Chapter 148: A Half Month of Rapid Progress (Fifth Update)
Lin Zhen spent the quietest and happiest time since he came to the Star Fruit Tree in his little nest.
Sometimes he would go hunting mutant beasts with Su Mingyue and look for star crystals nearby. If there were some edible mutant beasts, Lin Zhen would bring them back and make some delicious food.
With their hard work in searching, they have gained a lot during this period. They have found more than a dozen star core crystals, more than a dozen meteor crystals, nine comet crystals, and even a planet crystal at a high place.
Lin Zhen absorbed all those small star crystals, but because Su Mingyue was a ninth-level warrior, there was no effect if she absorbed them.
Only that planetary crystal was absorbed by Su Mingyue, which helped to improve her Dantian Qi a little, but it still did not reach the peak of level nine. At this stage, she had to absorb stellar crystals to achieve obvious effects.
Combined with the comet crystal that Lin Zhen had left behind, his realm finally reached the late fourth level, almost approaching the peak stage.
In their spare time, the two would spar with each other. When fighting against Su Mingyue, Lin Zhen discovered how powerful she was. He tried his best but was still defeated over and over again. Unless he occasionally took the initiative and unleashed a long river of lightning, he could suppress Su Mingyue for a while.
But Su Mingyue always found a way to fight back. The two of them clashed many times, and Lin Zhen's winning rate was always zero.
Moreover, Lin Zhen also discovered that Su Mingyue had an extremely strong memory. She could perform Lin Zhen's moves well after watching them a few times, and she was worthy of the title of genius.
However, Lin Zhen's progress is also obvious. It is becoming increasingly difficult for Su Mingyue to defeat him. Even if she wins every time, Su Mingyue is sweating profusely. If it is a pure competition of physical strength, she is still a little worse than Lin Zhen.
Every time at this time, Lin Zhen's task was to act as a guard and observe whether there was anyone approaching, while Su Mingyue went to the pool to take a bath. Lin Zhen was also very diligent and vigilant. Although he was quite moved, he never peeked.
At night, apart from chatting and stargazing, the two of them would practice on their own.
Su Mingyue also worked very hard and spent as much time practicing as Lin Zhen. However, Lin Zhen did not ask her what she was practicing. This was the rule among warriors.
The progress of absorbing the planet's core was accelerating day by day. Lin Zhen told Su Mingyue at the beginning that she should wait for him for half a month. Within half a month, his training should be completed, and then the two of them would leave.
The first time Lin Zhen absorbed 300 strands of golden energy, and on the second day he absorbed 500 strands in one night, because he gradually got more accustomed to the pain and it was no longer so unbearable.
On the third night, Lin Zhen absorbed eight hundred Daos.
On the fourth day, there were a total of one thousand golden energies, but this was almost the limit.
On the fifth and sixth days that followed, the number of rays reached one thousand every day, and the gold energy in the core of the planet was decreasing rapidly.
Every morning when Lin Zhen was twitching in pain, Su Mingyue would quietly come over, wipe the sweat off Lin Zhen, then sit next to Lin Zhen, let Lin Zhen's head rest on her soft legs, and gently massage Lin Zhen's muscles to relieve the pain.
Her long hair was scattered carelessly, and the fragrance of the girl came over her. Lin Zhen closed his eyes, and the atmosphere around him was warm and somewhat ambiguous.
At this time, Su Mingyue's face would blush slightly. She knew that this was not good, but seeing Lin Zhen in unbearable pain, she always felt uncomfortable. If this could make Lin Zhen feel better, then she would still be willing to do it.
This kind of day lasted for twelve days. On the night of the twelfth day, Lin Zhen finally absorbed the last trace of gold energy in the core of the planet!
At this time, his Dantian finally changed.
To be precise, it was the dark star floating in the Dantian that changed! Above the dark star, golden energy flowed and merged with the lightning ions. Because they were in the Dantian and connected by the Dantian Qi, the two did not repel each other and even merged perfectly together.
"Metallic energy is indestructible and extremely sharp. It can be emitted from the body alone or covered on weapons."
"But the metal energy has a flaw, which is that its speed is not that fast. But now that it has been fused with the lightning ions, this flaw has been made up. I can try its effect now."
Lin Zhen opened his eyes. It was midnight. He raised his hand suddenly, and his target was still the tree trunk that he had failed to hit last time!
With one hand, Lin Zhen's palm was full of lightning, and the shadows of the surrounding trees were swaying! "Go!"
Hundreds of golden auras shot out from Lin Zhen's palm and hit the tree trunk in almost one ten-thousandth of a second!
“Puff, puff, puff, puff!”
There was a burst of flying wood chips, and under the illumination of the electric light, Lin Zhen saw that the part of the tree trunk that was hit, an area of about tens of square centimeters, had been beaten into a sieve, with countless tiny holes all over it.
The golden energy shot through the tree trunk and continued to fly forward, piercing through a few leaves and finally disappeared from Lin Zhen's sight.
"What a powerful force! This golden energy is truly indestructible. Combined with the speed of lightning ions, the lethality is doubled."
"To deal with ordinary enemies, I don't even need to use weapons. This golden energy sneak attack is enough to kill most opponents."
"This is just in conjunction with lightning ions. If I can comprehend the power of lightning photons, then the power of gold energy should be further enhanced."
Hundreds of golden energies were lost at once, and the Dark Star in Lin Zhen's body began to rotate. Lin Zhen could clearly feel the golden energy regenerating. As long as it was not all used up at once, with the Dark Star, Lin Zhen's golden energy would never run out.
After testing the release of gold energy, Lin Zhen stood up again and took out the bright silver gun.
With a thought, golden energy was injected, and the bright silver spear suddenly changed. The originally silver gun body turned into gold and silver, and its strength was obviously increased by more than double.
"Very good. My bright silver spear is not a rare divine weapon. Its market value is only 30 million. But with the blessing of gold energy, its power is second only to star weapons!"
Lin Zhen had owned a star weapon in his previous life. Although it was not a top-grade one, it was pretty good. He certainly knew the importance of a good weapon.
The bright silver spear can only be considered mediocre, but after being blessed with gold energy, although it is not as good as a star weapon, it is better than any weapon available on the market.
After testing the bright silver gun, Lin Zhen injected gold gas into the liquid metal.
The liquid metal was also silver in color, but after being injected with gold gas, it turned completely gold. Its strength and hardness were improved by more than one level, and it basically reached the level of a divine weapon.
In addition to obtaining the powerful weapon of gold energy, Lin Zhen's other ability was also enhanced, that is gravity!
He had absorbed a piece of the planet's core before, and the gravity was already very useful, providing Lin Zhen with great help many times in battle. Now that he had absorbed the second piece, the gravity immediately doubled.
When a broken, huge tree trunk was sucked up by Lin Zhen, Lin Zhen knew that his gravity could be used to deal with ordinary junior war gods in battle.
The tree that was attracted was put down with a bang.
Feeling some movement behind him, Lin Zhen turned around and saw Su Mingyue standing behind him.
Today Su Mingyue was wearing a light blue dress. Her long hair was gathered to one side of her neck. She placed her hands in front of her belly and looked at Lin Zhen with something hesitant to say.
"Mingyue, what's wrong? Didn't you practice martial arts?" Lin Zhen asked.
"No, I was watching you practice."
"Ah! Looking at me, how long have you been looking at me?"
"I've been watching it all night."
"Why didn't you call me?"
Su Mingyue glanced at Lin Zhen and said, "You seem to have practiced your skills very well. Have you basically succeeded?"
Lin Zhen nodded happily: "Yes, it's basically done. I have also absorbed the comet crystals here. We can finally leave and look for more star crystals."
"Congratulations! You said it would take half a month to succeed, but now it's only been twelve days."
"Well, my plan was for half a month, three days in advance."
"Then shall we leave here tomorrow morning?" Su Mingyue asked again.
Lin Zhen nodded. He had basically completed everything he needed to do here. He learned the Lightning Gun River, absorbed the golden star core, strengthened his gravity, and improved his realm. Even after this period of practice, his mental strength had improved significantly. He had taken a big step forward on the road to the middle stage of the gold realm and had officially begun his march towards the late stage of the gold realm.
Today, he is much stronger than when he first entered the Star Fruit Tree. He is also confident that he will not have to hide after he goes out, but will be able to compete with other students, even some old students.
If that's the case, why should we stay here? He and Su Mingyue have explored the surrounding areas, and basically can't find any star crystals.
Su Mingyue's expression seemed to be dim for a moment, then she raised her head and smiled at Lin Zhen: "It's okay, then you can ask me to go with you tomorrow morning."
After saying that, Su Mingyue returned to Lin Zhen’s nest, seemingly going to sleep.
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then a knowing smile appeared on his face.
The next morning, Lin Zhen did not ask Su Mingyue to leave, but continued to prepare delicious food. These days he discovered that the flower buds in the fruit trees were edible, so he specially made a dish of stir-fry to eat. It didn't matter if there was no pot, as the liquid metal could change at any time.
Su Mingyue finished her meal unhappily. Lin Zhen still did not say that he wanted to leave. Instead, he took Su Mingyue to watch the stars. The bushes were dim during the day. Lin Zhen told Su Mingyue many stories half-truthfully, which finally made Su Mingyue relax. She seemed to realize that Lin Zhen had no intention of leaving immediately.
Weaving vines, swinging on the swing, cooking delicious food, telling stories, for three days, the two of them did not practice martial arts, but just lived here, seemingly forgetting everything about the outside world.
It was not until the morning of the fourth day, when Lin Zhen was on guard and Su Mingyue had finished her shower, that she took the initiative to say to Lin Zhen: "Idol, I have had a very happy time these past few days, but we should leave. We are warriors and cannot indulge in fun."
Lin Zhen smiled bitterly, not knowing who was just looking for fun.
The two packed up their things and prepared to leave.
Su Mingyue looked back at the clear pool of water, with some reluctance in her eyes.
"I think I will definitely come back here, you have to remember this." Su Mingyue murmured, not knowing to whom she was talking.
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