Lin Zhen's Lightning River!

Lin Zhen returned to her little nest with the Comet Crystal, quickly crawled inside, covered herself with Leaf, and then took out the Comet Crystal.

The Comet Crystal, trailing a long tail, looked dazzling and incredibly beautiful. Lin Zhen could feel the energy contained within it as he held it in his hand.

"I have just broken through to the early stage of the Level Four War General realm. I should slowly absorb the Comet Crystal, but time is of the essence. It is safer to get this thing into my body as soon as possible."

Lin Zhen took the Comet Crystal and placed it on Dantian lower abdomen.

The powerful energy injection caused Lin Zhen's Dantian to expand wildly once again!

This cultivation session lasted a full thirty minutes before the Comet Crystal was completely absorbed.

No matter what kind of Star Crystal you absorb, the first time is always the best. After absorbing this Comet Crystal, Lin Zhen's Dantian Qi jumped from the initial peak to the middle stage. Although he didn't reach the peak, he still made great progress.

"Such powerful strength! In just a few days, I went from the Level Three Peak to the mid-level of level four. This Star Fruit Tree is indeed a Holy Land for cultivation."

"However, this effect is only due to the first absorption. The effect of absorbing Comet Crystal in the future will probably not be as good. According to the records in the Survival Manual, the effect of absorbing the same Star Crystal will become worse and worse. Moreover, the higher the realm, the more energy is required to advance. I think that to advance to the Level Four Late Stage, I will probably need seven or eight Comet Crystal. To reach the fifth level, it will be difficult to do without twenty or thirty."

"As for level six, I'm afraid only Satellite Crystal can be effective, but fortunately, I still have plenty of time."

After absorbing the essence, Lin Zhen stood up contentedly. Thinking about the two Comet Crystal that were about to mature waiting for him, he felt a surge of joy.

Seeing that it was getting dark and night was approaching, Lin Zhen ate some Compressed Biscuit and went to the riverbank again.

"Yesterday I grasped the essence of Body Like a Mountain, which means I can practice shooting freely in the river. So today, I will practice the Long River."

"This is no ordinary Long River, but my unique skill, Lin Zhen's Lightning Long River!"

After taking off his clothes, Lin Zhen went into the water again, and the icy river water gave him a jolt of energy.

Holding the Bright Silver Spear in his hand, Lin Zhen remained unmoved despite the crashing waves, lost in thought.

"According to the Long River Manual I've read, in order to make the Long Spear flow like a never-ending river, the first thing to do is to strike the spear like a wave."

"It's not so easy to strike like a wave. For example, the wave in front of me, if I use Waterfall to counteract it, I can completely neutralize it. But when the next wave comes, I will be exhausted."

"The essence of Waterfall is a single, decisive attack, while waves are actually what make the power of Waterfall continuous. Now I'll give it a try."

Lin Zhen stood ready, waiting for the next wave to come. Then, he flicked his Long Spear, and Waterfall appeared!

Golden Lightning Ions in the night sky, meeting in mid-air with a real, surging river on one side and a man-made Waterfall that resembles a giant wave on the other!

"Bang!"

Like fireworks exploding, waves splashed everywhere. This wave did not surge down at all, and the water flowed so much that it made the surrounding shore wet.

The river lost its supply of subsequent waves and momentarily stopped flowing!

If you stand on the bank, you can see that the river behind Lin Zhen has clearly sunken in a section, which is caused by the subsequent water flow not following up.

However, the waves are endless. Lin Zhen used the Waterfall to withstand one wave, but the next wave came immediately. Lin Zhen was unable to use the Waterfall a second time in a short period of time.

He raised the Long Spear and tried to wield it, but it had no effect whatsoever. The wave crashed down, and although Lin Zhen didn't fall, he was instantly soaked to the bone, the water spraying all over his face making him look extremely disheveled.

"Just as I expected, the situation is basically the same as I predicted. I can't continuously unleash the Waterfall, so I can't fight off the waves."

"The true Long River, when unleashed, should flow like a surging river; if continued, it could even cause a river to stop flowing. How can I achieve this?"

"Following the training method in the manual, it might take a year and a half to cultivate, but I obviously don't have that much time to waste, so I can only speed things up."

After a while, Lin Zhen used the Waterfall again, but the second time he was hit by the waves and failed to stop the river from flowing.

This was repeated more than ten times, Lin Zhen was so tired that she rested on the shore for a while.

"It still doesn't work. I haven't grasped the essentials. What's wrong?"

After thinking for a while without any clue, Lin Zhen simply put aside this mental burden for the time being and let her mind wander freely into wild fantasies.

Past lives, present lives, relatives, friends, enemies, ideals, pursuits—everything flashed through Lin Zhen's mind like a movie.

"I want to earn 40 billion dollars so that my parents can regain the ability to cultivate. In the future, I will use all available resources to ensure that they can live a stable life. That way, I will not be alone in the future."

"In my past life, I experienced many major events, and I have made plans for many things in my heart. This time, I cannot stay in the God General Training Camp for too long. The time must not exceed five years, or even four years, because I still remember that in my previous life, the Ice City Base City fell and was occupied by Mutated Beast. That was a true catastrophe for mankind. Countless people died in that battle, and only a few capable people left."

"So I have to get back before then and do my best to prevent the Ice City from falling, and at least rescue as many people as possible."

"I am not some compassionate saint, but I know how helpless Earthlings were when Extraterrestrial Civilization descended. In this life, I will pursue the pinnacle, and the Earth lineage must endure in this vast universe, worthy of reverence."

"Those experts and geniuses from Extraterrestrial Civilization, if you want to come to Earth and do whatever you want again, you'd better ask me, Lin Zhen, if I agree!"

"Those who died fighting for the Earth, you are all heroes. I will do my best to keep you alive. But before that, anyone who stands in my way to the top, I will send you to hell, whether you are good or bad."

At this moment, Lin Zhen thought of Su Mingyue, this troublesome Holy Maiden. It was no easy task to make her see the true face of the so-called Starry Sky True God as soon as possible.

There's also An Ning. An Ning's family doesn't approve of his relationship with An Ning, and Lin Zhen has to resolve that when he goes back.

Thinking of An Ning's kindness to her, and her gentle nature, Lin Zhen couldn't help but smile.

"Mmm, water!"

Like a thunderbolt in the night sky, the word flashed through Lin Zhen's mind, and in that instant, he seemed to have grasped something key.

"What am I thinking about? I'm just one step away, what is water?"

Lin Zhen suddenly stood up, looked down at the river, and his mind was filled with a myriad of thoughts.

"Water is the source of life. Humans, Mutated Beast, and even insects cannot live without it. Water is formed drop by drop. Rivers, lakes, oceans, and seas are all made up of tiny droplets."

"Water can flow or remain still; it can bring life or take it away; it can carry a boat or capsize a ship; it is capricious."

"Ocean currents bring about climate change, and water nourishes the earth; water is what I understand!"

Lin Zhen suddenly looked up at the sky, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Water is water! To truly be like the waves, you must understand the properties of water. To become like a drop of water, floating freely or drifting with the current, only by understanding water can you transform into water, making your attacks endless, like Heavenly River hanging upside down!"

Thinking of this, Lin Zhen took a deep breath, then pulled out his Bright Silver Spear and, like a diver from the Anno Domini Era, plunged headfirst into the surging water.

The Bright Silver Spear was extremely heavy, and it sank Lin Zhen to the bottom of the river. Lin Zhen's body lay on the riverbed, letting the water flow past him.

With a shimmering light of gold and silver in his eyes, Lin Zhen saw the distorted shadows of the trees on the riverbank and the swaying crescent moon in the sky through the gaps in the trees.

He could even count the white bubbles in the river, vaguely feel the wind, and clearly sense the direction of the water flow.

He gradually loosened his grip, letting the Bright Silver Spear slip from his hand, and his body began to rise and fall with the waves.

Gradually, his arms swayed gently, and without realizing it, he found the rhythm of the water flow, gliding along without creating a single ripple.

He stopped breathing, and the Dantian Qi began to circulate slowly. This was a skill possessed only by warriors at the General Stage, allowing them to hold their breath underwater.

"I am the water now. The water will not harm me. The water and I are one. I drift with the current but will not collide with anything."

His body floated smoothly with the current, passing a bend in the trees, but he glided past it lightly without making any contact with the trees.

"Since ancient times, water has flowed downhill. Now I can perceive the changes in the water flow. I can even feel the presence of water molecules. My body floats lightly in the water flow without expending any effort. This is the power of going with the flow. This is called Flow with the Current."

"Whether it's waves or tides, they all move with the current, and now I am the water, I am the current! I am the waves, I am the mighty celestial Heavenly River sweeping across the sky!"

Lin Zhen, who had been submerged in the water for more than twenty minutes, suddenly opened his eyes, pushed off the riverbed with both hands, and quickly slid to the Bright Silver Spear. He grabbed the Bright Silver Spear and launched it out of the water with a bang!

With a flick of his Long Spear, a Gale and Rainstorm raged, the spear's shadow crashing like a giant wave against the oncoming tide!

"Boom!"

Amidst the splashing water, the first wave dissipated, and the second wave crashed down.

"Again!"

Lin Zhen roared, his muscles strained, Lightning Ions illuminated the night sky as he unleashed his second shot!

"Boom!"

It seemed as if a torrential Rainstorm had fallen on the riverbank. The second wave of water was once again dissipated under Lin Zhen's Long Spear attack. The river behind Lin Zhen, having lost the replenishment of two waves in succession, truly stopped flowing this time!

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