Qi Yuan went all the way up unimpeded and reached the top of the Headless Giant statue. Just as he was surprised that he did not encounter any danger, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed into an unfamiliar world, and the Headless Giant statue disappeared without a trace.
"Where am I?"
Qi Yuan looked around. The sky was no longer gray and cloudy. Instead, the sun was as red as blood, and the wind was howling in his ears like thunder.
Is this an illusion?
Qi Yuan furrowed his brows.
With the Mechanical Intellect already promoted to Tier 2, the ability to make him fall into an illusion was at least Tier 4.
Is this where the danger of the Headless Giant statue lies?
Qi Yuan vaguely felt that something was wrong. If there were still Tier 4 enemies hidden in the Headless Giant statue, they could completely crush him head-on. There was no need to use this method at all!
Qi Yuan tried to sense the location of the sign-in beam, but he found that the whole world was empty. He did not get any feedback at all.
No!
No matter how powerful the illusion was, it could not affect the Talent Tree's sensing of the sign-in beam!
Did my consciousness leave my body?
Just as Qi Yuan's thoughts were running wild, a thunderous roar suddenly resounded throughout the entire world.
Roar!
This roar was so powerful that Qi Yuan felt the whole world begin to tremble. The void in front of him shattered like a mirror.
Rumble!
The earth suddenly split open, and huge fissures spread out like a spider web. Huge volcanoes rose from the ground, and crimson lava spewed out. The crimson clouds were scattered by the lava, and the entire world looked like the end of the world.
The eruption of the endless volcanoes turned the whole world into a sea of red fire.
Roar!
Another roar resounded through the whole world.
An indescribable giant hand broke free from its shackles and stretched out from the ground. It tore the earth and shattered the void. After the giant hand stretched out from the ground, Qi Yuan only felt his vision go black. The whole world seemed to be occupied by it.
Qi Yuan's mind moved, and his vision quickly widened. Only then did he clearly see the full appearance of the giant hand.
It was a greenish-black arm. The muscles on the arm seemed to contain endless power.
Rumble!
Another arm stretched out from the ground. The two arms waved wildly in the void for a while, completely shattering the clouds in the sky. Then, with great force, it pressed down on the shattered ground, directly pressing several erupting volcanoes into the ground.
A gigantic head emerged from the ground. It had a face that was somewhat similar to a human's. It had a high nose bridge, a wide mouth, and ferocious fangs. However, what surprised Qi Yuan the most was that it only had one eye between its eyebrows.
It was a cyclops!
The cyclops emerged from the shattered earth and let out a deafening roar into the endless void.
Qi Yuan followed the cyclops' gaze and saw two burning meteors, one red and one white, appear in the Void. They were flying through the Void, heading straight for the world he was in.
With Free Vision, his eyesight seemed to have become much stronger. Qi Yuan could vaguely see that the two burning meteors were not real stones, but two powerful invaders.
As the burning meteors came closer, Qi Yuan finally saw the full appearance of the two invaders.
The white meteor was actually a silver-white Void Battleship. The other crimson meteor was a faceless person with waving tentacles.
When the two invaders finally broke through the planet's atmosphere and broke into the planet's interior, Qi Yuan discovered that the two invaders were the same as the cyclops from before. They were both extremely large life forms.
The moment the two sides came into contact, a battle broke out instantly.
There was no negotiation, no feigned civility, only an extremely violent battle.
The moment the silver-white Void Battleship entered the atmosphere, it directly transformed into a mechanical giant thousands of meters tall. A huge blazing white energy sword condensed in its hand, and it slashed at the cyclops' head.
Roar!
The cyclops roared and reached out with its hand in the lava, and an equally huge crimson lava axe condensed in an instant.
The cyclops waved its axe, tearing the Void apart. A violent power erupted, as if wanting to split the Void in half.
Boom!
The energy sword and lava axe collided with a loud bang, and a destructive energy cloud ring instantly spread out. The shattered Earth became even more fragmented, and the aftermath of the destruction spread as far as tens of thousands of meters away.
The mechanical giant was sent flying by the axe. The cyclops' body only swayed slightly, but it did not have time to gasp for breath.
The other Faceless One condensed a scarlet ball of energy in front of him. It was like a slowly rising sun. The destructive heat and energy fluctuations almost distorted the surrounding void.
The faceless person's waving tentacles gently pushed, and the destructive sun instantly began to accelerate, crashing into the cyclops with a loud bang.
The cyclops' eyes flashed with an ominous glint. It lifted its left foot and stomped on the ground. The earth trembled, and a mountain completely condensed from lava rose from the ground, blocking in front of the cyclops like a shield.
Boom!
The crimson sun collided with the crimson mountain. The sun instantly shattered, and the entire world turned into a dazzling red color. Shattered lava, dispersed energy, and collapsed Void. Everything seemed to have turned into endless chaos.
Qi Yuan watched from the side with a god's perspective. The destructive battle lasted for an entire day and night before it finally came to an end. The two invaders paid the price of heavy injuries to defeat the cyclops. The mechanical giant beheaded the cyclops with a single slash of its sword, completing the final fatal blow.
The cyclops did not die immediately after being beheaded. It still stood towering between Heaven and Earth, waving its arms futilely. In the end, its body petrified, turning into a headless stone statue with both hands grasping the sky.
Looking at the statue's appearance, Qi Yuan's pupils shrank. This stone statue of the cyclops after its death, wasn't it the same as the headless giant statue he encountered?!
The statue of the headless giant that he had seen before was countless times smaller than the statue of the dead cyclops, but the appearance of the statue was almost exactly the same.
Following the cyclops' death, the entire world began to shake. The sky shattered, the earth sank, as if an invisible hand was erasing this world.
Qi Yuan glanced at the slowly disappearing world and realized that he was about to leave. At this time, Qi Yuan's god's perspective saw a pair of eyes looking at him from below.
Qi Yuan subconsciously looked down and saw the heavily injured Faceless One lifting its head, its transparent tentacles gently waving.
Although Faceless One had no eyes, Qi Yuan could clearly sense its intention. It was using its own method to greet him.
It discovered me?
But how is that possible?!
Could it be that what I saw just now wasn't a replay of a battle, but a live broadcast of a battle?
Just as Qi Yuan was puzzled, the doomsday-like illusion finally disappeared. The blood-colored flowing clouds turned into thick lead clouds, and the whistling wind pulled Qi Yuan back to reality.
Qi Yuan looked around and found that he had returned to the top of the headless giant statue. Above the broken neck, the Sign In Beam was emitting a faint white light.
However, Qi Yuan's eyes did not look at the Sign In Beam, which symbolized the third step, but fell below the Sign In Beam, where there was a strange stone statue of a head several meters high.
Although this strange stone statue was huge, compared to the huge body of the headless giant, it was very small.
What surprised Qi Yuan even more was the appearance of this strange stone statue. It was obviously not the head of the headless giant, but the head of Faceless One. Those swaying tentacles seemed to be greeting him, just like the last scene he saw before leaving the illusion.
At this moment, Qi Yuan vaguely felt that time and space were in chaos. The battle between the cyclops and the mechanical giant and Faceless One was a long time away from him, but the last glance of Faceless One and the strange stone statue in front of him seemed to overlap. It constantly reminded him that everything he saw was not far away from him, and they were right in front of him.
When the three fought, the scene of destruction was still vivid in Qi Yuan's mind. Although he could not accurately judge the strength of the three, Qi Yuan was sure that their strength was definitely far beyond his imagination.
If a powerhouse of Faceless One's level was placed on Planet Aquamarine, even if it was the current Planet Aquamarine, he would probably be a True God. Why would he greet him, a rank 2 powerhouse?
The gap between the current him and Faceless One was like the difference between clouds and mud.
If there was something on him that could attract the attention of a powerhouse like Faceless One, it would be the Innate Talent Tree.
Thinking of this, Qi Yuan's heart moved. Could it be that the super Innate Talent Tree in his body was the work of Faceless One?
Super Innate Talent Tree!
If this world really had super life forms, then the cyclops, the mechanical giant, and Faceless One must be one of them.
The wind whistled in his ears, Qi Yuan slowly gathered his scattered consciousness and focused on the strange statue in front of him.
Asterite!
The head of Faceless One was not an ordinary statue, but an Asterite stone statue.
The whole statue was a huge Asterite!
Was this a gift from Faceless One to him?
Qi Yuan's right hand brushed past the sign in light beam, completing the last sign in of rank 2. At the same time as obtaining the last rank 2 talent point, the second broken rank 3 pass also appeared.
The two broken passes combined into one and turned into a rank 3 talent point.
The fog that shrouded the third layer of the Innate Talent Tree dissipated. At this point, Qi Yuan's path to becoming a rank 3 ability user was no longer obstructed.
Qi Yuan pressed one hand on Faceless One's head, and with a thought, the huge Asterite instantly turned into Asterite energy and merged into his body. After advancing to rank 2 Energy Control, not only did his control of energy become stronger, the strength of his energy storage also increased a lot. Even if he absorbed such a huge Asterite, it was not difficult at all.
After completing his check-in and absorbing the star energy stones, Qi Yuan's check-in trip had finally come to a successful conclusion.
Qi Yuan looked down and saw that Blazing Angel, who was originally entangled with Black Sand, was already standing below the statue at an unknown time, and Black Sand was nowhere to be seen. Blazing Angel was looking at him with her head raised.
Even if they were separated by hundreds of meters, Qi Yuan could see that Blazing Angel's saliva was about to burst out.
Where did Black Sand go?
Black Sand's strength was not below Blazing Angel's at all. It was impossible for Blazing Angel to deal with him so quickly.
Qi Yuan shook his head and suppressed the thoughts that emerged in his mind. This was the wilderness, the blue area, and the strange headless giant statue. It was not a place for him to think about life.
Qi Yuan used both his hands and feet to quickly leave the headless giant statue and returned to the ground.
Blazing Angel immediately pounced forward and hugged Qi Yuan's thigh, hanging her entire body on it. A pair of watery eyes looked at Qi Yuan fawningly.
Qi Yuan smiled. No matter where Black Sand went, Blazing Angel was able to lure him away without interfering with him. He had already completed his mission very well.
"Well done!"
Qi Yuan touched Blazing Angel's head and directly condensed ten portions of Asterite's energy and threw them into her hand.
Blazing Angel hugged the Asterite's energy and sat on Qi Yuan's shoulder, eating happily. As she ate, she secretly glanced at Qi Yuan's energy heart.
There's a lot more delicious food!
I can eat for a long time!
A long time!
As Blazing Angel thought, her saliva flowed out!
"Stop drooling. Hurry up and get to work after eating," Qi Yuan urged with a smile.
Blazing Angel nodded seriously.
You have delicious food!
You have the final say!
Blazing Angel licked the Asterite's energy while starting to search for insect beasts that could be used as mounts. Soon, Blazing Angel brought a huge Ahn 'Qiraji insect beast back to Qi Yuan's side.
Riding on the Ahn 'Qiraji insect beast, Qi Yuan and Blazing Angel quickly returned to the Iron Chariots.
This trip away from the Iron Chariots was not short. If they did not return, Qu Shi's side would probably be in an uproar soon.
The Ahn 'Qiraji insect beast ran as if it was flying. Qi Yuan sat steadily on its back and began to think about the gains and losses of this Sign In trip.
Although the difficulty of the Stage Two Sign In had gone out of control, causing him to encounter all kinds of unimaginable dangers, with the help of Blazing Angel, he completed the Sign In without any danger every time.
In a short day's time, not only did he successfully complete the Sign In of six Stage Two Sign In points, he also obtained six Stage Two abilities. At the same time, he also opened the door to Stage Three. At the same time, he also obtained a huge Asterite. As long as he did not squander it carelessly, this huge Asterite should be enough for him to advance to Stage Four.
This trip could be said to be a great harvest!
However, as his strength grew stronger, Qi Yuan still felt that his strength was not enough. Even with the Stage Three Talent Point in hand, it did not give him a sense of security.
The current him might be able to crush a gathering point in the wilderness head-on, but the environment he was about to face had changed from a gathering point to a shelter. If he wanted to have enough power to protect himself in the shelter, a Tier 4 strength was the minimum guarantee.
The difficulty of the Stage Two Sign In points was obviously out of balance. If the Stage Three Sign In points were the same, then he would really have a headache.
In the shelter, although there were stronger existences, they were not Blazing Angel. As long as he needed an Asterite, they would be willing to risk everything to fight.
Wanting to move those powerful ability users was not as simple as he imagined.