Return and Change

"Ding! The game system is loading..."

"Ding! ..."

He stepped onto the land of the New World.

Standing on the teleportation array in Zhenhai City, Yang Jian's heart surprisingly calmed down.

After such a long time, Yang Jian had come to consider Blue Star his home.

Yang Jian's original plan was to leave for about ten days.

He never expected that this trip would last more than twenty days... During this time, he was adrift, unable to use his talent.

Now that he was back in the New World, the first order of business was, of course, to Devour!

Actually, to say his talent couldn't be used was the greatest slander against his talent.

After all, Yang Jian's three hundred eighty thousand abyssal essence were all obtained through his talent.

If it weren't for the Devour talent, this harvest would have been at least sixty percent less!

After devouring a Level 40 purple-tier item, Yang Jian opened his long-unseen quest panel.

"Player: Tianmu Zhenjun"

"Position: Star Palace Leader"

"Class: Hunter"

"Level: LV40"

"abyssal essence: 398746 points"

"Physical Evolution Progress: 0.01%"

"HP: 370050 / 370050"

"MP: 48350 / 48350"

"Attack: 268173"

"Armor: 214307"

"Strength: 45+1070 + 34070 (Affects melee attack strength, parry, etc., and secondary attributes like carrying capacity)"

"Agility: 85+1220 + 41150 (Affects ranged attack strength, critical strike, armor, and dodge, and secondary attributes like speed)"

"Stamina: 45+960 + 35980 (Affects defense, maximum health, and other attributes)"

"Intellect: 45+410 + 4290 (Affects maximum mana, spell power, spell critical strike, and other attributes)"

"Equipment: heart of khaz'goroth (Blue), malorne's oath of loyalty (Purple), Zhou Yue's Love Declaration (Orange)..."

"Talent: Devour (Gold)"

"Description: Devour a gold-tier or lower equipment not exceeding your level, inheriting all of its attributes. Can be stacked infinitely."

"Cooling Down: Remaining time: 59:49"

"Upgrade Condition: 0 / 50 (Only gold-tier equipment counts towards upgrade conditions)"

"Current Devoured Attributes: Strength +34070, Agility +41150, Stamina +35980, Intellect +4290, Attack +20580, Defense +28870... True Damage +49000, Additional Damage to Abyss +49000"

"Skill: Deception"

Looking at his attributes, Yang Jian felt like there should be background music at this moment.

"How, how lonely is invincibility!"

Of course, Yang Jian only dared to entertain himself when no one else was around.

If the big shots heard him, proclaiming himself invincible with such meager strength?

He'd probably get a couple of slaps!

He thought about what else he needed to do immediately... First, Yang Jian took out the book Wu Ao had given him.

Indeed, after arriving in the New World, this had become a skill book.

This skill book, which didn't even have a name, was entirely golden.

The special effects were maxed out, but it didn't even have a name.

After checking it with his Heavenly Eye and confirming there were no issues, Yang Jian directly clicked to learn it!

As for whether Wu Ao could have deceived the Heavenly Eye?

Haha! If he could even deceive the Heavenly Eye, wouldn't it be more appropriate for him to play dumb?

Would throwing away this skill book and not learning it make him safe?

Don't be ridiculous!

After learning the skill, Yang Jian wasn't in a hurry to test it.

He first returned to the guild's stronghold in Zhenhai City.

He found the stronghold much quieter now.

He opened the guild system to take a look.

"Name: Star Palace, LV3"

"Leader: Tianmu Zhenjun"

"Vice Leaders: 3 / 5"

"Officers: 30 / 30"

"Members: 150000 / 150000"

"Guild Points: 15.45 million / 300 million"

"Guild Warehouse: Warehouse 1, East Market 13, Outer City of Zhenhai City."

(Guild residence requires binding a private property.)

"Guild City: None (Residence application quest line has been activated. Please complete it as soon as possible to build your own guild residence.)"

"Guild Shop: Unlocked (Requires a guild city to activate)"

"Guild Skills: Omitted..."

"Affiliated Guild: Stars Pavilion LV2"

In Yang Jian's private room, he summoned all three of his subordinates while observing Little Sea Turtle's condition.

Or rather, this guy could no longer be called Little Sea Turtle.

After all, he had already surpassed him!

"Water Spirit Turtle Wu Hui (Gold), Tianmu Zhenjun's Pet"

"Beast, Xuanwu Clan, LV40"

"Health: 40 million / 40 million"

"Talents: Spirit Turtle Defense: As a turtle spirit beast, naturally immune to low-tier water spells; takes 90% reduced damage from other sources.

Bodyguard (Passive): Before Wu Hui's health drops below half, he will prioritize redirecting all damage taken by Yang Jian.

Innate Spirit Beast: Unaffected by any suppression effects, immune to critical strikes, stuns, taunts, and crushing blows!"

"Profession: None"

Looking at Water Spirit Turtle Wu Hui's panel, Yang Jian only felt how wondrous this world was.

He almost drove away this little turtle that had followed him for so long when he released it in the Tian Yao Realm.

He never expected that after a short absence, things would be so different.

Wu Hui changing leaders and directly starting with gold quality was also something Yang Jian never expected!

After finishing with Wu Hui's attributes, he turned back to reflect on the former Little Sea Turtle.

So, there weren't that many restrictions or unavoidable situations.

All fear stemmed from one's own lack of strength.

Look at Zhu Xi and Mo Ren, they toiled for so long, yet couldn't compare to Wu Ao's casual touch!

At this moment, Yang Jian profoundly realized that strength was the foundation of everything!

Zhou Yue: When did you get back? You didn't even check in?

Yang Jian: I'm tallying my gains! I'm busy.

Zhou Yue: Didn't you say you'd be gone for seven or eight days? It's been over twenty days!

Yang Jian: Have there been any major events in Blue Star or the guild recently?

Zhou Yue: No major events, didn't the guild just level up to three? I went to the main city and received the guild outpost quest from the City Lord...

Yang Jian: Is it difficult? I see the quest still hasn't been completed?

Zhou Yue: It's not difficult... just very tedious! Where are you? Let's talk in person!

Yang Jian: My office...

Zhou Yue: Hey, you pervert!

After a quick glance at his already full backpack, Yang Jian thought that he would probably be traveling far quite often in the future!

It seemed he needed to prepare more spare backpacks.

Seeing that there was nothing pressing for the moment, Yang Jian laid Tianmu Zhenjun down on the bed.

Before his eyelids became too heavy to keep open, he logged off.

When he emerged from the game pod, Yang Jian seemed oblivious to the passage of time.

His bright office was spotless and tidy.

On the table lay documents that might have been delivered yesterday.

After surveying his unchanging office, Yang Jian had barely settled when the countdown for his physical enhancement began.

Yang Jian was startled when he saw this.

He remembered that there wasn't such a thing when he first enhanced!

Was it because the Abyss hadn't invaded yet at that time?

Yang Jian found that this game was also very much keeping up with the times.

For example, when he was in Newbie Village, the rules were very strict.

They basically didn't allow players to kill each other... Later, after leaving Newbie Village, the gap in strength between people gradually widened.

The difference between people became greater than the difference between a person and a dog!

The system seemed to gradually stop caring about players killing each other.

One battle in Zhenhai City, one battle in Phoenix City.

So many people died, and the system didn't seem to care at all...

Sitting down in his boss chair, Yang Jian could clearly feel the abyssal essence transforming into the purest soul power.

It was strengthening Yang Jian's body.

This feeling of visibly getting stronger...