Chapter 17: A Bountiful Harvest
"I checked! Brother Kaizen is too awesome! He beat a Level 20 bandit to a pulp! This is unbelievable!"
"What did he even do? I didn't even see it clearly. The leader of 30,000 bandits, the scourge of countless villages, just collapsed."
"Only a god from the heavens could do this."
"God Yi is so handsome! I want to have your babies!"
"God Yi, I have a niece, eighteen years old..."
"God Yi, I have a sister, she's twenty-three this year..."
The people of Windmill Village beat the bandit Higuma until he was foaming at the mouth, with broken bones all over his body, greatly relieving their pent-up anger.
Then they turned to their great savior, God Yi. Their eyes fell upon Kaizen Reiya, their mouths twitching in disbelief, jaws nearly hitting the ground in shock.
They saw a visible aura swirling around Kaizen's body, like an enraged dragon constantly moving, accompanied by the roaring sounds of dragons and tigers.
At this moment, after absorbing the entire cultivation base of the Level 20 bandit Higuma using the Star-Siphoning Art, Kaizen felt every cell in his body cheering, every pore opening. The vibrant energy within him surged like a volcano, his body evolving and transforming at an incredible speed.
Kaizen's level began to soar.
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya for advancing to Level 12!
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya for advancing to Level 13!
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya for advancing to Level 14!
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya for advancing to Level 15!
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya for advancing to Level 16!
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And so, Kaizen's level skyrocketed, not stopping until he reached Level 18. Simultaneously, his complexion became radiant, his body perfected, looking handsome and captivating.
Level 18!
In less than a single day.
One must know, it had taken the bandit leader Higuma over thirty years to reach Level 20.
It took Kaizen less than a day to reach a terrifying level almost comparable to the bandit leader Higuma's thirty years of accumulation.
Of course, if one looked beyond just level and considered pure strength, the current Kaizen could easily defeat the Level 20 bandit leader Higuma.
This feels incredible.
After becoming a Level 18 Player, the Calm Sea Key granted him a treasure detection radar with a range of 180 meters—almost enough to sweep up all nearby treasures.
As for learning and cultivating martial skills, it also reached 180 times the normal speed. Mysterious Class martial skills could be understood at a glance, refined in a short while, mastered in an instant, and raised to the Major Achievement level.
Such an ability was simply monstrous. Other than him, no other genius in the world possessed such a terrifying capability.
Now, the speed of his Swift Boots had also improved tremendously. Combined with the Star-Siphoning Art, he couldn't speak for Level 30 players, but for major forces and fleets below Level 30, any super-genius among them, without exception, Kaizen could sweep them all away.
To him now, players below Level 30 were all insignificant in his presence.
After reaching Level 18, Kaizen was in an excellent mood. He searched the bandit Higuma and found over a thousand silver coins.
He couldn't help but frown, expressing disdain: "Bro, you're the Bandit King leading 30,000 bandits, and you only have this much money on you? You're too poor."
Bandit Higuma heard this, his body convulsed, and he nearly died of anger. Who does this guy think he is? Over a thousand silver coins is too little?
However, he was not far from death now, his bones shattered, his life hanging by a thread. He could only watch helplessly as Kaizen plundered everything he had worked so hard to accumulate.
"Oh! A Mysterious Class martial skill: Triple Slash. Isn't this the first skill he used on me?"
With a thought from Kaizen, a martial arts manual flew out of Higuma's storage and landed in his hand. The words "Triple Slash" were written on it.
Triple Slash - Swing the sword in a cross pattern, unleashing six intersecting slashes in succession with astonishing lethality, cutting the target into an X-shape. The effect was no different from being drawn and quartered.
"Excellent, let me give it a try."
Kaizen's eyes shone with eagerness.
"Calm Sea Key, unlock the 180x learning ability."
Ding. The Calm Sea Key's 180x learning ability is now active.
Kaizen could learn anything at a single glance.
"Calm Sea Key, unlock the 180x cultivation ability."
Ding. The 180x cultivation ability is activating.
Ding. The 180x cultivation ability is now active.
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya. The Triple Slash has reached the Initiate Level.
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya. The Triple Slash has reached the Minor Achievement Level.
Ding. Congratulations to player Kaizen Reiya. The Triple Slash has reached the Major Achievement Level.
In less than three minutes, Kaizen had cultivated the Triple Slash to the Major Achievement Level.
This was a cultivation speed that was utterly appalling in the entirety of human history.
No matter how monstrous other geniuses were, they paled in comparison.