1430 Nux's decision.
"Haaah..."
Nux exhaled in exhaustion as he lay down on top of a Star Beast's dead body. he had already isolated this area using Essence, so he knew he could relax here, the Beast around here weren't very strong to begin with.
Anyway, right now, he had closed his eyes and currently, he was trying to collect everything he had gained from his recent breakthrough and all the experiments he had done for the past few hours.
First, and the most important point,
He now had the ability to 'create' System abilities, his dependence on his system was reduced to a certain extent and that was a good thing.
Of course, not everything was sunshine and rainbows.
Nux could already guess that the System was created by another being, someone he didn't know, and obviously, it was a natural reaction to be wary of the unknown.
Nux knew that his thoughts were ungrateful since he was pretty much doubting the being who had pretty much brought him to his current position without expecting anything in return, not to mention that even if the system was created by another being, the very fact that Nux was trying to go 'against' this being by trying to reduce his dependence on the system was extremely arrogant.
It was as if he was trying to reject God's blessing, something which could very well be considered a Sin.
But the thing was...
Nux was never a believer to begin with.
He liked to believe there was logic behind everything.
He was given a System, a broken gift that made him better than billions of cultivators that exist in this entire world, such power, if given to anyone, can change his fate.
Even a weak mortal who had given up on himself would reach Nux's position if he received the System. Nux wasn't special in any way.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Sure, he had trained, he had trained to the point where he could overpower anyone who was at a power level similar to him, he had lovely wives who all excelled in different fields ready to assist him whenever he needed, he had gained allies he could trust his back to, he had achieved countless things through his own effort.
Nux knew that all his efforts were what made him different if he was ever compared to any other being who received his system.
But...
The question was...
Did his efforts matter? Nux knew that his efforts made him different, but... did they make him... better?
Was his current self better than any other system user at his stage?
If came to a one-on-one fight, a fight between this imaginary system user, Nux knew that if they were at the same cultivation stage, he would come out as the final victor. That confidence was unshakable because of all the efforts he had put into developing himself.
But...
What if the imaginary system user used a different method?
What if, instead of training for 1000 years, he decided to pursue women, cultivate together with them, and continue to raise his Cultivation Stage?
Semi Saint, Saint, Divine, and even Primordial...
Did Nux think that he was strong enough to defeat a Primordial Stage System User? No, leave Primordial aside for a second, was he even strong enough to defeat a System-supported Divine Stage Cultivator?
No matter how arrogant he was, Nux knew the answer to this question very well.
He would lose in an instant.
He could never be compared to a System user who used the System properly. Even if the user didn't put in as much work as him, even if he didn't bother training till the point, he reached a stage where his body and reaction speed transcended common sense, Nux would still lose.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})And this realization horrified him.
The System was strong, absurdly strong.
But...
Where did it come from?
Who created it?
Why was it given to him?
It couldn't just be a simple 'gift', the world didn't work like that. Nux knew it well.
Then...
There must be something the System, or its creator needs in return for everything he had given to him.
This was the conclusion he had come up with.
Whether the creator of the system was an enemy or a friend, Nux didn't know, however, what he did know was that whatever that being needed, it wasn't simple.
If it is something a being who is strong enough to create a System, that could further create a much stronger version of Nux without putting in even the slightest amount of effort, failed to get or required someone else's assistance to get, then it most definitely wasn't simple.
Mediocrity wouldn't cut it.
A weak being who completely relied on the System to get everything he wanted wouldn't make do.
A being who merely walked on a path already laid out for him would not do.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})And that is the reason Nux decided to take the matter into his own hands,
He would reject the System,
He would not walk down the path that the System or its creator had laid out for him.
He would walk down his own path, a path he paves.
He would... surpass the System and its creator.
Of course, all of this was easier said than done, despite thinking the way he did, his thoughts, from an outside perspective, could only be considered naïve.
Heh, reject the System? Who was he kidding?
The System was the reason he was who he was, even now, he still relied on the System, his wives' cultivation, his own Cultivation, his System abilities, even the Essence he depends so much on.
Everything was given to him by the system.
Even in the illusion, sure, Nux was trying to avoid the system as much as he could, he cultivated on his own, he didn't buy any system ability in the forgotten continent, and even the Essence could now be said to have become 'his', rather than something he was given by the system because he understood what it was, However, despite all that, at the end of the day, he still wasn't free from the system, and he knew it as well.
Nux knew he couldn't completely reject the system, at least right now he couldn't.
And this is why, he decided to take small steps.
Slowly and steadily, trying to get out of the System's influence.
And today, he took the first step.
He created system abilities on his own.
With this new step, however, he now faced a whole new set of problems.a
