Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 123 The Innate Secret Techniques of Flesh Puppets
"Is this a natural ability?"

When Qin Ming carefully sensed the power of the Mountain Bear and a wisp of his consciousness entered its body, he was shocked.

The flesh and blood puppet can even use the secret techniques it possessed in life!

What is the secret method of talent?

Innate secret techniques are special abilities directly bestowed by the universe, which cannot be cultivated at all.

For example, the Golden Horned Beast with the highest bloodline possesses three talents: Devouring, Strengthening, and Creating Clone!
The Devouring Talent allows the user to absorb metal to accelerate growth. The Enhancement Talent, once activated, forcibly doubles both physical and spiritual strength!
The clones are even more amazing; they can generate three clones from the primordial nucleus within the body!

In addition, there are some top-tier talents, such as the copying talent of the Demon Slayer Clan and the World Tree's control over space and time, each of which possesses incredible power.

"The power of mountains?"

With his consciousness possessing the body of the mountain bear, Qin Ming clearly sensed the mountain bear's talent.

The effect of this talent is simple: after activation, a thick layer of rock armor can be formed on the surface of the body, greatly increasing its defense and doubling its strength.

If you stand firmly on the ground, you can draw upon the earth's power to strengthen yourself.

"interesting!"

Qin Ming's eyes gleamed with fervor.

This talent doesn't seem particularly powerful, and its effect on increasing strength is far less than that of the Golden Horned Beast.

But it opened up a new world for Qin Ming.

Since the Mountain Giant Bear's talent allows it to unleash its original abilities, it means that others who have been refined into puppets can do the same!

Not only does it improve his combat skills, it also greatly benefits Qin Ming's own cultivation.

When a wisp of consciousness possessed its body and Qin Ming activated its talent by stepping on the ground, he found that his understanding of the laws of earth in the universe had become much clearer.

This is just one mountain bear beast; what if it were something even stronger?

For example, the Mountain and Valley Beast in Starry Sky Beasts. If you obtain the corpse of a Mountain and Valley Beast, wouldn't you be able to use its talents to comprehend cultivation?

"The power contained in a cosmic-level body is astonishing. Although it is just a body, the source of power within it has dissipated."

But even with his immense power alone, he could easily annihilate a ninth-tier stellar-level being.

Controlling the giant mountain bear's body to walk and attack across the Netherworld Continent, feeling the explosive power contained within, Qin Ming couldn't help but feel satisfied.

His soul attacks come from the Myriad Soul Banner, and his physical attacks come from the Mountain Giant Bear Flesh Puppet, greatly enhancing his strength.

"It's just that this dead mountain bear can't be used openly and honestly."

As his consciousness left the mountain bear, Qin Ming frowned slightly.

After all, the corpse had been dead for a long time, with its internal organs removed. If it suddenly unleashed such powerful combat strength, Babata and the others would probably be filled with doubt.

For creatures like the Golden Lion, being bought alive could be considered a form of forced enslavement.

But they've been dead for so long, to say they were enslaved is a bit disrespectful to their intelligence.

"In the universe, besides controllers and illusionists, there are some more niche professions, such as beast tamers and puppeteers."

I recall that in the records of the Meteorite Star's heritage, puppeteers had a method for refining monster corpses into puppets.

Qin Ming pondered. He wasn't particularly interested in puppeteers, but if he could conceal it to some extent, it wouldn't be bad.

The puppeteer's lineage also exists in the Meteorite Star lineage, but it is only the simplest and most superficial, and not a systematic one.

"Let's talk about that later. In a critical moment, saving our lives is the priority; we can't afford to worry about these things."

Qin Ming shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Turning around, he continued to refine the two corpses of the human race's 'Purple Ape', one a first-order cosmic-level being and the other a second-order cosmic-level being.

The Purple Ape clan is about three meters tall and has purple fur all over its body. They belong to the sixth-level bloodline in the universe, and adults are planetary-level beings.

It's unclear where those slave traders got those two corpses from; they were clearly killed in a fierce battle.

Especially that second-tier cosmic-level body, half of its body was broken, and it was only by stitching it up with a special method that it was barely kept intact.

As energy continuously flowed into the blood pool, the shattered body slowly began to reassemble, eventually restoring itself to its original state, albeit with a greater energy consumption.

"Unfortunately, the Purple Ape lacks innate abilities. However, I now possess three flesh-and-blood puppets with cosmic-level combat power!"

Consciousness withdrew from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Extremely pure blood-red energy and soul aura emanated from the Myriad Soul Banner.

"The soul essence and flesh essence provided by stellar-level monsters are significantly more powerful than those of planetary-level monsters, increasing the speed of strength growth by at least two times."

The flesh and blood of a ninth-tier stellar-level monster are even more effective.

Under the state of inner vision, the changes within his body were clearly visible. Qin Ming could clearly see that the evolution within his body was accelerating, and his bloodline was also undergoing subtle transformations.

These days, he refines a trace of blood and qi from the immortal corpse every day to strengthen his own bloodline.

Although no further qualitative change has occurred, it has been accumulating.

If we persevere, our bloodline will eventually undergo another transformation.

……

virtual universe.

Black Dragon Mountain Island, killing field.

Stepping into the hall, I found it to be enormous, comparable to a city, though there weren't many people inside.

The lobby's background has a strong combat style, resembling a sea of ​​blood.

In the center, a drop of 'blood' is particularly conspicuous.

This wasn't Qin Ming's first time here, so he walked inside as if it were a familiar place.

In reality, he couldn't find a suitable opponent. Only here could he hone his skills, such as controlling the Sky Shuttle. He had already mastered the ninth level of the Sky Shuttle Secret Technique.

Combined with the domain, it unleashed the strongest power of the Sky Shuttle.

"Luo Feng and Jia Yi are not here; they must be in combat training."

Qin Ming sent a message to the two of them, but received no reply. He didn't mind and walked towards the end of the hall.

As he walked, Qin Ming saw many other people heading deeper into the hall, entering the corridor, just like him.

Among them are many cosmic mercenaries.

Qin Ming even saw two mercenaries from the second-tier universe walking forward, chatting and laughing.

A mercenary of the second cosmic level—that's already a domain lord-level powerhouse!
Only those at the stellar level are qualified to take the assessment for cosmic mercenaries. Those who pass the assessment will be granted the qualification of 'cosmic trainee mercenary'.

Only those at the cosmic level are qualified to participate in the cosmic one-star mercenary assessment.

And so on. There are also two-star and three-star models.

However, they are only qualified to participate in the assessment.

The assessment is extremely difficult, and most people cannot pass it.

Two-star mercenaries are rarely seen outside, but they are frequently seen in the killing field, and occasionally even world lord-level powerhouses can be seen.

As he walked inside, Qin Ming's gaze fell upon an elderly man with green skin and a head full of wrinkles in the hall.

When Qin Ming looked at him, he was sitting in a chair with his eyes half-closed, looking relaxed.

Qin Ming glanced at it once and immediately looked away.

By Earthling standards of beauty, this old man's appearance could be described as ugly, but for some reason, he gave people a strange feeling of tranquility.

This is the power of an immortal warrior!
That's right, this old man's name is 'Manluo', and he is the head of the Black Dragon Mountain Island branch!

This was also the first time Qin Ming had ever seen a living, breathing immortal powerhouse.

"He should have seen my strength."

A thought flashed through his mind, and Qin Ming continued walking forward, stepping into the corridor.

He planned to display his strength at the Qianwu Dojo to attract the attention of the powerful figures there.

However, this did not prevent him from displaying his talent in the killing, attracting the attention of the Virtual Universe Company.

Walking on two legs is the safest approach.

At the very least, one can join the periphery of the Virtual Universe Company and obtain some resources.

……

Shifting stars.

As Qin Ming stepped deeper into the corridor, the surrounding environment changed.

This is the vast starry sky.

Qin Ming was standing on a meteorite.

"The battle environment is set in a mountainous jungle. My psychic weapons are all Tier 3 psychic weapons called 'Sky Shuttle' and Tier 2 battle suits."

The opponents are 100 first-tier Stellar-level martial artists!

He skillfully set up the battle environment, his own strength, and his opponent.

The virtual universe has collected almost all telekinetic weapons and other items; anything that exists in the universe can be set up at will.

Boom~~
The killing space began to change; the starry sky disappeared, transforming into a mountain range that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Qin Ming rode the Sky Shuttle, wore a black battle suit, and held a Broken Army Halberd.

At the same time, 100 figures clad in blood-red armor appeared in the distant sky.

A smile appeared on Qin Ming's lips.

Huhuhu~~
The Sky Shuttle instantly disintegrated into 60 blades.

The 60 blades were spaced apart, and each blade had faintly visible yellowish-brown threads running through it, spinning rapidly around Qin Ming.

At the same time, the domain power emanating from Qin Ming's body also spread out.

The third form of the Sky Shuttle: Sky Blade Domain!

"Boom~~"

One hundred stellar-level martial artists transformed into streaks of light, attacking from all directions.

Whoosh!
Qin Ming charged forward without flinching, and within his Heavenly Blade Domain, blades spun rapidly, seemingly transforming into a high-speed rotating ring for cutting.

In an instant, the bodies of one stellar-level first-tier martial artist after another shattered.

Those blades sometimes transformed into golden cones, and sometimes into swimming fish, frantically weaving through the air. Wherever they passed, even stellar-level martial artists dared not directly block them.

The ultimate technique of the third form of the Sky Shuttle has eliminated the distinction between attack and defense forms.

Its most distinctive feature is that it can quickly switch and combine into different attack methods, and with the support of different domain powers, it can also have a certain emphasis.

"Heavenly Blade Annihilation!"

Qin Ming let out a low roar, and 60 blades darted through the air, enveloping several warriors in blood-red armor and killing them without leaving any blind spots.

With the support of domain power and a 72-fold increase in psychic power, the power unleashed by this attack far exceeded that of a first-tier stellar-level attack.

"what!"

Screams rang out, and blood rained down.

Large swathes of severed limbs were scattered about.

But these warriors showed no fear and charged forward relentlessly.
brush!
The blades rapidly changed shape.

"Nine Mountains!"

The phantom shield of the heavy mountain peaks appeared around Qin Ming, blocking the attack.

A quarter of an hour later.

The last three warriors charged forward.

"Sky-Piercing Strike!"

All the blades instantly condensed into a long shuttle, transforming into a streak of light that pierced through the three martial artists along the way.

The battle is over.

"Finally, I was able to unleash the Sky-Piercing Shuttle's strongest attack, Sky-Piercing Strike, in actual combat."

Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

These days, he has been training his combat skills and has mastered the final level of the Nine Secret Techniques of Escape from Heaven, 'Escape from Heaven'.

"We could try different opponents, or go to the Killing Space and fight other people!"

As Qin Ming was thinking this, a notification sound came to his ear.

"Have we arrived in the solar system yet? I'm coming out now."

The journey through the dark universe of the Nine Heavens has ended.

They went home.

(End of this chapter)