Swallowing the Stars: Speedrun with Card Draws, Dominating Destiny

Chapter 196 The Life-Eating Vine Emerges from Seclusion!

Another substantial gain was a jade chain, seemingly imbued with life, that intimately wrapped around his waist with a life-devouring vine!

This companion who has accompanied him all the way through his growth has finally emerged from seclusion after more than three hundred years!

It has successfully integrated the precious origin of the "World Tree" branches!

On the jade-green vines, countless ancient and mysterious patterns appear and disappear, exuding an intense and irresistible life force and a majestic fluctuation that controls time and space!

"The level of life genes has reached 1000 times!" Lin Yi's fingertips caressed the cool vines, feeling the immense vitality contained within them.

Compared to the terrifying 7000 times perfect genes of the Venerable World Tree, this 1000 times is indeed far from enough.

"But—the genetic level—has never been a problem!" Absolute confidence flashed in Lin Yi's eyes!

With a flick of his wrist, ten "Life Pills," flowing with nine-colored light and containing the most fundamental life principles of the universe, floated in his palm, radiating starlight! The rich life energy made the chaotic energy of the entire temple rejoice!

"Buzz—"

A surge of intense longing and dependence emanated from the Life-Eating Vine around his waist.

"Master, Little Devourer wants, wants—"

Even though Sheng Teng is now close to the level of a top cosmic overlord, she still speaks in the same coquettish tone in front of Lin Yi.

"Haha, since I've taken it out, it's naturally for you to use!" Lin Yi laughed and gently patted the Life-Eating Vine.

With Lin Yi's consent, the Life-Eating Vine didn't hold back. Several crystal-clear vine leaves, like the most nimble hands, instantly snatched away the ten Life Pills!

The jade radiance shone brightly! The vines seemed to be infused with the life force of the universe, emitting a satisfied hum, and affectionately rubbed against Lin Yi's chest, the spacetime runes flowing on them becoming even clearer and deeper!

Sensing the transforming aura of the Life-Eating Vine, Lin Yi slowly rose from the Star Throne.

A century of dormancy.

A century of accumulation.

A century of trials and tribulations.

Within his divine realm, the sharp sword intent of the *Reincarnation Sword Manual*, the starlight of the Myriad Treasures River, and the life-giving rhythm of the Life-Eating Vine—

Like three rushing galaxies, they converge and roar deep within his origin!

An unprecedented, awe-inspiring aura, powerful enough to shake the universe, naturally spread out, yet he perfectly concealed it beneath his seemingly ordinary white robe.

He gently stretched his limbs, and every subtle movement seemed to trigger subtle ripples of laws in the void.

The profound gaze pierced through the walls of the temple, through the membrane of the primordial universe, and was cast upon the vast, boundless, and unpredictable stage of the original universe!

A smile, brimming with anticipation, fighting spirit, and a desire to conquer, slowly spread across his lips.

"It's time to go out for a walk."

"From the time we set foot in the universe on Earth until now —"

"Trapped in this chaotic city—"

"Not yet————"

"I have truly experienced—the magnificence and danger of this universe!"

As Lin Yi slowly closed his eyes, a cold, sharp light, seemingly capable of cutting through the dust of the universe, suddenly flashed in the instant his deep, abyss-like pupils disappeared completely!

"Zerg, Demon, Machine Race —"

His will, like an invisible cosmic probe, pierced through space and time, penetrating deep into the core territories of those three peak races, pushing...

It's like the fangs that a lurking viper might bare!

"What will you do to me?"

The three-step killing move to deal with Luo Feng from the original work appeared clearly in his mind like a cold, cosmic program:

Step 1: Mobilize the Venerable-level assassins within the affiliated race alliance! Even—at the cost of exposing the precious Venerable-level Zerg Queen! Like a deadly poisoned arrow shot from a dark corner! This tactic—was already used on Lin Yi by the three races at the end of the great battle in the outer battlefield! The dozens of Dragon Tan Flame Zerg royals that fell are a bloody testament to this!

Step Two: Once their whereabouts are exposed, they will face endless encirclement and slaughter! Just like the nightmares Luo Feng encountered on the Primordial Star and in the Mystic Realm of Yan! A large number of alien Venerables, Overlords, and even—the Lords of the Universe—will arrive! They will lay down an earth-shattering killing trap! With absolute numbers and power, they will carry out the most brutal extermination!

Step Three: When the target grows to the point of threatening the race, such as Luo Feng's imminent breakthrough to the Universe Master level, the three races will spare no expense to enlist the help of the strongest being in the Lone Universe, the True Demon God! They will confront the Five-Colored Aurora Lake head-on! A final, relentless assassination attempt! All to completely erase this threat from the universe!

These three steps escalate step by step, reaching the extreme of ruthlessness and viciousness!

However----

Lin Yi's lips slowly curled into a disdainful arc that looked down upon the starry river!

"These tricks—"

"It won't work on me!"

What gives them their confidence?!

His consciousness sank into the vast and boundless "card pack" space deep within his soul!

A vast galaxy, composed of countless dazzling runes, floated silently in the sky! Its sheer number was nearly—

Thousands!

The control talisman is a transparent jade talisman with a chaotic hue flowing throughout! It is engraved with the cosmic Dao pattern of "Words become Law"!

When activated, it can forcibly alter the operation of local cosmic rules, turning a prison into a smooth road and a deadly attack into a gentle breeze!

The Shield Void Rune is as heavy as a mountain, a dark golden rune exuding an aura of absolute isolation! Its surface is imprinted with the law mark of "Immunity to All Laws"! It is enough to withstand an annihilation attack originating from the level of cosmic rules!

The Reincarnation Talisman is an ethereal, dark blue talisman, like time frozen in time! Its core is the profound vortex of "Void Annihilation"! It can forcibly tear through spacetime in a life-or-death situation, randomly reincarnating and resurrecting one's own soul core in another part of the universe!

These three sets of life-saving charms are the core rewards from several gacha events!

Especially the recent super gacha draw that harnessed 5000 million units of luck, which caused my talisman reserves to skyrocket!

It is worth mentioning that he deliberately preserved 5000 million in luck.

Lin Yi clearly remembers the changes that occurred when he drew the card:

When your luck value reaches 9000 million, with the blessing of the "Map of Mountains and Rivers", a single ten-pull can yield 3-4 purple cards or even silver cards!

When the luck value drops to 50 million, the quality of the 10-pull drops drastically to a minimum of 2 cards!

A large amount of gacha data confirmed his inference:

The "Map of Mountains and Rivers" does not create fortune out of thin air! The "enhancement of fortune" it exhibits is essentially the condensation and sublimation of its massive fortune, allowing it to exert a creative power far exceeding its numerical value!

The higher the luck value, the stronger the blessing, and the higher the quality of the card draw!

Now, his card pack is overflowing with orange, purple, and even red and silver cards, most of which he can't use at all!

Instead of continuing to waste luck to extract useless things, it is better to retain this 5000 million luck as the "source of luck" and be constantly bathed in the vast "luck" gathered by the "Map of Mountains and Rivers"!