Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 16, "World Destruction," First Stage!

The six members of the Chasing Wind Squad fled at breakneck speed, deliberately choosing narrow alleys and sometimes even passing directly through abandoned buildings, quickly leaving the large group of beast-soldier level monsters behind.

"Go upstairs!"

As they passed a residential building that was about ten stories high, Lei Hong shouted!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

A person quickly turned around and disappeared into the residential building.

After quickly clearing away the monsters roaming inside the building and tightly closing the fire escape door leading to the rooftop, everyone collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"Damn it, snatching food from the jaws of the beasts almost kills me!"

Zhou Yang's father, Zhou Yong, blurted out in a loud and boisterous manner.

"Don't get cocky. I'm just asking you, next time you encounter this situation, are you going to step in or not?"

His good buddy Lao Liu retorted to him in an annoyed tone.

Zhou Yong gave an awkward laugh, but said without hesitation, "Of course I'll go! I still need to save up some money for my Yangyang's future wife!"

"Forget it, do you really think Yangyang will ever be able to get a wife?"

After a while of merriment, Captain Lei Hong gathered everyone together.

"Everyone did a great job just now, especially Zhou Yang. Here's the arrangement: next time we're dealing with a general-level monster, Zhou Yang and I will support you, and Liu and Chen Chong will protect Zhu Xia."

"Yes, Captain!"

None of them had any objections to this.

Previously, Lei Hong's assistants were Zhou Yong and Liu Qiang, who were the most senior and strongest members of the team besides him.

However, although Zhou Yang has only made a limited number of moves since joining the team a few days ago, he has shown remarkable strength.

He has already become the strongest one besides Lei Hong.

Moreover, he is so young and his skills are still improving rapidly. Lei Hong's arrangement also suggests that he intends to cultivate him as the core of the team.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Lei Hong nodded slightly and gave the order:

"Rest for an hour to regain your strength before continuing!"

"yes!"

For the next month, the Wind Chaser team temporarily settled down in County 02011.

They would go out hunting during the day and find a building's rooftop to rest at night.

In subsequent battles, Lei Hong intentionally groomed Zhou Yang, assigning him the role of the team's secondary main attacker.

When they encounter a lone, low-level Beast General-class monster, Lei Hong and the others will actively create opportunities for Zhou Yang to fight the monster alone, in order to hone his combat skills.

Zhou Yang's performance lived up to expectations.

In the past month, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds!

The footwork, thrusting techniques, and leather techniques described in the first level of "World Destruction" are now used more and more smoothly and effortlessly, almost giving one the feeling of man and spear becoming one as described in ancient books. When exerting force, there is even another force surging within the body!

Zhou Yang understood that when this power could truly be unleashed, it would mean that he had truly mastered the essentials of the first level of "World Destruction"!

More importantly!

With his daily consistent practice of the Gene Energy Cultivation Method and the constant nourishment from the Meteor Tears, his physical fitness improved rapidly.

Although he couldn't get an accurate number yet, after comparing himself with Lei Hong and Zhou Yong, he was certain that his physical fitness had definitely reached the level of a junior warrior!

When Lei Hong and the others learned of this situation, they were thoroughly shocked.

Keep in mind that Zhou Yang is only 18 years old! An 18-year-old junior warrior-level expert—that's an incredible feat!

Legend has it that there is a 21-year-old intermediate-level warrior-level genius in Kyoto Base City. In their eyes, Zhou Yang, who reached the junior-level warrior-level at the age of 18, is even more monstrous than that legendary genius!

"Captain, we've spotted a two-tailed ocelot!"

On the rooftop, Chen Chong, who was searching for prey with binoculars, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"Let me see."

Upon hearing this, Lei Hong and the others picked up their binoculars and looked into the distance. Sure enough, about 3 kilometers away, on the street, there was a huge tiger cat with two tails and black fur with stripes, wandering quietly.

"A low-level beast general-level tiger-cat? Guys, get to work!"

Lei Hong gave a shout, and the group of people excitedly sprang into action.

For the past month, they have been hunting down Beast General-level monsters, and now it is rare to see any lone Beast General-level monsters in this abandoned county town.

Most of the rest are accompanied by large herds of beasts, and they generally don't provoke them.

They haven't hunted a Beast General-level monster for several days.

"Cat-type monsters generally prefer to hunt alone. This low-level beast general tiger-cat doesn't have a large group of beasts around it. Let Zhou Yang practice first. Does everyone agree?"

On the way, Lei Hong asked the crowd a question.

"no comment!"

"Haha, of course! We're looking forward to Zhou Yang taking us to new heights!"

Several people smiled and agreed.

Staying in one place for too long in this dangerous wilderness is extremely risky; the commotion of fighting could easily attract a large number of monsters.

Zhou Yang was deeply moved to know that everyone was working hard to create an environment for him to hone his skills in movement and marksmanship, and that they were facing enormous danger every minute.

"Uncle Lei, everyone, thank you so much!"

He solemnly thanked everyone.

"Don't mention it, we're all brothers!"

"Yeah, you're the kid we all watched grow up."

The team members were all laughing and joking.

Zhou Yang didn't say anything more, but simply kept this sentiment in his heart.

About ten minutes later, the Wind Chaser team approached the location where the two-tailed tiger cat had been found.

Lei Hong led a few men to disperse and guard several intersections leading to the surrounding areas, while Zhou Yang, carrying a long spear, quickly engaged the low-level beast general-level tiger-cat in battle.

He knew that this opportunity to fight a low-level Beast General-level monster alone was hard-won, so he took it very seriously.

The Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat's strength is average among low-level Beast General-class monsters, but its speed far exceeds that of ordinary low-level Beast General-class monsters.

While he was constantly fighting the two-tailed tiger-cat, he began to silently recall the key points of exertion described in the first level of "World Destruction", and then continuously optimized and adjusted them according to his own characteristics.

"The spear moves like a snake, the hands and feet are swift, the spear splits upon contact with flesh, it penetrates deep into the shaft, the circle becomes the essence, the form is divided and applied, rapid and continuous attacks combine strength and flexibility, offense and defense are both employed!"

A cool, refreshing energy flowed gently into his mind from the Meteor Tear in his chest, making his thoughts exceptionally active and his five senses extremely clear.

During the battle, his movements became increasingly fluid, and his spear attacks became increasingly fierce. His footwork, body, and spear gradually developed a sense of unity.

At a certain moment, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, he swiftly lunged forward, and after thrusting out his spear, a sudden surge of power erupted within his body, propelling the spear to accelerate abruptly!

"puff!"

The spear tip, shimmering with starlight, pierced directly through the neck of the two-tailed tiger cat.

At that moment, Zhou Yang's eyes suddenly brightened as he gripped the spear!

"The first level of 'World Destruction' is complete!"

(End of this chapter)