172: Chapter 172 Gold Level Limit
In the time that followed, Fang Yuan had good luck, obtaining thirty to forty silver rank strange treasure every day.
After a week of stealthily acquiring a large number of rare treasures, hisPerception range had increased to 60,000 meters, and his strength had exceeded 700 million points.
“silver rank strange treasure are basically ineffective now…”
After absorbing a rare treasure and feeling the minuscule increase, Fang Yuan felt a bit helpless. A Silver Rank rare treasure, an item worth over 30 billion energy points, could only increase hisPerception by a mere ten meters.
The only thing that brought him comfort was that while the increases in strength andPerception had noticeably weakened, the progress of his Talent had not decreased much.
Adding to his previous accumulation, Fang Yuan’s Talent progress had now broken the 1% mark, reaching 3.13%.
This nearly three percentage point increase was the result of him devouring over five hundred silver rank strange treasure.
If this speed continued, it would take approximately one hundred days to raise his Talent progress to Perfection.
However, to maintain this speed, he needed to acquire a sufficient number of rare treasures.
In recent days of searching, he had already scoured the area within seventy to eighty kilometers. To obtain more rare treasures, he would have to delve deeper into the Earth Demon Territory.
This was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous approach. Not to mention the depths, even in this seventy to eighty-kilometer radius, he had already discovered seven or eight Legend Rank Monsters emitting terrifying auras.
If he continued to go deeper, he would inevitably encounter more powerful monsters.
“...!”
Fang Yuan still decided to risk venturing deeper into the Earth Demon Territory to search for rare treasures.
He had great confidence in his own strength; with immense power backing him, covering over a hundred kilometers would only take a few minutes.
There was also a more crucial point: after days of devouring the special energy from a large number of rare treasures, Fang Yuan felt a slight loosening in the Bottleneck preventing his Breakthrough. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before he could Break through.
Having made up his mind, Fang Yuan, eager to find rare treasures and achieve a faster Breakthrough, once again concealed himself in a thick fog, avoiding monsters while searching for treasures hidden in various locations... Benefiting from the hilly terrain of the Earth Demon Territory, and his relatively small size compared to the monsters.
Over the next three days, Fang Yuan not only avoided any combat with monsters but also obtained over a hundred silver rank strange treasure.
After devouring over a hundred rare treasures, under the immense influx of energy, the already loosened Bottleneck became even more yielding.
Feeling his own condition, Fang Yuan grew increasingly expectant.
The Legendary Rank was a huge leap; as soon as he Broke through, his strength would directly double, and his energy would be much greater than at the Gold Rank.
This alone could double a Professional's strength. Additionally, the Legendary Rank would grant living beings the energy to fly, which was also an extremely tempting gain.
Beyond these points, Breaking through to the Legendary Rank offered an even greater improvement: the ability to access the Power of Concept.
As long as one grasped a Concept, whether Professional or monster, their own power could essentially double, even if they had only just grasped it.
The Power of Concept was also very easy to grasp; anyone who reached the Legendary Rank, if they diligently contemplated for ten days to half a month, could initially grasp it.
Initial contact with Concept was simple; merely grasping it could double one's strength.
However, mastering a Concept was incredibly difficult. The ultimate transformation of the Power of Concept was the Heaven and Earth Rules; only by mastering the Perfection level of the Power of Concept would one be qualified to attempt to comprehend the Rules.
The Power of Concept is divided into four stages: Initial Grasp, Mastery, Major Achievement, and Perfection, which can also be divided into ten tenths.
One to three tenths correspond to Initial Grasp. This stage can double a Professional's strength. Many Legend Rank Professionals, even at Rank Five or Six, are still in the Initial Grasp stage of Concept.
Four to six tenths correspond to the Mastery stage. The Concept amplification increases to about 1.4 times. This is the Power of Concept currently mastered by many Advanced Legendary Professionals.
Major Achievement Concept corresponds to seven to nine tenths, with a power amplification of about 1.6 to 1.7 times. Such Power of Concept is generally only mastered by those at Legend Rank Nine and Ten.
The final Perfection Power of Concept offers an amplification of up to two times. Currently, only a few Legend Rank Tens and a large portion of Epic War Gods have achieved this.
As for the even more powerful Power of Rules, that is the ultimate strength that only Epic War Gods, who Rank among the top ten in strength and possess Transcendent True Spirit Talent, can master... As the time for Breakthrough drew nearer, Fang Yuan's motivation to search for rare treasures grew stronger.
One rare treasure after another was absorbed by him, and the Legendary Rank Bottleneck was about to collapse.
Just one final push, needing only sixty to seventy more rare treasures to Break through, Fang Yuan faced a huge choice.
On a small mountain, several hundred meters high, in front of him, there was a trembling Terrifying Snow Monster, over fifty meters tall, a special Lord Rank Monster with Gold Rank Talent.
Hidden behind the small mountain, Fang Yuan silently watched the huge bright spot on his detector screen.
This was an energy reaction he had never seen before, ten times larger than the big green dots of the Silver Rank.
Such a massive reaction basically indicated the presence of a Gold Rank rare treasure or item on this small mountain peak.
As long as he obtained this rare treasure or item and devoured it, Fang Yuan had an eighty percent chance of Breaking through to the Legendary Rank.
The only thing that made him hesitate was the huge grayish-white figure at the top of that small mountain peak.
Through the hazy mist, he could still sense its power. Although it was only Legend Rank One, it made Fang Yuan feel the same pressure as the previous Rank Two Earth Demon.
Legend Rank One comparable to Legend Rank Two. The only explanation was that this grayish-white monster's Talent Rank was higher than that of an average elite Earth Demon.
This was a monster not recorded by the Human Alliance. Its massive grayish-white figure, even from over a thousand meters away, emitted wisps of chilling cold.
Fang Yuan, not knowing what kind of monster it was, arbitrarily named it Terrifying Snow Monster based on its characteristic of being composed entirely of ice and snow.
“I’ll do it!!”
Looking at the huge bright spot occupying one-sixth of the detector screen, Fang Yuan finally decided to act and get his hands on this potentially Gold Rank rare treasure.
With excitement, he stealthily made his way up from behind the small mountain peak.
The closer he got to the summit, the more excited he became. There was a very high possibility of a Gold Rank rare treasure existing here.
To avoid making any noise, Fang Yuan even suppressed his heartbeat, not letting it make a sound.
After cautiously exploring for some time, he was soon only about a hundred meters from his target.
Whoosh!!
At that very moment, while the Terrifying Snow Monster had not detected his presence, Fang Yuan instantly appeared on the mountaintop.
The next moment his 63,000-meterPerception activated, he spotted an ice crystal snow lotus.
Without any hesitation, Fang Yuan snatched the ice crystal snow lotus, along with the large patch of soil beneath it.
The event happened in an instant. By the time the huge Terrifying Snow Monster discovered the thief, Fang Yuan had already run a thousand meters away.