266: Chapter 266 SSS-Rank - Space Overlord!

The underground cavern finally returned to calm.

The ground was piled high with the corpses of mutated rats, emitting a nauseating stench.

Without a gas mask, this smell alone would be enough to make an ordinary person experience a "life flashing before their eyes" moment on the spot.

"Um... Boss?"

Su Yuyan put away her still-smoking flamethrower and cautiously kicked aside a mutated rat that was still twitching.

"Shouldn't we start cleaning up the battlefield?"

"No need."

Lin Yuan waved his hand, his gaze fixed intently ahead.

In the center of the mountain of corpses, the Titan King's body remained in its collapsed posture, like a silent mountain of flesh.

And at its shattered skull, that azure Star Core fragment remained suspended in mid-air, completely unaffected by the rat tide from just moments ago.

It was like a lotus in the mud, exuding a sacred yet eerie beauty.

"Time for the main course."

A look of anticipation curved the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth.

He walked toward the Star Core step by step.

With every step, the surrounding space seemed to tremble slightly.

Reaching the Star Core, Lin Yuan didn't hesitate for a second and reached out to grab it.

It felt ice-cold to the touch.

Like a piece of jelly just taken out of the fridge.

"Wonder what it tastes like."

This strange thought suddenly popped into Lin Yuan's head.

The next second.

Under the horrified gazes of everyone present.

He actually opened his mouth and, like eating a candy bean, swallowed that Star Core—which was emitting terrifying energy fluctuations—in one bite!

"Gulp."

His Adam's apple bobbed.

It was gone.

"What the f*ck?!"

In the distance, Qin Ziyan's eyes nearly popped out of her head.

"He... he... he actually ate it?!"

"That's a high-energy aggregate! That's an energy source capable of leveling half of Jiangcheng!"

"Isn't he afraid of exploding on the spot?!"

Qin Ziyan felt her materialist worldview suffering a dimensional strike.

Is this guy made of iron?

Or does his diet actually include things like "nuclear reactors"?

However.

The expected explosion did not occur.

On the contrary.

Lin Yuan just let out a burp.

"Burp—"

He even exhaled a blue smoke ring.

"A bit cold, tastes like mint."

Lin Yuan smacked his lips and gave it a five-star review.

Immediately after.

An indescribable, terrifying energy instantly erupted within his body.

This wasn't ordinary Superpower energy, but a force of higher-dimensional laws!

【Ding! Host detected consuming a high-dimensional energy core!】

【Analyzing... Analysis complete!】

【Congratulations, Host! Your Superpower has undergone a heaven-shaking qualitative transformation!】

【Original B-Rank Space Ability has evolved into SSS-Rank - Space Sovereign!】

【Note: Due to the Host's physical limitations, some power is temporarily sealed; currently manifesting at peak S-Rank!】

【Congratulations, Host, you have acquired the following new skills:】

【Dimensional Walk】 (Passive/Active): Ignores three-dimensional physical collisions; allows free travel through the gaps between the void and reality.

【Space Collapse】 (Active): Designates an area, causing its spatial structure to instantly collapse, dealing devastating, defense-ignoring damage.

【Void Banishment】 (Active): Opens a subspace channel to forcibly suck the target into interdimensional exile (currently maintainable for 30 seconds).

【Absolute Coordinates】 (Support): Achieves true "teleportation" within the range of Spiritual Power or at marked locations, with no cooldown and no casting delay.

The system's notifications exploded in his mind like a barrage of gunfire.

Lin Yuan snapped his eyes open.

At this moment.

Deep within his pupils, it was as if a deep starry sky was reflected, with countless silver-white lines interweaving in his eyes.

"S-Rank... Have I even touched the threshold of SSS-Rank?"

Lin Yuan clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within his body that seemed capable of controlling everything.

If his previous Space Ability was just borrowing the power of space, now, he was the master of space!

"Let's test it out."

Lin Yuan's mouth curled up as he looked at a giant boulder weighing dozens of tons nearby.

"【Dimensional Walk】."

With a thought.

His body instantly became ethereal.

"Whoosh—"

Without any action of tearing space, and without any energy fluctuations, his body was like a phantom, passing directly through the boulder in front of him.

Without any obstruction.

It was like passing through a layer of air.

"Is this the high-dimensional perspective?"

Lin Yuan stood inside the boulder, looking at the rock textures around him that resembled transparent glass, a strange feeling rising in his heart.

Immediately after.

He walked out of the boulder and locked his gaze on the mountain of rat corpses in the distance.

He raised his hand and gave a light squeeze.

"Hum—"

At that instant, the space in that area seemed to be kneaded together by an invisible giant hand.

There was no explosion.

Only a teeth-gritting "crack" sound.

The mountain of corpses, several meters high, was instantly twisted, compressed, and folded, finally collapsing into a ball of flesh less than half a meter in diameter!

"Hiss—"

In the distance, Qin Ziyan gasped.

Is he playing with corpses like modeling clay?!

"Let's go again."

Lin Yuan's playful mood surged.

He pointed at the ball of flesh.

A pitch-black crack appeared out of thin air, like a giant abyss mouth, instantly swallowing the ball of flesh.

The crack closed.

The ball of flesh completely vanished from this world, without even a speck of dust left behind.

"The efficiency of this body disposal, tsk tsk tsk."

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

The next second.

Lin Yuan's figure vanished into thin air.

When he reappeared, he was already standing by the underground river a hundred meters away.

Another flash.

He was back where he started.

After more than a dozen consecutive flashes, the whole process was smooth and fluid, without any pauses—not even afterimages could be seen!

Watching Lin Yuan darting around the field like a ghost, Luo Qinghan's voice trembled slightly.

"Your Space Ability... what rank is it now?"

Lin Yuan stopped, adjusted his collar, and calmly spat out two words:

"S-Rank."

"Of course, if you add in these fancy skills..."

He smiled.

"Killing an SSS-Rank should be about as easy as chopping vegetables."

The women: "..."

Listen to that!

Is that human talk?

Who was it that said they only got "a liiiiittle bit" stronger just now?

You're clearly just straight-up hacking!

Qin Ziyan was already completely bewildered.

S-Rank Space type...

The value of this is even more terrifying than a nuclear weapon!

You have to know, Space types are inherently invincible at the same rank. For an S-Rank Space type powerhouse, isn't killing anyone just a matter of lifting a finger?

Thankfully...

Qin Ziyan patted her chest.

Thankfully, she knelt down quickly and hugged his leg in time.

Otherwise, if she were to become an enemy of such a monster...

The image was too beautiful; she dared not imagine it.

...

Just as Lin Yuan finished testing his new abilities and was in a great mood.

From another direction, a chilling laugh suddenly rang out.

"Hehehe... Good treasures... they're all good treasures..."

Everyone turned to look.

They saw that Xia Muqing had already run to the Titan King's body at some point.

She was holding a chainsaw, gesturing over the Titan King's incredibly hard bones, her eyes as fanatical as an otaku seeing a limited-edition figure.

"This bone density... these muscle fibers..."

"If we extract these materials and combine them with the Shadow Core from that Rat Emperor..."

Xia Muqing muttered to herself while drooling.

"We could completely build the first generation of biological exo-mechs!"

"Mechs?"

Hearing these two words, not only Lin Yuan, but even Qin Ziyan's eyes lit up.