Chapter 37
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[Ding! You have absorbed 9,000 (G14) Energy from a Lvl 5 Water Snake!]
"10 milliseconds… It only took 10 milliseconds to kill the snaeke…"
Astaroth found it hard to believe, but the facts were presented to him in the form of the insane poison elemental boosts that the 'Apprentice Psychopath' Title gave.
After realizing how overpowered he and his poison element had become, Astaroth used |Venom Spit| with even more fervor!
Before long, he already made it on the doorsteps of the next Energy Overflow, and when he exceeded the requirement, he went through with it right away!
At the same time, his various abilities were also upgraded to Lvl 4!
[Ding! Using up 100,000 (G14) Energy, all of your abilities have leveled up from (Lvl 3) to (Lvl 4)]
[Ding! Your Minor Energy Overflow was a complete success, and you have become a Lvl 8 Bell Spider, only one step away from achieving a Major Energy Overflow!]
"A level 8 Bell Spider," Astaroth parroted with a satisfied gleam shining through his gaze. "If I kill a few more of these snakes, I should be able to exceed Level 9 and see what evolutionary path I will take."
A sense of expectation welled up within him as he forced himself out of his reverie and stared at the seemingly endless number of sleeping Water Snakes.
"Although you bunch are unable to do anything about your deaths," Astaroth said with a frigid tone. "Just know that I, too, had no choice in the matter."
"In this world, there is only survival and anything necessary to guarantee one's survival."
|Venom Spit|
|Venom Spit|
|Venom Spit|
|Venom S…|
Over and over again, that same ability was used so many times that it quickly became the second most used ability.
The only ability that had more uses was True Energy Absorption…
|True Energy Absorption|
|True Energy Absorption|
|True Energy Absorption|
|True Energy Absorpti…|
Even that ability was used directly after using Venom Spit. And with each use of Venom Spit, its effectiveness increased, and subsequently, the time between each usage of True Energy Absorption also decreased.
[Ding! You have absorbed 1.4 (G15) Energy from a Lvl 6 Water Snake!]
[Ding! You have absorbed 2.8 (G15) Energy from a Lvl 6 Water Snake!]
[Ding! You have absorbed 4.3 (G15) Energy from a Lvl 6 Water Snake!]
[Ding! You have…]
After a wide myriad of system notifications rang out in repeated succession, there came a few rather special ones.
[Ding! You have absorbed enough of |Poisonous Bite| to level it up from (Lvl 4) to (Lvl 5). Would you like to fuse this Ability with |Venom Spit (Lvl 4)| and create a superior Ability?]
"Hmm?" Astaroth's ears immediately perked up. "How did I not know that Abilities could be fused?" He asked in confusion.
[Ding! The host never asked!]
Silence.
"...That is," Astaroth heaved a sigh. "So how much does it cost to fuse Abilities?"
[Ding! To fuse Poisonous Bite and Venom Spit, they are both of the same element, and thus, the cost will be reduced accordingly. Calculating…]
[Cost for Fusion: 2 (G15) Energy - [Y/N]]
Astaroth clicked yes as soon as he saw the price.
BLING!
Within the confines of the system interface and completely outside the physical world, both of the abilities were dragged to one another inside miniature boxes. As soon as they made contact with one another, they swirled and warped, before eventually…
[Ding! The Lvl 5 Ability (Toxic Surge) has been acquired through fusion!]
Astaroth's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the description put behind this Ability. In a simplified explanation, it was everything that made the two previous Abilities good, but better!
However, there was one thing that confused him a little bit…
"Hey, system, if my two previous Abilities are now erased, then what would happen if I killed something with more of those same abilities? Would I regain the abilities…? Or…"
Without delay, the system popped up, saying:
[Ding! The host will obtain more of the lost ability and will also be to acquire ability experience for those same abilities.]
[However, it is recommended that the host activate 'Automatic Ability Fusion' and fuse useless Abilities of the same element into vastly superior Abilities.]
[If the host fuses a lesser Ability with a far superior Ability, then the host can choose to have the lesser Ability act as 'Ability Experience' instead of having it as something that affects the skill description of the superior Ability.]
After reading over the most recent system notifications a few times, Astaroth nodded his head. "How would this work with contrasting elemental Abilities?" He asked.
[Ding! It is recommended that the host not fuse Abilities of different elements for now. If he does this, then the Abilities will not specialize in any one thing and may be worse off than before.]
"Ahh, then I suppose it's fine if I go ahead and fuse all my current Abilities of similar elements?"
[Ding! Yes, that is recommended!]
"Very well," Astaroth said calmly. "Do go through with the fusion process and put all future Ability experience on automation for conversion."
Upon receiving this command, the system flashed a few more bright lights as numerous Abilities were being thrown into each other around the system interface.
As more and more Abilities were being fused together, an entirely different system interface was presented to Astaroth…
BLING!
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{[Infinite Energy System]}
[Host: Astaroth]
[Evolution Stage: Bell Spider (Lvl 8)] - [76/100,000 (G15)]
[Evolution Area: Pond]
[Energy Storage: 8/50 (G15)]
{[Top Energy Abilities:]}
[True Energy Absorption (SA)]
[Web Grapple (Lvl 4)], [Vampiric Renewal (Lvl 4)], [Toxic Surge (Lvl 5)], [Rapid Recovery (Lvl 4)], [Preemptive Strike (Lvl 4)]
[Razor Edge (Lvl 4)], [Fortified Defense (Lvl 4)], [Snare Assault (Lvl 4)], [Blunt Force Fury (Lvl 4)], [Aqua Mastery (Lvl 4)], [Chronic Flash (Lvl 4)]
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