I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 1069: Chapter 671: Triple Harvest from One Demon, the Beastman Appears (2)

Like puppets programmed to follow predetermined commands.

Moreover, Qin Tian noticed a trace of deeply hidden will within the soul bodies of the Stele Demons.

That will was extremely weak and concealed with great skill, almost impossible to detect without the illumination from the Reincarnation Lamp.

Once those soul bodies entered the Reincarnation Lamp, under the light of the Fire of Reincarnation, that hidden will was quickly purified.

In the moment of purification, Qin Tian faintly captured a wisp of aura—an ancient, dark aura filled with the will of decay and destruction.

He speculated that the will hidden within the soul bodies of the Stele Demons likely originated from their creator—the terrifying Demon King suppressed by the Golden Throne and Celestial Stele.

All Stele Demons, essentially, are extensions of that Demon King, created to erode the Celestial Stele and destroy the Secret Realm’s seal. They don’t need high intelligence, just endless killing and destruction, continually weakening the Celestial Stele’s power to grant their ”master” a chance to break free from the seal.

Therefore, these incomplete, kill-driven soul bodies of the Stele Demons are not qualified to become the first batch of Lamp Spirits under his command.

Qin Tian shook his head.

The position of Lamp Spirits is reserved for more important people, those truly worth protecting and granting eternal life, those warriors who have achieved glorious victories under his command, those comrades who have shared life and death together. Not these cannon-fodder, incomplete soul bodies.

Nonetheless, the soul strength of the Stele Demons is quite decent. Although incomplete, they are, after all, the souls of High Tier Stele Demons, their energy is undeniable.

Crush the souls and feed them back to the Reincarnation Lamp.

The newly forged Reincarnation Lamp still requires a significant amount of soul energy to build its foundation, serving as fuel for utilizing various abilities. And the souls of the Stele Demons are undoubtedly the best raw material.

”Hoo—”

On the battlefield, remnants of the soul fragments of the shattered Stele Demons rose into the air, like strands of gray-white smoke, converging in the same direction. Tomb Spirit Fragments also flew out from the bodies of the Stele Demons, transforming into black light points like fireflies, gathering into an increasingly large light sphere in front of Qin Tian.

The Reincarnation Lamp frantically devoured those soul fragments, converting them into lamp oil, accumulating energy bit by bit.

Qin Tian watched this scene before him, a slight smile lifting at the corners of his mouth.

The death of the Stele Demons provides evolution points, Tomb Spirit Fragments, and can also serve as lamp oil for the Reincarnation Lamp.

One demon, three uses, extracting every ounce of value from the Stele Demons.

Just then—

The distant sky changed.

The rolling black clouds were replaced by a fiery orange cloud. Like flames igniting cotton, it spread from the horizon, dyeing the entire sky in a burning hue. The air temperature suddenly rose, heat waves rushed forth, even the land underfoot began to subtly heat up.

Qin Tian’s brow slightly furrowed.

It seems Ran Tu has smoothly passed the Celestial Thunder Tribulation and entered the Body Burning Tribulation.

The Celestial Thunder Tribulation is a test of the flesh, with thunder striking, tempering bones and muscles; the Body Burning Tribulation is an internal fire—from the organs to the depths of the soul, destroying your body bit by bit and then rebirthing from the ashes.

Qin Tian was not worried about this stage.

With Ran Tu’s foundation at the Peak Tier Six over many years, with his Golden Bloodline background, the Body Burning Tribulation will only temper his physique and soul, not be his endpoint. He can endure it, he certainly will endure it.

The real challenge lies at the last—the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Fortunately, the appearance of the Reincarnation Lamp makes this stage much safer. With the Reincarnation Lamp as a safety net, even if Ran Tu loses direction in the Heart Demon Tribulation, he can, like retrieving Li Qi, pull him back from the Illusion Realm.

However, Qin Tian did not immediately return to the valley.