"Fortunately, the body is intact; otherwise, I wouldn't be able to Copy Talent!"
Ye Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
He had already tested the limitations of Copying Talent in the wild area. Once the body was too damaged, it was impossible to observe the Talent condition, and naturally, he could not Copy Talent.
"Copy Shadow Talent!"
With a thought, Ye Tian began the copying process.
In an instant, Shadow Talent was successfully copied.
He did not go home but started to fuse the Talent right there.
Fusing Basic-grade Shadow Talent was not too painful for Ye Tian because his physical strength was incomparable to before. Besides, after fusing multiple Talents, his pain tolerance had improved.
Therefore, he only felt slight pain and a bit of sweat on his body, with nothing else unusual.
Ten minutes passed, and Shadow Talent was successfully fused.
At this moment, Ye Tian's Talent status changed.
Human: Ye Tian
Cultivation Talent: Intermediate-grade
Speed Talent: Basic-grade
Blade Talent: Intermediate-grade
Shadow Talent: Basic-grade
"Four types of Talent!"
Ye Tian was very satisfied with his current Talent status. He didn't know about other bases, but he was sure that no one in Seaside Base had more talents than him.
At Seaside Base, he was absolutely invincible at his level.
"Li Cun should have something valuable on him, right?"
Ye Tian carefully examined Li Cun's body.
Li Cun's sword was good—a black blade with a blood groove in the middle. This black blade had no notch at all, while Ye Tian's own sword was heavily damaged from the battle.
"This black blade must be a very sharp Yuan Force weapon, perfect to use as a weapon!"
Ye Tian happily put away Li Cun's black blade and started searching Li Cun's clothes.
Soon, Ye Tian had taken everything from Li Cun.
A manual, three gold cards, five white cards, and some scattered paper money.
Seeing these gains, Ye Tian was even more excited than when he copied the Shadow Talent.
Because one gold card represented one million currency units, and one white card represented ten thousand currency units. Here there were more than three million currency units in total!
"Gold cards are like bank cards in the previous life. Seaside Base doesn't have the technology to produce gold cards. They are reportedly made by some large bases. The bank in Seaside Base is run by a big base, so these gold cards can withdraw money even in big bases!" Ye Tian thought secretly.
Suddenly, with more than three million currency units, Ye Tian's net worth skyrocketed many times over. Combined with Shadow Talent, he felt that he could definitely grow rapidly, even to a degree where the Mo Family would have to ignore him.
"Now there's one more problem to solve—Mo Shaobei!"
A trace of killing intent flashed in Ye Tian's eyes.
Now, it was a life-or-death matter between him and Mo Shaobei.
Even if he didn't seek revenge, once Li Cun didn't return for a long time and he remained alive, Mo Shaobei would surely know Li Cun failed. The next attack might come from a late-stage Martial Artist or even an Elite Martial Artist.
Therefore,
he had to kill Mo Shaobei as soon as possible to remove this trouble.
Of course, he could not kill Mo Shaobei under his own identity; otherwise, the Mo Family would retaliate fiercely.
"I've got it!"
Ye Tian looked at Li Cun's body and smiled faintly.
Now, with Shadow Talent and Li Cun's black blade, he could definitely impersonate Li Cun!
"First, deal with Li Cun's corpse!"
Ye Tian quickly found an empty spot and buried Li Cun deeply, then covered the traces.
Even if the body was discovered later, it would be long after, so no immediate problems would arise.
It was already dark when Ye Tian hurried home.
After returning, Ye Tian did not rest but familiarized himself with Shadow Talent.
Shadow Talent wasn't so overpowered; it couldn't keep the shadow state indefinitely.
Maintaining the shadow state consumed energy and had to be in a shadowed area. Once light shone on him, his figure would be revealed.
Also, he couldn't attack while in shadow state; attacking would reveal him. He couldn't be attacked either; being attacked would force him out of shadow state.
Shadow Talent was suitable for hiding and assassination, for avoiding enemies in critical moments, but not for frontal combat.
"There's also a manual!"
Ye Tian took out Li Cun's manual and read it carefully, getting more and more excited.
It was a Knife manual—the Shadow Knife!
Shadow Knife had only one move called Shadow Kill, a fast blade strike as swift as lightning.
What really excited Ye Tian was the explanation about the Dao of the blade. Although he had an Intermediate-grade blade manual, he knew little about the Dao of the blade.
The Dao of the blade was divided into three levels: form, momentum, and intent. Most people could use a blade but only master the form, never the momentum. To master momentum, one needed Blade Talent.
Moreover, Shadow Knife was a Bronze-level Knife Technique, a very powerful Knife Technique. Once mastered, it would greatly increase combat power, enough to fight beyond one's level.
"According to the manual, Knife Techniques are divided into Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels. Ordinary people might practice Black Iron-level Knife Techniques and appear skilled, but without Blade Talent, they could never fully master even Black Iron-level, let alone Bronze-level. Li Cun had Bronze-level Knife Technique but lacked Blade Talent. Otherwise, I would have been the one dead today!" Ye Tian felt lucky.
"I'll let Mo Shaobei live a few more days. I'll first practice Shadow Knife. Once I enter the Shadow Knife realm, that will be the day I make my move!"
Ye Tian decided.
With his Intermediate-grade Blade Talent, he had unimaginable insight into Knife Techniques. In just three days, he reached the entry level of Bronze-level Knife Technique Shadow Knife —something ordinary people could never achieve in a lifetime.
Besides, Ye Tian's Dao of the blade also improved somewhat, reaching a great mastery of blade form, not far from mastering momentum.
Late at night.
Mo Family, Mo Shaobei's residence.
Mo Shaobei was very annoyed. Three whole days had passed with no news from Shadow.
Li Hai stood beside Mo Shaobei, clearly sensing his young master's anger.
"Elder Li, could that damn Shadow have taken my money and run? No news for three days. Could a Martial Artist still not find an opportunity to strike a Martial Apprentice?" Mo Shaobei said coldly.
"Young master, although Shadow is greedy and always requires payment upfront, his reputation is good. Maybe he took another job and hasn't had time to act yet?" Li Hai guessed.
"Better be so, or I'll let Shadow know how terrifying the Mo Family is!" Mo Shaobei forcibly suppressed his anger and waved Li Hai away.
Li Hai left Mo Shaobei's residence and walked outside.
The night was very dark. An aura of killing intent enveloped the Mo Residence.
Li Hai felt a shiver but smiled: "Probably just worrying too much. Who dares to make a move against me under the Mo Family?"
Just as he was about to leave, a figure flashed beside him, and a black blade slashed down.
The strike was so fast that even Li Hai's quick reflexes only caught a glimpse of the black blade before losing consciousness.
At the moment he lost consciousness, one person came to his mind—Shadow!
"Why did Shadow kill me?"
That was Li Hai's last thought.
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