Thiago's appearance had taken on a more sinister and intimidating look. His abyssal black fur seemed to absorb all light, making him almost invisible in the darkness. The reddish tint on the tips of his fur looked almost like blood, as if he had just devoured his prey. The fur on his back and shoulders was longer, thicker, and spikier, giving him a more menacing appearance, like he was always ready to pounce on his next target.
Furthermore, not all of his fur was deep black, as there were parts that flickered in an extremely deep shade of dark green, as the mixture of his lightning, poison and dark affinities had affected that particular part of his evolution, giving him a sort of ghostly appearance in that part.
Of course, they had also affected other parts, such as his strength and so on, but this was just the obvious visible part.
His eyes were a bright, piercing scarlet red that shone like rubies, but had a coldness to them, sending shivers down anyone who dared to look into them.
Above his eyes, on his forehead, was a symbol consisting of the three apparitions of Mephistopheles, King Yama and Typhon, as if they were engraved there, giving him a special and even more intimidating appearance, and causing anyone looking at the symbol to feel extreme fear and terror due to the evil and chaotic spiritual energy within it.
As Thiago slowly rose to his full height, his paws were massive and powerful, each digit tipped with sharp, curved claws that glinted in the dim light. The pads of his paws were a deep, dark black, with veins of bright red pulsing just beneath the surface.
Every movement of his paws seemed to shake the ground, as if the very earth were trembling beneath his weight. Well, not really, since the ground in the inner world was not really moving at that moment, but it certainly felt like it was, due to the enormous power that was imbued in them, creating a sound wave.
Despite their terrifying size and power, however, his paws also possessed a certain grace and dexterity that spoke to his heightened senses and otherworldly agility.
Looking at Thiago's tail; it was no ordinary tail. It was massive and muscular, covered in black fur and almost half as long as his body. The tip of the tail was adorned with many blood-red parts, each flickering with a red and green light that pulsed with every movement. As he flicked his tail, the red and green lights would flash, illuminating his surroundings with an eerie glow.
This menacing appendage was an intimidating sight to behold, and it was clear that it held immense power, ready to strike at a moment's notice.
Despite its fearsome appearance, however, there was still a regal air to Thiago's presence, a hint of something more beneath the surface.
"Hmm, let's buy a mirror so I can better observe myself," decided Thiago quickly as he had now come back to his sense after not being able to truly observe his new body without.
And just a few seconds later, Thiago had bought an extremely large mirror, big enough to see himself in his new size, which had only cost him a dozen points, which appeared in front of him, supported by a wooden construction that had come in a package with the mirror, how practical, right?
"Perfect!" said Thiago as he saw that the Mirror stood there with no problems and he directly after turned to look into it to see himself.
Promptly he was awe stricken as he observed his new body after the successful evolution, so much that he did not know what to say at first.
"This! It - Its juts amazing, I don't know how else to describe it, Hai," muttered Thiago in disbelieve as he assessed his body in the mirror.
"I look so freaking badass, Haha," exclaimed Thiago captivated by his new appearance.
After thoroughly having observed every nook and cranny of his new tiger body came the most important for him – his human form.
He already had the feeling that just by thinking about it, he could instantly transform into his newly acquired human form.
"I wonder what I will look like in my human form," mumbled Thiago just before he uttered the thought to transform in his mind.
And with almost no delay, his form quickly morphed into a human one, leaving Thiago no time to ponder. 'Unbelievable, it changes into a human form so quickly and I didn't even feel it,' Thiago thought in amazement.
He could feel the difference immediately. The familiar sensation of standing on two legs and the general feeling of having arms and legs again was simply unparalleled.
"Haha, finally! I have my human form, yeah!" shouted Thiago into the empty room in rejoice.
It was difficult to imagine how Thiago felt at this moment – he had been a human prior to getting reincarnated as a tiger in this cultivation world and now he suddenly had a human body again, it was simply a heavenly feeling.
Turning his gaze back to the mirror, he glanced at his human form for the first time...
There he saw a naked young man, or rather a boy, who looked about fifteen years old, with short, dishevelled hair and distinctive features.
What set him apart from normal boys were the two tiger ears he had on the side of his head and the tail that hung from his back.
His eyes are of the same deep scarlet and blood red colour as in his animal form, giving him a cold and rather indifferent appearance. His skin is slightly tanned but not too dark and flawless. He had the same symbol carved on his chest as he had on his forehead in his animal form, but slightly larger and around his heart, which looked like a menacing tattoo. It pulsed with red, slightly golden and dark energy, which made him look really scary.
He has a strong jawline and a slightly crooked nose, giving him a rugged and slightly handsome appearance despite his overall cold and evil demeanour.
What immediately caught Thiago's eye were his tiger ears and blood-red hair, a stark contrast to the deep black fur of his beastly form. 'Hmm, looks quite nice, I guess, albeit I need to get used to it first,' commented Thiago in his mind.
And it was only then that he noticed that he seemed a little short, not as tall as his previous adult appearance on Earth.
"It can't be, can it? I have the body of a teenager who is only 1.60 metres tall, damn it, it's tiny," Thiago complained in despair, because he didn't want to be that small, but there was nothing he could do about it for now.
What made him forget his worries about his height at that moment was when he looked down at his lower body, where he was greeted by a massive dragon. (metaphorically)
"Haha! It seems that I am still quite lucky, who cares about being only 1.60m tall when you are in possession of a dragon of this size, hehe," Thiago laughed as he roughly measured the size of his dragon and came to the conclusion that it was at least twice as big as the one he had in his previous life.
All in all, having averted his eyes and thoughts of his dragon and moving them across other parts of his body, Thiago was quite happy with his human form. He also realised that he could hide his tail and tiger ears just by thinking about it, and then they would be replaced by normal human ears, or in the case of the tail, just left out.
This was something that other beasts with human form were absolutely unable to do, for they could be happy if they achieved half as good a human form as Thiago had with such a small amount of body parts left.
So that was something only Thiago could achieve, although he didn't know it yet.
With his tiger ears and tail hidden, he could pass completely as human, which might be useful to him in the near future.
"I have to say I look really good, haha," Thiago said jokingly - well, what he said was objectively nothing but the truth, but he had just blurted it out without thinking, then thought about it and confirmed it: "Hmm, yeah, I look really good.
Enough of that - When Thiago had finished admiring himself in the mirror, he opened his system panel, mainly because he had heard the system notification sound earlier, after he had successfully completed his evolution, but he had been too busy with his transformation to have had time to look at it.
"Well, let's see what's going on there," mumbled Thiago as he opened his system panel and was immediately greeted by numerous pop-up notifications.
[Congratulations! You have successfully completed the Evolution]
"Well, yeah obviously, never mind," mumbled Thiago and then looked at the next one.
[Congratulations! You have advanced: 1st Tier of the Superior Student realm]
"Yeah, the same as usual, but I gladly accept the programmed automatic congratulations, Haha," chuckled Thiago until he suddenly laid his eyes on the next notification that promptly riveted him.
[Congratulations on improving your innate physique to the chaotic devouring body!
Type: Innate Physique
Description: This innate physique is capable of adapting to the unique characteristics of animal, magical and demonic creatures that the user kills and devours. The user's body is now a malleable and fluid canvas that can take on the characteristics of any creature it consumes, depending on certain requirements.
The chaotic devouring body is a unique and powerful innate constitution that requires several conditions to be met. The beasts the user consumes must be of a at least one major realm higher than the user, and the user must consume the heart or core of the beast to gain its attributes.
The attributes do not include affinities or such. The beast's heart or core must also be fresh, having died no more than one hour before being consumed.
The chaotic body transforms the user's physique, making them stronger and more durable, and giving them the attributes of the creatures, they consume.]
"Holy sh*t! That's fu**ing incredible!" Exclaimed Thiago after his first time reading through the physique's introduction and just being totally amazed by it due to its incredible functions.
"The best thing is that I can still devour the corpses with my Black Hole skill, because I only need to devour the core or heart of the creature, I want to gain attributes from, which still leaves an almost full corpse," Thiago muttered in realisation.
Thiago was very happy and satisfied with his evolution and everything he had gained so far, and he also felt that the stress and pressure he had felt at the beginning of his mission due to the high cultivation of the three beasts had been worth it.
Well, let's check my status, and then I'll have to buy some clothes for my human form, because I really can't bring myself to go around naked," Thiago murmured before thinking 'status', which promptly brought up his status screen.
Name: Thiago Khan
Race: Black Tiger
Species: Mystic Beast
Cultivation: 1st Tier of the Superior Student realm
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System points: 327
Shop
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- Affinities -
Darkness: small achievement
Poison: small achievement
Lightning: small achievement
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Skills
Growth type
"Eyes of Eternal Truth" Level 6
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[Reached limit] < Shadow binding > Level 9 + (Upgrade to Superior Student Realm requires 100 System Points)
[Reached limit] < Poisonous Black Mist > Level 9 + (Upgrade to Superior Student Realm requires 100 System Points)
[Reached limit] < Shadow Thorns > Level 9 + (Upgrade to Superior Student Realm requires 100 System Points)
[Reached limit]
[Reached limit]
[Reached limit]
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Innate ability
< Black Hole> Level 4
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Cultivation technique:
Abyssal Darkness: Basic understanding
Heavenly Demon soul transmogrifying Art (Incomplete): minor achievement
"Wow! There seem to be a lot of changes in my status," Thiago commented as he scanned the rows of information displayed in front of him.
The first thing he noticed was that his species had changed from Magic Beast to Mystic Beast, the latter sounding much cooler, then he saw that all of his previously used skills had reached the limit of the Student Realm and he would need to upgrade them if he wanted them to fully display his superior Student Realm power.
Then there were some changes to his affinities, but he had already known that, so he was not too surprised. What also made him extremely happy was that his innate Black Hole skill had been upgraded, which would surely have become even stronger now, and he decided to test what had changed later.
"Well, I might as well go and buy some clothes first and then try out my new chaotic devouring body with the golden basilisk heart, which I luckily and coincidentally put into my spatial necklace before devouring the golden basilisk," Thiago said as he called up his system shop.