High Martial: I Grind Professions

This meant that within the unimaginably vast territory of the advanced Alka Empire, among all the elite training bases affiliated with the Source Net, the person in the tower was destined to become one of the most dazzling stars for the next three to five years!

Even the core training ground of the Alka Supercluster might not produce such a prodigy every year.

The last time a genius who reached the eighth floor had appeared in the entire jurisdiction of the Alka Empire was three years ago.

And now, this miracle had occurred in the No. 7 base he, Blood Blade, was in charge of—a base under the jurisdiction of the Moruo Intermediate Empire.

Elation instantly swelled in Blood Blade’s chest.

A glint shone in his eyes as he rapidly began to consider how to report this at the highest level, and how to ensure this peerless prodigy received the best possible training and protection within the base.

His gaze, fixed on the light screen, was filled with fervor.

The only sounds in the entire plaza were heavy breathing and pounding hearts.

Everyone, whether they were shocked, terrified, awestruck, or ecstatic, was frozen as if by a Body-Fixing Skill, their gazes locked on the top of the light screen, awaiting the final outcome.

...

「Eighth Floor of the Heaven-Reaching Tower.」

The moment he stepped into the space of the eighth floor, Li Wen felt as if he had taken a single step from the shallows into a boundless, deep sea.

A terrifying pressure, as if the weight of an entire galaxy was bearing down on him, slammed into him, taking his breath away.

Before him was no longer a chaotic void, but the backdrop of a vast, starry sky.

And beneath this starry sky, there was only a single being.

It was a humanoid creature about four meters tall.

It was not a creature of flesh and blood. Its entire body seemed to be forged from some unknown, dark gold metal, with sharp, distinct angles that exuded a sense of power and immortality.

He held a colossal, dark-red spear that was over ten meters long.

The shaft of the spear was entwined with streams of dark-red energy that seemed to be formed from the destruction of stars. The tip of the spear held a cold glint as brilliant as a supernova’s explosion.

Even more oppressive was the aura he emanated.

It was a pressure that surpassed the Saint Realm. His very essence of life had been sublimated. It was as if he himself were a star, containing infinite stellar power and resonating with the cosmic Laws on a deeper level.

This pressure was like a tangible tsunami, crashing against Li Wen’s physical body and Primordial Spirit in waves, causing the Primordial Power within him to become sluggish.

A Tier One Star Lord!

’Finally... I’m facing an enemy of this level!’ A trace of unprecedented gravity crossed Li Wen’s face.

But in the next moment, that gravity was replaced by a blazing, almost fanatical will to fight.

Until now, he had never fought a true Star Lord Level creature.

Likewise, he had never tried to see what kind of transformation fully activating his Lv. 7 [Berserk] skill would bring!

The four-meter-tall metal giant slowly turned his head, his pair of eyes burning with dark gold flames locking onto Li Wen.

He held the spear in one hand, the massive tip pointed at Li Wen from a distance.

A deep, majestic voice that sounded like metal grinding against the Laws of the universe echoed through the starry expanse:

"Beneath the starry dome, all things are but dust. Ant, your struggle ends here."

The declaration of battle was brief, yet it carried an absolute tyranny, as if he held the power of life and death over the stars themselves.

"We’ll see who the ant is after we fight!" Li Wen shouted, the long-dormant hot blood in his veins finally boiling over.

’Facing a Star Lord Level being, any hesitation or holding back is suicide!’

"[Berserk]—Activate!!!"

BOOM—!!!

An unprecedented, utterly berserk torrent of power erupted from the depths of every cell in Li Wen’s body!

For the first time, he had fully activated his Lv. 7 Martial Artist exclusive skill, [Berserk]!

A staggering 70% boost to all stats instantly affected his physical body, True Qi, Primordial Spirit, neural responses, Law perception... every aspect of his being!

The golden light on his skin was no longer a faint glow; it now blazed like tangible flames of Gold!

His muscles bulged, his bones letting out a rapid-fire series of cracks like popping soybeans, and the sense of power was so immense it felt like it would burst through his skin!

The long saber in his hand hummed and trembled, the blade unleashing a dark-gold edge of light several meters long, as if it could slice the very starry sky in two!

His aura skyrocketed, infinitely approaching the threshold of the Star Lord Level, but he was still missing that crucial final step; the essence of his life had not yet changed.

"All Things Return to Ruins Finger!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Wen immediately and unreservedly unleashed his current strongest single-target attack.

’Against a Star Lord Level opponent, I have to give it my all and seize the initiative.’

His body seemed to transform into a massive energy vortex, as immense amounts of True Qi and the vast power of his Primordial Spirit gathered frantically at his fingertip.

This time, the dark gold giant finger condensed at an extreme speed.

The body of the finger was no longer just wreathed in cracks, but seemed to be forcibly compressed and condensed from countless shattered spatial fragments.

The core of annihilation at its tip had even transformed into a rapidly spinning micro black hole that emitted a terrifying suction force.

Carrying the will to destroy everything, the massive dark gold finger, like a finger of divine punishment, instantly crossed space and jabbed toward the metal giant’s chest.

Faced with this finger, a strike powerful enough to annihilate someone at the Peak of Saint Realm, the metal giant’s burning eyes showed no ripple of emotion, but instead a trace of... indifference.

"A parlor trick."

He didn’t even move his other hand, merely holding the giant, dark-red spear with one arm.

Toward the jabbing dark gold finger, he thrust forward casually, as if swatting a fly!

There was no earth-shattering explosion of aura.

There was only a single point of dark-red spear light, condensed to the absolute limit and seemingly capable of piercing a Star Core, that shot out from the tip of the spear.

Yet, in Li Wen’s perception, that single point of spear light was like a star compressed to its ultimate limit.