Chapter 440 — The Strongest Talent

"It's not the World Tree?"

"Such rich vitality."

Voices drifted across every part of the island. The void tore open, and a dragon-lineage deity, a colossal bovine deity, a tiger-lineage deity, and a plant-type deity awoke directly from their slumber.

In that moment, the Boar God, Xuanming, and the Sacred Divine Deer saw that these household spirits — which had been awakened once before by the World Tree — had now awakened directly, and their expressions all shifted. They looked toward the giant tree. They had not expected that the fluctuations from this household spirit would rouse those other household spirits as well.

"This wasn't my doing," the World Tree clone murmured.

Because the burden of awakening was so great, the several deities had all told it not to rouse them ahead of time. The World Tree clone had indeed complied, awakening the corresponding deity only before each trial.

But this time, since they had been awakened by another living being, it was none of its concern.

At this, Shi Cen was rather surprised. But as he concluded the display of the Mind Domain, he still looked toward the Sacred Divine Deer under the stunned gazes of the crowd and said:

"Within the Mind Domain, the corresponding beast's abilities receive amplification. Take the 'Jianmu Domain' before us — it can serve as a bridge of rules for a beast to commune with the heaven-and-earth mortal gods."

"Under this domain's enhancement, my King-tier ginseng baby has one foot half-stepped into the mythic race."

"Though it is not a complete mythic race, I rather think no other beast-taming talent's enhancement could be stronger than the telepathy talent."

"So — can this be counted as the strongest beast-taming talent?"

As Shi Jin's words fell, Inathera fell utterly silent. Countless living beings fixed their gazes upon Qixi.

Their eyes trembled.

"This beast!!!" In an instant, the eyes of countless totem demigods nearly burst. What was this brat saying — you call that the telepathy talent?!?!

Sensing the powerful aura around the ginseng baby, the alluring fluctuation that rivaled a god-tier tonic, they gulped frantically.

The Black Dragon Sovereign, in particular, who bore a grudge against Shi Jin, went red-eyed and drooled. Had there not been so many powerhouses present, it would already have charged forward.

The Sacred Divine Deer's placid expression finally wavered. This beast-taming talent had just strengthened a mortal spirit into the realm of the divine?? It had even affected its own mental fluctuations?

The Sacred Divine Deer had not sensed wrongly. A moment ago, it had absolutely entertained the thought of tasting that ginseng baby.

"What is this." "What is this!!"

At that moment, because the ginseng baby gave off the fragrance of a divine medicine, the four deities who had been meant to be awakened by the World Tree awoke ahead of time, all of them staring at the ginseng baby upon the divine tree.

The World Tree clone, at this point, had no idea how to explain it to the four deities, and could only say: "It is the beast of a human beast tamer. Through the tamer's enhancement, it has temporarily become like this."

"A human beastmaster? A pet beast?"

The four deities all turned to look at Shi Jin, who seemed fused with the Jianmu Domain, and at the Ginseng Baby linked to him in mind.

Did that mean it could not be eaten?

At that moment, the Sacred Divine Deer fell silent for a while. Looking at the Ginseng Baby on the Divine Tree, it said, "You win. Among the beastmaster talents just now, yours was without question the strongest."

"The inheritance crystal of the Nine-Colored Divine Light is yours."

[Skill Name]: Nine-Colored Divine Light

[Description]: A light-attribute transcendent skill containing nine colors of divine light. The divine light of each different color can respectively enhance a pet beast's physique, life, attribute energy, energy control, affinity for the power of nature, affinity for spatial power, soul power, spiritual power, and willpower.

As the Sacred Divine Deer finished speaking, the Boar God and Xuanming fell slightly silent.

The contestants and spectators of countless nations, whether from the Totem Nation or the Nine Luminaries Alliance, found it hard to accept.

Why?

Why was it this Jiaqi again? How could a single telepathy talent possibly be developed to such a degree? Was this Shi Jin even human?!

After all, in theory Shi Jin had not even been qualified to enter the trials. The World Tournament contestants, who had originally believed beastmaster talent to be Shi Jin's greatest weakness, now felt their minds roar on and on.

"How is this Jiaqi's head put together—" The legends, including the Fairy Empress of Tingxiang, were utterly astonished.

Did Shi Tan Jiaqi have no weaknesses at all?

Although Shi Yu had not used the psychic domain in battle, seeing such an anomaly as the Ginseng Baby, countless beings fully sensed how extraordinary this second-stage-developed psychic domain was, and could not help but change expression.

A beastmaster talent that could help mortal spirits step into the divine realm?

Never mind in this tournament—even across the entire course of history, it was a talent of the first order.

And such a talent had been developed from a telepathy talent by a level-six beastmaster? How was that possible!!

At this moment, seeing Shi Jin indeed succeed once more in seizing a trial inheritance, the Shenyuan Legend, Lin Shuo, and the others were elated, but—

—but was this really going to be all right?

Sensing the unfriendly, covetous, and greedy gazes the overlords of the various Totem Nations directed at the Ginseng Baby, they felt that many contestants who had originally harbored no designs on Shi Jin had in an instant conceived enormous wicked intentions toward him.

In the eyes of certain demigods, totems, and overlords, the Ginseng Baby's value was probably no less than that of a trial inheritance.

At this moment, all they wanted to know was whether Shi Tan had done this unintentionally, or had deliberately used the Ginseng Baby as bait for a sting operation.

Originally, as Shi Jin displayed his strength, the hostility of the many totem factions toward Jue had all dissipated.

But now, as Shi Jin further revealed his hostility, it seemed to have come surging back—the kind that made them wish they could devour Shi Jin whole. Did Shi Tan think there were not enough undead puppets to go around???