Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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Just as Ultraman's clone was overjoyed at being able to obtain a complete spaceship, Delacion told him another piece of good news.

"how many?"

Ultraman's clone was somewhat excited. You see, in the universe, planetary level beings can only barely make ends meet, stellar level beings can barely think about making money, and cosmic level beings can be considered strong in some small places.

Although the strength of Ultraman's clones is completely different from that of ordinary star-level beings, they still cannot make any progress without initial funding.

“I checked, and there are a full 2000 million Qianwu coins.”

"2000 million Qianwu coins!"

Upon hearing this number, Ultraman's clone frowned. It was a bit low. Hu Yanbo had left Luo Feng assets worth tens of billions of Qianwu coins at the stellar level, of course, because the assets were left by an immortal god.

20 million Qianwu coins may seem like a lot, but his Black Dragon Mountain ship is worth 10 billion Black Dragon coins, which is 10 million Qianwu coins. The third-tier Force weapon he is currently using is also worth 20 million Qianwu coins. In other words, the assets left behind by the owner of the Black Dragon Mountain ship are about the same as his current assets.

Of course, there are definitely many assets that cannot be reflected in the account, such as the secret techniques purchased by the original owner of the spaceship, etc.

"Forget it, it should be just enough for the early stages of the universe. At least I won't have to sell equipment."

Ultraman's clone shook his head, deciding not to worry about the miscellaneous details for now, figuring he'd find out once they entered space.

After dealing with the spaceship, Ultraman's clone finally had time to look at the three naked "Silver Guardians" in the control room, as well as the former owner of the spaceship who had turned to ashes and was now just powder.

“Three Silver Guardians are not bad either. Once Delacion cracks their internal systems, they can be used to protect Mom and Dad.”

As for Ultraman's clone and the human main body, they don't need anyone to protect them. Once the human main body reaches the planetary level, it can use its domain, making it basically invincible at the planetary level.

Subsequently, during Delacion's inspection, some first and second-tier Force weapons, as well as a spatial ring, were discovered in the spaceship.

Previously, Ultraman's clone obtained one from the pyramid, and this one can be given to the human main body for use.

"This harvest far exceeded expectations. Not only did we obtain a complete spaceship, but we also received a legacy, and Delacion's intelligence has improved considerably."

All of this is based on the premise that Ultraman's clone is strong enough. If it is not strong enough, the entire Black Dragon spaceship will probably self-destruct, and nothing will be gained.

Afterwards, Delacion spent several more days organizing the entire Black Dragon spaceship, and Ultraman's clone took the opportunity to consolidate his newly broken-through Stellar level and learn the basic secret techniques of Meteorite Star obtained from the bald Crystal Man. Both martial artists and mentalists learned them.

Several days later, Delacion was finally able to start operating the entire spaceship.

In the deep sea, a spaceship that has been buried for who knows how long is finally able to see the light of day again.

"Dracion, activate stealth mode, destination—Mars!"

Ultraman's clone sat in the main seat of the control room and began issuing orders, with three Silver Guards, whose control systems had still been tampered with, standing behind him.

"Roger that!"

A black, saucer-shaped spaceship, approximately 100 meters in diameter, pierced through the seabed and vanished into thin air the moment it emerged from the water. Given the advanced technology of the Black Dragon spaceship, it was impossible for Earth's technology to detect it.

"Master, Delacion is at your service. How is the comfort level?" Delacion chuckled on the screen.

"The vibration is still very noticeable."

Ultraman's clone smiled slightly. With the Black Dragon spaceship's technological level, even a planetary-level mentalist would probably only be able to detect a slight vibration. However, since he was a stellar-level being, this slight vibration was very obvious to him.

Upon hearing Ultraman's clone's words, the Delacion image on the screen momentarily froze.

"Haha, start 100% outdoor scene simulation."

After making a small joke, Ultraman's clone had Delacion activate the outdoor simulation, and instantly a huge blue planet reappeared in his eyes. Just as the two were chatting, the Black Dragon spaceship had already flown away from Earth.

Reappearing in outer space, Ultraman's clone felt an urge to rush out and embark on light-speed travel. Having reached the stellar level, he could already achieve light speed, or even exceed it, when transforming into light.

However, Ultraman's clone quickly suppressed this impulse with his will. After reaching the speed of light in the Swallowed Star Sky, it will directly enter the dark universe and then align with the real universe at a distance of ten million times the same proportion.

If he were to enter the dark universe at the speed of light, he probably wouldn't be able to find Earth's location.

"Master, the spaceship has accelerated to a constant sub-light speed of 10 kilometers per second and is heading towards Mars."

The distance from Earth to Mars is quite far. Even traveling at one-third the speed of light, it would take several tens of minutes to reach the destination, and at the farthest distance, it could take more than an hour.

……

Several tens of minutes later, the spacecraft was about to arrive at Mars and began to slowly decelerate.

"Master, we have arrived on Mars!" Delacion's voice rang out.

However, before the hatch even opened, Ultraman's clone rushed straight towards the somewhat orange-yellow planet.

A beam of light shot out from the spaceship, transforming into a colorful giant several meters tall. The towering giant hurtled straight toward the planet's surface, the intense atmospheric friction turning it into a massive fireball.

The rapidly moving fireball showed no sign of slowing down even as it was about to hit the ground.

boom!

Like an asteroid falling, a thunderous sound resounded across the surface of Mars, kicking up countless specks of dust.

"Comfortable!"

Ultraman's clone fell onto the Martian surface without slowing down, his body stained red, a symbol of power. He fell directly from the atmosphere without sustaining any injuries.

The Ultraman clone, which landed on the ground, twisted its waist, then began to gather power in its hands and feet, and instantly struck the small mound next to it at a speed beyond the naked eye. The violent energy impact created a nuclear crater in the ground.

Rumble…

A series of explosions echoed across the Martian surface, and huge craters appeared beneath the fists of Ultraman's clone.

After a series of outbursts, Ultraman's clone once again activated his Radiant Form, superimposing it into Power Form. He then raised his hands, and a photon fluid ray carrying strands of golden light blasted directly towards the distant mountain peak.

Ding dong ding dong!

Only after the timer on his chest indicated low energy did Ultraman's clone slowly retract the photon fluid ray, and the distant mountain peaks turned into deep pits.

Chapter 38 Second Avatar

"Finally, I can unleash my full power without restraint."

After venting his frustrations, Ultraman's clone felt refreshed. Since becoming a stellar-level... no, a planetary-level being, he hadn't gone all out since the first time he defeated the ocean beast king.

Especially at the stellar level, even if he wanted to train with all his might, he couldn't find a place on Earth. After all, he couldn't be calculated according to the normal stellar level. The final all-out attack just now was something that even an ordinary cosmic level expert might not be able to deliver.

If they were to make even the slightest move on Earth, they could terrify the Earth's current government.

So until now, Ultraman's clones have been suppressing their power, only daring to unleash it recklessly in the uninhabited area of ​​Mars.

Having power but being unable to use it is also a very painful thing. After venting, Ultraman's clone immediately felt refreshed and even made progress in his mental state.

"The entire Mars seems to be a mine for black iron from the Silver Blue Empire."

Once the Ultraman clone returned to calm, it recalled that apart from that pile of Xuan Iron, there wasn't much else of value on Mars.

"Forget about Grade A Xuan Iron, but we can bring some Grade B Xuan Iron Essence and Grade C Xuan Iron Mother to sell in the universe later."

While Ultraman's clone was venting his anger, Delacion was also scanning the entire Mars and naturally discovered the nine energy pyramids and the steel city below them.

Back then, the Silver Blue Empire mined on Mars and built a mining base, which consisted of nine pyramids. However, Hu Yanbo wiped it out in an instant. The remaining miners used black iron to build a steel city beneath the pyramids, but they all eventually perished, leaving behind a large amount of metal in the warehouse.

Ultraman's clone then plundered the steel city beneath the pyramid, but he didn't care for the ordinary A-grade black iron, only taking 33600 tons of black iron essence and 2.34 tons of black iron mother, which were still worth some money.

"Master, which planet are you going to next?" Delacion asked on the screen after Ultraman's clone finished looting.

"I'm not going to any planet!"

For Ultraman's clone, who has already reached the stellar level, it's hard to find anything in the solar system that can arouse his interest, except for the Zerg mother nest and the immortal race spaceship on Earth, but neither of these are things he can touch at his stellar level.

"Let's go..." Ultraman's clone looked up at the sky, where a dazzling star was constantly radiating energy.

"sun!"

The Sun, with a diameter of 139 million kilometers, a volume a million times that of Earth, and a mass 33 times that of Earth, is a perfect nuclear fusion sphere that provides energy for the entire solar system. Its surface temperature reaches 5500°C, and its core temperature reaches 1500 million°C.

At this moment, this star, which had not been visited for a long time, welcomed a new visitor: a giant of light.

"Being so close to the sun makes my whole body feel alive."

After arriving near the sun aboard the Black Dragon spaceship, Ultraman's clone stored the spaceship in his storage space and rushed into the corona alone.

After Ultraman's clone landed on the surface of the sun, he immediately felt his body cells become extremely active, absorbing cosmic energy at more than twice the normal rate.

In the Swallowed Star, there is a cosmic behemoth that lives inside stars—the Flame Star Behemoth. It is also a pinnacle of cosmic bloodline, growing by feeding on stars.

However, Ultraman's clone sensed that his state was different from that of the Flame Star Beast. It wasn't that he was devouring the power of the star, but rather that his body had been stimulated, causing him to grow at a speed exceeding his usual pace.

"About twice as much!"

Ultraman's clone estimated that it would take him about 100 years to go from a first-order star to a cosmic-level star, but with twice the growth rate, it would only take 50 years.

"It's still too slow."

Ultraman's clone sighed, but thankfully he could still use the resources that promote human growth. With the help of stellar acceleration, he should be able to save a lot of time, but that would have to wait until he made contact with human civilization in the universe.

For now, we'll just have to make do with what we have; a double speedup would be pretty good.

Thus, Ultraman's clone cultivated on the star, while Lu Yunhe's human body went into seclusion inside the pyramid.

More than a month later, Lu Yunhe, who was inside the pyramid, slowly opened his eyes. With the enhancement of Mu Yajing, he finally reached the planetary level.

“It’s really not easy!”

Lu Yunhe sighed. Compared to the growth rate of Ultraman's clone, he had only managed to break through to the planetary level by taking drugs all the way.

In the early stages, he used plant crystals to reach the level of a formal martial artist; in the middle stages, he used plant spirits to reach the level of a war god; and finally, he used wood bud crystals to reach the first level of a planet. His progress in cultivation was not much.

However, the result was ultimately good; he finally reached the planetary level and could extract the next clone.

"Monster Encyclopedia!"

Lu Yunhe summoned the system that hadn't appeared for a long time. If he hadn't remembered that he would get a chance to draw a monster clone every time he advanced to a higher realm, he would have almost forgotten about the cheat.

Monster Encyclopedia

Character: Lu Yunhe

Cultivation level: Planetary level 1

Monster clone: ​​Ultraman (details)

Monster draw count: 1

Redemption list: omitted

……

Lu Yunhe skipped the exchange list; the items there were too discouraging. He then started drawing new monster clones.