TL: Etude
"Kill us?"
The five Grandmasters burst into derisive laughter upon hearing this.
Had the young man before them gone mad? A mere Great Martial Warrior thinking he could kill five Grandmasters?
It was important to note that they were not weak Grandmasters; even Yun Feng, the top fighting genius of the Demon Sea Base, couldn't kill them. Encountering them meant that escape was hardly an option.
On what grounds could Ye Tian kill them?
"A deranged fool. Who will go and kill him?" One of the Grandmasters asked.
Whoosh!
Another Grandmaster struck out, delivering a punch.
All of a sudden.
The Grandmaster's body froze, and he was cut in half, his corpse falling to the ground.
"He killed Tie Lin with one slash!"
The four remaining Grandmasters mumbled in disbelief.
This wasn't an ordinary warrior; this was a strong Grandmaster! Even a Great Martial Warrior wielding a source-weapon couldn't inflict much harm on a Grandmaster, yet Ye Tian had instantly killed one with a single slash.
"Damn it, let's go, kill him!" The four Grandmasters roared in anger.
However, for Ye Tian, it made no difference whether it was one Grandmaster or four.
"Shadow Kill!"
Ye Tian exhibited speed at 120 times the speed of sound and slashed quickly.
Under the state of 120 times the speed of sound, the four Grandmasters seemed as slow as crawling infants.
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
One slash per Grandmaster, four slashes killed the four Grandmasters. These four didn't even register their deaths before Ye Tian severed their brains, killing them instantly.
Having killed the five Grandmasters, Ye Tian took the storage bags from their bodies.
"This Swift Dragon Beast…"
Ye Tian pondered for a moment, then with a single slash, killed the Swift Dragon Beast.
Next, Ye Tian collected its blood.
This was top-grade ferocious beast blood, and it was from a young King beast. The quality of its blood was much better than other top-grade ferocious beasts, ideal for body refinement and quite a harvest.
"1000 portions of top-grade ferocious beast blood, a good haul!" Ye Tian expressed satisfaction.
As for the corpse, he didn't bother to take it. After all, the body of a top-grade beast wasn't worth much, and this Swift Dragon Beast didn't have any special talents. Keeping the corpse, which was more than thirty meters long, would only occupy space in his storage bag.
Thus, Ye Tian abandoned the corpse of the Swift Dragon Beast and walked away.
Three hours after Ye Tian left, a terrifying Swift Dragon Beast, measuring up to a hundred meters long, arrived in the valley.
It was a King-level Swift Dragon Beast!
Upon seeing the corpse of the young Swift Dragon Beast, it immediately went berserk.
"Roar!!!!"
An aura of terrifying ferocity enveloped the area for hundreds of miles.
"Find the humans, kill them!"
The King-level Swift Dragon Beast issued orders to numerous ferocious beasts.
Ye Tian, who had already traveled far, sensed the change in the atmosphere of the Yunhai Forest.
A suffocating aura loomed over the area.
"It must be because of the Swift Dragon Beast; I should leave the Yunhai Forest to avoid trouble."
Ye Tian made a snap decision and quickly left the Yunhai Forest.
That day, many human warriors in the Yunhai Forest were attacked by ferocious beasts, and the King-level Swift Dragon Beast personally took action, killing quite a few Grandmasters.
In the end…
A King-level expert from the Sea of Demons base had personally arrived and engaged in a fierce battle with the Swift Dragon Beast. The conflict concluded with the retreat of the Swift Dragon Beast. As for a beast tide, it never happened. After all, the Swift Dragon Beast's influence in the Cloud Sea Forest was too minor; it didn't have the authority to initiate a beast tide, only the capability to hunt humans within the forest.
…
Leaving the Cloud Sea Forest, Ye Tian found a mountain peak and carved out a temporary cave dwelling there. Inside the dwelling, he began to merge two higher-level Diamond Bone talents.
"Merge!"
"Merge!"
One after another, Ye Tian integrated the two replicated higher-level Diamond Bone talents into himself.
Boom!
It felt as if his bones were being torn apart countless times. Anyone else would have fainted from the pain, but Ye Tian, having experienced numerous talent mergers, forcibly endured it.
About half an hour passed.
The merging was complete, and Ye Tian was thoroughly soaked in sweat.
"Check!"
Data about his talents appeared on Ye Tian's retina. As he expected, his Diamond Bone talent had undergone a transformation.
[Diamond Bone Talent: Top-tier]
"Finally, I've elevated my Diamond Bone talent to top-tier. Now, I'm only missing a top-tier bloodline talent," Ye Tian sighed in relief.
Originally, he was worried about whether he could collect top-tier talents related to defense, strength, bones, and bloodlines in a short period. Now that he had completed three, he naturally stopped worrying.
One step closer to perfecting his foundation!
"I won't rush the bloodline talent for now; first, let's break the bone-refining limit," Ye Tian planned.
After resting for half a day and fully recovering his strength, Ye Tian began practicing the Purple Blood Bone-Forging Technique. However, just as he was about to take out the Swift Dragon Beast's blood to assist in his practice, he was utterly dumbfounded.
"Where is my Swift Dragon Beast's blood?"
Ye Tian searched through his personal space repeatedly but found no trace of the Swift Dragon Beast's blood. The bottle that had contained it was mysteriously empty.
"This can't be! Even if the bottle cap had accidentally come off, the blood would have spilled onto the floor of my personal space. It wouldn't have disappeared," Ye Tian puzzled.
This situation was too strange; if he didn't resolve it, how could he dare to keep treasures in his personal space?
After scanning with his spiritual sense several times, Ye Tian finally focused his gaze on the dragon egg.
"This dragon egg's vitality has greatly increased, and its golden color is much richer. Could it be…"
Ye Tian considered a possibility: his 1,000 portions of Swift Dragon Beast's blood were consumed by the dragon egg.
"I understand now!"
Ye Tian had an epiphany.
Since the Swift Dragon Beast had 'Dragon' in its name, perhaps it had dragon blood, and the War Blood Sky Dragon egg, which hadn't hatched yet, might need dragon power. The Swift Dragon Beast's blood had precisely that power and was therefore consumed by the War Blood Sky Dragon egg.
Suddenly, Ye Tian thought of a possibility.
If he continuously fed the egg blood from fierce beasts with dragon bloodlines, could he hatch the War Blood Sky Dragon?
"The War Blood Sky Dragon possesses ten special talents, one of which seems to be a bloodline talent," Ye Tian thought.
To confirm, he checked once more using his talent replication skill.
[Devouring Blood Talent: ???]
Since the War Blood Sky Dragon had not been born yet, the level of its Devouring Blood Talent remained unknown. What if it were a top-tier talent? In that case, he wouldn't need to search for the War Blood Sky Dragon; he could directly replicate its Devouring Blood Talent.
With that, all four top-tier talents would be gathered!