"F*ck!" Sean cannot help but curse loudly, he can see even with thick ropes tied together, they are getting torn by the immense force.
"Call the others to help! I am going to make a move!" He lets go of the rope, causing his five disciples to be pulled.
Melody lets go and run back to the base to ask for help, meanwhile, Sean grabs the remaining knives in his possession and throws them towards the source of the power.
He knows that his knives will not hurt his target but they should at least distract it.
Melody comes back with an exhausted expression, the power of adrenaline was truly terrifying.
The others quickly starts grabbing on the rope and pulls hard, Sean, on the other hand starts throwing more object into the water in full force.
He throws a wire into the group of slaves and shouts. "Pull me!"
He then dives into the water, much to the shock of everyone but those that were near the rope quickly grabs it and pulls him.
Sean was immediately surrounded by different types of aquatic monsters but he ignores them and only has his eyes on one of them.
It was an eel and it was not even a freshwater one, it was clearly a seawater eel and yet it lives here.
Just as the man-eating monsters were about to pounce on him, he was pulled back to the surface but something breaks out of the water chasing after him.
It looks like a crocodile but with flippers on its body, he raises his fist and punches the air, blowing his body away from the trajectory of the bite.
The bite missed but more monsters starts leaping out of the water, trying to eat him, he sneers and pulls the rope hard.
The monsters were furious that he had gotten away but they can only watch as he escapes from them.
Not all of them are capable of living in land, many of them are just water based monster.
Sean grabs something hidden from his pocket and throws it to the direction of the freshwater eel.
BOOM! With an explosion, water bursts everywhere, the pulling force from the other side lessen.
Without hesitation, everyone starts pulling with a renewed vigor, the thing that was captured in the large hook was pulled into land.
"Finally, everyone, stay back! This thing might be stunned but it is still dangerous." He warns them before approaching the monster.
He puts his hand on its head and with a gritted teeth, he forcefully signs a contract with it.
Instantly, both of them seems to suffer some sort of backlash, the both of them writhed in pain.
The other one was just instinctively struggling while the other was determined to occupy it's soul.
In two minutes, the two suffered immense pain but because of Melody and the rest of the slaves, his pain was smaller as it was shared with a large number of people.
The eel stops struggling as the two of them signs a contract, basically rewriting its soul.
The ability (Nurture) is a terrifying trait that offers no disobedience towards its host.
Of course this only applies to lesser intelligent creatures, humans with their unique souls are impossible to sign a contract with.
Only a slave mark can be put on them but that too has a lot of flaw and only those that are either too greedy or confident in their power would engage in this type of activity.
"Hahaha! Yes! Finally! I have a combat type pet." It might not be able to travel on land but nonetheless, it was a strong monster.
After he signs a contract with it, he feels his body growing stronger and he was shocked to find out that he had broken through.
[Current Realm: Skin Tempering 9th Stage
Innate: Dual Soul Strength
Ability: Nurture (Slots: 2/2), Pet Spirit Possession (Slots: 2/2)]
Nurture (Current Rank: D): Able to improve the cultivation speed of any being that the host has chosen, has a greater effect on those that have signed a soul contract to the host. Can now view information about innate trait.
Number of blood and soul contracts: 21 (...)
Pet Spirit Possession (Rank: E): The host is able to manifest a part of his pet's ability and strength into his body.
He does not know what had changed from his second ability other than its rank but it still good to know that it had improved.
He then checked the information about his two pets and there are more details than before.
[Name: Terra and Earth
Strong Earthworms: Nurtured by their trainer, they are much stronger and resilient than other earthworms.
Level: Normal Rank Low Grade (Tier 0)]
[Innate: Multiplication
Skill: Regeneration(1), Soil Consumption(2).]
Multiplication: Able to multiply itself after getting cut off but would grow weaker every time.
Current Limit: 10
Regeneration: Able to grow after having cut in half.
Possession Skill: Increase the host's regenerative capability
Limit: Does not regrow cut off limbs.
Soil Consumption: Eats dirt to obtain energy.
Possession Skill: Eats dirt to obtain energy.
Limit: Cannot fully absorb energy.
[Electric Eel: A monster that had evolved to survive in both freshwater and seawater. Capable of transforming vital energy into elemental energy.
Level: Normal Rank Medium Grade (Tier 7)]
[Innate: Electric Transformation
Skill: Bind Hold, Discharge, Tail Slap.]
Bind Hold: Choked the target to death.
Discharge: Converts all energy into electricity and firing them around the user.
Possession Skill: Fires a stream of electricity towards a certain direction.
Limit: Must be at Muscle Tempering Realm to use.
Tail Slap: Hits the target with a tail that carries electric shock, may cause paralysis.
"Wait! Why do I only have one skill from my second pet?" He exclaim, startling everyone.
"It seems that I misunderstood my second ability, I should probably research it but for now, let us try how strong my new skill is." He mutters to himself.
Patting the head of his new pet, he unhooks it's mouth and let it devour the bait.
With his (Nurture) together with its nature and environment, he would gain a powerful guardian for their base.
"Everyone, go and return back to the base, if you hear some loud commotion, just ignore it." Letting everyone leave, he can finally try his new transformation.
With a thought, he activates his skill and his aura suddenly surges, his body seems to have grow bigger as his hair rises.
Checking his new strength, he was shocked to find out that his second ability does not only let him gain one of his pet's skills but also gain some of their strength in the process.
He does not know if it was because of its rank up or it had this trait before.
The earthworms are too weak to be able to grant him enough strength for him to feel.
"In my current state, I am as strong as mucle tempering realm experts physically, together with my skill, I can pass up as a true martial artist." He mutters to himself.
Rubbing the head of the eel's head, he smiles gently and advises. "Grow, you need to continue growing, the stronger you are, the better it is for me."
Returning back to its dwelling, the eel now has one thought and that is to devour all the man-eating monsters present in the lake.
"Assist the eel when it asks you for help, do not worry, it is under my control, I promise you, it will never attack any of you." Hearing this, the five slaves were a bit afraid but they still agreed to his words.
Running towards deep into the forest, he wants to discover just how powerful he is in his current state.
BOOM! He landed in front of one of the monster that he had steered clear of earlier.
Sensing his threat, the monster that looks like nothing he had ever seen before appears.
It has a long snout and claws, glaring at him, it growls at him as a warning.
"Let us see just how strong you are." With a step forward, he charges without any fear.
Seeing this as a challenge, the monster raises its paws and tries to slash him with its elongated claws.
SWISH! He dodges the attack smoothly, he smiles and punches the side of the monster, unlike before, his fist was now able to hurt his opponent.
BAM! The dull thud of flesh colliding can be heard as the monster roars in anger, causing Sean to freeze.
'What?' He was then sliced by its long claws as blood seeps out of his body.
He retreats and looks at his wound, he was unprepared for that attack, making his body extremely bloody.
"Interesting, you actually have a stun skill, your body is also protected by such thick muscles and leather, too bad, you should have killed me in that attack!" He charges again, the monster was shocked because it does not sense any fear from him.