Chapter 20: A Frenzied Harvest, Talent Imprinting!

[Storm Bear Essence: +4 Physique, +4 Strength upon consumption] *5
[Storm Blade: +30 Attack, +15 Strength, 50% armor-piercing damage upon attack, Tier 2 equipment. Requirement: Level 4, Strength 50+.]
[Talent Imprint: Use to acquire an F-rank talent, Physique Enhancement!]
[Berserk: User enters a berserk state, increasing combat power. Requirement: Physique 50+, Spirit 50+.]
[Challenge Token] *5
These were the spoils obtained from slaying the Storm Bear chieftain.

[Purple Poison Frog Essence: +5 Agility, +10 Poison Resistance upon consumption] *5
[Ring of Purple Poison: +15 Agility, Tier 2 equipment. Requirement: Level 4.]
[Challenge Token] *5
[Skill Stone] *5
Compared to the Storm Bear, the loot from the Purple Poison Frog chieftain was somewhat lacking.

[Eyeless Snake Essence: +3 Agility upon consumption] *5
[Reinforcement Stone] *5
[Challenge Token] *5
After taking stock, the harvest was quite bountiful.
Ye Chuyun truly had not expected the Storm Bear to drop a Talent Imprint.
Unlike skills, talents do not consume resources and provide permanent improvements.
However, obtaining a Talent Imprint is extremely difficult; they only drop from mutated beasts or chieftains and above.
Even an F-rank Talent Imprint is considered priceless in the early stages of the Divine Demon World, to the point where some would be unable to trade for one even with Tier 4 equipment.
In the later stages, they could fetch a staggering price of over 500,000 Divine Demon Coins on the exchange!

Thinking of this, Ye Chuyun immediately took out the Talent Imprint and used it.
[Notification: You have used the Talent Imprint and acquired the F-rank talent, Physique Enhancement.]
[Physique Enhancement: Permanently increases Physique by 10%.]
He had gained a new talent!
This talent was incredibly practical, offering a permanent 10% boost to his physique.
The higher the physique, the greater the absolute gain—it was a guaranteed win.
Ye Chuyun was highly satisfied. He then retrieved the [Berserk] skill book from his storage and used it!
[Berserk LV1: After use, enter a berserk state. All four basic attributes increase by 30%. Duration: 1 minute. After the effect wears off, the user falls into a weakened state for 10 minutes. Skill cooldown: 1 hour.]
This Berserk skill was also excellent and could serve as a trump card.
He consumed all the essences from the Storm Bear and the Purple Poison Frog.
He then replaced his [Green Claw Machete +5] and equipped the [Storm Blade] and the [Ring of Purple Poison].

Ye Chuyun applied all nine of his current Reinforcement Stones to the Storm Blade.
[Ding, reinforcement successful. Consumed one Reinforcement Stone, Storm Blade level +1.]
[Ding, reinforcement successful. Consumed three Reinforcement Stones, Storm Blade level +1.]
[Bang, reinforcement failed. Consumed five Reinforcement Stones, Storm Blade level +0.]
Seeing the notification of failure, Ye Chuyun could not help but twitch his lips.
In his previous life, the price of Reinforcement Stones had always remained high, precisely because there was a certain probability of failure when reinforcing equipment.

After the reinforcement, Ye Chuyun opened his status panel to check.
Name: Ye Chuyun
Reputation: 40
Level: 4 (930/1200)
Strength: 172
Agility: 168
Physique: 140 (F-rank Physique Enhancement, +14)
Spirit: 79
Combat Power: 1223 (1148 + 75)
Skills: Appraisal LV4, Stealth LV1, Vision Enhancement LV1, Strength Boost LV1, Speed Boost LV1, Berserk LV1
Equipment: Storm Blade +2 (Attack +50, Strength +25, 50% armor-piercing damage, Tier 2), Gale Boots (Agility +10, Tier 1), Agility Ring (Agility +8, Tier 1), Ring of Purple Poison (Agility +15, Tier 2), Spirit Necklace (Spirit +8, Tier 1), Scale of the Stone Ape (Physique +5, Tier 1), Eyeless Leather Armor +5 (Defense +25, Physique +10)
Divine Demon Coins: 3288

Good heavens, this upgrade had been like trading a musket for a cannon; his combat power was now nearly catching up to the Storm Bear in its berserk state!
With that done, Ye Chuyun headed straight to the Golden Spirit Fruit tree.
There were ten Golden Spirit Fruits on the tree. Ye Chuyun plucked one and bit into it.
It tasted sweet, much like an apple.
As the flesh entered his stomach, it turned into a stream of pure energy that surged through his body, eventually gathering in his brain.
Ye Chuyun closed his eyes and felt it silently.
[Consumed Golden Spirit Fruit, your Spirit has been greatly enhanced, Spirit +20!]

A single Golden Spirit Fruit caused his Spirit to soar by 20 points—it felt amazing!
Ye Chuyun continued to pluck another Golden Spirit Fruit, worth 10,000 Divine Demon Coins, and ate it.
[Consumed Golden Spirit Fruit, your Spirit has been greatly enhanced, Spirit +20!]
[Consumed Golden Spirit Fruit, your Spirit has been greatly enhanced, Spirit +20!]
...
[Excessive consumption of Golden Spirit Fruits, efficacy reduced, Spirit +10!]
[Your bloodline has been purified by 0.1% by the Golden Spirit Fruit, +10 to Strength, Physique, and Agility.]
Upon finishing the sixth fruit, its second effect finally triggered: his bloodline had been purified!
At this moment, the joy in Ye Chuyun's heart was beyond words.
The feeling of one's strength growing every single moment was simply wonderful!
After eating the final four fruits, his Spirit surged once more.
He opened his panel again.
Level: 4 (930/1200)
Strength: 197
Agility: 178
Physique: 150 (F-rank Physique Enhancement, +15)
Spirit: 229
Combat Power: 1583 (1508 + 75)

Originally, his Spirit had been his weakest stat, failing to even reach triple digits.
Now, it had surpassed triple digits in one go, reaching an astonishing 229!
He was not far from fulfilling the hidden condition of 300 Spirit to change his class to Qi Practitioner!

At the same time, the entire chat channel was in an uproar.
Cai Kun: "Holy crap, just how strong is Boss Ye? He actually killed a chieftain-level beast."
Wang Gang: "I once encountered a chieftain-level beast; just looking at it from afar made my scalp tingle. I really don't know how Boss Ye managed to kill one solo."
Itō Shūichi: "Haha, chieftain-level beasts? I've killed one too. A Level 2 chieftain-level beast, its strength was nothing special. Buda is just Buda, so easily surprised by everything."
Zhuang Liang: "Heh, I can smell the sourness through my screen. It seems to be wafting off you, you Sakura dog."
Kitahara Sōsuke: "Baka! Instead of wasting time here, you should be hunting beasts. Hmph, we will catch up to you soon."
Wang Gang: "Oh, sorry, we just happened to drop a Challenge Token. Looks like the gap just got wider."
Itō Shūichi: "#￥#@%@#%..."