Cultivate Skill Unlocked !

Quick analysis, as the name suggested, gave a measure of change within a short period of time, unlike Complete Analysis, which gave detailed results but required more time.

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Quick Analysis complete

No change in levels detected

All physical stats have been forcefully increased by 30 points.

Skill gained - Nerves of Steel: Due to enforced entry and movement of unknown substance throughout the body, resulting in an increase in strength, flexibility, and resistance to impurities of nerves.

Passive – All attributes increased by 30.

Increase in attributes is proportional to the strength of heart and blood vessels.

Nerves of Steel can be cultivated by circulating the unknown substance.

Active - Sudden boost in speed and strength but causes internal injuries.

Nerves of Steel - Lv 1

Special Attributes -

(Aura unlocked)

Aura of Alis – Due to cultivation of massive amounts of Alis life force, the host has gained the aura of Alis.

Passive - Heals all physical wounds at a steady rate.

Active - When activated, uses the life force of Alis to heal at 5 times the passive state but utilizes the life force of Alis present in the host's body.

(Cultivation unlocked) -

One of the three Farmer skills.

Passive – Experience required for each level is doubled. Attributes gained are tripled.

Active - Cultivation helps the host to cultivate available External Energies.

Alert - Drop in levels has been detected.

All levels have dropped to level 1.

Experience (knowledge + implementation) requirements have been doubled.

All attributes gained by leveling up previously have been locked away.

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Lucas went in a daze after reading about the changes in his body. No doubt he was feeling much more active and energized than before.

But that aside, he still couldn't fathom the changes in his body, whether it was good or bad.

Lucas had too many things going on in his mind right now, making him lose focus. He started doing some yoga to exit his excited state of mind.

"Breathe in….breathe out."

After becoming steady, he started contemplating one thing at a time.

"It seems like my potential and foundation are too good now, but that also makes it slower to increase my strength."

"But hehehe, this cultivate skill is excellent, and I still haven't used the third one. God knows what change this will bring. Maybe I should try it now."

Lucas tried using his 'plantation' skill, but nothing happened.

But just as he was starting to get impatient, he noticed something moving at the corner of his eye, and he moved back to dodge instinctively.

Slash!

Shiv had arduously climbed the building in a rush so as to catch up with the dreadful bastard.

And after slipping inside the room where Lucas was, he was amused to see Lucas deep in thought.

"This is my best chance," he thought.

Shiv took out his most deadly weapon, the plasma knife, basically a dagger whose edge was surrounded by a constant electrifying plasma energy running on some batteries.

He was good with guns, but he knew experts at their level could dodge normal bullets with ease unless the guns were something special.

But shock was written all over his face right now. He had attempted many assassinations like these but had never failed, especially if he had gotten so close to his target. But being a trained assassin, he didn't falter. He flipped the dagger around his wrist and continued the flow of backstab circularly.

Lucas was now hating his abrupt release of the Cultivate skill as he was now at level 1. Though his attributes were still around the same due to the increase of 30 points from the Nerves of Steel skill, the level suppression was not something to be underestimated.

According to his guess, the opponent was at least level 5 or above and for sure possessing mid D ranked or so battle power, so he immediately gave up on fighting and decided to negotiate first.

"Hey buddy, it's not like we have any mortal feud, and due to some recent happenings, I am not even interested in the codex anymore. You can have it."

Shiv hesitated but still continued his attack, thinking it was a trap. He couldn't think of anything that could make the bastard in front of him lose interest in the codex when it was right in front of his eyes.

Lucas gritted his teeth and started dodging. "If the other assassins join this brat too, then I am dead."

He was running out of time. Even if he was dodging, the difference in attributes was glaring, and the level suppression was making matters worse. As time passed by, he suffered countless cuts, but thankfully all of them were healing at a visible rate due to the passive skill of Alis life force.

Shiv was surprised by Lucas's regeneration capabilities and decided to speed up things. "Let's see if you can take this."

Shiv then removed another dagger from his space storage and laughed at Lucas menacingly, "Even if you give up on the codex now, I don't want any sudden disruptions later...so you have to die."