Chapter 33: Flames of Glimmering Hope
"Oh! Just how many did you expect I could earn from a Golden Core Cultivator?"
Marx asked.
[You should be able to earn anywhere between 800 and 1000 GP]
"So, how would you think about a Nascent Soul Cultivator?"
[That depends! If you don’t use System’s power to destroy their soul and Nascent Soul, you could earn five thousand GP.]
[If not, you could only earn around 2000 to 3000GP. It varies, but as you go up, it also improves.]
[But this time, if you do manage to get a Golden Immortal Soul, you could earn around Eight Hundred Thousand GP.]
[If you get a body alongside their treasures, it could go anywhere between two million and three million GP.]
Hearing that, Marx rolled his eyes.
"Let’s be honest, System! Not to mention the Immortals, finding the Nascent Soul Cultivator would be difficult."
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"Wait, what if I go around the world, searching every potential cave?"
Then, he quickly shook his head.
"That would take too long. It seems like I have to use Yuki. She should know more about these places."
"But my relationship with her isn’t exactly good."
He thought to himself and suddenly paused.
He remembered something about Yuki. When he met her for the first time, he used every trick up his sleeve to befriend her.
At that time, he had only one thought.
Since she was a reincarnated being, there was a huge chance that she could save herself from a dangerous situation.
Especially considering she came to the past after being struck by Heavenly Tribulation.
At that time, he didn’t want her as an enemy, as that would cost him too much. Even with powerful talismans, he wasn’t sure if he could kill her.
That’s why he acted friendly. But after he started seeing her as a friend, Marx realized something.
She was a treasure trove.
Not only because she knew about the future, but also due to her secret.
’After I leave here, I should meet up with her and talk about the future. At the same time, I should also let her see my value.’
Even back on Earth, a boy would need to take his crush on dates and impress her with something before he could make her his girlfriend.
So, he had no choice but to impress her with his abilities.
’Man, this is so stressful.’
Marx felt depression hitting his brain. If he wasn’t in such a hurry to heal his parents, he would rather take this relationship slow.
He had spent most of his teenage years and even college years using his right hand. In this world, he didn’t even need to worry about that.
Just cultivating alone would slowly make him forget about his sexual desires.
"Anyway, let’s leave this place and find that beast."
He quickly shook off his thoughts and rushed out of the cave at full speed.
Fortunately, it was still an hour or two before sunset.
Unfortunately, the beast was currently on the other side of the forest. So, he had no choice but to leave the forest.
He couldn’t travel through the middle, so it was best for him to just leave the forest and circle it tomorrow.
Next Day;
"So, here you are."
Marx muttered as he silently approached the Twin Tailed Lion. It was nearly as big as a car. Its fur was red like blazing fire with the stripes of flame over its back.
Just as Marx got closer, the lion suddenly turned its head and immediately found Marx.
After all, Marx was only controlling his presence, not turning invisible.
In an instant, a massive spiraling horizontal flame tornado rushed towards him.
Even though its temperature was very high, it didn’t immediately burn the surroundings
Marx didn’t know what was happening, nor did he care.
A massive electricity charged around him, coating his body with lightning armor.
In an instant, his body moved to the side, dodging the flaming tornado. But the lion moved its head and followed Marx with its attack.
"Shit! I can’t let it make too much noise."
Marx rushed towards the flaming tornado, punching it with his fist. Although it didn’t do much, his body passed through the flaming tornado.
It wasn’t hot enough to melt him through the lightning armor. But Marx could feel a large amount of his Qi being exhausted.
’Although this move isn’t enough to destroy my lightning armor completely, it is consuming a lot of Qi.’
’This can’t continue. I need to do something else.’
Marx thought for a moment as he appeared in front of the lion. It raised its paw, coating it with flame, and slammed it down.
Marx caught the paw mid-air before charging his fist with lightning Qi. He threw a punch straight at its face, almost breaking its teeth.
Boom!
The lion felt the serious impact, pushing its body back with so much force that it crashed against five trees before finally stopping on the sixth tree.
Of course, Marx didn’t stop here.
Although he knew this beast was powerful, he also knew he couldn’t waste any more time here.
Every second of this destructive battle would invite more monsters closer.
Thinking about it, he raised his right hand, extending two fingers as they released a bolt of lightning.
In an instant, several more lightning bolts emerged, merging into a large rope.
This rope flew towards the lion as it tried to get up. When it saw the lightning rope, it instantly jumped to the side.
[Lightning Serpent Spell]
Suddenly, the rope turned into a snake, extending its front body towards the lion.
Before the lion could even understand what happened, the snake wrapped itself around its neck.
Marx took out a dagger and rushed towards the lion.
Because of his lightning armor, his speed surpassed the speed of sound as he created a sonic boom while moving.
Of course, it was very small thanks to his control over the lightning armor.
He grabbed the hilt of his dagger with both hands and moved it towards the lion.
Whoosh!
His dagger passed through the neck of the lion as it turned into flames.
Pat!
The lightning snake disintegrated as the body of the lion turned into flame.
Roar!
The same lion appeared behind him with its mouth trying to chomp down on Marx’s head with a single bite.
Without even looking back, Marx’s dagger released a bolt of lightning that struck the lion while he thrust it backward.
Splash!
As the lion felt paralyzed by the lightning bolt, Marx’s dagger pierced its neck.
He quickly caught the lion while it was struggling fiercely and ran towards the edge of the forest.
On his way, he saw several monsters rushing towards him, but his speed was unmatched.
Just like how that lion was able to dodge his attack using Flame Substitution, Marx was also able to use his lightning element to increase his speed.
Ten seconds later,
Marx found himself alone for a brief moment and took the opportunity to enter the Pagoda.
"Hooo!"
He released a deep breath.
"I am not sure if some other beasts sense my position. Now, I can only hope they didn’t."
He muttered while throwing the lion to the ground.
It had stopped struggling. If he hadn’t covered his entire body with lightning armor, his arms and chest would be full of scratches.
[Marx, although you want to rest, you should absorb the flame from its body. The more time you spend, the weaker it gets.]
[Then, you would have to use other resources to increase its potency or keep using the weak flame.]
Hearing that, Marx nodded.
Since he had already awakened Fire Attribute by absorbing Fire Bodhi Pill, he didn’t need this flame.
But he couldn’t just ignore it since Beast Flame was one of the rare flames between Heaven and Earth.
Absorbing the Flame required two things.
First, one would need to absorb the flame into their Dantian. During the process, they must keep the flame suppressed.
Otherwise, it could cause some serious damage to their bodies and Dantian.
Second, use soul energy to bind the flame, tame it like taming a beast.
Marx sat down and closed his eyes.
Due to his control over the Pagoda, he was able to suppress the flame without any problem.
Now, he just had to pull it inside his Dantian. This process would’ve been dangerous if he hadn’t been inside the Pagoda.
’After awakening the Gacha System, I feel like I am playing at newbie village with the highest-tier equipment.’
’Then, I have already suffered enough.’
Making his mind lighthearted with a joke, Marx released an enormous amount of his soul energy towards the flame, which entered his body.
He was trying to tame it while it was still being influenced by the pressure of the Pagoda.
This pressure would lessen considerably after it entered his Dantian.
Considering that this was his first time taming a flame, Marx was quick-witted enough to use this kind of tactic.
The moment his soul energy surrounded the flame and merged with it, Marx instantly established the connection with the Beast Flame.
The Flame entered his Dantian, but he didn’t feel any rejection. He opened his eyes and raised his hand.
Suddenly, a red flame flickered over his index finger, swirling around it.
"Since you are my first Flame, I should give you a name."
"How about Flames of Chaos? Nah! Too generic. I need something different."
"Hmm!"
"I know. How about this?"
A bright smile appeared on Marx’s face as he said.
"Flames of Glimmering Hope!"
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