Lukas looked at what was left behind of the Star Eater—only its legs remained, and the rest of the monster’s body was gone. A complex look appeared in his eyes.
If he had cowered and fled, the situation might have been reversed. Instead of the Star Eater’s butchered body, it might have been him lying on the ground.
In the distance, Tommy watched this scene. The soul fire residing in his eye sockets flickered. In his hand was the butchered Star Eater skull, revealing pure white crystalline bones, waiting for Lukas’s confirmation to start assimilating.
Lukas could feel Tommy’s intention and nodded.
Imdiately, the skull in Tommy’s hand started to lt, turning into a gooey liquid that rged with Tommy’s fra.
Lukas watched this scene with a solemn expression on his face. For a mont, a heavy silence seed to descend into the surroundings, maybe because the silence the bloodthirsty roars of star beasts echoing in the distance were unusually loud.
Then space rippled, and a few words appeared in front of his retina.
[Ding! Tommy has assimilated the skull of First Sequence Legendary grade Star Eater.]
[Ding! You have learned Rank Four True Star Energy Absorption thod.]
This can’t be real...
Lukas’s eyes widened in disbelief. Although his heart was filled with anticipation, not even in his wildest dreams had he expected sothing like this—a star energy thod.
Just as he was about to jump in excitent like a little kid, space rippled once again, and the text changed once more.
[Ding! You have learned epic grade Star Devourer Body Refining thod.]
Lukas just stared at the new window with a dumb look on his face. For the first ti, he had managed to learn two skills from a single assimilation.
This was unprecedented and had never happened before.
It took him a full minute to calm down and accept the situation. Slowly, as he focused on the windows, new windows describing the skill effects appeared.
[True Star Energy Absorption thod]
Rarity – Rank 4 Minor Constellation Breathing
Description – Form a direct bond with the elusive Devourer Star Constellation, a star constellation exclusive only to Star Eaters, drawing and refining its energy to steadily enhance absorption, purity, and control beyond ordinary star energy thods.]
Reading through the description, Lukas’s eyes twinkled. He was no longer as ignorant as before and knew star energy thods were split into three grades and nine ranks.
Rank one to four fell into low-grade star energy absorption thods.
To think I would get my hands on a Rank Four star energy absorption thod out of nowhere...
Lukas muttered with a surge of excitent enveloping his entire being.
To put into perspective just how rare a Rank Four star energy thod was, one had to take the entire Roaring Dragon Settlent into perspective. The biggest power, Roaring Dragon Guild, only had a Rank 3 star energy absorption thod as their core technique.
And the technique he had been using earlier, Night Dipper Star Energy Absorption thod, was just a lowly Rank 1 thod with terrible efficiency.
If the news of Lukas having knowledge of such a technique were to spread, it might shake the entire world of awakeners. After all, though it had been a long ti since humans started exploring the Star Domain, their understanding of star energy absorption thods was still limited. Compared to star monster thods, the ones developed by humans were still simple and crude.
With all these thoughts in his mind, he moved to the next technique, with a look of unusually high anticipation bubbling in his heart.
[Star Eater Body Refining thod]
Rarity – First Sequence Rare grade
Description – Consus star energy-infused organic matter and celestial matter to temper the body into a devouring vessel. Each refinent cycle strengthens bones, flesh, and core, allowing the user to absorb and withstand increasingly violent cosmic forces, gradually transforming the body into a star-eating entity capable of enduring extre energy without collapse.
"Hmm, eating star monster flesh to refine the body..." Lukas’s eyes flashed. It wasn’t the first ti he had heard about such a technique. Just a few hours ago, when he went through the battle board list of items, he had seen such a technique. This type of technique was quite popular among awakeners for rapidly increasing their body strength, but there was just one problem.
When awakeners devoured star monster flesh, they did not only absorb nutrients but also all the toxic and negative elents. If this matter increased to a great degree, an awakener might even lose control. As such, these thods were avoided by wealthy and talented awakeners but were quite popular among the poor and low-level awakeners.
Moreover, this was not the only issue. Thinking up to this point, Lukas’s eyes turned slightly complicated. The amount of flesh one needed to make even small progress was enormous. For a minor breakthrough, an awakener might need hundreds of kilograms of flesh.
In summary, they were very inefficient.
However, Lukas wasn’t worried about this because with sacrifice, I can upgrade the technique to legendary grade.
As he was thinking, one more question flashed through his head. The Star Eater was a legendary-grade monster, but both techniques were below legendary grade...
Lukas wondered why. There were a lot of things he didn’t know about just how the assimilation skill functioned.
It was then that Lukas suddenly felt a strong sense of danger. With narrowed eyes, he looked deeper into the forest.
Another beast wave...!
Just now, he felt multiple star monster presences in the distance. The number might be in the thousands.
"I can’t stay here anymore..."
Without wasting another mont, he picked everything up and dismissed both Tommy and Astral Bone Vanguard. After the battle, both of them were severely injured and needed ti to recuperate.
Lukas didn’t stop for even a single mont and moved as fast as his legs could carry him. teor Montum pushed his body to its limits. It was only when he felt his muscles and tendons were about to be torn into pieces that he stopped accelerating. With every step he took, his figure appeared ten ters away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
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