Chapter 441: Chapter 357: Tier 4? (Part 2)
In a real fight, he would be slightly weaker than a Refining God Venerable of the same tier.
He was likely at Celestial King Peak, which was equivalent to the Middle Stage of the Refining God realm.
Furthermore, due to the unique nature of Evolvers, while his mind and physical body had grown stronger, the most obvious change was the icy power within him.
’It’s just a shame that I’ve already reached my limit and can’t improve any further.’
After spending several thousand Modification Points in one go to raise his strength to Celestial King Peak, he hit a bottleneck.
After all, after directly awakening as a Tier Three, he had then added points to reach Tier Four Peak.
The leap in power was simply too great.
If not for his Qi Blood Perfection Secret Martial Artist physique acting as a foundation and buffer, his body would have been completely unable to withstand such a terrifying, instantaneous power-up.
More importantly, to advance and become a Tier Five Human War God, he needed to satisfy a prerequisite.
That was to increase the completion of his Talisman to over ten percent.
’However, this level of strength is sufficient for now. It’s just that the completion of the unknown Talisman hasn’t increased.’
Hu Qi frowned.
Apparently, just as he had guessed, the Talisman’s completion was unrelated to the increase in his strength.
Perhaps the only way to complete this unknown Talisman was through analysis.
At this thought, he sat down cross-legged on the ground.
He began to meditate, trying to visualize the Rune from within the Iron Bear’s body in his mind.
The Rune was not complex.
Not to mention, with Hu Qi’s currently explosive strength, constructing it was not difficult.
Soon, that Rune materialized in his mind.
The moment its construction was complete, it seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, sinking directly into the silver, glowing, core-like bead in his chest.
In Hu Qi’s perception, the moment this Rune entered, it fused with his original Rune, extending its lines and making the overall Rune slightly more complete.
Instantly, he could sense a new type of blackish particle among the Ethereal Wanderers he was absorbing from his surroundings.
He glanced at the panel.
[Genes: Celestial King (Peak) Unknown Talisman Completion: 0.12%]
’Just as I thought!’
Hu Qi’s gaze flickered.
After absorbing the Rune from the Iron Bear, the completion of his unknown Talisman had increased by 0.03%.
Afterward, he tried to construct the Rune from the Iron Bear’s body again, but there was no reaction.
However, he had expected as much.
Clearly, to continue completing it, he would have to analyze more Runes.
’Interesting. What will happen when this unknown Talisman is fully complete?’
A strange light flickered in Hu Qi’s eyes.
Shaking his head to dismiss the thought, he stood up and took a step.
His figure vanished on the spot.
...
「It was nearly evening.」
The sun had withdrawn its last rays of light and disappeared from view.
The sweltering heat of the day faded, and a creeping chill quietly set in.
At the foot of a gobi hill, a group of Hunting Team members were gathered.
A vehicle was parked to the side, and the group sat in a circle around a bonfire, using its warmth to ward off the cold.
They occasionally glanced in the direction of Rock Lake, conversing in low voices, their faces tinged with unease.
More than half a day had passed.
Their leader still hadn’t returned.
They knew that once night fell, the dangers of the wilderness increased dramatically.
But no one dared to leave now, nor did they dare to go looking for Hu Qi.
They could only wait here anxiously.
"I’m heading back to the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place first. You all follow behind!"
Just then, a voice suddenly echoed in everyone’s ears.
Upon hearing this, the group looked around but saw no one.
After a brief moment of hesitation, they all got into their vehicles and drove off in the direction of the Rotten Leaf Settlement.
A distance of twenty kilometers was not short.
Especially in this rugged gobi wilderness.
Realistically, even by car, the journey would take nearly an hour.
However, this was nothing to Hu Qi.
Across the dim canopy of the sky, a streak of white light that was Hu Qi flashed past.
Tier Three Evolvers could already fly. After reaching the Tier Four Celestial King Level, his control over Ethereal Wanderers was even more masterful, so this was naturally a simple feat for him.
He had not chosen to travel with the Hunting Team members.
’Now that I can fly, why would I take a bumpy ride with everyone else? Have I lost my mind?’
For Hu Qi, the twenty-odd-kilometer journey took less than half a minute.
However, just as he arrived above the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place, his expression suddenly shifted. He seemed to have sensed something, and a peculiar look crossed his face.
’Evolvers, delivering themselves to my doorstep...’
...
In a manor in the deepest part of the Rotten Leaf Gathering Place, several figures were seated around a table.
"Ptooey! You call this food? It’s worse than pig slop! I really don’t know how these people can stomach it..."
Miao Xu casually picked up a piece of seared, yellowish meat from the plate, took a bite, and then tossed it aside with utter disgust, his expression as if he were holding something nauseating.
"It really is awful!"
This time, Xu Qing, who was beside him, didn’t argue. Instead, she nodded in deep agreement, her face also full of disdain.
"But then again, this is the only kind of food these Lower Class people deserve to eat."
The cold and stern man glanced at his two fine teammates. While the food’s texture was poor and the taste was lacking, it wasn’t as terrible as they made it out to be.
’But considering their backgrounds, it’s not worth the effort to correct them. Anyway, I’ll be splitting from these two after we get back. Why bother getting involved?’
Thinking this, he turned his gaze toward Tong Chang, who was off to the side.
