RYUJIN TRAINED LIKE A MAN POSSESSED.
DAYS TURNED INTO WEEKS AS HE HUNTED ALONE, TARGETING ONLY F AND E-RANK GATES.
EVERY MONSTER HE KILLED… EVERY CORE HE ABSORBED… MADE HIM STRONGER.
STATUS:
LEVEL: 5 → 7 → 9
A HUNGER FOR POWER
HIS BODY WAS SHARPER, FASTER, DEADLIER.
SIMPLE MONSTERS WERE NO CHALLENGE ANYMORE.
HE BEGAN SEEKING STRONGER PREY, FIGHTING MULTIPLE E-RANK MONSTERS AT ONCE, PUSHING HIS LIMITS.
"JUST A LITTLE MORE… I NEED TO GET STRONGER… STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL THEM ALL…"
FINALLY, AFTER SLAUGHTERING A GROUP OF ARMORED BEASTS IN AN ISOLATED E-RANK GATE,
HIS STATUS SCREEN FLASHED.
DING! LEVEL UP!
LEVEL 10 REACHED!
THE NEW SKILL
A NEW NOTIFICATION APPEARED IN FRONT OF HIS EYES:
NEW SKILL ACQUIRED!
NAME: SHADOW MANIFESTATION (???)
EFFECT: MATERIALIZE PURE SHADOW ENERGY INTO WEAPONS OR CHAINS TO ATTACK OR RESTRAIN TARGETS.
RYUJIN STARED AT HIS HAND AS BLACK SMOKE POURED OUT OF HIS SKIN, FORMING A LONG, DARK CHAIN THAT WRAPPED AROUND A DEAD MONSTER'S BODY.
WITH A FLICK OF HIS WRIST, THE CHAIN SHATTERED THE CORPSE INTO PIECES.
"SO THIS IS MY POWER NOW…?"
HIS LIPS CURVED INTO A DARK SMILE.
A DARK PATH
BY THE TIME HE RETURNED TO HIS HIDEOUT, HIS STATUS WAS:
LEVEL: 10
STRENGTH: 45
AGILITY: 58
HEALTH: 720
MANA: 380
SKILLS:
ULTRA INSTINCT (???)
SHADOW MANIFESTATION (???)
RYUJIN SAT IN THE SHADOWS, HIS EYES GLOWING BLACK FOR A SECOND.
"I'M NOT THE SAME WEAK PERSON I WAS… BUT IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.
I NEED MORE POWER. UNTIL EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE GREEN SHIT GOBLINS IS DEAD."