3: Chapter 3 They actually dared to fire you?

Li Mo did not hesitate and immediately made his talent selection.

The Devouring Emperor Body itself did not possess any combat attributes; it only provided stat boosts to basic attributes, life force, and cultivation base.

Its true power lay in its ability to raise any talent, cultivation method, or combat technique that Li Mo acquired to its absolute upper limit!

For example, with Li Mo's previous E-grade talent, Waste Flame, theoretically, as long as he had enough devour points, it could evolve into the ultimate SSS-grade Fire Talent.

The same applied to any other talent.

Martial artists in this world could awaken their talents starting from the age of fourteen, but the types of awakened talents were incredibly diverse and numerous.

According to incomplete statistics, there had been at least hundreds of thousands of different talents over the past three hundred years.

However, they could be broadly classified into several major categories.

First was the Enhancement Type. As the name suggested, the effect of this type of talent was to directly strengthen a person's physical body.

It could grant someone immense strength, matchless speed, or turn their body into steel and iron.

Martial artists of this type often relied directly on their physical bodies to fight.

As far as Li Mo knew, people from the Black Earth Tribe, one of the three major nations in the world, often awakened this kind of talent.

This type of talent was also the most common in the world, with seventy percent of the global population awakening an Enhancement Type talent.

Consequently, martial artists with this type of talent had an extremely high ceiling but an incredibly low floor.

Next was the second-ranked Natural Type talent.

The so-called Natural Type talents referred to martial artists who possessed talents related to various natural elements of heaven and earth.

Such as wind, fire, water, lightning, and earth.

Holders of this type of talent accounted for twenty percent of the world's population.

The Flame of the Heavens that Li Mo previously possessed also belonged to this category.

The White Gull Empire, one of the three major nations in the world, had the highest number of martial artists with this kind of talent.

As for the remaining two categories of talents, their holders were extremely rare.

One was the Manipulation Type. The number of martial artists with this type of talent was the smallest, and they were highly adept at controlling various modern weapons.

For example, today's cutting-edge Super-Energy Quantum Cannons and Femtosecond Mechas required this type of martial artist to operate.

However, because such martial artists were so rare and tightly controlled by the state, Li Mo had never seen one to this day.

Then there was the final major category, Special Type talents. While there weren't many people who held these talents, they made up the largest proportion of talent types awakened by humanity.

Even when combining the Enhancement, Natural, and Manipulation Types, the number of talent varieties did not exceed ten thousand.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of talents all belonged to the Special Type.

The reason they were called Special Type talents was that their functions were incredibly bizarre and peculiar.

They had all sorts of miscellaneous effects!

There were even talents completely unrelated to combat, such as brewing alcohol or making food.

Li Mo thought for a moment. He did not need an Enhancement Type talent for now, as the basic stat boosts from his Devouring Emperor Body were already powerful enough.

Manipulation Type talents were all related to modern weapons; even if they evolved, they wouldn't strengthen his own body, so they weren't very useful to him.

As for Special Type talents, that would be purely gambling on luck.

This was a self-selected talent opportunity rewarded by the system, so he had to be cautious!

If he wanted to draw talents in the future, he would need system points to do so, and he might not even get the talent he wanted.

After careful consideration, Li Mo decided to play it safe and chose the Natural Type Fire Talent that he was best at.

His very first talent was the Flame of the Heavens, and he had used this Fire Talent to cultivate when he entered Martial Arts High School.

Even after it degraded into the E-grade talent Waste Flame, Li Mo had cultivated with it for three years and even studied for a semester at Starry Sky University.

Li Mo was thoroughly familiar with the use of fire abilities.

Using this as a starting point could not be more appropriate.

"Ding! Since you have chosen a Fire Talent, the system has automatically selected the C-grade talent [Phantom Spirit Fire] for you."

At the same time, the words "Phantom Spirit Fire" appeared in the talent column of Li Mo's system panel.

Although it was only a C-grade talent, Li Mo was very satisfied.

After all, he had been using the E-grade talent Waste Flame all this time.

The power of this Waste Flame was, to some extent, even weaker than ordinary fire.

This talent could be enhanced using devour points. Once enhanced enough, it could evolve into B-grade, and then A-grade.

At each evolutionary node, there would be different evolutionary branches for Li Mo to choose from.

Although they were all Fire Talents, the function of each Fire Talent was different.

Some flames had extremely high temperatures, some could explode, and others could heal wounds; Li Mo could choose different Fire Talents depending on the situation.

But in any case, no matter what kind of Fire Talent it was, it would be the most familiar and easiest to use for Li Mo!

Then, Li Mo slowly stood up. In an instant, his mood improved dramatically, and the gloom of being expelled was completely swept away.

He scanned the dormitory. This so-called top-tier Martial Arts University didn't seem to be all that great after all.

From this moment on, Li Mo's identity would transition from a student to a soldier!

Just then, a prompt rang in Li Mo's ears.

"Ding! System novice quest released. Novice Quest: Enter The Military camp and obtain a Recruit Badge. Reward: One random cultivation method. Penalty for failure: None."

Hearing the quest details, Li Mo couldn't help but smile slightly.

As expected of a novice quest, the difficulty was far too simple.

Although Li Mo had never entered The Military, he still knew a thing or two about military matters.

Any recruit entering The Military camp would receive a Recruit Badge issued by The Military. Firstly, it was for identification, as the front lines had not only exotic beasts but also enemy soldiers.

Great Xia's Recruit Badge could effectively distinguish between allies and enemies.

Secondly, this Recruit Badge also meant that the person who received it had officially become a warrior defending Great Xia!

Unless there were special circumstances like desertion, it was virtually impossible not to get a Recruit Badge.

Just then, Li Mo suddenly heard a knock on the door. Looking up, he saw a woman walking in.

However, this woman had a heroic and spirited appearance and was wearing a military uniform. She was no ordinary woman; according to Li Mo's observation, she was at least a martial artist who had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage...

When this woman walked in, her very first glance at Li Mo was filled with utter astonishment.

This astonishment then turned into surprise.

Without saying a word, she turned around to look at the dormitory's room number.

Only after confirming she was in the right place did she speak to Li Mo.

"Am I mistaken? You are the student from Starry Sky University who is entering The Military this year?"

"Wait, that's not right! Starry Sky University actually had the heart to send out a fine talent like you? Has Starry Sky University suddenly found its conscience?"