Swallowed Star: Reborn as a Golden Horned Beast
Chapter 22

Rational Luo Feng, Excited Babata

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Next, Babata wanted to show off his experience and put on a performance, but he was destined to be disappointed.

"The Milky Way Galaxy belongs to..."

"Mm, we know."

"This universe is incomparably vast. The highest-ranking Universe Countries..."

"Mm, we know."

"Warrior ranks..."

"Mm, we know."

"Ah! Why do you know everything?! This is infuriating! Fine, cultivate by yourselves, then!"

Babata vanished in a huff, leaving the two of them staring at each other.

However, at Jin Yu's instruction, Babata split off half his consciousness and computational power to train Luo Feng, while the other half followed Jin Yu.

Originally, Babata had said that his main body should follow Jin Yu while he created a clone carrying his memories to accompany Luo Feng. But Jin Yu shut him down with a single remark.

"Cut the crap. We're both Personal Disciples, so don't draw such a clear distinction. There are only the two of us now, and you still want to stir up internal conflict? Do you think there are too many inheritors and hope we'll fall out?"

Babata was rendered speechless by Jin Yu's words. Besides, splitting off half his consciousness was no big deal to him. Even a tiny fraction of his computational power was more than enough.

As for treasures, a cultivated Cloud-Soaring Vine was still given to Jin Yu. Luo Feng's would have to be prepared after they entered the universe.

And since Luo Feng had already obtained the Sky-Escaping Shuttle from Hong, the Arc Blade Disc was given to Jin Yu instead.

"Oh, right, Babata. Don't secretly pull any tricks on me or tamper with me. Otherwise, even if I die, I'll sever all ties with Yun Mo Star." Jin Yu stared at Babata until his scalp prickled.

"Fine, I get it, I get it. I'm really convinced by you." Babata cursed inwardly. He had originally planned to secretly implant an Inheritance Soul Seal into Jin Yu without him noticing.

But if he made a move in secret, Jin Yu would definitely find out later. What would he do if they truly fell out?

Babata was at a loss. What kind of godly inheritor had he chosen?

"Senior Brother, I never expected your brain domain breadth to be so high! You even comprehended a Domain!" Luo Feng said enviously as they flew back toward the surface.

Earlier, he had watched Jin Yu shut Babata down. Babata had still refused to accept it and stubbornly opposed splitting off his consciousness.

Yet after Jin Yu unleashed his Gold Domain, Babata immediately backed down. He had long detected that the Domain was merely surface-level. This guy had actually crossed the Law threshold.

Of course, Jin Yu would never agree with Luo Feng's interpretation. He had clearly convinced Babata through virtue and reason.

"Tch, why are you in such a hurry? There's another opportunity waiting for you soon, one even better than Babata's inheritance." Jin Yu spoke with undisguised pride.

What could possibly be more enjoyable than being generous with someone else's property?

"I don't like hearing that. Jin Yu, can you stop bragging? What could this backwater place called Earth possibly have that's more precious than my master's inheritance?" Babata could no longer pretend to be dead. He immediately sprang out of the Intelligent Life core, planted his hands on his hips, and shouted.

"You'll know soon enough. Would I, Jin Yu, lie to you?" Jin Yu completely ignored Babata's noisy fussing.

However, there was one thing Jin Yu had not expected. Only after asking Babata did he learn that his brain domain breadth had actually reached 42, placing him firmly among absolute geniuses. He was born to be a Mental Master.

"Could my original body's talent have been that good? Impossible. If my talent had been that good, I should've been exceptionally intelligent. How could I have ended up wasting my previous life playing games?"

Jin Yu truly could not make sense of it.

"Or was this also the result of Talent Amplification?"

According to the system's description, the talents of his clones could be amplified. Combined with the explosive increase in the talents of both his Golden Horned Beast true body and clone, which had even allowed him to comprehend the Gold Domain, he found it extremely strange.

Later, he had taken another step forward and crossed the Law threshold.

If that was the case, then his high brain domain breadth was not hard to understand.

Besides, there was no detailed introduction to this thing later on. Everything revolved around comprehending Laws, making it seem rather useless.

After all, brain domain breadth only meant that one was born with dozens of times the basic mental power amplification. It had no meaning at all after reaching the Immortal level.

In the end, Jin Yu could only shake his head and stop thinking about it, leaving it for future research.

"By the way, Luo Feng, now that you're Planetary level, shouldn't your position as Supervisor Envoy be promoted to Patrol Envoy?" Jin Yu asked casually.

"I'm already Planetary level, and now that I've obtained the inheritance and learned about the universe, how could I still have the mood to be some Patrol Envoy?" Luo Feng shot Jin Yu, who was smiling, a disdainful glance.

You're looking down on me, aren't you? With the knowledge I have now, how could I possibly care about some position on this tiny patch of Earth?

"Heh, not bad. You've gotten pretty full of yourself. Then should we kill Li Yao? Just say the word, and we'll go kill him right now." Jin Yu said it casually.

As far as Li Yao was concerned, Jin Yu believed he absolutely deserved to die, including his woman, Scorpion.

Ignoring the lives of ordinary people was something Jin Yu could not accept, at least not with his current mindset. He himself had been an ordinary person not long ago, and he could not let it go. Perhaps after seeing more of the world in the future, he would no longer care, but he could not do that now.

Besides, Li Yao had a grudge against City Lord Luo. Now that they had absolute strength, of course they had to resolve it early. Otherwise, since he was close to Luo Feng, what if Li Yao lost his mind and targeted his little sister or someone else?

Forget acting on it. If Li Yao even dared to think about it, Jin Yu would grind his bones to dust.

"Li Yao!" Luo Feng's movements visibly paused when he heard that name.

"Alright. Once we're back, we'll eliminate this future threat!" Luo Feng had always been decisive and ruthless. Since the other party wanted his life, now that he had absolute strength, Li Yao had to be prepared to be slain.

Li Yao deserved to die, and so did his son.

"Number One is here!" Luo Feng suddenly raised his head and looked toward the sky.

A streak of light came to a halt overhead. It was a dark-blue triangular fighter jet, the one Luo Feng had previously exchanged from Hong.

The fighter jet's body had elegant curves and could be called a work of art. It was over twenty meters long and over ten meters wide, giving off an overall impression of solidity and durability.

"Whoa, that's pretty advanced." Jin Yu also noticed the Intelligent fighter jet in midair, his heart burning with excitement. A man's romance—who could possibly not love it?

The two rose into the air, and the Intelligent fighter jet's hatch opened automatically.

After entering the cabin, Jin Yu could not help looking around.

The cabin's main hall was spherical. The seats inside were comfortable and luxurious, arranged in a circle around a central table that could rise and lower. The lighting was dreamlike and fantastical.

"This fighter jet has a backdoor. I'll alter the permissions." Babata suddenly appeared from Luo Feng's wristband. White light flashed in his eyes as streams of data flickered past, and then he vanished again.

"Luo Feng has now been set as the highest authority. Hong was previously the highest authority, but I removed him." After saying that, Babata gave the bewildered Luo Feng a contemptuous look before returning to the Intelligent Life core.

"There was a backdoor?" Luo Feng asked, then slapped his forehead and silently cursed himself for asking a stupid question.

The Intelligent fighter jet had been produced by Hong, so it was perfectly normal for him to leave a backdoor. He had simply believed no one would be able to discover it. But now that he had encountered Babata, an Intelligent Life, it had been cracked with ease.

Even so, Hong's image in Luo Feng's heart fell from its pedestal.

"Hall Master Hong replied to me. He wants me to hold the position of Patrol Envoy in name only, while someone new will be sent to take up the position of Supervisor Envoy." Luo Feng said after reading the email he had just received in the fighter jet.

He had previously sent Hong news of his breakthrough and used the excuse that he needed time to stabilize his strength and cultivate for a while.

"Mm, that works too. Also, you probably won't be able to return for quite a while. Tell your family and your little girlfriend." Jin Yu burst into laughter after speaking and secretly snapped a picture of Luo Feng's reddened face.

What a piece of blackmail material! Shocking! City Lord Luo actually blushed!

"What exactly is it? Why are you being so mysterious?" Luo Feng looked utterly confused, unable to understand what place on Earth would require him to leave for such a long time.

"We're here. Let's go." Following the connection to his clone, Jin Yu could clearly sense that the Golden Horned Beast's true body was directly below them.

After ordering the Intelligent fighter jet to leave on its own, Luo Feng followed Jin Yu as they plunged into the Pacific Ocean below.

"We're here." With a wave of his hand, Jin Yu moved aside the massive boulders on the seafloor, revealing an enormous cave.

It had been specially excavated to store the Golden Horned Beast Egg.

"This is a Monster Egg?" Luo Feng entered the cave and looked at the enormous Golden Egg before him, unable to understand what Jin Yu had brought him here for.

Was he planning to capture it and sell it? But even a King-level Monster Egg held no meaning for them after obtaining the inheritance.

"This is a Starry Sky Beast—the Golden Horned Beast Egg. It's for you to use the Possession Secret Art on next." Jin Yu spoke one word at a time. He was remarkably smooth when it came to doing someone else a favor.

"What! What did you say?! A Golden Horned Beast?!" The wristband on Jin Yu's hand lit up, and Babata jumped out. Streams of data flashed through his eyes as he clearly began scanning the egg's information.

"I compared it with the database. It really is a Golden Horned Beast Egg! This is a Starry Sky Beast with peak bloodline. Even without cultivating, it will reach the peak of the World Master level upon adulthood!"

Babata was in disarray. Even Yun Mo Star's inheritance could not compare to this kind of opportunity. Even his database contained only this basic information. He had no authority to access anything more detailed.

"No wonder you said earlier that it was even more precious than my master's inheritance. Jin Yu, your opportunity is truly heaven-defying!"

"Jin Yu, hurry up and learn the Possession Secret Art! Possess this Golden Horned Beast!" Babata urged anxiously, no longer caring that Jin Yu had said earlier that Luo Feng would possess it.

Call him selfish or heartless if you wanted, but Babata's first priority remained nurturing a genius who could avenge his master in the future.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I prepared this for my little brother. I already have one myself." Jin Yu immediately controlled the Golden Horned Beast clone to extend its head into the cave.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! This is insane! Two Golden Horned Beasts!" Babata was completely at a loss, but then he seemed to realize something.

No wonder Jin Yu's brain domain breadth was so high, and why he had comprehended a Domain!

"Big Brother Jin, you're saying this Golden Horned Beast is also you? Then what are you now?" Luo Feng could not understand. If Jin Yu had already possessed it, why were there two Jin Yus?

"Two? That's right! Two Jin Yus! Could it be... the Golden Horned Beast can create clones?" Babata's eyes turned red as he roared in extreme excitement.

What a heaven-defying opportunity! If his master had possessed such a clone ability back then, how could he have died and disappeared from the world?

Jin Yu glanced at Babata but ignored his frenzy, revealing the smile of someone coaxing Little Red Riding Hood.

"That's right. The Golden Horned Beast can create clones. It can create three clones: one at Planetary level, one at Universe level, and one at World Master level. This is the clone opportunity I gained at Planetary level."

"So if you're worried about your body, there's no need. Any tiny bit of tissue or blood can completely replicate a new body."

Jin Yu continued tempting him.

But Luo Feng's willpower was clearly not so weak that he would be easily swayed by this. Instead, he quietly considered it.

Babata beside him was frantic and immediately tried to persuade Luo Feng. "Luo Feng, what are you thinking about?! A Golden Horned Beast! My master possessed a Kelon race youth back then and grew smoothly all the way. If you possess a Golden Horned Beast, then with a little effort, your minimum future achievement will be my master's level!"

"Besides, the ocean creatures on Earth are evolving faster than you humans. If you want to solve that problem once and for all, you need absolute strength!"

"But with the inheritance, I can still grow quickly and solve those problems." Luo Feng replied firmly, completely unmoved.

Babata's eyes rolled around, then suddenly lit up. He began playing a grand video for Luo Feng.

On the enormous screen appeared a planet. Its strongest experts far surpassed the Planetary level, yet a powerful cosmic fleet suddenly descended from beyond the planet, wantonly capturing the planet's experts before ultimately enslaving the entire world.

The scene shifted, showing countless planets being annihilated amid battles between powerful beings.

All kinds of cosmic cruelty were laid bare before Luo Feng, bloody and brutal.

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