I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 861 - 624 Not Necessarily Able to Learn Well

Chapter 861: Chapter 624 Not Necessarily Able to Learn Well

Transforming innate talents into a method of cultivation is merely the maximization of imitating natural talents, and even if similar strength is harnessed, the process is less efficient. However, there are benefits to this approach—it lowers the requirements for others to learn and master the abilities.

"Talents, huh... I’ll ask Dusk about that later." Du Gang was somewhat disappointed to hear this and curiously wondered what bloodline Zheng Yichen possessed, as it’s quite normal for individuals from different worlds to have some unique talent.

Just like the Wild Ancient natives of this world, although they don’t generally display overwhelming strength, they inherently possess extraordinary power.

Even a child, barely over a month old, could run and jump—an inability to do so would simply imply poor development.

An untrained adult could easily have the strength to burst through a steel plate.

So, it was normal for Zheng Yichen, hailing from another world, to have some unique talent. Du Gang had initially wanted to trade his Vajra Body with Zheng Yichen.

Zheng Yichen’s Burst Mode was very powerful, and Du Gang’s Vajra Body was none too shabby either. During their recent clash, Du Gang was sent flying, even his Vajra Body manifested cracks, but it didn’t cause him much harm. As for the canyon behind him, that didn’t matter.

The destruction he had caused while confronting top Tribes had been far greater.

"Hahaha, Dusk will have a way," Zheng Yichen said with a laugh. Dusk inherently had special strengthening functions, and any bio-material obtained could become an enhancement material, including humans.

But since everyone is human and doesn’t possess exceptionally special talents, who would use someone else’s blood as enhancement material for no reason?

"Let’s see what Dusk can do. I have plenty of merit points, and if possible, I’m willing to trade my Vajra Body with you," Du Gang nodded. The deal had to be a fair exchange. Though both he and Zheng Yichen were Proxy Agents and could chat freely, they were neither close brothers nor long-trusted friends, so certain matters had to be done properly.

Zheng Yichen eyed Du Gang’s body, which had returned to normal. The fine cracks that once covered him had disappeared. He asked, "Your Vajra Body doesn’t change color, does it?"

He didn’t mean to be adverse to bronze skin; Du Gang’s was just a bit too intense. Honestly, if he stood still in a spot, not breathing or speaking, with his eyes closed, he looked almost like a statue at a glance.

"Uh, for you, definitely not," Du Gang replied. "Such a change happens only when one learns the Vajra Body with very little foundation. For an existence like yours, it shouldn’t have any impact."

Those who are not strong enough are influenced by the Cultivation Technique, which is to allow the individual’s physique to adapt more quickly to the technique. However, strong individuals who can easily adapt to the technique won’t experience such changes.

"Moreover, in my native world, the people of the ancient capital naturally have skin tones like this."

Du Gang didn’t feel there was anything odd about his skin color.

"By the way, my Burst Mode might not work as well for others as it does for me."

Du Gang could probably make normal use of Stage 1 and Stage 2 of Burst Mode, but Stage 3 was not so easily accessible. For Stage 2, as long as one’s body and vitality were strong enough, it was possible to avoid additional Energy consumption, unless the body was severely overdrawn.

Stage 3? Even with his superhuman physique, which only emerged after defeating a True God and acquiring the physical traits of the Wild Ancient natives, he still had to inevitably burn his Life Force, and so far, he could feel there was no way to substitute this consumption.

Even if his physique were to significantly improve again, it would remain the case.

However, with the level he had reached, he supposed even the great ape he’d faced before couldn’t achieve such a feat, and even if it could, how much Life Force would that creature have to burn? As for whether there is a Stage 4 after Stage 3, Zheng Yichen couldn’t think of anything that could be burned beyond that.

Life Force is already the most critical factor for maintaining a life entity—what else could be burned after that? The soul? The strength generated by the soul is a different kind of Energy, but burning Life Force is still more useful for boosting physical power.

So, if there were further improvements to be made, Zheng Yichen speculated... could it be burning one’s lifespan?

Let’s not even go there. There are many ways to substitute for burning Life Force, with many worlds to reach out to and numerous methods to replenish it. Even if one doesn’t die after a round of burning Life Force, one can heal back in Dusk, and Zheng Yichen also had the Eye Pupil of Life, which could potentially substitute for the regular consumption with its Fervent Blood Life Energy.

The only question was whether the quality of the Fervent Blood Life Energy generated was high enough.

As for burning his lifespan, Zheng Yichen wasn’t sure what economical means there were to replenish it. Replenishment from Dusk? Possibly, but... how expensive would that be?

This was all speculation. It wasn’t even a concrete possibility yet.

The reason Zheng Yichen said this to Du Gang was that he had sensed Du Gang’s physique during the treatment. Du Gang’s physique was robust, but it was not one with an exceptionally strong Life Force.

Let’s put it this way, Du Gang’s normal physical condition was better than Zheng Yichen’s, but when it came to the extent of Life Force, Zheng Yichen trumped him by dozens of times, with the Essence of Life within him, it was as if he had a behemoth compressed inside his body.

When he had initially tried to use Stage 3 of Burst Mode, he was still able to continue flexibly, while others could not.

Some people would completely deplete theirs in the process.

"Hahaha, my Vajra Body is something you may not be able to learn to this extent anyway," Du Gang said, laughing loudly. Then, thinking the statement might be misunderstood, he explained a bit, "In the end, it’s a matter of physique. The difference in physique will affect the final outcome of certain methods... Like the method you just used, it expends lifespan, right?"

Zheng Yichen nodded.

"That’s right," Du Gang said with a smile, "I’ve seen some Sky Demon disassembly techniques being used by some as a regular move, while others are much more cautious with it.

The difference lies in the fact that those who use it as a regular technique have Life-type abilities, with which they can easily replenish the lost Life Force afterward."

Without Life-type abilities and unable to recover depleted Life Force, those who employ life-consuming techniques are naturally cautious. Can recover? Then, after enduring the agony, wouldn’t they use it like a normal state? The effect is better, the benefit greater, and even those methods that increase Strength consumption for enhancement are not as effective as this one.

Moreover, it’s not like those methods that increase Strength for enhancement cannot be used together with this one.

"In my World," reflected Du Gang, "the people of the ancient capital have unique traits... well, to use a term from some technological worlds, that’s having the ’Vajra Gene.’ However, there are no such restrictions to cultivate the Vajra Body in the ancient capital, even people from Metamorphosis City can cultivate it, it’s just that no one would choose a method that isn’t suitable for themselves."

"Metamorphosis City?" Zheng Yichen was quite curious about the situation in Du Gang’s world.

"Ha, that’s another Tribe from our side, people from Metamorphosis City are quite fair-skinned but appear rather fragile. However, they are not weak and follow an ethereal style, while the people of the ancient capital go for the Vajra Body, those from Metamorphosis City have metamorphosed bodies," Du Gang said, frowning slightly before asking, "You’ve played video games before, right?"

Well, isn’t this rough fellow surprisingly down to earth? Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but smile, "Before I became a Proxy Agent, I used to play them quite often."

Du Gang nodded, "Now that makes it easier to explain. The Vajra Body at the level I have reached is equivalent to near 100% damage mitigation with a fixed value, while the equivalent metamorphosed body is like having nearly 100% Evade and a certain degree of damage ignore, being able to Evade even area attacks and Skills. In terms of defensive advantage, our ancient capital’s Vajra Body is greater! But as for speed and agility, the people of Metamorphosis City are very strong."

The extremely high Evade and damage ignore can be considered a part of defense; after all, as long as the enemy can’t hit you, it’s as if they can’t break through your defense. But if the enemy does manage to hit, and it surpasses the limit of damage ignore, then the people of Metamorphosis City’s advantage is only in speed and agility.

However, if the enemy can deal with the metamorphosed body’s super high Evade, then the advantage of speed may not come into play.

Although the ancient capital’s Vajra Body doesn’t have the advantage of speed, they can reflect damage. Facing external attacks, they just endure - those skillful enemies that can hit the people of Metamorphosis City’s metamorphosed body might not be able to inflict damage on a Vajra Body, not to mention getting close could easily get them killed by the backlash. The metamorphosed body does not have that trait, and when it comes to fighting Strength-type enemies head-on, the enhanced Strength of the Vajra Body is apparent.

But the speed and agility advantages of a metamorphosed body are so significant that in a fight between a Vajra Body and a metamorphosed body, unless there’s a huge gap, it’s difficult for either side to affect the other.

"There’s also a difference between Vajra Bodies," Du Gang thought for a moment and gave an analogy, "It’s like the subject of mathematics, where elementary school math is math, and so is college math."

People from the ancient capital can all come into contact with the Vajra Body, but most people live out their lives as just an ordinary person. Of course, even those talented individuals who study the Vajra Body accessible to everyone won’t achieve anything significant unless they learn it well, only then can they pursue higher levels of the Vajra Body.

Du Gang himself grew rapidly stronger after becoming a Proxy Agent and learned the highest levels of the Vajra Body, later making breakthroughs that pushed what was once the highest level of the Vajra Body even higher, which involved significant trade-offs, and he got quite detailed in his explanation.

"We’ll discuss this in detail when we return to Dusk."

Zheng Yichen was truly interested in the Vajra Body that Du Gang mentioned. When using Burst Mode, he had noticed an issue: the higher the use, blood would escape the body, and the mist of blood would fuse into the aura, making it appear stronger.

But Zheng Yichen was very clear that this wasn’t a good thing. Fuel burns better within a furnace, where it can be utilized more effectively, and burning outside a furnace, although it produces heat, wastes a considerable part of that energy.

The impact wasn’t too big in Stage 1 or 2 but reaching Stage 3, where life is burned, the waste made Zheng Yichen’s heart ache. No matter how much he could burn, he couldn’t afford such waste!

If there was a way to lock in the fuel and prevent it from leaking, he definitely had to try it.