his domain, and then, with terrifying speed and attack, slowly wore down the opponent, whose regenerative abilities were incredibly powerful, to death.

From the moment the attack began until the end, it took only a few breaths. A beast king, one of the top creatures on Earth, was brutally killed.

The terrifying suppressive power of that deep purple domain, the ability to strip lightning of its control, and the terrifying speed exceeding forty times the speed of sound...

Thunder Dragon Emperor had lived for decades and had never felt such fear.

It wanted to run away, but it couldn't escape under the suppression of the domain; it wanted to fight, but its proud lightning was completely stripped away, which meant it was practically useless.

It wanted to beg for mercy, but looking at the disfigured, sinking tentacle beast king's corpse, it had no idea how to express itself, fearing it might anger the evil star before it.

They couldn't escape, and they couldn't win.

What should I do?

Just then, it felt the human's gaze fall upon it.

"Good, you're not thinking of running away."

Zhou Mu hovered in front of the Thunder Dragon Emperor, looking the monster up and down, which was exactly the same as the mythical beast in Chinese legend.

Its body, stretching nearly a thousand meters, was covered with faintly shimmering lightning patterns on every deep purple scale. The majestic dragon head had amber eyes that reflected its image, filled with fear and awe.

But at this moment, it was nothing more than a trembling prey.

Just as Zhou Mu was about to speak, a faint fluctuation of consciousness entered his mind.

The fluctuations were intermittent, carrying a hint of probing, a hint of fear, and a hint of the will to survive.

"Don't...kill...me..."

Zhou Mu was stunned.

He looked at the Thunder Dragon Emperor, whose amber dragon eyes were fixed on him, filled with pleading.

The dragon was using its consciousness to beg for mercy.

"You're quite clever," Zhou Mu said calmly.

Lei Longhuang sensed his response and quickly continued to transmit his consciousness.

The fluctuations were clearer than before, but still seemed raw; it was clear that it didn't often communicate in this way.

"I...surrender...I submit...Please don't kill me..."

Zhou Mu was silent for a second.

Submission...

He glanced at the 2700 years of lifespan that had just been added to the panel, and then at the colossal beast that stretched for nearly a thousand meters before him.

How much lifespan can be stolen if it is killed?

With its strength, it must have existed for at least three thousand years, right?

Three thousand years of lifespan plundered is enough for him to advance his domain to the next level, or improve his understanding of the laws.

That's quite a temptation.

but......

Zhou Mu suddenly thought of a question.

The Thunder Dragon Emperor has a lifespan of at most a few thousand years. Killing it is just a one-time gain; once it's used up, it's gone.

But what if we keep it?

Let it summon countless monsters as the Beast King, and then reap the rewards amidst the beast tide...

That will be an inexhaustible source of longevity!

As one of only two beast kings on Earth, it can rule over most of the world's oceans!

The number of monsters that can be summoned is in the hundreds of millions, far exceeding the quantity and quality of a catastrophic beast tide. Under Zhou Mu's command, these monsters will become the resources for his growth!

Moreover, the Thunder Dragon Emperor is quite intelligent and can understand his intentions through communication of consciousness.

Such an existence is far more useful than those monsters that only know how to kill; it can serve as his eyes in the ocean, monitoring the arrival of the Golden Horned Beast.

Zhou Mu's eyes flickered as he quickly weighed his options.

Seeing Zhou Mu's silence, Lei Longhuang assumed he was still hesitating about whether to kill him, and quickly continued to transmit his consciousness.

This time, its consciousness fluctuations were clearer and more coherent, even carrying a hint of urgency.

"I'm useful... I know about treasures... even monsters obey you..."

Zhou Mu looked at it, feeling the intermittent fluctuations of consciousness, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

They have some awareness.

This dragon is more sensible than I imagined.

"You certainly know how to assess the situation," Zhou Mu said calmly.

Lei Longhuang didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Mu's words, but it could sense the loosening in Zhou Mu's tone, so it quickly continued to express its loyalty.

The fluctuations in its consciousness were filled with submission, and it even took the initiative to withdraw all its defenses, exposing its vulnerable abdomen to Zhou Mu.

This is the most extreme way for animals to express submission.