Chapter 156 Obtaining New Skills

Rishi sighed and closed his eyes in the mental world, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw that he was inside a structure made up of plants and branches. Some branches had even entered his body, and they were filling him with life force.

He knew he was receiving a blessing, so he just closed his eyes and started observing his body through spiritual energy.

When he focused, he noticed that all the cells in his body were evolving, and his bones were also breaking and regenerating into stronger ones. The process would have been very painful, but some golden energy was helping him.

Does the mother also do it? The thoughts about her started coming into his mind before he started focusing on the process of observing his body. The impurities inside his body were coming out through his skin pores.

It was making his body more sensitive to mana, and his veins were also expanding in size. It was as if he were evolving into a different life form, but Rishi was not scared, as this was what every human was striving for.

He also noticed that he had grown taller by a few centimeters. The concentration of life force in his body has increased to a very high degree.

He suddenly noticed that a rune appeared on his heart, and all the life force inside his body started to be absorbed by it.

His heart also started changing with the influx of life force; it transformed into a green-colored heart that was shining in a green glow. At first, Rishi thought that it would be incompatible with his body, but something unexpected happened.

All the life energy left his heart and transformed into a crystal before moving to the right side and transforming into a smaller, green-colored crystalized heart.

This heart then started absorbing the life force from its surroundings and increased in size before extending veins and arteries of its own and connecting to his body.

Rishi was not able to believe what he saw, but it was just the start. The crystallized heart started connecting with all his organs and started providing them with a constant supply of life force.

All his organs started shining with a green glow; they were getting stronger every second. This process continued for some time before Rishi felt that this new energy would disappear, but it started to seem more natural the more Life Force it absorbed.

Rishi could suddenly feel the heartbeats of two hearts. How is it possible? He asked himself, and at last, he believed that it was part of the blessing.

He took out his book of contracts and noticed that his stats were still the same, even when he was feeling a lot stronger physically. After it, he checked the skills partly to see if he had learned any new skills.

SKILL

PASSIVE

Superhuman Body (level 1): You have been blessed by a nature spirit. Strength, Agility, Stamina, Vitality, Defense, and Mana are increased by five times.

What? When Rishi looked at the first passive, he could not believe his eyes. If what's written here is true, then he will have a permanent superhuman aura effect.

This was only level one, and he didn't know how much stronger he would get when this skill is leveled up to Max level.

Mana-sensitive (level 1): Your body has been cleaned due to a blessing; it is extremely sensitive and reactive to mana.

You will not waste any mana while casting skills; you can use the mana around you to reduce the mana cost by 30%, and your mana regeneration would be increased by 200%.

It can't be; he rubbed his eyes and pinched himself as he could not believe that such an OP skill existed. I can finally use as much mana as I want, he said with tears in his eyes.

While casting skills everyone wasted some amount of mana but if Rishi can stop it he will be able to utilize his mana more effectively.

Self-Recovery (level 1): Your wound will recover ten times faster; any bleeding will be stopped immediately.

If this is true, then I will be able to fight for more time.

ACTIVE

Life Force Magnet (level 1): Use ten mana to absorb all the life force in a five-meter radius.

It sounds very weak compared to passives; let's see if there is any other skill. "Holy sh*t!" It came out of his mouth when he saw the next active skill.

Regeneration (level 1): Use Life Force to regenerate anything on your body. The more injured you are, the more Life Force will be needed to heal you.

With the Life Force Magnet, I can fight endlessly on paper. There is no defensive skill; I will learn it myself. I can't leave everything to others. What is this last skill? It doesn't look to be part of the blessing.

Chains of Reaper (Level 1): Use five mana to summon a chain from the underworld and attack any opponent in a 10-meter range.

The chain will follow your command and act as a part of your body. Every opponent bound by chains will become unable to move for some time, and the buffs and healing spells will also not work on him.

You can only summon two chains at a time at this level.

"Is this for real? Isn't this the skill that I was looking for, but how did I get it?" He tried to remember it, but only a shadow figure came to his mind before he started feeling a small headache.

"It should not matter much how I get it; it's not like I will return it. To get a skill like that, it is worth it even if I sign a contract with the devil." He laughed like a maniac.

A shadow smiled in a strange dark world when it saw Rishi, It was looking at a big screen on which everything Rishi was doing was visible.

"Today is the best day; it really feels good to become strong." He laughed again before stopping. "Stop, Rishi. It is not the time to be blinded by joy. I should start preparing for my second trial; with these skills and the level up, I will be able to start reclaiming my position again."

He looked at his silky silver hair and said, "I have hidden for long; I will not hide now. Everyone is taking me lightly; it's time to crush everyone."

"I should also get used to my new strengths and skills; I will need them in trial or I will mess up. If I am not able to control my own strength, I will only be a stat point bully."

"I can't remain without hair for long; it is stinking from the smell of my sweat and impurities. Lets try my strength," he said as he punched the cage made up of branches.

His fist touched it and created a big hole from which sunlight entered his eyes, blinding him for a moment.

He put his hands on the hole and broke the cage to create a big opening from which he stepped outside. He smelled the fresh air and said, "Much better."