Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 39 Promotion of Rank
Not long after leaving Yu Zhenbang's office, Lu Jin received a text message confirming payment.

Even though Wei Fang's purchase price for the materials from the sixty-five Lord-level monsters wasn't high, and after deducting the equity percentage for his teammates, he still received 846 billion Yanhuang Coins and 4230 million contribution points.

At this point, Lu Jin has achieved a four-star contribution value, and is not far from a five-star contribution value of 50 million contribution points.

Just then, Mr. Li Dawei called.

As soon as the call connected, the old man said, "Come to my place tomorrow morning, your promotion has been approved."

"What level?"

Lu Jin hurriedly asked.

"You'll know then."

The old man didn't say anything explicitly and quickly hung up the phone.

"Tsk, still acting mysterious~"

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Lu Jin couldn't help but click her tongue.

Lu Jin then didn't stay at the war base for long and returned to Yangzhou City by fighter jet.

Back home, unable to resist his urge to spend, Lu Jin logged into the Ares Palace virtual space.

I opened the shop and bought the entire "Mist Sword" game, and also upgraded my equipment to be close to the 'best in the version'.

Buying equipment at the War God Palace offers a more favorable price than the half-price discount at the Yanhuang House, but there are no discounts on skill manuals.

The price of the complete "Mist Sword" is the same as that in the Yanhuang Family, with a minimum price of 15 billion Yanhuang coins.

"Mist Sword" costs 15 billion, SS-level combat suit costs 400 billion, SS-series Breaking Army Sword costs 100 billion, and SS-series Hexagonal Shield costs 50 billion, totaling 565 billion Yanhuang coins.

There are indeed stronger equipment than SS-class on Earth, but SSS-class equipment is currently a laboratory product and is extremely expensive. He doesn't have enough money in his pocket, and the SS-class equipment combined with the Sky Shuttle and Black God Set is sufficient.

As for the level 9 equipment that I just got a few days ago?
I wonder if the War God Palace offers a seven-day return policy.

Lu Jin couldn't help but think to himself, "My huge savings have vanished in the blink of an eye."

The following morning, inside the auditorium of the Southeast Guard District.

On the platform, amidst the resounding music and under the watchful eyes of the officers of the Southeast Guard District, Li Dawei solemnly pinned the badge with a gold star on Lu Jin's left breast.

Given Lu Jin's strength and accumulated achievements, his rank was promoted by four levels.

Then, thunderous applause erupted in the auditorium.

The officers present from the Southeast Guard District were all older than Lu Jin, but most of them held lower ranks.

But some of them admired and respected, while none were jealous.

Putting everything else aside, Lu Jin's strength as a high-level War God Spirit Master, and his record of slaying sixty-five Lord-level monsters and hundreds of Beast General-level monsters during the beast tide, are enough to convince them.

As for being young?
Faced with overwhelming strength and substantial contributions, age is not a disadvantage, but rather an asset.

After all, Lu Jin is so young yet he has such strength. What will he be like in a few years?

At that time, they will no longer be judged by their rank or position, but will be addressed as powerful members of parliament who are considered vital to the nation.

After the rank promotion ceremony concluded, Lu Jin, fully armed, once again entered the wilderness area that afternoon.

The mentalist's strength is already at the advanced War God level, but their movement techniques and swordsmanship haven't reached perfection. They've only mastered the first level of "Mist Sword," and their physical exertion is only 1.6 times the normal power. They're truly dragging down the War God warriors. Even if their physical exertion can't keep up with the mental power amplitude, it shouldn't be this far behind, right?

Therefore, Lu Jin embarked on a wilderness journey within City 003 to search for Lord-level monsters for practical combat.

Although City 003 is a key monitoring area of ​​the Southeast Satellite Region, and is constantly under the watch of satellites, it is not very convenient to collect the bodies.

However, Lu Jin ignored this flaw. There were still tens of thousands of Life Source Crystals at the Apprentice level in the Demon Refining Pot. If he were to use them all himself, it would have already overflowed.

Before one's own strength reaches its peak, it is not advisable to give away Life Source Crystals to others, and there is no need to rush to collect them now.

When my fists are big enough and my wings are strong enough, I won't have to worry about others spying on me anymore. I can use the Life Source Crystals to train my subordinates. At that time, I can just spend money to buy the corpses of beast-soldier level monsters.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed, and it is now August 9th.

In the evening, the sky was overcast, and a light drizzle began to fall.

In an abandoned park in City 003, Lu Jin, wielding the SS-grade Breaking Army Sword, was fighting a mid-level Lord-class Vajra Tiger in the rain.

On the very first night of his training in City 003, Lu Jin consumed numerous apprentice-level life crystals, raising his physical attributes to the minimum level of a mid-level War God and his mental power to the peak of a high-level War God, placing him at the pinnacle of the apprentice stage.

No other meaning intended, but City 003 is home to many King-level monsters.

If he accidentally provokes someone, given his speed when he first entered the advanced War God mental master realm, he might not be able to escape.

However, with the mental power of a high-level war god, and with the almost fully equipped gear in the current version, plus the pseudo-immortality granted by the original core, he may not be able to defeat a king-level monster, but escaping will not be a problem.

After all, the King-level monsters entrenched in City 003 are basically only at the Planetary level, making them weak among the global King-level monsters.

'call--'

A thick, golden whip-like shadow came hurtling towards him with a shockwave. Lu Jin turned his feet and instantly retreated several meters, dodging the tiger's tail that the Vajra Tiger was about to strike.

The next moment, a flash of sword light appeared, and Lu Jin's Broken Army Battle Sword went straight down towards the huge golden tiger tail of the Vajra Tiger.

Seeing that its tiger tail was about to be struck, the Vajra Tiger suddenly took a few steps back, then lowered its back slightly and pounced on Lu Jin again.

"Dang Dang Dang——"

Seeing this, Lu Jin advanced instead of retreating, wielding his Broken Army Sword to slash repeatedly, blocking the Vajra Tiger's outstretched claws.

"Boom——"

After a few more rounds of fighting, suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed through the dark clouds, and the rain intensified.

'Rain, fog?'

As the rain intensified, Lu Jin was about to complain, but then a sudden realization dawned on him, and he paused slightly.

Seeing this, King Kong Tiger's eyes lit up, and he thrust out another tiger paw.

'Whoosh—'

Just as the tiger's paw was about to strike Lu Jin, a silver-gray streak of light appeared, and an unstoppable Sky Shuttle blade pierced through the Vajra Tiger's head.

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