I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield - Chapter 442 - 374: The Second Holy Blood—Immortal Sacred Body
Chapter 442: Chapter 374: The Second Holy Blood—Immortal Sacred Body
Inside the tent
Qin Tian’s fingertips caressed the lone stone necklace in his palm, the surface of the black stone rough and devoid of any glow.
Ever since sealing the space channel, this peculiar stone seemed to have exhausted all its vitality; despite him nurturing it daily with the Celestial Guardian Bloodline, it remained as silent as a dead object, never sending any response.
“Void…” Qin Tian murmured softly, his eyes as deep as an unfathomable cold pool.
He recalled the warning before sealing the passage, that angry and low “Void… enemy” — at that time, it must have sensed the void fluctuations deep within the passage and emerged to suppress them.
Six hundred years ago, the void turmoil almost toppled the entire Empire, and the lone stone was the ultimate weapon that ended that catastrophe.
A thought in his mind became increasingly clear: The appearance of the Demon Suppression Abyss occurred precisely a hundred years after the void turmoil.
Could it be that the remnants of the void forces breached the spatial barrier between the Demon Suppression Abyss and the Cosmos?
Could those regularly opening space channels also be connected to the void?
Countless speculations entwined his mind like vines, yet they were ultimately unproven hypotheses.
Even if the truth is indeed so, what can he change with his strength alone?
The chaos of the Demon Suppression Abyss had long exceeded the realm of individual capacity; it required the unity of all forces within the Azure Wood Star Realm to have any hope of a complete resolution.
As for the void turmoil… it was a disaster that nearly overturned the Empire’s foundational rule.
If not for finding the lone stone back then, the Empire would probably have already fallen apart, with even the name “Empire” erased from the annals of history.
Qin Tian gently tightened his grip on the lone stone, the cold touch somewhat grounding his chaotic thoughts.
For now, perhaps there’s no need to rush in seeking answers — some mysteries reveal their true outlines only at the right moment.
He shifted his focus to the system panel; the battle to seal the space channel was the most brutal and difficult, yet also the most rewarding, battle since he ventured into the Demon Suppression Abyss.
In the earlier stages, he eliminated demons through the Dark Corpse Control Art, and in the end, he detonated over a thousand explosive iron balls, creating an empty zone spanning dozens of kilometers.
At that time, the concentration of demons was at its peak, and this round of explosions resulted in an uncountable death toll of demons. By the end of this battle, it netted him over 50 million Evolution Points and more than a hundred unique Talents.
With 50 million Evolution Points, he could enhance the Desolate Battle Body to the Holy Blood level, with 20 to 30 million Evolution Points left for allocating to subsequent Talents.
Upon departing the Demon Suppression Abyss and returning to the planet, the commotion from breaking through the Holy Blood level might draw others’ attention, hence Qin Tian decided to complete the evolution of his second golden Talent on the first layer of the Demon Abyss.
The Gate of Space opened consecutively.
Qin Tian returned to beneath the magma sea where the lone stone had once been.
This was once a Demon Source, later cleared by the United Army, leaving no trace of the Demon Source or the millions of demons.
In the underground cavern, all that remained was the bubbling sound of flowing magma.
The path was blocked by collapsed rubble, making progress difficult as he stepped over the sharp stones.
Magma seeped through the crevices of the passage, forming winding streams on the ground. The faint red glow illuminated the mottled rock walls, making the scars left by battles look like bleeding wounds.
The air was permeated with a faint demonic Qi, mixed with the smell of sulfur and burning rock, providing a stinging, burning sensation when inhaled.
Occasionally, he saw the remains of some demons embedded in the rock walls, some skeletons only halfway intact, others charred black by the magma, merging with the surrounding rubble, making it impossible to discern their original form.
From deep within the cave, there came the sound of loosening rocks, as a millstone-sized rock fell from above, crashing into the nearby magma stream, splattering scalding droplets that evaporated into white mist mid-air.
This was once the core of the Demon Source and the resting place of the lone stone; now, it was merely a ruined wasteland, with only the lingering demonic Qi to testify to its past as a demon’s nest.
“Right here.”
Qin Tian was quite satisfied with the environment of the underground cavern. The covert terrain could isolate probing, ensuring that even if a significant commotion occurred during the breakthrough, the troops on the surface would remain oblivious.
Furthermore, this breakthrough of pure physical Talent was indifferent to the density of Spiritual Energy, requiring only a quiet, secluded space.
He approached the previous resting spot of the lone stone; the stone platform still stood tall and imposing.
The magma at his feet flowed slowly like a crimson stream, the steaming heat unable to disturb his mind.
Qin Tian sat cross-legged, taking deep breaths to adjust his state, lightly tracing his fingers in the void, prompting the system panel to appear. Thanks to the nourishment from numerous opportunities and treasures, the Talent color of the Desolate Battle Body had reached a deep orange, just a step away from the orange limit.
Recalling the Evolution Points needed for the Night Emperor bloodline enhancement, his eyes sharpened, and with a sweeping motion of his hand, he directly invested 20 million Evolution Points.
Buzz——
The orange light sphere on the panel suddenly vibrated intensely, its surface cracking finely, as though something was about to break free.
The next moment, a dazzling golden hue erupted from the fissures, swiftly spreading like a wildfire, instantly turning the entire light sphere into a pure gold color.
In the instant the Evolution Points fully infused into the light sphere, it was as if a star which had lain dormant for eons within Qin Tian’s body suddenly exploded!
“Roar——!”
A roar, causing the gold to crack and stone to shatter, erupted from his throat, not out of pain, but resonating with the heavens and earth from his Qi and Blood surging to the pinnacle.
The immense Qi and Blood clashed through his meridians like a tidal wave; each circulation bore the might of splitting mountains and cracking stones, condensing into a tangible golden torrent on his body surface, jetting out through his pores!
“Boom!”
The Qi and Blood shot up towards the cavern’s dome, piercing through dozens of feet of rock to create a massive hole, turning Qin Tian’s whole being into a radiant golden sun, with profound patterns emerging under his skin, glowing like starlight, those traversing golden lines intertwined into a primal chaos pattern of the world’s creation, sometimes forming a rampaging giant beast of wilderness, sometimes coalescing into a divine bridge spanning across starry rivers, all eventually sinking back into his flesh, infusing every inch of his skin with a divine metallic luster.
The cracking sounds from his bones were like thunder clashing, not from fracture but undergoing a holy reconstruction.
Beneath the pale golden periosteum, countless golden lines darted like lightning, tempering the original white bones into something akin to immortal divine metal, while his organs exuded a gentle yet vast golden light, each writhing seemingly inhaling the essence of heavens and earth’s origin.
His liver soared like a Cyan Dragon, his heart burned like a Vermilion Bird, his spleen lay dormant like a Yellow Qilin, his lungs roared like a White Tiger, and his kidneys breathed like a Mysterious Tortoise, resonating together and sending an unstoppable vitality flooding through his veins, even his bone marrow emitted a golden glow, as if a star was being born and dying within.
The golden light film on his surface rapidly expanded, encompassing the entire cavern, with the scorching magma outside the film transforming into gentle streams, while the suspended fragments of rocks converged into a revolving star ring around him.
His five senses magnified to an unimaginable extent, gaining control over the subtle changes of all things in heaven and earth.
His blood surged like a golden river, each drop containing the power to destroy heavens and earth, and as it flowed through his veins, it cast the virtual image of sun, moon, and stars upon his body surface.
As his blood circulated, an overwhelming majesty beyond all things rose from deep within his marrow, as if all creation would bow before this aura, causing even space to ripple faintly in awe of this newfound might.
No knowing how long passed, as the Qi and Blood within him gradually settled, Qin Tian slowly opened his eyes. A flash of golden light crossed his pupils, with the rotation of sun and moon within, his mere gaze causing the cavern walls to silently spiderweb with cracks.
He lightly clenched his fist, the moment his knuckles exerted force, the surrounding air crackled under the burden, instantly reducing nearby rock fragments to powder, even causing the space itself to ripple.
Feeling the surging power within that seemed capable of tearing heaven and earth asunder, Qin Tian’s lips curled into a satisfied smile.
He cast a glance at the system panel, the two golden light spheres stood like twin suns in the sky, proudly towering above the cluster of Talents.
The name of the new Talent prominently displayed before him —
Immortal Sacred Body
