Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!
Chapter 174 Achieving the Core Formation realm, Scale of Revenge! (1)

Boom! Boom!

Crackle~

The sound of the unceasing churning of the black lightning keeps echoing within the dark passage, illuminating the surrounding environment in dreadful light, as it continuously smites the silver yet black liquid within, slowly molding it in the process...

"I see, cultivation was going beyond the natural set order by the heaven... Making heaven unable to tolerate the existence of cultivators- wishing them death upon opposing its set rules!

"Every time a cultivator is advancing above its natural life order, he/she will experience the wrath of heaven- making heaven send its punishment toward its being, beginning to bombard the said cultivator to its death...

"However, heaven is also partial... No, it was not partial at all, to be exact the energy that it could only use, both contained the destructive and creation properties of it, making cultivators that manage to survive from its onslaught to experience quantitative change toward their being... Strengthening their overall ability in the process...

"Although heaven might notice it, he was helpless toward it."

Sigh~

Leo's senses moved slightly as he stared at the dense dark lightning, intertwining unceasingly above him in an engrossed expression... completely concealing the materials that he threw toward it beyond its churning dark clouds, making him unable to guess what kind of Soul Bound Weapon would appear.

Boom!

Shifting his gaze toward his black tendril, Leo immediately saw the peak enlightenment stone within his grasp slowly lose its radiance- consuming all of its benefits as it began to crumble within his grasp, turning into silver powder as it slowly fell towards the charred ground.

Sigh~

Sighing in a deep dreadful tone, Leo again unhurriedly took out an enlightenment stone within his inventory. However, compared to the peak one that he used earlier, the one he just took out was much smaller than the latter by fourth... Making him feel dissatisfied yet helpless as he hurriedly shifts his gaze toward the lightning above him.

...

"This, why not...'

Beholding the destruction above the passage, a sudden thought materializes within the depths of his consciousness, making him hesitate a little as he suddenly throws the enlightenment stone within his grasp toward the enraged lighting above...

Making the lightning momentarily pause from its unceasing onslaught, seemingly unable to comprehend the thing that just appeared and transpired right now.

( Although his action seems rash, Leo is completely aware that everything around him are in fact materials, the only distinction between the materials is their usefulness and effectiveness...

Since he was not the one who was forging his Soul Bound Weapon, Leo didn't care about the headache the heaven would experience just to create his weapon...

It's even better to make its head ache so it will forget him and make his advancement smooth!)

Churn~

After churning in puzzlement for a while, the black lightning finally striked the enlightenment stone mid-air, instantly turning it into silver dust before fusing it toward the unknown metallic liquid above...

Molding it slowly as Leo's Soul Bound Weapon began to materialize within, creating a faint connection toward Leo's soul- making him aware that his weapon was about to be born!

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Boom!

Time flew fast...

Leo's senses already doze off upon staring above for almost half an hour, almost forgetting the fact that he was still in the middle of his advancement due to the lightning's constant disregarding... Making him amused upon thinking of it.

Shing!

Not even a second passed by, still staring above as he tried to comprehend its secrets...

a sudden, intense silver light, abruptly flashed within the almost enclosed passage, catching him off guard, causing him to instinctively close his senses- blinded by the thing that suddenly materialized above as his dark soul, hiding within him, slowly being tempered by lightning, senses something unimaginable...

A feeling of closeness similar to a kin suddenly blooms within his being, making his tightly closed senses abruptly open, staring at the bloody item that appeared within his line of sight, floating freely, unhindered by the black lightning in the surroundings as it quietly dyed Leo's face in bloody light- unfolding his mixed expression due to its unexpected and unique contour.

Using the time when the black lightning above was still condensing its might before again trying to unceasingly bombard him to death, Leo immediately shifted his gaze toward the item in his front...

In an instant, a thick metallic iron smell in addition to the extremely rich fishy fragrance hit his senses, instinctively making him frown as he stared at the greatly tilted ancient silver balance scale in his front- being corroded by time (in his perspective).

Although it was newly made, its surface which should be glimmering in silver glow was nowhere to be seen, instead, its body was covered in black old mold, as if it was left attended within a damp atmosphere for a couple of years as mutated mold began to grow within its being.

On its greatly tilted plate, on the right side of the silver scale, a sight that could send shivers to mortals quickly unfolded in front of his very senses, beholding its sadistic madness as he squinted his imaginary eyes in the process.

Watching the bloody innards slowly slithered within the plate, seemingly alive as the ancient scale balance often shook due to its weak movement- making Leo's consciousness seethe due to unknown reason.

In its centre, Leo even saw a small hearth, bathing in sticky blood, beating rhythmically as it makes one's emotion fluctuate due to the frequency it was unconsciously releasing.

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Ding!

[ Congratulations upon receiving your first Soul Bound Weapon the "Scale of Revenge"!

+5,000 horror points!

+6 free attribute points!

+1 item tempering (low)! ]

Ding!

[ Item Tempering (Low): Tempering one's item using the host Qi and a faint of sun essence, making the item's strength and effects to experience a quantitative change! Possibly allowing it to go beyond its grade!

Note 1: Only working toward the items below the Rare Rarity rank!

Note 2: Could strengthen the strength of the new Soul Bound Weapon! ]

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Boom!

As Leo was about to check its description, wanting to gain a preliminary understanding of the silver scale balance, a sudden flash of dark light flickered within the corner of his senses, suddenly striking his shadow physique as parts of his body dissolved toward the surroundings.

Boom!

Still not recovering from the lightning that suddenly collided with his being, another two consecutive booming sounds resounded within his consciousness, hitting his lower body as his long dark tendrils that happened to be in the way instantly disintegrated in the process...

Ding!

-25 health!

"D*mn, the firepower of the lightning suddenly increases by folds!'

Leo cursed within his mind, taking out a different healing potion within his inventory as he immediately consumed it in a short second- activating his Deterrence skill with all of his might as he began to temper his physique, or to be exact, his soul...

Making the luster of his shadow body shift back and forth, from the initial rich darkness to becoming bland in a matter of seconds, making the environment to be filled with his dissolved physique, making him grit his teeth due to the agony he was experiencing, almost causing him to lose his rationality...

Unfortunately, due to the things that he experienced in the past, greatly influenced by the pain and horror he underwent when he evolved further, Leo managed to hold the tiny bit of his sanity... Allowing him to continue the tempering of his Soul, based on his immortal cultivation technique.

...

Slowly, his incorporeal soul began to flicker within the unceasing onslaught of the black lightning, darting from incorporeal to corporeal form, making his soul have a hint of heaviness in it- making it more alive and vivid in the process...

Revealing the true nature of his soul.

Slowly dispersing his shadow physique as his hidden soul within began to unfold in the surrounding environment- releasing a confusing aura that both contained the reality (corporeal) and illusion (incorporeal), making the lightning within the void become enraged further, seemingly noticing the abomination it created.

Feeling cheated, the heaven... again increase its might by another level, making the damage Leo took suddenly increase by folds... Making his soul feel threatened as his health recovery couldn't contend with the damage he took.

However, at the same time, the speed of his soul being tempered by black lightning also increases drastically, to the point that he will be able to finish its tempering in just ten minutes if the lightning continues sending its might toward his being.

...

Ding!

-25 health!

+20 health!

-25 health!

+20 health!

This...

"It's still not enough, I might die first before I could successfully temper my soul! Moreover, I still need time to comprehend rules before creating my own domain!'

Leo gritted his teeth in agony, resisting the urge to release a grotesque cry as he hurriedly took out a Medallion of Forceful Upgrade within his inventory... Clenching it within his grasp as he hurriedly upgraded the Deterrence skill.

Ding!

[ Upgrading Deterrence skill Rare+1 (Level 5) to The Dying Immortal skill Rare+3 (Level 1) would cost 2 medallions of forceful upgrade and 5,000 horror points!

(Accept/Declined)? ]

"F*CK, accept already!'

Leo cursed within his mind upon seeing that his health already entered below a hundred, causing him to finally panic as unease gripped his soul.

Ding!

[ Please wait a minute... Still upgrading... ]

"F*CK*NG SYSTEM! Seriously, right now!?"

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