Chapter 173: Demon Blood Spirit Crystal (Seeking monthly votes)

After ending the call.

Li Yuan didn't waste any words. He stood up, swung the long spear in his hand, and killed the purple-robed person who was lying on the ground, nearly unconscious.

With his head severed in two, he was dead as could be.

"【You have continuously killed ranked creatures, obtained spiritual nourishment, spiritual awakening degree reached 29%】" A prompt flashed across the Divine Palace panel.

In reality, why was Li Yuan so certain that these three were aliens, rather than Qixing humans?

It wasn't because he understood their conversation, or that he had seen too many clues.

It was simply because the Divine Palace's investigation reminded him that killing them would allow him to obtain "spiritual nourishment."

This kind of reminder only occurred with aliens.

"No matter how good the disguise is, it cannot escape the investigation of the Heart Divine Palace." Li Yuan's gaze swept over the opponent's corpse.

In fact, even if Li Yuan hadn't killed him, given the injuries of this Tianliang clansman, he would undoubtedly have died if things continued as they were.

Moreover, in this savage jungle, losing mobility was no different from waiting for death; who knew when some beast-type alien might arrive, drawn by the scent of blood.

"Chasing down a human? Why?" Li Yuan muttered to himself, pondering the intelligence he had just obtained.

The content of the intelligence wasn't much, mainly two points.

First, the ones Li Yuan killed were only "Rank One Warriors" of the Tianliang clan; they were ordered to come and garrison the Mingxu Star Realm, effectively similar to military martial artists in human civilization.

Second, they had come as a collective battalion, ordered to hunt down a human martial artist, and they had been tracking them all the way from hundreds of kilometers away.

Who exactly was this human martial artist? Why were they tracking them? They knew nothing about that; at least, these three warriors didn't know.

"A battalion of the Tianliang civilization, that's at least over 50 Tianliang warriors." Li Yuan thought to himself: "There must be more than one Level 19 warrior."

The Qixing human civilization and the Tianliang civilization had contact not only through the Mingxu Star Realm but also through other star realms. Although the two sides were not engaged in a crazed all-out war like the alien civilization behind Luo Bu, they had always been hostile toward each other.

And over many years, both sides actually understood each other very well, having a certain level of knowledge about each other's languages, cultures, and even technological history.

This was also the reason why Li Yuan, once he confirmed the opponent was an "alien" through the Divine Palace investigation, didn't hesitate to kill them.

There was no need to ask for the reason.

According to the "Code of Conduct" given by the base, anyone encountering powerhouses from the two major alien civilizations within a 1000-kilometer radius of the base could be attacked directly.

Clang~

Li Yuan quickly rummaged through the three corpses but didn't find many valuable items.

Weapons? Battle armor? They were all just Rank One medium-grade weapons, not of high value, and Li Yuan had nowhere to put them anyway.

Other items were even scarcer, mostly just some food.

"Hmm, a life detector? A Rank One one." Li Yuan suddenly grinned, having found something truly valuable from the strongest Tianliang clansman.

He took it off.

This was a technological product of the Tianliang clan.

It was somewhat similar to the "Life and Blood Qi Detector" of the Qixing human civilization, only the quality was better, and it had truly been miniaturized, allowing it to be carried around.

Li Yuan had the Divine Palace investigation, which was even more accurate, so he didn't need this thing.

This palm-sized life detector, judging by its style, was also only Rank One, capable of detecting up to Level 20 life forms at most.

However, as long as Li Yuan handed it over to the base, it would be enough to sell for millions of Blue Star coins.

"Perhaps, the Life and Blood Qi Detectors in our Qixing human civilization were originally inspired by this thing." Li Yuan thought to himself.

War, in a sense, constantly promotes technological development.

It forces a civilization to constantly strengthen itself so that the entire civilization is not exterminated.

Over the past few hundred years, the Qixing human civilization has collided and communicated with numerous alien civilizations through many star realms, and both its technology and cultivation civilization have made leaps and bounds.

"Beast-type civilizations are often very weak in terms of technology."

"But many humanoid civilizations have very powerful technology, and quite a few are much stronger than human civilization's technology." Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

These data might not be known to ordinary people, but for Source Martial Artists, they were not secrets.

Li Yuan had read a large amount of data from the Starfire Martial Hall and was very clear about this point.

Precisely because of this.

The entire Qixing human civilization was full of a sense of crisis, developing martial arts and technology with all its might, striving to become even stronger.

It sounds slow, but in reality, Li Yuan's looting of the corpses only took a few dozen seconds; he tossed the life detector into his tight-fitting backpack.

"Observation Point No. 19?"

"Let's go." Li Yuan identified the direction slightly and set the "Directional Guidance" on his smart ring watch.

A straight-line distance of 40 kilometers!

"Running at full speed, I should be able to arrive within 20 minutes. I hope they can hold on." Li Yuan sighed inwardly. His figure moved, his speed soared to over 50 meters/second, and he turned into a stream of light, rushing out and heading rapidly toward Observation Point No. 19.

A battalion of Tianliang warriors?

Breaking through an observation point is not difficult, and that's even without carrying technological weapons.

"Only 1% away from 30% spiritual awakening degree." A glint of ferocity flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

I'll just use you all as experiments.

The Qixing human civilization, in the Mingxu Star Realm, besides the outpost base, is also divided into observation points and data points.

Data points, for example, are areas very suitable for planting various precious medicinal herbs or mining areas.

Observation points are often located at the outermost periphery of the activity range; their purpose is to observe a radius of dozens of kilometers or even a larger range, serving the role of monitoring and alerting.

At the same time, they provide a temporary resting place for the large number of martial artists who are active and honing themselves in the outermost areas.

Observation Point No. 19.

It was an observation point located on the outer periphery, very far from the war base. It was hidden inside a mountain; the entire mountain belly had been hollowed out, and from the outside, it looked very inconspicuous, not much different from an ordinary small hill, but the interior was intricate and complex.

For the past few decades, it had always been safe.

But today, Observation Point No. 19 faced a catastrophic disaster.

The outermost defense system of the observation point had already been breached.

"Da da da!"

Fierce fire snakes roared, and over ten streams of metal bullets blocked the passage, which was over ten meters wide, completely suppressing the dozens of Tianliang warriors outside the passage.

In such a narrow space.

Even for a Level 19 powerhouse, if they were to forcibly charge into the passage against the stream of metal bullets, it would be a very dangerous thing.

"Simply bastards."

"This Qixing human civilization uses technological weapons so unscrupulously, aren't they worried about attracting a counterattack from the star realm natives?" Outside the passage, there was a burly man who looked like a monster; he was definitely over two and a half meters tall, wearing black armor, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

The group of Tianliang warriors around him didn't make a sound.

"Captain Logan, what should we do?" Another short and fat man said in a low voice: "We all know that this observation point of the Qixing humans might have other passages. If we delay too long, it's very likely they will escape."

"Most importantly, this place is very close to the Qixing humans' base lair. They must be calling for reinforcements. Once the Source Martial Artists arrive, we will all die."

"If we don't bring back the mission target, we'll be in big trouble too." The short and fat man looked at the other and said: "Lord Xue Shu will not spare us."

Apparently.

Among the more than forty Tianliang warriors present, the two of them had the highest status.

"Mo Long, you don't need to remind me." The burly man named Logan said in a cold voice: "I know the consequences of failing the mission better than you do."

"Don't hesitate anymore, let's burst out together and clear the way."

"Hmm."

The two powerful Tianliang leaders didn't hesitate any longer. They took out a small bottle from their bosoms and gently opened it, revealing a blood-red elixir inside.

They swallowed it directly.

Seeing this blood-red elixir, a trace of envy flashed in the eyes of the surrounding Tianliang warriors.

Rumble~

Rapidly, the skin of the burly man and the short, fat man seemed to turn fire-red, and even wisps of blood-colored airflow flowed across their body surfaces.

This was a special heaven-and-earth treasure of the Tianliang clan called "Demon Blood Spirit Crystal." Once consumed, it would greatly increase their strength in a short period, with both power and speed rising by a large margin, and they would even possess wisps of special Source Power.

It didn't have much effect on Source Martial Artists, but for Rank One life forms, it was a huge bonus. Not only did their strength skyrocket, but there were no side effects; instead, after the medicinal effect wore off, it would even slightly improve their overall physical fitness.

It's just that this kind of medicine is extremely precious, and ordinary Rank One warriors simply can't obtain it.

Like this time, it was because the mission was special.

The two captains whose life levels exceeded Level 19 had each obtained one, just so they could use it at a critical moment.

Clang~ Crack~

The burly man Logan and the short, fat man Mo Long had their armor completely cover their entire bodies.

"We'll charge, you follow."

"Kill!" Logan roared in a low voice.

Boom! Boom! The two of them, one holding a battle saber and the other a huge battle axe, darted forward and charged into the passage simultaneously.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

"Clang!" Countless metal bullets poured frantically onto their bodies. The terrifying impact caused their speed to plummet, but those countless bullets were instantly blocked by the wisps of blood-colored airflow combined with their armor.

...... Inside Observation Point No. 19, dozens of human martial artists, each holding weapons, stared at the passage with extreme tension.

The thermal weapons were directly operated by the intelligent system inside the observation point.

"Captain." Shi Xiao gripped her battle saber, her eyes cold, staring fixedly.

"Relax." Captain "Wu Ying," who was standing beside her, looked to be about thirty years old and exuded the aura of a mature woman. She said in a low voice: "Your strength is second only to mine in the squad, it's just that your experience isn't rich enough yet."

"Life-and-death battle."

"First, you must be calm." Wu Ying said softly, as a martial artist who had been fighting in the Mingxu Star Realm for years.

Her life level had reached Level 19.6, and her experience was extremely rich.

"Understood." Shi Xiao nodded.

"Captain Wu Ying, rest assured."

"With the ammunition we have stored, it won't be difficult to block them for over half an hour." The person in charge of the observation point said in a low voice.

"Outside just now, you also said the outer defense system could hold for at least twenty minutes, and what happened?" Wu Ying glanced at him and said coldly: "Three of my squad members died."

The person in charge immediately stopped talking.

He also hadn't expected that the Tianliang warriors who came to attack this time would be so fierce, each one of them exceeding Level 18; it was definitely an elite battalion.

Suddenly.

"Not good, they've charged in." A wisp of cold light erupted in Wu Ying's eyes, and she suddenly roared: "Prepare to engage! Kill!"

Boom!

Rumble~

Accompanied by the two terrifying Tianliang powerhouses charging through the passage like lightning against the metal frenzy, their figures flashed, and they had already destroyed a large number of thermal weapon launchers.

The dozens of Tianliang warriors behind them immediately killed their way in like a tide.

"Kill!"

"Engage!" More than twenty human martial artists, having no way back, immediately roared and engaged them.

"A bunch of scum."

"You can't run." The burly man Logan spotted his target at a glance and killed his way over like lightning.

"Your opponent is me." Wu Ying swung her long spear and blocked his path.

"Get lost!"

It took about 23 minutes.

Li Yuan, running at full speed, finally arrived in the mountain forest outside Observation Point No. 19, following the map guidance on his smart ring watch.

After observing the surrounding environment slightly, his expression changed.

"Corpses?" Li Yuan's gaze swept, and he discovered a large number of corpses in the outer area.

Judging from the appearance alone, they were all humans, but quite a few were figures wearing purple robes.

This part was clearly Tianliang warriors.

There were also many corpses that clearly belonged to the Qixing human side.

"So many dead?" A trace of killing intent flashed in Li Yuan's heart.

"Has the observation point already fallen?" A trace of doubt flashed in Li Yuan's heart, followed by his ears twitching slightly: "Sound of battle?"

"There are still people alive."

Whoosh! Li Yuan's figure was like lightning, and he charged directly into the spacious passage that had been revealed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 174 =====