The Tenth Talent Trait! Boundless Grassland

"The tenth Talent Trait—'Life Plunder.' Effect: You can plunder the life essence of enemies you kill, obtaining one percent of their remaining lifespan. No upper limit."

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What did I just see?

Lin Yuan's gaze went slightly vacant, and he could hardly believe it.

Life essence?

Plundering lifespan?

Was it what he thought it meant?

Lin Yuan immediately fused with the Talent Trait.

At once, a stream of information flooded into his mind, letting him naturally understand everything.

"Life Plunder..."

"Unlimited lifespan..."

"Oh, I can't take it anymore..."

The more Lin Yuan looked, the harder it became to suppress the smile on his face. In the end, it even carried a hint of madness. He truly could not hold it together anymore.

Because the effect of this Talent Trait was actually as heaven-defying as he had imagined!

The monsters he killed would not only drop experience points—their remaining lifespan would also be plundered and turned into Lin Yuan's own natural lifespan.

Though it would be purified and refined, with only one percent inherited by him...

There was no upper limit to it!

A real lifespan with no side effects!

"No upper limit... Doesn't that mean that if I plunder enough lifespan, I could become immortal?"

Immortality!

The moment that word crossed his mind, Lin Yuan's breathing quickened slightly.

No matter the world, whether it was immortal cultivation or high martial arts, how many cultivators did not regard immortality as their ultimate pursuit?

Since ancient times, which king, marquis, general, or minister had not worried over lifespan? Which one had not longed to live forever, to watch the ages pass, and to stand guard over the rivers and mountains for eternity?

But they could only dream of it.

How could eternal life be obtained so easily?

Lin Yuan had never dared to hope for it before.

Or rather, he had not dared to imagine it.

But now, the Game Panel was clearly telling him through a gold Talent Trait called "Life Plunder"—

Kid, don't underestimate your System Daddy!

It's only immortality. Is that hard?

Work hard, level up, and please me. Even more heaven-defying Talent Traits are waiting for you ahead.

If you're a man, level the hell up to one hundred...

Ahem.

After his brief mental breakdown, Lin Yuan quickly calmed down.

As for level one hundred, that could wait until later.

Right now, he wanted even more to test the powerful effects of this brand-new Talent Trait...

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan left Gray Rabbit Plains with his sword and arrived at a higher-level grinding ground.

The Boundless Grassland!

The reason was simple: he had become too strong.

Gray Rabbit Plains... could no longer satisfy his leveling needs.

Over the past seven days, bolstered by the dual talents of "Martial Prodigy" and "Transcendent Comprehension," his Body Tempering progress had naturally broken through its bottleneck and entered the final step—Marrow Cleansing Stage!

"Four thousand jin of strength..."

"No, my strength should be close to five thousand jin now!"

Lin Yuan clenched his fist. The Body Tempering strength of the Marrow Cleansing Stage gave him even greater control over his body, allowing him to keenly sense every minute change within it.

His perception of changes in his strength had also become more accurate.

"Five thousand jin of strength..."

Normally, the Blood Tempering Stage granted a thousand jin of strength, Blood-Tempering Perfection granted two thousand jin, and breaking through to Marrow Cleansing should grant four thousand jin.

Yet he possessed five thousand jin.

Lin Yuan naturally knew why.

"The sixth Talent Trait, Devouring Vitality..."

Devouring Vitality's effect was that he could improve his overall condition by consuming flesh and food, even raising his various basic attributes!

Over the past seven days, he had killed more than a thousand rabbits. Though he had not collected materials, he had eaten quite a lot of rabbit meat.

The flesh of mutated ferocious beasts was already excellent nourishment. Combined with the formidable digestive effects of "Devouring Vitality," he could eat dozens, even over a hundred jin of flesh in every meal.

Throughout the process, his strength and physical fitness had steadily improved bit by bit. Though each increase was small, grains of sand piled into a tower; over time, it became no minor improvement.

"Five thousand jin of strength..."

"Microcosmic Swordsmanship..."

"Ten Talent Traits..."

At this moment, Lin Yuan was brimming with high spirits, the sharpness of his aura nearly impossible to conceal.

There was no longer anything in this Wilderness Zone that could make him fearfully retreat!

Even against the Tyrant Ferocious Tiger, the strongest creature known as the king of ferocious beasts, he could now remain calm and composed—or even forcefully hunt it down!

And...

Lin Yuan glanced at the Game Panel—

Player: Lin Yuan
Level: 10
Experience: 66/1024
Talent Traits:
First Talent Trait—"Swordsmanship Mastery"
Second Talent Trait...

Reaching level 10 was a watershed.

Starting from level 10, every level-up required over a thousand experience points.

The Ferocious Gray Rabbit, the lowest-level herbivorous ferocious beast, could provide only 1 experience point. It could no longer keep up with his leveling pace.

He needed stronger monsters that offered more experience points!

"The Boundless Grassland should be a good choice."

If Gray Rabbit Plains was the safest newbie protection zone in Wilderness Area No. 09527—

Then the Boundless Grassland was the most perilous paradise of ferocious beasts in this Wilderness Area.

Here, countless herbivorous ferocious beasts roamed in herds, such as Yellow-Flower Dire Deer, Black-and-White Zebras, and Great-Horned Cattle Herds...

Naturally, this also attracted large numbers of powerful predatory ferocious beasts to gather here and hunt.

Creatures like Red-Tailed Foxes did not even deserve a place at the table.

Bloodthirsty Dire Wolves, Shadow Panthers, and even top-tier kings among predators such as Tyrant Ferocious Tigers were often seen here.

It was truly a feast for top hunters!

And this was also an important reason Lin Yuan had chosen this grassland as his next leveling ground.

"Top-tier predators... should be able to provide more experience points, right?"

That day, Rabbit Slayer finally left Gray Rabbit Plains, and the trembling little rabbits temporarily escaped disaster.

Meanwhile, the endless ferocious beasts of the Boundless Grassland also welcomed the lifelong enemy of their species...

Whoosh!

A flash of sword light illuminated the void.

Pfft...

A line of blood sprayed out. The enormous black figure immediately let out a mournful howl and crashed heavily to the ground.

Sunlight spilled down, revealing the black figure's form.

It was a Shadow Panther nearly three meters long!

"Shadow Panther: a predatory ferocious beast with black fur all over its body. Agile and incredibly fast, a peak adult possesses a full four thousand jin of strength. It excels most at ambushes in the darkness..."

From the shadows, Lin Yuan emerged with his sword in hand. He stood tall, his eyes like lightning, and coolly glanced at the Shadow Panther, which was already thoroughly dead.

For a powerful predatory ferocious beast like this, ordinary Hunters would likely need to form a group before daring to hunt it.

Even veteran Hunters at the Marrow Cleansing Stage would likely struggle to gain the upper hand against a Shadow Panther whose strength was no weaker than their own. The effort would outweigh the reward.

But Lin Yuan was different.

Though his strength was only five thousand jin, not much greater than the Shadow Panther's, it should not have been enough for such a crushing instant kill.

But one must not forget that his swordsmanship had already reached the Micro-Insight Realm!

When technique entered the Micro-Insight Realm, the improvement was immense.

It was not merely greater flexibility and perception down to the finest detail—it was also a genuine increase in strength. Swordsmanship could unleash 200% force, or twice the force!

Twice the force meant the strength he could unleash was far more than five thousand jin.

It was a true ten thousand jin of tremendous force!

That was the true value of "Micro-Insight"!

Otherwise, why was it said that techniques entering the Micro-Insight Realm were a domain only true Starry-Sky Warriors could step into?

Because normally, Body Tempering Realm apprentices found it difficult to bring their techniques into the Micro-Insight Realm and master double force output.

Without a sufficient level, no amount of effort could break through those shackles.

But Lin Yuan was different. He had "Swordsmanship Mastery"!

Microcosmic Swordsmanship... was merely the most basic ability he had been born with.

"With one sword strike, ten thousand jin of tremendous force!"

"On top of that, the Blue Ice Battle Sword itself is a technological creation forged by the Human Federation, incomparably sharp..."

This was the confidence that allowed Lin Yuan to face any ferocious beast in the Wilderness Zone!

Even the strongest Tyrant Ferocious Tiger possessed only ten thousand jin of strength at its limit. When Lin Yuan erupted with his full power, he did not fear it in the slightest.

"You killed a Shadow Panther. Experience +2..."

"Passive Talent Trait 'Life Plunder' activated..."

"Your natural lifespan has increased..."