Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 35 The Wounded Hunzhen

The giant rhinoceros-like fire beast, tamed by Hunzhen, stomped the ground and suddenly rushed to block his path.

The phantom of the tiger struck its mountain-like body, causing only a slight ripple.

"roar!"

A furious roar was heard, and the tiger-man fire beast suddenly leaped out, engaging the rhinoceros fire beast in battle.

The Tiger-Man Flame Beast is significantly stronger than the Rhinoceros Flame Beast, with a difference of one level between them, that of a second-tier and one-tier cosmic-level beast.

In addition, the tiger-man fire beast has the advantage of being smaller and more agile, while the rhinoceros fire beast, which is not good at fighting and is more docile, is also responsible for protecting the two human boys. In just a few seconds, it has suffered thousands of wounds.

"Ugh—!"

A mournful cry rang out, and the massive, mountain-like body collapsed, blood cascading down like a waterfall, forming a pool of blood on the ground in an instant.

Given the Rhinoceros Flame Beast's enormous size, it wouldn't necessarily die, and with Red Snow's power, it would eventually recover completely. However, it would be powerless to fight for a short period of time.

Seeing that it had dealt with the rhinoceros-like beast, the tiger-man fire beast roared angrily from a distance of over a thousand meters, and a phantom image of a fierce tiger shot out towards the two human boys once again.

hum!

Just then, a bright red light suddenly shot out from the shattered rocks.

However, they were two small wheel-shaped flying wheels, wrapped in raging flames and engraved with intricate golden patterns!

As the fiery wheel spun, its speed increased. Just as the phantom tiger was about to devour the two cubs, the wheel accelerated a second time, transforming into a streak of light and crashing directly into the phantom, causing a violent collision.

"Cough cough cough!"

After a violent coughing fit, a burst of fire erupted from Hunzhen's pale body, bursting out from the pile of shattered rocks.

Even the most oblivious person could tell at a glance how serious his injuries were.

A bright red streak of blood hung from the corner of his mouth, and his black clothes were tattered, revealing no fewer than five wounds.

The most severe dent, as if struck by a heavy hammer, was charred and mutilated as if scorched by flames, revealing the stark white ribs and flesh that was half charred and half glowing with divine light.

"Uncle!"

When A-Yuan saw this scene, her eyes immediately turned red.

Hunzhen did not rush to take any miraculous pills to heal himself, as is often depicted in cultivation novels.

For life forms in the cosmos, even losing a limb or having a kidney removed is nothing. As long as their primal force is sufficient and their soul is intact, they can recover after a period of rest.

Unless one is truly critically injured and on the verge of death, taking good medicine or precious medicine will only shorten the recovery time of injuries that would normally take months, years, or even longer to one percent or one-thousandth.

However, taking medicine is not advisable during combat.

It's like you're fighting someone and suddenly someone inserts a foreign object into your body, so you can't perform at your normal level.

For extraterrestrial life forms, this is not like being given a stimulant during battle; rather, it disrupts the familiar energy cycle within their bodies.

After a period of intense physical exertion, even if you suddenly eat three bowls of rice, you won't have enough time to digest it. Instead, you'll feel bloated and burdened.

Therefore, in the original work, there are basically no instances of someone taking drugs halfway through an injection.

Luo Feng was able to recover his strength because of his enormous divine body and abundant energy reserves.

and……

As Yaqi watched Hunzhen cough up blood, his powerful senses made him vaguely aware that something was wrong.

"This is... a wounded soul!?"

Yaqi's eyes widened suddenly; he had noticed the fragility of Hunzhen's soul power.

Those two fiery wheels were undoubtedly psychic weapons controlled by a psychic master, as evidenced by the powerful psychic energy attached to them.

The fiery wheel that Hunzhen hastily unleashed was incredibly fast and powerful; in terms of sheer mental strength, it was probably even stronger than that of a martial artist.

Why did Hunzhen never use the flying wheel during the previous battles, but only used the battle sword to fight?

The reason is now self-evident.

Yaqi's expression turned serious.

With Hunzhen's formidable strength, even his weakened soul state could not be concealed, and he was able to detect it.

The extent of his injuries is evident.

The power they hadn't even used in battles against fire beasts of the same level was used to protect them...

Why am I so weak?

Yachi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

No matter how hard he criticized himself, he was unable to change the situation.

"snort!"

Hunzhen stepped onto the arc-shaped, long, shuttle-like flying telekinetic weapon, and his speed suddenly increased, closing the distance in one fell swoop.

The territory expanded again, attempting to encompass both sides.

As we all know, the strongest state of domain power is when the range is controlled within 100 meters.

When its radiation range expands tenfold or a hundredfold, although it can still exert its effect, its effectiveness will be greatly weakened.

Seeing this, the tiger-man fire beast revealed a cunning expression that resembled human nature.

It initially followed a faint, overflowing aura of flame, attempting to hunt the two human brats tainted by the aura, but unexpectedly encountered a formidable human expert.

The goal is to defeat this human expert and capture the two human brats.

But now, it finds itself struggling to avoid this human expert and take down the human brat.

I'm having a headache trying to figure out how to fight these troublesome humans.

It suddenly realized that this human expert seemed to have diverted a significant amount of his power during the battle to protect the two human brats.

It immediately abandoned its attack on Hunzhen, turned around, and went straight to attack Ayuan and Yaqi.

Given the tiger-man fire beast's speed, which far surpasses that of the two little ones, they will certainly not be able to dodge in time, and the human who seems to be seriously injured will have to be saved at a great cost again.

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"I won!"

Such thoughts popped into the mind of the tiger-man fire beast.

"A fool is a fool."

But then a soft sigh was heard.

The area it had spread out of shrank to a hundred meters in an instant, transforming into a hundred-meter-long spear.

The two fiery wheels, one at the spearhead and the other at the shaft, act as two major power sources.

While expansion of a domain is slow, contraction, though also taking time, is merely a fleeting moment in comparison.

laugh--.

A surge of psychic power erupted, and the fiery spear shot out, piercing the tiger-man directly, destroying the remaining half of the mountain behind him and turning it into a pile of rocks.

"puff--"

Before the two little ones could even rejoice, the figure, riding a long shuttle like a fiery war god, coughed up blood and fell from mid-air.

"Uncle!"

"Uncle!"

Ayame and Yaki quickly stepped forward.

"Stop yelling, stop yelling, I haven't even finished yet..."

Hunzhen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, frowned, and waved his hand impatiently.

"Uncle, are you alright...? Please let us know if there's anything we can do for you!"

Yaqi's eyes were glistening with tears, which made Hunzhen feel a little uneasy.

He thought to himself, "No, my injuries are real. What's with the guilt? I was injured through my own strength, so of course I deserve their gratitude and worship!"

In an instant, he became self-righteous again.

He said, "Alright, I just killed that big tiger, and haven't even had a chance to loot its spoils yet. This great task is now yours!"

"Yes, sir!"

Yachi straightened his back and ran towards the mountain remains covered by hundreds of thousands of huge pieces of broken rock.

At first, he felt awkward calling him "uncle," but now he found it easy to say it without even realizing it, and he completely obeyed Hunzhen's orders, which showed that he was truly convinced of Hunzhen's worth.

"Hey, sir, you didn't deliberately get injured so we'd run errands for you, did you?"

With an innocence befitting her age, yet with intuition sharper than that of a wild beast, A-Yuan looked at Konjin and uttered those words out of nowhere.

"How could that be? Do you think I'm that kind of person? That's not true!"

Hunzhen immediately responded with a triple denial.

Looking at A-Yuan, a pang of unease gripped her: "This kid is so perceptive to changes in people's hearts, possessing a naturally strong sixth sense. If his psychic abilities and mental strength are up to par, he might be a prodigy suited for the path of an illusionist!"

However, after a brief moment of amazement, Hunzhen's thoughts quickly drifted away again.

His journey extends far beyond the small Realm of Inferno. A genius of this caliber is not enough to pique his interest and prompt him to go out of his way to offer guidance.

He looked up in Yaqi's direction, a glint of malice flashing in his eyes: "It'll be soon."

(End of this chapter)