"Fortunately, the corpse isn't badly damaged. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to replicate his talent!"
Ye Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
There were limitations to his [Replication] talent. He had already tested it out at the small wilderness area. If the corpse is damaged badly, then he wouldn't be able to see the talent status, thus unable to replicate the talent.
"Replicate the [Dark Umbra] talent!"
Ye Tian made up his mind and started to replicate the talent.
Within a blink of an eye, the replication of the [Dark Umbra] talent had succeeded.
Instead of returning home, Ye Tian chose to fuse with the talent on the spot.
Fusing with the [Low] grade [Dark Umbra] talent didn't cause much pain. His body wasn't the same as before. Furthermore, he had already fused with many talents, which improved his resistance to pain.
He only felt a tinge of pain. Other than sweating, there wasn't anything else.
After 10 minutes had passed, he had successfully fused with the [Dark Umbra] talent.
Now, there were changes to Ye Tian's talent.
Human: Ye Tian
Cultivating Talent: Medium
Speed Talent: Low
Knife Arts Talent: Medium
Dark Umbra Talent: Low
"Four talents!"
Ye Tian was very satisfied with his current talent status. He didn't know about the other bases, but he was sure that in Lin Hai base, there isn't anyone with more talents than him.
In Lin Hai base, he can now easily win against opponents of his level.
"This Li Cun person should have something good on him, right?"
Ye Tian carefully inspected Li Cun's corpse.
The knife that Li Cun used wasn't bad. It was a black knife. There was a groove in the middle. The entire black knife is in peak condition. On the other hand, Ye Tian's knife was already in a bad shape from the previous battle.
"This black knife must be a sharp Yuan weapon. Great, now I have a new weapon."
Ye Tian happily took Li Cun's black knife and continued to search his corpse.
Ye Tian soon took away everything from Li Cun.
One secret technique book, three gold cards, five white cards and some paper currency.
Looking at his loot, Ye Tian was thrilled, way more than when he replicated the [Dark Umbra] talent.
This is because a single gold card is worth 1 million dollars and a white card is worth 10 thousand dollars. In total, he had gained over 3 million dollars.
"A gold card works like an old-fashioned bank card." The Lin Hai base lacked the technology to produce gold cards. It is made by larger bases, according to rumors. The bank in Lin Hai base was also established by larger bases. Even in larger bases, these gold cards can be used to withdraw money."
Ye Tian muttered.
Ye Tian's net worth had skyrocketed to more than $3 million dollars. Ye Tian believed that with the help of the [Dark Umbra] talent, he could become stronger in a short period of time, strong enough to ignore the threat of the Mo Family.
"Now, there's one last thing to do. Kill Mo ShaoBei!"
Ye Tian's eyes flashed murderous intent.
At this point, He and Mo ShaoBei are mortal enemies.
Even if he didn't try to exact vengeance on Mo ShaoBei, Mo ShaoBei would have known that Li Cun had failed. In the next assassination attempt, he might even hire a late stage martial artist or even an [Elite] martial artist.
Therefore, He needed to quickly eliminate Mo ShaoBei to remove the seeds of trouble.
But of course, he couldn't use his own identity to kill Mo ShaoBei. If he had done so, he would be chased down by the Mo Family.
"I have a plan!"
Ye Tian looked at Li Cun's corpse and smiled.
Currently, he has the [Dark Umbra] talent and Li Cun's black knife. He definitely could impersonate Li Cun.
"I should deal with Li Cun's corpse first!"
Ye Tian found an empty space and buried Li Cun deeply into the ground. He even made some camouflage for it.
Someone may find it in the future, but it will be a long time. It wouldn't be a problem for the time being.
Night fell. Ye Tian went back to his house and didn't stop working on the [Dark Umbra] talent.
The [Dark Umbra] talent wasn't omnipotent. You couldn't stay hidden in the shadows all the time.
Being hidden requires you to use energy and stay within an area with shadow. If there were lights flashing at you, you would be exposed.
Furthermore, when you're hidden, you can't launch an attack. Once you launched an attack, you would be exposed as well. On top of that, you cannot be attacked, once you're attacked, you would be exposed.
[Dark Umbra] talent is perfect for hiding and assassination. In crucial moments, you could use it to hide from enemies. However, it isn't useful for direct confrontations.
"There's one Secret Technique book!"
Ye Tian took out Li Cun's Secret Technique book and carefully read it. The more he read, the more excited he became.
This is a book of Knife Art Secret Technique: Shadow Knife!"
The Shadow Knife Secret Technique only had one move, and that is 'Shadow Strike'. It was a move to swing your knife as fast as lightning.
The thing that made Ye Tian feel excited was the Dao of Knife. Even though he had a [Medium] grade Knife Art Secret Technique, he didn't have much knowledge on the Dao of Knife.
The Dao of Knife is categorized into three levels: 'Shape', 'Aura' and 'Intent'. The average person knows how to use a knife, but they were at the level of 'Shape'. They could never master 'Aura'. To master 'Aura', that person needed to have [Knife Arts] talent.
Besides, 'Shadow Knife' was a [Bronze] tier knife technique. You could say that it is a relatively strong technique. Once a person mastered it, his strength would increase, to the point where he could challenge those that are stronger than him.
"According to the description, knife techniques were categorized into four levels: Iron, Bronze, Silver and Gold. The average person could master [Iron] tier knife techniques up to a certain level, but they will never reach the [Advanced] level of the [Iron] tier knife techniques, much less [Bronze] tier knife techniques. Li Cun had achieved [Bronze] tier knife techniques but lacked [Knife Arts] talent. Otherwise, I'd be the one that died today!"
Ye Tian was relieved.
"I'll let Mo ShaoBei live for a few more days. I need to master the 'Shadow Knife' first. Once I master the 'Shadow Knife' up to the [Beginner] level, then I shall make my move!"
Ye Tian decided.
With [Medium] grade [Knife Arts] talent, Ye Tian could master the [Bronze] tier knife techniques 'Shadow Knife' easily. Within 3 days, he had already reached the [Beginner] level.
Besides that, his Dao of Knife had also improved. He was currently at the level of [Advanced] 'Shape', not too far away from 'Aura'.
Midnight.
Mo family, Mo ShaoBei's room.
Mo ShaoBei was feeling furious. It was already 3 days but Shadow hadn't reported anything to him.
Li Hai stood beside Mo ShaoBei, sensing his young master's rage.
"Old Li, did that bastard Shadow took my money and ran away? It's already been 3 days and we still haven't heard from him. He couldn't possibly be looking for an opportunity to assassinate a mere martial disciple, could he?"
Mo ShaoBei said coldly.
"Young master, although Shadow is greedy and requires clients to make an advance payment, his reputation is great. Perhaps he took another job and put off killing Ye Tian?"
Li Hai made his guess.
"It'd better be. Otherwise, I would let Shadow know the terror of the Mo family!"
Mo ShaoBei suppressed his anger and waved his hand, signaling Li Hai to leave.
Li Hai left Mo ShaoBei's room and walked towards the exit.
The night was dark. A murderous intent engulfed the entire Mo residence.
Li Hai felt his heart racing. He shook off the feeling and laughed: "I might be a little too worried. Who would dare kill me inside the Mo residence?"
The knife was too swift. Even with his quick reactions, Li Hai could only see a black knife and then he blacked out.
Before dying, he thought of a person: Shadow!
"Why did Shadow assassinate me?"
This was Li Hai's last thought.