Nothing unexpected happened on the way, and Ye Tian safely returned to Seaside Base.
The next day, he went to the black market and bought many portions of Intermediate-grade Ferocious Beast Blood, spending nearly all of his 10 million currency.
He could have used the money to repay loans easily, but he chose to buy the blood instead.
Though he had ten bottles of High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood, using only that for cultivation wouldn't last three months. Occasionally using high-grade blood and mostly using intermediate-grade blood was more efficient.
At his villa, Ye Tian began practicing Intermediate-grade Yuan Force Body Tempering Method.
It also had nine movements but was far more profound and complex than the Low-level version.
As he practiced, dense Yuan Qi surged into his body, refining faster than before.
"Three times better than Low-level Yuan Force Body Tempering Method!"
Ye Tian was amazed.
This was pure cultivation of Intermediate-grade Yuan Force Body Tempering Method. If aided by Ferocious Beast blood, the effect would be even faster, since this method better utilized the blood.
"I'll try High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood first!"
Ye Tian couldn't resist taking a sip.
Boom!
Power burst from his body as if he would be torn apart.
"I underestimated the power of High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood!" Ye Tian thought anxiously.
He immediately began practicing Intermediate-grade Yuan Force Body Tempering Method repeatedly until he absorbed the blood's energy.
"Luckily, I have Intermediate-grade Yuan Force Body Tempering Method. Otherwise, I couldn't absorb the energy from High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood. Yue Ling'er must have known this and thus gave me both the method and the blood!"
Ye Tian thought.
He calculated that High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood gave him a threefold speed boost, multiplied by the threefold boost of Intermediate-grade Yuan Force Body Tempering Method—an 18 times speed increase.
His Talent was Advanced Cultivation Talent, at least three times better than Intermediate-grade Cultivation Talent.
"Compared to ordinary Intermediate-grade Cultivation Talent geniuses in Seaside Base, my cultivation speed is 54 times faster!"
Ye Tian marveled.
Though Intermediate-grade Cultivation Talents could also use Intermediate-grade Ferocious Beast Blood to increase speed two or three times, Ye Tian was still 20 times faster than them.
One month of his training equaled almost two years for them.
"Too bad I only have ten bottles of High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood!" Ye Tian greedily thought.
With abundant resources and no interruptions, Ye Tian trained with all his might.
Three months passed quickly.
"I've finally reached Elite Martial Artist!"
Ye Tian said excitedly.
His skin, muscles, and bones were tempered extremely strongly. His strength exceeded 10,000 pounds, just entering the Elite Martial Artist realm, but not yet the true early stage.
To reach early Elite Martial Artist, he needed to temper his blood.
Elite Martial Artist cultivation involved refining blood to support the body's evolution to higher levels.
This process was difficult—impurities had to be filtered out repeatedly, requiring vast amounts of blood.
If nutrition couldn't keep up, blood would be depleted, and death would follow.
The best way to replenish blood was using Ferocious Beast blood, which consumed massive quantities.
High-grade Ferocious Beast Blood was better, but Ye Tian no longer had much.
Seaside Base had few Martial Artists, but Ferocious Beast blood was scarce because Elite Martial Artists consumed over 90% of it daily—enough to astonish ordinary Martial Artists.
During these three months, Ye Tian also secretly copied several Intermediate-grade Cultivation Talents, integrating them into himself.
Unfortunately, no High-grade Cultivation Talent transformation occurred. But he sensed his High-grade Cultivation Talent was near its peak. Maybe merging one more High-grade Cultivation Talent would upgrade it to Top Cultivation Talent!
After three more days, Ye Tian preliminarily refined his blood and stepped into early Elite Martial Artist with 13,000 pounds of strength.
He prepared to return to Death Lake.
He was determined to obtain the Lighthouse Jellyfish Talent.
...
Back at Death Lake, Ye Tian was a bit nervous.
He was much stronger now, even advancing his blade intent and mastering Shadow Kill at peak perfection.
Still, he did not underestimate the danger of Death Lake.
This place housed Top Ferocious Beasts, and offending one meant death.
It was dusk. Ye Tian did not enter Death Lake but waited quietly for nightfall.
At night, the water was very dark—perfect for Shadow Talent.
Shadow Talent couldn't hide from Advanced Ferocious Beasts with spiritual power but could conceal him from Low-level and Intermediate-grade Ferocious Beasts.
Night action was far safer than daytime.
Night soon came. Death Lake turned eerie and ominous, filled with the scent of Ferocious Beasts.
Ordinary people would be lost here.
Enduring discomfort, Ye Tian entered Death Lake.
"Shadow Talent!"
He instantly merged into the night, swimming slowly underwater.
As an Elite Martial Artist, he could stay submerged for an hour without breathing. He had to find Lighthouse Jellyfish within that time or else surface to avoid danger.
"It's so dark underwater. Luckily I have Copying Talent; otherwise, I wouldn't find any Lighthouse Jellyfish!"
Ye Tian thought.
Soon, under Copying Talent's guidance, he sensed his first aquatic Ferocious Beast.
Species: Tiger Claw Squid
Bloodline Talent: Intermediate-grade
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