The Great Art of Absorbing Power

"Hmm? There's another secret treasure?"

His sword-like brows rose, and his gaze immediately fell upon the large goblin's remains, now reduced to a heap of shattered scraps.

At first glance, the pile of remains was nothing more than useless debris.

Only a few exceedingly faint flames, like black currents of electricity, flickered dimly within it.

Wait—

When Zhang Sanxian focused on those wisps of black flame and instinctively sent a thread of true essence toward them—

Whoosh~

The mysterious power of foresight, silent for so long, suddenly thundered through his heart:

text [This is an archaic wonder—Mysterious Kun Thunderflame, the operational core of high-grade Demonic Plant Soldiers.

[Though it is named "flame," it is in fact a special creation of half-Thunder, half-flame state, manufactured by archaic civilization using exceptionally advanced technology.

[Once activated, it can instantly paralyze and immobilize all those within its range whose true essence cultivation does not exceed that of the user.

[At that time, the restrained targets' true essence will continuously be dissolved and absorbed by this flame, then flow back into the user's body.

[The cultivation returned in this way may be incorporated into the user's own body to increase strength, stored as pills for bombardment, or bestowed upon others to enhance their cultivation.]

"To think archaic civilization could create something like this. Truly impressive." Zhang Sanxian was first astonished, then enlightened. "Could that artificial administrator's true essence cultivation have come from this thing's infusion? Interesting. Truly interesting. Mm~ This so-called archaic wonder is rather different from an archaic magic treasure."

While he studied the Thunderflame, the virtual cheers that had filled the air and the audience projections around him quietly vanished, and the arena returned to deathly silence.

Yet the hundred cultivators scattered throughout the spectator stands did not turn back into statues