Swallowed Star: Infinite Fortuitous Encounters
Chapter 49

Demon Emperor Bead (Happy New Year!!)

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Leaving five thousand clones to continue cultivating inside the World Ring, Wang Cheng then exited the World Ring and returned to his villa.

"Brother Cheng, you're back?"

Jiang Mingyue, who was cleaning, saw Wang Cheng and greeted him directly. But immediately, as if sensing something terrifying, her face paled slightly.

"Hmm?"

Seeing Jiang Mingyue's unusual expression, Wang Cheng instantly reacted.

"Number One, mask my aura!" Wang Cheng commanded.

Whoosh!

Soon, Wang Cheng concealed all his aura, becoming like an ordinary person.

There was a vast difference in life levels between Cosmic level and Planet level. Furthermore, Wang Cheng had just returned from the Outer Realm Battlefield and experienced a Life and Death Battle. With his aura completely unrestrained, it was natural for Jiang Mingyue to feel terrified.

Fortunately, Wang Cheng's detector was the kind that even ordinary King level Immortals couldn't afford, so masking his aura was a piece of cake!

"Brother Cheng, your aura just now was too terrifying!" Jiang Mingyue said, still feeling the lingering fear.

"I wasn't paying attention, sorry!" Wang Cheng smiled. With a thought, two Space Rings instantly appeared in his hands.

These were the two Space Rings he obtained from killing the Domain Lord level sixth order Iron Wing Tribe member and the Domain Lord level second order Iron Wing Tribe member. Wang Cheng's consciousness probed one of the Space Rings, and he quickly moved all the treasures within to another Space Ring.

"This is a Space Ring, consider it compensation!" Wang Cheng handed the now empty Space Ring to Jiang Mingyue.

"Brother Cheng, you don't have to!" Jiang Mingyue shook her head and didn't take it.

Having followed Wang Cheng for so long, Jiang Mingyue naturally knew what a Space Ring was. She even knew that Luo Feng had a Space Ring.

At the same time, Jiang Mingyue also knew that Space Rings were very precious items.

With her great revenge taken, and aside from cultivating to become stronger, Jiang Mingyue was currently in a state of detachment from worldly desires. Without reason, she naturally didn't want to accept Wang Cheng's Space Ring!

"It's just a Space Ring, it's nothing to me. Besides, with a Space Ring, it will be more convenient for you to do things in the future!" Wang Cheng said, then forcefully placed the ring on Jiang Mingyue.

In fact, Wang Cheng wasn't exaggerating. His trip to the Outer Realm Battlefield was not only to hone his combat experience, but also, if he could kill enemies, he would most likely be able to seize their treasures. While Space Rings were precious, generally speaking, Cosmic level and Domain Lord level cultivators could afford them!

Therefore, enemies' treasures were usually stored within Space Rings.

Because of this, Space Rings were practically worthless to Wang Cheng; he wouldn't feel heartbroken no matter how many he gave away.

Even if today's incident hadn't happened, Wang Cheng would have found an opportunity to give this item to Jiang Mingyue.

With a Space Ring, it would indeed be much more convenient for Jiang Mingyue to do things in the future. From small tasks like buying groceries to larger ones like hiding treasures, Space Rings were essential items!

Jiang Mingyue wanted to say something more, but Wang Cheng had already walked over and sat down on the sofa.

"Go pour me a cup of tea!" Wang Cheng instructed.

"Okay!"

Jiang Mingyue saw that Wang Cheng was serious. She swallowed the words she was about to say and turned to pour tea.

A moment later, Wang Cheng sipped the tea Jiang Mingyue had poured while examining the remaining Space Ring in his hand.

"Let's see what good things these two Domain Lords had!" Wang Cheng mused in his heart, quickly scanning through the contents.

Before being killed by Wang Cheng, these two Domain Lords had also killed many people in the Outer Realm Battlefield, so they had accumulated a large pile of miscellaneous items.

Wang Cheng's cursory glance revealed many Force weapons and Origin Force Battle Robes of various grades, followed by some food and wine.

"This Iron Wing Tribe has some peculiar tastes."

Looking at the sticky, gooey food, Wang Cheng instantly lost his appetite, and even his suspicion fell upon the wine the Iron Wing Tribe drank.

Skipping over the food and wine, the next items were miscellaneous things, most of which Wang Cheng didn't recognize.

"I'll identify them slowly when I have a chance later!" Wang Cheng shook his head.

On Earth, the only one who might recognize these things now was Babata, but Wang Cheng had no intention of asking Babata.

His gains from the Outer Realm Battlefield were, to some extent, a big secret. Moreover, his gains were not limited to just today; there would undoubtedly be many more in the future. How could he ask Babata every time for such matters?

"No rush, some Domain Lord and Cosmic level treasures probably aren't that great anyway. I'll deal with them slowly later!" Wang Cheng shook his head and then put away the Space Ring.

"I've accumulated nearly three hundred Opportunity Points. I'll use them to Grasp Opportunity once!" Wang Cheng thought for a moment, then nodded to himself.

"Last time, fifty Opportunity Points even led me to the Initial Universe. This time, let's go for something big!" Wang Cheng mused, then with a thought, his 280 Opportunity Points instantly became 180.

The general rule for Grasping Opportunity seemed to be: the more Opportunity Points consumed, the wider the scope of the opportunity grasped, and the higher the chance of obtaining good items.

However, chance was still just chance, not a certainty!

In other words, it was entirely possible to grasp junk items even after consuming Opportunity Points!

Although all of Wang Cheng's previous grasps, except for a "Domain Lord level bloodline potion" which was useless to him, had been of great use, these were merely isolated cases. They couldn't be used to define that the Opportunity Grasping System would always grasp items useful to Wang Cheng, or even that it would always grasp treasures.

The concept of "opportunity" was different for different people.

For a War God, a single Wood Essence Crystal would be a tremendous opportunity. But for Wang Cheng? He might not even bother to bend down to pick up a Wood Essence Crystal if it fell on the ground!

Under such circumstances, it wasn't strange for the Opportunity Grasping System to bring back a piece of junk on one occasion!

It was precisely because Wang Cheng understood this principle that his mood was rather complex at this moment, filled with anticipation, apprehension, and a hint of nervousness.

Finally, under Wang Cheng's gaze, the opportunity grasping was completed, and lines of text appeared before him.

[Consumed 100 Opportunity Points, Opportunity Grasping successful!] [Opportunity Category: Treasure] [Opportunity Name: Demon Emperor Bead] [Opportunity Usage: Refine] [Opportunity Effect: Nourishes soul, protects soul]

"Soul Treasure?" Wang Cheng was slightly stunned, then his anxiety and nervousness vanished, all the anticipation transforming into pleasant surprise.

Soul Treasures were absolutely the rarest and most precious treasures in the universe, bar none!

The soul was the foundation of life. With Wang Cheng's current strength, unless it was in special secret realms like the "Outer Realm Battlefield," if his soul were destroyed or he was enslaved, he would be as good as dead.

In the universe, treasures that could guard the soul were very rare. Most Strong Individuals lacked means to protect their souls; even if they had them, they could only cultivate soul-related secret arts!

For example, the "Void Tower" secret art in Hu Yanbo's inheritance!

The Oracle Marquis's inheritance lacked this type of secret art. Wang Cheng had long known that his soul was a weakness, and he had been thinking of finding a secret art to guard his soul to cultivate in the future. He never expected that before he could even find a secret art, he would directly obtain a treasure that could guard his soul.

This kind of treasure was likely at least a heavy treasure level, and if he was lucky...

"Maybe it's a supreme treasure!" Wang Cheng was somewhat pleasantly surprised.

If it were a supreme treasure, then this Demon Emperor Bead's value could even surpass the "Universe Chaos Tablet"!

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