5: Breakthrough

After xiao Chen picked up another sword, he noticed an open cabinet at the corner of his eyes, at a closer look it seemed to be some herbs of many different colors..

"System, are these spiritual herbs?" Xiao Chen asked, the original owners memories were all over the place, he only found a few hints on these herbs..

There were herbs of many different shapes and sizes, some were even emitting auras of vitality and profoundness..

[the host can devour these herbs as well, they aren't the best, but they will definitely make the host stronger] the system's voice was heard,.

Xiao Chen grabbed all of the spiritual herbs he could find in there, it wasn't comparable to the chickens, but since there was a lot it would bring him close to the mortal realm, and maybe after killing that chicken he can breakthrough..

Xiao Chen sat on his broken bed, with the small herbs on his lap, he put the furious chickens anger at the back of his head before he began to devour them using the technique..

All the herbs turned into a beam of energy before shooting into his body, surprisingly it took longer than it did with the chickens...

Xiao Chen lifted his fist as he felt the strength coursing through him, the energy had strengthened his whole body, if he were to devour another chicken he would definitely break through and complete the mission...

"It's time to kill that chicken" after feeling his strength soar a bit, xiao Chen was a lot more confident, his strength was probably on par with the chicken, he couldn't help but admire the system and his improvement...

....

Standing behind the wooden door, xiao Chen pulled back the metal lock before letting the wind open the door itself, tightly gripping two swords, he calmly awaited for the chicken who was still causing a ruckus...

The wooden and disheveled door slowly started opening as the wind moved by, slowly making a creaking sound..

Xiao Chen noticed the chicken calming down, its soft steps could even be heard by him, the chicken walked in the door curiously, he was also right behind the door, waiting to slaughter it.

Coo...

The buff chicken let out a few small cuckoos before slowly stepping into the room, it moved its head left and right in confusion...

Even though it was strong, it was still stupid, with a few traps and shameless acts even an idiot could kill it without fighting head on..

"Hehe come to papa" xiao Chen though as he watched the chicken walk into the hut illuminated by the morning sunshine...

Swoosh!!!

With all his strength he ferociously stabbed out with the sword in his left hand..

Puchi!!

The chickens wing was stabbed through and it's blood trailed down the sword witch went through the wing...

The chicken furiously squirmed around in pain upon seeing xiao Chen, yet before it could even try to escape xiao Chen had stabbed out once again with another sword, this time the sword pierced its head..

Its body twitched a few times before it fell onto the wooden floor with a "thud" it's blood all over the ground and the two swords still deeply rooted in its body...

"Damn this is too gore" xiao Chen covered his mouth, he wasn't used to see so much blood, even after killing so many chickens he still felt guilt, this feeling was slowly fading away the more he devoured.

Xiao Chen sighed as he pulled the two swords out, even though it seemed simple, him managing to stab through the chicken took a lot of effort, if he had held back even a little strength the chicken might have ran away in fear..

Xiao Chen slowly massaged his small muscles while looking at the body of the huge chicken...

The chicken itself would be about the same size as him if he were to roll up into a ball..

"What the f*ck, do animals in this world take steroids?" Xiao Chen cursed..

The only clue he had was that these mutations were caused by the energy of this world, something like this would be impossible on earth if a chicken was to naturally grow without outside help..

Xiao Chen excitedly day on the ground a few inches away from the slowly creeping blood, he began to use the primordial devouring technique while focusing his mind on the carcass of the chicken...

The chickens body turned into a beam of light before shooting into his body, that wasn't it, there were more than one beam, there was at least three beams shooting into his body..

Xiao Chen felt his body heat up, his muscles became bigger and got tighter, he even felt his body grow a lot taller and become more muscular..

[mission completed..

Rewards: astral gale sword art...

Would host like to claim the technique?] the system's voice rang throughout his head while he was observing his body...

"Yes I would like to claim it" xiao Chen said, after saying that his mind was filled with unfamiliar memories...

These were the ways to train the sword art, yet as long as he devoured more beasts he would gain better comprehension over the sword art...

"Status" xiao Chen said excitedly..

[ host: xiao Chen

Age: 15

Cultivation: (early) body-refining realm

Skills:[primordial devouring technique], [Astral Gale sword art]

Items:]

Looking at his status, xiao Chen let out a soft smile, his strength was at least 10 times that of before, he could even destroy that chicken with a punch now if he wanted to..

At the same time he felt bad for the chicken leader, it was only trying to protect its family after all..

Its just like how beasts are called monsters if they eat humans, yet when humans eat beasts they act as if it's normal..

Xiao Chen clenched his fists, he was now strong enough to fight those stronger beasts on the mountain..

Luckily he and his now dead grandfather lived in a secluded area, or else they would have been slaughtered millions of times already...