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

"I'll ask you one last time—are you going to pay or not?"

Zhou Pojun gritted his teeth, gripped his sword tightly, and was about to charge forward again...

Suddenly, a terrifying aura shot up from beneath the sea!

Whoosh! Boom!

The sea surface exploded, and amidst the towering waves, a purple behemoth nearly a thousand meters long burst forth from the water!

Its deep purple scales shimmered with a dreamlike luster under the moonlight, its winding body stretched between the sea and the sky, its enormous dragon head lowered, its amber dragon eyes fixed on Fal.

The terrifying pressure belonging to the Beast King was released without reservation, enveloping the entire sea area.

"Thunder Dragon Emperor?!"

Far's expression changed instantly.

The warriors behind her turned pale under this oppressive aura, some even trembling in their legs and nearly collapsing to the ground.

Lei Longhuang ignored those insignificant characters. His eyes swept over Zhou Pojun and Mo Yan, who were lying on the ground, and then looked at Fal, a hint of human anger flashing in his eyes.

It had been waiting in the nearby waters, summoning monsters as Zhou Mu instructed. Although it didn't quite understand why its master needed so many monsters, it dared not disobey its master's will under the terrifying thunderous threat in its mind.

Just now, it sensed an unfamiliar presence approaching, followed by a violent surge of battle energy, and it quietly surfaced to observe.

Thunder Dragon Emperor happened to see the two people next to his master being severely injured and lying on the ground by this human woman who used fire.

It still vividly remembers the scene of its owner talking to these two people. The owner's attitude towards them was very close, and it was clear that they had a very close relationship.

If its owner returns and finds it standing idly by, allowing the two humans to be killed by this woman...

When Thunder Dragon Emperor thought of the unrecognizable corpse of the Tentacle Beast King, his scales all over his body bristled.

We must act!

Roar! ! ! !

Thunder Dragon Emperor let out a deafening roar, its massive dragon body like a purple lightning bolt, instantly traversing hundreds of meters, its tail sweeping out with earth-shattering power, striking directly at Fal!

Upon seeing this, Far's expression changed drastically. Flames erupted from his fists as he slammed them with all his might towards the dragon's tail.

boom!!!

Flames exploded, and Far was sent flying like a cannonball, as if he were a mantis trying to stop a chariot. He carved a trench thousands of meters long into the sea.

She managed to steady herself, her fists trembling, the gloves already covered in cracks.

The Thunder Dragon King gave her no chance to breathe. Its massive body pounced again, its dragon claws tearing through the night sky, its mouth opening to reveal its gleaming fangs, within which lightning gathered.

Far gritted his teeth, flames condensed around him to form a barrier, and he retreated frantically.

But those dragon claws were too fast!

With a single claw, he tore through the barrier of flames, followed by a thunderous breath that blasted onto her!

puff!

Far coughed up a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward again. Her combat suit was mostly torn to shreds, and her exposed snow-white skin was charred black by the lightning.

"Congressman Farr, hold on! We've already notified the Alliance. Fourth Speaker East and Fifth Speaker Atkin are on their way!"

......

Deep underground, inside the Meteorite Starship.

Zhou Mu sat cross-legged, with the light screen containing the secret techniques of the "Soul Imprint" floating in front of him. The dense text and energy flow diagrams flashed quickly through his eyes, and he carefully imprinted them deep into his mind.

Babata hovered beside him, his eyes full of anticipation.

"The Soul Imprint is one of the core secret techniques of our Meteorite Star lineage. Its content is profound and extensive. It can transform ordinary mental energy into mental energy unique to Meteorite Star. The Soul Imprint that the master gave to Luo Feng was also formed through this secret technique."

She gestured in the air, explaining while projecting a complex energy structure diagram. "Ordinary spiritualists cannot perform the profound secret techniques of Meteorite Star because the nature of spiritual power is different. Only through the transformation of the soul imprint can the true power of the Meteorite Star inheritance be brought into play."

She glanced at Luo Feng, who was receiving the inherited soul imprint not far away, and then turned back to look at Zhou Mu.

"Luo Feng has a legacy soul imprint left by his master. He only needs to implant it into his spirit to complete the transformation. It's fast and effective." She paused. "But you're different. Cultivating a soul imprint on your own requires you to weave that complex energy structure bit by bit with your spiritual power. If you're not careful, all your efforts will be wasted, and you might even damage your soul. In the past history of Meteorite Star, less than one in ten planetary-level spiritualists have ever cultivated a soul imprint on their own without relying on a legacy soul imprint."

Zhou Mu heard this but said nothing.

"panel!"

[Shouyuan Furnace]

Name: Zhou Mu

Realm: Planetary Level 2 Spiritualist, Planetary Level 1 Martial Artist

Skills: Introduction to Lightning Laws (2%), Seventh Level Perfection of Lightning Domain (can be deduced), Introduction to Soul Imprint (can be deduced)... [Expand]

Current lifespan: 932 years

Current lifespan stolen: 11550 years

As Zhou Mu watched as the lifespan of those who had once again exceeded ten thousand years, the smile on his lips gradually became impossible to suppress.

"Deduce the Soul Imprint, max it out!"

Zhou Mu began his deductions without hesitation.

The next second, a profound feeling welled up from the bottom of her heart. Those complex energy structure diagrams and those obscure and difficult-to-understand mental energy circulation routes were as if an invisible hand was dismantling, reassembling, dismantling again, and reassembling again in her mind. Every detail became crystal clear, and every difficulty was easily solved.

His mental power began to operate on its own, weaving, condensing, and transforming itself thread by thread according to the requirements of the Soul Imprint Secret Technique.

Under the panel's simulation, the process, which should have been slow and difficult, was proceeding at an astonishing speed.

Babata continued nagging from the side, "...If you find it too difficult, you can actually wait until Luo Feng finishes receiving the inheritance and have him help you..."

She suddenly froze halfway through her sentence.

Her purple eyes widened in shock, and she froze in mid-air, like an exquisite doll frozen in place.

Because in front of her, Zhou Mu's aura was changing at a terrifying speed.

It was a fundamental transformation, a shift from ordinary mental power to the unique mental power of Meteorite Star, and the speed of that transformation was unbelievably fast.

"How...is this possible?"

Babata's voice was a little hoarse. She frantically brought up the detection system, and streams of data shot out from her eyes, scanning Zhou Mu from head to toe again and again.

[Target status being monitored...]

[Mental Power Conversion Progress: 30%......50%......70%......]

Babata was completely dumbfounded.

She knew better than anyone how difficult it was to cultivate a Soul Imprint. Back then, there were countless brilliant disciples in the Meteorite Star lineage, but only a handful of them managed to cultivate a Soul Imprint on their own. And each of them had spent years, decades, or even centuries of hard work.

But the person in front of me...

It's been less than ten minutes since I started practicing!

"You monster! You monster!!"

Babata screamed, clutching her head with both hands, her long, silvery-white hair standing on end like a frizzy mess.

Not far away, Luo Feng, who had just completed the implantation of the inherited soul imprint, slowly opened his eyes. He heard Babata's scream and looked over in confusion.

"Babata, what's wrong?"