"Go!" Aurelian yelled, eyeing the ten or so slis ahead as he issued a command to the blades hovering before him.
He needed more. Even while suppressing the agony, soul-wrenching pain still engulfed him. He needed more! He needed to kill, and he was going to do just that.
His eyes narrowed as he cast his advanced appraisal skill on them.
[Evolved Acidic Sli — Level 26]
[Rank: Common (E)]
[Weakness: Intense fire elental attacks, mana-coated attacks, soul-based attacks]
"Similar to the previous ones?" he groaned, shifting his attention as he watched his blades slice through the slis, leaving slashing marks spreading across their gelatinous fras.
"Now!" he breathed, recalling his blades and ordering them to rge midair. He had learned the hard way that evolved slis required more than a casual graze to kill, but his goal hadn’t been finishing them on the first strike.
A dark smile curved across his lips as the twin blades rested firmly in his grasp. The acidic slis froze in place, dazed, spacing out montarily.
An opportunity he didn’t miss. His figure blurred as he appeared before the first sli, watching its pale greenish, bubbly eyes widen in terror. Both blades drove deep into its slimy skin before twisting and pulling free. He moved on instantly, not waiting for the result. Behind him, a thud echoed as the first evolved sli collapsed lifelessly, its soul drifting into his blades—its energy soothing part of his pain.
And just like that, with a dark smile still etched across his face, his blades tore through the slis one by one. They died helplessly under his brutal assault. With each kill, the dark sheen coating the blades grew more nacing, faint outlines of runes surfacing and adding to their mystical allure. Aurelian paid them no mind. Only one goal burned at the back of his head: Kill!
He was about to pierce through the last sli when it snapped out of its daze. Acid swelled in its body, ready to spew, but Aurelian’s smile only widened. His figure vanished and reappeared before it, brutally ramming both blades into its torso. He ignored the sizzling sounds as the weapons fried its innards, his attention flicking to the notifications appearing before him.
[Level 26: 43,000/50,000]
"Not bad," he snickered, nodding at the significantly increased dungeon points from common-ranked beasts. Then again, it was to be expected of E-rank creatures.
Scanning the ground, he shook his head, a bit disappointed. Not a single piece of loot had dropped since he entered this dungeon. Did evolving beasts not drop loot? He snarled, issuing another ntal command. Every decision ca instinctively now, hardly requiring thought. The feedback from the devoured souls was becoming increasingly prominent.
"Devour!" he groaned, pain flaring in his chest. Fighting while his body collapsed wasn’t ideal, but there was no choice. With a sigh, he watched the spectral blades unrge and form a circular array over the beasts. A black hole swirled open at the center, sucking in the corpses.
A familiar notification followed.
[Ding! The Vortex of Doom has absorbed all the energy from the slain foes. Where do you wish to channel it? ]
"Attribute points," he said without hesitation. A shit-eating grin spread across his face as his unallocated attribute points jumped from 0 to 130.
"Now that’s what I’m talking about!" Aurelian smirked. His goal was becoming easier the deeper he ventured.
He paused, pulling up his supre records before voicing the distribution:
[ 32 Constitution | 26 Strength | 19 Intelligence | 37 Agility | 16 Willpower]
"Argh, fucking hell!" Aurelian yelled as waves of energy surged into him. Pain was nothing now—the bliss of his body growing stronger at such speed scratched an itch he hadn’t known existed. The collapse of his vessel had halted entirely. With just a little more, he’d be free of death’s grasp.
Even better, his Constitution, Strength, Agility, and Intelligence had all maxed out at 100, triggering his third supre record awakening.
Now, only Toughness, Willpower, and Charisma remained before full awakening.
"Hahahaha! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!" His laughter echoed, a sense of accomplishnt swelling in his chest.
More importantly, the strength surging inside him was explosive. With E-rank beings gaining an additional 15 attributes per level, his combat strength now eclipsed his peers entirely—and this was just the beginning.
Resisting the urge to go wild, he decided to test it. Raising one foot, he tapped the ground lightly.
The result was instant. Spiderweb cracks spread out across a ter around him. The sight only made him giddy.
"I can’t hold it anymore. Ti to test this properly." His figure blurred forward, leaving mirages as the ground behind shattered into rubble. The air scread in his wake.
"This is it. True power!" Aurelian breathed, crossing a hundred ters in a single heartbeat. He appeared before another target, his smile spreading dangerously as his advanced appraisal lit up.
[Evolved Acidic Sli — Level 31]
[Rank: Common (E)]
[Weakness: Intense fire elental attacks, mana-coated attacks, soul-based attacks]
Satisfied, he blinked in front of it. Before the sli could react, his fist drove into its torso, a shockwave rippling out behind him.
The horrendous sight unfolded instantly. The ten-ter sli was hurled into a dungeon wall. Its fra quivered, trying to absorb the blow, but cracks spread across its body before it burst apart with a sickening sound. The walls were painted blue with blood and chunks of sli flesh.
Aurelian lowered his hand, staring at it in disbelief. "I killed a level 31 beast with a single punch?"
By all standards, it was a preposterous feat for soone who had only recently evolved. But the carnage sprawled before him proved it undeniable.
What’s more, he had only used about half his strength.
"More. I need more." Aurelian’s smirk widened as he prepared to devour the corpse. But just then, a new notification blinked before him.
[Ding! The host’s mortal vessel has grown strong enough to house the infinite mana pathways! Full rging resud!]
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