Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

Underground ice cave.

There's not much difference between here and when I left a month ago.

The corpses of those slain king beasts are still there, but in the extreme cold of tens of degrees below zero, they have long since turned into ice sculptures.

Yan Ning's golden-horned behemoth clone passed through this "sculpture group" and quickly found the location of the metal wall from before.

The ice was thicker than when he left.

But in the Golden Horned Beast's perception, what lay beneath the ice was the real focus.

That faint, almost imperceptible metallic scent, when retrieved through the inherited memories, became as clear as a flame in the night.

"It's a pity there's no auxiliary optical computer."

The thought flashed through Yan Ning's mind.

He knew it was a rare metal, and he knew exactly what its quality, grade, and energy density were.

It is in the memories passed down.

However, he needs to actively search for it, rather than automatically identifying it like a quantum computer.

"It's okay, you'll know once you try it."

The golden-horned behemoth raised its right claw.

The claw flashed past, cutting through the several-meter-thick layer of ice to reveal the gray-black metal wall beneath.

Under the reflection of claws.

A faint ice-blue light pattern flows across the surface.

The golden-horned behemoth lowered its head, opened its mouth, and bit off a piece. The metal struck its teeth with a screeching sound, and fragments flew everywhere.

Then, it devours.

The inherited memories were operating wildly at this moment, and a massive amount of information flooded into Yan Ning's consciousness.

Soon, the search results appeared.

【Mystic Iron, Grade A9 Metal】

It is a relatively common type of cold-attribute rare metal in the universe, mostly formed in the deep crust of the earth in extremely cold environments.

The energy density is not high.

But its advantage lies in its purity; it contains almost no impurities and digests extremely quickly.

For planetary-level golden-horned behemoths, this is a rather ideal "food".

"A9 level..."

Yan Ning quickly did the conversion.

According to the universal rating system, A1 to A9 correspond to the first to ninth planetary levels.

A9 grade metal is exactly the upper limit that the Golden Horned Beast can efficiently absorb at the planetary stage.

Any higher and it would be a star-level material, which, given the Golden Horned Beast's current digestion capacity, would be counterproductive.

"The drawbacks are also obvious."

Yan Ning frowned slightly.

The energy density of pyrophyllite is indeed not high.

A piece of Xuanhan Iron the size of a fist contains less energy than an S-class lord.

If one wanted to advance from the third to the sixth or seventh tier of the planetary level by consuming Xuanhan Iron, the amount required would be astronomical.

At least... tens of millions of tons.

"Tens of millions of tons?" Yan Ning almost burst out laughing.

He looked around.

This metal wall is just the tip of the iceberg.

In his perception, deep underground, the vein of Xuanhan Iron stretched like a sleeping dragon towards the Arctic Circle.

What are the specific reserves?

he does not know.

But it will definitely not be low.

"So what if it has low energy density? It's digested quickly! And it's filling!"

Yan Ning did not hesitate.

"Start swallowing!"

The golden-horned behemoth opened its mouth and bit down on the metal wall.

Large chunks of Xuanhan Iron were torn off and swallowed directly into the special space within the body.

Devouring talent activated.

The metal is rapidly decomposed, digested, and transformed into the purest energy within the body, integrating into every cell of the Golden Horned Beast.

The aura is beginning to rise!

......

The distribution of basaltic iron ore veins is not concentrated.

In some places, it is tens of meters thick, while in others it is just a thin layer scattered among the rock strata.

The golden-horned behemoth followed the vein, devouring everything as it went deeper underground.

It's not fast.

But its strength lies in its stability.

Swallow for a while, digest for a while, then continue swallowing.

Yan Ning was not in a hurry.

He has plenty of time.

Day 1 to Day 7.

The Golden Horned Beast devoured approximately two million tons of pyrometallurgical iron.

His aura rose from the fourth level of the planetary stage all the way to the peak of the fourth level.

Just one step away from the fifth tier!

......

Eighth day.

One rich mineral vein, with a single-point reserve of over 500,000 tons.

The golden-horned behemoth stayed here for a whole day, devouring, digesting, devouring again, and digesting again.

When the last piece of Xuanhan Iron was swallowed, his aura surged again.

Planetary level, fifth rank!

As Yan Ning felt the surge of power, only one thought occupied his mind:

"It feels so good!"

......

Day 9 to Day 14.

The veins began to thin out, but the quality actually improved.

Faint dark blue patterns began to appear in some of the Xuanhan Iron, and the Golden Horned Beast's devouring speed increased accordingly.

Digestion speed is also increasing.

Early stage of fifth tier, mid stage of fifth tier, peak stage of fifth tier...

......

Day 15.

Another rich mineral vein.

This time, the golden-horned behemoth did not hesitate and pounced directly.

Devour, digest, break through.

Planetary level six!

......

In just half a month, he jumped from the fourth level to the sixth level.

For a human martial artist, this speed would be a pipe dream, and for the Golden Horned Beast, it was only because it had found suitable food.

......

Day 16 to Day 30.

The mineral veins are distributed deeper and deeper, getting closer and closer to the core area of ​​the Arctic Circle.

Yan Ning did not choose to delve deeper.

Right at the edge of the vein, following the path of the icy iron, it continued to devour it.

Early stage of sixth rank, mid stage of sixth rank, peak stage of sixth rank...

......

Day 30.

The golden-horned behemoth swallowed the last visible piece of Xuanhan Iron, and its aura suddenly surged.

Planetary level, seventh rank!

One month.

Three grades.

From Planetary Level 3 to Planetary Level 7!

The golden-horned behemoth stood deep within the underground ice cave, its scales emitting a faint golden light, its vertical pupils reflecting the remnants of the ore vein that had been completely devoured.

"That's enough." Yan Ning let out a long breath.

A planetary-level seventh-tier golden-horned behemoth.

The pinnacle of cosmic lineage.

Innate secret techniques.

Inheriting the fighting instinct.

Even if that white behemoth was a ninth-level planetary-level beast, he could easily kill it with a single claw strike!

Even if we take a step back and say that you're just a native monster from a blue planet, how could your genetic potential compare to that of the top races in the universe?

Now, I can tear that king beast apart with my bare hands, right?

......

But Yan Ning was not in a hurry to leave.

He stood at the end of the now-empty mine, a thought flashing through his mind.

"After a whole month, not even a single Wood Crystal has been found?"

Muya Jing.

Four of those crystals containing pure life energy were previously found in the ice cave.

Logically speaking, Muya Crystals shouldn't appear on Azure Star. Energy crystals of this level can only form under certain special conditions in the universe.

"unless..."

Yan Ning's consciousness tightened slightly.

"Somewhere underground, near the Arctic Circle, lies some kind of previously undiscovered relic?"

Once the thought appeared, it wouldn't go away.

The Wood Crystal, the Xuanhan Iron Ore Vein, and that white behemoth that suddenly grew to the point that even the combined might of the Primordial Era and Qin Mufeng couldn't contend with...

Could these things be related?

"etc."

Yan Ning's consciousness suddenly sank.

"Could this also be related to the King Beast's sudden increase in strength?"

If the white behemoth also obtained the opportunity within the ruins, even a resource superior to the Xuanhan Iron...

Its growth rate may not be slower than that of the Golden Horned Beast!