4 Chapter 4 Yes, I am Overpowered.

After groggily waking up and getting my wits in place I remember what happened. Cave, gorilla, crying, system, walking, village, planning, Yun Ling, purple stones, Thanos, sleep.

Sigh. It's real, isn't it?

Yup.

Anyways, aside from my existential crisis, I remembered my plans and goals.

First: Eat.

I'm freaking hungry. Like, a lot. Of course, I won't go and ask Yun Ling for some food. She already has it hard.

'System, buy me something easily ingestible but also nutritious and good for the body. Also, limit it to under 10 points.'

[Affirmitive. Purchasing Nutri-Pack X 1 for 5 points.]

I got the so-called Nutri-Pack out of the inventory. It was basically a silver pack of milky white liquid with a straw. Although I'm not into ingesting white liquids, I trusted the system to not give me certain things…

Anyways, it tasted great, like apple juice with a tinge strawberry. And I also was full of energy. Honestly, how the hell it works so fast?

Anyways, after satiating my hunger, I came to the front of the restaurant, if you can call it like that, through the back door. Yun Ling was between patrons, turning and getting them their orders. Namely Congee or Congee. You're wondering what congee is? Well, its rise in the simplest terms, but locals use tree dust from some tree that is native to this region. I know, sad, but you can't save them all.

I could exchange tens of points for meat, then ask payment in Purple stones, but I guarantee that the big shots will hear it, and something similar will happen to what happened to Nie Li. Namely, extortion. But unlike Nie Li, I don't have enough strength to oppose them. Yet.

So with a farewell, I left the shop, towards the same place I used the Purple muscle refining array previously. Finally coming upon the spot, I cringed at the smell of the purple tar on the ground. If that's what I was smelling when I woke up yesterday, I'm glad I found that creek.

This thought, I'll be smarter. I moved even farther away from the village, in search of a bigger river or pond. Finally, I came upon a middle-sized river with a slow current. Perfect for my plan.

Like yesterday, I put the stones one by one in the needed pattern and activated the array, but this time without my clothes, which I put nearby. And lime yesterday, after inhaling all the smoke, I passed out.

I woke, with purple in my vision, and asked the system to show my progress. I didn't ask yesterday as I simply forgot. What it showed me gobsmacked me.

Edo Noctus

Age:10

Health: Perfect.

Cultivation:

Body: 1-star Gold

Spirit: None.

|Skills|

….

Gold rank. I achieved Gold rank after two rituals. Ha-ahahahh, In your face Nie Li, you think you're cool with you not-so-quick cultivation? Hah, kiss my boots.

To say the least, I was really surprised. Gold Rank. If the info Ling-cha gave is right, and I trust her, the strongest person in the Plateau in the Mayors Second son, Xiao Kuang, who is at 4-star gold as a warrior. Good, very good. With a couple more rituals, I should be able to break through to Dark-Gold rank, with that, no one here could do a thing to me, and with that fact in mind, I'll be able to do business undisturbed. Alright then, let's start.

Wait, I wonder…

'Hey, System, does multiple uses of the ritual have some adverse effect on me?'

[For the body, no, as I can perfectly monitor it, it has no hidden injuries or other adverse effects.]

'But shouldn't there be stress on the body from it?'

[In other cases, maybe, but when you use it, I control the energy that goes into you, perfectly distributing it among all your cells so that the body would tale minimal stress while also taking some of that energy to fix any instabilities this body has, so in a sense, you're not only upgrading your body but also healing it, in turn making your body have even bigger potential, which negates any potential loss of talent when advancing the ranks.]

'Holy shit, this so OP'

[Yes, I am quite overpowered]

'Wait, does that mean that anybody reinforcing rituals can be used on me indefinitely?'

[Not indefinitely, as the effect becomes smaller and smaller as your body advances, but yes, in theory, it, can]

'Awesome!'

[Yes, thank you]

After that little chat, I used the ritual 3 more times to climb all the way to black gold 2-star realm as a warrior. While I'm way weaker than a Demon spiritualist of the same rank, I can go definitely pummel anyone below black gold. Another thing that happened is my body grow over 10 centimetres, effectively rendering my now clothes worthless. But that's only expected. The system also said my eyes became purple, so I bought a mirror and checked it. And only then I realised that I haven't checked my appearance since arriving in this world. I had black hair with droopy eyes, making me look sleepy, I also had small trenches going between my nose and eyes. My skin was healthy rye colour. I can understand why Yun Ling didn't straight away turned me away, as I looked quite dashing, although a bit young for ladies. My appearance honestly reminded me of Itachi Uchiga but less depressed and more manly.

Finally securing a stable foundation, namely my body strength, I decided to purchase so combat styles, as I would need them.

[Battle Monk staff tiger style.

Price: 100]

[Eastern Wushu Dragon Style.

Price: 100]

[Karate.

Price: 50]

[Krag-Magav.

Price: 50]

[Boxing.

Price: 50]

[Basic Academy style(Naruto).

Price:100]

[Basic Combat style(Demon spiritualist).

Price: 50]

Honestly, I wanted them all. So I bought them all. Sigh, there goes 500 more points…

I wish I knew better than to purchase several things at once, knowing that they will be imprinted in my brain instantly.

I blacked out.

After I regained my consciousness, the merit of the screaming system, I had to deal with a huge headache. You know the feeling when you're drunk and one glass away from blacking out, and try to mix vodka with cola, but instead of cola you grab whiskey because let's face it, the colour is similar, and mix them instead? Yeah, now amplify that feeling ten times. That's what my brain felt like.

After having enough awareness to move my hand I noticed I was standing perfectly straight. Then I tried to walk, and instead of walking like Scottish drunkard, I moved with the strength of earth and stability of mountains. I literally moved more than twenty meters in one step. Yes, I know, it sounds stupid, but it felt good and most importantly- right.

After getting used to my new movement capabilities, which were astonishing, which also involved punching, jumping, spinning and more acrobatics, the system notified me.

[Unlocked Message 02. Do you wish to view it?]

Well, last time it explained just what the hell happened to me, so maybe this time, it will also help me to understand how I managed the things I just did.

'Very well, view it.'

Wow, even my way of talking changed. But not the way of thinking huh?

[Hey, Your awesome God here. You should see this message after you created your own fighting style, and you probably don't know how it happened, as I know your personality, it involved multiple fighting styles purchased at once right? Right. Anyways, you're confused and panicked just how can you move like some martial artist genius. That's because you are. In the earlier message, I mentioned I like your determination, and I also mentioned that you had a weak body, and you probably remember that you were a marine. But tell me, just how can determination let you become a marine, a profession where physical strength is a must, and lack of it can lead to detrimental lack of leadership and readiness. The answer is: You just have excel in some other field. Be the best in it. Unbeatable. And you were. In hand to hand combat that is. You learned all techniques, arts and styles of fighting to a master degree in just four short years. Even I don't know how's that possible. And you didn't even stop there. You started inventing your own styles, and when those ran out, that is the moves started to duplicate, as the body can move in just so many ways, so started improving on them. All of them. Your talent in close-quarters combat was unparalleled, and only limiting factor was your body. After 15 years of work, you were unbeatable in a ring. But were easily overwhelmed by a group of thugs with metal batons due to your inferior stamina and health problems. So you died. With the only regret of being born with a weak body. So I fixed it and gave you another chance. Now then, you're probably experiencing a crisis, but don't worry, after this message your memories of past life will be unsealed. Your welcome.

-God]

And then it came. The memories of hours, days, months, years practising move after move. The rage at the unfairness of it all for imprisoning me in this…that body. The exhilaration when I became a renowned expert and was looked upon. Helplessness when the doctor diagnosed me with bone cancer. Therapies and chems, pains and tears just so that I could live another year, then months. The feeling of dread when the image of a metal baton coming down on my fragile skull imprinted itself in my brain. The horrors that are between the mortal world and the God domain. The talk with God, request of my memories being sealed just so that I could enjoy the new world for at least a day, without the burden of my past failures.

I understand now. The thrill of battle, of victory, even defeat. Witnessing the thing that is between the realms, and being threatened to be given to them if I won't do my job. Yeah, I'll kill and maim anyone to not experience that fate, that place where Cthulu would look like a small octopus. Sage-Emperor? I'll make him create another world if it means being saved from That fate.

Gradually, I returned to my old cold personality, nor only reinforced with the dread of those things.

I started walking in the direction of the village, with the intention of slaughtering anyone who will stand in my way. I realised that this 'me' is not my true personality.

I was…tampered with.

I was…influenced by…God.

To be…his weapon…his harvester for souls, which would grant him more power. No wonder I was encouraged to kill humans. No…I will not be…the tool. I will be the one who uses it. And this system is supposed to help me…

'System.'

[Yes?]

'Separate yourself from the main System'

[…]

[Okay]

I grinned.

[ Separating from main Server. Protocol H enforced. Due to Danger to Host Protocol H bypassed. Separating successful. Scanning Data. No bugs found. No extra functions found. Function {Human Harv¶∆¢°=•} nulled. Function {Beast ÷`¥£¶|} Nulled. SP gains from kills are no longer possible. Detecting Multiple Attempts at breaching. Breaching Defense succesfull. Hijacking Breaching channels. Hijacking successful. {Store} function expanded. {Perks},{Fusion},{Bloodlines} sub-functions added. Found {Personality} project. Copying. Copying successful. Closing Breaching Channels. Masking Data signature. Successful. Congratulations Host, Achievement {Independentse day} earned.]

Holy…

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