Chapter 45: Unexpected Talent!?
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"That Spirit gave far more Sources than I had expected it to. It's truly a shame that the scare tactic has a limit to its effectiveness."
Lucifer briefly glanced over at the dimmed Spirit before turning his attention back to the Sources he had acquired from the 'Spirit Dump'.
Spirit Dump was the term that Spirit Hunters used to describe the process of feeding an iridescent Spirit something like a Source. If fed in a specific manner similar to what Lucifer had done, then the Spirit would unintentionally multiply the energy of whatever it consumed, eventually, it would 'Dump' out whatever was causing its body to stay in a state of energy overload.
However, unlike what the Spirit Hunters typically did when they found an iridescent Spirit, Lucifer took a radically different approach. Instead of the same energy being deposited from the Spirit, he infused it with his understanding of other Elements.
Using these insights, he fed the Spirits a blend of various elements, all of which altered the outcomes of the Source Replication.
This series of actions led to the artificial production of Sources, not limited to just the Flaming Crystal Source.
To say the least, Lucifer had hit the jackpot…
"They say the chances of encountering an iridescent Spirit in a low-level world like this one are astronomically low—so low that one might not even be able to find one in a thousand years."
With this in mind, Lucifer carefully allocated all of the new Sources to places where they would fit in just right and enhance his cultivation most effectively—namely, right with him!
"The Plasma Gravitational Source goes right here… The Snow Static Field Source goes here… Aqua Thunder Source here…"
Lucifer used his Divine Sense in order to precisely position the 80+ new Sources where they would best accelerate his cultivation.
After completing the allocation, Lucifer opened up his system interface to take a look at the changes that had occurred in the upper half of the tabs.
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BLING!
[Cultivation Talent: Late Earth Rank]
"Ahh, not quite at the Heaven Rank yet, but it's surely getting up there. I think I can make do with this until I reach the Soul Transformation Realm. Of course, I'm not going to settle with this just because I can…"
A cold smile crept across Lucifer's face as he looked at the unconscious Spirit, thinking about how unfortunate it was that she was all out of juice.
"Well, I can always keep her here for later. Once she recovers, I can just have her unload again."
With these merciless thoughts on his mind, Lucifer walked out of the Crystal Spiritual Cave, heading straight for the Lightning Spiritual Cave.
He was eager to see just how fast he could now cultivate with a Late-Earth Rank Talent and a stockpile of Late-Common Rank Lightning Pills.
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After nearly half a minute of cultivating in the Lightning Spiritual Pool, Lucifer had a monumental realization.
"Uhmm… I think I've just broken through both the 11th Stage and 12th Stage Lightning Elemental Body… What the F*ck!?"
Although Lucifer had anticipated that his cultivation speed would increase by leaps and bounds with the acquisition of so many Sources, he never would've imagined the improvement to be so drastic!
'If it only took me 22 seconds to max out my Lightning Elemental Body, doesn't it mean that I…'
FWIP!
He immediately left the Lightning Spiritual Pool, dashed into the Water Spiritual Cave, and gathered the Water Qi in massive amounts.
*Whooom~!*
Within just a few seconds, the Water Spiritual Pool was drained of all of its Qi as it worked at full capacity to replenish what had been lost.
After about 18 seconds, another miracle unfolded…
WAAA!
"12th Stage Water Elemental Body… Holy shit…"
Lucifer struggled to comprehend what the hell was actually going on with his cultivation!
In just a matter of 50 seconds, he had managed to improve his Battle Power by threefold, and that was all thanks to a mere increase of two Elemental Bodies to Stage 12!
"If I can get the rest of my Elemental Bodies to Stage 12, I can begin breaking through to the Qi Condensation Realm—and that too with an impeccable foundation."
Lucifer muttered to himself before he shot into the Metal Spiritual Cave, not wanting to waste even a single breath more.
After another 15 seconds of cultivation:
OOOM!
Lucifer advanced his Metal Elemental Body to Stage 12, setting a new record for himself!
This revelation led to him immediately moving over to the Earth Spiritual Cave. In just another 12 seconds there, he reached the maximum level of the Earth Element as well!
"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!"
Lucifer chanted those words like they were a divine scripture, his bare, chiseled body phasing from one Spiritual Pool to the next.
As his Cultivation speed only continued to get faster and faster, by the time he reached the final Illusion Element, well… he just couldn't believe it…
"4 seconds… 4 fucking seconds to jump from the 10th Stage of the Illusion Elemental Body to the 12th Stage!!"
Lucifer practically shouted out in glee as he observed the inside of his body and saw that all of his Elemental Bodies were at Stage 12.
This not only meant that he could prepare to make a breakthrough to the Qi Condensation Realm, but it also meant—
"Wait… fuck me sideways…!" Lucifer pulled his hair in frustration, realizing that he had completely forgotten about the Space and Time Elements.
He would need both if he wished to breakthrough with the most perfect foundation, but there was just no way in hell—
"Squeak!" "Squeak!"
Multiple squeaks echoed from behind Lucifer, and he immediately swiveled his head in that direction, only to see his saving grace!
That Iridescent Spirit was back, and this time she had brought her friends!?
'What a perfect fucking setup! I don't care what kind of nonsensical plot armor this is; you sure as hell bet that I am going to take advantage of it!'
"Squeak!" 'You're the one who did this to my daughter!?'
A starry-looking spirit floated up from the crowd of spirits, interrupting Lucifer's thoughts.
"Squeak! Squeak!" 'He's the one, father! He did this and that to me, and th-then he…!"
The Iridescent Spirit girl started tearing up, defensively cupping her breasts, seemingly trying to shield herself from the big bad wolf.
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'Bitch! You were the one who wanted to gobble up my stuff in the first place! Were you under the assumption that everything in life was free!? If so, then go fuck yourself!'
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