325: New traits

The next morning.

Although he hadn't yet cultivated two new traits, Yang Dian still brought the Little Black Cat and arrived early at the entrance to the underground world.

Lei Ming, standing on the city wall, saw Yang Dian descend from the sky and couldn't help but show a puzzled expression:

"Didn't you say it would take a day to digest your gains?"

"It's already fully digested?"

Yang Dian glanced at the little girl peeking at him from beside Lei Ming, took two steps forward to the edge of the high wall, and looked towards the entrance of the underground world, in the direction of the sinkhole:

"Not yet, but soon."

Glancing at the two martial arts traits that had reached 97% under full effort, Yang Dian stroked the Little Black Cat, who insisted on going out with him, and asked curiously:

"Has Daoist Master and the others sent any news?"

Lei Ming nodded, and casually pulled out a paper crane, handing it to Yang Dian:

"Yes."

"Bai Zhi just sent back a message two minutes ago."

"Calculating the time, it's almost time for her next message."

Receiving the paper crane and seeing the words "Encountered an underground creature group [Dark Ape Clan], no conflict occurred, currently safe" on it, Yang Dian couldn't help but marvel at the diversity of Awakening abilities.

Bai Zhi's Awakening was the ability to control paper.

Her ability was to imbue paper with life for a short period.

The higher the inherent strength of the paper, the more extraordinary power it could withstand. After being controlled, the longer it existed, the stronger its unleashed power.

Dividing and controlling, she could instantly control a thousand sheets of paper, killing a large number of ordinary people in an instant.

Using all her extraordinary power to control a single specially made sheet of paper, she could unleash City-Level combat power, capable of enduring 10 punches from Yue Shan without collapsing.

But only 10 punches.

Any more and it wouldn't work.

Therefore, on the rating System, she was also rated as City-Level.

But Yang Dian always felt her City-Level was a bit weak.

Uh, not just her.

Besides her, after his strength grew, Yang Dian felt everyone else was a bit weak.

He reached out to hand the paper crane back to Lei Ming, and while fiddling with copper coins, Yang Dian spoke again:

"Uncle Lei, I feel our combat power rating System needs an upgrade."

"Now, using Village-Level, Street-Level, City-Level for rating the strength of extraordinary beings seems a bit off."

"After all, cities, street districts, and even a small number of villages are now equipped with guard robots."

"Many former Street-Level combatants can't even destroy a village."

"Calling them Street-Level combatants now seems a bit inappropriate."

After taking back the paper crane, Lei Ming bent his fingers and tapped the city wall intermittently:

"That depends on where."

"It's indeed difficult for former Street-Level combatants to destroy a village now."

"But if they go abroad, destroying a few street districts or even small towns is simple."

"However, you're right."

"We shouldn't compare ourselves to those abroad who can't keep up with our pace; we should have our own rhythm."

"After we find Yue Shan, we'll discuss the matter of combat power ratings."

As soon as Lei Ming finished speaking, the little girl standing beside him raised her hand:

"Me, me, me ~"

Seeing Yang Dian and Lei Ming both look at her, she excitedly said:

"Our class has long been complaining about the organization's combat power rating System."

"Village-Level, Street-Level, City-Level, what a ridiculous rating ~"

"When we were complaining about the rating System before, we came up with two sets of names ourselves."

"One set is a guardian-type name."

"For example, Village Guardians for those who protect villages, Town Wardens for those who protect towns, Ten-Mile Counts for those who protect counties and cities, Hundred-Mile Marquises for Earth-Grade cities..."

"The other set is a rating System for destruction."

"Village Butcher, Town Destroyer, City Burner, Nation Annihilator, Earth Splitter, Star Shatterer..."

Lei Ming reached out and stroked the excited girl's head, smiling:

"She's Lei Lei, nickname Leilei, my daughter."

"12 years old, born in the year of the Qi Revival, and like me, she Awakened a lightning attribute ability."

"It's just that her lightning attribute strength isn't as strong as mine; in the past, she'd only be Street-Level, and now, if she went to a village to lord over people, she'd be caught."

Yang Dian's teeth began to ache.

Why does everyone have a daughter?

He hoped this guy wouldn't also try to entrust his child to him later.

Muttering to himself, Yang Dian looked at Lei Lei again and said:

"Both sets of combat power ratings are good, but this needs comprehensive consideration."

"After all, in the future, we won't just be dealing with Earth; we also need to consider other worlds."

"For example, other worlds may not use villages and towns as administrative units..."

Lei Lei, that girl, lowered her head and began to mumble:

"Village Guardian who slaughters villages, Town Warden who destroys towns, Hundred-Mile Marquis who burns cities."

"What wonderful names ~"

Yang Dian and Lei Ming exchanged glances, smiling at each other.

Before their smiles faded, a silver paper stained with blue liquid flew out of the sinkhole and lightly landed in front of Lei Ming.

"Encountered underground race [Blue Blood Leech], launched an attack on our side, all killed, current environment safe."

After glancing at the text on the paper, Yang Dian took another step and disappeared from the city wall:

"Uncle Lei, I'll go Cultivate for a while. Once I've fully digested all the Cultivation gains, I'll go directly into the underground world."

Lei Lei looked at the spot where Yang Dian disappeared, listening to the echoing sound on the city wall after he vanished, and couldn't help but open her mouth:

"So amazing ~"

"I want to learn that move too."

"It would be so fun to show off at school."

Lei Ming reached out and stroked Lei Lei's head:

"If you want to learn, then practice martial arts diligently."

"You're so old already, and you haven't even sensed your Qi and blood. I'd be too embarrassed to ask him to teach you martial arts."

Lei Lei glanced at Lei Ming sideways:

"Dad, don't talk about me, you haven't sensed your Qi and blood either."

"I take after you."

Lei Ming was speechless, turned to look towards the sinkhole, and pretended to wait for the next note to fly over.

'This leaky little cotton jacket…'

Yang Dian naturally didn't know that Lei Ming's little cotton jacket was leaky.

He was now sitting cross-legged in the clouds, charging towards the last bit of the progress bar… It was noon, and the scorching sun hung high.

Yang Dian, sitting cross-legged in the clouds, suddenly paused his finger movements.

In a trance, he saw a bright silver rune appear from nothingness, hovering at his fingertip.

But when he tried to observe the silver rune, it was like a flower in a mirror, a moon in the water, desirable yet unattainable.

Every time he was about to see it clearly, it would disappear from his sight like a mischievous child.

Yang Dian could only feel the silver rune constantly circling his fingertip, leaving something behind.

As for what exactly it was?

It could only be understood intuitively, not expressed in words.

He didn't know how long passed in that daze.

When Yang Dian came back to his senses, he found that the silver rune had already disappeared from his fingertip.

"Is it over?"

Muttering, Yang Dian then curled his fingers into a claw, and following a faint intuition, he ripped forward.

The next moment, space fluctuated without cause.

Five claw marks appeared out of thin air in the distance, tearing through large white clouds, leaving five dark, hideous wounds in the azure sky.

Dragon Claw Hand's new trait: Sui Kong (Shattering Space).