I Can Copy the Talents of All Creatures

But when he got about three meters away from the tabby, it zipped into the bushes and vanished.

"Damn it!"

After a moment’s thought, Yu Fei ran out to the pet shop by the entrance, bought a can of cat food and a small bag of kibble, then returned to the spot where the great tabby had disappeared and waited quietly.

Before long, he heard a MEOW MEOW coming from the bushes.

Yu Fei gloated. ’Heh, you think I can’t handle you?’

A tuxedo cat emerged. Gray quality. His expression froze.

Yu Fei silently put the can of cat food away, only pouring a little bit of kibble into the small bowl.

"Don’t blame me for being stingy, man. Life’s tough."

The tuxedo cat finished the kibble but still refused to leave. It repeatedly rubbed against his pant leg and even exposed its belly, but its eyes remained fixed on the can.

Helpless, Yu Fei had no choice but to start petting the cat right there.

He waited there for a long time, and a large group of stray cats gathered around him.

"Bro, Dad’s making dinner. He wants you to come home!"

At some point, Yu Wei had come looking for him.

"This cat is so ugly!"

The tuxedo cat had a patch of black fur to the left of its nose, ruining its overall look.

Yu Wei called the cat ugly, but she still squatted down to scratch its chin.

Petting these things was a great stress reliever. Yu Fei really wanted to get one, but considering Mr. Yu’s financial situation, he had to give up the idea.

Raising a cat would cost a few thousand a year, and now wasn’t the right time.

Yu Fei gazed melancholically into the night.

"You and Dad go ahead and eat. I’m busy with something right now."

"Busy? Petting cats?"

She found it a bit strange. In her memory, her brother was never this boring.

"Yes, petting cats!"

Yu Fei’s expression was grim, his tone low.

"You’re crazy!"

"Get lost!"

The night grew darker, and an hour passed.

The late summer air carried a hint of a chill, and the mosquitoes were out in force. Yu Fei looked at the numerous bites covering his legs while five or six stray cats circled around him.

He held the can of cat food in one hand and the nearly empty bag of kibble in the other.

’Great Tabby, if you don’t show up soon, I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.’

Yu Fei muttered.

Just as he was thinking this, a tabby charged over from the distance with unstoppable force, and a few lighter-colored kittens hastily scrambled out of its way.

Yu Fei saw the familiar sapphire again and excitedly rushed to pour the last of the kibble into the bowl and offer it over. At the same time, he opened the can of cat food and placed it before the big boss.

Strangely, none of the other kittens tried to fight for it. A couple of them even started licking their paws. Yu Fei had a feeling they were probably drooling and were only licking their paws to hide their embarrassment.

’I didn’t realize you were so intimidating!’

Stray cats have their own territories. It seemed this tabby was the neighborhood tyrant.

Seeing the tabby lower its guard while enjoying the delicious food, Yu Fei decided to make his move.

He sneakily circled around behind the tabby. The great tabby glanced at him before continuing to eat.

Yu Fei activated the marking ability of the Fate-Defying Pearl. The sapphire on the tabby’s head grew much brighter, glowing brilliantly in the dark.

He grabbed the scruff of the tabby’s neck as if giving it a massage. It didn’t resist.

So, he quickly gripped the tabby’s neck from behind, forcefully pressing it to the ground, while his other hand grabbed its two hind legs so it couldn’t struggle free.

"MROW...AWOOO~"

The tabby was stunned by the sudden attack. The surrounding kittens fled the scene, stopping about five meters away and turning their heads to watch the incident with confusion.

Cats are very curious.

Yu Fei couldn’t possibly kill the tabby. A person could be perverse, but they shouldn’t cross certain lines. He was thinking of just capturing it and rendering it helpless to see how the Fate-Defying Pearl would react.

In his mental space, the Fate-Defying Pearl flashed. He understood that subduing the target also counted as defeating it, completing the talent copy.

Overjoyed, he let go of the great tabby.

The big boss agilely got up, spun, and leaped back. It leaned back, its tail held high, and opened its mouth wide to let out a threatening sound at Yu Fei.

"HSSS~ GRRR~ GRRR~"

Its fur stood on end.

Yu Fei quickly backed away. Seeing the great tabby was still on high alert, he simply turned and left.

He left only the can and the kibble behind.

Like a sage who had just finished his business.

Tabby: "Meow~ (You’re crazy!)"

He hurried back home, made a beeline for his bedroom, and casually scratched the mosquito bites on his way.

Mr. Yu, who was sitting on the sofa scrolling through his phone, looked like he wanted to say something but held back.

He felt that Yu Fei might be under too much stress from his studies lately, acting all jumpy, but seeing his son in such a rush, he didn’t know what to say.

Yu Fei immersed his consciousness in his mental space. The light of the Fate-Defying Pearl had dimmed somewhat, and there was one copy chance remaining.

The name of the blue-quality talent from the tabby was:

[Super Speed Reaction]

Description: A cat’s reaction time is seven times that of a cat’s.

Effect: Increases base neural reaction speed by seven times.

Feedback from the Fate-Defying Pearl informed him that loading this talent would take an hour, and it was best to remain in a quiet, undisturbed environment.

So he left his bedroom and told Mr. Yu that he was going to sleep, would close the door, and didn’t want to be disturbed.

Then he went back to his bed and lay down quietly.

Yu Zhiguo was scrolling through his phone when he suddenly felt a bit lonely, so he sent a message to his wife asking when she would be back. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

’Load talent!’

It was like a numbing electric current passing through his brain, then slowly filling his entire spine and spreading to his limbs.

Again and again.

Due to his body’s self-preservation instinct, Yu Fei fell into a semi-conscious state.

An hour later, he woke up.

’Hmm, something’s different.’

He sensed the change in himself. He picked up a pen and let it fall. When he focused his attention on the pen, everything before his eyes turned to slow motion.

Just as the pen was about to hit the floor, he stuck out his right foot and precisely caught it between two of his toes.

"Nice!"

Talents were innate abilities. Yu Fei felt no discomfort; he was in complete control of his seven-fold enhanced neural reaction speed.

Excited, he pushed open the door, planning to find something to eat.

He had been too tense to think about food before, but now that his important business was done, he was hungry.

"Didn’t you say you were going to sleep? You even told me not to disturb you!"

Yu Zhiguo felt his son was acting very strangely today.

"So what!"

"Hiss~" The old man felt a pang in his teeth. ’What on earth set this kid off?’

Yu Fei was in a great mood.

Early the next morning, Yu Fei couldn’t resist and forced himself through a round of the Ox Subduing Pile Skill.

The blue talent, [Super Speed Reaction], not only provided him with neural reflexes far beyond that of an ordinary person but also, to some extent, enhanced Yu Fei’s control over his body.

After this round of the pile skill, he could clearly feel that his movements were more precise. His super-fast neural reactions allowed him to make micro-adjustments.

Halfway through the skill, Yu Fei suddenly perceived a faint, warm current surging within his body. It was like a tiny trickle that circulated throughout his body along with the pile skill’s movements before finally dissipating into his skin.

’I’ve entered the threshold of martial arts and achieved Qi Blood perception!’

Yu Fei felt that his future was now full of boundless light, filled with promise.

Without the Fate-Defying Pearl, he believed he could have made his life a little better through his own efforts, but taking it a step further would have been absolutely impossible.

At this moment, although Yu Fei’s body was exhausted, he no longer felt the sense of depletion he used to.

If he hadn’t perceived his Qi Blood, practicing the pile skill would have just depleted his body’s vital energy.

It was called "perceiving Qi Blood," but the process was passive. It could only be perceived once the vital energy within the body gathered and transformed into the power of Qi Blood.

This was the threshold of martial arts. Some people were stuck here their entire lives, unable to even enter the gate.

If their vital energy couldn’t gather and qualitatively change into Qi Blood, the vital energy they painstakingly accumulated through a round of the pile skill would just be expelled from the body with their sweat. On the contrary, the more they practiced, the weaker they would become.

Qi Blood, however, would be locked in by the skin, in turn strengthening the epidermis.

The first stage of martial arts, Skin Refining, was the practice of locking in one’s own vital energy. Of course, it also improved the body’s resistance to blows.