Awakened Talent: 10,000 Exp Converter! - Chapter 160

Chapter 160: Another Legendary Grade!
Chapter 160: Another Legendary Grade!

After advancing for a while, the path he had taken became narrowed as overgrown with twisted vines and thick underbrush filled the surroundings.

Although Vincent was confident that he could take any primals that could appear in this labyrinth, he was not reckless.

He already used the maximum range of his mental perception but it was not enough to completely cover the space of the Corrupted Jungle Labyrinth.

Therefore, he still summoned a group of Umbral Rats to scout the area ahead.

After some time, he received a mental signal that one of his summoned Umbral Rats had encountered something.

With his perception, he immediately went towards it.

Not far from him, he saw one of his Umbral Rats was squeaking as it was being ganged up by a group of green and black serpent with vine-like scales and a bioluminescent crest on its head. Its body is covered in thorny ridges.

Venom Vine Serpent – Tier 2 (2 – 3★)

Despite biting so hard with its venomous incisors, the umbral rat was unable to fully break through its hard scales.

The umbral rat attempted to break free but it was still locked with the Venom Vine Serpent’s grasps.

The other umbral rats immediately jumped in, attempting to help but the other Venom Vine Serpents had a quick reaction, slithered away before pouncing with their sharp fangs glowed with deadly lights.

Puchi!

Squeak!

One of the umbral rats had been bitten by the Venom Vine Serpent. It let out a high-pitched squeak before its movements slowly turned sluggish.

“It has a better venom quality…” Vincent murmured upon noticing it.

Needless to say, aside from the apparent difference with their level, snakes or serpents were rats’ natural predators.

Upon seeing this, Vincent stopped watching and summoned several fireballs. After commanding the remaining umbral rats he hurled his fireballs at the group of Venom Vine Serpents.

Hiss~

The Venom Vine Serpents could only hiss as they got washed over by a sea of fire. When the fire subsided, what remained was the burned figures of the serpents.

Soon, it broke to ashes before collapsing to particles of digital lights and dozens of Origin Crystals left on the ground, along with the system’s notifications.

You have successfully killed Venom Vine Serpents Tier 2 (2★)!

You have successfully killed Venom Vine Serpents Tier 2 (3★)!

In that instance, Vincent’s experience bar was once again filled to the brim.

Without losing a beat, he retrieved the drop Origin Crystals and other common-grade materials and a common-grade dagger, storing it in his storage ring.

He didn’t even check it and quickly took out a common-grade skill book and directly upgraded to epic-grade.

“Alright, I already have the third epic-grade skill book but I’m a little short on experience points…”

After upgrading a skill book to epic-grade, he was left with 1,100,000 experience points.

He was short of 400,000 experience points. But it was not much of a problem.

He was in a labyrinth, and the labyrinth never lacked a primal, meaning experience points.

Therefore, after summoning a few more umbral rats and commanding them to go to different paths, in no time, he encountered the next group of primals.

Boom!

Boom!

Needless to say, even without wearing his Mental-type equipment, with his Mental Attribute of 60, it was no-brainer that Tier 2 primals couldn’t stand his fireballs.

Even if his fireball skill was only an uncommon-grade, it was still overwhelming for them.

You have successfully killed a…

Ignoring the system’s notification, he set his eyes on the skill lists he had.

He was considering which one of his epic-skills he should upgrade first.

His attention then landed at the first ever skill he had gotten.

The Abyssal Venomlash, it was at first a common-grade ‘stinger’ and this skill was his only common-grade that evolved in a very good path.

Unlike other upgraded skills that originated from being common-grade, the Abyssal Venomlash was truly potent, especially with its venomous capabilities, it could over power most of the Origin Warriors he had encountered.

He was naturally curious how it would grow to Legendary-grade, however, it was still originally a common-grade.

And seeing the current environment he was in, Abyssal Venomlash might be not useful and not the best one to upgrade for the time being.

His attention was then drawn to one of his passive skills, Dragon’s Fury.

It was originally a rare-grade Dragon’s Might that he got from Tower of Combat.

He had a good impression of this skill as it greatly affects a mentally weaker opponent despite their level. It especially had greater effects against a weaker race.

Since the skill was made from dragon’s race, there were only very few races that could stand against it.

However, his eyes also landed on the epic skills he got from other towers.

They were all good choices.

“Why worry? I won’t lose anything even if I upgrade any of my skills first. The thing I will only lack will be experience points that I can get for a very short amount of time.”

Hence, he decided to go for Dragon’s Fury!

[Do you want to upgrade Dragon’s Fury (Epic)?]

Yes!

[Please select 3 Epic-grade Skill Books you want to sacrifice]

Vincent casually brought out the three epic-grade skill books he had upgraded.

As soon as he did it, the books in his hand immediately collapsed into particles of colorful lights before he felt a warm energy coursing into his very core, forcing him to close his eyes.

After an indefinite amount of time, he heard the system’s notification as his eyes released a soft bright light.

[You have successfully upgraded Dragon’s Fury(Epic) to Infernal Dragon’s Wrath(Legendary)!]

Thrilled, he immediately opened the interface and checked what had changed.

Name: Infernal Dragon’s Wrath

Grade: Legendary

Details: This passive skill infuses the user with the unmatched dominance of an apex dragon, enveloping them in a fiery draconic aura that imposes absolute authority on their surroundings.

Effect: Enemies within a 30-meter radius are afflicted with Dragonfear, causing mental and physical suppression.

Same or lower-tier enemies: Paralyzed with fear for 2-5 seconds (duration scales with Mental attribute).

Weak-willed or physically inferior races (e.g., lesser beasts, goblins) experience complete incapacitation, unable to fight back or resist for the full duration.

Higher-tier enemies: Combat effectiveness reduced by 20%-50% (scales with user’s Force attribute).

Mentally weaker higher-tier enemies may experience momentary hesitation or loss of focus (up to 2 seconds).

The user’s Force and Mental attributes are increased by 20% for as long as the aura remains active.

Sub Skill:

Name: Infernal Dragon’s Blaze

Grade: Legendary

Details: The user channels an overwhelming surge of draconic power into a fiery catastrophe, leaving no room for escape.

Effect: Consumes 30% of total Origin Energy to create an unstoppable inferno blast in a 50-meter radius, dealing fire-based damage.

Damage: Scales with Force (150%) and Mental (50%).

Debuff: All struck enemies are afflicted with Dragonburn, reducing healing and regeneration by 60% for 10 seconds.

Cooldown: 60 seconds.

At this moment, in his excitement, he subconsciously activated it. Instantly, a fiery draconic aura surged out of his body, jolting Mochi, who was dozing on his shoulder.

“Hmm… What’s happening with you?”

Vincent furrowed his brows upon seeing Mochi’s nonchalant reaction.

Curious, he controlled the effect of Infernal Dragon Wrath towards Mochi.

However, surprisingly Mochi still had the same expression as though she was wondering what her stupid master was doing.

Baffled, he asked, “Don’t you feel anything?”

Slightly tilting her head, she answered with a question, “Hmm, what are you talking about?”

He waved his hand, surrounded by fiery draconic energy, he asked, “What do you think about this? Do you feel anything? Don’t you feel any discomfort?”

Baffled, Mochi carefully looked at the draconic energy Vincent was emitting, furrowing her brows together.

She then responded, “Discomfort? I felt disgusted. Why do you have the aura of those worms?”

She flashed a disgusted expression as she looked at Vincent in wonder.

Vincent was speechless.

“Worm?”

How could she call his legendary-grade skill and a Dragon’s aura a worm?

He carefully observed Mochi’s expression. However, the fat rabbit was evidently only showing a pure disgust and was not afraid a little bit by the infernal dragon’s aura.

He was truly curious how she could call a dragon’s aura a worm’s aura. However, he was certain that Mochi wouldn’t give him a satisfactory answer so he just kept it in his mind and went deeper into the labyrinth.

He had lost his excitement upon getting a new Legendary-grade skill due to Mochi’s lackluster reaction.

After walking through several dead ends, he finally reached a new area of the labyrinth.

The bright sun was nowhere to be seen as thick tree branches covered the sky as mist filled the surroundings.

Although the mist limited his vision, he still advanced with the same pace. He naturally let his Umbral Rats walk in front of him.

When suddenly, sharp glowing yellow eyes pierce the mist behind him.

Without a word, it pounced straight at him…