'Hey, System, do you know what happened to Glutton? How did he become so strong? ' He can only ask the system; even though his mind is preoccupied, he did not stop moving; in fact, without his transformation, most of the fake supernaturals are dealt by Leon.
[Ravenous Scaled Wolf (Glutton) has undergone a partial evolution; his current state is similar to the Supernaturals the host is currently fighting right now.]
His eyes widen as he immediately scans his status, and just like what the system told him, Glutton has evolved into a fake Supernatural.
[Soul Blessing: Ravenous Scaled Wolf King]
Name: Glutton
Type: Beast Pet
Grade: Supernatural (fake) (can be upgraded by sacrificing Shadow Wolf soul blessings.)
Level: Supernatural (Boundary)
Speciality: Hungry (Gemstone of Life)—Able to use food as a means of strength. Can absorb the life force of targets bitten by it. (Capable of evolving naturally through consumption; can now store life force.)
State: Awakened
Ability: Shadow Blessing: Blessed by the dark element, the owner of this ability is capable of transforming into a dark elemental creature for a certain amount of time.
Ability 2: Wolf King: The owner of this ability is capable of commanding lower-grade wolf species. The owner can gain strength from its followers.
(Locked) Ability 3: Dark Element Clones
(Locked) Ability 4: Dark Domain
[Locked] Ability 5: Shadow Power
It seems that since Glutton has not fully become a supernatural, his third ability is still sealed, but he no longer needs to feed him energy for him to grow; he just needs to obtain another Shadow Wolf Soul Blessing from the dark elves.
BOOM! One of the fake Supernaturals managed to bypass Glutton and go after him. Leon is still preoccupied by three fake Supernaturals, so he is unable to help him.
As the crater was formed by the thick trunk of the elephant, Cleo immediately realised that his opponent was not just all brute force.
The way it uses its trunk is too flexible and quick for a lifeform that just focuses on brute force. This lifeform might belong to a species that is innately born extremely close to being true supernatural.
Through adaptation and evolution, genetic lifeforms would either grow stronger or weaker in their choices of life; there are only a small number of the latter, while most evolve into monstrous entities.
The elephant stomps its huge foot, causing the ground to shake. A mysterious pressure descends on Cleo, forcing him to slow down. It feels like gravity has increased in the area around them.
"Oh? Quite a useful ability you have there." He praises as he charges towards his opponent, startling it. Most beings that it had fought would use their small size to fight against it by moving at an incredible speed rather than charging head-on.
It is more than happy to receive such an enemy; it positions its tusks and charges, and Cleo grabs its tusk and uses it to leap towards its eyes.
BAM! He was hit by the elephant's large ear; he was then grabbed by the elephant's thick trunk and slammed to the ground.
The elephant then raised its huge foot and tried to stomp him; fortunately, he managed to escape by rolling his body away. He was caught by surprise by the ear earlier.
He kicks the underbelly of his opponent before running away. As it tries to crush him by falling, it becomes furious at him, but at the same time, it becomes cautious as the kick earlier sends its stomach rumbling. It did not expect that such a small being would be so strong.
Cleo stands up and positions his hands forward; if other humans see him, they might call him a fool, as this stance clearly indicates that he is going to counter the attack with soft martial arts.
The elephant does not know this and swings its trunk at him in full force, coming after him like a giant whip of death.
He takes a deep breath and watches as the trunk approaches him. When it is finally close enough, he puts his hands on it and guides it away from him with a gentle method. This move is considered suicidal, but he is willing to risk it just to improve his martial arts.
Unfortunately, he had overestimated his ability as the force was too strong for him to deflect, and he was thrown to the side, but he easily dispersed the remnant force just by flipping. He sighs as he realises that mastering the soft method in such a short time was too much for him.
He already has an inkling of how to use the hard method, but he wanted to continue learning more martial art concepts.
He stomps the ground and propels himself towards the elephant; his speed was too fast for his target, as it felt a powerful blow smashing into its face.
BAM! It takes a couple of steps backwards after taking the blow; even with its thick hide and muscles, the blow caused it to be dizzy.
BAM! A kick descends on the exact location of where Cleo punched, and the elephant is forced to bend its knee. Unfortunately for it, he is not finished yet; he punched the exact same spot over and over again.
His punches are actually getting harder, as if his fists become metal themselves; the force is no longer just an impactful blow, but there is now a penetrative trait in them.
'So this is how you use strength?' He muses as his punches no longer waste some of the power that he puts in them, but he still needs to achieve perfect harmony between physical strength and soul power enhancement.
Also, he turns towards the teachers, and he can see that they do not use soul power as efficiently as him, as they do not have the system or the Gemstone of Life to help them, but they do use different types of energy, most of which are elemental energies.
What fuels these different types of energy is actually psychic energy and vital force. It seems that to become a true supernatural, one needs to master these two types of energies that exist in every being in their universe.
'System, can I use psychic energy and vital force? ' He hurriedly asks, as he wants to try them on his current opponent.
[Negative, the host's core technique, the dragon-tiger body tempering technique, is now unusable, making it impossible to form a complete and tangible vital force while the host's soul is now in a broken state, making using psychic energy difficult and dangerous.]
He frowns after hearing this; it seems that he can only use martial arts concepts right now. He clenches his fist, continues punching the head of the elephant, caving it in, and blood flies towards him as his fist finally bore through the thick skull of the elephant.
It falls to the ground as the system informs him that he has obtained a new soul blessing; unfortunately, it is a whip type.
He scans the battlefield; he no longer cares about indiscriminately killing the genetic lifeforms and searches for suitable targets for him to fight.
His eyes light up as he sees a human-sized monkey fighting against a fake supernatural warrior; the latter was being suppressed.
He ran towards it, his killing intent locking on it as his blazing battle will erupt from his body. The monkey was clearly having fun playing with its opponent, but its instinct suddenly kicked in as it pushed its opponent away and turned in a certain direction.
Both it and Cleo lock into each other's gazes; the latter bends to the ground and propels himself towards it at an unbelievable speed.
It's eyes narrow as it bends and kicks its leg upwards. Cleo was surprised, not because it dodged him but because of its attack. This is clearly an intelligent type of reaction.
He blocks the kicks with his arm and throws a fast jab. The monkey cries as it tilts its head to the side and swings its long arms.
'Amazing! It actually knows how to fight! ' His eyes light up; it seems that he finally has a worthy opponent to test his skills.
Blocking the swing, he kicks it with a speed surpassing what the human eye can see. The monkey leaps back and dodges the kick before throwing one of its own.
Cleo smiles as he takes the kick, grabs the leg with his entire strength, and sends a fast jab once again. This time they are too close; he wants to see just how his enemy would react.
The monkey blocks the attack, but it cries in pain. The jab is heavy for humans, but for beast-type lifeforms, it should not be that painful. Unfortunately for the monkey, Cleo's punch seems to be a sharp object; it was penetrating and sharp.
BAM! Cleo was forced to let go of the leg as he was caught by surprise by his opponent's tail, which hit his solar plexus squarely.
'Did it know or? ' The monkey released from him actually did not continue attacking and ran away, shocking him.