"What a shame!"
Ye Ningze sighed, looking at the stunned Shadow Leopard before him.
When the Shadow Leopard attacked him earlier, its speed was too swift.
Ye Ningze's mind hadn't even registered it. He only managed to catch a glimpse of the Shadow Leopard's talent, but didn't have time to copy it.
However, when Ye Ningze finally saw the Shadow Leopard's talent clearly, his heart grew even more excited.
It turned out that this mutated Shadow Leopard was actually called a Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard.
Species: Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard.
Bloodline Talent: S-rank.
Speed Talent: S-rank.
Endurance Talent: B-rank.
Healing Talent: C-rank.
The Endurance Talent was linked to the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard's stamina.
The reason the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard could fight the Great Bear for so long while maintaining abundant stamina was due to its intermediate endurance talent.
"This mutated Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard is truly awesome!"
Ye Ningze couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard's talents clearly.
"With so many talents, if it grows up, it will definitely be a top-tier fierce beast comparable to a transcendent martial artist!" Ye Ningze suddenly thought.
He really wanted to eliminate the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard before him, but the gap in strength was too great.
Whether in terms of attack methods or speed, Ye Ningze was far inferior.
The only thing he could rely on now was Ye Ningze's top-tier healing talent.
Soon, the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard launched another round of attacks.
This time, Ye Ningze narrowly dodged in time, only leaving a wound on his neck instead of having his head torn off.
Fortunately, the healing talent did not disappoint Ye Ningze, and the wound quickly recovered.
Facing such fierce attacks, Ye Ningze dared not be careless.
If he were to have his head burst by this fierce beast, Ye Ningze couldn't guarantee he could recover.
Fortunately, under the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard's attack just now, Ye Ningze successfully copied its talent.
"The talent is in hand, I can retreat now, otherwise I'll suffer the same fate as the Great Bear!"
Seeing that the S-rank speed talent was secured, Ye Ningze dared not linger and turned to leave.
But the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard would not let him leave so easily. With an accelerated charge, it came towards him.
"Shadow Kill!"
Ye Ningze drew his black saber and unleashed his perfected saber intent, his black saber dancing wildly.
At that moment, he was enveloped in saber shadows, forming a 360-degree shield with no blind spots, preventing the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard from getting close.
In a speed contest, Ye Ningze could not compare to the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard.
However, under the shield of sharp saber energy, Ye Ningze was temporarily safe.
Ye Ningze was quite confident in his saber skills, after all, even a Grandmaster martial artist like Li Mingyuan couldn't break through it.
The Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard tried to claw through the saber shadow shield multiple times but failed, instead injuring its claws.
After a fierce chase, the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard finally lost its patience and stopped pursuing.
Seeing the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard disappear into the bushes, Ye Ningze breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"It's finally gone, that was close!"
Even though Ye Ningze's perfected saber intent was invincible, his vital energy and stamina were limited.
If the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard had continued to chase for a while longer, Ye Ningze might have been exhausted to death.
It had to be said.
Ye Ningze's act of deliberately provoking the Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard just now was very risky, but danger always came with opportunity.
"Haha, the top-tier speed talent is in hand!" Ye Ningze laughed heartily.
Once he successfully fused the top-tier speed talent, Ye Ningze's strength would undoubtedly increase greatly.
At that time, what was a mere Shadow Silver Dragon Leopard? Even the Great Bear, a fierce beast at the peak of the advanced level, would surely not be Ye Ningze's match.
Afterward, Ye Ningze came to the outskirts of the Great Prajna Forest where there were no fierce beasts.
He found a large tree there, dug a hole in it, hollowed out the trunk, crawled inside, and then sealed the opening.
"Begin fusion!"
Ye Ningze, completely concealing his aura, began to fuse his talents.
Every time he fused a talent, Ye Ningze had to endure pain that ordinary people could not bear, but it greatly increased his strength, making him willing to endure the suffering.
Ye Ningze had already fused many talents before, so the pain from this fusion was not as unbearable.
After half a day, Ye Ningze finally emerged successfully, the top-tier speed talent fusion complete.
Every time he finished fusing, Ye Ningze habitually checked his attributes.
Race: Human.
Cultivation Talent: A-rank.
Strength Talent: A-rank.
Speed Talent: S-rank.
Healing Talent: S-rank.
Saber Skill Talent: C-rank.
Flame Shadow Talent: Elementary.
Looking at the top-tier speed talent and top-tier healing talent in his attribute panel, Ye Ningze was overjoyed.
"It would be amazing if all my talents could become top-tier someday!" Ye Ningze thought to himself.
In his excitement, Ye Ningze decided to test his current speed.
Whoosh!
With a blur, Ye Ningze appeared a hundred meters away in an instant.
In the depths of his perception, Ye Ningze seemed to have broken through some barrier in the air.
"Light speed!"
A word appeared in his mind.
Light speed was a unit of speed, referring to the speed at which light travels through the air.
But Ye Ningze's current speed was clearly not as exaggerated as light speed. His actual speed was close to the speed of sound, around 300 meters per second.
"If my speed could truly reach light speed, then I would be invincible!"
After all, light speed was tens of thousands of meters per second, which was no different from teleportation.
If Ye Ningze's speed truly reached light speed, even if he couldn't defeat a powerful enemy next time, he could still escape with ease.
"However, even if my speed hasn't reached light speed, it's still very fast!"
For the next period of time, Ye Ningze tirelessly tested his speed.
After multiple tests, Ye Ningze gained a new understanding of his current speed.
"My current speed can reach 3000 meters per second, about ten times the speed of sound. Before, my speed was 200 meters per second, meaning the top-tier speed talent increased my speed by nearly 20 times!" Ye Ningze mused.
According to his estimation, even transcendent martial artists among humans, even those with speed talents, would not exceed five times the speed of sound.
Yet, Ye Ningze had now reached a terrifying ten times the speed of sound.
He believed that as his realm increased, his speed would grow even further.
"With my current strength, I'm not afraid of transcendent martial artists!"
Ye Ningze was full of confidence.
Originally, his strength was still far from that of a transcendent martial artist, as his Grandmaster realm was there.
And transcendent martial artists were two major realms higher than Grandmasters.
Being able to defeat opponents of a higher level was something that only existed in novels.