"Everyone! Just hold on longer! The young master has joined the battle!" Screams Elcio as he sees Cleo killing the two Blue Rage Monkeys.
Instantly, the exhausted and dispirited fighters of the clean-up group became excited, and the reinforcement members were confused as to why they seemed to have revitalised.
"Yes! We can win!" Roars one of them as he no longer aggressively fights their enemy but uses their number to buy them more time.
It is instilled in them that Cleo will be able to turn the hopeless situation around. The person that everyone is now thinking about can sense their emotions; he feels overwhelmed by the responsibility that was pushed to him.
'Well, I guess it is time for me to become a hero.' He cannot believe that his dream when he was just a toddler would once again blossom.
He speeds up his battle; with each kill, he grows stronger, and with hunger, exhaustion is basically impossible with the corpses scattered around the battlefield.
"Die!" He grabs the two hands of a Blue Rage Monkey and pulls them apart. The savage and brutal scene scares the other Blue Rage Monkeys, and they start trembling. Unfortunately for them, this is a life-and-death battle; mercy is considered a sin.
"Unstoppable Cleo!"
"Unstoppable Cleo!"
"Tiger Cleo!"
"Tiger Cleo!"
The surviving members of the clean-up group start chanting his name, and with his savage and immense strength, he inflicts fear on their enemy, causing the strength of the Blue Rage Monkeys to decrease. With their sanity returning, the effect of Mighty Aura intensifies.
"We won! Everyone, we defeated our enemies!" Roars Cleo as he raises his fist to the sky, cheers immediately descend on the battlefield. They did not expect that they would win so quickly with just his presence.
The momentum that he carries causes fear in their enemy, making it easier for the other members of the clean-up group to defeat their opponent. Together with the fact that he can easily kill one of them, the number of their allies capable of helping their comrades only increases, causing their disadvantage in terms of numbers to start decreasing.
Also, the fact that he targets the elites first made it easier for the elites of their group to become free from entanglement; just his sole existence changed the entire direction of the battle.
"Young master! Should we go deeper!?" Shouts one of the elites.
Cleo turns to the members of the clean-up group and shakes his head.
"You guys going there will not make any difference; you would only waste your life. If you want to help, then recover. Once you guys are ready, go deeper and help. I will give you a time limit of an hour to go deeper."
"What about you, young master?" Hurriedly asks Elcio as he senses that his young master is not thinking of resting.
"You should already know that I am not like you guys; I am not tired yet; I am going to help the main group; of course, I know my limit; I will only fight against those from advanced grades."
"Young master, your friend seems to have gone somewhere else!" One of the guards reported, actually rather confused with Leon's decision.
"Oh, him, he went to help my uncle; that Azure Berserk Monkey was actually still alive but just barely breathing. I sent him to help my uncle kill that beast; he will not return here, as he told me that he would also go deeper into the territory of the Blue Rage Monkeys."
The guards actually wanted to come with him, but they know that they are just going to be dead weights, as most enemies there would either be elite and bloodline-peak advanced grades, not to mention the Supernaturals.
As Cleo flies to the main territory of the Blue Rage Monkeys, he receives a notification from the system.
[Cleo's Clone (Leon) has killed a supernatural-grade Azure Berserk Monkey; it has obtained the required soul power to evolve; an item of advanced-grade Soul Blessing has been found.]
Will the host sacrifice an advanced-grade soul blessing for the evolution? ]
"Yes, use all my advanced-grade soul blessings if you have to." He immediately agreed; after all, Leon is one of his main powers.
[What advanced-grade soul blessings should be sacrificed?]
[Warning: Only one soul blessing can be used as a sacrifice.]
"Hmm, that is a bit disappointing. Tell me the difference between sacrificing the Army Ant Armour and the Blue Rage Monkey Transformation."
[Each evolution is something that the system is unable to predict, as the interference of the will of this universe is just too strong.]
[The system can only give a prediction.]
"I do not mind; besides, you are still not in full power, not to mention that a large part of you was destroyed by the black hole."
[Understood]
[Sacrificing the Army Ant Armour might strengthen the defence of Cleo's Clone (Leon), but there is also a probability that it will obtain a new form.]
[Compatibility: 89%]
[Sacrificing the Blue Rage Monkey might boost the physical traits of Cleo's Clone (Leon), particularly strength and endurance.]
[Compatibility: 43%]
"What does compatibility entail?" He hurriedly asks, feeling a bit disturbed by this information.
[There is a chance that the evolution will fail; do not worry, as there will be no drawback other than wasting the items and energy used.]
"Why is there still a chance of failure? Shouldn't the gemstone of life be capable of evolving Leon with a hundred percent certainty?" He was shocked.
[That is affirmative, but special evolution does not only increase one's grade and strength but will also give them an additional trait. Cleo's Clone (Leon) is only able to achieve this because it is now training a technique created to absorb the energy from this realm; if it is outside, it will only undergo a normal evolution.]
"So that is the case, hahaha! As expected of you, stealing is definitely your forte!" He, of course, was delighted by the news.
The system is silent because it cannot deny what he said; it is basically stealing the trait of the soul blessing that will be sacrificed.