Chapter 134: Continously Growing Stronger And Stronger!

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Riven looked at the list of new Skills in genuine awe, feeling the raw power of these powerful beings flowing steadily through every part of his body. Although he had only gained three new Skills from everything he consumed, each one was immensely strong and carried incredible synergy potential. That synergy was where the real value of these abilities truly lay.

Among everything he had just consumed, he also managed to gain one Talent — the one belonging to Ryujin’s Spectral Spirit Avatar.

That Talent, by far, might be the strongest he had ever obtained through this method!

Ding!

[Talent Acquired: [Spectral Spirit Double – B Rank]: Your Spiritual Power is immense and has always had the power and potential of two persons instead of one. You can freely divide your own Spiritual Power into a "Spirit Self" that shares your memories and personality and can be controlled at will to grow alongside you, a True Spirit Body to reinforce your body or even separate from you so it can travel to places no mortals can access.]

[x10,000 Reward Multiplier Activated!]

[Talent: [Spectral Spirit Double – B Rank] has been multiplied by x10,000!]

[You have acquired the Talent: [Myriad Spirit Self – SSS+ Rank]: Grants the ability to expand your Spiritual Power and imprint it with your Mind and Soul, creating Spiritual Avatars that can both attack, defend, or do other menial tasks as long as they’re within a certain range. The Ability to control them and their range increases based on your Mastery over Spiritual Arts, your Spirit Stat, and your Mana Stat. These Spirit Selves will also disappear after a while if they have no connection to you but can find their own ways to continue existing by absorbing energy from the environment. Spirit Selves are puppets and do not possess their own thoughts and minds, but you can speak through them at any time and communicate through long distances, alongside many other abilities.]

"Oh...?"

Riven immediately felt something new stirring within him. His Spiritual Power combined with the Ghostly Essence inside his Soul and began exuding outward in the form of small eyes, mismatched arms, and incomplete torsos. They looked bizarre and chaotic at first, but as he focused his thoughts more carefully, they slowly formed into glowing, ethereal "ghosts" that resembled imperfect versions of himself. These spiritual copies walked forward a few steps before falling apart and disappearing.

"W-What’s going on?" Kagehisa asked in pure disbelief. "He gained a new art just like that? This is...! It’s similar to what Ryujin could do!"

"He has stolen that power and made it completely his own!" Goki gasped. "Incredible!"

"Could our new master actually be... someone truly amazing?!" Hinata asked with wide eyes.

"I always knew he was great," Ren said quietly, the only one who seemed completely unsurprised.

Riven was still a little clumsy when controlling pure Spiritual Energy, but he was improving with every attempt and every small failure. The Spiritual Selves continued to appear and disappear rapidly. Some of them glowed with various colors while others remained completely empty and colorless. None of them quite matched the solidity of his Shadow Self yet.

Still, when combined with Aura Materialization, it would become possible to turn these ghostly spiritual beings into solid forms. That alone could enhance the way he fought in tremendous ways.

"This has a lot of potential..."

As he nodded to himself, he looked inward and felt just how much he had grown in such a short time. His Stats had skyrocketed. His muscles tensed and expanded for a moment before rapidly returning to their normal size. He felt his thought process accelerate, and his senses became even sharper than before. On top of that, both his Mana and Spiritual Energy pools had increased greatly.

Ding!

[Predator Class Level 90 reached.]

[Class Skill Learned [Jaws of Gluttony – Level 1]: Manifests the power of your Class, Predator, into the real world. The higher the level of your class and this skill, the stronger this effect is. With any physical attack, there’s a 30% chance for giant spectral jaws to emerge, devouring a foe’s body, soul, or spirit to weaken them and feed you with their strength.]

[Gluttony Triggered.]

[x10,000 Reward Multiplier Activated!]

[Vitality +300,000 | Mana +250,000 | Strength +350,000 | Endurance +250,000 | Intelligence +350,000 | Agility +200,000 | Spirit +400,000.]

Riven stood up straight and slowly concentrated. He began letting his Mana and Spiritual Energy flow through his body more smoothly and thoroughly than ever before.

His giant Titan Mana Heart started developing fine cracks as the pressure of his vastly increased Mana grew too intense. The crystal began to shatter slowly under the strain.

He used his power to continuously heal the crystal even as it cracked, forcing it to grow larger and denser within his chest with every passing second.

Until...

Crack, crack...!

CRASH!

The outer shell of the old Titan Mana Heart, which had been a deep blue color, finally shattered completely and disappeared into countless particles of pure Mana. What remained was a bright red heart — new, stronger, and completely reforged with even greater power.

"Amazing... I just advanced an entire level of cultivation just like that...!"

And with that breakthrough, even more Mana flooded into him!

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have successfully advanced in your Cultivation of your Titan Mana Heart.]

[Your Titan Mana Heart has progressed to Level 2.]

[Your Control over Mana, Dexterity with Mana, Mastery over Magic, and also Spiritual Power, has increased from 200% to 400%.]

[Your Mana Stat has increased by +300,000.]

[Your Spirit Stat has increased by +100,000.]

[Your Link with Elisa has grown, and she is now sharing 20% of your Mana and 5% of your Spirit Stat.]

"Sweet," Riven smiled to himself. "She must have been surprised by the sudden surge."

After further strengthening the bond with his wife through Titan Mana Heart’s Level Up, Riven also noticed several other new notifications appearing. A power deep within him had awakened after he consumed so many strong and unique prey.

"?!"

Ding!

[The Class Skill: [Gene Absorption – Level 2] has activated successfully.]

[You have absorbed the [Gashadokuro] Super Rare Gene.]

[You have absorbed the...]

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