The effects brought by the Five-Color Stone were numerous, and the spiritual energy it contained was substantial. While it didn't cause Kent's body to undergo a drastic transformation or push his physical limits beyond what was previously possible, it did push him to a significant threshold, one that couldn't be overlooked.
He felt that his condition was now five to six times better than when he had previously adjusted his body to its best state. Kent felt like he could now be considered a low-level superhuman.
"My strength now, without using my Beastmaster abilities, is at least at C-Class, and I'm about to break through to B-Class."
Since the catastrophe began, humanity had undergone various changes, with strength being one of them, and it was now categorized into distinct tiers.
This classification system was somewhat similar to the grading of weapons, ranging from D-Class to SSS-Class. Human combat power was similarly ranked from G-Class to SSS-Class.
G-Class combat power was that of an ordinary person. Before the mutation on Earth, such individuals could fight and kill large beasts, representing the untrained masses.
F-Class combat power described people who had undergone training and developed fighting abilities, such as boxers, law enforcement officers, and soldiers.
E-Class combat power was for elite fighters, including special forces, mercenaries, and high-level bodyguards.
D-Class combat power was that of champions or warriors, individuals whose physical abilities had reached astonishing levels. These people could easily defeat tigers and leopards in combat.
C-Class combat power was a different level altogether, marking the "master" level, where individuals had reached a level of prowess comparable to martial arts masters.
For example, Kent's swordsmanship instructor, Chen Ziran, was at an extremely frightening level, having spent over ten years perfecting the Fourth-Rank Dragon Breath Blade technique. He was nearly at the pinnacle of human combat strength.
B-Class combat power was even more extraordinary, belonging to superhumans or divine martial arts masters. These individuals represented the physiological limits of humanity. Before the mutation, there were very few people in history who could claim to have reached this level.
However, due to the mutation, B-Class combat power became more common, and with the help of meditation, martial arts training, body conditioning, gene drugs, spiritual herbs, and other resources, it was no longer extraordinarily difficult to achieve.
The ranks from G-Class to B-Class had corresponding titles: Mortal, Soldier, Master, Grandmaster, Martial Sage, and Superhuman.
The more powerful A-Class combat power was called the Sage level, a level that transcended human limits.
Originally, Kent's combat power, after years of diligent training, had reached the Master level, equivalent to the training of special forces soldiers and at a stage where one could begin to accept disciples.
But now, after absorbing the Five-Color Stone, his strength had significantly increased. He had nearly skipped two whole levels, now standing at the peak of Grandmaster level, on the verge of Superhuman strength.
Once he fully mastered his power and advanced his combat techniques, he would be able to enter the Superhuman realm.
"With my current strength, I could even face off against Beastmasters of my grade who rely solely on their Beastmasters' powers."
Kent thought with satisfaction.
Aside from his own strength improvement, Garfield and Wukong had also grown significantly, though this was relative to others.
Garfield enjoyed high-grade cat food every day, occasionally drinking Earth Dragon blood and consuming a bottle of nutritional solution. This daily routine allowed it to gain around 1,000 to 2,000 experience points per day.
In the two months that passed, Garfield had accumulated over 80,000 experience points.
With these points, Garfield leveled up four times, reaching level 36.
Wukong, on the other hand, followed a Buddhist-style diet and only consumed vegetarian food. Over time, after eating Longyuan fruit from the Bullhorn Mountain Secret Realm, Wukong broke through to level 30, becoming a Beastmaster-level pet.
At level 30, Wukong gained a new ability called "Flip," which allowed it to continuously flip in the air to maintain levitation.
Kent was initially disappointed but became excited upon reading a system note indicating that this ability would evolve into "Cloud Climbing" once Wukong reached level 40 and became a King-level Beastmaster.
"Flip, Cloud Climbing…" Kent thought with amusement, remembering how in the novel, Sun Wukong practiced his somersault cloud technique, with the first results being Cloud Climbing.
"Don't tell me after Cloud Climbing, it'll evolve into Mist Riding and then Somersault Cloud?" Kent couldn't help but smile, slightly exasperated but also curious.
As the levels of the two golden-grade Beastmasters increased, their size grew and their base attributes such as strength and speed were significantly enhanced. Furthermore, their abilities became stronger with each level, producing cumulative effects that eventually led to qualitative changes.
"I've almost perfected my Spiral Archery technique. With my arm strength and B-Class battle bow, I can hit the target with 100% accuracy within 800 meters, and 95% accuracy within 1,000 meters. The force behind the shot doesn't penetrate the target; its killing power is rather average."
Kent analyzed: "But within 500 meters, if I hit a target, I can break the defenses of any monster below level 40, depending on the target's defense."
"Of course, this relies on Wukong's divine power. If I relied purely on my combat power, I could only break the defenses of monsters under level 30 within 300 meters."
The Spiral Archery technique wasn't a combat skill but a weapon-based technique, and the fact that it could produce this level of power was already impressive. Kent was fairly satisfied.
As for the Dragon Breath Blade technique, it was a formidable Fourth-Rank martial art that combined body potential and techniques for incredible effects.
Even with his current strength, Kent could face off against monsters of level 30 or higher in direct combat and even defeat them.
"My Dragon Breath Blade technique has reached a small breakthrough, but I've hit a bottleneck. As for Spiral Archery, it's more of a technical skill, and there's limited room for improvement. So now, I need to find a new training goal."
Kent headed to the library and entered the paid section to begin selecting materials.
"I have the Beast Evolution System, which allows me to continuously upgrade my Beastmasters' levels and ranks. The more Beastmasters I have, the more my strength will increase."
Kent had already made up his mind to purchase a suitable spiritual meditation technique.
"Body training can be supplemented with scientific methods, regular exercises, and some medicinal aids."
"But martial arts techniques and spiritual meditation are different. They have ranks from one to nine, and while martial arts can be self-taught or learned from an instructor, spiritual meditation relies more on personal insight, on one's perception."
Kent entered the spiritual meditation section.
Even at Earthstar's top university, spiritual meditation techniques were rare. After all, this field dealt with the mind and soul, which humanity was not well-equipped to fully understand or access. It was a dangerous and elusive territory, with no direct or easy means to study it safely and effectively.
Simply put, spiritual meditation was still in its infancy, with few people practicing it, and even fewer having reached a high level.
As a result, high-grade spiritual meditation techniques were incredibly scarce.