Chapter 713: Exclusive Talent [Soul Theft], Exclusive Trait [Mastery Through Integration]

——Exclusive Talent [Soul Theft]

Function:

① When obtaining or touching the target's bodily materials (blood, hair, keratin, organs), or when causing damage to the target, you may learn the target's strongest talent and psychic ability name, while also gaining eligibility to trigger "Soul-Stealing Touch."

② Launch "Soul-Stealing Touch" at the target to steal the target's single strongest talent/psychic ability.

Upon successful theft, the target will temporarily lose that talent/psychic ability, along with related memories.

You, meanwhile, gain all of its effects, including all bloodline traits, derived skills, and passive bonuses, and will amplify the effects according to your own capabilities.

If the stolen talent/psychic ability is passive in nature, you may choose to have it take effect immediately, stacking, or store it, lasting for 10 days; if it is an active-type talent/psychic ability, you gain 1 use, and the talent/psychic ability disappears after use.

(Note: The success rate of Soul Theft is affected by the target's mental resistance and life level. Attempting to steal from a higher tier will increase the failure probability. Please use with caution.)

③ The "Soul Nest" can store up to 3 stolen talents/psychic abilities simultaneously, each calculated individually.

When a theft effect ends, you will gain a layer of Soul Theft Essence. After accumulating three layers of Soul Theft Essence, the next use of "Soul-Stealing Touch" will have a +50% success rate, +50% extended duration, or +1 use count.

④ When the "Soul Nest" contains 3 stolen abilities simultaneously.

You may consume two of the stolen talents/psychic abilities to enhance the last stolen talent/ability, gaining a 300% ability effect, with a +200% theft effect on "Soul-Stealing Touch."

At the same time, the "Rumination" effect triggers, restoring 25% of life energy and spiritual energy, and briefly granting a soul shield that can block one fatal mental attack.

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——Exclusive Trait [Mastery Through Integration]

Function: Achieve 100% mastery over your own abilities, allowing free collaborative use with a 50% reduction in consumption.

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Yu Yuan stared at the newly appeared exclusive talent/trait, his pupils involuntarily dilating slightly.

This exclusive talent was clearly the effect of that Soul-Stealing Tentacle's genes.

He never expected this talent's effect to be so powerful.

Being able to steal the target's strongest talent and psychic ability, this kind of capability was unheard of.

Moreover, stolen abilities could also be preserved for later use. As long as he didn't use them, the target he'd stolen from would be unable to use that talent/psychic ability.

Weakening enemies, strengthening oneself.

This was a god-tier skill.

As for the other three effects, they were basically supplementary enhancements to this ability.

Especially the last effect, which was an exceptional trump card for turning the tide at critical moments.

Yu Yuan, with his rich combat experience, immediately recognized this talent's absurd potential.

This was the most overpowered talent he had ever seen, bar none.

"Too bad..." Yu Yuan thought of something.

"If only I could encounter another Wendigo."

Right now, many worlds across the Civilization Ladder had entered the extreme cold environment.

If he could steal the Wendigo's ability to traverse different worlds, the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization would surely be able to expand to more worlds.

Entering the Silver rank in life tier awakened a special ability.

The Wendigo's world traversal was its special ability.

As for the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend, Yu Yuan wasn't sure whether its special ability was ice recovery or ice crystal spider nests.

It was most likely ice recovery.

With the emergence of the [Soul Theft] talent, the threat of the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend was completely eliminated.

To kill it, all he needed was to perform Soul Theft. Once it lost its ice recovery ability, the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend would be nothing more than a giant block of ice.

Easily shattered.

Yu Yuan also thought about the oil creatures.

These threats that had once given him considerable headaches seemed to have all been resolved with this advancement.

As for that exclusive trait.

Yu Yuan had even more thoughts about it.

But now was not the time to delve deeper.

Jiu Feng and the others looked at Yu Yuan with eager eyes, knowing their leader was checking his status.

Though they were impatient, they could only wait.

Finally, Yu Yuan raised his head and gave Jiu Feng a confirming look.

"The evolution was highly successful. I gained a talent and a trait, and they're very strong!"

As for the specific effects, Yu Yuan didn't say, and the others didn't ask.

Just "very strong" was enough.

Everyone was extremely excited.

Jiu Feng was the happiest of all. After all, pursuing Silver-tier creatures had been his lifelong obsession. His previous search for the [Concealed Rat] that had fled into the sewers was because the [Concealed Rat] possessed the potential to become a Silver-tier creature.

Later, Hogg successfully advanced to Silver-tier, but that had been an accident, relying on that mass of silver-glowing blood.

Now it was completely different. The [Arnold Virus-Enhanced Serum], as the upgraded version of the [Promiz Virus Enhancement Potion], was the advancement potion for progressing from Bronze-tier to Silver-tier.

The Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization had completed its advancement from Pebble-tier to Bronze-tier under his hands, and now he had personally pushed open the door from Bronze-tier to Silver-tier.

This achievement made his body tremble.

Yu Yuan looked at the excited Jiu Feng and patted him on the shoulder.

"The enhancement serum has no issues whatsoever. Next, not only do we need to ramp up production of the Bronze-tier enhancement serum, but we also need to accelerate production of the Silver-tier enhancement serum."

"The timing of our advancement to Silver Rank rests in your hands."

Jiu Feng took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

"I understand!"

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Rat-a-tat-tat——

7.62mm×51 caliber bullets slammed into Yu Yuan's body, producing crisp sounds like metal striking metal, with deformed and twisted bullets dropping to the ground.

Carmen looked at the completely unharmed Yu Yuan and unconsciously licked his lips.

Yu Yuan felt his body ache slightly. White dots covered his skin everywhere, and he swept his palm across them.

The white dots disappeared.

"It seems ordinary weapons can no longer pose any threat to me."

Yu Yuan was quite satisfied with this.

This level of defense was worthy of a Silver-tier life level.

And this was defense without any equipment. If he put on the Destiny Armor, he estimated he could withstand direct hits from missiles.

At this moment, two people walked over, Goting and Merlin.

"Leader!"

"Let's go. We're heading to Dead Mine Town."

The motor lodge activated.

Yu Yuan, Carmen, Goting, and Merlin teleported to Dead Mine Town.

Quis was already waiting there.

"Everything ready?"

Quis opened the car door.

"Everything is prepared. It's out on the wasteland wilderness five kilometers away. The area has been cleared, and the recording team is already in position."

After everyone got into the vehicle, they drove out of Dead Mine Town and arrived at an open wilderness site a few minutes later.

Yu Yuan had Quis take the others far away, then looked at Merlin.

"Try to resist my ability with your mind!"

Though he had no idea what this meant, Merlin indicated he would unconditionally carry out the Oracle's orders.

He immediately focused all his concentration.

Yu Yuan then pulled out the Epic-tier scalpel and slashed it across Merlin's arm.

Blood seeped out.

Yu Yuan also sensed the strongest talent and psychic ability on Merlin's body.

——Talent [Sacrifice Mastery]

——Psychic Ability [Molten Bloodline, Awakened]