Chapter 102: Chapter 100: Dabai’s Breakthrough and Planting Skill_2
Waking up, it immediately let out a resounding roar, full of vigor.
“Roar~”
I, Mountain Lord, am back!
“Don’t come back, attack me instead, let’s test your strength.”
Last time, while dealing with the Evil Flood Dragon, I sparred briefly with Mo Yang and the others, so I was able to roughly gauge the strength of martial artists below the seventh grade.
Plus, since I am a grandmaster myself and have also fought with the Grandmaster Evil Flood Dragon, I kind of understand what the strength levels below a grandmaster are like, so assessing strength is not really an issue for me now.
However—
“Roar~”
Dabai knew how strong Wang Sheng was, and even though its strength had improved, it hesitated to attack, not wanting to be presumptuous.
“I’m not going to kill you, just attack, let’s test your strength.”
Only after Wang Sheng emphasized again did Dabai initiate an attack.
But, just as Dabai had expected, even after evolving, it was no match for Wang Sheng.
Even though its paw strikes could whip up a fierce wind that stung the face, Wang Sheng effortlessly blocked it and even pushed it back.
“Keep going, this time burst out with speed and try.”
Without hesitation, Dabai retreated more than a dozen meters, its limbs tensed, then it suddenly burst forth with speed, charging at Wang Sheng.
After a quick calculation of Dabai’s speed, Wang Sheng had a good estimate, and with another casual push, he stopped the attack and called a halt.
“Do you have any other moves?”
“Roar~”
Dabai shook its head.
“Got it, your current power is roughly that of a sixth-grade martial artist. Your strength is about the same or even stronger than a seventh-grade, but if you don’t have any special abilities, you’re probably not going to beat them.”
Seventh-grade martial artists can use Qi Blood Power, and without any special moves, Dabai would truly have a hard time defeating those of the seventh grade.
Qi Blood Power is a qualitative change for martial artists.
“That’s right, I remember you have a technique to intimidate enemies, right? Try it out!”
Dabai didn’t hesitate and immediately used its Fierce Tiger Descending Mountain Formation.
Like before, the shadow of a white tiger lunged at Wang Sheng, but of course, it had long since been unable to affect Wang Sheng, and this time it was even less likely.
Even with the fusion of Qi-Blood and “spirit,” his spirit had become more stable, and this time he didn’t even waver, but he could still roughly gauge Dabai’s current intimidating ability.
“I take back what I said before, you might be able to defeat a seventh-grade martial artist, as long as you use this intimidation skill well.”
Dabai’s intimidation had grown stronger; if used properly combined with its robust physique, it could unleash tremendous combat power.
Spiritual attacks can be deadly if one doesn’t have a way to counter them.
“Not bad at all!”
Being able to advance from a third or fourth-grade martial artist to being able to contend with a seventh-grade in less than a year, this kind of progress, if told, would shock many.
“Roar~”
Though it was still no opponent for Wang Sheng, Dabai was quite pleased with its progress.
“If you’re satisfied, then go out for a stroll, don’t just lie around all the time when there’s nothing to do.”
Ever since the wild wolf incident last time, Dabai had often gone out to patrol its territory, to prevent other powerful demon beasts from intruding.
Last time, it wasn’t just an attack on the village; Dabai felt it was a challenge to itself.
That’s why it went out to patrol every few days, exerting its authority.
Lately, Wang Sheng simply let it go out after a set period of time.
Now that its strength had broken through, it needed to go out even more, to intimidate the many wild animals, especially those demon beasts and spirit beasts comparable to martial artists; the senses of ordinary wild animals weren’t as sharp.
Dabai moved its body, ready to go out, as it also wanted to test its skills in the mountains and forests. But just as it was about to leave, Wang Sheng suddenly stopped it.
“Wait a second, I’ll go with you!”
“Roar~”
Dabai didn’t think too much and set off with Wang Sheng.
…
A few hours later, after Dabai had its fun, it returned to its house,
carrying some saplings in its hand.
Saplings from the hairy peach trees in the mountains and the jujube tree saplings it found after returning to the village.
After returning to his house, he found a suitable spot to plant the jujube and hairy peach saplings. Once they were in the ground, he started thinking about something else he wanted.
“I remember the village chief should have some wheat and soybean seeds, right?”
Wheat wasn’t suitable for cultivation in their area, so very few people had wheat seeds. However, he recalled the village chief had some, and soybeans, as a common crop in the Great Zhou, were easy to obtain.
He planned to get them and plant them too.
Of course, he wasn’t doing this for no reason.
After planting various medicinal herbs, he had realized that, if the quantity of the same type of plants reached a certain level and hit a breakthrough, the skills would merge, saving a lot of time for future planting.
However, due to the large number of medicinal herbs planted previously, he was unsure how many types were needed exactly.
So, he decided to start by trying three types.
Hairy peaches and jujube trees were to complement the Iron Wood, while wheat and soybeans were for the rice.
Whether it would be successful or not, he planned to try with three first, and if it didn’t work out, he would plant more types for further trials.
He found the village chief and successfully acquired the seeds of wheat and soybeans and planted them.
…
Three months passed by.
The scorching summer days disappeared, and the weather gradually cooled down, with all things withering.
In these three months, Wang Sheng’s various skills had improved.
His realm in “Qi Cultivation into Spirit,” as well as the Inner Core Skill and Ba Duan Jin, had reached a breakthrough point.
“Qi Cultivation into Spirit, Produce Medicine” had reached over 70%, “Inner Core Skill” and “Ba Duan Jin” had respectively reached over 80% and over 90%.
Eight Extreme Fists, Plum Flower Step, and the likes were also close to breaking through twice.
These represented significant progress.
Of course, this wasn’t the most important thing. Although the progress was substantial, it still required time to truly transform.
But today, a more crucial skill was about to hit a breakthrough.
“Hairy Peach Planting: 9 (99%)”, “Jujube Tree Planting: 9 (99%)”, “Wheat Planting: 9 (99%)”, “Soybean Planting: 9 (99%)”.
All four planting skills were on the verge of breakthrough.
“The last time I saw this kind of progress bar was when I was planting medicinal plants!”
It was natural that all these skills had reached this level deliberately under his control.
“Today, they’ll all break through together!”
Last time, all medicinal plants had simultaneously achieved a breakthrough; he thought it best to control it himself.
Wang Sheng picked up his hoe and started to break through the last limit.
Minutes later, all four planting skills hit a breakthrough.
Then—
“Iron Wood Planting” and “Rice Planting,” these two breakthrough skills disappeared, and the four newly broken-through skills also vanished.
Immediately afterward, two brand new skills appeared.
“Tree Planting: Breakthrough+1 (15%)”
“Grain Planting: Breakthrough+1 (10%)”
Seeing these two skills emerge, Wang Sheng smiled.
“Success, indeed! Three skills of the same type will merge.”
Now, Wang Sheng confirmed how many similar skills would start to merge—it was three.
However, before he could fully process it,
He noticed another skill vanish.
“Medicinal Plant Cultivation: Breakthrough+5 (5%)” gone!
The two newly emerged skills disappeared along with it.
And then a brand new skill appeared.
“…”
This skill’s emergence was truly unexpected to Wang Sheng.
“Medicinal Plant Cultivation,” “Tree Planting,” “Grain Planting,” these three skills also merged, forming a new skill.
“Planting Skill: Breakthrough+4 (50%)!”