Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Primordial God and Demon Avatar

January 2053, 11

The first grand competition of the Fifth War God Battalion has concluded, and the top one hundred outstanding soldiers have been selected.

These soldiers are at least junior generals, not particularly powerful, but they would be considered mid-level officers within the military system.

After all, Lei Peng, the head of the Dongyang City defense base, was only a high-ranking general.

On November 19th, led by Xu Qiankun himself, and with the assistance of Jiang Ning, another planetary-level mentalist from the Chinese military, a Qiankun-class intelligent fighter jet carrying the 11 strongest members of the Fifth War God Battalion headed towards the Australian continent.

"Qiankun, isn't what we're doing too risky?"

Jiang Ning's voice came from the fighter jet.

"If you want to improve your strength quickly, the necessary risks are worthwhile," Xu Qiankun replied with a smile. "Only by experiencing constant life-and-death battles can a martial artist break through the limits of life time and time again."

Are you like that too?

Jiang Ning asked curiously.

"I'm not," Xu Qiankun shook his head slightly. "I haven't reached my life limit yet. I'll find a way to break it when I do."

"You...you're being a bit infuriating," Jiang Ning couldn't help but roll her eyes, then asked, "Then why not within China's borders? That way, even if a problem arises, we can quickly call for help, and the risks are more controllable."

"Don't worry, with my current strength, even the Beast King might not be able to gain the upper hand."

Xu Qiankun was full of confidence. He had reached the planetary level in both mental mastery and gene warrior. Although he was only at the first level, his basic strength and mental power had reached the second level standard.

With the addition of his genetic energy martial arts and mental cultivation techniques, along with his secret arts and domain, he was truly confident that he could fight Thor and even have a chance of winning.

"Although there are quite a few monsters in China, many powerful monsters died after the Kyoto monster tide, and the density and danger level are far less than those in Australia, which has been completely occupied by monsters."

Xu Qiankun still offered an explanation.

He went to the Australian continent with a purpose, and since he needed Jiang Ning's help to cover for him, he naturally had to appease her emotions.

"If those guys hadn't been constantly monitoring my every move, would things have been so complicated?"

Xu Qiankun thought helplessly to himself.

As the world's fourth strongest in name but third in reality, his whereabouts are the focus of attention for all the strong.

In particular, Xu Qiankun's strength throughout his life was clearly abnormal.

Neither "Heaven and Earth" nor "The Universe Treasure Book" seem to be secret techniques that Earthlings could create. Some even suspect that Xu Qiankun may have obtained some extraordinary inheritance from the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins, or that he has discovered a new ancient civilization ruin.

Therefore, all parties are paying close attention to his whereabouts.

If he were to come to the Australian continent alone, those human politicians and high-ranking war gods might come along, thinking they might as well try their luck.

So Xu Qiankun came up with this idea.

As a high-ranking official in the Chinese military and the strongest individual, it's perfectly reasonable that he personally established the Fifth War God Battalion and brought powerful warriors here for training.

There is another, more important reason: Babata also has the ability to monitor the entire world, and if it detects anything, it might cause some trouble.

Just to be on the safe side, he has to play his part fully in every role.

The Australian continent is not far from China. It is only about 6,000 kilometers away from the Kyoto base city, which is only 20 minutes at the speed of Mach 15 of the Qiankun-class fighter jet.

They found a relatively safe spot, and the fighter jet hovered about ten meters in the air.

"Three deputy company commanders, you go down and scout the area first. If there is any danger, call for help immediately."

"Company Commander Chen Yan said in a deep voice."

"Yes"

Chen Shi took the lead in accepting the order, followed by Zhang Kui and Chen Yun.

The three then jumped out of the fighter jet to check if the surrounding environment was safe.

"Company commander, you're safe."

"I'm safe here too."

"I've discovered a lord-level monster here, but it's only a low-level lord and doesn't pose much of a threat."

Five minutes later, three voices sounded in the earphones one after another.

"Everyone, form your own groups and log in."

After confirming there was no risk, Chen Yan gave the order and then sent Qu Ying to report the direction to Chen Yun.

First, kill the lord-level monster that has been discovered.

The soldiers jumped down in an orderly fashion, and those who went down took out their weapons to be on guard. After everyone had gone down, the group began to move according to the pre-assigned groups.

Although the Fifth War God Battalion was established very recently, their teamwork was still very good. This is the difference between military warriors and martial arts school warriors.

Martial arts practitioners in martial arts schools place more emphasis on individual strength, while military practitioners value the power of the team.

Led by six powerful war gods, the 100 best warriors of the Fifth War God Battalion quickly found a safe place, cleared out all the monsters in the surrounding area, and then set up camp.

Subsequently, small teams were dispatched, not for combat, but to gather intelligence on the surrounding area.

"Performed quite well."

On the fighter jet, Xu Qiankun and Jiang Ning sat facing each other, drinking tea. They would occasionally glance down at the ground. Jiang Ning said with a smile.

"It's actually pretty good."

Xu Qiankun nodded slightly in agreement. Apart from a few talented individuals, the others who were able to come here for the trial had all fought their way up from the bottom and were extremely experienced.

In addition, given the discipline of the military personnel, Xu Qiankun was not worried that they would cause any problems.

However, there are also problems that military warriors cannot solve, namely, King-level monsters.

"I'm going out for a bit, can you keep an eye on things for me?"

Xu Qiankun said something to Jiang Ning and flew out of the fighter jet.

Two hundred kilometers away, in a canyon, a giant kangaroo, over eighty meters tall and covered in brown scales, propped itself up on its thick tail, its pale golden eyes fixed on the direction of the Fifth War God Camp, a cold glint in them.

But before it could make a move, a figure flew over from the distant horizon; it was Xu Qiankun, who had left the fighter jet.

"A planetary-level Tier 1 kangaroo"

Xu Qiankun's gaze was indifferent as a dragon flew out from the arm guard he wore on his wrist and swiftly attacked the King Kong Kangaroo.

Roar

Sensing the threat, the kangaroo roared and charged forward towards Xu Qiankun in the sky, its legs thrusting forward instead of retreating.

"So reckless?"

Xu Qiankun was taken aback, and a sense of vigilance arose in his heart, fearing that this guy might have some special methods.

However, as the two dragons swept past, the giant kangaroo's huge head was pierced, and its massive body fell directly to the ground. Only then did Xu Qiankun realize what had happened.

"This guy must have never seen a human before; ignorance is bliss."

After killing a giant kangaroo, Xu Qiankun flew around the area and discovered more than ten lord-level monsters and a number of beast soldiers and beast generals, but he did not attack any of them.

The Beast King was killed because its strength had exceeded the limits of what the Fifth War God Battalion warriors could handle. Not killing it would pose a huge threat to them. As for the Beast Generals and Lords, they were their best whetstones, so of course they had to be spared.

Returning to the spot where he killed the kangaroo, Xu Qiankun cut off its sturdy scales, thick tail, and the fur pouch on its belly, taking them with him, while discarding the rest of its body parts.

It's not that the corpse of a King-level monster is worthless, but rather that it's too big to carry away.

After doing all this, Xu Qiankun returned to his fighter jet.

In the following days, Xu Qiankun would go out to search for King-level monsters whenever he had time.

Eight days have passed in the blink of an eye.

These days he's been spending increasingly longer periods away from home; yesterday he spent eight hours outside before returning to his fighter jet.

The search area naturally expanded further and further, and they even unexpectedly discovered two plant spirits.

"Hmm, I think I found it."

Flying in the air, looking at a huge lake in the distance and the island in the center of the lake shrouded in thick fog, Xu Qiankun instantly perked up, but he did not show it. Instead, he continued to search the surrounding area, seemingly approaching unintentionally.

After dawdling for more than an hour, Xu Qiankun finally arrived at Fog Island.

"The vegetation is so lush, and it seems that a lot of it has mutated."

Walking on the misty island, looking at the ever-changing trees around him, Xu Qiankun's eyes revealed curiosity.

He casually shattered a carnivorous plant that lunged at him, and continued forward, when he suddenly saw nine extremely tall willow trees.

"We arrived a few years earlier than in the original story, but thankfully these willow trees had already completed their mutation."

Xu Qiankun looked shocked, but secretly he was overjoyed.