Chapter 789: Taking Stock of the Spoils, a Tremendous Increase

Yu Yuan noticed Xiao Xi’s gaze and naturally understood what she was thinking.

“Xiao Xi, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and corrupt it!”

Xiao Xi immediately stopped hesitating. Energy surged through her body as she began corrupting the Corruption Source’s corpse.

—【Fallen Evolution】begins.

Hogg sat cross-legged in an open space, continuously pouring 【Blood Brew】 down his throat to recover from the injuries he had sustained in the battle.

From time to time, he would look thoughtful.

His Life Level had forcibly broken through into Gold-tier just moments ago, giving him an increasingly profound understanding of his own bloodline. He had a premonition that his strength was now one step closer to Gold-tier.

He only needed to master this power and then defeat a Gold-tier creature on his own to smoothly advance to Gold-tier.

Yu Yuan finally had time to look over what he had gained this time.

What he was most curious about, naturally, were the Talent and Psychic Ability effects he had stolen from the Eternal Frozen Tyrant and the Corruption Source.

The four Talent and Psychic Ability effects truly opened Yu Yuan’s eyes.

At the same time, he was glad, glad that he possessed the 【Soul Theft】 Talent. Otherwise, killing the Eternal Frozen Tyrant and the Corruption Source would have been nothing but a pipe dream.

Let alone killing both of them.

“As expected of a powerful lifeform that smuggled in from the New World. This Talent...”

Talent—Superdimensional - Undying Ice (permanently acquired)

Properties:

① When struck by physical or energy attacks, the attack’s strength is reduced by 80%.

② Body strength +200%, body resilience +200%

Effects:

① All attacks carry the “Biting Cold” effect, reducing the enemy’s Attack Speed and Movement Speed by 30%. This effect can stack up to five times.

② After sustaining fatal damage, entering an extreme cold environment accelerates recovery. (The recovery effect varies with temperature: the lower the temperature, the faster the recovery.)

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This was the Talent Yu Yuan had Plundered from the Eternal Frozen Tyrant after killing him.

It was also the key to the Eternal Frozen Tyrant’s formidable defense.

Reducing attack strength by 80% was simply absurd.

“Excellent!” Yu Yuan was very satisfied with this Talent.

With this Talent, his survival ability had increased exponentially.

Next, he checked the other three Talents and Psychic Abilities in 【Soul Theft】.

Psychic Ability—Superdimensional - Touch of Eternal Frost.

All ice attacks gain the Eternal Frost property. This not only further increases body strength by 50%, but also inflicts “Freeze” and “Unbreakable” effects when attacking enemies. When an Eternal Frost attack detonates, it deals an additional 300% attack damage.

Damage dealt to the body simultaneously erases the corresponding soul energy.

Psychic Ability—Superdimensional - Faith in Ice.

By absorbing the power of the Ice Faith, the user can gain up to a 500% enhancement, and may even have a chance to touch the threshold of the next level.

Talent—Transdimensional · Golden Cicada’s Escape

When the user is near death, they can leave behind a corpse while their true body returns to a designated safe point and revives.

Can be used three times in a lifetime.

Uses remaining: 2/3

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As Yu Yuan looked at 【Superdimensional - Faith in Ice】, the question in his mind was finally answered.

“No wonder the Eternal Frozen Tyrant cared so much about who controlled the Ice Faith. So that’s why.”

He also felt a little regret.

Unfortunately, this Psychic Ability had been stolen, so it could only be used once.

At the same time, he was glad he had stolen the Corruption Source’s life-saving Talent.

Otherwise, he really wouldn’t have been able to keep the Corruption Source from escaping this time.

He also felt even more wary of these Superdimensional beings.

First the Snake of Rebirth, and now the Corruption Source.

The life-saving methods of Superdimensional creatures were simply impossible to guard against.

This was already the second ability with a revival effect he had encountered.

He silently resolved that, in the future, whenever he faced a Superdimensional being, he would make sure to thoroughly check them out first, no matter what.

Otherwise, he might finally get them within killing range, only for them to run away.

Who could put up with that?

It would be like planting a time bomb for himself!

Only now did Yu Yuan appreciate even more that 【Soul Theft】 was simply a divine skill.

It was a shame its success rate was so low.

After a brief moment of reflection, he held three Superdimensional abilities once more, and the pressure in his heart eased somewhat.

With a gun in hand, there was no need to panic.

He then checked the achievements and rewards he had received this time.

—Achievement: Master of Ice

Requirement: Control at least 90% of the Ice Faith

Rewards:

① In an icy environment, overall combat strength increases by 50%, and the effects 【Ice Recovery】, 【Transform into a Snowstorm】, and 【Ice Blessing】 are granted.

② Absorbing the power of ice will continuously increase Life and energy levels.

—Achievement: Civilization Orderkeeper

Requirement: Assist the Civilization Ladder in killing a Superdimensional intruder

Rewards:

① Once every 20 days, you can receive an empowerment from the Civilization Ladder, increasing combat strength by 30% for 1 minute.

② You can designate a target as an 【Enemy of Civilization】 and submit evidence. The Civilization Ladder will initiate an investigation. Once the designation is confirmed, the Civilization Ladder can suppress that target.

③ Civilization Ladder authority level +2

—Achievement: Supernova-Level Potential Civilization

Requirement: Kill a Superdimensional being while overcoming a level gap, with your civilization’s contribution exceeding 50%

Rewards: The civilization’s technological development speed increases significantly; the civilization’s biological reproduction rate increases significantly; the number of high-quality individuals in the civilization increases significantly; the civilization’s natural disasters 80%.

—Achievement: Overcome Higher-Ranked Opponents

Requirement: Kill at least three Superdimensional beings while overcoming a level gap, with at least one kill having a contribution exceeding 50%

Rewards: When facing enemies whose Life Level is higher than your own:

① The bearer is immune to the enemy’s Life and energy-level suppression effects, and gains a 30% bonus to True Attack.

② Members of the civilization under your command are immune to the enemy’s Life and energy-level suppression effects, and gain a 2% bonus to True Attack.

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Looking at the information appearing on the Virtual Light Screen, Yu Yuan had anticipated this.

Even so, he couldn’t help taking a deep breath to calm his excitement.

He knew he had made the right bet.

His decision to stake all his strength and risk so much to kill the Eternal Frozen Tyrant and the Corruption Source had paid off.

The greater the risk, the greater the reward.

Now, he had not only received an unprecedented boost, but had even gained the endorsement of the Civilization Ladder.

The ability to confirm an 【Enemy of Civilization】 in particular was the Civilization Ladder’s reward for helping it eliminate an intruder.

【Master of Ice】 had also further increased his standing within the Ice Faith.

Although its effects were not as good as 【Faith in Ice】, Yu Yuan was still quite satisfied.

But what Yu Yuan valued most was the second reward from the 【Overcome Higher-Ranked Opponents】 achievement.

—Members of the civilization under your command are immune to the enemy’s Life and energy-level suppression effects, and gain a 2% bonus to True Attack.

Although the True Attack bonus was only 2%, which seemed unimpressive,

it applied to every member of the civilization.

A 2% True Attack bonus for one person might seem insignificant, but what about 100 people, 1,000 people, or 10,000?

Even ants can bring down an elephant.

When the numbers multiplied several times over, quantitative change would lead to qualitative change.

This was the true opportunity for the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization to rise.

Bright sparks flickered in Yu Yuan’s eyes.

From this moment on, the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization had reached the moment when it could truly take off.