Chapter 121 - 83: Great Gains

Chapter 121: Chapter 83: Great Gains

Coverage range: a sixteen-kilometer diameter!

This Star Realm was only about thirty kilometers in diameter.

At Lin Yi’s current search efficiency, he could easily perform a full sweep.

He commanded his Mosquito Avatar, which moved like the most precise of probes. It weaved through the scorched earth, rubble, wreckage, and bizarre, crumbling stone pillars, not missing a single inch of ground or the faintest flicker of abnormal Spiritual Qi.

「Two hours later.」

Lin Yi slowly opened his eyes, which he had kept slightly closed in intense concentration.

A hint of fatigue showed on his face.

But more than that, there was a sense of finality and peace.

He had scanned the entire Star Realm.

His only find was a single stalk of Ice Crystal Grass, tucked away in the depths of a crevice half-hidden by a Giant Stone. It had miraculously survived the cataclysm and was emitting a faint, cold aura.

There were no other signs of valuable Spirit Medicine.

This land, repeatedly ravaged by war, had been temporarily squeezed dry of all opportunities.

"Squeezed dry... and so quickly."

Lin Yi gazed at the space, where the Spiritual Qi was still dense, and shook his head with a touch of regret.

This place was an absolute treasure, perfect for Cultivation or growing Spirit Medicine.

The Spiritual Qi was ten times denser than on Blue Star, meaning one’s Cultivation speed would be at least several times faster than in the outside world.

But the Governor’s decree was absolute—

A military restricted zone!

Unauthorized entry is punishable by death.

"Such a waste..."

Lin Yi muttered to himself.

His gaze drifted involuntarily toward the massive gate of light in the distance—

the Star Gate connecting to the world of the Pigmen.

A daring idea surfaced in his mind.

’The other side! What about the world of the Pigmen?’

Lin Yi’s heart skipped a beat.

’My Mosquito Avatar has perfect stealth! As long as those Pigman brutes don’t spot it, once I get inside...’

He could almost see it: a moving ocean of Qi and Blood, composed of countless Pigmen!

What a magnificent sight that would be!

’Wouldn’t that be... a true all-you-can-eat buffet? Drain whichever one I want, as much as I want?’

Lin Yi’s breathing quickened, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

If the plan succeeded, a ceaseless torrent of pure Qi and Blood would come flooding in!

At that point, reaching the Perfection stage of Qi and Blood Refinement for all 206 of his bones would be a foregone conclusion.

Breaking through to the Fourth Grade Realm would be just around the corner!

And even... higher!

The temptation of this idea was so immense that Lin Yi barely hesitated.

’Let’s do it!’

His mind raced, and he immediately focused his concentration.

BZZZ...

The nearly imperceptible buzz of wings faded into the air.

While concealed, the Mosquito Avatar was like a mote of dust dissolving into the void. It suppressed all fluctuations of its Demon Qi and, cloaked in optical camouflage, vanished from sight completely.

It became an invisible stream of light, speeding silently toward the majestic Star Gate.

「Outside the Star Gate.」

The elite forces of the Nanjiang Military District had already established a defensive line of steel.

Massive gun emplacements and dense clusters of rapid-fire cannons stood like monstrous beasts of steel, their cold muzzles aimed grimly at the gate’s opening.

The soldiers stood ready, their faces grim and determined.

They had only one mission—

Any Pigman that dared to step out of the Star Gate would be met with a devastating saturation strike!

Like a Ghost, the Mosquito Avatar swept effortlessly over the heavily fortified military zone.

The soldiers’ wary gazes swept across the sky, yet they remained completely oblivious to its nearly perfect stealth.

Unimpeded, it arrived before the Star Gate’s shimmering curtain of light, which rippled like the surface of water.

Without a moment’s hesitation, the Mosquito Avatar plunged headfirst into the watery curtain of light.

In that instant, space itself seemed to twist and stretch!

A strange sense of weightlessness and the dizzying vertigo of spatial transition washed over it.

A mere moment later, the scene before its eyes changed dramatically!

The concentration of Spiritual Qi here was even slightly higher than in the Star Realm.

The world was relatively primitive. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but towering, ancient trees!

This was the world of the Pigmen!

「And at this moment.」

One by one, Pigmen were converging on the location of the gate.

’What a great place! It’s practically... a hunting ground tailor-made for me!’

Perceiving the scene through his avatar, Lin Yi was ecstatic.

He eagerly commanded the Mosquito Avatar, preparing to lock onto the nearest Pigman’s aura and begin this long-awaited, gluttonous feast!

However, in the very instant his killing intent surged,

a bone-chilling, almost tangible sense of terrifying danger descended out of thin air, without any warning!

In the Mosquito Avatar’s compound-eye vision, a small hill not far ahead began to move!

That was no hill!

It was a Pigman so enormous its sheer size was suffocating!

It stood towering over twenty meters tall, its gnarled muscles like coiling pythons, its skin a rough, dark brown.

Most terrifying of all, perched atop its neck were three ferocious pig heads!

Six scarlet eyes, brimming with savagery and cruelty, turned in unison, locking with pinpoint accuracy onto the Mosquito Avatar’s hidden position!

’I’ve been discovered!’

’How is this possible?!’

Lin Yi’s thoughts ground to a halt!

The three-headed Pigman showed no hesitation. One of its mountain-sized palms slammed down toward the empty space where the Mosquito Avatar was hidden, crashing down with the force of Mountain Tai itself!

Before the palm even arrived, the terrifying pressure it generated seemed to make space itself solidify!

’Flee!!!’

Lin Yi’s survival instinct instantly overrode all other thoughts!

He used every ounce of his strength to frantically propel the Mosquito Avatar!

WHOOSH!

The Mosquito Avatar exploded with unprecedented speed, becoming a nearly invisible thread. At the last possible second, it abruptly changed direction and, with every ounce of strength it had, shot desperately back toward the rippling curtain of light behind it!