Chapter 31: The Underground Cave and the Alien Races

Ye Tian possesses many Innate Abilities, and whenever his Innate Abilities upgrade, they drive the enhancement of his physical body.

His physical strength far surpasses that of others, but if he lacks a corresponding Strange Art, he cannot unleash the power of his physical body.

And the Golden Body Technique happens to allow his physical strength to erupt, forming even more terrifying lethality in the form of a Strange Art.

Therefore, the Golden Body Technique is of immeasurable value to Ye Tian, not even inferior to an ordinary S-rank Ability!

"Senior Sister Qin, I am very satisfied with this A-Grade Strange Art!" Ye Tian smiled and said.

"As long as you are satisfied!"

Qin Susu breathed a sigh of relief; she could only manage to get hold of one A-Grade Metal Ability, unable to be picky, as A-Grade Strange Arts are truly difficult to collect.

Suddenly.

Ye Tian asked: "Senior Sister Qin, where did you obtain the Vibranium?"

Qin Susu said: "It is from the Earth Realm, but we are accustomed to calling it the Underground Cave, simply because the entrances are mostly underground."

"Underground Cave?" This was the first time Ye Tian had heard of the Underground Cave.

Qin Susu added: "Ye Tian, you are a freshman, so it is normal that you don't know about the Underground Cave. Under normal circumstances, freshmen are not allowed to enter the Underground Cave, unless they are a Newcomer King or have a Grandmaster to vouch for them, only then are they permitted to enter."

"Is the Underground Cave very dangerous?" Ye Tian was full of curiosity about the Underground Cave.

"Yes!" Qin Susu introduced: "The Underground Cave is very dangerous and boundless; even our Xia Country currently has very little understanding of it. Moreover, the Underground Cave has many entrances. There is an entrance near Donghai City, which is suppressed by our Donghai University. Many instructors and even the principal are stationed within the Underground Cave to prevent the alien races inside from invading us. It is precisely because we must guard against alien races that the university has no instructors holding classes, relying mainly on self-study."

"So that's how it is!"

Ye Tian understood.

No wonder Instructor Li Haoyang was often unreachable; he was likely in the Underground Cave.

Furthermore, Donghai City clearly has so many Ability Grandmasters and even Great Grandmasters, yet they let an Ability Master like Blood Claw cause trouble; they likely do not value this small-time Ability Master.

The true focus of Donghai City is concentrated within the Underground Cave.

"Senior Sister Qin, what do the alien races look like?" Ye Tian was quite curious about the alien races.

Upon mentioning the alien races, Qin Susu's expression became incomparably grave: "The alien races are terrifying. My younger brother's legs were severed by an alien, and if the rescue had been timely, my brother would have surely died. There are many alien races; for example, the alien race we face in Donghai City is the Scale Clan, whose bodies are covered in hard scales, possessing terrifying physical fitness and formidable Strange Arts."

"By the way, do not disclose the matter of the Underground Cave. Donghai University does not let freshmen know, also out of fear that freshmen will be frightened and drop out directly," Qin Susu reminded.

"Understood!"

Ye Tian nodded.

If they truly knew the terror of the alien races, many timid freshmen would indeed drop out.

Only after being tempered time and again would their courage grow.

And the freshman year is a process of tempering one's own combat power. After the three-month freshman period ends, instructors will lead students to fight against Beasts in the wild to train the students' practical combat abilities.

Xia Country keeps the Beasts in the wild precisely to give Talented Ability Users the opportunity to temper themselves. If all the Beasts were killed, not to mention losing many Beast materials, it would also leave the weak without opportunities for tempering.

Could it be that they should go directly to fight alien races for tempering? How many people would die then?

Ye Tian chatted with Qin Susu about many things regarding the Underground Cave. It is boundless, and although there are many alien races, the resources are truly abundant, with all kinds of rare treasures, and even Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that can enhance Ability Potential and Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure that can awaken Innate Abilities.

Of course, those kinds of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure are incomparably rare, and even Ability Grandmasters cannot easily obtain them.

"Senior Sister Qin, I will head back first!"

Ye Tian left.

As Qin Susu watched the direction in which Ye Tian departed, she murmured: "Wood Element, Water Element, and the Metal Ability he wanted—could it be that Junior Brother Ye Tian possesses triple-element Innate Abilities?"

She had also inquired about Ye Tian and learned that his points currently rank first among freshmen, making it very likely he will become the Newcomer King.

Such a genius is undoubtedly a monster, with infinite prospects in the future; she must befriend him!

A few days later.

Inside the dormitory, Ye Tian was glowing with a golden luster; his skin had turned golden, and even his bones and blood had turned golden. This was clearly the Golden Body Technique at the Consummation Realm.

"Constantly erupting power, along with indestructible defense—the Golden Body Technique at the Consummation Realm is truly terrifying!"

Ye Tian could feel that his strength had improved significantly.

However, the A-Grade Golden Body Technique consumes a great deal and cannot be maintained for too long.

With his current cultivation, prolonged combat is definitely not feasible; he must end battles quickly.

If he waits until his cultivation reaches the Ability Master realm, he will be able to squander his ability power at will when using A-Grade Strange Arts.

"With my current strength, clearing the tenth floor of the Battle Tower is certainly easy, but I cannot be hasty; I will wait until the last day to challenge the Battle Tower!"

Ye Tian decided.

In the following days, Ye Tian would occasionally accept one or two missions; although the points were not many, he treated it as practice.

Before he knew it, the end of the freshman period was approaching.

On this day.

Donghai University, Battle Tower.

Qin Yu came to challenge it again. At this time, his cultivation had already reached the Advanced Ability User realm, and his aura was much stronger than before.

This time, he wanted to charge at the eighth floor of the Battle Tower. Once he cleared the eighth floor, he could obtain a reward of 2000 points.

Currently, his point total had already reached 7200. If he obtained another 2000 points, that would be 9200 points, while Ye Tian's current points were only 9300.

After entering the Battle Tower, he went directly to the eighth floor.

Whoosh!!!!

One after another, peak second-level Beasts appeared, surrounding and attacking Qin Yu.

Soon, he killed these Beasts one by one.

Not long after, these Beasts had all been killed by him, but he had also sustained some injuries.

"Continue to challenge the ninth floor!"

A few seconds later.

Qin Yu emerged from the ninth level looking disheveled; fortunately, being killed does not result in actual death, as it is merely an illusion.

Otherwise, he would have just died.

"The ninth level is too perverted; how did that guy Ye Tian clear the ninth level???"

He was incredibly puzzled.

Just as he came out and was on his way back to the dormitory, a message from his father arrived.

He opened his communication watch and connected to his father.

"Father, why are you calling me?"

Qin Yu asked.

"There is half a month left, and your points have not yet reached first place; go take the mission from your school to collect spiritual soil!" ordered Qin Yu's father, Qin Donghe.

"The collect spiritual soil mission?" Qin Yu frowned: "Father, this mission is not very cost-effective; one catty of spiritual soil only earns 10 points. Spiritual soil is born deep within the soil of spiritual lands and is very hard to find. Even if I know the Earth Escape Technique, I won't be able to find much spiritual soil!"

"Just take the mission. As for the spiritual soil, the family will send people to search for it and hand it to you! As long as it is not purchased, Donghai University cannot trace the transaction information, and as long as the spiritual soil is fresh enough, they will recognize it as having been collected by you," said Qin Donghe.

"This... alright!"

Qin Yu agreed; after all, it was not the first time he had accepted help from the family. He had completed many missions before, also with information provided by the family, or by having them beat wanted criminals into critical condition so he could happen upon them and kill them.

It was just that, previously, it was still considered restrained, and he hadn't cheated too much.

But now, the family was cheating openly and brazenly.

Yet for him, the Newcomer King was an extremely high honor, and the family needed that honor.

Especially in the last few days, various major families were all competing for the Newcomer King honor.

"Ye Tian, you are indeed very monstrous, but it is a pity that you have no power behind you; you will not be able to obtain the Newcomer King title!" Qin Yu muttered to himself, feeling slightly regretful for Ye Tian.