Dark Star Condensation
The Beheading Squad set off. Satellite positioning revealed that One Against Ten Thousand was located to the west of Ice City. All firepower was concentrated to provide cover for the Beheading Squad.
The limited stockpile of Rocket Launcher artillery bombarded the area, clearing a vacuum in the west. The Beheading Squad quickly advanced and disappeared from sight.
The person disappeared from sight, but soon a mushroom cloud rose from the distance—it was a cover agent who Self-Detonation.
The expert on the Star Ranking told the people of the Base City not to worry, as everything was proceeding according to plan.
However, what followed was far from pleasant. A Hedgehog Mutated Beast, covered in sharp spines that shot out like spears, unleashed a barrage of long-range attacks, leaving half of the Beheading Squad lying in pools of blood.
The sudden change dashed the hopes of the Beheading Squad. The last Star Ranking expert didn't even get to see the face of the One Against Ten Thousand before falling to the claws of a group of Quasi SS-Rank Mutated Leopard.
The defeat of the Beheading Squad almost completely extinguished the hopes of the people of Ice City. Morale plummeted, and some people gave up on themselves.
If even such an elite squad has been wiped out, the remaining tens of millions of people in Ice City will probably have even less chance of breaking out.
Perhaps the city will fall tomorrow.
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The Demon Dragon Mountain is located in the center of the third level. You can go through a tunnel to reach the Fourth Layer.
However, the tunnel is the lair of a Earth Demon Dragon dwells here and blocks people's progress.
Because of the presence of the Earth Demon Dragon, no other Magical Beast dared to approach this area.
Inside the tunnel, the deafening roar had been going on for several hours.
A tremendous roar came, and then gradually things calmed down.
Lin Zhen slumped there, not wanting to move a single finger; the battle had been far too arduous.
Eight Star Ranking experts joined forces to fight the Earth Demon Dragon, but three of them were killed on the spot.
Fortunately, they finally won. At the last moment, Lin Zhen's Space Severance directly severed the Earth Demon Dragon's brain and obtained the earth Element Crystal inside.
Inside the Earth Demon Dragon's lair, there were nine Sacred Artifact, including one high-grade Sacred Artifact. The remaining people divided the loot on the spot.
However, Lin Zhen didn't get anything this time because he had already taken the Near SSS-Rank earth Element Crystal, which was the best loot.
After everyone had finished distributing the items, Lin Zhen looked at the enormous corpse of the Earth Demon Dragon and asked for it.
Of course, Lin Zhen wouldn't take it for free; Lin Zhen paid each person present an extra 3 billion Hua Xia Currency.
There were other people who also wanted the corpse, but since Lin Zhen hadn't participated in the distribution of the Sacred Artifact, they felt embarrassed to compete with Lin Zhen and agreed to leave the corpse to Lin Zhen.
The corpse of the Earth Demon Dragon is extremely valuable; it could potentially fetch 20 billion if sold outside. However, it was bought to serve as food for Little Warm.
Release Little Warm to devour the Earth Demon Dragon.
After devouring this giant creature, Little Warm seemed to have reached an evolutionary bottleneck and immediately entered a deep sleep within the Black Phantom.
Having obtained the earth Element Crystal, Lin Zhen immediately bid farewell to the others.
Luo Yun and Dongfang Jun both knew that Lin Zhen was in a hurry to leave, so they did not try to stop him. The two returned to the Ice Palace, while Lin Zhen left the Ancient God City directly.
After leaving the city, the fresh air outside invigorated Lin Zhen.
"All the hard work over this period of time has finally paid off. I obtained a Near SSS-Rank earth Element Crystal, and my Dark Star can finally be condensed."
Lin Zhen took out her phone to check the situation in Ice City.
He was shocked when he saw it. To avoid being distracted by other things, he hadn't paid much attention to the internet lately. But how could the situation in Ice City have changed so much in just two days?
"The Beheading Squad strike failed. What is the future for the people of Ice City?"
"Good news, good news! Commander-in-Chief Shen Lixing announced that he has received a promise from the Allen Great God Sect Master: as long as the people of Ice City regain their faith in the Starry Sky God Sect and swear never to betray them, the Divine Cult is willing to send troops to help Ice City resolve the crisis."
"An Ning, the Young Miss of the An Corporation, issued a statement vowing to live and die in Ice City and to never join the Starry Sky God Sect again."
"Beset by internal and external troubles, Ice City has fallen into chaos."
After reading the articles and reports, Lin Zhen gained a general understanding of the situation in Ice City.
There is now a commander-in-chief named Shen Lixing in Ice City directing the battle. It was this man who planned the Beheading Operation, but it ended in failure.
After the failure, Shen Lixing somehow contacted the former Sophia Church's Allen Great God Sect Master. Allen promised him that as long as the people of Ice City rejoined the Divine Cult, the Divine Cult would send troops to help Ice City relieve the siege.
However, this matter was opposed by martial artists from An Ning and several Base City such as Northwest, Modu, and Capital City. Many of those who opposed him were people Lin Zhen knew.
Mutated Beast are attacking Ice City from the outside, and internal strife is raging inside. If this continues, it's only a matter of time before the city falls.
Lin Zhen also deduced some things from these messages.
Allen was originally chasing me in the Ancient God City, but he went the wrong way. When I went to the Arctic, he went to the South Pole, but I haven't heard from him since. It turns out he left a long time ago.
Allen agreed to this, which shows that the Divine Cult is basically without a leader now, and Yan Huang may be in seclusion cultivating.
I checked my parents' news again. They are currently being held in the Divine Might Church in Constantinople, but their lives are not in immediate danger.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Zhen decided to go and help Ice City out of its predicament first, but before that, he needed to make a breakthrough.
Only by gathering the Dark Star can Lin Zhen possibly save Ice City from its predicament; otherwise, going there would be pointless.
He didn't post the news of his return online; he simply sent An Ning a message: "I'm back. Hang in there."
After sending the message, An Ning quickly replied to Lin Zhen, "I'll wait for you."
Lin Zhen dialed Su Mingyue's number again, but couldn't get through, so she had to give up.
Wearing Metal Mask, Lin Zhen controlled his aura to the level of a fifth-level War God, making it impossible for outsiders to recognize him. He then boarded a small flying vehicle and left the Ancient God City.
After flying all the way to Zhaodong County, Lin Zhen's aircraft landed on the top of the Zhaodong Tower.
It was already deep winter. More than four years had passed since Lin Zhen's rebirth, and this was the fifth year.
When I landed at Zhaodong Tower, it was almost a ghost town.
All the Mutated Beast went to participate in the siege of Ice City, and these former Wilderness Area became no-man's land.
The wind and snow were still blowing around them, but after experiencing the extreme cold of South Pole within the Ancient God City, Lin Zhen was almost immune to this level of low temperature.
Arriving at the place where he had once broken through, Lin Zhen sat down.
He knew he was facing a very critical moment.
Besides the matter of Ice City, the Church is also a major concern for Lin Zhen. Once Yan Huang emerges from seclusion, his strength will definitely increase by leaps and bounds. And now there are only four days left until Yan Huang announces his Grand Wedding.
The whereabouts of Yue'er are still unknown; his parents are trapped in Constantinople and await his rescue.
All of this depends on his strength, and the condensation of the Star Core by Dark Star is his most crucial step.
He had never experienced this step in his previous life. Even though he had heard of some people who had obtained Dark Star by chance, he had never heard of anyone being able to turn Dark Star into a physical entity.
"Perhaps I am making history."
Lin Zhen took a deep breath, casting aside all distracting thoughts, and began to meditate and practice her exercises.
Regulate your breathing, cultivate, and absorb the vital Vital Essence of heaven and earth.
An hour later, he felt that he had reached his peak condition and stopped cultivating.
Lin Zhen took out two earth Element Crystal from his Space Ring.
One is Quasi SS-Rank Magical Beast, and the other is Near SSS-Rank Magical Beast.
"Ideally, I'd like SS-Rank one, but unfortunately I couldn't find one. One of these is a little too big, and the other is a little too small. I don't know how it will turn out. I'll try absorbing the smaller one first."
Lin Zhen took out the Quasi SS-Rank pill and placed it in front of Dantian lower abdomen.
The Dantian Qi began to circulate, and the power within the crystal entered Lin Zhen's Dantian.
As soon as the power of the Earth Element entered, the Dark Star within Lin Zhen's body began to spin wildly!
The other elemental forces within this Dark Star had been gathering for many days, with water, fire, wind, thunder, and golden light surging forth, but the Earth Element was lacking, leaving it without a fundamental basis for existence.
The mere sight of the Earth Element is like a long-awaited rain after a drought, bringing the entire Dark Star to life in an instant!
"Wow! Such a fast absorption rate!"
Lin Zhen used his Mental Power to observe the Dark Star spinning faster and faster, as wisps of Earth Element passed through the two spaces and quickly entered the Dark Star.
This is not quite the same as the condensation of Dantian Qi. Dark Star operates in another space, relying on Dantian Qi while going its own way.
At this moment, the Dark Star began to take shape. After the Earth Element entered, it quickly gathered into the interior of the Dark Star, forming the planet's outer shell.
"As far as I know, the foundation of a planet is soil, but the interior of a planet is also divided into several layers."
"From the outside in, they are the crust, lithosphere, Upper Mantle mantle, Lower Mantle, outer core, and Inner Core."
"This single Quasi SS-Rank crystal is probably not enough to condense these layers. I just wonder to what extent it can be condensed?"
Ten minutes!
Under Lin Zhen's watchful eye, the Earth Element was completely absorbed after ten minutes, while the Star Core inside the Dark Star had only completed one outer shell, and the Second Layer of rock had not yet been formed.
"As expected, this one Earth Element is not enough. Luckily, I was prepared in advance."
Lin Zhen placed the Near SSS-Rank crystal in front of his Dantian once again.
The crystal was rapidly decomposing and quickly flowing into the Dark Star.
The Dark Star, which was about to cease functioning, has regained its vitality and is growing rapidly, almost visibly so, right before Lin Zhen's eyes!
Another twenty minutes passed, and the rock layer successfully solidified. Now, the third asthenosphere will continue to solidify!
Chapter 2 is updated today, and there will be an extra chapter for those who donate later.