Chapter 137: Strenghtening The Yin Corpse Bone-Forging Art And Asura Blood Sea Scripture To The Next Level!

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After consuming the many corpses scattered around him, Riven felt his bones begin to crackle and break apart before regenerating at an astonishing speed. Countless skeletal monstrosities seemed to roar and thrash inside his osseous form for several long moments before finally settling down. His skeleton was no longer purely human. It had become sharper, larger, and significantly wider, perfectly matching his already massive musculature and making it even easier for his body to continue growing stronger in the future.

At the same time his blood flow increased dramatically. He absorbed the dense blood essence of many different creatures and began combining those essences within his body the same way true vampires cultivated their power. Powerful blood energy surged through every vein, rapidly refilling his vitality and health while greatly accelerating his natural wound regeneration.

[You have consumed and absorbed a large quantity of skeletons into your own main skeletal frame.]

[Your Bones have absorbed all of them and grown immensely.]

[Your Understanding and Cultivation of the [Yin Corpse Bone-Forging Art] has Advanced to Level 2.]

[Your Bone Density, Bone Toughness, Bone Regeneration, Bone Strength, and Bone Growth has increased by 300%.]

[Your {White Bone Demon Spectral Skeleton} has continued to rapidly develop.]

[You have unlocked the {Yin Corpse Bone-Forging Art}: [Bone-Flesh Unity]: Grants the ability to combine both Bone and Flesh into a single mass temporarily, combining them and transforming your body into a flexible, shapeshifting being incapable of having his bones broken and capable of reducing and increasing its size, among many other techniques that Bone Demons possess.]

"Bone-Flesh Unity! Excellent."

[You have consumed and absorbed a large quantity of lifeblood and blood essence from your foes.]

[Your Bloodstream has absorbed all the Blood Essence successfully, reinforcing your Vitality and Health.]

[Your Understanding and Cultivation of the [Asura Blood Sea Scripture] has Advanced to Level 2.]

[You have started the first stage in the creation of a {Blood Sea} within your Dantian. Your physical body has started to be reformed as it begins to achieve "immortality".]

[Your Body Regeneration, Growth, Speed, Dexterity, Senses, and more have increased by 300%.]

Riven could clearly sense a deep, crimson ocean forming inside his own Dantian. That endless sea of pure blood energy continued to expand the more blood and powerful foes he consumed. The sensation of that growing power was truly incredible.

"With this... I’m done for now."

Riven decided to carefully check his overall status after everything he had just absorbed and cultivated.

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[Name]: [Riven Hale Claymore]

[Age]: [18]

[Race]: [Human (Assimilating Titan Bloodline)]

[Title]: [Lord of Giants]

[Hunter Rank]: [E-Rank (Official)]

[Class]: [Predator – Level 90]

[Subclass]: [Beast – Level 70]

[Talents]: [Dormant Apex – SSS-Rank] [Voracious Beast – S-Rank] [Biological Armor – S-Rank] [Natural-Born Leader – S-Rank] [Calamitous Power – SS-Rank] [Apostle of Chaos – SS-Rank] [Abyssal Predator’s Inheritance – SS-Rank] [Heavy Metal Sentinel – S-Rank] [Treasure Hunter – S-Rank] [Death King – SS-Rank] [Supreme Giant Monarch – SSS Rank] [Myriad Spirit Self – SSS+ Rank]

[Authorities]

{Demonic Authority of Gluttony – Beelzebub}

[Monster Eater]

[Gluttony (Stat & Skill Absorption)]

[Talent Devourer]

{Demonic Authority of Greed – Mammon}

[x10,000 Reward Multiplier (Active)]

{Demonic Authority of Lust – Asmodeus}

[Love Investment Authority]

[Target: Elisa Frostbane]

[Affection Level: 60]

[Investment Progress: 15%]

[Status: Critically Crippled | Potential: Supreme+]

{Demonic Authority of Pride – Lucifer}

[Sovereign Codex Recognized]

[Domain-Building Functions Unlocked]

[Host marked as "Lord"]

[Domains: D-Rank Gate "Dark Cave Labyrinth"]

{Authority of the Blood-Soaked Shadow Wolf – Fenrir}

[Beast Senses]

[Bloodthirsty]

[Core Stats]

[Vitality]: [1,191,000]

[Mana]: [821,940]

[Strength]: [1,190,430]

[Endurance]: [790,900]

[Intelligence]: [504,150]

[Agility]: [488,100]

[Spirit]: [560,000]

[Luck]: [1,010]

[Charm]: [2,100]

[Class Skills – Predator]

[Devourer’s Instinct – Level 4]

[Endless Hunger – Level 3]

[Gene Absorption – Level 2]

[Jaws of Gluttony – Level 1]

[Class Skills – Beast]

[Call of the Beast – Level 3]

[Pack Hunter – Level 2]

[Festering Wounds – Level 2]

[Beast Spirit – Level 1]

[Active Skills]

[Skadi’s Blessing: Titan Physique – Level 3]

[Skadi’s Blessing: Titan Mana Heart – Level 2]

[Veil of Invisibility – Level 4]

[Heavy Weapon Master – Level 4]

[Impenetrable Skin – Level 4]

[Frost Emperor’s Touch – Level 5]

[Abyssal Fist – Level 5]

[Assassination Shadow Blade – Level 4]

[Venom Production – Level 7]

[Abyssal Shift – Level 5]

[Tyrant’s Embodiment – Level 4]

[Sacrificial Abyssal Werewolf – Level 3]

[Ten Thousand Poison Fang – Level 3]

[World of Silence – Level 2]

[Asura Blood Sea Scripture – Level 2]

[Netherworld King Swordsmanship – Level 2]

[Spectral Ghost King Aura – Level 2]

[Yin Corpse Bone-Forging Art – Level 2]

[Spiritual Aura Arts – Level 2]

[Mirrored Samsara Shadow Incarnation – Level 2]

[Soul-Tearing Beast Claw Assault – Level 1]

[Abyssal Bone King Pandemonium – Level 1]

[Malevolent Dragon King of Yomi Embodiment – Level 1]

[Cultivation Methods]

[Divine Frost Emperor’s Legacy – First Step]

[Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra – Poison Accumulation Phase: Stage 1 (22/100)]

[Items]

[Divine Weapon – Fenrir’s Abyssal Fang Blade (Tier 2 / Growth: 15%)]

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Everything had grown considerably. Some of his core stats had already surpassed the one-million mark — the clear threshold of someone who had already gone beyond the Realm of ordinary C-Rank Hunters and was now standing firmly at the beginning of true B-Rank strength. He was more than overqualified to clear the C-Rank Gate he planned to enter next.

His Skills had also steadily leveled up through constant and aggressive use. None of them had remained stagnant, because he pushed every single ability as hard as possible in every battle and situation he faced.

Lastly, he had managed to accumulate a decent quantity of various Poisons, yet the goal of reaching a full 100 still felt somewhat distant. Riven planned to simply purchase large amounts of high-quality poisonous materials later on. He was also preparing to challenge the three most dangerous Poison-Type Dungeons currently known in the world.

One of them, from what he could recall, was located deep in Africa. Another existed somewhere in the dense jungles of Brazil. The most dangerous of the three was situated all the way in China and remained heavily guarded by the local government, which rarely allowed outsiders to approach without proper citizenship and years of recognition as a high-ranked hunter.

Although Claymore Enterprises was rapidly taking over the world and would ultimately become the greatest reason for humanity’s downfall and inability to truly ascend, it was not as if every other country remained innocent. Most of the largest nations were also filled with deep layers of corruption of their own.

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