I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield Chapter 700 - 510: Body Burning Tribulation, Fear
Previously on I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield...
Bang!
The sky rained down blood-red lightning, a torrent of destruction slamming onto two figures locked in an embrace.
A deafening roar reverberated through the Ice Abyss. The colossal ice mountains flanking the area crumbled under the thunderous onslaught, sending massive ice boulders cascading down. These fragments, upon colliding with the lightning screen, instantly disintegrated into fine dust.
With arms forged from unyielding iron, Qin Tian held Shengongsi Yuzuo in a vice-like grip. They endured the descent of the blood-red lightning columns together.
Arcs of purple-golden lightning danced across Qin Tian’s skin. He channeled some of this formidable Thunder Power into his own body, refining it into potent tempering nourishment.
Shengongsi Yuzuo’s pupils flared crimson as he summoned surging waves of gray-black disaster Spiritual Energy, constructing a formidable Spirit Shield.
Initially, the shield held against the lightning tribulation’s impact, causing the blood-red bolts to burst into scattered sparks. However, as the relentless lightning columns continued to descend, the shield’s surface fractured, spiderweb cracks spreading and emitting sharp, breaking sounds.
Ultimately, a lightning column as thick as a barrel struck true. The Spirit Shield detonated with a tremendous crash. Countless fine threads of blood lightning snaked their way into Shengongsi Yuzuo’s body, like venomous vipers, wreaking havoc through his meridians, tearing at his muscles, ravaging his bones, and assaulting his internal organs.
"Damn it all!"
Overwhelmed by agony, Shengongsi Yuzuo trembled violently, desperately struggling to break free from Qin Tian’s hold. Yet, Qin Tian’s arms remained as unyielding as steel bars.
Gritting his teeth, Shengongsi Yuzuo snapped his head backward with a powerful whoosh.
A sharp crack echoed. Qin Tian’s nose was instantly shattered. Blood poured from his mouth, and his vision blurred as his head throbbed.
Despite the assault, his gaze remained steady. Such injuries were trivial to someone who frequently courted death.
Far from releasing his grip, Qin Tian tightened his embrace, the immense pressure causing Shengongsi Yuzuo’s bones to creak in protest.
Witnessing this, Shengongsi Yuzuo spiraled into a frenzy. He endured the searing pain of the lightning coursing through him, his disaster Spiritual Energy surging exponentially.
His skin began to crack, revealing rapidly burgeoning blue-black snake scales that engulfed his entire body. His head contorted, transforming into a monstrous snake head filled with venomous fangs. His torso elongated and thickened, instantly morphing into a colossal serpent, dozens of meters in length.
The gigantic snake writhed, attempting to break free from Qin Tian’s grasp. It was confident that its increased size would surely overcome its captor.
But if Shengongsi Yuzuo could transform, so could Qin Tian!
"Roar—!"
Qin Tian threw his head back, unleashing a deafening roar. His bones popped and snapped with a cacophony of cracking sounds as his muscles expanded violently. Black fur erupted from his skin like shoots of bamboo, and his body surged upwards, reaching over ten meters, transforming into a monstrous black bear.
Dark Transformation Technique — Shadow Bear Form
(Body gigantification, skin covered with a rock-like keratin layer, physical defense increased by 60%, life value cap increased by 40%, if life value falls below 30%, instantly recover 20% of max life value, only trigger once per battle.)
The black bear, shrouded in thick, dark fur, was entwined with arcs of purple-golden lightning. Its eyes burned crimson, radiating an untamed ferocity.
In its transformed state, the black bear flipped over, pinning the massive snake’s back with its immense weight. The impact drove the snake crashing into the icy surface, creating a vast crater.
The black bear’s colossal arms wrapped around the snake’s torso once more, its thick limbs acting like iron bands. Its razor-sharp claws, glinting with cold light, plunged fiercely through the gaps between the scales. They pierced the hardened scales with ease, sinking deep into the flesh beneath. Blood erupted, staining the surrounding ice crimson.
The giant snake emitted a pained hiss, its body writhing and contorting in a desperate attempt to dislodge the bear. However, the bear clung on with the tenacity of a barnacle on a whale, its claws relentlessly tearing and shredding the snake’s flesh, no matter how fiercely it struggled.
Above, the thunderclouds churned furiously. Waves of blood-red lightning continued to fall upon the two colossal beasts. The Thunder Power coursed through the bear’s fur, entering its body and being converted into pure energy by the [Thunder Ancestor] talent. Meanwhile, the snake, battered by both lightning and claws, experienced unstable fluctuations. Large sections of its scales peeled away, revealing raw, mangled flesh.
From a distance, peering from behind the corner of an ice mountain, Gu Pingzhi cautiously revealed half his head. His eyes, wide as brass bells, were fixed on the horrifying spectacle unfolding at the heart of the Ice Abyss. His heart hammered against his ribs, threatening to escape his chest.
Among the two ferocious beasts locked in the most primal and savage struggle, one was Shengongsi Yuzuo, a Tier Seven, Seven Stars Holy Blood Prodigy? This completely shattered his understanding! He had never conceived that such a high-ranking Holy Blood Prodigy would be forced into such a predicament, battling another in beast form. What was even more unimaginable was that Shengongsi Yuzuo was the one being suppressed. "Madness! Utter madness!" Gu Pingzhi murmured inwardly, feeling his entire worldview crumble in that instant. Wave after wave of blood-red lightning columns continued their furious bombardment. The Power of Destruction within the late-stage lightning tribulation had reached its zenith, causing even the void to split into fine cracks. The black bear into which Qin Tian had transformed was no longer composed. Its thick, black fur peeled off in clumps under the fiery lightning, revealing charred skin beneath. Each strike from a lightning column was met with the crackling sound of fracturing bones. Flesh tore apart and reformed under the electric onslaught, meridians shattered and then painstakingly rebuilt, the agony surging through his body like relentless tides. However, his gaze remained as piercing as a blade, firmly pinning down the giant snake below. With the [Thunder Ancestor] talent operating at full throttle, most of the Thunder Power was converted into tempering energy. Simultaneously, the passive regeneration of the [Immortal Sacred Body] was pushed to its absolute limit, a bizarre cycle of destruction and rebirth unfolding within him.