Lying Flat Meant Getting Shot at

In the control room of the C4-Class Spaceship at the planetary docking port, Vinina sat cross-legged as battle intent gathered around her like an ocean. Though colorless, it roiled with countless roars and howls brimming with the lust for battle.

This was the result of over seven thousand powerful warriors fighting and killing one another!

The weakest among those seven thousand-plus warriors were all ninth-rank Planetary level, absolute superpowers on Earth. Aside from Hong, who had already grasped a Domain, they would have been invincible "Speaker-level" existences. Yet here with Vinina, they could only be tools for supplying battle intent.

Or rather—

Consumables?

It could not be helped. The best way to ignite battle intent was naturally to stand between life and death. Otherwise, Vinina would not have made such promises. And in that process, death naturally followed one after another.

Cruel?

Perhaps. But in this vast universe, which powerhouse's path was not littered with corpses?

That ocean-like, surging, colorless, formless battle intent was condensed by Vinina into pale gold, then gold, until it became incomparably pure—Battle Intent Power that seemed almost tangible and shone brilliantly!

Yet every strand of condensed Battle Intent Power surged out at once, joining the dazzling golden Domain that enveloped Vinina and helping her analyze the mysterious fluctuations hidden deep within, as though covered layer upon layer by gauze.

Until—

Lightning flashed!

Within the dazzling golden Domain, traces of blue light faintly emerged.

As time passed, those threads of lightning rapidly spread until they occupied more than half of the dazzling golden Domain!

Lightning Domain!

"So what she said before was actually true?"

At the control console of the C4-Class Spaceship, Babata's little face was filled with disbelief as it watched the entire process.

That golden "Domain" surrounding Vinina earlier—

Had really not been a Domain?!

Battle intent actually existed?

For a moment, Babata found it hard to believe.

It had not been that Babata did not believe Vinina. It was simply that what Vinina had described had seemed far too outrageous, so it had picked out the key points and analyzed them according to its own way of thinking. Under that analysis, the Battle Formation Master lineage Vinina had explained became a kind of combined attack Inheritance under the Mental Master lineage.

Similar to Illusion Technique masters, pharmacists, beast tamers, and the like.

Within the mainstream Cultivation System of Swallowed Star, such things relied on external aids and were merely minor paths. They could not produce top-tier powerhouses. Only by gathering great power within oneself could one walk the true path.

Babata had not stopped Vinina from spending over seven billion to buy slaves because it wanted her to see the gap clearly and obediently follow its plans, taking the Controller path under the Mental Master lineage.

But now—

Minor path, my ass!

Not only could this thing condense something comparable to a Domain, it could also temper the body, hone the soul, wash away the will, and aid in comprehending laws—

And all it required was the battle intent emitted by powerful warriors during combat and slaughter!

What kind of all-purpose Inheritance was this?

And with the support of such an Inheritance, how far could Vinina, already extraordinarily talented, reach in the future?

Could she—

Avenge her old Master?

For a moment, Babata's expression grew unfocused as it recalled the great battle fifty thousand years ago, as well as its sixty million-plus glorious years alongside Huyan Bo.

It did not come back to itself until Vinina slowly opened her eyes, the golden light fading until only lightning serpents flowed around her.

The instant it recovered, it eagerly questioned Vinina, "How was it?"

"Are these slaves enough? If not, I still have quite a few treasures that can be sold for money!"

"If we scrape together more, buying a Universe level slave should not be much of a problem."

Its tone was filled with excitement, though the content made Vinina laugh. She shook her head slightly and refused. "No need."

"You can afford a Universe level slave, but I can't use one!"

"The gap is too great."

"Even with those below, I can't fully mobilize the battle intent they provide. Otherwise, my consciousness could be eroded by the onslaught of battle intent, or even collapse."

"True."

Having limits was normal.

Babata nodded slightly, then could not help asking, "Then what are you planning to do next?"

"Follow the plan you made before."

Vinina smiled. "Use treasures to increase my genetic energy, use the Slaughter Arena in the Virtual Universe to temper myself, and reach Star level as soon as possible so I can obtain the first account my teacher left for me at Cosmic River Bank."

"Then I'll undergo life-and-death tempering."

It was a very reasonable training plan.

The key lay in the life-and-death tempering after reaching Star level.

Under normal circumstances, this was a necessary path for Vinina if she wanted to become Universe level. An Earthling's bloodline grade was what it was; her bodily genes would bind her tightly. In such a situation, even if she comprehended a Domain, she would be unable to break through smoothly due to the deficiencies in her bodily genes.

There were two ways to deal with this. The simplest was treasures like Bloodline Evolution Agents.

These could improve one's bloodline. Once the bloodline rose, breaking through naturally became as easy as pushing a boat with the current. But such items were controlled commodities. Without sufficient status, one would not even have a channel to buy them. Unless one was willing to spend a thousand or ten thousand times the price, it was only then possible to obtain a dose.

Huyan Bo had been in precisely that situation back then.

However, Huyan Bo had been a Lone Walker, the lone-wolf type. If Vinina joined the Virtual Universe Company, then with her current talent, she could absolutely obtain a Bloodline Evolution Agent.

The second method was to place oneself between life and death.

Between life and death lay limitless motivation. It was like a needle stabbing toward one's eye: the eye would reflexively close completely. When faced with a life-and-death crisis, every cell in the body would reflexively struggle, boil, and go mad, releasing the deepest and fiercest resistance, thereby achieving evolution.

That had been the case when she faced the Primary Beast General level Blood Pattern Black Wolf on Earth.

The most suitable and cost-effective treasure for raising genetic energy at the Planetary level was Azure Wave Marrow. It was not cheap—one gram cost a full 9,000 Black Dragon Coins. Roughly a dozen kilograms could raise a first-rank Planetary level Martial Artist to Star level. However, considering efficiency, Vinina followed Luo Feng's example from the original story and directly purchased thirty kilograms of Azure Wave Marrow.

After the discount, the expense came to 264.6 million Black Dragon Coins.

With Wood Crystals, Azure Wave Marrow, and battle intent, Vinina's physical fitness could reach the seventh rank of the Planetary level and her mental power could reach the first rank of the Star level in about two months, allowing her to obtain the first account her teacher had left for her at Cosmic River Bank.

If she wanted her physical fitness to reach Star level, however, she would need twice as much time on top of those two months—half a year in total. By then, she could venture into the universe and undergo life-and-death tempering.

Of course, she could not spend all that time raising her genetic energy. That would be far too leisurely. She still had to visit the Slaughter Arena. While it could not compare to the effects of true life-and-death tempering, countless battles and killings were still better than lying flat and hiding away in comfort.

Lying flat—

Meant getting shot at!