Chapter 37: Triple Rings, Promising Discovery

Chapter 37: Triple Rings, Promising Discovery

[ The Third Aura Ring has been condensed. ]

Its finally over.

Now that Damian went through the process a second time, he confirmed that trying his best to split the ring wasnt needed.

During the process, the already split rings joined together once again, but this time, he only had to initiate the splitting before everything happened on its own once his Aura hit 30 points!

Just like that, the rejoined Ring split into two again, revealing one more Ring in between!

[ Platinum Aura Nurturing has reached Tier-3. ]

Its like having a perfect night of sleep.

The pain was definitely a strong deterrent, but once the suffering ended, Damian was overcome by a delightful sensation.

Despite being hungry and exhausted from running around all day long, Damian felt well-rested and invigorated. Even his stomach felt full to an ideal level. Everything was just right.

Unfortunately, that sublime feeling didnt last for long. After Damian barely savored it for a minute, the exhaustion started seeping back in. Only the satisfied stomach remained the same.

I suppose absorbing Life counts as eating.

Although this was the first time Damian experienced this, he could only guess that some of the energy blobs slipped away.

Initially, the heart and the lone Ring were like starved beasts that greedily ate everything they were served, but Damian felt a change of momentum this time around.Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only

While the process may have started fast, the magnetic pull calmed down as the Aura Points kept piling up. Perhaps the Stones last content wasnt enough to raise Aura any further so it was discarded.

Wait a second If this truly suffices as a daily meal.

In the beginning, Damian was just contemplating an interesting observation, but if his full stomach wasnt just a sensational illusion, he might have just discovered the solution to his greatest fear yet, starving to death!

After all, even with such a cheat like Respawn, dying from starvation wasnt necessarily a problem that could be solved.

This wasnt really a true Labyrinth in the puzzling sense. There werent that many branches to most paths that Damian went through.

Starving basically meant that there was no more food in the Labyrinth or that it was too far away to reach. At that point, death meant going back to when he had few food reserves and going through the whole starvation cycle on repeat.

Passives: Combat Instincts (A+), Resource Devouring Genius (S-)

Abilities: Platinum Aura Nurturing [Tier-3] (B) ]

Checking the Status Window after advancement was a necessary step. That way, the excitement could be amplified, pushing Damian to strive for the next one.

After all, the returns had to be worth it for anyone to endure that kind of horrible pain

Its worth it!

Not to mention the abilities of a Tier-3 Aura Knight, Damian was satisfied with the Stat boosting effect. This time, Strength and Constitution had both risen by over 1 Point, allowing Iris Stats to be more balanced.

Grinding is still doable.

More and more Life Stones might be needed to reach each new Tier, but unlike leveling up, the only limit was reaching the final Tier!

Unless there was a necessary item that could be replaced by persistence like the painkillers, Damian could achieve the effect of leveling up at least 5 or 6 more times.

Well, I might be overreaching

Though it felt like arrogance, Damian felt that he could place his trust in Iris Passive. Others might need help and time, but for Iris, burning resources was all she needed to do!

Eating Life Stones might be really worth trying.

Seeing the extra Aura Point that he harvested beyond the advancement requirement, Damian became more convinced that some leftover energy had escaped the Ring's refinement.

Additionally, another change that Damian noticed was the Aura Nurturings level up. From the looks of it, last time wasnt a fluke. It was more like an automatic process that came with reaching a new Tier.

Thankfully.

Damians time was already tight considering all the targets that he had to fulfill. If even Nurturing was a skill that required constant training then he could only make some sort of compromise.

The most likely scenario would be spending Life Stones solely for training the skill before he could pile them up for the Tier advancement, which would in turn slow down the grinding speed even more

Well, I can definitely pick up the speed with this.

Learning sessions automatically went faster the more Damian learned, but the battles involving Aura averaged pretty much the same time due to the strict intervals.

However, after trying things out as a Tier-3 Aura Knight, things were looking bright for Damian. At the moment, only 5 seconds needed to pass before he could use his second charge!