As the corpse of the deity appeared, a strange fluctuation swept across dozens of miles, causing all living beings within its reach to fall into slumber.
Lin Yu, protected by his Soul Orb's innate defense, was spared.
He slowly approached the deity's corpse, marveling at its colossal form. After stepping closer and finding no immediate danger, his heart settled.
He extended his palm and silently invoked his talent: Life Drain.
Instantly, a tiny black hole appeared on his palm, followed by a ravenous urge to devour everything in sight.
Suppressing the gluttonous impulse, Lin Yu slowly placed his hand on the deity's corpse.
"Devour!"
The next second, a strange power resisted Lin Yu's absorption. Looking closely, he saw streaks of black light enveloping the deity's corpse, blocking his efforts.
"I don't believe it!"
Unwilling to concede defeat, Lin Yu tried a different spot, but the result was the same.
"It seems I'm still too weak, and my talent level is a bit low. But even dead, this thing is this troublesome. Truly worthy of being a deity."
Glancing at his over fifty million upgrade points, Lin Yu silently instructed, "System, upgrade talent: Life Drain."
"Ding, do you confirm the upgrade?"
"Yes!"
"Ding, upgrading... Upgrade successful."
"Ding, congratulations to the host's second talent: Life Drain, upgraded to S+ rank!"
"S+ rank Life Drain, gluttonous impulses weakened, absorption speed and intensity enhanced."
As soon as his talent was upgraded, Lin Yu eagerly tried again.
This time, the black hole on his palm was visibly larger, and after activating his talent, the gluttonous impulse had weakened by about a fifth.
He placed his palm on the deity's corpse once more. The resistance was still palpable, but it was noticeably less.
"Put more effort into it!" Lin Yu gritted his teeth.
*Boom!*
Suddenly, a faint strand of life energy floated out from within the deity's corpse and was absorbed into the black hole on Lin Yu's palm.
The moment this strand of life energy was absorbed, Lin Yu began to sweat profusely.
The strand of life energy, as if possessing a will of its own, darted wildly within him.
"Did I mess up?" Lin Yu's heart grew anxious.
However, with his current Life Drain strength, he could draw the life energy in, but he couldn't fully absorb it. If it remained within him, given the deity's nature, he might be assimilated.
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"System, upgrade second talent: Life Drain!"
"Ding, do you wish to upgrade?"
"Yes!"
"Ding, upgrade successful! Congratulations to the host's second talent: Life Drain upgraded to SS rank!"
"New ability activated: Nest of Life!"
"Nest of Life: A spatial ability related to life. It can store dead things containing life energy for future use."
The next moment, Lin Yu felt the presence of an ethereal space. With a thought, a space filled with vital energy appeared before him.
He observed it and found it to be a 10x10x10 space.
He experimented and discovered that objects without life energy could indeed not be placed in the Nest of Life, nor could living beings.
This space was, in fact, an excellent place to store corpses.
"It should be called Corpse Nest instead of Nest of Life!" Lin Yu quipped.
"But this deity's corpse is now mine, hehe~" Lin Yu chuckled and opened the Nest of Life.
"Collect!"
*Boom!*
A powerful suction force acted upon the deity's corpse.
Lin Yu's focus was strained to its limit, pouring all his strength into it. The deity's corpse moved agonizingly slowly, and Lin Yu realized that despite its ten-meter height, it was incredibly heavy.
With immense effort, he managed to store the deity's corpse within.
"Phew, that was tough. Truly the corpse of a deity."
"I'll devour it slowly later. I can't now, but I'll deal with it when I'm stronger!"
Lin Yu quickly sat down cross-legged and circulated his Life Drain talent. Instantly, the unruly strand of life energy within him became docile.
His Life Drain talent had now been amplified several times, greatly increasing its absorption capabilities. The life energy could no longer resist.
After absorbing the life energy, Lin Yu's physical body and soul both experienced a slight but significant enhancement.
Lin Yu was overjoyed and intended to absorb the next strand of life energy. However, a wave of dizziness washed over him, followed by a blur of images flashing through his mind.
Lin Yu's face turned ashen. He quickly activated his Soul Dome talent to protect his soul, preventing these images from affecting him.
Fortunately, the images appeared and disappeared rapidly.
However, this event had planted a seed of unease in Lin Yu's heart.
"I can't absorb the deity's corpse for now. I didn't expect deities to be so powerful; not only is their flesh assimilative, but even a wisp of life energy can carry their memories from when they were alive."
"The deity's corpse will be sealed for now. I'll deal with it when I become stronger!"
Lin Yu sighed, once again lamenting the deity's strangeness and might.
He scanned his surroundings and suddenly noticed the little dragon was missing.
Lin Yu cried out in alarm and quickly searched for it, soon finding its trace within a building.
Lin Yu rushed over and released a clone.
"Catch it!"
The little dragon, seeing this, was greatly alarmed and cried with a mournful face, "Can't you let me off the hook?"
Lin Yu scoffed, "Sorry, you're not a horse, so I can't let you off."
The little dragon: "......"
In the end, the little dragon fell into his grasp.
After knocking it unconscious with a slap, Lin Yu looked at the little dragon and muttered:
"To ensure the possession goes smoothly, I need to weaken it first, but I can't kill it, or I won't get its memories."
He still wanted to use its identity to infiltrate the beast realm.
Without its memories, he couldn't be a spy.
"Soul Severance Technique!"
With a thought, Lin Yu's soul transformed into a great sword and pierced the little dragon's forehead. He struck its soul several times, and soon the little dragon's soul was weakened severalfold, appearing on the verge of dissipation.
The time was ripe!
"Possession!"
Lin Yu's mind stirred, and a strange power acted upon his soul.
The next second, an identical soul slowly appeared beside Lin Yu's soul.
This soul was identical to Lin Yu's in aura and power, the only difference being that the new soul's eyes were closed.
With another thought, this soul transformed into light and left Lin Yu's body, heading towards the little dragon's forehead.
"Possess!"
In the next moment, this replicated soul instantly opened its eyes, fixed on the little dragon's soul, opened its arms, and embraced the little dragon's soul tightly.
As the little dragon's soul was held, its aura instantly weakened.
The little dragon's aura, soul power, memories, and all other aspects transformed into light and merged into the possessing soul, becoming one.
Finally, with a flash of light, a new Lin Yu soul appeared before him.
Lin Yu rejoiced at the sight.
Possession was successful!