322: asterite

Near Lin Tianwei's right claw, countless pieces of flesh were flying.

However, after being stripped away by Space Energy, this flesh seemed to still be attached to Lin Tianwei's body.

It looked completely normal.

There wasn't even a sign of Tiger Blood splashing, which was incredibly bizarre.

This was an attack from Space Energy!

Yet, even in the face of such an attack, there was no hesitation in Lin Tianwei's eyes.

Obtaining a star gleam stone naturally couldn't be so simple.

It inherently possessed the miraculous effect of Space Compression.

This seemingly close distance was, in reality, as far away as the horizon.

Without mastering certain techniques, one might never even touch the star gleam stone right before him, seemingly within reach.

A silver light flickered on Lin Tianwei's right claw.

That was Lin Tianwei's remaining Space Energy.

He only had the strength left for this one strike.

If he failed, what awaited him was an explosion of his body.

Even under the protection of Space Energy, the violent Space Energy still had no intention of letting Lin Tianwei go.

His right claw, already bloody and mangled, exposing stark white bones, now looked even more gruesome.

Countless energy blades composed of Space Energy were frantically attacking Lin Tianwei's right claw.

They sought to utterly crush this claw that dared to covet the star gleam stone.

Talent: Speed Burst (Extraordinary)!

Lin Tianwei's tiger claw suddenly accelerated.

In the instant before the Space Energy could react,

He directly grabbed the star gleam stone hidden in the void with an unbelievable speed.

True treasures all possess sentience.

Clearly, the star gleam stone did not want to be taken away by Lin Tianwei.

It began to struggle fiercely within Lin Tianwei's tiger claw.

Space Energy erupted around its body, even attempting to use Instantaneous Movement to escape Lin Tianwei's grasp.

However, how could Lin Tianwei allow something that had already entered his tiger claw to escape?

Although he lacked Space Lockdown-type Talents, with the powerful restraint of Space Energy, Lin Tianwei could still prevent the star gleam stone from escaping.

As the star gleam stone was captured by Lin Tianwei, the entire space became extremely unstable.

Lin Tianwei even felt the surrounding pressure become even greater.

The Mad Black Hole itself could only be compressed to such an extent by relying on the power of the star gleam stone.

Once the star gleam stone was snatched by Lin Tianwei, its destruction was not far off.

Extreme contraction was followed by frantic expansion.

As for whether this frantic expansion would utterly destroy the Mad Black Hole, that depended on the Mad Black Hole's endurance.

“star gleam stone: A treasure containing powerful Space Energy, rumored to possess the miraculous power to freely compress the internal space.”

Talent: Eye of Insight (Extraordinary) also provided Lin Tianwei with the information he desired at the opportune moment.

It further confirmed the true identity of the stone in his hand.

It was, without a doubt, the star gleam stone.

Without any hesitation, Lin Tianwei directly swallowed the star gleam stone.

He was already at his wit's end at this moment; if he didn't allow the star gleam stone to exert its proper effect, he truly would be torn apart by the Space Energy Star erupting from within him.

As the star gleam stone was directly devoured by Lin Tianwei, the entire space experienced violent turmoil.

Having lost the power of the star gleam stone, this space could no longer maintain its most basic state.

It began to constantly expand, outward, frantically devouring all external matter.

Even within the Mad Black Hole, spatial rifts appeared.

Once caught within them, one would either be teleported to an unknown region at best, or at worst, be directly torn apart by violent Space Energy, reduced to dust.

The original location of the star gleam stone was naturally the core region of this energy riot.

Lin Tianwei, being nearby, bore the brunt of it.

He was targeted as the primary attack objective by the violent energy.

However, even in such a dangerous situation, Lin Tianwei had no intention of fleeing.

No other reason.

Compared to the dangers outside, Lin Tianwei's internal body was even more perilous.

The star gleam stone, swallowed by Lin Tianwei, was also not a docile stone; it was unwilling to be directly absorbed by Lin Tianwei and become nourishment for him to grow stronger.

Even after entering Lin Tianwei's internal space, it still struggled fiercely, constantly trying to break out and escape.

This caused Lin Tianwei to have no mind to deal with external matters, and he was forced to use all his strength to contend with the star gleam stone.

Unable to tame the power of the star gleam stone,

Lin Tianwei would not only be unable to resolve the hidden danger within his internal space,

He might even be directly detonated by the star gleam stone, exploding into countless fragments.

This was a contest of strength; the loser would completely become the other's captive.

Clearly, Lin Tianwei, already at the end of his rope, was no match for the star gleam stone.

Or rather, he lacked the power to prevent the star gleam stone from escaping.

A silver light flashed, and the sharp edges of the star gleam stone cut through space, immediately creating a gash in Lin Tianwei's internal space.

A gash that could lead to an unknown region.

Once the star gleam stone entered it, Lin Tianwei's hope of recapturing it would become a luxury.

Just as the star gleam stone was about to break through Lin Tianwei's internal space and head for the unknown distance, another silver light flashed.

That was Lin Tianwei mobilizing his own Space Energy to seal off the star gleam stone's escape route.

Although Lin Tianwei lacked the ability to mend spatial rifts.

He did, however, possess the ability to detonate them.

As a large amount of Space Energy surged in, this spatial rift, carrying the star gleam stone's hope of escape, directly exploded.

Shattered into dust.

Facing this explosion generated by the collision of Space Energy, even the star gleam stone dared not easily challenge its might.

Evasion was its only choice.

However, it did not give up on the idea of escaping.

The silver light flickered again.

This time, more of the star gleam stone's edges lit up.

It began to spin rapidly, using its sharp edges to carve several spatial rifts within Lin Tianwei's internal space.

Each spatial rift was an escape route for the star gleam stone.

Lin Tianwei, helpless, could only once again expend Space Energy to detonate these spatial rifts.

Preventing the star gleam stone's escape.

However, this was not a long-term solution.

Not to mention that outside, Lin Tianwei was facing the crisis of the Mad Black Hole's destruction.

The energy consumed to open spatial rifts and the energy consumed to detonate them were clearly not proportional.

In other words, the star gleam stone only needed to expend very little energy to achieve the goal of opening spatial rifts.

And Lin Tianwei?

He needed to expend a massive amount of energy to detonate these spatial rifts and achieve the goal of preventing the star gleam stone's escape.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Tianwei thought to himself that it was finally time to fight with his life on the line.

Although Lin Tianwei appeared to be at the end of his rope, with all his energy, including his origin, depleted, and no strength left for another desperate struggle.

This was merely an illusion.

A powerful force was still sealed within Lin Tianwei's body.

A force strong enough to easily crush the new star gleam stone.

That's right.

This power was once Ze Star, and now the Space Energy Star.

A powerful force was hidden within this sealed Talent Star.

Once unsealed, it would definitely be able to defeat the star gleam stone and absorb its power for Lin Tianwei to use.

However, unsealing the Space Energy Star would also be fatal for Lin Tianwei.

Without the compression of Space Energy, the massive Space Energy Star would revert to its original form.

Its original form, several hundred times larger than Lin Tianwei's body.

This would be a disaster for Lin Tianwei, but it was also his only chance.

Otherwise, he could only watch the star gleam stone escape right under his nose.

Roar~~~

Following a tiger's roar, cracking sounds were incessant, the sound of something breaking free.

It was as if some behemoth was about to break free from its restraints, revealing its ferocious claws.

As the Space Energy Star reclaimed its Space Energy, transforming back into a force that Lin Tianwei could use.

Lin Tianwei's internal space also began to expand rapidly.

Impacts rocked Lin Tianwei's body little by little.

It wouldn't be long before Lin Tianwei's tiger body would be burst open by his internal space.

However, to burst open Lin Tianwei's powerful body, it still required some time.

Yet, this brief moment gave Lin Tianwei the chance to defeat the star gleam stone.

Vast Space Energy, like a silver torrent, instantly swept through Lin Tianwei's entire internal space.

It restrained all matter within this space.

The first to be affected was the star gleam stone.

After all, besides it, everything else belonged to the Space Energy Star.

Buzz, buzz, buzz,... That was the roaring sound produced by the star gleam stone's desperate struggle.

It began to frantically mobilize the Space Energy within its body, attempting to break free from the Space Energy Star's restraint.

However, how could a firefly contend with the bright moon?

The Space Energy Star, with an absolutely crushing posture, controlled the star gleam stone, not allowing it to move an inch.

Not only that, but a massive amount of energy was also poured into the star gleam stone, gradually filling it.

Slowly filling it to become something that belonged to Lin Tianwei, under Lin Tianwei's control.

After all, this Space Energy was Lin Tianwei's energy, all bearing Lin Tianwei's mark.

Accepting this Space Energy, whether actively or passively, meant that the star gleam stone had completely become Lin Tianwei's plaything.

The silver light shone again.

And this time, the brilliant silver light originated from the not-so-large star gleam stone.

Terrifying Space Compression power erupted, instantly engulfing Lin Tianwei's entire internal space.

That internal space, which had been rapidly expanding and was about to burst through Lin Tianwei's body, began to rapidly compress.

It was quickly compressed into a small sphere at an extremely terrifying speed, finally floating quietly in Lin Tianwei's abdomen.

By simply controlling the Space Energy poured into the star gleam stone, Lin Tianwei could do as he pleased,

Changing the volume occupied by the internal space without changing its actual size, completely breaking free from the restrictions of internal space size on Talent Stars.

The moment Lin Tianwei completely subdued the star gleam stone and his internal space returned to normal,

A scorching sensation spread throughout Lin Tianwei's body.

That was the rapidly expanding Mad Black Hole eroding Lin Tianwei's body.

Terrifying devouring power erupted completely, beginning to devour his body while Lin Tianwei was too preoccupied to notice.

Flesh withered little by little, constantly decaying, eventually revealing the stark white bones wrapped within.

If these devouring forces were allowed to continue their rampage, Lin Tianwei's body would cease to exist.

Fortunately.

At this moment, Lin Tianwei had already resolved the internal problems of his body and had gained even greater power.

A mere Mad Black Hole could do nothing to him.

Talent: Instantaneous Movement (Extraordinary)!

By continuously devouring matter from the Mad Black Hole, Lin Tianwei also obtained a large number of Talent Fragments.

The Instantaneous Movement Talent naturally also upgraded to the Extraordinary level.

Every one of Lin Tianwei's Talents underwent a qualitative change after upgrading, and the Instantaneous Movement Talent was no exception.

Now, he could use less Space Energy to teleport a greater distance.

Teleporting hundreds of millions of meters in one go was effortless.

His body flickered rapidly, and Lin Tianwei's body quickly flashed out an infinite distance.

Although the Mad Black Hole was extremely vast, it was not boundless after all.

As long as Lin Tianwei kept teleporting, he would eventually leave this dangerous area and regain his freedom.

As for that terrifying gravitational pull?

In the face of Lin Tianwei's powerful strength, it was simply no match.

Trying to capture Lin Tianwei with just that much power was simply impossible.

Talent: Self-healing Ability (Extraordinary)!

While teleporting, Lin Tianwei's Self-healing Ability also began to take effect.

The seemingly gruesome and terrifying wounds on his body began to heal at a visible speed.

In less than half an hour, Lin Tianwei's body had returned to its peak condition.

His fur had also returned to a sleek and lustrous appearance.

However, this seemingly useless fur of Lin Tianwei was also a terrifyingly lethal weapon.

Talent: Steel Thorns (Extraordinary)!

Under the effect of the Steel Thorns Talent, Lin Tianwei's tiger fur could be soft or hard.

Whenever Lin Tianwei needed it, his tiger fur could instantly transform into countless steel needles and shoot towards the enemy.

Its terrifying lethality was enough to instantly pierce an enemy like a sieve.

Boom.

Accompanied by a thunderous roar, an explosion occurred in the core region of the Mad Black Hole.

This incredibly stable region finally completely lost its balance after losing the star gleam stone.

Destruction was perhaps its only possibility.

Amidst rumbling sounds, terrifying destructive energy erupted like a geyser, frantically bursting forth.

It furiously unleashed its power in all directions.

Such terrifying power was difficult for even Lin Tianwei's body strength to withstand.

That was an aggregate of countless substances; once it erupted, it would be a world-destroying existence.

Even if the Mad Black Hole was destroyed, it would definitely drag a very large area along with it.

This might even be the beginning of the destruction of this Chaos Universe.

The energy in the Chaos Universe was inherently extremely unstable.

One small action affects the whole body.

It was highly likely to be affected by the Mad Black Hole's explosion and head towards destruction prematurely.

It's time to leave this Chaos Universe.

Looking at the Mad Black Hole that had already begun to self-destruct, Lin Tianwei made up his mind.

He had no intention of perishing with this Chaos Universe.

Leaving here and continuing to search for resources that could make him stronger was what Lin Tianwei should be doing. (End of Chapter)