I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 302 - 258: Good or Bad Luck

「Supreme Profound Mountain Range.」

As always, whenever Fang Yun entered the mountain range, he would put on his Half-Hidden Spirit Boots and fully activate all the Spirit Patterns on them.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, he often ventured into the inner perimeter of the Supreme Profound Mountain Range.

This area was primarily the territory of Second Tier Demon Beasts.

Furthermore, every time he came to the Supreme Profound Mountain Range, he would first visit the Evil Extermination Hall to get a general sense of the current situation.

The Evil Extermination Hall was responsible for gathering intelligence, and they didn’t just collect information on Demons. For a place as important as the Supreme Profound Mountain Range, intelligence gathering was a must.

The Celestial Cloud Sect had to maintain the balance within the Supreme Profound Mountain Range, particularly to prevent its Third Tier Demon Kings from rampaging.

During the ongoing war with the Celestial Demon Sect, the situation here demanded even greater attention.

Only after confirming that the overall population of Second Tier Demon Beasts in the inner perimeter was stable would Fang Yun commence his activities within the Supreme Profound Mountain Range.

His main purpose for coming here was, of course, to slay Demon Beasts and harvest their materials. However, unlike others, he could also acquire Talent Points from them.

Given his current strength, operating in the inner perimeter of the Supreme Profound Mountain Range was very safe; few Demon Beasts could pose a threat to him.

However, he had to be careful not to approach the areas where the inner perimeter bordered the core region.

One careless move could lead to an encounter with a Third Tier Demon King.

Even with the boost from his five-star Combat Talent, Fang Yun couldn’t guarantee that his concealment would fool a Third Tier Demon King.

Therefore, he limited his range of activity to two-thirds of the inner perimeter, which was much safer.

Thanks to his caution, while remaining concealed, he had yet to be discovered by a single Demon Beast.

Fang Yun, who had been wandering through the inner perimeter of the Supreme Profound Mountain Range for the better part of the day, came to a sudden halt. The next moment, he began to move again, but his pace was no longer fast.

Not far ahead of him, a massive rabbit’s head was resting on the ground, its eyes closed and its breathing steady.

The body attached to the head was long, but the most striking feature was the dense mass of legs underneath. Looking at just that part, one might have mistaken it for a centipede-type Demon Beast.

A Hundred-legged Rabbit!

Fang Yun recognized the Demon Beast at a glance.

The Hundred-legged Rabbit was one of his target Demon Beasts.

He had many target Demon Beasts, but he wasn’t always lucky enough to encounter one during his trips into the Supreme Profound Mountain Range.

The hair on a Hundred-legged Rabbit’s legs was sparse, and it was exactly what he needed.

This hair was one of the main Spiritual Materials used to craft Half-Hidden Spirit Boots.

’This should be a peak Mid-Stage Second Tier Hundred-legged Rabbit.’

After sizing it up for a moment, Fang Yun made a rough assessment in his mind.

He had already finished gathering the main Spiritual Material responsible for the concealment aspect of the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots, and he had nearly collected all the auxiliary Spiritual Materials as well.

He didn’t attack right away. Instead, Fang Yun first mentally ran through the various combinations of Spiritual Materials and simulated the process for Refining the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots.

The hair from the legs of a peak Mid-Stage Second Tier Hundred-legged Rabbit would be sufficient, enough for him to Refine a pair of Half-Hidden Spirit Boots at the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact level.

If this Hundred-legged Rabbit were only at the early Mid-Stage Second Tier, then even if he killed it, he wouldn’t be able to Refine the Half-Hidden Spirit Boots he currently wanted.

He already owned a pair of Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact-level Half-Hidden Spirit Boots. His next pair couldn’t possibly be Middle Grade; they needed to have at least seven Spirit Patterns to reach the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact standard.

To keep the disturbance to a minimum, Fang Yun struck without holding anything back.

He slapped his Storage Pouch, and a pale red Long Sword instantly flew out.

It was a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Demon-slaying Sword.

The Demon-slaying Sword he had Refined to deal with Demons could naturally be used against Demon Beasts as well.

The essence of this type of Spiritual Artifact was its special effectiveness against Demon Power, whether that power was pure or not.

Demon Beasts possessed powerful physical bodies, which were saturated with Demon Power.

The defenses provided by this Demon Power would be greatly weakened by the Demon-slaying Sword.

A single slash was all it took—a fatal blow!

At his full strength, killing a Mid-Stage Second Tier Demon Beast was a simple task.

The Hundred-legged Rabbit, deep in slumber, only awoke in the last moment of its life.

And upon waking, it swiftly expired.

With the easy battle concluded, Fang Yun quickly began to collect the spoils.

A Mid-Stage Second Tier Demon Beast was a treasure from head to toe. The sparse hair on its legs was a key Spiritual Material for Refining Half-Hidden Spirit Boots, its pelt could be woven into a decent Magical Robe, and as for its flesh—in the hands of a Spirit Chef, it could become a variety of delicious Spiritual Foods.

"This is... a Demon Core!"

While gathering the spoils, Fang Yun felt a blood-red, spherical object inside the body of the peak Mid-Stage Second Tier Hundred-legged Rabbit.

Third Tier Demon Beasts always had a Demon Core, but Second Tier Demon Beasts only occasionally formed one.

The chances of this happening were extremely small.

Fang Yun had killed a fair number of Second Tier Demon Beasts, but this was his first time finding a Demon Core.

A Demon Core like this could replace the three Spirit Medicines—Blood Dew Flower, Three Spirits Fruit, and Mingqing Xuan Grass—as the main Spiritual Material for Refining a Foundation Establishment Pill.

If a Demon Core from an early-stage Second Tier Demon Beast was used as the primary Spirit Medicine for Refining a Foundation Establishment Pill, its quality would be considered the lowest of the low. Generally, it could only produce a Lower Grade Foundation Establishment Pill; only with a perfect Refining process might it yield a Middle Grade one.

The Demon Core in Fang Yun’s hand, however, was not just from a Mid-Stage Second Tier Demon Beast, but one at its peak. Using this Demon Core as the primary Spirit Medicine, its quality was nearly on par with a top-tier combination of the three standard primary Spirit Medicines.