Soon, in a blink of an eye, 3 days hurriedly passed by.


    Tap... Tap...


    Within the ce where the light wasn''t allowed to illuminate, where thousands of bones could be seen floating around- being caressed by the soft dark wind that slightly corroded their surface.


    The thick ck water beneath unceasingly created waves toward the unknown, creating a ripple that disturbed the far distance- causing a soft sound to silently echo within the enclosed catbs.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Within its centre, a pale being, being shrouded by thick shadows could be discerned absorbing the think Qi above the atmosphere, creating a whirl of baleful wind as the thick dark Qi around visibly entered its pores- drilling toward its pale physique before entering the depths of his soul, coursing within for a while before finally entering his gaseous core in the centre.


    Making it denser to one''s sight, releasing an ufortable aura with a mixture of different rules within- churning loudly as it began to condense in one direction, slowlypressing as its weight began to drastically increase, causing fine cracks to appear within the surface of Leo''s gaseous core!


    Taking a deep breath, Leo forcefully focused his senses toward the Qi around his core,pressing it slowly as he beholds how it bes more liquified- causing it to instantly send feedback toward his being, slowly increasing the resilience of his physique, mental, and soul by an amount!


    ...


    "Sess!''


    Eximing within his mind, Leo silently beholds the pitiful yet pure liquid within his core, groaningfortably upon feeling that his physique, mental, and soul attributes increase drastically- signifying that he finally entered the threshold of the Mid-stage of the Core Formation realm!


    A being at Level 6! A being with skin as resilient as Elite to Rare rarity metal! Making his physique momentarily glint with metallic luster toward the dark atmosphere above before reverting back to its usual colour!


    Ding!


    [ Congrattions upon entering the Mid stage of the Core Formation realm!


    +10,000 horror points!


    +12 free attribute points!


    +2 High Enlightenment Stone! ]


    Huff~


    Exhaling turbid air within his lungs, corroding the bones in the short distance, Leo slowly opened his pale grey eyes- inspecting his physique in great detail, beholding that the wounds he sustained days ago alreadypletely healed, finally expelling the residue of rules that manage to enter his physique days ago when he fought that Late Stage of the Core Formation realm Devil.


    Underestimating the capability of a Devil, causing him to experience intense agony in the past few days- making his n to study the things that he looted within the town be postponed since he had no choice but to cultivate to expel the traces of me rule that unceasingly burn his physique, muscles, and bones...


    Making his hatred toward the Devil increase drastically to the point that he couldn''t wait to curse its physique every day!


    "Keke~ Fortunately, it wouldn''t take long... I will surely curse you day and night!''


    Slightly stretching his body, finally had time to ponder about the things that urred within the town...


    Leo couldn''t help but release a weak sigh of helplessness, having no idea what kind of things were currently happening in that ruined town upon he left, quite curious if the group that entered the depths of the Endless Forest finallye back or not- wondering what kind of expression would they show upon seeing the scattered corpse of humans and beast around.


    Sigh~


    "Unfortunately, I wasn''t present when that happened...


    "I wanted to see if they would release intense despair and fear within their being- further helping me to shorten the distance toward the next level..."


    Shaking his head, burying the regret within his being, Leo slowly took out the skill scrolls within his inventory, numbering up to 30 that rarity range from the Common to Elite grade...


    In addition to the 5 Rare skills that he gets from the corpses of the beasts he killed within the town, Leo currently has 35 skill scrolls!


    A staggering number!


    Making the corner of his lips unconsciously curl up, feeling that plundering from the shop is much more profitable than killing beasts!


    Furthermore, even if he focused on hunting beasts for the whole day within the depths of the Endless Forest, he wouldn''t probably gain 10 skill scrolls- understanding that the drop rate of the skill scrolls from the corpse of the beast is pitifully small!


    Probably not allowing him to gain one even if he killed 10 beasts (due to his luck)!


    Grasping the glowing skill scrolls within his hands, Leo carefully read their description one by one, wanting to see if he would gain skills that hecked- also nning to see if he could find skills to fuse, causing the skill capability to increase drastically...


    (The cooldown of the skill fusion already ended earlier.)


    Soon, after an unknown period of time reading, Leo leisurely hides the 32 skill scrolls within his inventory, only leaving him with 3 scrolls within his grasp.


    A single blue and 2 green skill scrolls, shing with a weak glow of blue and green that slightly illuminated the pale face of Leo- making him sigh in dissatisfaction upon only gaining 3 skills that could help his strength to increase by amount.


    "At least it was better than nothing...''


    Weakly mumbling under his breath, Leo silently focused on the three scrolls within his hands, grasping them with force as hemanded his system to hurriedly learn the skills.


    Ding!


    [ Learning Mental Spike (Rare), Assistance of the Wind (Elite), and Lightning Step (Elite) would cost you 10,000 horror points...


    (ept/Declined) ]


    ...


    Swish~


    Seeing this, Leo didn''t hesitate further as he hurriedly epted the deal- causing the imperceptible horror points hidden within the depths of his physique to uncontrobly fly toward the unknown void as the scrolls within his grasp suddenly evaporated...


    Unable to see the thing that was urring, Leo patiently waited... Staring at the familiar ce in boredom, carefully caressing the corroding grey bones beneath- feeling that time really flew fast... To the point that he had almost forgotten the memories when he first arrived in this ce, causing him to feel lost and empty all of a sudden.


    "Time is really merciless, it could easily make beings forget the agony, pain, and happiness that they experienced in the past... Burying toward the depths of their soul, until they slowly faded within.


    "Beholding how time flew fast, I inexplicably feel fear within my soul- understanding that my memories would also slowly fade when time passed by. Although it might not happen today, it will surely happen in days, weeks, and years...


    "It''s inevitable to the point that I suddenly feel deep helplessness within my being...'' Discover hidden tales at empire


    Weakly mumbling under his breath, Leo silently feels the rule of Fear, Inevitable Death, and Pure Despair hiding within his soul, within the depths of his liquified core slowly resonate toward his mind- making the cracks within their seed of rules increase slowly as the poking leaves within their apart seed be more vibrant and alive, further increasing the rules attach within his liquified Qi by amount...


    Causing its natural strength to increase by at least 20%!


    Ding!


    [ Congrattions upon deepening your understanding of the rules that were rted to fear by 5%! ]


    Ding!


    [ Congrattions upon sessfully learning the Mental Spike (Rare), Assistance of the Wind (Elite), and Lightning Step (Elite) skills! ]


    ***


    "How unfortunate, it wasn''t rted to the time rule... I thought it would be the time when I was about to ascend in heaven in one go.''


    Shaking his head, feeling disappointed upon not getting the thing he expected, Leo heaved a soft sign of relief. Opening his character panel, directly upgrading the new skills he learned to level 5 before reading their description one by one- wanting to gain deep knowledge regarding the skills so he wouldn''t forget nor have no idea how to use them when the timees.


    Ding!


    [ Mental Spike (Rare (Level 5)): Create a 2 inches long needle made of pure mental energy that could ignore and bypass physical defenses- drilling toward the mind of the enemy, wreaking havoc within, causing their casting to be hindered in the process...


    Activation: 10 mental energy and 10 Qi. (Couldn''t cast two Mental Spike at the same time!)


    Effect: Damaging one''s mind, causing their thoughts momentarily hindered. ]


    ***


    "It''s a good skill but I doubt that it could affect the thoughts of the Peak stage of the Core formation realm being after using it...


    "At most, it could only give them a slight headache."


    Understanding that every time a cultivator at the Core Formation realm advances by stage, the resilience of their soul, physique, and mental defence would also increase based on their strength... Leo just slightly nodded his head upon reading the Rare skill description, not that impressed by its capability to deal damage.


    "Still, if I used my "Compressed Shriek" skill first to weaken and create instability within their mind, causing their mental defence to decrease considerably... The Mental Spike might give me unexpected surprises upon using it."


    ***