Chapter 34: The Iron Turtle Set, Combat Power Skyrockets!

He had originally braced himself for a second failure, so he was surprised when the enhancement actually succeeded.

[Water Manipulation: Allows for the minor control of water elements.]

Ye Chuyun’s eyes lit up. He focused his mind intensely on the surrounding river, attempting to exert control over it. Immediately, the water began to churn violently, forming several small whirlpools around him. At the same time, Ye Chuyun felt his mental energy draining rapidly and quickly ceased his efforts.

"Good thing my mental stats are high, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to handle that."

Ye Chuyun shook his head and brought out the two remaining talent imprints, both F-rank Physique Enhancement talents.

[Notification: Detected that you already possess the F-rank talent, Physique Enhancement. Do you wish to fuse and evolve it?]

"Fuse!"

[Notification: Fusion successful. F-rank Physique Enhancement has evolved into E-rank Super Physique!]

[Super Physique: Permanently increases physique by 20%.]

"Damn, it actually worked on the first try this time?" Ye Chuyun clicked his tongue in surprise.

Having finished processing the loot from the four leaders, only the spoils from the Iron Turtle King remained.

[Iron Turtle Helmet: +35 Defense, +20 Physique, +10 Mental, +50% Fire Resistance. Tier 2 Top-grade Equipment. Requirements: Level 8, Physique and Mental stats above 100.]

[Iron Turtle Boots: +20 Defense, +20 Agility, +30% Movement Speed. Tier 2 Top-grade Equipment. Requirements: Level 8, Agility above 100.]

[Talent Imprint: Use to acquire the E-rank talent, Water Manipulation.]

[Talent Imprint: Use to acquire the E-rank talent, Super Physique.]

[Sea King’s Fury: Tier 2 exclusive talent skill. Creates several water tornadoes to attack enemies. Learning conditions: Must possess E-rank talent Water Manipulation. The higher the mental stat, the greater the power.]

The Iron Turtle King was truly a monarch-level beast; the amount of loot was explosive! If anyone else had killed it, they might have only gotten one or two items. But thanks to his 100% drop rate, he received everything the beast had to offer! Ye Chuyun felt incredibly satisfied.

He already possessed Water Manipulation and Super Physique. Now, with two additional E-rank talent imprints, he could attempt to fuse and evolve them again. Ye Chuyun made his decision instantly.

Gamble big, and turn the bicycle into a motorcycle!

[Notification: Detected that you already possess the E-rank talent, Water Manipulation. Do you wish to fuse and evolve it?]

"Go!"

[Notification: Fusion successful. E-rank Water Manipulation has evolved into D-rank Water Fusion!]

[Water Fusion: Allows the user to merge with water and breathe freely while submerged.]

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ye Chuyun was ecstatic. This was exactly the talent he needed.

With this talent, he felt much more confident about acquiring "that item" later on.

[Notification: Detected that you already possess the E-rank talent, Super Physique. Do you wish to fuse and evolve it?]

"Evolve!"

After two consecutive successes, Ye Chuyun felt a bit overconfident.

[Notification: Fusion failed.]

"Ugh."

Fair enough. After two successes, a failure was only normal.

He now possessed three talents: the SSS-rank 100% Drop Rate, the D-rank Water Fusion, and the E-rank Super Physique. Across the entire Blue Star, it was likely that fewer than a handful of people possessed multiple talents. As he continued to hunt more beasts and acquire more talent imprints, he wouldn't just stop at three talents. As long as he kept fusing, possessing multiple S-rank talents would be easily within reach!

The more Ye Chuyun thought about it, the more he looked forward to the future.

He then took out the skill book, Sea King’s Fury. To learn this skill, one needed the E-rank talent Water Manipulation. Since he now possessed the D-rank Water Fusion, he naturally met the requirements. He finally had his first Tier 2 skill.

He decided to test it out.

Ye Chuyun’s body began to emit a faint mist, which gradually condensed into swirling energy of the water element. The water energy circled him, forming several rotating water tornadoes. The scale of these tornadoes was in no way inferior to the ones the Iron Turtle King had summoned.

Composed of powerful currents, these tornadoes twisted and danced like giant dragons, creating intense vortices and air currents. Like roaring water monsters, they surged around Ye Chuyun toward the carcass of the Iron Turtle beast in the river. When the tornadoes made contact, they exerted terrifying tearing force and pressure that the carcass could not withstand.

The river water churned as massive currents violently slammed into the body, dragging it completely underwater. Within the raging currents, the Iron Turtle’s carcass began to break apart; fragments were ground to pieces in the rotation of the tornadoes, emitting shrill, piercing sounds. Eventually, the corpse dissipated entirely, turning into mere spray that sank into the depths of the riverbed.

"As expected of a Tier 2 skill, the power is truly formidable!" Ye Chuyun marveled at the destruction caused by the water tornadoes. However, the mental energy consumption for this skill was extremely high. With his current mental reserves, he could only use it three times at most. Still, as his mental stats continued to grow, using this skill would only become easier.

Finally, he equipped the Iron Turtle Helmet and Iron Turtle Boots together.

[Notification: Detected that you possess three pieces of Iron Turtle equipment. Set bonus triggered: +100 Defense, +100 Fire Resistance.]

Haha! It actually triggered a set bonus! His defense had increased by 100 just like that! This was incredibly satisfying.

He had also acquired a pile of skill stones and enhancement stones. Ye Chuyun simply went all out, enhancing his Storm Blade and Iron Turtle Armor to their limits, exhausting his supply of enhancement stones in the process. He also maxed out all his Tier 1 skills.

In an instant, Ye Chuyun was fully armed from head to toe, and his strength had seen a massive surge. Thinking of this, his latest stats appeared in his mind:

Name: Ye Chuyun
Level: 8 (5130/50000)
Reputation: 50
Title: Favored by the Heavens
Strength: 384
Agility: 308
Physique: 417 (E-rank Super Physique, +83)
Mental: 464
Combat Power: 3381 (3146 + 235)

Equipment:
Storm Blade +5 (Attack +100, Strength +50, 150% Armor-piercing damage on hit, Tier 2)
Iron Turtle Armor +5 (Defense +80, Physique +50, Fire Resistance +200%, Tier 2)
Iron Turtle Helmet (Defense +35, Physique +20, Mental +10, Fire Resistance +50%, Tier 2 Top-grade)
Iron Turtle Boots (Defense +20, Agility +20, Movement Speed +30%, Tier 2 Top-grade)
Agility Ring (Agility +8, Tier 1)
Purple Poison Ring (Agility +15, Tier 2)
Sage’s Chain (Mental +30, shortens skill cooldowns, Tier 3)
Purple Jade Mirror (Mental +10, Physique +15, comes with the defensive skill 'Purple Jade Shield', which forms an energy barrier of 1000, Tier 2)

God-Demon Coins: 8853