Chapter 587: Chapter 295 – The Extra Utility of Divine Power! _1

“What do you two think?” Jiang Yun looked at the two people beside him.

“Strange, truly strange. Judging from the available information, it seems Chen Mo killed the man. But the distance doesn’t make sense. What method could Chen Mo have possibly used?” Markus expressed his bewilderment.

“Indeed, according to the current rules of the Heavenly Dao, killing someone from such a long distance should be impossible. The area where this person was located wasn’t one Chen Mo previously traversed, so he couldn’t have laid any traps. Honestly, this death is quite odd.”

“This kid is getting stranger by the minute. It seems we’ll have to wait for him to come out and ask him directly,” Jiang Yun said with a resigned smile.

Currently on Earth, while most of the population discussed this enigmatic event, many questioned whether Chen Mo, as a second-transitioner, truly had the capacity to kill a peak fourth-transitioner. The death of such a high-tier individual was truly perplexing for everyone.

Meanwhile, in the Yongming Star System, Wipha’s death had also caused a tremendous stir. The public discourse there was similar to that on Earth. However, the inhabitants of the Yongming Star System possessed more information about Chen Mo’s abilities than their Earthly counterparts and, therefore, speculated more.

In the meeting hall, someone from the crowd spoke up, “Everyone, based on the information relayed by the four-star Demonization Brigade through their death codes, we know Chen Mo possesses extremely powerful summoned entities. Could it be that one of his summons acted independently and killed that fourth-transitioner?”

Some found this line of reasoning plausible.

But others shook their heads. “That was a peak fourth-transitioner. How could he be casually killed by a separately-acting summoned entity? No doubt Chen Mo is powerful, but isn’t this overestimating him?”

“When the fourth-transition Demonization Brigade initially dealt with him, what level was he? And now? From Level 35 to 60, how much has he grown? It’s entirely plausible for his combat abilities to have skyrocketed.”

Someone from the Yongming Star System’s higher-ups then said, “In terms of raw power, since he dared to enter this competition zone, we can temporarily acknowledge his capacity to fight peak fourth-transitioners. We also tentatively agree he might use a summoned entity to kill one. However, following this conjecture, there’s still an issue: the heavenly path’s rule! A close look at the heavenly path’s rule clearly states that all perception abilities can, at most, gather information within a 100-meter range. This means, whether he shares vision with his summoned entity or communicates telepathically, once the entity moves beyond one hundred meters, he loses awareness of its situation. A group of leaderless, unthinking summoned creatures, no matter how strong, couldn’t kill a lucid peak fourth-transitioner, could they?”

“This indeed was a key issue.”

Those unaware of Chen Mo’s abilities thought he couldn’t perform a long-range kill due to spatial ability limitations. Those aware of his abilities thought he couldn’t do it due to perception ability limitations. No matter how one deduced it, this remote kill simply left everyone scratching their heads.

Nevertheless, most people tended to believe Chen Mo made the kill. They just didn’t know how. Otherwise, the situation was simply unexplainable.

A perfectly fine fourth-transitioner, just walking along, suddenly drops dead? Chen Mo randomly receives the kill points and all their accumulated points? Except for attributing the death to Chen Mo, no other explanation made sense!

Of course, even attributing the death to Chen Mo, no one could definitively explain how he did it.

The inhabitants of the Solar System and Yongming Star System were rife with speculation. People from other star systems were equally dumbfounded by this sudden turn of events. Since the two star systems most familiar with Chen Mo were clueless, those from other star systems were even more bewildered.

Simultaneously, several star systems closer to the Solar System and the Yongming Star System felt an inexplicable unease regarding this second-transitioner from the Solar System. Perhaps the Yongming Star System wasn’t exaggerating this time. This kid’s abilities really were something else!

They intensified their observation.

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Outside the event instance, the crowd was full of confusion and astonishment.

All the peak fourth-transition contestants inside the event instance, however, lacked this “God’s perspective.” Naturally, they didn’t know where that fourth-transitioner had died. After all, only Chen Mo, the Hunter, had the fourth-transitioner’s location data. Everyone else, apart from their own prey, had no idea where others were.

So, regarding Chen Mo killing Wipha, they didn’t share the same kind of perplexed astonishment. What concerned them more was a sudden fear of Chen Mo’s power.

Initially, they had thought of Chen Mo as that abnormal zeroth-transitioner capable of slaying peak second-transitioners. But they had originally thought this extraordinary ability to compete across tiers, while effective in the second-transition competition zone, would be mere overconfidence in the fourth-transition competition zone. Unexpectedly, he remained just as sharp, successfully killing a peak fourth-transitioner. This was sufficient proof of his genuine strength!

A keen sense of crisis intensified in everyone’s hearts. After all, a second-transitioner defeating a peak fourth-transitioner was unheard of. Naturally, they had no way of assessing the opponent’s true strength, right?

The more unknown, the more terrifying!

Everyone had originally planned to target Chen Mo as their priority kill, but Wipha’s death struck their hearts like a heavy hammer! This second-transitioner’s strength far exceeded expectations; it was best to avoid clashing with him if possible!

The vast majority didn’t want to fight such an unpredictable opponent!

However, a small number of the very best peak fourth-transitioners, who didn’t believe in superstition and had bound SSS-level pets, were keen to test Chen Mo’s strength. They hoped to encounter Chen Mo sooner to get a closer look at his terrifying Divine Skills, which allowed a second-transitioner to defeat a fourth-transitioner.

Among them were Chen Mo’s hunters, their faces now clearly filled with excitement! They had initially thought him an easy prey, but now, this prey seemed quite interesting, naturally piquing their interest.

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Inside the tower, Chen Mo paid little attention to this. After all, for him, who frequently fought god-grade and divine-grade opponents, fourth-transitioners were no threat—mere ants, unless they too could possess Divine Power in advance. Killing a fourth-transitioner without Divine Power wasn’t worth his attention.

He continued his journey, checking his map for the next target’s location. Seeing it was quite far, and that he was close to finding the stairs to the next floor, he decided against pursuing the target.

As for Zhui Yi, he did not turn back to regroup with Chen Mo but headed towards the nearest staircase to the lower level. This way, they could still meet on the next floor in time.

Although Chen Mo had lost track of Zhui Yi due to the heavenly path’s rule, Zhui Yi could still easily find him by checking Chen Mo’s and Chen Mo’s prey’s positions on the map.

As Chen Mo moved, a Cursing Insect flickering between reality and illusion appeared near him, looking somewhat confused. Chen Mo, in his invisible state, received information about this Cursing Insect.

[Divine-Possessor Insect]: Only needs to be provided some information about the target, and it can accurately find where the target is. Whether the target is in the Void Realm or the mortal world, it can attach itself to the target and locate the target’s coordinates in real time!

This Cursing Insect was indeed useful. It could accurately locate someone with just a little information. The moment it was provided Chen Mo’s contestant ID, it flew directly to his coordinates. Unfortunately, despite its god-grade quality, it couldn’t see Chen Mo in his invisible state. Even if it had tracked the correct location, without seeing the target, it naturally couldn’t possess it. So it wandered around, lost.

“The effect of this Cursing Insect is quite impressive.”

Chen Mo tried to catch the Cursing Insect and put it in his backpack.

At this point, The Heavenly Path’s Hint sounded.

[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Please note, this Cursing Insect is owned by someone else. You cannot put it directly into your backpack. You must sever the Cursing Insect’s connection with its original owner before you can claim it. You only need to consume 10 Divine Power points to sever the connection. Do you wish to proceed? However, please note, if the other party chooses to expend Divine Power to obstruct your Divine Power’s influence, you may need to consume more Divine Power to complete the severance.]

So it’s possible to seize other people’s Cursing Insects by consuming Divine Power, interesting.

This was the first time Chen Mo heard about this. However, the cost wasn’t clear, so he asked the Heavenly Path Elf.

“Is the Divine Power consumption permanent?”

“No. Every time you gain Divine Power, your Divine Power limit increases. Regardless of how you consume your Divine Power, it will eventually restore to your maximum limit. For example, if your current Divine Power is 230 points, no matter how you use it, it will recover at a rate of 1 point per second until it is fully restored to 230 points.”

So Divine Power is like a consumable Energy. It seems many abilities will require Divine Power in the future.

Speaking of this, Chen Mo suddenly realized another issue and immediately asked, “Divine Power affects the overall attribute value. If consumed, will it cause a reduction in attribute value?”

“No, your attribute value increases according to your Divine Power limit. No matter how Divine Power is consumed, your Divine Power limit remains fixed.”

“That’s good. Can the efficiency of Divine Power recovery be improved?”

“Yes. One point per second is the standard recovery speed for those with Divine Power after consumption. This rate can be increased based on the different abilities you possess.”

This was the first time Chen Mo had gained a deeper understanding of Divine Power. Previously, his understanding of Divine Power was limited to its ability to increase attribute values and enhance the effects of Skills used on others.

He hadn’t expected Divine Power to also be a consumable. Since it recovers one point per second, consuming 10 points means it will be fully restored in 10 seconds. Isn’t that almost the same as no cost at all?

As for potential interference from an opponent’s Divine Power, there was no need to worry either. Fourth-transitioners didn’t have Divine Power; where would they get Divine Power to compete with him? Even if some were extraordinary like him, his over two hundred Divine Power points were more than even newly advanced fifth-transitioners possessed. Even if a fourth-transitioner had Divine Power, they likely couldn’t contend with him.

None of his current abilities required Divine Power to activate. Even if he exhausted it, there would be no impact.

Without hesitation, Chen Mo chose to sever the connection, seizing control of the opponent’s Cursing Insect!

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