Chapter 58 - Hunt [3]

Demon God Physique

The said to be inborn trait of the Demon Ancestor. Up until now, there had been a total of 5 inheritors of this physique. Without exception, each and every one of them became a legend in the Demon Race.

The demon that Lugh killed was supposed to be the sixth. In fact, not only does he have an EX+ Rank Guard, he also has many defensive treasures that was supposed to be activated in a life and death situation.

Thankfully, Lugh used his that has the power to cut through anything, invalidating any of them. That's why he killed him too easily. If he didn't use that, the demon even has an artifact that would teleport him to the core of the Demon,s Territory instantly.

Now that this trait had landed in Lugh's hands, it just served to strengthen him further. At LV1, it literally gave him the right to be the strongest among his Rank. When he uses the power of those runes, his attacks would be a minor realm above his current realm.

[Spend 5M EXP to level up [Demon God Physique] to level 2?]

"Continue."

[Upgrading..]

In an instant, the feeling that he got when he first acquired this trait appeared. His body felt hot, and he got the feeling that his entire body is being torn off and regenerated at the same time.

It felt as if he's getting stronger at every moment.

"Kuk.."

After half an hour, the transformation finished. Lugh went back to his original pale form. Now that he upgraded it, he felt a difference. Even though its strength enhancement had not risen that much, his resistance and affinity towards elements increased.

[Demon God Physique (LV2)]

-A physique acquired by a newborn of the Demon King.

-Gives the possessor a tough body and a good affinity towards energies.

-Gives the possessor a resistance to all types of attacks by 100%.

"Insane.. My resistance to all types of attacks went up by 20% in one level up? As expected of this trait.."

Lugh looked at his surroundings. Burnt trees, corpses of Snake-type Magical Beasts, and a huge winged snake littered the ground.

"SS- rank.. I hope their boss comes back."

Around the time he scouted the surroundings of Makid City, he found many gathering spots of the wild beasts. he saw that this place used to have an SS+ Rank as the strongest, but it was gone after he got here.

{Master, a SS+ Rank is coming to this place at its full speed. Time upon contact: 5 minutes.}

"Talk about luck.."

He was about to leave this place and go to his fourth gathering spot and end the day, but this guy appeared.

"How about.. I'll try fighting it without using ?"

If others heard of him, he would be treated as crazy. An S- Rank killing a SS+ Rank? That should've been impossible, but its now achievable thanks to his God-Ranked Gear, diverse God-Ranked Techniques, and his current Mental Realm.

"For now, I should upgrade Little Xue first. I'm sorry that it took me this long.."

{That's right! That's right! Hmph!}

"Eh? You're awake?"

{I'm not sleeping every time, you dummy!}

She seems to be sulking now. It was natural. her sister got an upgrade way earlier than her, plus the fact that she only got upgraded now.

"Im.. sorry."

Feeling guilty about it, Lugh just apologized.

{You.. Just repair me first next time.}

"Thank you.."

[Repairing will cost 10M EXP. Continue?]

"Continue."

A flow of pure energy appeared on Lugh's hands before getting absorbed by Little Xue. As he absorbs them, her aura gradually recovers. 3 minutes later, the flow of pure energy stopped.

{Mn.. This feels way better!}

As usual, she had this energetic kid's vibe on her. What's more, she seemed more energetic than before. Meanwhile, Lugh changed her back to her form to see her changes.

The usual vibe of this greatsword became different. Even though it looked quite the same as before, it now has the aura of an S+ Rank. Lugh feels like he can now use around 70% to 80% of Little Xue's devoured trait against SS+ Ranks and 50% to 60% of it against SSS+ Rank.

As for S+ Ranks.. He can let them fully taste the trait's 500% increased damage..

"Here it comes."

"ROARR!"

Sensing the death of his subordinates, the bigger winged snake growled at him from the distance.

"Even if he's a snake, he roars? As expected of a Wild Beast that has the dragon's blood."

Before clashing with it, Lugh first checked out its stats through his panel.

[White-Scaled Winged Serpent]

Rank: SS+

Latent Potential: SSS-

Strength: SS+

Agility: SS+

Stamina: SS+

Vessel: SS

Wisdom: SS-

Traits:

[Digestion (LV7)]

[Dragon Scales (LV7)]

[Petrification Breath (LV6)]

[Wind Control (LV6)]

[Poison Control (LV6)]

[Dragon Roar (LV6)]

[Jaw Enhancement (LV6)]

"Offense and defense.. He has them both."

Lugh quickly activated the [Entity Obfuscation] module before closing in to the winged serpent.

The winged serpent let out a bewildered gaze as the opponent that was right before his eyes disappeared all of a sudden.

This didn't last long, though. A greatsword pierced its right eye.

"GROWL!"

Lugh, who is now out of his stealth mode, quickly flew over behind the winged serpent. Moments later, it unleashed a gray breath.

"Petrification Breath.. I should be thankful that it's not the Petrification Gaze."

Without hesitation, he unleashed the , summoning 50 Sword Intent Blades on top of its head before falling down.

Sensing the attack, the winged serpent used its inborn trait, [Dragon Scales].

Clang!

Psk!

Some bounced off, some got through its defense.

"Grr!"

The winged serpent made a dive towards the ground in the hopes of shaking off Lugh who is behind its back.

As he fell down, the winged serpent used its [Wind Control] to create sharp winds that attacked Lugh.

Clang!

Swoosh!

Quite a few of them pierced through Xiao Song, but the Armor quickly repaired itself.

{Master! The durability has fallen down to 86%!}

"Shit. He knows his weakness."

After stabbing its head for 10 more times, he flew away from the serpent. As of now, he has 0.6% damage enhancement due to his sword attacks hitting the enemy.

"Let me try my Master's advice.."

After he comprehended , his Master taught him his usual combat style. If it doesn't matter whether the attack damages his enemy or not..

"[Sword Willows]!"

The technique that carried him through the start of his journey made its appearance again. 100,000 Aura Blades attacked the winged serpent from all sides.

It's like a hundred thousand ants attacking a snake.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

..

As expected, nothing truly damaged it. It is at SS+ Rank after all. But..

"A little bit more than 1,000%.."

Lugh felt that his Heaven's Force is decreasing at a fast rate. The sudden enhancement that brought spent so much of his energies.

"I'll finish this now."

Lugh flew closer to the winged serpent. As he got closer, he was greeted with sharp winds, fire pillars, and Petrification Breath.

He dodged the Petrification Breath, but he bore the brunt of the rest.

{Master. The durability has fallen down to 63%!}

Slash!

The first strike. The winged serpent cried out in pain due to the power of runes and the 1,000% damage increase.

In an instant, it's nearly dying. It was all thanks to his traits that he survived even his entire back was damaged by the sword slash.

"Roar..."

All of a sudden, the winged serpent emitted a white light.

"This is.. a breakthrough?"

In his eyes, the winged serpent began molting. it was the phenomenon that would happen once a winged serpent breaks through SSS- Rank.

Sadly, he's not in that certain Anime where most magical girls ended up dead.

"I'm not like those idiots who would wait until their transformation is done."

Slash!

Slash!

Stab!

...

Lugh slashed and stabbed at the winged serpent. Even though it was wrapped in a cocoon-like structure, he was able to pierce through it, thus damaging the winged serpent. Having no choice, it forcefully ended its breakthrough.

"Rrr.. Human. Die!"

"It spoke?!"

Even though he got startled, he wasn't any slower than it. Lugh summoned the lightning dragon and commanded it to kill the winged serpent.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

[Dragon Roar]!

The winged serpent used [Dragon Roar] in the hopes of the lightning dragon getting stunned, though sadly, it is just an inanimate creature summoned by Lugh's techniques.

Boom!

As the lightning dragon exploded, so is the winged serpent. Its corpse fell down from the sky.

"Huff.. Huff.."

95%. That's the Heaven's Force spent by Lugh during this past few seconds. The , though it has a terrifying level of enhancement, the energy needed to maintain it became larger as well.

It was all thanks to Xiao Song's enhancement of one major realm did he pull it off. If he uses his measly S- Rank Vessel..

One hit would deplete his reserves.

[670,000 EXP has been gained.]

"Shit.. I didn't expect to deplete my reserves.."

Without hesitation, he sat down as he munched on a Cultivation Jelly to recover his lost energy. He already went to the Zerg World twice just to recover, thus he already spent his 4 hours worth of break time. When it comes to training, his Master is very strict, thus he was only able to recover in his world.

3 hours later, he recovered his lost reserves. He stood up, harvested the spiritual herbs and Elemental Core/Bones, and left.

This marks the first day of Lugh's power levelling in this Planet.