Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Soon, after carefully reading the descriptions of the skill scrolls for a couple of minutes, Leo couldn't help but release a deep sigh of hesitation, pausing momentarily before grabbing four skill scrolls from Jake's hands, ranging from elite to epic.

"As expected, you really chose that skill scroll."

Seeing the weak, flickering scrolls within Leo's pale hands, Jake nodded his head in satisfaction, putting the remaining skill scrolls back within his inventory before bidding his farewell to Leo.

Although the chaotic battle had just ended, he couldn't be sure if there were still some beasts that accidentally survived the onslaught earlier, wanting to ensure that no abomination managed to slip under their watch so there would be no problem arising in the future.

Furthermore, he also wanted to quickly distribute the potions to the other group, helping them quickly recover their overall strength.

With the sudden invasion of the beasts and quasi-devils yesterday, it was uncertain if there was still another wave of them waiting in the dark... Hence, he felt that it was much safer to be prepared.

...

Silently watching the retreating silhouette of Jake from the distance, Leo hurriedly shifted his gaze toward the skill scrolls within his hands, activating his soul scan skill before reading their descriptions one by one.

Ding!

[ Physical Foundation (Rare+2)- A unique skill that deals with the imperfections of one's physical body, defenses, and stamina.

Although it can't elevate one's appearance, it has the ability to strengthen the overall aspects of one's body, allowing one to embark on the path of body cultivation.

Activation: Permanent.

Effects 1: Increase the physical toughness by 5% and elevate the strength, speed, and stamina by 10 points!

Effects 2: Slightly solidify the foundation of one's physique!

Cost to Learn: 1,000 horror points! ]

Ding!

[ Intangible Body (Epic) - A skill that allows the body to momentarily transform into intangible form.

Activation: 5 Qi per second.

Effects 1: In intangible form, the user could bypass an almost enclosed space by simply slipping within some of their gaps.

Effects 2: You can't be trapped in ungraded to grade 1 formations. There are certain chances that you will be able to escape from grade 2 formations in an intangible state.

Note: Upon being hit by mental, soul, and magic attacks, the user would be forced to exit the tangible state.

Cost to Learn: 2,500 horror points! ]

...

Other than that, Leo also gained two elite skills that focus on physical damage, balancing his arsenal of skills in the process.

Although the effectiveness and usefulness of those offensive skills were quite limited, he was planning to fuse them when the fusion feature of the system cooldown, giving him the probability of increasing their rarity to rare.

"Hopefully, my luck won't turn bad when that time arrives."

Taking a deep breath, Leo decided to learn the four skills on the spot, ripping the scrolls into pieces as the starlights that oozed from them hurriedly entered his being, coursing within before entering his consciousness afterward.

Ding!

[ Congratulations on learning the Physical Foundation (Rare+2), Intangible Body (Epic), Basic Physical Combat (Elite), and Metal Fist (Elite) skills! ]

Ding!

[ Due to the dozens of skills within the arsenal of the host, the system was limiting the number of skill slots for the host to 50.

Furthermore, the price of learning the skills would also increase by 10 times, successfully causing the host to think carefully before learning a skill on the spot. ]

"This..."

Seeing the sudden notification that abruptly appeared from out of nowhere, Leo's gray irises couldn't help but widen, cursing within his mind loudly before calming afterward.

Even though he understood the reason why the system was limiting his learning capabilities regarding skills, he still couldn't help but feel a slight fang of dissatisfaction deep within.

Comprehending that he would no longer be able to learn lots of passive skills without thinking about them in the long run.

Although he had a fusion feature that would lower the number of his skills every while and then, the cooldown of the cauldron usually takes longer (depending on the skill grade).

Sigh~

"It might be better this way, so I could focus my mind on some of my skills that I had almost forgotten.

"With lots of skills within my arsenal, it was bound for me to forget some of them, causing me to be unable to fully utilize my capabilities in the middle of battle."

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Crackle~

BOOM!

As Leo was pondering deep within himself, silently gazing toward the corpses around him as he occasionally picked some flesh and limbs within, a sudden sound of crackling, akin to a thundering explosion, resounded toward the direction of the endless forest.

Causing him to instinctively raise his head toward the horizon as he couldn't help but stare at the bloodied being, gripping a severed head in its grasp as it fly toward the direction of the town at a swift speed.

In the being's wake, the space around him began to tremble, a testament to its still unstable aura.

Ding!

[ Congratulations on assisting in killing a Nascent Soul realm beast, although slightly.

+1,256 exp points. ]

Ding!

[ Congratulations on successfully assisting in killing a Nascent Soul Beast for the first time!

+50,000 horror points!

+1 fusion skill cooldown ticket! ]

As he had expected, after the being above entered the range of his divine senses, Leo immediately saw the haggard yet excited face of the old man, instantly causing his soul to send a distress signal within his consciousness—a testament to the danger that the old man possessed.

"This. His aura further increases."

Compared to the last time he saw the old man, Leo was quite sure that the being above further deepened its realm. As to the exact extent, he was completely oblivious to it.

"Well, maybe I could ask for the skeletal and some innards of the Nascent Soul Beast corpse later. I'm quite sure that they would be happy if I traded them for dozens of grade 1 to grade 2 potions.

"Furthermore, if I let them know that I saved dozens of lives earlier, they would surely give me some compensation... and some extra limbs of the Nascent Soul Beast would do that."

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