I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 801 - 557: Sword Seal, Shocking Change

Above the clouds, the fierce battle between the Tier Eight Demon and Yang Ling Feng had reached a boiling point.

The thick black aura of the demon was entwined with Yang Ling’s fierce white Sword Qi in mid-air, colliding in a frenzy. Each clash erupted with an earth-shattering roar, producing shockwaves that tore through the clouds, twisting the surrounding air into vortices as if threatening to tear the heavens open.

News of the demon’s minions falling one by one reached the demon’s mind. Its eyes, with blood-red vertical pupils, became increasingly violent, its murderous intent boiling like a tangible force.

With a sharp perception of energy fluctuations, it instantly locked onto Robert a hundred kilometers away along the bullet’s trajectory. In a flash, it transformed into a dark purple afterimage, charging recklessly towards the sniper point.

However, a white-robed figure appeared like a phantom, blocking its path.

Yang Ling’s robe billowed in the wind, and his longsword slashed without warning. The sharp Sword Qi shot towards the demon’s face, its cold gleam piercing to the bone, forcing it to hastily halt and raise a fist to block.

"Did I allow you to leave?" Yang Ling’s tone was calm, while the Sword Intent around him grew even more concentrated.

"Courting death!"

The demon let out a deep growl from its throat, spitting out obscure yet icy words in the Empire’s language. Its fists, wrapped in surging Evil Energy, pounded fiercely towards Yang Ling.

Yang Ling neither dodged nor evaded. His white robe flared in the fierce wind, and with a slight shake of his wrist, a Heaven-shattering Sword Qi burst forth, crashing into the demon’s fists.

With a loud crash, the Evil Energy dissipated, and the demon was forced back repeatedly by the Sword Qi. The hard shell covering its chest was split open by the Sword Qi, and drops of thick, dark purple blood fell, transforming into wisps of black smoke in the air and dispersing.

Yang Ling looked down at it, his expression remaining indifferent, while his peripheral glance quietly passed over a figure below, a barely perceptible intention flickering in his eyes.

Is this the backup plan you arranged?

But what are you still waiting for?

He shook his head slightly, the casual aura around him completely faded, his eyes becoming sharp and focused.

The time is late, and this tedious entanglement, prolonged for too long, should come to a close.

Beneath the clouds, the battlefield had already been turned by the covert sniper.

Under the Judges’ frontal restraint, the demons were firmly locked in place. Streaks of purple light cut through the air, piercing through their skulls with precision, vanishing both their bodies and souls, leaving no chance for regeneration.

"Sir! Who arranged this person? Are they one of our Sky Sentencing Squad experts?" A young Judge, pushing back a demon with his blade, shouted in shock and curiosity.

Shi Poyuan sliced through a Tier Six demon with his sword, answering firmly, "Not someone from the squad. I know every expert in the team like the back of my hand and haven’t seen anyone with this method of attack. Most likely an external aid called in by the Captain."

Being the third team leader of the Sky Sentencing Squad, after years of battles and vast experience, the peculiar killing method he witnessed now still left him puzzled.

It resembled the common sniper technique on lower-tier battlefields—precision headshots, instant kills, with small but lethal wounds.

But on a high-tier battlefield above Tier Five, Spiritualists possess immensely strong bodies and self-healing abilities, making even the Rune Sniper Rifle struggle to deliver fatal damage to those above Tier Five, unless...

Shi Poyuan’s pupils narrowed, a thought struck him.

Unless it was one of the legendary Ten Great Guns!

The Ten Great Guns are rumored to have the power to kill Tier Seven beings, but in his memory, even they could only take down the most ordinary Tier Seven. However, the demons before them, each with battle prowess rivaling Tier Seven Silver Bloodline Spiritualists, some even contending with Golden Bloodline, were being eliminated one by one. This power far exceeded the scope of the ordinary Ten Great Guns.

Who exactly is assisting in the shadows?

Shi Poyuan pondered secretly, scanning the battlefield only to find no trace of the attack’s origin.

On the other side, Qin Tian stood at the edge of the Pill Masters’ group, watching as Robert picked off demons with headshots, feeling some unexpected delight.

He wasn’t surprised that Robert could instantly kill Tier Seven demons.

In recent times, he had continuously fortified Robert’s body and equipment with the Power of the Martial Immortal. The three great guns had undergone a performance leap, with the Gun Soul Awakening its Spirituality, enhancing the bullets’ power severalfold.

Not only these Tier Seven demons, even in the face of a Tier Seven Holy Bloodline expert, a slight lapse could lead to them being heavily injured or even killed by a single shot.

What truly surprised him was Robert’s ability to autonomously blend the Corrosive Power of Dark Moon with the soul-destroying traits of Soul Cutter, achieving a cross-boundary melding of firearm capabilities, far exceeding his expectations and giving him a new understanding of Robert’s autonomous evolution abilities.

"If in the future, he devours more high-end equipment, continuously merging and evolving, perhaps he can indeed become an invincible ’Mechanical God’," Qin Tian thought internally, a flicker of anticipation in his eyes.

He raised a hand, releasing a bolt of lightning that turned a struggling Tier Six demon trying to escape into charred ash.

With his strength, and with the Thunder Ancestor Power amplifying his ability to execute evil twenty times, he didn’t need Robert’s long-range support to single-handedly obliterate this group of demons into dust within minutes.

Yet he continued to hold back, not going all out.

First, he didn’t want to reveal all his strength too soon, since standing out might draw the Tier Eight demon away from entangling with Yang Ling to directly confront him, and despite his many talents, ensuring his safety, getting tangled in trouble wasn’t an outcome he desired.

Secondly, he was still uncertain about the core purpose of the Xieshen Association.

Is it purely a covetousness for Dan Tower’s heritage and spiritual materials?

Or are they attempting to abduct the present Pill Masters?