Eric held in the pain that came from absorbing the Samsara Serpent. His jaws, teeth and fists were clenched tight from the pain with the others cheering him on from behind.[Absorption process is at 26%][Resurrection of the Serpent will happen in 2 minutes.]It was now a race against time, whether the serpent would resurrect before Eric finished the absorption process.Eric breathed in laboriously and sharply as he now actively sucked the essence of the serpent at a much faster rate, but of course the more the rate of absorption, the more pain it generates.Eric let out a loud cry as he continued absorbing the Samsara Serpent’s essence.Erica already has tears streaming from her eyes as she couldn't bear to see her own flesh and blood in that much pain.“You're a strong warrior, Eric! You can do this! I believe in you, I have always believed in you.” Magic said, clapping his hands as he encouraged Eric with a shout.He was then distracted by the analysis alert in front of him.[Analy
Eric found himself floating in a vast body of water neither sinking nor floating upwards, with darkness surrounding him from all sides. He was just suspended in the depths of it.His eyes were open but they were listless and dull and he didn't look like he was drowning. He just seemed lost.‘I can't feel anything. I can't see anything. Where am I?’ Eric's face betrayed no emotion as these thoughts flowed into his head.He had been overwhelmed by this body of water.Yes, I remember. I was taking in this fast flowing water from a source in order to contain it. It was working perfectly until the source burst and let all the water into me. Now look at me I'm drowning.I'm a lonely soaked and wet sponge being thrown into the ocean to absorb its essence. I can't absorb anymore, I can't take more water in anymore, I'm oversaturated. I'm-Eric's mental rambling stopped when he saw something coming from the depths to drag him.Ah, it's just like that time when I killed a weakened Denizen. I'm
Eric, or rather whatever was inhabiting his body, gave the Samsara Serpent a sinister look and then scoffed. [Mimicking Supernatural Grade 8, Samsara Serpent…] [Accessing your knowledge sea…] [You lack sufficient knowledge about the Samsara Serpent.] [Checking Essence Constituents…] [You possess 99% of a weakened Samsara Serpent. The mimicking process has begun.] [You have successfully mimicked a Supernatural Grade 8 Samsara Serpent.] [+60 Intelligence; +50 Health; +50 Strength; +75 Speed; +85 Durability; +40 Perception; +50 Stamina] “Not bad, snake. Not bad.” Eric's dark voice resounded. “But I'm not done.” [You've successfully mimicked Awakened Grade 5 Ferrous Rat.] [+5 Strength; +15 Speed; +25 Durability; +5 Perception] [You've successfully mimicked Awakened Grade 5 River Denizen.] [+10 Durability points; +5 Speed points; +3 Strength points] [Strength: 65 (+58)] [Speed: 49 (+95)] [Durability: 66 (+120)] [Intelligence: 79 (+60)] [Perception: 45 (+45)] [H
Eric’s charred arms were already regaining colour as he flew forth towards the serpent that was just regaining clarity from the reflected attack. He was regenerating his lost mana and health just like the serpent would. Although it wasn't as perfect and flawless as the serpent's own, it was still useful for him to continue the fight.His eyes, however, still remained unfocused and hazy as he continued to fight.His fist connected with the head of the serpent and a series of slashes appeared on the serpent's head.Lucency returned to the countenance of the serpent and it let out a loud wail, releasing its hood as though it was a cobra.“Oh? Is that a method of intimidation?” Eric said darkly, with a devilish smirk.The eyes and the body of the serpent started to excessively leak mana essence, potent mana essence like fumes being exuded from a large frozen substance.“You are going to die!” The serpent said with a gutteral snarl.A normal person would have heard the serpent hiss and sna
Eric's eyes were severely and intensely unnatural, perfectly resembling that of the Samsara Serpent; a bright burning azure sphere in a much brighter azure sea of mana essence.The sclera was the sea of blue burning mana essence and the pupil was the burning sphere.Asides that, some part of his skin perfectly resembled that of the Samsara Serpent; a seamless metallic hide with a perfectly harmonised combination of azure and gold alongside several odd symbols and glyphs.The part of the skin covered were mostly his forearms, part of his face, a large part of his chest and torso, as well as his waist downwards to the sole of his feet. He was also currently devoid of any cloth.To top it all off, he was bathed in the same mana essence that the serpent exuded and also had a personal aura of a Supernatural Class entity.The three boys involuntarily swallowed and tensed at the sight.“Don't interfere.” The Samsara hybrid Eric in front of them said and walked forward towards the serpent tha
The rest of the cohort watched as two serpents struggled in the distance, destroying stalagmites and pillars as they struggled.“That… Has Eric been always capable of that?” Jasmine's weak voice came, disrupting the silence.“To be honest, I don't know.” Matt answered, his voice portraying his constant surprise. He then caught himself and scowled at her.“Why the hell am I even answering you? Don't ask questions and stay silent. You're lucky to be alive!” Matt retorted and scoffed before muttering something indecipherably under his breath.Jasmine returned the scowl and scoffed as well.A couple of them had recovered their mana, while some were still in the process of recovering.Amy had gone ahead to heal all the wounds of the cohort, including Jasmine’s lost arms.“I should reconsider call him fodder because if I look at it, we're the fodder.” Nelson said with a soft voice and shook his head. “Yeah, I'm calling y'all fodders as from today. No dispute about that because, you all can'
The breath of everyone was involuntarily stifled as Eric turned his attention to them from within the massive dust cloud.The large shape of the serpent within the dust shrunk rapidly turning into a humanoid shape. The humanoid walked forward towards them, exiting the cloud of dust.As he walked forward, his ethereal fiery azure eyes shifted focus from one member of the cohort to the other.From Maric, he simply nodded. To Amy, he let a soft smile grace his features. To Matt, he maintained the smile. To Mr. Baker, he continued to maintain his soft smile. To Chuck, his smile became somewhat taunting as though he was about to make a rude joke. To Erica, his facial expression softened and he furtively nodded. To Nelson, his soft smile became a dark smile as though viewing a allied rival. To Jasmine- to Jasmine…He stopped advancing and arched his neck to the side. His burning blue eyes that were starting to embrace clarity and limpidity became agitated and unfocused again.“Oh sh*t. Ah s
Cool sea breeze caressed the bodies that sprawled on the cracked asphalt beneath a spatial anomaly.One of the bodies moved and stirred, before opening his eyes.His brown eyes scanned the floor since it was the first thing it saw.“Asphalt?” The person muttered before a smile slowly crept to his face. “Asphalt?!”He screamed in happiness and kissed the floor multiple times, caressing it with his hands.“Stop being noisy fodder!” Nelson's voice came out angrily at the noisemaker.“Sorry. I'm just excited that we're back home.” Chuck said nervously with a genuine smile.Nelson glared at him before softening his expression and finally smiling softly.“Yeah, no place like ho- oh my God!” Nelson was about to acknowledge Chuck’s words when he turned his gaze to the horizon.Everyone's gaze was glued to the horizon.“Where did New York go?” Eric asked with a befuddled expression plastered on his face.“Is this even New York and not a random position in the world?” Amy asked him with a stif