Chapter 161 Astra Devourer
Whether to fuse or not was indeed a challenging problem. For the moment, Lin Feng found it difficult to make a decision.
However, his current strength had yet to reach a bottleneck in various aspects, such as Astral Power, his body with incomplete metamorphosis, and so on. There was still a projected period of “explosive growth” for his strength.
Hence, after some thought, Lin Feng put it on hold for the time being and did not rush to make a decision. He decided to focus fully on condensing Astral Power first, at least until he reached his limit.
Actually, the speed at which the Astral Swirl condensed Astral Power was already relatively fast, but for Lin Feng, it still seemed to be very slow. He really wanted to switch to another Astral Power cultivation technique.
Although Astral Power cultivation techniques were rather expensive, Lin Feng’s gains this time were rather good. He killed a total of nine Pangolin Beast demons, and severely injured one.
The heavily injured Pangolin Beast demon was still outside the city. Those Pangolin Beasts did not have intentions to take the “casualty” back. If everything went as expected, the heavily injured Pangolin Beast demon would also die.
Hence, Lin Feng killed ten demons this time. One ordinary demon was worth five merit value, and ten were worth 50 merit value. Lin Feng had earned 50 merit value after this great battle.
This was equivalent to him guarding the South Mountain Base for five years. It seemed like this amount of merit value wasn’t that difficult to obtain.
However, in reality, this was only because Lin Feng was very special, and was practically invincible among his peers. In addition, he cultivated the Void Bubble, so killing a demon was very easy.
Look at the other inhuman experts in the South Mountain Base. They had also fought a bloody battle, but what was the outcome? They could not even kill a demon. Naturally, they did not receive any merit value at all.
Hence, it was not that merit value was easy to obtain, but that it was relatively easier for Lin Feng
Added to Lin Feng’s original 272 merit value, Lin Feng now had 322 merit value.
Lin Feng currently had 2,600 strands of Astral Power. If his Astral Power limit exceeded 5,000 strands, Astral Swirl could condense about 20 strands of Astral Power every day.
With 20 strands a day, 200 strands for 10 days, and 600 strands a month, it meant that he would need about four or five months to reach the limit of Astral Power.
Lin Feng did not want to waste so much time just to condense Astral Power. Hence, without any hesitation, he immediately entered the Martial Domain Network’s online shop.
He had to change his Astral cultivation technique. No matter how much merit value it cost, he had to switch to a cultivation technique that condensed faster. Perhaps that would mean wasting the dozens of merit value spent on the Astral Swirl cultivation technique, but how was Lin Feng supposed to know that the limit of Astral Power in his body would be so formidable back then?
In the Martial Domain Network’s online shop, Lin Feng entered the panel of the academic faction. Back then, he had purchased his Astral Swirl from the academic faction’s online shop. Ordinary Astral Power cultivation techniques were generally around 50 merit value, and there was a limit no matter how expensive they were.
Of course, that applied to the level of a Metamorphic Realm martial artist. If it was an Astral Power cultivation technique for the Divine Realm, things would be different. It would cost at least a few hundred merit value, and not even Lin Feng might be able to afford it.
However, even if they bought the Divine Realm Astral Power cultivation technique, Metamorphic Realm martial artists would not be able to cultivate it. This concerned the level of life, or it might be dangerous to cultivate it.
However, after searching for a while, Lin Feng did not find a satisfactory Astral Power cultivation technique. After all, most Metamorphic Realm Astral Power cultivation techniques sought stability. Who would pursue speed? Even a Third Level Metamorphic Realm martial artist would only have 9,999 strands of Astral Power when reaching the limit of their body. It was perfectly normal for them to take a few years to reach their limit.
No one would have thought that a mere Second Level Metamorphic Realm martial artist like Lin Feng would have such a terrifying limit of Astral Power in his body. If he followed the prescribed order of cultivation to reach the Third Level of Metamorphic Realm, it would take many years for him to condense Astral Power alone.
Since the academic faction did not have any Astral Power cultivation techniques that met Lin Feng’s requirements, he decisively went to search from the other factions.
The first choices were the military and government factions. As the two major factions second only to the academic faction, they also collected many Astral Power cultivation techniques, but they were all similar to the cultivation techniques of the academic faction. There were no Astral Power cultivation techniques that especially pursued speed of condensation.
Next was the consortium faction. Their cultivation techniques were obviously fewer. Even their profundity could not compare to the academic, military, and government factions.
From the cultivation techniques alone, it could be seen that the consortium faction was indeed weaker than the top three factions.
Lastly, there was the Freelance Cultivators Union. The Freelance Cultivators Union was completely different from the top four factions. The top four factions all had some stringent rules and were stricter, whereas the Freelance Cultivators Union did not.
Hence, the cultivation techniques created by some martial artists of the Freelance Cultivators Union were also varied and strange, even wildly imaginative, which interested Lin Feng greatly.
These Astral Power cultivation techniques no longer blindly pursued stability and safety in absorbing Astral Power. Some Astral Power cultivation techniques were even very dangerous, but they were still available in the online shop.
For example, Lin Feng was currently focused on a Astral Power cultivation technique, not because it was terribly miraculous, but because it was sufficiently expensive.
One hundred merit value!
This Astral Power cultivation technique was called Astra Devourer. Its name was rather imposing, and the meaning was that it could devour star power.
Furthermore, the introduction was very domineering. There was almost no limit to devouring star power and transforming it into Astral Power. The amount of Astral Power his body could withstand would be the amount of Astral Power he could condense.
Furthermore, this was not an absolutely safe cultivation technique, and there were dangers. For example, if one’s body could not hold out and still forcefully devoured star power, the star power would rebound, causing the martial artist to suffer severe injuries.
If the body was too weak, even cultivating it by force would cause one to suffer injuries.
The Astra Devourer Technique required a strong physique for cultivation. The stronger the body, the more efficient it was. This was a technique created by a Meta-divine Realm expert of the Freelance Cultivators Union. Its concept was to rely on a technique to cultivate all the way to the Divine Realm or the Meta-divine Realm without any obstructions.
However, in the end, he discovered that the physique requirements required for the Astra Devourer Technique were simply too high. Ordinary Metamorphic Realm martial artists would work hard to cultivate their Astral Power, so why would they care about tempering their bodies?
Thus, as time passed, no one was interested in buying this Astra Devourer Technique. Moreover, it required 100 merit value to be used. In fact, it had only been purchased for three times.
“What a domineering Astral Power cultivation technique. I wonder if it’s as miraculous as its introduction?”
Lin Feng searched around. In the end, he was still more satisfied with this Astra Devourer Technique. This was practically a cultivation technique tailor-made for him. With his physique, forget about Metamorphic Realm martial artists, even those demons which specialized in physiques were not as strong as him.
Lin Feng had the Hero of Humanity Medal, which could give him a 20% discount. Hence, he spent 80 merit value to buy Astra Devourer. There was now only 242 merit value left in his account.
Although he had spent 80 merit value all at once, Lin Feng didn’t pay too much mind to it. No matter how much merit value he had, if it couldn’t increase his strength or wasn’t helpful to his cultivation, what was the use of it?
Hence, if this Astra Devourer Technique could greatly save him the time needed to condense Astral Power, this 80 merit value would be worth it.
After purchasing the Astra Devourer, Lin Feng eagerly checked the mnemonic for the Astra Devourer and prepared to start cultivating.
