I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 840: Chapter 573: Insect Nest, Crisis Approaches (Part 2)

The tribe was growing stronger by the day, now commanding a force of twenty thousand warriors. Aside from still lacking Anlong-level powerhouses, both in scale and overall combat strength, they were already no less formidable than the long-renowned major Moluo tribes.

The Moluo Race is a form of energy life; their reproduction method is entirely different from ordinary mammals, requiring no mating but relying on the division of their energy core to nurture the next generation.

However, every division of the energy core signifies a decline in the parent body’s power, potentially damaging its very foundation.

Therefore, only those whose potential is exhausted and unable to break through, or those on the brink of death, with little time left, would choose to divide their core and nurture offspring.

A tribe with over twenty thousand warriors, even in the Moluo Race’s most prosperous times, was enough to dominate a region.

“Gord, the task of assimilating these new tribe members is entrusted to you.”

Adif raised his hand and patted Gord on the shoulder.

The term “assimilating” was something he recently learned from his master and had now fully grasped the essence of it.

But as more tribe members came under his command, these tedious yet crucial tasks could no longer rest solely on his shoulders, thus he needed a reliable helper to share the burden.

And Gord was undoubtedly the best choice.

He was his most trusted brother and one of the earliest subordinates to follow their master, utterly loyal.

He felt entirely at ease letting Gord handle this task.

“Understood.”

Gord nodded in agreement. Although he hadn’t done this sort of work before, after observing Adif handle it several times, he had more or less grasped the approach, understanding how to guide new tribe members to recognize and respect their master, and to unite them.

“Good, speed up the cleanup of the battlefield and prepare to head to the next target,” Adif ordered.

However, during this brief moment of relaxation, a fluctuation in space suddenly occurred.

Initially, Adif didn’t mind it, assuming it was other tribe members traversing through space to join them.

But in the next second, when two black and red figures appeared in his vision, his body suddenly shook, and a strong sense of crisis instantly engulfed him.

“Watch out!”

Adif shouted fiercely, but before his voice had even fallen, a terrifying mental storm erupted like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire battlefield!

Even though the warriors and the Boro reacted quickly, raising a soul power barrier, the mental storm was too terrifying, far exceeding their endurance limits.

The soul power barriers shredded like thin paper, the Boros uttering cries of anguish, their soul power dispersing.

On the other side, the Moluo warriors fell unconscious one by one, some even violently contorted, their energy cores collapsing under the strain, shattering with a roar, their bodies disintegrating into a sky full of scattered energy light, perishing on the spot.

Adif let out a muffled groan, a tearing pain emanating from the depths of his soul, his heart filled with horror.

It must be known that he was the first Moluo to be granted a Boro by his master. Over these days, he had nurtured his Boro with the highest quality Blood Gu Beast soul crystals, and by now, his Boro’s soul power had long surpassed Tier Six, standing out alone.

Even so, under this sudden mental storm, his Boro was still instantly overwhelmed, its soul power on the brink of collapse.

He gritted his teeth against the soul-wrenching pain, raising his eyes to look at the two attackers opposite.

They turned out to be two upright Blood Gu Beasts, tall in stature, with black and thick wings gently vibrating behind them, the silver veins on their wings flickering with a ghostly light, exuding a dense and eerie space fluctuation.

Could it be that they also mastered the power of space?

No time to think further, Adif had only one thought in his mind: run!

He was not one to flee to save his life or willing to be a deserter, but given the current situation, staying would only mean a pointless death.

He must escape to tell his master what happened here, so the master could rescue everyone.

Swish—

With a thought, Adif no longer hesitated, slipping into the void like a phantom, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Adif escape unharmed, the two insect race guards felt suddenly surprised.

They never expected that in this weak tribe, someone could withstand their mental storm.

Immediately, the two flapped their wings, following the traces of Adif fleeing into the void to chase him.

But in terms of control over the power of space, the gap between them and Adif was like heaven and earth.

After just a moment, they gave up the pursuit and returned to the battlefield.

Looking at the Moluo warriors who had fainted and fallen, yet not perished, the two insect race guards used their spiritual power to lift them one by one, flying towards the direction of their lair.

…

Deep inside the military base, the cultivation room was silent.

Qin Tian sat cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by a dense pile of grayish-white stones.

The stones had a rough and dry surface, with no energy fluctuations.

These were the empty stones previously mined by the Moluo Race, left behind after they had absorbed all the energy within them.

The Moluo Race did not discard or destroy these waste empty stones; instead, they transported them back to the empty stone vein, letting them slowly absorb energy from the vein’s natural energy field, attempting to achieve energy recycling.

However, this method was so primitive and cumbersome, with an efficiency so low that it was appalling, often taking centuries for these waste empty stones to become recharged with energy.

But in Qin Tian’s eyes, these seemingly useless waste empty stones were perfect energy carriers.

As the Void God Master, he wielded a particular ability—Void Empowerment.

By refining items with pure power of the void and imprinting space laws within, he created treasures imbued with spatial properties.

Usually, he used this ability to refine space equipment or teleportation bases.

At the moment, he had found a new use for it—using Void Empowerment to recharge the waste empty stones with energy, refining them into the finest cultivation resources best suited for the Moluo Race.

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In this way, not only could he completely free up his time, without having to personally visit the Moluo tribes every time, but it would also drastically enhance efficiency.

Now, he could recharge thousands of empty stones in one day, and at this speed, the cultivation resources the Moluo Race would need for the coming years could be prepared in advance before long.

“Sigh, being a leader, I spend my days working like a laborer for my subordinates,” Qin Tian couldn’t help but murmur softly as he infused energy into the waste empty stones before him.

Back at the Ice Extreme Pass, he had to use the Power of the Martial Immortal daily to nourish weapons and equipment, filling the internal treasury; meanwhile, he constantly refined explosive iron balls to trade with the war god Ares for Dragon Blood.

Now, on Montell Star, the busyness showed no signs of abating.

Not only did he have to expend mental power to have Xiaobai split into Boros to distribute among the newly joined Moluo people, but he also had to work himself to the bone recharging the waste empty stones.

All these tasks were for the growth of his subordinates.

Fortunately, the Demon King Avatar could share some of his abilities, taking over more than half of the workload for him.

If it weren’t for the avatar’s help, even if he neither ate nor slept, he simply wouldn’t be able to complete all these chores.

“In terms of dedication, I wouldn’t exaggerate calling myself a good boss of the Empire,” Qin Tian thought to himself.

However, just then, a shift came over his expression.

Swish

The next moment, he appeared high in the sky, tens of kilometers away, and with a swoop of his hand, grabbed a figure right out of the void.

“Master.”

Seeing Qin Tian, Adif retracted the weapon he was about to thrust out, then anxiously said:

“Master, I…”

“No need to say, I already know.”

Qin Tian waved his hand; through the Soul Seal, he already understood what had occurred just now.

Unexpectedly, the Blood Gu Beast could still evolve into a humanoid form, possessing not only spiritual power above Tier Seven but also a certain degree of spatial ability.

It seemed they had evolved new spatial talents by devouring the Moluo Race.

Qin Tian’s eyes narrowed sharply. The appearance of this devour-and-evolve ability, combined with the likeness of the Blood Gu Beast, reminded him of a terrifying race.

If it indeed was them, then it was troubling.

“Don’t worry, I will rescue them,” Qin Tian reassured, patting Adif’s shoulder. Then, with a flicker, he vanished from the spot.