Eagle Predator Squad's Invitation, Lord-Tier Monster Sighting

"Only you two beasts remain."

Li Qingxu watched the two remaining monsters, his body transforming into a streak of light as he charged forward.

"Roar!"

Before the two nearly five-meter-tall Bloodthirsty Tank monsters could even react, Li Qingxu's figure had already appeared before them.

Two fists glowing with golden light descended like Mount Tai, landing squarely on their heads.

"Boom!"

A violent roar echoed out.

The entire concrete road shook, and visible cracks spiderwebbed across the surface.

The bodies of the two Bloodthirsty Tank monsters lay on the ground, their skulls pierced by massive, bloody holes!

Li Qingxu exhaled, flashed a few times, and his figure vanished from the street.

He left behind only a field of monster corpses.

"Captain, he just left like that? He isn't harvesting the monster materials?"

"Could it be that he's injured? Otherwise, it makes no sense."

High up on the twentieth floor of a building in the White Cloud Residential District, the three members of the Eagle Predator Squad whispered in confusion.

Those were the corpses of intermediate beast-general level Bloodthirsty Tanks.

A single one could sell for at least 50 million, let alone two.

"Have you forgotten? He entered the Wilderness Zone empty-handed."

Captain Xiao Qi's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

"Oh, right!"

"No wonder he didn't want the monster corpses."

"Wait, look! He's gone to fight more monsters again!"

One member suddenly exclaimed.

"What? Doesn't he ever get tired?!"

Only the captain of the Eagle Predator Squad, Xiao Qi, looked on with a thoughtful gaze.

On another street, a dense swarm of over a thousand monsters charged toward Li Qingxu.

"Rumble!"

Various buildings, weathered by decades of wind and sun, collapsed in an instant.

Facing such a dense swarm of monsters, even a high-level war-general would not dare to contend with them.

"Terrifying strength. He must be more than just an intermediate war-general."

"Look at his evasion speed; that's at least the level of a high-level war-general."

On the rooftop, the members of the Eagle Predator Squad cried out in shock.

"Over here!"

On the rooftop, Xiao Qi suddenly shouted, calling out to Li Qingxu.

"Hm? It's them."

Li Qingxu looked in the direction of the voice and spotted the Eagle Predator Squad on the building.

Immediately, he flashed a few times and headed toward the high-rise.

The group exchanged a few brief pleasantries upon meeting.

"By the way, we've located an elementary lord-level monster. Are you interested?"

Xiao Qi suddenly changed the subject.

"Of course!"

Li Qingxu's eyes lit up instantly.

An elementary lord-level monster was equivalent to an elementary war-god powerhouse among humans.

He was extremely interested in that.

"Haha, with you joining us, we are bound to succeed!"

Hearing the affirmative reply, Xiao Qi beamed with joy.

Heaven knows how much effort they had spent tracking that elementary lord-level monster.

The cost of purchasing thermal weapons alone had nearly emptied their wallets.

Of course, the results brought by those thermal weapons were also astonishing.

They had managed to inflict heavy injuries on that elementary lord-level monster.

"Fine. Give me one night; I'll come find you tomorrow."

After speaking, the figure of Li Qingxu vanished from where he stood, merging into the dim county town.

He did not care much about how much the lord-level monster could be sold for; rather, he craved the battle itself.

Besides, the money on Earth could not buy anything of real value.

"Captain, what is he doing?"

"I suppose he just wants to get a good night's rest."

Atop a high-rise residential building in another part of the county, Li Qingxu changed his clothes and sat cross-legged.

After more than ten days of effort, his Golden Bitter Sea had been opened to the size of a fist, dazzling and brilliant, with vital energy flowing ceaselessly.

At the center of the Bitter Sea, clouds and mist billowed like smoke from a beacon, surging straight upward; it was no longer merely diffusing or swirling, but erupting like an active volcano!

Li Qingxu's Golden Bitter Sea could hardly remain calm, erupting at every moment as if it were about to connect with the Wheel of Life and release a divine spring.

For the past two nights, whenever he practiced and absorbed cosmic energy, the sound of waves would echo from within his Bitter Sea.

Faint sounds of crashing waves would emanate from his body, and his entire form would be shrouded in a layer of sacred light.

Strange phenomena would even manifest within the Bitter Sea, with lightning frequently streaking across the void.

The very center continued to erupt, resembling a submarine volcano.

As the Dao Scripture operated automatically, a powerful life fluctuation surged within him, making his Golden Bitter Sea as radiant as a sun.

The vital energy within him flowed without end, nourishing his limbs and bones, making his body exceptionally powerful—far stronger than it had been before.

He already had a premonition that he would surely break through to the Life Spring Realm tonight.

As Li Qingxu calmed his mind, he sensed and captured strands of cosmic energy.

Every cell within his Sacred Body cheered and leaped, frantically devouring the cosmic energy pouring into him.

Sitting on the rooftop under the moonlight, he looked like a statue glowing with a faint golden light.

One hour, three hours, five hours...

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a deafening sound, like a thunderclap from the nine heavens, resonated across the world.

"Boom!"

At that very moment, a powerful aura erupted from within Li Qingxu, causing the entire building to shake violently.

His eyes shone with divine brilliance, like two scorching suns shooting forth, appearing exceptionally bright on the dim rooftop.

Li Qingxu stood up slowly, like a war god from the nine heavens awakening.

The aura he released caused the entire building to tremble violently once more.

Accompanied by cracking sounds, massive fissures appeared, spreading downward from the roof.

At this moment, at the very center of his Bitter Sea, a spring eye had appeared, with a divine spring bubbling forth, wreathed in hazy, colorful mist.

"A familiar feeling, gradually returning."

Li Qingxu murmured softly.

A night breeze blew, his black hair dancing gently, his eyes shining like two stars.

After breaking through to the Life Spring Realm, his physical shell was flawless, nearly perfect.

His exposed skin was crystal clear, shimmering with a faint luster like a beautiful work of art; it was a complete transformation of body and soul.

It was not until half an hour later that he finally calmed down completely.

Li Qingxu stood tall, his powerful and sharp aura fully retracted, replaced by an air of peace and tranquility.

He was spotless and pure, his robes fluttering as if he were an immortal descended to the mortal world—ethereal and graceful, giving off a sense of transcendence and natural harmony.

At this moment, within his body, the fist-sized Bitter Sea had become completely calm; there were no violent volcanoes, no surging waves, and no billowing smoke.

The Golden Bitter Sea was incredibly serene, and at its center, a spring eye bubbled, exuding a vibrant life force—the source of divine power flowing forth.

The Wheel of Life beneath the Bitter Sea had been connected, and the endless life energy contained within surged upward; this was the fundamental basis of a cultivator's strength.

Tiny ripples spread from the Life Spring toward the edges of the Bitter Sea, turning into gentle waves that added a sense of agility and natural grace.

The golden sea rippled, the divine spring bubbled, and as the two merged, his divine power became inexhaustible and his life force flourished.