After channeling his energy into both claws, Venix felt his claws becoming sharper and stronger!
Out of curiosity, Venix also tried to flow energy into both of his wings.
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"This is really cool..." Venix honestly praised.
The feeling of controlling energy within his body and the changes in strength among different body parts make Venix feel like he has real superpowers!
Venix flapped his wings up and down.
"Hissss ~ I forgot my right wing was injured earlier." Venix frowned as pain rushed into his mind.
The pain suddenly appeared, catching Venix off guard.
"Even at just 20%, the pain is genuinely real. For an ordinary person like me, this is very uncomfortable." Venix thought to himself.
Venix could still endure this pain. After adapting to it, he could finally ignore the pain in his wing.
"My control over this body has increased. Previously, I couldn't control my right wing perfectly, but now I can control my wings more perfectly." Venix realized that his control over his previously injured wing had returned.
Venix even felt that his control over his bird character was increasing.
With his wings enveloped in energy, Venix flapped his wings and could easily take flight!
With just one wingbeat, his body was already lifted into the air!
"This is the feeling! If I had mastered this earlier, everything would be much easier!" Venix thought with excitement.
Then, Venix looked back at the three Wild Boars below.
Venix noticed that both his claws and wings had grown stronger!
With high confidence, Venix dived down and attacked the back of one of the Wild Boars!
Whooossshhh ~
Venix descended much faster!
With a 20% Pain Level, Venix's control over his body was slightly deeper.
In an instant, Venix's sharp claws opened wide as they landed precisely on the back of the Wild Boar.
Creeak ~
"Oink ~ Oink ~ "
Venix's sharp claws easily pierced the body of the Wild Boars!
Blood sprayed out, wetting Venix's legs and feathers.
"Fly!" Venix immediately executed the plan he had thought of earlier.
Venix's claws gripped and clamped onto the Wild Boar's flesh, resembling a pincer machine.
Flapping his wings, Venix carried the Wild Boar into the air with both of his wings.
Whoossshhh ~ Whoossshhh ~
Venix lifted the Wild Boar to a height of two meters, while the other two Wild Boars attacked the spot where Venix and the first Wild Boar had previously been.
Flapping ~ Flapping ~
Venix's bird wings flapped rapidly.
With the help of the energy enveloping his wings, Venix had brought the Wild Boar to a higher altitude.
50 meters
70 meters
90 meters
The Wild Boars saw that it was in a high place, far from the ground, and its face turned to panic!
Combined with the pain on its back and the fear of heights, the Wild Boar wore a desperate expression.
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"If I drop it from this height, I'm sure it will die..." Venix thought in his mind.
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So Venix thought of this method, carrying the Wild Boar to experience flying high in the sky, with the help of
120 meters
140 meters
Venix felt the wind at higher altitudes growing stronger, demanding more effort to ascend.
"This height should be enough." Venix squinted his bird eyes and looked down.
Below, the two remaining Wild Boars were visible.
If the Wild Boars he was carrying were to fall and hit one of the Wild Boars below, it would be an advantage for Venix.
But for this plan to work, Venix could only rely on his luck.
"Enjoy the ride!" Venix said to the Wild Boar he was gripping with his claws.
Then, Venix released his grip on the Wild Boar's back, letting the Wild Boar fall freely.
Whooossshhh ~
The Wild Boar fell like a small meteor!
The Wild Boar was significantly heavier than the Gray Wolves. As it fell, the weight of its body accelerated its descent!
Boom!
The Wild Boar's body hit the ground, creating a small crater and sending sand and dust flying around!
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"It worked!" Venix was excited.
Then Venix flew lower to get a closer look at the situation.
At the impact site, Venix noticed two surviving Wild Boars nearby.
However, because they were too close to the impact area, the effect of the falling Wild Boar had injured them slightly and left them somewhat disoriented.
"This is a good opportunity!" Venix immediately flapped his wings and descended.
With the two Wild Boars still disoriented, Venix quickly descended and, just as before, gripped one of them tightly by landing on its back with his claws spread.
Once again, from a distance, a black bird could be seen carrying a Wild Boar, experiencing flight high in the sky.
Onlookers could see the desperate expression on the Wild Boar's face.
"Oink ~ Oink ~"
"Quiet! This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!" Venix wasn't lying.
As before, Venix flew to nearly 150 meters before dropping the Wild Boar.
Boom!
[Player Gained 100 Exp]
"Cool!" Venix felt happy!
He was now level two and needed 200 experience points to level up
Learning from his previous experience, Venix decided to level up first.
"Level up!" Venix commanded.
Then his black bird's body shone with a faint blue aura.
"Kroak ~ Kroak ~"
Venix cried out as he felt a fresh sensation of power throughout his body.
As before, in an instant, Venix had jumped to level 3 without needing to shatter the illusion gate.
Venix felt the changes in his body. His strength had slightly increased, and the energy he possessed had a slightly greater quantity than before.
"The level difference isn't so noticeable." Venix thought to himself.
It seemed that below level 10, there wasn't a significant difference, except for the increased energy players could use and a stronger body constitution.
"One more to go!" Venix was excited.
Then, as before, Venix descended to the ground.
Only one Wild Boar remained, and this was an easy task for Venix.
"I don't have much energy left in my body; I need to finish this quickly," Venix thought.
He had continuously used his energy to strengthen his claws and wings and had consumed most of his energy.
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In a region of the forest, a team of five humans was seen walking around the forest before deciding to stop and take a rest.
This is a team of five, one of whom killed Venix earlier.
"We need to recharge our energy. Let's take a short break," Elwin said to his teammates.
No one on the team voiced any objections and they decided to take a short rest.
Kaeran, who had killed Venix earlier, was in a bad mood.
Opening his storage menu, Kaeran took out a small bottle containing some pure white pills.
Taking one of the pills, Kaeran swallowed it.
These pills were basic items in the game used to replenish energy during rest.
"This game is really different from other games. We have to use energy-imbued attacks to kill them," Aymar, another male team member, complained to Kaeran.
"What else can we do? Large guilds around the world are really focused on this game. Plus, the pain levels are not straightforward. I'm worried that the higher a player's level, the more intense our fights will become," Kaeran said.
After saying that, Kaeran looked to the side and saw the figures of Elwin and Naesa resting a bit farther away.
They were chatting and laughing, looking very close.
Kaeran frowned and tried to ignore their closeness.
"By the way, do you remember that the Guild in the city called Fireflayers Guild, will be opening public recruitment soon? They said that after a player reaches a level above 10, they will have certain benefits or opportunities..." Aymar mentioned this before his voice was drowned out by another sound.
Boom!
A loud explosion was heard not far from where the five of them were.
Kaeran and Elwin immediately stood up and looked in the direction of the explosion.
"Everyone, gather! We will investigate the source of the explosion!" Elwin said.
Naesa and the others also stood up.
The explosion was quite unusual that it was highly unlikely for such an explosion to occur at this beginner level!
Kaeran also got ready and became vigilant.
Elwin led everyone towards the source of the explosion, while Kaeran prepared for a sudden attack if anything happened.
"What is that?" Naesa peered from behind the trees and saw the body of a Wild Boar lying on the ground.
The place where the Wild Boar's body lay was very peculiar.
"Why is there a small hole beneath the Wild Boar's body? Did they fall from the sky and crash into the ground?" Elwin furrowed his brow.
If that's the case, who could have caused this?
Other players seemed unlikely because they couldn't fly.
Is it possible that a player with wings, like an Anima or Demon, is responsible? However, this seems unlikely because their regions are vastly different.
Kaeran also noticed this oddity.
"We should hide first and see who killed this Wild Boar," Elwin said seriously.
Everyone nodded, including Kaeran.
The five of them cautiously approached the location of the Wild Boar and took cover.
On the other hand, Venix, who had just finished his last prey, was exhausted in the sky.
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"Huff ~ My energy is almost depleted, and it's really affecting this body," Venix truly felt exhaustion.
Although his body was still fine and normal, running out of energy was a different matter.
In the game Nine Heavens, running out of energy made it hard for players to focus and caused mild dizziness.
Venix landed on the ground and looked at the three pitifully dead Wild Boars.
"A once-in-a-lifetime experience is not wrong," Venix nodded his head.
Then Venix walked like a duck, approaching one of the dead Wild Boars.
"Attack!"
As Venix was about to feast on the food before him, a scream echoed nearby.
Venix turned and saw a familiar figure, the one who had killed him before, running toward him at full speed with a sword in his right hand.
"It's you!" Venix gritted his beak. He would remember this person who had killed him earlier!
"Kroak ~ Kroak ~"
Venix spoke in the human language, but his voice still sounded like bird calls.
"Eh? It seems you remember me. Now, die!" Kaeran launched his attack toward Venix.
"Damn!" Venix cursed!
As the sword approached him, Venix had no choice but to shield himself with his wings, unable to take flight in time.
Slaaassshhh ~
Venix blocked the attack with his wing. The sword left a scratch on his wing, tearing his feathers and flesh!
"Hisss ~ Pain ~ Pain ~" Venix still had the pain level set at 20%.
Even at 20%, the pain from being attacked by a sword was not to be underestimated!
"Three Sword Strikes!" Kaeran didn't stop and unleashed his sword Skill.
"You're overdoing it!" Venix yelled.
"Kroak ~ Kroak ~"
Blocking one attack was already challenging for Venix, let alone three!
"Die!" Kaeran attacked again.
Venix could only watch the three sword strikes coming toward him.
Venix tried to fly or dodge Kaeran's attacks, but he couldn't!
Venix, with a desperate expression, endured the onslaught as the three attacks struck both his wings and body.
Slaaassshhh ~
Venix's body was thrown backward, blood and feathers scattering in the air.
"Dying ~ Dying ~" Venix's mind was shaken by the pain.
With his head beneath and his legs above, Venix began to plummet back to the ground.
In this position, Venix saw Kaeran, who was utterly merciless, launch another sword attack.
"Die!"
Slaassshhh ~
This time, with no means of defense, Kaeran attacked Venix's neck perfectly, severing it from his head.
"Dying ~ Dying ~" Venix screamed in pain in his mind.
Pain, horror, and the fear of having his neck cut and dying filled Venix's mind completely.
Even at just 20%, Venix truly felt that 20% death experience in his mind!
Thud ~
The Black Bird's body fell to the ground, its head separated from its body.
Kaeran still watched the Black Bird's body twitch occasionally even though its head was already severed.
"This time, please give me something good!" Kaeran thought in his mind as he saw he had killed this Black Bird for the second time!