Chapter 234 My turn
“Playtime is over. It’s my turn!” The moment Dilan said this, he twisted his body, and pushed his feet away from the Crimson Claw Bear using its thick leg as the launching pad.
Its Crimson Claws were so sharp that instead of tearing out his flesh, it sunk at the moment he freed his body from its claws.
“Not bad, you piece of shit.” Dilan sneered when he took a short glance at the wound on his body. Freeing himself of the clutches of the Crimson Claws was actually quite dangerous.
However, Dilan had long since gauged the danger, which was why he didn’t really have an issue when he began to bleed severely.
He had already used [Regeneration] with 10 Mana units, so now his mana reserve was running low.
But Dilan didn’t need much mana to kill the Crimson Claw Bear, either way.
After all, [Bracing Pain] amplified his overall statistics by 50% the moment he landed on the ground, five meters apart from the Crimson Claw Bear.
-[Bracing Pain]
Pain will be turned into power! Overall amplification of the host’s prowess the more pain the host feels!
Limited amplification up to 50%
He was already severely injured, which was why his stats received the full amplification of 50%. Through the amplification, his Health stats increased, and further accelerated the healing process, while the Origin ability [Regeneration] did the rest.
However, even if his Health crossed 160 Units, Dilan couldn’t care less about this right now. He had to pay more attention to other things, such as killing the Crimson Claw Bear.
‘I wanted to gain some experience by fighting stronger opponents, but this fight was so annoying.’ Dilan let out a frustrated sigh, believing that the fight was already over.
At first glance, one might think that Dilan was at a disadvantage. After all, he had been injured lethally, and he was bleeding like a pig.
However, the injury was not something Dilan was bothered about. The fight had been quite annoying because he had to fight with lower average stats than his opponent. This disadvantage was quite frustrating.
‘Overpowering my opponents makes it more fun.’ He thought once again, even if he had to agree that it was a good experience.
The experience he had gained was something he was willing to repeat over and over again. That was how helpful it was.
Just for now, he couldn’t repeat, or continue it because he couldn’t really be in a near-death state with Felia and her people around.
“It’s not like I did a good job preventing myself from getting lethally injured. Next time, I should think twice before intentionally getting injured.” Dilan mumbled before he re-activated [Thunder Step].
Following that, he activated [Second Acceleration] and he used some mana to activate [Mana Slash].
With a single step, Dilan emerged next to the Crimson Claw Bear. The Blazing Serpentine Blade lashed out as the blazing flames engulfing the blade cracked, while a bluish-white slash of concentrated mana was released.
Dilan’s Agility was as high as his Health stat at this moment, crossing the threshold any ordinary Tier-1 existence could ever reach as he released the Mana Slash.
The Mana slash whizzed through the air with a terrifying pace, cutting off the Crimson Claw Bear’s claws in an instant.
Even after impairing the beast, the Mana Slash didn’t even stop. It continued to cut through the bushes and trees behind as it advanced ahead.
Dilan didn’t know when exactly his attack stopped before he was focused on the Crimson Claw Bear. The monster howled in pain and wanted to take revenge on Dilan, to end his life for good.
However, Dilan was too fast. He had already bent his body, and picked up one of the neatly cut-off claws before he disappeared from his spot.
Strong gusts of wind emerged around the Crimson Claw Bear, created by Dilan’s rapid movements.
Just a fraction of a second later, he appeared behind the Crimson Claw Bear and used the Bear’s Crimson claw that he was holding tightly to pierce into its back.
His attack was precise and hit the designated target easily.
The Crimson Claw Bear’s heart had been pierced by Dilan, ending the monster’s life.
Killed by its own weapon, the bear collapsed to the ground, unwilling but unable to escape its inevitable fate.
“Yep, overwhelming my opponents is much better, for my health, at least.” Dilan could tell that it was less exciting to fight certain monsters with overwhelmingly high stats.
But it was still somewhat fine. He had other things to pay attention to, rather than fighting in a satisfying manner.
At least that was what Dilan trying to tell himself. But he just waved off his hand because he knew that he wouldn’t listen to this, either way.
‘Let’s see what level you are!’ He could only think while activating [Regeneration] over and over again.
The moment he replenished some of his mana it was used to heal himself but the process was a bit slow as some blood trickled out when he bent a little.
However, Dilan ignored that as he pierced through the Crimson Claw Bear’s skull to take out its Essence crystal.
It was of a beautiful vibrant golden color, with tiny strands of a platinum color highlighting the Essence crystal’s beauty.
“A little bit Platinum? Is that the quality ranking that follows Gold? The fourth blood enhancement, or whatever?” Dilan mumbled, looking at the Essence crystal for a few seconds before it crumbled in his hand.
[ Essence of a Tier-1 Level 18 Tiamur CrimsonClaw Bear has been absorbed→ +0.5 Strength, +0.7 Health, +0.3 Mana]
Dilan felt much better after absorbing the Tiamur CrimsonClaw Bear’s Essence. It didn’t mention anything about the platinum-colored traces the Essence crystal had, but that was not important.
“That’s a lot of status points from a single monster, even if it’s seven levels higher than I am and the Essence crystal being of the Gold quality,” Dilan mumbled while he made his way back home.
If he were to encounter another monster like the Tiamur CrimsonClaw Bear, he might as well die.
Thus, once the corpse and claws of the bear had been collected and stored in his storage ring, Dilan left the Mountain Ring of the Elements.
Quite a few places of this dimension had made him curious to explore them further, but Dilan knew when to back off.
Thus, he curbed his greed and reached Shiron after some time. Post which, Dilan stretched his body and kept absorbing mana from the surrounding area before using it once again.
‘I should wait a bit before returning. The others shouldn’t see that I’ve been lethally injured.’ Dilan thought, a faint grin appeared on his lips as he looked at a notification.
[The host survived another lethal injury. 9 out of 12 lethal injuries survived to upgrade Origin ability ‘Regeneration’ from Tier-0 ★★★★ to Tier-0 ★★★★★]
Dilan had never received such a notification before, but it was certainly motivating. He needed to receive only three more lethal injuries to upgrade his Origin ability.
Afterward, he would finally see what he needed to upgrade his Origin ability to Tier-1, which was quite exciting.
After all, there would be a qualitative boost in an ability when it advanced to a new Tier!
Just when Dilan had begun daydreaming, he heard the sound of large wings flapping as someone landed right in front of him.
It was Yvonne, who smiled brightly at the sight of him.
“Dilan?! What are you doing here? Oh wait, you said you were going to go to the Mountain Ring of the Elements, I remember. Perfect timing, come with me!”