Chapter 2 The Second Fierce Beast
Gu Yuan was immersed in his mind, where the projection representing the Ben Lei Leopard appeared.
It was a ferocious leopard, its entire body wreathed in deep blue lightning, with dark fur. It roared to the sky, then leaped high with all four limbs. Deep blue lightning flashed, and the Ben Lei Leopard instantly transformed into a blue-black streak of electricity, galloping across the boundless plain. Before a wild sheep could react, it was swiftly captured.
The Ben Lei Leopard bit down on the wild sheep's neck, blood dripping. Its dark brown leopard eyes seemed to pierce through space, staring directly at Gu Yuan.
Then, it dropped its prey, transforming into a blue flash, and charged directly at Gu Yuan.
It violently impacted Gu Yuan's soul. Just like last time, Gu Yuan seemed to truly become the Ben Lei Leopard, the king of speed in the savage lands, experiencing the journey of growth and becoming stronger.
Hoo!
Gu Yuan opened his eyes, exhaled a turbid breath, and removed his trousers. He took out the essence blood of the Ben Lei Leopard and poured it onto his legs, spreading it evenly.
Faint electrical currents flashed across his legs, and Gu Yuan’s legs gradually became numb from the electricity. Gu Yuan remained expressionless; this sensation was much better than before.
Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes and began to temper his legs according to the tempering method in the "Seven Fierce Killing Fists."
A sound of bones grinding arose, accompanied by faint electrical currents. Gu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his legs.
Faint electrical currents flashed across his legs, his muscles had significantly expanded, and his feet had also changed, resembling the structure of the Ben Lei Leopard's hind legs, greatly increasing speed and explosiveness.
Gu Yuan stood up and bounced lightly in place a few times, easily reaching the roof.
"Not bad, not bad," Gu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
With a thought, and after a sound of bones grinding, his legs returned to normal.
After the experiment, the surprise faded, and a wave of fatigue washed over him. Gu Yuan guessed it was due to excessive mental exhaustion from experiencing the beast's essence.
There was no choice. Gu Yuan rubbed his head and went to bed. He lay down, and within a minute, snoring began.
The next day.
Gu Yuan stretched his back, letting out a comfortable hum, then got up to wash, went downstairs for breakfast, and headed straight to the arena after eating.
After a night of rest, Gu Yuan's spirit had recovered, and he could now probe others' destinies.
Upon arriving at the arena, Gu Yuan went to the spectator seats. He had learned the day before that Wu Tianjiao's match was the second one today. Gu Yuan's eyes darted around, and soon he saw a young man matching the photograph sitting in the spectator area.
Gu Yuan narrowed his eyes and, without attracting attention, moved to a few rows behind him.
With a thought, he connected to the Dao Fortune Heavenly Book.
"Probe Wu Tianjiao!"
A sharp pain shot through his mind. Gu Yuan covered his head with his hand, preventing others from noticing his condition. Wu Tianjiao seemed to sense a gaze falling upon him from afar. He looked around in confusion, found nothing unusual, scratched his head in bewilderment, and turned back to watch the match.
Hoo!
Gu Yuan exhaled a long breath and, with a thought, said, "View!"
Text began to slowly appear on the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map.
[Name]: [Wu Tianjiao]
[Destiny]: [Wǔqǔ Star Lord]
[Realm]: [Body Tempering Completion]
[Destinies]: [Wǔqǔ Kaiyang (Red)], [Martial Arts Prodigy (Purple)], [Exceptional Comprehension (Purple)], [Martial Skill Mastery (Blue)], [Brave and Valiant (White)], [Inner Strength (White)], [Agile Fists and Feet (White)].
Hiss! Gu Yuan gasped, this child was terrifyingly powerful.
This also confirmed Gu Yuan's guess: one could infer corresponding destinies based on observable traits.
[Whether to imprint!]
The prompt from the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map appeared in his mind.
Gu Yuan looked at the destinies corresponding to Wu Tianjiao; imprinting was possible for those that lit up.
Out of seven stars, only four were lit up.
Gu Yuan then read the descriptions of the destinies.
[Wǔqǔ Kaiyang]: [Corresponding to the Kaiyang star in the Big Dipper, also known as the Wǔqǔ star. Those with this destiny have a smooth path in martial arts, exceptional talent, and progress extremely rapidly.]
[Martial Arts Prodigy]: [Possesses an unimaginable understanding of various martial arts; can quickly master any martial art.]
[Exceptional Comprehension]: [Can innovate and understand knowledge extremely quickly. When knowledge reaches a certain level, one can create their own martial path!]
[Martial Skill Mastery]: [Once one gets the basics of a martial skill, they can quickly master it.]
Gu Yuan did not look at the white destinies because he currently disdained them. After observing the destinies of so many geniuses, Gu Yuan understood one principle: while he seemed powerful now, his upper limit was definitely lower than these geniuses.
In the realm of Body Tempering Completion, strength and physique were fundamental; other superficial abilities were useless. This was why Gu Yuan could be invincible in the Body Tempering realm with the destiny [Rib and Muscle]，but once he reached higher realms, these geniuses would progress incredibly fast, making it impossible to even consider competing.
It seemed he needed to form a Destiny Seed as soon as possible; a low upper limit wouldn't do. Furthermore, each time he illuminated the destinies of these geniuses, he would suffer backlash. Having a Destiny Seed was different; it could directly offset the backlash from the opponent's Destiny Seed.
Looking at the purple and red destinies, Gu Yuan was extremely envious. There was no choice; his spiritual energy was insufficient. He had to settle for the blue destiny [Martial Skill Mastery]; this was sufficient for Gu Yuan's current requirements.
"Imprint!" Gu Yuan conveyed his will to the Dao Fortune Heavenly Book.
With a roar, the star representing [Martial Skill Mastery] was slowly enveloped by blue spiritual energy and began to detach. Finally, it fell into Gu Yuan's soul.
[Blue spiritual energy reduced by 200 points!]
The Dao Fortune Heavenly Map also transmitted this information.
[Whether to accept!]
Gu Yuan ignored it and quickly left, returning to his dormitory.
Hoo!
He slowly exhaled.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, his consciousness sank into the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map.
[Whether to accept!]
"Yes!"
As the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map operated, Gu Yuan's soul accepted this blue destiny.
His body trembled, and a vast amount of information flooded his mind.
It forcefully elevated Gu Yuan's comprehension by a notch.
After a while, with a jolt of his body, Gu Yuan let out a long sigh, feeling that everything was mundane.
Just now, [Martial Skill Mastery] had forcefully raised his understanding and comprehension by a whole level, allowing him to experience what it was like to have thoughts like a gushing spring, as if divinely aided, directly improving the proficiency of his practiced martial arts by one stage.
Comfortable!
Gu Yuan looked inward at himself and connected to the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map.
[Dao Master]: [Gu Yuan]
[Destiny Seed]: [Unformed]
[Realm]: [Body Tempering Ninth Level (Completion)]
[Destinies]: [Rib and Muscle (Blue)], [Martial Skill Mastery (Blue)], [Spiritual Qi Affinity (Blue)], [Natural Death (White)], [Cautious Courage (White)], [Vigorous (White)], [Foresight (White)], [Archery (White)], [Long Saber Affinity (White)].
[Martial Skills]: ["Seven Fierce Killing Fists" (Minor Accomplishment)], ["Eight Elephants Body Calamity" (Third Level)], ["Blazing Sun Fist" (Great Accomplishment)], ["Primordial Chaos Stance" (Great Accomplishment)], ["Explosive Fist" (Completion)], ["Giant Whale Technique" (Completion)], ["Flowing Wind Movement Technique" (Completion)], ["Tiger Fiend Saber Technique" (Great Accomplishment)], ["Lightning Slash" (Great Accomplishment)].
Looking at his status panel, a hint of surprise flashed in Gu Yuan's eyes. The overall improvement in his martial skills was extremely useful to him at this stage, greatly enhancing his combat ability.
Looking at the destinies on his panel, Gu Yuan felt it was time for an update.
Check spiritual energy value!
[Blue spiritual energy: 100 points!]
He could upgrade one white destiny.
Gu Yuan's gaze repeatedly scrolled down the white destinies he possessed.
Which one would significantly improve his strength.
Since he couldn't decide, he looked at the results on the Dao Fortune Heavenly Map.
One hundred points of blue spiritual energy slowly burned.
Six white destinies began to blur, and finally transformed into information presented before Gu Yuan.