CHAPTER 193: CHAPTER 189: ABYSSAL GOD, PROMOTION TO THOUSAND SOULS BANNER_2

Lu Yan’s gaze turned toward the Abyssal God, and he asked:

"Do you remember the memories before you were hunting me?"

The Abyssal God heard this and furrowed his brows in confusion. After searching his mind for a while, he shook his head:

"Reporting to my master, I only have the memories after being endowed with divine ghostly powers by my master."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan could not help but feel a bit disappointed.

The original form of the Abyssal God in the demon version was evidently related to the longevity version. If he could recall the memories, perhaps he could gain more information about the longevity version.

Unfortunately, during the version update, nearly demon-like Nether Abyss Realm experts directly fell to Golden Core Corpse King, losing all memories.

Not dwelling much on this matter, Lu Yan began to inquire about the point he was most concerned with.

"What is your Talent Skill?"

In the confrontation with the Space Corpse King, the powerful Spatial Ability of the Space Corpse King undoubtedly brought great trouble to Lu Yan.

After refining the Extraordinary Zombie of the apocalypse version into the main soul, the Extraordinary Ability possessed would also change, becoming the Lifebound Skill of the main soul.

The primary reason Lu Yan invested such a vast amount of resources in refining the Space Corpse King’s Divine Soul was to fully retain the Spatial Ability possessed by the Space Corpse King.

Upon hearing this, the Abyssal God opened his palm toward Lu Yan, and in the center of his palm, fragmented space converged into a rhombic crystal, with light continuously refracting and twisting within the spatial crystal.

"This is my Talent Skill, Space Control.

I can interfere with the changes in reality’s space based on my understanding of Space Rules."

While speaking, the Abyssal God slowly pushed forward with his right hand, and the spatial rhombic crystal in his hand disappeared, replaced by a portal connecting a kilometer away.

Then, with a flick of his finger, the space portal collapsed with a roar, eventually turning into space fissures.

While showcasing his abilities, countless Spatial Runes seemed to rise in the Abyssal God’s eyes, and he spoke to Lu Yan:

"In terms of the evolution of divine ghostly power, benefiting from the impact of Space Control, I’ve directed all divine ghostly power into rule deduction, which made me more adept at Space Control.

During this process, I unexpectedly uncovered the source of Extraordinary Ability and Talent Skill, seemingly stemming from massive absorption of Moonlight Spiritual Qi, developing some sort of ability in the depths of the soul.

This development is not apparent during the Qi Cultivation and Foundation Establishment stages, only felt as an Extraordinary Ability.

However, once advancing to Golden Core, this ability gets fully developed, possessing far greater strength than before.

It seems this ability already surpasses the description provided by the Soul Banner regarding Talent Skill, resembling more closely the Divine Power Technique provided by my master."

Upon hearing the Abyssal God’s narration, a term flashed through Lu Yan’s mind immediately.

Lifebound Divine Techniques!

After advancing to Foundation Establishment, cultivators will plant a Seed of Divine Power in the Dao Foundation, and if they can achieve the Golden Core Realm, they can let the Seed of Divine Power take root and sprout, thus deriving various Lifebound Divine Techniques.

Talent Skill is derived from the Extraordinary Ability of Extraordinary Zombies, initially thought by Lu Yan to be only a special system in the apocalypse version.

But considering the situation of the Abyssal God, the so-called Extraordinary Ability is very likely an early development of Lifebound Divine Techniques.

Lu Yan had absorbed the Moonlight Spiritual Qi for three months in the apocalypse version, strengthening his soul and gaining a Spiritual Perception ability, which Lu Yan then thought was some ability’s prototype, but this ability was assimilated by the Divine Soul during Foundation Establishment.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan subconsciously turned his gaze to the bright full moon in the night sky.

"The Moonlight Spiritual Qi not only enhances the soul but can also prematurely develop Lifebound Divine Techniques. What secret lies behind this full moon in the apocalypse version?

Additionally, the sun in the apocalypse version also contains Great Sun Spiritual Qi.

Great Sun Spiritual Qi can refine Magical Power. Once reaching a certain realm, can it also derive some special abilities?"

Various thoughts flashed through Lu Yan’s mind.

However, after a moment, Lu Yan discarded these thoughts.

The version update progress bar has reached 1.5%, and according to this progress, the stay in the apocalypse version should be around six months.

Lu Yan needs to enhance his strength as much as possible during these six months and prepare for the crisis of the next version update. There’s not much spare time to study the mysteries behind the apocalypse version temporarily.

Picking up the Soul Banner again, Lu Yan looked at the Abyssal God beside him and asked:

"Where is there a city ruin nearby?"

The Abyssal God raised his right hand, the Space Fragment in his hand refracting and reflecting scenes tens of li away.

"There is a small town thirty kilometers away, with approximately forty thousand zombies inside."

"Can the Space Gate reach the small town?"

"Yes."

With that, the Abyssal God waved his right hand, and the space fissure connected to the small town thirty kilometers away.

...

A few Transcendents carrying backpacks and holding weapons trudged through the wilderness, with one pointing ahead to the town and saying:

"Captain, there’s clearly a town there, why don’t we go and search it?"

The leader Transcendent turned around and scolded:

"Idiot! I told you to look at the map carefully before leaving, what were you doing?"

"That town may have fewer than fifty thousand zombies, but it has bred a fifth-rank Corpse King, designated as a forbidden zone by several nearby enclaves.

There was once an enclave that gathered hundreds of Transcendents to attack the small town, but they were completely annihilated in the end. Do you want us to die there too?"

The team members were suddenly silent as cicadas in winter.

After a scolding, the leading Transcendent Captain suddenly sighed heavily.

"Over time, there are more Corpse Kings above the fourth rank, and there are four such forbidden zones within a hundred-kilometer radius, continuously compressing the living space for humans.

Some enthusiastic figures in survivor enclaves have already discussed purging these forbidden zones in advance, but everyone fears death, including those Transcendents above the fourth rank.

Letting these zombies grow wildly, how will we respond when a zombie tide erupts again someday?"

While the Transcendent Captain lamented, he noticed the squad members looking at the direction of the town with faces full of horror.

The Transcendent Captain’s expression turned cold, and he scolded: "I told you before we left, as scavengers roaming the wilderness and living amidst danger, we must always remain calm..."

The squad members hurriedly interrupted the Transcendent Captain’s words:

"C-Captain, look!!!"

The Transcendent Captain frowned but still followed the direction pointed by the squad members.

Then, he witnessed a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Above the town, a gigantic fissure stretched across the sky, as if a supreme existence was casting its gaze toward this place.

A thousand Yin Soldiers poured out from the fissure, their pitch-black armor glinting with a cold sheen in the moonlight, their Soul Hooks in hand swam through the air like living creatures.

On the decay-riddled streets, the rotting zombie hordes had yet to react when the Soul Hooks pierced their bodies as silver lightning.

This hunt began spreading across the entire town, with all zombies stepping out of their houses in the moonlight, facilitating the Yin Soldiers’ harvest.

Greenish-white wandering souls were forcibly dragged out, giving out silent wails in the air. The Yin Soldiers’ movements were neat and unified, each move as coldly precise as a sophisticated machine.

At the center of the zombie horde, the Foundation Establishment Corpse King looked up at these Yin Soldiers descending from above the sky, exploding its concentrated Extraordinary Power in an attempt to resist this sudden attack.

However, a hundred Soul Hooks had already reached, like blades slicing through the void, easily tearing its defenses.

The shriveled body crumbled under the moon, and the pure soul was forcibly extracted.

In just a few minutes, the entire town was silent.

With the cleanup complete, the thousand Yin Soldiers arrayed in the void, their Soul Hooks still trembling slightly, with ghostly mist lifting them back into the space fissure above the sky.

As the last Yin Soldier’s figure disappeared into the space fissure, the gigantic space fissure slowly closed, all returning to silence.

On the wilderness, only a scavenger squad was left, witnessing the annihilation of a forbidden zone.