[Leviathan's Pov]

After making the deal with the turtle, I walked back to the city. I had come up with a nice plan to execute. I would report that I found a wounded beast of the Earth Saint tier, and lure cultivators to try and attack it. I had stabbed myself in order to make it even more realistic, and torn some pieces of my dress. 

I arrived at the city gates and entered undisturbed, despite my poor-looking state. I guess the guards recognize me now, so they don't even bother to check on me. I entered the inn whilst dragging myself, making me look injured. I got quite a number of stares, but ignored them as I always do.

I went up to the receptionist, who gasped as she saw my bloodied state. "W-what happened?" she asked. I simply looked at her in the eyes and said "... Beast. Strong... Earth... Saint... Wounded... It" I silently perked up my ears and listened to the whispers. Good. The rumor has been started, now it's time to wait for the fire to spread.

I went up to my room. It'd take a day or two for the expedition parties to assemble, so I could afford to wait. I first changed out my clothes to more presentable ones, and then let myself heal. I no longer suffer from phisical attacks thanks to my Lightning fruit, so the wounds themselves were fake and could have been healed immediately, but it'd make a much bigger show this way. 

After changing into a blue one-piece dress, I sat down on my bed and cultivated. I really wanted to finish my special body cultivation before moving into the normal kind of cultivation, which by itself is only modest but if combined with techniques it becomes quite essential. I discovered that Qi-based attacks do indeed injure me, and the main way to counter those is with other Qi-based attacks. 

I spent the rest of the day sitting on my bed, focusing on the rampant dragon emperor's Qi in my body, and condensing it into a solid shape, which is the semi-final step of the method. This would give me dragon wings, but unfortunately for me, they would not be retractable, so it'll be a bit of a pain to find proper dresses and it'd be harder to infiltrate towns. 

I kept compressing the Qi in my bones and muscles. It hurt like hell, but I ignored it and kept going. I knew that it was almost done, I was about to break through. The evil bottle neck was truly hard to destroy, as you had to simply compress more and more until it would finally burst out. Even though it might sound easy, even just getting pure dragon emperor's Qi was hard, let alone tons of it.

Luckily for me, I had already been doing this for an entire week. If people heard of me breaking through in just one week though, they'd probably die from the shock... I don't care what other people think though, so it's fine. I kept compressing the Qi, and after 5 hours, I couldn't help but to scream out in pain as I felt myself finally break through. Something burst out from my back, which I assume are wings, but that was the least of my worries. Every bone in my body broke down, then regenerated, much stronger then before, but the process was painful to a degree not describable by words alone. 

I fought with all of my immense willpower and held my consciousness tight, as it was trying to sleep off into dreamland. I kept compressing Qi all through this, and I think at one point some of my mental sanity was lost, as I began to enjoy the pain. Am I turning into a masochist...? Hopefully not... 

I heard some footsteps and somebody banged on my door. I tried to shout "I-I'm... F-f-fine..!" but came out more as gasps, as I could barely breath. I couldn't afford to stop compressing the Qi, otherwise everything would be for naught... I know from my memories that this pain from breaking through into the 9th stage is a mere half of the pain that comes with breaking through into the 10th stage... I trembled inside at the mere though...

The banging on the door got louder, but I didn't even bother answering, and kept condensing. As I was about to lose consciousness, the pain suddenly disappeared, and my mind became much cleared. Clearer then it had ever been. In fact, my whole body felt amazing. I let out a sigh and stopped condensing, as it would be useless to do so now. 

I was still trembling, but I got up from my bed and went to unlock the door. As soon as I did, the receptionist girl burst inside the door, screaming "What happened!? Are you okay?? I heard a scream!!" I looked at her blankly. She finally noticed me, standing by the door that she almost broke. Not that I care, I mean, this is her door and the building isn't mine after all...

"Ah! Uh... Hi? Eeeh... .... sorry... I... I just heard a loud scream and thought assassins had come... the Yan Mao sect even tried to bribe me and threatened me to kill you... I'm sorry..." Hm? If they tried to bribe you then why did this girl tell me? How dumb.

I pull her in my arms and give her a small hug. Her eyes opened wide, and I'm not sure if it was because of my actions or the wings on my back, which I still haven't checked out, but I can clearly feel them as if they were a new pair of arms. It's quite the weird feeling, but I'm used to it due to my constant changing into monster form. Speaking of monster form, I really just want to go out with it for a while and have some fun... I've been in a human town for way too long... I need to vent my monster instincts...

"... I'm fine. Thank... you" her mouth was hanging open, which was quite comical. I let go of her and sat on my bed. My clothes had been quite destroyed... what a shame... now I'll have to buy another pair from the Voice... that thing's been quite useful, it always helped me out and was always there for me. I know I should hate it, but I just can't bring myself to. I wonder if it truly is a program, as it feels... I don't know... alive? 

As I was contemplating, the girl stuttered out "W-what happened to you!? What are those!!" I look at her blankly for a while. It took her some time to finally calm down. I then said "... Special... cultivation." She had a look of realization and said "Ah! Is that why you're so strong yet I can't feel any Qi inside of you?" I nod at that. I mean, it's true that the Qi I use is infused directly into my body rather then stored. I find it more efficient then simply putting Qi inside of you, but I guess my opinion is not shared by everyone...? I did hear that simply having Qi in you enhances your lifespan, increases strength, speed, dexterity, it also enhances senses and some rare people have affinities that let them control special types of Qi like light, darkness, earth, fire, wind... 

Well, I don't need lifespan, and whilst strength, speed and better senses are nice, they're not essential. Being able to use Qi attacks is the real key in it, as Qi attacks are much, much stronger then normal attacks. 

"I never heard of any cultivation that gives you those wings though... They're really cute though..." Hm? Dragon wings aren't cute though? I tilt my head a bit, then say "... Mirror... can have?" She nods and runs out. I can't quite move my wings yet, as blood needs to run through them beforehand, and that takes a little bit, and I can't turn my head enough to look at them fully. 

The girl comes back with a pretty big mirror, and I was shocked to see what I became. My skin had become completely white, even more so then before. I also looked angelic, as I had become even more toned and seemed straight out from the heavens, as these chinese idiots would say.

It did say that cultivating the 'Dragon Emperor's Body' had the side effect of making you beautiful, but this is just straight out dumb. Also, two huge black angel-like wings were behind me. Wasn't it supposed to be dragon wings? I was somewhat... no, really confused. 

I touched them a little. They didn't feel like scales, but felt more like feathers. Scratch that, they were feathers. I tried plucking one out and it hurt really badly. I looked at it and inspected it. It was like a bird's feather, but had wave-like lines on it that probably had blood coming through them. It looked... cute... as the girl said... am I turning into one of those anime characters...? Please don't do this to me...

Crying bitterly inside, I face the girl who was looking at me with an awkward expression. I tilt my head at her a bit to try to ask what's wrong, but for some reason her cheeks go red. Oh please, let's not turn a normal girl into a... lesbian? Can I really be considered female? I guess? I'm not sure at this point anymore... It's true that I don't feel any romantic attraction, but I still do sometimes have some little wild fantasies... And usually I'm with a man...

Since she didn't answer, I say "... Something... wrong?" she quickly shakes her head and says "A-ah! U-uh, no... it's just..." She looks away for a second, then suddenly turns to me with strong eyes and half-shouts "Please let me pet you!"

I look at her with a blank face for a second. I do admit that I'm a bit curious on how it would feel to be petted, so I slowly give a small nod. She smiles widely and jumps at me. I don't avoid and let her crash into me. For some reason, she begins to rub her face on my chest, which prompts me to ask the question: is she really a lesbian...? I have nothing against them, but I do find them... weird, I guess? I mean, genders exist for reproduction's sake, and you can't have children between the same sex... when did natural evolution create romance between the same genders...?

She keeps rubbing herself and giggles out "Hehehe, you're so soft~." She turns me around and passes her fingers through my hair. It doesn't feel bad...

"How is your hair so silky!! This is totally unfair~! How did you get it like this!" I shrug at that. Ask the voice, they're the ones who gave me this body after all. I guess they're something like my parents in that regard?

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She then starts to caress my newly created wings. I silently moan a little bit, as it feels really good. Addictive, even. Are my wings perhaps a turn-on point? It certainly feels like they are, considering how good it feels... She finally stops after 10 minutes and says to me with a smile "Hehehe~ you should come here more often!! I'll even ask mom to give you a discount!" I assume her mom is the shop owner.

I was sweating a bit from the petting, and I absentmindedly nod. Is this my personal weakness? Am I destined to become a petting toy? A giant 150 meter long sea monster who's a petting toy of a receptionist... The idea itself holds quite a bit of charm...

She leaves my room and goes to do... something? I'm not sure what receptionists do... Well, I don't really care either way. 

As for myself, I simply fall limply onto the bed after locking the door and immediately fall asleep. After all, I was mentally exhausted from breaking through, and I hadn't had a single moment of sleep for quite a number of days. 

When I wake up, my whole body feels tired, but that's normal, so I ignore it and get up. I walk towards the window and check outside. The sun was midway through the skies, so I assume I slept an entire day, as when I fell asleep the sun was 3/4 down into the sky. 

I then proceed to notice my next problem. Clothes. Lack of thereof. How am I supposed to wear a shirt when I have to giant wings on my back? I tried folding them on my back, which I could do, but they still take up a lot of space... 

Without any idea of what to do, I resort to my last option. I ask the voice "... Clothes... Buy... Wings...?" It immediately answers "Angel clothing can be purchased in the clothes section of the 'Objects' category. They will cost the same, so don't worry about prices." I sigh in relief. I was really worried I'd have to go naked everywhere... Thank you, Voice! You just saved my day... and probably the rest of my life...

I quickly buy a pair of them. They have two round holes on the back, and zippers to close them up. It takes a while to figure out how to put them on. I then check myself out. These angel clothes feel really comfy, and even looked quite good on me. 

I left my room and headed down the stairs. As soon as I arrived at the bar, I earned quite a number of stares, or rather, my wings earned those stares. 

Feeling a little bit proud about my achievements, I puff out my chest in pride and walk towards the exit. Nobody tries to stop me, which I figure comes from the fact that I killed quite a number of cultivators really quickly and easily. Heh, since then I've almost doubled in power thanks to my Lightning fruit and cultivation! 

I leave the inn and head towards the gates. My plan is now to kill all cultivators in the forest and take their soul essence, and maybe eat their corpses, as I think they might help with my cultivation, since if humans that eat high-level magical beast's meat and gain a cultivation boost from it, wouldn't monsters be able to gain a small boost too from eating cultivators? 

I asked the voice and it confirmed. The boost is very small, but it'll help in advancing with normal cultivation. I could be considered a non-cultivator right now, but my strenght says otherwise. This also can work for other beings. If someone doesn't have cultivation doesn't mean they're not strong, as mages exist and they use Qi in a different way then cultivators, then there are swordsmen and their techniques to enhance bodies, then necromancers who raise undead armies...

I shudder at the mere though of undead. They're all ugly and decomposed... I think I'd puke from seeing them. It's a little trauma of mine, and I don't think I can overcome it... Undead are scarier then immense pain... much scarier...

As I leave the gates, I notice some people just kind of... standing there, checking everybody that passes. I walk forward as well, but of course, those guys stopped me. They then surrounded me, and pushed away everybody else. People immediately began watching, interested on what would happened.

"Girl, are you the one who killed brother Tsu? We are here to take revenge for him you bastard!" I look at him with a raised eyebrow and say "... Tried... kill... me. Defended. Scum... you. Leave... or... die." The 10 or so guys surrounding me took a step back at my cold tone, but the guy in front still insisted and shouted "D-don't worry brothers! We're 10 and she's alone! We can take revenge for brother Tsu! For the Yan Mao sect!" He shouts and charges at me. He takes out a sword and tries to stab me with it, but I stop it with my hands. It didn't even cut a single bit... How weak. 

The guy's eyes were wide open. I casually tighten my grip and the sword shatters. I stroll forward and stop right in front of a stupefied retard, and gently poke his arm with my pointer finger. The guy looked at me confused for a second, but then began to scream in pain. His eyes soon showed white and he fell down. Dead. Don't these chinese idiots ever learn? Also, revenge is but an excuse. They probably just wanted to kidnap me and use me as... a toy... 

With flashbacks of my past, my rage shots up and my face takes a serious look, different from my usual blank face. I run towards the 9 remaining idiots, who all got their weapons ready. They try to attack me, but I jump in the air and unfold my wings. I use them as balancing limbs, and use my hands to grab two idiots by the head and throw them against the others. 

I then run up to the others and stab them. One of them actually manages to hit me, but doesn't even leave a scratch. These idiots aren't even at Saint Master level, and only at the high Saint tier... Why would they even bother... How dumb.

After killing the 10 idiots, I stroll away like nothing happened. I hear whispers go around about who I really was, and I even hear a nickname I didn't hear before, but it sounds way too dumb for me to even say it. 

I walk for 3 hours, practicing with my wings and adjusting my stance to them. I tried to fly too, but that didn't quite seem possible yet. My wings would hurt after a while of trying to flap them, and I could barely lift myself from the ground. 

I arrived at the forest and entered silently. I could see traces of various people entering, like broken twigs, smell, broken bushes and other obvious signs that beasts would never be dumb enough to leave behind. 

I rush into the forest and follow these trails and turn into monster form. The ground shakes and several trees are broken wherever I pass through. I eventually find a group of 6 humans who were fighting a beast. Both beast and men were looking at me, not daring to move. I charge a poisonous lightning in my mouth and fire it at them. A 100 meter crater was burning and melting after the shot hit, and not a single man was left alive. I guess I'm really overpowered for this area... I'll need to find places with stronger people if I too want to get stronger.

I check and see that I got 1000 soul essence from that. Smiling, I continue on my search. I turned back into my humanoid form before continuing though, as I didn't want my titanic body to essentially announce wherever I was, leading to people fleeing from merely hearing my arrival. I spent the entire day hunting, electrifying, poisoning, cutting off heads, kicking and punching, cutting with my claw-like hands and sometimes even turning my arms into monster form, which gave them a slight blue color and they would become three times stronger. 

I discovered a couple of ways to use my fruits. First, I could breath out a poisonous mist that if breathed, would attack the nerve system, paralyzing the opponent. It could also conduct electricity, so I could breath out a huge amount and then send a lightning shockwave through it. Don't even get me started on turning myself into lightning, as merely touching them would roast them almost instantly. I could also pass millions of volts into my hand in case they were immune, and my hand would reach thousands of degrees due to so much electricity passing through. I'm for some reason not injured by it, but the tree I tested it on looked like butter to this attack which I named 'Furnace Palm'.

As night fell, I headed back into the town. I still had this night left in the inn, and I'd use it for the last time before heading into the oceans. After all, I'm planning on either becoming a bounty hunter for recognition, soul essence, and free money. I could also do pirating activities here and there... Heh, kinda like the actual One Piece universe... I wonder what it'd be like...

As I'm lost in fantasies, I walk towards the inn. Too bad I was too distracted to notice the Xoi guy as he approaches me. "Hey Leviathan! Uh, how are you? I heard you were injured..." I look at him, brought out from my pirating fantasies with Captain Roger. I shake my head and say "... Slight. Healed..." He nods his head and says "Oh, cool! Well, I was just worried since the guards said you left and were heading towards the forest too... There's rumors of an Emperor Saint beast roaming the forest right now, so it's not really safe. Apparently, someone saw it as he was searching for the beast. It should be 200 meters long and resemble a snake, but had wings and arms too. They even said that they saw it destroy an entire portion of the forest with a single attack! They said it looked like lightning, but was red and black." 

Hey now. That's me! I was seen? Well, that's inconvenient. Oh well, I can live with it... I look at Xoi and nod whilst saying "...Know. Seen... Ran." He nodded too and said curiously "Oh, by the way, why do you have two wings on your back? Are you a body cultivator? Aren't techniques that even affect the body itself really rare?" I nod at him and unfold my wings proudly. They had about my same height and were 3 meters in diameter each. 

I smiled a bit and said "... Like?" His cheeks got a bit red at that and he furiously nodded his head in approval. Satisfied, I folded them again on my back and said sadly "... Flight... None... yet. Need... rank." He looked a bit saddened too and said "Yeah, I heard achieving the superior rank in body cultivation is sometimes even harder then normal cultivation, and the higher tiered the technique the harder it is."

I nodded at him with a resolute feeling in my heart. I'll definitely advance this to the 10th rank and become a proud and flying 150 meter sea monster! Just you wait, I'll definetly accomplish it!

I spent the night at the inn, and had to lock out a wild receptionist who almost looked like she wanted to rape me. Well, considering my wings seem like a turn-on point, it can be considered rape if she strokes them without my approval. Well, I could always just kill her if she truly tries too, but I'd rather not since it'd ruin my public image.

After the sun had risen, I was ready to leave the city. I would spend a month in the forest in my monster form, hunting beasts and humans alike. The turtle had given me his approval on me hunting other beasts, as that's a common and necessary accourance anyway. I left a note on the counter without anybody seeing me that read 'From Leviathan: Be back in a month'. Why did I do this? Well, I don't want the Xoi guy to try and find me, as I'd risk having to kill him. 

It's not like I have qualms about doing so, but I need him. He is after all the young master of the strongest clan in the city, as well as a potential target to seduce, and I can figure out that he's already head over heels for me. I would quite enjoy using clan wars as excuses to kill entire clans, and having him back me up would reduce the trouble coming after killing people like revenges, laws and people fearing my strength. He's also strong, has a nice physique, and isn't an idiot. So having him go to waste would be anti-productive. 

I left the city and began my journey. Destination? The giant mountain range across the forest. What to do once I'm there? Gather essence and cultivate. I want to go there specifically because there is a special area with giant amounts of Qi that helps you cultivate faster, but the place itself is tightly guarded by multiple sects. I don't care how many men they have though, I'll smash any and all defenses they hold.