Ye Que remained calm and began to eat.
The breakthrough had been very taxing, and a strong hunger would soon follow.
Therefore, he ate some meat first to replenish his strength.
Only after feeling full did he confidently check the panel.
Host: Ye Que
Realm: 2/10 (Second-level demon beast; upon reaching the tenth level, one gains the qualification to revert to ancestral form)
Evolution: Wild Forest Turtle (A second-level demon beast with keen hearing)
Talent: Counterattack (When attacked, returns 50% of the attacker's damage)
Speed: 2/10
Defense: 2.2/10
Attack: 2/10
Experience Points: 0
Martial Arts: To be unlocked
. The Martial Arts item on the panel was flashing.
He clicked on it with his mind.
Evolution: Forest Turtle (A second-level demonic beast with keen hearing)
Technique: None available. Skill
: Assassinate 0/100 (Upgrades to Shadow Assassinate when proficiency reaches 100).
Secret Technique: Activated at the third level
. "Where's the earth-shattering move? Forget it, the system comes with a skill; it should be pretty awesome, and the key is that it can be upgraded!" It
's extremely rare for low-level demonic beasts to possess skills.
Especially turtles among low-level demonic beasts.
Turtles are inherently weak in attack, but he gained an active attack skill that can be upgraded.
Satisfied!
"Let's try out my new skill!"
Ye Que was very enthusiastic about it.
He moved to find other demonic beasts.
"Map scan notification: A first-level demonic beast has appeared 400 meters ahead!"
"The higher the realm, the larger the map scan range; awesome!"
A short while later, he found the first-level demonic beast.
It was a black spider, about one meter in size.
Ye Que was fearless and charged forward.
Hiss—
The black spider was enraged.
A tiny turtle, no bigger than a palm, dared to provoke it? It was asking for trouble. Ye Que
lunged forward with its forelimbs.
"Activate skill, Assassinate!"
Ye Que flashed away with a swift movement.
*Whoosh*
—his claws had already sliced through the black spider's abdomen, landing firmly on the ground behind it.
The black spider let out a miserable cry and collapsed dead.
"Ding! Host has killed a Level 1 demonic beast, the Black Forest Spider! Gained 0.5 experience points."
"Ding! Assassinate proficiency increased by 10."
"Although I can only perfectly utilize the Assassinate skill because of my realm advantage, I like it this way!"
Ye Que's goal was to survive, stay calm, and seize the opportunity at crucial moments.
He would never do anything pointless or risky.
"I'll save the experience points for now and find a few more Level 1 demonic beasts to practice on!"
The palm-sized Wild Forest Turtle began hunting on the outskirts of the demonic beast forest.
"Map scan alert: Two Level 1 demonic beasts have appeared 400 meters ahead!"
"Attack!"
"Ding! Host has killed a Level 1 demonic beast, Black Forest Bee! Gained 0.5 experience points." "Ding
! Attack proficiency increased by 10."
"Ding! Host has killed a Level 1 demonic beast, Wild Boar! Gained 0.5 experience points."
"Ding! Attack proficiency increased by 10."
"Map scan alert: A Level 2 demonic beast has appeared 400 meters ahead!"
"Should I take down this Level 2 demonic beast? Yeah, right! My shell is tough!"
"Ding! Host has killed a Level 2 demonic beast, Earth Horned Beast, gaining 1 experience point."
...
In the afternoon.
Ye Que walked out from the outer edge of the demonic beast forest and crawled into a crevice in the stone wall.
"Killed one Level 2 demonic beast, was evenly matched with another, and can't beat the third!"
He wasn't disappointed.
Among beasts of the same realm, turtle-type demonic beasts are inherently weak in terms of attack power.
Having the Attack skill, being able to kill one, hold his own against another, and escape safely from the mouth of the third
was already a good record.
Moreover, he had used the Assault skill multiple times during the battle, and his proficiency had already increased significantly.
"My haul is good. I killed four level one demonic beasts and gained 2 experience points."
Adding to that, he killed a level two demonic beast of the same realm, gaining 1 experience point.
He currently has 3 experience points.
He immediately opened the panel to check.
Speed: 2/10
Defense: 2.2/10
Attack: 2/10
Experience Points: 3
Martial Arts: Unlocked
"Speed +1, Defense +1, Attack +1."
The panel data immediately refreshed.
Speed: 3/10
Defense: 3.2/10
Attack: 3/10
Experience Points: 0
Martial Arts: Unlocked
"Ding! Host's speed, defense, and attack have all reached 3 or higher, allowing you to break through to the third realm! Break through?"
"Break through!"
His entire body was changing.
Ye Que thoroughly enjoyed this moment.
"Ding! Breakthrough successful!"
After the breakthrough, hunger followed.
He was prepared.
He jumped out of the crevice in the stone wall and, after running a short distance, found meat placed in the bushes. He
devoured it.
Feeling full, he focused his mind on the control panel.
Host: Ye Que
Realm: 3/10 (Triple-level demon beast; upon reaching level ten, he will gain one chance to revert to his ancestral form)
Evolution: Forest Turtle (A triple-level demonic beast with keen hearing)
Talent: Counterattack (When attacked, retaliates with 50% of the attacker's damage)
Speed: 3/10
Defense: 3.2/10
Attack: 3/10
Experience Points: 0
Martial Arts: Unlocked.
The martial arts on the panel flashed again.
He opened the martial arts with his mind.
Evolution: Forest Turtle (A triple-level demonic beast with keen hearing)
Techniques: None
Skill 1: Assault 90/100 (Upgrade to Shadow Assault when proficiency reaches 100)
Skill 2: Unlocked at the fourth level
Secret Technique: Riot (Increases all abilities by 50% for one minute, cooldown: three days)
"When we get out, I'll upgrade Assault to Shadow Assault!"
"This Riot, with its 50% increase in all abilities, is a life-saving skill, but the cooldown is three days, so use it carefully!"
"I need to improve my level as soon as possible and reach the fourth level of demonic beast to unlock the second skill!"
Ye Que rushed into the dense forest.
"Map scan alert: A Level 1 demonic beast has appeared 500 meters ahead!"
"500 meters! Even if it's a Level 4 or Level 5 demonic beast, I can escape safely beforehand!"
He quickly found the Level 1 demonic beast
and easily killed it.
"Ding! Host has killed a Level 1 demonic beast, the Blood Rabbit!"
"Ding! Assault proficiency increased by 5."
"Where are my experience points?"
After a moment, Ye Que realized that since his cultivation level was at Level 3, killing a Level 1 demonic beast wouldn't grant experience points.
He would only gain a small amount of proficiency.
"What about killing a Level 2 demonic beast?"
He immediately went to find a Level 2 demonic beast.
"Ding! Host has killed a Level 2 demonic beast, the Black-backed Bear! Gained 0.5 experience points."
"Ding! Assault proficiency increased by 10."
"Ding! Assault proficiency reached 100, upgraded to Shadow Assault."
"0.5 isn't bad. With my current strength, killing a Level 2 demonic beast is still achievable! Although it's a bit strenuous!"
Ye Que cheered up again.
Suddenly, he thought of something.
"By the way, if I consume a treasure of the same level as a hundred-year-old ginseng, will I still get experience points?"
"Map scan notification: A double-level monster has appeared 500 meters behind."
"Hey, isn't that that old man? He's even stronger now."
Ye Que ran over and smiled in surprise.
"Yesterday, if it weren't for that big black rat, we wouldn't have been chased by the black-backed bear. Now, only I survived, sigh!"
Old man knelt before the fire pit, putting paper money into it.
Seeing his sorrowful face, but unable to squeeze out a tear, Ye Que could hardly bear to watch.