Innate Mastery, Undercurrents Stir

"This is the Command Center's arrangement. I wasn't informed either."

"There's actually something you don't know?"

Lu Feng was somewhat surprised.

Luo Lin didn't know, but he could guess on his own.

In the battle on the Sudali Plain, the eight legions of Tianlan Star had been used as bait to lure out the Purple-eyed Earth-drilling Bull Lord and draw the attacks of hundreds of thousands of drilling bulls.

In the end, the Jinzhou 116th Legion was nearly wiped out.

The Tongzhou 121st Legion suffered over ninety percent casualties.

Paying such a heavy price only earned each person ten extra Star Source Stones.

This was clearly an arrangement long decided by those Senior Officials.

Presumably, that Commander Zhang Zechuan, the sole one from Tianlan Star to go on the expedition, would reap far greater benefits.

How could those lofty Stronger ever care about the casualties among these Soldiers?

Lu Feng could only count himself lucky to have survived two severe crises.

But he wouldn't remain Cannon Fodder beneath the feet of those Stronger forever.

Looking at the Star Source Stone in his hand—smaller than a pigeon egg yet brimming with vast Cosmic Energy—Lu Feng closed his eyes and began to absorb it with full force.

The energy surging into his body flowed through his meridians, and soon the first Star Source Stone was completely drained.

Lu Feng took out a second and continued absorbing.

Then a third, a fourth...

As the energy accumulated, his meridians were filled to the brim, eventually converging into his Dantian, piling up more and more.

"Almost there!"

He could clearly sense that an Innate Qi Sea was about to condense in his Dantian.

By the time he had consumed the sixth Star Source Stone, a Qi Sea roughly one square meter in size had finally taken shape.

Lu Feng officially stepped into the Fourth Realm Warrior, the Innate Realm!

The energy absorbed afterward began to transform into True Qi, churning and colliding within the Qi Sea, slowly pushing it to expand.

But this process required vast amounts of Cosmic Energy, and progress was extremely slow.

A few days later, when all one hundred and ten Star Source Stones were exhausted, the Qi Sea in Lu Feng's body had expanded to the size of a pond, and his realm had stabilized at Innate Realm Triple.

He pushed open the door of his Living Quarters and found that in Living Quarters 115, quite a few Soldiers who had finished their training were already moving about.

After consuming their Star Source Stones, everyone's Martial Realm had improved.

The least had broken through one minor realm, while those with outstanding talent had even advanced three or four minor realms.

This was precisely why warriors scrambled to join the Expedition Mission.

Though the risks were extreme, even potentially costing their lives, obtaining a large number of Star Source Stones to rapidly boost strength in a short time was infinitely faster than training step by step on a Human Planet.

"You're out! Did you break through to the Meridian Condensing Realm?"

As soon as Lu Feng stepped out of the room, Hong Kun handed him a free cup of coffee provided by the starship.

"Mm."

Lu Feng nodded and took it, without mentioning that he had actually already broken through to the Innate Realm.

"Uncle Hong, what about you? How many realms did you break through?"

"Me?" Hong Kun gave a bitter smile. "I haven't trained these past few days."

"Haven't trained? Why?" Lu Feng was very surprised.

Hong Kun had founded the Skyfire Club and accumulated over a decade of Military Merit, all for the sake of joining the expedition and getting a chance to rapidly improve his strength, hadn't he?

"I'm already a cripple. Why waste these Star Source Stones? These resources... might as well leave them for That Kid Tiejun. I hope he can go further on the Martial Path in the future."

Lu Feng fell silent.

With his good brother dead and himself having lost an arm, Hong Kun had clearly given up on his own Martial Path, placing all his hopes on his son.

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"Captain!"

Just then, Gao Zhan walked into the cabin, and the members of the Chasing Wind Squad greeted him one after another.

Leaning against him was Fang Qing, fully recovered, but she no longer carried her former spirited and heroic demeanor; instead, her eyes held a strange fear.

"Sister Fang Qing... what's wrong with her?" Lu Feng asked quietly.

Hong Kun sighed. "In that battle, a scale spike from the Multi-headed Python's tail pierced the back of her head, severing the complex memory nerves. After she came out of the treatment pod, she lost her memory."

"Lost her memory?!"

"Fortunately, Captain Gao has been by her side the whole time. Now Miss Fang doesn't recognize anyone, but she only trusts him. If she can't see Captain Gao, she gets nervous and scared. I think... this is fine, at least he hasn't lost the one he loves."

"Then Sister Fang... can she still use her Innate Realm strength?"

"Without even memories, what combat power could she have? She's just an Ordinary Person now."

"..."

"In two days, the rest period ends, and we'll head to the southern hemisphere of Planet 9 to prepare for the Starry Sky Station's relocation south."

"Are we scouting suitable locations and clearing out Exotic Beasts ahead of time?"

"Exactly. When the time comes, it'll be another fierce battle. But this time, they shouldn't make our Tianlan Star troops act as bait again."

Everyone knew full well why the Tianlan Star soldiers had received an extra ten Star Source Stones.

The next operation would still need someone to serve as bait, but it would never again be the soldiers of Tianlan Star.

"Still, what we really need to watch out for is a backstab from some petty scoundrel."

Lu Feng understood that Hong Kun was referring to Zheng Yi.

If not for him, the Chasing Wind Squad would never have ended up in such a desperate situation.

"The Night Owl Squad has also been incorporated into the 115th Legion now. We'll likely have to carry out missions alongside them. So be extremely careful—even if Zheng Yi doesn't dare make a move openly, he won't miss any chance to stab you in the back."

Lu Feng had killed Zheng Tong's son; there was no way Zheng Yi would let that go.

"Uncle Hong, rest assured. I'll protect myself."

"Rather than spending all day on guard against that scoundrel, it's better to find some reliable allies." Hong Kun said as he stood up. "Come with me. I'll take you to meet someone."

He led Lu Feng toward the other end of the 115th Legion's Living Quarters.

"Who are we going to see?"

"The captain of the Sky Wolf Squad—a Martial Arts Genius!"

"The Sky Wolf Squad? The first unit to arrive and provide support during the outpost battle?"

Lu Feng remembered.

That day, when the Chasing Wind Squad was locked in a bloody fight with the Giant Python swarm thirty li outside the outpost and had nearly been pushed into a desperate situation, it was the Sky Wolf Squad that had arrived first to rescue them.

Later, he'd heard that the captain, only twenty-eight years old, had already reached the Mid Innate Realm and was hailed as the youngest Innate Realm Warrior in the Jinzhou Military Region.

And this man had quite the background.

His father was the Jinzhou Military Region Commander—a Stronger who had surpassed the Grandmaster Realm.

"How could someone like that know Uncle Hong? And why would he be willing to see a nobody like me?"

Lu Feng pondered to himself.

The two soon arrived at the Observation Deck at the end of the Living Quarters. A Young Man stood there, holding a goblet, quietly gazing at the scenery of Carro 9 Star.

"Captain Li." Hong Kun called out from behind.

Li Xiuwen turned at the sound, his gaze sweeping past Hong Kun and landing directly on Lu Feng.

He looked the youngster up and down, then spoke: "So you're Lu Feng?"

"Yes. Greetings, Captain Li."

Lu Feng didn't know how the other man recognized him, but he still replied politely.

"So, how far have you broken through? Which level of the third realm?"

"What?"

Lu Feng was taken aback. He hadn't expected the man to ask about his cultivation level right off the bat.

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