89: Chapter 89 Unknown Progress

On the other side, Gu Yue, who was Bronze Rank Seven, also performed exceptionally well; after numerous combat skill training sessions, this aspect was no longer her weakness.

Wielding a bronze long saber, her strength, exceeding 25,000 points at Bronze Rank Seven, allowed her to effortlessly cleave most lower-Rank monsters in half.

Given their current situation, there was no possibility of real tempering.

"Fang Yuan kid, Gu Yue girl, your current strength is too great. This kind of overwhelming combat is not very useful. From now on, neither of you can use your true spirit artifact."

Li Yuxuan, finally unable to watch any longer, directly forbade them from using their true spirit artifact, making them fight monsters in their casual clothes.

The Physical Body of humans is inherently not as formidable as monsters, nor do they possess the sharp claws and teeth that many monsters have.

Without weapons, humans can at most fight monsters one Rank lower than themselves.

However, the monsters in this area, only a few kilometers from Sea City, were of a low Rank, so even bare-handed, they were still overwhelmingly defeated by Fang Yuan.

There was no other way; his current strength was already at the pinnacle within a few kilometers of Sea City.

To give him more pressure, Li Yuxuan, disregarding the two who were only Bronze Rank Two or Three, directly led Squad of four across the ten-kilometer boundary.

In Sea City, people categorize the outside mist world into several Ranks, from near to far.

First, there's the two-kilometer safety line, within which those with Bronze Rank strength generally face no danger.

The area from two to ten kilometers is called the suburban area, containing a large number of Bronze Rank monsters, suitable for Inner City residents to hunt monsters.

From ten to thirty kilometers, this area is considered dangerous, with Silver Rank and Gold Rank monsters becoming increasingly numerous as the distance increases.

Finally, there is the thirty-kilometer boundary, the ultimate Void Realm barrier; crossing this distance leads into the three major Void Realms.

Depending on the direction, one enters different Void Realms: the south and east lead to the Earth Demon Territory, the north and northwest to the Land of Evil, and the remaining directions to the Spirit Void Realm.

These three Void Realms completely separate Sea City from other cities on Tianlan Star, and no one knows how other cities are faring, or if they are struggling to survive under this mist like them.

The people of Sea City also don't know how many other Void Realms exist besides these three; everything is an unknown.

"No problem."

Facing the sudden increase in difficulty, Fang Yuan didn't care; his body had been strengthened by 【Source Devour】 devouring a large amount of monster Origin, and its toughness would not lose to monsters of equivalent strength; in fact, his Physical Body strength was even greater.

Thinking of his powerful Physical Body, Fang Yuan suddenly thought of another problem: each time he killed elite monsters with powerful Talents, he would gain a bit of unknown energy.

After so many days of speculation, he could basically confirm what this was: it was the ability 【Plunder】 from the second branch of his Talent.

Ability branch two, 【Plunder】, is described as plundering the monster's Talent Origin to complete the owner's Talent.

Over these many days, he didn't seem to have much feeling for this ability.

All along, what he most directly felt was the first ability branch, 【Devour】, which devours the Origin of any monster killed by the owner, restoring injuries and strengthening all of his own abilities.

It was this ability that made his strength grow a little stronger with each monster he killed.

No, to be precise, it should be an all-around improvement; his physical qualities were strengthening in all aspects, it was just particularly noticeable in terms of strength, so much so that he previously thought it was only his strength improving.

Actually, it wasn't; strength was only one part, there was also more Physical Body toughness, bone strength, and improvements in various other aspects.

What made Fang Yuan somewhat confused was the difference between the Origin energy devoured by Ability One and the Talent Origin plundered by Ability Two.

The Plunder of Ability Two only activates when he kills elite monsters; he can perceive an unknown progress inside his body increasing by a bit, but besides that, there are no other benefits.

Unlike the Devour of Ability One, as long as he kills a monster, his Physical Body strength will increase a little.

Fang Yuan

Rank: Bronze Rank Six (13%)

True Spirit Talent: Origin Devouring (Silver Rank)

Talent: Origin Enhancement (60.2%)

Fang Yuan perceived his own situation, looking at the unknown progress (tentatively set as Talent Advancement) which had already exceeded half, and he was somewhat looking forward to when it reached one hundred percent.

As the Rank of the monsters he killed increased, the proportion of elite monsters at that level grew.

In his estimation, once he reached Bronze Tenth Level or Breakthrough to Silver Rank, he would know what that unknown existence was.

Based on currently known information, this is likely the progress of his True Spirit Talent advancing to Gold Rank.

The Plunder of progress two does not directly Plunder a monster's Talent to become his own Talent.

If he gained a monster's True Spirit Talent by killing it, wouldn't he possess an endless supply of Talents? That would be too abnormal.

This is indeed the case; it seems that this Plunder merely Plunders the most fundamental energy from a monster's Talent, becoming the energy for the third ability branch, 【Evolution】.

Ability Two and Ability Three complement each other; Ability Three alone is not very useful and requires Ability Two to provide energy.

"Fang Yuan kid, what are you thinking about so intently?"

A pleasant, aristocratic woman's voice interrupted Fang Yuan's thoughts. He looked up and saw Li Yuxuan's beautiful face completely filling his vision.

Her bright eyes held a hint of displeasure; she felt it necessary to correct Fang Yuan's distracted state in the mist.

Being distracted in a dangerous place was tantamount to gambling with one's life.

"I was thinking, if I rely solely on my body to fight monsters in close combat, how long would it take me to kill one?"

This displeasure lasted only a moment, then Li Yuxuan suddenly wanted to see how long it would take this strong young man to kill a monster using only his body.

After Lin Zhizhi dropped quite a few tracking stones, the group arrived near the ten-kilometer line.

This was indeed monster territory; groups of monsters appeared frequently, becoming their prey, and their crystal cores were collected by Lin Zhizhi.

Soon, a Bronze Rank Six elite monster, over three meters tall, appeared. Fang Yuan, having read the compendium of monsters, recognized it at a glance as a monster called Earth Ape.

As a suitable target appeared, Fang Yuan's fighting spirit ignited. At Li Yuxuan's signal, he approached the Earth Ape before it could even move forward.