Lu Chen collected all the visible copper ore and placed it in his storage ring.
Then, he used the seagulls to scan Giant Lizard Island again.
After confirming that there were no other valuable resources left on the small island,
he returned to the Netherworld with Tuan Zi and Jack's bodies.
...
"Wow wow wow, Captain, I'm invincible, I'm invincible!"
On the deck, Jack turned into a black afterimage,
darting around and shouting loudly,
"Tuan Zi, look how fast I am~!"
Jack streaked past Little dumpling in a flash,
making Tuan Zi bare his teeth in frustration, yet he couldn't catch up to Jack,
only able to chirp incessantly.
Watching Jack and Tuan Zi chase and play on the deck, Lu Chen smiled and shook his head,
but also let out a sigh of relief.
He had previously worried that Jack's personality would drastically change after absorbing the dark marrow,
After all,
on the heaven's oracle panel, Jack's characteristics had gained two new entries: tyrannical and bloodthirsty.
But, seeing Jack's goofy appearance,
Lu Chen felt relieved.
What Lu Chen didn't know was that Jack's goofy appearance was limited to when he was with him.
In front of enemies, Jack would transform into a true Boss-level Undead,
making opponents deeply understand what fear and despair were.
"After dealing with these spoils of war, it's time for our 1000th District to counterattack!"
Lu Chen gently stroked the storage ring, a cold light flickering in his eyes.
Those guys from the Alliance of Nations had gone too far; it was time to make them pay for their arrogance.
Lu Chen lightly waved his right arm,
and over a dozen massive Giant Rock Armored Lizard corpses instantly appeared on the deck, piled up like a small mountain.
Suddenly, Lu Chen's heart stirred.
So much time had passed,
there should be people in the 1000th District who could hunt sea beasts with talents by now, right?
Subsequently, Lu Chen opened the heaven's oracle trading page.
With just a glance, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
He saw that within the trading system, six people had gifted him as many as eight sea beast corpses!
Moreover,
these sea beasts were not ordinary ones like Giant Rock Armored Lizards; they were all precious sea beasts that had awakened talents!
Among sea beasts, individuals capable of Awakening talents were extremely rare.
Even someone as strong as Lu Chen relied entirely on luck to hunt a talented sea beast.
However,
these people could have traded with Lu Chen for bone strengthening grass or other valuable items,
but none of them chose to do so; instead, they chose to gift them unconditionally.
"It seems the saying 'strength in numbers' is indeed true."
Lu Chen's lips curved into a smile.
As the 1000th District grew stronger, the feedback he received became increasingly generous.
The improvement in other people's strength meant they could hunt more talented sea beasts for Lu Chen,
and Lu Chen could continuously absorb talents and attribute points through Tuan Zi.
Thus,
evolving all talents to S-Rank and above was just around the corner!
"Tuan Zi, time to work."
"Guji~~"
【Ding! Successfully absorbed Giant Rock Armored Lizard * 10 (Fourth Tier)】
【You absorbed 8 * 10 points of Constitution】
【Ding! Successfully absorbed Ice Armored Lobster (Third Tier)】
【You obtained D-Rank Talent - Ice Manipulation, Strength increased by 6 points】
【Ding! Successfully absorbed Crystal Coral (First Tier)】
【You obtained E-Rank Talent - Constitution Enhancement, Constitution increased by 2 points】
【Ding! Successfully absorbed Four-Eyed Sea Snake (First Tier)】
【You obtained F-Rank Talent - Visual Enhancement, Agility increased by 2 points】
...
"Tuan Zi, you've worked hard~"
"Guji guji~~"
After a busy session by Little dumpling,
Lu Chen successfully absorbed a total of eight talents:
Ice Manipulation (D-Rank),
Constitution Enhancement (E-Rank), Perception Enhancement (E-Rank), Olfactory Enhancement (E) * 2, Speed Enhancement (E), Auditory Enhancement (E)
Visual Enhancement (F-Rank),
and 86 points of Constitution, 6 points of Agility, 4 points of Perception, and 6 points of Strength.
Without a doubt, this was another super enhancement.
With Tuan Zi as a super assistant,
Lu Chen's path to becoming stronger was like having a cheat code.
【Ding! Your D-Rank Talent - Ice Manipulation, meets the evolution conditions and has successfully evolved into C-Rank Talent - Ice Control】
【Ding! Your E-Rank Talent - Auditory Enhancement, meets the evolution conditions and has successfully evolved into D-Rank Talent - Auditory Perception】
【Ding! Your E-Rank Talent - Constitution Enhancement, meets the evolution conditions and has successfully evolved into D-Rank Talent - Constitution Super-Enhancement】
【Ding! Your E-Rank Talent - Perception Enhancement, meets the evolution conditions and has successfully evolved into D-Rank Talent - Perception Super-Enhancement】
【Ding! Your F-Rank Talent - Visual Enhancement, meets the evolution conditions and has successfully evolved into E-Rank Talent - Visual Super-Enhancement】
Accompanied by a series of heaven's oracle prompts,
a total of five talents met the conditions,
and began to evolve...
After evolving, among the 18 talents Lu Chen possessed, there were surprisingly none below E-Rank.
【B-Rank: Undead Curse, Mountain Strength, Onmyoji】
【C-Rank: White Bone Control 4, Plant Affinity, Poison Control, Flame Control (5%), Ice Control】
【D-Rank: Power Super-Enhancement, Speed Amplification (5%), Stealth, Earth Manipulation, Perception Super-Enhancement, Constitution Super-Enhancement, Auditory Perception】
【E-Rank: Olfactory Super-Enhancement (10%), Clairvoyance, Visual Super-Enhancement】
"So the next stage of Auditory Enhancement is Auditory Perception,"
Lu Chen gazed at his talent panel,
his eyebrow slightly raised.
This was his first auxiliary talent to enter a new realm beyond super-enhancement.
"I wonder what Auditory Perception will be like after it evolves again?"
Lu Chen was quite curious.
With a thought,
Auditory Perception surged forth like a tide.
In an instant,
all the sounds around him seemed to be infinitely amplified, clearly entering his ears.
The surging of the seawater,
the light swimming of the fish schools,
the long whistling of the sea breeze,
Every subtle sound in nature became exceptionally clear in Lu Chen's ears, as if within reach.
"It seems my hearing has touched the extreme boundaries of what humans can perceive..."
A premonition arose in Lu Chen's heart.
When Auditory Perception evolved again,
the assistance it could provide would far exceed the simple scope of "hearing."
Perhaps he could create sounds at will, weaving a net of illusory sounds to confuse enemies,
Or perhaps he could manipulate the power of sound, transforming it into invisible blades to launch fatal attacks on enemies.
These ideas might sound somewhat incredible,
but in this heaven's oracle World full of infinite possibilities and miracles,
Anything is possible,
Everything awaits him to explore and discover.
"I still need to increase my strength; there are too many unknowns in this world that I need to explore..."
Lu Chen sighed lightly, pulling his thoughts back to reality.
At this moment, he held a full 90 points of precious free attributes in his hand.
Without hesitation,
he resolutely allocated all these attribute points to Perception.