32 Testing the limits (1/2)
The encounter felt like a second, when he saw the Evolved Predator Tiger before he was scared stiff, just by its presence alone he could tell the difference.
The Great Serpent gave no less of a pressure when he felt it, the instinct of a beast in danger.
Unlike him, Kirin was already prepared for the fight, without hesitation in striking his weak point.
While he was planning his attack when it emerged, Kirin was executing his kill when he first sensed it emerging its head on the ground.
He was planning to kill it after finding out there was only one of it, but Kirin already took the lead after he confirmed it.
...Now he knew why most main characters pause when they see a villain does a transformation phrase, he felt like when he was watching dragon balls, waiting for a goddamn seven episode for Goku to use his gigantic Kamenamehan!
If this was a game, he would strike the enemy when it was charging an attack, but he stood like an open target!!!!
He felt like such a noob!!!!!
He then gave a resolution to get use to being vigilant, since he can't rely on his familiars all the time, and he had to at least be capable or he would put his new life to shame!!!
”In any case, he sure moves fast as hell...”
When he was about to charge, Kirin did a quick dash and severed the neck, maybe it was the difference in stats.
”Your right master, he was fast, since he was focusing his Zen energy in his whole body.”
'Zen Energy can even do something like that...'
Thus Hilda lectured him on how Kirin was able to move in the speed of light.
Heavenly Beast are born with Zen energy, hence they have natural talent and senses on how to use it, like how the Great Tiger released an oppressive aura around it.
In Kirin's case he used it's Zen energy and focused on speed at that moment.
”You can even compare it to that cultivator with the hammer when he focused his energy to his hammer. All cultivators can do it, but the difference in energy is still present, so if master where to do it in your current level, you can only cover a thin layer like a veil and it would easily be ripped of if someone, in the higher Tiers, were to attack you would be covered in bruises.”
”Anything else I say is reference to an old master who came up with the theory. So don't be discouraged and try your best Master!!”
He didn't need to hear it from her but she was right, he has the knowledge but putting them to actual practice is another story.
Looking at Kirin, it was dragging the rest of the body on the ground, afterwards the sound of tearing flesh was heard, so he looked at its head but decided to not get the core inside the head.
'Since Kirin killed it, it belongs to him.'
He then tried to looked through the damaged lands to look for his kills, but with the continuous thunder strikes most of them are burned, so he can only salvage the cores, which numbered over forty to fifty.
Pondering on what to do, he used his skill and he checked all his options.
[Name: Stigma Falsus
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skill:
Essence Reader(III) 45%, Poltergeist (III) (1) 60%, Soul Eater (IV) 50%,Taboo(III) 45%
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Current Souls Absorbed: Soul of Impurity, Wolf Soul, Snake Soul, Stag Soul, Bear Soul, Eagle Soul, Bull Soul, Boar Soul, Monkey Soul, Cheetah Soul, Rabbit Soul, Rat Soul, Goat Soul
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Pure Energy: 220%
Grudge Energy: 104%
Wrath Energy: 140%
Zen Energy: 260%
Fire Energy: 104%
Earth Energy: 103%
Water Energy: 20%
Light Energy: 4%
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Souls:Soul of Wrath
*Familiars:*
1. Dusk (1)
2. Brunhilda (1)
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Tiger Soul: 30%
Snake Soul: 80%
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Skills: Throwing (II) 29 %, Knife Mastery (II) 31%, Hunting (II) 21%
[Cooking, Farming, Hunting, Blacksmith, Glasswork, Masonry, Sewing, Calculation, Riding, Archery, Wood Carving, Animal Breeding, Herbalist, Pottery, Brewing, Dancing, Musician, Alchemy, Fishing, Penmanship, Butchering, Decipher, Spear Mastery, Ax Mastery,Wind Rush, Tracking]
Skill to learn: [YES] [NO]
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Essence Reader – (III) 5%
*A skill that allows to read the aura, after leveling up more information can be seen if user desires it*
Poltergeist – (III) 15%
*A skill that summons servants that obeys the user's absolute command, after each level abilities will be raised*
Soul Eater – (III) 10 %
*A skill that allows user to absorb foreign and atmospheric energy, after each level range of absorption will increase*
Taboo(III) 45%
*A skill that makes one release a aura of death, darkness will follow the user, instant death skill are ineffective to user but darkness skills used will be increased by 100%.
For know he would avoid using the Soul Eater skill, until he can individually extract the souls, then having them coming after him all at once.
On a side note, if he were to absorb all heavenly beast, he would have an easy time in fighting and might discover some revelation on how his abilities work.
He was also curious about some ideas that would work, if successful he can use it to make an artificial army, but he would need a lot of souls including materials to do it.
But if he were absorb every animal, it would leave behind a lot of incidents, the last one had been covered up with Wade taking the blame. But doing it repeatedly is announcing someone else is pulling the string, which he wanted to avoid since he had no organization to rely on.
Plus, he already had the snake soul, one would think that having a spare one would not be bad, but with his current dilemma in adjusting his new abilities, adding it would add more problems than benefits.
Looking at his pros and cons he decided to accumulate the souls first, then absorb it on a later date once he was enough power to backing him.
”Soul Eater!!!”
The souls started to appear out of tin air and started to swarm him like fishes, seconds later he heard a notification.
*BING!*
[Souls of the shrewd serpent have been absorbed, Soul of the Snake at 80%]
'So not all of them are strong, so most of them are Zero Tier', while some of them are 1st Tier and only a one 3rd Tier.'