I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield - Chapter 510 - 416: Terror Storm, Desperation, Solitary Stone Returns (Three-in-One) (Part 2)

Chapter 510: Chapter 416: Terror Storm, Desperation, Solitary Stone Returns (Three-in-One) (Part 2)

In the swirling chaos of energy clouds, the starship is nowhere to be seen, leaving only endless darkness and raging energy, churning wildly in the subspace.

At the moment the Star and Moon ship shattered, Qin Tian and Xiahou Wu brothers both reacted simultaneously—the two positioned themselves one left and one right in front of Dongfang Mingyue, while Xiahou Wen quickly retreated, forming a triangular stance. Their bodies burst forth with brilliant spiritual energy, intertwining and weaving together in the air, eventually forming a thick, wall-like spherical spirit shield, securing Dongfang Mingyue firmly in the center.

The next second, the fierce space turbulence came crashing like giant waves, sweeping the four into the storm instantly, spinning like pebbles in a gale.

The spirit shield was repeatedly battered by the turbulence, its surface rippling violently, emitting sizzling sounds of energy collision.

Cold sweat seeped from Qin Tian’s forehead, his hands fiercely maintaining the output of spiritual energy—he could clearly feel that each impact devoured a massive amount of spiritual energy. If not for the fusion of the three energies, the shield would have shattered long ago.

“Qin Tian, can you use Spatial Ability to move us? We can’t keep holding out like this!” Dongfang Mingyue pressed tightly against the inner side of the shield, looking at the chaotic energy clouds outside, full of anxiety.

Qin Tian shook his head with difficulty: “No! The surrounding space is completely disordered, even the most basic spatial nodes are torn apart. I can’t lock onto any coordinates; forcefully teleporting us would only lead to us being devoured by space!”

No sooner had he spoken than another fierce energy impact struck, causing the spirit shield to tremble violently, even with some small cracks appearing on its surface.

Xiahou Wu roared with anger, intensifying the spiritual energy output suddenly, and the golden light surged, barely mending the cracks.

Time passed in desperate resistance; the storm seemed perpetual, pulling the four increasingly closer to the center of the vortex.

There, the space turbulence was even more fierce, and the spiritual energy consumption rate abruptly increased.

Gradually, Xiahou Wen’s breath began to quicken, the glow of spiritual energy noticeably dimmed—although he was a Tier Seven Spiritualist, his spiritual energy foundation was not as deep as Xiahou Wu’s, and his talent also inferior to Qin Tian’s, under high-intensity consumption, he was the first to falter.

“Brother! Hold on!” Xiahou Wu sensed his brother’s state, a trace of urgency flashing in his eyes, without hesitation injecting a portion of his spiritual energy into Xiahou Wen’s body.

“Don’t give up!”

Qin Tian immediately joined in, helping to stabilize the output.

Though Dongfang Mingyue’s spiritual ability level was not high, she also strived to mobilize the Azure Wood spiritual energy within her, adding it to the flow of spiritual energy.

With the support of the three, Xiahou Wen’s condition temporarily stabilized, the glow of spiritual energy brightened a bit.

But it was just a temporary respite—the energy impacts from the storm’s center were growing stronger, and the speed at which their spiritual energy was being consumed far exceeded the replenishment rate.

Soon, Xiahou Wen’s spiritual energy was nearing depletion again, his body began to tremble slightly, maintaining the shield with shaking arms.

“Don’t…don’t transmit…” Xiahou Wen spoke with difficulty, his voice hoarse, looking at the three beside him, face breaking into a grim smile, “I can’t hold on…if we continue like this, we’ll all die here…”

“Brother! What nonsense are you talking about! We will get out!” Xiahou Wu’s eyes reddened, wanting to continue transmitting energy, but was abruptly pushed away by Xiahou Wen.

Xiahou Wen slowly released his grip on maintaining the shield, his spiritual energy suddenly dimming. He turned his head, looking deeply at Xiahou Wu, then sweeping over Qin Tian and Dongfang Mingyue, his lips moved, finally forming just three words: “Survive.”

Before the words fell, he leaped forward, rushing towards the depths of the storm.

The violent space turbulence instantly swallowed him, his body, in the turbulence, disintegrating like shattered glass, instantaneously dissolving into countless points of light, disappearing in the chaos.

“Brother——!!!”

Xiahou Wu let out a heart-wrenching roar, tears streaming down his face, the older twin brother he grew up with, fought alongside for decades, vanished before his eyes, leaving him in immense pain that caused his spiritual energy to fluctuate wildly, and the spirit shield trembled along with it, the light abruptly dimming.

With the loss of Xiahou Wen’s support, the triangular formation completely collapsed, leaving only Qin Tian and Xiahou Wu barely able to sustain the broken spirit shield.

The storm struck more fiercely, spreading web-like cracks across the shield’s surface, each tremor draining more of their spiritual energy.

“Hold on!” Qin Tian gritted his teeth and growled, feeling Xiahou Wu’s grief and weakness, he could only muster all his strength to mobilize spiritual energy, attempting to stabilize the shield.

But it was in vain.

Yet another fierce energy turbulence struck, the spirit shield emitted a crisp sound, shattering like a broken mirror.

Without the protection of the shield, the three were instantly exposed to the terrifying space turbulence, and the next second, swept into it.

As the spirit shield collapsed, the violent space turbulence swept in like sharp blades.

Qin Tian, almost instinctively, wrapped Dongfang Mingyue tightly in his arms, turning back to shield her from the incoming energy impact with his back.

In the chaos, he glanced around with his peripheral vision, but no longer saw Xiahou Wu’s figure—either swept away by another current, or having met a dire fate.

“Mingyue, hold on!”

Qin Tian shouted, his spiritual energy exploding suddenly, surrounding him in dark golden light—activating the Overlord Body state instantly, all attributes surged 500%, muscles swelling, bones emitting a cracking sound.

Then, the demon pattern appeared on his chest, with dark lines spreading over his body, raising the defense power by another 70%.

To maximize defense, he triggered the long-unused talent [Dark Transformation Technique] with his mind!