Cosmic Peak

[Important section, getting up to date with Aren's status before the grindfest adventures.]

The stats of Aren's are now in this format: [ Natural stat points/stat points from gears/stat points from Armalist Cloak bonus= total stat points.]

<Current Gears and bonus stats from them>

[Destructo], [Vyrmend], [Weimbus], [Slinger], [Hexhira], [Lech], [Ring of Fire, Pyrin]

->Destructo: No stat points perk.

->Vyrmend: +28 AGI +9 CONT.

->Weimbus: No stat points perk.

->Slinger: No stat points perk.

->Hexshira: +25 CONT, +20 STR.

->Lech: +35 AGI, +15 STR

->Pyrin: +20 AGI.

<Armalist Cloak>:[Armalist Cloak.]

-Effect 1: While the cloak is activated, Your natural control of Articule gears will be increased.

-Effect 2: You will gain a portion of your Articule Gears' power that will be converted to stats and some special buffs.

-Effect 3: Skill unlocked <Hyper Drive>.

[The buff stats gained from gears through Armalist Cloak]:

->[Destructo: +13 STR +13 CONT]

->[Vyrmend: +22 AGI, +4 CONT]

->[Hexhira: +23 CONT, +18 STR]

->[Lech: +32 AGI, +12 STR].

->[Slinger: +11 AGI]

->[Weimbus: +19 CONT, 14 STR]

->[Pyrin: +13 AGI]

[Current stats of Aren]

-[Stats]

<Strength: 54(+35)(+57)=146>

<Constitution: 70(+34)(+59)=163>

<Agility: 63(+83{-2})(+56)=200(202)>

<Soul: 91>

Since Aren had reached the extreme limit of Mortal in AGI, he can't go above 200. So two stat points were nulled from the gear bonus.

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<Buffs based on gears that Armalist Cloak provides>

->Destructo: #$@&#%#$&

->Vyrmend: Wind-based attacks will deal 10% less damage to you. Your attacks speed and movement speed increase by 10%.

->Weimbus: An energy barrier materializes around you after successfully attacking ten consecutive times in a row without missing. (Energy Barrier: Durability [2000], Phy. Def [1000] Energy Def [1000]. Cooldown: 10 minutes)

->Slinger: Your projectiles receive 10% air and atmospheric resistance, and movement speed increases by 5%

->Hexhira: When your health drops to 50%, You will gain a 5-meter radius big Supra Aegis Barrier with you as the center. [ Supra Aegis Barrier: Durability [10,000], Phy. Def [3000], Energy Def[3000], All basic elements resistance [1000], Soul Def [1000] (Only activates once per 24 hours. ]

->Lech: Your attacks have a 1% chance to release a sound slash using the atmosphere's and wind's friction that deals 10,000 sound damage.

->Pyrin: Fire Elemental Mastery +15.

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Aren leveled up 25 at first before deciding on his next steps.

[You have leveled up to 23. Five stat points gained.]

[You have leveled up to 24. Five stat points gained.]

[You have leveled up to 25. Five stat points gained.]

[To level up further and breakthrough to become Mortal-5, please refine your mortal-4 spirit core and make its rating to 10. Current rating 6.7/10]

"Hmmm, I also have to enter the Path test again, but..." Aren muttered as he fell into thought, 'It's better that I become a supreme lifeform before doing the path test.'

After deciding that, Aren set crossed-legged and started meditating and training to get his spirit core's rating to 10 using his Spinergy Method.

His training speed had received a significant boost compared to before after getting Demonic Affinity, and that speed continued to increase in this underworld.

Time passed as Aren continued using the spinergy method to gather the spirit energy from the spirit stone and then refine his spirit core.

After 1 day and 16 hours, he got a notification.

[Your mortal-4 spirit core's rating has reached 10. You can initiate the breakthrough any time by slightly infusing a bit of spirit energy in your spirit core.]

Aren opened his eyes, and without wasting any time, he initiated the breakthrough.

Suddenly, powerful energy gushed out from his spirit energy and spread throughout his body, strengthening everything. A strange force also entered inside his body from the atmosphere that strengthened his body and then went into his spirit core.

*groan...*

Aren felt pain all over his body and mind as his body continuously twitched.

He felt his body getting stronger overall, and after a few seconds, his mind also gained clarity. The pain also subsided slowly.

[Congrautlaions, Your mortal-4 spirit core has been upgraded to Mortal-5. +7 points to all stats.]

[Your spirit energy pool's capacity has increased by 2000.]

[Congrautations, you have reached Mortal-5 lifeform. +10 points to all stats. Additional 5 stat points to the soul.]

Aren stood up and moved his body, his agility didn't change, but he felt tougher and stronger. His senses heightened, and his perception of things and intuition also increased as his soul received a boost of 22 stat points.

"Let's continue," Aren muttered as he decided to level up again.\\\\

However, something unexpected happened.

[Leveling up again and receiving more boost is not recommended. You should also not use your 15 stat points today.]

[It is recommended that you do some exercise and go on a hunt to use your skills and abilities for a day before leveling up again.]

[However, you can distribute 3 points from those 15 stat points to your soul.]

Aren was surprised to hear the voice telling him this and receiving such notifications.

He then added 3 points to his soul as he felt lightened and stronger again.

"Since it's not recommended, then I better not do it," Aren murmured before walking towards the door, "I also feeling too active and a bit unsettled after receiving this boost in power."

Aren needed to do some activity and settle his body. As such, he decided to go out and visit a nearby dungeon that he found when he was on the way to this Underworld City.

Anyway, Aren had yet to grind with his full speed and gather experience like others. He didn't do many dungeons or kill monsters to gather mass experience because he had made some goals. His main goal was to arrive in Demonic Continent to enable his advantages, so he didn't pause in the way to do that.

However, now that he was here, his Demonic affinity and other aspects that he gained so far would help him progress faster like those people on the leaderboard.

...

'I should try that new skill <Hyper Drive> that I haven't used yet. It should let me reach the dungeon fast,' Aren thought as he walked towards the city gates.

'As for my current status...' Aren nodded after looking at it. He had enough experience to level 30, and today, he will also gain more.

-Name: Aren Azrael

-Level: 25 [ 0/43,000 ] ( Stored Exp: 509,040).

-Path: Emporio Armalist: Level: 10 [115,934/512,000 Exp.]

-Mutant Magic: [Aember core of Eturnia]

-Spinergy Method: Demon Yakum's Spinergy Method.

-Body Health: [9000/9000]

-Soul Health: [216/216]

-Life Stage: Mortal-5

-Spirit Energy Pool: [13,350/13,350]

-Soul Energy: [1160/1160]

-Mutant Magic Energy: [1000/1000] (18/min).

-Mystic Field: [0/300] points

-[Stats]

<Strength: 71(+35)(+57)=163>

<Constitution: 87(+34)(+59)=180>

<Agility: 80(+83{-19})(+56)=200(219)>

<Soul: 116>

<Meridians: 100%>

-Stat points: 12

-Skill points: 4

-Ability points: 1

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After leaving the city gates, Aren wore his [Weimbus] full armored suit before flying very high in the sky and activating the <Hyper Drive> skill as his Armalist Cloak glowed slightly.

<Hyper Drive>

-Cost: Min: 100 Armalist Force. Max: ??

-Effect: The user can create a hyper path spanning across his vision and design a path between two points. One is the starting point, and one is the destination point. The cost of Armalist force depends on the length of the hyper path. After the hyper path is finalized, the user can go from starting point to the destination point in a second.

-Note: the hyper path will only materialize for 2 seconds, so hurridly touch it before it disappears.

Aren's eyes glowed a bit as the Armalist Cloak enchanted him of the sort with power when he used his Armalist Drive and executed this skill through his brain according to the instruction.

"Woah...," Aren was surprised as his vision was digitized.

One could see Aren's eyes showing dreamy blue patterns as they pulsed slightly.

Currently, Aren could see a panel of the sort that allowed him to decide starting and destination point in front of his vision with his finger; it was as if there was a hologram that only he could see.

When Aren looked far in the sky ahead and pointed his finger at the sky, a red mark appeared with [-10452 Armalist force] beside it, indicating that he needed that much armalist force to travel that far.

Even Aren didn't know how long that distance was since he simply looked at the sky.

Later, Aren looked at the ground below and tried to remember the dungeon spot. After a few seconds, he remembered it, and with his finger, he created a zig-zag path from his current location to that dungeon.

Once he decided the endpoint, a green mark appeared with [-741 Armalist]. Aren felt that he could finalize this path with a single thought, and it would materialize.

However, he didn't do that and, this time, made a straight line from his location towards that dungeon's location.

Green Mark [-475 Armalist force]

Seeing this, Aren got the hang of this skill and finalized this path.

*Zzzzzz.....*

475 Armalist force was consumed, and a dreamy blue path pulsing with a faint blue and white sparks materialized in front of him. The path was very thin, just 3 centimeters thin. In comparison, its width was 1 meter.

Many people saw this mystical path, but Aren didn't waste time and touched the path because it would only stay in materialization for 2 seconds before disappearing.

As soon as Aren touched the path, he disappeared and arrived at the dungeon's location, which was an ancient temple covered with vines.

*Blerhh....*

"Urghh....."

Aren felt sick in the stomach and had some vertigo in his brain.

"Damn...that was...uncomfortable," Aren muttered with a frown.

[Next time, cover yourself with Armalist Force before touching the hyper path.]

Aren heard a voice in his head and smiled wryly.

As he arrived at the dungeon, he once again got the notification if he wanted to accept this dungeon quest, and this time, he accepted it.