I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield - Chapter 519 - 422: The Terrifying Jie La
Chapter 519: Chapter 422: The Terrifying Jie La
Rustle, rustle~
With the breakthrough complete, Jie La’s thousands of sturdy vines swayed gently, like a human’s arms waving in joy, signaling to Qin Tian and Dongfang Mingyue, conveying the excitement and happiness after the breakthrough.
Their appearance was lively and dynamic, not at all like a plant, but more like a child who just accomplished something significant, waiting for praise, making Qin Tian and Dongfang Mingyue unable to help but smile.
In the next moment, a strong suction suddenly erupted from within Jie La, like a black hole appearing out of nowhere, instantly covering an area of several dozen kilometers.
The purple energy clouds originally floating in the Subspace, as if drawn by an invisible force, frantically surged towards Jie La, forming spectacular energy storms.
This is… consolidating the realm!
Qin Tian’s eyes flickered; after breaking through to Tier Seven, Jie La quickly stabilized her breakthrough foundation by absorbing energy. Other Spiritualists or Spirit Plants might take several months to accumulate and stabilize after a breakthrough, but Jie La’s devouring trait, plus a large cluster of energy clouds nearby, significantly shortened the stabilization process.
Feeling the increasingly strong suction around, even sensing the Spiritual Energy within himself stirring, as if it might be drawn away by Jie La, Qin Tian dared not be careless. He quickly wrapped his arm around Dongfang Mingyue’s waist and retreated with her rapidly, pulling back a full hundred miles before feeling the suction weaken substantially.
Standing in the safe area, the two looked at Jie La again—only to see the energy cloud-formed hurricane growing larger, like a giant purple dragon connecting heaven and earth, continuously injecting energy into Jie La’s body.
Under the nourishment of the energy, Jie La’s vines became thicker and more resilient, the golden Spirit Patterns on the surface became clearer, and the Life Energy they emitted became increasingly majestic.
Dongfang Mingyue stared at Jie La with amazement. Although the Dongfang Clan was not short of high-tier Spirit Plants, with a guard Spirit Plant that reached Tier Nine, and most clan members had companion Spirit Plants, Jie La’s terrifying devouring trait definitely ranked among the top of all Spirit Plants she had seen.
Curious, she turned to Qin Tian and asked, “Qin Tian, what species of Spirit Plant is Jie La?”
Qin Tian replied with a smile, “Soul-Devouring Demon Vine.”
Dongfang Mingyue recalled for a moment, but searched through all her knowledge about Spirit Plants and found no records of “Soul-Devouring Demon Vine.”
However, she quickly came to terms with it—there are countless types of Spirit Plants, tens of thousands recorded, and numerous rare ones yet to be discovered or documented. It’s normal not to have heard of it.
As they talked, Jie La continued devouring the energy cloud.
The large energy cloud covering dozens of kilometers rapidly shrank visibly, and the purple hurricane gradually diminished.
About five minutes later, the last wisp of energy cloud was absorbed into Jie La’s body, the hurricane in the sky completely dissipated, leaving Jie La suspended in mid-air, her vines stretching out, golden Spirit Patterns flickering, her aura stable and powerful, clearly having consolidated her Tier Seven realm.
Qin Tian watched this scene, unable to help but click his tongue in admiration. Such a vast amount of energy, yet Jie La could absorb it all in one go; her body was simply a bottomless pit!
While Qin Tian marveled at Jie La’s terrifying efficiency in devouring energy, a delicate and somewhat timid voice suddenly echoed in his mind, much like a child who just learned to speak, soft yet clear: “Master…”
This voice appeared without warning, but made Qin Tian instantly realize—it was Jie La!
A gleam of surprise flashed in his eyes, after passing through the Celestial Plant Tribulation, not only did Jie La’s Spiritual Body break through to Tier Seven, but her Soul and intellect also achieved a qualitative leap, capable now of communicating in simple language. Her intelligence shouldn’t be inferior to a human child of ten or so years.
As long as she continues to be cultivated afterwards, in time, her language expression and thinking ability will surely become more mature.
“Jie La, congratulations on breaking through to Tier Seven.” Qin Tian responded in his mind with a smile, filled with relief in his tone.
In his mind, Jie La’s consciousness transmitted a wave of joyful vibrations, her voice even more jubilant: “Thank you, Master.”
Immediately, she continued communicating, excitement scarcely concealed in her voice: “Master, enemies are coming! So many… so many strange things!”
Qin Tian hearing this was not surprised.
Since the beginning of Jie La’s energy cloud devourment, he sensed a massive energy group approaching quickly from afar—precisely those dimensional creatures the Demon King Avatar had discovered earlier, clearly attracted by the strong energy fluctuations released during Jie La’s breakthrough.
“Jie La, I leave these dimensional creatures to you.”
“Mm!” Jie La’s voice echoed in Qin Tian’s mind, with a touch of cheerfulness. She continued maintaining her sky-covering form—the main vine was thick as a barrel, glowing with soft green light, thousands of branches spread out like an open giant umbrella, extending from the main vine, each branch several kilometers long, some entwined with pale golden Tribulation Fire, others flickering with eerie blue electric light, and some oozing dark green venom, forming a vast green barrier in the Subspace, the pressure of a Tier Seven Spirit Plant spread like a tide.
It was but a moment before the chaotic cloud patches in the distance were torn apart, thousands of dimensional creatures swarmed forward like a swarm of locusts.
They came in various shapes, some were flesh monsters covered in bone spikes, their mouths dripping corrosive slime; some were translucent energy conglomerates, wrapped in chaotic spatial rifts; others were masses of twisted shadows, constantly splitting into smaller avatars.
Seeing Jie La’s massive form, they instinctively paused.
The Tier Seven aura exuded from Jie La made the low-tier dimensional creatures tremble instinctively, even beginning to recoil, but at the same time, the abundant ocean-like Life Energy within Jie La acted as a lethal lure, triggering the dimensional creatures’ primal greed.
To them, devouring energy and Life Force was the quickest way to enhance their strength.
Hesitation and greed interwove in the group, their roars filled with indecision, yet they remained reluctant to leave.
While they hesitated, Jie La did not.
The next second, thousands of vines flailed wildly, sweeping towards the dimensional army.
Each vine precisely locked onto its target, Tribulation Fire igniting instantly, searing the monsters into emitting heartrending screams; vines wrapped in electric light pierced through energy conglomerates, blue currents surged along the vines, shredding the energy bodies into pieces; poison-secreting vines entangled shadow avatars, dark green venom consuming them swiftly like a corrosive worm.
In just one breath, thousands of dimensional creatures were tightly ensnared by Jie La’s vines.
Next, horrific suction burst forth from the vines ensnaring the bone spike creatures, their bodies shriveling visibly, hard scales and bones crumbling to powder under the suction, flowing through the vine network into Jie La’s body; energy conglomerates were directly decomposed into pure energy, merging with the green light of the vines; shadow avatars had no chance to resist, their Souls drawn out forcibly, nurturing Jie La’s Soul.
Even Tier Six dimensional creatures stood no chance before Jie La.
“This… is incredible!” Dongfang Mingyue stood beside Qin Tian, her mouth slightly open, eyes full of shock.
She had seen many high-tier Spirit Plants, yet never witnessed such domineering devouring ability—thousands of dimensional creatures, including several Tier Six leaders, vanished without a trace before Jie La in mere seconds.
Qin Tian observed the scene with a satisfied smile on his lips.
Jie La’s successful breakthrough to Tier Seven meant much more than just having an independent Tier Seven combat power at his side.
More crucially, Jie La herself embodies multiple core traits: she can morph into vine barriers providing absolute protection, execute precise control via the myriad vines, and replenish, store, and transfer energy through devourment, ensuring sustained combat power.
This all-round trait combining defense, control, and energy supply exceeds the strategic value of ordinary Tier Seven powers, becoming the strategic core within the team.
During the upcoming tenure at the Royal star, Jie La will become his most solid support by his side.
