I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 248: A fight to learn

After scanning a plenty of disciples, Eryndor entered the forest in search of the Six Legged Scaled Monkey.

One thing he noticed from the memory of these disciples was that they didn’t have the cultivation practice technique till a higher realm.

Majority of them only knew how to cultivate till stage nine of Qi Condensation realm.

Apparently, that too was exchanged for a considerable sum of spirit coins.

The Academy gave everything for free though.

Eryndor thought, subconsciously comparing everything about the Training Camp with the Academy.

There was a high chance that they would start charging from the third realm onwards though.

Because Eryndor only knew about cultivating till stage nine of Qi Condensation realm as well.

Maybe they only had the practice technique till that stage?

Maybe they only gave out till stage nine of Qi Condensation because the Cosmic Limit was at level two back then?

Wait what?

Just as Eryndor had that thought, he halted.

Wait…

His eyes narrowed.

Why would they not share the practice techniques of higher level if the Cosmic Limit was anyway at level two a month ago.

It wouldn’t matter anyway.

They wouldn’t be able to break through to level three because the Cosmic Limit was at level two, it would’ve suppressed them.

Unless that was not the case.

Is our breakthrough related to the increase of the Cosmic Limit?

Eryndor easily guessed that this privilege should only be limited to the humans of Earth, because if not, the Eight Outer Domains and even the anomalies could easily keep pushing the Cosmic Limit at least way higher than level two by simply breaking through.

It must be that only that when an Earth’s human broke through to a new realm that the Cosmic Limit would correspondingly increase.

His pace subconsciously slowed down as he thought back to the time when Sander entered the grounds of The Academy with heads strung together around his body.

So he was the first third level of humanity and striked first to kill those traitors of The Human Federation by taking advantage of the massive gap between level two and level three?

Eryndor suddenly felt he understood everything.

No wonder The Academy only shared with him the cultivation practice technique - The Breath Of Lightning God only till stage nine Qi Condensation realm.

There was a high chance that they did the same with everyone.

Now that the Cosmic Limit allowed till level three, the Human Federation would very likely loosen up on the requirements to exchange for a practice technique which included the method to breakthrough to level three and progress in that realm.

As his train of thought arrived at this point, Eryndor suddenly felt a rush of ambition surge up from within.

He wanted to be the first to break through to the fourth realm!

This was the first time he genuinely thought of standing out and taking a lead.

Is this Dr. Kirchoff’s influence?

Eryndor was wary about such matters but put it to the back of his mind because he wouldn’t be able to figure it out anyway.

I’ll need to work incredibly hard to overtake everyone.

Eryndor thought, while looking for the Scaled Monkey.

At a certain point he had walked deep into the jungle, so he unleashed his Spatial Sight to a certain extent, bringing him immense relief.

For a moment, he thought about using a proper surveillance skill. At least it would be a viable option to not feel blind and vulnerable once his Spatial Sight was robbed.

Uh, it wouldn’t hurt I guess?

It would only cost me the spirit coins in my possession.

It didn’t require any significant time or effort investment from his side.

Eryndor could easily master new cultivation arts as it depended on his control of Qi.

First, he would have to earn that many amount of spirit coins though. A Qi Condensation realm surveillance skill cost more than what he currently had.

Eryndor didn’t simply stroll about in search of the six legged scaled monkey, no, he practiced.

He was practicing Telekinesis by picking up random rocks, twigs, or any item which he could find and control.

With his massive storage base, it would be enough if he had even fifty percent left in case any enemy cropped up, so he planned to continue using his abilities up until then.

After a few moments he sensed a five legged monkey.

Not really my target but I don’t care.

He thought, while already employing Shadowstep to close the gap between them.

He was ready to kill the monkey since it would give him some progress on the Sovereign’s Cloak.

The old him would’ve left the monkey because it wasn’t his goal and he wouldn’t want to spend an extra effort on something else.

Now? Everything mattered as long as it gave even a tiny power boost to him.

The five legged monkey wasn’t one to retreat when it sensed an hostile entry in its ranges.

It was at the peak of the Latent realm, but as soon as it sensed Eryndor’s aura from the Shadowstep that he was employing, it began running away.

The chase didn’t last long, Eryndor quickly caught up within ten seconds.

He also realized that Shadowstep was reaching its limit, it was probably not a Qi Condensation level cultivation art.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, the monkey turned around and swiped at the Eryndor.

It had eight fingers on each of its five hands, all of them being incredibly sharp.

There was supposedly also a single set of claws which were poisonous.

The thing was, that wasn’t constant.

When the monkey retracted its set of claws, it could move them around its hands.

For example, if its third hand had the claw which was poisonous, and if it retracted the claws in this third hand, it could switch this set with any other hand, given that the other hand had withdrawn its claws as well.

It wasn’t much of a danger to Eryndor though.

Why? Because he had deployed Cognitive Scrying while fighting the beast.

Everytime the switch of claws was taking place, Eryndor would know before it even happened, allowing him to easily dodge the attack which that monkey thought would be a ’surprise’.

He was still unfamiliar with the dagger in the beginning, as instead of high damage output like his spiked mace, it had quite pitiful damage.

Cuts? Bleeding?

Even his spiked mace could do that by the virtue of the sharp spikes embedded in its head. Of course, they wouldn’t be as precise or deep as those inflicted by daggers.

Daggers are good for prolonged combat I guess?

As soon as he had the guess, Eryndor squashed it.

Daggers were mainly used by assassins, who were known for their efficient killing style.

They wouldn’t use an inefficient weapon right?

Eryndor changed his approach.

With his spiked mace, it was easy to hit any part and it would be considered a heavy damage due to the sheer power of the weapon, but with daggers, he would have to go for the vital points.

The problem? The monkey guarded its vital points quite fiercely, Eryndor would have to be bold if he wanted to target those.

The monkey was still alive despite a realm of difference? Because Eryndor hadn’t really used any of his cultivation arts.

He just kept using his Telekinesis to disrupt the monkey at crucial times, and used his Cognitive Scrying to gain information on its future moves.

Eryndor could feel himself adapting to this fighting style in real time.

It’s time to take risks.

Eryndor narrowed his eyes, easily ducking a ’surprise’ jab thrown by the fourth hand of the monkey which had the poisoned set of claws.

He wanted to upgrade his Passive Regeneration. No more hesitation.

He dove straight in, surprising the monkey that its enemy attacked in a manner unlike before.

The dagger successfully cut a tendon in the third arm of the monkey before retreating, fully rendering the arm useless.

The monkey cried in pain as that arm hung limp by its side.

Eryndor didn’t let up though, while his right arm was retreating, he quickly used his left arm to slash at the arm which was pursuing his retreating right hand.

In the matter of hands, one had to admit that the monkey had an advantage.

As soon as it sensed the left one going for the kill on its pursuing arm, he used two of his arms to block the attack.

At that same moment, Eryndor dropped the dagger in his right hand.

The monkey’s attention shifted to the right hand which was empty, when the dagger which was dropping suddenly took an abrupt turn, stabbing at the pursuing arm which was going for his right hand.

Alright, you have more hands, but I have an invisible hand you fucker.

As it let out a confused but a hurtful cry, Eryndor took that opportunity to clench his right hand into a fist and finally used his cultivation art.

Internal Fist!

His retreating right hand suddenly reversed, picking up pace and punching through the gap created by the hand of the monkey which was injured by the dagger.

The monkey didn’t have the time to compensate for the blunder in its confused rage and pain.

The fist connected straight with the chest, inflicting devastating damage by bypassing the scaled armor over its entire body.

There was no sound this time.

Eryndor could ’feel’ an organ bursting apart as his right hand was still connected to the chest. ƒreewebɳovel.com

It was probably its heart.

The monkey’s movements abruptly lost momentum before dropping to the side.

Before Eryndor could review his fight, he sensed another lifeform approaching him.

It was a six legged scaled monkey.

One at the middle stage of the Stable realm.