Devouring: Starting with an innate sacred body and Dao embryo

Chapter 1 Lottery Across the Heavens, System Mission

Roar!

The roars and howls of monsters echoed throughout the wilderness.

The city is now in ruins, and its former hustle and bustle is gone.

Cracks appeared on the cement floor, from which lush vines grew. Buildings tilted and collapsed, becoming dens for all sorts of monsters.

In a dilapidated, crooked building, Jiang Chen was tucked away in one of the rooms, eating high-energy bars while using binoculars to observe his surroundings.

"Keep up the good work! Just two more low-level beast general-level monsters are needed to complete the system's mission and unlock the lottery."

After observing for a while and finding nothing, Jiang Chen put down the binoculars.

Sitting on the ground, leaning against the hard wall, Jiang Chen looked up at the dusty, cracked, and rotten room and couldn't help but feel dazed.

"I have been in this world for nineteen years."

Jiang Chen is not a native of this world, but a transmigrator.

From an infant to an adult, he has grown into a fully integrated and familiar person in this world.

"I never expected to be transported to the world of Swallowed Star. I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky."

Jiang Chen shook his head: "Fortunately, I was born into a good family and became a direct descendant of the Jiang family, one of the twelve families of Hanxia Kingdom in the HR Alliance. This was of great help to me in the early stages."

Whether it's the cultivation technique he practices, "Ninefold Thunder Blade," or his S-class combat suit, nine-element battle blade, shield, and the twelve nine-element throwing knives on his body, none of these are things that ordinary martial artists can possess.

He was merely a mid-level warrior, and without the wealth of his family, he would never have been able to possess such top-tier cultivation techniques and equipment.

"However, this is only beneficial in the early stages. If you want to truly stand out from the myriad races of the starry sky and achieve accomplishments comparable to Luo Feng in the future, this is far from enough."

A martial artist who doesn't aspire to be number one is not a qualified martial artist.

Now that he has transmigrated to the world of Swallowed Star and become a martial artist, Jiang Chen should strive to be the strongest.

Whether it's Hong, the strongest on Earth today, or Thor, the second strongest, or any other geniuses in the universe, Luo Feng will surpass them all once he grows up.

As for clinging to Luo Feng's coattails and lying low under his protection, Jiang Chen would never do such a thing.

Having lived two lives, Jiang Chen understands a principle better than others.

Mountains may crumble, people may run away; the greatest reliance in life is only on oneself.

"Fortunately, besides my good family background, I have other advantages."

Jiang Chen's consciousness slightly focused, and a transparent panel immediately appeared.

[All Heavens Lottery System]

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[Activation Requirements: Slay 100 novice beast generals single-handedly without relying on others; 98 have been completed.]

He awakened this system after becoming a martial artist, but the conditions for activating it were extremely demanding.

You must kill one hundred low-level beast generals all by yourself to unlock this.

A junior beast general is equivalent to a junior human warrior, possessing a strength of over eight tons, making them unafraid of most firearms.

For Jiang Chen, killing a hundred of such beings would be an enormous challenge.

Fortunately, his martial arts aptitude in this life is quite good. Now, at just nineteen years old, his strength has already reached the intermediate level of warrior, and he has cultivated the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade to the second level.

He even awakened his mental powers and became a mentalist.

This is also his greatest reliance in hunting down low-level beast generals.

Before all the latent mental power is unearthed, a mentalist's strength is generally two levels below their physical strength.

Although Jiang Chen's current martial arts strength is at the intermediate level, his mental power is enough to fight against a beginner beast general.

During this period, Jiang Chen experienced many twists and turns in this wilderness area, encountering several life-or-death crises. Fortunately, he managed to escape danger each time and successfully killed ninety-eight low-level beast generals.

Two more novice beast generals are needed to officially activate the system.

"I hope the system won't let me down."

After finishing an energy bar and taking a sip of water, Jiang Chen picked up his binoculars again, moved to a different spot, and began to investigate. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

Just a few miles ahead of him, in a sparse thicket, a group of iron-haired wild boars were fighting a pack of spotted leopards.

Both sides had over a hundred beasts, most of them at the level of beginner or intermediate beast soldiers, while there were only a few advanced beast soldiers.

The leaders on both sides were both junior beast generals.

"Perfect match, you're the ones!"

Jiang Chen locked onto his target, slung his battle sword behind his back, placed his shield under his feet, and with a surge of mental energy, manipulated the shield to leap out of the window.

"Boss, our Fengming team is really lucky. We actually encountered a monster battle. Once both sides are evenly matched, we can reap the benefits."

Hidden within a ravine, eight martial artists silently watched the fierce battle between the iron-haired wild boar and the spotted leopard ahead.

Among this group of warriors, five were intermediate-level warriors, two were advanced-level warriors, and the captain leading them was a junior-level general.

"That's right, but you also have to be careful not to let someone else steal your fruits."

Team leader Li Qiu, despite his extensive experience, remained extremely cautious.

"Look, someone is flying towards those beasts!"

Suddenly, a martial artist exclaimed.

A young man in combat gear flew past on a shield, landing in the middle of the fight between the iron-haired wild boar and the spotted leopard.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Then, five throwing knives flew out from his body, first fiercely attacking the spotted leopard leader.

The spotted leopard was agile and extremely fast. To prevent it from escaping when things went wrong, Jiang Chen naturally had to deal with it first.

The leader of the spotted leopards was fighting fiercely with the leader of the iron-haired wild boars.

Suddenly, a human martial artist flew over, wielding a long sword. Five throwing knives rained down on him, catching him off guard and leaving him covered in wounds.

A fierce roar rang out, and the leopard leader's eyes turned bloodshot. He pounced on Jiang Chen like a madman, the wind howling and his speed astonishing.

Jiang Chen remained calm, holding the shield in his left hand, unmoved.

As it lunged forward and crashed into the shield, Jiang Chen subtly shifted his feet, using the shield to redirect the leopard leader's momentum towards the iron-haired boar leader charging towards him from behind.

The boar leader was taken aback by Jiang Chen's sudden appearance, but quickly recovered.

Compared to its fellow spotted leopards, it was more hostile to humans, so when it saw Jiang Chen attack the leopard leader, it didn't just stand by and watch.

Instead, it charged forward like a heavy tank.

But before it reached Jiang Chen, it heard a leopard's roar, and then the leopard leader flew over and crashed into it.

Taking advantage of this moment, Jiang Chen crouched down and suddenly leaped forward, unleashing the second level of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade.

Thunder roared, its power amplified to 2.1 times its base strength, and it slashed downwards with unparalleled force.

The leopard leader was knocked around and was somewhat disoriented, but the sudden life-or-death crisis made its fur stand on end and instantly bring it back to its senses.

Seeing the sharp blade falling from the sky, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes, and he instinctively retreated.

But then several whooshing sounds came one after another. Before the leopard leader could understand what was happening, a flying knife shot from behind pierced his head and killed him instantly.

It turns out that Jiang Chen's frontal attack was just a feint; his real killing move was five flying knives controlled by his mental power.

With the leopard leader dead, the number of slain novice beast generals displayed on the system panel increased to ninety-nine.

Jiang Chen turned his head to look at the iron-haired wild boar charging towards him, his long sword held horizontally in his hand, ready to fight back.

The Fengming team, hidden in the shadows, watched as Jiang Chen effortlessly killed the spotted leopard leader, whose strength was at the initial level of a beast general.

Then he faced the Iron-haired Boar, who was also a novice beast general, and defeated it in a series of retreats, which surprised him.

"This is a psychic! They actually appeared here."

"Look at his movement technique, it has reached the level of subtlety. Those monsters that rushed at him could not do anything to him."

"This person looks so young, yet his strength is so formidable; such a thing is rare even among martial artists."

The team members were discussing it amongst themselves.

"The Iron-Haired Boar leader has also been defeated by him. What should we do? Should we rob him?"

"Boss, the sniper rifle is already aimed at this guy, enough to kill him with one shot. Should we make our move?"

The only sniper in Fengming Squad looked at Captain Li Qiu and asked him what to do next.

(End of this chapter)