Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Growth 100%
Several days later, still in the pitch-black night, beneath that cliff, Wang Wu ruthlessly slaughtered the nine-member Blood Spider family because they dared to occupy that rocky crevice.
Revisiting the old haunt, Wang Wu felt very sentimental.
Now, due to his body nearly doubling in size, reaching over fifty centimeters in length, he could no longer squeeze into the deepest part of the crevice.
Alas, my childhood is gone forever.
After devouring the entire Blood Spider family, Wang Wu quietly lay in the rock crevice. The next part was critical, and he didn’t know what commotion or change might occur. To be on the safe side, he quietly returned and squeezed back here, seeking stability.
Time slowly passed, and his satiety was continuously consumed, eventually transforming into growth. At a certain moment, his conventional growth level successfully reached 100%!
In his heart, Wang Wu cheered. At this moment, without any warning, he felt an intense heat spreading throughout his body, as if his blood was burning like a raging fire, a fiery dragon roaming his entire body, roaring, awakening.
He truly had the illusion that he was on fire!
However, this sensation lasted for less than ten seconds before subsiding.
It seemed as if nothing had happened, yet somehow, it also felt different.
Wang Wu wasn’t surprised. When he was a human, was there any difference between being seven years old on his birthday and turning eight the next day?
He couldn’t feel it at all.
But he had an attribute bar, and informational prompts.
"You have grown to the next stage, and you are a juvenile bear capable of surviving alone."
"A portion of the talents within your bloodline have been unlocked, making you stronger. However, this also means you are closer to reaching your growth limit."
After these two pieces of information appeared, Wang Wu’s attribute bar automatically manifested, with all attributes refreshed.
Status: Ancient Giant Bear Juvenile Body (awoke four types of bloodline talents and unlocked the second stage of life)
Life: 230
Physical Strength: 150
Power: 12
Agility: 7
Defense: 14
Satiety Limit: 550 points
Bloodline Talent: Concealment Level 5
Bloodline Talent: Self-Healing Level 5
Bloodline Talent: Spirit Essence Level 1
Bloodline Talent: Danger Perception Level 5
Spirit Root: Basic Ice Spirit Root (1/10)
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi: 100/200
Ice Spiritual Qi: 29/200
Conventional Growth Level: 0%
Special Growth Level: 30%
Bloodline Evolution Level: 20%
[Ice Resistance: 10/10]
[Flame Resistance: 6/10]
[Bee Venom Resistance: 2/10]
[Plant Poison Resistance 7/10]
[Ordinary Snake Poison Resistance 5/5]
[Ordinary Spider Venom Resistance 5/5]
Wang Wu carefully and thoroughly examined the attribute bar several times, instantly realizing a very harsh truth.
That was, in the first stage as a cub, his bloodline evolution level was only 10%.
By reaching the second stage, becoming a juvenile body, his bloodline evolution level became 20%.
Following this logic, he should gain an additional 10% bloodline evolution unlock with each subsequent growth stage.
If there are further stages like a juvenile body, youth body, adult body, and even an elder body, at most, he could increase his bloodline evolution level to 60%.
But in reality, an elder Ancient Giant Bear likely wouldn’t even have that advantage anymore.
So ultimately, it might just stop at a 50% bloodline evolution level.
"It’s no wonder why I would be pursued and killed by Celestial Realm Great Cultivators from the Human Race like this; it won’t do."
Wang Wu shook his head in his heart. He didn’t wish to become any overlord but neither did he want to be killed, which was his basic demand.
Now, without hesitation, he chose the Concealment talent to upgrade!
In an instant, the Level 5 Concealment Talent upgraded to Level 6, but to his great surprise, his stored 100 points of spiritual qi were completely consumed with just this single upgrade.
In the second stage, the cost of talent upgrades increased fivefold!
A bit expensive indeed.
Also, why is there no information?
Wang Wu waited for three seconds before finally seeing a few lines of information silently appear.
"Because you remained still for three seconds, you have activated Level 6 Passive Concealment."
"You can now perfectly mimic and merge with your surroundings in ordinary environments, achieving impressive results even in special environments like snowy landscapes, underwater, in the strong wind, or desert wastelands."
"All insects and wild animals will be oblivious to you, even some expert scouting insects and spirit creatures with extremely keen senses and special bloodline talents, like wild bees, won’t be able to detect you at close range."
"A large portion of demons with insufficient cultivation will also overlook you unless you happen to block their path. However, in front of demons, spirits, and monsters with special reconnaissance talents and exceptionally keen senses, or those two levels higher than your cultivation realm, your concealment might still be discovered, unless you’re at a considerable distance apart, or there are ingenious natural setups to confuse, distract, mislead, or obstruct."
"Warning, do not test Human Race cultivators’ reconnaissance methods with your Level 6 Concealment, that’s a different matter altogether."
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These information lines were unprecedentedly detailed and heavy, like an elder offering earnest advice.
Wang Wu deeply agreed.
Especially the part about not overly relying on Level 6 Concealment, he couldn’t agree more.
Details, details, and more details!
Just like before, had he not endured loneliness, endured hunger, and been sufficiently cautious, he stayed within a snow hollow for over a month; otherwise, he wouldn’t have escaped from that Gray Fox even with his Level 5 Concealment Talent.
Because back then the creek was frozen, he had to move to eat Little Demons, surely he has to excrete, but where could he bury that?
Even now, even if he’s upgraded to Level 6 Concealment, if he doesn’t handle excretion carefully, do you believe just one whiff from that damn fox, and he’d be exposed immediately.
"The former hideout doesn’t count, I need to carefully plan a real hideout."
"Of course, improving my resistance in the process is also very beneficial."
"And there’s another crucial point, whether to upgrade the Spiritual Talent, because it’s almost certain that in the future, the Spiritual Qi required to upgrade would be enormous."
Thoughts flashed through Wang Wu’s mind, and after much deliberation, he decided not to upgrade the Spiritual Talent, as it was too conspicuous.
In fact, he thought he should continue his cautious past, avoiding the Golden Three Minutes and only absorbing golden particles during the Silver Three Minutes.
"After all, to date, I’m still unsure whether those Great Demons, or the Cyan Wolf, Gray Fox, or these Middle-Level Demons can determine the presence of a highly potential Little Demon by observing the accumulation scale of golden particles? I must remain steady, not reckless, and avoid making mistakes."
After reorganizing his thoughts and mentally preparing himself, Wang Wu cautiously emerged from the crevice in the rocks, staying nearby, lying at the base of the cliff.
The wild grass here wasn’t very lush, and the view was completely unobstructed.
If it were the former Level 5 Concealment, Wang Wu certainly wouldn’t dare to stay here.
But now, with Level 6 Concealment Talent, he could perfectly merge into this environment.
Mimicry Fusion, this is excellent.
Time slowly passed, night gradually faded away, dawn appeared on the horizon, signaling the most important time of the day.
Little Demons began chasing each other and gathering among the shrubs, but none of them noticed Wang Wu.
As the golden sunlight poured down, a tide of Little Demons surged forward, densely packed; one wonders where so many came from and how they survived the past cold winter, it’s simply Eternal Life.
On Wang Wu’s back stood five Wandering Mantis Blade Masters, three Masters of Dung Balls, and one Ladybug Ranger...
They had no idea that anything was amiss, mimicry concealment is pretty awesome!
Meanwhile, more Little Demons, confident in their strength, tried to climb the cliff, hoping to get closer to the area of Golden Three Minutes, even just a little bit.
To grow better, to elevate their beings, they were willing to take risks.
During this time, Little Demons would also fight among themselves, determined to establish a hierarchy.
It was still spring now; when Wang Wu had crossed over last year, these Little Demons had likely already been fighting for months, and their positions had mostly been established.
Of course, there were also ignorant Little Demons trying to climb the cliff, attempting to enter the territory of the Flame Scorpion Race, naturally encountering the most terrifying slaughter and assault.
Sometimes there could even be collateral damage.
For instance, five Mazha Mountain Bandits, relying on their ability to fly, landed above the cliff, only to be hit by a small fireball the next second.
But these five Mazda fluttered their wings hurriedly and dodged.
They had caused big trouble and fled to save their own lives, but angered a few Scorpion Priests, who were elite scorpions from last year, the direct descendants of the previous generation Flame Scorpion King, proud and unyielding, unable to tolerate such provocation.
Do you think you can run away with the monk but not the temple?
You damn scum, prepare to be baptized by flames!
They peered over the cliff edge and ruthlessly unleashed three small fireballs at the densely packed Little Demons below.
"Boom boom boom!"
The sound of the fireballs exploding was tremendous, flames swept over an area of dozens of meters.
The Little Demons within this range either were reduced to ashes, became jerky, or were blasted a long way, severely injured—the efficiency of killing was extremely high.
Wang Wu’s concealed spot also happened to take a hit from one of the small fireballs, but he didn’t move the entire time, taking the explosion and the continuous flaming burns directly.
Even the Level 6 Concealment status wasn’t affected.
Admittedly, after last winter, his will had become stronger, and his body’s tolerance for negative damage also increased.
Of course, another important reason was that he had become stronger.
"You have been attacked by the Fire Scorpion Priest’s fireball, you suffered 45 points of explosion damage, but due to your 14 points of defense, you mitigated 42 points of damage and ultimately suffered 3 points of damage."
"You suffered continuous flame burn damage, taking 30 points of damage, but due to your 6 points of flame resistance, you mitigated 18 points of damage and ultimately suffered 12 points of damage."
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Two lines of information silently appeared, and Wang Wu slightly smiled, minor injuries, nothing to worry about.