Chapter 92: Combat Ability
The notifications came in one after another.
[Human Liver Consumed — +115]
[Special Category Livers Consumed — +730]
The total number was not bad, but it also showed that although the ones he faced now were stronger than the previous group, they still were not the elite of the elite.
So far, none of them was on Lex’s level, or even Vance in his Crystallization form.
The only person who had threatened him back then was the sword user who could somehow slice through anything, but his physical abilities were severely lacking.
He lacked that dominating factor, which prevented his innate talent from reaching its full potential.
For example, if that same cutting ability was paired with Lex’s speed, its lethality would rise by at least five fold. That was how important agility was in high-level fights.
’Next time, I’ll make sure to kill that guy first.’
Soon, the talent notifications arrived.
[Chain Drive I > II]
The increase was good, but he rarely used it in group fights. There were too many people disrupting his combo, making it hard for him to stay in one position for more than a second.
[Force Calibration IV> V]
This one, however, made him very satisfied. The increase in his Force Calibration directly reflected his overall power, and he wondered what its next evolution would be.
[Reinforced Spring Joints I >II]
Another talent, though very common, effectively increased his combat rating.
[Congratulations, Host. You have acquired a more powerful version of Trajectory Reading. Upgrading it now.]
[Advanced Trajectory Reading]
[This talent enhances cognitive processing, allowing the user to predict attack paths further into the future.]
He activated it and was surprised to see that the ghost lines were now sharper and clearer.
[New Talent Acquired ]
—Charged Jump :The user can store kinetic energy in their legs and release it in a single explosive vertical launch.
Mid-air trajectory can be adjusted once per jump. Landing force is redirected into the ground rather than the user’s body.—
’Now this is useful,’ he was unable to hide his excitement, already imagining multiple ways to use it.
One of them was launching himself into the air, and by utilizing his other abilities, he hoped to reach over 1,000 km of flying speed.
That velocity was already on par with a commercial plane in his old world, and achieving it with his relatively small body would turn him into a powerful projectile. His enemies would not even know what hit them.
Of course, there were other things to consider, like air resistance, loss of momentum after a certain distance, and so on.
Luckily, the nature of his system allowed him to break through all of that through continuous and rapid growth.
Finally, he checked the talent he obtained from the female who could control threads.
[Frequency Tuning]
—The user can emit a specific frequency from their body and tune it to match the natural resonance of extremely light or near-weightless materials.
Once tuned, the user can manipulate those materials remotely within a 25 meter range. The effect only works on materials with little to no mass. Heavier or denser objects are completely unaffected—
After reading the talent description twice, the ability felt underwhelming to him.
Threads broke too easily, while stronger ones were heavier and harder to control, giving it little practical use.
In addition, it relied on him being in a stationary position for better control, which went against his combat style.
Just as he was about to set the skill aside for the time being, a different idea surfaced.
Understanding a skill from description alone was never enough.
He pressed his back against the sofa and closed his eyes.
Frequency Tuning activated.
The first thing he noticed was that it did not feel like his other talents. Most of them produced an immediate physical response.
This produced nothing he could see or feel in his body.
He waited.
Then he caught it.
It was faint. Sitting just below the threshold of what his senses normally tracked.
A low continuous output leaving his body in every direction, like heat radiating from skin. It had no weight, no texture, no sound. If he wasn’t actively searching for it, he would have missed it entirely.
’So this is what she was emitting.’
He focused on it and tried to understand its behavior.
The frequency was not static. It moved outward from his body in slow expanding rings, each one thinning as it traveled further from its source.
By the time it reached the wall across the room, it had already spread so wide that he could barely detect it himself.
That was the first problem.
Distance killed it.
Normally, this would be hard to fix, but he got a talent that allowed him to see vibrations.
When combined with Frequency Tuning and his other cognitive abilities, the visuals in his mind became clearer.
’I can do this.’
Instead of letting the frequency spread , he kept the rings compressed close to his body rather than letting them expand outward.
The effort required more active concentration than he expected. It was like cupping water in both hands.
Slowly, the dispersal tightened.
’So the default state is passive and wide. Pulling it inward makes it dense but short range.’
That was its core mechanic. The natural behavior of frequency in open space.
His mind turned to the next step. If he could compress the frequency into a single point and pair it with Shockwave Emission, the output might become far more focused.
Right now, his Shockwave Emission was blunt. It pushed force outward, but most of it scattered before it could fully land on a target. It worked best for disruption.
What he wanted was control and lethality.
An attack that forced all pressure into one point, instead of letting it spread in every angle.
But that was the part he could not test here.
Not in a small room. Not at low energy.
He kept tapping his legs against the floor, tempted to do it right away. Still, he held back. Loud noises could expose his location.
’I know what I should do. The test will have to wait, though.’
