"System, scan current monster information!"
"Ding, it requires 50 upgrade points. Proceed with scan!"
"Yes!"
The next moment, a transparent azure blue screen appeared before his eyes.
Vampire Vine
Tier: Fourth-tier early stage
Talent: Life Drain
Talent Level: F
Skills: Whip Strike, Paralysis Toxin, Frenzy, Regeneration, Vine Entanglement.
Lin Yu exclaimed, "It's a monster with a talent!"
Humans can awaken talents through divine platforms, and other creatures can naturally awaken them as well.
Of course, they do not have divine platforms; some rely on bloodline power to inherit ancestral talents, while others gain talents through fortuitous encounters.
Monsters with talents are vastly different from those without.
"A fourth-tier early stage monster with a talent! I wonder if I can defeat it?"
However, seeing the F-grade talent level, Lin Yu's heart settled.
"I can win!" Lin Yu thought to himself!
Kill!
Issuing the attack order, his clones immediately began their assault.
All clones unleashed Flame Jet, using the principle of elemental suppression to inflict considerable damage on the monster.
Roar!
The monster let out a roar, and over a dozen vines glowing with a green light attacked.
Crack crack crack!!!
Lin Yu's clones, unable to dodge in time, were instantly killed by more than half, causing Lin Yu great distress. He gritted his teeth and replenished the number of clones.
"I can't drag this out. My energy is running low!"
He cast Homologous Fusion!
The next moment, all clones ceased their attacks. Centered around clone number one, the other clones transformed into light and merged into it.
Various colored lights enveloped clone number one. The monster, seeing this, let out an enraged howl and attacked.
Suddenly, one arm grabbed the attacking vine, followed by a second arm, a third arm, a fourth arm...
Every vine was seized by an arm. The light dissipated, revealing a divine and extraordinary being.
If a transmigrator saw this, they would surely exclaim in surprise, "It's a Thousand-Armed Guanyin!"
This particular manifestation of the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Guanyin has nine arms on each side. The left hand holds prayer beads, symbolizing that believers can receive the guidance of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The right hand holds a Golden Dharma Wheel, symbolizing that Buddhist teachings rotate endlessly like a wheel, never ceasing. Another pair of arms in the center forms the Wish-Granting Seal, indicating that Guanyin can fulfill the desires of sentient beings and bring their wishes to fruition.
The "Thousand" in Thousand-Armed Guanyin can be literal or figurative.
In the complete version of Thousand-Armed Guanyin, the thousand arms resemble a disc, and each palm has an eye, observing the suffering of the world and vowing to save all sentient beings. There are five hundred arms on each side. The foremost pair of hands are pressed together in a gesture of salutation to all beings. She wears a beast skin over her left chest, a silken robe, and a jeweled sash around her waist, adorned with eight types of garments.
Unfortunately, Lin Yu's clones were insufficient to replicate the true form of Thousand-Armed Guanyin. He could only manifest nine arms on each side and a pair of arms in the center, which was his ultimate form at the moment.
If he had over a thousand clones, Lin Yu was confident he could fuse into the complete version of Thousand-Armed Guanyin with a thousand arms.
The sight of a thousand arms attacking in unison would undoubtedly be awe-inspiring.
However, even with only twenty arms, the Thousand-Armed Guanyin completely overwhelmed the dozen or so vines of the Vampire Vine.
With one hand gripping a vine, the two central arms shot out, grasping the main body of the Vampire Vine and squeezing it tightly.
Bang bang bang!!! The Vampire Vine struggled desperately, but Lin Yu's palms felt as if they were forged from steel.
With a soft tearing sound, the Vampire Vine was crushed.
The system's notification also chimed in Lin Yu's ears.
"Ding, killed Vampire Vine, upgrade points +700!"
Lin Yu's face lit up with joy, his heart rate quickening.
Suddenly, with a clatter, a crystal dropped onto the ground. Lin Yu was even more delighted, laughing heartily as he picked up the crystal.
The next moment, his expression turned to one of great surprise, "It's an incredibly rare Talent Crystal!"
Talent Crystals can only be dropped by monsters with talents upon their death, similar to skill crystals. Talent Crystals can grant people talents.
However, the drop rate for these Talent Crystals is extremely low, almost zero. They are rarely seen in the market, and even textbooks only mention them briefly.
Generally, higher-tier monsters have a slightly higher chance of dropping Talent Crystals. For a fourth-tier monster like the Vampire Vine to drop a Talent Crystal is indeed a stroke of incredible luck for Lin Yu.
"Learn!!!" Lin Yu eagerly pressed the Talent Crystal to his forehead.
The next moment, countless pieces of information surged into his mind.
His consciousness felt as if it were traversing a deep space, with countless luminous celestial bodies around him suddenly vibrating. Then, all the light converged, forming a colossal star.
Lin Yu gazed intently and discovered that above this star, a star a thousand times larger was suspended.
Two stars, one large and one small, illuminated the starscape before him.
"So this is the Sea of Consciousness!" Lin Yu murmured to himself.
The Sea of Consciousness is the ocean of consciousness, the place where one's soul and spirit reside. It can manifest all the origins of the human body.
For instance, the Star of Talent, the Planet of Skills.
Lin Yu turned to look at other celestial bodies. These bodies revolved around the two stars, representing the planets of skills.
Among them, the planet representing the Homologous Fusion skill was the largest, followed by the planet representing the Heart Fire skill, and then Flame Jet and Energy Slash.
As he was marveling, his vision suddenly went black, and he exited the Sea of Consciousness.
Opening his eyes, Lin Yu looked at the remaining vine before him, a desire to devour it welling up within him.
"This is a side effect of Life Drain!" Lin Yu immediately understood why he felt this way.
This sensation was intense, much like the feeling of extreme hunger, making it increasingly unbearable.
Lin Yu then walked out of his hiding spot and approached the Vampire Vine. He placed his palm on it, and a faint glow emanated.
Absorb!
Silently chanting "absorb," a powerful suction immediately emanated from his palm. Streams of green life essence flowed into Lin Yu's body, invigorating him instantly. His physical body strengthened, and his spirit also enhanced slightly.
Half an hour later, Lin Yu withdrew his hand. Looking down at the Vampire Vine, it had been reduced to a mere husk.
"What a potent talent!" Lin Yu marveled.
Although this talent was only an F-grade and required half an hour for a single absorption, its effects were significant.
Lin Yu could clearly feel his physical body strengthening by about a tenth, and his mental power had also increased by a trace, approximately one percent.
"Is this leading me down the path of consumption?" Lin Yu chuckled and said.
"System, can I upgrade the Life Drain talent level?" Lin Yu asked the system.
Life Drain was undoubtedly a talent with great potential. It would be excellent if it could be upgraded by the system.
"Host, yes, but only after your main talent reaches SSS-grade can you bind new talent abilities!"
"System, can't you make an exception?"
"This system has its own operating rules, and there are no exceptions."
"Alright, alright, it seems I need to speed up the process of leveling up my talent clones!"