Beginning with the Ubume Bird

Chapter 359: Chapter 6: Rapid Progress

Chapter 359: Chapter 6: Rapid Progress

A month had swiftly passed, and Li Yan had nothing to do except for his daily routine of delivering four dishes and one soup to Lady Dan’s bar for drum practice.

To get accustomed to his formidable body, enhanced by both “Destiny Yak” and “Quanlang Sea Ghost,” he often urged Cha Xiaodao to close the shop early so that they could use the Yan Fu Passageway to the South Seas and spar in a spacious area.

Since their last separate missions, Cha Xiaodao had also made significant progress, even achieving the second peak breakthrough of “Taotie” before Li Yan.

Not to mention his Culinary Skills being perfected, Kui of the Chief Celestial had also added dozens of characters to his repertoire.

He also obtained two Mage Tools and had even experienced an inheritance enhancement during the last independent Yan Fu incident.

With the transformation from the third-order Hell’s Vanguard’s Genetic Potion, not only had his personal combat strength skyrocketed, but the effects of his ready-to-use consumables were incredibly varied and bizarre.

Celestial Blessing, Unity of Heaven and Man! Culinary Skill, Heavenly Fire Knife Peng! Gaoyou double-yolked duck eggs!

Their intense fights were far more real and even brutal than their previous sparring sessions.

Rated as “Nine Luminaries Peak,” Cha Xiaodao, with combat prowess enough to overwhelm an ordinary Eight Extremes Walker, still finds himself… on the losing end more often than not against Li Yan.

The fierce wind whipped against their faces, and the air currents raised by the Tiger Head Great Spear were as sharp as steel knives, causing everything in their path to crack and collapse. In Li Yan’s hands, the Chiseled Gold Spear possessed the overwhelming might of dragons and deities.

The Goddess Gu Huo and Li Yan’s real body, like lethal twins, tangled intensely with their Owl Kiss Twin Blades and Tiger Head Great Spear. One must also be wary of the chilling white feathers shot by the Goddess Gu Huo from time to time. An occasional swap of positions would throw Cha Xiaodao into chaos.

Of course, both sides held back their ultimate skills from their respective inheritances. Li Yan did not use “Blood Dip” and “Disaster Water,” and Cha Xiaodao did not reveal the breakthrough moves he acquired from his recent solo mission.

A month had gone by, and Li Yan’s Dragon Tiger Qi was finally replenished. He planned to use this opportunity for the second peak breakthrough of the Gu Huo Bird Spirit, along with the first peak breakthrough with Wu Zhiqi.

In Lantau Island of the South Seas, Li Yan chose a secluded spot, with no one around except Cha Xiaodao.

“You have chosen to use an additional 35% Awakening Degree to break through the first peak of ‘Wu Zhiqi Blood, Calamity Spirit,’ with a 100% success rate for this breakthrough.”

“Attention! The direction of the inheritance’s peak breakthrough is closely related to the basis of your walking and specialization. Please ensure that one of your specializations is above 75% before attempting a breakthrough.”

“The higher the specialization, the better the quality of the inherited skills you will gain.”

Wu Zhiqi Blood completes its first peak breakthrough!

Your current Wu Zhiqi Awakening Degree is 40%

Maximum amount of Calamity Wave you can control is now 400 tons, greatly enhancing your water control ability.

You consumed 35% of your highest Awakening Degree for this breakthrough, earning the rating: Great Fortune.

Your highest percentage specialization is: Ancient Martial Arts at 98%

Evolution in progress… Evolution completed

You have unlocked the inherited skill “Calamity Faction”

You can now to some extent command aquatic life.

Esteemed Walker, please note that you have achieved a certain level of awakening in two inheritances, and by using the maximum additional Awakening Degree during the breakthrough, you’ve earned a “Great Fortune” rating.

If you possess three interconnected inheritances, you will unlock a special Yan Fu Trial: Divine Court Road.

The actual effects of Calamity Faction are yet to be tested, but the clue to construct the Divine Court gave Li Yan a boost, a fortunate stroke of serendipity.

In fact, he has another clue to a special Yan Fu event, one of his extended skills— the fluctuations of his killing aura, which required Li Yan to destroy over a hundred quality weapons.

This includes the opponents’ weapons as well. For the Gold-engraved Tiger Head Spear with the “Gun Lance Fang” trait, it wasn’t a problem; plus, the armored vehicles and drones that Li Yan destroyed last winter were also included in the tally. Unknowingly, Li Yan was about to meet this requirement.

Although the Yazi Inheritance and the Chu Region Divine System were not related, it didn’t lessen Li Yan’s enthusiasm for this special event. Based on past experience, the rewards from such events tend to be very generous.

Then, the time for the second peak breakthrough of the Gu Huo Bird had arrived, and it was the opportunity Li Yan had been waiting for.

A white cub roared in front of him, transforming into purplish intent that burrowed into Li Yan’s pupils. Behind the ice mountain, the cries of a phoenix and the roar of an ape resonated loudly. The majestic ice mountain shook, and nine purple lotus pedestals rose from one end of the mountain, with the ice mountain shrouded in a halo of blood.

Your current Gu Huo Bird Awakening Degree is at 75%

Attack speed and burst power bonus increased by 750%

You expended thirty moments of Dragon Tiger Qi to make a breakthrough, and the rating for this breakthrough is: Great Luck.

You have unlocked the Inheritance Skill: “Ghost Chariot”

Ghost Chariot: A passive state skill, significantly reducing the energy consumption required for Hidden Flight.

When you receive a fatal attack, a lotus pedestal will be extinguished to resist the attack.

Currently, there are nine lotus pedestals.

The lotus pedestals cannot be recovered.

Note: The extinguishing of a lotus pedestal will affect the possibility of the Gu Huo Bird inheritance evolving. When all nine lotus pedestals are extinguished, there will no longer be any chance of evolution for the Gu Huo Bird inheritance.

The only downside is that, despite two breakthroughs, there was no triggering of the effect to ignite the Destiny Yak blueprint.

Li Yan slowly exhaled, as aside from the life-saving “Ghost Chariot,” the significant reduction in the energy consumption for Hidden Flight was even better news for him.

Hidden Flight was related to the offensive power of Li Yan (judgment carried out every three attacks) and the agility of his movement (switching projection positions), but the actual time Li Yan could utilize Hidden Flight was extremely short.

In Yan Capital City, when facing Wushan, Li Yan could only sustain “Hidden Flight” for at most two or three minutes. Later, with the support of Wu Zhiqi and Quanlang Sea Ghost, when facing the special action team, the duration of Hidden Flight reached thirty minutes.

Some time ago, after Li Yan acquired the Destiny Yak, the duration he could activate Hidden Flight explosively increased to two hours.

And now, with the activation of Ghost Chariot, Li Yan could maintain Hidden Flight almost without feeling any drain on his stamina, similar to jogging. Li Yan estimated that, in his current state, Hidden Flight could be sustained for a full day and night, naturally, this duration would decrease if abilities were activated multiple times during combat.

But without a doubt, the Li Yan who could only maintain high-intensity combat for a short duration was gone forever.

This was still on land. If he were to sail the seas with the double blessings of “Destiny Yak” and “Quanlang Sea Ghost,” Li Yan, with only a “Nine Luminaries Peak” rating, could even match, or possibly exceed, an ordinary Eight Extremes Peak combatant!

Currently, Li Yan was only rated in the lower middle class of Yan Fu on paper, but after ingesting targeted genetic potions, his true combat power was rapidly approaching the top echelons of Yan Fu walkers, just below the Proxy Travelers.

It has been merely over a year since the days he spent sitting in the video store, suntanning with closed eyes.

Li Yan’s rapid advancement in strength is largely due to the huge leaps he made during his encounters in the South Seas and the Rigid Winter.

There’s no denying that if it were anyone else, they wouldn’t even manage to reach half of Li Yan’s level. There’s an even greater chance they might die at the hands of people like Cai Qian and Liang Zhengyong.

But it must also be acknowledged that treasures like the South Seas and Rigid Winter are events that Li Yan won’t come across again for a long time.

Moreover, Li Yan was clear about one thing. As a walker who hoped to build a Divine Court and take a path that isn’t looked upon favorably, he will face much greater difficulties than an average walker.

Seven Palaces level walkers represent a watershed.

Both Mo and Taishuai had made it clear that walkers of the Seven Palaces level, or Proxy Travelers, are entirely different from those below Eight Extremes. Mo even made an extreme remark stating, “After becoming a Proxy with my surname, I will only use my ‘Fight’ ability for barbecuing.”

And in trying to build a Divine Court, one cannot become a Proxy Traveler without a certain scale.

This means that even with such a huge encounter, if Li Yan doesn’t give up on the path to building a Divine Court, he will remain stuck at this Proxy Traveler checkpoint for a long time, serving as the gatekeeper of Eight Extremes Walkers for an extended period.

It might sound okay, but think about Wushan, Zhao Xin, and Cha Xiaodao becoming Proxy Travelers one after another while he’s still stuck at Eight Extremes. What kind of scene would that be?

Would Cha Xiaodao let Li Yan off the hook with her sharp tongue?

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“Yo, isn’t this our Li Yan, who takes life and death lightly and is up for a fight at the drop of a hat? Had your fill? Perfect, I saw a promising young one that I want to recruit into Yan Fu. How about we team up? Oh right, you’re not a Proxy Traveler yet. Hahahahaha~”

But now, Cha Xiaodao had to watch with her own eyes as Li Yan made his breakthrough, and she witnessed firsthand as the threat level on Li Yan shifted from purple-red all the way to pale black — indicating that, relying solely on personal strength, there was virtually no chance of victory.

This had been a heavy blow to her.

“If I spar with you again in the future, I might as well be an eggplant.”