Chapter 817: Talent Tree |
Antares had never enjoyed killing so much, and Lin Moyu had never enjoyed dying so much.
For three straight days, Lin Moyu died and revived in an endless cycle.
Every time his Comprehensive Rebirth talent activated, its talent flame trembled violently.
Yet the talent flame never dimmed, burning as vigorously as ever. That was the source of Lin Moyu's confidence.
Comprehensive Rebirth included the restoration of the soul. Each rebirth allowed Lin Moyu to split his soul anew, dramatically increasing the number of times he could do so.
Ordinary people could only split off a dozen or so strands before requiring a period to recover.
Lin Moyu, however, split off hundreds of strands without the slightest concern.
Whenever he reached his limit, he simply let Antares kill him several times, triggering another rebirth.
Then he repeated the process.
The talent seed had absorbed enough soul, forging an extraordinarily close connection with him.
Lin Moyu felt almost like the talent seed had become his child. After all, it had been nourished by his soul.
Antares, meanwhile, still hadn't had his fill of killing, "Since it's full, move on to the next one. It won't sprout anytime soon—it needs time."
Lin Moyu grunted in acknowledgment, continued splitting off his soul, and began nurturing the second talent seed.
With each cycle, he became more proficient.
As Antares killed him over and over again, he muttered to himself, "I've never seen anyone like you. Damn it, I’ll wipe you out, you monster."
"You're not even level 90, yet your soul has reached 3rd grade. Are you kidding me?"
"Not even level 90, and you already possess Transcendent God combat power. How are others supposed to live?"
"Not even level 90, yet you have twenty-two law art stars. Who exactly are you trying to scare to death?"
"And despite being suppressed by the greater world rune, you’re still able to reach level 90. If you're not a monster, then what are you?"
…
Lin Moyu was speechless.
At this point, he suspected Antares had gone mad.
Then again, perhaps it was understandable.
Someone as powerful as Antares had been trapped here for countless years. The frustration and resentment in his heart must have accumulated beyond measure.
Worse still, there had been no one to share that burden with, leaving it to fester endlessly.
Had he not been able to sleep away much of the time, he might truly have lost his mind.
Over the next five days, Lin Moyu stopped counting how many times Antares killed him. The number had long since become meaningless.
Five days later, the remaining two talent seeds were finally fully nourished.
The first stage of nurturing was complete.
Now, all that remained was to wait for them to sprout.
Lin Moyu stayed within his soul world, watching the talent seeds without leaving their side.
Half a day earlier, the first talent seed had begun radiating pulses of life force.
The life force grew stronger with every passing moment. By now, it had spread throughout his entire soul world.
The talent seed was on the verge of sprouting.
Suddenly, a law manifested around it.
"The law of life..." Lin Moyu murmured softly.
He had previously observed the growth of Kunlun Snow Grass and experienced the law of life through the Genesis Scepter.
Although what Antares had shown him back then was only a tiny fragment, the aura was identical.
Now, the law of life had appeared around the talent seed.
The development caught him by surprise.
Admiration flashed through Antares's eyes, "As expected of a top-tier talent. Combined with a 3rd grade soul, it actually gave birth to the law of life."
"Normally, ordinary talents and ordinary souls can at most produce things like light element or water element."
"Manifesting a law is already incredible."
"But manifesting the law of life? That's beyond incredible. Absolutely absurd."
Lin Moyu was rendered speechless by the description.
Still, the emergence of the law of life was undoubtedly a good thing.
His soul world now possessed another law.
In the future, he could study it alongside the life aspect of the law of undeath.
Alternatively, he could use Infinite Fusion to merge the two laws and perhaps create something entirely new.
A crisp crack rose, and a fissure appeared on the talent seed.
Moments later, a vibrant green sprout emerged.
The instant the tender sprout was born, life force flooded the entire soul world.
The law of life transformed into droplets of rain, forming a drizzle that fell across the soul world.
Lin Moyu felt a boundless life force—eternal and inexhaustible.
The sprout grew rapidly, almost uncontrollably.
A second leaf unfurled, then a third.
Its roots spread. The law of life became even stronger.
At that moment, the drizzle transformed into a torrential downpour.
The rain of law descended without end, saturating the entire soul world with the law of life and filling it with the aura of life.
Lin Moyu felt his soul brimming with vitality.
Of course, it was only an illusion brought about by the presence of the law of life.
The roots thickened and strengthened, twisting together as they spread.
The sprout rapidly grew into a trunk that climbed ever higher.
In less than a minute, it surpassed ten meters in height, its girth so immense that a single person could no longer encircle it with their arms.
Fresh branches extended outward, and green leaves unfurled.
The talent seed of Comprehensive Amplification had grown into a large tree.
Then, two crisp sounds rang out.
The two remaining talent seeds sprouted simultaneously.
The soul world, already beset by a torrential downpour, was suddenly whipped by fierce winds.
The law of life surged more than tenfold.
The rain of life no longer fell as droplets but as crystalline shards, each radiating dense, vibrant life force.
"The law of life has materialized!" Antares was stunned.
Across his countless years of existence, he had never witnessed—nor even heard of—such a phenomenon.
The two newly sprouted seeds grew at an astonishing pace.
Their branches quickly extended and coiled around the tree.
Before long, the three talent seeds fused into a single entity, intertwining with one another as they grew together.
As Lin Moyu watched, a thought surfaced in his mind, "Perhaps they were originally one entity."
The raging winds swept the materialized law of life toward the three talent seeds, which absorbed it completely.
Nourished by the law of life, they grew faster and taller.
By the time the rain of life finally ceased, the three seeds had become a single giant tree towering over a hundred meters tall.
Its roots firmly anchored themselves within the soul world. Countless roots spread into its deepest reaches, extending toward unknown regions.
A large number of branches swayed throughout the soul world, emitting law aura with every movement.
Yet it was not merely one law. Although the law of life was the most prominent, traces of other laws lingered beneath it.
Antares closed his eyes and carefully sensed the laws.
Who could have imagined that, a dozen minutes earlier, this giant tree had been nothing more than three tiny seeds?
Lin Moyu had assumed sprouting would merely produce saplings.
Never had he imagined they would instantly grow into a hundred-meter colossus.
The fact that the first nourishment alone could trigger such a shocking transformation was completely beyond his expectations.
Now, with roots anchored throughout the soul world and extending into unfathomable depths, the tree absorbed energy in ways Lin Moyu could not comprehend.
Yet he could tell that the talent tree was far from reaching its limits. His level was the thing restricting its growth.
As for its true limits, even he could not begin to estimate it.
The talent seeds were gone. The talent flames had vanished as well.
The three talent seeds had fused into a single entity: talent tree.
Lin Moyu reached out and touched its trunk.
Instantly, a profound sense of intimacy flowed into him.
It felt as though the talent tree were his own child, an extension of his life itself.
As it conveyed the sense of intimacy, it also transmitted new information.
The three talents had merged into a brand-new talent.
[Paramount (1st tier): law art effects are amplified 100-fold. All members of the undead army share damage, health, and spirit. Damage taken is reduced by onefold. When the undead army or its master receives fatal damage, they are instantly reborn, restored to peak condition, and all law art cooldowns are reset. This rebirth may occur once every 55 seconds.]