Chapter 244: Crust-Mantle (2/2)

They were solitary creatures, lacking both wisdom and a Trait of their own. So, they weren't classified as a threat. Due to their low intelligence, hardly any Crust-Mantle managed to break into Tier 4, not to mention higher Tiers.

Also, the Skills they Nurtured were really weak as compared to other Frenzy Beasts. Their Tier 3 and Tier 4 Skills were useless and served no practical value. Based on what he had browsed through the Portal and the classes he had attended, Crust-Mantles were weak.

They possessed tough but rigid bodies. Despite their brute power, due to a lack of flexibility, they were prey to other Frenzy Beasts. Their senses were also dull. But, since they primarily lived underground, they managed to survive. While on their topic, the teacher in charge of the class warned that many things about the Crust-Mantles were still a mystery. So, it wasn't wise to underestimate them.

'But, the Crust-Mantles are a new Frenzy Beast race. That means they had evolved due to the Frenzy Parasite to become a stronger race. I wonder what secrets it possesses.' Jyorta thought, seeing the hole near its tail. It had emerged from the ground by burrowing through the path.

Jyorta inched towards it, unwilling to alert it. As he had been in the same area for a considerable time, his aura had permeated through the entire place, making his foes unable to pinpoint the source. That was why he was still safe.

The ambient light faintly flickered, thanks to the trembling of the Two-Faced Fireflies. Jyorta tiptoed around the boulders, taking measures to not fall into its line of sight. Despite possessing three pairs of eyes, the Crust-Mantle had a lot of blind spots. It was due to its eye's limited sight and its inability to see most of the visible light spectrum. As for the spectrum beyond the visible light, it couldn't see them either.

Jyorta arrived within four metres of it, deciding to stop. He watched it eat the carcass of the Spiked Lizard he had killed first, noticing the spindle lodged in its jaws be crushed easily. Bone and flesh were both crushed the same, displaying its immense jaw strength.

He first wanted to find out the limits of his Esper capabilities, planning to use his powers of the soul later. But, curiosity got the better of him now. The Crust-Mantle before him was at the peak of Tier 2, possessing a staggering Sync Rate of 86 percent. He dared not imagine how much it possessed at Tier 1.

Just the fact of its high Sync Rate alone made it a good target, not to mention it belonging to a new Frenzy Beast race, about which very little was known. Without any commotion, Jyorta took in the view of his blue soul, watching his surroundings turn dark.

There was his blue soul, the same as always. Hovering next to it was his subsoul, within which a perpetual battle between two egos continued. There were two souls in his range, to his front, conforming to the Crust-Mantle.

He noticed the embers of a soul dissipate in its mouth. Judging by what he felt, he determined it to be the soul of the Spiked Lizard's Frenzy Parasite. There were the emotions of hunger washing over to his blue soul, accompanied by gas-like murkiness.

The soul of the Crust-Mantle was abnormally large for an Amplifier. It was almost half his blue soul's size. Considering its lack of wisdom, it shouldn't have had such a size. As he pondered, Jyorta glanced at the soul of its Frenzy Parasite, which hovered somewhere around the middle of its 8th segment.

It was a tiny wisp, surrounded by faint murkiness. His two Soul Corneas flashed around it, converting it into his subsoul within a second. After exerting its influence, it vaporised the murkiness surrounding the wisp, also extracting the memory fragments within.

As the blue soul absorbed the memory fragments, it sent a couple of memories to his brain, allowing them to be processed. At the next moment, Jyorta frowned, his expression morphing into one of shock.

His eyes widened, experiencing a scare. Within the blue soul, the Hoberman sphere was stirred into activity. His two Soul Corneas pierced through the murkiness of the Crust-Mantle's soul, exerting their influence, starting to vaporise all the murkiness.

One Soul Cornea enlarged in size, allowing the Hoberman sphere to travel through it. Finally, when it arrived at its end, the Soul Cornea shot it into the depth of the murkiness, aiming at the soul hidden within.

Jyorta wiped the sweat covering his forehead, anticipating its effects, all the while frowning, his expression was solemn.