Attribute Light Orbs and a New Diary

Bang!!

Inside the Dream World, outside a new single-story villa.

Five Faceless Ones appeared one after another and soon engaged Chen Feng in battle.

Boom!

A fist shot out with unstoppable momentum.

Chen Feng happened to need some targets right now to vent his negative emotions.

Instantly, with a dull explosion, one Faceless One was seen struck in the head, flying backward.

Whoosh!

However, the remaining four showed no emotion or feeling whatsoever.

Ignoring their companion's death, they punched, kicked, grappled, and rammed, quickly surrounding Chen Feng in the center.

"Exploding Fist!"

With a cold expression, Chen Feng suddenly charged forward and threw a punch.

In an instant, the air howled, as if a vacuum had momentarily formed.

Thud!

The struck Faceless One flew backward, its head caved in, crashing into another companion.

Clatter clatter clatter clatter clatter!

Rapid footsteps, whistling wind sounds from left and right behind him.

Chen Feng knew the remaining two were there, so he planted his left foot and twisted his body into a spin.

Whoosh!

A whip kick traced an arc through the air, landing squarely on a Faceless One's head.

With a crack, the sound of bone breaking rang out.

Chen Feng didn't even glance at the one flying backward. He narrowed his eyes, withdrew his fist, and drove his elbow backward in a brutal thrust.

Thud!

The last sneaking Faceless One was struck in a vital spot and soon lost all sound.

"Phew!"

The battle over, Chen Feng stood still and let out a breath.

His mood had inexplicably improved quite a bit. Looking at the Faceless Ones collapsed on the ground, he suddenly felt they were far more pleasing to the eye than some people in the real world.

Whoosh whoosh!

Then, his figure flashed backward.

Five streaks of black line attacks were dodged.

A sizzling sound arose from the spot, and foul gray smoke curled upward.

Focusing his gaze, a large pool of Black Water evaporated rapidly, leaving behind a patch of writhing, screeching Insect Ants and a corroded pit.

Chen Feng was long used to this and found it unremarkable.

In comparison, the rapidly fading, dissolving corpses of the Faceless Ones drew more of his attention.

"These Faceless Ones felt a bit stronger this time."

Watching the Gray Light Orb slowly appear, a glint of light flashed in Chen Feng's eyes.

Five attacking together, close to Amateur Fourth Dan.

That was his impression from just now.

And this was also the trial he had to undergo every time he explored a new area.

Shaking his head, Chen Feng didn't dwell on it.

He stepped left and right, approaching, and soon collected five Gray Light Orbs.

[You have obtained five Talent Light Orbs: Perception!]

[Perception +5!]

[Talent: Perception lv1 (71/100)]

The panel notification automatically appeared, and Chen Feng couldn't help raising an eyebrow.

Without him even noticing, the Perception Talent had already leveled up to this point.

Based on his experience, he figured that by the time he explored the next new area and killed six Faceless Ones, he could upgrade the Perception Talent to lv2.

"Not bad."

Nodding in satisfaction, Chen Feng didn't waste any more time. He soon stepped forward, pushed open the iron gate, and walked into this new single-story villa before him.

The green trees in the front yard had long withered, half the ground was dirt, the other half paved with gray bricks.

The overall style of the house leaned toward dark tones, and Chen Feng quickly pushed open the deep brown wooden door.

Whoosh!

The sound of the door opening cut through the air. Chen Feng's gaze shifted, and he immediately spotted what he was looking for in the living room.

Four light orbs—three red and one white.

His eyes brightened. Chen Feng stepped forward quickly and reached out to touch the four orbs.

[You have picked up three (Limit Breaking Light Orbs)!]

[Limit Breaking Light Orb: Residual will of a Martial Artist]

[Quality: Beginner]

[Effect: Can slightly increase Martial Dao skill proficiency]

[You have picked up one (Attribute Light Orb)!]

[Attribute Light Orb: Residual spirituality of a Supernatural]

[Quality: Beginner]

[Effect: After use, increases Four-Dimensional Attributes by 0.5 points, distribution random]

Glancing at his gains, Chen Feng summoned his panel and fixed his gaze on the '+' sign behind Judo: Beginner.

[Judo: Proficient (10%) +]

"Proficient proficiency. One Limit Breaking Orb only adds about 20%."

"Even if I use all three Limit Breaking Orbs, I still can't push Judo to the Mastery level."

The thought flashed through his mind, and Chen Feng also checked Exploding Fist's progress.

[Exploding Fist: Beginner (11%) +]

He shook his head again and temporarily gave up on the idea of adding points to these two skills.

The reason was simple: tomorrow, he was heading to the Martial Arts Hall's Core Class.

Based on Coach Lu's private reminder, Chen Feng knew that he would be exposed to some basic inheritances of Martial Dao Schools.

So, since Judo and Exploding Fist couldn't break through for now and wouldn't strengthen his combat power, he might as well keep the Limit Breaking Orbs for now and see how things went tomorrow.

If he really did come into contact with the basic inheritance of a Martial Dao School, he might be able to add points and learn it directly.

His mind made up, Chen Feng's thoughts were clear, and he quickly turned his attention to the Attribute Light Orb.

Without hesitation, he silently chanted:

"Add points!"

[Strength: 9.9]

[Agility: 9.3 → 9.5]

[Physique: 9.6 → 9.8]

[Will: 10.0 → 10.1]

"Didn't get allocated to Strength this time."

His gaze flickered. Chen Feng felt a bit of regret.

He sensed that if he could raise Strength just a little more, he should be able to reach the level of Amateur Ninth Dan.

Still, he wasn't too disappointed. Something was better than nothing, and as long as he was improving, that was a good thing.

With that thought, Chen Feng quickly calmed down and continued searching through the dreamscape.

Perhaps his luck was ordinary—he couldn't sense any more light orbs.

But a new diary entry caught his attention.

[Alliance Calendar 245, December 6th.]

[This winter is colder than ever. The Black Calamity has cut off all roads leading to the wilderness.]

[The high walls are corroded and rotting. Dawn is fading. The Enforcement Team won't last much longer.]

[I don't know if we can survive.]

[Alliance Calendar 246, January 19th.]

[We made it through the harsh winter, but the city's defense perimeter has shrunk again.]

[Food is running out. The roads are blocked.]

[Reinforcements from other cities still haven't arrived. Maybe they've encountered the Black Calamity too.]

[Alliance Calendar 246, March 5th.]

[In the darkness, I finally heard something that barely counts as good news.]

[On the very front line of the defense circle, a newcomer from the Enforcement Team actually experienced a talent mutation and summoned the spirit of an ancestor.]

[Perhaps he will become our hope for survival?]

The diary ended here, the handwriting hasty.

But Chen Feng's intuition told him this was left by a man.

Because in this villa, he only saw men's clothes and shoes.

"Alliance Calendar year 246?"

"The last Alliance General History I saw mentioned that the High Wall Alliance was born 240 years ago. That means that history was likely written in Alliance Calendar year 240."

"It also mentioned the Abyss and Black Calamity appearing thirty years ago, so the first appearance of the Black Calamity would be Alliance Calendar year 210."

His eyes flickered as Chen Feng recalled the [Alliance General History] he had seen before, piecing together its information with the diary as best he could.

Then, looking at the last entry in this diary, His heart stirred, and he couldn't help but think of the first diary he had discovered, left by a young man named Wang Yu.

It seemed that in the end, he too had joined the Enforcement Team?