43: Chapter 43 Extraordinary Encounters

Feng Bo's face was filled with pleasant surprise, and the rich energy emitted by the transcendent core in his hand could be clearly felt even by someone as ordinary as him.

Although it was said that as an elite individual among low-level anomalous entities, the transcendent factors contained within the body of a Thorn Vine Beast had a probability of condensing into a transcendent core.

But everyone knew that merely being an elite individual, the probability of dropping a transcendent core wasn't very high.

Before making the cut, he had thought that recovering a few more transcendent materials from the Thorn Vine Beast would already be a great blessing.

He never expected that with this single cut, he would actually slice out a transcendent core.

Holding the transcendent core, Feng Bo went straight to find Wang Ting.

"The Thorn Vine Beast dropped a transcendent core. This thing is different from ordinary transcendent materials. I'm afraid someone might take risks, so it's best to leave it with you first."

Feng Bo handed over the transcendent core directly, and that green eyeball-like jade was just placed on the table like that.

Wang Ting felt curious, reached out to pick up the transcendent core, and examined it carefully.

The transcendent core in his hand carried a hint of coolness, looking very much like a piece of suet white jade, but its texture was much harder.

'I remember you seemed to have told me that the transcendent core is a must-have for making transcendent potions?'

"Yes." Feng Bo nodded, speaking to Wang Ting about the transcendent core.

"The transcendent core is the core material condensed from all the transcendent factors of an anomalous monster.

Simply put, transcendent potions of different levels use the transcendent factors in the transcendent core, combined with various auxiliary transcendent materials, to neutralize their manic power, making them calmer and easier for the human body to absorb. This is the essence of a transcendent potion."

"Actually, on the wasteland, there has always been a rumor that someone directly consumed the transcendent core, withstood the impact of that violent transcendent power, and eventually obtained their own transcendent power, gaining a pathway to ascend to being a transcendent."

Wang Ting could sense that rich transcendent factors were hidden within this transcendent core. It was as if as long as he held this transcendent core, he could actively absorb the transcendent power inside.

Perhaps because his physique had reached the level of secondary limit-breaking, this feeling was far more obvious than it was for Feng Bo.

Feng Bo seemed to notice Wang Ting's action, and he was so frightened that he quickly stopped him.

"Don't absorb it directly! Directly absorbing the power of the transcendent core may cause you to be eroded by the monster's power, eventually turning into a half-human, half-monster existence. Both Jumu City and the black market have transcendent potions. Since you've broken through the second limit, I think you might as well use the transcendent core to trade there."

In fact, after saying these words, Feng Bo suddenly froze in place.

He suddenly realized that his words had overstepped the boundary.

Whether to trade or not, and how Wang Ting broke through to become a transcendent was Wang Ting's business. Even if he had suggestions, he shouldn't be so worried. At least from the perspective of the entire Shelter, he was Zhao Kun's subordinate, not Wang Ting's subordinate.

Furthermore, although the transcendent core was nominally obtained by Wang Ting's solo kill, this thing was closely related to transcendent materials, and he should have reported it to Zhao Kun instead of carefully discussing the whereabouts of the transcendent core with Wang Ting like this.

Hearing this, Wang Ting smiled: "I've been hearing you guys talk about transcendent potions and transcendents. Is the gap between transcendents and ordinary people really this huge?"

These words broke the awkwardness. Seeing Wang Ting's calm and composed appearance, Feng Bo instead breathed a sigh of relief and settled his mind.

"A world of difference." After a slight silence, he slowly said, "Like Boss Zhao and Boss Fan, after reaching the human limit of secondary limit-breaking, their strength is at most enough to lift a car, roughly between 800 and 1000kg. However, even for the weakest transcendent pathway, a tier-one transcendent's physical fitness and strength can be said to be several times theirs."

"How many transcendent pathways are there in total?"

Feng Bo showed a bitter smile: "You think too highly of me. How could I know how many transcendent pathways there are in total? The transcendent pathways generally circulated by the black market outside Huangyan Town and Jumu City are all tier-one transcendent potions, mainly concentrated in the two pathways of [Gardener] and [Painless]. As for other pathways, I don't know."

Wang Ting said thoughtfully: "They are all tier-one potions, yet their names are different. Could there be a difference?"

"There is definitely a difference. I heard that the gardener potion's ability seems to be related to plants, while the painless potion leans more towards combat. However, as for what specific abilities they have, I don't know; I only know that the transcendent cores from which their power originates are completely different."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Ting and Feng Bo chatted a lot about transcendent pathways. Unfortunately, although Feng Bo was an old hand in the apocalypse, he hadn't been exposed to much more transcendent information. Much of his news came from Zhao Kun or was heard on the black market when he went out to trade, and it was only a half-understanding, far from being accurately grasped.

The two chatted for about half an hour, and then Feng Bo went out to deal with the remaining corpses of the Parasitic Fungus Vines.

He had to organize manpower to finish this part of the work as soon as possible before he could mobilize more forces to deal with the forest matter.

"Feng Bo is trustworthy, and he's quite meticulous."

From Feng Bo's handling of the battlefield during the Parasitic Fungus Vine interception battle and his current actions, it actually indicated one attitude—he was standing on Wang Ting's side.

It was also because of this reason that he told Wang Ting everything he knew.

Wang Ting sorted out his thoughts, especially regarding the transcendent pathways.

Playing with the transcendent core in his hand, Wang Ting thought to himself: "The power of the transcendent pathways comes from the transcendent cores of anomalous monsters. With so many anomalous monsters, the power of each one is probably vastly different, but not all of them have necessarily developed transcendent potions. But if they have already been developed, there are probably stronger advanced potions above tier-one potions, otherwise they wouldn't be called pathways. On this path of transcendence, one truly cannot underestimate the survivors' research into it over hundreds of years. I wonder how the transcendent pathways compare to my exchange items in terms of superiority."

Wang Ting was undoubtedly tempted. After all, his physical fitness had already reached the secondary limit-breaking level. Exchange items could enhance his strength, and transcendent pathways could do the same.

However, to be safe, he needed to understand the transcendent pathways better before exchanging, so that he could make a good decision.

"I have to find an opportunity to visit the black market in person."

[Anomalous entity Thorn Vine Beast recorded. The current monster's available exchange items are as follows:]

[Primary Plant Control (Trait): 200 monster points]

[Vine Beast Body (Trait): 200 monster points]

[Wall of Thousand Vines (Creation): 200 monster points]

[Earth Vine Spike (Skill): 200 monster points]

[Thorn Vine Beast (Servant Beast): 300 monster points]

Seeing the exchange interface of the Thorn Vine Beast, Wang Ting's eyes lit up, especially after seeing the trait Primary Plant Control, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

Compared to previous monsters like Parasitic Fungus Vines and Sand Scorpions, the quality of the exchange items and traits was significantly higher by a large margin.

He looked closely, and the detailed information of these 5 exchange items flashed into his mind.

Primary Plant Control: Can influence and control plants within a range of fifty meters.

Vine Beast Body: Gain a strong body and spine-strength bones like the Thorn Vine Beast, increasing self-healing ability.

Wall of Thousand Vines: A special creation of vine power, which can integrate and forge a plant wall three hundred meters long, three hundred meters wide, and five meters high. It can self-heal with nutrients, but is weak to fire.

Earth Vine Spike: Randomly summon Earth Vine Spikes within a three-hundred-meter range, possessing extremely strong lethal capabilities.

The ability of the Wall of Thousand Vines is actually to forge city walls?

After seeing the effect of the Wall of Thousand Vines, Wang Ting's pupils shrank involuntarily, and a look of shock couldn't help but appear on his face.

He really wanted to take down all these exchange items. Whether it was Primary Plant Control or Wall of Thousand Vines, to him, these were all of utmost importance.

"What a pity, I only have 206 monster points right now."

Wang Ting pondered for a moment, and then chose Primary Plant Control without any hesitation.