The Most Overpowered Skill Yet (chapter 26)

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This was a turtle egg he found in the rivers above him. For some reason, it was fertilized, so he picked it up and put it in a potions soil. They were all tier 1 potions, so he wasn't missing anything. The reason he was putting a turtle in a potion sand bath was because he felt bored, so he grabbed a turtle egg, and there it was. "Well, good day, Terry," he named the turtle Terry, and as if responding to him, the turtle egg cracked. "Oh, you are coming, Terry," Henry smiled as he watched the egg hatch, it didn't take long before the head of a turtle poked out, which Henry graced with his finger as he cooed at the turtle, "Look who is the cute tur—" however, the turtle immediately bit him, causing him to involuntarily retract his hand while throwing the turtle and the egg off the table, cracking the egg as he yelled, "Fuck, Terry," as he looked where Terry fell, expecting the turtle to be injured.

But the reptile was fine, too fine for Henry's taste as the turtle got out of his shell and looked around, "This motherfucker, that is it, you are going to jail, straight away." Henry, irritated, decided to build the turtle a jail, which was going to be his enclosure. "Thinking you can bite me and shit, you're going to be spending the rest of your miserable life in jail," Henry barked as he built Terry's enclosure, and the sneaky fucker was already trying to get away. So Henry grabbed him before bringing him back and putting him into his enclosure, which was actually decked out, spacious too, decorated with food and water. "Wait a minute, this shit is a mansion." Realizing this, Henry was annoyed as he swore the damn turtle gave him a smug look as he got comfortable in his new home.

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Chapter 26

"Watch yourself, watch yourself," Henry said as he backed out, while Terry looked at him like he had won. After he was done squaring off with his turtle, Henry decided to teleport back to his second hideout, where he went back to studying. This time he was actually studying syringes, how to extract blood samples and such. The reason he was doing this was simple: he wanted to create a specialized syringes to extract samples and blood, like the blood of thor. But to do that, he had to study. While he was studying, he saw the news of Tony Stark and his alleged death, which was then revealed to be false. He was just taking a break after some terrorist called the Mandarin attacked him, and it turned out Aldrich Killian kidnapped Pepper Potts and the President. Tony Stark attacked with a whole army of robots while Aldrich Killian had his whole experimental patients, which they fought.

Of course, the hero won. "The heroes always win, but this i actually don't mind" Henry grumbled as he looked at who released the information. It turned out to be Rising Tide, a group of hackers who wanted the news not to be suppressed. "Meddling bastards," Henry cursed as he hated bastards like that the most. But after closing said web, he focused on his study while also increasing his levels in his skills and trying to level up his class, which he was so close to. "Hopefully the next level is a good one." Although his current skills were really useful, he felt stuck. "Well, I should be able to level up soon," he smiled as he continued his studies, which didn't just consist of syringes but many other studies, most of them involving weapons, elements, and some technologies.

[2 weeks later]

It was dark in the night, the dark clouds above lit up as lightning cracked above. It was in the desert of New Mexico, and lightning occasionally cracked as Henry could be seen along with a lightning rod. He smiled, "Alright, Thor or Zeus, send down something." As if responding to him, lightning struck down the rod. However, just as it was about to strike the rod, Henry activated his MP along with a new skill, which actually allowed Henry to cage the entire lightning and turn it into a liquid. He turned the lightning into actual liquid, which had its own status panel.

[ Name: Liquefied Lightning ]

[ Grade: 5th ]

[ Description: Liquefied Lightning is a highly potent substance created by extracting and condensing the essence of natural lightning through the Essence Extraction skill. This volatile liquid contains the raw energy of a lightning bolt, encapsulating its immense power in a manageable form. Each vial of Liquefied Lightning holds approximately 300 million joules of energy, equivalent to the energy in a single bolt of lightning. It can be used as an extraordinary energy source or in alchemical processes requiring extreme power. ]

[ Effects: +150% energy output, +150% conductivity, +150% energy absorption, +150% power amplification, +120% energy stabilization ]

[ Deterioration-Rate: 0% ]

"Another tier 5 material in the pocket, gosh do I love you, Essence Extraction skill," Yes, what Henry just did was extract the essence of a natural phenomenon, and yes, it was because of the new skill he acquired just a day ago and boy was he over the moon. It was like walking in the desert, hungry and thirsty, and someone just dropped a feast in front of you. This skill helped him out a ton, significantly increasing his technological progress. The reason why that was the case was simple, he used his potion synthesis to combine quartz and liquefied lightning to create a new source of material, successfully. "Nice, this should make a Thundercore Crystal," which was a newly made material, unique to him, thanks to this newly made material which actually functions as a battery.

Henry has been able to make a new source of energy for his recon ant, well, not MK-1 ARD, which he was actually able to create several more, improved ones, smaller as well. The AI has also been improved as well. The recon drones numbered 10 of them, all of them better than MK-1 ARD, but in Henry's mind, none of them could replace MK-1 ARD. All 10 drones are connected to a main AI, named Kai, which took Henry's attention for an entire week as he tried to level up his class, using memory potions, tons of them. Henry spent that entire week multitasking and training Kai to be better, and the training is still ongoing, but at least Kai passed the initial test which was just navigating the hideout. He then did some tests before actually releasing it into the world, not randomly of course. He positioned them in popular places in secluded parts, where they couldn't be found, and their job was just to be CCTV cameras, literally.

Kai wasn't advanced enough to do any breaking into places, so Kai was told to just do monitoring while also being trained on the side. However, that wasn't just it, because Henry could now extract the essence of things, he was finally able to create tier 4 potions, like the potion he made using Thundercore Crystal. Although he used a tier 5 material to create a tier 4 potion, it wasn't a waste as the potion itself was amazing.

[ Name: Thunderstrike Elixir ]

[ Grade: 4th ]

[ Description: Crafted from the essence of the Thundercore Crystal, this potent elixir channels the raw energy of lightning to enhance combat prowess. It significantly boosts the user's electrical attack capabilities and overall combat speed, making it a formidable asset in battle. ]

[ Effects: +100% electrical attack potency, +100% speed augmentation, +100% energy output, +100% reflex enhancement ]

[ Deterioration-Rate: 0% ]

The skill that made all of that possible was a single skill, a single skill that took him from a struggling tier 3 potioner to a tier 4 to 5 potioner. Although he still hasn't been able to make tier 5 potions yet, aside from his first-ever tier 5 potion.

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A/N Yes, it's finally here. This is actually an overpowered skill and will remain so for a while before its complementary skill appears. Trust me, when the two combine, forget about tier 5; tier 6 potions will be possible, marking the true beginning of item creation. A lot of people think that alchemy is just about potions. No, it's about creating something new, something better, as well as improving on existing things. So yeah, once that skill appears, forget about the Philosopher's Stone; even Reality Stones won't be far from being created.