The mont the monster’s life ended, I could sense mana essence flowing in my direction from the corpse.
Willing the mana in my body, I actively began to attract the essence towards , and within a second, it had entered my body, being absorbed into my mana ridians.
A rush of instant dopamine release hit as the essence was absorbed into my core, but—
Along with it, there was a feeling of repulsion in my body.
The essence felt disgusting to absorb, but I didn’t let such thoughts overwhelm my decision.
Haa...
I could also feel a slight crack appearing in my core upon absorbing the monster’s mana essence.
"Graaahhh!"
A loud roar made look to my left, only to find another gorilla-type monster looking at with imnse rage in its eyes.
Family?
I looked at the corpse below , and seeing the similarities between the two, maybe—
It was the monster’s wife?
The creature was smaller than the gorilla I had killed earlier, so maybe it was the female of their species.
Sigh.
Looking at the supposed female monster, I felt pity for it.
Such loss would have been disastrous for anyone, so the least I could do was end the suffering of the pitiful creature before .
Sorting my thoughts, I jumped down from the corpse before walking in the direction of the beast before .
The monster, seeing heading in its direction, let out another roar, which was soon followed by a wild charge towards .
Channelling mana through my core, I began to exert mana pressure on the surroundings once again.
The monster’s speed dropped instantly, as the mana in its body was suppressed, resulting in the creature having to use its own physical strength with little to no enhancents.
I didn’t charge at the monster, as there was no need to do so.
Its top speed was already far too slow for my eyes; then, coupled with my mana pressure, the monster felt like a turtle trying to race.
As the distance between us was reduced to a re three feet, the monster used its limbs to attack from all sides.
I dodged each of the attacks with absolute ease before—
Spurt!
My sword made contact with its neck, severing it from the monster’s body.
Haa...
The mana essence was absorbed into my core, resulting in the cracks widening again.
Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath before spreading my mana sense across the entire mountain range.
The mont my mana sense had encased the mountain range, I was able to spot all the monsters in the vicinity.
There were even so gold cores among them, but I chose not to engage with them.
I wasn’t fighting for survival.
There was no need to fight monsters of a higher rank, as the ones in the Silver rank were enough for my core—at least the peak ones.
As for the Silver 2 or below monsters, I could just hunt them for practice.
As for their mana essence, it wasn’t wasted, but the extent of its usefulness to was less than what a Silver 3 could offer.
Willing more mana through the muscles in my legs, I charged through the trees around , heading for my next target.
Within ten seconds, I had to stop in my tracks, as a lone snake stood before , coiling around a huge tree.
Though the snake was smaller in size compared to the other monsters, it was still a peak Silver core.
The snake seed to have sensed my presence sohow, as it turned its body the mont I had arrived in its vicinity.
Sigh.
Swoosh!
Without wasting any ti, I charged at the snake, which opened its mouth to showcase fangs that were a little red in colour.
The mont I had appeared closer to the snake, it sensed my movents again and shot at while recoiling its body like a spring.
Tilting my neck to the side, I crouched down at the sa ti—avoiding the attack entirely.
But—
Spurt!
My sword, which was positioned with its edge pointed upward, had already pierced through the snake the mont it shot across .
Hm?
"Cough... Cough."
As I turned to finish the injured snake, so blood leaked from my mouth as I coughed twice—
"Cough."
Thrice.
Poison?
I willed mana through my core, activating my regenerative abilities.
The poison was imdiately dispelled, as my body healed all the damaged organs from the inside.
Crack.
Loosening my shoulder joints, I walked towards the snake, which began spewing more poison into the air.
Not that it would work against .
As I stood inches away from the little monster, it once again sprang at —or at least tried to—but I caught it mid-air, and—
Bam!
Crushed its feeble body, which was trapped in my left hand.
The mana essence entered my body as I once again felt a surge in power, coupled with additional cracks to my core.
Hm?
The mont I absorbed the mana essence, I sensed more monsters being attracted in my direction.
There were around thirty of them, the highest being a Silver 2.
I waited for the monsters to appear before , and well... the wait wasn’t long.
A group of dog-like monsters appeared in a pack, with the leader being a Silver 2.
All the rest were barely at Silver 1, with so Bronze cores among them.
Haa...
A waste of ti.
Closing my eyes for a second, I interlocked my fingers, then opened them completely before forcefully shutting my palms...
My ability was activated.
Mirage Clone.
Six identical versions of were ford, as each of them opened their eyes simultaneously.
It was ti to speed up...
The pack of dogs growled at as they observed each of my clones with hunger in their eyes.
Well... they didn’t have to observe for long, as the mont I bent down for the charge, the dogs did the sa.
And...
Thirty corpses were sprawled on the ground below, their heads detached from their bodies, with so having their guts spilled out.
Though the quality of the essence was significantly lower for , I wasn’t a picky eater.
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