I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 997: Chapter 642: Selection Begins, Evolution of Three Major Talents (Part 2)

Liang He’s lips also curved into a faint smile.

Yeah, the two of them were both Tier Five powerhouses. In the entire Azure Dragon Army, they could be counted as pillar-level experts; getting selected was basically guaranteed.

This time, the fiercest competition was still among those Tier Four soldiers.

As for them, the Tier Five powerhouses, as long as they performed steadily, there was almost no chance of getting cut.

"Ahe, since the two of us brothers can get in steady, then we’ve gotta start getting ready for the Nine Stars Martial Meet." Konis put away his smile, his expression turning solemn. "The Legion has just developed several models of powered Armor. I heard that even the lowest-grade battle Armor, once you put it on, can let a Tier Five Spiritualist walk sideways among the same tier. With the Military Merit Points I’ve saved up, exchanging for two sets is totally no problem. When the time comes, we’ll each take one set, so we can watch each other’s backs."

"Konis, thanks." Liang He didn’t refuse in the slightest. They had fought shoulder to shoulder for years in university; they were already brothers who’d been through life and death together, no need for polite words.

A set of Armor could greatly boost his combat power and survivability. As long as he could survive the Nine Stars Martial Meet, he would definitely have the chance to properly repay this kindness from Konis in the future.

"Hah, what are you being polite with me for! That’s my good brother!"

Konis laughed heartily and clapped Liang He on the shoulder. "Just wait, I’ll head to the quartermaster right now to exchange them. If I’m late I’m afraid the others will snatch them up!"

With that, Konis hurriedly ran toward the direction of the quartermaster’s office, his steps kicking up the wind.

Watching Konis’s figure as he went farther away, a strong expectation welled up in Liang He’s eyes.

The Nine Stars Martial Meet—this was his one and only chance to change his own mediocre Talent and turn his fate around. He had to grab it tight and never let go.

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"Too many good Talents. Which one to evolve first is actually a bit of a headache."

On the summit of the icy mountain, the cold wind howled and snowflakes whirled in the sky.

Qin Tian stood alone at the peak, a faint Energy barrier circulating around him, shutting out the bone-piercing chill.

He gazed at the system light screen in front of him, densely packed with entries listing all of his Talents.

Qin Tian’s eyes slowly swept across it, his tone carrying a hint of happy trouble.

Right now, the Evolution Points he’d accumulated had already broken through the ten-billion mark. That was a truly terrifying number.

You had to know, evolving a single Orange Talent to Gold only needed fifty to a hundred million Evolution Points. In other words, as long as he wanted, he could unlock another seven or eight Gold Talents at any time, pushing his strength up to yet another major plateau.

However, Qin Tian knew very well that Talents were precious for their refinement, not their quantity.

Blindly chasing the number of Gold Talents was meaningless—one Gold Talent was far more powerful than ten Orange Talents stacked together.

Likewise, the appearance of a single Talent above Gold would be more valuable than many Gold Talents.

If he could evolve a Talent to that level, he would definitely be able to insta-kill all Holy Blood powerhouses and truly stand at the pinnacle of the Cosmos, unmatched by anyone.

So his core goal now wasn’t to blindly unlock Gold Talents, but to accumulate as many Evolution Points as possible and strive to evolve his Talents to a level above Gold Holy Blood.

Ten billion Evolution Points looked huge, but in truth it was still far from enough.

Even so, Qin Tian wasn’t anxious—the Nine Stars Martial Meet was itself a massive slaughterhouse, and also the perfect chance to obtain Evolution Points. When that time came, he would definitely be able to stockpile enough Evolution Points.

For now, he planned to use a portion of the Evolution Points to enhance those Talents that could directly and noticeably boost his combat power, so as to be ready for the upcoming Nine Stars Martial Meet.

After carefully studying the Talents on the system panel, Qin Tian locked onto three Talents that were intimately tied to weapons.

[Name] Soul of the Gun God (Purple)

[Type] Composite Talent

[Introduction] Inherit the Will of the ancient Gun God, controlling the spear with the soul, achieving Human-Weapon Integration. Whenever you touch any firearm, you can instantly sense the internal structure of the gun and resonate deeply with it; at the same time, you can see through all ballistic trajectories within your Domain, granting mortal iron the might to slay Gods, and even awaken the weapon’s origin Spirituality to forge an immortal Gun Spirit.

1. Gun God Domain: With Spiritual Perception as the boundary, form your exclusive Gun God Domain. You can clearly capture every target’s micro-movements within the Domain and generate the optimal firing sequence. Within the Domain, your Will can forcibly alter ballistic trajectories, allowing bullets to break physical limits and avoid all obstacles.

2. Godslayer Barrage: Infuse each bullet with the Will of the Gun God, granting it the "Breaking the Boundary" attribute, ignoring 30% of defense rules and dealing an additional 200% piercing damage to both flesh-and-blood and mechanical targets.

3. Gun Soul Awakening: You can precisely sense a firearm’s Artifact Spirit Potential, and through slaughter-nurturing, push the gun to awaken its exclusive Gun Spirit; during Gun Soul Awakening, the firearm’s materials will simultaneously awaken their Spirituality, and the overall performance will be greatly enhanced.

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[Name] Celestial Destiny Critical Strike (Purple)

[Type] Active Talent

[Introduction] Burn up to 10% of your Will, Physical Strength, and Energy, injecting the Power of Destiny into your next attack. The attack has a chance to trigger multiple tiers of critical effects:

· Basic Crit: 80% chance to deal 250%–300% damage;

· Rare Crit: 15% chance to deal 300%–400% damage;

· Epic Crit: 4% chance to deal 400%–600% damage;

· Legendary Crit: 1% chance to trigger the ultimate Destiny effect, dealing 600%–800% damage.

Evolution Trait: If Celestial Destiny Critical Strike successfully kills a target, it will refund 50% of the Energy consumed; at the same time, for every three consecutive uses of Celestial Destiny Critical Strike, a Rare Crit is guaranteed; for every five consecutive uses, an Epic Crit is guaranteed; for every ten consecutive uses, a Legendary Crit is guaranteed.

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[Name] Overlord Blade Body (Purple)

[Type] Passive Talent

[Introduction] Only when Swordsmanship is Cultivated to its peak can the Overlord Blade Body awaken. The one who possesses this Talent has reached a transcendent realm in understanding Swordsmanship, able to see through the essence and flaws of any Sword Technique at a glance; to learn any Sword Technique, you only need to watch it once to wield it skillfully, and you can even improve, innovate, and evolve it on your own. Every attack is wrapped in sharp Sword Intent, increasing Swordsmanship damage by 30%; when attacking the enemy, each hit accumulates 1 stack of Overbearing Blade Intent. When Blade Intent is stacked to 7 layers, you can actively unleash "Overlord’s Ultimate Slash," inflicting Sword Intent suppression on the enemy along with 15%–40% additional Armor-Breaking Damage.

These three great Talents were all tightly bound to weapons and were the Talents he used most often and relied on the most in battle.

Among them, Soul of the Gun God and Celestial Destiny Critical Strike were the two Talents he had used the most back when his strength was still weak.

The combination of these two Talents with his gun-based Shadowstrike had allowed him to defeat the strong while weak countless times, making him the terrifying Shadow Gun God that people feared at the mere mention of his name.

Now, Shadowstrike had absorbed the Spiritual Energy of the Ghost coffin, and its overall quality had soared, even gaining the ability to threaten Tier Eight powerhouses—though consistently sniping Tier Eights was still somewhat difficult.

But if he could raise the Level of Soul of the Gun God and Celestial Destiny Critical Strike, the power of Shadowstrike would definitely undergo a qualitative leap.

And the other Talent, Overlord Blade Body, was something he had integrated into every single battle.

His Lifebound Divine Weapon was Black Frost, and Swordsmanship was his main combat style. Overlord Blade Body, which was tightly bound to Swordsmanship, naturally couldn’t be left behind.

Not to mention raising it to Holy Blood Level—for now, he at least had to evolve it to Orange, so he could better draw out Black Frost’s might.

Qin Tian did a quick calculation. From Purple to Orange, a single Talent only needed five million Evolution Points; evolving all three Talents together would cost only fifteen million.

For him now, holding ten billion Evolution Points, that was nothing but drizzle, not even worth mentioning.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Tian waved his hand and injected five million Evolution Points into each of the three Talents.

In an instant, on the system panel, the three Purple light spheres representing the three Talents began to flash rapidly. Their radiance grew brighter and brighter, and their color quickly transformed—from deep Purple gradually turning into dazzling Orange, finally stabilizing.

The three great Orange Talents were officially born!