"At least five times stronger than before evolution."
Feeling the overflowing power from the clone's body, Nao roughly estimated its strength.
"In addition, the clone has also awakened the thunder (basic) talent, making it stronger than an average high mutant species."
"With this strength, even if I release it into the river waters, it would still have the ability to protect itself."
The thunder talent itself has two main techniques:
[Thunder (basic)]
[Discharge] creates a high-voltage electric field within a three-meter radius around the body. The higher the level, the stronger the voltage!
[Perception] allows you to accurately sense bioelectric fields within a thirty-meter radius of your body.
These two techniques are already very powerful, especially perception. In the wild, finding prey is crucial for survival, and with perception, the clone can easily locate its prey.
With this boost in power and its unique talent, the Arowana clone has practically become a fierce and powerful presence among high mutant species.
Despite all these enhancements, Nao's face showed no joy whatsoever.
Instead, his face reflected dissatisfaction.
"If I'd known this would happen, I would have prepared more thoroughly."
"In the final analysis, I was still too hasty."
Nao muttered, looking at the word "basic" in the talent column on his panel with discontent.
To be honest, rather than his Arowana, Nao would have preferred this electric eel to be his clone.
After all, one had no talent in the Realm of weak mutants, while the other had at least one.
It's clear which one held more potential.
However, if you're talking about fusion, it's a big "no."
Although the thunder talent can be classified as a high-level talent, it's certainly not the best.
Moreover, this talent is merely a result of the natural skill transformation of the electric eel due to its mutation into a weak mutant species.
It's similar to the chameleons in this world, which have long evolved into "mystic lizards" with the "Stealth" talent, allowing them to conceal not only their body color but also their scent and body temperature.
Additionally, in this world, there are creatures with even more mysterious talents, such as the "undead skeleton."
For example, they have the ability to revive repeatedly, making them essentially immortal.
Though this immortality has some side effects, it can still be called a divine talent.
Another example is the "Tetrasaurus," which possesses the talent to lift objects weighing 200 times its own weight.
"If I'd known this, I would've asked my father to buy me a creature with a high-level talent."
He was different from other protagonists in novels who had to start from scratch.
Here, he had a pretty good background. The father of this body is a fourth-rank martial artist.
While he may not be able to obtain monsters on the level of the "undead skeleton" and
"Tetrasaurus," he could at least get a creature with a better talent than an electric eel.
"Well, I should be somewhat grateful. Having a talent is better than not having one at all. Although the electric eel isn't the best, it was clearly the best option he could choose at the time."
"Also, although the discharge range is only three meters in the talent column, the clone lives in water. Since water is a good conductor, the range should be a bit further."
Nao said, trying to comfort himself.
"Furthermore, there are some changes in the panel..."
Looking back at his panel, Nao noticed several changes.
First, on his own panel, there was an addition of the [combat skill] column, which included Fuyuki Profound Body Techniques, Fuyuki Family Swordsmanship, and 1001 Ways to Handle a Curse.
Second, there were some changes in the clone's panel. The evolution value for the next evolution had changed to 100, more than three times the previous amount. Additionally, there was a new column titled [evaluation].
Meanwhile, the [introduction] column had long disappeared.
"This panel is a bit too luxurious for a high school student."
Looking at his fancy panel, Nao admired his predecessor a bit.
Not only did he have three techniques, but his mastery level in all three was at the dacheng level.
The mastery levels of martial arts skills are divided into: initial glimpse (beginner), quick eyes and hands (xiaocheng), outstanding perfection (dacheng), magical skill (perfection), and finally break the realm.
And it wasn't just that—the three techniques were of excellent quality for the foundation realm.
Take "1001 Ways to Handle a Curse," for example. This technique contains information as well as methods to deal with curses and cursed objects.
This was the resource and reason why the original Fuyuki dared to explore so many haunted places.
At this point, his thoughts stopped, and he looked around.
There were many cursed items and charms neatly arranged in the corners of the room.
Seeing these cursed items, Nao thought, 'At first, I didn't pay much attention, but now that I look closely, there are quite a few cursed items here.'
'There's even a glass cabinet with cursed objects in the corner of the room.'
'Nonetheless, the body's predecessor also had many anti-curse items. Some were even true family heirlooms...'
At that moment, Nao noticed a strange Buddha statue with hands that moved endlessly, like a lucky cat statue.
'This Buddha statue, for instance. It is both a family heirloom and a true property of his Fuyuki family. This statue is an artifact that can repel curses and bring luck to its owner.'
According to the original memories of his predecessor, because his predecessor often entered haunted places, he was frequently cursed.
In the worst case, he couldn't get out of bed for a week, and his father spent a lot of money to bring in a famous exorcist to exorcise him.
From this exorcist, his father obtained the technique "1001 Ways to Handle Curses" and this Buddha statue artifact.
"If my memory serves me right, '1001 Ways to Handle Curses' is one of the true legacies of that exorcist. And it's impossible for that person to give away his true legacy unless his interlocutor is stronger than him or willing to pay a high price for it."
At this moment, Nao smiled gently and continued, "It seems the father of this body truly loves his child."
According to Fuyuki's original memory, that exorcist's strength was that of a rank 4 martial artist, the same rank as his father.
So the only way to obtain the true legacy was by paying a high price, perhaps even exchanging it with the true legacy of the Fuyuki family.
Speaking of legacies, Fuyuki's first two techniques are the true legacies of the Fuyuki family. The "Fuyuki Profound Body Techniques" is a technique that can enhance a person's talent and lifespan.
It is said that cultivating this technique in depth not only increases one's talent but also gives him supernatural powers in the form of "divine light of purple clouds"
which, as the name suggests, is divine light that protects the entire body.
This technique was created by the Fuyuki family's first ancestor.
The first ancestor of the Fuyuki family had extremely poor talent. So poor, in fact, that in talent ranking, his talent was among the lowest—mortal talent. Mortal talent is essentially a category of people who are unable to cultivate. This was rare in modern times but common in ancient times.
As if to mock him, heaven granted him an exceptionally high level of understanding. His comprehension was rare both in ancient and modern times. This allowed him to master training techniques, yet he couldn't practice them.
However, he didn't give up. He always believed that as long as he was alive, there would always be a chance. So, with hope in his heart, he joined a cultivation technique research institute and became one of the researchers there.
There, he studied many techniques and cultivation methods and also published papers on new ideas in cultivation. In addition, with his remarkable understanding, he improved many techniques and developed new theories on cultivation.
And despite all his achievements, the first ancestor of the Fuyuki family never forgot his initial ambition and hope to cultivate. Armed with all the knowledge he had accumulated, he eventually created the "Fuyuki Profound Body Techniques" in his middle age.
With this technique, the first ancestor of the Fuyuki family has covered his only weakness. And become a true genius with high cultivation talent and comprehension.
And not only that, this technique is also what has made his name famous throughout the world.
In fact, because of this technique he created, he received the highest title and award at the cultivation engineering research institute.
The reason is that at that time the technique he created was the only talent enhancement technique with the smallest side effects or almost none at all.
At a time when all other techniques require the user to pay with sanity, body and soul. This technique doesn't require that at all.
The only drawback of this technique is that the difficulty of practicing the technique is very great and the user must be a virgin to be able to practice it.
And you can only have sex when this technique has been practiced at the miraculous skill level.
Even the first emperor of the human race at that time, had to admit that the understanding of the first ancestor of the Fuyuki family was one level below him.
And if the first human emperor had not been born, then the pioneer of martial arts would have been him.
However, as time goes by side effects of this technique begin to appear.
The first was that this technique was too difficult, not even the word difficult could possibly describe the level of difficulty of this technique.
Even Nao's father, the current head of the family, only completed this technique at the age of 40.
And the second side effect, is because this technique greatly increases a person's 'yang' essence. Almost 90% of the first children using this technique are boys.
And secondly, because this technique combines fire and "yang". The mother of the first child using this technique will feel a strong burning feeling during pregnancy every month.
And you need to know that it takes a minimum of 10 months for a child to be born in this world. Which practically requires the mother to experience 10 strong burning feelings.
Which ultimately requires the partner of the user of this technique to have determination and a strong cultivation base to conceive the fetus.
However, this technique also has additional advantages.
For example, users who are immediately blessed with children in the user's intercourse. Which in comparison requires at least 1 year of hard work for rank 4 martial arts.
And the children of the users of this technique have a higher affinity for this technique.