For Wells, Li Wei would not have any compassion at all.
This guy is entirely reaping what he sows.
Waving his hand, Li Wei said, "Let's stop talking about this person. The mission I've handed over has been accepted, and the rewards have been received. Your reward points have been transferred to your account, just check it yourself. There's nothing much, and I'll leave first."
After speaking, Li Wei turned and walked towards the staircase. Behind him, Cai Yutong wanted to say something but hesitated, watching him leave.
...
Returning to his own room, Li Wei took out the rewards he had exchanged for and the spoils of war.
The core of flesh and blood obtained from dissecting the mushroom man's corpse was undoubtedly Class C. And the reward points for this commission, after being split evenly with Cai Yutong, were just enough for Li Wei to exchange for another vial of Class C gene liquid. The reason why it was just enough was because there was a small shortfall that required him to spend a little more of his own money.
The amount of money was not much and was still within his means for the time being. However, Li Wei would have to consider his financial situation moving forward. The money he currently had in hand was mostly obtained from looting Zhang Xi's residence last time, and a lot of it had already been spent. Staying in the room at the Four-Leaf Clover branch would require paying room fees, and he would likely need money for many other purposes in the future. Li Wei needed to come up with a way to make some money.
Upon reflection, Li Wei recalled seeing several commissions posted by local businesses when he passed through the commission hall earlier; the monetary rewards were quite decent, so it might be worth considering taking one on.
Putting aside these thoughts for now, Li Wei took out the C-grade gene fluid and the blood and flesh core, preparing to further enhance his strength once again.
Before heading to the guild headquarters for training, he could stay at the Four-Leaf Clover branch for three more months. He hoped that his strength would see a significant improvement by then.
Now, he was no longer as naive as before; he understood that every three years, only four or five spots were available for training in large branches like Four-Leaf Clover. In places like the seventeenth district, it might take six years to get a single spot, and the competition was extremely fierce. Those who could obtain a training spot were usually the top experts among the younger generation of each branch, with the lowest strength being among the peak masters.
If he didn't improve his strength, wouldn't he be utterly embarrassed during the training at the headquarters?
Of course, Li Wei doesn't care much about losing face. What he cares about is that if he doesn't have enough strength, he might not be able to persist in the training.
The training at the Hunter Headquarters is not about gently putting trainees in classrooms to listen to lectures, but rather involving a large number of practical combat exercises and commissioned training projects. Without some skills, it's really possible to die in the training.
It's not meant to scare anyone, but according to the information Li Wei has heard, every session of the headquarters' training program does see hunters significantly improving their strength. However, at the same time, there are always some hunters who die during the training. In each session, it's not unusual for five or six to die, and in some cases, more than ten, with a mortality rate of about five to ten percent.
This once again proves that being a demon hunter is an extremely high-risk occupation.
Regaining his focus, Li Wei first took out the blood meat core that originated from the flesh of a mushroom person, which was a gray-white fungal mass about the size of two chicken eggs.
With a bare touch, the power contained within this core of flesh and blood slowly seeped into Lee Wei's body, turned into a warm current, shifted to his heart, and ultimately vanished without a trace.
This process had become very familiar to him.
He summoned the Book of All Laws, and the sixth page was unlocked. This time, three options appeared.
"Upgrade the level of the Sharingan."
"Upgrade the level of Mage Armor."
"Acquire a new ability: Swift Leaf Blade."
He took a look at the effect of Swift Leaf Blade. It belonged to the Plant-based power. It consumed energy to create several sharp, blade-like leaves, which then strike the enemy.
The power of this move should be quite good, but it was ultimately abandoned by Lee Wei. This skill was somewhat redundant for him.
He already had decent close combat moves with Steel Chopping Flash and long-range combat options with firearms and engraved bullets, so he didn't have much need for Swift Leaf Blade.
What's more, this skill derived from Pokémon might feel a bit strange if he learned it.
After abandoning it, Li Wei contemplated a bit more and decided to allocate the upgrade option to the Sharingan (the "Eye of Insight").
Having made his choice, the words on the sixth page of the Book of Creation underwent another change, ultimately completing the upgrade of the Sharingan.
The next moment, he felt his eyes burning with heat.
Keeping his eyes closed, he endured this burning sensation. After a few minutes, once the searing pain gradually subsided, he opened both eyes, walked in front of the mirror, and activated the Sharingan.
The Sharingan had transformed into two eyes; the newly emerged right eye was still at the one-tomoe stage, while the left eye had been enhanced to the two-tomoe state.
Upon testing it briefly, Li Wei felt a noticeable enhancement in the power of his eyes.
His current Sharingan possesses strong perceptive capabilities as well as a certain degree of hypnotic abilities. After this upgrade, with both eyes complemented and the left eye's tomoe enhanced by one, the perceptive abilities and hypnotic abilities have increased by about 20%. Moreover, the physical burden and consumption when using them have been directly halved.
This is a significant improvement!
However, in the original work, the abilities of the Sharingan are not limited to this. The Sharingan was already an outstanding ocular technique even before it was enhanced to the Mangekyō stage. But now, Li Wei hasn't felt any direct recognition or resistance to illusions in his eyes, nor can he copy the opponent's skills to a certain extent, and he cannot directly release illusions—hypnosis and illusions are two different things.
Clearly, the power of the Sharingan still needs to be developed, which requires further enhancing the level of the eyes in the future, and it's not something that can be rushed.
For this particular enhancement, the most important aspect is the reduction of physical strain after the restoration of both eyes, which strengthens Li Wei's combat endurance.
As for his current abilities, confronting individuals or monsters at the extreme level is generally not a problem when he unleashes his full power. However, his ability to fight continuously is quite limited. After engaging in an earnest battle with a well-prepared opponent at the extreme level, although he can win, he's usually almost exhausted. The main reason is that the release of his demonic left hand and maintaining the activation state of the Sharingan consume too much physical strength.
Now, half of the problem has been resolved, which also excites Li Wei.
He's currently in a very good mood. After taking a break to rest for a while and feeling good about his physical condition, he plans to strike while the iron is hot and use another vial of C-class Gene Evolution Liquid.
He specifically exchanged for the evolution liquid instead of flesh and blood core, which means he intends to enhance his own power.
He is now just a step away from breaking through to the limit level, and this injection has a great probability of allowing him to break through directly.