The golden light surrounding Micheal's figure entered inside him, changing him slowly into a new individual. He felt relax, and the soothing feeling felt addictive.
[Ding!]
[Profession change complete!]
[Name: Michael Arsia Vanne]
Titles: Shadow Devourer (Rare), Aspirant of the Abyss (Epic), Lord of Mortal Carnage (Rare), The Most Outstanding Aspirant 2030 (Uncommon)
Race: Human
Affinity: Shadow, Blood, Corruption
Energy Source: Mana / Vital Essence / Attribute Energy
Level: 9 (466 831 / 2 560 000)
Rank: Mortal
Profession: Omniweaver (Gifted)
Unique Ability: Devouring (A Grade)
Attributes: Strength 10 | Agility 10 | Constitution 10 | Intelligence 10 | Willpower 10
Free Attributes: 41
Skill Points: 9
(Mortal Rank Attribute Cap ↑250 | Awakened Rank Attribute Cap ↑1,250)
{Energy Pool Details}
{Profession Abilities}
{Passive Skills}
Mana Reservoir (Special), Instinctive Reflex (Uncommon), Echo Perception (Rare)
{Active Skills}
Shadow Emergence (Special), Silent Domain (Special), Blood Claw (Uncommon), Acidic Burst (Uncommon), Venom Spikes (Uncommon), Life Leech (Uncommon)
{Hybrid Skills}
Warlord (Epic)
{Storage Space}
Profession (Superior) ×1, Skill Book (Rare) ×3
{Skill Evolution}
•••
As Micheal have much time to scroll through his new status panel, he took his time to learn his new abilities. Profession doesn't just unlock new real of power, it unlocks multiple possibilities.
{Profession Abilities}
Core Passive Abilities
• Skill Integration
Allows compatible skills to be merged or rewritten into higher forms. Integration success depends on comprehension, affinity, and energy control.
• Adaptive Resonance (Locked)
• ???????? (Locked)
Core Active Abilities
• Skill Transmutation
Allows the user to reforge an existing skill's structure — changing its type, range, or purpose. For example, turning an offensive fire skill into a defensive barrier.
• Omni Sync (Locked)
• ???????? (Locked)
Unique Omniweaver Traits
• Limitless Archive
No limit to the number of skills that can be learned or stored.
• Comprehension Drive (Locked)
• ???????? (Locked)
•••
Michael were shocked and ecstatic at the same time, especially when ordinary profession just give two or three profession abilities, but he have 9! Even do most of them where locked and have no idea to unlock it, it was still 9 freakin' Abilities!
Abilities are innate or profession-based powers that define what a person can fundamentally do. They're often permanent traits or exclusive functions tied to one's nature, race, or profession (e.g., regeneration, skill fusion, energy control).
Skills, on the other hand, are learned techniques or applications of those abilities. It can be actions or powers that can be trained, leveled up, or evolved (e.g., Fireball, Shadow Step, Life Drain). In short, abilities form the foundation, while skills are the techniques built upon them.
Also there's another problem he was currently facing after he gained his profession. "Damn! The experience point needed to level up have gotten a bit too much!"
He stared dumbfounded at the experience point he needed to become an Awakened Rank, the bridge of becoming a real Ascender.
Level: 9 (466 831 / 2 560 000)
A number that could be rounded off to 3 million! The hell did it increase this much? And it was only to reach level 10! What about 11 or 12? He didn't want any of it!
Just as he sighed sadly, he suddenly felt the ground shaking and on a ruined of a collapsed building, a massive silhouettes where slowly forming. It was someone he was familiar with, something he meet before.
The Lesser Gravestone Titan!
[Lesser Gravestone Titan (Lvl. 19)]
Health: ????? / ?????
Existence Grade: Prodigy
Unique Ability: ???
Attributes: Strength ??? | Agility ??? | Constitution ??? | Intelligence ??? | Willpower ???
Skills: ???
Description: The Lesser Gravestone Titan is said to have been born from the bones of the world itself, a pitiful ancient guardian of earth that has long been corrupted by war and decay.
•••
Micheal cannot fathom as why this massive guy could just appeared out of nowhere, without warning. Especially when it becomes even more bigger than before.
The rocky titan eyes seems to glow with red, casting unannounced danger all over. Then it opened it wide gaping mouth, filled with glowing–pure earthen energy.
Feeling something was wrong, Micheal shouted at his group warning them of the upcoming danger he sensed:
"EVERYONE! HIDE AND TAKE COVER! USE YOUR BEST DEFENSE SKILL AND ABILITY!"
As soon as Micheal finished shouting, he saw that the Gravestone Titan were about to hurdled the pure earthen energy directly at them. He doesn't know what it was and wag can it do, but his senses are telling him extreme danger.
Without hesitation, he used his attribute energy to be turned into mana, as he doesn't have time to let it restore on its own.
– 47 attribute energy
+ 470 mana
Mana: 500 / 500
Then he used his ultimate skill, the warlord skill.
Whoom~
– 100 mana
Mana: 400 / 500
[Two hundred percent increase on all attributes!]
Attributes: Strength 10(↑25) | Agility 10(↑25) | Constitution 10(↑25) | Intelligence 10(↑25) | Willpower 10(↑25)
Strong crimson energy creep onto Micheal's skin, covering every part of his body with crimson armour that burned with crimson light.
BOOOOM!!
Then, after Micheal used his ultimate skill, pure earthen energy came crashing down at his direction, lighten up the area with earthen glow.
This powerful energy blast sent the air vibrating, while any other form of matter and energy it come across shaking like something heavy come to disrupt their normal state.
Micheal notice his outer shield caving in like it got hit by something heavy and was about to break. It's good that it lasted long until the blast ended, before it finally collapsed.
"What was that!" He cannot help but gasped in shock. Staring at the new Gravestone Titan like it was a big of a threat.
Everything near 10 meter radius from the attack which Micheal has taken head on, collapse deep in the ground, for at least 5 meters! That was deep, while the surroundings only gotten some little aftershocks from the powerful attack.
Michael then signal his group members to evacuate from this place, as the battle would get more dangerous soon.
Suddenly, a small system panel appeared before his eyes, showing a progression bar he didn't seen before.
[Learning an Epic Grade skill...!]
[Unknown Epic Grade Skill learning progress [1/1 000 000]]
Micheal was ecstatic about learning a free Epic skill same grade as his warlord skill he used up his attribute energy from a month of grinding, but seeing the progress he made after that single attack, he knows how stupid he was when he thinks it would be easy.
"Damn! 1 in million progress? I may wait until I die but still not get this thing!" Micheal cursed softly, eyes still focused on the titan before him.
Roar!
Out of the sudden, the Gravestone Titan let out a deep roar that shook ones spine. Then it stump on the ground, sending a powerful shockwave and tremor that travelled a long distance.
The people near froze on their place as they tried to balance themselves. This big guy seems not letting others to escape from this place.
"You don't want to let us escape, big guy? You don't have enough strength to do that!" Michael trash talk as he disappeared into the shadows, and moments later he appeared behind the titans back, gripping a crimson energy sword that were burning with intense intensity.
Shing!
– 2 500
Health: 357 500 / 360 000
When the crimson sword touched the titan's neck, it doesn't cut through the thick rocky body of the titan, but it slowly corrode the area his crimson sword have touched.
Unfortunately, the gravestone titan would never give him enough time, to slice through it's head.
Whoom!
Earthen energy pulsed throughout the cracks of the titans body, making it glow. Then the rocks over it's body started to move like tectonic plates aiming to crush the bug that dared to land on it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!