Emma Starter was walking along when she suddenly found an old notebook that when she touched it she blacked out and when she woke up she had the lifespan system! A system that can give and take lifespan!

Ding!
'You have broken through to Qi Proliferation Stage 2.'
'Your constitution multiplier has been upgraded from 1.2x to 1.5x'
'Your maximum qi capacity has been upgraded from 1000 to 5000.'
'You have obtained 1 Qi Perception point.'
Hoh? So that's where you actually obtain more Qi Perception? Well…that's more or less obvious at this point. Since you absorb more and more qi and break through higher realms, it wouldn't be farfetched to say that your sense of perceiving qi is more or less at the same level as your vision, right? In fact, it also wouldn't be farfetched to say that it's your second pair of eyes when your eyes can't see what you want to see.
Anyways, other than that, my constitution multiplier has increased, which is pretty good since I can now exert a greater level of constitution thanks to it. Well, now that I think about it, does this constitution multiplier stack up with the effective constitution multiplier in the Physique section of the system? I'll have to check that out sooner or later. Well…now that I think about it, how would I check it in the first place? It's not like I can deactivate the effective constitution multiplier-
Ding!
'The effective constitution multiplier has been deactivated.'
…
Now the system is just bullying me. Either way, good to know. Since I now knew that I could deactivate the effective constitution multiplier even though the system probably did it to spite me, I could go ahead and see whether it stacks or not. For now, I'll just leave it activated.
As for the final notification, the amount of qi I can now store has increased by fourfold, allowing me to store 5000 points of qi. Sure, that's great and all since I can now talk for longer, but the real question is…
Has the speed of my qi absorption also increased by fourfold?
Whoosh!
Blank. Tune. Succ. Store.
Whoosh!
Ding!
'You have obtained 50 Qi.'
Huh. Well what do you know, the amount of qi I could receive from a single circulation seriously increased by fourfold. Neat. So…am I going to use this time to cultivate even more and stop once Yang Bailian wakes up from her deep sleep? 
Nah, probably not. Sometimes, you just want to take a break from cultivating. Although the feeling of cultivation is quite addicting, there are some things I still want to do other than just cultivating. Like for example, test out the two new skills I obtained from awakening my bloodline a third time.
You know what? Now is a really good time for me to actually test it out. Right now, it's still nighttime, many animals are asleep, only a scant few are awake, a pretty good condition to test it out. And with those reasons in mind, I decided to follow through with that decision, flying off of the branch of the tree I was cultivating on, and heading towards an area where there was a decent number of animals. Of course, I marked Yang Bailian's position in my mind since I didn't want her to go screaming for a long time, unless I wanted her to attract some prey.
Hmm…you know what? That actually isn't a bad idea. I could use it to experiment even more with my skills, while giving her ways to satiate her hunger and thirst. Oh wait, only I like blood, so just hunger.
Whoosh!
Anyways, with my Spatial receptors on full blast, as well as my Sanguine receptors, I flew around a certain radius, with Yang Bailian as the center, to find an area where a lot of animals were in order for me to experiment with the two new skills.
Eh? What am I picking up? 
…
Are you serious?
After a few minutes of travelling throughout the vicinity, my receptors could not help but sense a bunch of grouped up blood vessels that were gradually moving towards a single maze of blood vessels, where the latter was actually in a position I had marked in order to reduce my annoyances.
In other words, Yang Bailian was probably eyed by some predators. As for what kind of predators, I have no clue. Hmm…I guess I'll just tally it off as her good luck since I was only searching for animals near the vicinity of where she was sleeping. Other than that, they have incredibly bad luck to be the first batch of test subjects for my skill experimentation.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
With Supersonic Flight and Void Enhancement+ activated, I had arrived above the place where the predators were hiding in a matter of a few seconds, a few dozen meters away from where Yang Bailian was. At first, I had the hunch that these predators were actually bandits that were out to get Yang Bailian, but after getting a closer look as to what they were, I could not help but mutter, "Ah. Food."
These predators were none other than wolves, animals that I have already sucked the shit out of, including their constitution. In other words, they're the perfect animals for me to test out my new abilities on!
Whoosh!
I gradually lowered my altitude, making sure to activate Void Presence+ since I didn't want the wolves to be alerted of my presence. Of course, to be extra safe, I made my way down bit by bit, taking a minute or so for me to eventually just hover a meter above the wolves.
Hmm…I guess this is a good height for me to start experimenting.
First off, Ranged Absorption. From the name alone, I could figure out that this skill would allow me to absorb blood from a further distance rather than poking my proboscis in some animal's skin before sucking. But the true question is, how far of a range do I have before I can't suck blood from them anymore? That's what I want to test.
Looking at the bunch in front of me, I have 8 tries to experiment with the potency and range of the two new skills I obtained. Well, I hope I could split it evenly between the two skills.
Anyways, let's start experimentation.
'Ranged Absorption!'
Weengggg…
Since I had Void Presence+ activated, it was not seen by the wolves, but at the very instant I activated Ranged Absorption, my proboscis started to glow a faint red as I could feel a suction force coming from a distanceaway, which was for some connected to the end of my proboscis.
With the skill activated, I then tilted my head for the proboscis to aim towards one of the eight wolves that were eyeing Yang Bailian.
Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.
Woah. I can't believe it. As I'm hovering over from one of the wolves' bodies, I could feel the flow of blood coursing through my proboscis as it makes its way towards my blood storages. This…is the feeling I was missing! The feeling of blood coursing through my proboscis! With my increased blood sucking efficiency, the complexity of flavor of their blood has increased by multiple levels! Glorious!
Ding!
'You have obtained 1032 points of Impure Blood Energy from absorbing this creature.'
Thud.
Uh…what just happened?
As I hurriedly snapped myself back to reality after being engrossed in savoring the flavor of blood, my vision could not help but snap onto on the one of the wolves' bodies. To be more specific, the wolf that I was sucking from through Ranged Absorption. Well…in short, it's dead. Gone. Reduced to ashes…well not really reduced to ashes, but more like reduced to dried wolf jerky.
Anyways, looking at the amount I absorbed from this one wolf, I could not help but remember the advantages once I changed to Expert Mosquito mode. By the looks of it, it looks like that was true. So, in that case, the human I sucked back in that village would only give around 500 points or so if I wasn't in the Expert Mosquito mode?
That's…not really a lot, to be honest.
Moving on, after seeing that the skill actually worked, I then moved onto the next wolf, sucking its blood up as I slowly increased my altitude with the intent of knowing the absorption range. I am glad to say that the range is around 10 meters before the connection is cut off. How did I know this? Well uh…the second wolf died while I was around 3 meters above the wolf, so I moved onto another wolf…but that died while I was 6 meters above it, so I moved onto a fourth one. It was at the very instant before the fourth wolf died did I find out the range of the skill.
Man, the range this skill has is pretty OP if you think about it. Just imagine a scenario where a thief is running away with its loot after stealing from an innocent passerby. Then imagine me, activating Ranged Absorption as the thief gradually loses strength and turns into an emaciated corpse, making everyone scream in fear and probably give everyone a trauma they can't forget.
At first, I thought that scenario was kind of heroic, but right now, it's more horror than heroic when no one knows who did it.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The four remaining wolves out of the eight that were eyeing Yang Bailian fled away after seeing their brethren fall onto the ground with a thud, with each and every one of them looking like some sort of dried wolf jerky. Of course, since I received 1000 points of blood per each wolf I killed, my blood storage was filled to its limit after I sucked the second one dry, so I just upgraded my Second Blood Storage by one level. Now that I think about it, sucking someone or something dry is kind of kinky.
Anyways, back to the topic of the four remaining wolves. What am I going to do with them? Just let them be? Normally, I would and find other animals to test the second skill on, but I'm too lazy to search through the vicinity one more time. Plus, the wolves are close to the edge of the seeing radius of my Spatial receptors, so why bother looking for other animals?
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Since they were at the edge of the seeing radius of my Spatial receptors, it did not take me long to reach them as I still had Void Presence+ activated, making sure that I did not alert them…though the thing I did a while ago definitely alerted them that someone was eyeing them.
Speaking of which, how was I able to stay invisible while absorbing blood from those four wolves? Is it because I was not touching their skin, hence I did not become visible? Hmm…I'll have to test that out on the remaining four.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Like before, I gradually lowered my altitude to a height of a meter above the four wolves, who were currently trembling probably due to the sight that befell them a while ago. Then again, as if I cared about what other animals felt. For now, they're just test subjects, waiting for me to experiment my skills on them.
Now that I think about it, is Vitality Siphoning a close-ranged or a long-ranged skill? Well, no other way to find out other than using it.
'Vitality Siphoning!'
Ding!
'Please be in contact with a living being to use the skill.'
There we go. That solves the dilemma of whether it's a close-ranged or a long-ranged skill. Am I going to get close to those wolves? Nope, because I have another hypothesis in mind.
'Ranged Absorption!'
'Vitality Siphoning!'
Fwoosh!
Not long after activating those two skills simultaneously, a red light started to cover my proboscis, which gradually transformed into that of a green color! Oh boy…with the information I've received from experimenting with Ranged Absorption a while ago, it's time to succ the living shit out of these wolves…literally!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ding!
'You have obtained 0.5 years of lifespan.'
Eh? Just one wolf is enough to extend my lifespan by 50 percent? I had the hunch that Vitality Siphoning would allow me to extend my lifespan, but I never knew that it would allow me to extend my lifespan by that much! Speaking of lifespan, is there a limit as to how much lifespan I could have before it caps out or something? Or is there no limit at all?
Hmm…I'll try and see if there's a limit after absorbing these three remaining wolves. Anyways, if you wondering as to what happened to the first wolf that I sucked its vitality dry, at the instant after the notification resounded in my mind, the wolf just gradually disintegrated into ashes. Did that scare the three remaining wolves? Fortunately, no. Why? The first wolf I sucked was behind the tree the three were in front of, reducing the chances of the first wolf's disintegration being seen.
And with that.
Succ! Succ! Succ!
'You have obtained 1.5 years of lifespan.'
After absorbing the vitality of those three wolves, although it got harder and harder to do so the less they became, I had now tripled my lifespan when compared to the original lifespan I had when I awakened to the Void Seraphim bloodline. And by the looks of it, I still hadn't reached the limit. Is the limit perhaps 5 years or something? I'll find out eventually once I suck the vitality of more animals in the future.
For now, I'll just head back to the tree I was cultivating in a while ago. I'm quite satisfied with the results of the experiment, and I'm pretty sure they're going to be something I'll use everytime I can.

This novel has been dropped due to a new version being made. Please read the new version instead named "Who Said A Mosquito Can't Cultivate"

Link to the new novel: https://www.webnovel.com/book/who-said-a-mosquito-can't-cultivate_18550164105099305

"This way, the wolf group's numbers have hit two hundred thousand! But… this is still not enough." Fang Yuan eyes were shining with contemplation: "I do not need to gather ordinary wolves, by that time, someone will naturally bring them to me. Now, I need to prioritize on my upper-level battle strength."
Although there were beast emperors on sale in treasure yellow heaven occasionally, they would be quickly bought by Gu Immortals after appearing for a short time.
Fang Yuan knew that it was not realistic if he wanted to buy a few more wolf emperors. Thus, he placed his attention on mutated beasts.
Every mature mutated beast had battle strength equivalent to a myriad beast king.
Any first-rate enslavement path Gu Master would have a troop of mutated beasts as their trump card and ultimate force.
For example, southern border's King Quan had a mastiff group, Jiang Bao Ya had the mountain drilling rat group, Yang Po Ying had the thunder eagle group, and Ma Zun had the pegasus group.
There were many wolf-type mutated beasts. At this moment, four types were sold in treasure yellow heaven.
The first was blood forest wolf.
This wolf had a huge body, almost like a mound. An adult standing beside it would look like a fox standing beside and elephant.
The blood forest wolf had blood red fur, and the fur looked dry like wormwood. On each of their backs, there was a 'white forest'.
These 'trees' are actually the blood forest wolf's bones, they protrude from the back and grow vertically upwards. The white bone trees have blood red leaves growing on them. As the trees grow closely to each other, it looked like a 'blood forest'.
After a blood forest wolf gives birth, it would send the cub into the blood forest on its back, and the huge space would allow the child to live comfortable. The blood fruits on the trees would provide nutrients for the cub.
Blood forest wolf were like mobile fortresses, although they were not fast, they had overwhelming strength. This was something not even myriad beast kings could do.
The second type was shark fin wolf.
This was both a land and aquatic mutated beast, it looks like an elephant but there were smooth and shiny crocodile scales on its body. At the same time, there are sharp deep blue fins on the side of their bodies. On their backs, there are rows of fins that resembles a shark's, these fins form a line extending from the wolf's head to its tail.
Shark fin wolves had the greatest defense among mutated wolves, at the same time, they could fight underwater.
The third was frenzy wolf.
The frenzy wolf has a silver and grey body, it has three eyes and a body that was not large, around the same size as thousand beast kings.
But those who looked down on it due to its size would often pay a terrible price.
Once the frenzy wolf battles, it goes into a berserk state, it moves extremely fast and would not stop until the enemy is dead. Especially after its third eye opens, its battle strength will surge by five times!
Once the three eyes are open at once, regardless of the battle results, it would die.
This was a type of wolf breed that disregards their own body when entering fierce battles.
The fourth was the white-eyes wolf.
The eyes of the white-eyes wolf were pure white. They had extremely good eyesight, even during the night, their vision cannot be obstructed.
In treasure yellow heaven, there was one blood forest wolf, three shark fin wolves, two frenzy wolves, and five white-eyes wolves on sale, they were all bought by Fang Yuan.
At the same time, far away in southern border's Shadow Sect blessed land, Old Man Yan Shi squinted his eyes as he stared at the connecting heaven Gu in mid air.
Fang Yuan bought wolf groups in bulk, even wolf emperors and mutated wolves, it attracted the attention of this wisdom path Gu Immortal.
"This Fang Yuan, he suddenly bought so many wolves, what is he trying to do?"
This mysterious rank seven wisdom path Gu Immortal who had always stayed in the background frowned.
He tried using his Gu to make a deduction.
But the result was that Fang Yuan wanted to rear wolf groups for profit and business.
This result did not satisfy him.
"Hu Immortal blessed land's environment is most suited for growing fox groups. Although wolves are similar to foxes, they are different after all."
Blessed lands are blessed, they were the land of fortune. But every blessed land was different, they received different blessings.
For example, Hu Immortal blessed land was most optimal for raising foxes. Foxes that lived in this area would grow better and breed faster. As for Lang Ya blessed land, it was suited for refining Gu, the environment was suitable for hairy men to live in.
Shadow Sect blessed land benefited the cultivation of soul path Gu Masters.
The instinct deep within his heart told Old Man Yan Shi that Fang Yuan's actions had much deeper meaning.
But wisdom path was not all-knowing, it had its weaknesses. Otherwise, wisdom path would rule the Gu world, there would not be a scene of variety where many paths flourished.
Wisdom path needed evidence to make deductions. The more evidences they had, the more reliable their deductions would be. The wisdom path Gu Master would be guided towards making a more accurate answer.
But for Old Man Yan Shi, although he was a wisdom path Gu Immortal, he would never have expected Fang Yuan to be from the future.
Old Man Yan Shi had deduced that Fang Yuan used Fixed Immortal Travel Gu to go to Hu Immortal blessed land. But he would never be able to guess that Fang Yuan went to northern plains.
If Fang Yuan had sold divine travel Gu in treasure yellow heaven, he might have been able to make the connection.
But Fang Yuan was vigilant, he sold divine travel Gu to Lang Ya blessed land. Old Man Yan Shi lacked the most critical piece of information, thus his deduction ended up being wrong.
He tried for a few more times, but he still received the same result.
"Do I really have to use my vital Gu for this?" Old Man Yan Shi thought of this as his pores expanded, as traces of cloud smoke flowed out of him.
The white cloud smoke rose up and gathered above his head, forming into a rumbling cloud.
The cloud was misty, once it appeared, a thick Immortal Gu aura burst out of it.
But this rank seven Immortal Gu had an indiscernible aura, it was like the stars in the night sky, there was no way to locate it. It was also like the scent of a lotus from a thousand steps away, the presence was extremely faint.
Every time the cloud rumbled, there were infinite changes undergoing inside, there was no way to understand it all. If outsiders forced themselves to comprehend it, they would receive ambiguous answers.
This was Old Man Yan Shi's vital Gu — Heavenly Secret!
Heavenly secret Immortal Gu!
It could expose the secrets of heaven and earth, even if the Gu Immortal did not have any evidences or clues, it could directly lead them to the truth.
When Old Man Yan Shi found out that killer ghost doctor was under the slavery Gu, he used the heavenly secret Gu to deduce that Fang Yuan would one day return to southern border.
Thus, Old Man Yan Shi set up this trap and waited for Fang Yuan to come.
Right now, Old Man Yan Shi was hesitating, he was wondering if he should use heavenly secret Gu.
Although heavenly secret Gu was powerful, it had a weakness.
Old Man Yan Shi would not succeed every time he used it, out of ten tries, at least eight would fail. Once he fails, Old Man Yan Shi would face the backlash of an Immortal Gu.
If this backlash was common injuries, so be it, but it was extremely powerful and caused anyone to feel fear.
Old Man Yan Shi's soul and body would be intact, the heavenly secret Gu's backlash only targeted his lifespan.
Once he faces a backlash, Old Man Yan Shi would lose ten to seventy years of his remaining lifespan!
A Gu Master's cultivation to raise his rank did not have any effect on his lifespan. To extend their life, Gu Masters had one way that was the best, that was lifespan Gu.
Lifespan Gu can be used to increase a Gu Master's lifespan without any consequences.
Other than that, there were other unorthodox methods that could increase lifespan. But each of these methods had either weakness or flaws.
"My current body has around eighty years of lifespan left. Even the most severe backlash will only take seventy years of my life, I will still have ten years left, it is enough to execute my heaven defying plan! But these small matters would usually not give a huge backlash, most likely, I will lose about thirteen or fourteen years. But…"
"Is it worth it for me to use heavenly secret Gu for this? This act of defying heaven will definitely be noticed by my enemies when I reach the crucial stage. In the future, I will still need to use heavenly secret Gu to predict the future."
"But, if I can get the fixed immortal travel Gu that Fang Yuan has, it is a great help towards my plan. Just talk about now, if I had fixed immortal travel Gu to attack Lang Ya blessed land, I will be able to attack or retreat at will. What can Lang Ya land spirit do to me? I will not have suffered such a huge loss this time."
Old Man Yan Shi thought through it, and decided to give up.
Although heavenly secret Gu was powerful, it was a huge trap. The chances of success was simply too low, furthermore, the consequences of failure was too severe, Old Man Yan Shi did not want to waste his lifespan for nothing.
Back then, in order to deduce that Fang Yuan had fixed immortal travel Gu, or where he went, he first spent seventy years and got a result that stunned him for a long time.
He was in central continent!
He was in Hu Immortal blessed land!
How did he get there? What opportunity did he get, in order to get a visual image of Hu Immortal blessed land?
Okay, Fang Yuan started hiding inside the blessed land and refused to come out, Old Man Yan Shi's plan to take Fixed Immortal Travel Gu flopped before it even began.
But thankfully, he used heavenly secret Gu and expended another eighty years of his lifespan to find the most possible opportunity to strike.
In the future, on some day, Fang Yuan will return to southern border and join the battle of Yi Tian mountain!
For this Fixed Immortal Travel Gu, Old Man Yan Shi spent a hundred and fifty years of his life.
"Nevermind, since I got the results already, I shall wait here for him. The matter of him raising wolves is not a concern. As a wisdom path Gu Immortal, how can a mere mortal escape from a scheme that I made myself? Hehe."
Old Man Yan Shi snickered as he opened his eyes.
His eyes were like the white-eyes wolf, there were no pupils, only white color.
He stared at connecting heaven Gu, his lips becoming more curled as he said: "You are a mere mortal but you wasted a hundred and fifty years of my life. In the future when you die from my plot, it will be your greatest honor. But now, don't think you will have a good time!"
Old Man Yan Shi worked for a while, very quickly, Fang Yuan felt something amiss inside Hu Immortal blessed land.
"Oh no, someone is buying the materials for refining wolf enslavement Gu in bulk!"
Fang Yuan wanted to buy these materials, but Old Man Yan Shi was a step ahead of him.
He quickly tried to buy them, but faced much obstruction. A number of Gu Immortal purposely raised the prices against him, causing him to spend a lot more, and the total amount of materials he procured was less than expected.
Fang Yuan squinted, his gaze sharp like a needle: "Someone is intentionally making problems for me. Hmph, it can't be Lang Ya land spirit, it does not have such influence. Then, other than Immortal Crane Sect, it can only be that mysterious Old Man Yan Shi!"
"Hehe."
Suddenly, Fang Yuan laughed.
If it was before, he would be helpless against such a situation. But now, it was different.
He had a large number of wolf enslavement Gu recipes. These recipes ranged from rank one to five, and at every rank, there were different types of wolf enslavement Gu recipes.
These materials that the Gu Immortals obstructed him from getting were merely materials in ordinary wolf enslavement Gu recipes. Many Gu recipes had innovative ideas and took different routes, especially Lang Ya land spirit's personal recipes, how could these Gu Immortals understand the use of these materials?


With his Three Fundamental Views* unrighteous, the demon is reborn.
An old dream in the ancient days, a new author with an identical name.
An old story about a time traveler who was constantly being reborn.
An eccentric world that grows, cultivates, and uses Gu. 
The Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor worm, Comprehensive Golden Light Worm, Fine Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu. . . . . .
And a peerless great demon that freely acts to his heart’s content.
Translator's Synopsis: 
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu - magical creatures of the world - Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu is a legendary venomous insect, often used in black magic practices. It can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms etc.
* = one's world view, values of worth and philosophy on life 


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A few hours had passed and the film encasing Joshua had grown three times the size it had started out as.

The beating gradually slowed down to a stop and the film covering Josh slowly dissipated revealing a large white wolf with scales covering the sides of its face and on all four limbs.

'Ugh...' Joshua groaned as he slowly opened his eyes.

Joshua noticed the difference instantly. 'I'm bigger?'

Yes, Joshua as a Direwolf was about four times as large as when he was a Yaban. 

The cave that was once spacious when Josh was a Yaban had now become the perfect size for the new Direwolf.

'I'm even bigger than the wolves, probably around the size of the big red one.'

'That means the red wolf is likely to be a Direwolf as well and a mutated one at that unless all Direwolves are red, but that's unlikely as the color red contrasts too much with the regular wolves that are either brown or grey.'

'The Alpha(red wolf) should be Tier 2 as well. I need to take my revenge slowly as I am only one wolf against a pack of what I assume to be over a hundred.'

'Let's check out my status for now and see what skills I gained from ranking up.'

** (2-star life form)

-[(Light-scale) Direwolf] (Mutated Tier 2)-
•Lv 1/100

-Titles-
[Carnivore][Unexpected Predator][Wanderer]

-Skills-
•Language Understanding Lv Max (Inherit)
•Light Absorption  Lv 1
+absorb and store light elements for future use
•Light Shroud Lv 1
+hide in the light

'It looks like my my photosynthesize skill had evolved into Light Absorption and I gained the skill Light Shroud. I will have to test my skills later.'

'My inherit skill didn't evolve, but I kind of expected the skill to already be in its final form.'

'Not much you can go further with the skill since it just quite literally acts as a translator.'

'Though I find this all kind of ironic that after all this time I had become the very source of my revenge.'

'Maybe when I bit of that chunk of the wolf's flesh way back on my first night influenced my evolution choices to have wolves as an option.'

'Or it could be my wanderer title that got me the wolf choices as wolves are known for their lasting stamina.'

'Can't really tell which it is because I can't check the achievements that don't become titles, but I guess at this point it doesn't really matter.'

'Woah wait!' It was then that Joshua noticed that his status did not indicate that he did not start as young or adolescent.

When he was a Yaban he had just gotten out of being classified as an adolescent and can be considered in the early middle of his lifespan as a Yaban.

Now that he evolved into a Direwolf he is still in the early middle of his lifespan, but only this time the lifespan of a Direwolf not a Yaban.

'That was a close shave! If I decided to rank up near the end of my life as a Yaban to gain more achievements, which I decided not to, then even if I ranked up to something stronger I would still be at the end of my life.'

'Of course I would have gained a bit of time as higher beast species have a longer lifespan, but would that time be enough to rank up again?'

'Most likely not.'

'A piece of good news for me is that I learned from the classes that most beasts have really long lifespans and it only gets longer the higher tier they are. Of course there are exclusions from this like the extremely weak creatures such as a Yaban or a rat'

'Phew... Once again I am glad that I am no longer a Yaban. I even feel as if my body is brimming with strength.'

'This is to be expected as compared to when I was a Yaban my strength, stamina, and overall "stats" has multiplied many times.' 

'For now I should get used to my new body.'

Joshua tried walking around in the cave and while he did have a bit of trouble at first, his experience with four limbs as a Yaban helped him quickly adjust to the changes.

Joshua then walked outside the cave to check the time and noticed it was past midnight and in a few hours the sun would rise.

The wolves would already have had finished their hunt by now and it was not like Joshua would be able to enact his revenge instantly anyways. He needed a plan because he can't just rush up to the red wolf as that would just get him surrounded and killed instantly.

Not to mention the Alpha is most likely much stronger than Joshua is now with all his skills only being level 1 except for his inherit skill.

With that in mind Joshua returns to the cave, which he has decided to make his temporary residence while he is a Direwolf, and test out his newly gained skills.

'First, the Light Absorption skill let's me better store and utilize the light elements.'

'If I were to guess these light elements are like mana in games. For instance at an active volcano there would probably be a rich amount fire elements in the air.'

'For me the light elements come from the sunlight. Anyways I still have some light elements stored in my from when I was a Yaban before I ranked up.'

'I know that I can use then to speed up my recovery, but maybe I should try something else.'

Joshua tried to manipulate the light elements in him, but was dismayed to find that all he could do was direct it inward to himself and outwards.

'Hrm. The inward is how I heal, but what happens if I direct it outwards since that is all I can do?'

Joshua just decides to push all the light elements he has stored inside him outwards all at once to see what happens. The result was...

A man dies and somehow reincarnates into an unknown world as a bear-like(?) scaled(?) dog?

Created the system with inspiration from remonster, stop friendly fire, a few others, and my own ideas.

Cover not mine if want to take down contact me

As I started this as a way to relax the chapters are all only around 1,000 words.

Enjoy I guess?

Update not yet stable until further notice, but hope to one day be 7ch/week
Currently: 1ch every 2 days

That a huge wolf-shaped rock opened its eyes, and a pair of white stone sphere eyes swept Yang Feng with a glance. Continuing to lie prone, it spoke coldly: "I've already committed to memory the scent of his soul, take him in."
 
Molock wolf was the scientific name of the huge wolf-shaped rock extraordinary life form earthen. This extraordinary life form's body was a very high quality rock. No matter if it was magical resistance or physical resistance, both were terrific. Adult molock wolves possessed terrifying battle prowess comparable to pinnacle level-3 Warlocks'. Additionally, they possessed a formidable racial innate skill which enabled them to smell the scent of any person's soul.
 
Within the world of Warlocks, there were all kinds of strange spells that could change, warp, or mask your true features. However, the scent of a soul couldn't be altered. Apart from some special experts, even Great Warlock rank experts couldn't compare with molock wolves in terms of identifying the scent of souls.
 
With the molock wolf guarding in front of this gate, anyone who wanted to sneak into the Warlock College Antalya's inner court by changing their facial features would find it extremely difficult.
 
Yang Feng bowed towards the molock wolf: "Greetings, Sir Dulimuk!"
 
The lifespan of humans was very short. A human official level-1 Warlock's lifespan was around 200 to 300 years. A level-2 Warlock's lifespan was around 300 to 400 years. A level-3 Warlock's lifespan was around 400 to 500 years. Only a Great Warlock's lifespan could exceed 1,000 years. As for extraordinary life forms such as molock wolves, they required 400 years just to mature, while their lifespans were thousands of years long.
 
This adult molock wolf was also an intelligent extraordinary life form, and it's status in the Warlock College Antalya was very high, even comparable to that of an Elder. Yang Feng didn't dare to slight such an extraordinary life form.
 
Dulimuk didn't budge, it just lay there still like an ordinary statue.
 
Anya took Yang Feng through the gate that separated the outer court from the inner court and entered the inner court.
 
When they entered the inner court, Yang Feng felt that the concentration of elemental particles in the air here surpassed that of the outer court by far.
 
After studying hard these days, Yang Feng already understood the fundamental principles of Warlock cultivation.
 
Warlocks practiced cultivation by using special methods to absorb all kinds of drifting elemental particles, and the strengthened their physical constitution as well as nourished their soul forces. Soul force was the most fundamental source power of an extraordinary life form. Once your soul force was unable to be upgraded, in meant that your body could no longer continue to evolve.
 
The key step for an Apprentice Warlock promoting to an official Warlock was to condense a soul seed, then, with the soul seed act as the core, establish a spirit sea, break through the limits of the human body, and evolve towards an extraordinary life form. By then, you can solidify a level-1 innate spell in your spirit sea.
 
The formidable elemental particles were very beneficial to strengthening your physical constitution as well as nourishing your soul. In the inner court, the Warlock College Antalya used a variety of extraordinary means to increase the concentration of elemental particles. In this environment, your cultivation rate will be tens of times higher than in the outer court.
 
The Black Cottage possessed a three-story-tall Warlock tower. Inside the Warlock tower, only the elemental pool as well as the core cultivation room possessed a slightly higher density of elemental particles than the inner court.
 
"It deserves to be one of the six cultivation holy lands in the Turandot Subcontinent, it's really deserving of its reputation!" Yang Feng operated the Magic Note's Titan Art and sensed the formidable energy enter his body, making him feel very comfortable.
 
There were numerous Warlock towers located inside the inner court of the Warlock College Antalya, with every Warlock tower being four stories tall.
 
The construction of a Warlock tower was very costly. Generally speaking, some small Warlock families were fundamentally unable to construct a Warlock tower. As for the Black Cottage, it took it several generations worth of effort and expenses to be build a Warlock tower. Moreover, it was only a three-story-tall Warlock tower, which was a far cry from the Warlock College Antalya's Warlock towers.
 
Yang Feng made a rough count and discovered that the Warlock towers numbered in the hundreds.
 
The hundreds of Warlock tower formed an indistinct mysterious formation around nine seven-story-tall Warlock towers. In the center of the Warlock tower, the enormous ancient energy absorbing tree pierced straight into the sky. The branches and leave of the ancient energy absorbing tree radiated a faint light.
 
"In the Warlock College Antalya, there also bound to be precious elixirs capable of upgrading one's soul aptitude. However, such precious elixirs must be small in numbers, and they should be in the hands of level-3 Warlocks or Great Warlocks. Unless I conquer the Warlock College Antalya, I'm basically incapable of getting hold of them."
 
"Inside Warlock towers, Warlocks were able to resist enemies that were stronger by a rank. If there are Great Warlocks standing guard in the Warlock College Antalya, then my mechanical legion's odds are currently really too low. My forces will have to expand by tens of times!" Yang Feng creased his eyebrows tightly as he mused.
 
He was already doing his utmost to develop the mineral resources in his territory. Under the unbridled mining, the Black Rock Town's mineral resources have already begun to dry up. He was trying to purchase iron ore everywhere he could as well as searching for new sources of mineral resources in his territory. Even so, his production of raw materials was far from meeting his production capacity.
 
Within his territory, the mechanical legion was already very large in number, but he still didn't have any certainty that he could prevail over the Warlock College Antalya. The further he trod on the Warlock path, the better he perceived the power of high-level Warlocks.
 
Yang Feng exclaimed within: "Unfortunately, all the territories have currently masters! Furthermore, they all have Great Warlocks backing them from the shadows. It's too difficult to expand."
 
In the Turandot Subcontinent, each territory had its master. Although these territories were controlled by some Warlock families or small forces, but all of them had Great Warlock forces backing them from the shadows.
 
For Yang Feng, establishing the Steel City was already his limit. The Warlock College Antalya has already begun to suppress his expansion. Unless he attacked the territory of the Savage Claw, it was difficult to expand. But the Savage Claw was a bit more powerful than the Warlock College Antalya. He didn't want to randomly antagonize such a formidable force.
 
Yang Feng mused: "In the Turandot Subcontinent, the fertile lands were already occupied. I can think of ways to occupy some barren regions. Solar energy, hydroelectric power, thermal power, wind power, and even nuclear power, all of them could be exploited. But that will have to wait until I finished my Warlock studies."
 
In 3796's technology tree, nuclear power wasn't too advanced of a technology. It was already possible to manufacture large nuclear power plants. However, to build large nuclear power plants would still require a series of prerequisite technological structures such as heavy water refineries. At present, a variety of prerequisite structures were being built in Yang Feng's territory. Within a year, he could manufacture large nuclear power plants as well as nuclear warheads.

Yang Feng somehow transmigrated into a different world and received a legacy of an ‘ancient high tech’ family, which does not directly raise his power, but gives him the technology to build things which are way more advanced than the seemingly medieval world.

But to build something you need resources and energy. To receive resources you need strength. To gain strength you need knowledge. To gain knowledge you… need strength? or a background? Or maybe a fully armed army of high tech robots who aren’t afraid of death?

But is this legacy really for him to keep?


....

Nothing here belongs to me but there respective owners.


Author:

Assets Exploding, Zi Chan Bao Zeng

Hey, Friendly Neighborhood Author here, I'd like to talk about the various races we'll meet in this story. Make sure to read the Author's Note. I'll try to keep this Aux Chapter short by saying a very short introduction of each race. So we'll start off with the most basic race: Humans

Humans are, as you guessed, like us. With the highest population, they are the most technologically advanced. At least as far as medieval tech can get, anyways. They are also one of the two races who can have affinities with almost every magic branch. (I'll talk about magic in another chapter) Approximate Lifespan: 100 Years

Next up are the various kinds of Elves, starting with your average everyday Fantasy Elves. This kind of Elf goes by a couple names: Wood Elves, Wild Elves, Forest Elves, or just Elves. Possessing long lifespans and high compatibility with mana, they are capable spell-casters. Wood Elves are also the only race able to learn and use Life Magic. Approximate Lifespan: 70,000 Years

High Elves are the nobility of the Elven races, at least that's what they'd have you believe. This brand of elf is generally very rarely seen outside their home Capital. They posses even longer lifespans than either Elves or Dark Elves, with staggering amounts of mana. High affinities towards the Arcane Branch. Approximate Lifespan: 800,000 Years

Dark Elves, said to be corrupted by dark magics, are known by another name, Drow. Diametrically opposed to both Elves and High Elves, they have grey or black skin, snow white hair, and red or silver eyes. Drow are easily burned by sunlight and prefer the dark over anything else. Their magic affinities lie in the Taboo Magics. Approximate Lifespan: 90,000 Years

Vampires are a distant form of Elf, and are the result of a small gene-pool. This caused them to develop severe anemia, low body temperatures, and deathly pale skin. The way they evolved to deal with the lack of blood was to consume more of it. Vampires only have affinities with Blood Magic. Approximate Lifespan: 120,000 Years (If fed Blood regularly)

After Elves, we have the standard Fantasy Dwarves. They are supreme craftsmen, making the most powerful pieces of equipment known to the land. Sturdy and stout, a dwarf can easily carry what an average human can't. Most Dwarves have an affinity with the Elemental Magics. Approximate Lifespan: 375 Years

Within Ulder live several species of Beast-Folk which include; Wolves, Bears, Cats, and Birds. All of these species have the ability to take on more bestial form. The Cat and Bird Folk have various sub-species which include other similar real-life counterparts. Their affinities lie with Elemental Magic. Approximate Lifespan: 200 Years

Giants are separated into two groups, the aggressive Val'tiir Giants and the benevolent Nas'ver Giants.  The Val'tiir are classified as monsters while the Nas'ver are a race. The Nas'ver use magic to compress their large stature in order to trade with and befriend the other races. Magical affinities lie with the Arcane Branch. Approximate Lifespan: 180 Years

Finally, We arrive at the apex of the races: Dragons. These are Western-style Dragons with a twist. They are completely immortal, lifespan-wise, and their scales and bones are almost indestructible. The price they have to pay for such immortality is at certain intervals of age, they must suffer through a tribulation. Not like heavenly lightning, but an intense agony that comes from their very body and soul. If they either pass out or give up, they are destroyed. If they succeed, they increase in strength. They also physically mature all at once instead of steadily like us. Dragons can freely choose what type of magic they practice.

A washed-up novelist is sent to the world of his unwritten novel. There he gains the family he had lost, and the love he longed for.

This is my first ever public work, so I probably won't be amazing at first. Just give me some time and I know I'll improve.

I will accept constructive criticism.

Mid-Night….

Core zone of the forest…

A figure was sitting below a giant tree with his back resting against its large roots, he had several bloody cuts all over his body but surprisingly his ripped dress was restoring its damage on its own.

Rex was painting at the moment, he was using the passive mode of his cultivation technique to channel Yang Qi all over his body to force out the monster Qi from his body and fasten the healing of his injuries.

At the start of the chase, thanks to Shadow-Dive + Assassinate, he was able to avoid getting caught by the wolves, but after he used it several times the wolves got used to it and could catch up to him in no time. He could hide or travel in the shadows but once attacked he would be thrown outside automatically. To make it worse the peak stage wolf had a special ability that lets him track Rex by tracking the monster Qi that entered his body when he was attacked.

'Dammit, I will never judge any old woman by their beautiful faces again, that damn woman is a maniac in particular. Easy training my ass, it's the hellish mode of survival, does she think I am a divine beast like her who would fight with claws or bite the enemies to death? I am fukking Huma- Lamiarious Carbonite Human,' Rex was just thinking but suddenly he looked up and saw that a black leopard hiding between the tree branch was staring at him with his two pale yellow eyes.

The second their eyes met, the leopard leaped at him,

'Accel'

Rex barely dodged the attack in time, originally Accel was very fast but with his cultivation base being suppressed its effectiveness decreased.

'Damn my luck, a Monster Elite at a time like this? It's the worst,' Rex thought, just when the thought flashed in his mind he regretted it because the three black wolves chasing him earlier caught up and ended up blocking his escape route from behind.

'Why did I even think that?' Rex lamented.

The three of them didn't back off even when the leopard stared at them and gave a low roar as a warning, their hormones had long climbed up to their head making them lost most of their remaining rationality, they were moving on their instincts by now.

Rex's body tensed up.

"Hmmm, It's Over For Today I Guess," The domineering voice of Zakiya in her beast form sounded at the moment, freezing all the four beasts in their spot.

The bloodline pressure of a divine beast was more than enough to scare them out of their wits, especially when they were just in their early stages of spirit beast lineage.

The shadows on the ground fluctuated then turned into two cages that imprisoned the three wolves and the black leopard, then the cages flew away in her direction.

When Rex saw that the leopard was also caught, he had a feeling that they gonna meet again soon enough.

{Todays' training is over now, you can rest and recuperate for tomorrow then come again on the day after tomorrow. Keep the training uniform with you, wear it when you come to train next time, by the way, if you don't come over then I will drag you here and double your training time as a punishment,} Zakiya's indifferent voice rang in his head.

Rex felt that the world lost its color.

Now he truly understood why he had even days to train and odd to rest, it was like that so he won't go crazy or suffer from a mental breakdown in the long run.

[Your situation just feels like a lion in a circus, the trainer whip him while training him to keep his behavior in check and if the lion obeys then the trainer give him some food as a reward,]

Rex nodded.

[Your situation just feels like a donkey carrying the load, it's owner uses a carrot and a stick to…]

'Stop right there you bastard! I am already too exhausted to curse you right now,' Rex sighed.

He was about to ask Zakiya how to take off this dress but just at this time the dress lost its effect and the cultivation base suppressing effect disappeared, the dress lessened on its own making it easy to remove.

Rex's lips twitched, he felt that the cultivators of this world have already comprehended the timer setting feature.

Rex then went back to the castle, like yesterday he took a long bath to refresh himself after the bath he obediently headed to his room, tonight he had no energy to spend with Ria. He felt like if he did then he might not wake up in the morning and it won't look good if the news headline on the next day would be something like… The Mysterious Shadow Lord Died In The Bed.

Before going to sleep Rex meditated using the Transcend Heart Tempering Mantra technique that helped him in recovering some of his mental strength, he used it to summon some clones and handed them the blueprints to work while sleeping.

Snake Sister's room….

Ria was enjoying her good night sleep with a supposedly good dream, she had a faint smile on her face, at the moment she was gently hugging Mia from behind while sleeping.

At the same time, Mia had her eyes shut closed as she counted snakes up to a thousand, she was finding it hard to sleep in her current situation. 

When they were younger they did cuddle with each other while sleeping all the time but as they grew up Ria became strict, colder, and more of a serious type to not let herself and Mia become the chess pieces on other's game board.

So now Mia found her actions really embarrassing, now that they had grown up the same action carried different meaning and feeling. She won't say that she hated it or anything but whenever Ria shifted her hands a little while cuddling, her wild imagination woke her up instantly not letting her sleep peacefully.

Mia sighed, she felt that this night will very long for her.

...…..

New Morning…

Today, Rex was free now that he had so many clones he didn't need to worry about doing anything himself. The thing he wanted to do most right now was to study the teleportation portal but he knew that with his current strength, it was almost impossible to even make a prototype similar to it so he decided to increase his cultivation base before researching it.

At the moment, Rex was cultivating on the ground floor of the spirit tower.

'Rose check and give me an estimation of my current life essence with a comparison for better understanding, and also tell me how much life essence I had lost when you made changed to my body in reference to the new cultivation technique if I really lost any that is,' Rex said.

[Theoretically speaking, A normal person that cultivated to Core Forming peak stage should have around 1620 years of life span at best but after your three evolutions including you gaining the Gamer's body, your current lifespan is 2700 years. There wasn't any problem when reestablishing your meridians but just to make sure I used 20 years of lifespan in strengthening them and relieve the strain from reestablishment.

Because you only lost 20 years of lifespan, it won't have much on an impact while breaking through, we can regain it later,]

Different cultivation stages result in different increases value in the lifespan depending on what that stage is actually meant for.

For example stages like the Soul Strengthening stage and Dao Comprehension stage wouldn't add much lifespan because the former is meant to temper the soul and strengthen its connection with the body and open the Sea Of Consciousness of the cultivator while the latter adds the power of Dao to the cultivator by comprehending the concept of their way of life.

Unlike them, the cultivation stages like the Spirit King stage and Sky Body Formation stage bring tremendous changes to one's body increasing the lifespan of the cultivator by a big margin.

The increase in lifespan differs according to the race and cultivation technique, there are also other ways to increase one's lifespan and one of them is longevity pills.

'I see, looks like a divine beast's blood can really make a big difference. I have decided I won't commence the next evolution before getting the blood of at least three divine beasts. For now, let's breakthrough we have delayed it for quite a long time now,' Rex thought.

[Ready?]

'Yeah,' (Rex)

[Commencing breakthrough…..]

The Exp or Life Energy flew from his core, spreading all over his body then getting channeled through his meridians according to the path defined by Black & White Forbidden Lineage Art and finally ended up in his dantian.

At this time, when the cultivation technique was moved to active mode, an unusual phenomenon took place.

A strange octane diagram resembling the Yin-Yang symbol appeared on the floor with Rex as it's center.

Countless shining energy particles similar to snowflakes appeared above the diagram, surrounding Rex. The twinkling particles looked like stars in the night sky, they had an extraordinary presence to them and the most strange thing was whenever the particle fell on Rex, they would get instantly absorbed by his body.

Only special cultivation techniques that are fully mastered to Return To Nature state produce such a strange phenomenon, that's why usually only cultivation maniacs with high comprehension talent could achieve that and these people are far from young.

Rex was focusing on his dantian at the moment, inside the dantian all the Qi was now transforming and merging into a single point at the center forming a tiny core, with time the core was becoming bigger and more stable.

There was one other place that was going through tremendous change, it was his Sea Of Consciousness. The hazy fog in his Sea Of Consciousness was being cleared slowly, furthermore, he could feel his Sea Of Consciousness expanding at a fast rate.

Just at this time, the main door of the ground floor of the tower opened and Lucia walked in.

Because of her busy schedule, she didn't have much time to cultivate so Rex allowed her to cultivate on the tower's ground floor whenever she wants, but of course, she was very sincere about her work and only came here when she had free time so her cultivation base hadn't progressed much all this time.

There were only 5 people except for Rex that were allowed to enter the ground floor- Lerna, Little Aru, Jiang Shuang, Jiang Qing, and Lucia.

Rex didn't tell them not to disturb him because all of them were smart enough not to interrupt him after seeing that he was cultivating.

When she walked in, she felt someone else's presence so she walked to the other side only to see Rex with the strange phenomenon occurring around his body.

Even when Lucia saw it, there was not much change in her expression, she only widened her eyes a little in surprise.

Just like how people in the lower realm knew of stories about divine beasts, people of the middle realm also knew about things like these even when they haven't seen them in person.

Lucia wanted to leave this place when she saw that Rex was at a critical point in breaking through.

She didn't know his cultivation stage but unstable Qi fluctuation around someone means that they are going to break through to a higher cultivation stage.

She wanted to leave but the shining light particles deeply attracted her attention not letting her eyes move away from them.

Just at this time, a light particle flew towards her directions just like a soft feather going with the flow of wind. Lucia subconsciously reached out her hand to touch it.

The second her finger came in contact with the light particle, the latter got absorbed by the former in an instant. Lucia suddenly realized that the Qi in her body got stimulated a little after the absorption of the light particle, it only took a second for her to realize how beneficial these light particles was for a cultivator.

But instead of trying to absorb more, she stepped back. In her view those particles were there because of Rex so if she absorbs it then it would be like snatching the fruits of his hard work, she turned around intending to leave for now.

{It's all right, these energy flakes are not much use to me but they are highly beneficial to you. If you cultivate here with me, while being near me, you can absorb these then your speed will be a few times faster than normal, you have done a lot for the organization these days so you deserve at least this much,} Rex sent her a message using Telepathy.

Rex knew that it was Lucia the second she entered the tower, not because of Spider-Sense or Spiritual-Sense but the smell her body releases because she had a special physique, Rose was also keeping a check on his body while cultivating so he wasn't worried about cultivation deviation.

As for having no loss, it was a lie. If someone else cultivates near him by absorbing the light particles then he would need to use more Exp to maintain a uniform input rate of Exp but he didn't lack Exp so it was fine even if Lucia breakthrough from Core Forming peat stage to Golden Core peak stage.

Lucia stopped in her tracks, she thought for a while then nodded. She didn't argue because it would act as a distraction for Rex.

She walked near Rex, stepped on the octane diagram then sat behind him with her back against his.

'I said near, but… is she trying to distract me,' Rex thought when he sensed her sitting so close to him.

Lucia was more of an open-minded type, so this much was not a problem for her as she already knew Rex for a while now and had a good impression of him.

Rex didn't think about it more and focused on his breakthrough. When he cultivated and the light particles fell on her, she finally realized how strong this cultivation buff was.

The particles were so pure that she didn't need to refine them at all and could directly absorb them.

The Cultivation World is filled with countless treasures and heart shaking mysteries but even the most holy places are built above bottomless darkness this is a world where strong eats the weak, the strong rules and the weak is ruled, weak have no rights and that's how it always had been until he made is debut

Ye Tian was a cultivator with an average innate talent but he was born with a rare defense type physique and for him it was like a poor man treasuring a jade ring, betrayed by his own first love and the master he respected like a father he tried to escape as far as he could but his destiny was not that simple

At the brink of death Heaven showed mercy on him and the dormant mystery hidden in his soul got released...he got his memories from his past life when he was a Peerless Genius on Earth although those memories still belongs to the time when he was a mortal named Rex Andrews but memory was not the only thing he got from his past life

Ding....

[System’s requirements met]

[ System initializing 1%..2%…10%…30%….80%..99%..100%]

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The man was horrified because what that bolt of lightning did was cut his lifespan in half effectively putting his cultivation at jeopardy of failing to make a breakthrough. Because when making a breakthrough you burn your potential which is also directly related to your lifespan so losing half of it is a terrible loss regards of cultivation realm. "I..I don't know how but that lad sent that bolt of lightning and it took half my lifespan." He says fearfully. The girl is shocked "the only way he could do that is if he had some ungodfully powerful expert behind him" she says surprised. This was the true reason the man was scared witless was because anyone capable of halving his lifespan was not someone he could handle. After coming to an agreement the girl set off to the academy.
NMeanwhile nick was but irritated and happy at the same time , he was irritated that the mark was still there but happy that he punished the person who gave it to him. 'I should probably get that alchemy method and the body refinement technique before I grind my laws to advanced.' After making his plan he followed through by buying those items and memorizing their contents and burning the physical copies. Afterwards nick spent the next month train his laws getting all the new ones to advanced and the space to intermediate. On this day every participant left was suddenly dragged out of the mirror before arriving in the area outside the mirror. The elder who was in charge of the test gave nick an odd look before speaking "everyone still here is already accepted into the academy. However due to certain individuals we must question some of you for safetys sake therefore come when your name is called." The elder says briskly. after a while nick is called and he walks over calmly before he is taken away like everyone else before him. Unlike everyone before however when he entered the room it was filled with elders arguing. "Uh is it a bad time?" He said awkwardly. The elders all stop arguing and stare at nick like hungry wolves. "No ,well the thing is we actually tried to stop you from getting that mark so we're arguing about how to treat you from now on." One of the elders explains looking frustrated. "Im fine being treated like everyone else." Nick said reassuringly. Someone steps forward that person is old sun himself. "Lad it's not so simple that mark on you represents a power even stronger than the academy, and you a new student was chosen to bear it you simple can't be compared to others at all." He said while gesturing dramatically. Nick snorted in irritation."you don't need to worry about this mark to much as no one can force me into anything like marriage without my permission."he said before storming off leaving the group of elders in shock. "Can he do that?"one of the elders asked breaking the silence. Old sun spoke up to answer"from what I've seen of that little fellow he doesn't brag about things he simply does." He said calmly. A message comes into the room in a panic "sirs a young women claiming to be the dragon princess is at the front gates asking to be let in!" He exclaimed.

nick was an ordinary guy , no seriously he was almost boring how normal he was.
So one day nick was walking to the store to get him a soda when some drunk driver happened to look away from the wheel and crashed into poor nick,but we all know how this song and dance goes and he gets reincarnated into a fantasy world with cultivation and gods and monsters but the problem is nick only ever wanted to be normal and now he's the most unordinary person alive with a system hellbound to drag him to greatness , kicking and screaming if necessary.well that is until tragedy strikes making him want to become strong.

P.S. first real attempt at a system novel let me know how I'm doing thanks! also don't own the picture.

Rung Dun didn't know what to do. Fend off the wolf attack or search for the killer. There could be dangerous assassins in the clan trying to kill them when they finished fighting the wolf or while fighting the wolf. He then decided, "So be it. What if the Mana gets depleted, there are hundreds of years before this Mana Spring dries up. It will only decrease the lifespan of spring by a few years. If the Elders and myself are assassinated, the future of the clan will be over."
He went over to the Head Elder to help him relay the message in a loud voice, "All of you go back, I will now use my spell."
He chanted for a few minutes and after he finished chanting there were no people fighting wolves, so the wolves were rushing towards the clan.
The Clan Leader Rung Dun then shouted, "EXPLODE!!!" and a spark of fire landed in the middle of wolves to create a huge explosion. The explosion covered a distance of 1 km. Some wolves near the clan survived, but they were immediately killed.
The Thousand Timber Wolf King also suffered a direct impact. Its large body had many burned marks and some of its furs were still burning. Frightened by the immense power of the spell, the large timber wolf ran with its tail between the legs.
The other surviving wolves also began retreating. Some managed to get inside the fog and managed to survive the assault from chasing clansmen, the rest that couldn't manage to get inside the fog got killed.
...
In the Mana Spring, Mizar was delighted on seeing that the process had succeeded and getting stat points. The Mana Spring that came up to his waist was now was decreased by 4-5 inches. That was 20-30 years worth of lifespan of Mana Spring. The process of awakening didn't consume the most Mana, but the system did. The system required Mana to operate and give Mizar the experience points, increase his stats and such. When killing people, the system takes energy from the soul and to give the Exp for achievement and for increasing stats mana or energy of equivalent value. So, the Exp gained was equivalent to the energy stored in the soul. Mizar didn't know any of it and couldn't sense it as well. Not anyone in this clan could sense it. Only some powerful mages could sense it.
Mizar noticed the change in Spring and inwardly thought, 'The awakening shouldn't have used this much mana. Who knows, in this another world, I shouldn't think of it as same as my previous world. Who knows what other there might be that surprises me.'
He went back the way he came from until there was a dead end. He then twisted some rocks in different angles. He backed up a few steps, and the stairs came down again. He walked up the stairs and the cave closed itself as same as it was before. The stairs also attached itself to the upper floor, and now everything looked normal.
Mizar who was standing at the top of the stairs was now at the bottom. He thought of robbing the place but immediately discarded it. The Clan Leader had probably some protective measures in place. He just hadn't put any protective measurements in the Mana Spring was probably because of two reasons.
First, he was probably afraid of messing with the Mana Spring and damaging it. Second, he was confident that no one could ever find the way to go to the Mana Spring.
Mizar had just walked past the pool in front of the mansion when suddenly he heard a huge explosion noise. It reminded him of his last minutes in his previous life, but this explosion paled in comparison to that. The explosion in his previous life was !00,000 more destructive and powerful.
He knew the battle had ended when he heard the explosion. So he hurried and rushed towards his home.
The Mana Spring again decreased when Rung Dun used the spell. The decrease in Mana Spring was about 3-4 inches and lifespan was again decreased by roughly 30 years. The Mana in the surrounding wasn't enough to supplement for the spell he used but he forcefully drew mana directly from the Spring and used it.
Mizar ran as quickly as he could towards his house. He occasionally changed routes as not to get tracked where he came from. He got to his home after about 20 minutes. The dead bodies of servants were still there, the pool of dried blood, the tattered blanket, everything was the same as before. He was planning to dispose of the bodies of servants by burying it in the hill of wastes when he thought of something.
"System, how do I use the Class Effect?" He asked the system.
Instead of a voice, a window popped up.
[You have to think about the dead creatures and say 'Revive']
Mizar thought about one of the servants and said "Revive"
Grey gas appeared out of nowhere and tried to enter the body of the servant but failed.
[The emotions in the body has already faded, unable to revive]
He tried it on another servant. the grey gas entered a little but it wasn't enough for it to revive. Ultimately, he had to bury them in the wastes.
...
Thousands of years before the present time,
In a black space, there were billions of specks of light. Inside one of those specks of light were many planets, stars and floating continents. Suddenly, the whole speck of light exploded, and a soul flew up. The flying soul was caught by a man. The soul desperately tried to get free.
"HaHaHaHa, Susa you bitch. Now I also have a soul that can withstand the technique. The inheritance will be mine and I will avenge my Son."
In another part of the black space.
"I have to say, Lock's way is quick and efficient. It does decrease a bit of my essence, but it's worth it. I can't expect to get the inheritance for free." In his hand, he also had a soul. If Mizar were here, he would have recognized it as himself. The entire Universe Mizar lived in was destroyed so that these Immortal Mages could get the inheritance.
...
More thousands of years before Mizar's soul had been captured.
There were 7 people travelling together towards the same location. 2 were women and the rest were men.
"Are you sure that it is the inheritance of an Otherworldly Divine Mage?" The one who asked was a woman, her name was Alevein. She had long brown hair and brown eyes with a short and pointy nose. She was wearing a sleeveless green robe with a flower pattern over it, but it couldn't hide the big hills on top her chest. Her hands were snow white and smooth like jades.
"Yes, it was, but it required a total of seven people to open to I had to ask all of you to come. We can split the inheritance. 45% for me and rest for all of you" The one who answered was Lock. He had long porcupine-like white hair with a scar on his face. He was tall and Masculine and was carrying a huge broad sword on his back. 
"Okay but let's get there first" Alevein replied. Lock began speeding and the rest followed him.
8 years later, they arrived in front of one of the light specks. The rest of the light specks were of fixed colours but this was changing colour. It changed colour every six months. When they got near it, they heard a voice inside their head welcoming to the test for inheritance and they entered the light speck.
Three Hundred Years later, they came with 7 people, but now there were only 4 left. Alevien, Lock, Susa and the guy who got Mizar's soul in the future, Kazer. This was the final round of the inheritance. They were ready for something dangerous, but nothing happened. A few minutes later, four lump of lights flew towards the four of them.
In each of those light lumps, there was a scroll with a recipe for something. There were a bunch of ingredients listed in a recipe like 100,000 souls of different kinds of Mages, rare Herbs, etc. but the most important one was a soul that could withstand the refinements of this technique.
"Use this technique to raise a Player. After they become Immortal Mages, bring them here with you and then can you take part in Final Round of the Inheritance," They heard a voice in their head and before they knew it they were already ejected out of the light speck.
Nobody spoke and everyone went their own way to find a soul to raise. Everyone had their own way of searching for the soul. The light speck which glowed originally in 9 different colours now glowed in 5 different colours.
One day, Susa accidentally found Lock's Son and sensed that he had quite a strong soul. Of course, Lock could also sense it but he didn't dare try it on his son. If the refinement failed, he would lose his only son. Susa killed Lock's son and took his soul into the refinement process. During refinement, Susa wiped out his memory, so that he couldn't remember his past life.
After finding out his son was killed, Lock was furious and searched for Susa everywhere but couldn't find her. Then he started destroying the light speck worlds to find a suitable soul so that he could get the inheritance and kill her. Others also followed his trend and started destroying the world hoping to get a suitable soul, a soul that could withstand the f an Immortal Mage.
The refinement took Thousands of years and the soul was planted into the body of a nearly dying Mortal. After many years, other people also found the inheritance, and now there were a total of nine peoples with the system in this entire Multiverse. Each with their individual different powers. Each with their own adventure, journey and life.
Who will win this inheritance in this fight against geniuses from the different worlds?!

Mizar's father was killed and one of the killers is now his stepfather. He has hidden it deeply the fact that he knew about his father's killer. Right after he killed his stepfather, suddenly an explosion occurs. 
He now wakes up in the body of a boy named Kans followed by a voice in his head. 
"Welcome user to FullMoon Necromancer System"

After spending the night in the hideout, the group headed deeper in the forest, exploring pathways they had never stepped upon in the past. Everyone was tense. Furthermore, after a few hours of deadly silence and no relevant discovery, the group found something quite eerie.
Rodrick approached a tree, and noticed claw marks. Unfortunately, these claw marks didn't look like bear claws, but rather…wolf claws.
"Looks like we unknowingly stepped into a wolf territory…No wonder we didn't encounter many animals on our way here, the beasts knew better than stepping into this danger zone", Rey cursed out loud.
However, by the time they realized their mistake, the sentinels found themselves completely surrounded by a pack of wolves. To their surprise, there weren't five or six wolves, but over fifty of them!
Fortunately, these wolves were not magical beasts. 
Naturally, since they occupied a big territory in the Blue Forest, home to many magical creatures, these wolves were not average: they were called iron wolves since their fur was similar to iron, and difficult to pierce. This layer of defence was similar to armours, and many sentinels dropped dead facing such packs of wolves.
 
[Adult Iron Wolf
Age – 8 years old | Lifespan – 20 to 30 years 
Status – Healthy. 
Attributes:
Strength – 1.9 | Dexterity – 3.1 | Constitution – 1.8 
Perks: Iron fur (absorb up to 6 degrees of damage)
Skills: Bite (Deals [Strength*2] degrees of damage).]
 
[Adult Iron Wolf
Age – 12 years old | Lifespan – 20 to 30 years 
Status – Healthy. 
Attributes:
Strength – 2.3 | Dexterity – 3.5| Constitution – 1.9
Perks: Iron fur (absorb up to 6 degrees of damage)
Skills: Bite (Deals [Strength*2] degrees of damage)]
 
A wolf stood out: the Alpha Wolf, leader of the pack, a mutated beast which seemed to have reached the rank 1 realm. However, unlike regular magical beast, it didn't possess overwhelming attributes or particularly strong features. It seemed like the Alpha Wolf provided support to his pack. Its rank 1 magical beast status seemed to have rendered the Alpha wolf more intelligent rather than stronger.
Being over a meter and a half long, with blood thirsty eyes and a cunning expression, there was no doubt about it: this alpha wolf was incredibly dangerous, perhaps even more than the Flaming Bear they were tasked to hunt.
"Stay calm, everyone. I want Rodrick and Richard at the centre, providing support with the crossbows. Use your special piercing crossbow bolts to your heart's content. If you don't use them now, we will all die. Everyone, form a circle around Rodrick and Richard. I don't want anyone dying. A single hole in our ranks mean a complete wipe out. Do you understand that?", Rey shouted orders
The sentinels, previously dull by the march, seemed fired up. Whether it was Rey talking about death or their instincts…there was only one thing that mattered: they would fight at the best of their capabilities. Each one of these knights only focused on doing their job. 
For some reasons, the wolves seemed overly cautious, circling around the group, closing the distance over time. The wait was terrible. Unwilling to let them get closer, Rodrick made the first blood upon seeing a wolf entering a ten-meters range.
*SPLASH*
It was a clean headshot. Although the target was close, Rodrick had managed to shoot the bolt in the Iron wolf's vital point: its eyes. Without fur to protect its eyes, even a regular bolt would greatly injure an iron wolf, not to mention these black iron bolts crafted by the best blacksmiths of Helios.
Richard, following Rodrick, also shot a wolf nearby in the opposite direction. However, his accuracy was slightly off as the bolt only dealt crippling damage to its target, injuring the wolf's neck.
Surprisingly, the wolves didn't come all at once. The moment the iron wolf touched the ground, over a dozen wolves attacked the formation from all directions. Each sentinel had to take care of one or two iron wolf at the same time.
Feeling the impeding charge of an iron wolf with more than 3 points of dexterity, coming at him with an impressive speed, Drake readied his shield and blocked the strike. Even though he had over six points of strength, Drake's body was still pushed back, mostly because he didn't weigh a lot. 
However, his advanced proficiency in the Moonlight Shield art allowed him to bash the incoming iron wolf while blocking, stunning it for a fraction of a second. He then exploited this opening to thrust his sword into the wolf's eyes. It was a clean hit. After quivering for a few seconds, the wolf dropped dead. 
Two more wolves were charging at Drake, not leaving him the time to think about the danger he was in. Readying his sword, Drake dodged an incoming bite and counter attacked by kicking the wolf in the belly and sending it flying, while slashing the other wolf's neck. It was a brutal beheading, that surprised the other wolves, and perhaps even made them fearful.
After all, the iron wolves were used to take advantage of their natural armoured fur to rush into the enemies in all-out charges, without consideration for their survival. However, Drake's display of strength was extraordinary. 
Each one of his attacks dealt about 150% of his strength attribute in physical degrees of damage, which accounted for about 9 degrees of damage, perhaps even ten. Even if the iron wolves could block up to six degrees of damage, Drake's sheer strength allowed to cut through their fur.
After charging at the wolf he had kicked and thrusting his sword in its vital spot, Drake confirmed that his side had been taken care of for a few moments. Given a few seconds to breath, Drake looked around the battlefield, and felt pretty guilty. The sentinels were fighting to the best of their abilities, yet the formation was being pushed back. Except for his side and that of Rey, the other knights were being bitten over and over again. Although the wolves were suffering injuries as well, Drake could see over twenty wolves rushing to their sides. It was the second wave of wolves, likely to crush the formation.
There was no other way around it. 
Drake made hand signs to Richard, who quickly took his place in the formation. Readying his sword and inhaling a vast quantity of air, Drake grasped his sword tightly, and began to charge. With more than 6 points of strength and four points of dexterity, Drake could no longer be considered a mere knight. He was a body refinement acolyte with incredible swordsmanship. 
In a matter of seconds, Drake's speed reached terrifying values, and he used the momentum to slash his way through the numerous wolves on his path. Every few seconds an iron wolf would drop dead after meeting Drake's elven sword.
*SLASH*
After cutting over six wolves in a row, Drake found himself in front of the Alpha Wolf, which seemed shocked at his performance. Drake was about to charge and kill the Alpha Wolf, but the latter howled and released sound waves over 150 decibels, completely stopping Drake's charge.
Drake's vision became blurry, and he was suffering from incredibly painful headaches. Yet, as soon as the Alpha Wolf stopped howling, Drake found the energy to stand up again and swing his sword. 
Unfortunately, the howling innate spell of the Alpha Wolf didn't just aim at stopping Drake. It also called over a dozen wolves to rush and help their leader. Drake's sword didn't meet the Alpha Wolf's neck: it cut an iron wolf semi-adult which sacrificed itself. Following this unfortunate failure, Drake received the charge of several wolves and bites. If it weren't for his enchanted heavy armour set, Drake would have died at this point.
From the sentinels' point of view, Drake was sacrificing himself to leave room for the sentinels to regain their spirits and survive the incoming wave. And he had been successful, as the Alpha Wolf's howl called back the attackers to deal with Drake first.
Seeing Drake falling after being charged by over a dozen iron wolves, the sentinels grasped their swords. There was no need for words. They knew what they had to do. Their thirst for blood was higher than ever. In a matter of seconds, the sentinels finished dealing with the remaining iron wolves of the first wave and started to charge at the Alpha Wolf in order to save Drake.
Led by Rey, the sentinels had somehow adopted a wedge formation. The iron wolves which seemed to be invulnerable to their attacks seemed to become weaker as the knights cut through their hides and kicked their out of their path.
Driven by unyielding spirit, the charge seemed unstoppable. Drake's sacrifice had completely transformed them into berserk warriors who fought disregarding injuries. Richard felt especially guilty, as he knew what Drake was about to do when the latter made hand signs for him to take his place in the circle formation.
As a giant iron wolf charged at him, Richard readied himself to continue charging. The collision allowed him to slash and deal a nasty injury on the giant iron wolf's back. However, the giant iron wolf also managed to land a bite on his left hand. The damned beast had severed three of his fingers in the collision!
However, Richard didn't stop. He had to continue fighting, if only to save Drake.
After a minute of charging and cutting through the iron wolves, Rey's unit finally reached the Alpha wolf. Unable to run away because of a leg injury made by Rodrick's crossbow, the Alpha wolf was actually hiding behind six giant iron wolves, probably the oldest individuals of the pack, as well as the strongest ones. These wolves were terrifying, and their attributes were on par with that of regular peak knights.
However, not even Richard, who was a newly advanced knight and injured, felt a hint of hesitation upon charging towards them. It was a brutal, one-sided charge. As Rey kept manifesting his internal energy to land powerful fist knight killing techniques, the charge was incredibly efficient.
After killing four of the giant wolves, the sentinels were only a few meters away from killing the injured Alpha Wolf. As it was about to open its mouth and cast its howling spell once again, Rodrick's beastman instincts had the better of him, and as if they were driven by a supernatural force, his hands picked up the crossbow and landed a surprising shot on the Alpha Wolf's throat, interrupting the spell.
If not for Rodrick, the spell would have sufficed to utterly wipe out Rey's charge. After all, without spirit to handle the mental attack of the alpha wolf innate spell, most of the knights would have fallen unconscious and succumbed to the remaining wolves' attacks.
Upon reaching the Alpha Wolf which was emitting weird sounds in pain, Rey plunged his fist in its body. His fist pierced the Alpha Wolf's back, all the way through the heart. After a few moments, the Alpha wolf dropped on the ground, lifeless. Seeing this scene, the remaining wolves scattered.
Meanwhile, Drake had rolled down the hill after being charged at by dozens of wolves. Even though his heavy armour absorbed most of the damage he received, a portion would still reach his body and deal tremendous amount of physical damage upon time. Hence, Drake relied on his footwork and nimbleness to dodge the incoming attacks, occasionally using his shield to defend his blind spots. 
Forced to retreat as to avoid fatal injuries, Drake found himself cornered at what appeared to be a cave, probably the wolf's den. Drake saw an opportunity upon reaching the cave. It was not very stable, and the rocks seemed heavy enough to crush the wolves. After baiting the 11 wolves hunting him into the cave, Drake jumped above them while releasing a terrifying Arclight chop on the ceiling of the cave. 
[Beep! 14 degrees of damage have been received! Ten degrees of damage have been absorbed. Four degrees of damage have rendered host's left arm unfunctional for the next 188 minutes.]
It caused the cave's entrance to completely collapse, killing half of the wolves in the process, injuring the rest of them. Drake's left arm seemed to have been injured, as the numbness prevented him from moving his shield. However, his enchanted heavy armour had blocked most of the damage. Grasping his sword once again, Drake beheaded the injured wolves whining on the ground, without showing a hint of mercy to these bloodthirsty beasts. It was a complete slaughter.

This is the story of a soldier from a futuristic era reincarnating in a foreign, unknown world where magic and martial arts exist. 
With the only remnant of his past life being the harsh memories of the battlefield and his biochip, will Drake manage to overcome the trials that stand in front of his dreams of freedom, power and wealth?
Using wits and his slightly evil tendencies, Drake will use all them means at his disposal to walk the path of Truth and become an illustrious Magus of Barnolia. 

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