119: Chapter 119: My First Harvest

As long as Lin Zhizhi uses the third ability branch, Bronze Body, she will possess strength that completely overwhelms an ordinary Silver Rank Two.

This means that even Gu Yue is no longer her match, and if Gu Yue doesn't use sharp weapons, she wouldn't even be able to break Lin Zhizhi's defense.

The Talent upgrade not only grants a new ability branch, but also significantly enhances the existing Ability One and Ability Two.

Ability One is simple and direct, increasing the body's amplification from 10% to 20%.

Ability Two's Iron Fist also transformed into Iron Arms; not only did its attack power become stronger, but its defensive power also became considerably more potent than Bronze Body.

Bronze Body, Iron Arms' fundamental characteristics are power and defense-oriented True Spirit Talents, placing it in the upper-middle tier among Silver Talent.

At this moment, after acquiring Bronze Body, Iron Arms, Lin Zhizhi can be said to have undergone a complete transformation.

With such a massive improvement, it's no wonder she was so joyful when she came out.

"I'm done talking, Cousin. What about you? Did you also encounter some rare treasure and gain two Ranks?"

After speaking, Lin Zhizhi looked at Fang Yuan, who was beside her. The reason for this was simple: only his upgrade could cause Gu Yue, who was next to him, to upgrade as well.

In summary, it was only possible if he encountered rare treasures.

"I'm not as lucky as you; I just leveled up by simply grinding monsters."

Fang Yuan rolled his eyes at her speechlessly. How could rare treasures be so easy to come across?

However, as soon as he spoke the truth, he was met with Lin Zhizhi's bewildered and suspicious gaze. If he had said he broke through from Bronze Rank Level Nine to Silver Rank One, she would have believed it.

But for him to raise his Rank beyond Silver Rank in a Bronze Rank leveling area, she was somewhat skeptical.

Lin Zhizhi had already advanced to Silver Rank by obtaining a heavenly star fruit several hours ago. She hadn't stopped killing monsters in the subsequent hours, yet she only gained less than five percentage points of progress in those few hours.

This was after her True Spirit Talent had transformed into Bronze Body, Iron Arms. Logically, even if Strength Enhancement, a True Spirit Talent of a similar power type, was stronger, it shouldn't be excessively so.

"Your cousin's True Spirit Talent isn't Strength Enhancement. As for what it is, only he can tell you."

Facing the young girl's puzzled gaze, Gu Yue, seeing that Fang Yuan was about to speak, preemptively explained for him.

Fang Yuan nodded, tacitly agreeing with her words.

"Ha~, you're saying my cousin's Talent isn't Strength Enhancement? How powerful could his Talent be? Is it a Transcendent True Spirit Talent?"

Upon learning the truth, Lin Zhizhi's face immediately showed an exaggerated expression. With her limited knowledge, she couldn't imagine how powerful a Talent would need to be to be concealed by the Silver Rank True Spirit Talent, Strength Enhancement.

Without thinking, this must be stronger than an ordinary True Spirit Talent, and soon, only the guess of Transcendent True Spirit Talent remained in her mind.

Only such a powerful Talent would need to be concealed by a Silver Rank Talent.

As she spoke, Lin Zhizhi's large eyes, filled with a probing look, gazed at the silent Fang Yuan.

"..."

Fang Yuan himself didn't speak, but the two people beside him had basically already determined his Talent to be Transcendent True Spirit Talent.

After a little more time, at the very last moment of the ten hours, Li Xuefei and Thank Rain walked out of the passage, chatting and laughing.

Thank Rain, who could have stayed longer in the Hidden Mist Forest, decided to leave the Instance at the ten-hour mark due to her role as a guide.

Li Xuefei gained a lot from her trip to the Hidden Mist Forest, advancing from Bronze Rank Seven to Bronze Tenth Level. As she walked out, the smile on her face was impossible to hide.

As for Thank Rain, who was beside her, although her gains weren't significant and her Rank was still Silver Rank Five, she didn't mind. According to her expectations, she would be satisfied if she could raise her Rank by two levels in the coming month, but three levels would be even better.

"Hey~, Captain, you're back."

Before the two had even exited the passage, Lin Zhizhi's cheerful greeting rang out. Even after so much time had passed, she was still in a very joyful mood.

With such a leap in Rank and Talent, anyone would be happy for at least a day or two.

"Zhi Zhi, seeing you so happy, is it..."

As Li Xuefei walked out of the passage, just as she was about to ask if Lin Zhizhi had some good news, she suddenly noticed that the other party's Rank aura was Silver Rank One.

This surprising sight left her speechless, unable to finish her sentence. When her gaze shifted to the other two and she couldn't discern their Rank auras, Li Xuefei was completely stunned.

"Gulp~! Zhi Zhi, what happened to you? And you two, why can't I see through your Rank auras?"

It took a full four or five seconds for Li Xuefei to emerge from her shock. She still looked at her three teammates with an incredibly astonished expression.

Are these still her teammates? How could each of them be more of a Prodigy than she, their captain?

"..."

Thank Rain, on the side, also looked at the three with extreme surprise. At her Rank, she could naturally discern the Ranks of Fang Yuan and the other person.

This discovery made her reaction identical to Li Xuefei's; both were in absolute shock.

If she remembered correctly, it took her ten days to go from Silver Rank One to Silver Rank Two using the Void Realm Instance, although half of that time was spent overcoming a Bottleneck, with energy accumulation only taking five days.

That would still require at least five days, yet the two people in front of her not only advanced from Bronze Rank to Silver Rank but also gained another Rank on top of that.

And especially Lin Zhizhi, who was only Bronze Rank Six half a day ago. How long has it been? She actually soared to Silver Rank One.

"Hehe, it's like this: I found a heavenly star fruit inside, which allowed me to Break through five Ranks consecutively, and my True Spirit Talent also reached Silver Rank. As for my cousin and the other person, they are both Silver Rank Two. You can ask him about the reason later."

Lin Zhizhi, giggling, recounted her experience once again.

Even though it was the second time she shared it, the young girl's upturned lips were still very noticeable, unable to be suppressed.

She only spoke about her own situation. As for her cousin's Talent issue, she didn't mention it due to Thank Rain's presence.

"That truly is a surprise..."

"..."

Hearing the reason, Li Xuefei was genuinely happy for Lin Zhizhi. After understanding the effects of the heavenly star fruit, she didn't find it particularly significant.

She possesses a Gold Rank Talent, so the heavenly star fruit's effect of boosting True Spirit Talent had no impact on her. Only its leveling effect was decent.

Unlike Li Xuefei with her Gold Talent, Thank Rain, on the other hand, displayed a variety of expressions: envy, jealousy... A heavenly star fruit is a rare treasure worth tens of billions, yet priceless. For those with only Black Iron or Bronze Rank True Spirit Talents, it is an immense fortune.

Such Heaven-Defying blessing, even if Thank Rain was calm, she couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy.

Not just her; it's likely that anyone with an ordinary Talent would envy and be jealous of Lin Zhizhi upon hearing this news.

Probably only someone with a powerful Talent like Li Xuefei wouldn't feel anything after hearing it.

It's just a Silver Rank Talent; it's still weaker compared to a Gold Rank Talent...