Damigod

Facing extinction, humanity seeks salvation in the Astral Verge, a dangerous dimension accessed via portals that threatened to wipe out the entire planet.

Few years later, aspiring recruit Daniel Vance enters the Verge for his final assessment, hoping to Awaken a Talent and secure his future. While others gain common abilities, Daniel secretly Awakens the mythical SSS-Grade Talent: [Soul Assimilation]. This allows him to absorb essence, enhancing gear, gaining stats and EXP from slain creatures, and crucially, absorbing attributes and skills from fallen Awakened.

Witnessing the swift death of the arrogant Jaxon Rex, Daniel makes a grim choice: he assimilates Jaxon, gaining his first skill, [Kinetic Pulse]. This sets his path: scavenging the aftermath of others’ battles. He enhances gear and, after achieving his first kill on an injured beast, waits patiently to assimilate two more fallen recruits, acquiring [Quick Step] and the invaluable passive [Aura Sense].

Starting as average, Daniel rapidly gains power in secret, enhanced gear, multiple skills, and boosted stats , far exceeding his peers while remaining outwardly unremarkable. He navigates the lethal Verge alone, using its inherent dangers to fuel his growth, wrestling with the moral cost of his unique, overwhelming power.

SSS-Rank Talent: Super Upgrade System

The massive combat arena of the Combat Techniques School fell silent, tension thick in the air.

The wager had been struck, the terms laid bare for all to hear.

The surrounding students, who had paused their brutal training regimens to eavesdrop, now stared at Daniel with a mixture of disbelief and uneasy curiosity.

A week to master an A-rank skill? It was an impossible boast, a fool's errand.

They had seen geniuses spend half a year just to grasp the fundamentals of such complex arts.

Vice-Principal Travis Standen, his face a mask of fierce satisfaction, clapped his hands together with a sound like a small explosion.

The sound resonated through the hall, a punctuation mark on their audacious deal.

I do love an aspirant with a spine, even if it's about to be systematically rearranged during our… sparring sessions… next week!"

He grinned, a flash of white teeth in his scarred face.

Choose Your Poison!