463: Sense of crisis

Although his stamina was almost exhausted, Sezer was incredibly happy.

Just now, he felt Leo’s aura disappear.

This meant his intuition was not wrong; the opponent was indeed terrifying, capable of completely annihilating Leo.

However, Sezer immediately burst into laughter again, a joy of surviving a catastrophe, and said:

“Haha, I knew that idiot Leo would die.”

“But it doesn’t matter, this old man ultimately survived.”

“How could I, who escaped after three star systems, possibly die?”

“That nameless expert might be powerful, but he had no way to deal with me, who is extremely skilled at escaping. He could only eat my dust.”

Even though he was fleeing in a panic, Sezer was as joyful as if he had won a battle, even smug about his powerful escape techniques.

Regarding this, one can only say that the diversity of life also exists in the universe.

However, Sezer hadn’t been happy for long, his smile still on his face, when his expression suddenly froze.

Because just now, he felt an incredibly familiar aura, an aura that made him involuntarily bow down in submission.

It was exactly the same as the Domain aura he had felt in the secret realm.

What to do?

Sezer clearly started to panic. He had already run three star systems away, yet the opponent was still relentlessly pursuing him.

What kind of grudge was this!

Racking his brains, Sezer found he was completely helpless.

An existence that could instantly kill Leo, what could he, a mere Immortal-level first-tier, do?

As if resigned to his fate, Sezer decided to follow his instincts directly, and as if submitting, he knelt on the ground, trembling.

He muttered, “Boss, I just happened to pass by that secret realm. Besides taking out a small item to scout the way, I didn’t do anything.”

“Just pretend you didn’t see me, and ignore me, okay?”

Sezer was indeed an excellent survival master. His desire to survive was pushed to the limit, and he chose to surrender the moment he realized he was no match for Lin Tianwei.

Moreover, in Sezer’s view, surrendering to a strong person was not a disgrace, but rather his honor.

The strong should naturally receive more honor than the weak.

Especially in the Origin Universe, where the weak are prey to the strong, weakness is the original sin.

If Sezer had truly just passed by and hadn’t attacked Kai at all, perhaps Lin Tianwei might have actually let him go.

After all, the energy a mere Immortal-level Cosmic Beast could provide him was extremely limited.

It was even less than the energy Lin Tianwei consumed while tracking across extremely high star systems.

Unfortunately, Lin Tianwei was not a fool; how could he believe Sezer’s lie?

He not only attacked Kai, but was also the main reason Kai was in his current state.

Given this, Lin Tianwei had no possibility of holding back.

With a flash of golden light, Lin Tianwei’s figure rapidly expanded, quickly transforming into a tiger that could stand tall against the sky.

Opening its massive maw, it almost without suspense swallowed Sezer whole.

Completely suppressed by the Beast King Domain, Sezer had no ability to resist and could only watch helplessly as he became Lin Tianwei’s food.

He sank into Lin Tianwei’s stomach, then was completely absorbed, transforming into energy within Lin Tianwei’s body.

It’s hard to imagine that such a powerful Immortal-level Cosmic Beast was swallowed whole by Lin Tianwei, as if the most helpless herbivore was easily devoured by Lin Tianwei.

“Ding, congratulations to the host for killing a new target.”

“Ding, Talent extraction successful. Host has obtained the Talent: Bullying the Weak (King).”

“Ding, please confirm whether the host wishes to use this Talent.”

“Bullying the Weak (King): King-level Talent. When facing Cosmic Beasts of a lower rank, damage is increased by up to 20%. When facing opponents of a higher rank, defense is increased by up to 20%.”

Use!

Compared to the more powerful Leo, Sezer’s kill provided Lin Tianwei with a decent Talent.

However, for Lin Tianwei, who already possessed the Body of Talents, making this new Talent effective on the Body of Talents required more complex operations.

Directly applying the Talent power of this Talent to Lin Tianwei’s Body of Talents would only affect Lin Tianwei’s physical balance, disrupting the equilibrium of the Body of Talents.

Lin Tianwei had to completely integrate the power of this new Talent into the Body of Talents, using the same method as when he condensed the Body of Talents.

This would take some time.

But it didn’t matter; Lin Tianwei was already familiar with this process.

In just ten short minutes, he had already completely transformed this new Talent into a part of the Body of Talents’s power.

After devouring Leo and Sezer, it was time to check the spoils of war.

Most of what was plundered from these two Cosmic Beasts were resources, which, for Lin Tianwei, had little use other than as food to provide him with a slight amount of energy.

Only that peculiar silver Mech Cube greatly interested Lin Tianwei.

Because he actually sensed the aura of the Talent: Core Code (Extraordinary) from this magical mechanical creation.

This meant that this silver Mech Cube was also one of the fragments of the Talent: Core Code (Extraordinary).

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei directly summoned Kai.

He had to use Kai, a Mech Clan member, as a medium to absorb this Talent, which originally had little to do with carbon-based life forms.

To protect the tower, Kai had made himself look disheveled, even almost dying on the spot.

However, after Lin Tianwei recaptured the beast core and bestowed it upon Kai again as an energy core, Kai’s steel body also recovered at an extremely fast rate.

At least when Lin Tianwei released him again, there were no visible scars on his appearance; he had fully recovered to his peak state.

From the moment Kai was released, his gaze was fixed on the silver Mech Cube in Lin Tianwei’s hand, unblinking.

If such a mechanism that could suppress the Mech Clan were held by an enemy, it would naturally be a disaster for him.

But if it could be used by him, it could become his supreme aid.

Moreover, he also felt an incredibly familiar aura in this silver Mech Cube, an aura belonging to the Mech Clan, an aura of the Talent: Core Code (Extraordinary) fragment.

From this, it was clear that the reason this item could suppress the Mech Clan was entirely due to the suppression on the Core Code.

As long as he could absorb the silver Mech Cube, Kai’s strength would definitely experience a qualitative leap.

The silver Mech Cube was originally an item Lin Tianwei intended to bestow upon Kai, and seeing the undisguised longing in Kai’s eyes, Lin Tianwei no longer hesitated and directly passed the silver Mech Cube over.

He believed that after fully absorbing the silver Mech Cube, Kai’s strength would also become even greater.

Facing the silver Mech Cube within reach, Kai made no movement.

Although he longed for it immensely, in his eyes, Lin Tianwei’s command was above all else.

Ultimately, it was only after receiving Lin Tianwei’s command that he eagerly swallowed the silver Mech Cube whole.

Digestion, absorption, then refinement.

For the silver Mech Cube, which was also a machine, Kai, as a member of the Mech Clan, could digest and absorb it like food.

However, this silver Mech Cube seemed to be not simple; judging from Kai’s feedback, it would take at least two months to fully digest and absorb it.

While Kai was absorbing the silver Mech Cube, Lin Tianwei also began to check his own condition.

He had just emerged from seclusion when he encountered two thieves plotting against him. After swiftly dealing with them, Lin Tianwei finally had time to organize the gains from this period.

Undoubtedly, the Body of Talents, forged by consuming a large amount of resources and time, was Lin Tianwei’s greatest gain from this trip.

Although the Body of Talents was not yet in its complete state and still required time to be perfected,

it was enough to grant Lin Tianwei power far exceeding his past capabilities.

Especially due to the Body of Talents’s inherent advantage in using Domains, Lin Tianwei could now easily wield powerful Domain energy.

Conservatively estimated, Lin Tianwei in normal mode already possessed strength comparable to an Immortal-level ninth-tier expert.

As for the state with all Talents activated?

He believed that absolutely no Cosmic Beast would be willing to face such a powerful Cosmic Beast directly.

This was the terror of Legendary-level Talents; even a pseudo-Legendary-level Body of Talents was enough to instantly increase Lin Tianwei’s strength by two or three major stages.

Although Lin Tianwei had now become an existence that most Cosmic Beasts had to look up to, he was not satisfied, his mind filled with thoughts of how to become stronger.

A strong sense of crisis made him dare not relax at all.

Once he relaxed, and his strength stagnated, he would definitely die.

This feeling was not groundless, but a dual warning given to him by the Talent: Heart of the Beast and the Talent: Danger Perception (Legendary).

The moment Lin Tianwei condensed the Body of Talents and gained immense power, he also sensed a huge malice.

This malice was extremely terrifying, like a predatory beast, ready to devour Lin Tianwei at any moment.

This malice even made Lin Tianwei, whose strength had greatly increased, feel a chill run through his body.

It seemed that the power of the Body of Talents had aroused the apprehension of certain existences.

His terrifying potential had made certain old fogeys unable to sit still, ready to nip him in the bud at any time.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Lin Tianwei had always enjoyed the protection of Talent extraction, temporarily without the risk of exposure.

This was also why the enemies had not immediately come to kill him.

However, even with the protection of the Talent extraction system, Lin Tianwei was still in a very dangerous situation.

As long as he existed in the Origin Universe, and had traces of activity in the Origin Universe, no matter how careful he was, he would definitely expose his existence.

Choose a hidden place to lie low, and never again emerge, hiding like a shrinking turtle?

This would naturally not be Lin Tianwei’s choice.

Then his only option was to continue to grow stronger, quickly grow stronger, to fully mature before his enemies could nip him in the bud, to become an existence that all enemies would look up to.

To make them prostrate and submit beneath his mighty body, that was what Lin Tianwei should do.

After a brief thought, Lin Tianwei decided to contact Luo Ji first.

Since he had already left the Extremely Cold Universe, Luo Ji naturally had no need to continue to cower in the Extremely Cold Universe.

Only by moving to a higher platform could he possibly help himself.

However, before Luo Ji left the Extremely Cold Universe, there was one more thing he needed to help him with, and that was to regain ownership of Blue Star.

Although Lin Tianwei had now absconded with the child, strictly speaking, Blue Star did not belong to him. His ownership of Blue Star was completely illegal and not recognized by the Origin Universe.

The fact was so ironic: Lin Tianwei, the native of Blue Star, the strongest on Blue Star, never owned Blue Star.

Instead, some unknown existences held ownership of Blue Star, as if Lin Tianwei was the true undocumented resident.

The information transmitted by the Phoenix Bird was incredibly important. His method of condensing the Cycle Body not only gave Lin Tianwei the inspiration to condense the Body of Talents, but also provided Lin Tianwei with an extremely important piece of information: the importance of Origin Planets.

Lin Tianwei had vaguely heard of this importance through Filiche’s memories, but it was truly confirmed in the information provided by the Phoenix Bird.

The Phoenix Bird ultimately ignited the Fire Fierce Star as the final fuel for his Cycle Body condensation.

This act was not because the Phoenix Bird truly lacked the small amount of energy produced by burning the Fire Fierce Star, but rather to communicate with the Origin Universe by burning an Origin Planet, thereby gaining the Origin Universe’s recognition.

Gaining the Origin Universe’s recognition seemed very grand, as if it could make one an existence like a Child of Destiny.

However, it was not as powerful as it sounded and had no effect in normal times.

If it were truly that powerful, how could there still be so many planets in the universe? They would have long become tools for gaining the Origin Universe’s recognition.

Facing methods that could grant great power, these Cosmic Beasts would not show the slightest mercy.

However, gaining the Origin Universe’s recognition was not entirely useless; it could even be said to be very crucial, but only for true experts.

Because only when breaking through to the Divine King-level would this recognition by the Origin Universe play a vital role.

Gaining the recognition of the Universe Origin, this was the most crucial step to becoming a Divine King.

Only Cosmic Beasts recognized by the Origin Universe could potentially gain the recognition of the Universe Origin.

The importance of an Origin Planet to a Universe Master-level Cosmic Beast was no less than the hope of breaking through to the Divine King-level.

This was also why almost no Cosmic Beasts would choose to refine an Origin Planet.

Divine King-level? To them, that was simply an unattainable dream; even achieving Immortality was the most absurd dream most Cosmic Beasts had ever had.

However, the Phoenix Bird was different.

Although his current strength was not high, he had 100% confidence in himself, confident that he could become a true expert.

He had no intention of absconding with the child and letting the Fire Fierce Star become that.

He naturally chose to directly refine the Fire Fierce Star into his own power, to become the proof of his gaining the Origin Universe’s recognition.

Regardless of whether Lin Tianwei would choose to sacrifice Blue Star in the future to gain the Origin Universe’s recognition, regaining ownership of Blue Star was a must. (End of Chapter)