He had not even reached the Martial Artist level yet.
Yet three Beginner Grade Techniques had already reached Advanced... it could be said that he was completely ahead of those at the same level, enough to be nearly invincible beneath the Martial Artist realm!
And that was not all.
Today's panel was only temporary.
Once he officially signed the investment contract tomorrow, he could reap another wave of investments, and it could surge again by several times in minutes!
By then, all of them could reach 100x acceleration, and all four technique incarnations could materialize directly!
"With four incarnations out, the efficiency will increase fourfold on the spot. My grand plan of lying flat can take another huge step forward!"
Su Zhan grinned. "Of course, the most crucial thing is still raising the multiplier. Once all the multipliers increase greatly, my strength can soar in a short time... by then, I'll probably be among the very best even within the ranks of Martial Artists!"
At the thought of four Beginner Grade Techniques, plus one Elite Grade Technique at Perfection.
With such a lineup backing him, aside from those geniuses whose talent was so monstrous it bordered on absurd, who could compare?
At present, 99% of his problems had the best possible solutions. Only one problem remained unresolved: how could he increase his technique slots?
Four techniques were too few.
Especially when they were all Beginner Grade and Elite Grade.
And once they all reached Perfection, increasing the multiplier further would be meaningless... under such circumstances, even if Su Zhan had endless pills, beast blood, and Spirit Weapons, he would be helpless to make any progress!
"Is it related to the Cultivation Multiplier?"
"The new function only unlocked once the Cultivation Multiplier reached 100... could it be that new slots require other conditions to unlock?"
"Or is it related to realm? Do I need to reach Martial Artist, or an even higher realm, before it can be opened?"
"Or, like techniques, do I need to devour certain items before there can be any movement?"
Su Zhan went through every possible guess.
He did not merely speculate by himself.
He also joined forces with the techniques to pool their wisdom.
But some techniques supported the multiplier theory, some supported the realm theory, and some supported the devouring theory... there was still no definite, reliable conclusion.
Just as Su Zhan was fully focused on figuring out how to increase his technique slots.
"Boss, I've arrived!"
Elsewhere, Nine Fire had successfully left the city and reached the location of the D-class Fierce Beasts.
"Already there?"
Su Zhan swiftly came back to his senses. Looking through Nine Fire's perspective, he saw that it had indeed already passed beyond the city walls and stepped into the outskirts of a mountain range.
Looking again, there were quite a few Martial Artists around who had also come to hunt D-class Fierce Beasts, all eyeing Nine Fire warily.
"They're all at least Beginner Martial Artists... and every single one of them is looking at Nine Fire with unfriendly eyes!"
Su Zhan's gaze flickered.
The reason was simple: Nine Fire was traveling alone.
In the wilderness, traveling alone was extremely risky.
Not only did one have to face the countless Fierce Beasts, one also had to beware of something even more terrifying than Fierce Beasts: human Martial Artists!
In places without law and order... humans could sometimes be more ruthless than Fierce Beasts!
"Nine Fire, enter the mountain range. Head southeast."
At Su Zhan's command, Nine Fire decisively headed southeast and entered the outer reaches of the mountain range.
The Martial Artists in several teams exchanged glances, but ultimately decided against dealing with that strange cloaked freak... the cloaked freak gave them a truly eerie feeling, as though it was not a normal human at all.
"Boss, I've detected the auras of many Fierce Beasts!"
"They're all the D-class Fierce Beast White Wolves you mentioned!"
In only a moment, Nine Fire sent back a report.
Its aura detection, something it had possessed from the moment it was created as a technique, proved especially useful during the hunt.
"Attack directly. Slaughter them all." Su Zhan showed no mercy.
"Yes, Boss!"
Nine Fire Saber gripped the refined steel longsword in its hand. Flames ignited along the blade as it charged straight at the pack of several White Wolves glaring at it from nearby.
"Awooo~~~"
The White Wolves, each as tall as a person, howled in warning before swarming forward together.
"Nine Fire—Slash!"
Nine Fire swung its blade directly.
Several minutes later.
The cloak on Nine Fire's body had been damaged.
But beneath its feet lay White Wolf corpses—some split in half, others with half their bodies cleaved open, their wounds bearing scorched marks... blood dyed the earth red.
"Perfect. The remaining time should be enough for you to carve up the White Wolf corpses and bring them back."
Su Zhan nodded and gave the order.
"Boss, aren't you going to use the 'Shared Space'?" Nine Fire asked.
"Shared Space?" Su Zhan froze.
"Yes." Nine Fire explained, "When I materialized, I came with a Shared Space. As long as I touch something like this..."
Nine Fire bent down and touched a dead White Wolf corpse.
The next second, the White Wolf corpse vanished.
In its place came a system notification:
"Ding! Nine Fire has obtained one Wreckage of White Wolf Corpse for you!"
Afterward, Su Zhan sensed the White Wolf corpse appearing out of thin air and falling to the ground within a void-like space identical to the interior of a Space Ring.
Not only that.
As long as he wished, with a single thought, he could pull the White Wolf corpse out of the Shared Space on the spot and place it anywhere beside him!
"Hiss~~~"
"This Shared Space... is invincible!"
Su Zhan immediately sucked in a sharp breath.
The reason Su Zhan had not equipped Nine Fire with a full set of Intermediate Spirit Weapons and a Space Ring was that he feared that if anything happened, all those good items would be lost in the wilderness, impossible to retrieve.
The reason he had wanted Nine Fire to return quickly was also so that it could deliver the spoils before it disappeared... otherwise, if Nine Fire fought in the wilderness for half a day and then vanished once time ran out, unable to bring back a single item, would that not all be for nothing?
But now that the Shared Space had appeared, all these problems were solved as easily as splitting bamboo!
As long as it hunted, it could obtain the loot on the spot, without wasting time rushing back.
As long as it obtained something, it would immediately be in his hands, without the need to additionally get a Space Ring for the technique incarnation.
Su Zhan could even transport anything he wanted to the technique incarnation just by placing it in the Shared Space, and the technique incarnation could collect it directly!
With this, the efficiency of killing monsters and harvesting loot had increased by more than several times!
"Good, good, good! Keep moving forward, keep killing!"
"Whenever you see a Fierce Beast, kill it. Show no mercy!"
Su Zhan said excitedly.
"Yes, Boss!"
Nine Fire faithfully carried out the order.
Naturally, it did not forget to store the other White Wolf corpses in the Shared Space as well.
"Ding! Nine Fire has obtained one Wreckage of White Wolf Corpse for you!" "Ding! Nine Fire has obtained one Wreckage of White Wolf Corpse for you!" "Ding! Nine Fire has obtained one Wreckage of White Wolf Corpse for you!"
"..."
Notification sounds rang out one after another.
Within the Shared Space, White Wolf corpses continuously fell out of thin air.
"The Shared Space is the same size inside as a Space Ring, enough to hold several hundred more White Wolf corpses!"
"The value of one White Wolf corpse—its hide, meat, claws, bones, and so on—adds up to 0.5 Gold Coin. The best part is White Wolf Blood... but that is essence blood, and not every wolf has it. Roughly one drop comes from every five White Wolves, and each drop is worth 3 Gold Coins! Overall, the average value of a White Wolf is around 1 Gold Coin!"
"There are five White Wolf corpses here in total, so that's 5 Gold Coins!"
"And this is only the beginning... if I keep hunting for another half hour, it should increase fivefold no matter what, right?"
"By then, my earnings will be—"
At this thought, Su Zhan could not stop the sharp light from flashing in his eyes. "Daily earnings of 25 Gold Coins!!"
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