I possess boundless talent; even geniuses are no match for me.

......

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Name: Chen Yu

Realm: Fourth level of body tempering

Cultivation techniques: Star-Stepping Stance, Thunder Blade (Mastery)

Talents: [Persistence], [Master of Swordsmanship (Purple)], [Martial Arts Grade B Physique (Blue)], [Blessed with Luck (Blue)], [Exceptional Memory (Yellow)], [Gluttony Factor (Green)], [Strong Heart (Green)], [Bear Waist (White)], [Outstanding Swordsmanship (White)], [Cat Body (White)], [Elephant Legs (White)], [Strong Kidneys (White)], [Ape Arms (Gray)], [Imprint of Thought (Gray)]

Extended functionality: The activation conditions have been met. Enable/disable?

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"Let me see what new skills the panel has given me!"

Chen Yu sat cross-legged on the bed, his expression full of anticipation, and couldn't help but rub his hands together.

"Yes"

A thought flashed through his mind, and he silently recited it.

next moment.

[Function Expansion - Talent Fusion]

[Talent Fusion]: Use talents as fuel to forge specified talents!

"Talent Fusion?"

After only a moment's thought, Chen Yu roughly understood the function of this new feature.

Simply put, it means that you can use a portion of your talent points to help upgrade a specific talent.

"This feature is actually quite useful!"

Chen Yu thought to himself.

Most talents, such as those of gray and white quality, will gradually become less effective as the martial artist's strength increases.

For example, talents like [Ape Arm (Gray)] provide very little boost to strength and are of little use to Chen Yu in his current state.

Like a chicken rib, it's useless to keep it, but a pity to throw it away.

If it can be used to upgrade the grade of other talents, that would be excellent.

"Consumes [Ape Arm (Gray)] to forge [Martial Arts Grade B Root Bone (Blue)]".

Chen Yu silently recited in his heart.

His martial arts level is currently holding him back too much. Now that there are ways to improve the quality of his talent, his martial arts foundation is naturally the first thing to be addressed!

On the panel, the [Ape Arm (Gray)] talent suddenly disappeared, while at the same time, [Talent Forging] added additional information:

[Talent Fusion]: Martial Arts Grade B Root Bone (0/100%)

"0/100%... There's no change in progress. It seems the gray-quality talent is too poor."

Chen Yu's gaze remained unchanged. He knew that relying solely on a gray-quality talent wouldn't significantly improve progress.

Fortunately, he had collected quite a few ordinary talents during this period.

"[Bear Waist (White)], [Exceptional Swordsmanship (White)], [Cat Body (White)], [Elephant Legs (White)], [Strong Kidneys (White)], all white-quality talents sacrificed!"

These white talents are merely more outstanding than those of ordinary people.

For a powerful martial artist, any one of these qualities surpasses these so-called talents.

How could the physical prowess of a martial artist be compared to the talent of ordinary people?

Therefore, Chen Yu felt no heartache whatsoever.

As he made the decision to sacrifice all his white talents, the progress of his [Martial Arts Grade B Root Bone] slowly increased to 15%.

"continue!"

"【Heart Strengthening (Green)】, 【Kendo Prodigy (Blue)】, 【Physical Fitness (Yellow)!"

This time, Chen Yu went all in.

Even the blue-quality talent that was just copied from Zhao Tianyi was directly used as a consumption for forging.

He currently lacks the time to master both swords and sabers, so the talent [Sword Prodigy (Blue)] is of no use to him.

Only by becoming stronger and coming into contact with more geniuses and experts can one easily replicate an even stronger swordsmanship talent!

Even a purple-quality sword master is not impossible!

With the dissipation of three high-quality talents, the progress of [Martial Arts Grade B Root Bone] instantly surged!

In just a few seconds, the progress reached 100%!

[Talent forging complete]

[Martial Arts Grade B Talent (Blue)] → [Martial Arts Grade A Talent (Green)]

[Martial Arts Grade A Root Bone (Green)]: Cultivation speed is increased by eighty times compared to ordinary people, and there are no bottlenecks within the Blood Exchange Realm.

"As expected, there's a cyan quality level between blue and purple!"

This result was not unexpected for Chen Yu.

After all, the difference between blue-quality talents and purple-quality talents is too great, and there must be an intermediate quality in between.

At this point, Chen Yu had a general idea of ​​the order of talent quality levels, from lowest to highest:

Gray, white, green, yellow, blue, cyan, purple...

"Blue quality, a rarity in this city."

"Based on this speculation, cyan quality is extremely rare in a country, and as for purple quality, it is probably hard to find even on a regular life-bearing planet."

"Top-tier martial arts physique, cyan-quality talent, eighty times the cultivation speed!"

Chen Yu's face immediately lit up with joy.

This effect is well worth the amount of talent he expended.

Moreover, there is no bottleneck in the Blood Exchange Realm above the Body Tempering Realm, an effect that is even more astonishing than the cultivation speed.

Countless people have been stuck at a bottleneck, preventing them from making any progress in martial arts their entire lives; the consequences of such a situation are unimaginable.

It is even more valuable than simply improving the speed of cultivation.

However, for Chen Yu at present, it is not yet time for him to demonstrate his abilities.

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Name: Chen Yu

Realm: Fourth level of body tempering

Cultivation techniques: Star-Stepping Stance, Thunder Blade (Mastery)

Talents: [Persistence], [Master of Swordsmanship (Purple)], [Top-Tier Martial Arts Talent (Cyan)], [Blessed with Luck (Blue)], [Exceptional Memory (Yellow)], [Gluttony Factor (Green)], [Mind Imprint (Gray)]

Talent Forging: None

Extended Functionality: (Activation Requirements: Copy three Cyan-quality talents, 0/3)

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Having completed the talent forging, Chen Yu's stats now appear much simpler.

Aside from talents with special functions, almost all talents that were not very useful or did not help him much at present have been used up.

"As expected, besides talent forging, the panel can also add new functions!"

"However, the requirements for three cyan-quality talents, not counting talents enhanced by fusion, make things a bit troublesome."

Chen Yu couldn't help but sigh.

If his deduction is correct, it means he would have to fight against three of the nation's top martial arts geniuses and experts.

Such a genius is probably one that you couldn't find even if you searched the entire Jiangcheng.

"It is said that martial arts genes can be inherited, and the descendants of strong individuals have a greater probability of awakening powerful martial arts talents."

"In that case, if I want to meet more geniuses, I need to go to places with more strong people."

"There are a total of 68 martial arts universities in Crimson Star, among which there are three prestigious universities, each representing one of the three most powerful regions."

"The three universities of Wuhan University in the capital, Shangjiang, and Huaying are recognized as the three most prestigious universities, representing the pinnacle of politics, commerce, and technology on the planet Chihuang Star, respectively."

"If I want to replicate my cyan talent, only these three prestigious universities offer a chance."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yu had already made up his mind.

The battle of the stars is too far away, but the martial arts exam of Crimson Star is just around the corner.

The martial arts exam was his first stepping stone to the Star Wars!

With that in mind, Chen Yu didn't delay any longer. He took a dose of high-grade body-tempering potion and began practicing the Star-Stepping Stance.

The cyan quality talent has an exceptionally outstanding effect.

In just three hours, the effects of the body-tempering elixir were completely exhausted, and the absorption efficiency was more than twice as fast as before.

But what it brought in return was an astonishingly high level of efficiency.

"This is not just eighty times the effect; if resources were plentiful, this efficiency would probably be a hundred times that of an ordinary person."

Despite the pain in his eyes, Chen Yu took out another body-tempering supplement and drank it.

The results were good, but the money was spent really fast.

The little money he has probably won't last a week.