Chapter 140: Chapter 140: Assimilating The Core
The severed gauntlet flew from its hand, falling into the sand with a loud, heavy thud. Meanwhile, the arm all the way up to the shoulder was sliced cleanly into two pieces. No blood sprayed from the split limb, however, as the open wound was instantly engulfed and cauterized by the raging purple fire.
"ARUGH!!!!"
The previously silent Behemoth shrieked in agony, the pain of being devoured alive by the mystical flames proving utterly unbearable. But Quinn wasn’t about to waste another second; this was merely the appetizer... the real deal was yet to come.
"Blink... Severing Cut."
Quinn used his synergize skill once more, instantly materializing right at the creature’s neck. Then...the wild deafening chants of the silhouettes from above and the host disappeared...as the display of utter annihilation was visible in their naked eyes.
Srkkk...
Thud...
The battle ended just like that. The massive head of the behemoth fell heavily into the sand, its colossal features slowly being consumed by the brutal, unrelenting fire, consuming it’s body slowly into the oblivion, as he died in the hellish experience of getting devoured by the fire that’s so mysterious.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! THE DEFIER KILLED ONSLAUGHT LIKE A PIECE OF CATTLE IN A BUTCHER SHOP!!" The host shouted, there’s no more flailing and cursing as it ended just like that.
"DEFIER!! DEFIER!!! DEFIER!!"
The deafening roars of the host and the countless silhouettes reverberated across the arena, visibly shaking the entire colosseum.
But Quinn didn’t care about the applause as he immediately dug into the flesh of the behemoth’s corpse, searching for his true harvest...
He wanted to give the core to Lilith so she could absorb its power; his goal was to fully maximize his own stat gains through their bond, and transferring this energy to her was the best choice for an all-out power boost. That was also one of the reasons why Lilith hadn’t come to watch the match, so she could absorb the core silently before his impending breakout.
’Lilith... stabilize this sudden influx of power.’ Quinn transmitted the message across their connection, sacrificing a significant chunk of his own mana to bridge the difference of stat prowess...
He looked down at the core; it was so massive that there was no way he could physically hide it from the crowd! But he wasn’t dumb enough to pull it out into the open while it was still nestled inside the behemoth’s torso. As long as he could make physical contact with the object, the system would handle the rest.
Ting...
[Assimilating the Core.]
Quinn didn’t need to do anything else but maintain his grip on the core. To the audience, he merely looked like he was scrounging through the giant carcass, a process that took no time at all.
....
Meanwhile, back in her quarters, Lilith’s eyes were already closed tightly as she tried to absorb the sudden influx of energy radiating from the Behemoth’s core.
Fwossh... fwoossh... fwooossh
She was instantly surrounded by countless sparkling motes of light, which swirled through the air before embedding themselves into her skin as she channeled the essence.
Her attributes steadily climbed as time ticked away, the process finally stopping exactly at the one-minute mark.
’Ha... ha... ha... I hope this helps you... Quinn.’ Lilith panted, entirely drained after speedrunning the absorption process so Quinn could act fast enough to avoid any outside suspicion.
.....
Quinn slowly walked out of the crater as if nothing out of the ordinary had occurred, completely ignoring the wild cheers of his surroundings.
’Behemoth... hehe, you didn’t disappoint me at all.’ Quinn was grinning from ear to ear internally when he reviewed the gains Lilith had just received! A whopping +105 to both Strength and Endurance, +75 to Agility, and roughly +30 to Mana. That was a massive haul for a single core.
Unfortunately, Lilith could only handle one for now, as the system warned him that high noble races possessed traits that were much harder to safely digest. The chance of her physical body blowing up from over-saturation was too high... which explained why she was currently breathing heavily, having forcefully integrated the core of a high noble tier in such a short window of time.
"Thank you, Lilith..." Quinn mumbled to himself, unable to waste any more precious mana to send her his gratitude. It was best to save his resources and bet everything on a single full house, especially with his final battle against the Nekoball looming ahead.
As expected... his prior speculations had proven correct. If a being had already been reduced to a mere slave, their standing as a proud, high race was no longer recognized by fate.
He was now approaching the humongous arena doors, and the waiting silhouettes of Lyra, Alice, and the accursed caretaker finally came into view.
’Status..’
Ting...
Host: Quinn Cole
Age: 19 years old
Race: Human
Rank: Tier 3 - Elite (Low-tier human)
Attributes
Strength: 2148 (+ 123) (+300) (+505)
Agility: 2161 (+ 117) (+289) (+464)
Endurance: 2205 (+ 113) (+304) (+510)
Mana: 2230 (+ 125) (+407) (+630)
Non-distributed points: 0 points
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Exclusive Skills: Click to See Full Details
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Shop: Tap to View
MILF Soul Bond: Lyra Baneford (100%), Alice Vale (100%), Lilith Morvayne ( 100%)
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Name: Lilith Morvayne
Age: 32 years old
Race: Human
Rank: Tier 4 - Master (Mid-tier human)
Attributes
Strength: 505
Agility: 464
Endurance: 510
Mana:630
Skills:
Detect - B- Rank
Halberd Series - A+ Rank
Earth Shaker - B Rank
Executor Cleave - B+ Rank
Last Stand - A- Rank
’This is it...’ Quinn’s blood boiled with anticipation. This would officially be his last day inside this miserable Crucible.
The only minor letdown was that he couldn’t harvest the raw stats of the captured assassin, Zero, considering she possessed nearly 1,000 points across all of her attributes. Unfortunately, because she was currently trapped in a deep coma, it was impossible for him to extract anything from her.
Zero’s mind had been literally fried while her core underwent that massive system cleansing... she wouldn’t be waking up anytime soon.
