"Ahhh,"
"Ahhh,"
"Ahhh,"
The sound of turbid exhaling rang out through the track, coming from none other than Ryuk, who was on both knees, hands by his side as turbid white breath left both his lips and nose.
[Congratulations on Host completing the Quest: Reach Mach 50!]
[Rewards: +150 extra Stat points in Agility have been unlocked!]
[Total Rewards Obtained from all Completed Quests:]
[+100 Stat points on every locked stat.]
[+150 points in Agility Stats]
[+1 Low Ranked Rejuvenation Pill that eliminates exhaustion.]
'Use the Rejuvenation Pill,' Ryuk immediately ordered in his head, and in the next instant, his breath hitched in place as he felt an extremely cold energy wave pour out from his heart, meandering through his body.
The hotness and exhaustion he felt instantly faded away.
He watched in a few seconds as his breathing finally slowed down and his exhaustion disappeared in a blink, resulting in him instantly rising to his feet.
A few steps around, and Ryuk's eyes flashed as he noticed he didn't even need any support at all.
He had regained control of his body — but not only that...
'Activate Stats,' he ordered.
[Stats]
[Strength: 1000 (700 Locked)]
[Agility: 1000 (650 Locked)]
[Endurance: 1000 (850 Locked)]
[Intelligence: 390]
[Charisma: 200]
[Luck: Knull {Attribute Points Available: 1,060}]
'Very good. I'm already close to my previous stat points in Agility. Now I'm at 350. 50 more stat points and I'll reach 400 — my previous peak,' Ryuk thought as he clenched his palms before he turned back to the track.
'The simulation surprisingly held well. I thought it would have shattered from rotating in a circle...' Ryuk mused to himself as he looked at the track, which had gone from being straight to being in a circular format so he could continue running while improving his speed.
It was also a good thing that he didn't have to manually increase the Track level and it was naturally increasing by itself based on Ryuk's speed output.
"Now with the Track Zone out of the way, perhaps it's time for the Next Zone," he muttered aloud before quickly tapping on the panel.
<<Activate Gravity Sink Zone>>
Immediately, the zone was clicked, the track zone shattered like glass under his feet.
The ground peeled away like mist and the sky began twisting, folding inward toward Ryuk.
A new zone was instantly simulated.
{Zone Transition: GRAVITY SINK INITIATED.}
BOOM!
The sudden descent made Ryuk unconsciously tumble forward, his hands reaching for the ground only to stop at the last second as his eyes locked down beneath him.
The ground had changed from the silvery glass to something that resembled pure black stone.
The air itself had suddenly become heavy, and then a pulse materialized above his head as he lifted himself up and looked at the sky.
Above his head directly, floating about a meter away, was a rough, jagged, and rounded boulder about 2 meters in diameter.
It was levitating with blue energy swirling around it.
{Directive of Gravity Track Zone: Carry Load and Adaptation Leads to Level Increase.}
[New System Quest Initiated!]
[Reach level 25 of Gravity Sink Zone]
[Rewards:
1. +200 Stat points unlocked in Strength Stats
2. +1 Low Ranked Rejuvenation Pill that heals exhaustion]
{Gravity Sink Level 1 Will Commence!}
The panel flashed as Ryuk inhaled, watching as the huge stone began falling, and his eyes flashed before he raised both hands up to meet it.
"Here goes nothing," he mused silently as his hands finally met that lovely surface and then—
BOOM!
Ryuk seemed to feel a tremor radiating through his entire body, as his elbows buckled under the strain of the stone, his neck unconsciously sneaking downward and his knees vibrating.
'This! This is only Level 1!?' He asked through clenched teeth, but then his eyes flashed as a grin appeared on his lips.
In the next instant, his straining legs instantly stopped, and his fingers dug into the end of the stone before—
VROOOOOOOM!
The air flapped as Ryuk forcefully pushed the stone above his head.
{Level 1 Completed!}
{Ease Factor Accessed: Normal}
'Tsk, that's all you got, huh?'
{Level 5 Activated!}
"Wait, what!?"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"Grrrrhhh!"
The stone's height instantly jumped from 2 meters in diameter to 10 meters in diameter, resembling a huge mountain rock, and the gravity seemed to have been multiplied by a few tens of factors.
Every molecule in his body screamed out as the weight of the rock doubled — and yet kept increasing with every second.
The ground beneath him began groaning from the graivty, his feet tearing through it, elbows slowly giving way.
The rock pressed down on his neck, veins popping on his forehead..
"Tch."
Ryuk felt every single inch of it.
His body reeling from the unimaginable weight, his muscles seemingly writhing, bones twisting, and nerves firing in agony as his teeth clenched tightly and he struggled to lift.
But the more he struggled, yet more he became something.
Something far more than terrifying.
An evolution in real time!
The Nanobots within him, along with a blue-infused crystals, began reacting to the overload.
His body hardened, as a sharp crack sliced through the air, and for a moment, the pain almost made Ryuk forget why he even existed.
His arms trembled slightly, but the rock — the massive living mountain — remained hard in his grip, gripped tight by the claws.
The Nanobots began surging to life, their intricate micro-mechanics fusing with his bodily cells, rewiring his body's structure, amplifying his strength with every passing second.
[Gravity Sink Zone: Level 5 — 3x Strength Gravity]
[Load Material Density: 15,000 tons!]
[Body Mutation in Progress: 18%]
[Pain Level: Severe!]
The notification flashed before his gaze as he clicked his tongue.
'Severe!? This is still nothing!' Ryuk roared in his head as his legs gripped the ground hard, and then with a loud roar, his arms strained madly, lifting the rock up away from his neck and with one final push, he fully pressed it overhead, vibrating intensely as he finally managed to stabilize the stone about 50 centimetres above his head.
[Level 5 Completed!]
[Difficulty Accessed: Hard]
[Increasing Level...]
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