Swallowed Star: My Own Universe
Chapter 41

Reporting the Cloud-Piercing Vine

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After obtaining so many Wood Tooth Crystals, Xu Feng had no intention of immediately breaking through to the Planetary level.

He still needed the Shield Sky Shuttle's usage methods from Civilization Relic No. 9, as well as Secret Basic Style 312.

"Although I'm no match for the Cloud-Piercing Vine, Hong, who possesses a domain, can handle it."

"As long as I report it to the Limitless Martial Arts School, I can still receive a ten percent reward for the discovery."

Xu Feng knew that the Cloud-Piercing Vine on Mist Island was merely a defective specimen with nine vine roots, with no value for cultivation.

Even if he wanted to cultivate it, Earth's current resources could not support it. After all, the Cloud-Piercing Vine's staple food was Wood Tooth Crystals!

He might as well go with the flow and give it to Hong, earning himself a few Star Points in the process.

Once he exchanged for the Shield Sky Shuttle, perhaps with his current peak Psychic Master strength, he could immediately contend with Planetary-level experts!

And there was the even more important Psychic Master Basic Chapter.

After Luo Feng learned the Basic Chapter, it had still taken him more than half a year to master Secret Basic Style 312.

Xu Feng had not learned any Mental Power amplification techniques at all. He was a complete novice.

It would take him even longer to comprehend the Psychic Master Secret Style 312 within Civilization Relic No. 9.

But before that, he should harvest all the Spirits of Plants first!

After spending a day searching, Xu Feng found every Spirit of Plants on Mist Island, more than one hundred and sixty in total.

The Cloud-Piercing Vine had not hidden itself deeply, and Xu Feng found it quickly.

However, with Xu Feng's current strength, he was no match for the Cloud-Piercing Vine. Fortunately, protected by the Black God Suit and aided by the slaughtering attacks of twelve throwing knives, he managed to escape from beneath its vines.

"Beep, beep."

"Hello." A deep voice came through.

"Hello, I'm Xu Feng from the Elite Training Camp," Xu Feng quickly said.

"What is it?" The deep voice showed no fluctuation whatsoever.

Xu Feng immediately reported, "It's like this. I discovered a purple-black Spirit of Plants on a mysterious island on the Australian Continent. It has a diameter of nearly twenty centimeters and a body length of five to six hundred meters. It possesses nine vines, and even my peak War God-level Mental Power cannot break through its defenses."

"A Spirit of Plants?"

The deep voice gave a faint cry of surprise, then said, "Very good. You have discovered such a treasure site. According to the Limitless Martial Arts School's internal distribution rules, whoever discovers a treasure site and sends back the information will receive ten percent of the harvest once it is confirmed. The combat and excavation personnel will receive a total of thirty percent according to their contributions. The remaining sixty percent belongs to the school collectively."

"Please provide the coordinates of Mist Island," the deep voice continued.

"The coordinates are—"

About two hours later, a Crimson Triangle Fighter Jet slowly descended from the sky.

The hatch opened with a rush.

Even the stars that had filled the sky seemed to vanish. Between heaven and earth, there was only one person—a man with short black hair, a black coat, and black trousers. Merely being watched by him made one's heart turn cold, leaving not the slightest thought of resistance. He was the sole god between heaven and earth.

"Head of the Martial Arts School."

"You are Xu Feng?" A voice rang out, somewhat gentle yet still firm and powerful.

The black-haired man lowered his head and examined the somewhat youthful young man before him. "Yes, Head of the Martial Arts School," Xu Feng answered respectfully.

"I did not expect you to possess such powerful Mental Power. No wonder you were able to escape from the Cloud-Piercing Vine."

The black-haired man, Hong, nodded slightly, seemingly very satisfied with Xu Feng.

"You flatter me, Head of the Martial Arts School."

"You have rendered a great service. According to the rules, you will receive ten percent of the reward. For now, board the aircraft and wait."

"Yes."

The black-haired man flew directly toward Mist Island, and the Crimson Triangle Fighter Jet followed after him.

Above Mist Island, the black-haired man stood in midair like a god, looking down below.

That peculiar "Spirit of Plants" now had eight enormous vines stretching beyond sight, waving furiously and causing the entire Mist Island to tremble as though an earthquake had struck.

"Oh." The black-haired man's eyes lit up.

With a whoosh, he shot downward, immediately provoking one of the purple-black vines to lash out fiercely, intending to coil around and crush him.

"Hmm." The black-haired man extended his right hand, a fair and powerful hand.

Pfft! As if grasping a pair of chopsticks, the black-haired man simply seized that enormous, boundless purple-black vine in one grip. Though the vine was a full twenty centimeters in diameter, once caught in his hand, no matter how it struggled and twisted, it could not break free.

"Bzz, bzz, bzz~" The huge purple-black vine twisted wildly.

Unfortunately, it was useless.

"Purple-black, and such tremendous force." The black-haired man formed a blade with his left hand and lightly sliced across it. The purple-black vine was instantly cut open with a wound ten centimeters deep, but after only two or three seconds, the wound vanished.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble~~~"

Unable to break free, the entire Mist Island immediately began shaking madly. One purple-black vine after another stretched out from the mist, each over two thousand meters long. One, two, three... eight, nine.

"There should be sixteen in total." A faint smile appeared on the black-haired man's face. No matter how many purple-black vines surrounded and attacked him, the hundred-meter area around him instantly fell into endless darkness. Once the purple-black vines entered that dark region, it was as though they had sunk into mud, making even escape incomparably difficult.

"Yes."

The black-haired man gripped one vine and observed it closely, as though conducting scientific research. "It perfectly matches the information recorded in the Ancient Civilization Ruins. It is indeed a Cloud-Piercing Vine."

"There is actually a Cloud-Piercing Vine on Earth."

The black-haired man smiled. "Xu Feng is quite a lucky star. I've truly struck it rich this time. As for Xu Feng's share of the Spirits of Plants, I'll give him something good."

"Just a few days ago, I was still in the wilderness of the Australian Continent. Now, I'm leisurely waiting here alone for the Head of the Martial Arts School to summon me." Xu Feng smiled. After returning with Hong last night, Hong had arranged for Xu Feng to return to the training camp first.

All the other trainees in the training camp had gone out on life-and-death adventures. Xu Feng was the only official trainee left in the entire camp.

What Xu Feng needed to do now was—

Wait for Hong, the Head of the Martial Arts School, to summon him and receive that enormous reward.

"The sunrise." Xu Feng looked eastward.

The eastern horizon was filled with fiery red clouds. Though the sun had yet to appear, streams of Flowing Light shone through the clouds, beautiful enough to stir the heart.

Xu Feng ran his hand over the balcony railing and sighed. "Looks like it's time to leave."

At dusk, a man and a woman in black uniforms quickly arrived outside the Jiangnan Pavilion Courtyard. "Bang, bang, bang." They knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Xu Feng walked out of the house and opened the courtyard gate.

The man and woman outside wore black uniforms and appeared to be around thirty years old. Their eyes were both exceptionally sharp. The slightly petite woman with short, tousled hair smiled and said, "Trainee Xu Feng, the Head of the Martial Arts School wishes to see you. Please come with us." The man beside her looked curiously at the young man before him.

It was very rare for the Head of the Martial Arts School to summon someone personally.

"The Head of the Martial Arts School?" Xu Feng was delighted. That was fast. I'd only been back for one day, and the Head of the Martial Arts School had already summoned me. It seemed it was time to distribute the reward.

"Alright, let's go." Xu Feng nodded and left with the two of them.

A black-haired youth in a white tracksuit, extremely tall and with a trace of childishness on his face, got out of the vehicle. Standing before the main entrance of the Limitless Martial Arts School Global Headquarters, he raised his head and gazed in amazement at the immense spaceship building stretching ten thousand meters long.

Before him stood a giant spaceship-like structure over ten thousand meters in length and a hundred meters tall. This Giant Spaceship Building had an enormous hatch dozens of meters wide, large enough for people to enter. At this moment, large numbers of soldiers guarded the exterior of the Giant Spaceship Building, making the place heavily fortified.

"So this is the true headquarters of the Limitless Martial Arts School." Xu Feng looked at the giant spaceship in amazement. Very few people had ever seen the headquarters building of the Limitless Martial Arts School with their own eyes, and there were no related photographs online.

"Hong truly is incredible. He actually managed to transport a spacecraft here and use it as the headquarters base of the Limitless Martial Arts School." Xu Feng admired him greatly.

In truth, information about the Limitless Martial Arts School Global Headquarters almost never appeared online. Clearly, ordinary people were not qualified to know the secrets of the upper ranks. Even the world's most powerful experts—perhaps countless people knew of their existence, but very few had ever seen or known them personally.

Much less someone like Hong, who stood at the absolute peak of humanity, an existence like a god.

Even his name possessed a kind of magic, worshipped and revered by countless people.

In this era, Hong was a faith. By himself, he had held up the sky beneath which humanity survived.

A beam of blue light shot out from the spaceship and enveloped Xu Feng.

"Beep."

"Trainee Xu Feng, please enter." An electronic voice sounded.

The woman in the black uniform beside Xu Feng said, "Trainee Xu Feng, only a very small number of high-ranking personnel have the authority to enter the headquarters. Anyone without authorization who intrudes into headquarters will only be killed by the defense system. Trainee Xu Feng, hurry inside."

Xu Feng nodded and walked through the enormous hatch passage, dozens of meters wide. Everything inside was silver-white.

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