TL: Etude
In the remaining two months, Ye Tian did not waste any time. He visited many places in the Sakura Super Base, assessing the talents of numerous people and managed to copy two impressive abilities. The first was the Shadow Clone talent, allowing the creation of several shadow clones to confuse enemies. These clones possessed the same pure attack power as the original body but could not carry other talents. Although this seemed somewhat useless, as the lack of additional talents made them weak against enemies, the Shadow Clone talent proved extremely useful for escaping.
The second talent was a healing ability! This was an incredibly rare talent because it could heal others. Ye Tian's own regenerative talent could only heal himself, not others. He copied this healing talent from a Great Martial Warrior, and though it was only of Basic level—capable of healing minor illnesses and injuries—it could be elevated to the Top level using Sakura juice, significantly increasing its usefulness!
For the rest of the time, Ye Tian focused on refining his body. Thanks to the Sakura God Tree, the wood yuan qi in the Sakura Super Base was exceptionally dense. With his God-level Five Elements Transformation talent, Ye Tian could absorb this wood yuan qi to temper his body, achieving remarkable results. Coupled with a threefold time acceleration, he successfully broke through his physical limits for the sixth time before the two months were up, reaching a strength of 600 Dragon Power, significantly boosting his power.
"If it weren't for the fear of exposing my identity, I would really like to have a full-force battle and forcefully take the Sakura juice of Sakura Super Base!" Ye Tian clenched his fists, feeling this impulse surge within him. However, considering the consequences, he restrained himself. Unless he destroyed the entire Sakura Super Base and killed everyone, exposing his identity would lead to the Emperor-level and other warriors of Sakura Super Base retaliating against the Huaxia's Bases, bringing disaster to others.
But killing so many people without reason was something he couldn't bring himself to do. There were more prudent methods, and he would not act rashly. Yet, he was quite willing to cause significant damage to Sakura Super Base.
Apart from seizing the Sakura juice, he had another goal—to kill the high-level members of the Hanazono Sect! The last attack on Fuhai Base was orchestrated by the high ranks of Hanazono Sect. He had refrained from taking action against them earlier only to avoid startling the enemy. But once he got his hands on the Sakura juice, he wouldn't hesitate to annihilate Hanazono Sect.
On this day, the day of the trade arrived. The area around the Sakura God Tree was under martial law, and the Emperors arrived one after another.
The Sakura Hall! This was the only access to the inside of the Sakura God Tree. An opening was made only here, with other areas sealed off, making it impossible to enter the Sakura God Tree from elsewhere.
Ye Tian, disguised as Yagyu Hakaru, entered the Sakura Hall. Few Emperors greeted him, a situation Ye Tian was pleased to see.
"Scan!" His Copy Talent was always active, assessing the talents of others.
Ye Tian noticed many Emperors possessing both weapon and strength talents, all of the highest level. The resulting combat power was immense.
"Not many Emperors in here right now possess the combat power of thirty-six Emperors, and none match the power of the Battle Axe Emperor, the strongest being only close to his level," Ye Tian thought to himself.
He admitted he had underestimated the Sakura Super Base. The Sakura Super Base's weakness lay only in its King and Saint levels, but its Emperors were truly strong.
All thanks to the Sakura juice!
Suddenly, a Great Emperor entered the hall, drawing Ye Tian's attention.
Human: Yagyu the Killing Sword
Refining Talent: Moonlight level
Strength Talent: Mystic
Speed Talent: Pseudo-Mystic (40%)
Defense Talent: Pseudo-Mystic (70%)
Swordsmanship Talent: Top level
Fire Talent: Top level
Water Escape Talent: Top level
Thorn Talent: Top level
Earth Wall Talent: Top level
Eagle Eye Talent: Top level
"Yagyu the Killing Sword, hailed as the strongest in the Sakura Super Base, the one who has broken through his body's limits seven times!" Ye Tian was astounded by the other's talents.
Yagyu the Killing Sword possessed many top-level talents, obviously enhanced by Sakura juice. Judging by his realm, Yagyu the Killing Sword possessed a physical strength of 700 Dragon Power, which could be amplified to 1400 with yuan force. With his Mystic-level strength talent amplifying a hundred times and top-level swordsmanship, possibly refined to the Golden Sword Technique and even reaching a complete mastery, his peak strike might reach an astonishing 2.8 million Dragon Power!
"His attack power is more than twice that of the Battle Axe Emperor. Although his speed talent is only at the Pseudo-Mystic level, his realm is higher than that of the Battle Axe Emperor, making his speed no less in comparison." After comparing, Ye Tian found Yagyu the Killing Sword's strength to be significantly greater than that of the Battle Axe Emperor.
"Without me, the high-level combat power of Zhonghai Super Base is actually inferior to the Sakura Super Base!" Ye Tian felt somewhat helpless. But it couldn't be helped; the Sakura God Tree was an wondrous object. If Zhonghai Super Base had obtained it, its power would have been several times more terrifying than the Sakura Super Base.
"However, after today, the Sakura Super Base will begin to decline," Ye Tian thought with a smirk. Yagyu the Killing Sword had indeed surprised him a bit, but that was all. In Ye Tian's eyes, Yagyu the Killing Sword was nothing. He could kill Yagyu the Killing Sword without needing a second move.
In terms of speed, he was many times faster than Yagyu the Killing Sword, and he could also use his time acceleration ability to speed himself up and slow down Yagyu the Killing Sword. In terms of defense, not only did Ye Tian possess Mystic-level defense talent, but his God-level Five Elements Transformation talent could also turn into a God-level Iron Armor talent, amplifying his defense by 500 times. How could Yagyu the Killing Sword compare?
As for attack power, Ye Tian's was also extremely terrifying. With a physical strength of 600 Dragon Power and a yuan force amplification, this reached 1200 Dragon Power. His Mystic-level strength talent amplified this a hundred times, and his Starfall Slash, now having reached 10% of the Sword Dao realm and refined to a minor completion, could bring a fifty times amplification.
Thus, his maximum attack power could reach a staggering 6 million Dragon Power! In every aspect, Ye Tian far surpassed Yagyu the Killing Sword.
Therefore, he didn't need to take Yagyu the Killing Sword seriously.
"Sword Emperor Yagyu!"
"Sword Emperor Yagyu!"
"Sword Emperor Yagyu!"
One Emperor after another politely greeted Yagyu the Killing Sword, who ignored everyone and swiftly passed by. With such arrogance, he had the capital to back it up, and other Emperors dared not offend Sword Emperor Yagyu, even finding his arrogance to be expected.
Strength was everything!
One by one, the Emperors passed through the Sakura Hall and arrived in front of a wooden door. This door, made from the bark of the Sakura God Tree by the people of Sakura Super Base, allowed Emperors to enter the body of the Sakura God Tree.
"Everyone, please enter! You are only allowed to carry jade bottles, no storage bags," said the two Emperors guarding the door, opening it.
Knowing the rules, the other Emperors didn't bring storage bags. Even if they did, they couldn't take the Sakura juice away, as it was specially extracted by designated Emperors. They didn't even have the opportunity to extract it, so what use was a storage bag?
After the extraction, a designated Emperor would check the stored amount of Sakura juice. Any discrepancy would lead to an immediate inspection of the other Great Emperors. After so many extractions, there had never been an issue. Thus, no Emperor dared to risk offending all the Great Emperors by stealing the Sakura juice.
One by one, the Emperors walked through the wooden door. Inside the Sakura God Tree, paths led in all directions, but only the core of the trunk could yield Sakura juice. The Emperors began to trade their treasures for Sakura juice, with designated Emperors extracting it for them.
The entire trade process was transparent, with no room for foul play, nor did anyone dare to engage in it.
Ye Tian, not in a hurry to trade, continued to scan the talents of others, looking for talents like the Eye of Insight.
"Ah, there really is one!" Ye Tian's expression changed slightly as he discreetly observed an Emperor who was extracting Sakura juice.