Three More Talents

Bang!

A gorilla-like fist slammed out, crashing into a hard rock and shattering it beneath its overwhelming force.

Li Xuan looked at his fist and nodded in satisfaction.

"I didn't expect to gain a Monster Strength talent this time. My strength has increased tremendously. What luck."

Li Xuan swung his fists, feeling the explosive power surging through his body, and nodded in satisfaction.

With the Monster Strength talent, his combat power would rise again. Forget ordinary summoned beasts—even against Bronze-ranked summoned beasts, he now had the strength to fight.

With so many talent abilities, he was practically a monster now—terrifyingly powerful.

"Next, I'll review the memories. Hopefully, I can get more information."

Li Xuan crouched down and sat on a rock, slipping into a daze. His consciousness watched this body's memories one after another, as though watching an animated show.

This body's owner had been a Monster-Strength Beast. It looked somewhat like a gorilla and was incredibly powerful.

Unfortunately, the Monster-Strength Beast had been killed while challenging one of its own kind. One of its legs had even been torn off.

"An ordinary summoned beast challenging a mid-level Black Iron opponent? There must've been something wrong with its brain."

Li Xuan shook his head speechlessly. This body was severely injured. Even though Li Xuan kept treating it with Self-Healing, he still felt it would be hard to save.

The main issue was that the missing leg could not recover. Although Self-Healing could heal many injuries, it could not yet regenerate severed limbs.

Unless he raised Self-Healing to a higher level, perhaps it could reach the point of regenerating severed limbs.

Even at a very high level, regenerating a leg would probably consume an enormous amount of soul power. It was hardly worth the cost.

"I'll self-destruct. I can revive again anyway, and my soul can handle it. I can even gain another ability. Best of both worlds."

After reviewing the memories and confirming there was no particularly useful knowledge, Li Xuan chose Self-Destruction without hesitation.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out, and the ground trembled.

Although he had not used Gigantification this time, the power of the self-destruction was still somewhat frightening, knocking down several nearby trees.

Of course, Li Xuan knew none of this anymore. At that moment, he had fallen into darkness once more.

[ Ding! You have died. Random revival in progress. ]

With the mechanical voice, the dark world gradually brightened. Warm sunlight fell over his body once more, feeling wonderfully comfortable.

"What summoned beast am I this time? My body feels strange."

Li Xuan was somewhat puzzled. He immediately opened the status panel to check his condition.

Ding!

Name: Li Xuan, 5,199 Honor Points

Species: Defense Beast [Ordinary Summoned Beast]

Soul: Black Iron Rank

Summoner: Qin Yue

Abilities: Defense, Monster Strength, Ice Freeze, Wind Wings, Transformation, Intermediate Self-Healing, Intermediate Self-Destruction, Intermediate Healing, Intermediate Fireball, Intermediate Dragon Might, Advanced God's-Eye View, Advanced Gigantification, Simulated Communication.

"Defense Beast? Its talent ability is Defense? Not bad. This ability is quite interesting."

Li Xuan was very satisfied with the Defense ability he had just acquired. It was extremely useful. Once he raised it to advanced level, perhaps enemies would not even be able to break through his defense.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what it'll be like after Defense reaches advanced level."

Li Xuan was eager to try it as he focused on viewing the Defense Beast's memories.

"Another old summoned beast. Its memories are so extensive—several times more than the Monster-Strength Beast's."

Li Xuan quickly browsed through them, but as he continued, his brows gradually furrowed.

"The ones that killed this Defense Beast were two big-headed dolls? Why does their aura feel somewhat similar to that huge vulture from before?"

Li Xuan grew serious, faintly sensing that something was wrong.

Those two big-headed dolls and the huge vulture both emanated an evil aura. From the memories, the two big-headed dolls could even speak and possessed high intelligence.

"Why were those two big-headed dolls running away? They seemed panicked."

Li Xuan sank into confusion, unable to understand why. At the same time, he also discovered a great deal of geographical information from this body.

"The area I'm currently in belongs to the ordinary summoned beasts. Most of them aren't very strong, and even Black Iron-ranked ones are rare.

"The strongest is that Fire Peacock. Its strength is unfathomable, and it was born with some kind of bloodline. It is the lord of Area 99—this area.

"I didn't expect the Summoned Beast World to be divided into regions. The two big-headed dolls ran toward Area 98. Should I go take a look?"

Li Xuan kept feeling that something was strange and wanted to get to the bottom of it, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. As long as he possessed great strength, everything else was a minor matter.

So Li Xuan did not dwell on it. After finishing the memories, he began considering whether to go find Qin Yue.

"Qin Yue hasn't summoned me, and I can still reincarnate once more. My soul doesn't feel that exhausted yet. Should I give it a try?"

Li Xuan was eager to try. His powerful talents had made him increasingly greedy, and he wanted to revive again to obtain more talents.

"Then I'll continue. It'd be best if I become a cat again next time. After all, after the next revival, my soul will reach its limit, and I'll need to stay by Qin Yue's side for a long time."

Li Xuan muttered as he stood up and used Self-Destruction again.

Rumble!

As the terrifying explosion erupted, Li Xuan fell into darkness once again.

[ Ding! You have died. Random revival in progress. ]

With the mechanical voice, light appeared before Li Xuan's eyes, and a small wooden nest came into view.

"A tree hollow? Huh? I really became a cat."

Li Xuan raised his little paw and stared at his cat form in surprise, finding it quite astonishing.

He had only casually said before that he wanted to become a cat, yet he had actually become one now. It truly was surprising.

"Could it be that my consciousness has a certain guiding effect? That it can make me become a cat? Then what if I wanted to become human?"

Li Xuan's eyes lit up, and he was somewhat eager to try. However, the exhaustion in his soul was too intense now, making further revival unsuitable.

Even if he continued reviving, what if he ended up as some ugly creature with no talents? That would be depressing.

"Forget it. I'll leave it at that for now. There'll be plenty of chances in the future."

Li Xuan shook his head and tried communicating with Qin Yue in his mind. As a summoned beast, he could send slight prompts due to the contract.

Sure enough, the moment he communicated from his side, the summoning began on hers.

"I'll change my appearance a little. I'm a cat now, but the Wind-Wing Cat from before looked better."

As Li Xuan spoke, he activated his Transformation ability and turned back into a Wind-Wing Cat.

The next second.

The summoning formation shone brightly, and Li Xuan vanished within it.

"Brother Li Xuan, I missed you so much! Look, I have a gift for you."

The moment he was summoned into Qin Yue's world, Li Xuan was still surrounded by white light when he felt himself being picked up. A familiar scent lingered at the tip of his nose.

Li Xuan did not need to look to know that Qin Yue was holding him. That familiar smell and voice were easy to recognize.