Chapter 59 - 59 : Sacred Soul Steal (1/2)
As Leiu's incomplete corpse fell on the ground, Anastassia stood there dazed for a couple of seconds, she knew Arthur could kill the Grand Elder, but that previous attack was most certainly not from him but from Lucy, her hand motion was sure.
What truly shocked her is not that Lucy attacked but is that she freaking one-shotted Leiu, and a couple of days ago, she didn't seem this strong, that's for sure.
The corpse of Leiu was still melting, but after some time, Lucy stopped the magma from spreading further, after all, that was a harvest for Arthur.
”Ehh! Fierce! Fierce! That's my wife, ha ha ha”
Arthur complimented Lucy while patting her head and enjoying her soft hair, he couldn't feel more proud, Leiu was absolutely insta-killed by that magma attack, he didn't expect her to attack but he didn't mind that, it actually made him feel happy to see his woman show her power.
He then turned his head to look at the still dazed Anastassia and laughingly said
”Ha ha ha, well, I guess you don't mind one more victim? Ha ha ha, I'm sure you don't”
'One more victim? He's the goddam Grand Elder!' Although she thought that, she didn't openly express it, albeit Leiu being a Grand Elder, him dying is a good thing for the clan, now she can unite the two areas and take control of the remaining Elders from the male area, they wouldn't dare oppose when they hear the news.
As she was thinking about this, she saw Arthur store the two bodies, he then returned to the bench and sat with Lucy as if nothing happened, he was humming and smiling brightly, maybe because he killed that young master? Who knows, Anastassia didn't object to him taking the bodies as she can tell the others his body his gone, what she was curious about is why he did that?
If he wanted the storage ring he could've retrieved that alone, so why did he took the corpse?
She was very curious but she didn't dare ask, she turned around and returned from where she came from.
After checking the surroundings with [Sixth Sense] and confirming there was no one around, Arthur took out the two bodies and possessed them quickly, then he used [Death Touch] on them, completely absorbing them.
A lot of information was added to his head, unfortunately, no system was present now, however, that didn't mean what skills and techniques were added.
Leiu was also in the Spirit Realm, and by the feeling of immense power he gained, he was sure that old man was strong, very strong, it's a shame Lucy's magma was stronger.
By the way, the Realms from low to high are respectively, Mortal Realm=> Spirit Realm=>Heavenly Realm=> Deity Realm=> Immortal Realm=> Divine Realm=> Godlike Realm.
Anastassia said that her master was in the Heavenly Realm and he was very strong, she couldn't even last a second against him, she didn't know how one can break through from the spirit Realm to the next one so there were some unanswered questions in his mind.
Arthur was surprised to see a lot of new skills, it seems the Grand Elder some weird techniques, but a lot of them caught his attention, especially one technique named 'Sacred Soul Steal'
It is similar to [Death Touch] but instead of absorbing the body, it steals the soul of the victim and fuse it with one's own soul, it was somewhat dangerous as if the corpse's soul is stronger than the user, then he will receive heavy backlash and in some cases even death.
Furthermore, using the skill would bring the evil spirits of the corpse you stole their souls, they would come from the underworld and torment you.
Arthur wasn't particularly worried about that, he was a necromancer and he had Zodiak's knowledge, something like tormenting evil spirits are nothing to him, heck! With a flick of his hand, he can make them disappear.
Not long ago, he discovered he could summon more amazing undead such as Death Knights and wraiths, the former was a dark armored horrifying knight riding a huge black horse, he emanated a strong death aura and looked particularly creepy, as for the wraiths, they were transparent and looked disgusting, they were not that strong but they were good at scouting.
Arthur felt so depressed when he thought back on when he absorbed Leiu's corpse if he stole his soul first it would have been much better.
The old man also had 4 techniques to clear 4 Acupoints in the chest, so he used them on Lucy and himself immediately and as he did that, he was surprised yet overjoyed to hear the familiar sound
'TING'
System installation complete...Rebooting..
.....Reboot complete, System 1.2 is functioning properly..
Congratulations! You have entered the Spirit Realm!
Congratulations! You have entered the Heavenly Realm!
Congratulations! You cleared the Acupoints : Kisha, Reikyo, Kyo-in, Kyosen : Effect : +20% Defense, +50% Mental power.
Due to reaching Spirit Realm! You gained +100.000 to all stats
You can now evolve due to reaching LVL1000:
⚫ Adult Humanoid Parasite : An evolved form to 'Humanoid Parasite', you will be able to possess plants and all other possible beings, you will gain 115% of their stats, you would be able to possess any being with weaker soul power than you and stay dormant there, without disturbing the host.
⚫ ARK Human : A lot race from long ago, almost all records of it have been deleted, it was known to be one of the most powerful races, apart from that, all information on the race is unknown.
The notifications didn't stop until 10 minutes after the first one, it informed him of the skills he got from Leiu, the Elders he previously killed and so on, especially that 'level up' it was annoying as hell.
He was a bit surprised but delighted it was a normal system this time, also, it said he was in the heavenly realm which astonished him, he didn't even know how he reached it or what the required conditions are, nonetheless, he reached so he didn't think much of it right now, what interested him more is the evolution.
He was wondering why he didn't evolve since forever, but here it is again, finally, although the ARK Human seemed mysterious and powerful, for him, being a parasite is still better than that, but that only his opinion as in a mere year or so, he became this powerful while it would take others decades.
Without much hesitation, he chose the Adult Humanoid Parasite and clicked 'yes', just as he did that, he body began burning intensely while his left eye began bleeding.
Lucy saw this and began to feel anxious, she knew he was evolving, but last time the pain was agonizing so this one would be too, but she hoped that it would not be like last time.
The pain was not much for him, he endured as he held Lucy's hands and sat on the chair, and after half an hour, it finally stopped.
Nothing seemed different in his appearance apart from his left eye, which turned from blood red to grey color.
Congratulations! You have evolved into Dark ARK Parasite!
'What!? What is this..'
You have gained a new skill(passive) : [ARK] : available at Divine Realm
Your stats have improved due to the evolution, please check your status window for more details.
As a Dark ARK Parasite: you can now possess living being without controlling them, if you stay a sufficient amount of time, you can steal all the host's stats which would kill him, you can also stay dormant there observing the host.
The innate skill of parasite [Swift] has evolved to [S-Speed] : Your speed is now higher than other being, +1200% agility (AN: Previously, it was +600%, just so you know)
The thing that irritated Arthur the most is that he needed the System to evolve, or else he would have done it ages ago, it's such a shame but that how things work, unfortunately.
As he reassured Lucy and gave her a kiss, he opened his status window to check his stats and so on.
TITLE : MEAT GRINDER / SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE / ONE WITH THE SWORD / ARK???
Level: ???? Class: Dark ARK Parasite
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Realm : Heavenly
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Strength: 6.7m
Intelligence: 5.9m
Agility:10.4m
Wisdom: 5.7m
Vitality: 5.3m
Dexterity:5.1m
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Health 5.6m Health Regen 3405/s
Mana 5.5m Mana Regen 7994/s
Stamina infinite Stamina Regen ????
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Creation : 10
Attack: 6.0m Defense: 5.6m
Magic defense : 2.9m