Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Panlong

Chapter 105 Thunderous Strike for 9 Days

The combined power of the man and the beast was awe-inspiring, causing the sea to roar wildly and the sea wind to howl. Although it was night, countless bolts of lightning flashed. The sky was even more dazzling than during the day, and above the sea, humanity's most fearsome enemy, the 'Devouring Beast,' was already locked in battle with Lin Yun!

"Little guy, let me let you test my strongest move," Lin Yun said softly, a resolute glint in his eyes.

He had no intention of engaging the golden-horned behemoth in a prolonged battle. A swift and decisive victory was the best option.

The dark clouds had somehow moved above Lin Yun. They weren't natural clouds, but rather lightning elemental energy that he had gathered. Within the clouds, countless electric snakes snaked, their range expanding from hundreds of meters to thousands of meters, and then to tens of miles.

"Boom!"

A deep sound rang out, and countless electric snakes and mist swirled together. In the sky, a lightning vortex spanning dozens of miles was born, formed by countless electric snakes and mist. The enormous vortex of electric snakes was so dazzling on the dark sea that it made the images of Lin Yun and the golden-horned beast crystal clear.

Seemingly sensing the terrifying power of this attack, the golden-horned behemoth became slightly uneasy. Its dark golden eyes darted around erratically, and at the same time, the golden runes on its forehead suddenly lit up, instantly enveloping its entire body in golden light.

Talent Secret Technique - Enhancement.

Under the golden light, the golden-horned behemoth's body became even more solid, and the golden markings on its scales lit up, as if it had come to life. Its aura surged, and the speed at which its wounds healed increased significantly.

Lin Yun seemed oblivious to the golden-horned beast's movements, slowly raising his longsword with lightning flashing across its blade.

"Boom!"

The colossal vortex that formed over a vast area of ​​tens of miles in the sky abruptly caused a terrifying vortex to form in the sea below, also spanning tens of miles in radius. The power of this vortex was astonishing, capable of stirring up the seawater over an area of ​​tens of miles in radius; the mere thought of such power was terrifying.

Lin Yun's figure had somehow reached the very center of the vortex, yet he seemed completely unaffected by it.

"Come on! Take this!"

A furious roar!

The lightning vortex, spanning dozens of miles, suddenly shrank, and a massive amount of lightning gathered at a single point, instantly transforming into a sharp lightning blade. This lightning blade, carrying boundless power, tore through the sky and slashed down towards the golden-horned beast!

Far away, a hundred miles away.

Luo Feng hovered in mid-air, his expression grave. He was worried about Lin Yun facing the golden-horned beast alone, so he had come over anyway. Although Lin Yun said he was confident, Luo Feng still wanted to see it for himself.

Just then, Babata's voice exploded in his mind.

"The fundamental law of thunder! The fundamental law of thunder! My God!"

Babata's voice was filled with disbelief, even a hint of madness.

"This is insane! This world has gone mad! How could a celestial being possibly comprehend the fundamental laws?!"

"Babata, what does that mean?" Luo Feng asked hurriedly, "Does Lin Yun have a chance to win?"

"Win? It's more than just winning!" Babata's voice trembled. "I told you before, there are four realms: foundation, intent, domain, and world. Above the domain is the world, which is the fundamental law. Only by comprehending the fundamental law can one possibly step into the realm of the world lord. Hong is at the domain realm. Generally, a martial artist who has comprehended the domain realm can be invincible at the same level."

"And the Laws! That's something only the most exceptional geniuses can accomplish. At least in all these years on Meteorite Star, not a single person has been able to comprehend the fundamental Laws at the Eternal Star level! We've struck gold!"

Babata was shouting and laughing intermittently, leaving Luo Feng somewhat confused. But he understood one thing—what Lin Yun was doing was truly remarkable.

"Babata, the museum master and the others have arrived too." Luo Feng was about to ask more questions when he noticed that Hong and Thor had also arrived.

The two flew in from afar, nodded to Luo Feng, and then looked solemnly at the battlefield a hundred miles away. Even from a hundred miles away, they could still feel the astonishing power emanating from that side. Lightning illuminated most of the sky, and the giant waves surging on the sea were like tsunamis.

"Brother Hong, this kid's been hiding his true power!" Thor exclaimed, his eyes filled with shock. "His lightning domain far surpasses mine!"

"No." Hong shook his head, his expression solemn. "I can feel that he has become one with that world; the power of heaven and earth is his power. This is beyond what a domain can achieve."

"So, he might be able to defeat that Devouring Beast?" Thor asked expectantly.

"It's hard to say." Hong pondered for a moment, "But if even he can't beat us, I think it's unlikely that the two of us can beat him together."

Babata was starting to question his existence after hearing this.

"Domains? Another domain? Thor has a domain too? This...this...when did domains become so worthless? A tiny planet would be lucky to have even one domain, and now! Two domains and one law? There's definitely something wrong with Earth, something wrong with it!"

Luo Feng ignored Babata's ravings and focused on the battlefield.

The lightning blade descended with boundless force, seemingly freezing the surrounding space. The golden-horned behemoth tried to dodge, but found itself stuck in a quagmire, its movements slowed to a crawl.

Upon realizing there was no way to avoid it, the golden-horned behemoth roared and suddenly raised its right hoof, striking towards the lightning blade.

"boom--"

The right hoof, enhanced by the innate secret technique, collided violently with the lightning blade, producing a deafening sound. The lightning blade shattered instantly, but the lightning did not disappear after the shattering; instead, it transformed into tiny bolts of lightning that traveled along the equally shattered right hoof towards the soul within the golden-horned behemoth's head.

But Lin Yun was astonished to discover that its soul was not in its head.

"So your soul wasn't actually in your head! I remember now!" Lin Yun exclaimed in sudden realization.

He then remembered that in the original story, the laser cannon had clearly pierced the Golden Horned Beast's head, yet it still hadn't died. So its soul wasn't in its head; it must be in its primordial core—the core of the Golden Horned Beast, the source of its life.

"Roar!" The golden-horned behemoth roared in anger.

This little insect had injured itself again. It looked down at its shattered right hoof and suddenly opened its mouth.

An invisible spatial force permeated the surrounding area for hundreds of meters, completely covering the area where Lin Yun was located.

Innate Secret Technique - Devour.

"I'll make you swallow!" Lin Yun shouted.

The lightning energy from within a radius of dozens of miles once again converged on this place, and endless lightning energy surged towards the mouth of the golden-horned beast. The lightning, carrying boundless destructive power, suddenly exploded in the mouth of the golden-horned beast, and lightning snakes overflowed from its mouth, even emitting puffs of black smoke.

"Ugh!!!"

The golden-horned behemoth raised its head and let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth. It was terrified.

It initially thought it was just a slightly stronger ant, something it could easily crush and kill with its normal strength. But after using two of its three innate secret techniques, it was actually injured. This person was terrifying.

This golden-horned behemoth, only a year old, is probably comparable to a newborn human infant in terms of its long lifespan. Although it possesses noble lineage and a vast amount of inherited memories, it still needs to learn much beyond its innate talents and special abilities. A year is hardly enough time to learn everything.

In terms of cultivation level, it is far inferior to Luo Feng. Compared to Lin Yun, who has entered the realm of primordial laws, it is even further behind.

"Again!"

Standing amidst the thunder, Lin Yun resembled a god of war. His longsword, once again fused with the lightning of heaven and earth, slashed across the sky, heading straight for the lower abdomen of the golden-horned beast. Lin Yun guessed that its primordial core should be located there.

The golden-horned behemoth was extremely frustrated, unable to fight back or dodge the attack, but it dared not take the blow directly with its abdomen and could only block it with its intact left hoof.

The left hoof shattered again. But this time, the remaining lightning went directly into the golden-horned behemoth's body.

"Huh? Here!"

Lin Yun's mental power detected that inside the Golden Horned Beast's body was a transparent crystal sphere, about twenty centimeters in diameter, radiating golden light. The crystal sphere was covered with incredibly complex golden runes, which emitted rays of golden light.

When Lin Yun's lightning struck the crystal sphere, he clearly felt a powerful resistance.

The soul is inside!

"boom--"

The remaining lightning power continued to strike the crystal sphere.

Lin Yun's attack was a masterpiece combining the profound mysteries of lightning speed and lightning explosion. It possessed not only immense explosive power but also the effect of a soul attack. This was the greatest achievement of his lightning-elemental divine clone over the past year. Although he hadn't fully fused the two profound mysteries, even this initial fusion was several times more powerful than either of the single mysteries.

"Waaah! Waaah!"

The golden-horned behemoth roared in fury. Both its front claws were shattered, its mouth was injured, and now it was directly attacking its soul. This made the one-year-old beast extremely aggrieved—the inherited memories weren't supposed to be like this!

Seeing that it was effective, Lin Yun continuously gathered lightning elements from the surrounding hundred miles, transforming them into even larger blades of light, and blasted them towards the golden-horned beast.

The few people watching from a distance were stunned.

This battle was beyond their imagination. Lightning illuminated the entire Pacific Ocean, giant waves rolled, and gales howled. The fight between man and beast seemed like a natural disaster.

At that moment, the people watching the game on the screen were also in an uproar.

Satellites around the world captured the battle. Television, the internet, mobile phones... all screens were showing the same scene—a figure covered in lightning, fighting against the terrifying Devouring Beast.

"Someone! Finally, someone has managed to defeat that Devouring Beast!"

"Who is that? Who is that?"

"Lightning...it's Lin Yun! Lin Yun, the inspector of the Limitless Martial Arts Academy!"

"He's only nineteen, right? Nineteen and he can fight off monsters like that?"

Cheers erupted from every household. Those who had lost loved ones in the disaster, those who had lived each day in fear, those who had been in despair—they had finally seen hope.

"Luo Feng, didn't Lin Yun say he would send you a message asking you to come over?" Babata's voice rang in Luo Feng's mind, tinged with urgency. "The Golden Horned Beast is clearly no match for Lin Yun now, hurry up!"

"Now?" Luo Feng asked uncertainly. Although he didn't understand why Lin Yun had called him over, he had a feeling that something was wrong.

"Now! Hurry up!" Babata urged.

"All right."

Luo Feng said something to Hong and Lei Shen, then flew directly towards the battlefield.

"Brother Hong, what's Luo Feng doing over there?" Thor asked.

"I don't know." Hong shook his head. "It's probably Lin Yun's arrangement. Anyway, I can't understand him anymore."

At this point, the golden-horned behemoth was in a terrible state.

It tried to escape several times, but Lin Yun stopped it each time. Its limbs were crippled, the horn on its forehead was dim, its scales were pockmarked, and one of its wings was broken.

Seeing that it had lost its fighting ability, Lin Yun used the enigmatic mystery of mist within his water-based domain to trap it. The dense fog enveloped the space within hundreds of meters around the golden-horned behemoth, making it unable to discern directions or escape.

We eagerly await Luo Feng's arrival.

Upon seeing Luo Feng arrive, Lin Yun's eyes lit up, and he transmitted his voice, "Feng, ask Babata if there's any way to block the signal here!"

Luo Feng was taken aback upon hearing this, but he still complied.

"Babata, Lin Yun is asking if you have any way to block the signal here!" Luo Feng asked in his mind.

"Block the signal here? Haha, that's easy!" Babata laughed smugly. "Looks like I was right, haha!"

"What did you guess?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.

"Kid, your opportunity has arrived!" Luo Feng was even more confused after hearing this.

"Hurry up, tell Lin Yun that this area has been blocked!"

"good!"

Seeing that the signal had been blocked, Lin Yun said directly to Luo Feng, "Madman, isn't there a body-snatching technique in the inheritance of the spirit masters of Meteorite Star?"

"A technique for seizing another's body? It exists." Luo Feng vaguely guessed something.

"Then use your possession technique to possess it," Lin Yun said quickly. "Its soul defense has been completely destroyed by my lightning, and it only needs your final blow."

Luo Feng's heart began to pound violently.

Possessing the Golden Horned Beast?