This System... this Golden Finger... is too unreasonable!
It's too hardcore!
And it's too good!
From a roasted bird that was shot to pieces, it directly evolved into a neutron star egg.
Now I can even choose to be a black hole or a savior!
I can even ascend to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm in one step!
A tremendous shock, like a cosmic storm, swept through his 'egg' Soul.
One second he was in the despair of near-death, the next he held the key to rewriting fate, or even ascending to the heavens in one step!
This extreme contrast, from Hell directly to the sky, made his entire consciousness tremble.
He began to ponder what to choose.
Choice One: He could ascend to the heavens in one step, possess a black hole Physique, and even the power of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
But!
This choice was completely a trap!
Accrete other Golden Crows?
Evolve into a black hole?
It sounded like the ultimate romance of stellar evolution!
But for Lu Jun, a rookie who had just transmigrated and hadn't even warmed up to the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm, this was no different from jumping directly into the Sea Eye of Gui Xu!
"What a joke! I haven't even left the Novice Village , and you want me to solo the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Tribulation?"
"My Third and Fourth Brothers, who have been stuck at Taiyi Perfection for an endless amount of time, wouldn't even dare touch that thing. Am I supposed to just go and deliver myself as food?"
"And, energy? Is that giant Sun Star in the sky just for show?"
"Going home and hugging the Sun Star to absorb energy isn't better than absorbing a few dying brothers?"
"Enough energy and it's safe! This Choice One is simply a poisoned apple; it looks tempting, but one bite and it's GG!"
Lu Jun furiously complained internally.
Choice Two was much more reliable!
A Physical Body comparable to an Ancestral Witch's was like starting with luxurious novice gear!
He could also save his eight unlucky brothers along the way—this wasn't because Lu Jun was having a fit of 'saintly mother' compassion, but because he was scared!
Think about it, if he was the only one of the nine Golden Crows to return alive... Di Jun: "My son, how did you survive? Let your father see (Divine Sense scan)."
Tai Yi: "Oh? This Physical Body state... quite interesting (chaos bell stirs restlessly)."
Kunpeng: "Hehehe, Your Highness, this old subject is quite interested in your 'Nirvana' Dao (malicious gaze)..."
Just thinking about it made Lu Jun's eggshell tingle (in a physical sense)!
But if all eight brothers were alive, the nature of the matter would change!
It would go from "Lu Jun had a fortuitous encounter" to "the Golden Crow Clan's hidden talent has Awakened!"
If a Phoenix can undergo Nirvana, why can't our Golden Crows be Reborn from an egg?
How reasonable!
How imposing!
It could also make some scheming fellows, like Kunpeng who eventually betrayed Di Jun, think twice about the cost of messing with the Golden Crow Clan!
Furthermore, if his brothers hadn't died, would Di Jun still immediately launch a full-scale attack in a fit of rage?
Would he still go and forge that 'witch-slaying sword' that thoroughly offended the Human Race?
Without the blood debt of the witch-slaying sword, would Goddess Nüwa's attitude towards the Yao Race be more lenient?
Perhaps he could even cling to one of the thickest legs in the Primordial Universe!
Play it safe, must play it safe!
Lu Jun made up his mind: "Choice Two! Brothers, undergo Nirvana for me!"
[Choice Two confirmed! Executing 'Empowerment' protocol!]
[Activating High-Dimensional Interference Field, stabilizing the target dying star (Golden Crow remains), guiding synchronous collapse procedure!]
[Target: Golden Crow Crown Prince Bo Huang! Energy injection... Rule overlay... Forced collapse initiated!]
As soon as the System's prompt faded, a beam of light, visible only to Lu Jun and seemingly composed of countless profound geometric runes, instantly struck the dying Crown Prince Bo Huang, whose flames were almost frozen into ice slag, not far away.
"Boom!!!"
Without warning, the massive Golden Crow remnant body of the Crown Prince underwent an earth-shattering external explosion and internal collapse!
A violent torrent of energy instantly tore through the frozen Void Realm, and the blinding white light made people (eggs) unable to open their eyes!
After the flames dispersed, all that remained was an egg, shrunk a million times, spinning at high speed, and emitting astonishing gravity!
"Holy crap! Big Brother... he really turned into an egg?"
Second Crown Prince Zhong Lang, who witnessed the entire process, had his consciousness waves split in fright!
Just now, he had just excitedly guessed "Golden Crow Nirvana," and then Sixth Brother, shouting "brothers," actually turned Big Brother into an egg through Nirvana?
This Innate Divine Ability... just Awakened like that?
And it even came with live instruction and one-click enlightenment?
"Second Brother, don't panic! It's your turn! Endure it! This is our Golden Crow Clan's hidden life-saving Divine Skill! Do you understand 'secondary development'? Endure it! Absolutely do not resist!"
Lu Jun quickly tried to fool him with the most "assured" tone, afraid that Second Brother's stress reaction would disrupt the System's guidance.
[Target: Golden Crow Second Crown Prince Zhong Lang! Empowerment initiated! Forced collapse in progress...]
"Wait... wait! Sixth Brother, I'm not ready yet..."
"Boom!!!"
Second Crown Prince Zhong Lang's "last words" hadn't even finished when that terrifying gravitational force, originating from the deepest core of a star, erupted within his body!
He felt as if he was being squeezed by an invisible giant hand, his Soul and Physical Body forcibly kneaded, compressed, and re-compressed!
That feeling... was a million times more 'exhilarating' than being shot by a Xuanming arrow!
Before his consciousness completely plunged into darkness, Zhong Lang had only one thought left in his mind.
"This Innate Divine Ability... its activation method is too... hardcore..."
Immediately after, like a cosmic explosion—"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"... under Lu Jun's (egg's) "enlightenment," Third Crown Prince, Fourth Crown Prince... one after another, were powerless to resist and were blasted into... uh no, "Nirvana-ed" into Golden Crow eggs!
The scene was quite spectacular for a while.
Perhaps because the nine Golden Crows had varying strengths and Realms, the nine eggs on the scene also varied in size.
They rippled with gravitational waves, their surfaces emitting terrifying high temperatures, neatly arranged on the scorched earth.
[Empowerment protocol complete! Eight dying stars have been successfully transformed into other celestial bodies!]
[Choice Two reward settlement: Host's second stage evolution 'Innate Sacred Being Form' will gain an Ancestral Witch-level Physical Body!]
[Environment Warning: High-energy hostile lifeform cluster detected rapidly approaching!]
[Emergency activation of Host's second stage evolution: Innate Sacred Being Form (Human Race template)! Evolution accelerating...]
Before Lu Jun could rejoice, the System's urgent alarm suddenly blared!
...At the same time, at the end of the earth, dust rolled and Evil Qi soared into the sky!
"Quick! It's right ahead! The Golden Crow brats' bodies must still be warm!"
A voice, rough as thunder, roared.
"Hahaha, warm? I think they're already frozen solid!"
"Exactly, Ancestral Witch Xuanming's Ice Dao can even extinguish Solar True Fire!"
"Leader Da Yi is awesome! One arrow for each Golden Crow Crown Prince, it was so satisfying to shoot!"
"That's right! Avenge Leader Kuafu! If the Yao Race dares to touch our Grand Witches, we'll wipe out ten of their Crown Princes!"
"Leader, how should we deal with those Golden Crow corpses later?"