121: Gray fog
The compensation was naturally converted into the star core that Lin Ye needed most.
A full two hundred star stones.
This greatly accelerated Lin Ye's progress in collecting star stones.
He himself would probably need four hundred for his breakthrough.
But not only him, Xiaobai also needed to break through.
That's right, Xiaobai also needed star stones for her breakthrough.
However, it seemed she didn't need to fill up every ability like him; as long as Star Child broke through, her other abilities could also break through.
Lin Ye naturally prioritized himself first.
Hmm, I hope such good things happen more often.
He hadn't expected to earn so much from being attacked once.
Moreover, Xia Country not only caused trouble for Yi Country but also acted against Beautiful Country.
However, Yi Country kept a tight lid on things, and Beautiful Country only suffered some minor bad reputation and economic losses.
They expressed indifference to this.
After all, too many fleas don't itch, and too many debts don't worry.
This time, he also got to know Brother Hu, the second-in-command of White Mist City.
His real name was Qin Hu.
He and Qin Long were twin brothers.
What surprised Lin Ye was that the wives of these two brothers were his former teammates, the Zhou twins.
Goodness, twins marrying each other.
A beautiful story!
Lin Ye was chatting with Brother Hu when suddenly, Brother Hu received a message, and his expression changed.
"Brother Hu, what's wrong?" Lin Ye asked.
"The Demon Invasion has begun," Qin Hu said with a serious face.
The two hurriedly completed the final procedures and then returned to White Mist City.
"What's going on? Why has White Mist City turned into Gray Mist City?"
In Lin Ye's view, the originally vast expanse of white mist had turned into gray mist.
"This is a precursor to the Demon Invasion, the demonic gray mist," Qin Hu said with a gloomy expression.
"You go back yourself, I need to go to work," Qin Hu said, then quickly flew away.
Lin Ye returned to the base.
His teammates had been waiting for a long time.
"Captain, how are things on your end?" Ilyana replied.
"It was handled quite well, I received a compensation, but unfortunately, I couldn't do anything to Beautiful Country. What's going on with White Mist City?" Lin Ye asked.
"You've been gone for seven days; this gray mist appeared on the fourth day."
"After the gray mist appeared, the Star Power concentration in the Star Realm was affected."
"Yes, that's right, we haven't even seen the demons yet, and this gray mist has already caught us off guard."
Lin Ye knew the power of the gray mist.
He had just felt it.
The gray mist would affect the absorption of Star Power.
When absorbing Star Power, the gray mist would release its essence and seep into the absorber's body.
Subtly changing the absorber's physique.
Making them more bloodthirsty and violent, and also affecting the purity of the absorber's Star Power.
Fortunately, the terrifying effect of Lin Ye's Lord of Star Force protected him from the gray mist's influence.
Lord of Star Force even greedily and thirstily absorbed the gray mist energy.
This energy seemed to be able to strengthen the physique.
Lin Ye naturally trusted the intuition of Lord of Star Force; this was the confidence the Primordial Grade gave him, so he didn't stop the absorption of the gray mist.
"Everyone, focus on strengthening your power recently, and pay attention to official announcements; there should be many missions to take on then."
Everyone expressed understanding.
Every time there was a crisis, such a conscription order would appear, but it was not mandatory.
However, every Xia Country citizen was not a coward and would often overcrowd the mission hall.
This was the cohesion of the Xia Country nation.
In the following days, the officials successively issued announcements.
Because they had already known about the Demon Invasion, the officials had made very thorough preparations in secret.
Almost immediately, they calmed the restless crowd and made everyone accept the facts.
"Brother, I'm so scared."
"What are you afraid of? Haven't you seen the official announcement? Our Xia Country had foreseen everything long ago."
"No way, why aren't there any missions yet? I can't wait to fight those demon brats."
"I wonder if demon beauties are as hot as they are in the comics."
Public opinion not only showed no fear but was full of fighting spirit; some brothers who liked lewdness even began to have perverted thoughts.
No lewdness allowed.
After Lin Ye returned to the base, he began a long period of training.
On the fifth day, Muscle Master, which he had been adding points to for a long time, finally broke through its limit.
Because he was fully prepared this time, he didn't make his teammates suspicious.
Lin Ye once again collapsed magnificently.
And White Mist City, no, it should be called Gray Mist City now, also experienced another celestial change.
The originally hazy sky instantly turned blood-red, and a strong sense of oppression filled the air.
"The Demon Invasion?"
"What's going on? How can the sky change so suddenly?"
"How strange, how strange."
The leadership of Gray Mist City was also at a loss.
"What's the situation? Why is it different from the information given by the Elf Race again?"
"Strange, strange, strange, too strange."
"Xiaolong, Xiaohu, what do you think?"
Everyone pondered for a long time but still didn't know the specific situation.
"Forget it, Xiaolong, how are things over there?" Lin Zhenyue asked.
"Reporting to the City Lord, the demon's vanguard has already invaded."
"Good, good, good, our surrounding forces have set up a encirclement, surrounding all the demon's passages, let's see how they get out."
The area where Lin Ye first discovered the demonic beasts was one of the passages connecting the demon realm to the Star Realm continent.
There were many others in other places.
Whenever one of these passages was discovered, the surrounding forces would establish towns to surround it.
They would also set up traps at the passage entrance.
So the demon vanguards that had invaded so far were basically dealt with cleanly.
However, War was a long process; when it would end depended entirely on when this gray mist invasion would dissipate.
On the other side, Lin Ye entered a long period of breaking through his limits.
This time it lasted for five days.
The transformation of the physical body by Muscle Master was even greater than that of Lord of Star Force.
When Lin Ye woke up, he felt an endless surge of power.
This!
After the physical transformation, every muscle in his entire body was a nuclear-powered energy source.
Lin Ye activated Muscle Master, and instantly, all the muscles throughout his body swelled, transforming him into a muscular devil.
Strong, too strong.
Now, he would not have the danger of physical exhaustion, and his endurance was infinite.
Every muscle could store a large amount of muscle glycogen, transforming into physical fuel.
Moreover, what was stored was no longer traditional muscle glycogen, but a more advanced Star Power substance.
Not only that, but because his smooth muscles and cardiac muscles were also strengthened, his consumption and absorption, blood transportation, and other abilities all surged.
Lin Ye admired his perfect physique in the mirror, exclaiming that even the Creator's work would be nothing more than this.
Next, he didn't go out, absorbing star stones and converting Muscle Master into a core, further enhancing his power.
This time was similar to the last, taking over five days and absorbing forty-four star stones.
Bringing his physical amplitude to 109.
Muscle Master reaching Primordial Grade also slightly increased his physical amplitude.
A physical amplitude of 109 was something even some Star Level users of superior star core could not achieve.