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Pssh!
Shin quickly logged out of the game right after seeing that it was time to wake up.
He did not have that much time to check most of his system notifications as the Festival of the Sea continued regardless of his situation. The next few rounds were much simpler than the second round since they were only required to hunt other participants after being sent to another independent dimension.
But this time, the participants with a greater number of Sea Gems in their possession were scattered in different realms, preventing them from facing one another.
At the same time, they all became the target of other participants as their collected gems would be given to those who had eliminated them.
Shin still did not know what it meant to have all seven Sea Gems, but it seemed like those who possessed a complete set had a special standing within the competition.
Of course, Shin was still being targeted by almost everyone, especially when he had a reason to be hunted by the other participants. He had the complete set of the Sea Gems on top of being one of the World Serpents.
Shin had already mastered most of the unique abilities of his current race along with the special skills that they possessed. Moreover, his mastery over the Boundless Ocean Technique had reached a very high level, catching up with his other three breathing techniques.
What was left now was for him to integrate it with his Mentalism Method and use it to awaken his Water Elemental innate attribute.
The fourth innate attribute, the wood elemental attribute, was already awakened by the inheritance that he had gotten from the recent incident with the Black Serpent Mafia, so it could wait a little longer.
Shin wanted to consolidate his current harvest within the game before he could forget the feeling that he currently had.
He did not even hesitate when he got out of the gaming cabin. He sat at the center of his room and started meditating while remembering everything that he had learned inside the game just recently.
He started with the Boundless Ocean Technique, making sure that he had fully mastered it and completely made it his own.
He did not have to spend too much time on it as it had already become second nature to him to breathe according to this technique when he was inside the game, so it would not be hard to adjust it in the real world.
What Shin wanted to master was the blood circulation technique that he learned along with the Boundless Ocean Technique. He wanted to convert it into a real technique in the real world.
After completely mastering the Boundless Ocean Technique, Shin proceeded to the other technique he had learned and started circulating his blood according to it.
Something indeed occurred within his body, but it was somewhat different from what he felt inside the game.
The familiar heat running through his veins was still there, but the strength and power that he supposedly got along with it was not present.
He was confused about this, but he later realized what was wrong. The blood circulation technique inside the game complemented the constitution of a World Serpent, whether they were in humanoid or a monster form.
After meditating for quite a while and doing some foundation training to consolidate his realm, Shin went to the bathroom for a shower before heading out of his room.
The moment when he stood in front of the door and was about to open it, he suddenly sensed a faint presence from the other side.
He suddenly paused and swiftly strengthened his Spiritual Sense that he was passively releasing before staring at the other person.
He could not help but frown slightly as he could not figure out who it was due to how faint their presence was. Whoever they were, they were quite skilled at hiding their presence as even his sharpened Spiritual Sense could not properly perceive them.
Given that their aura was also kept properly, Shin was having a hard time figuring out who it was.
He was trying to recall who among the people within the estate could have such a very advanced stealth technique but could not think of anyone.
David was one of them, but Shin could not sense the familiar Mental Energy from the other side. Instead, they seemed to be an expert martial artist or a skilled assassin.
Shin waited for quite a while before sighing after seeing that the other party seemed to be patiently waiting for him to open the door.
He prepared himself for the worse before slowly turning the knob and opened the door.
Swoosh!
Right after the door was opened, a silhouette suddenly pounced at Shin with an insane speed and impeccable timing.
Such familiar actions already sold out who it was, so Shin did not need to see who it was to know the identity of this person.
He could dodge if he wanted, but he chose not to do it. He was just still in place with a helpless smile, waiting for what was about to come next.
Bang!
But instead of the usual course of events, where Cloe would pounce at him for a hug, Shin was greeted with a fist planted on his stomach.
"Urgh!"
Shin groaned in pain as that seemingly simple punch was packed with a lot of strength that made the defense that he had set up with his mental energy collapse in an instant.
"Hey! Isn't this a little too much for saying that you missed me?" he said in a joking tone while trying to endure the pain in his stomach.
At the same time, he was also complaining inside his head as he recalled who Arthur had 'greeted' him last night. 'Does it have become a trend to hit someone you haven't seen for a long time as some sort of greeting?'
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