Boom~
Riding in a low-altitude flying vehicle, Li Yuan quickly left the war fortress 100 kilometers away, crossing over mountain ranges and rivers.
Within a hundred kilometers of the war fortress, there were still traces of human activity.
Beyond a hundred kilometers, the roads gradually disappeared, the trees became taller, and the mountain ranges undulated, slowly turning into a primitive forest.
“Martial Artist Xu An, we can only take you this far,” the pilot said with a smile. “If we go any further, we might encounter flying alien races.”
“Okay, thank you,” Li Yuan nodded and smiled in response.
In the Mingxu Star Realm, indigenous alien races capable of cultivating and absorbing Origin Power were mostly beastly, with a few humanoid, each race being strange and varied… Precisely for this reason, they fought fiercely with one another, so as not to deal with human civilization.
Second Rank alien races, their wisdom was mostly on par with humans.
In the eyes of most indigenous alien races, the several hundred kilometers surrounding the human civilization’s outpost were territories occupied by another distinctive species.
Therefore, unless they wanted to provoke a war, other Second Rank alien races would not easily invade the ‘hundred kilometer’ range of the outpost.
As for First Rank alien races?
They were not that intelligent, but after decades of being slaughtered and cleared out, they too knew that these areas were dominated by an extremely powerful force not to be trifled with.
“Huh!”
Holding a long spear in his hand, carrying a combat saber on his back, and wearing a full set of battle garment and combat armor, Li Yuan descended from the tens of meters high in the sky and landed on the ground.
The jungle was not too dense.
He watched as the flying vehicle quickly departed.
“From now on, I’ll have to rely on walking,” Li Yuan muttered to himself. “Based on previous experience, if I want to quickly increase my Spiritual Awakening Level…”
“Then, the stronger the alien race I kill, the more Spiritual Nature nourishment I get.”
“I’d better leave the war base 300 kilometers behind as soon as possible.”
Within 100 kilometers of the base, alien races were almost extinct; within 300 kilometers of the base, alien races of Entry Rank were rare, having been slaughtered and cleared out repeatedly by Martial Artist squads.
Underneath the orbit of two suns, the earth did not seem scorchingly hot.
“200 kilometers, I should be able to reach it within 3 hours,” Li Yuan moved and covered dozens of meters with each step.
Ten-meter-high cliffs? Ten-meter-wide rivers were merely a light leap away for him.
Maintaining a travel speed of twenty to thirty meters per second was no more than a walk in the park for Li Yuan now.
“Unity of Heaven and Man.”
As Li Yuan traveled, he also pondered and grasped the mystery of Unity of Heaven and Man.
Perceiving the natural way of the world.
Practicing with a spear, standing, sitting, lying down, walking… all could be used to gain insight.
After traveling more than ten kilometers.
Suddenly, within a pile of dilapidated dry grass, several shadows flashed abruptly, and the air exploded with a bang, rushing towards Li Yuan, who was on the move.
“Swoosh!”
These shadows were fast, but Li Yuan’s spear in hand was faster, with just one thrust sweeping the vast sky.
“Pfft!” “Plop!” “Plop!” Drops of blood spattered as the bodies of six snake-like alien creatures were torn apart and fell to the ground.
“Blood Winged Snake Clan?” Li Yuan glanced over.
These six alien creatures, though similar in appearance to the Blood Winged Snake Clan, had smaller and shorter wings that were only good for gliding.
“Life Level not even reaching the Tenth Level, and they dare attack me?” Li Yuan shook his head.
He didn’t bother to cut off any parts from their bodies, as it was pointless.
The roads of Mingxu Star Realm were more difficult to traverse than Li Yuan had anticipated; those high mountains appeared to be just one or two kilometers away in a straight line, but crossing them was extremely time-consuming.
Some canyons and large rivers were also difficult to cross.
However, with Li Yuan’s strength, after nearly four hours, he still stepped out of the range of human civilization’s activities and truly entered The Wilderness.
And this journey also made Li Yuan understand the true meaning of ‘High Origin Environment.’
On this 200-kilometer journey, more than 100 members of the Alien Race died at Li Yuan’s hands.
Most were Unranked.
Most had taken the initiative to ambush Li Yuan.
“Rich in Origin Power, these Star Realm Creatures don’t need to eat much to be affected by the Origin Power, allowing them to grow and reproduce extremely rapidly,” Li Yuan mused to himself.
He had read quite a few records.
Compared to many Star Realm beings, humans have a much slower growth and reproduction rate.
The greatest advantage of human Martial Artists lies in their Comprehension.
“Star Realm Creatures might reach Entry Rank as adults, but often tens or even hundreds of thousands of them struggle to produce even a single Second Rank powerhouse,” Li Yuan thought to himself. “Among human Martial Artists, it usually takes only a few hundred First Rank warriors to produce a Second Rank powerhouse.”
Humans, lacking powerful bloodline support, yet possess an astonishingly strong level of Comprehension.
At least,
Among the many Foreign Civilizations that human civilization has come into contact with, almost none surpass humans in Comprehension.
…
Walking through The Wilderness.
“Hm?” Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and suddenly stopped. His powerful spiritual power, paired with his body, had faintly sensed that hundreds of meters away, a large group of formidable Alien Race lives was gathering.
“Finally.”
“I’ve encountered some interesting opponents,” Li Yuan revealed a slight smile.
Boom!
With a leap, the rocks beneath Li Yuan’s feet shattered. He stomped on a large tree next to him, using it to jump even higher, and as he did so, the tree collapsed with a roar.
The battle erupted!
…
“Roar!” “Howl!” “Howl!” A large group of beings, like jackals and wolves from the Alien Race, roared as they turned into streaks of light charging at Li Yuan.
They were all Entry Rank creatures.
As the dominant clan in this area, facing Li Yuan, an Alien Race life form that challenged them, they naturally would not shrink back.
“Kill!”
Li Yuan wielded his Long Spear in his hand. The spear shadows shifted, resembling a rolling star, vast and magnificent, with impressive might.
Spurt! Spurt! Spurt! Blood splattered as one Alien Race being after another fell to the ground, their bodies slamming into boulders due to inertia,
or crashing into the ground, or colliding with large trees.
“No good.”
“These Alien Race creatures are still too weak, mostly only levels 12 or 13, with few even at level 14,” Li Yuan shook his head slightly: “I don’t even need to use Origin Power to easily crush them.”
“There’s no tempering effect.”
Whoosh!
Li Yuan’s figure changed immediately, instantly suppressing his strength and speed to the standard of level 11.
Immediately,
Li Yuan felt the pressure, as if any one of those Alien Race beings could attack him at any moment.
“The spear flows like stars,” Li Yuan fully immersed himself in his Spear Technique, battling with these Aliens.
For Li Yuan, venturing in the Star Realm was partly to raise his Spiritual Awakening Level.
The most important thing,
was to engage in life-and-death battles with numerous alien races, tempering the spirit and exercising courage in the midst of survival… comprehending the mysteries of nature in The Wilderness.
Eventually,
after Li Yuan killed over sixty wolf-like alien creatures, the other dozens finally couldn’t hold on any longer and fled amidst howls.
Li Yuan didn’t pursue them deliberately.
“So many kills.”
“The level of Spiritual Awakening hasn’t increased even 0.1%?” Li Yuan glanced at the Divine Palace panel and muttered to himself, “Or are these aliens too weak to obtain spiritual nourishment from their bodies?”
After a quick calculation, Li Yuan understood that raising the Spiritual Awakening Level from 25.4% to 30% was going to be a long and arduous process.
He didn’t bother to cut up the bodies of these aliens.
Just by uploading the combat video, Li Yuan continued on his way.
The so-called ‘proof of kill materials’ was something to worry about after leaving the War Fortress by 1000 kilometers.
Before that, as long as Li Yuan didn’t care, he could choose to upload combat videos.
To reduce the burden.
…
“Too slow! Speed it up,” Li Yuan roared, battling fiercely with many feathered, humanoid life forms before him.
These humanoids had extraordinarily strong limbs that were as sharp as weapons.
Facing the long spear in Li Yuan’s hands,
these humanoid life forms fell one after another, their blood spilling onto the ground.
“[You have successively slain Entry Rank creatures and obtained spiritual nourishment, with your Spiritual Awakening Level reaching 25.8%]” a flash of prompt from the Divine Palace appeared.
…
Time passed, day by day.
Li Yuan was constantly fighting his way through The Wilderness.
He gradually adapted to this environment.
Hungry? He ate some beast flesh, then cultivated the ‘All Heavens’ Stars’ scripture, nourishing his body with Origin Power, basically not needing to eat much.
Thirsty? He drank directly from the mountain springs.
Tired? Then he would cultivate the ‘Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture’, which not only strengthened his spiritual power but also eliminated fatigue.
Li Yuan didn’t need to return to a fixed observation post or camp to rest.
The rest of his time,
he was either battling with alien life forms or on the move seeking them.
Or occasionally, when he gained insights from observing the world, he would stop to quietly practice his spear technique, then continue on with his journey and battle.
Such a training efficiency was nothing short of astonishing.
With the alien life forms he slew growing more numerous and more powerful, including creatures of the 17th and 18th levels,
Li Yuan’s level of Spiritual Awakening, albeit hard to raise, was skyrocketing thanks to the mass slaughter of aliens.
A quantitative change led to a qualitative change, from the initial 25.4% gradually breaking through to 26%, 26.5%…
Li Yuan’s Spear Technique and Physical Quality were continuously improving as if there were no bottlenecks.
…
In the Mingxu Star Realm, on the ninth floor of the main office at Outpost Base Number Three,
“Commander.”
“In these past ten days, apart from that Martial Artist who died in battle, the majority of the teams that are registered at the base and went out to brave the wilderness have records of resting at the observation points,” a tall and thin Martial Officer reported solemnly, “But Xu An has no such record. Over these ten days, it’s as if he vanished into thin air.”
“No record of him? He didn’t return to an observation post?” Liu Jing inquired.
“No records,” the tall and thin Martial Officer replied. “We can only rely on the positioning from the smart wristband to confirm he’s continually on the move; he should still be alive.”
“Okay, I understand. You may leave,” Liu Jing said, without any further directive.
Once the room was left to himself,
“Beep~”
Liu Jing clicked to project, and rapidly a series of videos appeared, all showing first-person scenes of Li Yuan in combat with numerous aliens.
They were all uploaded here to Liu Jing.
“Truly insane.”
“In ten days, the kill count is higher than a normal squad,” Liu Jing felt deeply inside, “Looking at the comprehensive information records, is it really non-stop fighting?”
“Hmm, enough to merit a perfect score for surviving through peril.”
As for an eighteen-year-old youth, Liu Jing felt there was no need to be overly critical.
Too much is as bad as not enough.
…
January 13, 2044.
Atop a nondescript mountain peak about 600 kilometers from Outpost Base Number Three,
on a huge rock,
Li Yuan was standing there, gripping the long spear in his hand, its tip pointing ahead as though perceiving something.
Gradually,
Li Yuan no longer seemed so out of place, but rather blended vaguely with the surrounding scenery, a very mystical sight.
“Swoosh!” The long spear thrust forward swiftly in a circle like lightning, then instantly retracted.
Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes, his peripheral vision couldn’t help but glance at the Divine Palace panel:
[Life Level: 16.8 (First Rank)]
Fist Strength: 24,400 kilograms
Speed: 70.2 meters/second
Spiritual Power: level 26.9
Willpower: level 30
Spiritual Awakening Level: 28.9% (Current limit 30%)
Star Meridian: level 10
Skill Realm: Spear Technique (Fifth Stage 5%), Movement Technique (Fifth Stage 6%), Fist Technique (Perfection)
…
“I feel my progress is fast enough,”
“But advancing in Fifth Stage Spear Technique is still significantly slower than when it was at the Fourth Level,” Li Yuan thought to himself, “With 1.1% to go in Spiritual Awakening Level, keep up the effort.”
Whoosh!
Li Yuan leapt lightly and dashed down the mountain like a monkey, searching for other alien life forms.
Moments later,
His spiritual power extended outward, sensing his surroundings. Suddenly, he stopped and turned his head toward a forest not far away.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In the distance among the trees, three figures dressed in light purple robes, each wielding weapons, were rapidly jumping towards him.
“Human Martial Artists?” a flicker of confusion passed through Li Yuan’s mind, “Something’s off, why didn’t my smart wristband alert me to the approach of Martial Artists?”