Chapter 177 Am I Really a Genius After All?

Several hours ago, on the other side of the Divine Realm, he had detected violent energy fluctuations originating from this direction.
Without a moment's hesitation, he had rushed over at full speed.
The instant he laid eyes on Song Qi, Boyi knew for certain that the person before him was the murderer who had slaughtered so many of his brothers and sisters!
In the lingering projection left behind after his third sister's death, the killer looked identical to the man standing right in front of him!
"Screee—!"
Revealing his true form as a Golden Crow, he summoned boundless true solar fire, supporting a miniature sun as he surged across the void!
The entire earth was ignited in his wake, transforming into an endless inferno of roaring flames!
He vowed to completely annihilate the murderer on this very spot!
On the other side...
With just a single glance, Song Qi immediately recognized the newcomer's origins.
"An illusory sun and flames wrapping around feathers... so this is... a main deity of the Divine Realm?"
"Talk about good timing."
Wukong glanced at the opponent, casually reached out, and pulled out his Ruyi Jingu Bang, giving the staff a couple of effortless spins.
"Oh? A juvenile Three-legged Golden Crow?"
"Your world is actually capable of nurturing a Golden Crow?"
"Would you like me to spare this little fellow for you? This creature looks quite majestic when fully grown; you could use it as a mount."
Hearing this, Song Qi felt a slight stir of temptation.
According to Brother Monkey, this was actually a Three-legged Golden Crow?
This was a legendary divine bird!
Supreme powerhouses like the Heavenly Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi both belonged to the formidable Golden Crow lineage.
"How long does it take for a Three-legged Golden Crow to reach adulthood?"
"Don't worry, not very long," Wukong chuckled.
"A Golden Crow is considered an adult at a thousand years old."
"........"
Song Qi was left speechless.
A thousand years wasn't considered long?
Brother Monkey, isn't your perception of time a bit warped?
He shook his head, pulled out a Triple Experience Card, and crushed it.
"Forget it, let's just kill it."
"What a shame, truly..."
Wukong shook his head, looking deeply regretful.
Yet he didn't waste any more words. With a light tap of his foot, his figure vanished from where he stood, swinging the Golden Crow Staff—no, the Jingu Bang—as he charged straight ahead!
"Where did this unruly monkey come from?!"
Seeing a mere monkey rushing toward him, Boyi dismissed him with utter disdain, keeping his eyes locked solely on the human.
Boom!
A torrent of true solar fire blasted straight out of his beak, surging forward as if to devour everything in existence!
Even as an underage Golden Crow, his strength was terrifyingly immense!
A casual breath of flame could incinerate a radius of hundreds of kilometers!
Ordinary Rule-tier monsters couldn't even survive a single round against him.
Having unleashed a random attack, Boyi paid it no further mind, his eyes burning with boundless rage.
"Damned human! I'll bake your soul inside my body, I'll turn you into—caw!"
Before he could finish his sentence, a massive staff came crashing down from above!
Crack!
The Golden Crow's head exploded instantly!
White brains splattered across the air!
[Experience points +18 billion!]
[World Origin +8]
With just a single, unadorned strike, this arrogant and overbearing entity of the Third Continent was beaten until his soul was utterly scattered!
The headless corpse, still flying at high speed, lost its trajectory and tumbled to the ground, plowing a trench thousands of meters long before finally coming to a halt.
It happened to stop not far in front of Song Qi.
Song Qi stepped forward, reached into the wreckage, and pulled out a burning staff.
He tapped on the item description to inspect it.
"The Great Sun True Flame Staff? And its quality is Mythic-tier, with quite decent effects."
"Too bad I can't use it."
"I'll just sell it to a City Lord with a Mage class later, or hand it directly to Elder Mu."
One had to realize that for the current human race, Epic-tier items were already unimaginably precious!
Let alone Mythic-tier weapons.
Stowing the staff back into his inventory, Song Qi sat back down and pulled up the system interface.
He wanted to seize the momentum while the lingering sensation from earlier had not yet faded, and proactively attempt to perceive the World Origin.
Buzz!
Another point of World Origin was channeled into [Soul Link].
Song Qi's vision blurred as countless strings of origin materialized once again...
The previously illusory and hazy World Origin had become much clearer.
Not only could Song Qi clearly see where the origin resided, but he could also perceive its fluctuations!
Even though he still couldn't harness it yet.
Still, Song Qi had gained a profound enlightenment.
These 8 points of World Origin would allow him to enter this state 8 more times.
He was highly confident of success!
A few minutes later...
Song Qi snapped out of the state.
"Still a little bit off."
The moment he exited, he didn't hesitate to invest another point.
Before the threads could completely blur, they sharpened once more.
Time ticked by second by second.
The origin points dwindled one by one.
The World Origin in Song Qi's eyes gradually became crystal clear!
Finally...
As the very last origin point was exhausted, Song Qi finally perceived the exact location of the origin!
"Now's the time!"
He abruptly looked upward, the [Soul Link] model before him still lingering.
Gazing at that massive cluster of origin in the sky, he used his mental power as a guide and forged a direct connection with it!
Rumble!
The calm World Origin began to churn violently!
Seeing this, Song Qi was intensely motivated, pouring his mental power out in full force!
He tightly wrapped around the World Origin.
"Get down here!"
Whoosh!
A vast river of origin was dragged forth!
Unlike the pitiful, water-droplet-sized origin guided by the system previously,
the volume of the origin this time was clearly on an entirely different scale!
The Origin River poured down torrentially, plunging straight into Song Qi's skill model!
This infusion lasted for a full dozen seconds before finally coming to an end.
[Ding!]
[Detected that you have successfully channeled the origin; congratulations on completing Optional Quest 1!]
[Congratulations! You have obtained 5 lucky draw chances!]
[Your current remaining lucky draw chances... 10!]
Following that, Song Qi violently snapped out of this peculiar state.
"Hahaha!"
"It really worked!"
"And the origin I channeled this time doesn't seem weak at all?!"
"I knew my comprehension wasn't bad!"
He hurriedly pulled up his panel.
Name: Song Qi
Class: Summoner
Level: 69
...
Skills: [Soul Link] (Current Origin Points: 108,000)
[Life Blessing] (Current Origin Points: 1)
[Void Torrent] (Current Origin Points: 1)
[Directional Warp] (Current Origin Points: 1)
...
Upon seeing the number of origin points integrated into [Soul Link], Song Qi froze.
"Huh?"
"Did my eyes play tricks on me?"
He rubbed his eyes, reaching out to count the digits one by one.
"One hundred and eight thousand?"
"Wait!"
"I remember Elder Mu mentioning that the maximum number of origin points a single skill can absorb is roughly one hundred and eight thousand, right?"
"That means..."
"By channeling the World Origin just once, I directly maxed out an entire skill?"
"I channeled over one hundred thousand units of origin all at once?!"
Song Qi frowned thoughtfully.
He remembered that when Lü Bu and Ying Zheng channeled the origin, they had only managed to draw in around a hundred points or so.
Yet he had managed to pull in over one hundred thousand points in a single go?
After a moment of contemplation, a look of sudden realization dawned upon him.
"Could it be..."
"Am I truly a once-in-ten-thousand-years supreme genius across the myriad realms?"
"No wonder it was so difficult for me to channel it—so the big surprise was waiting right here."