The cultivator sighed, regretting the use of his powerful weapon. He had spent a large amount of spiritual stones on it, and now it is broken. He collected broken pieces of it hoping to get it repaired and after searching for a while and finding nothing, he left, feeling unhappy.
The crab was healing from its injuries when the system window appeared again:
**System: Talent Enhancement System**
**Name:** Rock Crab
**Age:** 5 Years / 20 Years
**Race:** Demonic Beast (Level 9)
**Skills:**
- Rock Smash (Level 4) [150/400]
- Eating (Level 4) [23/400]
- Swimming (Level 3) [172/300]
- Stone Shell Breathing Technique (Level 2) [Max]
- Walking (Level 3) [99/300]
*Note: Please eat a lot of meat to heal faster.*
The crab saw the system window but didn’t understand much like always. It noticed the note saying “eat meat to heal faster”, but it ignored it and continued using spiritual energy to heal.
The crab was very angry. It had been resting peacefully, when a strong two-legged monster attacked it for no reason. It decided to divert his anger on weak two-legged monsters, After healing. It also wondered how the two leg monster had pulled out such a big weapon from a small item. If it had something like that, it could carry many of those shiny stones.
Later in anger, the crab attacked several human villages and killed several villager's remaining, fearing what if a monster attacked again, some people are also crying for their family members who were killed during crab attack. It is a sad moment for villagers.
It killed many villagers and became well-known in the area. For a day or two, it continued its attacks, but then it realized that more strong humans might come after it, if it didn't stop soon after calming down.
Understanding that more powerful enemies would come if it continued, the crab decided to stop. It calmed down and thought it was better to leave and find bigger waters. It hoped to find other creatures like itself that knew how to become stronger and maybe find a mate.
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With these thoughts, the crab started its journey again, looking for larger waters and hoping for a better future.
After two years of traveling and many fights, the crab reached the peak of the 9th level of Qi Refining. It also arrived at the ocean and ventured into its deeper parts. After asking several crab species, it discovered that there is a crab city nearby.
Since arriving in the ocean, the crab had been very careful. The species here were much stronger. It often hid, pretending to be a normal crab, swimmed at very fast speed, hiding underground etc. After a lot of asking, it finally arrived at an area where many crabs lived. This place was called Crab City, protected by the dragon clan. Crabs usually worked as servants for the dragon clan.
At the entrance, the crab saw guards with a very strong aura probably next level. He is a little happy after seeing them, as he believes he has hope to become stronger. They wore shiny metal armor and carried sharp weapons. The guards stopped the crab and spoke in a language that he didn't understand.
"Who are you? Show your identity," one guard demanded.
Confused and scared, the crab used crab language and said, "I don't know what you are saying."
One of the guards, realizing it was a wild crab, switched to crab language. "You can't enter here. Only crabs, who have a city permit can live here.
"Okay, I won't enter," the crab replied. "But can you tell me how to reach the next level? I followed my instincts to reach this realm. How do I go further?"
The guards looked at each other and one of them said, "That's your bloodline limit. To reach the next level, you need a higher-level inheritance. Your bloodline is probably only limited to Qi Refining. There's no hope for you to advance to the next level by yourself."
The crab seemed confused by their words. Noticing this, one guard added, "Since you are a fellow crab, I'll help you." He placed a finger on the crab's head and transferred the Demonic language, numbers, and explained the realms.
Filled with a lot of new knowledge, the crab stood there alone for several minutes, trying to understand everything it had just learned.
Because of the system, the crab understood faster and finally realized what was happening. It looked at its system window again, which has now changed into Demonic language:
**System: Talent Enhancement System**
**Name:** Rock Crab
**Age:** 8 Years / 20 Years
**Race:** Demonic Beast (Level 9)
**Skills:**
- Rock Smash (Level 4) [300/400]
- Eating (Level 4) [40/400]
- Swimming (Level 4) [122/400]
- Stone Shell Breathing Technique (Level 2) [Max]
- Walking (Level 3) [267/300]
*Note: Change to a better breathing technique to improve faster or collect several different techniques and merge them to make stronger ones.
The crab understood that its current breathing technique was its bloodline inheritance, which it had already mastered. It needed a higher-level breathing technique to progress further. Many of its doubts became clear, but it was also disappointing to learn that this was the highest realm it could reach with its current bloodline. To advance further, it needed precious spiritual medicines or strong breathing techniques.
Looking around, the crab saw another crab approaching. The newcomer said, "You mastered it pretty quickly. Every year, several crabs like you come here to get a higher-level of inheritance or to find powerful female crabs to mate with. You look quite big too."
The guard, who was just at the Qi Refining level, didn't intimidate the rock crab. The guard continued, "As long as you do some work for the dragon masters or give them a huge amount of precious spiritual stones or precious medicines, they can grant you higher level technique ."
The crab pondered for a moment and asked, "Can't we become stronger without a higher bloodline?"
The guard laughed and said, "No, it's not possible. Many have tried, but it requires talent and resources beyond your imagination. There is one way and it's in theory only, although some have achieved it, but in the human race only, but it's much harder. It only makes you stronger without increasing your lifespan much, and it gets more difficult as you progress."
The crab, desperate for a solution, asked, "What is that way? I don't have any precious spiritual medicines or stones.”