Chapter 2188: The Chance for a Breakthrough

Resource Point

I kept observing the mountain-like fossil and digested the information given by the system.

"Giant Earth Whale," I muttered to myself.

"System, what was the strength of the monster at the time of its death?" I asked.

[Ding! It was a juvenile 11th-order monster.]

I heard the system’s voice in my mind and was taken aback again. This small, mountain-looking fossil was the remains of a juvenile 11th-order monster.

I took a few minutes to calm my heart. Then, I decided to explore the hill. I started climbing, wanting to reach the top.

Ten minutes later,

I was standing on top of the hill, which was the back of the fossilized monster. My mana core was reacting strongly now.

When I looked using my inner vision, I saw changes in the mana core space. My mana core space, where the gravity mana core was located, was already special due to previous opportunities.

The walls of the mana space were covered in golden runes. They made the mana core space more powerful, allowing it to withstand outside pressure.

Right now, the small, ball-sized mana core was reacting. It was shaking a little bit. At the same time, the golden runes on the walls were reacting as well.

My gaze swept across the golden runes. It was the first time I had seen them react to something, and the reaction was significant.

"Maybe the opportunity for a breakthrough is right here. I could use this opportunity to reach my limit," I said to myself.

Who knows? I could become a Magic Lord as well. As I thought about it, my eyes gleamed. I calmed my head and emptied my mind first.

My gaze fell on the mountain fossil. Then, I sat cross-legged on the top. I closed my eyes and began to run the Gravity Ark Mental Method.

The mental models in my consciousness were stirred. They started to attract gravity mana from the surroundings.

Shortly afterwards,

The whole mountain began to react. A stream of dark gray mana drifted toward my body.

The fossilized mountain leaked a stream of dark gray mana. When it entered my body, I felt terrible pain.

My eyes filled with seriousness and disbelief because this gravity mana was different and stronger than the normal gray gravity mana found in the surroundings.

"System, what’s with this mana?" I asked.

[Ding! It is the 11th-order gravity magic of the Giant Earth Whale. It’s different because it’s more powerful in the oceans and seas. It also contains a small amount of Magic Lord Level rule power.]

I heard the system’s voice in my mind, and a look of understanding dawned on me. No wonder it was dark gray. It was a variant, and a very powerful one at that.

Because the pressure under the sea was already high, I could only imagine the power of its gravity magic in those depths.

It would have been a total nightmare for the other monsters in the sea. I could imagine those days; the Giant Earth Whale must have terrorized the place.

I gained some clarity in my thoughts and continued to circulate the dark gray gravity mana in my body. The dark gravity flowed through my mana routes.

I could feel the tempering of every route. The routes were getting stronger, but it also brought terrible pain to my body.

I gritted my teeth and continued to circulate it.

After completing a full circulation of the dark gray mana inside my magic routes, the dark gray mana next entered the mana core space.

The golden runes covering the sacred walls of the mana core space were reacting.

When the dark gray mana appeared, they began to absorb small parts of it. The rest of the dark gray mana stream rushed toward the pebble-sized mana core.

Boom!

I felt the changes in the mana core right away. The mana core was absorbing the dark gray stream of energy.

At the same time, my body underwent a transformation. Portions of the dark gray mana stream from the fossil entered my bones as well.

My bones were covered in forbidden magic runes, an inheritance from the Powerful Forbidden Wizard. Now, the hidden runes were actively absorbing the mana.

Other parts entered the depths of my body-including my mind and soul.

As time went by, I forgot about my surroundings and continued to repeat the process. The hidden runes in my bones strengthened.

Shortly afterwards,

New information appeared in my mind. It came from the forbidden runes engraved in my bones, detailing how to break the limits of the Supreme level and reach the Magic Lord level next.

I repeated the process while simultaneously digesting this new information. I already knew about the breakthrough process;

I had heard about it from Manager Lara, Lady Caitlin, and old man Rock. I had also gone through books some time ago, so I knew the breakthrough information beforehand.

But since this information came from the inheritance itself, I paid closer attention.

A few minutes later,

My expression turned solemn. Not only did my mana core and gravity rule have to break their limits, but my physique had to break its limit as well.

This was because the Forbidden Inheritance I received was both a mana and a physique-type inheritance, so I had to improve the strength of my body as well.

Fortunately, the dark gray energy stream of mana was improving both my physique and my mana at a fast rate.

The Giant Earth Whale is known for its massive body and mana power. It must have been one of the rulers of the oceans and seas.

So, I digested the whole set of information. My mind and soul would level up once I broke the limit, so I didn’t have to pay too much attention to them.

As time passed, more and more dark gray streams of mana leaked from the fossil. They completely surrounded my body like a ball.

If anyone from the outside had witnessed the scene, they would have been shocked. They would have spotted a human covered in a dark gray cloak of energy.

Meanwhile,

The zero puppet in its red smoke form was doing its own exploration.

It had come across many rare varieties of magic treasures, so it couldn’t help but stop and record that information into its database.