For now, I decided to eat the Mana Cores that I had.
Well, not all of them.
I had saved the Rank 4 one, but I picked up a few of them to see if I get any Skill from them or Magic.
The biggest prize were the Rank 5 ones, belonging originally to Yukihime and Mikoto.
Without further ado, I decided to eat the Rank 4 Mana Cores of one of the giant black snakes, and then another one of the spider queen from yesterday to start with.
They were hard and crunchy, with little flavor.
Gulp.
FLASH!
A large amount of power rushed into my body.
Ding!
<Your Cultivation has increased!>
<All your stats have increased>
<You learned the Following Skills>
[Jormungandr Bloodline]
[Abyssal Shadow Snake's Obscure Obsidian Scales]
[Venomous Bite of Abyssal Toxicity]
[Evil Eyes of Intimidation]
[Super-enhanced Heat-detecting Senses]
[Abyssal Black Spider's Exoskeleton]
[Piercing Black Spear Attack]
[Deadly Spider Eyes of Intimidation]
[Super Magic Spiderweb Creation]
…
I got a few Skills, but not the ones I had expected… I wanted Mana Drain!
It seems that such a power cannot be acquired by eating the Mana Core… the body then? But we ate it and nothing either.
I guess I cannot easily get it, there might be some logic behind it that I cannot replicate it with my body.
Another power I couldn't get was the Eight Spider Eyes… those are not here either, what a disappointment.
Oh well, in the flip side, I got the ability to make a new amazing spider-themed black armor around me and… Spiderwebs! With this I've become a silk-making machine, and there will never be the need to make any more silk every again!
Oh well, maybe there will be, but I could leave a spiderweb-producing clone in the side and give it the task of handling all of this stuff for me, wouldn't be so hard to do if I put my mind into it.
Hmm, sounds like a good plan to be honest, let's just do that whenever I am ready.
Aside from that I got a few stats, and some nice cultivation increase, but surprisingly, not so much, even eating two Rank 4 Mana Cores doesn't amount to much for me now, what a pain.
But its gonna change now with these two beauties!
I looked at the two pink-colored mana cores, Mikoto and Yukihime Cores, and ate them both!
Gulp.
…
…
…
Eh? Why is there nothing happening?
…
Ugh, are you kidding me-
FLASH!
It took some time perhaps because they were very old, but my power was enhanced greatly this time around! My three mana cores were enhanced by its overflowing mana power, and my main mana core was about to breakthrough!
…
But it didn't?
Eh?!
Ding!
<Your stats have increased!>
<Your Cultivation has increased>
<You learned the following Skills>
[Pseudo Unique Skill: Yuki-Onna]
[Pseudo Unique Skill: Tsukuyomi No Mikoto]
[Pseudo Unique Skill: Lotus Flower Blessing]
[Bloodline Of Lunar Dragons]
[Lunar Dragon Moonlight Breath]
[Shiny Lunar Dragon Moonlight Scales]
<You can now Evolve>
…
Oh?!
Well, on the flip side, I just got three Unique Skills!
What?!
Well, Pseudo Unique Skills…
Does this means that if I eat the Mana Cores of Unique Skill users, I can get a part of their Unique Skills?!
S-Such power!
I feel like I am changing!
My body…
I am turning into…!
Eh?
I looked into the mirror and my body size suddenly changed, my appearance had become suddenly angelic and beautiful, I had big eyelashes and bright pink eyes, with long white hair, even my figure became slender, and my hips became a bit wide and feminine for some reason.
What is going on?!
I look like a woman!
<This is the effect of the Pseudo Unique Skill: Yuki-Onna, you acquire the beauty and powers of the Yuki-Onna, although as it is a Pseudo Unique Skill, it is limited and not the complete power.>
S-So that's it… Wait, will I stay as a beautiful trap like the males of the Winter Lotus Sect forever?!
Agh! I like my previous self, I still looked kind of manly…
But hot damn! I look so cute and hot…
Agh, no, this feels a bit weird.
Go back!
POOF!
I used body transformation and took into my previous form.
However, that delicate flower form has now been registered too, and I can change into it freely.
I doubt I will ever use it.
But… maybe I could make some sort of clone with that appearance, and make it like a secret agent, the appearance was way too different from mine.
…Anyways, let's go back to the previous topic at hand.
I had acquired three Unique Skills… somehow!
This breaks all the laws known to man!
System, how is this even possible? Give me a good explanation…
<The power of Unique Skills is imbued into the user's Mana Core, in the case of Benladann's [Mold] and your [Winter Magic], it is quite obvious.>
Oh… So by eating mana cores like these I can get Pseudo Unique Skills?
I know! I only kill big assholes that had already made people suffer a lot… even the elders of the ice moon sect that got killed and became zombies were all horrendous people that held slaves and tortured them and worse… might had even killed them in the past.
But I don't do indiscriminate killing! Only when it is well justified. I might sound hypocrite but I got my code, becoming batshit crazy over everything and just slaughtering everyone is not my style.
<And that's why I admire you, not mane would be so composed like you are with all the power you have…>
I see… I guess that's true… Hey, let's check the Pseudo Unique Skills for now, I am curious about their true effects.
