Devouring Stars, becoming Luo Feng's golden finger

Lei Meng's abnormality lasted only a few seconds, but almost everyone present saw it clearly.

There was no way around it; he was so high-profile that he attracted most people's attention from the start.

"What's wrong with Inspector Lei?" The crowd, noticing Lei Meng's strange expression and movements, couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.

Sick?

Impossible.

Reaching the level of a primary warrior essentially grants immunity to all diseases. Even incurable diseases from before the Great Nirvana, like cancer, cannot affect martial artists who have embarked on the path of evolution.

Could it be...

Those few War God-level powerhouses and a small number of knowledgeable figures suddenly thought of another type of attack used by spiritual masters—mental attacks.

Among the War God powerhouses, there was an extremely famous one known as 'Phantom Demon' Katelan. Katelan's strength was slightly greater than Lei Meng's. His physical fitness was at the peak of the War God level, just like Lei Meng, but Katelan also possessed mental power reaching the intermediate War God level.

Furthermore, his mental power wasn't focused on controlling flying knives for attacks but rather on mental attacks. Under Katelan's mental assault, even the most elite War God martial artists would often falter for a moment. If their willpower was weaker, the duration of control would be even longer, thus earning him a very special and terrifying title: 'Phantom Demon'.

Just imagine, in a battle between equals, if you were to lose your focus, even for a split second, the consequences would be chilling!

"This Luo Feng, besides being proficient as a beast tamer, could he also be skilled in mental attacks?" Those who thought they understood the situation felt a chill in their hearts.

Even Phantom Demon Katelan could only make a powerhouse like Lei Meng falter for a moment, but Luo Feng caused Lei Meng to lose control of his body for several seconds!

With such a long period of control, if the War General-level martial artists at the banquet had launched a sneak attack at that moment, there was a high probability they could have killed Lei Meng.

The Black God Suit doesn't have consciousness and wouldn't automatically protect its wearer. Without using the Black God Suit to protect himself in advance, the vital parts of a peak War God-level powerhouse couldn't withstand the full force of a War General-level powerhouse.

Lei Meng abruptly woke up from the pain and immediately looked at Luo Feng. It was Luo Feng's cold glance that had caused his head to throb with pain, filling Lei Meng with fear.

"This guy is much more terrifying than Phantom Demon. He's definitely an invincible War God, no, even among invincible War Gods, he's the most terrifying!" Lei Meng swallowed hard, finding himself in a dilemma, and the atmosphere suddenly became strange and awkward.

Retreat?

If he were to slink away now, he would lose all face in this Jiangnan City! The reputation of the Thunder Dojo would be ruined by him!

Then step forward?

Lei Meng felt the lingering pain in his mind and dared not move forward.

If what happened just now was merely a warning, what if Luo Feng decided to strike harder if he continued to advance?

Killing him was probably impossible, as martial artists aren't allowed to kill each other within the base city; violators would be executed by the War God Palace. However, if he were to suffer damage to his soul and spirit, would the War God Palace execute Luo Feng?

Definitely not.

Aside from the rumors about his connection with the master of the Limit Dojo, with his strength and talent, neither Thunder God nor Hong would agree to execute such a peerless genius like Luo Feng. It would be a major loss for humanity!

Everyone saw Lei Meng's awkward situation, but no one dared to step forward to say a word on his behalf. Even his outstanding son, Lei Yufeng, stood foolishly to the side, afraid to move.

Just as Lei Meng was in a quandary, a phone rang abruptly.

It was Commander Li Dawei's phone.

Li Dawei quickly answered the phone, and as urgent military information came from the other end, he exclaimed in shock,

"What? A level-one beast tide?!"

"Okay, I'll be right back!"

Hanging up the phone, Li Dawei looked around at everyone with a serious expression, especially pausing on Luo Feng and Lei Meng, before saying, "Everyone, bad news, the monster groups in the East Sea have already engaged in battle with the front lines of the Southeast Military Region!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall erupted in an uproar.

A level-three beast tide could already put War God powerhouses in danger or even lead to their deaths, let alone a level-one beast tide?

Even invincible War Gods wouldn't dare guarantee they could emerge unscathed from such a level of beast tide!

Above that was a catastrophic beast tide, which meant that King-level monsters had appeared. Under such a level of beast tide, a base city housing hundreds of millions of people could be overturned, leading to widespread devastation.

"Now that a level-one beast tide has erupted, I must return immediately... I also hope that you War Gods and War Generals, those who are capable, will lend a hand in this critical moment!" Li Dawei looked at everyone present, his tone filled with entreaty, as there were quite a few powerful martial artists present.

Especially Lei Meng and Luo Feng, these two top powerhouses.

"Inspector Lei." Li Dawei turned his gaze to the 'protagonist' of the moment.

"...It's my duty." Lei Meng glanced at Li Dawei with gratitude, knowing that the other party was helping him out of his predicament, and quickly spoke solemnly.

Luo Feng glanced at Li Dawei and Lei Meng from the side. He had been wondering why the military had suddenly invited him, but now it seemed that this was probably the reason.

The gathering of beast tides has clear advance signs. The number of monsters in a level-one beast tide is in the hundreds of millions, and just gathering would take many days. How could it erupt so suddenly?

"Using this method, as long as they still have any face, the martial artists present won't be able to refuse... Refusal would make them 'deserters,' and how would they be able to mingle in the martial arts world in the future? They would probably be despised and looked down upon, and not only would they be despised, but their families might also be despised. This Li Dawei..." Luo Feng was speechless at Li Dawei's scheme, but also admired and respected him.

The method he used might involve some moral blackmail, as the danger level of a level-one beast tide was extremely high. Once they went, how many people besides Luo Feng could say they could definitely survive? But regardless, this was for the country, for the people, and for the lives of those soldiers fighting desperately on the front lines.

This was standing on the side of righteousness. Although the scheme had some flaws, it was generally harmless. Besides, everyone present, as long as they weren't stupid, could vaguely guess the purpose of this banquet. However, even if most people knew they had fallen for this old fox Li Dawei's trick and felt uncomfortable, they were actually inclined to go to the front lines to help.

"Then let's not waste any time; let's set off now."

Under Li Dawei's pleading and eager gaze, Luo Feng nodded in agreement.

"Phew." Li Dawei breathed a sigh of relief, and an undisguised look of joy appeared on his face. With the addition of a great expert like Luo Feng, the losses from this beast tide could be greatly reduced, and more soldiers would be able to survive.

The beast tide's proactive attack was fake, but the gathering of a large number of monster groups in the East Sea was real. Once the number of monsters gathered was large enough, a beast tide would definitely erupt.

Li Dawei was merely turning passivity into activity, proactively launching an attack to detonate the beast tide that wasn't fully prepared!

"Ah Feng, be careful." Xu Xin kissed Luo Feng and then released her arms from around him.

Although her physical fitness had reached the level of an advanced warrior, she had absolutely no combat experience. In actual combat, she probably couldn't even beat a primary beast soldier, and going would only distract Luo Feng. Therefore, she wisely chose to stay at the banquet and wait for Luo Feng's triumphant return.

"Don't worry." Luo Feng smiled slightly and pinched Xu Xin's nose.

Walking out of the hall, he summoned his No. 1 fighter jet, entered it, and then navigated to the East Sea Military Region.

In the next moment, the fighter jet turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the sky.

Lei Meng and the other War Gods and War Generals also boarded their own fighter jets. Those without fighter jets boarded others', chasing after Luo Feng's fighter jet.

Inside the golden finger space, Bai Chen had a thought and issued Luo Feng the task of defeating the East Sea level-one beast tide.

He glanced at his stored energy—

825,301,000 units.

This was the energy Luo Feng had obtained from completing tasks such as killing monsters and completing daily tasks over the past few months.

Of course, a lot had also been consumed in the middle, such as upgrading the mental hoop, which had consumed a lot of energy, as well as the metal, blood pills, Divine Essence Pills, and other resources that Luo Feng had consumed.

"After completing this 'East Sea Beast Tide Dungeon,' I'll issue Luo Feng the task of slaughtering global monsters," Bai Chen thought to himself.

With Luo Feng's current strength, he could completely hunt down those two beast emperors hiding in the deep sea.

After clearing out the Earth's monsters, it would be about time to let Luo Feng come into contact with the universe.

As for the Golden Horned Beast egg?

There was still more than a year before it descended upon Earth... It was still drifting in some location in the universe. If necessary, Bai Chen could consume energy to see if he could find the location of the Golden Horned Beast egg and let Luo Feng seize it in advance.

As for whether Luo Feng should seize the Golden Horned Beast, Bai Chen had actually given it a lot of thought.

The final decision was naturally to let Luo Feng seize the Golden Horned Beast!

Because this opportunity was much stronger than the Yunmo Star inheritance and was crucial to Luo Feng's future growth.

However, although he wanted to seize it, different methods of seizing it would lead to different results.

Bai Chen now had two ideas for seizing it.

The first idea was inspired by the Panlong universe, which was the idea of splitting the soul and entering the godhead after becoming a Saint, obtaining a god clone.

Referring to this idea, could Bai Chen consume energy to safely split Luo Feng's soul in two, like in the Panlong universe, and let the split half of the soul seize the Golden Horned Beast?

In this way, Luo Feng would be equivalent to having a 'human main body' and a 'Golden Horned Beast clone'.

And the Golden Horned Beast clone would also have the clone talent bestowed by the universe, and could reproduce three more clones.

At that time, there would be one main body, or according to the original universe's understanding of the concept of clones and main bodies, there should be two main bodies, the 'human main body' and the 'Golden Horned Beast main body', and three clones.

Why say two 'main bodies'?

Because in the original universe, the main body and the clone share a complete soul, and the whole is still one. Therefore, after Luo Feng entered the initial universe, the Chaos City Lord was able to perceive Luo Feng's soul essence and know that Luo Feng's human form was actually just a clone, and the Golden Horned Beast was the main body.

But if the soul is split into two, then to some extent, the connection is also severed, and each is a relatively independent existence.

The death of the human main body's soul will not affect the safety of the Golden Horned Beast main body and the three clones born from the Golden Horned Beast.

Truly giving an extra life.

This was Bai Chen's first idea.

The second idea was the same as in the original work, abandoning the human main body and seizing the Golden Horned Beast.

In this way, although there would be one less life, the soul would not have to be split. The pain of splitting the soul was secondary, but it would definitely reduce Luo Feng's talent and potential. Of course, it could be restored, but it would take some time and energy.

In the long run, the first idea was definitely better than the second idea. The result of the first idea would be to have a big consumer of resources, but resources and the like could be obtained by spending more time.

Spending a little more resources would give one more life and a battle force, which was definitely worth it.

Bai Chen himself also preferred the first idea, and if Luo Feng knew, he would probably have the same idea as Bai Chen. After all, Luo Feng would definitely not be happy to abandon the human main body and choose the Golden Horned Beast as the main body.

"Forget it, think slowly, maybe I can come up with a better way. Anyway, the energy is still far from enough, even if the Golden Horned Beast egg comes to Earth now, I don't have enough energy to safely split Luo Feng's soul in two." Bai Chen shook his head and stopped thinking about it.