I wake up early in the morning with a hungry stomach. Yesterday, I fall asleep without dinner, no, the more correctly, I have fainted all night after upgrading my eyes ability. I been forced to rest while installing a new power up ability, so my mind condition now feel so refreshing today. I want to continue my killing spree today and massacre all bao bao monsters until I satisfied with my level. I am targeting to achieve level 15 today. It's not that easy to level up like yesterday. I checked my status and surprise with new information on it : a combat power.
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Name : Khai
Age : 16
Occupation : Brawler
HP : 210/210 MP : 110/110 SP : 1100/1100
Level : 10/#
Experience : 50/200
Combat Power : 570
Skill
Fighting Skill Lv 5
Dark Magic Lv 1
1. Space Magic
(4 skill point)
Ability
Levelling (UR)
Language Comprehension (SR)
Eyes of Judgement (SR)
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I can't help but to feel that combat power more way sounds like a game status. No, the status itself is so much like game. My eyes ability upgraded from the Eyes of Truth into the Eyes of Judgement. I don't know if these eyes is so overpowered (OP) ability, but the rank of the skill is Super Rare (SR). So, I don't think that this skill were useless or anything like that. I'm so curious about combat power, so I tried to use it to scout other status. Don't tell me that others have combat power like "it's over 90,000!!" or something.
This is the result of my observation on the way to the canteen.
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Normal people (without martial prowess)
CP : 5 to 10.
Below one star student (outer pupil) (level one to nine)
CP : 50 to 199
One star pupil and above. (inner pupil) (level ten to fifteen)
CP : 200 to 450
Well, looks like my combat power is quite a good one here, especially for my level. I want to scout the combat power of the teachers or the elders, but I couldn't find any of them in this morning at all. I give up and continue my walk to fill my empty stomach. When I arrive at the canteen, I found the protagonist and his swear brother, eating together with happy mood. They still not aware of my arrival as I just walking in without greeted them. I used my ability to find out the status of their combat power.
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Name : Wu Chen (protagonist)
Age : 16
Occupation : Martial Students
CP : 313
Level : Middle Zero Star (5/100)
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What the heck is going on with him. A protagonist tag written beside his name, lol. His combat power is quite high for his level. Damn you protagonist, the special human whom will always defeat the vilian which is much higher level than the protagonist, with his absurd power. That is usual things in the Wuxia world. If he managed to level up as same as me, he surely can beat me without dropping a sweat. I don't know how or why but he must gotten plenty of triump cards on his sleeve if we getting in fight.
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Name : Bu Er (friendly)
Age : 16
Occupation : Martial Students
CP : 57
Level : Lower Zero Star (3/100)
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Weak, too weak! Well, I suppose that the protagonist will help his brother to gain power after all. He will eventually became the protector to his friends and fight together against the enemies. While I lost on my thoughts, Chen call my name from his table.
"Here, Mr. Khai. Please join us!"
"Thanks, Chen. No need to call me Mister. Just called me Khai..."
"But you are honored guest here. Patriarch Xu asked us to welcome you as our special guest." Said Bu Er. I just smile with his nonchalant statement of me. It's excessive title for me as simple person. Well, I guess with my skill now, I quite special.
"I can feel your aura getting stronger, Chen..." I asked Wu Chen to avoid the matter about me.
"Just little improvement on my level now. I just reached zero star middle level, with the help of my luck."
"But you much stronger than normal one star pupil, right?"
"I can't fool you, Mr. Khai. As you said, I have met with someone special and help me with that matter." What a cliche storyline, you damn protagonist. I guess he met some ancestors that most powerful, but only can depend on the protagonist to revive back. Hmm, let me see....
"Do that person relate to your necklace that holds your ring?"
"!!!" Chen face change, but quickly recover.
"Mr. Khai so knowledgeable about that..."
"Nope, just a guess. Not everyone hold that kind of ring, right? He must given the ring to your."
"Ye-yeah, you right." I guess the spirit living in his ring, huh? What a typical story. I guess his master must given him some medicine or pill to power up.
"By the way, how your hunting yesterday? You said that you want to kill some monsters. The Bao bao not worthy of your opponent, you know sir?"
"Ney, I still get some harvest there, see?" I take out my monster cores that I collected yesterday. I put those core in the plastic bag that I brought together with me when I spirited away to this world. By the way, I left my bicycle behind before travel through the jungle at that night. I hide it inside the hole of the tree in the middle of jungle. I can't ride the bike because the surface of the land there is full of tree roots and easily tangled by small plants. So I have no choice but to walk through into jungle. I hope that my bike will still there.
"Wow, a normal elemental stone!" Said Chen, excited with the cores.
"Wait, what?"
"You can use that to refine pills and other medicines. You also can use it for strengthen your spirit abilities. The great things are your elemental stone can upgrade all kinds of elemental spirit, even the rare dark or light element!" Chen explain to me like a teacher. But his face show some weird expression.
"You don't know it, sir?" Bu Er asked me. Ah, no wonder he showed me that kind of face. This is a common sense in this world for martial practitioner.
"Well, I'm not actually a martial practitioner, so my knowledge quite poor in this area."
"But, you are the guest of our patriarch, right?" Chen seems to believe that I am a great person or something.
"Yes, but It's not a permanent thing. In one week, the patriarch will test my ability, and if I failed to impress him, I will kicked out from this temple."
"I'm sorry to hear that..." Said Bu Er.
"Don't worry about it. By the way, I'm so hungry. Please excuse me for moment."
"Let me help you with that." Bu Er get up and quickly went to the food counter to fetch my breakfast.
"I can help you out with the test." Said Chen. Yes, I waited that words. That is an advantage to the people who get closer to the protagonist. He will try to help you out.
"How?" I pretend to be surprised.
"You just give me the elemental stone, I will refine a pill or two for you. I promise."
"Oh, but I don't have any money to pay for the pills?"
"Don't worry about it. I really thankful to you for helping me with bullies. Because your status as patriarch guest, I doesn't met any problem with that mean persons since our encounter yesterday. But, can I have the remaining of the stones after I refine your pill? It helped a lot if you allowed it."
"Of course you can. I wonder if I farm the stones again, can I sell it for money?"
"Yeah, sure. I will show you the shop that by it!"
"Your food, sir!" When Chen finished his answers, Bu Er arrive with my food and I didn't waste my time to eat it with joy. Can't fight with empty stomach, they said.
While eating, I asked Chen about elemental and spirit abilities. He said the elemental thing is the magical ability that can be used by the practitioner which depends on the user element. There are seven elements of magic, one of it is the popular in this temple, which is fire magic. The opposite side of it, the water magic, which arcnemesis with this temple. The earth magic is well known by it's defensive art skill, which mostly popular with the darwf clans. There also exists the wind magic, mostly practiced by the elves tribe and fairy families. The most powerful offensive attack, the thunder magic, but unfortunately it's have the least amount of practitioners because of it's rarity and there is no specific school or temple that teach pupil with these art. The art itself almost extinct in this world.
The most respected and revert element, the light magic commonly used by the priest and monk for healing art. The light magic also have it's own offensive attack, which used by holy knights and paladins that been under the church. The last element which always relate to the evil, the dark magic, used by witch, warlock and dark sorcerer. They always been antagonize by the church, and hardly appear in the public. They secretly train their magic heiress in the dark temple or hidden villages.
As for Spiritual Ability, each of practitioners have a circle of ten rings on them, and they can power up each of their rings by absorbing the soul of the powerful monster. Each ring can only absorb one and the ability will unlock when you rise up the star levels. For me, each 10 level, I get open one ring and absorbing monster soul to power up me. The explanation took me so long to understand it, but it so worth it. Chen advise me to carefully pick the monster soul, as you cannot change it after absorbing in the ring. He recommended me to look for an old aged monster soul to absorb. After the talk, we separated our way and Chen promised to give my pills by tomorrow at earliest. I only asked him to take his time and not to overdo it.
I have few skill points and with the discussion, I really need to consider lots of thing. Luckily I don't upgrade my dark magic until it's limit. I decided to go straight to Bao Garden, as you expected, to massacre the Bao bao monsters like yesterday. Before that, I tried to learn new skill, and I decided to go with the temple choice. First, a spiritual ability. Then, a fire magic. I also picked light magic, that give me 'heal' skill.
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Name : Khai
Age : 16
Occupation : Brawler
HP : 210/210 MP : 110/110 SP : 1100/1100
Level : 10/#
Experience : 50/200
Combat Power : 870
Skill
Fighting Skill Lv 5
Fire Magic Lv 1
1. Fire Fist
Dark Magic Lv 1
1. Space Magic
Light Magic Lv 1
1. Heal
Spiritual Ability Lv 2
( 0 skill point)
Ability
Levelling (UR)
Language Comprehension (SR)
Eyes of Judgement (SR)
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Oh, my combat power increasing after I learned some skill. When I learned the spiritual ability, suddenly the message appear on my sight.
[First Spirit Ring Unlocked. Please hunt the monster soul to absorb into it.]
Wow, it's killing time! Ah, I remembered the game that I played which focusing about the monster that living in the ball. In that game, I tried to hunt the electric rat, which the most popular monster and kill lots of innocent caterpillar in process without any guilty feeling. The worst is, I burn all of it using the fire split by my dinosaur like pet monster's. I want to reach level 15 by today so I will work hard today.
While I doing that, I getting a lot of notifications, that appear from my killing:
[Bao bao soul (Common) available, want to absorb it?]
Nope. No way I will absorb the weak one.
[Bao bao soul (Uncommon) available, want to absorb it?]
Oh, once in hundred kills, I get this kind notification. But nope, sorry and just die.
[Bao bao soul (Rare) available, want to absorb it?]
Well, that a rare one, but nope. I won't do that.
[Bao bao soul (Super Rare) available, want to absorb it?]
Oh, a SR one. Still nope. Please be patient, me. Don't be tempted by that!
After reaching level 15, the day already became evening as I lost in time farming experience points. I so into it because of fire magic that I used to attack the monsters. My fire fist is so cool as I felt that I am the older brother of the future pirate king, as I shouted "Hiken!" each time I used my power. Well, my chuuni element getting off my head, tee hee. I checked my status and learn more skill.
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Name : Khai
Age : 16
Occupation : Brawler
Level : 15/#
Experience : 77/600
Combat Power : 1471
Skill
Fighting Skill Lv 5
Fire Magic Lv 1
1. Fire Fist
Water Magic Lv 1
1. Water ball
Earth Magic Lv 1
1. Earth wall
Wind Magic Lv 1
1. Wind step
Thunder Magic Lv 1
1. Stunner Palm
Dark Magic Lv 1
1. Space Magic
Light Magic Lv 1
1. Heal
Spiritual Ability Lv 2
Magical Unity Lv 1
( 0 skill point)
Ability
Levelling (UR)
Language Comprehension (SR)
Eyes of Judgement (SR)
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I have to learn all kind of magic elements, so I will avoid people attention about my dark magic because I'm a special one. Oh, if you wonder why I have magical unity, well that's because I wish to combine my magic elements, so my power became more powerful. Suddenly the notification appear about this skill, I don't hesitate to pick this wonderful skill. While I enjoyed my time with upgrading my status, suddenly I felt a weird feeling coming from the area of Bao Garden. The crack suddenly appear in the air, and become more bigger and bigger. It's become a big dark hole. I prepare myself to fight it. But, what appear from the hole is a weird bao bao monster, a little bigger from it's kind.
"Let me try my magic unity, fire, earth and thunder; Comet Fist!" My punch go straight to the monster, but it couldn't avoid the attack because the punch is so fast, even I don't expect it to be like that. It's died with only one punch, just like a special move from the story about a bald hero.
[Bao bao soul (Ultra Rare) available, want to absorb it?]
Oh, a jackpot! But should I absorb it? That monster is the weakest one after all, but it reached the UR rank, which is one in lifetime chances that given to me. Well, I got 9 more ring to absorb other monster, so I don't think it's a waste to try it.
"Absorb!"
[Absorbing the soul, need to rest for 10 hours. Please go to safest place to absorb it]
"Damn!" I hasten my steps to my room and change clean cloth that prepared by the temple. After that, I opened my futon, and sleep on it.
[Loading..... Begin the absorbing procedure....]
Like yesterday, I pass out without I realized it until next morning. I miss also my dinner on the process.