Tang Qi's Beating

Listening to the muttering of the perverse evil spirit before him, which clearly suffered from "Hoarding Syndrome," Tang Qi felt deeply uncomfortable. But that was nothing compared to the intensity of the warning of danger. His avatar, whose combat power had steadily entered the "Demigod Level," instinctively sensed that he would be destroyed in the next second.

In his mind, several scarlet fragments flowed forth:

"Information Fragment Three: The Collector, a member of the Family of Myriad Spirits' Filth, has consumed Origin Metal. It is gaining three Master Level divine powers: War Divinity, Dark Divinity, and Wrath Divinity."

"Information Fragment Four: Because the fragment of Origin Metal it consumed had already been corroded, the three powers began to decline the instant they were acquired and are about to fall from the 'Master Level divine rank.'"

"Information Fragment Five: 'Origin Poison' is attached to the corroded Origin Metal. The Collector is unaware of this. Both its true body and descended avatar have been poisoned. It will completely perish within ten breaths. This process cannot be reversed."

Just as Tang Qi was astonished by this hidden information, the outward form of the Collector, which had clung to him almost like a shadow, underwent a drastic transformation.

Its beloved clown vagabond form vanished. A thin layer of armor radiating Golden Radiance spread across its avatar in the blink of an eye. Its features disappeared, as though it had been trapped within a layer of Metal Membrane, its limbs thrashing wildly.

Roars came from beneath the membrane.

"...This power... I am the strongest."

"I... am Origin!"

Amid the indistinct muttering, the Collector's human body began to swell. Three incomparably dazzling and destructive rays of red, black, and green gathered at its head, gradually forming a Triangle Symbol as violent divine power of