Swallowing the Stars: Becoming a God Starting with a Hundred Generations of Talent

Chapter 43 Heavenly Fire Stone: Fortune Lies in Peril [First Update]

This piercing roar made all the surviving bandits, including the bald, burly man carrying the giant axe, go blank.

To comprehend a domain at the Hengxing level is already an unparalleled genius, one in a billion.

At the Hengxing level, one comprehends the third level of the domain.

This is a monster!

The cruel smile on the bald, burly man's face had vanished completely, replaced by horror. His hand, gripping the giant axe, began to tremble slightly.

Although he is a first-level cosmic-level being, he has only barely comprehended the first level of the domain!

And these two little guys at the ninth level of the Eternal Star realm are actually—they're both at the third level of the Domain realm?!

What the hell is this pervert?

Which empire poured all its resources into nurturing this prodigy?

A fine layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on the bald, muscular man's forehead.

He knew he had bitten off more than he could chew!

How can we fight like this?

There's no way to fight!

Raymond and Ling Xue charged into the bandits like tigers among sheep.

This was a pure massacre.

"Hahaha! That's great!"

Raymond let out a long roar, and purple lightning erupted from his body.

His sword moved with sweeping, powerful strokes, each swing unleashing a burst of violent lightning.

Just as one of the robbers raised his weapon, he was struck by a thick bolt of lightning, instantly turning into a charred corpse and falling straight down.

On the other side, Ling Xue's movements were even more unpredictable.

Her figure flickered in the mist, her fingers forming a sword-like shape. With each stroke, silent lines of water easily slit the enemy's throat.

There were no screams, only heads rolling silently off one by one.

The once arrogant bandits were now completely devastated.

"ah--!"

Screams rose and fell, then quickly faded away.

In less than a minute, the noisy battlefield fell completely silent.

Apart from the escaped leader and a few others, the remaining twenty-odd interstellar pirates were all killed.

A strong stench of blood permeated this red land.

The battlefield was deathly silent.

The surviving adventurers stood frozen in place, like wooden or clay sculptures.

Everything ended too quickly.

After a brief silence, the adventurer captain with the scar on his face was the first to react.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the horror in his heart, and quickly walked to Lu Yun and the other three. Then, with a "plop," he knelt down on one knee!

The dozen or so survivors behind him seemed to wake from a dream and knelt down one after another.

"Thank you so much for saving our lives!" The scarred captain's voice was hoarse, but filled with heartfelt gratitude. "We will never forget this kindness!"

"Alright, get up, all of you." Raymond sheathed his sword and waved his hand dismissively. "We didn't like those bastards either, so we just took care of them."

Upon hearing this, the scarred captain and the others stood up shakily.

"Senior, we—" The scarred captain wanted to say something more.

"You should leave," Xu Yao interrupted him calmly. "It's not safe here."

"Yes, yes!"

The scarred captain nodded hurriedly, not daring to disobey in the slightest.

Once the adventurers had gone far away...

"Haha, time to loot the corpses!" Raymond rubbed his hands together, a smile of excitement spreading across his face. "Let me see if these paupers have anything good on them."

As he spoke, he walked with great interest toward the corpses of the bandits.

Ling Xue's usually cold face showed a rare hint of interest, and she moved to follow.

As martial artists, spoils of war are a natural and expected reward.

The two men moved with practiced ease, quickly searching the spatial rings, weapons, and equipment of the more than twenty bandits.

"Tch, what a bunch of penniless bastards." Raymond curled his lip, somewhat disappointed.

Although these robbers had a lot of things, most of them were worthless trinkets and didn't catch his eye.

Just then.

Ling Xue walked to the corpse of the scarred bandit at the ninth level of the Hengxing realm and took out a black spatial ring from his pocket.

She swept her gaze with her spiritual power, and a hint of surprise flashed in her cool eyes.

"Raymond, come and see."

"Hmm? Did you find something good?" Raymond immediately leaned over.

With a flick of her wrist, Ling Xue revealed a peculiar stone, the size of a fist, engulfed in crimson flames, in her palm.

As soon as the stone appeared, the temperature of the surrounding air suddenly rose by several degrees.

"Holy crap! A Heavenly Fire Stone!"

Raymond couldn't help but swear, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Hahaha! It's a Heavenly Fire Stone! Your mission is complete!"

Xu Yao and Lu Yun also came over.

"Not bad luck." Xu Yao glanced at the Heavenly Fire Stone, a rare smile appearing on his lips.

Their mission objective is to obtain the Heavenly Fire Stone. One stone for each person.

The fact that one person has already completed it is undoubtedly a good sign.

"Let's go."

As soon as they finished speaking, the four of them stopped and sped off into the deeper parts of the secret realm.

They sped along the road.

About a day later, the terrain ahead suddenly changed.

A series of black rocky mountains rose abruptly from the ground, replacing the monotonous red wasteland.

The location marked on the map is in a circular valley deep within these mountains.

The four concealed their presence and slowed their pace, moving like ghosts among the rocks.

The closer they got to the target valley, the more eerie the atmosphere became.

"Something's not right." Xu Yao suddenly stopped, her brows furrowed.

It's too quiet here, unusually quiet.

Raymond and Ling Xue also noticed the abnormality, their expressions became wary, and their hands were already on their weapons.

Xu Yao flipped his hand and took out a silver-white metal disc.

Lu Yun's gaze sharpened.

C5 level detector!

A product of the Machine Race, capable of detecting cosmic-level powerhouses within a radius of thousands of miles, and extremely expensive.

Xu Yao infused it with energy.

hum!

A pale blue three-dimensional light screen was projected from the disc, clearly showing the surrounding mountain terrain.

Immediately afterwards, countless red dots appeared frantically on the light screen!

Each red dot represents a cosmic-level powerhouse!

In an instant, Raymond and Ling Xue's expressions changed.

Xu Yao's expression became extremely serious.

The number of red dots on the light screen was so large it was terrifying! And they weren't random; they were extremely orderly.

Ten points of light form a group, creating a squad.

There are hundreds of such squads within the display area of ​​the light screen!

"How could this be—" Raymond gasped, his voice hoarse, "Thousands of cosmic-level powerhouses? What are they doing here?"

The entire valley was surrounded by thousands of cosmic-level powerhouses, who were deployed like an army, in groups of ten.

What exactly happened here?

"Although there are many cosmic-level ones, they are distributed over a range of several thousand kilometers."

Lu Yun pointed to the huge gap between the red dots on the light screen.

"There's a good distance between each of their squads. If we're careful, nothing will happen."

His words softened the expressions of Xu Yao and the other two slightly.

"Lu Yun is right." Xu Yao nodded and put away the detector. "Our target this time is only the Heavenly Fire Stone. Once we find it, we'll leave. We should try to avoid conflict with these people."

"Damn it, I wonder which big power is behind this, making such a big fuss." Raymond cursed under his breath, but the tension in his eyes had dissipated considerably.

Ling Xue didn't speak, but tightened her grip on the sword hilt.

The four reached an agreement.

They concealed their presence, their movements becoming even more agile, like four weightless fallen leaves, silently infiltrating the heavily guarded mountain range.

They carefully avoided the patrol routes of those cosmic-level powerhouses, specifically choosing to advance through remote ravines and rocky cliffs.

I searched for about half a day.

Raymond's eyes lit up; he had discovered a burning, crimson stone in a crevice in a rock wall.

"Found it! The Heavenly Fire Stone!" he whispered excitedly to the others.

The three of them immediately moved closer.

But just then, Ling Xue's gaze fell on another pile of rubble not far away.

There were also three or four Heavenly Fire Stones there, emitting a faint red glow.

"There are some over there too," Ling Xue pointed.

Xu Yao frowned as well. He looked at a black rock at his feet and kicked it away.

Beneath the rock, there was another set of fist-sized fire stones, numbering as many as seven or eight!

"this----"

All four of them were stunned.

They looked at each other, both seeing shock and disbelief in each other's eyes.

This is a rare C1-grade material!

Outside, a single piece would be worth a fortune, enough to make even powerful beings at the Eternal Star level fight tooth and nail for it.

But here, why are they like the stones on the roadside, all in one piece?

"Something's not right, this is very abnormal." Raymond's joy faded, and his expression became serious.

"There must be something unusual here," Xu Yao said in a deep voice. "Those universe-level powerhouses came here and laid a trap, could it also be for these Heavenly Fire Stones?"

"Very likely." Ling Xue nodded. "Perhaps the anomalies here are far more complex than just these Heavenly Fire Stones."

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy again.

"Should we retreat? We've already completed the mission," Xu Yao said with some concern.

The target was found, but this discovery led to an even greater mystery and danger.

Lu Yun thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Now that I'm here, I can't just turn around and leave."

"Fortune favors the bold. The bigger the storm, the more valuable the fish. Since there's such a strange occurrence here, there might be an incredible opportunity."

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