Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 14 Mist Sword, First Level, Complete!
'Clang clang—'

Seeing the two-tailed tiger-cat ahead stop running, turn around, and stare intently at him with its huge cat eyes, Lu Jin tapped his shield with the spine of his Broken Army Sword, signaling it to come at him.

'brush--'

The next moment, after leaving several deep claw marks on the dilapidated cement ground, the two-tailed tiger cat disappeared from its spot and pounced on Lu Jin at lightning speed.

Almost instinctively, Lu Jin shifted his feet and moved two meters to the side, avoiding the two-tailed tiger cat's pounce.

Immediately afterward, just as the twin-tailed tiger cat was about to pounce on where he had been standing, Lu Jin held his shield horizontally in front of his chest with his left hand and charged forward.

"Bam—"

The hexagonal shield slammed solidly into the side of the two-tailed tiger cat. The impact caused the tiger cat, which had missed its target, to stagger.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Jin aimed his Broken Army Sword at the waist and abdomen of the Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat and thrust it straight at it.

Once it strikes, with its punching power exceeding ten thousand kilograms and the sharpness of its six-elemental sword, this two-tailed tiger-cat, which has just entered the Beast General level, will be either dead or crippled.

However, it is still a monster of the Beast General level, and the intelligence of cat monsters is above the average level of the monster group. The Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat is naturally not so easy for Lu Jin to deal with. At least for now, Lu Jin's martial arts strength is not enough to kill it instantly.

Before the Po Jun Battle Sword could strike, the Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat forcibly twisted its body in mid-air, avoiding the sword.

At the same time, Lu Jin, who was constantly monitoring his surroundings, saw two whip shadows split into two groups, whistling and lashing at him from different directions.

Lu Jin could clearly see with his telekinesis that what was coming at him was not a whip, but the two tails of the two-tailed tiger cat.

Without hesitation, Lu Jin used his hexagonal shield in his left hand to block one of the tail whips, while he directly countered the other tail whip with his Breaking Army Battle Sword.

"Bam—"

The sound of collision rang out, and Lu Jin's figure was knocked back a few steps by the tail whip of the two-tailed tiger cat. But before he was knocked back by this tail whip, the Po Jun battle sword he was holding tightly in his right hand also slashed across the end of another tail whip.

"Pfft-"

The sharp sword slashed through the air, blood splattered, and a half-foot-long spotted cat tail fell toward the ground.

"Roar--"

The next moment, intense pain swept through its entire body, and the two-tailed tiger cat let out a shrill roar.

Damn humans, don't they know that a cat's tail is its most sensitive spot?!
Seeing this, Lu Jin couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

He wasn't pitying the two-tailed tiger-cat; monsters don't deserve pity. Rather, he suddenly remembered that the most valuable part of a tiger-cat monster is the large tendon inside its tail.

With this one strike, the material's integrity was compromised, and he'll lose at least several hundred thousand! His beloved Dongfeng SUV isn't even worth that much!

The pain of losing its tail caused the two-tailed tiger-cat to erupt completely, transforming into a blur as it pounced on Lu Jin once more.

It must be admitted that cats have a fast reaction speed, making them a symbol of agility, and the reaction speed of cat monsters at the Beast General level is even faster.

Even though Lu Jin's martial arts level was half a level higher than that of this two-tailed tiger-cat that had just entered the Beast General realm, he still couldn't keep up with its attack rhythm.

Fortunately, although Lu Jin did not intend to use his mental power, his advanced warrior-level mental power still granted him a reaction speed far exceeding what a martial artist should have.

Moreover, facing the two-tailed tiger cat's frenzied attack, Lu Jin was not annoyed at all, but rather extremely happy.

The relentless attacks of the two-tailed tiger-cat forced him to fight back with all his might, an experience he had never felt before when surrounded by a horde of beast-soldier level monsters.

After all, his cultivation level was significantly higher than that of the beast-soldier level monsters, allowing him to clearly see their movements even when he was surrounded. He even had time to think about how to defend himself more efficiently, making it difficult for him to feel any sense of overwhelming pressure.

How can a battle without pressure, which is just a simple stomping of weaker opponents, truly and quickly improve one's combat experience?

"Dang Dang Dang——"

The sword clashed with the beast's claws, the sounds of their collision echoing continuously.

At this moment, Lu Jin felt that he could understand what speed and continuous flow meant.

Although the two-tailed tiger cat uses its claws, it can also be a great swordsmanship teacher, and even more so, a mentor who would give his life to guide him to improve!

If the Devouring World were a game world, then Lu Jin was certain that the words 'Sword Skill Proficiency +1' would be constantly appearing above his head right now.

At one moment, a flash of inspiration struck Lu Jin.

Extremely fast, the sword moves are continuous and endless, enveloping the opponent like an overwhelming fog, this is called - Fog Sword!
'brush--'

A flash of cold sword light, and the Po Jun Battle Sword, with a speed several times faster and twice the power than before, slashed at the beast claws thrust out by the Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat.

"Zheng——"

Like the clanging of metal, the sharp Six-Element Breaking Army Sword severed a piece of the two-tailed tiger cat's claw.

"Pfft-"

The next moment, taking advantage of the two-tailed tiger cat's stunned moment, Lu Jin's sword once again turned into a blur, piercing directly into the two-tailed tiger cat's jaw, the sharp blade penetrating straight into its brain.

Instantly, the two-tailed tiger cat froze, its eyes glazed over, and it collapsed to the ground, losing all its strength.

The low-level Beast General-class Twin-Tailed Tiger Cat is dead!
"Not bad!"

Lu Jin drew his sword, flicked away the traces of blood and brain matter that clung to the blade, and nodded in satisfaction.

A few minutes later, the corpses left on the battlefield disappeared completely, and Lu Jin found a set of materials for a Beast General-level monster in his backpack.

This material is also the first monster material ever put into this backpack since it left the factory.

As night fell, in a commercial building in the center of the county town, Lu Jin was clumsily dissecting the materials of a low-level beast general-class bloodthirsty tank, controlling a throwing knife.

Before long, the valuable materials were packed into the backpack, while the Bloodthirsty Tank and the corpses of many beast-level monsters around it were put into the Demon Refining Pot for decomposition.

'It's time to change maps. Let's rest for the night and head back first thing tomorrow morning!'

After finding a reasonably intact room in the shopping mall, Lu Jin looked out the window at the darkening sky and thought to himself.

After breaking through his swordsmanship in the afternoon and mastering the first level of the Mist Sword, Lu Jin realized that the monsters in County 0268 could no longer pose a threat to him, and it was time for him to change maps for training.

So, with the mindset of a Yanhuang person who's already here, Lu Jin wandered around the county town for more than two hours, taking down the other two beast general-level monsters in the city.

Depending on the type of monster, materials from a low-level Beast General-level monster can generally fetch between five million and fifteen million, which is not a small amount.

Of course, this is the acquisition price of the HR Alliance. If it is recycled internally, the overall price will be lower, but you can get contribution points, so it is not a loss.

(End of this chapter)