Crystal tier

It was the first time Jordan had met a level 9 Zombie. He didn't want to just finish the battle just there. He had cut the right hand of the Zombie but the Zombie wasn't affected by the loss of hand and swung its other hand.

Jordan dodged the attack but could feel the strength already.

'Its strength is comparable to mine.'

Jordan's strength was not to be laughed at. He could probably bend metal easily.

A large tornado had appeared, heading straight toward the Zombie. Jordan had expected to harm the Zombie greatly or even kill it.

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[HP: 0/4000]

[XP gained: 40,000]

[Level up]

[Does the user want to convert the energy of the {Level 9 Zombie} into shop points or get a chance for Crystal?]

[The system is suggesting getting the chance for a crystal]

"The Crystal? I remember... The Crystal is supposed to strengthen the ability and make the user's body stronger, right?"

[The user is right. In this case, the Crystal will strengthen the user's power to hold the System]

'What? I don't understand.'

[The user's strength isn't enough to hold the system's true power. This also affects the weapon, the skills, and pets meaning the User is just using a small portion of the power. Right now, the User isn't strong enough to carry out the strength of an SSS grade so the System divided the energy of the {Moon Sword} into different portions and strengths. When the user meets the body strength level, the System will give a notification and automatically level it up]

'Figures. The strength of an SSS grade can't be this weak. The first skill has reached the MAX level and the damage is only 1000. System, if the Moon sword does level up, what will happen to the skills?'

[The damage of the skill will also adjust.]

'Then that settles it... System, convert the energy into a Crystal.'

*ding*

[Successful! The energy has been formed into a... Red-tier crystal.]

'Red-tier? There is also a tier for Crystals?'

[The System has found the list, the tiers are starting from brown as the lowest then going above at white, green, red, blue, yellow, purple, Silver, Gold, Magenta, Azure, Amber, crimson, Indigo, Violet, Cyan, Maroon, and scarlet. The grades above Amber are near impossible to get, at least, in this world.],

"So many grades? And what do you mean by 'Another World?"

[Different worlds are in different parts of the Galaxy, and nearly all of them contain life. There are other beasts on other planets, and how to get on those planets, you will discover later onwards]

A diamond-shaped crystal had appeared in Jordan's hand. Just like the tier name, it was red.

[Would you like to absorb the {Red-tier Crystal?}]

"Absorb it."

[Absorbing...]

Jordan could already feel the changes in his body and it was still altering. Right now, he could feel pain. His bones felt like they were being broken, one by one, and then being replaced with harder, stronger bones. It was a painful process that had him down on one knee.

[Red-tier crystal has been absorbed, and the requirements are met... Energy is being added to {Moon Sword}... Energy is being added to the {System}... User need at least one blue-tier crystal or 20 Red-tier for the next requirement to meet.]

Hugo had appeared beside Jordan, looking at him with a concerned look. But that soon stopped as he realized his master was going through a process of some sort. He sat down near Jordan watching with both anticipation and curiosity.

The pain continued for a few more seconds until it finally stopped. Jordan tried to control his heavy breathing. The pain was just too much. First, he had felt his bones break and then replaced them with more durable, stronger bones. It was almost unbearable for him.

It took him a few minutes to process what was going on and look at the notifications. During the process, he could barely open his eyes, much less hear the System's voice or the messages that were appearing.

Luckily, there were no Zombies in the area as they had run from the area after the level 9 Zombie had appeared and even if there was one, Hugo was beside Jordan to protect him at all costs.

Hugo's face brightened up as Jordan sat down. Jordan's light blue eyes narrowed at the notification in front of him. He could feel his body was different in every way. He was now two inches taller and his body was a lot more muscular than normal. Before, he used to look normal. His health was good and his body overall was just like normal. He didn't too buff and muscular or too thin and weak.

However, now he felt his body more muscular than before. Even though it was a small change on the outside, he could feel more changes on the inside.

It was a strange feeling but he couldn't quite explain it.

[What the user is feeling is his overall strength limit increase. The user can now carry some small power of the system because of this]

'I see.'

Jordan's head perked up as noise could be heard.

"It's supposed to be there!"

"Hush! The Zombie might hear."

"What's the point? Zombies can sense humans you know."

"Do you think a guild like ours will be able to take on a level 9 Zombie?"

"Even though the Zombie is strong, we should be able to take it down with our strength."

"I have a luck-related ability and its grade is C... Let's hope it comes in handy."

"THERE!"

The guild looked at the dead body of the Zombie and couldn't help but widen their eyes. Jordan had left there after hearing those voices so there was no one besides the men.

"What the hell? The Zombie is killed already?" One of the men spoke.

"This... It can't be possible. It took me and a group of 10 other men to take a level 4 Zombie... And 3 of them had died!"

"Did another guild come and killed the Zombie?"

"Damn it! They must've taken the crystals as well!"

The leader of the guild was frowning, looking at the corpse of the Zombie.

'The Zombie is cut from everywhere and the surrounding is destroyed... I know this type of landscape... This is the aftermath of a Tornado... But it was smaller. How can this be? Is this some sort of ability? No, it can't be. I'm a wind user, I can not create sure a large tornado. And the arm is neatly sliced too. This... The only thing I can think is that this is work for one person. But how can that be?'