I Picked Up Talents in the Interstellar Battlefield

The collapse of Yuanshan Group was faster than anyone could have imagined. As the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. In its heyday, Yuanshan Group was overbearing and constantly suppressed its peers, allowing no one to challenge its status and authority. But when it fell into crisis, those it had harmed unanimously struck it down.
Cutting off medicinal material supplies, poaching mid-level executives, urging banks to withdraw loans, and sending people to destroy planting bases—Yuanshan Group was in a complete mess, with internal panic. Many employees even received death threats, coercing them to stop working for Yuanshan Group.
As the founder and chairman of Yuanshan Group, Leng Yuanshan's hair turned mostly white within just one week, and his face was gaunt and haggard, as if he had aged twenty years.
Meanwhile, his friends, relatives, and even former confidants all chose to abandon him at this time.
In the end, Leng Yuanshan completely despaired and directly announced the group's bankruptcy, entering the liquidation process. Thus, the once-renowned leader in the medicinal materials industry officially met its end.
At this time, an enterprise named Lingfeng Company rose strongly. It took over more than 30% of Yuanshan Group's employees and half of its assets, including Yuanshan Group's headquarters building, instantly becoming famous in the industry.
Well-informed people knew that Lingfeng Company's first capital came from selling the stolen goods of Yuanshan Group. However, no one looked down on Lingfeng Company for this; instead, they felt immense apprehension.
Even a behemoth like Yuanshan Group was brought down by it, so how dared they provoke it lightly?
Furthermore, Lingfeng Company also possessed its unique moat.
The exclusive agency rights for 7 types of spirit fruits and 10 types of spirit medicines from Elf Star. Everyone knew that with these exclusive agency rights, Lingfeng Company was equivalent to controlling a renewable gold mine. Coupled with taking over some of Yuanshan Group's assets and clients, it was only a matter of time before this company became the industry leader.
Of course, some people also became greedy, trying to gather intelligence on Lingfeng Company through various means and attempting to infiltrate it.
However, anyone who did so invariably encountered various accidents: poisoning, illness, aircraft malfunctions, and so on.
Anyone with discerning eyes could see that this was Lingfeng Company's silent warning: if they kept meddling, it would no longer be a simple accident.
By then, Lingfeng Company had completely established itself on Silver Gray Star, taking its first step on the path towards becoming a hundred-billion or even trillion-level group.
Amidst the swirling yellow sand, a towering figure stood like an isolated peak atop a dune, his robes flapping wildly, tearing against the howling gale.
Hundreds of fire lizards, each comparable in size to a warhorse, galloped from the depths of the sand sea, their crimson vertical pupils flickering with greedy murderous intent.
Fireballs spewed from their mouths like falling meteors, scorching the air into distorted shapes as they hurtled towards the figure.

“L-lah!”
The earth suddenly trembled, and dark green vines burst from the ground, their surfaces covered in sharp barbs. They twisted and coiled frantically like living things, instantly forming a thick vine wall, protecting the figure within.
A bluish-purple glow flowed across the surface of the vines, and lines lit up, resembling countless open mouths. When the fireballs struck the vine surface, they were instantly absorbed by the lines, without causing the slightest ripple.
The figure within the wall slowly raised his right hand, his well-defined knuckles tracing through the void, leaving a trail of golden runes.
The moment he clenched his fist, a clear voice shot into the sky: “Skyfall Thunder!”
Before his voice faded, the clear sky was instantly swallowed by dark ink clouds.
Deep within the clouds, purple light, like a slumbering ancient beast awakening, surged violently.
With a thunderous roar, the clouds were torn open by thousands of cracks, and hundreds of bowl-sized lightning bolts, like silver dragons emerging from an abyss, carrying deafening thunder and dazzling electric light, precisely struck each fire lizard.
The violent lightning exploded among the lizard group, the crackling sound of electricity intertwining with the lizards' shrill screams.
The fire lizards writhed their massive bodies, their scales cracking under the scorching lightning, their flesh instantly torn, and charred black smoke rising.
In just a few breaths, the once ferocious fire lizard group had all turned into smoking char, lying on the scorching sand.
Hundreds of blue and green light orbs flew into his body, ultimately leaving only one deep blue light orb.
【Name】 Crimson Sand Flame (Blue)
【Type】 Active Talent 【Introduction】 This is a peculiar flame evolved from the depths of the desert. Using scorching sand as a guide, it refines the flame to possess unique dual characteristics, allowing it to fuse the free earth element in the air with the flame, freely shaping it into various flame forms. The condensed Crimson Sand Flame is covered with flowing sand patterns on its surface, and when cutting, it comes with a “Scorching Sand Tear” effect—the wound will seep with high-temperature sand, continuously burning and hindering healing; at the same time, fire resistance is increased by 20%.
“Crimson Sand Flame, a blue talent, not bad.”
Qin Tian nodded in satisfaction. Of course, he was even more pleased with the power of Skyfall Thunder. A Bronze-grade spell, combined with his boundless mental power far exceeding mages of the same level, and the lightning enhancement from his Purple Firmament Lightning Body, meant that ordinary Fourth-tier spirit beasts could not survive a single strike.
It was powerful and wide-ranging; its only drawback was the casting time required.
If an enemy seized the casting interval to get close, then the mage would be in danger.
Therefore, mages would certainly master some instant-cast spells, while high-level spells were often used only when the enemy was restricted or when the mage was in a safe position.
However, Qin Tian did not intend to learn those simple basic spells. His positioning was always that of a Psychic Warrior; close combat was his strength, and spells were merely a tactical supplement. When facing numerous but not strong miscellaneous enemies, psychic spells would come in handy.
Of course, even without relying on spells, he now had numerous talents that could cause mass casualties, such as Poison Gas Domain, Supernova Explosion, Fear Demon Eye, Sandstorm Control, and the newly acquired Crimson Sand Flame.
However, talents have limits, but psychic energy is infinite.
The potential of psychic spells is beyond the reach of these talents.
In this world, psychic energy will always reign supreme.
“Today's cultivation is over, it’s time to go back.”
Qin Tian checked the time, preparing to return, but just then, a video call suddenly came in.
He raised an eyebrow when he saw the name.
“Hello, Mr. Oriental.”
“Hello, Qin Tian, I hope I'm not disturbing you.”
On the video, Eastern Yunhai glanced at the environment behind Qin Tian and smiled slightly.
“No, I'm just cultivating in the desert.”
Qin Tian replied with a smile.
After they exchanged pleasantries for a while, Eastern Yunhai stated the purpose of his call.
“Qin Tian, are you interested in participating in the Qingmu Star Domain Talent Battle?”
Upon hearing this, Qin Tian was taken aback. Hadn't the selection for the Talent Battle already ended? The list of participants was already online, and professional organizations had even rated these contestants from one to five stars.
Could it be that Eastern Yunhai wanted to get him a special entry?
“Mr. Oriental, I remember the list for the Talent Battle has already been finalized, hasn't it?”
“That's right.”
Eastern Yunhai smiled, “So I'm here to invite you to be an examiner.”
An examiner?
Immediately, a strange look appeared in Qin Tian's eyes.