Liam's figure was a blur and the crimson blade in his hand let out a shrill cry before breaking apart into several fragments.
At the same time, a hundred swords appeared out of nowhere and pierced the snakes from top to bottom.
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One hit kill! All eight snakes dropped down dead, sprawled on the rock and Liam as well was lying amidst them unconsciously.
An ominous silence prevailed on the inside of the volcanic mountain and a few minutes later soft cracking sounds echoed.
Kyyuuuu?
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With the sizzling heat waves constantly assaulting him, Liam was only unconscious for barely a minute. Besides, there was something wet and dripping on his face.
He scrunched his face and stirred awake, feeling the wet sticky liquid all over his face and neck. And as soon as he was able to think clearly, he jolted to sit upright. "Damn it. The egg!"
Liam's eyes widened as he was about to hurriedly see what was happening around him and if he was in any immediate danger when unexpectedly he came face to face with something else.
A small creature was standing on his lap, looking up at him with its big wide eyes.
Kyuuuu.
It purred and before he could react, it immediately jumped on him and started licking his face like a small puppy.
"What the…" Liam was baffled. He plucked the baby beast by the scruff of its neck and took a look at it. It was a fox spirit beast and its fur was a ruby red color.
He stared at the creature for a second, and then lightly chuckled, as everything fell into place. "So you are the spirit beast huh?"
Unexpectedly a soft voice answered him back. 'Papa'
"Oh!" Liam was amazed once again. He had never dealt with companion beasts before.
Though he knew that a companion beast and its master shared a mental connection, this was the first time he was experiencing it personally.
"Wait. Are you bound to me already or am I yet to tame you?"
Liam knew that pets hatched from eggs were automatically tamed and belonged to the owner of the egg, but he still wanted to verify it with his own eyes.
He hurriedly opened the status screen to check when a number of notifications bombarded him.
[Ding. 300 Experience points have been rewarded]
[Ding. 300 Experience points have been rewarded]
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"These must be the experience points from the eight lava mambas." He swiped them away and looked at the next few notifications.
[Ding. A new skill 'Spirit Wrath' has been created due to your actions]
[Spirit Wrath: Consumes 50% soul strength; Million swords arise from the earth, each dealing 1000% damage to the enemy that had incurred the wrath; Cooldown: None]
[Ding. Your Soul Strength is too weak. The Skill has been locked]
Liam tiredly smiled at this familiar skill. This was the second and most powerful attack he had comprehended by himself in his previous life.
He was not fortunate enough to run into any of the famous Sword Heritages or Sword's Will like the other players.
After he had broken free from his life of slavery, this was all that he could manage to pick up, [Spirit Slash] and [Spirit Wrath].
Perhaps if he had comprehended more about the way of the sword he would have had a chance to learn even stronger attacks, but he never had that opportunity.
However, that was going to change this time around. This was why Liam did not hesitate and used this trump card in his possession.
Now both the spirit sword skills he possessed were locked, but it wouldn't be long before he unlocked them and finished his comprehension.
Liam let out a long tired sigh and then looked at the last few remaining notifications. "I even used my trump card, so this better be worth it."
[Ding. Egg is hatching]
[Ding. You have obtained a new pet]
[Ding. Egg is hatching]
[Ding. You have obtained a new pet]