Metamorphosis Realm. Shedding the Mortal Husk.
Lucien sighed.
His level remained at 199. Just shy of the first stage of Metamorphosis.
It wasn't that the experience points from the Monster Lords he'd slain were too small. No, the Primordial Slime had revealed the truth behind his stagnation, confirming what Lucien had long suspected.
The Metamorphosis stage is different. His level now weren't direct measures of his true strength.
The power of creation was intertwined with his system. Every creature he killed had its essence split. Part transformed into drops and another fraction was converted into experience points.
He found out through their conversation that his growth wasn't determined by the arbitrary numbers the system displayed. That's why he asked the Primordial Slime to fix the system.
Now he understood the flaw in his current growth.
Leveling through killing... Only strengthens a part of him.
