Soul Dominator of the Devouring Star

Chapter 22 Guidance and Growth

Qin Ming had actually been considering this issue during the previous battle.

It wasn't just to hone his movement and halberd skills, but also because he discovered that the intense concentration and unrestrained fighting during battles with the beast horde put him in a state of boiling blood.

In the post-battle analysis, Qin Ming discovered that in that state, the speed at which he absorbed soul energy and flesh essence was several times faster than usual!

This led to a rapid increase in strength.

Although no punching power test was conducted, Qin Ming estimated that his punching power was probably close to 7000kg.

Under the protection of others, the speed at which one can absorb soul energy and flesh essence by simply using mental energy attacks is somewhat improved compared to usual, but not by much.

Qin Ming had some guesses about this situation.

There is great terror between life and death.

When faced with a life-threatening crisis, every cell in his body would reflexively boil, making his absorption rate even faster.

Moreover, with the captain and the others around, this is also a great opportunity for them to train.

While mentalists do have a significant advantage at the apprentice level, this advantage is greatly diminished once a martial artist breaks through to the planetary level, gains the ability to fly, and awakens special abilities.

With the Myriad Soul Banner in hand, Qin Ming believed that becoming a planetary-level being would be no problem at all.

At this stage, he still mainly relies on mental power, but his movement skills and close combat are not bad either.

"Okay, you can take over for Qianye in a bit. Be careful, we'll clear out most of the monsters first, and then lure out the monsters hiding in the house."

High-level beast generals have already appeared here; if they gather into a beast tide, we will also be in danger.

Without much hesitation, Lu Haochuan agreed.

Qin Ming has already proven his strength, so it's not unreasonable to let him pave the way.

However, as they continued the cleanup, they entered a dangerous area and could no longer act recklessly as before.

"Don't worry, Captain. With my psychic powers, I don't need to worry about being ambushed. If all else fails, I can always use throwing knives to finish the fight."

Nodding, Qin Ming agreed without hesitation.

……

Two hours later.

"Let's go, keep pushing forward!"

Once their strength was restored, the group continued towards the next street. As for the monster corpses and other debris behind them, the military would naturally handle the cleanup.

Military achievements, including hunting monsters, will be clearly recorded by the battlefield camera system.

Carrying the Broken Army Halberd, Qin Ming and Zhang Yan walked at the front, with twelve throwing knives floating in mid-air, moving slowly like swimming fish.

"You to the left, I to the right, let's go!"

Zhang Yan gripped the warhammer in one hand, looking at a small herd of armored bulls not far away.

The Ironclad Bull stands nearly three meters tall at the shoulder, its fur mutated into black scales. It is among the strongest in its class in terms of both strength and defense, and even the weakest among them are high-level beast soldiers, while its leader is a mid-level beast general.

Further away, there were some monsters such as one-horned wild boars and mastiffs.

Before the Great Nirvana, pigs, dogs, cats, cows, and sheep were the most common animals in human society. Therefore, pigs, dogs, cats, cows, sheep, and snakes are now the most common types of monsters.

Monsters formed from mutations of foxes, monkeys, scorpions, wolves, tigers, and leopards are extremely rare.

This also applies to City 003, except that City 003 is close to the ocean, and some amphibious monsters will crawl out of the ocean.

"We all use long weapons and heavy weapons, and our fighting styles are similar."

You can see how I fight.

Using heavy weapons makes us far more lethal than other martial artists, but our wide-ranging attacks also make us vulnerable to monsters taking advantage of our weaknesses, so we need to conserve some of our strength.

In addition, use throwing knives when necessary.

This is real combat, not training. The slightest mistake could result in serious injury or even death!

Zhang Yan said in a deep voice.

Qin Ming has great talent, but his martial arts strength is only that of a high-level warrior. When facing a monster of the Ironclad Bull level, he would actually have a hard time in close combat.

"Understood! Don't worry, Brother Zhang."

Qin Ming took a deep breath, then held the halberd with both hands in the Yin-Yang stance and strode forward.

tread!tread!

The alloy combat boots landed on the ground with a crisp sound.

The armored bull, a hundred meters away, immediately looked over. Years of fighting had made its eyes turn bloodshot the moment it spotted humans.

Roar!

With a series of roars, all the armored bulls began to run wildly through the ruins.

"Here it comes!" Zhang Yan slammed his warhammer into the ground, causing a deformed manhole cover to bounce up, and then kicked it away.

Bang!

With tremendous force, the manhole cover roared towards the herd of armored bulls. The head of one of the armored bulls was immediately dented, and the three armored bulls next to it instinctively turned their heads to avoid it.

The charging formation instantly fell into chaos.

It's now!

With a low growl, the two launched a counter-charge against the armored bull herd.

For Wuzhe Lai and Tiejia Niu, a distance of 100 meters is almost instantaneous.

Qin Ming's pupils contracted slightly. He shifted his feet to avoid the armored bull's frontal charge. As the twelve throwing knives tore the three armored bulls apart, the tip of the Broken Army Halberd precisely pierced the nasal bone gap of one of the armored bulls.

Just like Qin Ming, Zhang Yan dodged the Ironclad Bull's frontal charge and smashed his hammer into the Ironclad Bull's side.

The moment the hammerhead struck the scales, the armored bull, with its force exceeding twenty tons, was sent flying.

Bang!

The armored bull, sent flying backward, smashed into several of its charging comrades, completely disrupting the formation.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qin Ming rushed forward.

He pierced the throat of an armored bull with his halberd, then used the crescent-shaped hook of the halberd to hook the leg joint of another armored bull and pull it hard.

With his strength, he couldn't confront the Ironclad Bull head-on like Zhang Yan; he could only attack its weak points.

Although he couldn't kill the monster every time, Qin Ming didn't turn back to finish it off, but continued forward.

He was not fighting alone; his captain and others were behind him.

"Watch your rhythm!" Lu Haochuan's spear shattered the head of an armored bull, his voice as calm as a precision machine tool. "Qianye, two o'clock!"

Ling Qianye's twin swords transformed into phantoms, and he moved like a ghost as he slashed past beneath an armored bull, firmly protecting Xiao Heng in the center.

Xiao Heng held a heavy machine gun and kept firing in bursts.

With each dull thud, an armored bull fell.

Firearms are extremely powerful against beast-class monsters, especially in the hands of a warrior like Xiao Heng who wields firearms.

However, the roar of machine guns could easily attract monsters from further away.

……

After half an hour.

The ruins of the street were littered with the corpses of monsters, and Qin Ming was covered in blood.

"Well done, but not enough."

It's good that you went to learn Zhang Yan's fighting style and my fighting style.

But you must remember, you are a spiritual master!

You don't need to learn everything from us.

Perfect-level movement techniques allow one to utilize any object or living being in the surrounding environment.

But why would you, as a spiritualist, give up your greatest advantage?

You can use your mental power to move your body more effectively and kill monsters with minimal force, attacking their weaknesses.

This includes disrupting monsters and creating opportunities.

Don't reject your own power.

The best fighting style is the one that suits you best.

Lu Haochuan walked up to Qin Ming, his brows furrowed and his voice serious.

As soon as the battle began, he noticed that Qin Ming deliberately avoided using his mental power in order to hone his movement and halberd techniques, which was clearly a detour!

He didn't say it immediately during the battle, so that Qin Ming could have a deeper understanding.

"I see."

Qin Ming suddenly understood.

He was indeed intentionally imitating the fighting styles of the captain and Zhang Yan, especially the captain, whose fluid and graceful fighting style was very attractive to him.

Moreover, in order to hone his physical skills and become stronger, he did suppress his mental power.

This always left him feeling frustrated, and he found it less satisfying to fight the beast horde alone.

Imitation is fine, but copying blindly is not.

"Furthermore, you made a few fatal mistakes when facing the Ironclad Bull! For example..."

As a high-ranking general who is close to the God of War, and a weapon master at the level of movement and intent, Captain Lu Haochuan clearly pointed out Qin Ming's mistakes one by one.

Whether it's movement techniques, halberd techniques, or even the methods of throwing knives.

Qin Ming suddenly understood, and his mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts. He felt he couldn't wait to experiment and verify it on the spot.

"Let's go! Take a break, there's a big guy ahead. The real test is just beginning."