Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

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Fourth day.

Yan Ning encountered a golden-haired ape king.

This golden ape was a whole size larger than the one we had encountered before. Its golden fur stood up like steel needles, and its eyes were bloodshot. Standing in the dense forest, it looked like a small golden mountain.

Lord level, mid-tier.

Rank A Lord.

Roughly equivalent to a mid-level War God!

Yan Ning scanned the area with his mental power and quickly estimated that the Golden-haired Ape King was worth at least three times more than the Ironclad Earth Dragon.

The Golden Ape King also discovered him.

The roar was deafening.

He pounded his chest with both fists, producing a loud, muffled thunderous sound.

Then it moved.

Despite its massive size, it possessed astonishing speed, leaping across tens of meters in an instant, and its enormous fist slammed into Yan Ning with a piercing shriek that tore through the air!

The force of that punch was at least three hundred tons!

Yan Ning did not take the hit head-on.

His figure dodged like a ghost.

The Golden Ape King's fist slammed into the spot where he had just stood, creating a crater several meters in diameter in the ground, sending debris flying everywhere.

"Strong and fast, but not very bright."

Yan Ning mentally assessed his opponent's weaknesses.

Although the Golden Ape King was fierce.

However, their attack patterns are singular, relying entirely on brute force and speed to overwhelm opponents. Such opponents are perfect for honing your swordsmanship!

He stopped dodging and charged straight at the Golden Ape King's fist.

Nine Blades of Meteorite Ink: Severing the Flow!

This time, he didn't aim for the neck, but for the fist that the Golden Ape King was swinging.

The moment when the blade clashed with the fist.

Yan Ning's blade cut in at an extremely tricky angle, diverting the force of three hundred tons, while leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on its fist.

The Golden Ape King let out a miserable scream.

Another fist swept across.

Yan Ning ducked to avoid the attack, then turned and appeared to the side of the Golden-haired Ape King. He swung his sword again, this time aiming for its knee.

The Golden Ape King's right leg buckled.

Its massive body tilted to one side.

Taking advantage of the momentum, Yan Ning leaped up, his battle blade slashing upwards, the edge cutting across the Golden-haired Ape King's throat.

A single slit to the throat!

The Golden Ape King clutched his throat, his crimson eyes wide open, his mouth agape but unable to utter a sound.

His body swayed twice.

Then, like a collapsing mountain, it crashed to the ground with a deafening roar, kicking up clouds of dust.

From the start of the battle to the kill, it took no more than twenty seconds!

Yan Ning sheathed his sword and let out a long breath.

This battle deepened his understanding of "cutting off the flow".

Cutting off the flow is not about confronting each other head-on, but about using the opponent's strength against them and using skill to overcome clumsiness!

The Golden Ape King's power far surpasses his.

However, its power is too brute and lacks any skill, so it is easily guided and neutralized.

Yan Ning squatted down and skillfully began to peel off the materials.

The Golden Ape King is an A-level lord, far more valuable than the previous Ironclad Earth Dragon.

A complete pelt is worth at least 5 million.

The fangs are worth 2 million.

4 million crystal cores.

Blood from the heart is even more precious, valued at 2 million.

The skeleton can be used to forge heavy battle axes or warhammers; a complete skeleton set is estimated to be worth at least 1 million...

Yan Ning's hand trembled as he did the calculations. "14 billion."

A golden ape king, worth 14 billion!

Adding to the previous 5.6 million from Ironclad Earth Dragon.

Including other miscellaneous materials for beast soldiers and generals, his total gains from this trip have exceeded 20 billion!

The Moyun Vine pounced on it impatiently and sucked the corpse of the Golden Ape King into a skeleton.

The golden veins on the vines shone even brighter.

Although its size did not change significantly, Yan Ning could feel its energy steadily increasing.

"Master, I'm still hungry."

Moyun Teng sent a message, but this time its tone was much gentler than before, as if it were coquettish.

Yan Ning smiled and shook his head: "Your appetite is truly bottomless."

......

Day .

Yan Ning encountered two more B-rank lords.

A crimson tiger and a giant frost python.

Both are early-stage lords, and their combined value is approximately one billion.

Yan Ning used the Arc Blade Disc to kill the Crimson Flame Tiger from a distance, and used the Nine Meteorite Blades to slay the Frost Giant Python head-on. With one attack from a distance and the other at close range, he easily took down the two monsters.

The Crimson Tigers have a total of 400 million.

The total value of the Frost Python is 380 million.

Five days, four lord-level...

Grade B Ironclad Earth Dragon: 5.6 million; Grade A Golden-haired Ape King: 14 billion; Grade B Crimson Tiger: 4 million; Grade B Frost Python: 3.8 million.

Including the materials for the beast soldiers and generals, the total cost is approximately 200 million.

Total earnings: 29.4 billion!

Yan Ning leaned against a big tree, looking at the materials stuffed full in his backpack, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

In the first nine years, even working himself to the bone, he only managed to save one or two hundred million.

In Kunlun, it would cost nearly 3 billion in just five days!

Is this how fast Moyunteng makes money?

It should be noted that this was only the result of Yan Ning deliberately slowing down his pace, without choosing to rashly venture deeper to kill a high-level lord.

High-ranking lords are the real money-printing machines!

One head of cattle could easily yield a profit of 50 billion!

But the gains we've made so far are enough.

It can involve fighting.

But there's no need to risk going deeper. What if something unexpected happens and the Moyun Vine can't hold it back?

What can truly put Yan Ning at ease is his own actual combat strength.

Eat as much food as your stomach can hold.

Yan Ning is open-minded about this.

"However, it's no wonder that Kunlun is said to be a paradise for the strong."

Yan Ning patted the Moyun Vine.

"How was your meal today?"

The golden veins on the Moyun Vine are twice as bright as they were five days ago, and its aura is also noticeably stronger.

The pinnacle of the first tier of the planetary class.

It's just one step away from second order.

"Just a little bit more, Master."

"If I eat one more lord, I can advance to the next level!"

"Then kill another one, and find an unlucky one!"

......

But what Yan Ning didn't know was that the storm he had stirred up in the past five days had already caused a huge uproar in Kunlun Base City.

The first to notice the anomaly.

It is a top-tier martial arts squad from Kunlun Base City.

Rusty Knife Squad.

The top ten martial arts teams in Kunlun Base City, with six members, all of whom are at least intermediate-level warriors.

The configuration is so luxurious it's astonishing.

Four high-level warriors, one mid-level warrior, and one mid-level warrior-level mentalist.

This squad has roamed the Kunlun Mountains for many years, slaying no fewer than twenty lord-level monsters, making them one of the sharpest blades in the entire Kunlun base city.

But today.

The knife almost broke too.

The team has just completed a hunt, targeting a low-ranking Ironback Lizard King.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour.

Although the target was successfully killed.

However, the team also paid a heavy price. The captain's arm was slashed so deep that the bone was visible. The mentalist's primal energy and mental power were so depleted that he could barely stand.

"withdraw."

"Let's go back to the base city to rest first, and we'll come back to collect the materials later!"

"My life is at stake!"

It's not that they don't want to accept it.

Rather, the battle was too large a commotion.

The scent of the Ironback Lizard King's blood will attract more predators, and in their current state, if they encounter another Lord-level predator, they will be wiped out.

The six people helped each other and quickly retreated along the way they had come.

But what you fear most is what happens.

A deep roar came from the depths of the dense forest, causing the leaves to fall in a rustling sound.

Followed by.

A golden ape, as big as a truck, leaped down from the treetops and crashed heavily in front of them, making the ground tremble.

"Damn it!"

"Golden Ape! Mid-tier Lord level!"

The six men looked ashen-faced.

In their current state, let alone a golden ape, even a low-level lord could take their lives.

The golden ape roared and pounced.

A massive fist slammed into the captain at the front with a whooshing sound.

The captain gritted his teeth and raised his sword to parry.

But his arm was still bleeding, and he was not strong enough to withstand the punch.

call out!

A streak of silver light flew from the depths of the dense forest, so fast that it left no afterimage.

The golden ape's fist stopped in mid-air, less than a meter from the captain's head.

The enormous body suddenly froze.

The giant gorilla still had a ferocious expression on its face, but the light in its eyes was rapidly fading.

then.

The head slid off, and blood gushed out from the severed neck.

The golden ape's corpse fell heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

The six people hadn't even reacted yet.

Then a huge, emerald-green vine shot out from the dense forest and wrapped itself around the golden ape's corpse.

The enormous body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Muscles, internal organs, bone marrow—all the essence of life was drained away in a matter of seconds!

Satisfied, the vines retracted and disappeared into the dense forest.

From beginning to end, it took less than five seconds.

"What...what is that..." The mentalist's voice trembled.

No one could answer him.

The captain was the first to come to his senses. He knelt on one knee and bowed deeply in the direction where the vines had disappeared.

The other team members also knelt down.

My heart is filled with relief at surviving the ordeal and an indescribable sense of awe.