A Glittering Golden Super Thigh

The contents of the light screen had changed dramatically. Yet one thing remained untouched: a dense mass of question marks. Annoyed, Yu Xian looked toward Zhenwo Changjing and asked, “Auntie, why is your crucial information still entirely question marks?” “You possess the ability to pry into others, but have you never considered that others might possess the ability to prevent prying?” Zhenwo Changjing turned her clear eyes toward Yu Xian, countering with calm poise. That was indeed a fair point. Where there was a spear, there would naturally be a shield. He could appraise someone, but they were equally capable of warding off appraisal. Chagrined, Yu Xian closed Zhenwo Changjing's status window and cast Appraisal on himself. This time, it finally succeeded. A light screen expanded rapidly, displaying his attributes at once: —————— True Name: Yu Xian Codename: Salty Fish Race: Shiny Vampire Gender: Male Age: 17 Health: 500/500 (1500/1500) Vitality: 800/800 Force: 0.02 (0.06) Fortune: Vast Blessing Equal to the Heavens Theoretical Lifespan: 3,648,922,477 years, 3 months, 25 days, 6 hours, 32 minutes, 12 seconds Rank: Low Eagle Universal Rank: Earth Rank Faction: Huaxia Dragon Dynasty - Qilin - Combat Division - Evil-Slaying Squad Abilities: Omitted —————— Perhaps because his strength grew so quickly, Yu Xian had long grown used to his power surging massively every ten days or so, so his attention did not dwell on his rank. He first looked at “Health,” and understanding naturally rose in his mind: this referred to health points, roughly akin to an HP bar in a game. Of course, it was not a literal health bar, but a reflection of his physical state. To deal with the Namo race, he had used the Heaven-Weeping Blood Sword to drastically boost his power, and he was still in a weakened state. Reflected on the status screen, it took its current form. His true maximum health was 1500, but in this weakened condition, only 500 remained. Next, he looked at “Vitality,” which meant life force. His maximum vitality was 800, meaning that whenever his health dropped, so long as the damage did not exceed 800 points, he could recover in an instant. His self-healing ability had been steadily improving all along. Back when he fought Zhou Tai at school, losing an arm had required a full night's sleep to regenerate. Now, he did not need nearly that long; a quick nap would probably suffice to restore it. Moreover, although his maximum vitality was only 800, he was constantly bathed in sunlight from Little Dumb. The moment that 800 vitality was exhausted, his Light Eater talent would rapidly replenish the spent value, making it virtually bottomless. Unless someone could kill him in a single strike, anyone attempting a battle of attrition against him was guaranteed to lose. Yu Xian continued reading downward. Next was “Force.” This represented overall might and combat strength. Because he was weakened, his power was heavily discounted. Yet as Yu Xian stared at “Force” for a while, he noticed the attribute was constantly shifting, bobbing up and down. Just a moment ago it was 0.02, but a few seconds later it changed to 0.03, and after another moment returned to 0.02. Clearly, a person's combat strength was not a fixed constant; it rose and fell according to their condition. This was hardly difficult to understand. When he was enraged, his combat strength increased significantly. Furthermore, when using Integrator: Black Blood Form, his strength could multiply several times over. However, this also meant the attribute was useful only as a reference. Placing absolute faith in it could easily lead someone into a terrible trap. After all, if an opponent possessed a transformation or an alternate form that caused their combat strength to skyrocket multiple times over, relying blindly on the appraised “Force” would be walking straight into an ambush. Yu Xian looked further down. Below Force was Fortune, which was easy enough to understand—luck, naturally. Vast Blessing Equal to the Heavens. Those words indicated his current luck was extraordinary. Yu Xian glanced at Zhenwo Changjing. Intuition told him this was connected to meeting her. Could this be the legendary encounter with an illustrious benefactor? He kept reading. Lifespan had become Theoretical Lifespan, and it was accurate down to the second, which was not bad at all. Yu Xian nodded, skipped his local rank, and looked at the Universal Rank. Universal, as the name implied, meant this classification system enjoyed broad recognition and was adopted consistently by the vast majority. It was much like his own world: although the Forbidden Fruits had spawned countless tangled systems, everyone agreed on the ten ranks of “Bug, Ant, Bee, Sparrow, Snake, Eagle, Wolf, Tiger, Dragon, and God” to measure strength. Clearly, the myriad worlds of the heavens had their own framework, completely different from that of his world. He looked at Zhenwo Changjing and asked, “Auntie, how many tiers are there in the universal system?” “Earth, Heaven, Star, Li, System, Hegemon, and Cosmos. Above those are the Void Realm, Calamity Realm, and Emptiness Realm. And further above are the Mighty Ones,” Zhenwo Changjing answered. Yu Xian frowned. “What about Transcenders?” “That is a realm of legend. At present, countless Mighty Ones are exploring how to become a Transcender, yet none have found a clue. Even Zhenwo Wuchang is merely attempting it, and the outcome remains unknown,” Zhenwo Changjing said. Yu Xian nodded, then asked, “Then how far am I from Heaven Rank right now?” “Reaching 0.1 in Force makes one Heaven Rank,” Zhenwo Changjing answered. Yu Xian glanced at his Force value. His actual Force was 0.06; he was only 0.04 away from Heaven Rank, which did not seem far off at all. Curious, he looked at Zhenwo Changjing and asked, “Then roughly how much Force does Star Rank require?” “The threshold for Heaven Rank is 0.1, and its peak is 1. But breaking through to Star Rank requires an evolution of one's life stage, which is extraordinarily difficult. Once that evolution succeeds, however, a Star Rank's strength is at least a hundred times that of the peak of Heaven Rank, so the Force value skyrockets to 100,” Zhenwo Changjing answered. Holy shit, that gap is insane. Yu Xian felt a little faint hearing that. The peak of Heaven Rank was already beyond his imagination, yet the bare minimum for Star Rank was a hundred times greater. This was pure stat bloat. If this were a video game, the stat designer would be cursed into the ground. The real issue was that Star Rank was only the third tier in the universal system. Could every rank beyond Star Rank possess the power to wipe out planets—or even obliterate entire worlds—with a wave of the hand? Yu Xian suddenly started, looking at Zhenwo Changjing with belated realization. He swallowed hard and asked, “Could Zhenwo Wuchang be... a peak Mighty One? And even if you and Zhenwo Changle each possess only half of Zhenwo Wuchang's strength, wouldn't you still be vastly stronger than someone who just became a Mighty One?” “Mighty Ones have no so-called peak. As long as one cannot break through to become a Transcender, Force can increase infinitely, without end. “The designation 'Mighty One' signifies vastness and supreme capability; in certain domains, they already wield power akin to a Transcender,” Zhenwo Changjing explained. Yu Xian could not resist asking, “Then Auntie, how much Force does it take to become a Mighty One?” “At minimum, a Mighty One requires ten thousand billion billion billion Force—roughly one hundred times that of the peak of the Emptiness Realm,” Zhenwo Changjing answered. Yu Xian's jaw dropped. A long string of zeros surfaced in his mind; written out in digits, it was absurdly long: 10000000000000000000000000000000. Then he looked down at his own 0.2 Force, and his entire mind snapped into cold rationality. Looking at Zhenwo Changjing, whose expression remained completely impassive, he realized with utter clarity: not only had he met an illustrious benefactor, but she was a titan among titans. This was a glittering golden super-thigh—unquestionably the strongest being he had ever encountered in his life! Wait. Then what was the deal with the Extreme Dragon? Could there be some kind of misunderstanding?