Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

[ Consuming 100 horror points to get the basic explanation of Affinity. (Accept/Declined) ]

"Ehh, System, did you learn a new business idea?" Leo couldn't help but ask in surprise, never expecting that his silent system would suddenly appear after seeing an opportunity to gain horror points.

But...

"Didn't you often give an explanation in the past for free?"

Well, although not often, the system really gives him some explanation for free in the past...It is just that.

Sigh...

"Well, never mind, I guess it's fine since the system only wants 100 horror points." After seeing that it wouldn't cost too much, Leo immediately accepted, causing his horror point to decrease by 100.

[ Affinity basically determines how suitable a being/cultivator is in certain elements.

Having a high affinity for certain elements like "Earth" allowed the cultivator to easily learn and master Earth-related cultivation techniques and skills in the shortest time possible.

In addition, having a high affinity for certain elements like "Earth element" allowed the corresponding techniques and skills released/cast by the cultivator who has a high Affinity on Earth to increase its effectiveness by a margin (based on affinity). ]

[ Due to that, testing one affinity in certain elements is one of the ways to test the mortals' talent in cultivation! ]

"(O - O ) " Leo.

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"Woahh, then this material is... Really amazing!" Leo exclaimed after minutes of silence and contemplation.

The effect of the essence of the Centipedes to increase one's affinity to Earth's elements even for a while is really shocking...

Then... what about if he makes it into a potion? Could he make the increase in affinity permanent?

This...

Just the thought and idea of it makes Leo's blood boil, making his eyes glow further.

Smiling dazedly, Leo could already imagine his future days would become amazing.

Hehehe...

"Clank... Clank... (Even by just standing here in the distance, I could already feel the disgusting thought of the Heartless Necromancer.)" Skeleton #1 thought as it stared at his id*ot master in the distance in shame.

The smile of the Heartless necromancer as he stared at the void almost made it scared. Making it wonder, who was currently the scariest and strange between the two.

"Clank... Clank... (Although I hate to say this, I'm really scared of and for my master's mental health.)" Skeleton #2 created a clanking sound using its lower jaw as it stared at its master worriedly.

Noticing that its master always becomes dazed every while and then...

Wondering if it should call Crisanta in order to check its master's mental health.

***

Soon, after hours of resting. The group started to become active upon recovering some of their lost health and Qi.

"Hmm, Leo, what are you doing?" Opening her eyes, Rosa caught the figure of Leo in the distance, dismembering the body of the centipede as if he were looking for something.

Curious, Rosa approached Leo, only to see him holding a brown withered fruit in his hands. Surprisingly the withered fruit was still intact even if it directly came out from the stomach of the centipede.

This... Vitality?

She thought as she stared at the withered fruit that was releasing/emitting vitality. Although it's already withered, the vitality it releases is surprisingly abundant.

[ Do you want to consume 250 horror points to gain information about the fruit? (Yes/No?)]

"Accept," Leo hesitated slightly before eventually accepting since he could feel that the whithered fruit's energy was helpful to him.

There's a mysterious instinct, coming deep in his soul that tells him that consuming the whithered fruit would be beneficial to him.

[ Earth Vitality Ginseng: An extremely rare grade 1 natural treasure that could only be found in a place abundant with Earth Qi! It took a total of 5 years of constantly absorbing Earth Qi to mature!

Effect upon consumption: Increase Earth and Wood affinity by 2%, Soul and Body defense by 1%, and Strength by 2 permanently.

Effect 2: Increase the Qi inside the body by an amount! (Only effective below Nascent Soul realm!)

Note 1: A being could only consume 2 raw Earth Vitality Ginseng in its lifetime! (Could consume an extra one if the Earth Vitality Ginseng was processed into a potion!)

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Note 2: The effects are greatly weakened due to being withered! ]

"This fruit... I need to find where it originated!" Leo thought firmly after reading its effect! Its ability to directly increase one's affinity and soul defense is hard to pass by!

Moreover, it could also be used to increase one's realm by a small amount or probably increase one's level directly after consumption!

"We need to find this fruit!" Leo seriously said as he looked at Rosa beside him.

"This... Is this really important?" She replied as she looked at Leo's serious face in surprise.

It could be said that this is her first time seeing Leo act like this. Since that is the case, then this fruit should be really important.

"Yes."

"I see, then you should share its effect on the group." Rosa nodded slightly, also quite curious about the effect of the withered fruit for it to cause Leo to act determined.

"Indeed."

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Walking toward the resting group in the distance, seeing that they already almost recovered from the battle earlier.

Leo took out the withered fruit on his inventory before showing it to Roland.

"This... What is this?" Roland upon feeling the abundant vitality of the withered fruit, asks Leo curiously.

Similarly to Leo, he could feel his instinct screaming to him to snatch the withered fruit in Leo's hand and consume it in one go.

"This is Earth Vitality Ginseng, an extremely rare grade one natural treasure that I found inside the body of the corpse of Forest Centipede..." Leo patiently explained, not forgetting to point out how important it was to them.

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"This... Are you really sure that it could increase the Qi inside one's body? And it was effective below the Nascent Soul realm!"

After hearing Leo's explanation, Roland couldn't help but become excited, to the point that he almost shook Leo's body.

If what Leo said is true, then he might have a chance to break through toward the Core Formation realm after consuming the fruit!

A realm that was hard to break through! With his talent alone, it would probably take him half a year to naturally break through!

Even if he didn't manage to break through toward the next realm after consuming the fruit, Roland believes that he would be much closer to the next realm!

Besides that, just the increase in Soul and Body defense alone makes the Earth Vitality Ginseng worth the trouble!

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