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FLASH!

The light began to bathe my entire body, as the power I felt was overflowing through my entire being! My veins began to overflow with this Beast Ki, as my heart pumped incredibly fast.

Even as strong as I was, I was still affected by this mystical other-worldly power!

I felt my muscles being enhanced by it, as if bathing and being reborn, my bones were also bathed by it, and all my internal organs. I felt a large amount of… soot? Or something coming out of my entire being like dark particles, as if this Beast Ki had some purification properties that were actually, somehow, refining my entire body.

However, unlike what Javier had said, I was not experiencing any kind of pain but a feeling of overwhelming power, but my body could take more, way more.

I continued to absorb the energy as beasts started to rush towards me, my party quickly began to slay them to protect me, while I decided to float while being cross-legged, bathing in the beast ki as much as I could, it was simply more and more power given absolutely for free! How could I miss this out?!

"A-Amazing, the world's source energy of this world is bathing you with new power… your stats are increasing by the second!" said Gaia in surprise, as I gritted my teeth and contained all of this power into my chest. The energy continued to overflow through every inch of my body like a blazing flare, and even my constitution began to meld with this power and add it into itself.

To think that by bathing into the energies of another world you could get so much power…

I couldn't help but feel joy as I continued to grow stronger through this method, the energy from another world seemed endless, and I was absorbing it all so easily and quickly… But why was I different than Javier? Was it because I am vastly stronger, and I can take on more?But this also means that there is a limit to how much you can absorb. Doubt I will be able to absorb ad endless amount of energy, there should be some limit…!

The monsters continued to fight back, as I wondered why they were protecting this light so badly.

Could it be because they gained power from this and see it as some kind of leader? Or perhaps some kind of beast from the other world is controlling their minds and using them to fight against this world's population to win the battle royale and hasten the destruction of Earth?magic

But why aren't those giant beasts coming here then?

So many questions, yet there is no answer to them other than me being able to discover everything by myself.

I continued to harbor more power into my body, so much that it quickly leaked directly into my soul as well, fusing with the Infernal Core I had and fusing all these energies into one.

Another energy surged as well, the blood-red energy of the Dhampir Race, which merged with everything as well, and the dim thread-like holy light energies from the Monk Physique.

All of these energies began to converge and fuse to make even more energy, expanding my energy capacity to ridiculous levels! Each second that passed, my power was skyrocketing a lot.

The monsters seemed to become more and more fierce as I continued to absorb the energy, they knew that something was going on, they knew that I would get the most out of this!

Thankfully, my army was keeping them in check, I wasn't able to raise more Undead in this condition, but the ones I raised previously were more than enough to work as cannon fodder and meat shields, while the rest of my group continued to do their best to protect me, crushing any monster that dared to rush towards me mercilessly.

I was also bathed with the shared EXP of their kills, and because there were s many monsters, I was gaining a lot of power from the level-ups.

Of course, after leveling so much, the leveling speed became pretty slow, but even then, there were so many monsters dying that it didn't seem to matter, I was still leveling relatively fast.

And even more, I began to feel it, something was slowly crystallizing within my chest, as I continuously gained more and more energy…Finally, my Beast Orb was forming after bathing into the Beast Ki!

FLASH!

It emerged like a flame of golden brilliance, engulfing my entire body with it, as it blazed with blinding gold brightness.

I gritted my teeth as I moved this energy into my chest, gathering it all into the large golden orb, which blazed with iridescent golden flames.

The spirit of a beast suddenly was formed from within, slowly growing and roaring furiously at me, trying to devour me from the inside out!

Did Javier go through something like this? Certainly, he would have died, right?

He probably didn't, this is something unique for me!

Well, whatever, alright then! If you want to fight, bring it on!

I quickly use my power and mana to fight back the giant beast whose appearance I cannot properly discern, sometimes it looks like a roaring wolf, other times like a giant lion, and other times even as a giant snake, the beast continued to fight against me as I used my intent to suppress and refine it!

"RROOOAARR!"

It suddenly turned into a giant tiger and leaped over me, it felt both real and false, it was as if I was hallucinating but at the same time suffering from the pain of being attacked by this tiger!

Was this the last trial?!

The energy continued to be absorbed into my body frenetically, as I continued to fight back against this beast's intent, suppressing it with my own and continuously trying to refine and devour them with my very will!

FLASH!

However, the Beast Orb was already finished, and it was shining with bright yellow-gold colors, coating my body with its brilliance!

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