chsdbacks Chapter 446 Talent Sublimation Completed!
Chapter 446 Talent Sublimation Completed!
The deep indigo light instantly filled every corner of the council chamber, penetrating every crack and even through the doors and windows, bathing the streets outside in a faint blue glow.
Zhang Tianya closed his eyes, but he could still clearly feel the light that penetrated everything.
His body began to heat up.
It wasn't an unbearable burning sensation, but rather a gentle warmth, like soaking in a hot spring.
That warmth rose from the depths of my body and slowly spread outwards. Wherever it passed, every cell cheered and every meridian stretched, like parched land receiving rain.
"It's starting." Li Weiwei's voice rang out from the side, filled with barely concealed nervousness and anticipation.
She clasped her hands tightly to her chest, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.
Those usually calm eyes were now fixed on Zhang Tianya, with worry, expectation, and a hint of barely perceptible envy deep in their pupils.
Zhang Tianya wanted to answer, but found himself speechless.
It's not that I can't speak, it's that all my attention is drawn to the changes within my body.
His consciousness continued to sink, sink, through flesh and bone, until it reached the deepest part of his body—
Then, he "saw" the source of his talent.
It was a complex structure made up of countless golden points of light, suspended in nothingness.
The points of light connected to each other, forming a sophisticated, complex, three-dimensional device resembling a mechanical clock.
Every gear was turning slowly, every chain was running silently, and every component was fulfilling its duty—that was the foundation upon which he had been awakened, and the most trusted partner in his countless life-and-death battles.
S-rank talent: Rock-solid defense.
At this moment, countless new points of light are pouring in from the outside.
The new points of light had a faint golden hue, and each one was brighter and purer than the original ones.
Like flocks of birds returning to their nests, they rushed into that intricate structure, merging and recombining with the existing points of light.
The old gears began to spin faster and faster, until their outlines were almost invisible; new components slowly formed as light condensed, every line clearly visible, every connection perfectly seamless.
The entire structure is expanding.
It is evolving.
It is transforming into a higher level.
[Sublimation progress: 10%......25%......40%......]
The system notification sounds continued to ring out, each one like a heavy hammer blow to Zhang Tianya's heart.
He could feel that his talent was becoming more and more "substantial".
That feeling is hard to describe in words—if the original [Rock Solid Defense] was a wall, it was sturdy but limited;
What is taking shape now is a mountain, majestic and imposing;
No, it's not a mountain, it's a vast expanse of land, boundless and supporting all things.
[Sublimation progress: 55%......70%......85%......]
The light grew brighter and brighter.
Zhang Tianya gritted his teeth, enduring the increasingly intense energy impact.
Fine beads of sweat trickled down his forehead and slid down his cheeks, only to evaporate in mid-air.
Faint golden patterns began to appear on his body surface, like ancient runes, faintly visible beneath his skin, meandering and flowing.
The patterns seemed to have a life of their own, changing in brightness with his breath, and with each flash, new points of light merged into his body.
Li Weiwei watched in horror.
Her palms were sweaty, and her nails were almost digging into her flesh, but she didn't even realize it.
As she watched the increasingly dense golden patterns on Zhang Tianya's body, and saw those patterns moving across his skin as if they were alive, her heart leaped into her throat.
"Boss Lin Tian," she asked softly, her voice trembling slightly, "is this... normal?"
Lin Tian stood to the side, his expression calm as still water.
He looked at Zhang Tianya, who was enveloped in golden light, his gaze deep and calm, as if he had foreseen all of this.
"That's normal," he said, his voice not loud, but carrying a reassuring power. "That's how talent advancement works. The higher the level, the bigger the commotion. Going from S to SSS is a complete transformation, so this level of commotion is relatively small."
Li Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes remained fixed on Zhang Tianya, not daring to look away for even a moment.
[Sublimation progress: 90%......95%......99%......]
The light began to dim.
The light that filled the entire space seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand, slowly contracting into Zhang Tianya's body.
The golden patterns on his body gradually faded away, like the receding tide, disappearing back into his skin.
Zhang Tianya's body stopped trembling, his clenched teeth loosened, and his expression became calm and relaxed.
[Sublimation progress: 100%]
[Talent Enhancement Completed!]
The moment the system notification sounded, all the light disappeared.
The council chamber was restored to normal lighting.
The sunlight continued to stream in through the window, casting warm yellow patches of light on the ground.
Those light spots were no different from before the sublimation, but now, in Li Weiwei's eyes, the whole world seemed to have changed.
The tea in the cup had gone completely cold, and a few tea leaves had sunk to the bottom, motionless.
But nobody cares about those things.
Zhang Tianya slowly opened his eyes.
A faint golden light flashed and disappeared deep within his pupils.
The light was extremely faint and fast, so fast that it was almost an illusion.
But Li Weiwei saw it, and Lin Tian saw it too.
Li Weiwei looked at him nervously, even her breathing became soft.
"How did it go?" she asked, her voice so soft it was as if she didn't want to disturb something. "Did it work?"
Zhang Tianya remained silent.
He just looked down at his hands, as if he were looking at something new and interesting.
Those hands were exactly the same as before the ascension—the same palms, the same fingers, the same palm lines—but in Zhang Tianya's eyes, they were completely different.
He could feel that the power contained in those hands was more than ten times stronger than before.
Then he raised his hand and slowly clenched his fist.
Click.
A soft sound.
It wasn't the sound of bones breaking, but the popping sound of air being compressed by his clenched fist.
As the fist clenched, the air in the palm was compressed to its limit in an instant, producing a crisp sonic boom.
Li Weiwei was stunned.
"you......"
Zhang Tianya raised his head and looked at her.
Then he laughed.
That smile was different from usual.
It wasn't the kind of carefree, uninhibited laugh, but a more restrained, composed, and confident laugh.
As if overnight, he changed completely—becoming more substantial, more solid, and more trustworthy.