65: Devouring Talent?

"A Defense Talent? I happen to be missing one!" Rodi's lips curled into a cold, menacing smile. "You relied on this thing to survive the Secret Realm explosion, didn't you?"

"Let's see how much you can defend against!"

Before he finished speaking, blazing flames suddenly surged and condensed in his palm. A ferocious Fire Dragon roared, tearing through the air and charging straight at Zhang Sheng!

Zhang Sheng's pupils abruptly contracted.

"The Laser just now was definitely a Talent, and this fire...?"

"Could it be that he can also instantly cast Spells?"

"No! He just mentioned 'Devour'..." A chill instantly crawled up Zhang Sheng's spine. "Could it be that he Devoured someone else's Talent?!"

This thought set off loud alarms in his heart.

He can Devour others' Talents?

This person's level of danger has absolutely reached the Peak!

How many Talents has he Devoured? No one knows!

Boom!

The charging Fire Dragon violently tore through several layers of stacked Psionic Shields, and a wave of scorching heat rushed toward him.

But how could Zhang Sheng be someone who just waits for death?

"100,000 Volts!"

Zzzzt—!

Electricity generated from the Void Realm!

Dazzling blue-white electric arcs burst forth out of thin air almost the instant the thought crossed his mind, striking Rodi without delay!

However, Rodi stood there as if nothing had happened, not even the corner of his clothes fluttering.

Instead, Rodi himself was greatly shaken—the passive Talent of "Status Compensation" within him, that invisible SS-Rank barrier, was completely activated and exhausted by this sudden Electric Shock!

"Is it a Dual Talent?" Zhang Sheng wondered in surprise.

"No!"

Seeing the Electric Shock fail, Zhang Sheng didn't hesitate; his Psychic Power surged wildly!

Six Tier 1 High Grade Flying Daggers, shimmering with cold light, were guided by invisible threads, emitting a sharp whistling sound as they flew straight for Rodi's vital points!

However, when the Flying Daggers penetrated the three-meter radius around Rodi, they seemed to plunge into an extremely viscous colloid, their speed drastically reduced and their trajectories distorted!

"At least three Talents!" Zhang Sheng had no doubts now; the white man before him definitely possessed the terrifying ability of Devour Talent!

But!

Although the opponent's Spiritual Energy fluctuation far exceeded that of ordinary people, it was only about twice the normal amount.

Both were at Qi Sea Realm Perfection, but Zhang Sheng's Spiritual Energy was more than four times greater than his!

"I don't believe you have inexhaustible Mental Energy!" Talents consume Mental Energy, Spells consume Spiritual Energy.

"Since I can't break your tortoise shell quickly, let's see which runs out first: your Mental Energy or my Spiritual Energy!"

"Fire, come!"

Zhang Sheng gave a low shout, and the sky suddenly twisted. Several massive Fireballs, resembling small meteorites, condensed out of thin air and smashed down with a crash!

"Wood Prison Cage!"

"Water Binding!"

"Freeze!"

Crackle!

Thick, gnarled, dark green vines broke through the ground, instantly wrapping Rodi, shield and all, into a massive cocoon!

At the same time, icy, bone-chilling water currents emerged out of thin air and wrapped around him. Extreme Cold Qi spread rapidly, and thick white frost instantly condensed on the surface of the vines!

The ecstasy on Rodi's face instantly froze, turning into terror.

"What is wrong with this guy?!"

"Instant Spells! Their power even surpasses the SS-Rank Talent I Devoured! And his Spiritual Energy is bottomless!"

"What kind of sane person throws Spells around like scattering beans?!"

Pfft!

The passive Status Compensation completely failed.

The Talent flames on Rodi's body surged, barely managing to burn a large hole through the Wood Prison Cage, but the icy water currents had already wrapped around him, violently colliding with the scorching flames!

Hiss—!

A harsh sound of water vapor rising was heard, and large expanses of white steam instantly spread out!

But this mist had no effect on either of them.

Zhang Sheng's Spiritual Eye Technique had reached the Transcendent stage, and Rodi had even Devoured an S-Rank Visual Talent, giving him eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

"Damn it!" Continuously activating his Talents, Rodi felt waves of sharp pain coming from his Sea of Consciousness—his Mental Energy was insufficient!

Yet the monster opposite him still had Spiritual Energy surging like the sea!

"What the hell is this damn guy's Talent?!"

Just as the two were locked in fierce combat, the black man nearby had already quietly retreated into the distance and slipped away.

"Damn it!" Fury surged wildly in Rodi's heart.

He had thought that possessing multiple SS-Rank and S-Rank Talents was enough to dominate, but he never expected to run into a monster like Zhang Sheng!

Zhang Sheng keenly caught a trace of sluggishness from the opponent. "Mental Energy running low?"

"100,000 Volts!"

Zzzzt—!

The deadly lightning tore through the air again! It was about to engulf Rodi!

Buzz!

Several pale, repulsive Maggots appeared abruptly above Rodi's head, squirming and emitting a sickening aura!

Pfft!

The lightning swept past, and the Maggots instantly turned into scorched flying ash.

"I must kill him today!" Killing intent boiled in Zhang Sheng's eyes. "Not just to avenge Qing He and the others! If this Devourer is allowed to continue growing, he will surely become a monstrous threat!"

"Fortunately... this guy is stupid and arrogant enough!"

His mind moved again!

The six Flying Daggers hummed. Three formed a group, rotating at high speed to create two spiraling drills shimmering with cold light, piercing violently toward the distorted Defense Domain around Rodi with a shrieking sound that seemed to tear everything apart!

"I'll let you off this time! This Big Shot will take your Talent another day!" Rodi roared, sounding fierce but lacking conviction.

Before his voice faded, his figure vanished instantly, as if erased by an eraser!

When he reappeared, he was thirty kilometers away!

But in Zhang Sheng's Spiritual Sense, he was as conspicuous as a bonfire in the dark night!

spirit wings Instant Extreme Speed!

This was Rodi's life-saving trump card, Devoured from an India SSS-Rank Awakener, and his greatest reliance when hunting powerful enemies.

Yet at this moment, his soul was terrified!

Because behind him, a figure tearing through the sky was rapidly approaching at a terrifying speed! It was Zhang Sheng!

His physique, achieved through four Life Leaps, granted him the ultimate speed to break through Mach 3!

The thirty-kilometer instantaneous movement had nearly drained Rodi's remaining Mental Energy.

He suppressed the dizziness, gritted his teeth, cast the Flight Technique, and desperately fled toward the coast!

In less than thirty seconds, Zhang Sheng had chased him to the location where Rodi had flashed. At this moment, Rodi had only managed to fly a few kilometers, swaying unsteadily.

He watched as the figure, like a harbinger of death, drew closer and closer!

"Hiss—!"

A ferocious Four-Winged Demonic Centipede suddenly burst out of Rodi's Spirit Beast Space, blocking Zhang Sheng's path! The Demonic Centipede's mouthparts opened and closed, spreading poisonous mist.

"A Spirit Beast?!"

Rodi currently had only one thought: escape!

A cold light flashed!

Zhang Sheng's Flying Dagger transformed into a streak of light barely visible to the naked eye!

The Qi Sea Realm Peak Four-Winged Demonic Centipede was dismembered in mid-air into a shower of minced flesh and blood before it could even let out a scream!

Zhang Sheng increased his speed again! He broke the sound barrier like a human missile!

Seeing this, Rodi's face twisted to the extreme, and he let out a painful howl that was not human.

Pfft!

A pair of Fleshy Wings covered in dark red scales suddenly pierced through his clothes from his back and ripped open!

Combined with the Light Wings condensed from Spiritual Energy, which flapped frantically, his speed suddenly soared, matching Zhang Sheng's for a moment!

But the muscles on his face were distorted, clearly showing he was enduring inhuman agony!

When he saw the boundless azure below, a flash of ecstatic relief finally crossed Rodi's eyes.

"Let's see how you chase me this time!"

Swoosh!

He didn't hesitate, plunging headfirst into the turbulent sea!

The instant he hit the water, his body strangely twisted and deformed, transforming in the blink of an eye into an inconspicuous sea fish, shooting like an arrow toward the dark deep sea!

Boom! Boom!

Several violent bolts of lightning fiercely struck the sea surface, blasting up towering water columns, and electric snakes jumped frantically across the water, but ultimately failed to penetrate deep.

"Damn it—!!!"

Zhang Sheng hovered in mid-air, watching the quickly disappearing ripples. He slammed a punch violently into the air, producing a dull sonic boom!

The rage almost burned through his chest.

Once in the deep sea, Rodi's aura vanished completely, like a clay ox sinking into the ocean.

Zhang Sheng had never set foot in the ocean, nor did he have experience in underwater combat, and he was worried about the safety of Wang Yu and the other three.

He could only watch helplessly as his enemy escaped into the unknown abyss.

"Bastard!" he cursed under his breath, forcefully suppressing his boundless rage, and turned into a streak of light, rapidly flying back.

Lin Jin and the two others had severe internal injuries and had fallen unconscious again. Wang Yu's condition was also precarious.

Returning to the plaza, Zhang Sheng immediately used the Rejuvenation Spell with all his might, and a soft green light enveloped his severely injured companions.

It was a long time later that the Huaguo transport plane arrived, picked up the group, and flew them away from the battlefield.