Gaia could not react in time. The next second, he was already lying on the ground.
Gaia was shocked. He knew that William was very strong, but he did not expect him to be this strong.
After getting up from the ground, Gaia began to move his feet more as he carefully stared at William.
William still used the same old strategy he always used. He lightly slashed at Gaia.
Gaia immediately turned on Attuned to Nature. It was as if a radar had appeared in his mind.
Every movement within a 20-meter radius could not escape his perception.
William's movements were also deciphered by this.
He immediately moved aside and raised his leg to kick at William's shins.
"Huh?!" William exclaimed in surprise.
Then, he turned his leg, as the trajectory of his slash instantly changed.
Gaia pursed his lips. He did not even pull out his knife. His left hand held the scabbard and he raised it up horizontally.
"Clank!"
Amidst the crisp sound of the collision, Gaia twisted his waist and his left leg instantly turned into a steel whip, flying towards William's head.
"Bam!"
William's arms were like a huge wall, blocking Gaia's kick.
Following that, with lightning speed, he threw an uppercut.
"Bam!"
Gaia was struck like a homerun baseball. He got flung backward for over ten meters before landing on his buttocks.
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Gaia stood up with his hand on his waist. He said with a pained expression.
"William, you really don't know how to hold back. That hurt like hell."
William revealed a simple and honest smile. "It's all because your attacks were too fierce."
As he said that, William straightened his face as he said, "The agility of your body was much higher than before. Your speed also seemed to have increased."
Yesterday, he had explored the dense forest for a whole day with the exploration team. It allowed him to have a basic understanding of Gaia's physical attributes.
At this moment, there seemed to be a slight change, and William immediately noticed it.
Moreover, just a small increase in agility brought about a huge change to Gaia. He had improved in all aspects.
The holy trinity of attack, constitution, and agility were all closely related to each other. With the increase in agility, the other attributes had also increased slightly.
"So you've also noticed that cultivating spiritual energy here is much faster," William said.
"Hmmm... Yes... This world is a bit strange. I seem to be improving very quickly here." Gaia patted the dust off his body.
William nodded. "Indeed. There seems to be something here that is affecting the human body. The cells in the body are more active, so the results of training would be better.
"Other than the side effect of having the spore clusters, this might also be a possible reason for why you were able to recover so quickly yesterday."
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For the next two days, Gaia trained with William morning and night. At other times, he would follow the team to scout the surroundings.
After they had explored the area within a radius of five hundred meters, they began to move further out.
With the experience from their previous exploration, the exploration team became more cautious and increased their manpower.
During these two days, nothing unexpected happened. Gaia and the others did not encounter the terrifying spores from before.
The biggest danger they came in contact with was when they provoked a group of wolf monsters.
However, they were easily eliminated by Gaia and the others.
After these two days, the base expanded once more.
It had expanded another 300 meters from its original position. A second steel wall was also built.
At the same time, two more regiments had been stationed on Planet Mushu. They now had the strength of three regiments.
At this point, they finally had a stable foothold in Planet Mushu.
Gaia also obtained 324 points, bringing his total up to 334 points.
During this period of time, Gaia and the others had killed a type of wolf monster that had green fur all over its body. The points they obtained from killing these wolf monsters were 10 points.
Through Attuned to Nature, it was revealed that this type of wolf monster was called the Greenwood Wolf.
The Greenwood Wolf's attack power was slightly higher than normal wolf monsters, and its movement speed in the forest was also quite high.
If Gaia's agility had not increased even by a little, he would not have noticed the presence of the Greenwood Wolf.
The most important thing was that this wolf could unleash skills.
In the forest, the Greenwood Wolf could communicate with the power of nature, summoning vines to bind the enemy.
At that time, Gaia's party had suffered a small loss from this unexpected move.
However, fortunately, the Greenwood Wolf was a lone wolf and did not have any companions.
That was why Gaia's team had narrowly defeated him.
Even though his points reached 334 points, Gaia was not in a hurry to earn more points.
He felt that after two days of training and going out to explore, his physical fitness seemed to have improved a little.
It might not be long before he could naturally increase his stats.
On the fifth morning after entering Planet Mushu.
Gaia checked his equipment. Just as he was about to lead a team to explore the dense forest, he saw Philip and a few others walking over from the direction of the altar.
It seemed like they had just arrived from the Stargate.
Two of them looked to be in their forties or fifties whilst there were four young men and women in their twenties or thirties.
They all had fair skin, and there were no calluses on their hands. They had a scholarly air about them.
No matter how Gaia looked at it, they did not fit in here.
As they walked, they looked around in shock.
"I didn't expect that in just a few days, you guys would be able to build such a large base here. The younger generation is really something!"
"No, no, Mr. Wendell, you flatter us." A smile appeared on Philip's face.
News of the discovery of a Stargate to a foreign planet in Jerusalem had already spread throughout the world.
Countless experts and scholars wanted to come and study this place. The fact that Wendell's team of researchers could come at this time was definitely due to their background.
Philip brought these people to Gaia's side.
"This is Professor Wendell, an expert in biology. This is Professor Ronald, an expert in botany. The other few are their students and assistants. This time, they will be going with you on your exploration mission," Philip said to the crowd.
Even Gaia frowned when he heard that, much less the rest of the team.
The mission of the exploration team was already extremely tough. They did not want the burden of having to bring these weak professors around.
They were not going on a brisk walk in the woods. The jungle was a dangerous place.
They had just been ambushed by those wolf monsters yesterday. If it was not for Gaia's warning, they might have been wiped out there.
If they brought six deadweights along, they would be in big trouble.
Putting everything else aside, their efficiency would also be much slower.
"Today, there are not many requirements for the scouting range. The main thing is to protect these guys," Philip said directly.
"Why aren't we sending the other squads for this escort mission? There were a bunch of troops that joined the fray yesterday. The base should have enough manpower," Brad questioned.
"Yeah! If we don't go too deep into the forest, there won't be much danger," Kerry agreed.