Yun Mengli, Qing Wang, Xue Wang and others led the majority of the King-class experts, along with a portion of array mages, to leave the area.
What remained were a minority of King-class individuals and array mages. After all, the spatial rift did not require that many people to guard it. Moreover, a top-tier array had already been set up, ensuring that there would be no significant issues.
That was the time Ye Tian had applied to guard the area. In a few months, the top-tier array would be completely stabilized, and the spatial rift would be suppressed to a point where it couldn't expand any further.
At that time, only one or two King-class experts would be needed for its protection, negating the need for a large number of guards. By then, even if Ye Tian wanted to guard the area, he probably wouldn't get the chance.
At the moment, high-level beasts as well as mid to low-level beasts were still sporadically emerging from the spatial rift. The King-class experts were not in a rush to hunt these beasts down. If they did, when would they find time for their own cultivation?
Only when the number of beasts reached a certain level would they harvest and clean up the area, getting rid of all the beasts.
This was a cyclical process. Completely preventing the beasts from coming over was unrealistic. After all, the spatial rift was still there. Beasts would inevitably come through, and people had to be stationed to guard and clear out the area, until the day humanity could launch a counter-offensive.
Ye Tian built a house 1000 meters away from the spatial rift. Although he appeared to be cultivating, his talent-copying ability was actually encompassing the beasts, observing their talents. He had a plan!
High-tier Soul Transfer Talent!
He wanted to use this talent to control a high-level beast, and then enter the part of the world connected by the spatial rift to see what it was like there. He was incredibly curious about it.
"First, integrate the high-tier blade skill talent!"
With that thought, Ye Tian began the integration.
Soon enough, the integration was complete.
[Blade Skill Talent: Top-tier]
"Finally, I've upgraded my blade skill talent to top-tier. Once I leave, I can actively look for a Silver-level blade technique. With my current mastery in blade skill talent, I can quickly comprehend the essence of the blade to a higher level and fully cultivate a Silver-level blade technique, which would significantly increase my combat power," Ye Tian said, filled with anticipation.
Then, he began to cultivate his "Purple Blood Body Refining Technique," all while keeping an eye on the high-level beasts. He wanted to find a high-level beast with a high bloodline talent, preferably at the peak of high-level beasts. If he could occupy such a body, he could rapidly advance to a top-tier beast with the help of its bloodline talent. With his current talents, that beast's body would become a powerful top-tier beast, allowing him to venture into many more places.
Otherwise, occupying a weak body would limit him to the high-level beast tier, and he'd only be able to stay in one area, not daring to venture elsewhere.
Three days passed quickly.
Suddenly, a high-level beast appeared within the range of Ye Tian's talent-copying ability.
Species: Tianlin (TL Note: Some sort of Sky Qilin?)
Bloodline Talent: Extraordinary
Defensive Talent: High-tier
Strength Talent: Elementary
"This Tianlin has decent talents. It's the one!" Ye Tian exclaimed with joy.
However, before executing his Soul Transfer Talent, he first notified the other King-class experts that he would be in seclusion for a month and would emerge after that. The others had no objections, as there was nothing much happening here, and cleaning up the beasts was an extremely simple task. Ye Tian's absence wouldn't make a difference.
Before implementing his plan, Ye Tian called Xiao Xue over, "Xiao Xue, I'm going to use a talent to transfer my soul into another beast's body to investigate the other side of the spatial rift. Guard my body; don't let anyone come near it, understand?"
Ye Tian gave his instructions solemnly, repeating them several times.
"Master, Xiao Xue will definitely guard your body well!" Xiao Xue promised.
"Xiao Xue, I'm counting on you for my body," Ye Tian patted Xiao Xue's head and whispered.
Although Xiao Xue could sometimes be mischievous and liked to take small advantages, it never slacked off on important matters. With that, Ye Tian was completely reassured.
"Soul Transfer Talent!"
Ye Tian activated the talent.
Ye Tian's soul turned into a ray of light, breaking through the void, and instantly arrived at the Tianlin.
The next moment, Ye Tian's soul entered the soul sea of the Tianlin.
The Tianlin roared, sensing that someone had entered its soul.
With a single slash of his Soul Sword, Ye Tian completely obliterated the Tianlin Beast's soul in just one hit.
Ye Tian successfully executed his Soul Transfer talent and gradually took control of this new body.
The eyes of the Tianlin Beast opened once more, a newfound glint of wisdom flashing within them.
The Tianlin Beast Ye Tian was born!
"It feels a bit odd."
Ye Tian maneuvered the body of the Tianlin Beast, making a series of peculiar movements.
Ten minutes later, Ye Tian had essentially become capable of using this body for combat.
"We must leave quickly!"
Ye Tian dared not waste any time. He was unaware of when the next cleanup operation by these king-level beasts would be. If they acted quickly and he remained here, wouldn't he be killed by these king-level beasts?
Currently, he was only at the level of a high-tier ferocious beast, vastly inferior to king-level ones.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ye Tian controlled the Tianlin Beast's body and rapidly dashed toward the space rift. Within a few breaths, he entered the space rift.
Ye Tian felt the world shift around him, and the next moment, he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
A tremendous pressure descended, making Ye Tian struggle for a moment.
"The gravity here is heavy, likely about ten times that of Earth."
Ye Tian estimated after adjusting.
He looked around and noticed he was in a forest. From time to time, ferocious beasts jumped into the space rift above with great curiosity.
Ye Tian distanced himself from the space rift.
He was fully aware that even if the king-level beasts were no longer entering Earth, they would still be watching this rift.
Especially the owner of those golden eyes, who might be monitoring the space rift at all times.
So, Ye Tian did not want to linger near the rift.
He didn't know how far he had run before he finally stopped.
"I need to aim for the peak-level ferocious beast rank!"
Ye Tian made up his mind.
But before making the leap, he instinctively checked his talent status.
His talent status appeared on his retina.
Evidently, his Copy Talent could also be applied to this body—a good piece of news.
Bloodline Talent: Extraordinary
Speed Talent: High-level
Swordsmanship Talent: High-level
Strength Talent: Top-level
Defense Talent: Top-level
A series of talents were noticeably present in this beastly body, but Ye Tian noticed a significant issue.
"All my talents have been downgraded!"
Just as indicated in the Soul Transfer talent's soul imprint, using the Soul Transfer talent wouldn't perfectly transfer his original talents; they would be downgraded.
This was a normal phenomenon. Once he returned to his original body, his talents would revert back to their original levels.
"Nevermind, top-level strength is sufficient. As for the swordsmanship talent, I can use these claws as swords. Although the effect won't be as good, it's still enough to dramatically boost my combat power."
Ye Tian comforted himself with these thoughts.
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