Jiang Ming still felt a lingering fear when he thought about it now.
The Demon Lizard King's self-destruction had been as powerful as a high-yield nuclear bomb. At the center of the explosion, temperatures could reach millions, even tens of millions of degrees.
Jiang Ming's Son of the Sun state had yet to be fully developed. Faced with such terrifying heat, survival would have been impossible.
However, the moment Jiang Ming sensed the fluctuations within the Demon Lizard King's body, he moved.
After breaking through to the Planetary level, Jiang Ming's movement speed had soared. In merely one-hundredth of a second, he had opened up an astonishing distance.
Even so, Jiang Ming still suffered severe injuries.
In that instant, more than half his body had been burned away.
But to Jiang Ming, those were only minor injuries.
By absorbing the surrounding light, heat, and radiation, Jiang Ming recovered in a short time.
However, the Miniature Planet had also suffered serious damage, and recovering it would be rather troublesome.
Fortunately, with the Stellar Body, light and heat can not only increase my strength but also heal my injuries.
The Zhaluoluo Nuclear Power Plant has now been completely flattened by the Demon Lizard King's self-destruction, but that has also brought the radiation here to its peak.
Once I absorb all this radiation, I probably won't just recover from my injuries—I might even raise my strength a little further.
Feeling the endless stream of light, heat, and radiation pouring into his body, Jiang Ming thought to himself.
After checking how quickly the cracks on the Miniature Planet were healing, Jiang Ming made his judgment.
Looks like I won't be able to fight for a while. But that's fine. I really have been fighting too much lately.
I need some time to settle down and consolidate my gains.
The Stellar Body truly was an extraordinarily powerful talent. It had helped Jiang Ming break through from the Apprentice level to the Planetary level in a short time.
But the short time had also left Jiang Ming lacking in foundations. His saber techniques, movement techniques, mastery of secret arts, and other aspects were all somewhat lacking.
After some time spent consolidating, Jiang Ming's strength would undergo another transformation.
Next, let's see what talent I can awaken.
Jiang Ming sat cross-legged on the ground and thought to himself.
After breaking through to the Planetary level, he could awaken another Talent Secret Technique.
The power of Talent Secret Techniques had been displayed vividly by the Stellar Body. If he could awaken an even stronger talent, Jiang Ming's strength would rise by a geometric multiple once more.
With that thought, Jiang Ming entered deep meditation, and his consciousness was pulled into an endless world.
Countless stars hung high in the sky of this world. Some were the size of stars, while others were as vast as galaxies.
Jiang Ming was currently standing upon a dim star.
This place? This is where I came last time.
That means every time I awaken a talent, I can at least awaken one stronger than the previous level.
Jiang Ming thought to himself.
The stronger the talent, the farther away it was. Last time, Jiang Ming had nearly suffered a mental collapse in the Talent Awakening Space before reaching the star where the Stellar Body was located.
Now that Jiang Ming had advanced to the Planetary level, his mental will was countless times stronger than when he had just broken through to the Apprentice level.
It was very possible that he could reach a higher-level talent.
With that thought, Jiang Ming's illusory figure flew upward.
This Talent Awakening Space was as vast and boundless as the universe itself. Along the way, Jiang Ming saw many Talent Stars that were even larger than the Stellar Body.
That meant those talents were even stronger than the Stellar Body.
Yet Jiang Ming did not pause for even a moment.
His goal was extremely clear: he had to reach at least the next level of talent.
There was no concept of time within the Talent Awakening Space, and Jiang Ming did not know how long he had stayed here.
He only knew that he had passed one enormous star after another.
At first, Jiang Ming had still counted how many stars he passed.
Because that was the only thing he could do in this boundless world.
But after passing the 149,689th star, Jiang Ming stopped counting.
This space was simply far too vast.
This should be a World Lord Level talent, right?
At this moment, a star nearly the size of a sun appeared before Jiang Ming.
As Jiang Ming continued ascending, the stars he encountered grew larger and larger.
Yet this sun-sized star still far surpassed the largest stars he had seen before.
I still have strength left. The reason I chose a Domain Lord level Talent Star last time was because my mental will had truly reached its limit.
If I had stayed any longer, I might have suffered a mental collapse and died.
But although my mental state isn't very good now, I can still endure.
Even if I can't reach an Immortal-level Talent, I can still choose the largest Realm Lord Talent Star!
Jiang Ming encouraged himself inwardly.
He could only obtain one talent with each advancement in level. This naturally seemed powerful in the early stages, but once he reached higher realms—
A breakthrough in a single realm could require an unknown number of epochs.
Therefore, none of his early talent awakenings could be wasted.
Every time I enter the Talent Awakening Space, I appear where I disappeared last time. So I must reach my limit.
Only then can I obtain a better talent the next time I come here.
If this continues, I'll become stronger and stronger!
Jiang Ming knew very well that high-level Talent Secret Techniques were indeed powerful and could increase one's strength by a geometric multiple in an instant.
But the world of Swallowed Star was far too vast.
In this world, no matter how high one climbed, it was not truly high. No matter how far one traveled, it was not truly far.
If he wanted to climb higher and travel farther, he could not waste any opportunity!
Without the slightest reluctance, Jiang Ming left the sun-sized Talent Star before him.
He continued onward, higher and higher.
Within that monotonous space without any concept of time, Jiang Ming sometimes endured agonizing struggles.
In the deathly still space that seemed to have no end, Jiang Ming continued forward.
But after nearing his limit, every step forward became torturous.
A voice echoed in his heart, tirelessly telling him again and again.
You're already strong enough. Pick any talent and leave, and you'll unquestionably be the strongest human on Earth.
The outside world is so beautiful and prosperous. Why waste your precious years in this dead, cold space?
Wouldn't clinging to Luo Feng's thigh let you become a god easily? Buy him a bottle of Water of Life now, and Luo Feng will remember you for the rest of his life.
Why torture yourself like this?
Give up. Give up.
Stop struggling!
Listening to those words constantly churning through his mind, confusion occasionally appeared in Jiang Ming's eyes.
But whenever that confusion arose, Jiang Ming would look toward the sky.
High, high above, far, far away, starlight pierced through the boundless distance and fell upon him.
I want to see it. I want to see what lies at the end of that sky!
With a heaven-defying advantage like the Talent Awakening Space, if he could not reach its end—
If he could not see the strongest talent—
Jiang Ming would never find peace in this life!
As Jiang Ming passed more and more stars, his consciousness gradually blurred.
He no longer had any spare energy to focus on anything else. Only one thought remained in his mind.
Forward! Forward!
Until, after an unknown amount of time, Jiang Ming suddenly realized that without noticing, he had reached an enormous star ten thousand times larger than a sun.
I... did it!
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