“So comfortable!”
Liu Sheng narrowed his eyes, feeling as if he had taken a hot bath, and his whole body felt lighter.
Strands of cool air coursed through his body, constantly adjusting his physique, enhancing the toughness and hardness of his muscles and bones...
His limbs became long and powerful, like taut bowstrings, with significant improvements in both strength and agility. His palms grew wider and thicker, and each knuckle was large and distinct...
It was as if he was born to wield a blade!
His heart pounded, and with a thought, several lines of ink-wash text appeared on the panel—
【Blade-tailed Finch (White)】
【Introduction】: A type of exotic Sparrow whose speed surpasses that of a peregrine falcon. Its feathers are as tough as iron, and its tail feathers resemble a blade. When hunting, it sweeps past its prey at high speed, using its tail feathers to cut and slice. It is a Heaven-Born Swordsman among birds.
【You have received the blessing of the Blade-tailed Finch's talent, “Heaven-Born Swordsman.”】
【Heaven-Born Swordsman (Talent)】: Long arms and wide palms, strong Essence realm. Cultivating blade-type Martial Arts yields twice the results with half the effort, and allows for quick understanding of related techniques.
...
“Heaven-Born Swordsman… this new talent has greatly improved my physique, enhancing me in all aspects…”
Liu Sheng recovered his senses, lowering his head to look at his somewhat unfamiliar palms, unable to hide the smile on his lips!
After putting in so much effort, and experiencing several mental breakdowns, to gain such a powerful talent...
It was worth it!
In addition, the festering wounds on his body had already scabbed over and were itching, estimated to fall off and fully heal in two or three days.
Even the talent 【Magpie Eyes】 had its visual range expanded to thirty paces, and the enhanced dynamic vision became even more terrifying.
A single Incarnation upgrade brought so many benefits. What if he upgraded again?
【Name】: Liu Sheng
【Dao Fruit】: Seventy-Two Transformations
【Talent】: Magpie Eyes, Heaven-Born Swordsman
【Cultivation】: None
【Incarnation】: Blade-tailed Finch
【Spiritual Essence】: 5
“Can’t I deduce anymore?”
Liu Sheng, who was in high spirits, paused. As he touched the panel with his mind, an understanding instantly flooded his brain...
The grade of the transformed body cannot exceed the main body too much, otherwise, it cannot be sustained.
Furthermore, Incarnations are backward compatible.
In other words, the Blade-tailed Finch Incarnation can switch between a common Sparrow and a Blade-tailed Finch...
At his will.
“This is good. A common Sparrow is less likely to attract attention, making it convenient for reconnaissance and gathering information…”
Liu Sheng closed the panel, still excited, unable to calm down for a long time.
He felt that the gloom that had shrouded his heart since his Transmigration had largely dissipated.
Next, the focus would be on practicing Martial Arts!
Once his Martial Arts Realm improved, he would be able to refine a second Incarnation and deduce the Blade-tailed Finch Incarnation to the Spirit Monster level...
If the Exotic Beast level talents were already so powerful, what about the Spirit Monster level? And what about the subsequent Demon, Great Demon, Old Demon, Ancestral Demon, Ancient Demon…
How strong would they be?
A passage inexplicably appeared in Liu Sheng’s mind—
In the North Sea, there is a fish, its name is Kunpeng. The Kunpeng is so large, its size is unknown for thousands of miles. It transforms into a bird, its name is Peng. The Peng’s back is unknown for thousands of miles. When it flies in a rage, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky…
If one day…
If a Sparrow evolved into a Kunpeng, he too would experience the exhilaration of striking the water for three thousand miles and soaring ninety thousand miles on a whirlwind!
But, is this possible?
“Good grandson, come eat!”
In the main hall, Grandma had prepared a steaming, fragrant meal, filled with the aroma of meat.
Liu Sheng came back to his senses, instinctively rubbed his nose, his eyes still burning with fervor.
The Dao is long, but if you walk, you will arrive; if you walk without ceasing, the future is promising.
For now, of course, it was time to eat well!
“So fragrant!”
Liu Sheng picked up the porcelain bowl piled high with meat slices and ate ravenously.
His stomach was like a bottomless pit; he devoured five or six bowls of rice, two catties of offal, and one catty of snake meat, yet he was only six-tenths full.
After being comprehensively enhanced by 【Heaven-Born Swordsman】, his appetite had increased several times over.
Liu Apo meticulously picked up each grain of rice, occasionally placing food in his bowl, her old face showing a mix of joy and worry.
It was good that her grandson could eat, but he ate too much. He consumed two catties of rice and three catties of meat in one meal…
The rice and flour bought today wouldn't last many days!
Moreover, summer taxes were due in half a month, and for two people, it would be over one tael of silver…
Where would this money come from?
If worst came to worst, she could only sell the golden hairpin hidden in her chest.
That was the last memento her mother left her before she passed away…
Liu Sheng was preoccupied and did not notice Grandma’s thoughts. After eating, he excused himself for a walk to aid digestion and left the house.
...
“Swish!”
In the dense forest, a streak of green light shot through the air, sweeping past several small trees as thick as bowls, finally landing on a large tree.
This was a bird about a foot tall, entirely greenish-blue, with white brows and black eyes, a yellow beak and yellow claws. Its tail feathers resembled a long blade, almost as long as its body.
It was aloof and majestic.
It was indeed a Blade-tailed Finch!
“So fast. In less than ten breaths, it flew three or four li of mountain road, five or six times faster than a Sparrow…”
Liu Sheng flapped his wings, his eyes filled with admiration.
This Blade-tailed Finch was precisely Liu Sheng’s Incarnation!
“Boom~”
Just then, those small trees that had been swept past fell one after another, their cuts smooth as a mirror.
Liu Sheng flew closer, carefully examining the cuts, and couldn't help but click his tongue:
“I just casually swept my tail a moment ago…”
He shifted his gaze, targeting a mountain rock about four or five feet high.
With a flap of his wings, he shot out, his body gracefully arcing through the air, circling the mountain rock, flipping up and down.
“Rumble~”
The next moment, the mountain rock split into several pieces, completely disintegrating, kicking up a large cloud of dust and startling the birds.
“Bang!”
Liu Sheng appeared from the white mist, reaching out to touch the fractured surface of the mountain rock, his eyes suddenly becoming distant.
If even hard mountain rock could be cut so easily, what if it landed on flesh and blood…
He wondered if a Martial Artist could withstand it?
The Blade-tailed Finch's cruising speed was about 240 li per hour, and in a burst of full acceleration, its speed approached 900 li per hour!
Ordinary people couldn't see it clearly. Perhaps… Martial Artists were different?
“Hoo!”
He suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and took out the Willow Leaf Flying Daggers from his Pregnant.
This set of fine iron Willow Leaf Daggers, acquired from a street stall, consisted of six blades. The blades were as thin as paper, shaped like willow leaves, about a foot long, and double-edged.
The moment he held them in his hand, a strange sense of familiarity arose in his heart…
Even though he had never thrown a flying dagger before, it was as if he instinctively knew how to throw them more accurately and farther!
Heaven-Born Swordsman, terrifying indeed!
His gaze moved, and all movements within thirty paces were captured in his eyes.
It was nearing dusk, fireflies were beginning to appear, and tired birds were returning to their nests. The spacious and quiet forest gradually became lively.
Spiders, geckos, bats, bamboo vipers, hedgehogs, mountain mice, wild rabbits…
With just one glance, Liu Sheng locked onto the wild rabbit, and two mountain mice five or six paces away.
Together, they weighed a little over ten catties!
Enough for tomorrow's meal.
In the twilight, three cold gleams tore through the air.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Not far away, the six or seven-catty gray wild rabbit seemed to sense danger and suddenly kicked off the ground—
But it just so happened to offer its throat to the tip of the incoming Willow Leaf Dagger!
At the same time, two mountain mice that had just emerged from their holes fell to the ground without even a squeak, their lives extinguished.
The combination of 【Magpie Eyes】 and 【Heaven-Born Swordsman】 talents, coupled with a set of sharp flying daggers…
Unleashed terrifying lethality!
It was a dimensionality reduction strike against the small animals in the forest.
“No more worries about having no meat to eat from now on…”
Liu Sheng stepped forward, collected the three preys, retrieved his flying daggers, and grinned widely.
“Roar!”
Just then, a Tiger Roar suddenly came from the direction of Black Wind Mountain, like a heavenly drum beating, shaking the trees.
The small animals in the forest, moreover, felt their Essence realm go soft, lying on the ground, trembling.
Liu Sheng felt a chill down his spine, and the hairs on his body involuntarily stood on end.
This tiger… was probably not simple!