320: Devouring Power

Swoosh.

That was the sound of a flame leaping up.

Although tigers are nocturnal animals, Lin Tianwei didn't like the feeling of falling into pure darkness.

No matter what creature they are, what they fear most is the unknown.

Talent: Fire Control (Transcendence)!

It was precisely because of this that Lin Tianwei lit a flame the moment he realized he was plunged into darkness.

He attempted to explore the unknown area before him with the light of the flame.

Fleeting!

The burning of the flame and the light it provided lasted only for an instant before vanishing.

The terrifying attractive force from the Mad Black Hole instantly devoured the flame's energy along with its light.

An infinite amount of matter had been swallowed by the Mad Black Hole.

Among them, there were even various high-level treasures.

They couldn't secure a place in the Mad Black Hole, and neither could Lin Tianwei's flame.

However, this was also within Lin Tianwei's expectations.

Lighting a flame? This was merely a test by Lin Tianwei.

Using the fleeting firelight, Lin Tianwei still managed to barely make out his surroundings.

Chaos, or perhaps, nothingness.

There was nothing around Lin Tianwei, no matter that could be observed with the naked eye.

There was only that pervasive attractive force, or rather, devouring power.

It constantly eroded Lin Tianwei's body, little by little plundering the energy from him.

Once all of Lin Tianwei's energy was completely devoured and assimilated into nothingness and the Mad Black Hole, that would be his end.

Talent: Eye of Insight (Transcendence)!

Facing the infinite unknown, Lin Tianwei instinctively wanted to obtain more information.

Although Lin Tianwei's eyes were completely blind, this did not affect him using Talent: Eye of Insight (Transcendence).

Three seconds?

Or ten minutes?

Or even half a month?

Lin Tianwei's expression instantly changed drastically.

Because he found that not only did he not gain any useful information, but he also blurred his consciousness and lost his sense of time.

He only knew that 5% of the stamina he had originally recovered by eating Chaos Eye Demon had been absorbed by the Mad Black Hole.

During this time, although Lin Tianwei tried his best to perceive everything around him, he gained nothing.

Clearly, Talent: Eye of Insight (Transcendence) was not enough to gain insight into the information of the Mad Black Hole.

At least, it couldn't acquire enough information before Lin Tianwei's stamina was exhausted.

Talent: Mental Power (King)!

Left with no choice, Lin Tianwei could only release his powerful Mental Power.

He tried to explore this unknown world through the perception of Mental Power.

However, the moment Lin Tianwei's Mental Power emanated from his body, a brutal force appeared out of nowhere.

Like a bandit, it began to frantically plunder the Mental Power that originally belonged to Lin Tianwei.

30%!

In just an instant, 30% of Lin Tianwei's Mental Power was plundered by the unknown force, vanishing without a trace.

Lin Tianwei never expected that not only did he fail to gain enough information through the perception of Mental Power,

but he also lost 30% of his Mental Power as a result.

It was truly losing both the wife and the army.

It was then that Lin Tianwei truly felt the horror of the Mad Black Hole.

There was no instant kill.

No terrifying attacks from the material plane.

There was only the pervasive devouring power.

A terrifying devouring power capable of consuming both spirit and matter.

Like boiling a frog in warm water, it slowly eroded Lin Tianwei's strength, until it devoured him completely, leaving not even a speck.

This was an incredibly oppressive environment, coupled with the inability to perceive the flow of time.

The spirit might perish faster than the body, turning into a soulless husk in an instant.

Fortunately, Lin Tianwei's spirit was sufficiently Tenacity and strong.

The setbacks encountered on his growth path were Lin Tianwei's strongest weapon.

Allowing him to resist this terrifying nothingness.

He did not give up, nor could he give up.

Lin Tianwei's six arms began to wave.

Like rowing a boat, he piloted his body, flying towards the unknown distance.

Staying put meant waiting for death.

It was better to explore the unknown distance while he still had strength and could move.

90%.

85%.

80%.

Lin Tianwei's stamina began to plummet, quickly dropping to only 80%.

Yet, even after consuming 10% of his stamina, Lin Tianwei still gained nothing.

He didn't come into contact with any matter.

It was as if nothing existed here except for nothingness.

This situation made Lin Tianwei Can't help it stop.

Effort is very important, but effort in the wrong direction will only make oneself further and further away from success.

Calm down.

He must calm down.

Facing such despair, Lin Tianwei once again forced himself to calm down.

This time, he focused all his attention on his own panel.

He tried to find a way to solve the current predicament from the powerful Talents he possessed.

Scanning through his Talents again and again, Lin Tianwei finally set his gaze on Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical).

The reason Lin Tianwei did so was not only because the level of this Talent was high enough, reaching the Mythical Level.

But also because Lin Tianwei felt that his unique situation of being constantly eroded and devoured was very similar to the scenes when he used to devour meteorites and planets.

The Star Devouring space was this void space before him.

Lin Tianwei himself was that planet, which could be digested into its origin at any moment.

Such similar scenes finally gave Lin Tianwei a bit of inspiration.

He began to calm down and comprehend the hidden power within Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical).

In fact, Lin Tianwei had never been able to truly unleash the real power of this formidable Talent.

Not only because Lin Tianwei's comprehension of this Talent was not deep enough,

but also because this Talent was limited by Lin Tianwei's own strength,

only capable of devouring some relatively weaker planets.

But as long as the principle was similar and the laws were consistent, Lin Tianwei could still find a way to break through this Mad Universe through Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical).

In fact, Lin Tianwei's idea was not wrong.

A large part of the Star Devouring Behemoth's Star Devouring Talent was comprehended by observing the behavior of black holes devouring matter.

The black hole's power to devour everything was obvious to all.

Cosmic Beasts with the ability would never give up this treasure within reach, and once they had the chance, they would seize the time to comprehend the devouring power of the black hole.

However, very few Cosmic Beasts were able to comprehend power from it and gain Talent.

Let alone Cosmic Level Cosmic Beasts, even Domain Lord Level Cosmic Beasts, a higher level, might not be able to comprehend the true meaning of devouring power from a black hole.

It was precisely because Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical) and the power of the Mad Black Hole originated from the same source that Lin Tianwei was given a glimmer of hope.

Closing his eyes, he comprehended.

He comprehended the Star Devouring Talent hidden within Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical), to tame the devouring power around him that sought to completely devour him.

75%, 70%, ..., 40%

As time passed, while Lin Tianwei comprehended the Star Devouring Talent, his stamina also rapidly decreased.

Soon, it dropped to an extremely dangerous level.

40% stamina? It wasn't even half of his total stamina, so how could Lin Tianwei feel at ease?

One must know that Lin Tianwei's alert line was at 99%.

His current state was far, far below the alert line.

Most importantly, Lin Tianwei gained nothing.

Even after a long time, Lin Tianwei still couldn't gain enough understanding of this Mad Black Hole through Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical).

To reverse the laws here.

To resist the devouring power here, or to turn this devouring power into his own strength.

Although Lin Tianwei was not doing useless work.

As time passed, he also gained a deeper understanding of the power in this area.

But it was clear that mere understanding could not change Lin Tianwei's current situation.

This Mad Black Hole was simply too vast.

At least ten thousand times Lin Tianwei's volume and mass.

With such a huge disparity in power, even if Lin Tianwei had a deeper understanding of the devouring Talent, he still couldn't change the current situation.

Perhaps he was trying in the wrong direction?

Given the limited time, such a gradual plan was not suitable at all.

A swift resolution was what Lin Tianwei should do.

Although he failed to find a way to control the Mad Black Hole, Lin Tianwei ultimately gained a new train of thought.

A train of thought that could break through the current predicament.

Devour?

You want to devour me?

Then you must be prepared to be devoured by me.

Here, it seems that no matter exists, only a void, but this is merely an illusion.

The eroded matter and energy did not disappear directly.

Instead, they merged into this void space, giving this space mass as well.

In other words, Lin Tianwei had a target to devour.

Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical)!

A hint of determination flashed in his eyes, and Lin Tianwei directly used Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical) on the void before him, which seemed to contain nothing.

He directly skipped the step of infecting the opponent with Mental Power.

The Mad Black Hole itself was similar to the Star Devouring space; using a higher-level Talent to devour the energy here actually didn't require so much trouble.

Without a doubt, Lin Tianwei's Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical) was successfully used directly.

A mass of pitch-black void was directly swallowed into Lin Tianwei's internal space.

That was the energy that originally belonged to the Mad Black Hole.

Facing Lin Tianwei, who possessed a Mythical Level Talent, it had no power to resist, and could only watch as Lin Tianwei plundered its power.

“Ding, congratulations to the host for devouring unknown energy, gaining Origin * 0.3, Talent Shards * 3.5 million!”

Perhaps because this energy was too easy to digest, Lin Tianwei devoured it completely in a very short time, turning it into his own Origin and Talent Shards.

His stamina also dropped to only 20%.

Fortunately.

Through Talent: Star Devourer (Mythical), Lin Tianwei obtained some Origin.

And Origin was the best energy.

As the Origin was absorbed by Lin Tianwei's body, pure energy began to nourish Lin Tianwei's parched body, rapidly restoring his stamina.

Although this amount of Origin could not possibly restore Lin Tianwei to his peak state, it had at least allowed Lin Tianwei to escape mortal danger.

As long as he devoured fast enough, the Mad Black Hole's devouring speed would not be able to catch up to him.

In fact, because Lin Tianwei's devouring speed was far faster than the Mad Black Hole's devouring speed,

given enough time, he could not only obtain enough Origin and Talent Shards through this devouring.

He could even turn around and completely devour this seemingly terrifying Mad Black Hole, turning it all into his own Origin and Talent Shards.

However, to achieve this, it would require an extremely terrifying amount of time.

Lin Tianwei simply couldn't do that.

One must know that this was the Chaos Universe, the birthplace of the universe, extremely unstable.

There was simply no time for Lin Tianwei to take his time and devour the Mad Black Hole.

So, after completely escaping mortal danger, Lin Tianwei immediately began his exploration.

He continued to explore this Mad Black Hole, which seemed to be nothing but a void.

Lin Tianwei had not forgotten his main purpose in coming here.

star gleam stone.

This treasure, capable of freeing Lin Tianwei from the shackles of his internal world, was Lin Tianwei's main purpose for coming here... Origin: 1265.9!

Talent Shards: 535,660,000!

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Tianwei still couldn't find any trace of star gleam stone in this void-filled Mad Black Hole.

However, through the accumulation of time, through a sufficiently long period of devouring, Lin Tianwei also reaped considerable rewards.

Over a thousand units of Origin.

A staggering 535,660,000 Talent Shards.

This was a terrifying amount of resources, enough to elevate Lin Tianwei's strength by a small step.

Especially the thousands of units of Origin, which would attract countless powerful individuals to scramble for them anywhere.

If it weren't for the need to consume Origin to replenish his own energy, to contend with the terrifying devouring power in the Mad Black Hole,

the amount of Origin Lin Tianwei could possess would be even greater.

As for Talent Shards, because Lin Tianwei devoured exactly the same substance, he also experienced a terrifying decay.

Otherwise, according to the initial ratio, Lin Tianwei's Talent Shards would have reached a terrifying number.

Even Legendary Level could be upgraded to see.

Other than that, Lin Tianwei could say he gained nothing.

Let alone star gleam stone, in this boundless void space, Lin Tianwei didn't even discover any object other than himself.

If it weren't for Lin Tianwei's Tenacity of spirit,

this boundless void alone would be enough to drive him to madness.

Especially when he completely lost his perception, the outside world appeared completely the same to Lin Tianwei, with no discernible difference.

This led to his perception of time, space, and self becoming increasingly blurred.

Lin Tianwei resisted the demise of his physical body, but mentally, he had already begun to gradually burn out, becoming chaotic.

A century?

Or an even longer time.

It's also possible that less than a month had passed.

Lin Tianwei gradually began to sink, sinking into this void where there was nothing.

Danger!

His current state was extremely dangerous.

Lin Tianwei immediately felt a strong sense of crisis, knowing that if he continued like this, he would inevitably perish.

He had to quickly come up with an idea to get out of the current predicament.

Talent?

Lin Tianwei's powerful Talents also fell silent at this moment.

Even if they were powerful enough and their levels were high enough, they still couldn't help Lin Tianwei at this most critical moment.

With madness in his eyes, facing such a desperate situation, Lin Tianwei finally made a desperate decision.