# Chapter 13: Characteristics
Su Xiao opened his skill list, searching for the Beast Instinct skill. After looking around, he didn't find Beast Instinct, but instead discovered a skill with a similar name.
【Instinct Lv.3 (Passive)】
Skill Effect (Passive): Forms a perception circle with a diameter of 14 meters and a radius of 7 meters. Perception intensity: 4 + 16 points (base intensity + Intelligence attribute × 20%). Any attack that enters the perception circle, even if the subjective consciousness is not in a vigilant state, the body can automatically dodge.
Tip: This skill can be toggled on/off.
Tip: This skill cannot be activated together with basic perception. When using this skill, basic perception cannot be used.
Tip: When perception intensity reaches 20 points, you can dodge the moment an enemy's attack enters the perception circle.
Tip: When perception intensity reaches 50 points, you can overload the perception, thereby achieving the effect of slowing down the enemy's attack speed.
Tip: When perception intensity reaches 100 points, you can predict enemy attacks within the perception circle. Based on the opponent's attack initiation, you can discern the enemy's attack direction 0.24 seconds in advance.
Tip: When perception intensity reaches 200 points, you can predict future attacks of enemies within the perception circle, with a prediction time of 0.23 to 0.51 seconds in advance.
Tip: Current perception intensity: 20 points.
Tip: This skill cannot be upgraded within Reincarnation Paradise. It can only be improved through the Hunter's own training.
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Su Xiao stood still with his eyes closed. A perception circle indeed appeared around him. This perception circle was spherical, extending 7 meters forward, backward, left, and right. Not only that, the perception circle also spread above his head and beneath his feet, though the sensitivity for underground detection was lower.
The Instinct ability was like an invisible sphere enveloping Su Xiao. As long as he kept Instinct activated, he wouldn't have to worry about being ambushed.
Su Xiao tried to cut off the mental link with the perception circle. This wasn't closing the perception circle, but letting it function automatically. When he distributed his mental energy within the perception circle, the mental consumption was considerable.
Su Xiao's subjective perception of his surroundings disappeared. Just then, a black cloth strip flew toward him. Almost without thinking, he sidestepped to dodge.
As his body made the evasive movement, Su Xiao's eyes lit up. It wasn't that he consciously controlled his body to move, but that the perception net had detected something incoming, and he moved subconsciously. This was like when a finger is pricked by a needle—regardless of subjective consciousness, the hand would retract due to the sting.
Instinct worked on a similar principle. Instinct compressed Su Xiao's basic perception to an extremely high concentration and synchronized this compressed perception with his body.
Except during combat, Su Xiao wouldn't focus his attention on the Instinct perception circle. It was different when fighting an enemy—then he would divert some of his attention to the perception circle. Compared to the mental energy consumed by basic perception, this consumption was negligible.
After understanding the general effect of Instinct, Su Xiao became very interested in the "perception intensity" within the Instinct skill. This should be the sharpness of perception—the higher the sharpness, the earlier he could make evasive movements.
When perception intensity reached 20 points, he could dodge the moment an attack entered the perception circle. When perception intensity exceeded 50 points, he could make attacks appear in slow motion within his perception, allowing him to adopt more appropriate countermeasures.
As for perception intensity reaching 100 points, this effect was somewhat exaggerated—being able to predict an enemy's attack 0.24 seconds in advance. In other words, the moment the enemy's attack was launched, Su Xiao had already predicted it.
The effect of perception intensity reaching 200 points was even more unimaginable—it would reach the level of predicting the future, even if only for an instant.
Even if it was just an instant, that was still predicting the future. From this perspective, Instinct had great development potential.
However, Instinct couldn't be upgraded within the Paradise, which somewhat limited its growth rate.
The reason it couldn't be upgraded within Reincarnation Paradise was due to Instinct's special nature. It could be imagined that Su Xiao would keep Instinct activated around the clock from now on. While he had Instinct activated, he was actually training Instinct and perception constantly. This skill would improve based on how long it was activated, and basic perception would also improve alongside it.
Or rather, Instinct didn't need to be upgraded within Reincarnation Paradise at all—that would only waste resources. In daily life, Su Xiao could improve Instinct on his own, and in life-or-death battles, the improvement rate of Instinct would double.
Sha had accepted one Soul Crystal (Medium) from Su Xiao, which meant she would help him improve Instinct using her own experience.
"What do I do next?"
Su Xiao was curious about how Sha would help him raise his Instinct level. Continue dodging attacks with his eyes blindfolded? That probably wouldn't be very effective.
"Take this."
Sha pulled out a notebook from somewhere. The cover of the notebook was already tattered.
Su Xiao caught the notebook but received no prompt, indicating this wasn't a skill scroll or similar item. He opened the notebook. The first page had a twisted human figure drawn on it, with a circle around the figure and lines of small text annotated inside the circle.
'The perception circle's main function is early warning. After dodging an attack, immediately use subjective consciousness to determine the enemy's position.'
'When the perception circle contracts, perception intensity increases slightly. The effect is not obvious.'
'Tried standing under a waterfall. Ultimately didn't help train Beast Instinct.'
'Getting struck by lightning also couldn't train it, and I almost died.'
'Rainy days slightly weaken Beast Instinct. After getting used to it, the weakening disappears.'
'Beware of attacks from underground. The perception circle's sensitivity to underground is not sharp. Soil and air are different—soil has higher density.'
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Su Xiao flipped through the notebook. It contained Sha's summaries on Beast Instinct. In Su Xiao's case, Beast Instinct was named Instinct, and this ability had nothing to do with beasts.
The notebook had dozens of pages, recording Sha's exploration and development of Instinct, including many creative usage methods.
Undoubtedly, this thing was quite useful for improving Instinct—at least it would help Su Xiao quickly understand how to use Instinct in combat. But Sha's drawings and handwriting were just too damn ugly. Even with Su Xiao's judgment, some characters required guessing.
"You wrote this?"
"What about it?"
"Did you draw the latter half with your feet?"
Su Xiao was struggling to identify a line of small text.
"No, I drew it using Beast Instinct."
Sha held a peanut between her two fingers. With a crack, the peanut shell shattered, and the kernel inside floated up and flew into Sha's mouth.
"Instinct can affect physical objects?"
Su Xiao was somewhat puzzled. His Instinct didn't have this ability.
"Mine can affect things. Yours probably can't. After everyone masters Beast Instinct, they develop corresponding characteristics. My characteristic is persistence, which is like this."
Sha's pupils slightly widened, and an invisible wave spread.
After this wave enveloped Su Xiao, he sensed that this was a condensed, tangible perception force. The surrounding air became viscous, as if he were trapped in a swamp.
"What your characteristic is remains unknown for now. When you develop Instinct to a certain level, you'll naturally understand."
Sha chewed the peanut in her mouth and scratched her head.
"Overall, the final development direction of Instinct is influenced by personality, combat style, acquired environment, and such. That's about it. Transaction complete."
Sha didn't directly help Su Xiao improve Beast Instinct. She couldn't do that at all. She had only given him her personal summarized experience—that notebook.
Su Xiao knew what the development direction of his Instinct would be. If his Instinct reached Sha's level, he could predict the future by 0.23 to 0.51 seconds. This ability wouldn't help him explore derivative worlds, but it would be very useful in combat.
This was a powerful, almost perverse ability. It could be imagined that after Su Xiao awakened this ability, it would certainly have some limitations, such as cooldown time or high consumption.
But for predicting the future, no matter how high the consumption, it was worth it. However, for Su Xiao, who only had a perception intensity of 20 points, reaching 200 points was still a very, very long way off.