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Sebastian hovered, frozen in shock as he took a deep look of amazement at his surroundings. Compared to the water expanse that he was in before, this looked like a different world entirely.
He did not arrive in the middle of an active volcano, but the surroundings of this place told him that a volcano was nearby.
All around this place, tall seamounts like enormous domes filled the surrounding at various distances from each other. The only difference was that, unlike the normal ones, these had red lava flowing down their rocky bodies.
Smoke diffused the surrounding, painting a hot atmosphere of doom that left Sebastian both excited and afraid.
At some distance away, he saw the rocky seabed heaving up and down, boiling like it was already on the verge of erupting. The red lava and black rocks formed a scene that could only be described as breath-taking.
Hot boulders bubbling with boiling magma hovered in the water like they were being held by some mysterious power, the sight of them alone could induce goosebumps on anyone.
This was the periphery region of an oceanic volcano, and from the sight before him, Sebastian easily deduced that it was a sufficiently large volcano.
"I can't believe I'm living to see a sight like this".
These were things that he already watched in anime and movies, but getting to see them for real left him shaking in excitement like a little fanboy.
The surrounding was relatively quieter than the water expanse that he came from, making here much more solitary.
Despite his fascination at arriving at such a place under Oceania, Sebastian did not relish staying here as the extreme heat was already leaving him uncomfortable and fidgety.
Getting a little irritated already by the heat, he decided to continue moving forward in search of prey, also with the hope that he would find a way to leave this environment soon.
Clearly, this was not a place for great white sharks.
Using the logic that the direction that had more boiling seamounts led to the heart of the volcano, he started going in the opposite direction.
Swimming forward for 5 minutes, he was not surprised to see no prey appearing as in such an extreme environment, very few sea creatures could survive.
As he swam, he also observed his environment to look out for any predator that may be hiding in the dark. Pairing his sharp eyes with his electroreceptors, his perception was frightening.
Despite not feeling hungry yet, his instincts were already wrestling with him for him to go take that bite and tear prey apart. As he tried without many hopes to fight against his instincts, he was surprised as he noticed a sea creature.
3 pair of claw hands filled completely with hair, a shell covering its fragile body and protecting it from the attacks of predators, Sebastian recognized it immediately.
"Yeti Crabs!"
Sebastian knew about this creature. As a sea enthusiast, he knew of this unusual hairy crab without eyes that lived in volcanoes.
Fascinated by it, he tried to swim closer and observe but he immediately reeled back in astonishment as the Yeti Crab suddenly jerked before releasing 2 of its claw tips just like the way that he shot his teeth.
Whoosh!
The claw poked his side before he could dodge completely, and immediately Sebastian felt a hot searing sensation hit hard at his brain.
[You have been hit by a skill: Fire Claw.]
[You have been attacked by the Hairy Yeti Crab: You have been inflicted with -12 basic damage.]
[You have been inflicted with the Fire Poison: You will lose -3 damage every second until the fire attribute is purged.]
"What?" Sebastian was shocked.
This was the perfect example of a wolf in ship clothing. Never would he have expected the much smaller hairy crab to be such a dangerous predator, and it moved as docile as a dove.
Without hesitation, he retaliated angrily.
[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth.]
Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!
As his teeth shot forward in a straight line at the Yeti crab, despite not having eyes, the crab reacted like it had. It moved its foremost pair of claws, then it relaxed as a blue shield covered its body.
Bam!
The shark teeth bounced off its shield like they were mere balls.
Seeing this, Sebastian's face darkened as he felt like he was being challenged. Without hesitation, he started rushing closer while activating a few more of his skills.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
As soon as both of them collided, Sebastian bared his rows of teeth as he bit down with all the force that he could muster immediately.
One bite from him and the Yeti Crab's shell revealed a crack. The Crab was clearly shocked as it immediately started struggling for its life and retaliating but its fate was already sealed.
Sebastian held it to his mouth as he shook his body roughly, enabling his razor-sharp teeth to shred all the tough skin of the crab away.
About a minute later, the struggling crab finally went limp.
[You have killed a Yeti Crab- Level 14: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 7 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
After killing the crab, this was when Sebastian noticed that he was directly under one of the boiling boulders, which meant that his vision was partly blocked and he could not see everything.
As the range of his electroreceptors was limited also, he couldn't see what lay beyond the boiling boulder.
Slowly, he started swimming up to survey around the boulder.
What motivated him to do the survey was the texture of the meat that he just ate. Compared to all the meat that he had already eaten since coming to this world, the Yeti Crab's meat was undoubtedly the best.
The aftertaste left him smacking his mouth longing for more.
Not only was it delicious, its rough hardened body due to the temperature here meant that it was crisp to the bite. It felt just like taking a bite of a fried chicken leg back in KFC.
As this thought of home dominated his mind, he suddenly froze as he felt a cold gaze land on his body from afar.
Instinctively, Sebastian felt that his life was threatened. Focusing his eyes in the distance in shock, he found 3 apex predators of the ocean hovering with their eyes now locked on the great white shark prey.
Feeling the bloodlust directed at him, he shuddered.
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"Bull Sharks!"
If Sebastian could not identify what shark this was, then it would have been better if he directly renounced his identity as an anatomist. Due to his profession, he's dealt with this dangerous predator countless times.
As one of the apex predator sharks ranked among the top 10 dangerous sharks in the world, this shark was in the same category as the great whites when it came to the most frequent victims of his experiments.
Now, 3 of these apex predators hovered at a not too safe distance away from him at the other side of the boiling boulder.
Their blue bodies blended with the greenish glow of the ocean; their adaptations made their fins look like weapons of war. Their size was as exaggerated as their adaptations, they stood at 10 staggering meters.
The rows of teeth lining their maws sparkled under the illumination of the green glow, gleaming like the sharpest sword in the whole universe.
Like they could feel the resentment of their countless siblings that died and suffered from his experiments, they directed a look that should only be sent to your archenemy at him.
Feeling the bloodlust filled in the gaze, Sebastian once again shuddered.
"Bro, I think we can discuss this".
Perhaps, they were too dumb to understand what he was saying or it just irritated them, but as soon as Sebastian opened his mouth, the 3 bull sharks swiped their tail fins at the water and rapidly started swimming towards him.
Their intention was clear; no f*cking negotiations, just fight.
Once again, Sebastian was dumbfounded by the science of this world. The 3 Bull sharks directly denied science and were now swimming at a speed equivalent to that of his car in his previous world.
Seeing this, he felt a lot of thoughts go through his mind.
There was no way that he was about to emerge victorious from a battle against these 3 sharks when he was still level 10. And in terms of speed, he was dwarfed also.
He suddenly felt anxious, but this could not stop his instincts.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Electroreceptors.]
Whoosh!
The water in his previous location rapidly stirred to form a mini-vortex as he turned and rapidly started swimming away at the fastest speed that he could muster.
As he swam, his eyes scrutinized the surrounding for any hiding locations. This encounter was completely random, so he was not able to draft a contingency plan which left him feeling even more anxious.
Despite his current speed, he could see the 3 bull sharks rapidly closing the distance through the electromagnetic vision of his electroreceptors.
As the distance between them became closer, perhaps due to being too anxious, his brain directly geared into overdrive. A strange flow of rationality and calmness suddenly came from nowhere to neutralize his anxiousness.
Then, he started analyzing his chances in the case of a battle.
As he analyzed, he suddenly flinched as his electroreceptors detected a long thin black line suddenly appearing before the biggest Bull Shark.
Before he could comprehend what, this was, the thin black line slashed at him like a black burning whip. He tried to dodge immediately but he was not fast enough, the whip-like black lines hit his skin.
Immediately, he felt unimaginable pain strike at his brain as his skin started peeling off like it became rotten all of a sudden.
[A magic skill has been used on you: Corrosion Whip.]
[You have been inflicted with -7 [4] Damage.]
Seeing how the damage kept on stacking as the black whip remained on his skin, he immediately dashed to the side and dodged it but it already dealt significant damage at this point.
As he flapped his tail fins to swim faster, he rapidly analyzed the information that was released by the system.
"Corrosion Whip…, Corrosion magic".
As he made these deductions, the black magic lines were already forming another whip to hit at his skin.
This time, he was prepared and dodged on time. But to his despair, the other 2 Bull sharks revealed the same corrosion magic as they formed more corrosion whips to attack him.
Now filled with dread for the magic ability after understanding it, he did not dare continue swimming and tank the damage head-on.
He directed more attention to dodging, which indirectly meant that his speed was reduced. The Bull sharks capitalized on this fact, rapidly decreasing the distance between them.
Snap!
Their rows of teeth were already clapping hungrily at the water as they closed the distance to their prey.
Seeing this, Sebastian knew that it was time to retaliate. But before he could even form a complete coherent thought, he saw the black corrosion magic appear at his front.
The thin black lines quickly converged together to form something like a net. As soon as he hit it, he received damage while his body bounced back without his consent to the waiting fearsome jaws of the biggest Bull shark.
He retaliated immediately.
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have activated skill: Spike Attack.]
As his spike adaptations jutted out of his sides, he used his battering ram skill to add to the speed of his bouncing back, rapidly hitting the Bull shark before it could react.
Boom!
His body slammed into the sides of the Bull shark's mouth, barely dodging the sharp teeth that were prepared to slam shut against his body a moment ago.
The other 2 Bull sharks reacted immediately, one of them attacked him from behind while he clashed with the other from the front.
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
Crunch!
The Bull Shark behind him bit hard at his tail fin but he ignored the pain as he also bit down with every fiber of his being at the one before him. Immediately as his teeth hit their prize, he vigorously shook his body.
The same action that he did was replicated by the shark who attacked him from behind. As his teeth tore at the flesh of its sibling, so did its teeth tear hard at his hard dense skin.
[You have been attacked by a skill: Corrosion Bite.]
Feeling the familiar feeling of his skin giving way and the unbearable pain, Sebastian's heart sank. The pain brought him to the verge of lunacy already but he tried to hold up.
As he struggled from the bite, his eyes clashed with the boiling boulder. A plan rapidly formed in his mind, perhaps stimulated by the pain.
Crunch!
The biggest Bull shark finally recovered and bit on his flesh too but he gritted his teeth through the pain, shook them off before rapidly advancing towards the boiling boulder.
The 3 Bull sharks were fast behind his heels.
When he almost got there, he was shocked to suddenly discover a newcomer. He dodged to the side at the last moment as another shark whose head looked like a hammer rushed at his previous location.
It probably activated a skill already as the Hammerhead shark's head was now glowing in a fierce brown glow that made it look like it was tougher than stone.
The nearest incoming Bull shark was slow to react, it collided directly with the Hammerhead shark's stone head.
Boom!
Watching from the side while suppressing his pain, Sebastian was flabbergasted by the sudden newcomer and the force that accompanied the collision.
"Is this a f*cking Battle Royale of sharks or something?"
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Blood flowed like waterfalls from the force of the collision as the Bull shark's head directly cracked open. Its eyes glazed over; its body convulsed in place like whips of electricity were snaking through its body.
The hammerhead skill of the Hammerhead shark dealt damage of epic proportions to the poor Bull shark in one blow.
From the pure physical damage and force of the blow, it could easily be deduced that this Hammerhead shark put all its cards in the Physical magic organ to augment its physical battling prowess.
The heavy Hammerhead shark had a vicious expression on its face. Seeing the outcome of its skill, it roared victoriously before going for the bite.
Just a few inches away, the remaining 2 Bull sharks saw everything that happened to their sibling. And like they were not even there; the Hammerhead shark was now boldly going to finish the job.
Their eyes turned bloodshot immediately, anger emanated from them in waves. Without even thinking, their tail fins flapped hard at the water as they rushed at the Hammerhead shark.
Crunch!
The Hammerhead shark bit hard on the incapacitated Bull shark, but the remaining 2 Bull sharks also bit hard at its side before pulling chunks of flesh out.
Its body flared with the color of a magic defense augmentation. Its own was different from the conventional magic shield, it was more like it directly turned its skin into a bulwark defense armor.
It had fierce skin defense also, but despite this, the rows of teeth lining the 2 revenge-driven Bull shark's maws broke through its defense repeatedly.
Even though it was receiving damage also, the Hammerhead shark shrugged it all away as it remained faithful to its goal of killing its prey and getting the sweet experience before attending to the others.
Seeing everything that was happening before him, Sebastian's eyes rapidly flickered. Without hesitation, he decided to take advantage of these fellows' brainless brawl.
Activating his dash skill and shredding bite skill again, he rushed at the Bull shark who was already hovering at the point of death under the jaws of the Hammerhead shark.
Crunch!
[You have empowered your Shredding Bite Skill with your magic power.]
[You have dealt -31 Damage to your opponent.]
Ignoring the glares of rage from the other 2 Bull sharks, he did the magical act of shaking his body roughly and vigorously to dissect the flesh of the prey.
The Bull shark twitched under the 2-pronged attack; its eyes dilated as the remaining whiffs of life started being snuffed out of it. Despite all this, it still struggled with all its remaining strength.
When Sebastian determined that the Bull shark was at the point of death, he pulled back, took careful aim before shooting his teeth at the Hammerhead shark.
[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth.]
[You have dealt -4 damage to your opponent.]
[You have blinded one of your opponent's eyes- Additional -7 damage has been dealt.]
Sharks' eyes roll up when they are battling with prey to protect them from the shockwaves and other vices, but they can occasionally open up in rare scenarios if the shark wants it.
Immediately as Sebastian's sharp teeth dug into the Hammerhead shark's eyes that briefly opened for a moment, it reeled back in pain and shock, removing its teeth grip from the almost dead prey completely.
Sebastian bit down without hesitation with all his might.
Crunch.
[You have killed a mature Bull Shark- Level 13: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 16 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
[Congratulations: You have reached the limits of the 2nd level cap; you can proceed to attempt a breakthrough. Your chances of success are 65%.]
Sebastian almost wanted to jump for joy on hearing this, but he knew that he could not as he could feel the anger-filled eyes of the 3 sharks now collectively glaring at him with unrestrained hatred.
Before they could rush at him, he rushed away first.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
The 3 sharks stirred at the same time as they all rushed at him at a mind-blowing speed, all of them had the urge to tear him to pieces with their sharp teeth.
This time, instead of escaping to where he would have unrestricted access to swim as fast as possible, after the first experience, he already learned his lesson and was now swimming towards the boiling boulder.
Once again, another pursuit race started and all 3 sharks were rapidly closing the distance towards him.
As he swam upwards, his eyes were focused on the slowly heaving rocky body of the boiling boulder. When the distance became super close, he suddenly activated his best skill before dodging to the side.
[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: Flaming Sword.]
The flaming sword rapidly materialized as usual and under his control, it stabbed into the boiling hot boulder, creating an opening under it.
At the bottom of the boulder, an opening was revealed and super-hot lava was poured out as the fire rapidly spread to the surroundings.
The 3 sharks' eyes widened in shock but they could not dodge completely despite their fast reactions. The lava poured at their skin, scorching them and dealing astronomical damages.
This time, even the Hammerhead shark screamed in pain.
[You have been hit by boiling Lava: You have been inflicted with -23 [2] damage.]
Sebastian hissed in pain.
Despite escaping ahead of time, the lava that spilled to the side still dealt such damage to him. He did not dare imagine how much damage was dealt to the 3 sharks.
Before he could heave a sigh of relief at his vastly successful plan, he stiffened in shock as he felt another predator rapidly swimming in his direction through his electroreceptor skill.
"Another shark!"
Despite lamenting in horror and trying to dodge on time, the enormous predator still slammed at his body from the side and this was enough to deal significant damage to him.
[You have been hit by a skill: Battering Ram.]
[You have been inflicted with staggering damage: -53 Damage.]
Sebastian got a taste of his own medicine, his own skill.
The large predator did not stop after colliding with him, the water shifted under its control as it continued its rapid swimming towards the other 3 sharks. It collided with them loudly.
Boom!
Sebastian felt dizzy.
It was the same battering ram skill that he always used, but the power exerted when this predator used it was countless times stronger than the peak power that he had ever exerted.
He felt like his brain was being pounded on a mortar and smashed to become mashed tomatoes. Despite the dizziness, he forced his brain awake fast.
He wanted to know the new predator fast and plan contingencies ahead of time. Immediately after he opened his eyes, the first thing that he saw was one of the Bull sharks who was bleeding severely and was already dead.
A huge depression was on the side of its belly, clearly from being hit directly by the battering ram skill. Seeing this left Sebastian shuddering in dread.
He sucked in a breath in shock. "So fast".
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
His eyes were clearly not doing the job fast enough, so he decisively took the better option and activated this extremely useful skill immediately.
As soon as his electromagnetic vision lines showed up, he outlined the whole battlefield as quickly as possible.
The remaining 2 sharks were still alive, but the last Bull shark was convulsing and thrashing in pain like it was an epilepsy patient. For the Hammerhead shark, its head had a huge bloody crack like it collided with a metal wall.
Then Sebastian hastily outlined the new predator. Feeling the enormous size that was clearly too exaggerated to be true despite this magic world, he turned his body over to see personally with his sharp eyes.
The sight that presented itself before him made his blood run cold.
"A Killer Whale!"
The iconic black and white skin could not be mistaken. Seeing this predator that stood at a staggering size of over 20 meters, the relevant information rapidly flashed through his head.
The Killer Whale, also known as Orca was the ocean's top predator back on earth as it had no natural predators.
Sebastian didn't know much about Oceania Killer Whales, but seeing the fear suddenly emanating from the originally aggressive Hammerhead and Bull shark, he got all the information that he needed.
Without hesitation, he decided to escape.
[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim.]
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
Instantly, Sebastian's tail stirred the water into a mini-vortex and rapidly started swimming away into the distance.
Crunch!
The killer whale brought its enormous jaws down and bite a handful of flesh from the appetizing body of the Hammerhead shark, prompting the big-headed fellow to thrash about in pain.
The Bull shark tried to use this opportunity to escape, but the Killer Whale didn't allow it as it casually flapped its enormous tail to the side.
The tail caught to the Bull shark and slammed hard at it, bringing it back to its previous location. The Bull shark lost a few of its sharp teeth from the shock as it directed a look of despair at this apex predator.
The Killer Whale was not done, it was not in its dictionary to let any prey escape from its grasp, most especially when the target was the great white shark that it hated the most.
Its predatory eyes glinted a dangerous light, suddenly the surrounding water around it started compressing, expanding, and swirling at the same time like the water space was being tempered with.
Silvery magic power swirled around its enormous body repeatedly.
The silver magic lines around it trapped both the Hammerhead and Bull shark in what seemed like a space prison, then they aimed at the escaping great white shark.
Bzzz!
The escaping Sebastian opened his eyes wide in shock as something like a portal suddenly opened before him. Before he could react, he swam directly inside the portal due to his already accumulated speed.
When his orientation came back, his eyes immediately saw the sharp rows of teeth of the enormous Killer Whale snapping down at him. He didn't dare hold back on seeing this.
[You have activated unique skill: Water Transmutation.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: Tower Shield.]
[You have created a magic manifestation: War Hammer.]
As the Orca's teeth closed down, the pitch-black shield appeared on its path.
Clang!
Sparks went off in the water, a loud sound like that of metal grinding against metal reverberated, telling of the quality of teeth inside the maws of this apex predator.
Seeing that its teeth did not connect like expected, anger clearly showed on the Orca's whale face as the silver magic lines around it spiked in number.
[You are being affected by a special magic power: Space Magic.]
[You have been trapped with a magic skill: Space Dungeon.]
Feeling his body stiffen in place and the Killer Whale coming back for the kill, Sebastian did not hesitate to send his magic manifestation forward in retaliation.
Seeing the war hammer slamming down at it, the Killer Whale formed a shield with its space magic and attacked.
Boom!
The water exploded like it was the center of a nuclear bomb.
The water swirled wildly like the Sea King himself was commanding it, warping sounds reverberated as the silvery space magic lines created overlapping space domains in the water.
The force shockwave from the clash shattered all 3 Space Dungeons, freeing the Bull and Hammerhead shark in the process as they tried to escape without hesitation.
[You have been inflicted with shockwave damage: -14 Damage.]
Sebastian felt his internal organs churn like they were a soup being stirred with a large spoon in a cooking pot. He felt dizzy, but he forcefully shook himself off from it and tried to attack with his War Hammer again.
He didn't even try to go closer and try his luck with the Blood Vampire effect of his Vampire teeth. This Killer Whale was clearly much more evolved than him. Before the effect is activated, he may already be a dead shark.
Seeing 2 of its prey trying to escape, the Killer Whale once again created 2 other Space Dungeons for them before preparing for another charge at this surprisingly strong great white shark.
This time, it used a strong space magic skill.
The surrounding space in the water trembled unstably and everything close to the battlefield started being pulled to surround its enormous body.
The pull was so strong that a whirlpool started being formed at that location, even affecting the boiling boulder in the process.
Seeing this, Sebastian did not hesitate as he pumped all his magic power into the War Hammer magic manifestation. Its pitch-black color became even darker, then it slammed down at the rapidly advancing Killer Whale.
Boom! Warp!
Bright blinding light flashed, the space cracked, then Sebastian disappeared from his position before he could understand what happened.
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The surrounding space trembled unstably like the Ocean was about to experience an apocalypse. The nearby boiling boulder exploded, but the raging space magic pushed all the burning lava far away.
The force of the space magic shredded everything apart, including the Hammerhead shark and Bull shark who were trying to escape to safety.
Only the Killer Whale remained in the center of this explosion of power, its opponent, the great white shark was nowhere to be found.
Its eyes showed anger for a moment on seeing this before they subsided. It was no stranger to this; it already experienced a situation like this when it once clashed with an extremely strong Devouring Cobra.
The only problem was that this great white shark was clearly not that strong, but its skill was strange.
The summary of what happened was that the opposing force became too strong for its space magic, and in the end, the silvery magic lines erupted and cracked a hole in space due to the raging force of collision.
The hole cracked open by the space instinctively started sucking everything around it. The Killer Whale was able to stabilize itself, but the great white shark clearly was sucked into it.
"Lucky bastard".
It squeezed the words out of its predatory mouth before turning its body to feast on its prey, at this point the aftereffects of the collision already subsided a bit.
Apart from the meat of the first Bull shark, the meat of the second Bull shark and the Hammerhead shark was waiting for it so this hunt was not a defeat, it made a killing.
Bringing its enormous body closer, it snapped its jaws down and started feasting on the meat happily.
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Warp!
The space stirred, rapidly forming what seemed like a crack in the water. The next second, it spits out a dark blue shark.
Sebastian felt the orientation of his surroundings become extremely chaotic. He felt like he was placed in a washing machine, and was left inside for hours as the machine operated under electricity.
He felt like he was hallucinating, his eyes spun rapidly like ping pong balls as he saw red, white, blue, and different colors go through them.
A few minutes later, he finally got a hold of himself.
Immediately after he did this, the memory of the previous battle came to his mind. Thinking of the exaggeratedly strong Killer Whale, he shuddered in fear, but this fear turned to joy when he remembered that he escaped.
"I escaped!" "I'm safe!"
He felt exhausted, his magic power was also exhausted, but all these could not suppress the joy of remaining alive.
As he yelled this in relief and joy, he felt a strange situation. His voice was echoing loudly like he was inside the belly of a beast or locked inside a silent hall.
As soon as he felt this strange situation, he remembered the circumstances of how he escaped. Though unlike the Killer Whale he didn't know exactly what happened, he still had some guesses.
"Does that mean I was transported to another location entirely through the crack in the water space?"
Shocked and spooked by the thought, he immediately focused his eyes while activating his omniscient skill.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Electroreceptors.]
With this skill active, he felt a lot better as he observed carefully. The first thing that became apparent to him was the redness of this place, it was far redder and hotter than his previous location.
Looking below him, he discovered that he was now hovering above what seemed like a seamount, but unlike what he was familiar with it was fiery hot.
It was not as hot as the boiling boulders, but it was still freakishly hot.
The seamount had various artificial holes on its surface that were clearly dug by sea creatures living in this region.
When Sebastian looked further, he saw countless other seamounts like this surrounding him from every side. He already had a frightening guess but he didn't want to believe it. He finally looked up.
His vision became dizzy immediately from the sight.
For the first time in his life, he felt like he was a frog trapped inside a well. The seamount that he was hovering on top was far below just like the others, and what seemed like a cliff surrounded everywhere, towering high into the skies.
The circular cliff was red hot just like the seamount.
It towered into the skies like a fictional skyscraper, and in its walls were many holes that were clearly dug out by sea creatures.
From his current location, Sebastian could see different kinds of sea creatures hovering before each of the many holes.
Giant Shrimps, Yeti and normal crabs, turtles, lizards that looked like dragons, snakes with legs, winged sea creatures, these were a small number of the diverse variety of sea creatures that formed this community.
They were all around the walls of the cliff, making it seem like the cliff was an extremely big wardrobe, while the numerous holes around the cliff were the cabinets inside the wardrobe.
Once again, the impression was reinforced in Sebastian's mind that he was now in an Oceanic fictional world.
This sight was so mind-blowing that he was sincerely shocked to his very bone marrows. He once again felt like he was hallucinating, but he knew that everything before him was real.
As he looked, he suddenly remembered something. Due to the euphoria that he survived the previous attack, he yelled in joy.
Yelling in such a community meant announcing to the world that free prey is here, he shuddered on the thought.
He immediately scanned his surroundings frantically for any hiding spot.
This was when he discovered an artificial hole below him on the seamount. The hole was big enough to accommodate him, so without hesitation, he rapidly started swimming down.
Plop!
When he forced himself inside through the expanse, he suddenly felt a shocked pair of eyes turn to look at him.
"A giant Shrimp!"
He decisively attacked before the fellow could.
[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash.]
[You have activated skill: Shredding Bite.]
[You have activated skill: Battering Ram.]
He closed the distance in a second and bit down without hesitation. He activated all his close combat skills in quick succession, and to his relief, the Shrimp died shortly after.
[You have killed…]
He ignored the system's notification, found a way to push the nearby rocks to cover the entrance of the hole a bit before hiding.
He held his breath and forced his body to remain still.
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Seconds turned to minutes, but Sebastian stood, fighting a tug of war with his spinal cord to prevent his body from moving against his will.
His whole body was tensed up, he felt like he was before the executioner's ax and any move from him will bring the ax falling down to cut his body to pieces.
His eyes remained trained at the small opening in between the rocks that he used to block the entrance of this hole. His body was already heating up, he even started feeling pain due to the extreme heat but he did not dare flinch.
When he was already at the point of losing his breath, a group of predators finally came to check who caused the commotion.
Sebastian shuddered and melted in his position, wishing he could just vanish immediately on seeing the predators.
A family of Wolfish.
Yes, these fishes were normally not adapted to live in such extreme conditions but in this magic world, here they were. And they were not like the normal wolfish that Sebastian already encountered in any way.
Their skin was red, providing them with natural camouflage and enabling them to blend with the surrounding redness.
Their tails were adapted to look like countless barbed wires that were compressed together, making them look super menacing.
Their heads heaved up and down, glowing a red ominous color like they had fire stored inside their brains.
The most menacing part about them was their dagger-sharp teeth. Their mouths were too small to cover the long sharp teeth, so they hung from the side of their mouths dangerously.
4 of these dangerous predators were now hovering above the hole that Sebastian took refuge in, he practically felt his heart melting away.
The wolfish which seemed to be the leader of the group led in the front as it sniffed the surrounding water like a real wolf.
Its nose suddenly twitched like it detected something, making Sebastian's heart skip a beat as he was directly sent to the nine heavens.
Noticing the action of their leader, the other 3 wolfish started branching out as they carefully sniffed at the surroundings.
A few seconds later, they suddenly raised their heads and looked into the distance. Clearly frightened by something, they did not dare stay as they rapidly swam away from that location.
Sebastian did not feel relief on seeing this, he rather felt more like crying as he guessed that only a stronger predator could scare those 4 away.
He was right; the water suddenly stirred and the new predator arrived.
It was one of those snakes that he saw from afar. It was dozens of meters long. It had 2 extremely long sharp teeth poking out of its mouth, its skin was also red, and it had something like a red crown on its head.
Its most eye-catching adaptation was the 2 pairs of arms attached to its sides. A snake with hands, this was Sebastian's first time seeing such an abomination.
Despite feeling like he was at the point of suffocating already, he still forced himself to remain still.
Unlike the family of wolfish, the snake didn't sniff around. It sharply scrutinized the surrounding with its cold red eyes. Seeing nothing, it flicked its enormous tail and swam away.
Sebastian let out the pent-up breath in his lungs, but he immediately held his breath again as he was still apprehensive of his surroundings.
For the next 15 minutes, 3 different types of predators came to check on the source of the sound. He was already numb to his fear as they came, but he still held his breath and remained still.
The system sent him other notifications, but he didn't dare pay attention to them lest he got distracted.
For the next minutes, no other predator came but he still stayed in one place for at least an hour. By this time, his mana points and stamina already fully recovered, this was when he finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Oceania is really dangerous". He emphasized in his heart.
After confirming that no other predator came, he finally diverted attention to check on the bunch of notifications from the system.
[You have killed a mutated Fire Shrimp- Level 12: You have gained Experience.]
[You have gained 4 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]
[Your Tail fin skill has leveled up to level 5, automatically switching to the advanced version of the skill.]
[Switch to Empowered Tail fin completed.]
[Your Dorsal fin skill has leveled up to level 4.]
[Your Shredding bite skill has leveled up to level 2.]
[Your Battering Ram skill has leveled up to level 2.]
[Due to the extreme heat of this region, automatic skin mutation to adapt to your surroundings has started.]
[Current progress rate of mutation: 4%.]
[Until the mutation is complete, you will suffer -1 Damage every 10 seconds.]
Seeing these series of notifications, Sebastian first heaved a sigh of relief that they were not anything dangerous.
Though losing -1 HP every 10 seconds was not pleasant, he could live with it as he would be entitled to a free mutation in the end.
For his skills to level up so suddenly, he was not too surprised as he already used them a lot of times without any of them leveling up. His accumulated efforts were now yielding results.
Then he reflected on the name of the Shrimp. "Fire Shrimp; does it mean that they can breathe fire or it is because they adapted to the extreme heat here?"
This was just one of the many questions that he had about his current location, but he didn't have the luxury to think and get an answer to them now.
Among his laws to be a great white shark was to always have a contingency plan, and to have that he needed to explore and know his environment first.
Though he really wanted to rest and start his evolution right away, he knew that such an impulsive action will result in even more danger. He didn't know for how many hours he took for each evolution; anything may happen at that time.
Blasting the surroundings with his electroreceptor skill to confirm that no other predator was nearby, he cautiously pushed the rocks out of the way and made his way out into this new environment again.
It was exploration time.
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As soon as Sebastian came out of the hole, the red environment of this region was presented before him once again. He cautiously hovered higher above the seamount to scout the surroundings.
As he hovered higher, the enormous seamount slowly presented itself before him in its entirety.
The seamount looked exactly like a mountain back on earth, only the redness of the surrounding added an ominous vibe to it. Just like other mountains, it had trees and some weeds.
The only difference was that these trees were far more rugged. Their skin was as wrinkled as an old grandma's, their branches stubbornly grew out leaves despite the extreme hotness of this region.
Seeing them reminded Sebastian of the stubbornness of a goat.
Though he didn't see to all crooks and corners of the seamount, he was able to deduce that lots of sea creatures were inhabiting the various holes that filled the seamount.
This was the same for the countless other seamounts in the surrounding.
After seeing this, he confirmed again that no predator was nearby before swimming outwards. He wanted to swim to the edge of the seamount, he wanted to see what was below it and the environs.
As he swam forward, he was able to appreciate the dangerous majesty of the circular cliff again. He looked for other terms to describe it, but his brain kept on seeing it as a giant wardrobe filled with sea creatures.
As he swam closer to the edge of the seamount, he also started seeing the countless sea creatures living in different levels of the circular cliff more clearly.
As he saw them, so was he being exposed, most especially when his dark blue skin formed a sharp contrast to the red background. He stuck out like a beacon in a darkness-filled world.
"I wish I had an invisibility skill".
[Invisibility is not a skill; it is a unique skill.]
[You can only have access to a camouflage skill.]
Sebastian was surprised by the sudden proactiveness of the system to explain things to him. Before, it was more comfortable with staying silent while he discovered things by himself.
Following that train of thought, he guessed that the system was some kind of A. I that was only triggered when he said some keywords, like the invisibility skill he just said.
Thinking of that, the system mentioned that it is a unique skill.
"System, how many unique skills are there?"
[You do not have the required level to access such information yet.]
"…"
Now, Sebastian felt aggrieved. Though he felt like punching the system, he had to admit that the conversation eased his nerves a bit.
And he got a new discovery too. If there were other unique skills, does it mean that he had a chance to get them too?
"Damn!" He suddenly couldn't wait to get over with his evolution.
Consumed by excitement, he subconsciously started swimming faster and in moments he arrived at the edge of the seamount.
He looked down, then he almost fainted from shock.
"This…?"
Sebastian felt fear grip him from the depth of his heart. For a moment there, he felt like he was grabbed by an invisible existence and thrown into a world of fire.
Hundreds of kilometers down from where he stood flowed a world of fire. Boiling lava flowed at the bottom of this place, spreading extreme heat everywhere as small explosions were induced frequently on the surface of the fire.
At different intervals, the lava was stimulated, splashing fire everywhere as the surrounding water was ignited.
This was a volcano, and not just a volcano, an extremely big volcano.
Sebastian already guessed this before, but seeing this sight still left him feeling breathless.
Everything that he was seeing was part of this enormous ocean volcano.
The flowing lava at the bottom were the foundations, and the wardrobe-like circular cliff was the walls of the volcano that towered to heights of hundreds of kilometers.
It looked just like a world of fire.
Even at lower levels of the circular cliff, Sebastian could faintly see signs of animal activities, which meant that some sea creatures were inhabiting there.
He did not dare imagine how exaggeratedly strong creatures living at such depths are. The thought alone left him shuddering in fear.
"Which mad deity created this world, really?"
At this moment, he sincerely regretted his encounter with the Killer Whale. He originally wanted to identify routes to leave this place, but from what was before him, this dream was far-fetched for the current him.
The hundreds of kilometers that he needed to swim and the numerous sea creature territories that he had to pass through alone left him feeling cursed.
"Dogshit! This is teenage abuse!" He cursed.
He felt like he was carried without his consent from his previous world of calm, and was now thrown into this fire world of death to suffer.
He wanted to yell angrily in despair but experience told him that doing that was equivalent to courting death. Left with no choice, he could only turn and start swimming back to his hole before a predator rushed at him.
He knew that he was here already, and the situation was practically irreversible. To survive in this world of fire, he needed strength and that was exactly what he was going to do.
In just a few minutes, his despair turned into motivation that pushed him to get more strength.
"Besides, I will have numerous strange ocean creatures to dissect here".
Pumping himself with that, he swam back inside his hole. Getting back inside, he diligently covered the entrance to the hole completely with the rocks.
He stacked even more rocks on it, forming a heavy gate in the process. He stopped only after he was satisfied with its sturdiness, then he found a comfortable corner to rest.
Though the heat meant that nowhere was really comfortable here, he had to bear with it.
His eyes gleamed sharply. "System, give it to me".
[Affirmative! Proceed with breakthrough attempt: Yes/No?]
"Yes". He practically growled it out.
[Breakthrough mechanisms have been put in place. Stabilizing host…, host has been stabilized.]
[Mental check: Pass.]
[Physical check: Pass.]
[All parameters for evolution are complete, the host's consciousness will now be drawn into the illusion realm.]
Having experienced it before, Sebastian reacted milder to it as he felt the mental prick again. This continued for a few seconds until his consciousness was forcibly pulled out of his body.
Bright light flared for a moment before becoming dark the next.
He was gone, his consciousness was gone.
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Blink!
Sebastian simulated the sound of blinking eyes in his head again as his eyes finally regained focus. His calm eyes surveyed the surrounding, he was now in a blank world of water with no one else but himself.
It was still the fiery red background of the water body around the extremely large ocean volcano, the only difference was that he was the only one here.
And like before, he was now existing like a phantom, making him look like a spirit creature from the spirit world if it existed.
As he already experienced it before, he was calm as he waited for subsequent developments.
The green color of the surrounding water body suddenly dominated the red background caused by the volcano, then it spiked and everything changed.
He appeared inside the familiar bustling city of great white sharks again. Despite not knowing how he was able to recognize it, once again, his intuition told him that this was his home.
More knowledgeable about Oceania now, he was able to make a lot more discoveries by observing his surroundings.
From the green light dominating the surrounding, he confirmed that this city was indeed inside the Green Mist region of Oceania. This confirmation made him heave a sigh of relief.
As he looked at the countless great white sharks moving about in this city, he was pleasantly surprised to discover that his vision was not as hazy as the last time that he came.
"Does this mean that I'll get a better vision in subsequent entries?" He randomly made a guess.
Through his better vision, he was able to infer more about his surroundings. At one glance, he started faintly noticing the different adaptations that the great white sharks developed.
Some of them were random and illogical, but the fact that they were able to survive and locate their home safely meant that they were powerhouses.
"Why are they mandated to stay together? Is there a war among sea creatures of different species that I don't know about?" He made another guessing thought.
Through his better vision, he also observed more about the technological details of the city.
Though he found it illogical that sharks could harness the wonders of technology, he didn't let his earth reasoning impede how welcome he was to surprises. He already saw too many of them.
Through the little that he observed, he guessed that most of the technological developments in the city were obtained from elsewhere, and were probably not created by the sharks.
That made him heave a sigh of relief a bit.
This time, he spent 10 minutes here before the scene was flipped over. Then, he saw the familiar formidable great white shark that was the alpha of this city, his father.
This time, he didn't see much here. The scene only stayed for a few seconds before he experienced the familiar condition like the things before him were being fast-forwarded.
Warp!
In a moment, it stopped at a scene, the scene of the enormous great white Shark's battle with the fire-breathing Dragon.
Boom!
Though the sight was still blurry and not exactly clear, Sebastian still shuddered in fear when the enormous great white Shark and the Dragon clashed.
Both parties roared angrily at each other after being repelled. Then they rapidly swam at each other again, both opening their enormous maws to reveal rows of teeth as long as swords as they bit down viciously at each other.
Though Sebastian could not see much, he got some information from this.
The first move from the Shark and the Dragon was the familiar Battering Ram skill that he was familiar with.
"Wait, is this like a reference for me to follow for my evolutions".
He was shocked after coming to this discovery, then he felt elated. Immediately, he eliminated all distractions as he focused all his attention on getting as many details as he could from the battle.
Without paying attention to him, both predators continued battling.
Apart from its regular fire breath, it became evident that the Dragon also had fire magic as it attacked with fire from different angles.
For the great White Shark, Sebastian was not able to get the exact detail. All that he knew was that the magic power formed brown magic lines in the water, but this was not enough reference for him.
The battle continued for hours; the surrounding water practically turned to an area affected by an apocalypse as the 2 apex predators ducked it out.
In the battle, the enormous great white shark revealed a lot of skills but Sebastian was only able to see a few clearly. And in these few, he could only vaguely understand the use of 2.
He felt depressed but he still didn't remove his attention from the battle that kept on increasing in intensity.
After what seemed like days, the battle finally started waning.
At this point, both predators already suffered staggering damage, but their flesh was squirming slightly as it slowly healed itself.
"A Recovery skill". Sebastian identified another important skill.
After battling for so long, it was clear that their magic power and stamina were already more or less depleted.
Both predators hovered in the water, their eyes filled with hate for the other's guts. They kept on roaring intimidatingly at each other.
As they did this, the Shark activated another skill as it suddenly seemed to have ballooned in size, making it seem more intimidating to its opponent.
They did this for a few minutes before the huge Dragon slowly retreated in defeat. The great white Shark did not pursue, its eyes only glinted slightly.
"Roar!" "Roar!"
Sebastian turned his head and saw the city of sharks behind the Shark alpha. He immediately came to a conclusion on seeing this.
The Dragon attacked the city, and the alpha came out to defend it. So now, they were strangely roaring in victory.
As he came to this thought, the world before him suddenly cracked and shattered just like a mirror.
[Host has experienced the illusion realm: The battle encounter history of the alpha shark has been told; you have to forge your own path now.]
[Evolution will start in 10 seconds.]
[You will be given a lot of options; choose wisely.]
Seeing this, Sebastian relaxed as he let the portal that suddenly appeared to suck him in. In this encounter, he was able to identify some skills and adaptations, which perfectly justified the time that he spent here.
He felt anticipation already.
When Sebastian's eyes regained their focus, he was already in the rainbow-colored world filled with clouds. Less than a second later, words from the system were projected before him in the skies.
[Host's evolution process has started. You have only 30 minutes to contemplate and make the choices that you want for your evolution route.]
[Due to your having reached the threshold of Level 10, you have unlocked a unique clue from the system.]
[Your authority level with the system has gone up a grade.]
[Your remaining evolution time- 29: 54.]
[Make your choices.]
Already experienced with this, Sebastian calmly demanded. "System, give me my options".
[Affirmative! Evolution system store has been actively accessed.]
[As host has evolved from the young stage of a great white shark, you no longer have the option of switching to another shark species.]
[Host evolution options are as follows]
- Mature Great White- Shark.
- Mystery Pryer Great White- Shark.
- Sabertoothed Great White- Shark.
- Vampire Great White- Shark.
- [Special] Young Megalodon.
- [Special] Great White Shark- Mana Lord.
- [Special] Great White Shark- Pugilist King.
[Warning! Taking the Pugilist King evolution route will destroy your magic organ. In reciprocation, you will gain extremely fierce close combat prowess.]
[Host should choose any of the above options to decide on a personalized evolution route.]
[Host skill options for current evolution route: Shredding Bite; Triple Reverse Swim; Advanced Dash; Empowered Dorsal Fin; Empowered Tail Fin; Advanced Electroreceptors; Battering Ram; Magic Teeth; Spike Attack.]
[Host Adaptation options for current evolution route: Spikes, Hard Dense Skin, Vampire Teeth, Mana Conductor Coating, Magic Organ.]
"A Megalodon! A freaking real Megalodon?!"
Sebastian was shocked at first before he felt a sense of euphoria envelope his heart. He guessed at it already before but really seeing an option for it left him feeling giddy and surprised.
All the evolution options this time were far more varied, mysterious, and badass than his first evolution.
He didn't know the reason for such a huge disparity, his best guess was that it was because he was now a mature Great White shark if he evolved.
He wanted to dance in joy due to this discovery right now, but he forced himself to calm down. At the back of his mind, he cautioned himself that his evolution was being timed.
Just like the last time, he decided to check his current attributes first. "System, show me my status".
[Affirmative!]
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Name: Sebastian
Level: 10
Stats:
Power: 13
Speed: 8
Mind: 21
Constitution: 7
Luck: 0
HP: 105/105
MP: 80/80
[Skills: Shredding Bite Level- 2; Triple Reverse Swim Level- 1; Advanced Dash Level- 1; Sharp Dorsal Fin- Level 4; Empowered Tail Fin- Level 1; Advanced Electroreceptors- Level 1; Spike Attack- Level 1; Battering Ram- Level 2; Magic Teeth- Level 2.]
[Adaptations: Map; Spikes, Hard Dense Skin, Vampire Teeth, Mana Conductor Coating, Magic Organ.]
[Species: Teenage Great White- Shark]
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Seeing this, Sebastian refreshed his brain with the actual attribute stats again. He wanted to compare it with his post-evolution stats, and he wanted to also see his hard work.
After a lot of grinding on his part, almost all his skills already leveled up to the 2nd tier, only the sharp dorsal fin was left.
Before he accessed the evolution store for new skills and adaptations, the first thing that he wanted was the sweet magic organ.
"System, give me the magic organ". He demanded.
[Affirmative!]
[Magic mutation organ.]
[Magic type: Material or External. Cost: 170 Adaptation points.]
[As host already has the physical magic type, it is no longer available in the system evolution store.]
Without any hesitation, Sebastian gave his consent to purchase the skill. After his conquest in this ocean, he already amassed so much skill and adaptation point that 170 was not that big anymore.
[You have purchased an Adaptation: Magic organ- Material.]
[You have unlocked the magic domain.]
[Magic domain types that are currently available to host: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Wind, Corrosion, Sound, Earth, and Curse.]
Seeing this, Sebastian was once again amazed by the variety. He expected to see more options to widen his horizons, but he was satisfied with what he saw.
Now came the dilemma. "Which should I choose?"
He wanted to do a deep analysis, but the roasted problem of time reared its head again. After deliberating for 2 minutes, he gritted his teeth and decided on the magic power that he felt had more affinity to him.
"I choose the Sound magic".
[Host's choice has been recorded.]
As soon as the system said this, it revealed what seemed like a slide, and Sebastian finally got access to all the skills and adaptations available to him.
This time, he was almost blinded by the outrageous number of options that were available to him. For his teeth alone, he saw over a dozen different skills that he could take to complement his Shredding bite skill and Vampire teeth adaptation.
He really felt an urge to carefully go through everything, but he could not as he was being timed. He didn't just choose like his last evolution also; he already had some targets in mind before the evolution started.
He first checked to see if options for the skills that he recognized used by his father in the Dragon battle were here. He was elated as he found some, then he combined these with the ideas that he already had.
He was not stingy; he spent his skill and adaptation points to get them.
[You have purchased skills: Rejuvenation, Cardiac Sphincter Constrictor, Ultra-range Electroreceptors, Magic Shield, Sound Control, Sonic Drill, Sonic Reflection, Sonic Dissonance, Water Cyclone, Supersonic Speed.]
[You have purchased adaptation: Damage Reflection Skin coating, Camouflage organ, Sound Magic domain.]
After doing all this, Sebastian finally heaved a sigh of relief. He wanted to do some more purchases, but unfortunately, his points were exhausted.
Despite this, he was satisfied with what he got.
He checked the time again out of cautiousness, then he relaxed. Without even needing to contemplate it, he decided on his main evolution route.
[You have chosen your evolution route: Young Megalodon!]
[Would you like to confirm your choices?]
"Yes".
His vision darkened immediately, then his evolution began.
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Minutes turned to hours, hours turned to dozens of hours but the great white shark remained in the hole, silently going through an evolution.
Sebastian's eyes were opened but they were glazed over like those of a zombie. They had no focus; this was how sharks slept. Despite his brain's inactivity, his body was active as always, burning calories like paper money.
Outside the hole, predators came and went, but none of them detected the hidden hole that was below them.
As his body hovered on the water, visible changes could be detected in his body. His skin squirmed like flour in the hands of a baker, his body slowly enlarged like large amounts of air were being pumped into him.
The changes in him outwardly were superficial compared to the ones going through him internally. Slowly, his magic organ changed in shape like it was a statue being finetuned at the hands of a sculptor.
Compared to his previous evolution, the changes were far more staggering already though it was still ongoing.
…
Creak!
Sebastian's eyes slowly regained focus due to the sound-induced by the walls of the hole that he was hiding in. He felt like he's already been sleeping for decades, but it was still just a few dozen hours.
Immediately after his consciousness solidified, only 2 words dominated his mind. "I've evolved".
His system clarified at the same time as he thought about it.
[Congratulations! Host has successfully completed evolution. You are now a level 11 Young Megalodon.]
Hearing this, Sebastian was about to yell in joy but he remembered that he was slowly becoming an Oceania powerhouse, so he did the same way as powerhouses did.
He revealed a grin that only made him look spooky on his sharky face.
"System, show me my status". He calmly demanded.
[Affirmative!]
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Name: Sebastian
Level: 11
Stats:
Power: 87
Speed: 42
Mind: 56
Constitution: 59
Luck: 0
HP: 821/821
MP: 560/560
[Body Skills: Shredding Bite Level- 2; Triple Reverse Swim Level- 1; Advanced Dash Level- 1; Sharp Dorsal Fin- Level 4; Empowered Tail Fin- Level 1; Advanced Electroreceptors- Level 1; Spike Attack- Level 1; Battering Ram- Level 2; Cardiac Sphincter Constrictor- Level 1.]
[Material Magic skills: Magic Teeth- Level 2; Rejuvenation- Level 1; Magic Shield- Level 1; Supersonic Speed- Level 1.]
[Magic- Sound Domain skills: Sound Control- Level 1; Sonic Drill- Level 1; Sonic Reflection- Level 1; Sonic Dissonance- Level 1; Water Cyclone- Level 1.]
[Adaptations: Map; Spikes; Hard Dense Skin; Vampire Teeth; Mana Conductor Coating; Magic Organ; Damage Reflection Skin Coating; Camouflage Organ; Sound Magic Domain.]
[Species: Young Megalodon!]
[System Remark: Keep grinding hard, you're slowly on your way to becoming the Ocean Master.]
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Seeing this, Sebastian originally wanted to play it cool the powerhouse way, but his willpower was clearly not strong enough as he faltered the next second.
"Holy… Shit!"
He felt his body bubbling with excitement as he went through his new status over and over again, he felt as high as a drunkard who just took down 24 bottles of beer in 5 minutes.
The first reason for his current excitement was the exaggerated increase in his base stats. From 13, his strength stat directly jumped all the way to 87. For a moment there, he thought that it was a scam.
His other base stats increase was also exaggerated. The other stats which left him feeling super excited was his health and mana points, they also experienced a quantum leap after this evolution.
At this moment, he finally confirmed how powerful sea creatures who had already undergone the 2nd evolution were.
His Water Transmutation unique skill and other trump cards were what enabled him to level ground with his previous opponents.
The other thing that left him giddy was the outrageous number of skills that he had now. His stockpile of skill and adaptation points was already finished, but he did not regret it one bit.
With this, he knew that he could now carve a place for himself in this world.
He still felt a little bad about not being given enough time to deliberate on the magic domain to choose, but he was still satisfied with the sound magic domain.
For his new demarcation of skills, after purchasing the material magic organ, he gained the basic magic power that Leroy and other sea creatures had.
This was what powered his material magic skills, while his sound domain skills will be powered by his special sound magic domain.
Both drew mana from his magic organ.
For his new skills, the Cardiac Sphincter Constrictor was one of the skills that he observed from his alpha father's battle against the fire-breathing dragon.
When activated in a battle, it would make water rapidly pump into his body, and this water would be prevented from escaping by his cardiac sphincter muscle. This way, he would suddenly balloon in size.
Such an exaggerated increase in size would intimidate any predator like was demonstrated by the alpha great white against the Dragon.
For his magic skills, the rejuvenation was self-explanatory. He would draw mana from his magic organ to create a healing fluid to heal himself in battle.
This was a very useful ability. If he had this during his battle against the Devouring Cobra, his situation wouldn't have been so dire then.
His magic shield was the normal one used by most sea creatures. After experiencing so many battles already, he knew the importance of this skill.
For the supersonic speed, this was a magic skill that he bought to escape in times of danger. The ultimate speed depended on how much magic power he decided to pump into it, which meant it was practically limitless.
For his sound domain skills, the sound control skill was a compulsory skill recommended by the system. It enabled him to control the sound waves in the water in various ingenious ways.
For example, he could communicate with a sea creature far away by manipulating it properly. This skill was the essence of his sound domain magic.
For the sonic drill, it enabled him to control soundwaves to create something like a sharp metallic drill. He could use it to attack both the body and the brain.
For the sonic reflection, it enabled him to use his opponent's sound against them. For example, if his opponent roared in anger or pain in battle, he could manipulate the soundwaves to return and attack the opponent.
And it was an area of effect skill.
For the sonic dissonance, he got the inspiration for this from his alpha dad. Though it was not the same skill as the alpha had a different magic domain, the effects were the same.
By clacking his teeth together or gritting them, he could make sounds that would scare away other sea creatures.
And there was a certain percentage of making their mind hurt which meant that it could help in actual battle.
For the water cyclone, he could control the vibrations in the water to create something like a hurricane which can block attacks and deal damage to opponents at the same time.
For his adaptations, they were self-explanatory. The damage reflection skin coating gave him a certain percentage of reflecting melee damage to the opponent.
The camouflage organ could help him change the color of his skin, thereby blending into his surroundings like a chameleon. The last Sound magic domain was self-explanatory.
Seeing how strong and diverse he became after one evolution, Sebastian felt surreal. And he could control sound magic now too.
He chuckled, producing bubbles in the water. "Can I be called a magician of sound now?"
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