Innate Talent, Kobold

Lu Yuan flipped his right hand and took out the Blacklight Alloy Sword from the War Rune Space.

The sword reflected a faint light under the scorching sun.

Lu Yuan hunched over, cautiously approaching the Graystone Beetle.

When he approached the Graystone Beetle to about twenty meters, the Graystone Beetle's rock-eating action suddenly stopped, the two antennae on its head twitched, and then it turned around.

It was stunned after seeing Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was also stunned.

This little thing has a bit of sensitivity.

The two sides looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, the Graystone Beetle made a squeaking sound, and rushed towards Lu Yuan with its eight short legs.

The Graystone Beetle was only the size of a small dog, about to Lu Yuan's knees, but its mouthparts were hideous, and it looked a little terrifying.

After all, this is an insect, and Lu Yuan had never seen such a big insect on Earth in his previous life, it's not like an Alien.

However, Lu Yuan now has strength, so naturally he won't be nervous.

When the Graystone Beetle rushed in front of Lu Yuan, it opened its hideous mouthparts and bit towards Lu Yuan's calf.

The Military Body Fist and Military Killing Sword that Lu Yuan practiced both have dodging footwork. With a sideways movement, he easily dodged the Graystone Beetle's pounce and bite.

The Blacklight Alloy Sword in his hand slashed out, hitting the Graystone Beetle's head.

Clang!

The Blacklight Alloy Sword seemed to have slashed on a rock, making a dull sound, and the sword got stuck in the Graystone Beetle's head.

This was completely different from the power of the Cat Person archer's bow and arrow that Lu Yuan had seen before.

He understood that this was probably the difference between a Gene Weapon and an ordinary weapon.

But he was poor and couldn't afford a Gene Weapon, what could he do?

The Graystone Beetle's strength was extremely great. Lu Yuan's sword wounded the Graystone Beetle, causing it to let out a sharp hiss, and its body twisted frantically.

The huge force almost made Lu Yuan unable to hold the long sword in his hand. The long sword came out of the wound, and the Graystone Beetle bit towards Lu Yuan again.

The distance was very close, and Lu Yuan could even see the opening and closing hideous mouthparts.

He jumped back abruptly.

Clang!

The mouthparts snapped shut in front of Lu Yuan's feet.

Lu Yuan was so shocked that cold sweat broke out on his back.

Seeing it on the forum is completely different from encountering a monster in reality!

The power in this small body of the Graystone Beetle is a little stronger than him.

Is this the monster of the Origin Land?

Fortunately, he didn't come in as soon as he awakened, otherwise he would definitely die unpeacefully.

The wound angered the Graystone Beetle, and seeing Lu Yuan dodge, it pounced again.

The Graystone Beetle's attack movements were very simple. With experience, Lu Yuan could easily dodge its attacks.

While dodging the attacks, he also left wounds on the Graystone Beetle's head.

After slashing the Graystone Beetle five times, the long sword in Lu Yuan's hand finally pierced through the thick carapace on its head, completely penetrating its brain.

The Graystone Beetle squeaked, its body fell to the ground, and its eight small legs twitched continuously.

Death.

Lu Yuan looked at the dead Graystone Beetle and breathed a sigh of relief.

This kind of life-and-death struggle was different from practicing martial arts in the martial arts hall. Lu Yuan's forehead was sweating.

Fortunately, it was an unintelligent creature, so the difficulty wasn't too high.

At this moment, a white light flickered on the dead Graystone Beetle, and the white light condensed in front of it, forming a thumb-sized white crystal.

His eyes lit up, and he smiled.

This was one of the most attractive things in the Origin Land.

The crystal formed by the life energy of a monster upon death, a Spirit Crystal.

Spirit Crystals were not only easy to absorb, but also the basic currency unit for all races to trade, and had great value.

Basically, every monster would drop Spirit Crystals, just more or less.

A weak monster like the Graystone Beetle could only drop one at most.

Lu Yuan had seen it in the newbie posts before.

Such a small Spirit Crystal could be absorbed by an Apprentice-level Gene Warrior in about ten minutes to half an hour, which was comparable to the cultivation results of an ordinary person for several hours or even a day.

Lu Yuan picked up the Spirit Crystal.

He thought about it, he had no other use for this Spirit Crystal now, so he might as well absorb it and see the effect.

But he had to find a safe place first, after all, being unable to move for ten minutes was a bit dangerous.

First, deal with this Graystone Beetle.

Lu Yuan used the Blacklight Alloy Sword to cut off a thick piece of gray stone armor from the back of the Graystone Beetle.

This was a forging material that could be sold for money outside.

After putting away the gray stone armor, the Graystone Beetle had no value, and Lu Yuan left the place.

Before long, he found a secluded cave under a rocky desert.

He entered the cave, sat down, and then took out the previous Spirit Crystal.

Lu Yuan followed the information he had seen in the previous post, held the Spirit Crystal in his hand, and circulated the Spirit Qi Guiding Art.

Instantly, the Spirit Crystal turned into strands of spirit qi, which were absorbed by Lu Yuan, passed through the white mist, and finally merged into the gene chain. The bottom gene chain lit up a little bit again, which was about the same as the effect of his hard work for an hour.

Lu Yuan: "..."

Lu Yuan, who had just closed his eyes, opened them again, looking at the Spirit Crystal powder in his hand with a dazed expression, a little unable to react.

It's gone?

That's it?

Didn't they say it would take at least ten minutes?

This... is my sense of time off?

Lu Yuan was a little dumbfounded.

He realized that his situation seemed to be different from what was said in the posts.

Before, it was said that it would take several days to sense and absorb Spirit Qi, but he absorbed it as soon as he closed his eyes.

Now it was said that it would take at least ten minutes to absorb a Spirit Crystal, but he absorbed it all in a few breaths.

Then Lu Yuan thought for a moment, and he was relieved again.

That's right, after all, the first time he absorbed Spirit Qi, it was like this, he absorbed it all at once, without any preparation time.

Talented and extraordinary, that's me, right?

Lu Yuan felt a little happy in his heart.

Wait...

Just then, Lu Yuan thought of something, and his eyes lit up.

It takes others ten minutes to absorb a Spirit Crystal, so naturally they need to collect them and find a safe place to absorb them together.

But he is different, it only takes one or two breaths.

Doesn't that mean that he can hunt monsters while absorbing the dropped Spirit Crystals?

In that case, wouldn't his growth rate be much faster than others?

Not only that, the Spirit Qi in the Spirit Crystal can replenish his consumed Spirit Qi.

Now he doesn't need to consume Spirit Qi much, but in the future, after engraving genes, using Gene Warrior skills will require a lot of Spirit Qi.

Doesn't that mean he can consume Spirit Qi while replenishing Spirit Qi?

A perpetual motion machine?

Lu Yuan had several bold ideas for a while.

His talent is too awesome, right?!

Lu Yuan calmed down his excited mood, left the cave, and planned to continue hunting.

With one battle experience, Lu Yuan also had a general understanding of his current strength.

His current strength can easily deal with a single Graystone Beetle, he can fight two, and he probably has to run away from three.

He continued to search for prey, planning to find lone Graystone Beetles.

Fortunately, the Graystone Forest is very large, there are many Graystone Beetles, and there are many lone ones.

A little over an hour, Lu Yuan found seven lone Graystone Beetles.

After defeating the Graystone Beetles, he absorbed the Spirit Crystals, and the Spirit Qi he obtained was comparable to Lu Yuan's hard cultivation for an entire night.

This cultivation speed was already about ten times faster than before.

And this was just the beginning. As his strength increased, the speed at which he hunted Graystone Beetles would become faster and faster, and the speed of improvement would only increase.

Chi!

After several exchanges, Lu Yuan stabbed a lone Graystone Beetle in the head with his sword.

He skillfully picked up the Spirit Crystal on the ground and cut off the gray stone armor.

Just as Lu Yuan was about to leave, he heard footsteps behind him.

He turned his head and saw two Kobolds wearing black leather armor and holding long knives walking out from behind a stone pillar.

The two Kobolds were also stunned when they saw Lu Yuan.

They quickly gripped the weapons in their hands warily and looked around.

But after discovering that there was no one around, the two Kobolds exchanged glances, and the smiles on their faces gradually became ferocious.

"Look what we've found? A lone human!"

"Human, what do you think we should do?"

Lu Yuan frowned slightly as he watched the two Kobolds slowly approaching.

He had anticipated this kind of situation before.

After all, it was a mixed bag here. After a Gene Warrior died, the things they had obtained would fall out of the War Rune Space, and they might encounter a situation of robbing the dead.

Therefore, Lu Yuan tried his best to find a place where no one was around to hunt monsters.

After all, he was very self-aware. His current strength was still far behind those Gene Warriors who had awakened for a long time.

He didn't expect that even though he was so careful, he still ran into people.

"Hehehe~ Human, obediently stand still, my knife is very fast, it won't make you feel pain."

A Kobold with a long knife in his hand had a wretched smile on his face, waving the long knife in his hand.

The other Kobold laughed even more exaggeratedly, he licked the corner of his mouth:

"I'd rather you resist, so we can have more fun."

Lu Yuan looked at the two Kobolds with a smile on his face:

"My friends are nearby, are there only two of you?"

Hearing this, the two Kobolds stopped and looked around in surprise.

"Your friends..."

One of the Kobolds didn't notice anything, and while speaking, he looked at Lu Yuan, only to find that Lu Yuan had already run dozens of meters away.

Immediately, the Kobold was furious: "Damn human! How dare you lie to me!"

"Chase! Kill him!"

Lu Yuan looked back at the two Kobolds chasing after him and grinned.

"I've remembered you guys! You just wait for me!"

Damn it.

Lu Yuan felt terrible.

Looking at the equipment on the two Kobolds, Lu Yuan knew that he couldn't beat them.

If he couldn't beat them, he could only run.

He didn't expect these two Kobolds to really chase after him like dogs.

At this moment, Lu Yuan's head was a little big.