A Month's Changes, Like Three Autumns Apart

Player: Lin Yuan

Level: 11

Experience: (1/2048)

Lifespan: 18/235 (Plundered Lifespan: 136 years)

Talent Traits:

First Talent Trait—"Swordsmanship Mastery"

...

Eleventh Talent Trait—"Swallowing the Starry Sky"!

This was Lin Yuan's current personal game panel.

Compared to when he had first entered the Wilderness Zone a month ago, it had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Of course, the greater change was in Lin Yuan himself!

After awakening his True Self and grinding levels madly for a month,

Lin Yuan's bearing was now utterly different.

Though he had been strikingly handsome before, his poor talent and aptitude had left him perpetually dispirited.

But now, he stood tall and straight, with a handsome face, sword-like brows, starry eyes, and cold eyes sharp as lightning. Every glance and movement revealed unparalleled keen-edgedness, as though a sword immortal had descended into the mortal world.

The faint smile unconsciously curling at his lips and the cool gaze he lifted both radiated astonishing charm.

That charm came from confidence.

Confidence in his strength, and absolute confidence in his talent!

"A month's time, from newly entering the Blood Tempering Stage to six thousand jin of strength in the Marrow Cleansing Stage..."

Lin Yuan stood alone atop a peak, looking down upon the boundless grasslands below. With indifferent eyes, he watched countless ferocious beasts, no larger than black specks from this height, frolicking and hunting across the ground.

He felt endless emotion.

The ancients said that one day apart felt like three autumns.

His changes over this month had been astonishing enough as well.

Before this, he would never have dared imagine that someone could improve so dramatically in just one short month!

"Sure enough, games are meant to be played with a smile..."

Lin Yuan knew very well where the root of his complete transformation lay.

The Talent Traits granted by the Game Panel were absurdly powerful. Nearly every one of them had brought him enormous improvement.

In a month, he had risen eleven levels in a row!

That represented a full eleven Talent Traits!

From the very first "Swordsmanship Mastery" to the "Swallowing the Starry Sky" he had just obtained today, each possessed its own wondrous mysteries.

"Eleventh Talent Trait—'Swallowing the Starry Sky.' Passive effect: Your speed of devouring heaven-and-earth energy is greatly increased, and you may refine pure cosmic stellar energy from any extreme environment."

"Active effect: Actively devour the power of the cosmic starry sky to greatly increase your own strength. The degree of increase depends on the energy level of the stellar power devoured."

"Warning: Devouring beyond your limits may cause bodily collapse or even self-destruction. Use with caution!"

This eleventh Talent Trait came with more information than the previous ones, even thoughtfully including a warning about the risks.

Without a doubt, this too was a Golden Legendary Tier ultimate Trait!

After fusing with it, Lin Yuan naturally understood its exact effects.

"Isn't this just a cultivation accelerator?"

Lin Yuan muttered.

It greatly increased the efficiency with which he devoured cosmic stellar energy. Put simply, it increased his cultivation speed and allowed him to advance faster.

That alone was already monstrous.

Because it was equivalent to directly raising an ordinary person's cultivation speed to the level of a genius.

And what if it combined with Lin Yuan's own prodigy-level cultivation speed?

What level would his cultivation speed reach then?

"Tsk tsk, better not think about it. Better not."

Lin Yuan was already looking forward to it.

However, he was still in the Marrow Cleansing Stage of the Body Tempering Realm, still tempering the foundations of his body. For the time being, he could not absorb cosmic stellar energy.

This Talent Trait had appeared a little early...

"But it won't be long."

Lin Yuan had already planned to leave the Wilderness Zone and return to Azure River Satellite City to cultivate with all his strength, preparing to break through and become a true Starry-Sky Warrior.

With his current talents—

"Martial Prodigy" + "Transcendent Comprehension" + "Devouring Vitality"!

With the blessings of three Talent Traits, his Body Tempering progressed almost day by day, transforming at a breathtaking pace.

The Stellar Martial Path that had once seemed beyond reach now appeared to be right before his eyes.

"Going home!"

"Time to prepare for a breakthrough!"

Lin Yuan was full of high spirits as he looked down over the land.

One day, this starry sky too would lie beneath my feet, just as this land did today!

Before leaving, Lin Yuan made a brief stop at Hunter Town No. 09527, mainly to sell the spoils he had gathered over the past month.

"These are Red-Tailed Fox pelts?"

"Bloodthirsty Wolf Fangs? So many of them—you slaughtered an entire wolf pack?"

"Hiss... This tiger penis couldn't be the lifeblood of a Tyrant Ferocious Tiger, could it?"

Inside the exchange, several staff members fell silent. Their eyes were vacant as they watched Lin Yuan continue taking materials out of his backpack.

It was as if they had seen a ghost.

"That's all."

Lin Yuan poured out the last of the materials in his backpack. Ferocious beast materials of every shape and size were piled into a small mountain, an imposing sight indeed.

Fortunately, hunter backpacks were specially made. They were highly elastic and could expand to several times their original size.

Even so, it still could not hold up against the sheer number of ferocious beasts Lin Yuan had hunted during this period.

These were not even one-tenth of the total.

He planned to take the rest back to a large exchange in Azure River Satellite City and sell them all at once.

They were currently stored in his Personal Space—incidentally, after developing it for so many days, his Personal Space had expanded to 27 × 27 × 27 meters.

Its massive capacity of nearly twenty thousand cubic meters could fit almost two thousand sedans, equivalent to more than seventy three-bedroom, two-living-room apartments of one hundred square meters each...

Storing this little bit of ferocious beast material was more than easy.

"Please wait a moment."

At the sight of so many ferocious beast materials, the staff members' eyes nearly popped out.

The expressions on their faces turned warm and eager, and they even bowed slightly in respect.

They could not afford to be anything but respectful—this was solid, tangible performance!

Clients this big did not come around every day. Of course they had to serve him well.

Very soon, the exchange calculated the full breakdown for this transaction—

"Ten Red-Tailed Fox pelts, almost perfectly preserved. The purchase price is 9,800 Azure Coins each. We'll round it up and give you 100,000 Azure Coins."

"Forty Bloodthirsty Wolf Fangs, all adult fangs in excellent condition. The purchase price is 800 each, making 32,000..."

"Ten pairs of Great-Horned Ox horns. The purchase price is 2,000 per pair, for a total value of 20,000..."

"And this most valuable item: one Tyrant Ferocious Tiger penis. We can offer 200,000 Azure Coins for it."

"Along with the other miscellaneous materials..."

"The total value of the materials comes to approximately 412,000 Azure Coins."

After swiftly calculating the value of every material, the staff member could not help grinning. He proactively offered to make up the difference and purchase everything for an even 420,000.

Four hundred and twenty thousand!

Lin Yuan remained expressionless on the surface, but inside, he was already blooming with joy.

It was even a little more than he had expected.

And this was only less than one-tenth of his total stockpile of materials!

Wouldn't selling everything fetch him three or four million?

Getting rich overnight was nothing more than this.

Of course, Lin Yuan also knew that this could not be considered a hunter's normal income.

In truth, what hunter had conditions like Lin Yuan's?

Microscopic Swordsmanship doubled the power of his force. Though he seemingly possessed only several thousand jin of strength, he could actually unleash the terrifying power of ten thousand jin!

On top of that, Talent Traits like "Heaven-Defying Battle" and "Devouring Vitality" gave him limitless endurance. He did not need to worry about losing stamina or facing danger from powerful enemies, and could slaughter to his heart's content.

Even a Tyrant Ferocious Tiger had to die with bitterness beneath his sword. He was practically invincible throughout the entire Wilderness Zone!

There were not many hunters like that in the entire Human Federation.

The income of more ordinary hunters was still high, but after a month of splitting the profits, they might only earn tens of thousands.

And they had to worry about whether they might be unlucky enough to encounter powerful ferocious beasts. When that happened, forget about money—even their lives might not be safe.

The Thunder Hunter Team had plenty to say about that...

So all things considered, being a hunter was indeed a high-paying profession, but it was not outrageous. It was also a life-and-death trade, one where you carried your head at your belt.

"No line of work is easy..."

After briefly sighing over it, Lin Yuan happily completed the transaction.

"420,000 Azure Coins have been deposited into your account..."

Looking at the deposit notification in his account, he finally let out a breath of relief.

With this, he had no more worries holding him back.

"Farewell, Wilderness Zone..."

"And..."

"Astral Realm, here I come!"