Chapter 385 — Target Candidates for Plundered Talents (Thanks to 'My Name Is Wang Laoji' for the Silver Alliance Leader!)

The maximum teleportation distance could span the Mist Realm restricted zone plus three totem nations.

She was the key member of this infiltration team responsible for maintaining contact with the Donghuang side.

Not long ago, she had had her beasts transmit the intelligence from here back to Donghuang at the fastest possible speed.

Barring the unexpected, once Donghuang received the news, they would immediately dispatch sufficiently powerful reinforcements.

They might even use "the Sky Fox Nation luring a Nine Luminaries League legend into treason" as a pretext to send a full army to pressure the Sky Fox Nation directly.

"What about the Iron-Eating Beasts?"

"Wasn't it said there's an Iron-Eating Beast pack around the ruins?" said Shi Tang.

The main objective this time was to bring that Iron-Eating Beast pack back.

According to intelligence, there were at least several hundred Iron-Eating Beasts.

"The Iron-Eating Beast pack is currently being guarded by an Overlord of the Sky Fox Nation. Because there are extensive traces of Iron-Eating Beasts and of the Martial Emperor Legion at the ruin site, this ruin has been judged to be connected to the Iron-Eating Beasts. They keep a very tight watch on them, believing this pack is the key to unraveling the ruins," said Ke Chuanqi.

"The watch is tight, but it wouldn't be very difficult to take them by force," said the Butterfly God. "It just depends on when we make our move."

"That fox is more troublesome than expected, but I should be faster than it, and besides, I have abundant experience dealing with fox spirits."

The Butterfly God transmitted this indignant boyish voice.

Shi Qi silently suspected that within Lin You's squad there must be a female fox...

Next, Shi Jin and Ke Chuanqi's group continued exchanging intelligence.

This included the distribution of combat forces over at the legendary secret realm, the intelligence that the Black Goat was of the dark element, and detailed combat data on the legend Shirakawa. To make the upcoming mission go more smoothly, they shared it all with Shi Jin one by one.

"You should know the data on the Seven Isles' Shirakawa, right?"

Having shared this much, Ke Chuanqi wanted to slack off a little. Shi Jin had also been to the Seven Isles at the time, and Shirakawa was an important lead connecting the Keyuan Consortium, the Venom Dragon Totem, and the Yunsu forces. Ke Chuanqi figured that Shi Jin, as Minister of Environmental Protection, ought to be quite clear on his data, so he meant to skip over it.

Yet Shi Jin said, "Ahem, go on."

Ke Chuanqi's mouth twitched. "Shirakawa of the Keyuan Consortium, beast-taming level seven, beast-taming talent 'Body Control.' Because of his talent, he studied biological modification under a machinist from childhood. His 'Body Control' talent lets him assist his beasts in manipulating every organ and even every hair of their bodies with extraordinary precision, so his attainments in biological modification are formidable, and his beasts are likewise formidable in controlling the energy within their bodies."

"Thus, all seven beasts he has contracted are biologically modified beasts. Beyond that, it's said that after reaching legend-tier, his 'Body Control' talent also lets him manipulate the changes in every organ and every hair of his own body, bringing his mastery over his own flesh to a very high level. Thanks to this talent his physical constitution is exceedingly strong; he can even mobilize mental and soul power through 'Body Control,' and has moreover developed psychic telekinesis."

"However, because the human constitution is frail, the Seven Isles side claims his special abilities are only on par with commander-tier beasts. Still, watch out in case he has hidden means. Beyond that, his beasts are, respectively..."

Ke Chuanqi quickly began briefing Shi Jin on the legend Shirakawa's data. Shi Jin had been listening quietly, but as Ke Chuanqi described this legend's beast-taming talent, Shi Shuo froze.

He thought first: no wonder the Keyuan Consortium could manufacture the Venom Dragon Totem and use Yunsu power to modify living things—so this legend Shirakawa's beast-taming talent specialized in exactly that.

Then, upon hearing that the legend Shirakawa could even use his "Body Control" talent to manipulate his own physical, mental, and soul energy, Shi Jin's mind boomed.

In an instant, his thoughts felt utterly unimpeded.

When he had researched the "Telepathy" talent and wanted to develop it into an enhancement ability, what had he lacked most?

He had lacked a means of controlling the various energies within himself.

Owing to the limits of human aptitude, apart from the beast-taming talent, it was extremely difficult for humans to control their own energy. Even Crimson Eye, when possessing Shi Jin, could only directly consume Shi Ying's power.

Though Shi Ying's mental power was by now perhaps not inferior to a monarch-tier dire beast, he simply could not materialize mental power into condensed telekinesis.

But telekinesis—any awakening-tier psychic beast could manage that.

If humans wanted to command energies beyond beast-taming power, there was only one way: become a hybrid and gain the aptitude of another race.

So for Shi Jin to command other energies himself and develop telepathy was harder than ascending to heaven.

Yet the Legendary Bai Chuan's "Body Control" talent made Shi Shuo froze—and suddenly think of a crucial question.

If he seized the "Body Control" talent with a talent bead, and then, aided by the talent bead that governed it, could command his own flesh, spirit, and soul energy—did that not mean he could attempt to fuse other energies and develop a telepathy talent?

"A seized talent is, after all, an external force clinging to an item, just like the Awakening Mirror—it cannot grow."

"But if I can seize this Control talent, then use Body Control to develop my own telepathy talent and make that telepathy powerful—then as I grow, the telepathy can keep evolving without limit, and everything will be my own power."

Rather than depend on another's talent,

it was better to use another's talent to develop his own.

That way, the value could be maximized.

"Beyond that, the utility of 'Body Control' sounds decent too—it might even help Lin research the 'Tenth Inscription' and the 'Qilin Phantom'."

At that thought, Shi Jin seemed to have suddenly found the ideal candidate to use the talent bead he had obtained from An Chang.

This Legendary Bai Chuan who had thrown in with the Yun'an faction... his talent... was the perfect choice!!

"What's wrong with you?"

Legendary Ke noticed that as he talked, the kid Shi Tan's eyes had gone all green.

This disguise even came with a built-in flash effect???

"This Bai Chuan must be kept..." Shi Li said. "This kid is too crucial—we can't let him slip away."

"And we need him alive. He can't be killed."

If he were killed, there would be no way to seize his talent.

"Naturally I know that." Legendary Ke nodded. Without squeezing enough information out of Legendary Bai Chuan, how could he be allowed to die so easily?

Once the group finished exchanging intelligence, all that remained was to wait.

They were waiting not only for reinforcements from the Eastern Brilliance side.

They were also waiting for updates from Qu Ling, who was currently over at the Legendary Ruins.

The Butterfly God had used its skill to turn the aura fluctuations of everyone present into wind; observing the shifting situation from here, it could react at the fastest possible speed.

"Word's come." They did not have long to wait. The old woman, Legendary Zhang, held up a piece of jade and said, "It's from Qu Ling's side..."

Shi Jin, the Butterfly God, Legendary Ke, Ji Feng, and the Gem Cat in the pocket dimension all looked toward the old woman.