Swallowed Star: Rewards for Every Level-Up
Chapter 11

Madman Yun

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Day after day passed.

Ever since Yun He began making regular visits to 0210 County Town, life had become miserable for the monsters there.

Yun He never killed them outright. Each time, he first used them as sparring partners, fighting them for a while and putting them through hell before finally killing them.

With his physical conditioning and the D5-series Combat Uniform he wore, which could withstand attacks from intermediate beast generals without damage, the attacks of these intermediate and advanced beast soldiers could not penetrate his defenses at all.

He therefore honed his movement techniques and combat skills without any reservations. Eventually, he even abandoned his shield and fought the monsters at close quarters with a longsword in one hand.

Even if he occasionally slipped up and took a hit or two, the claws of these beast soldier monsters could not tear through his Combat Uniform, and his physique could easily withstand the impact without injury.

Every day, Yun He spent his time in intense combat, gradually growing accustomed to fighting monsters to the death. He had truly become a qualified warrior.

As the battles continued, his combat skills, swordsmanship, and movement techniques all improved rapidly.

Yun He was like a dry sponge, desperately soaking up experience to fuel his rapid growth.

His enhanced comprehension and physical aptitude revealed their astonishing effects to the fullest in this intense combat.

Within just a few days, his movement techniques reached the micro-level, his swordsmanship improved rapidly, and his physical strength grew much faster than it had in the Base City.

Every evening, he returned to the Supply Base with a bulging backpack full of monster materials.

The Limit Martial Hall staff responsible for buying monster materials at the Warrior Supply Base had already grown used to it.

On Yun He's seventh day of training.

"Hmm, Yun He, you killed 122 monsters today, a few more than yesterday, and most of the materials came from advanced beast soldiers. How about I round it to 450,000 for you?"

The Limit Martial Hall's purchasing prices were about thirty percent lower than those offered elsewhere, but selling to them earned contribution points.

On Yun He's tenth day of training.

"Yun He, you had a good haul today! You killed 151. Hmm, same as always, I'll round it to 600,000. Listen, Brother Yun He, you'd better take it easy. You may already be an advanced warrior, but monsters are no joke. Beast soldiers almost always travel in groups, so be careful not to get surrounded."

On Yun He's fifteenth day of training.

"Brother Yun, a decent haul today. Hmm, 196 kills, all advanced beast soldiers. Same as always, let's round it to 800,000."

On Yun He's twenty-fifth day of training.

"Brother Yun, today's haul was nothing special. Only 191 kills. Hmm, but the quality is good. These are all relatively valuable materials from advanced beast soldiers. Same as always, I'll drop the loose change and give you 820,000."

On Yun He's thirtieth day of training.

"Brother, tell me honestly. Have you found some perfect spot for farming lone advanced beast soldiers? Somewhere you can wait around, kill one, and have another pop up almost immediately?"

The Supply Base was only so big. As time passed, everyone soon learned about Yun He.

Recently, an eccentric freak had appeared at the Supply Base who specialized in hunting advanced beast soldier monsters. Everyone called him the Yun Monster.

The nickname Yun Monster first came from the Limit Martial Hall staff who bought materials at the Supply Base. As word of Yun He's exploits spread, everyone else began calling him that too.

Warriors rarely went out of their way to hunt beast soldier monsters for money. Usually, they only killed any they happened to encounter and collected the materials in passing.

The materials from beast general monsters were what really fetched good money.

Materials from lord-level monsters commanded astronomical prices, but only warriors at the war god level or above could hunt them.

Most warrior squads earned money by focusing on hunting beast general monsters.

Still, as the saying went, quantity could make up for quality. Materials from a junior beast general monster were generally worth around ten million. Those from an advanced beast soldier were worth ten thousand at most, so wouldn't a thousand advanced beast soldiers bring in just as much?

However, killing a thousand advanced beast soldiers was far, far harder than killing one junior beast general.

Beast soldier monsters usually lived in packs, moving around in large groups. If you wanted to kill an advanced beast soldier single-handedly within a pack, you might have to wipe out all the primary and intermediate beast soldiers in that group as well.

Many people who heard about Yun He's exploits could not help exclaiming with heartfelt admiration, "What a talent!"

On the morning of October 2.

Yun He took the train back to the Mingyue Residential Area.

Once home, he first enjoyed a nice shower, then got a good night's sleep.

After slaughtering beast soldier monsters so relentlessly over this period, he was almost sick of it.

Behind that relentless slaughter lay mental and physical numbness.

As he grew accustomed to it, combat at this level no longer did much for him.

Over that entire month, he had lost count of how many monsters he had killed. In any case, the total was far, far greater than the number represented by the materials he brought back to sell.

Never mind the primary and intermediate beast soldiers-even the materials from many advanced beast soldier monsters were not worth the bother of collecting. He only stopped and spent time harvesting those that were more valuable or relatively rare.

After all, his backpack could only hold so much.

That month, he earned nearly thirty million from selling materials alone.

His contribution rating on Limit Home had also reached two stars, allowing him to buy the first four layers of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade at half price.

First four layers of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade: price: 500 million Huaxia Currency (full price), half price: 250 million Huaxia Currency, half-price requirement: two-star contribution rating.

The Limit Martial Hall had long since updated his warrior rank to advanced warrior.

Now, Yun He needed a few days of proper rest to unwind. After a while, he would return to the Wilderness Zone and hunt beast general monsters to earn enough money for the manual covering the first four layers of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.

Luo Feng had also returned from the Wilderness Zone some time ago. His first trip there had lasted only seven or eight days, yet he had earned several hundred million!

Because of their feud with the Tiger Tooth Squad, Luo Feng's Fire Hammer Squad had been ambushed by the Tiger Tooth Squad with sniper rifles. Their teammate Zhang Ke lost an arm, but Luo Feng turned misfortune into fortune, comprehending the First Form of the Ninefold Thunder Blade in a life-or-death moment.

That very night, relying on his advantage as a Spiritualist, Luo Feng boldly ventured out alone and killed a gravely wounded Silver Moon Fierce Wolf-a Hunter-earning 800 million Huaxia Currency.

When Yun He heard about it during a call with Luo Feng, he was almost red-eyed with envy.

An advanced beast general Silver Moon Fierce Wolf was actually worth 800 million!?

That was practically the price of a primary lord monster!

A primary lord monster was generally worth only around 500 million to one billion.

Yun He made up his mind. From then on, he would specifically seek out those valuable advanced beast general monsters to kill.

His strength gave him confidence.

This past month had brought Yun He his greatest progress since coming to this world.

His daily frenzy of fighting and killing had not only rapidly increased his combat experience, but also sent his physical conditioning soaring.

He could feel that very clearly.

He could tell from the amount of cosmic energy he absorbed each day, and from how he woke every morning feeling stronger than the day before.

Even without testing himself, Yun He could roughly estimate that his physical conditioning had already reached the threshold of an intermediate war general.

Combined with the twenty-one layers of force exertion from the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, he had no fear of facing advanced beast generals.

Thus, after returning for a few days of rest to relax his body and mind, he planned to set out again soon.

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