I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 707 - 513: Invincible Demeanor at the End of the Ice Abyss

Within the ice crevasse, the cold wind swept up tiny shards of ice, biting into faces like knives.

Qin Tian held the Black Frost Saber, his tall figure standing like a pine tree before the giant monster, the tip of his blade steadily pressing against the spiked palm of the massive hand.

Before him stood a towering, malformed monster like a small mountain, with dark purple skin and muscles knotted like old roots beneath it, while oozing wounds dripped dark green fluid, the pressure of a high level of Tier Seven weighing down like storm clouds.

Though he appeared as insignificant as an ant in the shadow of the monster, his spine remained straight and unyielding.

Two completely different forces fiercely contested at the knife’s edge, creating visible spiritual energy ripples, momentarily evenly matched.

"Qin Tian!"

Taishi Feng and Huo Yuansheng had just broken free from the black gas, stumbling in and finally able to breathe easy at the sight.

Their lips still bloody, they smiled in unison.

With Qin Tian back, there was nothing to worry about.

"Roar!!!"

The humiliation of being stopped by an "ant" completely enraged the monster; it opened its massive maw lined with fangs, spewing forth a cloud of sulfuric black gas while raising another fan-sized palm, aiming to strike Qin Tian’s head with a rush of breaking air.

Qin Tian’s gaze was as tranquil as a deep pond, yet his body trembled slightly—not out of fear, nor excitement, but a sign of the profound transformation of his soul and body after breaking through the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Among the Heaven and Mortal Three Tribulations, the Heart Demon Tribulation is the most mysterious.

Unlike the dazzling thunder of the Celestial Thunder Tribulation, nor requiring the soul-burning flames of the Body Burning Tribulation, it wields the innermost obsessions and fears as a blade, cutting through all disguises.

For Qin Tian, his greatest concern was his identity as a Transmigrator.

The pace at which he rose from a Cloned Soldier to Tier Seven in three years was all but unbelievable, and would eventually arouse the Empire’s suspicion.

Once exposed, the Empire, this enormous entity, would undoubtedly act against him, extracting all value, making escape from their pursuit and sanction difficult, despite his golden finger.

This fear, like an invisible shackle, had always been bound to his heart.

Yet in the illusion realm of the Heart Demon Tribulation, he came to realize—worry never solves the problem.

His growth trajectory had long since rendered him incapable of remaining "invisible," and the inevitable storms could not be avoided.

Rather than disturb himself by remaining trapped in fear, it was better to plan proactively, accumulate strength in advance, and attain enough power so that no one would dare to act lightly; so as to ensure, at any time, he could protect those around him.

The moment he grasped this, he felt the shackles on his heart shatter explosively, a sensation of unprecedented freedom engulfing him; this breakthrough in mindset was even more precious than physical refinement.

The Celestial Thunder and Body Burning Tribulations "patched" him, causing his power to skyrocket; yet the refinement of the Heart Demon Tribulation was "nourishing," rebuilding his foundation from the depths of his genes and soul, thoroughly stabilizing and grounding his strength.

It was only at this moment that he truly stepped into Tier Seven.

The massive palm above drew closer, and a sharp gleam abruptly flashed in Qin Tian’s eyes. No longer passively stagnant, he suddenly exerted strength with his feet, the spiritual energy within erupting like a volcano.

Boom—!

A thunderous crash erupted in the ice crevasse, accompanied by a flash of purple-gold lightning.

The purple light, intensely dazzling, sliced through the long night like a meteor, illuminating the entire ice crevasse and casting a strangely enchanting glow over the monster’s dark purple skin.

The next moment, the massive mountainous entity suddenly stiffened, its raised palm frozen in mid-air, unable to fall another inch.

Then, at the center of its wrinkled forehead, a subtle fissure appeared, rapidly spreading outward at a visible pace, threaded with strands of purple lightning.

"Screech—"

A sound like a tearing fabric pierced the air, as the monster’s body split cleanly in two from the fissure on its forehead, spewing dark green blood mixed with flesh violently outward, sizzling corrosively upon hitting the ice.

The heavy halves of the corpse crashed onto the ice platform, shaking loose ice shards down.

Before the crowd could process it, dense dark purple patterns suddenly appeared on the corpse, with purple-gold lightning frantically jumping and darting amidst the flesh, utterly pulverizing the monster’s muscles and bones.

The incessant crisp cracking sound echoed as those patterns spread like a web, ultimately cutting the two halves into hundreds of different-sized pieces, and the once suffocating demonic qi dissipated completely with the disintegration of the corpse into cold wind.

"One... one move?"

Huo Yuansheng and Taishi Feng’s eyes bulged wide in disbelief, faces etched with shock.

That was a terrifying entity, a fusion of four Tier Seven monsters, achieving a high level of Tier Seven. Even for the top direct lineage members of the Holy Blood Clan like Shengongsi Yuzuo, Ji Taiyan, and Dongfang Qi, it would have required effort to solve. But Qin Tian... with just one slash, reduced it into corpse fragments.

What kind of terrifying strength was this?

Tier Seven invincibility?

Zhuge Yu’s hand holding the Array Plate trembled forcefully, nearly dropping it.

He eyed the figure of Qin Tian who stood with the blade sheathed, his heart churned with turbulent waves—Qin Tian had just broken through to Tier Seven, not yet fully stabilizing his realm, yet capable of unleashing such appallingly formidable combat prowess, slaying the monster of high level of Tier Seven in one strike.

What exactly is he...

Qin Tian slowly sheathed his blade, gazing at the monster corpse shattered into hundreds of pieces at his feet, the corners of his mouth unintentionally lifting.

"Indeed, after Tier Seven, everything becomes truly different."

In the realm of spiritual energy, there’s a saying that "from Tier Five to Tier Six is a watershed," but only those who truly touch the high-tier threshold understand this is merely the limitation of the majority.