"Damn, Lou Yi, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" Zhan Weida's expression changed.

He thought today's bloody battle had frightened Lou Yi.

But on second thought, since he himself wasn't scared, how could Lou Yi be in trouble?

Beside him, Lou Yi turned a deaf ear, feeling exhilarated.

In his eyes, all those dead monsters on the moat were precious energy yet to be collected, bit by bit!

Although a large portion of them might not be monsters.

But even if just ten or twenty percent were, it would be a substantial amount.

Now that both sides had temporarily ceased fighting, he'd be a fool not to go down and collect the energy.

As for why he was going down.

With his current status, why would he need to explain to others?

With this in mind, Lou Yi flashed and jumped off the city tower, dozens of feet high.

"Damn!"

Zhan Weida almost shouted, watching Lou Yi leap down the city tower.

If he didn't know the other's strength and character, someone else might think Lou Yi was committing suicide.

As Lou Yi fell from the heights, he constantly touched the wall with his toes, slowing down.

Just before landing, his ten fingers petrified, clawing at the wall, sparks flying, leaving ten shallow traces.

After landing, he shot out like an arrow.

'Whoosh!'

With such speed, even in daylight, he was just a blur, and at night, he was nearly invisible.

Therefore, except for Zhan Weida who was constantly watching him, no one else on the wall seemed to notice Lou Yi leave.

Or perhaps, those who could notice wouldn't interfere.

Zhan Weida wasn't a fool; he knew Lou Yi had his reasons for acting so and wouldn't broadcast it.

With his Light Body Technique and Talent Swiftness, his waist and back tightened, and his legs thickened with two dozen spirals of muscle on his knees.

Allowing Lou Yi to leap over a hundred meters effortlessly with minimal noise.

Soon, he crossed the trench and arrived at the moat's edge.

Looking around, the moat was scattered with the bodies of hippos, wild bulls, and elephants, which now became stepping stones for Lou Yi.

'Whoosh!'

With a leap, he landed on the nearest hippo corpse.

With a slight touch, a familiar prompt appeared:

'Energy +2, absorb?'

"Yes."

After a few moments, seeing no new prompts, he continued to leap to the second hippo corpse.

This one had no energy, seemingly not at the monster's level.

Undaunted, Lou Yi jumped to the third wild bull corpse.

"Energy +2, absorb?"

Followed by the fourth, fifth... up to the Nth.

And Lou Yi's total energy soared from over a hundred rapidly: one hundred fifty, two hundred, three hundred...

Eventually stopping at over three hundred fifty.

Some might have sunk to the bottom, but seeing the dirty river surface covered in blood, fur, and excrement, Lou Yi decided not to dive in.

"Today's haul was worth it!"

Lou Yi had never felt so exhilarated collecting energy.

And this kind of day, as expected, would last for many more days.

The beast tide was both a test and a rare opportunity.

If he could seize this chance, his strength would soar like a rocket!

Returning to the city tower, Lou Yi still had a smile on his face.

"Hey, you idiot, what did you go down there to do?" Zhan Weida couldn't help but ask.

"Secret," Lou Yi replied with a smile.

This annoying expression made Zhan Weida almost want to punch him.

In the next few days.

The vanguard of the beast tide and the defenders of Tai City began a prolonged tug-of-war.

Hippo Spirits, Elephant Spirits, Wild Bull Spirits, Rhino Spirits, Zebra Spirits... all sorts of large beasts fearlessly filling the moat with their bodies.

On the city wall, many archers and martial artists tried to slow the filling of the moat with catapults, crossbow arrows, and other weapons.

Battles often occurred during the day, while at night during the second and third watches, both sides briefly rested.

It was also the perfect time for Lou Yi to gather energy.

On the first day, his total energy reached three hundred fifty.

On the second day, it exceeded five hundred.

On the third day, it surpassed seven hundred.

But that wasn't all.

On the third day, on one Rhinos Spirit, spending twenty energy points, he finally acquired a new talent: Tenacity (Uninitiated 0/5).

Another five energy points, and Tenacity's state changed from (Uninitiated 0/5) to (Initiated 0/30+1 Cow Spirit Horn).

A strange energy entered his body from the earth and sky.

Rapidly transforming the martial fascia beneath Lou Yi's skin, making it tougher and denser.

Though a truce at night, the scene remained inconvenient.

Lou Yi didn't study it closely, instead taking a Rhino Spirit horn taller than he was back to his place.

Looking at the talent of Tenacity, the information related to it naturally appeared on the attribute panel:

Tenacity (Passive): The body's resistance gradually increases over time.

Tenacity (Active): Can absorb 20% of bodily damage as long as it's within the endurance limit.

'It can absorb damage?' Lou Yi's eyes lit up.

He already had the Petrification Skill, which could avoid breaking defenses to the maximum extent.

But it couldn't negate the massive impact from heavy blunt objects and brute force, and internal injuries were inevitable.

Despite having the attribute panel for healing, it posed a fatal risk.

If the damage was too great and he lost consciousness instantly, he wouldn't be able to use the attribute panel's healing function.

Now, with the Tenacity talent, it was like having a second insurance for himself.

And this was just an entry-level talent.

Lou Yi looked at the faint '+' sign next to the Tenacity talent and imagined pressing a force onto it.

Tenacity (Initiated 0/30+1 Cow Spirit Horn) → (Proficient 0/200+1 Soft Gold)

Instantly, the milky-white Rhino Spirit horn in his hand turned into liquid, covering Lou Yi's body and absorbing into his skin.

Meanwhile, a huge amount of energy entered his body from the void, swiftly remodeling his physique.

Beneath the Small Cycle Martial Artist's skin, there was already a lot of fascia to resist damage and dissipate force.

But under the energy's transformation, these red fascia quickly dissolved, regenerating more and denser white fascia.

The white fascia covered his entire body like a dense spider web beneath the skin. Its toughness, plasticity, flash point, freezing point, strength, and other properties transformed and enhanced thoroughly.

In appearance, Lou Yi remained the same as before.

He opened his eyes and stretched out.

Hearing constant crackling sounds, he felt his exertion and movements were smoother than before.

The description of the Tenacity talent changed:

Tenacity (Passive): The body's resistance gradually increases over time.

Tenacity (Active): Can absorb 50% of bodily damage as long as it's within the endurance limit.

Being able to absorb 50% of damage was impressive.

Lou Yi took out the pure black Profound Iron Axe given to him by Wei Youdao, gently knocking his hand back with the axe's back.

'Bang!'

The surface of his hand slightly dented, but it slowly returned to its original state, like rubber.

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