Xue Fang felt his head splitting with a headache as he woke up.
He squeezed his face in pain, feeling the coldness of the bare floor on the exposed part of his body.
"Is the pain still from yesterday?"
Propping himself up, Xue Fang dragged himself to the kitchen to have a cup of water.
"Damn headache"
A scowl appeared on Xue Fang's face, after all, he wasn't used to waking up early, looking at the wall clock, the time was 6:10 AM.
Gulping down the cup of water, relief washed over Xue Fang's body.
"It was just a momentary one, perhaps it was because I woke up too early"
Xue Fang felt his head clear, ready to jump on his cozy bed and sleep, something sounded in his mind, making Xue Fang freeze in his position.
"What the..."
Before Xue Fang could speak finish, a smile curled up his lips.
"Have I really unlocked a skill? Can I really use my Soul Will? Can I earn Soul Coins from slain supernaturals?"
Multiple questions surge into Xue Fang's mind like a flood, according to the World Research Institute, there is no way a person could earn Soul Coins without awakening and be able to hear the voice of their Soul Will.
This was the voice of a Soul Will, an ability that let humans earn Soul Coins from slain supernaturals, according to multiple research, humans could have awakened this ability due to exposure to the supernatural, which means, if the extradimensional creatures hadn't attacked human world, there would be nothing known about this ability.
A Soul Will is unique to each person, an inner entity signifying humans' ability to always strive to evolve and dominate.
A screen of information appeared in front of Xue Fang.
Xue Fang was amazed, appraisal skill isn't just a skill, it is considered a rare ability that few hunters managed to unlock with a certain high enhancement level, the ability to gauge a target's strength, a crucial advantage in deciding whether to fight or flee.
"This ability is so worthy of me"
Xue Fang smirked, as a person who wouldn't risk fighting someone more powerful than him, he found the skill so useful.
Using his Soul Will, Xue Fang willed to see his own information, and immediately, a flash of information appeared in his mind.
"Trash?? Enough with your silly..." Before Xue Fng could finish yelling, his mind wandered to his enhancement level. "I have no level?" Truth be told, when Xue Fang received the confirmation that he had unlocked the appraisal skill, he thought of his level to have skyrocketed, perhaps he needed to earn Soul Coins before he could be able to perform an extraordinary feat, however, seeing this, he had never heard of someone awaken a Soul Will and having no level of enhancement, the minimum and most seen starting level was level one, while people starting from level two to ten at most were considered genius since no one possess a Soul Coin when a Soul Will is first awakened, they need to be earned, these people were so rare. According to research, the minimum enhancement level someone could unlock a skill was level 20, not to mention a unique one like the appraisal skill. Right now, Xue Fang could only look dumb. Suddenly, Xue Fang walked toward the wall, clenching his right fist, he slammed it into the wall, and before Xue Fang knew it, that very fist had punched a hole through the spot. "Ah-ah!..." Xue Fang's mouth was agape reflexively at the wonder he just performed. "You've got to be kidding, so I was this strong and I still ran away from Guo Zhenyu's minions?" "You've really got to be kidding me" It sounded ridiculous, Xue Fang could still remember the incident, it was so fresh in his mind, he ran as if his life depended on it. Xue Fang walked to the center of the room, he wanted to test something. Xue Fang punched the air, the air current whooshed past the arm, and he could see his arm almost blurry. "I'm fast" the word tumbled out of his mouth. Another practical, Xue Fang walked outside to the road of the neighborhood, it was silent in the early morning with few people seen, and he could see some couple doing their exercise routine, jogging along the road. Steadying himself, Xue Fang could see the figure of the couple jogging afar. Using his appraisal skill, Xue Fang willed himself to judge the distance between him and the couple and also the speed of the couple. Xue Fang smiled, he felt his Soul Will was somehow good at a pun, and most of all, Xue Fang regretted he hadn't awakened his Soul Will and also this skill when he was still in high school. "For goodness sake, how good would my grade be with this skill" Then with a bust of speed, Xue Fang found himself running past the couple within seconds. "Whoa!" Xue Fang walked into his room which now had a hole in one of its walls. "This is amazing" The revelation was now opened to Xue Fang, he realized that the Cosmic body art he was practicing was the reason he could harness his Soul Will, and that, to be able to harness a Soul Will, one needs to will it, to have the intention. "The reason why I couldn't use my speed back then when I was chased was because I didn't will it?" Xue Fang felt enlightened about Soul Will. Right now, Xue Fang felt it was about time to become a Hunter and enter the HighRealms to level up. Aside from leveling up in the HighRealms, one of the most important aspects was becoming a Soul Leader. According to what Xue Fang had heard about the HighRealms, there were different levels of Supernaturals: Common-Level, Noble-Level, and Sacred-Level. By slaying a Common-Level Supernatural, one could claim Common Soul Coins. Slaying a Noble-Level Supernatural would allow hunters to earn that same class of nobility's Soul Coins, and the same applied to Sacred-Level Supernaturals, which were categorized into Saint-Level and Holy-Level creatures, each with their own Soul Coins. The HighRealms were divided into territories ruled by Soul Rulers—powerful beings who governed entire realms. A Soul Earl, for example, would lead a realm populated by Earl-level Supernatural citizens. Slaying a Soul Leader allowed a Hunter to assume their position and claim the realmstone of the realm. This stone allowed the Soul Leader to spawn their citizens anywhere, asserting their supremacy. During the dark times when Supernaturals besieged the human world, it was the realmstone that enabled the spawning of Supernatural armies into the human realm. This is why any Hunter who managed to usurp a realmstone and claim a realm—becoming a Soul Leader—was deemed a hero of humanity and granted the same noble status in the human world. "Perhaps, earning Soul Coins and ascending noble ranks may not be as hard as I thought" Suddenly, Xue Fang heard a knock at the door.