After purchasing those upgrades, I saw Ren Qingquan used a stone with Lv 1 [Devour] as bait to summon those lightning clouds.

Once six minutes passes and the clouds gather. He held the stones granted with Lv 3 and Lv 2 subsystems containing [Devour] from his previous experiment. Then, asked me to transfer them toward the cloud.

‘System, activate transfer and send these stones to the cloud layer above. Send them slightly higher than the cloud so they can devour those clouds as they fall. ‘

Following Ren Qingquan’s request, I took 22 points from him and activated [Transfer] to send both stones 1.100 meters above.

Seeing the stones in his hand disappear, Ren Qingquan immediately said. ‘System, activate their [Devour].’

With Ren Qingquan’s thought, I activated the [Devour] attached to those stones. Immediately, I sensed a massive amount of energy absorbed by those stones and stored in my energy storage.

This is seriously the most energy I ever devoured in a second. Both of those stones actually devoured 300 energies every second!

Sharing half of the energy to Ren Qingquan, I sent him several notifications.

[Ding! Successfully devoured 150 points!]

[Ding! Successfully devoured 150 points!]

[Ding! Successfully devoured 150 points!] x7

Seeing the amount of points both of those stone net him, I saw Ren Qingquan’s eyes widened.

What a pity, after 10 seconds, those stones already fell outside of the lightning cloud’s area. When another 5 seconds passed, both of those stones hit the ground and shattered into pieces. Which made me lose my connection with them.

While looking at the shattered pieces of stones, Ren Qingquan quickly opened the subsystem panel and checked on the Lv 2 and Lv 3 subsystem section.

As both sections are now empty due to those stones getting destroyed, he quickly said. ‘System, help me separate one hundred pieces of my metal plate with 100 grams each! Also, turn them into umbrella shapes with thin membranes made out of metal on the canopy part and thicker on the shaft to make sure they don’t overturn in the sky. ‘

Hearing the panic in his tone, I quickly separated the metal plate he stored in [Storage] into a hundred pieces weighing 100 grams each and turned them into a hundred umbrellas.

[Done!]

Ren Qingquan then quickly pulled those metal umbrellas and granted them with Lv 1 [Devour]. Then, he quickly asked me to activate [Transfer] and spent 1.100 points to teleport those umbrellas into the sky.

Taking those 1.100 points, I sent all of them to the sky and spread it evenly throughout the clouds.

Activating [Devour] placed on them, I feel yet another surge of energies. This time much bigger than previously!

[Ding! Successfully devoured 1000 points!]

[Ding! Successfully devoured 1000 points!]x19

Even after sharing half of it with Ren Qingquan, the amount of energy I gained is still reaching 1000/seconds. With every single one of those metal umbrellas giving me 10 energy/seconds.

Thanks to Ren Qingquan’s idea, the umbrella shape helped to slow down their fall which allowed the subsystem to devour more clouds.

After another ten seconds, just like the previous stone, those umbrellas also fell into the ground. But, unlike those stones, these metal umbrellas don’t lose contact with me upon reaching the ground. From [Scan], I found out only some of their outer layers melted due to being struck by lightning.

Although they are already beaten out of shape, I can still sense their connection through [Anchor]. To be honest I still don’t quite understand when an item will stop being anchored.

Then, I saw Ren Qingquan running toward those umbrellas while opening the subsystem panels. Seeing as those metal umbrellas are still connected with the subsystems, he told me. ‘System, quickly activate [Transfer] and send them once more toward the sky!’

Taking 1.100 points from Ren Qingquan once again, I sent those umbrellas to the sky.

Just like before, those metals devoured 1000 points of energy every second. Writing something into the panel, I sent it to Ren Qingquan.

[Ding! Successfully devoured 1000 points!]x15

Due to being slightly broken with some tear and damage on the canopy, those umbrellas are unable to stay in the sky as long as before.

Looking at the notification I sent, a smile creeps up his face. Just when Ren Qingquan is going to continue farming the lightning cloud. The cloud which was previously only one kilometer diameter suddenly rapidly expanded while more and more lightning were churning inside.

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It seems Ren Qingquan’s experiment seriously angered the world as the cloud’s range kept on expanding until it reached tens of kilometers in diameter.

Those clouds blocked all light from reaching Ren Qingquan which in turn darkened the surrounding area. The only source of light in the surrounding area only comes from the occasional lightning within the cloud.

Inside the dark cloud, several lightning dragons swim between them. Which is actually not an imagery because there are indeed several lightning shaped eastern dragons swimming in those clouds. Those dragons have scales, claws, beards, antler horns, and other characteristic of a dragons.

*Rumble*

With a blinding light, those lightning dragons descended together. Their targets are the one hundred pieces of metal umbrellas Ren Qingquan used to devour the lightning cloud previously.

When I saw that, I slightly panicked. Because nearby Ren Qingquan, there are still several metal umbrellas scattered around.

Quickly activating [Transfer], I targeted Ren Qingquan and sent him to another end of the island. Due to Ren Qingquan’s equipment, strength, size, etc. Even though I only transferred him for 1 kilometer. The cost of [Transfer] directly rose to 1000 points of energy! This thing is such a scam!

Of course I didn’t pull the energies from my own pocket and used Ren Qingquan’s points instead.

[Ding! The system has activated the emergency escape procedure! Cost: 1.000 points.]

At the same time as my notification, those lightning dragons reached the island.

*BOOM!* *Bzzzzt*

After a blinding light and an explosive sound, I can only hear a ringing sound from the sense shared by Ren Qingquan. I also lost contact with those hundred pieces of metal umbrellas.

Although your life is short. But it is worth it! Giving my short prayer to those metal umbrellas, I focused back on Ren Qingquan.

Soon after the blinding light, the island trembled and the surrounding sea waves turned even more tumultuous.

Ren Qingquan raised his head and looked at the cloud that stopped churning lightning. I can sense his heart loudly thumping from barely surviving that disaster like scene.

After the cloud slowly dispersed, I scanned Ren Qingquan and checked for any damage on his body. Except for a rupture in one of his eardrums, there is no other serious damage.

Using [Create], I created a new eardrum for him right at the location of his ruptured eardrum. And voila! Ren Qingquan has already reached full health! Of course I didn’t forget to take my payment from him.

Waiting for ten minutes, those lightning clouds finally dispersed.

I saw Ren Qingquan cleaning his cloth as if nothing happened and went toward the location where those dragon shaped lightning struck.

Arriving at the location struck by those lightning dragons, the originally sandy beach has turned into a crater. Near those craters, there are many glowing glasses created due to the heat.

Looking at that scene of ruins, I saw Ren Qingquan gulped while cold sweat ran through his face.

‘Luckily the system activated that emergency escape procedure. Otherwise, I might turn into dust already.’ Hearing his thoughts, I proudly raised my nonexistent head. Go and praise me more!!

After calming himself down. As if a goldfish with short term memory, I heard Ren Qingquan think. ‘Let’s continue to farm the lightning cloud.’

Then he continued. ‘The profit from farming the lightning cloud is just too big!’

Hearing his words I rolled my eyes. Never mind, he is not a goldfish with short term memory. But instead a greedy merchant willing to die for profit.

Picking hundreds of pieces of glasses created from lightning striking the sand on the islands. He granted them with Lv 1 [Devour].

Just like before, Ren Qingquan threw one of them as bait to summon the lightning cloud.

‘System, activate [Devour].’ Following his idea, I activated the Lv 1 [Devour] on that glass.

After three minutes passes, I feel the feeling of being observed by a huge existence targeting that glass. Let’s just call it the World Will or Heavenly Will for convenience.

Together with the feeling of being observed by the Heavenly Will, from the sense shared by Ren Qingquan, I heard a cracking sound as if a glass shattering.

*Crack*

It seems Ren Qingquan also heard that sound as he asked. ‘Huh? System, do you hear a cracking sound?’

[Yes.]

While I am answering Ren Qingquan, more and more cracking noise arrived. The sound also became louder and louder.

*Crack* *Crack*

Activating my [Scan], I tried to search for the source of those sounds.

When I finally pinpointed the location as the space slightly above the glass with Lv 1 [Devour]. A crashing sound akin to something breaking can be heard.

*Crash*

The space above that glass anchored with Lv 1 [Devour] shattered and a crack appeared in its place. That crack devoured the surrounding thing and only closed when it swallowed the glass with Lv 1 [Devour].

After that glass got swallowed into the spatial crack. It immediately lost contact with me.

Looking as that glass got swallowed by the crack in space, I hear Ren Qingquan think. ‘Capable of summoning lightning and causing spatial crack. System, do you think it is actually the world itself which stopped me from devouring things?’

Replying to Ren Qingquan, I wrote a message on his screen.

[Perhaps. But, the system is already more than 90% certain it is indeed the world which stopped things from being devoured.]

Next, Ren Qingquan granted several more glasses with Lv 1 [Devour] and made them start devouring things.

The result is still the same as the previous glass. After activating [Devour] for several minutes, a crack will appear which soon sucks the glass.

Ren Qingquan also tried to hold onto the glass by using his whip made out of Armament Transformation. But, the space crack slowly turned wider and stronger until finally it even swallowed the Spirit Qi he used to create that whip.

Seeing the result of his experiment, I sighed. Guess the Heavenly Will already fixed this BUG.

Unwilling to give up, I saw Ren Qingquan continue to grant Lv 1 [Devour] to more glasses.

But, except for a decrease in the time required for space to shatter. There are no other changes.

Then, I saw him raising his middle finger toward the sky or to be exact the heaven. Before cursing for several minutes and finished with a loud scream. “Fuck you, Heavenly Will!”

Hearing him throwing the last curse, I guess both of us somehow decided to call it the Heavenly Will.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

After his fit of anger, Ren Qingquan calmed down and requested. ‘System, open my personal panel.’

[Name: Ren Qingquan

Realm: Qi Refining 5/5 (Completion)

Absorbed Spirit Qi: 1 (Auto Refill ON)

Points: 68.000

Profession: Formation master (Extremely Weak.)

Cultivation Method: Immortal Body Tempering (Immortal Ascension)

Magical Technique: Armaments Transformation (Perfection), Agile Step (Perfection), Body Hardening (Perfection), Super Duper ... Turtle Shell Technique (First Section), Turtle Divination Art (First Section)

System function: Devour, Shop, Scan, Library, Map (1000 meters radius), Calculate, System Storage (100 cubic meters), Sub system, Quest, Transfer (100meter/points).]

Although things are pretty chaotic. But, this whole mess granted Ren Qingquan 33.000 additional points. Which is the most he ever gained in a day.