Since he had nothing to do there, Arthur didn't linger around any longer, his figure blurred and in with just a step, he was already a long distance away from that square, or what was left of it.

Along the road, he saw many bloody battles between the two factions and from the looks of it, the Pigolo Tribe started their retaliation as there was an astronomical number of these hideous looking creatures.

Obviously, he didn't meddle in their affairs as they had nothing to do with him or his plans, he already instructed Gutcha and gave him specific orders, as for himself, he planned to seclude himself for a while until the Pigolo Tribe manages to avoid this disaster and the atmosphere outside calms down.

With his abilities, finding a quiet, undisturbed place wasn't much of a challenge, using the Earth Attribute along with a skill similar to Vyncent's albeit a bit lacking, he merged with the ground and dived deep underground until he arrived into a closed cave approximately eight hundred meters from the surface.

This place had dense Nether Energy and it was a perfect place to cultivate. as his body got out of the roof, Arthur sat cross-legged in the center of the cave and closed his eyes. He was eager to check the system logs and see the benefits of his breakthrough, however, he wasn't that impatient. First, he revolved his Dark-Anguish Technique and circulated the Nether Energy in his body which led to black flames appearing around his body. Along with his Dark-Anguish Technique, he also activated the Dark-Star Strengthening Technique which allowed him to create a very powerful defensive layer below his skin.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed and Arthur finally opened his eyes again. Hearing the crackling noises of the damnable chains, he sighed and showed a pained laugh

"Although I managed to break through, they are still here.... fortunately, their restrictive power decreased by a huge margin."

He tried breaking the chains but no matter how much strength he exercised, it was futile and only a pointless struggle. After trying a few more times and reaching no conclusion, he gave up and shifted his attention to the system.

As he saw the long list of system logs, Arthur licked his lips and started browsing through them.

Your soul has successfully devoured curtis' soul: +1000 Maximum Mental Power.

You have obtained a new title: [Live with Honor, Die with Glory]: +10% Maximum Health. When your Health is under 30%, your damage is doubled against a specific target of your choosing.

Can be activated once every five hours.

(If the target is not dead within five hours, the effect still lasts even after another target has been chosen.)

Your stats have increased, please check your Status Window for more details.

You have unlocked a new state: +9,999,999 Wisdom.

Ethereal State(Passive Lv2)(Activated): Soothes the heart, calms the mind and allows a more rational thinking. (Cannot be affected by Time/Void/Nether/Dark Matter).

⚫+500,000 to Vitality, Strength, Intelligence, Agility, Dexterity, and Wisdom.

⚫+5% Damage.

⚫+5% Reduced Magical and Physical Damage.

⚫+2,500 Maximum Mental Power.

⚫Water-based attacks deal 150% more damage.

⚫You received 30% reduced damage from any water-based attack.

⚫Immunity against the debuffs: Fear, petrification.

Due to devouring another soul, you gained a new stats: Soul Defense: The higher the value, the stronger your defense is against soul attacks.

Due to devouring another soul, your Soul Defense value increased: +5,000

You obtained a new skill(Passive): [Peak Sword Mastery]

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Since the user 'Arthur' already has [Peak Sword Mastery], the two skills will be merged, please hold...

Merging successful!

You have obtained a new skill(Passive): [Heavenly Sword Mastery]: Whilst using any kind of sword, you gain +40% increase in damage and +20% increase in speed.

⚪ Able to condense Sword Energy

⚪ Can use the skill : [Heavenly Slash]

[Heavenly Slash]: Using any kind of sword, the user would create an overwhelming slash that could cut mountains and split seas.

Cost: 50m Nether Energy

Cooldown: None

You have successfully broken through to the Divine Realm 1st Grade.

You have successfully broken through to the Divine Realm 2nd Grade.

Your stats have increased, please check your status window for more details.

Your 'DanTian' increased in size: +50m Maximum Nether Energy / +150m Maximum Mana.

Your Meridians have been cleansed: +19,999 Nether Energy Recovery/ +19,999 Mana Recovery.

Several Functions of the ARK have been unlocked.

Congratulations! Your body has gotten rid of 90% of impurities: +10m Strength / +10m Vitality / +10m Agility / +10m Dexterity.

An overall maintenance has been launched, please hold.....

Maintenance finished: 2 minutes, 48 seconds.

Details (-):

⚫ 80% of skills have been modified, please click on (+) for more details. (Please keep in mind that all previous ones can still be used too.)

⚫Evolution of the system, more diverse functions. (+)

⚫Appraisal can now see the target's name, Realm/Level, age, Race, buffs, debuffs.

⚫Status Window has more details for the user to explore.

⚫A map has been added to detect neutral, friendly and enemy presences around the user.

⚫A new detailed window has been added to show the number of possessions the user did.

⚫Bug fixes...

TITLE: MEAT GRINDER / SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE / ONE WITH THE SWORD / ARK HOLDER / LIVE WITH HONOR, DIE WITH GLORY

Level: ???

Class: Dark ARK Parasite

Realm: Divine Realm 2n Grade

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Strength: 354.4M

Intelligence: 322.6M

Agility: 301M

Wisdom: 289.7M

Vitality: 315.9M

Dexterity: 302.1M

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Health: 378.4M // Health Regen: 145781/s

Nether Energy: 384.2M // Nether Energy Regen: 138877/s

Mana: 418M // Mana Regen: 224814/s

Stamina: Infinite /Stamina Regen: ???

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Creation: 192

Attack: 397.4M (+65% Damage)

Defense: 388M (+25% Damage Reduction)

Magic Defense: 87.8M

Soul Defense: 5,000

Enigma abilities : Telekinesis / Ancient Threads / Sixth sense / ARK(Activated)

Mental Power: 5499

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Elemental Resistances(+)

Darkness: 100%

Wind: 35%

Water: 75%

Earth: 75%

Light/holy: 5%

Shadow: 30%

Lightning: 100%

Ice: 30%

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Death Count: 1 (2 more to obtain 'Unbound')

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Possessions (471,981)

Races:

⚫Humans (282,971)

⚫Demons (84,997)

⚫Beasts (+)(101,514)

⚫Unique Beasts (2498)

⚫Mythical beings (1)

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Seeing the long list of notifications and the increase in stats, Arthur let out a hearty laugh, just by gazing at the stats alone, his confidence was boosted again. His stats doubled ad facing a Peak God is certainly achievable, even killing one is not a far-fetched thought.

For the next hour and a half, Arthur checked all the details about the skills and techniques and picked a few that pleased him. He had chosen three martial art skills, one movement technique, and three sword-based skills.

The martial art skills are:

[Raging Bronze Platform](Mastery: Spirit) (3rd Grade Mystic Rank)

[Heavenly Mountain Fist] (Mastery: Mystic)(1st Grade Heavenly Rank)

[Unparalelled Golden Palm](Mastery: Heavenly)(3rd Grade Heavenly Rank)

The movement technique was something he was already familiar with, it's an evolution of petal steps. He unconsciously used it earlier, each step would allow him to cross distance and all that was left was his afterimage.

[Petal Leap](Mastery: Mystic)(2nd Grade Spirit Rank)

Although its Rank was not high and he had a few other good movement techniques, he still chose this one as he felt it was quite compatible with him, moreover, it suited his tastes.

Last but not least were the sword-based skills:

[Heavenly Slash]

[Golden Lone Sheath]: Unsheath and sheath your sword at an incredible speed, creating a devastating sword attack.

Cost: 100,000 Mana / 25,000 Nether Energy

Cooldown: none

[Thousand Waves]: Unleash a sword attack that is the combination of thousand sword strike.

Cost: 1m Mana/500,000 Nether Energy.

Cooldown: 20 Hours.

With the help of the ARK godly time manipulating ability, which allowed him to spend a long time inside of it without a second passing outside, he was confident in raising his mastery of these skills. What's more, the presence of Makaze, his beloved katana, those attacks would become more monstrous and if the enemy is a God, he would not come out unscathed after receiving such formidable attacks.