Swallowing the Stars: Equipment Slots, Starting with a Genius Battle

Ye Feng's gaze shifted to a ring—the World Ring given to him by his third senior brother, Qi Ke!

Sink your mental power!

A vast, boundless world, ten thousand kilometers in diameter, appeared before him. At the core of this space, a colossal entity lay silently on the earth! Its body was a dark crimson-gold color, its main vine as thick as a coiled dragon! Countless star-shaped runes flowed and disappeared on the surface of the vine, radiating a terrifyingly scorching pressure!

The main vine of the "Burning Star Vine" was firmly pinned to the ground by nine strangely shaped "Energy Suppressing Swords" engraved with sealing runes!

The Energy-Suppressing Sword is a failed attempt by a master craftsman to create a powerful, energy-suppressing artifact. It possesses the ability to suppress and seal primal energy.

The sword emanated a wave of imprisoning primordial laws, suppressing 99.99% of its vast peak-level world lord-level source energy!

Even so, that remaining 0.01% of power still caused the surrounding space to distort slightly!

The Burning Star Vine was constantly resisting the sealing and attempting to break free.

Ye Feng's mental power, carrying a wisp of pure soul essence, reached out towards the suppressed Burning Star Vine Master's vines.

Om-! ! !

Like an enraged ancient beast! On the only trembling ten-kilometer-long main vine, 7200 leaves shaped like shattered stars suddenly lit up! An invisible wave of fire erupted, and from a distance of more than ten kilometers, Ye Feng's probing soul power felt as if it were being pierced by billions of red-hot steel needles, sending a searing pain deep into his bones!

"Hiss!" Ye Feng's mind was shaken, and then a surge of joy welled up in his heart!

"Such domineering power! If not for the 'Suppressing Energy Sword' sealing it, this strike would have been enough to incinerate my soul!"

After the initial shock came an indescribable excitement! This ferocious Star-Burning Vine was about to... belong to him!

The intensity of his psychic power instantly surged to its limit!

The power of the two fundamental laws of fire and space, guided and controlled by the superimposed domain of will, enveloped the soul's origin like armor, forcibly penetrating the miniature fire curtain spontaneously formed by the branches and leaves of the Burning Star Vine, and finally touching the dark red-gold main vine flowing with star patterns!

"Submit!!!" Ye Feng, carrying an unyielding will, domineeringly imprinted the mark of his soul onto the vines!

The wisps of primordial soul power, like the finest roots, seeped inward and took root along the veins of the 7200 star-shaped patterns on the surface of the vine!

This is a unique way of recognizing a master among higher-level plant life forms. Once established, the control over the master will far exceed that of ordinary blood recognition!

How could the noble, peak-level World Lord Burning Star Vine willingly bow down to a mere cosmic-level brat?!

Even though this cosmic-level little guy's will and laws are exceptionally strong, his psychic power and primal force are pitifully weak!

The main vine trembled violently, attempting to shatter the soul imprint of that "ant"! The primal force suppressed by the Suppressing Energy Sword roared and surged within his body like a trapped dragon, causing even more intense crimson-gold flames to ignite on the surface of the vine, attempting to burn Ye Feng's soul power into nothingness!

Ye Feng gritted his teeth, and veins bulged on his forehead! On one hand, he had to maintain the continuous infusion and imprinting of the secret runes into his soul source like a trickle, and on the other hand, he had to mobilize his vast mental power and the power of the source laws to resist the counterattack of the Burning Star Vine!

The energy expenditure for each moment is several times higher than that of a full-force fight.

The extreme confrontation and the rapid depletion of his soul caused his face to quickly turn as pale as paper.

"Ninth-tier Universe Realm, forcibly taking down a peak Realm Lord... it's still too much of a stretch!" Ye Feng thought to himself.

"Luckily, I was well-prepared!"

A wisp of mental energy rolled out an object from the spatial ring—a fist-sized fruit, its entire body as translucent as solidified crimson flames!

Soul Crystal Fruit!

A treasure that nourishes and strengthens the very essence of the soul! Even realm lords cherish it, and would not use it except in life-or-death situations! One is worth 180 points!

Without hesitation, Ye Feng opened his mouth and bit off a tiny bit, no bigger than a fingernail!

boom--!!!

A vast and pure power of the soul's origin exploded instantly in the sea of ​​consciousness!

Ye Feng felt as if his head was about to burst!

With the aid of his berserk soul power, Ye Feng's eyes flashed with a sharp light!

"Give me... the town!!!"

The power of the soul's origin instantly transformed into a surging, roaring river of crimson gold, pouring wildly into the 7200 star-shaped runes! One by one, soul imprints, condensed from pure soul power and shimmering with the brilliance of Ye Feng's will, were forcibly forged deep within the core of the vines!

100! 200! 300... The power of the soul is exhausted once again!

Another Soul Crystal Fruit appeared, and once again, he lavishly nibbled on only a small portion, letting the rest dissipate into the air!

500! 800... Soul Crystal Fruits were being consumed one after another!

If the Lord of the outer realms were to witness this scene, he would surely beat his chest in despair and condemn Ye Feng for wasting such a precious treasure! A rare treasure that could save his life at a critical moment was being squandered like a "snack"!

However, the effect was immediate!

When the minuscule power of the 12th Soul Crystal Fruit was refined, 3600 soul imprints were successfully imprinted! More than half were under control!

The fierce resistance of the Burning Star Vine weakened instantly, like a ferocious beast being choked!

Ye Feng's pressure was greatly reduced, and he only needed to focus on condensing the remaining imprints!

Five more Soul Crystal Fruits transformed into Soul Energy...

"Buzz—!!!"

When the 7200th soul imprint lit up perfectly deep within the core of the vine, the entire world ring space trembled slightly! A profound connection, seamless and intertwined, was instantly established between Ye Feng and this Star-Burning Vine at the peak of the World Lord realm!

Become!

"Hoo—!" On the rooftop, Ye Feng exhaled a long breath, rubbing his brow, which was sore and throbbing from overexertion, and slowly stood up.

Despite the exhaustion, there was an irrepressible excitement!

A peak-level plant life form at the realm master level has successfully recognized a master!

Ye Feng's mind stirred slightly!

The World Ring was activated, and a dark, crimson-gold vine, as dark as flowing lava, meandered out like an ancient dragon!

It danced around Ye Feng, its 7200 star-like leaves swaying gently, exuding a docile yet powerful aura of a peak Realm Lord! Gone was the slightest trace of violence!

"Armor Transformation! Symbiosis!" Ye Feng's mind stirred.

The vines instantly extended, and along the single main vine, 7200 branches and leaves quickly intertwined!

A set of seamless crimson-gold armor was woven onto Ye Feng's body! The armor had smooth lines and was covered with fine, downy crimson-gold flames that burned silently, scorching the surrounding space and causing it to distort slightly!

Boom! ...

A vast and boundless power surged into Ye Feng's heart!

It's not a simple energy borrowing, but a near-perfect "symbiosis"!

It was as if he had instantly transformed into a peak Realm Lord! Every gesture he made contained the power to tear apart stars!

"The power of a Realm Lord at its peak... is as easy as using an limb!" Ye Feng felt the surging, terrifying power that seemed capable of tearing the sky apart with a wave of his hand, and crimson-gold flames burned fiercely in his eyes!

His arduous efforts in recognizing the Burning Star Vine as its master were not in vain; such perfect control is unmatched by blood recognition.

Ye Feng thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and after a short while, he exclaimed...

"The Burning Star Vine is my 'external primordial core,' a 'external primordial core' at the peak of the Realm Lord level."

"My strength is absolutely superior to that of an ordinary military lord or immortal god!!"