332: Rapid Advancement 332: Rapid Advancement The early stage of the Ancient Forbidden Zone, although not even one-tenth the size of the central part, was still vast beyond measure.
Among them, countless Star Beast forces occupied mountains to claim territory, numbering in the thousands.
According to the classification of strength levels, the early stage of the Forbidden Zone contained four first-class forces, thirty-two second-class forces, and seventy-two third-class forces, with the rest being unranked.
Besides the unranked forces, the total number of forces above the third-class level remained at 108 over time.
This was recorded in the intelligence Su Yuan purchased from the Star Card Master Association before coming here.
Because he suffered a great loss when pursued by three Radiant Moon-level beings last time, Su Yuan spent a high price this time buying the most detailed intelligence and maps of the Ancient Forbidden Zone.
Regarding the number 108, Su Yuan might not have understood the reason in the past.
But after Yang Yifeng’s explanation, Su Yuan now knew naturally that it was related to the Star Vein!
Where the Star Vein resided, the natural Star Power was more concentrated, speeding up cultivation.
Without Star Power, or if the concentration of Star Power was insufficient to meet basic cultivation needs, not only would High-level Star Card Masters and Star Beasts fail to advance, but they might even regress!
Therefore, Pocket Worlds and Advanced Star Veins were fundamental to establishing a force.
The world’s Star Veins are divided into four levels: Dragon, Tiger, Wolf, and Dog. In the early stage of the Ancient Forbidden Zone, there were two Tiger Veins, eight Wolf Veins, and eighteen Dog Veins.
As people gravitate towards higher places and water flows to lower ones, slowly, 108 Star Beast forces were formed, dividing and consuming various Star Veins based on their strength.
The Burning Ridge, where Su Yuan subdued the Evil Fire, even with two Shining Star-level Demon Beasts, a Bull Demon and a Fox Demon, leading the group, was unranked.
However, Black Wood Valley, guarded by two Radiant Moon-level beings, ranked among the thirty-two second-class forces in the early stage of the Forbidden Zone…
With the previous experience, Su Yuan knew that the Star Beast forces in the Ancient Forbidden Zone had more or less connections, especially those on the same Star Vein.
Therefore, Su Yuan did not randomly target each Star Beast force. Instead, he chose to hunt solitary Shining Star Beasts and many Lower Third-level Star Beasts.
Though he wasn’t completely undetected by various forces in the early stage of the Forbidden Zone, he at least minimized and delayed their attention.
Just like that, over a month passed…
In the Ancient Forbidden Zone, Su Yuan spent his days with Ruan Ruan and various summonings, reaping the rewards.
While enjoying the rapid increase of Star Dust, he also trained Ruan Ruan’s combat abilities.
Life was simple but fulfilling and efficient.
After all, every bit of Star Dust hunted could be solidly converted into strength for Su Yuan!
With his breakthrough to Shining Star level, the evolution of the system, and the high-quality, high-density Star Beasts in the Ancient Forbidden Zone…
The daily yield of four to five thousand Star Dust directly increased to tens of thousands per day.
In just over a month, he harvested a full million Star Dust.
Su Yuan advanced the Great Sun Burning Body Technique and perfected five Gold-level skills: Flame Sky Fire Control Technique, Void, Left and Right Mutual Struggle, Space Gate, and Three in One, significantly enhancing their power.
As for the already perfected All-Knowing Vision, Su Yuan elevated it to the Transformation Realm.
Upon reaching the Transformation Realm, All-Knowing Vision acquired a new trait:
[True Vision: Within the range of All-Knowing Vision, it can also see through Illusion Techniques, Escape Techniques, Invisibility, and other skills.]
Previously lacking the ability to see through illusions, All-Knowing Vision now compensated for that.
Due to limited Star Dust, Su Yuan only elevated [Divide and Conquer] for Ruan Ruan to the Transformation Realm.
Starting from entry-level, each upgrade allowed one more clone, with the Perfect Level allowing six, and the Transformation Realm raising it to eight!
These eight clones could inherit seventy to eighty percent of Ruan Ruan’s elements and could use most skills.
However, the more clones divided, the greater the consumption and the shorter the duration.
Even so, it was still quite formidable.
Furthermore, aside from combat, the key advantage was that Ruan Ruan could use the Dream Skill to revisit the intense battles of the previous day, under a state of Divide and Conquer.
Her combat experience and skill levels increased rapidly like riding a rocket!
With these improvements, Ruan Ruan’s actual combat strength became even more astonishing…
The early stage of the Ancient Forbidden Zone, southeast direction.
On a certain mountain in the Fulong Mountain Range, it seemed some event was taking place, bustling with activity.
Three Transformed Demon Beasts sat in the main seats, enjoying delicacies.
Below them, numerous Star Beasts spread around, watching two gray-horned, black-scaled humanoid Star Beasts wrestle, cheering excitedly from time to time.
“Da Zhuang, give it more effort! Win for me!” The brawny man in the central seat clenched his fists, wishing he could join the fight himself.
The goatee-bearded middle-aged man on his left laughed heartily: “Big brother, don’t be so agitated. I’m telling you, Tie Zhu will surely win!”
The brawny man glared at him: “I don’t believe it!”
But soon, the tall and thin middle-aged man’s words were proven true.
The Star Beast named “Da Zhuang” had bulging arm muscles, pushing with great effort against Tie Zhu.
However, Tie Zhu, relying on his size advantage, leaned forward, his feet firmly planted on the ground, remaining unmoved like a small mountain!
Momentum exhausted, strength faltered.