Chapter 261: Reawakening
[Ding! Extraction Successful!]
[You have successfully extracted the talent: Life Bringer.]
[Life Bringer (Upper S-Rank): The Bringer of Life. You are the progenitor of life. You can create life from life and use life for your own benefit.]
Caelus stared at the text blankly.
"Upper S-Rank?"
This went beyond his expectations.
He had expected it to be SS-Rank.
Freya’s original version was Upper SS-Rank, after all.
’Is this related to being an Ender?’
No. That couldn’t be it. He was also an Ender. If being an Ender was the key factor, then the talent should have remained at the same rank.
’Then what am I missing?’
He thought deeper.
’Could it be this specific talent only works properly with the Ender of Life? Is this like an exclusive advantage they have?’
That seemed far more likely.
Even so, the talent was still incredibly powerful.
Just then, another notification appeared.
[Your Chaos Axiom Energy has gained the Healing Attribute.]
[Chaos Erosion has been updated.]
[Chaos Erosion: Continuously erodes the target’s HP, MP, and Stamina over time while shredding away their magical defenses and buffs. Whenever the target loses HP from Chaos Erosion, there is a chance to randomly heal you and your allies.]
Caelus’s eyes lit up.
Now this was good.
The random healing effect was extremely useful during prolonged battles. It essentially turned every fight into a war of attrition where he could constantly regenerate while his enemies slowly withered away.
Of course, there was no guarantee of it triggering. That was its limiting factor.
That aside, he could now create Life Spirits just like Freya as well.
But, the Life Essence drops were random. Farming it would require consistent effort, but that was where his Drop Rate System Configuration came in.
If he maxed it out, those Life Essences would steadily drop with every kill. He was now more motivated to farm more of these.
But what interested him most was the passive ability Life Bringer had.
Life Vision.
Since Life Vision allowed him to perceive and manipulate life energy, he wanted to test it immediately.
With that thought, Caelus left the apartment. Sylvia naturally accompanied him.
Freya, on the other hand, innocently followed along behind them.
They arrived at a quiet park filled with large trees.
The sun hung lazily overhead, and a few children were playing in the far distance.
Looking at the location, Freya tilted her head curiously. "Big brother, why are we here?"
"To test Life Vision, of course," Caelus said with a smile.
Freya immediately became confused hearing his reply.
She blinked several times.
"Life Vision? But only I can use Life Vision. How will you use it, Big Brother?"
Caelus simply smiled in response.
He then walked toward a nearby tree without explaining anything while Freya stared at his back with a bewildered expression.
Caelus stopped directly in front of a large tree full of lush branches.
He placed one hand gently against the rough bark as he closed his eyes.
The following instant, he activated the Life Vision passive of Life Bringer.
When he opened his eyes again, the tree in front of him was glowing brightly.
The world around him had transformed.
Through Life Vision, he saw countless streams of green life energy flowing throughout the tree. They moved like glowing veins pulsing with vitality. The energy circulated through every branch, every leaf, and every root.
It was a very beautiful sight.
Caelus slowly attempted to control the energy flowing inside it using Life Vision.
Rather than forcefully pulling it, he carefully guided it toward himself. He wanted to test how the ability worked first.
The moment he began drawing the energy out, a notification appeared.
[Ding! You have begun absorbing the Life Energy of a tree.]
[Your Aura is reacting to it.]
The Aura sleeping deep inside Caelus began stirring.
It had been dormant ever since he crossed over into this world.
Now, it slowly woke up.
The Life Energy naturally merged with his Aura of Origin.
The two energies resonated instead of rejecting each other.
They spiraled together like two dancers perfectly in sync.
Caelus immediately realized something unexpected was happening.
He began focusing instantly.
Freya, on the other hand, watched this scene with complete disbelief.
Her mouth hung open.
"Big Brother is controlling Life Energy? But only someone who can perceive it should be able to do that..."
She stared at him like he had just performed an impossible miracle.
Sylvia sighed hearing her.
She gently patted Freya’s head.
Only she knew that her hubby had extracted this poor girl’s talent.
She was one of his extraction victims.
On that note, she too wanted an extraction talent.
Preferably one that helped her extract the soul of the girls that were around Caelus so she and Caelus could live in peace.
That would be perfect!
The Life Energy of the tree continued flowing into Caelus.
He instinctively entered the stances of the Aura Manifestation Technique as it continued surging.
He felt like it was the right thing to do right now.
His body moved on its own.
Muscle memory took over him instantly.
He had practiced these stances countless times back in the Abyss.
Sweat began forming across his body as he began working his body.
He continuously changed stances while guiding the merged Aura and Life Energy through every part of his body. The energy flowed through his meridians, through his bones, through his cells.
The nearby tree rapidly lost its vitality.
Its leaves turned brown. Its bark cracked as it slowly withered with its Life Energy being taken by Caelus.
As that happened, golden light began covering Caelus.
The surrounding air vibrated rapidly as the golden light grew more condensed.
His speed of performing the Aura Manifestation Technique increased rapidly as sweat continuously flowed.
Caelus could now hear two desynchronized beats inside him.
He was quick to recognize what these were. They were the beats of his life and soul.
His heart and soul!
They were desynchronized!
This realization brought profound changes to him.
He was going to resync his body with his aura once more!
Whrmm! Whrmm!
Golden light shot out from him like spikes.
His body and soul began perfectly synchronizing.
His heartbeat and his soul pulse slowly began aligning, and once they fully aligned, a soundwave ring burst out from Caelus.
BOOM!
A burst of golden light erupted outward.
Whrmm!
Freya was shocked seeing this sight.
"What is happening?"
She took a step back out of fear.
An overwhelming draconic presence suddenly pressed down on her. Her instincts screamed at her to run seeing the sight in front of her.
The world briefly flashed black and white.
Behind Caelus, the enormous shadow of a Golden Divine Dragon appeared, dyeing the world around them in a black and golden color.
Its eyes burned with ancient wisdom, and its scales glimmered like countless stars as it revealed itself to the world.
Sylvia’s eyes widened seeing it.
She immediately recognized what was happening.
"Is that... the Ancient Dragon God?"
She became visibly excited.
She knew exactly what this meant.
Caelus’s Fighting Spirit was awakening!
At the same time, within Caelus’s vision, several notifications were ringing out.
[Your body and soul have aligned with this world once more through the Life Energy of this world.]
[You have received your Aura back.]
[Aura: 10/10 → 40/40]
[Ding! You have awakened a special system stat: Fighting Spirit.]
[You can equip one Fighting Spirit.]
