Ye Ningze returned home and eagerly began to fuse his strength talent.
During his trip to Sunset Forest, Ye Ningze had already exposed his speed and saber technique talents.
Exposing one's strength in front of various major families was a very dangerous matter.
Although he didn't know yet if these families would act against him, it was still necessary to quickly improve his own strength.
"As long as I fuse the strength talent, I will be able to protect myself in Qingcheng Base!" Ye Ningze thought to himself.
With his existing special talents like speed, all he needed now was to fuse a high-level strength talent to enhance his physical strength.
Then, even when facing Grandmaster martial artists like Elder Hong, he would have the strength to fight.
"Fuse!"
Ye Ningze sat down cross-legged and began the fusion.
A violent transformation commenced.
Ye Ningze's body became like a cooked shrimp, sweat boiling and soaking his clothes, his entire body turning red.
The veins on his forehead visibly bulged one by one.
The terrifying strength talent gene was continuously remodeling Ye Ningze's body.
After an unknown amount of time, his entire body was drenched in sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of a pool.
Soon.
The heat radiating from Ye Ningze's body subsided, and his Yuan force flowed continuously and miraculously, restoring him to a normal state.
"The fusion is complete, let me check my current talent situation!"
Ye Ningze opened his attribute panel in his mind through his consciousness.
Race: Human
Cultivation Talent: Grade A
Special Talents: Saber Dao Talent Grade A+, Speed Talent Grade A, Healing Talent Grade A+, Shadow Talent Grade C, Strength Talent Grade A
Gazing at the newly added strength talent, Ye Ningze couldn't help but laugh with excitement.
"Just finished fusing, let me test my strength first!"
Ye Ningze took out a steel plate and held it in his hand.
Before Ye Ningze could exert his full strength, the steel plate deformed effortlessly in his hand.
The steel plate, so easily kneaded, felt like a lump of mud.
He stomped his foot lightly, causing the ground to vibrate, and the surrounding ground trembled violently.
As there were no precision instruments to measure his strength, Ye Ningze could only test his strength repeatedly and then estimate it.
"My strength was only 30,000 before. After fusing the high-level strength talent, my physical strength can now reach 400,000!"
Ye Ningze was pleasantly surprised by this discovery.
A strength of 400,000 jin was more than ten times his previous strength!
This did not even account for the amplification from his Yuan force.
If the Yuan force amplification were included, his strength could double again!
Reaching a terrifying 800,000 jin, close to one million jin.
It was worth noting that even Grandmaster martial artists with strength talents had a physical strength of only around 100,000 jin.
And those martial artists who had just advanced to Grandmaster had a strength of at most 150,000 jin.
"The intermediate-level demonic beasts that emerged from Sunset Forest have the same strength talent as ordinary low-level demonic beasts, all of them are high-level..."
Ye Ningze mused to himself.
This was because he had fused the strength talent from an intermediate-level Divine Strength Ant.
However, these intermediate-level ferocious Divine Strength Ants only had a primary-level talent bloodline. The reason they could break through to intermediate level was likely just by chance.
Precisely because they lacked the blessing of talent bloodline, it was difficult for intermediate-level ferocious Divine Strength Ants to kill even Grandmaster martial artists.
"If the bloodline talent of the intermediate-level ferocious Divine Strength Ants were higher, they should have no problem dealing with Grandmaster martial artists."
Thinking of this, Ye Ningze finally understood why Elder Hong, a Grandmaster, had run away so quickly.
High-level ferocious Divine Strength Ants possessed intermediate-level bloodlines.
If Elder Hong had not run and had instead confronted it head-on, he would likely have been instantly killed.
However, although the strength of the high-level ferocious Divine Strength Ants was heaven-defying, their speed was far inferior to that of Grandmaster martial artists.
It was precisely because of this that Elder Hong and the others were able to escape safely.
"With my current strength, I can easily handle early-stage Grandmaster martial artists, but if a mid-stage Grandmaster wants to escape, I can't stop them..."
Ye Ningze had a new understanding of his own strength.
This was the benefit of being able to copy talents at will!
Not long ago, Ye Ningze had been obedient and dared not act presumptuously in front of Elder Hong, a peak Grandmaster.
But now, with his fused strength talent, he could be considered an equal to Elder Hong.
"I still don't know Elder Hong's specific cultivation realm, but I estimate it to be at the peak Grandmaster, half-step Transcendent level."
Ye Ningze began to recall information about Transcendent martial artists.
According to what he knew.
Transcendent martial artists should have a physical strength of one million jin, and with Yuan force amplification, it could reach two million jin.
Compared to Transcendent existences, Ye Ningze was naturally still no match.
However, Ye Ningze possessed high-level healing talent, speed talent, and so on.
Even if he couldn't compare to Transcendent martial artists at the moment, he likely wouldn't be far off.
"Among the many saber techniques I obtained before, I refined 'Shadow Kill', a fast saber technique of Bronze level. If I can cultivate it to perfection, then I can deal damage to Transcendent martial artists with my saber technique!" Ye Ningze thought.
However, to cultivate a Bronze-level saber technique to perfection with the realm of perfected saber intent was still a very difficult matter.
Unless Ye Ningze completely abandoned his realm advancement and focused all his energy on cultivating saber techniques, it might be possible.
However, Ye Ningze considered such an approach to be impossible and extremely foolish.
In this world where ferocious beasts ran rampant, realm advancement was the kingly way!
"It would be great if I could find a saber technique that greatly enhances combat power!"
Ye Ningze changed his train of thought but quickly dismissed it.
He had already spent a long time browsing the black market, but he hadn't found anything like that.
Before, to cultivate his saber intent, Ye Ningze had already bought almost all the saber techniques available in the vicinity.
Finding a saber technique that greatly enhances combat power now would be like climbing to heaven.
"My current physical strength, without using special talents, is only around 30,000. Unless I advance my realm to peak Grandmaster, I can only hope to contend with peak Grandmasters."
Ye Ningze also identified his weaknesses.
After all, Ye Ningze relied on copying talents to reach the Grandmaster realm in such a short period.
Compared to Elder Hong, a renowned peak Grandmaster, there were still many shortcomings.
Especially in the aspect of speed talent.
The current Grade A speed talent originated from his fire talent, and could only provide a threefold speed amplification.
Compared to martial artists who truly possessed speed talents, Ye Ningze still felt inferior.
Ye Ningze immediately set a goal for himself: "Next time, I must find a true speed talent, even if it's Grade B!"
At home, Ye Ningze cultivated for a few more days, stabilizing his strength talent.
Once his talent was sufficiently stabilized, Ye Ningze went out to gather information and arranged to meet Feng Lang at a tavern in the base.