[Congratulations! Main Quest: Accept MadWhite's First Training and Enter the Portal has been completed!]
[The following rewards have been obtained:
All possessed skills levelled up to Level 10!
+15,000 Purchase Points!]
[Congratulations! Host has completed the Quest: Survive the Colossal.]
[The following rewards have been obtained:
[Congratulations! Main Quest: Survive the Encroachment of the Hungarya Beast has been completed.]
[The following rewards have been obtained:
[Race: Half-Knull, Half-Unknown]
[Class: Beast Sovereign]
[Cultivation Stage: Core Stage of the Plane of Ascension]
[Does the Host wish to level up?] the system asked, and Ryuk nodded.
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 25!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 26!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 27!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 28!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 29!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 30!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 31!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 32!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Congratulations! Host has leveled up to Level 33!]
[+15 Attribute Points obtained!]
[Level-Up Cards Remaining: 0]
[Attribute Points: 135 (31 left from previous leveling but unused)]
[How does the Host wish to use Attribute Points?] the system notification asked.
Ryuk furrowed his brows.
"Every ten level-ups, my attribute points should increase by +5, but this time, there's no increase. It's still at 15 even though I already crossed Level 30," Ryuk mused, quickly noticing the oddity. But there wasn't much he could do about it.
"Maybe there will be a difference when I reach Level 40."
Currently sitting under a tree, using branches and leaves to cover himself, Ryuk carefully considered how to distribute his strength. He knew exactly what he needed most right now.
"Input 70 points to Strength, 70 points to Agility, and the rest into Endurance!" he ordered.
Ryuk's thinking was simple. For reasons he couldn't explain, he felt unusually slow in this place. He understood one thing clearly—if he wanted to survive, the first thing he needed was speed to escape danger. That's why his first priority was Agility, where he poured in 70 attribute points.
The next priority was Strength. After speed, power was the second most important factor, and to maintain a balance between speed and strength, he decided allocated an equal number of points.
Finally, the remaining points went into Endurance, allowing him to last longer in battle.
The moment the points were allocated, his body froze.
His heartbeat surged wildly, pounding in his chest like a war drum. Veins bulged across his skin, golden flames burning through them.
A faint groan of pain escaped Ryuk's lips as he clenched his teeth.
It felt as if molten lava was being poured into his heart, searing through every organ. And yet, at the same time, it was as if he was being reforged—his very being reshaped into something greater. Like a blade being tempered by endless hammering flames.
After five minutes of searing agony, a sudden wave of relief washed over his body as the pain faded away.
But now… something was different.
Looking down at his feet, Ryuk noticed strange tattoos stretching across both legs, extending from his toenails to his knees. There was no clear pattern, yet he faintly felt that they formed a symbol—one he couldn't recognize...for now.
A blue light flickered along the markings, specks of energy seeping from them. His hands instinctively moved toward them, his fingers tracing over the glowing runic lines.
But as he did, his gaze shifted to his arms—and his breath hitched.
The same runic lines covered his arms, spilling out faint blue light from his fingertips to his shoulders. His arms suddenly felt weightless, as if they no longer carried any strength—yet at the same time, his hands filled him with an eerie sense of power.
"Hey, System… what is this?" Ryuk murmured, the unfamiliar sight making him forget the pain he had just endured.
[Attribute Points: 0]
[Host has successfully reached the First Line of True Power in accordance with the system protocol, which requires reaching 200 stat points in an attribute!]
[Now that Host's Strength and Agility have both reached 200, crossing the system's power threshold, the runic lines on Host's legs signify the system's recognition of Agility, while the markings on Host's arms signify the recognition of Strength!]
[Only now has Host truly earned the system's acknowledgment.]
The system explained, but Ryuk couldn't say he fully understood what it meant.
[In short, there is now a massive difference between Host's former strength and speed. It has reached such a level that even the Draconic Pets Evolution System recognizes it and grants its blessing.]
[Right now, Host has truly begun to touch the foundation of Ultimate Power!]
The system's words echoed in his mind as Ryuk's eyes flashed.
Something moved to his left.
A massive claw, nearly a meter long, slashed through the tree where Ryuk sat.
The thick branches snapped apart like twigs, the attack whistling toward him.
Cold, metallic light gleamed through the air, aiming straight for Ryuk's upper body.
Ryuk barely muttered as he sighted the gleaming metallic light flashing towards his head, mere inches from ripping it to ribbons.
He was well hidden on the tree, with the leaves blocking anything from seeing him above or below, yet there was now a claw inches from him and he never sensed it all.