Chapter 20: Sudden Crisis Between Life and Death (1)
[Ding! 1 Million Evolution Points have been successfully deducted.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host! Nix has successfully broken through to Diamond Rank Beast (Rank 6)]
Along with the two notifications continuously ringing in his mind, Cain watched Nix's body grow bigger at a fast speed.
At the same time as Nix had become stronger and bigger, he also felt the unknown energy start to pour into his body.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Nix roared excitedly as he became stronger once again.
A few seconds later, Nix's body stopped growing when it became approximately 9 meters tall and 27 meters long.
"Roar!"
Nix then roared once again as he felt extremely happy he could upgrade his rank three times in a day and spread his wings while flapping them vigorously, creating a gust of wind in the surroundings.
This time, Nix's wings had grown as wide as 45 meters long when they were fully spread.
Subsequently, Cain checked Nix's personal information, as it had already become his habit to see the progression every time someone became stronger.
[Race: Ice Dragon]
[Attributes: High-level Ice Element]
[Rank: Diamond Rank Beast]
[Qualification: Lord (Rank 7)]
[Skills: Ice Claw, Ice Spike, Ice Breath, Frost Armor]
[Strength]: 137,500
[Agility]: 125,000
[Health]: 150,000
[Sense]: 125,000
[Energy]: 157,500
[Frost Armor - Covers the body with a layer of icy armor, increasing its defense and making it harder to injure.]
Looking at Nix's stats that had increased significantly, Cain was pleased and immediately ordered the system to copy and integrate Nix's new skill.
Cain suddenly felt a surge of information rushed into his mind, and he suddenly understood how to utilize the skill that he just integrated.
Afterwards, Cain checked at his own personal information as he was also curious about his significant improvement in stats.
[Personal Information]
[Gacha Points: 30,800] [Evolution Points: 2,173,890]
[Name: Cain Frostbane]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Bloodline: 9-Tailed Heavenly Demon Fox]
[Attribute: Peak-level Dark Element, High-level Ice Element.]
[Beast Master Level: Diamond Rank Beast (Rank 6)]
[Contracted Beast: Ice Dragon (Diamond Rank Beast)]
[Talent: Wind Manipulation (SS Rank)]
[Skills: Dark Slash, Ice Claw, Ice Spike, Ice Breath, Frost Armor]
[Strength]: 68,751
[Agility]: 62,501
[Health]: 75,001
[Sense]: 62,501
[Energy]: 236,253
Cain felt delighted looking at his own stats that had a significant increase, as he got basically 50% feedback from Nix's stats.
Especially his energy stats that were definitely higher than awakeners who had just broken through to Lord Rank.
If he were to go all out and use his bloodline abilities, he would be even more confident in killing a GrandLord Rank Awakener, at least.
As for killing GrandLord Rank Beast, he didn't have confidence as beasts were statistically stronger than awakeners.
Thinking about the comparison of stats between humans and beasts, Cain suddenly remembered something and asked the system.
"System, if I'm not mistaken, shouldn't someone with a strong bloodline like mine have significantly better stats compared to a normal human without a bloodline? Why is it that only my energy stat has been enhanced?"
"Well, back then, your body was too weak to handle the blessing. It would've harmed you rather than benefitted you.
Now that your body is capable of bearing a fraction of your bloodline's blessing, would you like to receive it?" The system responded promptly to Cain's complaint.
"..."
Cain was speechless at the system, as it only helped him passively and cursed in his heart.
'Fck, do you even want to help me get stronger? If you were standing in front of me, I'd beat the crap out of you!'
"Host, you do realize I can hear your thoughts, right? Should I withhold the bloodline blessing then?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? I don't know what you mean. Anyway, just proceed with the blessing because I don't want to waste more time." Cain shrugged with a confused face, feigning innocence before ordering the system.
"Fine. Since you won't admit it, and I'm in a good mood, I'll help you receive the maximum benefit your body can handle at the moment."
Cain immediately became happy when he heard it. However, his happiness would soon turn into regret as the process to become stronger this time actually came with a price.
A few seconds later, Cain suddenly felt an unknown energy begin to stream throughout his entire body.
However, this time around, the energy was different with the energy that he had received whenever he became stronger as Beast Master.
"If you don't want to explode like a balloon, start absorbing and refining that energy immediately." System's voice rang into his mind as it reminded him when it saw that Cain didn't know what to do.
Listening to System's advice, Cain immediately tried to absorb the energy as fast as he could because every second that had passed, the entire blood in his body seemed like boiling as his body heat had become hotter and hotter.
Dante instantly noticed the abnormal temperature coming out of Cain's body and became worried.
"My Lord, what's happening?" Dante appeared in front of Cain and wanted to examine his body.
However, his hand immediately stopped and looked at his surroundings as he heard an unknown voice ringing in his mind.
Elara and Nix also noticed something was wrong with Cain when they heard Dante's voice. At once, they approached Cain together.
Nonetheless, they were stopped by Dante as he raised his right hand, signaling for them to not approach any further.
"Stop! Stay back!" Dante shouted as he raised his hand before tilting his head and looking at Nix with a worried face.
"Nix, you should feel the attraction from the lord's body, right?"
When Nix heard Dante's question, he then looked seriously at his master's body, whose body had started to become red and swelling, as if it might burst any second like a balloon popped out.
Nix then nodded his head seriously, as he indeed had become extremely attracted to his master's body for some reason.
'Fck, this isn't good. I hope I'm wrong.' Dante cursed in his heart as he had a bad hunch.
However, he thought that there's nothing wrong with preparing for the worst-case scenario. That's why he immediately informed Nix seriously.
"Nix, stay close to the Lord and be ready for battle. His condition might attract powerful beasts nearby. If any appear, I'll handle as many as I can. You'll need to deal with the rest." Dante instructed gravely.
He then distanced himself from Cain until their distance was around 100 meters.
Subsequently, he unleashed his murderous intent as well as his GrandLord Rank Awakener's power, hoping that this could scare away any beasts that might be attracted by his lord's body.
Unfortunately for Dante, his effort was futile. The beasts that were already attracted were still approaching Cain's location even after they felt Dante's murderous intent and power.
Because the beasts that were attracted were not ordinary beasts, they were the overlords of these mountains, who had reached GrandLord Rank Beasts.
There were even some desperate Peak-level Lord Rank Beasts that came because they either had no choice that this was their opportunity to break through into GrandLord Rank Beast or were just reckless enough as they were blinded by the attractiveness coming out of Cain's body.