Liu Yan looked at the fur he had plucked from the back of the Silverback Blue Apes, and his face lit up with joy.
The unique feature of those Silverback Blue Apes was the silver fur on their backs. Presumably, they had gene fragments.
Liu Yan quickly used Divine Extraction on the fur that he had plucked from the backs of those Silverback Blue Apes.
A milky white light enveloped Liu Yan, and notifications consecutively appeared in front of him.
[Successful Divine Extraction of the Silverback Blue Ape’s back fur (Potential A Level 19). Congratulations, you’ve obtained a Sonic Shard +1!]
[Successful Divine Extraction of the Silverback Blue Ape’s back fur (Potential A Level 18). Congratulations, you have obtained a Sonic Shard +1!]
[Successful Divine Extraction of the Silverback Blue Ape’s back fur (Potential A Level 17). Congratulations, you have obtained a Sonic Shard +1!]
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[Successful fusion of Sonic Shard and Shadow Steps (A-grade). Congratulations, you’ve obtained Doubled Sound of Speed (A+-grade)!]
After seeing the notifications in front of him, Liu Yan’s face was instantly filled with joy.
This time, he had taken down five Silverback Blue Apes and obtained a Sonic Shard from each of them. The five Sonic Shards had directly fused to become the skill of Doubled Speed of Sound.
Liu Yan hurriedly checked the effects of the newly acquired skill.
[Doubled Speed of Sound]
Level: A+-grade
Description: After use, the user’s speed would receive a terrifying increase, reaching double the speed of sound!
The introduction was simple yet powerful.
Although the previous Shadow Steps was also a speed-type skill and had also reached A-grade, it focused more on agility. In terms of speed, though quite good, it was still lacking when compared to such pure speed skill, Doubled Speed of Sound.
Now that he had the new skill, Doubled Speed of Sound, Liu Yan’s speed suddenly increased significantly. He would also be more at ease when dealing with the Silverback Blue Apes.
Just then, Murong Xue and Chu Long walked over with some doubts.
“We can’t continue like this. We’ve only injured a few Silverback Blue Apes in one trip. There’s no substantial progress.” Chu Long said worriedly.
Murong Xue also nodded slightly and said, “If this goes on, it will take us even longer to pass through Taiji Mountains through this method.”
Liu Yan smiled when he heard that. In their eyes, they had only injured a few Silverback Blue Apes in the previous trip, but in reality, Liu Yan had reaped a huge harvest. With this Doubled Speed of Sound, Liu Yan’s speed increased greatly. It would be much easier to deal with the Silverback Blue Apes later.
“You guys just rest here and wait for me. I’ll continue moving. My speed seems to have improved after fighting those Silverback Blue Apes. Let me train properly.” Liu Yan said calmly.
Murong Xue and Chu Long were a little surprised when they heard that. Liu Yan was able to train his speed after fighting with the Silverback Blue Apes for such a short time?
Although they were slightly disagreeable, seeing that Liu Yan was insistent, Murong Xue was willing to help. She said instantly, “Then I’ll continue to help you lure the monsters.”
“No need.” Liu Yan waved his hand and said, “You just rest and guard here. Pay attention to protecting Chu Long. It’s more convenient for me to do it alone.”
Murong Xue was asked to lure the monsters just now because, firstly, her constitution was good and her tanking was high. With Chu Long’s healing, she would not be in too much danger.
Secondly, it was because Liu Yan wanted to protect Chu Long if they encountered any other fierce beast.
But now, Liu Yan had Doubled Speed of Sound, and his speed had suddenly received a terrifying increase. Naturally, it would be safer and more efficient for Liu Yan to lure the monsters.
Liu Yan directly activated Doubled Speed of Sound, and his speed received a terrifying increase. He charged toward the Taiji Mountains.
Murong Xue and Chu Long, who were behind him, saw Liu Yan’s terrifying speed and were dumbstruck.
They had not taken Liu Yan’s words seriously just now and felt that it was impossible for him to increase his strength in such a short time. Even if he had increased his speed, it would only be a small portion. It was impossible for him to increase his speed by too much.
However, they did not expect that Liu Yan’s speed had already increased to such a terrifying speed.
“This speed is probably not weaker than the Silverback Blue Apes, right?” Chu Long said with some surprise.
“This fellow is really a monster.” Murong Xue shook her head, looking helpless.
She could feel the gap between Liu Yan and her getting bigger and bigger.
When she fought with Liu Yan for the first time, she still felt that she was about the same as Liu Yan, only slightly losing to Liu Yan.
However, as they gradually came into contact, Murong Xue realized she was utterly wrong.
Liu Yan did not use his full strength in their first fight. The speed at which Liu Yan increased his strength after that also made her doubt life.
Liu Yan was like a huge mountain, blocking her, making it impossible for her to get to the other side. It was extremely difficult to even be on par with him, let alone surpassing him. It was an intense feeling of powerlessness.
On the other side, after Liu Yan gained Doubled Speed of Sound, everything became much more convenient.
After luring the Silverback Blue Apes, Liu Yan continued to use his D-grade skill, Emptyhanded and plucked the silver fur on their backs. After plucking from a few Silverback Blue Apes, a large number of Silverback Blue Apes also arrived at the same time. Liu Yan did not want to continue fighting and immediately left, retreating from the Taiji Mountains’ vicinity.
Seeing that Liu Yan had already left the vicinity, the Silverback Blue Apes, once again, did not continue to chase after him.
At that time, Liu Yan also discovered something. Not only did those Silverback Blue Apes not have much malice towards humans, but they also would not take the initiative to attack as long as one did not enter the Taiji Mountains’ vicinity.
In addition, those Silverback Blue Apes also seemed unable to leave the Taiji Mountains. Liu Yan clearly saw that those Silverback Blue Apes, which had their silver fur plucked by him, were already extremely angry, but they still did not chase after him. Something was restricting them.
However, Liu Yan did not think too much about that at the moment. He hurriedly used Divine Extraction on the Silverback Blue Apes’ fur pile in his hands.
[Successful Divine Extraction of the Silverback Blue Ape’s back fur (Potential A Level 19). Congratulations, you’ve obtained a Sonic Shard +1!]
[Successful Divine Extraction of the Silverback Blue Ape’s back fur (Potential A Level 18). Congratulations, you’ve obtained a Sonic Shard +1!]
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He obtained another few Sonic Shards, but they did not continue to fuse this time. It was probably because there were not enough of them.
Murong Xue and Chu Long had just come over to ask about Liu Yan’s situation, but Liu Yan had once again activated Doubled Speed of Sound and charged into the Taiji Mountains.
Liu Yan’s constitution was too strong, and he did not feel that this amount of exercise was tiring at all, so he did not need to rest.
Later that night, Liu Yan did the same thing. He continued to pluck the silver fur on the back of the Silverback Blue Apes and then used Divine Extraction to obtain the Sonic Shards.
Those Silverback Blue Apes had been annoyed by Liu Yan for a long time. Many times, when Liu Yan entered the Taiji Mountains’ vicinity, they would charge at Liu Yan together before he could even lure any monsters. It was clear that they resented Liu Yan very much.
Fortunately, Liu Yan had Doubled Speed of Sound. And with his powerful strength and physique, he could easily deal with them after plucking their fur before leaving the Taiji Mountains’ vicinity.
It was not until midnight that Liu Yan completed the Divine Extraction of the new batch of silver fur from the back of the Silverback Blue Apes and obtained a few Sonic Shards again. After gathering 32 Sonic Shards, a notification for skill fusion finally appeared in front of Liu Yan.