I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 663: Chapter 493: Mirror Nation, Return of the Ice Abyss

On the ice plain, the Gate of Space opens

Four figures appear together

"Haha, exhilarating!"

Taishi Feng laughed heartily. The four of them, all at Low Tier, managed to take out people right under the nose of Shengongsi Yuzuo of Seven Stars, Tier Seven, and escape safely.

Adding to the prior kill by Qin Tian of Shengongsi Hao Er and five generals, this time, the losses for the Shengongsi family are quite severe.

Zhuge Yu glanced at the corpse of Beitiao Hezi that Qin Tian was holding and a smile also appeared on his face.

Beitiao Hezi was the eyes of Shengongsi Yuzuo. His "Mirror Nation" talent was extremely troublesome, especially within the limited scope of the ruins, basically, no one could escape the Mirror Demon’s tracking.

But as long as Beitiao Hezi died, Shengongsi Yuzuo would become blind and would no longer be able to find them.

A glimmer of a smile appeared in Qin Tian’s eyes as well. From the start, his target was only Beitiao Hezi. He knew very well that with his current strength, killing Shengongsi Yuzuo was undoubtedly wishful thinking, but since he couldn’t integrate the Holy Blood talent, whether Shengongsi Yuzuo lived or died was immaterial; the most important thing was Beitiao Hezi’s "Mirror Nation" talent.

He glanced at the introduction of the "Mirror Nation" in the orange light orb.

[Name] Mirror Nation (Orange)

[Type] Composite Talent

[Introduction] Using the life-bound Mirror Artifact as a medium, it creates an exclusive mirror domain nation, controlling the ability to convert reality and illusion. It can build an eternal mirror realm within the mirror, foster a Mirror Demon community, spy on all things, disturb the mind, and even seal beings within the mirror, holding the power over life and death persistence. It is an all-encompassing talent integrating investigation, control, sealing, and domain suppression.

1. Mirror World: Consumes Spiritual Energy to nurture the exclusive life-bound Mirror Artifact, establishing an independent mirror space with the Mirror Artifact as the core. The size of the space expands with the quality of the Mirror Artifact and one’s own strength. Mirror Demon community can naturally form within the mirror space, initially capable of nurturing only Low Tier Mirror Demons. As the space is nurtured and accumulated, High Tier Mirror Demons can gradually be born, with all rules within the mirror world dictated by the host.

2. Mirror Demon Formless: Mirror Demons are condensed from the spirituality of mirrors, without physical form, able to freely traverse any mirror-like surfaces (copper mirrors, water surfaces, ice surfaces, metallic reflective surfaces, etc.), possessing all-dimensional investigation, target data analysis, and shared vision abilities, while also capable of launching soul impacts, causing damage to target souls.

3. Mirror Flower: Activates the life-bound Mirror Artifact to release a mirror domain; all targets within the domain’s coverage will be drawn into an illusory mirror image world. The scene of the mirror image world is constructed by the mirror host, disrupting target perception and judgment, and even converting mirror image damage into real injuries.

4. Mirror Seal: Using Mirror Law as a guide, it consumes a large amount of Spiritual Energy to activate the life-bound Mirror Artifact to launch a seal against designated beings. If the target’s mental resistance is lower than the host or is restrained by the illusory world of Mirror Flower, they will be forcibly drawn into the internal space of the Mirror Artifact and sealed. During the seal, the target’s strength will be slowly eroded by mirror power, and the mirror host can decide at any time whether to unseal or erase.

"Indeed a very comprehensive talent!"

Qin Tian nodded with satisfaction.

"Mirror Nation" isn’t very strong in direct combat capability, but it excels in being extremely comprehensive, featuring reconnaissance, tracking, mental impact, sealing, and more. With this talent, it’s akin to having a god’s-eye view within a certain range, and in combination with his Spatial Ability and Perception Ability, he can gain the upper hand in any environment.

Additionally, he took away Beitiao Hezi’s life-bound Mirror Artifact. Once he reclaims ownership, he can use it. Although Mirror Demons will need to be cultivated anew, at least the process of nurturing the artifact is saved.

He’s quite excited about this talent, but integrating an Orange Talent can cause bodily reactions; he plans to find an excuse to leave alone during a rest and then fuse it.

"Qin Tian, this is yours."

Zhuge Yu took the Frost Realm Tablet from the Space Equipment and handed it to Qin Tian.

Qin Tian returned the tablet to the Spirit Space. Although this item could perform to its fullest in Zhuge Yu’s hands, it’s ultimately a rare treasure, and he wouldn’t give it to Zhuge Yu for free.

"Where to next?"

Taishi Feng looked at Qin Tian and Zhuge Yu.

"Qin Tian, you decide." Zhuge Yu passed the leadership to Qin Tian.

Qin Tian thought for a moment and said, "Let’s collect Ice Element first, see if we can obtain more information about the Ice God Race and Ice God Treasure Vault from the Ice Element. If possible, I hope we can find another vault."

One Ice God Treasure Vault greatly enhanced their strength and provided weapons, ores, treasure materials, and resources. In terms of gains, this journey to the ruins is quite fulfilling.

However, humans are greedy by nature; there are seven Ice God Treasure Vaults in total, so finding a second vault would naturally be better.

"Alright."

No one raised objections.

Yet, just as they were about to set off, suddenly, a subtle tremor emanated from the ice layer beneath.

This tremor was initially as weak as the fluttering of mosquito wings, but in the next instant, it suddenly escalated, a deep rumble surged from the depths of the ice plain, as if an Ancient Giant Beast was awakening beneath the ice layer, violently striking the earth’s skeleton with great force.

"What’s happening?"

Everyone’s faces tensed, and they immediately saw the snow beneath them rise into the air, the hardened ice layer fracturing at a visible pace, cracks spreading like spider webs in all directions.

More unsettling was an invisible wave sweeping over immediately afterward.

This wave lacked any attack power, yet it carried an ancient oppressive weight, sweeping across the entire ruins like a tide. Whether it was the Empire geniuses or the demons hibernating beneath the ice, all clearly sensed this soul-stirring tremor, halting their actions and blankly gazing in the direction the wave came from.