Lucius then summoned the rest of the white beast. He was now getting ready to do another hack with all of those beasts.
Lucius then looked at the White Horned Tiger and smirked, "It's time to make you even stronger now."
Lucius then turned to the system and requested. "System, activate the essence fusion. Fuse all of the white beasts into the White Horned Tiger."
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[Essence Fusion Initiation: White Beast Essences → White Horned Tiger Essences]
[Resources Required: 500 Hack Points.]
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The White Beasts began to glow as they slowly dissolved into some glowing particles that were now going toward the White Horned Tiger.
Lucius didn't know how to say it but he knew that the White Horned Tiger seemed to be stronger than before, even though its aura and body didn't even change.
Lucius then immediately turned toward the system again, as he knew that the White Horned Tiger could be hacked even more now.
Lucius also wanted to test something, so he immediately requested, "System, increase its Strength and Vitality stats by one tier."
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[Hack Initiation: 1-Star Str Tier Increased (D→C).]
[Hack Initiation: 1-Star Vit Tier Increased (D→C).]
[Resources Required: 2,000 Hack Points.]
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The beast body then began to transform as its muscles began to grow denser and more refined. Its claws and horns also began to be even sharper than before.
Lucius smirked upon seeing the process and said, "Interesting... increasing stats directly immediately refines the body to withstand the new power. No need for the manual adjustments like before."
Lucius then looked at the horn on the forehead of the white horned tiger. "I think you don't need the horn anymore. It quite ruins your cool appearance."
Lucius then turned to the system and requested another hack. "Erase the horn and also increase its Strength and Vitality stats by one tier."
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[Hack Initiation: Horn Erasure]
[Hack Initiation: 1-Star Agi Tier Increased (D→C).]
[Hack Initiation: 1-Star Int Tier Increased (D→C).]
[Resources Required: 3,000 Hack Points.]
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The horn then began to shrink until it disappeared completely. At the same time, the beast seems to be even faster and more agile than before.
Lucius could see that it was now a bit smarter and also that its aura was now stronger than before, meaning that the hack was successful.
Lucius also now just realized that he needed even more Beast Coins if he wanted to get more pills to put them into the system's database.
Lucius then looked at the White Tiger and immediately smirked. "Selling a 1-Star beast like you could be the perfect start. After all, 1-Star beasts are always in high demand."
Lucius also explained to himself why it was in high demand. "You are easy to contract and for Evolists to experiment on. The more potential they show, the higher their value."
Lucius then smirked as he continued, "But I can't just sell you as you are. No, that would be too… ordinary, so let's hack and give you an element and the perfect element is the one that is rare, which is a light element."
Lucius then turned to the system as he requested the hack: "System, give it a white element that will complement its white body very much."
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[Hack Initiation: Light Element Integration.]
[Resources Required: 1,000 Hack Points.]
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A yellowy-white aura then began to cover the beast. The white tiger then roared as it began to feel a new power suddenly appear within it.
Lucius smirked and immediately turned to the system. "Now, you already have an element, so let's see just how powerful you are."
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[Species: White Tiger]
[Element: Light]
[Level: 1 Star]
[Stats:]
[Str: C (1★)]
[Vit: C (1★)]
[Agi: C (1★)]
[Int: C (1★)]
[Skills: None]
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Lucius frowned as he looked at the new stats. "The stats are good, but to think that it doesn't have any skills. It is really not good."
He then began to think of something as he turned to the system: "If you don't have it, then I will make you have it, as I will just give you the chance to get it."
Lucius then turned back to the system, "System, Initiate a virtual reality simulation. One day in real time for one year of combat training. I want it to face endless opponents to make it fiercer and lose its cowardice."
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[Hack Initiation: Virtual Reality Training (1 Day = 1 Year)]
[Resources Required: 10,000 Hack Points.]
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The white tiger began to roar as it suddenly became tired and immediately went to sleep as it began to enter the virtual world to train.
The reason why Lucius made it trained in the virtual world rather than just giving it skills with system hacks was that Lucius wanted a real tiger, not a mouse with tiger skills.
Lucius then crouched beside it and patted its head, "Sleep well. When you wake up, you will not be a mouse anymore but instead a tiger that rules all beasts."
Lucius then stood up and left the room while the white tiger was sleeping and fighting in its virtual world. Lucius was now going to meet with Liora and Luna.
Liora was currently training with the dummies in the training room, while Luna was cleaning the room and observing Liora as she trained.
Lucius could see that both of them were working hard, as he could see their exhaustion in doing what they were focused on.
Liora and Luna, who realized that Lucius had come to the room, were surprised to see that their master didn't smile like usual and it made them worried about Lucius.
They could feel that something was wrong and immediately went and kneeled down in front of Lucius. "What happened, Master Lucius?"
Lucius looked at them and didn't smirk at all. Lucius then immediately clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Both of you, rise. I want to tell you about something.
Liora and Luna immediately stood up but kept their heads slightly bowed. They exchanged a glance as both of them felt something was amiss. Something was different today.