Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 231 Tengshe Army

"What amazing swordsmanship!"

The Tengshe Army commander, Tarosa, with her green hair flowing, stared intently at Hunzhen, inwardly praising, "Even I am deeply moved! Such swordsmanship is quite remarkable, even among True Gods!"

Tarosa sighed in amazement, unaware that Hunzhen's swordsmanship with the spatial strings had reached a level of complete control. Even though it was at a higher level than Tarosa's strongest secret technique, he only thought it was a true god-level swordsmanship.

He saw that every time Hunzhen swung his sword, ten people would fall, regardless of the strength of the opponent, and there were no exceptions; he never missed.

Within a minute or so, he stood out first, completed the target of 100 people, and put away his knife and stood still.

The other recruits all tacitly distanced themselves from Hunzhen, creating what seemed like a vacuum around him.

Although Tarosa appreciated Hunzhen even more because of this, he also had the responsibility of supervising the selection process, so his attention quickly shifted to other people.

A dozen minutes later, seeing the number of people dwindle to less than a thousand, he suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

The overwhelming pressure from the Void God, several times stronger than before, instantly stiffened the bodies of the approximately one thousand warriors and beasts present.

"I survived! Haha! I survived!"

"I've successfully joined the Eastern Army!?"

However, the warriors and beasts who were forcibly immobilized showed no dissatisfaction; on the contrary, they were extremely excited.

Each of them, looking at the blades and swords that were stopped right in front of them, so close that they seemed about to sever their throats at any moment, couldn't help but show excited expressions.

Removing two-thirds of the candidates is a standard procedure for enlisting in the military. Tarosa is used to this and remains noncommittal about the new recruits' excitement.

A burst of fire suddenly shot out from his golden vertical pupils and coiled around Hunzhen: "In this military assessment, you are the only one who has met the requirements to join my Tengshe Army."

The surviving recruits all looked at Hunzhen with envy and admiration, while others looked at Tarosana's cold face and Hunzhen's lonely appearance with pity.

But then, Tarosa grinned, patted Hunzhen on the shoulder, and said, "Not bad, you're very good! Even just you alone are worth ten people joining my Tengshe Army! Haha, if that old man Guihu knew I'd captured such a genius like you, he'd be furious! New recruit, what's your name?"

My name is Hunzhen.

Hunzhen answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I come from the Xingyue tribe."

"very good."

Seeing Hunzhen's composed demeanor, Tarosa was even more satisfied and nodded: "Come with me."

At the same time, he sent a telepathic message to a True God soldier with a profound aura to handle the enlistment matters of the others, and then left the sealed small space-time alone with Hunzhen.

The True God soldier's gaze swept over Hunzhen, who had followed Tarosa away, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

"He was actually personally led by the commander to enlist; what good luck!"

He shook his head and quickly focused on carrying out the task assigned by Tarosa.

On the other side, Tarosa personally led Hunzhen to the military equipment department to collect the True God-level standard equipment of the Tengshe Army.

The equipment of the Tengshe Army was similar to that of Tarossa, with blue as the main color, but it lacked the gold patterns that symbolized high status.

Because Tarosa himself held Hunzhen in high regard, he used his command authority and personal military merits to exchange for the first and second levels of the Burning Divine Power Secret Technique, which could be used by the Lord of Laws and True Gods.

This also allows Hunzhen to use "Extinction" in the Jin world without any worries.

Tarosha carried Hunzhen with a speed that was naturally incomparable to that of a true god. In just half a day, he brought Hunzhen to the camp of the Tengshe Army.

It was a vast coastline, facing the sea, where the azure waters stretched as far as the eye could see.

This sea is called the Yachi Sea, and its diameter exceeds several thousand light-years. Crossing the Yachi Sea from this side of the coast is the Northern Army's camp.

The Yagi Sea is teeming with all kinds of marine life and contains nearly ten million islands of all sizes. The most treacherous terrain within it is called the "Yakitsu-wado," which, as the name suggests, has an extremely turbulent eddy in each of the eight directions starting from the coast.

From the First Vortex to the Eight-Vortex, each vortex region is ruled by a Void God-level beast leader, who commands tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of powerful True God beasts.

This Yamata no Hai is the area mainly guarded and monitored by the Tengshe Army.

The Tengshe Army will set up numerous outposts in the eight directions of the Eight-Headed Sea, while its main camp will be built in the "Deep Teng City", a complete land area a hundred light-years away from the coastline.

Looking out, the coastline is lined with countless huge private villas, truly resembling a modern metropolis.

What appeared to be luxurious villas for the wealthy were actually military camps for large detachments.

Tarosa led Hunzhen and soon landed in one of the villa areas near the coastline.

"My lord!"

With a whoosh, a true god instantly appeared before Tarosa and bowed respectfully.

Immediately following, dozens of figures dressed in Tengshe Army standard armor appeared.

Tarosa looked at the true god, pushed Hunzhen in front of him with one hand, and said calmly, "He'll be assigned to your team. It's just a normal arrangement."

"Yes."

The True God soldier bowed respectfully, drawing the attention of the dozens of Law Lord soldiers who appeared later. Some cast strange glances at Hunzhen, while others cast strange glances at Tarosa.

"That green-haired man, was he addressed as 'Commander' by the captain?"

"Fool! That's our Tengshe Army's commander, Lord Tarosa! Show him some respect!"

"Hiss—what's up with that kid? Lady Tarosha brought him personally? Does he have some powerful background? Or does he possess extraordinary strength?"

Out of reverence for the Void God and the ruler, the gazes of these Law Lords quickly left Tarosa and landed on Hunzhen.

Whether filled with surprise and doubt, or with fighting spirit, none of them were indifferent.

These people who were able to join the special legion are the true elites among the Lords of Law!

Among them are those with powerful backgrounds, some even having Void Gods backing them up in their fathers' generation.

Therefore, they understand the significance of a leader, who is considered a powerful being even among the Void Gods!

Therefore, they will be curious about Hunzhen, but they will not be in awe or shy away from it.

His father was a Void True God! Even if his strength was inferior to that of a Commander, they were still of the same level! How could he possibly be afraid of a Law Lord with a powerful background?

On the contrary, the fact that Hunzhen was personally brought here by the commander aroused their curiosity and fighting spirit. At this moment, they were mostly thinking about how much Hunzhen could do.

Tarosa was well aware of the soldiers' interest in Hunzhen, but he made no comment.

Tarosha glanced at Hunzhen one last time, thinking to herself, "With this kid's strength, plus the second level of divine power techniques, he has a good chance of winning even against those barbaric true gods who aren't part of the army. As long as he doesn't intentionally kill himself, he should be able to live until we meet again..."

He left Hunzhen with the words, "Hunzhen, I hope that the next time I see you, you will be famous!"

Then they disappeared and left.

After Tarosa left, the True God Captain immediately looked at Hunzhen and said, "Hunzhen, is that right? Your information commander has already handed you over to me. From today onwards, you will join the 7th Squad of the 12th Battalion. Noba."

He turned to look at the Law Lord warrior who seemed to be the captain of the seventh squad: "He's in your hands now."

After saying that, he too vanished in a stream of light.

So, it's all outsourced layer by layer?

Hunzhen looked at Noba, a burly man whose appearance was similar to that of an Earthling, with bronze skin and intricate silver patterns engraved on it.

At the same time, most of the dozens of Law Masters dispersed, leaving only a dozen or so, who appeared to be the members of the so-called Seventh Squad.

Under everyone's gaze, Captain Noba stepped forward and asked, "Hunzhen, right? Tell me, what are you good at?"

"I don't have any particular skill; I'm more of a jack-of-all-trades."

Hunzhen pretended to ponder, then suddenly clenched his right fist and lightly tapped his left palm, saying, "If I had to say, I'm better at instantly killing enemies!"

Is this... playing dumb?

Instead of cooperating with Noba, is he planning to turn the tables and give Noba a hard time?

Many people looked on with amusement at the sight, seemingly anticipating the conflict between the two.

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"Newcomer".

Noba frowned. "Joining the Tengshe Army means you'll have more freedom than in a regular legion, but that doesn't mean you can disregard orders or even mock me. This is an army! I'll give you one more chance. What are you good at?!"

Hunzhen remained unmoved by Noba's imposing manner and instead smiled.

Just as the Tengshe Army soldiers thought, he deliberately refused to cooperate, causing a conflict.

There's no other reason than that... these soldiers were far too weak compared to him.

If he follows orders and works in teamwork, it will greatly reduce the speed at which he earns military merits.

He could have easily soloed the mission, so why did he need to team up with others and share the credit?

Moreover, what he was about to do would horrify even a true god. Although these Tengshe soldiers were elites among the Lords of Law, they couldn't even get involved in the slightest thing.

Therefore, if he deliberately acts as a troublemaker, no one in the entire Seventh Squad will accept him, so it is only natural that he will act alone from now on.

Afterwards, they earned a lot of military merits, and others could only be envious and had nothing to say.

Moreover, while talking back to the squad leader may seem dangerous, it is not.

Squad-level personnel have limited authority; control over the team depends entirely on individual ability and charisma.

As you can see from the original work, some of the strong individuals who are considered geniuses in the special legions completely ignore the squad leaders. Instead, they form their own cliques within the squad and coordinate with those they trust.

Those who can truly manage these Tengshe Army squad members must be at least at the battalion commander level.

But he was brought by Tarosa to be recognized by that captain, so even if he caused a little trouble, the captain would help him deal with it. Besides, this kind of thing doesn't even count as trouble.

"I'm good at..."

Before Hunzhen finished speaking, he had already moved.

So fast!

Noba saw Hunzhen appear in front of him in a flash and reach out to cover him, and his expression immediately turned serious.

The other party dared to be so arrogant, so naturally they had the means to back it up. Moreover, since the commander himself had brought them, Noba had long believed that Hunzhen was definitely extraordinary.

But at this moment, he realized that he had still underestimated Hunzhen's abilities.

He realized Hunzhen's intention and immediately tried to counter-attack and capture him.

However, as he reached out, the space-time in front of him seemed to suddenly distort. He couldn't even parry Hunzhen's movements, let alone complete a counter-grappling.

Noba's expression changed drastically. He immediately stopped attacking, completely abandoning his offensive and switching to full defense.

boom!

In the blink of an eye, Hunzhen's palm struck the two crossed arms that were blocking his way.

With a muffled thud, the immense force sent Noba flying, his arms exploding into mangled flesh.

Noba was about to reconstruct his divine body when his expression suddenly changed.

"This... the internal structure of my two arms is completely shattered; this is divine annihilation!"

In order to prevent others from noticing anything unusual or seeing his disheveled state, Noba immediately consumed a large amount of his life force to complete the regeneration of his arm.

He looked up at Hunzhen, his face pale, and saw the other standing calmly, looking at him with a half-smile. A sudden realization struck him: "The gap... is too big!"

Even though Hunzhen didn't seem to have any intention of continuing the attack, Noba was still somewhat alarmed.

Hunzhen chuckled and said, "How about that? I wasn't wrong, was I? I really am good at instantly killing enemies."

Noba took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The strong have their privileges. Judging from your expression, you don't want to cooperate with us? Then you are!"

After saying, "I'll let you know when the mission starts," Noba sent a telepathic message with Hunzhen's room information and then left.

The other members of the seventh squad glanced at Hunzhen with strange expressions, but none of them went up to greet him. They simply returned to their respective rooms.

However, despite the seemingly calm surface, the internal communication within the Seventh Squad was frequent and intense.

"Heh, that's really bad news. The next mission is a disaster! He can't integrate into the team, he's all alone. Even if the commander values ​​him, what good will it do? He'll probably die on this mission!"

"Hey, can one of you go talk to him about the next mission level?"

"Haha, Bu Le, I think you're deliberately reminding us not to remind him, aren't you? You're so mischievous!"

"Heh, this arrogant guy deserves to die. Who would be crazy enough to remind him? He'll be out there dying any minute now, so trying to gain his favor is a waste."

Without even needing to spy on the internal communications of the Seventh Squad, Hunzhen could roughly guess what these people were thinking.

Even knowing these gloating thoughts, Hunzhen would not show any change in his feelings.

He was deliberately distancing himself from these teammates, so if he continues to dislike them, it would be a bit unreasonable.

Disaster-level missions occur once every 10,000 epochs, while the more advanced, highest-difficulty cycle-level missions occur once every 100 million epochs.

This was a disastrous mission for the elite of the special legion, but for Hunzhen, it was like a material UP event in a mobile game—an exciting opportunity to farm military merits.

He never forgot that one of his main purposes in coming to the world of Jin was to acquire a large amount of equipment so that the Time-Sorrow Demon Blade and the Void Ghost Armor could evolve as much as possible.

"I dare not think about the level of holy weapons for now, after all, it is still uncertain whether there are a hundred Eternal True God level battle swords and armors in the entire Jin world. But it should be more than enough to upgrade to the level of Eternal True God."

Hunzhen thought so.

(End of this chapter)