"What the... How's that possible!?'
After the light retracted — finally unfolding the current state of the mutated water salamander in the face of the silent forest — Naib was shocked to find that its wounds closed somehow, to the point that even its severed limb began showing signs of regenerating.
Although its state still looks pathetic, its life was undeniably far from the dying state it had yesterday, something that he found unimaginable considering how grievous its wounds were when he contracted it.
"Hiss! I didn't expect its regenerative skill to be this overpowered.'
Mumbling with amazement, Naib then opened the character panel of the Mutated Water Salamander. He wanted to assess its physical state first before planning his next action.
Of course, the main reason for it is to see if he still needed to use the healing paste on his bound beast. Although the paste only costs 15 fate points, Naib doesn't know when the shop would stock similar items; hence, he thought that it's much better to save the item in case of an emergency.
Ding!
[ Mutated Water Salamander
Realm: Mid-Stage of the Mortal Realm (51%)
Bloodline: Low - Elite
Talent: Exceptional regenerative (Rare), Toxic Secretion (Elite), Water Affinity (Elite), Tail Lashing (Uncommon), Deep Slumber (Elite).
Life Span: 4.1/65
State: Wounded, Slumbering.
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Overall Potential: 25.2
Luck: 30
Comprehension: 27
Physical Potential: 23
Talent: 14
Destiny: 32
(Further information omitted) ]
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[ Deep Slumber (Elite): Upon entering a critical state, one can enter a deep slumber to alleviate or slow down the deterioration of one's state.
Skill Activation: Passive.
Note: Upon entering deep slumber, one can only awaken after a set period of time or when one's wounds have already healed. ]
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"A new skill?'
Remembering that this skill wasn't present yesterday when he had contracted the beast, Naib's interest couldn't help but rise, finally able to understand how the mutated water salamander managed to alleviate its state in just a day.
Furthermore, the thing that surprised him more was that the beast's destiny points also increased by one — making it into 32 points — almost rivaling the three-headed crow that he met a week ago.
It could be said that, despite having no idea what destiny can do, Naib knew deep within that he had contracted a beast with boundless potential!
"Nevertheless, with its current status, I certainly wouldn't be able to utilize it; it might remain in a slumber state for a couple of days or even weeks, who knows?
"In the end, I still have to rely on my own ability to survive. Fortunately, with the things I just received, if I remain cautious, I should be fine.'
In the end, after pondering, Naib still ended up feeding half a pack of the healing paste to his bound beast before retracting it to his beast space to hasten its recovery.
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Sigh~
Heaving a sigh of relief upon understanding that his beast was finally out of mortal danger, Naib's face then showed a huge, creepy smile. With a face tinged with anticipation, he then opened his character panel, wanting to inspect the rewards he received yesterday and utilize them to strengthen himself.
"Other than the blank common skill and the sharp sword that I haven't used yet, the system also rewarded me with a new spiritual manual and a yellow-grade skill!
"Without a doubt, this system of mine was extremely generous with its rewards!'
With moist eyes — the memories from past weeks flashing by within his mind, reminding him how difficult life was — Naib felt that everything was worth it. Even if the system only gave him the yellow grade skill, he would still be satisfied beyond doubt.
Heck, not to mention the yellow-grade skill; even the black common skill that allows him to learn a skill of his preference was enough to send him flying in pure joy!
It could be said that even the predecessor of his hasn't seen any shadows of them in his whole life; hence, it's really hard to explain how happy he was in the moment.
"I should learn the 'Skin Tempering' first before using the blank common skill. After that, I can see what kind of spiritual manual the system gave me. I hope it's much better than my current spiritual manual.'
Upon planning his course of action, Naib immediately opened his inventory. With eyes glued to the yellowish coarse paper that contained the tempering skill, Naib then tapped its surface, unfolding its description to his eyes.
Ding!
[ Skin Tempering (Yellow Grade): A skill derived from studying and beholding the essence of beasts shedding their skins. Although incomplete, it still has the ability to strengthen one's skin and slightly temper one's physique, achieving a small accomplishment for the complete body.
Skill Activation: Passive.
Note: Upon mastering, one can wholly ignore the physical attack coming from a peak-stage awakening beast. ]
"D*mn, it's not the peak stage of the beast student realm (above the beast apprentice realm) but instead the peak stage of the Awakening Realm beast!'
It could be said that the beast's strength was naturally above that of humans; hence, Naib was really shocked upon seeing the description of the skill that it could ignore physical attacks coming from the Awakening Realm beast upon gaining mastery.
Although his predecessor hadn't encountered any yellow-grade skills in his life, he still had sufficient knowledge regarding them; hence, Naib was confident to say that this yellow-grade skill was different from the knowledge that the predecessor had.
"It's probably one of the strongest yellow-grade skills that exists; no wonder it doesn't have sub grade like the sharp sword."
Reining in his shock and impatience, Naib then took out the yellowish coarse paper from his inventory. Then, without further ado, after feeling the paper's coarse surface with his hands for a while, Naib ripped the paper in half.
Shing~
In an instant, after the paper was torn into two, a yellowish glow, originating from the center of the paper, abruptly enveloped Naib's being. Knowledge regarding the skill soon assaulted his mind, imprinting deep within and increasing his mastery over the skill by a substantial amount.