Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

The Beidahuang Base City, thousands of miles away.

Li Qingyue frowned as she looked at the blurry photo on the forum.

"Kunlun Base City... silver blades... plant vines..."

"Could this person be related to Yan Ning?"

Li Qingyue didn't know.

But she had a hunch that the blurry figure in the photo made her feel uneasy.

"check."

"Find out exactly who this person is."

"Yes."

The night outside the window was as dark as ink; an even greater storm was brewing.

......

Two months later.

Deep in the Kunlun Mountains.

A silver blade flashed across the sky, severing the head of a mid-level Lord-rank Fire Dragon Lizard. The massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

Immediately afterwards, a bright green vine covered with golden patterns sprouted from the ground, wrapped around the corpse, and drained away all its life essence.

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

It's been two months.

In the past two months, from the outer perimeter to the depths, from beast soldiers to lords, not a single monster that Yan Ning encountered could leave alive.

The harvest was quite pleasing.

In the past two months, he has killed a total of 32 lord-level monsters.

24 B-rank lords and 8 A-rank lords.

A Class B lord is worth an average of 15 billion, so 24 of them would be worth 360 billion.

The average value of a Class A lord is 40 billion, so an eight-lord lord would be 320 billion.

Including the materials from the beast soldiers and generals, the total gains... approached 700 billion!

of course.

He fed some of it to Moyun Teng on the spot, but most of the materials were sold through the Kunlun Base City channels.

After deducting handling fees and taxes, the actual amount received was nearly 600 billion.

600 billion federal dollars.

This amount is enough for him to buy several streets in Nanjiang Base City.

Compared to cold, hard numbers, what Yan Ning cares about most is strength.

Two months of frenzied killing.

His physical abilities improved rapidly in actual combat, and he was just one step away from becoming a mid-level war god.

With the residual energy of the spirits of plants and trees and the continuous nourishment of dragon blood, his spiritual power finally crossed the threshold of a beginner war god.

A seventh-level apprentice mentalist is equivalent to a beginner war god.

The number of blades controlled by the arc blade disc has increased from 72 to 81, and there are still about 20 blades left to unlock the first form.

And the Nine Blades of Meteorite - Severing Flow.

After experiencing hundreds of life-and-death battles, he finally gained complete mastery.

With a single stroke, the flow ceases, and all laws vanish!

That evening, Yan Ning was packing his things to return to Nanjiang.

Two months of killings.

He wiped out all the lord-level monsters in the northwest direction of the Kunlun Mountains.

The rest either hid in deeper restricted areas or fled at the first sign of trouble; there was nothing left for him to deal with.

"It's time to go home."

"Xixi is probably already calling me 'Dad,' the little rascal should be crawling by now, and Wanqing is about to give birth."

As a father, I can't just wander around outside all the time.

The tendrils of the Moyun Vine brushed against his face, conveying a sense of reluctance.

In the past two months, it has eaten its fill in Kunlun, breaking through from the first level of the planetary rank to the second level. The golden patterns on its vines are now denser, and its aura is several times stronger than before.

It has fallen in love with this free and unrestrained hunting life.

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Let's go."

Yan Ning had just taken a step when he suddenly stopped.

Something is approaching in the sky.

Extremely fast speed and extremely strong aura.

It was so powerful that the moment his mental energy touched it, it was as if it had been bounced back by an invisible wall.

Yan Ning's pupils suddenly contracted.

The 81 blades of the curved blade disc flew out from his sleeve instantly, forming a silver barrier around him.

At the same moment, the Moyun Vine also tightly adhered to the Black God Suit, forming a second layer of defense on Yan Ning's body.

Yan Ning crouched slightly, his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw it at any moment.

A figure descended from the sky.

It landed on a boulder thirty meters away.

The middle-aged man was burly and his black hair was slightly blown by the wind.

Inspector Qin looked Yan Ning up and down, his gaze lingering for a moment on the blade of the curved blade and the cloud-patterned vine, before he nodded in satisfaction.

"Good reaction speed, always vigilant, and didn't get cocky just because he killed a few lords."

"Old Zhou was right about you."

Yan Ning was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Old Zhou.

Zhou Zhengyuan.

There are very few people on the entire planet Azure who can address the Speaker of the Nanjiang Base City Council in this way.

And the person in front of us happens to be one of them.

Thinking about this...

Yan Ning sheathed the blade, loosened the handle, and respectfully bowed.

"Qin Inspector".

Qin Mufeng waved his hand.

"Kunlun urgently reported to Azure, saying that 'the life concentration in the northwest has plummeted by twenty percentage points, and a king-level monster is suspected to have been born.'"

Qin Mufeng couldn't help but laugh as he said this.

"I thought something really important had happened, so I made a special trip, only to find out it was you."

Yan Ning touched his nose somewhat embarrassedly:

"I've caused trouble for the inspector."

"What's the trouble?" Qin Mufeng waved his hand dismissively.

"well done!

The density of monsters in the Kunlun Mountains has always been the highest among all major base cities, a headache that has plagued the council for countless years.

On this trip, you killed 32 lords, including 8 A-rank ones...

This feat of war is unmatched by many within the Palace of the God of War.

Yan Ning was slightly startled, not expecting Qin Mufeng to know so much about his battle results.

But he didn't show it on his face, and simply said modestly:

"You flatter me, Inspector. I still have much to improve upon."

Qin Mufeng glanced at him, his gaze appreciative:

"No need for formalities."

"At your rate of growth, breaking through to the planetary level is only a matter of time. At that time, you and I will be peers. In this world, we can't be ranked by age; we have to rely on strength."

Yan Ning's heart stirred.

Qin Mufeng's words carried considerable weight.

"You don't need to worry too much about the Li family's affairs."

"Honghuang also harbored some resentment towards the Li family."

With a formidable enemy at hand, engaging in underhanded tactics is unacceptable. However, the Li family has guarded the harsh and cold northern wilderness for decades; they have earned their place, even if not merits. Furthermore, Honghuang is a kind-hearted man, so he turns a blind eye.

"But if the Li family makes any unusual moves, someone will take care of it. With external enemies at hand, we must at least clean up the house first."

Qin Mufeng was reassuring him that as long as he didn't make any mistakes or leave any leverage for others, the Li family couldn't openly touch him.

But Yan Ning had no intention of letting the Li family off the hook.

Actually.

The other party is unlikely to let him go either.

The day of mutual destruction will eventually come. Rather than waiting idly, Yan Ning prefers to take the initiative and annihilate them with a thunderous strike!

Yan Ning nodded.

That's a rather vague answer.

I just nodded, but I didn't say yes.

"Oh, right."

"We had suggested rewarding you before, but we've been too busy lately and put it on hold. Now is the perfect opportunity to publicize your achievements."

"You have no objection to being promoted from a city councilor in Nanjiang to a director of the Blue Sky Board, right?"