Chapter 45 A Choice

"What is happening?" Eve's uncertain voice rang as she also felt the sudden tremors.

Cyrus's eyes shone as he suddenly twisted his body in a certain direction, and he said with a hint of ecstasy, "They are footsteps!"

"Footsteps? Who could possibly send tremors just by walking?" Eve exclaimed in disbelief.

Cyrus meaningfully said, "A powerful evolved undead! It seemed my chance of ranking up is also here."

That's exactly the reason Cyrus was ecstatic when he thought of the possibility of a powerful evolved Undead heading their way. He was already at the peak of 10th tier rank, and he was only a single lust mission away from breaking through.

So, even if the other party was three or four tiers more powerful than him, he won't miss this chance.

Cyrus was finally able to vaguely see the silhouette. At this moment, it was two meters tall and burly. Moreover, he could also see a long blade's shadow in this silhouette's hand.

"It's a huge yellowish skeleton, and he's holding onto a bone sword just like its color!" Eve quickly revealed since she was able to see the under these murky winds clearly.

"Let's categorize it in Second Stage Skeleton!" Cyrus categorized the skeleton so Eve would have an easy way to describe them.

At this moment, the lazily walking burly skeleton suddenly moved when it was a couple of meters away from Cyrus, and it instantly covered a five-meter distance!

"Fast!" Cyrus's expression turned solemn as he also moved his sword.

The sword shadow in the burly skeleton's hand grew menacingly large as it hacked toward Jacob with terrifying force, creating a sharp whistling sound.

"What a brute!" Eve scoffed at this moment. Her concern completely vanished when she noticed this brute strike, solely focused on its body weight, and there wasn't any technique behind it at all.

Cyrus, on the other hand, didn't dare to let his guard down since he could easily discriminate that the other party's strength was not any lower than his own.

But it didn't mean he was going to play tricks with it. There wasn't any need since sword fights are always straightforward.

He swiftly performed the first move and tackled the hacking sword without hesitation.

'Swish…'

At this moment, something strange happens when the blades touch each other. The lust sword's blade simply cut through the yellowish bone blade like a knife in butter!

'It seemed my sword rank is higher than his bone sword.' Cyrus instantly realized his mistake of overlooking the difference in the weapon's ranks.

Nevertheless, since this only worked in his favor, he was not going to complain and swiftly performed the second move, targeting the skeleton's head.

The skeleton also seemed to realize that somehow its sword had slick through, which was the first time it had ever happened since it was born.

That slight pause also became its eternal doom when Lust Sword swiftly approached his skull like a menace, and his sturdy bones, which should be enough to hold off even Rita's strongest attack, were like a watermelon in front of Lust Sword.

'Swish…'

A sharp sound of a whistle rang as the sword had already stopped moving.

The tall, burly skeleton was still in its hacking stance when its skull started to slide off from its jaw before it turned into particles.

"How disappointing." Cyrus sneered, seeing the large skeleton vanishing with its bone sword.

The sword was part of its body!

But Cyrus was busy looking at the notification with elation.

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[You have killed 1 Undead (Mortal Tier-13)]

-Reward(s):

-SP: 0

[Spirit Points (SP): 10,000/10,000]

-LXP: 0

[Lust Experience Point (LXP): 10,000/10,000]

-XP: 30

[Experience Points (XP): 55/10,000]

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[Invincible Sword Meter]

-Kill Streak: 8,249

-Power Increase: 0.8,249%

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When Cyrus didn't see any notification about his rank increase, he frowned. But before he could inquire, the system voice rang again, and an unfamiliar notification sounded.

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[Congratulation, the User has completed the last condition of the Lust Mission!]

[The lust mission has been completed!]

[The User Rank has been increased!]

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[System detects the User has successfully achieved Mortal Tier-11 Rank!]

-Please Chose One Type of Primary Energy Source!

1. Magic Source: Mana Sword Core

2. Qi Source: Qi Sword Dantian

3. Spiritual Source: Soul Sword Omphalos

4. Primordial Origin Void: Sword Nebula (Exclusive)

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[Please choose carefully. This choice is one time and can't be reversed!]

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Cyrus was lost for words when he saw this strange choice, 'Did this mean I don't need to form my foundation to open my Dantian and only just any Dantian, but a Dantian especially made for a sword user?'

Cyrus was in disbelief since it was completely different from what he knew, and it was a completely unique path.

Furthermore, he knew about the first three energy sources since they belong to different types of strengthening systems.

As the Mana Core belonged to those, who followed the path of pure magic and were known as Sorcerers. Qi Dantian were for cultivators who followed the path of cultivation.

Soul Omphalos strengthening system was used by races like the Undead, which was solely focused on the Soul. The Soul Qi was also related to this system.

But these three power systems complimented each other quite a lot. Especially the cultivator system, which can easily perform skill sets from both Magic and Soul systems.

That's why the Cultivation Path was considered the most ancient one complete, but this didn't mean the other two paths were flawed. They are equally powerful and complete since all three paths led to Godhood in their own unique ways.

There were more paths, but these three were at the very top.

Furthermore, all these three sources were related to the 'sword,' which made them quite unique on their own.

However, Cyrus had never heard about this Primordial Origin Void at all. It was clearly exclusive to the Lust Sword System.

So, Cyrus won't be going to hesitate about this choice, he has already decided to walk on this unknown path, and he won't back down.

"I choose the fourth option," Cyrus said without hesitation.

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[Are you sure this choice is final and there won't be a do-over?]

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The system asked for confirmation, and Cyrus scoffed, "I won't change my mind." He wonders if the system wants to lead him astray or thinks he is a fool.

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[User has chosen the Primary Energy Source: Sword Nebula]

[Processing the final choice…]

[Process has been completed!]

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[System is about to start the process of creating the Primordial Origin Void!]

[Forcefully withdrawing Host Eve's sword body. She will be going through the same process as User Cyrus!]

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[Warning: If User loses consciousness during Primordial Origin Void creating process, you will die with lust sword as a consequence!]

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[The creation process of Primordial Origin Void is about to initiate in 10… 9… 8…]

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Cyrus was flabbergasted when he heard the last parts about this Primordial Origin Void. It was too sudden since he didn't think there would be a chance of death.

All of a sudden, Eve started to vanish from his hand.

"Hey! Why are…"

It was the last startled words he heard from Eve before she was completely gone, and he felt soul winds again.

From her surprised voice, it was quite clear that she had no idea about what kind has transpired between Cyrus and the System, and it was also unknown if she would be going through the same kind of process as Cyrus.

But he was too occupied to bother with any of it and panicked because he was right in the middle of open streets, and this place was teeming with those undead who would naturally not stay idle while he was going through this process.

"System, you could've warned me sooner!" Cyrus cursed as he knew it was partly his fault to directly chose without even asking if there were some prerequisites involved.

He only thought that this process would be like forming a Dantian, which was not painful at all, and with system efficiency, he was pretty sure it would go even smoother.

But alas, he had not chosen the Dantian but Primordial Origin Void, so could it be the same? There were bound to be some differences.

Well, the milk was already spilled, and only five seconds were left before who knows what kind of process he would go through.

Without hesitation, he ran toward Rita's resting place. But he was quite far, and he knew he wouldn't make it in time, but he still ran like hell and closed in the distance as much as he could.

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[The creation process of Primordial Origin Void is about to initiate in … 3… 2…1!]

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[The primordial Origin Void creation has been initiated successfully!]

[Estimate Time of Completion: 1 Hour]

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"Shit!" Cyrus cursed before all of a sudden his eyes suddenly went wide in shock and horror because all of a sudden, he felt something hit his head with a sledgehammer!

He finally understood why the system told him not to lose consciousness. He mustered up all his power and hollered at the top of his lungs, "PROTECT ME!"

Another sharp pain attacks him like something was cutting into his brain right after he said those two words.

Cyrus knew it was going to be a torment to remember!