There was one more important point.
Teng Qingshan still had no way to break through to Planetary Level.
Although Little Cauldron was mysterious and occasionally transmitted glimpses of the future,
those messages were scattered and completely unsystematic.
Teng Qingshan couldn't use these fragmentary messages to deduce a complete method for breaking through.
However, one image transmitted by Little Cauldron had offered a clue.
It showed that a Ruins site contained a method for Martial Artists and Spiritual Telekinetics to break through to Planetary Level.
After dealing with the Monster Crisis, Teng Qingshan would have to explore the Ruins sites on Earth.
As it happened, he already knew the location of one such site.
But it was in the Amazon Rainforest.
It was a long way away. Even though Teng Qingshan could fly at incredible speed using Object Manipulation, the journey alone would take a long time—not to mention the time he might spend exploring the Ruins.
There was another thing, too.
From the messages transmitted by Little Cauldron, Teng Qingshan had realized that Earth seemed to have quite a lot of Ruins sites.
They were all Ruins left behind by powerful figures from the universe an unknown number of years ago.
Fleeting images had revealed that
these Ruins contained quite a few valuable things.
Once he had a free hand, Teng Qingshan would have to thoroughly explore all of Earth.
Spiritual Telekinetics were especially adept at that sort of thing.
Thinking about all this, Teng Qingshan continued practicing his fist techniques.
This time, he practiced Water Element Fist and Wood Element Fist, neither of which had yet reached the Domain stage.
Even though they hadn't entered the Domain stage, Teng Qingshan's profound martial arts foundation had still allowed him to create the first three forms of Water Element Fist and Wood Element Fist.
He only needed to create a fourth form, as he had with Metal Form Fist, to enter the Water Domain and Wood Domain.
By then,
Teng Qingshan would have entered the Domain stage in all "Five Elements" and could try to create a "Five Elements Domain"!
If such a Domain proved useless in combat and in comprehending the Origin Laws, then Teng Qingshan would focus on comprehending the two great Origin Laws of Fire and Earth, and set the others aside for now.
Of course,
if the Five Elements Domain had miraculous effects, or even complemented its component parts, then Teng Qingshan would devote more effort to the Five Elements and forge a different path of cultivation in the Swallowed Star World.
Just as Teng Qingshan was absorbed in his practice,
a mutated giant eagle in the sky had set its sights on him.
The giant eagle was an astonishing five meters long, with a wingspan of more than ten meters!
In flight, it looked just like a fighter jet!
There was no doubt about it.
This giant eagle had mutated.
And it had mutated to a considerable degree.
At that moment,
the giant eagle looked down at the human on the mountaintop, who was stirring up strange phenomena in the world.
Having only just developed rudimentary intelligence, it still couldn't suppress its animal instincts. It had also been attacked by humans before.
So now, any human who was alone fell within its range of targets.
Although Teng Qingshan didn't look like an ordinary human, the eagle had only a little ability to think and couldn't judge the difference in their strength.
And so—
Whoosh!!!
The enormous eagle plunged toward Teng Qingshan at high speed, like a fighter jet.
Its sharp talons reflected the sunlight with a metallic sheen, cold and deadly.
"Oh?"
Teng Qingshan, absorbed in his fist technique, raised an eyebrow. "Since you're here to die, I'll grant your wish."
Swish!
At a thought from Teng Qingshan, a Flying Dagger wreathed in crimson energy shot from his waist, moving at incredible speed.
It flashed past in an instant
and plunged into the giant eagle's head with a boom.
Boom!
Its head pierced through, the giant eagle lost all signs of life and tumbled helplessly to the ground.
"Elementary Beast General Level?"
The moment the Flying Dagger pierced the giant eagle's head, Teng Qingshan had identified its level of strength.
"Who would have thought that just five months after the RR Virus disappeared, a mutated animal would reach this level? No wonder a large-scale Beast Tide will attack humanity in August. Without Monsters at Beast General Level or above to lead them, those Beast Soldier-level Monsters are nothing more than miscellaneous troops and don't pose much of a threat. Only when led by Beast General-level Monsters with rudimentary intelligence can enormous numbers of Beast Soldier-level Monsters become a powerful threat."
Teng Qingshan thought to himself. Then he used Telekinesis to lift the giant eagle's corpse and set it down on the flat ground atop the mountain.
The giant eagle was enormous. Apart from the spot where Teng Qingshan stood, it took up almost all the open space.
The eagle had a magnificent, imposing appearance and still gave off an impressive aura, even in death.
"Has it nearly evolved to Intermediate Beast General Level?"
Teng Qingshan swept his Telekinesis over every part of the giant eagle with interest.
Then, with a thought, he used a Flying Dagger made of alloy to cut off the eagle's two talons.
Teng Qingshan's Telekinesis was powerful enough, but the alloy Flying Dagger wasn't hard enough.
Just now, Teng Qingshan had controlled the dagger to pierce through the eagle's eye, easily shredding its head.
But when he tried cutting through the eagle's talons, the alloy Flying Dagger seemed even less durable than the eagle's feathers...
Szz, szz, szz!
With the support of his incomparably powerful Telekinesis,
the giant eagle's two talons were finally cut off.
The price was that the alloy Flying Dagger had been completely blunted...
Still, now that he had talons close to Intermediate Beast General Level, he could replace that Flying Dagger.
Next, Teng Qingshan used the giant eagle's talons, channeling Telekinesis into them, to easily cut off its huge, sharply hooked beak.
Looking at the beak, which was half a meter long, and the two talons, each nearly half a meter long,
Teng Qingshan immediately continued using Telekinesis to shape the beak and talons, making them more suitable for attacking.
A moment later,
the beak and talons had become Telekinetic Weapons in Teng Qingshan's hands.
He gave them a casual test.
The talons and beak of this giant eagle, which was close to Intermediate Beast General Level, were exceptionally sharp and hard.
Using an equal amount of Telekinesis, an alloy Flying Dagger was easily torn apart when it collided with a talon.
"Looks like I've found my weapons for the future."
Teng Qingshan thought to himself.
Compared with Monsters, human weapons—especially cold weapons—were clearly lacking.
The Flying Dagger he'd just used was made from some of the finest alloy on the market, yet it still couldn't compare to the eagle's talons.
Until humans found a metal or alloy harder and sharper than the materials in Monsters' bodies, the best solution was to use their bodies' usable materials as weapons, just as he had done.
With harder, sharper talons and a beak,
Teng Qingshan would be much more efficient at hunting Monsters from now on.
Looking at the giant eagle's corpse on the ground,
Teng Qingshan happened to feel a little hungry. He gathered a pile of wood, lit it with Fire-element Cosmic Energy, and began roasting the giant eagle on the mountaintop.
He took the meat from its chest and thighs, skewered it on the Samsara Spear, and before long, the roast meat was ready, giving off an unusual fragrance.
He took a bite.
The giant eagle had refined Genetic Origin Energy through instinct alone, and its meat was incredibly firm and delicious!
Even without any seasoning, it left a lingering fragrance in his mouth.
After quickly eating more than ten pounds of the best cuts,
Teng Qingshan felt full.
The giant eagle, strengthened by Genetic Origin Energy, had astonishing amounts of energy stored in its meat.
After finishing the charcoal-grilled eagle,
Teng Qingshan rested for a while, then resumed his cultivation.
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