I Can Copy the Talents of All Creatures

Previously, Yu Fei had seemed like a stinking, stubborn rock slicked with oil—indestructible, slippery, and utterly repulsive.

But now, a terrifying aura that made its beastly heart pound with fear suddenly erupted from Yu Fei.

"Hahaha!"

"Hah, little tiger! Let your granddaddy here show you something special!"

Suddenly, an infinite amount of Sword Qi surged forth, spreading in all directions to blot out the sky and cover the earth. The blades of energy formed a river of stars.

Each blade of Sword Qi radiated an extremely dangerous aura. This was Sword Qi with a lethality that surpassed the Grandmaster level.

In terms of offensive power, it was far inferior to the Fallen God Finger. However, the sheer quantity was enough to overwhelm any 7th-tier desolate beast!

An unprecedented fear appeared in the giant tiger’s eyes. It roared in fury as invisible sonic waves blasted outward. Normally, this attack would have shattered the Sword Qi on contact.

But the blades of Sword Qi merely trembled and swayed, completely unscathed.

Yu Fei brought his greatsword down. The Sword Qi descended like a tornado, engulfing the giant tiger. A mournful roar echoed, and in an instant, the great beast was left as if it had suffered death by a thousand cuts. It collapsed to the ground, on its last breath, with no strength left to struggle.

A silver light flashed on the Fate-Reversing Pearl. The talent had been successfully copied.

[Sound of Godslaying]

Quality: Silver

Description: A tiger’s roar to shatter the soul, a sound to shake the netherworld, a power to cow all spirits.

Effect: Condenses one’s aura and killing intent into a tangible sonic blast that can wound the spiritual soul, shatter the sea of consciousness, and destroy one’s Gang Origin!

’So the giant tiger’s soul-shaking roar was its innate talent.’ Yu Fei realized with a jolt of delight. The power of the Sound of Godslaying depended on the wielder’s own aura and killing intent.

Killing intent was just a type of conceptual power, which he could substitute with his Returning Ruins Realm Sword. And with the boost from his Invincible Will, Yu Fei’s aura was even greater than the giant tiger’s.

This talent came at the perfect time, a welcome addition to his arsenal.

After a long period of accumulation, Yu Fei now had twelve talent copies saved up. It felt like a blur—the time he had spent in arduous training under Ye Shuping’s arrangement, undergoing life-and-death trials in the Desolate Beast Forest Sea.

In terms of time, his sophomore year was almost over.

Ye Shuping had used his authority to excuse him from all of the school’s war-related missions, allowing him to train in seclusion for nearly a year.

He hadn’t used his copy ability in a long time, and this first attempt had somehow extracted the giant tiger’s highest-grade talent.

For a 7th-tier desolate beast, this giant tiger was practically invincible. Even an ordinary Grandmaster likely wouldn’t have been its match.

The giant tiger’s breathing was faint, its one bloody eye fixed on Yu Fei with infinite hatred. Even at the brink of death, the sovereign of the forest showed no sign of begging for mercy. Its gaze was filled with nothing but contempt for Yu Fei.

’I wonder if this thing has any other talents?’

Yu Fei muttered to himself. He had spent so long in the lonely, dark Eternal Night Forest that his behavior had become somewhat neurotic. Even with the Void Clearing Mirror to clear his mind of distracting thoughts, the repeated near-death experiences were wearing away at his sanity.

Since he had plenty of copy attempts stored up, he was willing to give it a shot.

He marked his target, then rested his sword, Name-Slayer, on the giant tiger’s forehead. The second copy was complete.

’Huh? Another silver one?’

He glanced at the Fate-Reversing Pearl and saw an identical talent had appeared: the [Sound of Godslaying].

’Is my luck this good?’

Even if he couldn’t equip the same talent multiple times, getting Stardust after smelting it down was still a great deal. He had a whole slew of talents just waiting to be fed, all of them in need of Stardust for upgrades.

Dismantling a silver-grade talent yielded 500 Stardust—a rare and welcome windfall.

His one copy charge per month was never enough, especially since copying a talent was like opening a loot box—he had to be extremely cautious with each attempt.

Refusing to believe it, Yu Fei tried copying one more time. It was still the silver-grade [Sound of Godslaying].

’That settles it! Looks like Mr. Hu here only has one silver talent. What a fine specimen!’

Those with exceptional innate gifts usually possessed multiple talents. Without killing the target, it was difficult to obtain their highest-quality one, which was why Yu Fei was always short on Stardust.

He reached out with his right hand, which was already starting to scab over, and patted the tiger’s mangled, bloody head, feeling no revulsion.

A faint tremor ran through its body. Mr. Hu seemed to dislike Yu Fei’s touch and tried to move its head, but it had the will without the strength.

He didn’t hesitate any longer. Mark. Copy. Over and over again.

Yu Fei left himself only three copy charges, using the other nine to replicate the [Sound of Godslaying]. It was clear that he was on the verge of a massive upgrade for his existing talents.

When he was finished, he swung his sword one last time, taking Mr. Hu’s life and collecting its corpse.

With that, his expedition into the Eternal Night Forest came to a successful end.

’Once I return to the Primordial Sea and Sky Realm, I can advance to the Gang Qi Realm under my teacher’s guidance. When that time comes, scum Grandmasters like Muhuu of the Great Wilderness Sect will be nothing more than dead dogs at the mercy of my sword!’

Yu Fei had always believed in a simple principle: the strong could roam the world as they pleased, while the weak should know their place and keep their heads down.

’If one day...’

He thought back on the motley list of organizations he had been keeping track of over the years. When the time came, he would uproot them, one by one.

Returning to his safe house, Yu Fei healed his injuries and erased all traces of his presence. He then used his Sword Qi to pierce through space, carving out a new stone chamber on the other side of the great monolith in Celestial Rock City. Taking out a Profound Crystal Stone, he created his final anchor point.

His [Basic Spatial Controller] talent granted him the ability to create four anchor points.

He now had one in the Geometric Pyramid Realm.

One in the Golden Stone Gang Realm.

Another was at his teacher’s Profound Bright Palace in the Primordial Sea and Sky Realm.

With that, all four of his spatial anchor points were set and his slots were full. But Yu Fei wasn’t worried. He would soon have a large amount of Stardust, and he was determined to upgrade his spatial talent to the maximum level, which would certainly grant him new anchor point slots.