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Chapter 23 - Life Spark

"Hmm, what's this?"

"[ANALYZE]!"

[Low Quality Life Spark] - The low quality life spark of a weak monster.

Type: Crafting Material.

Grade: Common

"Interesting, what's a Life Spark?"

Sitting down Salvatore opened his codex and began to search the index for the prevalent chapter. Two pages in he found the correct chapter, 111 "The Origin Of Life Sparks." Selecting the chapter he began to read widening his eyes in astonishment at the information he found.

According to the codex all beings in the Starverse possess a Life Spark, which is the crystallized culmination of their existences essence. From the moment a being takes its first breath of life it will form its Life Spark.

The Life Spark is incredibly fragile in the early stages of life and has a 99% chance of being destroyed upon the death of a being below level 100. Once a being manages to break through the 99th level bottleneck to level 100 their Life Spark will undergo a qualitative change having finally reached a stable mature state causing the Life Spark to solidifying into its given shape.

Life sparks come in many shapes and sizes which are determined by the Class and type of being they originate from. Before level 100 all Life Sparks are shaped like a sliver of crystal with the only visual differentiating characteristics being size, intensity of aura, and color based upon the elemental affinity of the being it originates from.

It also mentioned that although there is a less than 1% chance of a Life Spark successfully being extracted from a being that has yet to breakthrough to level 100, that it still does occur. Also that a Life Spark which is successfully extracted will instantly harden upon contacting the atmosphere and become completely indestructible.

Finally it says that all Life Sparks sell for a high price since they are quite rare in Goldstar and can be used by magic item craftsmen to make useful magical items such as powerful weapons and armor.

"Interesting, based on what the codex says this Life Spark must be a rare drop since this came from a mere level 3 red berry rabbit. Hmm....I better put this somewhere safe."

Just as he was about to place the Life Spark into his [Spatial Storage] the wind suddenly changed direction causing him to notice a fragrant sugary aroma. This smell was strong enough that even with his pathetically weak sense of smell he was able to easily notice it.

Following his nose so to speak he quickly realized the smell originated from the reddish spark in his hand. Bringing it close to his nose he carefully smelled it with a cautious "sniff".

"Interesting,... rock candy?"

"Why does this Life Spark exuded the distinct odor of strawberry flavored rock candy?"

His curiosity peaked, he tentatively placed the strawberry smelling reddish Life Spark into his mouth. Instantly the Life Spark began to melt like ice-cream in the midst of the hottest summer sun, and the flavor of this sugary nectar of the gods was of the finest strawberry flavored candy he had ever had the privilege to partake of. This divine delicacy caused all of his taste buds to surge with utter delight, yet after a few crunchy bites the spark was far too quickly wholly consumed.

As the last of the flavor dissipated from his mouth Salvatore suddenly felt a gush of heat from the center of his chest which quickly began to grow hotter and hotter.

As the heat swiftly spread throughout his body it began to reach unbelievably high temperatures that were so hot that the water in his body began to evaporate causing steam to emit from his skin.

As all of the veins in his arms and legs became visible, swelling and writhing like angry snakes he struggled to remain conscious.

As the heat rose to an even higher level he suddenly felt a shattering sensation throughout his body, as though his body had broken free of some unknown bonds which limited his potential, followed by a refreshing cooling sensation that flowed to every inch of his body, soothing and repairing any internal damaged he had received.

As the waves of cool healing silently did its job Salvatore relaxed, reveling in the feeling of complete comfort until suddenly he heard a loud string of rings as though he had won a grand lottery.

"DING!"

"DING!"

"DING!"

[System Notification: Hidden Requirement [Digest a Life Spark] Completed.]

[System Notification: Class Secret Skills [Life Spark Series] Unlocked.]

[Spark Assimilation] - Consume life sparks orally in order to instantly refine and assimilate them completely.

[Spark Extraction] - Extract life sparks from remains, requires contact with extraction target.

[Spark Duplication] - Duplicate extracted life sparks.