Growth Rate 100

A few days later, still under the pitch-black night, beneath that cliff, Wang Wu ruthlessly slaughtered a family of nine Blood Spiders because they had actually dared to occupy that rock crevice.

Returning to his old haunt, Wang Wu felt deeply moved.

His body had now nearly doubled in size, reaching over fifty centimeters in length, to the point that he could no longer squeeze into the deepest part of the crevice.

Alas, my childhood is gone and will never return.

After devouring the entire Blood Spider family, Wang Wu lay quietly in the rock crevice. What came next would be an extremely crucial stage. He had no idea what commotion or changes might occur, so to be safe, he had stealthily made his way back and crawled in here again, all for the sake of security.

Time slowly passed. The Satiety within him was continuously consumed, eventually transforming into Growth Rate. At a certain moment, his Regular Growth Rate successfully reached 100%!

Wang Wu cheered inwardly. At that instant, without any warning, he felt his entire body grow scorching hot. His blood was like blazing flames, like a fire dragon coursing through his body, roaring, awakening.

He truly had the illusion that he was burning!

Yet this state lasted less than ten seconds before returning to calm.

It seemed as though nothing had happened, yet it also seemed as though something really had changed.

Wang Wu was not surprised. When he had been human, was there really any difference between the day he turned seven and the next day, when he was eight?

He could not feel it at all.

But he still had his attribute panel, and he still had informational prompts.

"You have grown into the next stage. You are a young bear capable of surviving on your own."

"A portion of the talents within your bloodline has been unlocked. This will make you stronger, but it also means that you are closer to your growth limit."

After the two messages appeared, Wang Wu's attribute panel automatically emerged as well, with all attributes refreshed.

Status: Ancient Giant Bear Juvenile Form (awakened four Bloodline Talents and unlocked the second stage of life)

Life: 230

Stamina: 150

Strength: 12

Agility: 7

Defense: 14

Satiety Limit: 550 points

Bloodline Talent: Stealth Level 5

Bloodline Talent: Self-Healing Level 5

Bloodline Talent: Spiritual Resonance Level 1

Bloodline Talent: Danger Sense Level 5

Spirit Root: Beginner Ice Spirit Root (1/10)

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy: 100/200

Ice Spirit Energy: 29/200

Regular Growth Rate: 0%

Special Growth Rate: 30%

Bloodline Evolution: 20%

Ice Resistance: 10/10

Fire Resistance: 6/10

Bee Venom Resistance: 2/10

Plant Toxin Resistance: 7/10

Normal Snake Venom Resistance: 5/5

Normal Spider Toxin Resistance: 5/5

Wang Wu carefully and earnestly examined the attribute panel several times, immediately realizing a cruel fact.

During the first stage, as a cub, his Bloodline Evolution had only been 10%.

Upon reaching the second stage and becoming a juvenile, his Bloodline Evolution had become 20%.

Following that logic, every stage of growth afterward should unlock another 10% of Bloodline Evolution.

Assuming there would be adolescent, young adult, adult, and elderly stages in the future, even counting everything to the fullest, he could only push his Bloodline Evolution to 60%.

But in reality, an elderly Ancient Giant Bear would likely no longer possess that advantage.

Then it would most likely stop at 50% Bloodline Evolution in the end.

"So no wonder it was hunted down and killed by a Heaven Realm Great Cultivator of the human race. This won't do."

Wang Wu shook his head inwardly. He did not want to become some overlord, but neither did he want to be killed. That was the most basic demand.

And now, there was no need for hesitation. He chose the Stealth Talent—upgrade!

In an instant, his Level 5 Stealth Talent rose to Level 6. But what Wang Wu had never expected was that after merely one upgrade, the 100 points of Spiritual Energy he had stored were completely drained.

At the second stage, the cost of upgrading talents had increased fivefold!

That was a little expensive.

Also, where was the information?

Wang Wu waited three seconds before several lines of information finally surfaced soundlessly.

"Because you remained motionless for three seconds, you have activated Level 6 Passive Concealment."

"In ordinary environments, you can now achieve perfect mimicry and blend with your surroundings. Even in certain special environments, such as snowfields, water, violent winds, deserts, and stony wastelands, you can still achieve excellent results."

"All insects and beasts will turn a blind eye to you. Even insect spirits especially skilled at detection, with extremely keen senses and advantages from special Bloodline Talents, such as wild bees, will be unable to discover you from a close distance."

"A considerable number of demons with insufficient cultivation will also overlook you, unless you happen to stand directly in front of them. However, before demons, spirits, and monsters with special detection talents, extremely keen senses, or special Bloodline Talents that restrain you, or before demons, spirits, and monsters whose cultivation exceeds yours by two major realms, your Stealth may still be discovered unless there is sufficient distance between you, or exquisite natural arrangements to confuse, interfere, mislead, and block them."

"Warning: Do not use your Level 6 Stealth to test the detection methods of human cultivators. That is another matter entirely."

This information was more detailed than ever before, more solemn than ever before, as though an elder were earnestly instructing him.

Wang Wu agreed deeply.

Especially the part about not relying too heavily on Level 6 Stealth—he could not have agreed more.

Details, details, still details!

Just like before: if he had not been able to endure loneliness, withstand hunger, and remain sufficiently cautious, forcibly staying in that snow hollow for over a month, then even with Level 5 Stealth Talent, he would not have escaped that Gray Fox.

Because by then, even the creek had frozen over. If he came out to move around and eat Sprites, he would inevitably need to relieve himself. Where could he bury it?

Even now, despite upgrading to Level 6 Stealth, if he carelessly handled the matter of his droppings, then believe it or not, the moment that damned fox caught the scent even once, he would be exposed outright.

"The previous cave doesn't count. I need to properly plan out a real hiding place."

"Of course, it would also be excellent to farm some resistance while I'm at it."

"And there's another very important point: should I upgrade my Spiritual Resonance Talent? Because it is practically certain that I will need an enormous amount of Spiritual Energy to keep upgrading in the future."

All sorts of thoughts flashed through Wang Wu's mind. After weighing the matter again and again, he still decided not to upgrade his Spiritual Resonance Talent, because that was simply too conspicuous.

He even felt that he should continue carrying out his former caution: not touching the Golden Three Minutes, only absorbing Golden Particles during the Silver Three Minutes.

"After all, up to now, I still can't determine whether those Great Demons, or middle-tier demons like Green Wolves and Gray Foxes, can judge from the scale of Golden Particle gatherings that a highly promising Sprite has appeared somewhere. I must stay steady. No recklessness, no mistakes."

After reorganizing his thoughts and preparing himself mentally, Wang Wu finally crawled carefully out of the rock crevice. He did not go any farther, merely lying beneath the cliff not far away.

The wild grass here was not especially lush, and the view was completely unobstructed.

With his former Level 5 Stealth, Wang Wu would absolutely not have dared to remain here.

But now that he had Level 6 Stealth Talent, he could blend perfectly into this environment.

Mimicry fusion—this was excellent.

Time slowly passed. The night gradually faded, and the horizon turned the pale white of a fish's belly. It was time for the most important moment of every day again.

The Sprites began gathering amid the shrubs, chasing one another, but not a single Sprite noticed Wang Wu.

When the golden sunlight descended, the tide-like Sprites surged forth, densely packed. No one knew where so many of them had come from, or how they had survived last winter's harsh cold. Their vitality truly seemed endless.

On Wang Wu's back alone stood five Wandering Mantis Swordsmen, three Dung Ball Masters, and one Ladybug Ranger...

They had not noticed anything amiss whatsoever. Mimicry Stealth was damned impressive!

Meanwhile, more Sprites who trusted in their greater martial strength climbed the cliff as much as possible. Even getting a little closer to the Golden Three Minutes region would do.

For better growth, for the sublimation of life, they were giving it everything they had.

During this time, the Sprites would also fight and kill one another, determined to settle their ranking for the seats.

It was still spring. Wang Wu supposed that when he had crossed over last year, these Sprites had already gone through several months of slaughter and conflict, basically establishing their respective rankings.

Naturally, there were also Sprites with a death wish that climbed the cliff and attempted to enter the territory of the Flame Scorpion Clan, only to encounter the most terrifying slaughter and blows.

Sometimes, innocent bystanders would even be caught in the crossfire.

For example, at this very moment, five Grasshopper Bandits, relying on their ability to fly, landed atop the cliff. The next second, they were struck by a small fireball.

But the five grasshoppers hurriedly beat their wings and flew away, dodging it.

They had caused a massive disaster and fled for their lives, but they had enraged several Scorpion Priests. These were scorpion elites left from last year, direct descendants of the previous Flame Scorpion King. Proud and arrogant, how could they tolerate such provocation?

You think that if the monk runs away, the temple can run away too?

You damned scraps, accept the baptism of blazing flames!

They actually stretched their heads over the cliff edge and mercilessly launched three small fireballs at the densely packed Sprites below.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The fireballs erupted with tremendous force. The fiery shockwaves covered an area over ten meters wide.

The Sprites within that range were either burned to ashes, roasted into jerky, or blasted far away and severely injured. The killing efficiency was extremely high.

Wang Wu's hiding place happened to take a small fireball as well. Yet he did not move throughout the whole process, forcibly enduring the explosion and the continuing burn of the flames.

Even his Level 6 Stealth state was not affected.

It had to be said that after the past winter, his will had become stronger, and his body's tolerance for harmful effects had also increased.

Of course, another important reason was that he had become stronger.

"You were attacked by a fireball from a Fire Scorpion Priest. You suffered 45 points of explosive burn damage. Due to your 14 points of Defense, you negated 42 points of damage. You ultimately suffered 3 points of damage."

"You suffered continuous flame burn damage. You suffered 30 points of damage. Due to your 6 points of Fire Resistance, you negated 18 points of damage. You ultimately suffered 12 points of damage."

The two lines of information surfaced soundlessly. Wang Wu smiled faintly inwardly. Mere minor injuries were nothing to worry about.