Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 93 Babata's Resentment
When Qin Ming entered the mirror, the surrounding environment suddenly changed, and he appeared in a large hall.

This is a black hall spanning several hundred square meters, with a hemispherical ceiling from which beams of dreamlike light shine down, making the entire hall appear ethereal and fantastical.

The dreamlike colorful light also enveloped Qin Ming.

Time slowly passed by, second by second.

As one minute passed, the last bit of tension in Qin Ming's heart eased.

According to intelligence, under normal circumstances, once enveloped in light, one can quickly follow the appearing passage into the depths of the ancient civilization ruins.

In special circumstances, there is only one possibility.

That is, the elite channel is now open!
really.

In the dark hall, a piercing alarm quickly sounded.

The translation software on the Qinming communication watch also emitted a sound.

"Alarm, alarm, alarm..."

Suddenly, the dreamlike light in the hall disappeared.

From the hemispherical ceiling, hundreds of crystal ropes, each as thick as a finger, shot down rapidly, like tentacles, hurtling towards Qin Ming.

Qin Ming's face seemed to show a hint of panic as he quickly dodged.

But it had no power to resist the crystal rope and was instantly enveloped.

"Since it cannot be determined by direct scanning, is it detected through direct contact?"

Qin Ming remained calm despite being trapped. He had anticipated this situation and was therefore not alarmed.

Blades flew out from the Sky Shuttle and struck the crystal rope, but were easily deflected, leaving not a single mark on the crystal rope.

"As expected, this crystal rope cannot be destroyed by a planetary-level attack."

After a token resistance, Qin Ming stopped his futile struggle.

And from each of the crystal ropes that bound him, a stream of light, like a signal, kept converging upwards.

A full minute later.

All the crystal ropes that bound Qin Ming quickly retracted and merged into the ceiling.

“XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX…” A long string of words echoed throughout the dark hall.

Qin Ming looked down at the communication watch, where the translated text was displayed.

"Congratulations, your brain span is 42, which is greater than 18. You are qualified to enter the 'Elite Channel' of this trial base, as this is the first time in five thousand years that the Elite Channel has been opened. Please wait for 15 minutes."

42?

How could my brain be so well developed?
However, Qin Ming wasn't too surprised.

Nourished by the essence of flesh and blood and the crystallization of the soul, the potential of one's physical body and the strength of one's soul are constantly increasing.

Before breaking through to the planetary level, without any secret techniques, one could reach an amplitude of 18 solely through brute force and one's own mental power.

Luo Feng, who was in the same period, only had 6.

After breaking through to the Planetary level, the psychic power directly reaches 24, and naturally reaches 30 when reaching the second level of the Planetary level.

As for now, it has reached 32.

It can be said that, due to the nourishment of the essence of flesh and blood and the crystallization of the soul, Qin Ming's potential in both his soul and body is increasing, and the breadth of his brain is constantly expanding.

Time passes minute by minute...

Qin Ming could only wait silently.

At that moment, Babata, far away on Kirishima Island, suddenly changed his expression.

……

Let's rewind to ten minutes earlier, before Qin Ming stepped into the passage.

Guided by the wooden crystals, Luo Feng continued to venture deeper underground, like a chick pecking at rice.

More than 10,000 meters underground, they discovered a hatch covered in dust.

When Luo Feng discovered the ruins and couldn't contain his excitement, he walked into the cabin and collected 300 Wood Crystals. However, his communication device lost signal.

As Luo Feng continued deeper into the passage, he saw huge, dented fist-shaped marks and enormous corpses lying among them.

There were seven corpses in total, each of which was extraordinary.

Except for one skeleton that had rotted away and was reduced to golden bones, the other six skeletons were intact and lifelike.

The corpse of an immortal powerhouse!

And here, Luo Feng finally encountered the first truly significant opportunity in his life—the inheritance of Meteorite Star!

When the intelligent life form Babata told Luo Feng about the inheritance of Meteorite Star, and after learning about the vastness of the universe and the power of Meteorite Star, Luo Feng naturally chose to become its disciple without hesitation.

In the universe, what Earth calls warrior-level, general-level, and war god-level warriors are actually all apprentice-level warriors!
Above that are planetary level, stellar level, cosmic level, domain lord, and world lord.

Each level has vastly different strengths and vastly different statuses in the universe.

At the planetary level, one is eligible to join a space nation, become its citizen, and barely make ends meet.

Stellar-sized, capable of acting as bodyguards and enforcers in the universe.

Moving up further, the status of "cosmic level" becomes quite high.

In a galaxy as large as the Milky Way, under normal development, only one galaxy can give birth to a cosmic-level powerhouse!
It should be noted that the Milky Way galaxy contains more than 20 planets with life.

The Silver Blue Empire, a primary cosmic nation that rules over eight star systems, has only about ten cosmic-level beings under its command.

As for the more powerful Domain Lords and Realm Lords, their status is even higher.

It can secure a place in a more powerful cosmic nation.

For example, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, a medium-sized civilization that rules over more than 8,000 star systems, had an immortal emperor as its founding emperor, and hundreds of world lords under its command.

Each realm lord is a powerful figure who rules over a region.

Immortal warriors possess eternal life.

A single strike could destroy a planet.

The master of Meteorite Star is a Marquis-level Immortal who is even stronger than the Emperor of Black Dragon Mountain, and he has nine Immortal servants under his command.

Faced with such a great legacy, anyone with common sense knows how to choose.

Moreover, if Luo Feng refuses, Babata will kill him to keep his master's secret.

Therefore, Luo Feng knelt down without hesitation.

He solemnly kowtowed eight times in the ceremony and became the fifth personal disciple of the master of Meteorite Star.

Babata was in a good mood for choosing a good successor for his master. After all, it was not easy to find a genius with a brain development level of 23 in a place like Earth.

Indeed, under the nourishment of the essence of flesh and blood, Luo Feng's brain capacity has been developed to level 23.

This is why Babata, who waited for a full 50,000 years and nearly went mad, chose Luo Feng without hesitation.

He has waited too long.

If we don't seize the opportunity, who knows when the next suitable candidate will be?
After all, the strongest of the others is only 16.

They couldn't even meet the minimum requirement of 18 for elite disciples of Meteorite Star.

"A top genius with a brain span of 42 was actually discovered in Ruins No. 9?"

Babata, who looked like a black child, exclaimed in surprise.

Brain width 42!

Even in the universe, this would be considered top-tier genius.

If Babata had discovered him earlier, he would have chosen him without hesitation.

"42? Who is that?"

Luo Feng was also surprised; how could someone be so much taller than him? Babata waved his small hand, quickly projecting Qin Ming's information in front of him.

"Oh, it's Chief Qin Ming. That makes sense."

Upon seeing this, Luo Feng's expression suddenly became clear.

Luo Feng had great respect for Qin Ming.

Qin Ming not only brought him into the military, giving him the highest level of training and changing the fate of his family, but also created the "Binding God Cone" and a brand-new secret technique for generating power.

He defeated even Hong and Thor, becoming the strongest person on Earth.

Qin Ming was only five years older than him.

"Why didn't Qin Ming come to Fog Island? Logically speaking, with the commotion I caused on Fog Island, Hong and Lei Shen from your Earth should have already arrived."

But why did he run to Ruins No. 9 at this time?

Babata was somewhat dissatisfied. He had gone to great lengths to throw Muya Crystal out in order to attract the strong and geniuses from Earth.

The level of their brain development can be easily determined using the instruments on the Meteorite Star.

Select the most suitable successor.

For Qin Ming, Babata, which monitors the world, is also a key target.

It's just that Qin Ming didn't appear, and Luo Feng is indeed very outstanding, meeting the standards for inheritance.

For Babata, strength is not important.

In his eyes, beings like Hong, Thor, or even the planetary-level Esther were unqualified; they might be geniuses, but they didn't meet the requirements for inheritance.

Since no one appeared and a suitable candidate was found, Babata decisively initiated the bootstrapping process.

But who knew that Qin Ming's talent would be so high?
They're almost twice as tall as Luo Feng!
This instantly filled Babata with boundless resentment.

It just made Luo Feng become its disciple!

The apprenticeship is complete, and there's no going back.

As an intelligent life form, it is inflexible and can only act according to its master's commands; otherwise, it would not have waited bitterly underground for 50,000 years.

If it were a normal life, I would have thought of other solutions long ago.

"I don't know."

Luo Feng was also somewhat puzzled. Other powerful figures in the army, such as Jia Yi and Zhu Xi, who were at the planetary level, had arrived. Logically, Qin Ming should have known the news.

And with such amazing treasures as Muya Crystal, you can never have enough of them.

After all, this is a treasure that can allow a high-level war god to directly break through to the planetary level.

"Can't the teacher take on another disciple?"

Seeing Babata's frustrated and resentful expression, Luo Feng's heart stirred.

He was already extremely grateful to Qin Ming, and it would be even better if he could bring Qin Ming to Meteorite Star as well.

“Yes! We can also include him in the Meteorite Star inheritance! It’s a pity there’s only one inheritance soul imprint, and I’ve already given it to you.”

Babata smiled with delight, then said with a hint of regret.

"Let's go! The apprenticeship is complete, let's leave here first."

……

Ruins No. 9.

A voice echoed in the black hall, and at the same time, the walls of the hall began to tremble slowly, revealing a deep, bottomless black passage.
On Qin Ming's communication watch, a sentence was also translated: "Please enter the elite channel."

"This is the elite pathway?"

With a thought, Qin Ming, holding the Broken Army Halberd and riding the Sky Shuttle, flew towards it, surrounded by blades.

After flying 500 meters along the passage, nine branching paths appeared before us.

After randomly choosing one, I flew in.

In just a moment, nine more forks appeared at the end of this fork in the road!
"A maze?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Ming chose another option.

He tested it.

The ancient passageways formed by the intertwined black tree roots surrounding the maze, made of a material similar to the Black God Armor, possess extremely strong defensive capabilities and are simply indestructible.

……

Just as Qin Ming was exploring, he came across a fork in the road not far ahead of him.

On the forked wall where black tree roots intertwined, countless water droplets seeped out and fell to the ground, coalescing into a black-robed figure wearing a silver-gray mask.

The same thing happened at the nine forks in the road before and after Qin Ming's path.

A total of eighteen men in black robes began to surround Qin Ming along the side road.

"The test has begun?"

A smile appeared on Qin Ming's lips as he looked at the black-robed figure that appeared ahead.

He was getting tired of the endless maze.

This maze is clearly dynamic; if its mechanism cannot be deciphered, one may never be able to find its way out.

"Let's test the strength of these 18 men in black robes!"

Seeing the black-clad man wearing a silver-gray mask, revealing only green pupils and filled with murderous intent, Qin Ming instantly shot out.

The men in black robes rushed towards Qin Ming along the passage like lightning.

call out!call out!call out!
Thirty-two curved blades slashed across the path in various trajectories, directly striking the first black-robed man who rushed into the passage.

The man in black robes tried to resist, but how could he possibly withstand 32 incredibly fast blades?
boom! boom! boom!
Each blade contained an impact force of nearly 3000 tons, and all 32 blades acted on the black-robed man at the same time!

The man in black robes instantly became a punching bag.

Under continuous bombardment, his entire body exploded, turning into puddles of black droplets.

"Since this is all the strength you have, then you can all die!"

Having landed a successful blow, Qin Ming swiftly controlled the 32 blades to attack the other men in black.

As the blades sliced ​​through them, the men in black exploded rapidly, turning into black liquid that slowly seeped into the ground.

After eliminating all the enemies, Qin Ming continued forward.

It's still the same fork in the road.

Information about his battle was also transmitted through crystal ropes to a core location within the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins.

When Qin Ming passed another fork in the road.

Without any warning...

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Like a torrential rain, streams of transparent light converged from all directions, instantly forming a crystal cage five meters high and eight meters long and wide, trapping Qin Ming inside.

At the same time, I heard a translated audio message.

"Elite Planetary Level Qin Ming, your assessment death mission has officially begun!"

"During this period, you will be provided with food and water supplies."

"On the wall of the secret examination room, there are 312 basic secret formulas of the spiritual master's 'control master' engraved on it. By learning these 312 formulas, you will have the opportunity to break into this secret examination room."

"..."

"Finally, I've seen this basic Type 312."

(End of this chapter)