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Chapter 536 The Correct Way to Conceal One's Sharpness
[Ding~! White Tiger Divine Might skill proficiency +25 million! (3839 million/10 billion)]
As Cangnian killed the fourth-tier fish that had been brought to his mouth, a system notification sounded in his mind.
"Huh? What's going on?"
"Can a fourth-tier evolved creature weighing over 200 tons really increase the proficiency of the White Tiger Divine Might skill according to its weight?"
This greatly surprised Cang Nian.
According to an unspoken rule not explicitly stated in the system's text description, to increase skill proficiency when defeating a skill in this skill chain, the target's weight cannot be less than one-tenth of one's own weight.
Furthermore, if the target's weight is not higher than your own, you will only gain 1 skill proficiency point upon killing it.
After evolving to the fifth rank, my weight will be around a thousand tons.
After passing the tenth Dragon Gate, its size increased significantly.
Cang Nian himself doesn't know how heavy it is now, but it should be about 2,500 tons, right?
However, given my current state, I shouldn't be focusing on gaining skill proficiency based on my target weight.
"Wait... what's the current situation..."
However, at that moment, Cangnian had a sudden realization and felt that he had grasped the key!
That's right!
This is the current situation!
Because the other party delivered the goods to his door, and was much weaker than him, and because the other party was about to escape, Cang Nian did not reveal his true form!
He killed the big fish while remaining as small as an ordinary tiger, only slightly larger than Tiger Girl!
"So, in my introverted state, my weight has genuinely decreased to around 300-500 kilograms."
Then the system uses my weight in my inner state as the benchmark, so that I can gain skill proficiency by killing targets that are much lighter than my main body but much larger than me in my inner state?
After figuring out the cause and effect, Cang Nian couldn't help but show a look of wild joy on his face!
This is fantastic news!
It should be noted that after he evolved to the fifth rank, the only evolved creatures with a larger weight than him, apart from special individuals like the Black King Serpent and the Great White Serpent, could only be other beings of the same fifth rank.
But to be honest, the fifth tier is undoubtedly the pinnacle of evolution at this stage, and it is extremely rare.
In addition, the second spiritual energy revival tide caused the Earth's surface area to expand rapidly, creating distance between the previously densely packed evolved creatures on Earth.
Although the extra areas may not have any supernatural or intelligent beasts to supplement the area, fifth-tier beasts are still rare finds.
In addition, during this period, Cangnian was mainly thinking about how to return to the Dragon Kingdom, and he didn't have much time to conduct a thorough search of the seas along the way.
Therefore, until now, the only fifth-order evolved creatures that Cangnian has ever seen besides himself are Ao Tian, Ao Han, and the fifth-order sea urchin.
Oh right, there's also Godzilla, who's now one of his own minions.
He had already eaten the fifth-tier sea urchin, which helped him break through to the fifth tier.
As for the remaining two, Ao Tian was on good terms with him, and although Ao Han had some conflicts before, they weren't life-or-death feuds. Given the agreement between him and the Azure Dragon phantom, Cang Nian went along with it and let him go.
Therefore, Cangnian's proficiency with the White Tiger Divine Might skill has been basically stuck here for some time now, without any progress.
Only some larger fourth-tier beasts, weighing over a hundred tons, can provide a paltry 1 point of skill proficiency, which, after a few days, is almost negligible.
However, Cangnian was not in a hurry.
One billion skill proficiency is equivalent to hunting targets larger than one's own body weight, totaling a million tons.
This is destined to be a skill that requires a long time to accumulate.
To put it simply, the prey you kill, if piled up, would have to be as heavy as the current Ark!
More importantly, this skill has just been acquired and is powerful enough that there is no rush to acquire the next stage of skills.
Even if it takes a few months, until there are more fifth-order evolved creatures, and another year or two to fill this ridiculously long progress bar before evolving to the next stage, it doesn't matter.
However, now, by using the introverted state to kill targets, one can break the limitation of one's own weight and gain a considerable amount of skill proficiency again, making the next evolution of this skill no longer out of reach!
"This shouldn't be considered exploiting a bug, right?"
After all, I've reduced my size to what it is now, and the strength I can unleash is less than 25% of my original full-power form.
So it can't be considered taking a shortcut! No problem!
Thinking of this, Cang Nian felt a little guilty and then hypnotized himself.
The introverted state primarily serves to reduce consumption, preventing large fifth-order evolved creatures from consuming hundreds of tons of food all day long without doing anything.
But with loss comes gain, and with gain comes the need to give up other things.
Energy saving inevitably leads to a reduction in functionality.
This is similar to how a 4090 consumes a lot of power when fully overclocked for AI training, but when playing League of Legends, the fan barely spins and the power consumption is less than that of a monitor.
The more effort you put in, the more grain you consume.
Therefore, dealing with enemies in a restrained state is essentially tying your own hands and feet. This way, you can gain skill proficiency, so it's not considered taking a shortcut.
After figuring it out, Cangnian put the fresh, large fish into the little sable's storage space.
The reason he dared to kill the evolved creatures here so recklessly was mainly because Ao Han was so engrossed in his pleasure that he didn't want to leave and simply didn't come back.
Ao Han was originally a carp living in the Yellow River estuary area. Like Ao Tian, he broke through to the fifth rank after the second spiritual energy revival tide.
Then, inspired by the Dragon Gate, he swam thousands of miles to the other side of the Dragon Gate.
However, although he has already transformed into a true dragon, this only means that he has become a pure-blooded dragon in terms of bloodline. He still needs to continue to cultivate according to the dragon clan's traditions in order to truly possess the power of a true dragon!
In the Dragon Clan's tradition, many cultivation "projects" require the Dragon Palace's unique geographical location, formations, and spiritual herbs to be fully utilized.
Therefore, Ao Han stayed in the Dragon Palace and followed Ao Tian, and would not be returning for some time.
But before bidding farewell to Cangnian and his party, Ao Han told Cangnian that at the mouth of the Yellow River, before he left, it was already the only place that stood out.
In other words, there are no fifth-order evolved creatures here.
As for the evolved creatures here, Ao Han meant that they were originally just prey to him, so he let Cangnian and his group hunt them at will.
However, Ao Han also said that if you trace the Yellow River upstream, there might be powerful fifth-order evolved creatures.
Because it often smells the blood of fourth-order evolved creatures drifting down from upstream.
While fourth-order evolved creatures do hunt each other, it's not this frequent.
After all, most evolved creatures wouldn't dare claim to completely dominate those of the same level.
Hunting creatures of the same level can certainly accelerate one's own evolution, but it carries the risk of being killed in return, and most evolved creatures dare not gamble with their lives.
Cang Nian looked up at the Yellow River and hoped that Ao Han's judgment was correct.
Other evolved creatures dare not risk killing creatures of the same level, but I am not afraid!