Chapter 303: Chapter 191: The Divine Artifact - Omniscient Aspect!_1
[You approach the small hill-like mass of twisting flesh and blood...]
[Blood oozes endlessly from its surface, the crevice it grants you as its entrance is extremely narrow.]
[You have no choice but to use your hands to part the crevice like before, forcing yourself inside...]
[As expected, the flesh and blood suddenly contract, clamping the crevice shut and repelling your ingress.]
[Would you still like to force entry?]
Do you think you can pull a bow by force?
After a moment’s thought, Lin Xun switches Shells.
[You have inhabited the Shell of the ’Fallen Earth Giant’!]
[You lift your massive club and jam it into the crevice to pry it open, then muster the great physical strength of your new body to force the crevice apart and squeeze yourself in...]
[You have entered the ’Small Incubation Pool’, initiating evolution and transformation.]
[The swamp-like, dark green blood plasma begins to rise, spreading from your feet to your waist, then towers over your head.]
[You can still breathe freely in the blood plasma. Although there are no issues initially, you soon start to feel a needle-like prickling in your brain, the pain gradually intensifying.]
[You know that this is the intensification of the ’Fervent Spirit’, you endure the pain and silently wait for the transformation to complete...]
[...]
Lin Xun checks his inventory and examines the spoils of war while his transformation is ongoing.
The item named ’Advanced Essence of Star Faith’ behaves the same as before, except that the Power of Faith it contains has greatly increased.
Usage of this item could fully refill the charges of ’Ring of Starlight’, restoring it to two uses.
"If I use the ’Advanced Essence of Star Faith’, doesn’t it mean I can summon another legendary Star Spirit and potentially score equipment from Boss drops?"
For fearsome bosses like the ’Thunder Beast Mammoth’, Lin Xun didn’t dare to try again. On the other hand, he could attempt to conquer slightly weaker legendary Star Spirits like the ’Nightmare Jumping Lice’.
"The Star Spirit Hall is truly a treasure land!"
With a sigh, Lin Xun continues to check the spoils of war.
Among the two materials dropped by the ’Thunder Beast Mammoth’, one was a Tusk Blade, which was shown to be exceptional material suitable for forging superior weapons.
The other item, a piece of Chitin Carapace, was seen as an excellent material for forging armor.
[’Prime Essence of Legendary Thunder Beast Mammoth’ (Special Item): A piece of dark green flesh that absolutely reeks. It is one of the numerous power nodes of the Legendary Thunder Beast Mammoth.]
[This item can be utilized in two ways.]
[One, use the item directly to slightly increase the Shell’s strength.]
[Two, put this item into the ’Hatching Pond’ to produce an unknown effect.]
Lin Xun contemplates as he looks at the item’s description.
The previous ’Wild Thunder Scroll of the Cloudless Wilderness’ was also an item that could be used in two ways.
The first usage method allowed the ’Prime Flesh Essence’ to enhance the Shell’s strength.
Although the strength of the Earth Giant was already formidable, a minor increase in strength wouldn’t significantly improve the Shell’s overall power.
The second usage method seemed a bit of a gamble.
"Unknown effects... perhaps it could further enhance the ’Fervent Spirit’."
After pondering for a moment, Lin Xun chose the second usage method.
[You endure the intense headache and extract a piece of meat the same color as the surrounding blood plasma.]
[The ’Prime Essence of Legendary Thunder Beast Mammoth’ visually dissolves into the plasma at an observable rate...]
[You slowly begin to feel the pain not only in your brain, but also spreading to all over your body, as if countless ants are biting you.]
[...]
Lin Xun reads the floating script in front of him.
"I just don’t know if these unknown effects are good or bad..."
Full of anticipation, he quietly waits for the transformation to end.
[...]
[The pain gradually subsides, the overflowing blood plasma starts to recede, leaving the flesh and blood tissue behind to dry and shrivel...]
[You have left the ’Small Incubation Pool’.]
[You clasp your fists tightly, feeling that your body has changed in some way.]
[You have gained the special effect of ’Fervent Spirit’!]
[You have acquired the racial trait of the ’Thunder Beast Mammoth’ clan, ’Blood Bathed Fury’!]
Lin Xun quickly opens the Shell column to check.
[Special Effect ’Fervent Spirit’: In the course of the prolonged war between the Star Clan and the Polymaths, having suffered innumerable Knowledge Magic attacks, the Star Clan has evolved a defense mechanism.]
[This effect greatly enhances the Shell’s resistance to ’Knowledge Class Skills’ Magic.]
Lin Xun is overjoyed. The acquisition of this effect by the Earth Giant would undoubtedly greatly increase his ability to ascend the tower’s levels.
And an increase in the number of levels climbed would increase the Knowledge upper limit, thereby enhancing his strength once again.
He looks at the second special effect he gained... no, it’s a racial trait.
[Racial Trait ’Blood Bathed Fury’: When its life is threatened, the ’Thunder Beast Mammoth’ clan does not retreat, but instead becomes more courageous. This is their inherent racial trait!]
[This trait activates automatically when the Shell is injured. The heavier the injuries sustained by the Shell, the higher the damage you can inflict.]
Lin Xun’s eyes widen.
The benefit of ’Fervent Spirit’ was within his expectations.
But the sudden acquisition of a racial trait was far beyond his anticipation.
"So, the Earth Giant is not just a bloody tank-like warrior now, it’s also a Berserker that gets more ferocious the more wounded it is."
He recalls the ’Thunder Beast Mammoth Lonca’ becoming fiercer as it got more injured.
Turns out it’s not solely because of the prolonged effects of ’Decay’, but mostly due to the inherent racial trait of the ’Thunder Beast Mammoth’.
"Who would have thought that racial traits could also be acquired."
[The massive shape of the ’Omniscient Aspect of the Mist Barrier Monster’ appears slightly fuzzy and distorted, indicating the end of its summoning duration is near.]
