Xu Kun's face went pale.
F-tier talent was the lowest-grade talent among the myriad races. Only humans and low-tier sequence races ranked E or F would awaken talents of this grade!
According to big data analysis, the probability of an F-tier talent awakening among humans was close to that of an A-tier talent—one in ten thousand. Every year, there were roughly four to five thousand such people!
And of those four to five thousand, fewer than one-tenth could pass the novice trial!
Even if they were lucky enough to pass the novice trial, they would likely be stripped of their freedom in the "Great Reckoning" after the week-long novice trial ended, becoming a part of the Haotian Pagoda...
Taking a deep breath, Xu Kun quickly dispelled his dejection. Awakening an F-tier talent had been within his expectations!
Talent was closely tied to bloodline. Dragons gave birth to dragons, phoenixes gave birth to phoenixes, and rats' sons knew how to dig holes!
His father had gone missing before he was born. He did not know what talent his father had possessed, but his mother only had an F-tier talent, which had greatly affected him!
But his mother had raised him through countless hardships. A son did not despise his mother for being ugly, so how could Xu Kun resent her?
As he continued reading, Xu Kun's expression gradually changed.
F-tier Talent: Myriad Races Bestiary
All Attributes +1
All Attributes +1! This was an even more useless attribute boost than the most common F-tier talent recorded in the database, which gave +5% to a single attribute!
If it had been a normal F-tier talent, it would have ended after the attribute boost. But clearly, Xu Kun's F-tier talent was not normal!
"It... it actually has additional traits!"
Xu Kun clicked his tongue. Things like additional traits only existed on a small number of B-tier talents. Normally, only A-tier talents and above were guaranteed to have them!
And the higher the talent, the more traits it possessed. Yet Xu Kun's talent actually had a full three additional traits!
Bestiary Unlocked: You can use the Myriad Races Bestiary to learn detailed information about a target's race—unable to investigate targets whose talent rank is more than two tiers higher than your own and who possess information concealment skills!
Xu Kun's F-tier talent could materialize into a book. Whenever he encountered a racial monster, it would automatically flip open to a certain page and provide detailed information!
Myriad Races Bestiary:
1: For every 100 creatures of the same race killed, you can obtain that race's unique skill—the skill rank increases as the Myriad Races Bestiary rank rises!
Current Kill Count: 0/100!
Note: Not limited by the talent rank of the currently killed racial monsters, but upgrading skills requires the Myriad Races Bestiary to surpass the skill rank!
In other words, if Xu Kun was capable enough to kill 100 racial monsters with A-tier talents, he could obtain that race's unique A-tier skill. But if he wanted to upgrade it, he would have to wait until the "Myriad Races Bestiary" reached S-tier!
2: For every racial boss killed, you can obtain that racial boss's talent—the talent rank increases as the Myriad Races Bestiary rank rises!
Note: There is no restriction on the boss's talent rank. Killing it grants a talent of the corresponding rank. The upgrade requirements are the same as for skills!
3: Kill all leaders/ultimate bosses of a race to obtain dominion over that race!
Note: Currently limited to F-tier races. The ultimate boss cannot exceed E-tier!
Bestiary Advancement: Kill 10 bosses of the same rank as the Myriad Races Bestiary to upgrade the Myriad Races Bestiary!
Current Rank: F!
Current F-tier Boss Kill Count: 0/10!
Silence! Utter silence!
Within the awakening space, Xu Kun's expression was truly something to behold!
After a long while, he finally took a deep breath and said from the bottom of his heart, "You call this an F-tier talent?"
Aside from the eye-searing All Attributes +1, the three traits carried by the Myriad Races Bestiary were each more powerful than the last!
Bestiary Unlocked allowed him to inspect the information of any racial monster. Even races below C-tier with concealment skills would have nowhere to hide!
It could greatly improve Xu Kun's safety and speed when killing monsters!
The three major functions of the Myriad Races Bestiary were even more outrageous.
Simply put, killing monsters granted upgradeable skills, killing bosses granted upgradeable talents, and killing all the leaders/ultimate bosses of a race granted the Power of Life and Death over that race!
Ultimate bosses were equivalent to the nine Lords of the Era born among humanity over the past thousand years!
The talents of the myriad races did not have such extreme upper and lower limits as humanity's. An ultimate boss from an ordinary F-tier race would at most possess an E-tier talent, while D-tier talent bosses were extremely rare!
In other words, if an F-tier race had only one ultimate boss, Xu Kun could obtain absolute dominion over that race after killing it!
Good heavens, do not underestimate an F-tier race. It could represent hundreds of millions of creatures from that race!
Even one hundred million ants could easily bite an SSS-tier trial participant of the same level to death, right?
Breathe, calm down, breathe, calm down!
"Fuck, I can't calm down!" Xu Kun could not hide his excitement. Just when all seemed lost, a new path had opened before him!
He had thought awakening an F-tier talent meant he was finished, but he had never expected this F-tier talent to give him such an enormous surprise!
The first two traits were already shocking, but the third was what made Xu Kun feel that he would not trade this F-tier talent even for an SSS-tier talent!
Upgradeable talents were unheard of and unseen!
Kill ten F-tier bosses, and his talent could advance to E-tier!
Ten E-tier bosses meant D-tier, ten D-tier bosses meant C-tier, ten C-tier bosses...
"Then if I kill ten bosses with SS-tier talents, wouldn't I advance to SSS-tier?"
Xu Kun muttered to himself, but to his surprise, the awakening space responded.
Ding. In response to the awakeners' question, the answer is yes in theory. However, the prerequisite is that you have already upgraded your talent to SS-tier. Only then can you advance your talent to SSS-tier by killing ten SS-tier bosses!
Xu Kun was startled. Textbooks had never mentioned that the awakening space could communicate!
He tentatively asked, "Then what if I kill ten SSS-tier bosses?"
The space fell silent, only responding after a long while.
You can try!
Xu Kun: ...
Try with what? Only eight SSS-tier trial participants had been born in all of humanity so far. According to experts' estimates, the earliest, the Azure God, had already climbed to somewhere above the eightieth floor of the Haotian Pagoda. Compared to people like that, likening himself to a firefly beside the moon would already be flattering himself!
Talent was crucial, but the number of floors climbed in the Haotian Pagoda was even more important!
Talent represented a person's potential and determined their upper limit. Floors represented class, level, equipment, and skills, determining their lower limit!
Ding. Talent awakening complete. Please choose an ID for your trials in the Haotian Pagoda!
Xu Kun answered without hesitation, "Kun!"
This was the ID Xu Kun had long prepared.
The name Kun had been left behind by the father he had never met!
His parents and Hao Jian's parents had been the closest of friends. When both mothers had been pregnant, they had arranged a marriage between their children. Unfortunately, they ended up giving birth to two boys!
Sadly, Xu Kun's father had gone missing before he was born. As for where he had gone, his mother and Hao Jian's parents had always kept silent!
However, it had been agreed beforehand that the names of the two families' children would be chosen from an ancient Huaxia saying from a thousand years ago.
"Heaven's movement is Jian; thus, the gentleman strives tirelessly for self-improvement. Earth's Position Kun; thus, the gentleman bears all things with virtue!"
Hao Jian had been born half an hour before Xu Kun, earning the honor of "Jian," while Xu Kun could only settle for second best and choose "Kun"!
Choosing a single-character ID was also a habit among many humans. Over the past thousand years, humanity had produced nine Lords of the Era, but the publicly acknowledged strongest were "Cang" and "Yuan." The other Lords of the Era had more or less drawn inspiration from mythological figures in ancient texts from a thousand years ago!
Xu Kun and Hao Jian were no exception. Taking "Cang" and "Yuan" as their goals, they hoped that one day, their own IDs would also bear the title of God!
Namely, "Kun God" and "Jian Shen"!
Xu Kun was still immersed in the joy of his F-tier talent and did not hear the awakening space's repeated reminders.
Ding. Three confirmations complete. The ID "Kun" has been bound to the awakener. May "Kun" have a bright future and forever climb the Haotian Pagoda!
"Wait, not Kun! It's Kun!"
Ding. The three confirmations have concluded. Sorry, awakener, the ID cannot be changed unless you die and are destroyed!
Xu Kun: ...
Forget it. Kun it was!
Xu Kun had read in ancient texts that a famous figure named "Kun Kun" had existed a thousand years ago. His followers were known as "Kun Lovers," and in that peaceful era, he had brought laughter and joy to ordinary humans!
He would just consider it honoring the past!
After choosing his ID, the sensation of being watched that he had felt during awakening once again enveloped Xu Kun's body.
Xu Kun did not panic. The awakening space was scanning his physical condition and would provide his corresponding five-dimensional attributes!
Compared to the unknown process of awakening talents, Xu Kun had absolute confidence in his five-dimensional physical attributes!
This was also why his classmates admired and envied him!
Ever since he started school at the age of seven, Xu Kun had diligently honed his body under his mother's urging, all for this very day!
Ding. Physical scan complete. Five-dimensional attributes synchronized. Awakener "Kun" may now view your personal data!
With a thought from Xu Kun, his data panel appeared before him.
Haotian Pagoda ID: Kun Talent: Myriad Races Bestiary (F-tier) Level: 0 Class: None Strength: 9+1 (Base Physical Attack Panel) Spirit: 9+1 (Base Magic Attack Panel) Vitality: 9+1 (Base HP/Physical Defense/HP Recovery Panel) Agility: 8+1 (Base Accuracy/Evasion/Attack Speed/Movement Speed Panel) Willpower: 9+1 (Base Energy/Magic Defense/Energy Recovery Panel) Luck: 0 (Affects opportunity triggers/drop rate/success rate of various actions... a series of luck-related effects; cannot be gained through normal point allocation) Physical Attack: 20 (Strength *2 for those without a class) Magic Attack: 20 (Same as above) HP: 100 (Vitality *10) Energy: 100 (Same as above) Physical Defense: 20 (Vitality *2) Magic Defense: 20 (Same as above, excluding elemental defense) HP Recovery: 2 points/S after 5S out of combat (Vitality/5), doubled while meditating Energy Recovery: Same as above Accuracy: Based on target's evasion value Evasion: Based on target's accuracy value Attack Speed: Slow Walking Speed: 0.9M/S (Agility/10) Elemental Attributes: None Equipment: None Skills: None
"Yes!" Xu Kun pumped his fist. Eleven years of persistence had not been in vain!
The textbooks recorded that human bodies could not compare to the powerful races among the myriad races. Data compiled over hundreds of years showed that the highest possible single human base attribute was 10!
But the peak value an ordinary person could reach through training was 9!
A single attribute reaching 10 only existed among certain geniuses—or fools!
Those born with extraordinary strength or robust physiques could reach Strength 10 or Vitality 10. Those with near-demonic intelligence could reach Spirit 10. Those born agile could reach Agility 10. Those naturally emotionally detached could reach Willpower 10!
However, those who could reach the maximum in one, or even two, attributes often displayed weaknesses in other areas. It was extremely rare for someone with a maxed-out attribute to also have high values in the others!
Therefore, human base attributes were generally judged by their total!
Above 30 was considered excellent, above 35 was outstanding, above 40 was already perfect, and above 45 was rarer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns. Xu Kun's original base total had already reached 44, placing him absolutely among the top 1% of humans participating in this novice trial!
But that was without counting the All Attributes +1 from the "Myriad Races Bestiary"!
After adding it, he was shocked to discover that aside from Agility, his other four attributes had already approached humanity's initial limit!
Altogether, they had reached a terrifying 49!
If talent was lacking, base attributes could make up for it. This was also why Xu Kun believed he could pass the novice trial. Those diligent training sessions through freezing winters and scorching summers had created the numbers he possessed today!
"With a base total of 49, even if it isn't unprecedented and unmatched, it is still an exceptionally high number. Even without talent bonuses like everyone else, dealing with those low-level monsters from F-tier races will be easy!" Xu Kun was very satisfied with this result.
But everything was not over yet. The awakening space suddenly trembled. In the next instant, upon hearing the prompt by his ear, Xu Kun's pupils contracted sharply!
Ding. Due to awakening the unique F-tier talent, the God of Luck has bestowed a merciful blessing upon you. You have obtained...
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