Devouring the Starry Sky: Cultivation Makes Me Stronger 14

Compared to Luo Shen's ease, Luo Feng was having a much harder time. Although it wasn't his first time fighting tiger cat monsters, facing a mid-level Beast General alone—especially a Three-tailed Tiger Cat renowned for its speed—still took some effort.

But only some effort.

If he got serious, this Three-tailed Tiger Cat would be nothing to him.

In Luo Feng's eyes, it was a perfectly suitable whetstone!

"Roar!!" Perhaps it couldn't stand seeing the two of them so relaxed. Just as Luo Shen finished off the remaining three tiger cat monsters and was about to go help Luo Feng, a thunderous roar suddenly came from behind him.

Luo Shen turned to look.

Well, another mid-level Beast General had arrived!

"Senior Brother, this one's tough!" Facing the Unicorn Wild Boar charging at him like a tank, Luo Shen did not dare let his guard down. He shouted loudly, then threw himself wholeheartedly into battle with the Unicorn Wild Boar.

The mid-level Beast General's strength and speed both far surpassed Luo Shen's.

Under normal circumstances, an Advanced Warrior facing a mid-level Beast General would be completely crushed!

But Luo Shen was not an ordinary Advanced Warrior. Having mastered the Second Level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, he possessed the ability to contend with Beast General Level monsters. His Micro-level movement technique also gave him the confidence to maneuver against a mid-level Beast General.

"Clang!" "Clang!"

After several consecutive clashes, Luo Shen was clearly at a disadvantage.

However, the Unicorn Wild Boar could not even brush the corner of Luo Shen's clothes. He was as slippery as a loach in a river.

Dodge! Dodge! Dodge!

No matter how frenzied the Unicorn Wild Boar became—hoof claws, tusks, horn, tail whip—every attack was evaded by Luo Shen with mere inches to spare. Yet Luo Shen was not simply taking hits. His battle blade was fierce and domineering, flashing like streaks of moonlight as it repeatedly slashed across the Unicorn Wild Boar's body.

Fine, dense wounds covered its entire body.

Though each strike did limited damage, Luo Shen's attack frequency was simply too fast! In almost an instant, more than a dozen wounds had appeared at the vital point of the Unicorn Wild Boar's throat, blood soaking the fur around them.

Another successful dodge.

The battle blade in Luo Shen's hand once again swept horizontally from the Unicorn Wild Boar's blind spot.

"Pfft!" The battle blade struck the previous wound again, finally cutting through the Unicorn Wild Boar's thick hide and leaving behind a wound about one centimeter deep. Blood gushed out wildly.

"Roar~~" The Unicorn Wild Boar let out a crazed roar and abruptly turned its head, driving its sharp horn toward Luo Shen.

The injured Unicorn Wild Boar became even more frenzied!

"Pat! Pat!"

Foul-smelling blood slid down the thick hide on the Unicorn Wild Boar's neck and dripped onto the dust-covered street. Madness gleamed in its eyes as, accompanied by low growls, it charged at Luo Shen again and again like lightning.

Hoof claws, horn, tail whip—its attacks came in an endless stream.

Clearly, being wounded by Luo Shen had driven this mid-level Beast General completely mad.

"After getting injured, its agility has clearly dropped." Luo Shen dodged nimbly, not giving the Unicorn Wild Boar any opportunity. Given the gap in their strength, if he took even one hit, he would not be able to bear it.

Fortunately, this Unicorn Wild Boar was powerful but lacked agility, so Luo Shen had nothing to fear.

Step!

Rather than retreating, he advanced. With an elegant sidestep, the Unicorn Wild Boar's tail whip passed less than three centimeters from Luo Shen's face. He could even feel the fierce wind rushing toward him, yet that short distance was like an insurmountable gulf, unable to harm Luo Shen in the slightest.

"Take my blade!"

Keeping the Ghost Shadow Battle Blade close to his body, Luo Shen launched a swift upward slash with a piercing screech. By the time the Unicorn Wild Boar noticed it and tried to evade, it found that escape was impossible.

"Shhk!" The sound of the battle blade cutting into flesh rang out.

A different move, the same spot. Because it was already injured, this strike actually sank roughly five centimeters deep!

"As it loses blood, its strength will only continue to weaken!" Luo Shen could clearly feel that the muscles in the Unicorn Wild Boar's neck had loosened considerably compared to before. Obviously, the loss of so much blood was also a serious problem for it.

"Roar!!" The intense pain made the Unicorn Wild Boar thrust the horn atop its head violently forward.

Fortunately, Luo Shen had been prepared. The moment he delivered that slash, he immediately dodged away, leaving the Unicorn Wild Boar no chance to retaliate.

"Ah Shen, do you need help?"

Just as the battle between Luo Shen and the Unicorn Wild Boar intensified, Luo Feng's voice came from nearby.

A glance from the corner of his eye revealed the answer.

While he had been tangled up with this Unicorn Wild Boar, Luo Feng had already dealt with that Three-tailed Tiger Cat.

"He really was fast." Luo Shen muttered inwardly.

After dodging another stomp from the Unicorn Wild Boar's front hoof, Luo Shen countered with a backhand slash and called out, "No need, Senior Brother. Please watch my back for me. I'll call if I need anything!"

Seeing that Luo Shen still had the energy to answer, Luo Feng naturally understood that this was not yet his limit.

"He really is growing quickly."

Watching Luo Shen's performance, Luo Feng, who was observing from the side, could not help but sigh. "In just half a month, Ah Shen has already grown to the point where he can contend with a mid-level Beast General?"

Whatever Luo Feng thought, neither Luo Shen nor the Unicorn Wild Boar in the midst of battle cared in the slightest.

"Hah~ hah!" The Unicorn Wild Boar let out furious, crazed roars.

It truly wanted to tear the enemy before it to pieces, but Luo Shen was simply too slippery. It could not catch him at all. Forget catching him—even after fighting for so long, it had not truly touched a single hair on Luo Shen's body.

"Pshht!" Another precise slash landed on the Unicorn Wild Boar's neck.

The searing pain seemed to remind the Unicorn Wild Boar that the human before it was not someone it could easily handle. As its blood continued to drain away, it began to feel weakness spreading through its body.

Run! The thought quickly took root in the Unicorn Wild Boar's mind.

Having sensed the Unicorn Wild Boar's intention to retreat, Luo Shen stopped trying to force it and called to Luo Feng beside him, "Senior Brother, hurry! This guy's trying to run!"

Monsters all possessed an instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.

When faced with an enemy they could not defeat, monsters would prioritize preserving their own lives rather than fighting to the death!

"You should've said so earlier!"

Luo Feng joined the battle with his combat blade in hand.

Luo Shen alone might not have been able to take down a mid-level Beast General for the time being, but with Luo Feng joining him, the two of them together could take on not only mid-level Beast Generals, but even high-level Beast Generals.

The Unicorn Wild Boar was quickly subdued.

The most valuable horn atop its head, along with the tail tendon contained in its tail, were both cut off by the two of them.

After more than half a month of hard work, Luo Shen and the others had killed over 150 Beginner Beast Generals and seven mid-level Beast Generals in total, worth more than 1.5 billion altogether. Everyone in the squad was beaming with joy.

This was especially true for the Wei Family Brothers and Chen Gu.

They had spent quite a bit on Gene Potions, so naturally, they hoped to recoup their investment as soon as possible.

Of course, the vast majority of the credit for those 150 Beginner Beast Generals belonged to Luo Shen and Luo Feng. During this period, they left early and returned late, bringing back the materials of three to five Beast General Level monsters almost every day.

Even Captain Gao Feng could not help feeling a little envious.

Youth meant great potential.

Unlike him, who could already see his ceiling at a glance. Taking another step forward would be incomparably difficult.

The monetary gains were only one part of it.

Over the past half month, Luo Shen's greatest gain had been his rapidly improving physical fitness.

For that, he had the special effect of Five Hearts Vortex to thank.

A warrior's battles in the Wilderness Area naturally stimulated the body and accelerated its evolution. Coupled with the Nine Heavens Origin guidance technique, one of the finest guidance techniques on Earth, the combination of all three allowed Luo Shen's cultivation speed to far surpass that of warriors at the same level.

In just over half a month, his physical fitness had already surpassed Luo Feng's.

Luo Shen had discovered this during their arm-wrestling contests. Especially over the last few days, Luo Feng had been unable to gain much of an advantage and had often even fallen behind, losing more often than he won.

Two months ago, Luo Feng's punching strength had already exceeded 6,000 kilograms.

After so much time had passed, had it perhaps reached the 8,000-kilogram threshold for the Warlord Level? Even if he had not yet reached the threshold for Beginner Warlord Level, he could not have been far off.

And since Luo Shen was even stronger than Luo Feng, his physical fitness had clearly either neared or already reached the Warlord Level threshold.

Combined with the special force exertion of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade—

Luo Shen was confident.

Even if he encountered another mid-level Beast General, he was confident he could defeat it on his own!

The next morning.

The sun slowly rose, bathing everything in warm sunlight.

Luo Shen walked alone through the streets on a winter morning, filled with icy cold air. When the mist touched his face, his spirit immediately lifted.

After more than half a month of fighting, everyone in the Fire Hammer Squad was already exhausted.

After all, when hunting monsters, they had to keep their minds constantly taut, remain alert to every movement around them, and never dare relax.

There had to be a balance between work and rest. Staying tense all the time was no good, so Gao Feng had specifically given everyone a day off to properly recuperate.

Of course, the main reason was that they had killed far too viciously.