Becoming A Snake Farmer, Lvl 7 Bell Spider

Chapter 35

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"Okay…" pausing for a second, Astaroth found his voice and straight up asked, "How does this work? Everything has changed…"

Like the helpful partner that the system was, it answered with:

[Ding! The unique ability leveling system starts at Lvl 1 and goes up to the maximum Lvl limit for your current Evolution Area. For the 'Pond', that limit would be Lvl 9.]

[The Lvl of each ability is also based on the Evolution Area that the host is in. An ability at Lvl 9 would represent something at the very peak of the Pond, whereas something of Lvl 1 would distinguish it as one of the weakest abilities.]

"Ahhh… Then, is there a way to increase the Level of abilities? And about the 'SP' after True Energy Absorption…?"

[Ding! The host can use Energy to level abilities, but the cost will be especially steep. As for the SP in front of True Energy Absorption, it means that the Ability is a Growth-type ability and has thus been termed a 'Special Ability'.]

"So it's like this…"

Astaroth got the gist of all the latest system alterations. Still, he was curious about the cost to upgrade Abilities, so he asked, "How much do I need to get all my Lvl 1 Abilities to Lvl 2? And for Lvl 2 to Lvl 3?"

[Ding! To get all Abilities from Lvl 1 to Lvl 2, the host will need to use 130 million Energy.]

[Assuming all Abilities have now become Lvl 2 Abilities, the host will need to use up another 65 billion Energy to get them to Lvl 3.]

"Ahh, that's not as bad as I thought it would be. Well, can you automatically upgrade all my Abilities to Lvl 3 after I pass 300 billion Energy?"

[Ding! Yes, that is possible. But the cost for automation will cost the Host 600 million Energy. Is that acceptable?]

"Yeah, that's fine," Astaroth answered absentmindedly.

He was far too busy with gassing the sleeping Water Snakes to care about a poultry sum of millions of Energy.

[Ding! Orders have been fulfilled! Until next the host needs the system…]

As the system went temporarily offline, Astaroth injected some poison into the internal systems of dozens more Lvl 4 Water Snakes.

One by one, they died.

[Ding! You have absorbed 34 billion Energy from a Lvl 4 Water Snake!]

[Ding! You have absorbed 41 billion Energy from a Lvl 4 Water Snake!]

[Ding! You have absorbed 12.9 billion Energy from a Lvl 4 Water Snake!]

[Ding! You have…]

After nearly an entire sixty seconds of blowing poisonous mist into the mouths of a large number of Lvl 4 Water Snakes, Astaroth finally surpassed 600 billion Energy!

Though prompted to go through with the next Energy Overflow multiple times, he held off until now, all so as to level up his Abilities first.

Doing just that, these were the system notifications he received…

[Ding! You have leveled up all your Lvl 1 Abilities to Lvl 2!]

[Ding! You have leveled all your Lvl 2 Abilities to Lvl 3!]

[Ding! ~65 billion Energy has been used up successfully!]

[Ding! You still have ~540 billion Energy remaining.]

[Would you like to go through with the Energy Overflow and advance to Lvl 7 of the Bell Spider Lineage?]

"Yes," Astaroth answered without hesitation. "Oh, and can I use up some Energy to conceal the bright flashes of pearlescent light that surround me with every breakthrough?" He asked with a hopeful tone.

[Ding! Yes, that is possible with 10 million Energy! Would the host like to spend that amount to do as he requested?]

"Please do."

After everything between the two of them was settled, Astaroth went through a very subtle Minor Energy Overflow.

Though the iridescent energy filament was still there, it was way less noticeable than before. It was to the point that it might as well have been invisible to the naked eye.

By the end of this discreet Minor Energy Overflow, Astaroth escaped the pearlescent filament and emerged as a superior species!

A far more terrifying species…

Pulling up his system interface, he was pleased with more than one of the things he saw.

BLING!

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{[Infinite Energy System]}

[Host: Astaroth]

[Evolution Stage: Bell Spider (Lvl 7)] - [540 billion/800 quadrillion]

[Evolution Area: Pond]

[Energy Storage: 200 billion/1.2 trillion]

{[Top Energy Abilities:]}

[True Energy Absorption (SA)], [Spider Grapple (Lvl 3)], [Blood Drain (Lvl 3)], [Blood Restoration (Lvl 3)]

[Venom Spit (Lvl 3)], [Speedy Regeneration (Lvl 3)], [Spidey Senses (Lvl 3)], [Claw Slash (Lvl 3), [Web Swing (Lvl 3)]

[Tadpole Flash (Lvl 3)], [Paddle (Lvl 3)], [Lunge (Lvl 3)]

[Pincer Attack (Lvl 3)], [Chronic Fart (Lvl 3)], [Hardened Armor (Lvl 3)]

[Water Manipulation (Lvl 3)], [Poisonous Bite (Lvl 3)], [Hydrodynamic Speed (Lvl 3)], [Constricting Coils (Lvl 3)]]

[Head Butt (Lvl 3)], [Tough Skin (Lvl 3)], [Tail Burst (Lvl 3)]]

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