High Martial Arts: I Awaken a Low-Tier Martial System Chapter 745 - 385: Talent of the Chosen! Plundering Destiny

"Jiang Ye, Zi Yaozhi, Bai Xi, you are the same."

His eyes swept across Jiang Ye and the other pair.

"Yes." Jiang Ye and the other two answered together.

The white-robed Star Lord fell silent, then lifted his hand and pointed, unleashing a burst of radiant multicolored light.

"Boom!"

The vast emptiness shook violently, as a massive swirling vortex of vibrant colors materialized, sending out waves of colorful ripples like a cosmic wormhole.

"Go ahead."

"May you return in victory." The white-robed Star Lord declared, "Fight for the title and spread your fame throughout the Star Sea!"

With those words spoken.

An unseen power hoisted Jiang Ye and his companions, propelling them into the colorful vortex.

In mere moments.

The group of over a dozen geniuses vanished within the swirling colorful gateway.

"Each opening of the Star Domain Battlefield claims the lives of countless geniuses." The white-robed Star Lord murmured softly, "I wonder how many will make it back this time."

Staring into the barren starry expanse, a hint of nostalgia gleamed in the Star Lord’s eyes.

Huanglong Merit? Noble title?

All that hinges on making it out alive first!

In history, plenty have slain hordes of alien races, amassed huge piles of Huanglong Merit, and stood on the verge of noble titles, only to fall to mighty foes right at the end.

To enemy civilizations.

Each fresh bearer of a noble title for the Huanglong Civilization boosts their odds in the Civilization Struggle.

Thus, opposing civilizations will spare no effort to stop them.

"Jiang Ye?"

"I hope the treasure I handed him proves useful." The white-robed Star Lord murmured, his gaze turning grave.

...

Diving into the colorful vortex, Jiang Ye sensed a plunge into deep waters, overwhelmed by swirling chaos.

When calm finally returned.

Jiang Ye glanced around and saw they stood in a shimmering rainbow-hued passageway.

"This place?" Jiang Ye muttered in surprise.

A strange sense of familiarity washed over him from this rainbow corridor.

"First time crossing the stars?"

"Welcome to the Starry Sky Corridor." Zi Yaozhi grinned, "Top powerhouses in the universe rely on it to journey through space."

"Barbaric Dragon Star to the Star Domain Battlefield spans hundreds of light-years."

"Even gods need ages to cover it."

"Yet the Starry Sky Corridor gets you there in under fifteen minutes," Zi Yaozhi explained.

Jiang Ye gave a small nod.

The ’Starry Sky Corridor’ wasn’t new to him.

In the Blue Star Civilization, those widespread spatial cracks stemmed from the Starry Sky Corridor.

The Shadow Disaster’s outbreak tied back to it too.

"That said."

"Second-tier Starry Sky Civilizations usually hold sway over the Starry Sky Corridor." Zi Yaozhi noted, "On our Barbaric Dragon Star, just the Star Lord commands such methods."

"Second-tier civilization?" Jiang Ye blinked in shock.

How had the Shadow Race accessed the Starry Sky Corridor?

Unbidden.

A memory of Bai Gui’s words flashed in Jiang Ye’s mind.

"Is the Shadow Disaster really linked to the Cangxu Civilization?" Jiang Ye wondered silently.

What reason would the Cangxu Civilization have for that?

Why bother?

More puzzled than ever, Jiang Ye pushed the thoughts aside.

"Brother Zi."

"The Star Lord told us to dodge the Talent of Geniuses earlier," Jiang Ye asked Zi Yaozhi with curiosity, "What powers does this Talent of Geniuses possess?"

Jiang Ye, Zi Yaozhi, Bai Xi.

Among the group, these three boasted the greatest potential and might, and the Star Lord had singled them out clearly.

Even united, they might not match the Talent of Geniuses!

Facing one meant running, nothing else.

Jiang Ye’s interest surged—what made the Talent of Geniuses so unstoppable?

"Haha."

"Brother Wang, clearing the fifteenth floor of the Black Tower, no wonder you question it." Zi Yaozhi chuckled, "Only those with Talent of Geniuses have ever passed the fifteenth floor before, proving Brother Wang’s power matches theirs."

"But!"

"Climbing a tower is one thing." Zi Yaozhi stated, "True combat is an entirely different beast."

"Oh?" Jiang Ye raised a brow, "Care to explain?"

"Does Brother Wang know the reason behind calling them ’geniuses’?" Zi Yaozhi grinned.

"Because they’re heaven’s chosen?" Jiang Ye guessed.

"Far from it."

"Genius means the pride of heaven and earth." Zi Yaozhi sighed deeply, "Heaven and earth take pride in them!"

"No need for them to prove a thing."

"Their existence alone makes them the universe’s focal point." Zi Yaozhi’s gaze burned with envy, "A single look or gesture from them alters the very face of the world."

"Pride of heaven and earth?" Jiang Ye caught his breath.

Such lofty praise felt over the top.

"Extraordinary Talent lets one feel heaven and earth naturally." Zi Yaozhi continued, "But Talent of Geniuses gets felt by heaven and earth from birth; no effort needed to draw Mysteries of Heaven and Earth—the laws flock to them on their own."

Jiang Ye drew in a sharp breath.

He couldn’t help envying such innate advantages.

"Brother Wang must realize."

"Extraordinary Talent caps at the first god realm." Zi Yaozhi eyed him steadily, "But most extraordinary talents stall at Fourth Tier Demigod."

Jiang Ye nodded faintly, though confusion stirred within.

He’d never heard these details before.

Neither Black Obsidian Deity nor Bai Gui had brought them up... Limits of talent remained far-off dreams for him anyway.

"Don’t they say grasping two Basic Mysteries grants divinity?" Jiang Ye probed.

"That’s merely one requirement for godhood."

Zi Yaozhi smiled faintly, "Becoming a god defies imagination; out of endless extraordinary prodigies pushing ahead, how few prevail?"

"Take Barbaric Dragon Star—tens of thousands of years yielded only a handful of gods."

Jiang Ye fell quiet.

He had to concede he’d once misjudged how brutal the path to godhood truly was.