Awakened Talent: 10,000 Exp Converter! - Chapter 165

Chapter 165: Inner Ring
Chapter 165: Inner Ring

You have successfully controlled Boscauk Bourat — Tier 2 (5★)!

Duration: 7 days!

Yes, the Mental Domination would last for an entire week!

Nevertheless, he was still uncertain about its effects. He still had to do more research. He was quite skeptical that the Mental Domination could last that long if the target was more than one.

But for now, he set it aside.

After the trio had taken the Origin’s Oath, Vincent ordered the three of them to bring their leader out of the Corrupted Jungle Labyrinth.

Seeing that they started walking back, he couldn’t help but wonder aloud, “Why are you walking? Don’t tell me you don’t even have an escape scroll?”

Before the trio could answer, Clauny cleared his confusion, “You didn’t know? This labyrinth does not allow the usage of escape scrolls.”

The trio also nodded their heads, confirming Clauny’s words.

If not for the goddamn restriction, they would have already used their escape scroll and left their leader alone.

Vincent slightly furrowed his brows before easing them up. It didn’t matter to him. With his current speed, he could easily escape if the worst came to the worst.

Additionally, he already had a plan in mind for which skill he would upgrade next, but he set it aside for now.

After nodding and letting the trio go, he turned to Clauny, “Are you sure you’re not going back with them?”

Clauny firmly shook her head before showing a determined expression.

“No. I cannot be weak forever. I cannot hide forever behind someone’s back. I have to stand on my own feet and become stronger, not just for my friends but also for myself!”

She then paused and continued with a weaker voice, “So I hope you don’t mind me tagging along with you…”

Vincent stared at her expressionlessly, which made her nervous.

After a short consideration, Vincent finally nodded. She wouldn’t slow him down even if she tagged along anyway. Additionally, he also felt responsible for her situation.

He might be selfish, but he still had his bottom line. He would not give mercy to his enemies, but it was the opposite for his friends and loved ones.

And just for the record, he did not give that guy—Boscauk—any mercy. He just let him go since it was the best choice for the time being.

Once he was certain that he could defeat a Peak Tier 3 Origin Warrior, he would no longer hesitate to end him.

However, all of that would be in the future. For now, he should focus on improving his strength and clearing this labyrinth.

With his experience bar filled, he could upgrade two common-grade skill books to epic-grade!

But there was a slight problem—Clauny kept glancing in his direction. As he was wondering what he should do, his attention landed on the fat black rabbit on his shoulder, Mochi.

While grinning in his mind, he grabbed Mochi by her back.

“Hey! Let me go!” Mochi demanded, but Vincent turned a deaf ear to her and tossed her to Clauny.

Clauny caught Mochi reflexively.

“She’s Mochi. She’s my primal pet. You take care of her, and I won’t mind you tagging along with me.”

Clauny finally had a good look at Mochi’s appearance. Earlier, she had no time to observe Mochi closely as she had been shaken.

Her eyes glowed brightly, muttering to herself, “S-So cute…”

Subconsciously, she gave Mochi a tight hug, rubbing its soft cheek against her own. “Ah… soft…”

Mochi, on the other hand, kept demanding Vincent, in his mind, to get her out of Clauny’s hands. Nevertheless, Vincent simply ignored her cries.

Now that Clauny’s attention was not on him, he discreetly upgraded two common-grade skill books to epic-grade, emptying his experience points.

Along the way, Vincent and Clauny encountered a few more Mist Stalkers.

Since Clauny had joined him, the amount of experience points he could get had become lesser. Nevertheless, killing Mist Stalkers allowed him to fill his experience bar.

After upgrading one more skill book to epic-grade, he was left with 1,100,000 experience points and was short 400,000 experience points to upgrade an epic-grade skill to legendary-grade.

At this moment, they finally reached another area of the labyrinth. The thick mist that surrounded the area had cleared, allowing them to have a clear view of the area ahead.

Ahead of them was a massive circular space with pulsating, corrupted trees and glowing veins of ominous dark energy.

The air was heavy with malevolence.

With his perception, he could sense several high-star-level primals.

He turned to Clauny and said, “Stay here for now. I’ll scout the area ahead.”

“No, let me follow you!”

Vincent shook his head and firmly said, “I can feel several Peak Tier 2 primals ahead. Let me scout first. Don’t worry; I won’t leave you.”

After some hesitation, Clauny could only reluctantly agree, softly hugging Mochi in her arms.

“Alright, please be safe.”

Vincent simply nodded. It was a no-brainer that those primals wouldn’t stand a chance against him. He just said it to have some time alone. He knew he couldn’t hide the process of upgrading an epic-grade skill to legendary-grade.

After leaving a few umbral rats to protect Clauny, he went inside the labyrinth’s corrupted inner ring area.

Slightly narrowing his eyes, he instantly discovered a primal that stood at least 4 meters tall when fully upright.

Bloodthorn Behemoth — Tier 2 (4★)

It was a massive quadrupedal primal. It had bark-like skin covered in sharp crimson thorns. Its eyes glowed a deep red, and its gaping mouth dripped with sap-like blood.

It looked strong, but to Vincent, it was nothing but a practice target. It wouldn’t give him a challenge. Thus, with a slight wave of his hand, a wave of mental energy in the form of a lance flew straight at the Bloodthorn Behemoth almost instantly.

It attempted to dodge, but it was impaled nevertheless. It howled in pain and wanted to counterattack. However, Vincent didn’t give it a chance.

With another wave of his hand, another lance of energy flew straight at it, piercing its huge body.

Puchi!

Awoo!

Vincent summoned a few more lances of energy until it stopped breathing, followed by the system notification informing him that he had successfully killed it.

That kill naturally filled his experience bar.

He now had enough experience points to upgrade one of his epic skills to legendary-grade!

“In that case, I’ll choose you!”