The instant Xiao Qingyu swallowed the black bead in his hand, his eyes almost immediately turned crimson.
As blood threads crept across them, the veins on his forehead writhed like earthworms, making him look exceedingly terrifying.
"Oh? He can actually devour other people's thoughts and turn them into his own?" Lin Langtian narrowed his eyes at Xiao Qingyu's method.
"His thoughts may have grown stronger, but they have also become somewhat disordered and violent. This method will definitely have an after-effect on him." Seeing Xiao Qingyu's crazed appearance, Lin Langtian muttered.
There was no power in this world that came without a price. Though Xiao Qingyu's method was strange and powerful, the cost he had to pay was likely not small.
Thought power differed from spiritual power. Thoughts contained a person's powerful will, and if they were casually devoured and absorbed, there would be only one result: the thoughts would be difficult to merge, eventually splitting apart and directly causing one's consciousness to shatter.
Lin Langtian dared to devour the thoughts of others because he possessed the Battle Intent Demonic Heart, a "refining vessel," and had cultivated the Mind Devouring Demonic Heart Meditation Technique passed down by the Mind Devouring Demon Emperor.
Yet even so, Lin Langtian did not dare to devour the thoughts of others as recklessly as Xiao Qingyu.
"Heh heh."
The veins writhed across Xiao Qingyu's forehead, yet he twisted his face into a savage grin at Lin Langtian, whose expression had turned solemn in the distance. The rampant thoughts in his mind seemed ready to shatter his skull.
This was the after-effect of using such a method.
But no matter the cost, he would kill Lin Langtian here today.
Only by seizing Lin Langtian's thoughts could he reduce this cost to the greatest extent.
"Today, you