After organizing his inventory, Liam continued flying deeper into the cave.
Soon, he reached an area he had never explored before.
The air became colder.
The walls were covered with strange purple crystals.
A foul smell lingered in the air.
Liam slowed down and carefully observed his surroundings.
Suddenly, he heard a loud scraping sound.
Scrrr... Scrrr...
A massive creature crawled out from behind a boulder.
It was over five meters long.
Its body was covered in black armor-like plates, while dozens of razor-sharp legs carried it effortlessly across the cave floor.
Two long venomous fangs extended from its mouth.
Its countless crimson eyes stared directly at Liam.
A notification appeared.
[ Abyss Devil Centipede - Level 28 ]
Liam narrowed his eye.
"This should be enough to get me close to Level 30."
Without hesitation, he fired a Paralysis Curse Ray.
The ray struck the centipede’s body.
The monster slowed for a brief moment...
...before continuing to crawl forward.
[ Paralysis resisted. ]
Liam frowned.
"So high-level monsters can resist my curses."
The Abyss Devil Centipede suddenly lunged toward him.
Liam immediately flew upward while releasing two Dark Cutters from both wings.
The black crescent blades struck the monster’s armored shell, leaving two deep cuts.
Dark green blood splashed onto the cave floor.
The centipede let out a sharp hiss and charged again.
Liam continued attacking while keeping his distance.
Several minutes later, after dozens of Dark Cutters and multiple curse attacks, the giant monster finally collapsed.
Its body stopped moving.
A series of notifications appeared before Liam.
[ You have defeated Abyss Devil Centipede (Level 28). ]
[ Experience +450 ]
[ Level Up! ]
[ Level Up! ]
[ Skill acquired: Abyss Venom Domain ]
Liam immediately opened the skill description.
Abyss Venom Domain (Lv.1)
Type: Active Skill
Description:
Release a cloud of abyssal venom that spreads over a chosen area.
Enemies inside the domain are continuously poisoned and suffer reduced movement speed and weakened vitality.
The poison becomes stronger the longer a target remains inside the domain.
Power, duration, and area increase with Intelligence and skill level.
Mana Cost: Medium.
Cooldown: 30 seconds.
Liam looked at the new skill with satisfaction.
"A large-area skill."
"It will make hunting groups of monsters much easier."
Without thinking twice, he used his Reality Reversal on the skill level.
Without thinking twice, Liam used Reality Reversal on the skill’s level.
Abyss Venom Domain (Lv.1).
The familiar feeling returned.
A stream of knowledge poured into his mind.
He instantly learned how to control the spread of the poisonous mist, adjust its range, and increase its density.
A few moments later, the process ended.
Several notifications appeared before him.
[ Reality Reversal successful. ]
[ Abyss Venom Domain has been reversed. ]
[ Skill Level: 1 → 10 (MAX) ]
Liam immediately opened the skill’s description.
Abyss Venom Domain (Lv.10 - MAX)
Type: Active Skill
Description:
Create a large domain of abyssal poison around a chosen location.
All enemies inside the domain continuously suffer poison damage while their movement speed, vitality, and physical strength are reduced.
The poisonous mist ignores normal vision, making it difficult for enemies to locate the user.
At maximum level, the skill gains additional effects.
Effects:
Heavy Poison Damage.
Movement Speed Reduction.
Vitality Reduction.
Physical Strength Reduction.
Poison Spread: Enemies leaving the domain continue to carry the poison for a short time and even spread poison to others.
Corrosive Venom: Gradually corrodes armor and natural defenses of all targets within the Domain.
Venom Explosion: If any target within the Domain have its hp fall down below the 10% hp, they will explode and increase the poison concentration even more while dying.
Power, area, and duration scale with Intelligence.
Mana Cost: Medium.
Cooldown: 30 Seconds.
Liam nodded in satisfaction.
"This is much stronger than before."
With Cursed Gaze, Dark Cutter, and Abyss Venom Domain all at their maximum level, he now possessed long-range attacks, crowd control, and an area-of-effect skill.
He checked his Talent.
Reality Reversal: 4/5 Uses Remaining Today.
Liam wasn’t getting many opportunities to use Reality Reversal anyway.
Instead of wasting its remaining uses, he decided to save them in case he obtained another useful skill before the day ended.
For the past three days, this had become his routine.
Whenever he acquired a new skill, he immediately used Reality Reversal to raise it to Level 10.
If he didn’t obtain any new skills by the end of the day, he would use his remaining Talent charges on other useful things he had collected.
For example, he could reverse the concept of Poison into Healing.
There were countless possibilities, and Liam wanted to experiment with them one by one.
Today, he had finally obtained another skill, last day he didn’t even got any skill.
If he failed to acquire any more skills before nightfall, he planned to use those remaining charges on the materials he had gathered throughout the day.
With that thought in mind, Liam landed beside the corpse of the Abyss Devil Centipede.
Using Dark Cutter, he carefully cut open its body.
One by one, he collected the monster’s valuable materials.
The armored shell.
The venom sacs.
Its razor-sharp fangs.
Several long legs.
And finally, the monster core hidden deep inside its body.
After storing everything inside his storage pouch, Liam noticed something sparkling nearby.
Several dark purple crystals were embedded in the cave wall.
Liam flew toward one of them and activated Appraisal.
A notification appeared before him.
[ Abyssal Venom Crystal ]
[ A rare ore formed after absorbing the venom of an Abyss Devil Centipede over many years. ]
[ Consuming it grants a 1% chance of acquiring the skill: Abyssal Venom. ]
Liam’s eye widened.
"A skill granting crystal?"
His gaze immediately stopped on one line.
1% chance.
A smile slowly appeared in his mind.
"This is perfect."
Without any hesitation, he activated Reality Reversal.
His target was not the crystal itself.
It was the probability.
A faint silver light surrounded the crystal.
A notification appeared.
[ Reality Reversal activated. ]
[ Reversing Target: Probability. ]
The crystal glowed for a few seconds before the light faded.
Another notification appeared.
[ Reality Reversal successful. ]
[ Success Rate Reversed. ]
[ Skill Acquisition Chance: 1% → 99% ]
Liam looked at the crystal again.
Its description had changed.
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