20: Chapter 20 Black Iron Level 7
“Ow woo!”
The Alpha Wolf howled, and the wolf pack obeyed its command, spreading out to form a encirclement, intending to surround the two of them.
However, just as the wolves began to move, Fang Yuan was already rushing towards them with his black iron long saber.
The strength gap between Black Iron Professionals of minor Ranks is not significant; even a Black Iron Level Five monster could heavily injure a Black Iron Level Seven, Eight, or Nine Professional.
With more than a dozen monsters, Fang Yuan naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to wait for the wolf pack to surround him before acting. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
His swift figure instantly arrived in front of a gray wolf. A flash of saber light, and bright red blood splattered on the spot, staining the ground.
“I’ll help too!”
Lin Zhizhi shouted loudly, put down the bag on her back, picked up a large machete she found at the zoo, and approached the gray wolves.
Her body, about 1.6 meters tall, was quite small and agile. She leaped left and right in the dim mist, easily getting entangled with three gray wolves.
Each Black Iron Level Five gray wolf was slightly stronger than Lin Zhizhi. Without a weapon, she would struggle against even one.
However, gray wolves were, after all, just mutated animals with little intelligence. Lin Zhizhi, relying on the large machete in her hand, could ensure her own safety while facing three gray wolves.
She didn't care if she could kill the gray wolves in front of her. Her idea was simple: to reduce the pressure on Fang Yuan and wait for him to kill the other gray wolves before coming to help her.
During the battle, Lin Zhizhi’s peripheral vision, through the dim blur, saw flashes of saber light and streaks of crimson.
Seeing these, she felt relieved and calmly dealt with the monsters in front of her.
In the mist, Fang Yuan’s figure moved continuously. One gray wolf after another was split in two, accompanied by the sound of the long saber tearing through flesh… Bang!!
A muffled thud echoed in the mist. Lin Zhizhi, who was engaged in a bitter stalemate, could only tell from the sound that another gray wolf had been killed.
This was the tenth sound. Lin Zhizhi, who had been fighting for over three minutes, felt a surge of joy. It seemed she would soon be able to relax. After more than three minutes of fighting, she now felt unbearable pain all over her body.
No matter how careful Lin Zhizhi was, facing three gray wolves whose strength and speed were not inferior to hers, she had already sustained three wounds.
The three gray wolves were also not in good shape; the sharp machete had left large wounds on them.
“Not bad. Leave the rest to me.”
Just as Lin Zhizhi was struggling against the three gray wolves, a familiar and reassuring voice entered her ears.
Upon hearing this voice, the girl’s tensed body immediately relaxed.
Before she could make any move, a swift figure flashed past, and a gray wolf in front of her was split in two.
“This is the gap…”
Lin Zhizhi stared blankly as the three gray wolves she was entangled with were killed one by one. The entire process took no more than twenty seconds.
The scene before her made her deeply feel the immense gap. Was this the strength of a Silver Rank Talent True Spirit Professional?
There was no time for Lin Zhizhi to be shocked. At a urging command, she deftly extracted the most valuable crystal cores from the fallen gray wolves.
With hundreds of experiences, she extracted all the crystal cores in just two minutes.
A large part of that time was spent searching for corpses and traveling. Extracting crystal cores from the corpses only took over thirty seconds.
After clearing the wolf pack, the dozen-plus monsters provided less than three percent of the energy to Fang Yuan, and the enhancement to his Physical Body from Source Devour was also negligible.
To upgrade now, he either needed to hunt nearly thirty Black Iron Rank Six monsters, or nearly three hundred Black Iron Level Five monsters… Next, Fang Yuan relied on his powerful strength to cut through everything, bringing Lin Zhizhi along to kill every monster in sight.
Under such overwhelming power, before 1 PM, Fang Yuan finally successfully upgraded to Black Iron Level Seven.
Fang Yuan
Rank: Black Iron Level Seven (0%)
True Spirit Talent: Origin Devouring (Silver Rank)
Talent: Origin Enhancement (10.1%)
The increase in Rank brought a significant increase in strength. The current Fang Yuan possessed the mighty strength of a thousand catties, equivalent to the strength of an ordinary Talent Black Iron Rank Ten.
Breaking a thousand in strength is a threshold. After crossing a certain restriction, a True Spirit Professional’s body will undergo an unexpected transformation.
The difference between Black Iron Rank Ten and Black Iron Rank Nine is only a hundred points of strength. If compared solely by strength, the former does not have much advantage.
As strength increases, a Black Iron Rank Ten True Spirit Professional’s body undergoes transformation, and their physical strength converges into a whole, allowing them to easily unleash a thousand catties of immense power with a raised hand.
By crossing this restriction, a True Spirit Professional can unleash attacks even greater than their own strength, exerting incredible power.
However, a Black Iron Rank Nine, despite possessing over nine hundred points of immense power, is already doing very well if they can use eight hundred points.
With one increasing and the other decreasing, the gap between them is widened. Black Iron Rank Ten Professionals, if they take it seriously, people with lower strength Ranks are basically no match for them.
His Physique had changed. Fang Yuan could clearly feel his body becoming incredibly light, as if he had broken through an unknown cage and gained full control of his entire body’s strength.
This time, he could deeply feel that his strength had greatly improved, and he could easily defeat his Black Iron Rank Six self.
“Congratulations, Cousin, on upgrading again! Can you carry me now?”
Lin Zhizhi, watching from the side, congratulated him, her expression looking somewhat fawning.
“Alright!”
Fang Yuan did not disappoint her after hearing her voice and responded readily.
As his Rank increased, the current monster Ranks were generally Black Iron Level Five, and one ten-thousandth of the energy was not much help to him.
Even hunting a thousand Black Iron Level Five monsters would only yield ten percent of the energy, so it was better to let Lin Zhizhi upgrade first.
Under Fang Yuan’s powerful strength, Lin Zhizhi once again experienced the feeling of being carried.
Following Fang Yuan, she quickly pushed through everything in front of them. Black Iron Level Five and Six monsters all became fodder for her upgrade.
Soon, by 5:30 PM, the entire process took five hours, and Lin Zhizhi had already upgraded to Black Iron Level Seven.
“Should we go look for that Bloodthirsty Demon Spider now?”
After easily killing a defenseless monster and successfully upgrading, Lin Zhizhi’s mouth curved into a smile, and she asked Fang Yuan about their next course of action with a beaming face.
Although their Ranks were the same, she had a very clear understanding of her own position. At the same Rank, the strength between her and her cousin was vastly different.
In fact, with Lin Zhizhi’s current strength, even if she left Fang Yuan, she wouldn't be in any danger.
Promoting to Black Iron Level Seven on the fifth day, as long as she didn’t provoke those few dangerous Gold Rank Talent monsters, she would be able to rampage freely for the next few days.
With such strength, Lin Zhizhi had no intention of acting alone. She wouldn’t give up the opportunity to rely on someone powerful.