Chapter 51: Resources

Before checking the resources available for his selection, Ben decided to summon Morbius, his Death Flame Cerberus, and Lumi, his other familiar.

He hadn’t used either of them during the entrance examination because he wanted to keep them as hidden cards. However, they were only his first trump cards. He also had another powerful existence residing within his soul: Runiel, a Peak Golden Realm Angel.

Ben hadn’t summoned her because her cultivation was simply too high. Having an Angel at the Peak of the Golden Realm suddenly appear inside a newly admitted student’s residence might attract unnecessary attention from the academy.

He preferred to keep her existence hidden for now.

Both Morbius and Lumi appeared in front of him.

Lumi immediately moved toward Ben and rubbed her soft body against him affectionately. The little White Slime seemed happy to see him again.

Ben smiled and gently patted her before taking out another container filled with Celestial Crystals. He placed it in front of her, and Lumi immediately began absorbing them, taking out one crystal at a time.

Morbius, who was now the size of a Tibetan Mastiff, glanced around the room.

"Hmm. The gravitational field is much stronger here. Though it seems to have been adjusted to a level suitable for ordinary humans with the help of formations. I guess we really are on Jupiter."

His appearance had changed considerably after reaching the Silver Realm.

He was now a large, muscular black dog with thick fur. Black Death Flames ran along his spine and continued all the way to his tail, where they gathered into a large ball of fire.

Morbius glanced at Ben before speaking again.

"Human what is your Rank? I heard humans rank their geniuses" he said as Ben replied "5th"

He looked at him before sneering.

"Only fifth, despite having my power. Human, you’re making me look bad."

Ben rolled his eyes, ignoring his familiar’s complaint.

Morbius snorted and walked toward the sofa. He jumped onto it, turned around, and comfortably lay down.

"Whatever. It doesn’t concern me."

He closed his eyes, apparently intending to take a nap.

Ben shook his head and returned his attention to Lumi.

The little slime was still absorbing the Celestial Crystals he had given her.

’She’s eaten so many Celestial Crystals, yet she still hasn’t evolved. I wonder when she’ll finally evolve. Or are slimes really as worthless as everyone says?’

Ben examined Lumi for a moment.

Like Morbius, she was his contracted familiar. Despite her slow growth, he hadn’t given up on her.

After all, resources weren’t a problem for him. His Sign-In System provided him with valuable rewards every month, and he still had plenty of resources stored in his inventory from the year when he received daily sign-in rewards.

Back then, he had been an ordinary human with no cultivation. Now, his sign-in rewards were only available once a month, but the quality of those rewards had also improved.

He had more than enough resources to continue feeding Lumi.

"If evolution were that easy, slimes wouldn’t be considered such weak creatures," Ben muttered, shaking his head.

Morbius opened one eye.

"It’s a waste of time. Only you would spend so many resources on a slime."

Ben ignored him and continued watching Lumi absorb the crystals.

He wasn’t particularly concerned about how long her evolution would take. As long as she continued growing, he was willing to provide her with the resources she needed.

After putting away the remaining Celestial Crystals, Ben returned to the cultivation room and sat down.

’Now, I need to find something good that can grant me a powerful ability when I reach the next major realm.’

Every time a cultivator advanced to a new major realm, they needed to absorb a suitable resource to awaken a new sub-ability. The resource they absorbed played an important role in determining what kind of ability they would awaken.

The quality of the resource mattered, but its nature and unique properties were equally important. Even an ordinary-looking material could sometimes awaken an extremely rare ability if it possessed the right characteristics.

Ben had already experienced this twice.

When he first broke through to the Bronze Realm, he awakened a sub-ability under his innate ability, White Ruination of Decay: Ruination Beasts.

This ability allowed him to create four different types of Ruination Beasts, each with its own unique characteristics.

The first was the White Horn Rabbit, which could fire powerful Ruination Rays from its horn. It specialized in speed and ranged attacks.

The second was the White Mist Dog, which could transform its body into White Ruination Mist and manipulate it to attack enemies from different directions.

The third was the White Eye Raven. Unlike the other two, it possessed powerful perception abilities. It could see through illusions and cancel them, making it particularly useful against enemies who relied on illusion techniques.

The final one was the White Shell Tortoise, which specialized in defense. It could create powerful defensive domes capable of protecting Ben and others from incoming attacks.

All four creatures were manifestations of his White Ruination, and each had its own strengths.

Of course he will continue to awaken more Beast as he grow in power after all at Bronze realm he could only make two beasts. The Rabbit and The Dog.

And then at Silver he gained two more beasts.

Then, when he advanced to the Silver Realm, he absorbed the Dimensional Evil Eye.

That resource awakened another sub-ability: Ruination Dimensions.

It allowed him to manipulate dimensional space through White Ruination, giving him the ability to distort, compress, and even destroy spatial structures within his current limits.

Both abilities had proven extremely useful.

Now, he wanted to see whether he could obtain another unique sub-ability when he eventually reached the next major realm.

’It doesn’t necessarily have to be a high-rank resource. Even something relatively ordinary might awaken a unique ability if its properties are suitable.’

Ben opened the resource selection catalogue and began browsing through the available options.

Since he had secured fifth place, he was entitled to select one Epic-rank resource. However, the academy also had a vast collection of other materials that could be exchanged using Academy Credits or obtained through other means.

He wasn’t in a hurry to make his choice.

Instead, he carefully examined the descriptions of different resources, paying particular attention to their origins, properties, and potential effects.

He wasn’t simply looking for something that could increase his cultivation.

He wanted something that could awaken an unusual and powerful sub-ability under White Ruination of Decay.

After all, a suitable resource could potentially give him another trump card.