'What is this?'
Luis wasn't sure what he was seeing.
Unfortunately, his knowledge was limited to general knowledge. He didn't know the details of this world yet.
If observed, this tree seemed to continue growing until the large seed was completely part of the tree.
However, what happened afterwards? What kind of tree was it?
He couldn't guess.
Ever since he acted, all he could think about was how to take the tree.
Whoosh!
Suddenly the snake's tail swung towards him like a whip.
Its speed surprised him, letting him know that he could not dodge at all.
He grabbed the hilt of the sword on his back.
As an Undead with the title of knight, his main skill was sword fighting.
Shua!
He slashed his greatsword into the snake's tail.
Even his sword released dense death energy.
Moreover, his soul chain was still connected to the snake's soul and kept trying to pull it.
It didn't seem to be helping for now, but the snake's focus was split in two which caused its strength to be less than maximized.
Luis was confident he could kill it.
Before meeting with his greatsword, the scales on the snake's tail began to crumble.
Xiu!
Without the scales, its defense became extremely weak.
His greatsword easily sliced through its tail and the slashing effect was even beyond his expectations.
The snake's tail that was thick as a pillar was completely cut in half to the point of spurting blood.
The snake looked in great pain and even its soul became weaker. It suddenly began to ooze out of its body and was clearly visible to Luis' eyes.
"You? What exactly are you?" The snake apparently seemed as if it suspected that he was not human.
Luis was too lazy to respond.
He kept trying to pull out his huge soul.
Who knew how much EXP he could get if he got its soul.
When he landed, he lunged towards the center of the snake's body.
It was probably about 120 or 130 meters long overall.
At Level 5, it was obviously only considered an ordinary monster.
If it was a snake-type Primordial Monster, at Level 5, it could be twice as long as the snake.
"Brat, you think you won!"
The snake was furious.
It opened its mouth very wide then suddenly spewed out a dark green smoke that smelled foul.
Luis knitted his brows just by smelling it.
However, with the armor and death energy surrounding him, he didn't feel the need to dodge.
Zzz! Zzz! Zzz!
The green smoke seemed to burn when it met his death energy, unable to pass as it absorbed life.
The bacteria in the smoke obviously died instantly so the toxic nature of the smoke disappeared.
Luis chuckled at that and he had also arrived in front of the center of the snake's body.
"Die..."
He shouted as he slashed his greatsword into the snake's abdomen.
Bruak!
This time, he was unable to cut the snake, but he tore open its abdomen until its guts came out.
The snake opened its eyes and instantly looked weak.
Luis easily withdrew its soul before it died.
Of course, when its soul was completely detached from its body, it died instantly.
Whoosh!
The huge soul entered his body but didn't give him any sensation.
[Name: Luis Moonvale]
[Level: E]
(EXP: 100%)
[Estimated Power: 578]
(Spirit: none!)
"Really!"
Luis was wide-eyed when he saw his EXP increase.
It was not just an increase. It was instantly full or 100%.
Even he hadn't expected this despite knowing the snake was at Level 5.
Only, even though his EXP reached 100 percent, he did not level up at all.
This was because there was no Power Core in his body yet.
"Mm..."
His eyes were quickly drawn to the Monster Core coming out of the snake's body.
It was extremely large. It could even be said that it was almost the size of a cow.
Without a doubt, it was truly a Level 5 Monster Core that could cost up to 200 Thousand Dollars.
It was just that, items like this when sold, would be taxed extremely high by the Flying Star Empire.
The tax was 60 percent of the price.
In other words, one would only get 80 thousand dollars.
This kind of tax started from Level 4 Monster Cores, but the tax for Level 4 Monster Cores was only 30 percent.
This might seem ridiculous, but unfortunately no one could change this rule.
Of course, with that huge tree in front of him, Luis' main focus wasn't on the Monster Core.
He was curious about the tree, wondering how he was going to retrieve it.
One thing he realized was that he couldn't stay there for too long.
The snake's owner would surely come soon enough as Beast Masters could sense the death of their pets.
"Let's see!"
Luis sent his death energy to the tree, wanting to see its reaction.
If it could survive his death energy, it was probably stronger than he thought.
Buzz!
His death energy crashed into the tree like a wave, enveloping its massive trunk.
However, before it could touch the tree, there was suddenly a green light emanating from it.
To his surprise, it could actually block his death energy.
The death energy tried to penetrate the green light, but it was as if it had an equal strength.
'Is that life energy?'
Luis wondered.
If there was death energy, there was also life energy with the opposite ability.
It was said to be able to heal any kind of wound or restore lost vitality including making an old person young again.
'Maybe this tree is actually a monster, a monster in the process of being born,' he thought.
When he thought that, he turned back into a human.
This was because he wanted to turn into a monster like that tree.
If it really was a monster, he could practically transform into one like that tree.
Most importantly, he would know the details when he became that tree.
After becoming human and he tried to transform into that tree, his body began to undergo changes.
His figure seemed to become like a rapidly enlarging tree.
He grew taller and actually became visible like the tree.
Only, he did not reach the height of the tree.
It was only about 50 meters tall.
Perhaps this was due to his low level while the tree was directly born with a higher level. Even it would definitely become higher when it was fully born.
[Estimated Power: 600]
(Skill:
- Life Explosion
You can release boundless life energy that will strengthen and heal every life around you including your own!)