Just yesterday, Wang Cheng had been wondering how to get on Luo Feng's good side. Today, he had become a Planet level powerhouse with boundless prospects. It all felt like a dream.
Wang Cheng went to the villa's living room and brewed himself a pot of hot tea. As he sipped it, he began thinking about the future.
He was a Planet level first order powerhouse, with a Ten Times Gene Level, and he had just comprehended the Lightning Domain. Wang Cheng believed that on Earth, he feared no one except "Hong," the current strongest man—even Thor!
It wouldn't be long before even "Hong" was surpassed by Wang Cheng.
Of course, Wang Cheng had little real combat experience. It was hard to say how a fight would actually go; Thor might even be able to overpower him right now.
But that wasn't a problem. Wang Cheng had no plans to rule Earth, nor did he intend to clash with the other Planet level powerhouses.
Wang Cheng knew very well that while his strength was impressive on Earth, he was nothing in the universe. He was still a long way from being able to rest easy.
Even setting the universe aside, Earth's future was fraught with disaster.
"It's July 3, 2056. According to the timeline of Swallowed Star..." Wang Cheng's mind was now countless times sharper than before. As he went over his memories, he recalled various details from Swallowed Star.
"The Kinkaku Giant Beast egg should arrive on Earth in about a year. It'll hatch in roughly two and a half years, and it'll reach Stellar level in just under four!" Wang Cheng considered everything he knew about the Kinkaku Giant Beast.
He couldn't afford to take it lightly. The Kinkaku Giant Beast's attack would be one of the greatest disasters ever to befall Earthlings. Countless ordinary people would die in its rampage!
Before he got the Opportunity Grasping System, this had been his biggest worry. Even though he had now undergone a transformation, he couldn't ignore the threat.
"Enmm, actually, I'm way more ridiculous than the Kinkaku Giant Beast right now. It took less than a year to grow from hatching to Stellar level. If I can't reach Stellar level in four years, I might as well bury myself somewhere!" As he thought this, Wang Cheng secretly resolved that if he wasn't growing fast enough, he would search the ocean a year from now.
There was nothing shameful about killing an enemy while it was still an egg!
Wang Cheng didn't have any family in this world. The Luo Feng family, whom he had just met yesterday, barely counted as friends. In Wang Cheng's eyes, nothing mattered more than his own life right now.
Of course, everything depended on how quickly Wang Cheng himself grew. If he progressed fast enough, then none of this would be a problem!
"To get stronger now, I mainly need to improve my body's foundation. I wonder if my Innate Talent can help me absorb Cosmic energy?" Wang Cheng pondered, then activated his Innate Talent. Before long, he had created ten clones at Apprentice Tier 3.
The clones sat cross-legged and assumed the Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture, beginning to absorb the energy in the universe.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Wang Cheng could clearly sense the Cosmic energy scattered through the space around him. As he actively absorbed it, the energy surged toward his ten clones.
Wang Cheng's Main Body shared its consciousness with the clones, so he could naturally sense their condition.
"They're absorbing it so quickly, and I can't feel any limit at all!" Wang Cheng marveled.
After coming to this world, Wang Cheng had tried absorbing Cosmic energy with the Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture many times. Unfortunately, the process had been painfully slow.
Besides, the human body had its limits. Once it absorbed its maximum amount of Cosmic energy for the day, it couldn't absorb any more!
Geniuses could absorb more, while ordinary people absorbed less!
That was why some Warriors on Earth could become War Gods, while others remained Warriors their entire lives.
Of course, there were ways to raise that limit.
Guidance Technique was one, and Life and Death Battle was another.
There was no need to explain Guidance Technique. It was simply a set method, and both the Limit Martial Hall and the Lightning Martial Arts Hall had plenty of them.
As for Life and Death Battle... The body absorbed Cosmic energy in order to evolve. People who spent a long time in tense situations would instinctively want to evolve to a higher level, and so their bodies could absorb more Cosmic energy.
Of course, all of that applied to ordinary Earthlings. Wang Cheng had once been one of them, but he wasn't ordinary anymore.
In just a short while, Wang Cheng's ten clones absorbed far more energy than he had managed in an entire day before. The huge influx of Cosmic energy continually strengthened the clones.
Ten minutes later—
"They're probably at Apprentice Tier 4 now!" With a thought, Wang Cheng turned all ten clones into specks of white light, and they reentered his body.
They had left as Apprentice Tier 3 clones and returned as Apprentice Tier 4 ones. What did that mean?
Wang Cheng closed his eyes and sensed his body. Soon, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"It's only a little, but the Gene Energy in my body has definitely increased!" Wang Cheng nodded. This simple experiment had immediately shown him what to do next!
"If I create a large number of clones, I'll absorb Cosmic energy at an astonishing rate. As long as there's no bottleneck, I can improve my body's foundation as quickly as possible!" Wang Cheng thought to himself.
Genetic evolution was a matter of physical talent.
The Kinkaku Giant Beast had maxed out its talent in this area. It could grow to Realm Lord peak without doing anything, and with unlimited resources, it could reach Realm Lord peak in an extremely short time.
Earthlings were different. They faced bottlenecks in their evolution.
Those bottlenecks began as early as Apprentice Tier 1, and each successive tier became harder to reach.
The daily limit on Cosmic energy absorption was proof of those bottlenecks. It was also the fundamental reason why the strongest people on Earth were only Planet level.
Wang Cheng still didn't know whether his "Primal Body" had any bottlenecks, but he suspected it didn't.
After all, given all the extraordinary things the Primal Embryo had shown, it was unlikely to fall short here. Compared with other kinds of talent, after all, Evolution Talent wasn't especially rare.
After testing how his Innate Talent affected cultivation, Wang Cheng was delighted. But just as he was about to keep thinking about his future path, the phone in his home suddenly rang.
"Hello, Wang Cheng? It's me!"
A deep male voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Captain!" Wang Cheng immediately recognized who was calling.
Old Chen's injuries have healed! Let's get together tomorrow in the Main City. We haven't been to the Wilderness Area in three months, so it's about time our team headed out again." The voice on the other end was still speaking when Wang Cheng interrupted him.
"Sorry, Captain. I'm leaving the team, so I won't be coming tomorrow!" Wang Cheng said directly.
"You can come another day if you can't make it tomorrow." The voice started to say something else, then suddenly caught on. "What did you say?"
"Captain, sorry. I'm a little tired and want to rest at home for a while, so I'm leaving the team!" Wang Cheng said plainly.
"What did you say?"
"I'm leaving the team."
Wang Cheng explained once more, then quickly hung up.
For Wang Cheng, leaving the team was inevitable!
Wang Cheng was far too strong for the others on the team. They were simply on different levels, so how could they work together?
Besides, Wang Cheng had barely kept in touch with his teammates since arriving in this world. He had the memories of the original Wang Cheng, but his feelings for the others were weak.
With so little attachment, and with Wang Cheng now so different, he left without hesitation.
If he didn't leave, was he supposed to keep going out with those teammates to hunt monsters?
After that, Wang Cheng received another call from the same Captain.
Wang Cheng had quit the team without warning, and the Captain suspected he'd misheard. Naturally, he called to confirm.
After all, by any reasonable standard, Wang Cheng had no reason to leave the team!
But unfortunately for him, he hadn't misheard. Wang Cheng really was leaving.
"This probably isn't over, but I'll deal with it later. The important thing now is to improve my strength!" Wang Cheng thought.
From Planet level to Realm Lord level, the most effective way to improve strength was through physical evolution. Wang Cheng had a huge advantage there thanks to his Innate Talent.
Next came comprehending Laws and gaining combat experience. Those were important, too.
Wang Cheng could already clearly sense the Lightning Law. He might even be able to grasp the basics of the Lightning Law while still at Planet level.
Of course, without any manuals to guide him, it would be extremely difficult for Wang Cheng to comprehend even a trace of a Law.
As for combat experience, there was no shortcut. He had to take part in real battles.
But Wang Cheng wasn't worried about that. His Innate Talent gave him quite an advantage here, too. There were few beings on Earth who could match Wang Cheng at full strength, but if he created a few weaker clones, he wouldn't be short of opponents!
In fact, they'd be everywhere!
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