Although the system hasn't completed its upgrade yet, the basic abilities are still intact, so Chu Tian didn't hesitate to decompose the iron-horned deer.
[Ding - Decomposition successful, gained a slight increase in strength/speed.]
[Ding - Materials acquired, automatically placed in the storage bag.]
Finding a clearing, Chu Tian sat down to rest, taking out the intact iron-horned deer antler from his storage space. It had a gray metallic sheen and felt warm to the touch.
After retrieving the antler, Chu Tian then took out a complete deer skin and sweat gland from his storage space. After examining them for a moment, he was satisfied and stored them back.
These three items, if nothing unexpected happened, were worth several million. This was definitely something he couldn't earn in his family's small supermarket in twenty years.
At that moment, a "Ding" sounded in his mind.
[Congratulations to the host, the system upgrade is complete, and new functions and permissions are unlocked.]
Chu Tian quickly began to check the new system.
As expected, a new attribute panel appeared.
[Host: Chu Tian]
[Level: E-level (later stage)]
[Talents: Ice, Steel, Strength, Flame, Bow Transformation, Sword Transformation, Concealment of Aura, Psychic Perception (perception range 80 meters), Extreme Speed.]
[Combat Skills: None (Combat skills will be unlocked after the talent level reaches A-grade).]
Chu Tian carefully examined his attributes and then looked at the other functions of the upgraded system. He found a mysterious "Enhancement Value."
[Talent Value: 0]
[Talents for Decomposition: Ice, Steel, Strength, Skin Hardening, Flame, Bow Transformation, Sword Transformation, Concealment of Aura, Psychic Perception (perception range 50 meters), Extreme Speed.]
This Talent Value was somewhat puzzling, while the concept of decomposing talents made some sense. However, Chu Tian was still unclear about it and quickly asked the system for clarification.
"System, what are these Enhancement Values and Talent Decomposition?"
[Enhancement Value accumulates as you kill beasts. Enhancement Value can be used to enhance talents, attributes, and exchange combat skills. Talent Decomposition allows you to directly decompose talents you don't need.]
Surprisingly, the system answered Chu Tian's questions. Encouraged, he continued to inquire.
"Are there any other functions this system has?"
After waiting for a while, the system remained silent. No matter how Chu Tian tried to inquire in his mind, there was no response, leaving him feeling frustrated.
"This system seems completely non-intelligent. It doesn't even interact. It's like a manual from my previous life."
Chu Tian then began to explore the Talent Decomposition option. He wasn't sure if decomposed talents could be converted into other talents or if they were directly exchanged for attributes. He hesitated and chose to decompose his rarely used talent, Sword Transformation.
[Ding - Talent Sword Transformation successfully decomposed, gained 5 Talent Points, current Talent Points: 5.]
Suddenly, Chu Tian understood that Talent Points could not only be accumulated by killing monsters but also obtained by decomposing unwanted talents. He speculated that the more powerful the talent, the higher the Talent Points gained from decomposition.
However, if there were genuinely powerful talents, Chu Tian probably wouldn't casually decompose them.
A single Sword Transformation was worth 5 Talent Points, indicating that this talent was not particularly valuable.
Chu Tian took another look at his talents and then exchanged Steel and Skin Hardening. This skill seemed slightly better than Sword Transformation. Steel was exchanged for 50 points, while Skin Hardening was exchanged for 30 points, bringing his Talent Points to 85.
Furthermore, Chu Tian didn't expect to use the Steel skill much because of his current low level. He preferred a safer long-range approach, avoiding close combat whenever possible, as fighting up close was dangerous for him now.
...
[Ding - Decomposition successful, gained a slight increase in strength, speed, defense, and mental power.]
[Ding - Killing an E-level monster grants 30 Talent Points, current Talent Points: 115.]
With the system upgrade, Chu Tian noticed that the attribute bonuses after decomposing monsters had increased to four aspects, rather than just strength and speed.
Now, Chu Tian could also control himself to investigate the talents of various monsters, and the descriptions of these monsters had become more comprehensive.
However, after multiple experiments, he found that he couldn't replicate duplicate talents, even if the monster's level was higher than his.
Furthermore, while duplicating talents could be exchanged for Talent Points, so far, poison-related talents, no matter how powerful, could only yield a maximum of ten points. Clearly, Chu Tian found poison-related talents quite underwhelming.
As for other talents, he would directly exchange them for Talent Points if he didn't want them. However, as his Talent Points accumulated, Chu Tian became less inclined to replicate mediocre talents.
It was too troublesome.
...
This way, Chu Tian became more targeted in killing these monsters. Along the way, his Talent Points reached an impressive 1720 points, and there was now a "+1" next to his level, indicating he could use Talent Points to upgrade his level.
After repeatedly killing several Scorpion-tailed Poison Wolves, Chu Tian had collected over four hundred ears from various monsters in his storage space, with over ten of them being C-level monsters.
While Chu Tian was organizing the items in his storage space, a sudden "moo" sounded in his ears like a thunderclap.
Following the sound, he saw a massive rhinoceros-like creature with a flaming tail and horn battling a person not far away. Chu Tian's vision also displayed the attributes of this rhinoceros.
[Flame Rhino]
[Gender: Male]
[Species: Monster]
[Level: C-level]
[Talents: Flame, Strength]
As he looked at the person battling the Flame Rhino, Chu Tian realized it was the shameless guy, Liu Wei, who had tried to blackmail him earlier.
Besides the talents and similar information, Liu Wei's attribute panel now included attributes.
[Liu Wei]
[Gender: Male]
[Species: Human]
[Level: C-level]
[Talents: Concealment of Aura]
Apparently, auxiliary-type talent users didn't seem particularly formidable; combat-oriented talents were more powerful in terms of abilities.
However, Liu Wei seemed to have learned some basic martial skills. Currently, he was battling the Flame Rhino, retreating and attacking steadily. He held a black Tang knife in his hand, continuously clashing with the flaming rhino horn.
Although these collisions seemed to be brute force clashes, Liu Wei's knife skills were quite clever. Otherwise, the incredibly strong Flame Rhino would have broken Liu Wei's Tang knife long ago.
Chu Tian noticed that after each collision, sparks would fly, but the Flame Rhino, being a combat-oriented monster, was clearly not Liu Wei's match, who was more of an auxiliary talent user.
Not long after, Chu Tian observed sweat forming on Liu Wei's forehead, and his breathing became irregular.
The Flame Rhino was a product of the resurgence of spiritual energy, a monster born with Flame and Strength talents, and had incredibly strong defensive capabilities.
Although it was a herbivorous monster, its temperament was extremely irritable, and it had a strong sense of territorial protection. Whenever someone intruded into its territory, the Flame Rhino King would come forward and battle the intruder until one of them died.
Either the Flame Rhino King was killed, or the intruder was killed by the Flame Rhino King, becoming a pile of rotten meat beneath its hooves.