My Talent Skill Mutated

Zhuang Bo snapped back to his senses. Looking at Chen Yu, who had a healthy glow, he was a little stunned.

'Why does it feel like Chen Yu looks even more invigorated after that crystal shadow entered his body?'

"Sir, are you all right?" Zhuang Bo couldn't help but ask.

"I'm fine. Why don't you wait for me here? I'm going to go check upstairs," Chen Yu said, looking at Zhuang Bo.

Zhuang Bo glanced at the upper floors of the Crystal Tower, then back at Chen Yu. "Sir, I'll wait for you outside then."

"Alright, that works. But be careful. There might still be some hidden specters we haven't dealt with."

Chen Yu reminded him.

Zhuang Bo nodded.

Then, in a single bound, Chen Yu vanished from the third floor.

Zhuang Bo pondered for a moment. Just as he was about to head downstairs, he heard a wretched cry from the fourth floor.

His footsteps paused briefly before he continued down the stairs.

...

Outside the Crystal Tower, Zhuang Bo gazed up at the thousand-meter-tall structure.

His eyes scanned the surroundings.

"Why does it feel like the radiation here has weakened a bit?" Staring at the sky, Zhuang Bo felt the radiation in the air had decreased, though he wasn't sure if it was his imagination.

The purple glow in the sky also seemed to have dimmed.

Before, he had needed to use Qi to resist some of the radiation, but now he felt he could withstand it even without using Qi.

'Could it be related to the purple crystals inside the Crystal Tower?'

The thought surfaced in his mind. The more he considered it, the more plausible it seemed.

—

「Half an hour later.」

Chen Yu arrived at the very top floor of the purple Crystal Tower.

Except for the first floor, every level had an identical purple crystal floating in the air.

And the higher he went, the larger the purple crystals became.

By shattering the purple crystals and eliminating the black shadows, Chen Yu's Spiritual Power grew continuously.

Within his soul, the Spirit Flame had grown from a small campfire into a roaring inferno.

His Spiritual Power had strengthened severalfold.

Chen Yu felt that with his current Spiritual Power, he could withstand the backlash even if he unleashed the ultimate Undead technique.

The Lord of the Undead ability consumed Spiritual Power; with his current reserves, he could sustain it for much longer.

'The last one!'

He looked at the purple crystal before him. The one on the top floor was nearly three meters tall.

A purple light flowed around it!

With a flick of his finger, a bolt of Qi shot out like an invisible sword strike, hitting the purple crystal.

CRACK—!

The purple crystal shattered, and a tall black shadow emerged from within.

But this time, the black shadow seemed very different from the previous ones. It didn't lunge at Chen Yu, but instead just looked at him.

"The aura of a human. You must be a human from another world..." the black shadow said, its voice echoing as it stared at Chen Yu.

Huh?

Chen Yu was rather surprised to hear the black shadow say this.

This black shadow seemed unaffected, retaining its intelligence.

"No need to be so surprised. The humans of this world have all been wiped out. You can only be a human from another world." The black shadow's calm voice rang out, as if it had seen through Chen Yu's thoughts.

"I am indeed from another world." Chen Yu didn't rush to attack. He looked at the black shadow and admitted it freely.

"How did this world perish?" Chen Yu asked curiously, looking at the shadow.

"Haven't you already seen it?" the black shadow said to Chen Yu.

'I've seen it?'

Chen Yu froze.

Then, as a thought struck him, he looked at the black shadow. "You're saying it was because of these purple crystals?"

The black shadow nodded. "Yes, that's right."

"Then where did these purple crystals come from?" Chen Yu asked.

"They were brought by the Great Emperor!" the black shadow replied.

'Brought by the Great Emperor?'

Chen Yu stared at the black shadow, dumbfounded.

'The Great Emperor again!'

'In the Ninth Abyss, the Soul Pearl project was related to the Great Emperor!'

'And now, in the Tenth Abyss World, there's a Great Emperor too!'

'Could these two Great Emperors be the same person?'

'But why would the Great Emperor do this?'

'Does exterminating the humans of a world benefit the Great Emperor in some way?'

"Who is this Great Emperor?" Chen Yu asked the black shadow.

"The Great Emperor is the Great Emperor."

The black shadow answered.

Chen Yu: "..."

'Is this some kind of pointless wordplay?'

'What the hell is the difference between you saying that and saying nothing?'

'Don't I already know the Great Emperor is the Great Emperor?'

Chen Yu was rendered speechless. As he stared at the black shadow, it continued to speak:

"The Great Emperor was born in the primordial beginning, a leader across countless eras. He once initiated the age of cultivation for humanity and was praised by all."

"The Great Emperor created a prosperous era where humans could live longer and obtain greater power. But later, people realized something was wrong. The Great Emperor bewitched cultivators into consuming something called a Soul Pearl. After consuming a Soul Pearl, one would become bloodthirsty and violent."

"From then on, the world was plunged into darkness. Every corner of the world was filled with slaughter and bloodshed. I don't know what your world is like, but in ours, it was Hell. To survive a single day without killing was a blessing."

"!!!"

Hearing the black shadow's words, Chen Yu's heart pounded in his chest.

'Soul Pearls!'

'That means the Great Emperor of the Ninth Abyss and the Great Emperor of this Tenth Abyss are the same person.'

Although he had already suspected it, hearing the black shadow confirm it still sent a shock through him.

'Two Abyss Worlds... are identical!'

'What kind of existence is this Great Emperor?!'

"What happened next?"

Chen Yu asked the black shadow.

"Later..." The black shadow fell silent for a moment before speaking again. "Later, the humans who hadn't consumed Soul Pearls formed an Anti-Emperor Alliance. A special individual appeared, one who could transcend time and space—a woman. She was the leader of the Anti-Emperor Alliance. I don't know who she was, only that she was incredibly strong. People called her the Female Emperor. The Female Emperor strengthened herself across countless timelines, wanting to return to the primordial era and kill the Great Emperor!"