Seeing the Associated Body's eyes gleam, Tang Chuan suddenly asked, "What level of creature can you assimilate at most right now?"
As he spoke, Tang Chuan used the Fantasy Weapon as a medium to transmit the eighteen levels Quintessa had classified to the Associated Body.
Looking at the eighteen levels that had suddenly appeared in her mind, the Associated Body hesitated for a moment before saying, "If the target is completely helpless, then mid-to-high Fourth Cosmic Speed. That is currently the highest level I can assimilate. If the target specializes in mental strength, the level may have to be lower.
"After all, I am still in my infancy. The civilization I bear is merely Exile Star, a low-level Mortal planet."
"So low..." Tang Chuan seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
The Associated Body smiled bitterly and explained, "An Associated Body in its infancy does not focus its primary abilities on assimilating high-level creatures. That is an attribute that only needs to be strengthened in the middle and later stages.
"After all, if not for you disabling Exile Star's high-intensity, planetary-level weapons, even Fourth Cosmic Speed powerhouses would only come here to die.
"Even Physical Star-level beings who understand the characteristics of Associated Bodies would probably not dare attack me rashly.
"Because the entire universe knows my potential. As long as they cannot eradicate every single one of me, once I pass my developmental stage and reach maturity, powerhouses of those levels will be beneath my notice."
Tang Chuan nodded, accepting that explanation.
That was indeed the case. For an Associated Body in the early stages of development, rashly assimilating advanced lifeforms would instead be detrimental.
If the assimilation failed, it might provoke a thunderous retaliation and destroy the foundation they had painstakingly built.
Assimilating Mortal civilizations, on the other hand, was more in