Whoosh—boom—
First came the shrill, piercing sound of the air being torn apart, followed by the thunderous roar of the sound barrier being forcibly broken.
Amid exploding air and sweeping shockwaves, a long spear pierced through the vital point of an advanced Lord level monster.
Before this, all the Beast Generals and low-level Lords around this Lord had already been slaughtered.
My exertion has improved again. Lin Qingyu silently assessed his physical condition. My exertion should now have reached the average level of a Councillor.
Before becoming Undying, any creature with a soul had to control its body through the process of will—consciousness—body. But Lin Qingyu was different. His will was fused with his body, and the strength of his will was already Immortal-grade. When he controlled his body, both the will—body and will—consciousness—body modes worked simultaneously. They did not interfere with each other and even provided a boost, since the will was the same.
As a result, his control over his body far surpassed that of ordinary people and even most geniuses.
Even without the inheritance, given some time, he could raise the Base Amplitude of both his body and Mental Force to one hundred.
Any Undying's body could achieve a Base Amplitude of one hundred. Lin Qingyu's state of body and will fusion was an ability that could only possibly be obtained at a level higher than Undying, perhaps even higher than a Venerable.
Climbing from below was difficult, but descending from above was relatively easy.
With an amplitude at the level of an ordinary Councillor, brute strength comparable to Planetary level 4, and a Domain... aside from Hong, Thor, the two Beast Emperors in the sea, and the Moyun Vine on Mist Island, no one else on Earth should be qualified to fight me. Lin Qingyu calculated his combat strength.
His genetic level was fifty times that of an ordinary person. A martial artist at the peak of high-level War God could reach a strength of 500,000 kilograms. Without factoring in exertion, his brute strength alone could reach 25 million kilograms.
One had to know that although breaking through from Apprentice level to Planetary level counted as a leap in life level, it was an early-stage leap. Thus, strength generally only increased by around four times from Apprentice level to Planetary level.
Therefore, the minimum strength of a Planetary level 1st stage martial artist was 2 million kilograms.
Of course, as they cultivated, the strength of a Planetary level 1st stage martial artist would also increase.
In the Original work, the strength of a Planetary level 1st stage martial artist ranged from 2 million to 4 million kilograms. Mental Masters were slightly weaker, but far more flexible.
Below Undying, every minor stage differed by a factor of two. In other words, the brute strength of Planetary level 2 was only around 4 million to 8 million kilograms.
His 25 million kilograms of strength had naturally already entered the level of Planetary level 4.
Of course, Planetary level experts on Earth generally possessed methods to amplify their combat strength as well. But aside from Lin Qingyu, even Thor, the strongest among them, only had a sevenfold amplitude, while most other Planetary level experts only had amplitudes between four and five times.
Lin Qingyu's combat amplitude had now reached fivefold, and he was steadily advancing toward a higher level.
As Lin Qingyu calculated his own strength, he used his powerful Mental Power to control flying knives, cutting valuable materials from the monsters he had slain and placing them into the backpack held aloft by his Mental Power.
Even while considering himself, Lin Qingyu had not forgotten that he had come out to save money for secret manuals. The targets he chose were all advanced Lords, and advanced Lords usually had low-level Lords as subordinates. Thus, aside from the materials from the advanced Lords themselves, he still collected some of the most valuable materials from the low-level Lords.
Of course, he was not even interested in taking materials from ordinary Beast Generals. Taking them would only waste time and energy.
Mental Power possessed wide-range searching capabilities, so Lin Qingyu could easily locate the Lord-level monsters living in the Wilderness Zone.
After cutting up the materials, he stepped onto his Mental Power Weapon and headed for his next target.
Boom—
Another meteor-like blow struck, and an enormous tiger-type monster with a huge hole blasted through its body collapsed before Lin Qingyu.
Slaughtering Lord-level monsters is no challenge at all. But what time is it now? It should be about time to head back. If I were a freelance martial artist, the materials I've collected would already be enough to buy the "World Ending" secret manual. Unfortunately, I'm with the military, so I'm still a little short. But never mind. At worst, I'll come back tomorrow and grind for another morning. First, I'll collect the materials.
Just as Lin Qingyu stepped forward to dissect the advanced Lord he had just killed, the ground beneath his feet suddenly began to tremble.
Immediately afterward, an Earth Dragon monster several meters thick, with dozens of meters of its body above ground alone, burrowed out from beneath the earth. Roaring in rage, it swung its enormous body at Lin Qingyu at the speed of sound.
This is... the Earth Dragon King? Having read the monster guidebook, Lin Qingyu recognized at a glance the King level monster attacking him. Did I kill too many Lord-level monsters?
But the Earth Dragon King's ambush did not frighten Lin Qingyu. Without the slightest hesitation, he swept his spear straight at it.
Compared to the Earth Dragon King's body, several meters thick, Lin Qingyu's spear looked like a slender chopstick that could seemingly be snapped with a casual twist.
Yet when that "chopstick" collided with the Earth Dragon King, the one sent flying backward was the Earth Dragon King, which had appeared so menacing.
Its body, over a hundred meters long, was smashed into two sections, then forcibly ripped out of the ground by the tremendous force, leaving behind a massive crater.
The upper half of the Earth Dragon King's body let out a shrill howl as it struggled to burrow back underground.
The intelligence of a King level monster was no worse than a human's. The Earth Dragon King understood that a human capable of splitting it in two with a single blow was absolutely not someone it could afford to provoke. If it wanted to survive, it had to quickly flee back underground.
Underground was its home ground. Even against a stronger expert, it might be able to escape by relying on its home-field advantage.
Only Planetary level 2, yet it has such powerful cellular vitality? Based on the force produced when the Earth Dragon King collided with him, Lin Qingyu easily judged its approximate strength. Legend says the Earth Dragon King mutated from an earthworm. It seems that claim isn't entirely baseless. Trying to escape underground? Unfortunately, you ran into me.
As the Earth Dragon King desperately burrowed downward, several flying knives broke through the sound barrier and plunged into the earth, directly piercing its head.
Lin Qingyu's Mental Power cultivation was no weaker than his martial artist cultivation. Its level alone could suppress this Earth Dragon King. With amplitude included, the Earth Dragon King truly had no path but death.
If not for the Earth Dragon King's good fortune and powerful bodily vitality, Lin Qingyu could actually have killed it in a single strike.
Earth is precious, but there are no powerful experts here at present. In terms of space, it really is too small for me. Killing a King level monster didn't even require me to use my Domain. No wonder Thor and Hong slowed down considerably after becoming the first and second strongest.
If I want to continue improving, I must leave Earth and head into the Universe. At present, the only known route from Earth to the Universe is Bata and the Meteorite Star. Although the Meteorite Star cannot fly, Bata can seize and repair the Black Dragon Mountain-81 in Dead Zone No. 12. It seems I'll need to find time to make a trip to Australia.
He did not intend to keep following the "Original work Plot," much less did he have any intention of allowing Earth to fall into crisis.
By entering the Universe a few years early, many things could be handled without becoming as perilous and dramatic as they had been in the Original work.
As for the future World Beasts? Although he was wary of them, he would not be so afraid that he lacked the courage to face them.
Lin Qingyu had always held one belief: someone worthy of being called a "protagonist" was not outstanding because he was the protagonist. Rather, he became the protagonist because he was outstanding enough to stand out from the crowd.
Of course, Lin Qingyu would obtain Meteorite Star's inheritance, and he would also find a way to nurture Luo Feng.
Regardless of whether Luo Feng was the "protagonist," the fact that Luo Feng was from Huaxia Country—and a genius of Huaxia Country—was already enough for Lin Qingyu to help nurture him.
He was a direct-line Councillor of Huaxia Country. Wasn't nurturing a genius from Huaxia Country only natural?
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