Chapter 1625: Myriad Talents, Play as You Like

After taking Ruby Jade Mountain, the nearby map lit up a large area, allowing to see farther places.

Zhu Long sensed the position of another legion and said to everyone, "Want to go meet the neighboring gang?"

"I think it's fine, just beat them away so they don't come snatch the Secret Realm Core!" Dun Dun waved his little fists, eager to try.

"Sparring with the real world's Overlord would also be interesting." Shen Chuo and others were similarly interested.

"Haha, let's go then!"

Zhu Long laughed, led the way forward, and rushed toward the opposing legion.

Xiao Feng continued to play with talents while on the road.

After discovering he could freely inscribe talents, his mind became active; not only could he copy others' talent markings, but he could also try some fresh experiments!

"Try inscribing a dragon."

He tried to split the divine spark, carving a simple version on the first talent slot, like a logo-sized tiny dragon.

Then he opened the talent list to look.

【Indomitable Battle Spirit】: 5th-tier talent, when HP drops below 30%, instantly restore 70% HP and become immune to damage for 1 second, with a 3-second cooldown.

"Looks pretty strong, but why does the dragon's shape have this effect?" Xiao Feng wondered a bit.

He again split the divine spark and changed it into a knife.

Looking at the talent effect again, this time it was a bit off.

【Edge Sharpening】: Legendary talent, base attack power increased by an additional 25%.

Then he continued trying…

Over and over, just like drawing a lottery.

Each different inscription represents a different talent. Sometimes, even with the same shape, symbols of varying depth and width produce different effects.

Xiao Feng was as if he had obtained GM privileges, able to swap whatever he wanted; millions of talent trial cards, play whatever he fancied.

Anyway, there's no loss; even if he encounters something unsatisfactory, he can just swap it out.

If he encounters a more interesting talent, he can memorize it and inscribe it later when needed.

However, the number of talents in the myriad worlds is not infinite; not every new pattern inscription yields a new talent, sometimes it's wasted effort with no effect triggered.

Moreover, the higher the tier of talent, the lower the chance of encountering it randomly.

This is utterly without rule; high-tier talents aren't necessarily complex, nor simple; perhaps they're flashy, but could also be plain.

Just like the three major eighth-tier talents he once possessed, there's almost no trace to infer their effects; if he hadn't happened to obtain them before, Xiao Feng wouldn't know how to test them.

After all the trying along the way, Xiao Feng's mood gradually became a bit happier.

Although he lost the three strongest talents, he now possesses infinite possibilities, not necessarily weaker than before.

Perhaps all it takes is to find a stronger talent, or… transcend the limits of "talent" to become stronger!

Along this road, he spoke little and hardly chatted with his friends.

Jiang Ning and the others worried about him, staying close by, afraid that if his mood turned too bad he might do something impulsive.

However, Xiao Feng was calmer than anyone imagined.

After getting past the initial panic, he began to think seriously.

——Talent, what exactly is it?

——Innate talent, why was it erased?

This incident is too bizarre, completely without reason to follow.

After deep contemplation, he secretly realized that perhaps this wasn't a bad thing!

Theoretically, talent is inborn and accompanies one's life. Especially innate talent, it represents a person's potential high or low, with far-reaching influence.

This time the talent was erased; perhaps a powerful being felt his talent was too strong and deliberately did this.

As for the purpose…… it could be malicious, or it could be benevolent.

For example, the other party might be wary of him, thinking he's too strong and would affect future hegemony struggles, but couldn't outright kill him, so they chose this method to kill the person and break his spirit, tormenting him.

Or perhaps they felt these three talents were overbearing, making him overly reliant on talent, losing motivation to comprehend the Dao's principles, so they temporarily erased his talents to stimulate his growth.

Regardless of the purpose, the result is the same; he is temporarily not as strong as before.

But…… the prospects are now broader!

"Look, they're over there!"

At this moment, the two legions met.

Above the black gigantic wood forest ahead, a group clad in scale armor, resembling dragon-kin primate-human players, formed a formation, ready and waiting.

They are people from the Ta Xiluo Star War Zone, ranked 200+ on the Civilization Index Ranking, not exceptionally strong, but they also have quite a few formidable experts.

After seeing Xiao Feng and company, a player covered in golden scales, with clear features, flew forward and called out from afar: "Visiting your door, what business brings you?"

This person is named Ta Xiluo, the namesake of their planet, a true Overlord.

Although there's no announcement in the game, neither the Level Ranking nor the Myriad Heavens Tower has any rankings.

But his strength is no less than fully armed Xue Ningzhen and company, with HP reaching 238 billion.

Among those present, the only ones who could surely defeat him in a one-on-one duel were probably Xiao Feng, Shen Chuo, and Han Zichen.

Moreover, the Overlord has a terrifying trait: reaction speed extremely keen, only area-of-effect or lock-on skills can hit him; Xiao Feng had already felt this on Qing Tian Jun.

"Ta Xiluo, you glorious Overlord, why come play with a bunch of ordinary people?" Se Se flew forward a few steps and shouted back.

As soon as the words fell, someone opposite snorted: "Mind your own business concerning the Overlord's affairs!"

Ta Xiluo raised a hand to stop his subordinate's retort, smirking: "Aren't there also two Overlords among you?"

"Ah? What?"

"We also have Overlords?"

"Who? Where???"

How could that be! We haven't even heard of it! Could it be that Xiao Feng the Great God is a Controller?

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire legion's members were somewhat dazed, completely unaware of whom the other party was referring to.

Xiao Feng was also extremely surprised, his gaze sweeping over the bodies of the legion's 5000 people.

Finally, his gaze stopped on a white-haired woman, and on the girl beside her.

Coincidentally, that icy and beautiful white-haired woman, Gu Yun Tang, was also looking over, her eyes slightly narrowed, as if warning him not to speak further.

Holy shit, they're both Controllers??? I can't tell at all! Xiao Feng stood there dazed.

His thoughts raced, and in an instant he thought of many things.

Unable to resist, he sent a private message to Ye Ling Fei, who didn't seem as aloof, asking: 'Senior, you said you weren't acquainted with Chen Yeren, so how could...'

Originally he had been addressing them as fellow cultivators, but now he felt he was unworthy.

Since these two are both Controllers, their relationship with the Creator God surely isn't that simple; it couldn't be a mere coincidence that they ended up together!

Ye Ling Fei replied: 'Does it matter whether we're familiar with him?'

Uh... if you are Controllers, you should know who he is, right?

Huh, who is he? I really don't know; why don't you tell me?

Well...

Xiao Feng was completely baffled by her.

This woman is obviously feigning ignorance while understanding everything.

However, Ye Ling Fei still explained in one sentence: 'We two are merely bottom-tier Controllers, lacking talent, our realm piled up solely by resources, and cannot be compared to true Controllers. Go fight that person; don't let his nonsense expose us.'