I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Fireballs, ice blades, and lightning awns wove together like an elemental tempest, sweeping toward the Stele Demon swarm and further suppressing their offensive.

But contrary to everyone’s expectations, the Stele Demons did not behave like brainless beasts, charging madly into the barrage. On the contrary, after sensing that the Ice Extreme Pass Camp’s defenses were abnormally fierce and their own casualties were constantly increasing, they actually slowed their assault, step by step retreating beyond artillery range. From afar they stared at the Ice Extreme Pass Camp, pitch‑black eyes devoid of any manic frenzy, only a bone‑deep chill, like patient hunters lying in wait, quietly hibernating for the perfect moment to strike.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers in the camp felt their fear of the Stele Demons deepen another layer.

These Stele Demons were not only powerful, they possessed intelligence and patience far beyond imagination, much more terrifying than they had anticipated.

Time trickled by, and the surrounding Demonic Qi grew ever denser, almost tangible as it shrouded the entire area. In the distant hills and woodlands, new Stele Demons continuously emerged, converging together, their numbers rising higher and higher, until the mountains and plains were all filled with pitch‑black silhouettes, packed so densely there was no end in sight. That overwhelming, ferocious killing intent pressed down so heavily it stole one’s breath.

The Warriors in the camp couldn’t help but tense up, palms and foreheads beading with cold sweat, the hands gripping their Weapons tightening slightly.

So many Stele Demons—if they really rushed in, even with the camp’s defenses, they’d probably be nothing more than a skiff in a tsunami, overturned in an instant.

At this moment, Liang He couldn’t help turning his head, looking at his friend Conis beside him, lowering his voice to ask, "Conis, what is our Legion still waiting for?"

Conis gently shook his head, and likewise replied in a low voice, "I’m not very sure what the Military Lord is planning. But did you notice just now? The Shadow Division and the Moluo Race folks, when they were setting up defenses, buried a lot of stuff in the ground around the camp’s perimeter. I’m guessing those things are the key."

Burying things?

Liang He’s heart stirred, silently muttering: Could they have buried mines?

But against Stele Demons, what use could Spiritual Energy mines even have?

What’s more, there weren’t that many of them.

Though his heart was full of doubts, he was just an ordinary Warrior, unable to make any decisions. He could only suppress the unease in the depths of his heart and choose to trust the Legion, trust the Military Lord.

Finally, when the number of Stele Demons had piled up to a peak, their dense silhouettes practically filled the entire field of view, and even the sky was shrouded in a haze of Demonic Qi.

Seeing this, a cold smile curled Qin Tian’s lips.

Almost time to make a move.

He moved his mind, and in the next instant, the ground around the camp’s perimeter suddenly began to quiver violently.

Boom boom boom~

The deafening roars were like primordial thunder, shaking heaven and earth pale.

The earth trembled, the ground crazily cracked and collapsed.

Hundreds of Explosive Iron Balls detonated simultaneously, violent Energy instantly punching through the surface. A sky‑filling sea of fire erupted, crimson tongues of flame lancing straight into the clouds, forcibly dyeing the entire Secret Realm’s firmament blood‑red.

The terrifying Explosion shockwave surged outward like a rolling tsunami, brandishing a world‑annihilating might. Wherever it passed, rock hard as steel was ground to powder and blasted into the air; trees were uprooted and turned to ash.

As for those densely packed, sky‑blotting Stele Demons, they didn’t even have time to scream before they were torn apart and vaporized by the shockwave. Whether their powerful flesh, their hardened demonic armor, or their uncanny Regeneration Ability—before this absolute power of destruction, all of it was utterly worthless, not even a scrap of remains, not even a wisp of Demonic Qi left behind.

That world‑shattering power was like a planet going into Explosion, shocking the soul and chilling the heart.

At this moment, the Warriors of Ice Extreme Pass all stood rooted to the spot, blankly staring at the scene outside the camp, minds utterly emptied.

Behind them, an incredibly thick green vine quietly grew out from the camp’s center. Hundreds of branches rapidly spread and swayed, condensing into a massive, tenacious Energy barrier above the entire camp. The barrier glimmered with a faint green light, exuding a strong aura of life.

The raging flames and violent shockwaves outside, once they touched this barrier, were wildly absorbed, only able to stir faint ripples on its surface, incapable of inflicting the slightest harm on the soldiers within the camp.

Though they themselves were unharmed, merely looking at that crimson sea of fire devouring everything outside and feeling the unending quakes of the earth underfoot, everyone fell into a stupor, hearts surging chaotically, too shaken to utter a single word.

Evolution Points +2344

Evolution Points +3200

Evolution Points +8221

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On the system panel, information refreshed like a waterfall, Evolution Points skyrocketing.

A faint arc lifted Qin Tian’s lips. Over the past half year, every single day he had several Demon King Avatars continuously manufacture Explosive Iron Balls, each ball infused with the Burning Burst Power of the Orange Talent [Star Core Burnout].

[Name] Star Core Burnout (Orange)

[Type] Active Talent

[Introduction] Condense Burning Burst Power into a star‑core form and inject it into a target object. Upon detonation, the first wave’s blast core releases a world‑scorching flame carrying the star‑core’s extreme heat, inflicting destructive Explosion damage and continuous burn damage while also shattering, corroding, and even permanently destroying the enemy’s Energy Defense System. The Explosion’s Energy ripples will, in a way that defies common sense, forcibly trigger resonance in all surrounding Energy sources that have been marked or are potentially explosible, forming an uninterruptible chain Burnout. Each subsequent Explosion will absorb the residual Energy and matter of the previous blast core, causing the range of devastation to expand geometrically, its power stacking layer upon layer, until it turns the entire battlefield into a Star Core Heaven Burning storm that endlessly self‑propagates and devours all things, and may ultimately trigger a regional Energy collapse.