Blood Consumption: "Is this the power of a Martial Artist? It really is far stronger than before!"
Nine Flames: "This strength... Killing D-class Fierce Beasts took some effort before, but now I feel like a casual slash would kill them all!"
Sanyu: "Exactly! Wielding this High-grade Spirit Weapon used to be a little strenuous, but now it takes no effort at all!"
Bloodthirsty Rampage: "D-class Fierce Beasts are beneath my notice now. I'm going to find C-class Fierce Beasts!"
Nine Flames: "Right! C-class Fierce Beasts are the only ones worth the challenge!"
Blood Consumption: "Let's go find some C-class Fierce Beasts and have a proper match!"
Bloodthirsty Rampage: "Want to see who kills more?"
Blood Consumption: "Bring it on!"
The technique avatars were all brimming with excitement.
After their strength increased, they could clearly feel the improvements in their power, speed, and every other aspect... They immediately became fired up, and even hunting Fierce Beasts became especially exhilarating.
Very soon.
"Ding! Blood Consumption has harvested three Wreckages of Iron Mist Bird Corpses for you!"
"Ding! Nine Flames has harvested five Wreckages of White Wolf Corpses for you!"
"Ding! Frenzy Blood has harvested four Wreckages of Giant Marsh Crocodile Corpses for you!"
"..."
Previously, they had collected them one corpse at a time.
Because the kills had been slow, the Fierce Beast corpses had been scattered across different places.
Now that their efficiency had increased, one slash could kill a whole group of Fierce Beasts on the spot, and they collected several corpses at once.
In just ten minutes.
A huge number of D-class Fierce Beast corpses had piled up in the Shared Space.
Blood Consumption and Frenzy Blood quickly carried out a round of harvesting, extracting the Fierce Beast blood before devouring the flesh and sending the fur and teeth back into the Shared Space.
Su Zhan made a rough count.
"This is more than five times faster than before!"
Su Zhan's eyes flashed.
Based on the previous average, they had earned 150 gold per hour. Now, that meant 750 gold per hour!
And that did not even include things like the Fierce Beast fur.
If those were included too...
"Earning a thousand gold a day won't be a dream anymore..."
Su Zhan's heart surged with excitement.
A thousand gold a day.
That meant thirty thousand gold a month.
The cheapest Fourth-grade Pills cost one thousand gold each. In one month, he could get thirty of them!
Not to mention Beginner Martial Artists—even Beginner Martial Masters did not earn money as quickly as Su Zhan.
"More than that!"
"Once I get the new technique in place and add another technique avatar, efficiency will rise dramatically again!"
At that thought, Su Zhan could no longer hide the smile on his face.
His thoughts wandered.
He calculated the income that would pile ever higher like a rolling snowball, the acceleration brought by Fourth-grade Pills, and the feedback effect from the techniques' advancement after that acceleration...
Of course, he did not forget the important matter: asking the Basic Qi and Blood Method how long it would take to reach Major Accomplishment.
Just as he had expected.
Fifteen days.
Six days, ten days, fifteen days... Too slow. He had to speed it up!
Under normal circumstances, Su Zhan would not have minded waiting slowly... But with the Meng family watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey, the shorter the time, the better.
"Ding! Nine Flames has harvested one Wreckage of Star Sand Python Corpse for you!"
Hmm?!
At that moment, another notification sounded.
But Su Zhan's attention was instantly drawn to it.
"Nine Flames, you successfully killed a C-class Fierce Beast?" Su Zhan hurriedly asked.
"Yeah, Boss. It took some effort, and it hit me a few times, but I finally caught an opening and slashed its vital point. Then I gave it a few more cuts and finished it off!" Nine Flames said with a laugh.
Sanyu: "Second Brother, that was amazing!"
Blood Consumption: "Well done!"
Frenzy Blood: "It was only a C-class Fierce Beast. I can kill one too!"
Proud and unwilling to admit defeat, Frenzy Blood was especially eager to prove himself now.
Su Zhan hurriedly took the Star Sand Python's corpse out of the Shared Space.
It weighed over a hundred kilograms and was even larger than a person.
Su Zhan directly stabbed a knife into its heart.
Unfortunately, there was no Fierce Beast essence blood.
"Blood Consumption, try this C-class Fierce Beast flesh." Su Zhan directly returned the Star Sand Python to the Shared Space.
Blood Consumption: "Thank you, Boss!"
"Ding! The Basic Qi and Blood Method has devoured one Star Sand Python Corpse, increasing cultivation speed by 1x!"
The effect was fairly decent, 2.5 times that of a D-class Fierce Beast.
But the price this thing could fetch was far more than 2.5 times that of a D-class Fierce Beast. At the very least, it was over five times as much.
"D-class Fierce Beast corpses can be fed to them directly. That's fine, since the multiplier won't decrease, and I can brutally stack it with sheer quantity... But for C-class and above, I'll have to weigh it carefully. Half should be fed to them and half sold, otherwise it won't be worth it."
Su Zhan quickly calculated the conclusion. "Keep going. Get more samples so I can make a proper calculation!"
After Nine Flames killed the first C-class Fierce Beast.
The other techniques were no longer content with merely bullying D-class Fierce Beasts and also went to challenge C-class Fierce Beasts.
One hour later.
Three techniques vanished, and the entire Shared Space was now filled with all kinds of Fierce Beast fur, teeth, bones, and more.
Most were from D-class Fierce Beasts.
A small portion were from C-class Fierce Beasts.
After all, C-class Fierce Beasts did not merely include those comparable to Beginner Martial Artists.
There were also vicious ones comparable to Intermediate Martial Artists, Advanced Martial Artists, and even capable of killing Advanced Martial Artists... The difficulty of hunting them was relatively high.
The technique avatars that had previously been able to reap kills nonstop.
Found themselves unable to cut through C-class Fierce Beasts so easily. They had to fight with everything they had for several minutes just to barely deal with one C-class Fierce Beast.
"Whether slaughtering D-class Fierce Beasts makes more money or C-class ones bring greater returns, I'll only know after selling a batch of materials!"
"Nine Flames, pack up. We can return to the city!"
Su Zhan decisively ordered, "Make a trip to Cloud Above Tower!"
Nine Flames: "Yes, Boss!"
Following Su Zhan's guidance.
Nine Flames returned to the city and arrived at Cloud Above Tower.
Cloud Above Tower was, in truth, a magnificent commercial building more than thirty stories high.
Weapons, pills, Heavenly Treasures, techniques, and all kinds of other goods were sold inside... Basically, anything in demand on the market could be bought here!
Upon entering the main hall.
Nine Flames was dressed in a long robe, with a hood and mask on, not exposing a single inch of skin... Yet quite a few people here were dressed similarly to him.
No one wanted to reveal their identity or whereabouts.
Nine Flames went straight to a purchasing counter.
"Sir, what item would you like to sell?"
The receptionist of Cloud Above Tower asked with a smile.
Nine Flames flipped his hand and placed a VIP plaque on the counter.
The receptionist's eyes instantly lit up, and her expression became respectful. "Esteemed VIP member, this way, please."
The receptionist warmly led Nine Flames all the way to a separate, luxurious VIP room.
"Please wait a moment. Your dedicated appraiser will arrive shortly," the receptionist said with a bow. "Would you like something to drink? Alcohol, a beverage, or tea?"
Nine Flames raised a hand, and flames ignited above it.
He wrote two words directly in the air: No need.
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