"???", Lin Fang was speechless.
"How did I come across demonic beasts in the outer region of the forest?", he clicked his tongue in wonder.
The Dark Forest is separated into the outer and inner regions, the outer region only has normal beasts with strengths ranging from unranked to first ranks of martial arts. However, the inner region is said to have demonic beasts also called spiritual beasts, these unique beasts have gained sentience and the weakest amongst them can thrash a first rank martial artist.
Each time a demonic beast comes out of the dark forest, a huge catastrophe befalls humans, blood forms rivers and corpses form mountains.
Although demonic beasts' bodies are a huge treasure, Lin Fang didn't dare to fantasize about them yet. With his current strength, even a heavily injured demonic beast can still kill him with a breath.
Focusing back on the simulation, he wondered which reward to choose this time.
[Ding, reward generation successful. you can choose one of the following rewards]
[1-cultivation realm at 30 years of age]
[2-combat experience at 30 years of age]
[3-white grade talent Paper Skin]
Although choosing the Paper Skin talent may seem like a good idea because of the boost in speed, it has the huge drawback of weakening defense, so Lin Fang chose cultivation realm.
instantly, Lin Fang felt that a couple more strands of fire qi appeared in his dantian seamlessly circulating in his body.
"I need to find martial art techniques", he sighed, "right now I may be able to bully lower ranked martial artists, but in front of a same rank martial artist, I"m mere meat on the chopping board"
Looking at the remaining 10 souls, Lin Fang repeated the magical sentence "I will cultivate in seclusion" a dozen times before calling out, "SIMULATE".
[does the host wish to consume 2 souls to activate the simulation?]
"YES"
[Ding, simulation starting...]
[Ding, Talent refresh in progress...]
[Congratulations! You have refreshed the following talents:]
[Squeaky Voice (white grade) - The user's voice becomes high-pitched and squeaky, making it difficult to communicate seriously or intimidate opponents.]
[Loud Step (white grade) - A talent that makes every step the user takes echo loudly, making stealth impossible and drawing unwanted attention.]
"Again with the circus-worthy talents", Lin Fang sighed in exasperation.
"Can I not choose either of them?", both options were just adding a weakness to himself.
[Host must choose a talent to start the simulation.]
Lin Fang clicked his tongue in irritation before choosing the lesser of the two evils; the first option. After all, he will cultivate in seclusion anyway so having a squeaky voice doesn't matter. On the other hand, the loud step talent could prove detrimental in the forest, where stealth is a must-have skill.
[Ding, talent selected successfully, simulation starting...]
[at 18 years old, your heart was calm and you knew the importance of staying lowkey so you decided to go into the outer region of the dark forest to cultivate in seclusion]
[however, as soon as you reached the village's exit, a fast saber intercepted you and slashed at your head, but because of your experience you instinctively ducked out of the way]
[Len Jiang had intercepted you. You fought him for one round, getting completely suppressed and heavily injured in the process]
[At the last moment, you screamed at the top of your lungs creating a high-pitched squeal stunning Len Jiang for a breath of time, and made use of the opening to rush out of the village]
[you survived for a couple of weeks before succumbing to the heavy injuries]
[due to your death, the simulation is ending...]
Lin Fang frowned, his expression becoming ugly, "the news of the village hunters' death already reached him?"
"I need to become stronger faster!", panic started to appear on Lin Fang's face, as he focused back on the simulator.
[Ding, reward generation successful. you can choose one of the following rewards]
[1-cultivation realm at 18 years old]
[2-combat experience at 18 years old]
[3-life experience at 18 years old]
He directly chose life experience, revealing the place where Len Jiang ambushed him, "at least now, I can avoid him on my way out"
"SIMULATE", he called out impatiently.
[does the host wish to consume 2 souls to activate the simulation?]
"YES"
[Ding, simulation starting...]
[Ding, Talent refresh in progress...]
[Congratulations! You have refreshed the following talents:]
[Superieur Martial Body (blue grade) - the user's body is perfect for martial arts, the speed of absorbing qi is enhanced greatly, and techniques performed by the user can produce twice the results with half the effort]
[Battle Instinct (green grade) -The user has an innate sense for combat, allowing them to react instantly to threats, predict opponents' moves, and adapt to changing battle conditions effortlessly.]
[ Iron Body (green grade) - A defensive talent that hardens the user's entire body, making their resistance to physical attacks increase greatly while retaining agility.]
"??!!!", Lin Fang was dumbfounded.
"Finally! No more clown talents", tears almost streamed out of his face, he had finally refreshed some good talents.
looking at the three powerful talents, Lin Fang chose the first option without hesitation. Not to mention the fact that it was a blue grade talent, just the fact that it enhanced his cultivation speed made it a must-have.
Lin Fang eyes suddenly flashed in enlightenment, "I can only choose one reward each simulation, and this talent is too important to reject, so cultivating for a long time in this simulation is only a waste of precious time", he pondered aloud.
Lin Fang had noticed through the last few simulations, that while simulating time still flows, and for each year inside a minute passes by in the real world. Right now, Len Jiang is most likely on his way to the town hall to kill him so he must be quick.
He closed his eyes, filling his mind with suicidal thoughts and feelings of hate towards Len Jiang before finally focusing back on the simulator.
[Ding, talent selected successfully, simulation staring...]
[at 18 years old, while sitting in the village hall, you suddenly awakened a powerful martial constitution, you felt a fiery sensation throughout your body, and heard crackling sounds from within, feeling that your body has become lighter]
[your heart was filled with hate and anger towards Len Jiang, and you decided to stake all in one throw, rushing directly at him]
[seeing your rabid dog-like appearance, Len Jiang was first intimidated before finally sighing in relief seeing your inexperienced combat techniques]
[Although, in the first round you managed to completely overwhelm him due to your past experience, but in the end his saber technique slowly put you at a disadvantage, and finally claimed your life]
[due to your death, the simulation is ending...]