Swallowing the Stars: The Birth of a Cosmic God King

Yan Ning was caught in a dilemma.

If we retreat now, we can first plunder rare metals in other parts of Azure, and then fight again after our strength has increased by one or two levels. That would be a safer option.

But he couldn't guarantee whether the white behemoth had truly obtained the opportunity to claim the relics.

What if it grows faster than I do?

What if by the time I break through to the eighth or ninth level of the Planetary level, it has already broken through to the Eternal level?

Although the possibility is very small.

But Yan Ning doesn't like surprises. He has to nip all possibilities in the bud and wants absolute control!

"What should we do?"

Yan Ning closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the inherited memories of the Golden Horned Beast.

A massive amount of information flooded in like a tidal wave.

He flipped through all the records about Xuanhan Iron, trying to find some overlooked details.

It took quite a bit of effort.

at last.

He found the answer in a very obscure entry, one that was almost categorized as "irrelevant".

[If the reserves of Xuanhan Iron exceed 10,000 cubic meters, there is a very high probability that a B2-grade Xuanhan Iron mother stone will be formed.]

[The Mysterious Cold Iron Mother possesses an energy density over a hundred times that of ordinary Mysterious Cold Iron, and has a certain probability of containing trace fragments of the fundamental laws of cold water. It has an excellent body-tempering effect on planetary-level Golden Horned Beasts.]

[Note: Basalt iron mother is usually located at the deepest part of the ore vein, near the fault zone where geothermal and extreme cold meet.]

Yan Ning suddenly opened his eyes.

"Level B2!"

B2 corresponds to the second rank of the Eternal Star level.

Although it is only a material grade and not a true star-level life form, the energy density it contains far exceeds that of A9 grade Xuanhan Iron.

Moreover, it also comes with "body tempering effect" and "fragments of the fundamental law"?

This is no longer just food; this is a fucking stroke of luck!

"try to find!"

The golden-horned behemoth changed direction and drilled deeper into the fault zone of the mine.

......

Three days.

Three whole days.

Yan Ning traversed the depths of the underground, following the direction of the Xuanhan Iron Mine, advancing deeper and deeper little by little.

The deeper you go, the lower the temperature, the harder the rock layer, and the greater the pressure.

But the golden-horned behemoth's scales were enough to withstand all of this.

On the evening of the third day.

At the end of an almost completely frozen underground river, Yan Ning finally sensed that aura.

It wasn't the icy aura of Xuanhan Iron.

Rather, it was a deeper, purer chill, as if it could freeze time itself.

The golden-horned behemoth raised its right claw and slammed it down.

boom!

The rock strata are fractured.

A natural cave, roughly three meters square, came into view.

The cave walls were covered with ice-blue crystals, each crystal emitting a faint, cold light.

In the very center of the cave, a fist-sized piece of metal floated silently in mid-air.

Its color is much deeper than that of Xuanhan Iron, almost dark blue, and its surface is covered with star-like patterns of light.

Each time the light patterns flickered, the temperature inside the cave dropped by one point.

Mysterious Cold Iron Mother.

Level B2!

Yan Ning didn't even need to inherit the memories to confirm it; he could sense it from the Golden Horned Beast's instincts alone. He knew that the energy contained in this fist-sized piece of metal far exceeded the combined energy of all the Xuanhan Iron he had previously devoured.

"One bite."

The golden-horned behemoth opened its mouth and swallowed the Xuanhan Iron Mother into its belly.

But it was not digested.

Instead, it sent the precious metal into a special space within its body, to be digested in an absolutely safe place.

"Retreat first."

Yan Ning made a decision.

With the acquisition of the Mysterious Frost Iron Mother, the Golden Horned Beast has already soared from the third tier to the seventh tier.

After digesting this iron mother, it can advance at least one or two more ranks.

At that time, planetary-level eighth or even ninth-tier golden-horned behemoths, coupled with the innate secret techniques of peak cosmic bloodlines...

A white behemoth?

Below the Hengxing level, kill one if one comes, kill two if two come.

Even if it really breaks through the Hengxing level...

For the Golden Horned Beast, counterattacking was just a matter of slapping its claws a few more times. The most crucial point was that Yan Ning had not yet begun to prepare for the cultivation of his innate secret technique!

"I'll take your king beast dog's life after I've digested it."

The golden-horned behemoth turned around and swam back towards the surface along the path it had come from.

......

at the same time.

Azure Asia, South.

Day 28.

Yan Ning himself has already wiped out the beast hordes surrounding the two base cities.

The first one is a coastal base city.

The second one is Jiangyuan Base City.

Each one is an important hub in the south, and the scale of the beast tides surrounding each one is no less than that of Shenghai.

But Yan Ning no longer needed to flex his muscles like Sheng Hai did, so he simply proceeded step by step.

The blade clears the way.

Harvesting of the creeping vine.

Silverfish sweep away any fish that slipped through the net.

The efficiency was so high that the combat command centers of the two base cities were in a state of "shock-numbness-shock again" throughout the process.

......

Day 28.

The last stronghold of the beast herd on the outskirts of Jiangyuan Base City.

Yan Ning stood on a hill, surrounded by the corpses of monsters scattered all over the mountains.

The 196 blades of the curved cutter head are automatically sweeping away the last few escaped beasts.

The tendrils of the Cloud Vine slowly wriggled on the ground, devouring the life essence of the Lord-level monster.

Everything was the same as usual.

Yan Ning was even somewhat absent-minded.

Most of his consciousness was focused on the Golden Horned Beast, devouring the Xuanhan Iron, searching for the Iron Mother, and assessing the threat posed by the White Beast.

For him, the battle in his physical form no longer required his full concentration.

But just as he casually manipulated the blade to kill an S-class lord.

A strange feeling of sudden enlightenment welled up from the bottom of my heart... a moment of clarity!

Nine Blades of Meteorite Ink.

The first technique, "Severing the Flow," emphasizes the act of stopping the flow.

The second move, "Breaking the Army," emphasizes breaking through enemy lines.

What about the third move?

Yan Ning never deliberately practiced the third form because he felt that the second form was sufficient.

On the Blue Star, Po Jun could easily kill any opponent with a single strike against these native monsters.

Spending too much time on honing your skills is not cost-effective. It's better to focus on improving the Golden Horned Beast. Once you reach a higher level and have sufficient proficiency, everything will fall into place naturally.

But at the moment.

The moment I controlled the blade to kill that S-class lord.

He "saw" it.

It's not something you see with your eyes.

It is consciousness that "sees"... the body structure, energy flow, and fatal weaknesses of that lord-level creature, as well as... how to adjust the angle, force, and speed of the blade's cut to maximize the power of "breaking"!

wrong.

It's not "broken".

It means "to annihilate".

The third move of the Nine Blades of Meteorite: Annihilation.

With a single strike, all things perish!

Yan Ning's hand unconsciously gripped the hilt of his battle sword.

He didn't do anything intentionally.

He simply followed that "enlightenment" and naturally drew and swung his sword.

Blade's edge.

A blade of light that is almost transparent and almost invisible!

Extending silently from the tip of the knife, it is like a gentle breeze that sweeps across the hills, through the dense forest, and across the earth.

then.

The earth cracked open!

A crack several kilometers long and more than 100 meters deep stretched out from Yan Ning's feet, neatly bisecting the hills, dense forest, and even a stream in front of him.

The edges of the crack were as smooth as a mirror, as if some part of it had been "wiped away" by some irresistible force.

The monster corpses, trees, and rocks that were still within the crack all disappeared.

There are definitely no signs of an explosion or excavation.

It's just...gone.

It's as if they never existed!

Yan Ning remained in the stance of wielding his sword, then paused for a moment.

"This...this is the third move?"

He looked down at the sword in his hand.

There was a crack on the blade of the battle sword that was almost invisible to the naked eye.

This is the price of unleashing the third move at full power; ordinary battle swords can no longer withstand this level of sword light.

"It's powerful enough," Yan Ning frowned, "but it takes too much effort to use your blade."

He sheathed his sword and looked up at the sky.

In the sky, a super-strong anti-magnetic drone is slowly circling.

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