163: Chapter 163: Rapid Progress

Thinking of it, Fang Yuan immediately took the Ancient Cold Iron, valued at over 20 billion energy points, and prepared to experiment.

The bluish-green Ancient Cold Iron felt icy to the touch, dropping to below minus ten degrees Celsius, and the cold air tried to freeze his hand.

However, the one holding this Ancient Cold Iron was Fang Yuan, whose strength was comparable to Gold Rank Ten. The mere Silver Rank energy could at most make him feel a chill.

Ancient Cold Iron is an ice-attribute exotic treasure. Generally speaking, it is very suitable for Li Xuefei, who also possesses the [Ice Spirit]. She could completely use this Silver Rank exotic treasure to have a blacksmith forge three or four Gold Rank true spirit weapons for herself.

To refine a true spirit artifact, it is not necessary to have a gold-rank rare item. With enough Silver Rank exotic treasures, a powerful Gold Rank true spirit artifact can be forged.

Using gold-rank rare items, one can even forge Legendary Rank true spirit artifacts. Many Legendary Rank Professionals' weapons are true spirit artifacts refined from Gold Rank materials.

The reason this exotic treasure ended up with Fang Yuan was that she had already purchased a Gold Rank weapon with compatible attributes when she was with Squad earlier.

With a weapon already, Li Xuefei naturally didn't need the Ancient Cold Iron in his hand.

Holding the Ancient Cold Iron, Fang Yuan began to try and operate his True Spirit Talent to Devour the energy within it.

As the [Source Devour] ability operated, a unique energy within the Ancient Cold Iron was drawn out, flowing up his arm and into his body.

A few minutes later, the nearly half-meter-sized Ancient Cold Iron turned entirely grayish-white, its energy completely absorbed.

With just a light squeeze, the Ancient Cold Iron, originally hard enough to withstand Gold Rank attacks without damage, turned into a pile of grayish-white fine sand.

In its place, Fang Yuan gained a 1,600-meter increase in perception and a 0.01 percent increase.

His attempt was very successful; the effect of exotic treasures was not much weaker than rare treasures of the same Rank.

Having tasted the sweetness, he immediately took out the last exotic treasure, and with a few quick motions, Devoured all the special energy within it.

After Devouring the two Silver Rank exotic treasures, Fang Yuan's Rank underwent a Breakthrough. He had just broken through to Gold Rank Six not long ago, and now he soared to Gold Rank Seven.

Along with the increase in power, his perception unknowingly reached a height of 16,700 meters.

This was just the beginning. After absorbing two exotic treasures, there were still three rare treasures waiting for him to absorb.

Breaking through to the next Rank would likely require increasing his perception to 20,000 meters, and the subsequent increase in range would become increasingly difficult. However, the three rare treasures did not disappoint Fang Yuan.

After consuming the last Silver Rank rare treasure, Fang Yuan's Rank received another small increase. In less than ten minutes, his Rank directly became Gold Rank Eight.

After the Rank Breakthrough, his perception successfully exceeded 20,000 meters, and the continuous two-Rank increase caused his power to surge.

His pure Physical Body alone reached 240 million points, and after energy amplification, it exceeded 700 million. The power of Myriad Laws Return to Origin exceeded 800 million.

His ultimate skill, Return to Void, pushed his power to nearly 1.4 billion.

It's important to know that the attack power of an ordinary Gold Rank Ten is only around 400 million. Even with a Gold Rank Talent, it can only reach 600 million points.

An attack power of nearly 1.4 billion points was enough for Fang Yuan to dominate the Gold Rank. As for challenging the Legendary Rank, he probably didn't have that power yet.

Any Legendary Rank Professional, even one of the lowest Rank, would certainly have an attack power exceeding 1.5 billion points.

More importantly, Legendary Rank Professionals possess the ability to break free from Earth's gravity and soar in the air.

Without the ability to fly, even if his power was greater than a Legendary Rank, he would only be in a passive state of being beaten. Challenging a Legendary Rank was not that easy.

Fang Yuan

Rank: Gold Rank Eight (3%)

True Spirit Talent: Origin Devouring (Gold)

Talent: Devour All Things (0.107...%)

With the Rank increase completed, Fang Yuan finally had time to carefully check his situation. After seeing it, he was particularly satisfied, especially with the progress bar. It finally reached one-thousandth, which was a very good start... Meanwhile, on the other side, Gu Yue, who had just returned home and was preparing to bathe, broke through to Gold Rank Eight while waiting for the hot water.

Just as she thought Fang Yuan could only increase one Rank, his Rank increased again not long after, reaching Gold Rank 9.

...?

The sudden Breakthrough of two consecutive Ranks left Gu Yue somewhat puzzled. Even three Silver Rank rare treasures shouldn't enable someone to break through two Ranks consecutively.

With a puzzled look, she didn't think too much further. Anyway, there was no harm in it, and with her own two-Rank Breakthrough, she contentedly washed away the dust from today's activities... Fang Yuan, who had continuously broken through two Ranks, became even more greedy. Less than half an hour after leaving, he returned to Manor Number One again, found Li Xuefei, and asked her for the mysterious earth crystal stone, valued at nearly 300 billion.

He did not hide why he wanted the mysterious earth crystal core, directly stating that he could absorb the energy from exotic treasures.

Upon learning that Fang Yuan had already broken through two Ranks in a short time, Li Xuefei, who had just used a Silver Rank rare treasure to increase one Rank, looked at him as if he were a monster.

"Here you go. It seems we can continue to delve into the Earth Demon Territory to explore for treasures tomorrow."

In her shock, she handed the mysterious earth crystal stone to Fang Yuan.

Seeing his great increase in strength, Li Xuefei felt even greater pressure. She urgently needed Silver Rank rare treasures to increase her own Rank.

"Okay, tomorrow I will come here with Zhi Zhi to gather..."

Fang Yuan, who received the mysterious earth crystal stone, agreed to Li Xuefei's request without a second thought.

After speaking, without waiting for her reply, he single-handedly carried the huge mysterious earth crystal stone and ran quickly towards his home.

He moved very fast; pedestrians on the street only heard a gust of wind and a rapidly flashing black shadow.

...I need to speed up.

Watching Fang Yuan's disappearing figure, Li Xuefei murmured to herself. Under immense pressure, she decided to seek help from her grandfather.

Upon returning to the manor, Fang Yuan immediately began to Devour the special energy of the mysterious earth crystal stone.

The huge mysterious earth crystal stone was equivalent to ten Silver Rank exotic treasures. After spending more than ten minutes, the entire round mysterious earth crystal stone was completely Devoured by him.

The vast energy easily allowed Fang Yuan to break through the remaining two Ranks, directly reaching the Gold Rank Peak.

At this point, his perception became 31,000 meters, his Physical Body strength approached 600 million, and his strongest burst even crossed the 3 billion point threshold.

He was brimming with confidence at this moment.

Even a Legend Rank One powerhouse, he was confident he could crush.