Divine Sense spread across Feng Xiao's entire body, even cloaking every cell in a faint golden glow. His genes had been perfectly optimized ever since his Divine Sense awakened, and with its enhancement, his body became even more terrifying!
The Divine Sense spear, carrying the power to annihilate energy and launch mental attacks, slammed into the Demon Race Saint. The black-red flames covering its body instantly vanished!
Even the energy within it fell into disarray, as the rampaging Divine Sense power drove straight into its brain!
The pain of having its mind torn apart left its body rigid. In the next moment, a spear pierced through its brain.
"Next..."
Feng Xiao looked toward the head of the Demon Race merchant guild, who had realized things were going badly and turned to flee at top speed. He willed his power into action.
His powerful Divine Sense frantically compressed the natural energy around him, then seized a trace of spatial energy to propel all that energy outward!
In an instant, a brilliant beam tore across the sky and swallowed the guild leader, who had already fled ten thousand meters away.
"Not bad. About sixty percent as powerful as the Star Origin's main cannon, though it seems to only work against a single target. Its area-of-effect damage is much weaker."
After making his assessment, Feng Xiao turned his attention back to the merchant guild's camp.
Area-of-effect damage? Divine Sense itself was one of the strongest abilities for that!
Uh... and it was also the strongest support ability... the strongest combat ability... the strongest...
Never mind. In short, it was extremely versatile, with almost no weaknesses apart from those of its user.
"Haha, just as I thought. Robbery really is the most profitable business." Feng Xiao gazed at the ten boxes before him, all filled with life-energy crystals of various grades.
His heart soared.
He'd make at least a million Star Points from this haul!
Besides nearly a hundred high-grade magical beast crystals, there were also plenty of valuable metals and rare herbs and fruits.
They were all popular goods in the Alliance.
After putting away all the resources, Feng Xiao finally turned his attention to the center of the camp.
There were hundreds of metal cages. The ones that caught Feng Xiao's eye most were the two hundred muscular human men, bare-chested from the waist up!
It wasn't that Feng Xiao had any strange preferences. It was just that all these humans had energy readings of lv15!
They were among the strongest of the thousands of slaves. More importantly, it seemed that they had been brainwashed somehow.
They had lost all their memories, retaining only their combat abilities and basic knowledge of daily life.
Having been born in a civilization where individual might prevailed, they were naturally strong. Although their cultivation system wasn't as complete as the Alliance's, they all had decent talent. They were practically perfect members for a starship assault team!
As for the other powerful slaves...
Feng Xiao glanced over the Orc and dwarf slaves, along with members of various other strange races, and shook his head.
He'd better not. With their bizarre appearances, it wouldn't be convenient for them to operate within the Alliance.
Divine Sense effortlessly tore apart the cages. After glancing at the camp's many ordinary supplies, he said indifferently, "You weren't meant to die here. Do your best to make a life for yourselves."
Then he lifted the two hundred humans into the air and sent his Divine Sense into their unguarded minds, imprinting a core belief of loyalty upon them.
As for their combat techniques and changes in their outlook, the Alliance's medical Star Weapons could take care of that.
Implanting memories was a basic function of blue-grade and higher medical Star Weapons.
He notified the Star Origin to send its only four transport craft to pick them up, then immediately darted toward Elsa. He was curious about her talent.
Several High Elves sat on tree branches, their slender, alluring legs swinging gently. Elsa kept wondering how she could persuade the Legendary powerhouse with divine potential to accept her as an attendant.
Behind her, the other Elves looked worried. Elsa was the High Elf Race's epic-peak powerhouse—the Elven Queen's royal princess, born from the Queen's own life's blood mixed with the waters of the Fountain of Life.
She was the sole heir to the Elven Royal Court.
It wasn't shameful to become the attendant of a divine Legendary powerhouse, but it would still mean a drop in status.
After all, while a Legendary powerhouse was strong enough to severely wound an entire race, a lone Legendary was still no match for a peak race.
The High Elf Race had an army of hundreds of millions, with an average combat strength of a third-tier warrior. They also had countless armies of professionals and weapons of war.
When their armies attacked together, even a demigod would have to avoid their edge.
"Should we try to talk the princess out of it?"
One of the Elves asked quietly, a hint of worry on her brow.
The princess had brought them out for a relaxing outing, only to run into a Demon Race slave-trading guild and impulsively get them all into trouble.
And now she wanted to become the attendant of a Legendary powerhouse from another race. How were they supposed to explain this to the Queen?
Of course, even if the Queen found out, she wouldn't be too angry. A Legendary powerhouse couldn't decide the outcome of a war between peak races, but they were still important.
They were strategic deterrents!
Especially for those powerful races without a Legendary powerhouse. They had no way to guard against a Legendary's targeted assassination of their leaders.
"Probably not. You know the princess's temperament and personality. Ever since she read those biographies about Legendary powerhouses, she's been completely obsessed.
"Now she's met a Legendary whose race is also at its peak, and who possesses divinity. Do you really think you can talk her out of it?"
The short-haired Elf rubbed her soft, rosy cheek, feeling even more helpless.
Suddenly, Elsa looked up in delight.
A streak of golden light appeared before them. Feng Xiao hovered in the air, his figure graceful, as he calmly watched Elsa.
"The Heart of Dawn!"
[Elsa Age: 22 Height: 173 Predicted personality: Gentle, inquisitive Race: Demi-human (High Elf) Ability: Holy Light Apothecary (30%) Current ability: Master of Potions Effect: When in possession of a potion formula and the corresponding materials, she can craft the potion with 100% success. She can sense the general effects of high-energy plants and has an exceptional talent for developing excellent potions. Potential: Epic Recommendation: Starship Medical Department]
Their captain froze for a moment, then began to consider how he could recruit Elsa, a lovely girl capable of improving the starship's software, for free.
Regardless of how powerful her ability was, he was certain that if Elsa joined the Star Origin, Tianyi's medical Star Weapons would become more effective!
Or rather, all medical Star Weapons would receive an additional boost from then on.
"You..."
"Respected Legendary powerhouse, would you allow me to become your attendant?" Elsa's beautiful face flushed red, her eyes full of hope.
???
Was he really that charming??
He hadn't even said anything, had he?
Born in an age of advanced technology and eternal materialism, Feng Xiao simply couldn't understand the ancient order of the Autses Continent: the strong came first.
It was the idea that "might makes right," ingrained deep in everyone's bones!
Everyone believed that if they stayed by a powerful person's side, they too would become stronger, see things they'd never seen before, and gain access to more resources!
And, as it turned out, those powerful people thought so too.
That was how the gods had spread their faith across the entire Autses Continent. Even the peak races had their own gods to worship.
Feng Xiao quickly collected himself. With a calm, serious expression, he gazed into Elsa's eyes, only withdrawing his scrutinizing gaze five minutes later.
He handed her the Starship Treaty.
"This is some sort of contract. Sign it, and you'll become my attendant. I can terminate it at any time, so you'll have to prove your worth."
Since he didn't know what was going on anyway, he might as well accept this unexpected surprise.
"Yes!" Elsa gave a delighted little hop, setting her ample bosom bouncing.
"Stay calm..."
Feng Xiao suppressed the stirrings in his heart and headed back toward the Star Origin with his new crew member and the two hundred human soldiers.
By now, the Star Origin should have just finished mining.
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