"I should use that rank-one Primal Pill while my cultivation is still unstable," he murmured, remembering the reward from his talent verification test.
"System, release the Green-Rank Primal Pill reward."
[Ding!]
[Rank 1 Primal Pill(Perfect-grade) released]
A small pill capsule, the size of a pinky finger materialized in Theon's palm.
From the transparent surface, it looked like magma was flowing within the capsule.
But it wasn't magma but pure primal energy that had been compressed and refined through advanced alchemical processes.
Then was stunned when he saw the grade of the pill. "Perfect-grade! It's actually a perfect grade pill!"
Different ranks of pills are divided into four grades. Low-grade, Mid-grade, Excellent-grade and finally, perfect grade.
Perfect grade pills are so rare that when they leak out to the public will incite a bidding war. This is because perfect grade pills contain 100 percent of the power of the entire herbs with not a single hint of energy leaking out.
This would more than triple the effect, increasing the effect by an entire ten fold!
To create a Rank one pill, one need to be an Apprentice Geneticist and becoming an apprentice Geneticist required talent, resources, and dedication that surpassed what was needed to even reach the Astral Demonic Soldier realm.
With this pill, his realm would be extremely stable and he might even break through rank 2!
As he stared at the pill, Theon suddenly had and idea.
'What if I set a quest to breakthrough to level 2?' The more he thought about it, the more excited he became until he couldn't stop himself.
"I shall breakthrough to level 2 Genetic Soldier realm."
But after several seconds, no system notification appeared. Frowning, he tried again with slightly different wording, but still received no response.
Theon sighed. The system was designed to reward genuine effort and achievement, not resources that had been provided by the system itself.
Using a pill that he had received as a quest reward to complete another quest would essentially be cheating the system's fundamental principles.
"That makes sense," he admitted with a wry smile. "Otherwise, I could create infinite loops of rewards generating more rewards."
Theon opened his mouth and swallowed suddenly swallowed the Pill. It instantly melt into his mouth like a well barbecued lamb fat!
The effect was immediate but completely different from his explosive advancement to Genetic Soldier. Instead of the violent surge of energy that had rewritten his genetic structure, the pill's power flowed through his system like a gentle but persistent river. The refined primal energy spread throughout his body as it merged into his cells.
The system's level up didn't leave a single instability and was extremely solid more than what Theon had ever heard.
Theon could feel his genetic cells getting saturated with compressed energy as the filled to the brim.
The sensation was incredibly pleasant, like warm sunlight flowing through his veins. Unlike the chaotic transformation of leveling up.
Minutes passed as the pill's effects continued to work through his system. His strength, speed, and energy capacity all increased steadily as his cultivation level climbed toward its peak.
When the process finally completed, he could feel that he had not only consolidated his Level 1 foundation but pushed through to Level 2 Genetic Soldier entirely.
He could feel his strength had doubled in just a short while as he broke through.
His muscles had become denser and more responsive, his reflexes had sharpened dramatically, and his primal energy reserves had expanded exponentially.
"This is really nice," he breathed, flexing his hands and was delighted at the controlled strength he could feel flowing through his body. "At this rate of advancement, I will ne able to accomplish even more task."
As he clenched his fist the air around his arm warped and exploded with mini shockwaves.
After a while of getting used to his body, he suddenly had another idea.
"System, I want to complete ten perfect sets of the Nine Army Saber forms."
[Ding! Quest Created]
[Objective: Practice Nine Army Saber - Complete 10 Perfect Sets]
[Reward: Nine Army Saber Technique +1 Level]
[Accept Quest? Y/N]
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"Eh? it actually worked!"
Theon was truly excited. If it's like this then he would actually be able to gain even more rewards from the systems.
"Accept."
Theon moved to the center of his training room and drew his military saber and his face changed rapidly.
'So light!'
One of the reason he liked the saber was its weight. When he slashed out, the weight of the weapon increases the damage even more.
His progress had been so fast he had actually outgrown his own weapon.
The weapon was now a lot lighter in his grip and he couldn't feel the weight of it.
Theon sighs as he stared at the weapon with a bit of nostalgia, then he started.
He began with the first form of the Nine Army Saber: "Mountain Cleaving Strike."
At the Master level, his understanding of the technique was already sophisticated, but now he pushed himself to achieve absolute perfection in every movement.
Each muscle had to contract and expand precisely at the right moment.
At the same time, his breathing had to synchronize perfectly with the blade's slashes, and his primal energy had to flow perfectly along with the blades movement and his oscillating muscles!
"Whoosh!"
The blade sliced through the air with a sharp whistle, distorting the training room's atmosphere, creating a silver arc of blade light in midair.
The second form, "Flowing River Cut," required him to chain multiple slashes together that resembled water finding its path around obstacles.
Form after form, set after set, he sliced through the air.
By the time he completed the tenth set, sweat was streaming down his face despite.
[Ding!]
[Quest Completed]
[Reward: Nine Army Saber Technique +1 Level]
[Nine Army Saber has advanced from Master level to Perfect Level]
At that moment, Theon's face changed as massive amounts of knowledge flowed into his brain like a river.
Instead of simply gaining new forms or better understanding of existing moves, he felt his entire relationship with blade combat transform at a fundamental level.