Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

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Ding!

[ Invisibility (Lvl 10): Perfectly concealed one's aura, life force, spiritual qi, and physique, gaining the state of near imperceptibility even under the transcended senses of beings above the user.

However, attacking and receiving damage would immediately cancel the effects of invisibility.

Activation: 0.1 spiritual qi per second.

Upgrade Cost: 25 Medallions of Forceful Upgrade and 50,000 horror points!

Note: Skills that went beyond the 10th level would allow the user to touch the corner of Quasi Dao... Instantly allowing one to comprehend an amount of 5 rules. ]

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[ Quasi Dao: A combination of 5 perfected rules under the same Dao... Only beings above the Soul Formation realm could touch and utilize this kind of mysterious power. ]

"Will I be able to utilize the invisibility skill after I upgrade it?

"Moreover, is the Soul Formation realm after the Nascent Soul realm?" Explore more at empire

Noticing the note below and first time hearing the Soul Formation realm, Leo couldn't help but ask the system... Falling into deep thought as the curiosity within him began to fill his mind.

Just the comprehension of 5 rules alone already caused his being to be restless, not to mention that upgrading the skill might clear his doubts regarding the unknown Soul Formation realm.

If not for the note below that notified him that only beings above the Soul Formation realm could utilize this kind of power and its exorbitant price that could allow him to bring two of his level 5 skills toward level 9... Leo would be tempted to immediately upgrade his invisibility skill.

It could be said that if his invisibility skill couldn't really be used after he upgraded it toward the next level, his safety would surely decrease by folds!

Simply put, his combat capabilities that lie toward sneak attacks and ambushing would diminish greatly, causing his strength to be degraded by at least one stage!

Soon enough, after a while of patiently waiting while checking the surrounding area for possible danger, the familiar sounds of metal heavily striking another metal resounded within Leo's mind... Instantly causing him to stare at the notification that appeared in his front.

Ding!

[ Yes. However, due to your limited strength and realm, you will only be able to utilize 0.1% of the skill... Furthermore, the price of activating the skill isn't something that the current you can afford. ]

After Leo finished reading the text within the system, the floating texts within the system again vanished—twisting for a while before replacing them with new words.

[ The basic knowledge regarding the Soul Formation realm would cost you 250,000 horror points! The higher your realms are, the lower the price you need to pay in order to learn the said knowledge.

(Accept/Declined)? ]

"Sigh- Nevermind... Seems like I could only stick toward my current invisibility skill."

Shaking his head in regret, Leo decided to check his current skill panel, wanting to upgrade some of his skills with a medallion of forceful upgrade.

Since he had no idea what kind of dangers he would face in the front—it would be the best time to finally upgrade some of his skills, allowing his strength, defenses, and cards to increase by folds.

Other than concealment skills, he needed to find skills under the category of suppression, offensive, healing, and defensive skills to upgrade.

In addition to that, he also needed to upgrade his current movement skill to the next level... If he unluckily meets a being that he couldn't defeat, his only option is to escape...

Hence, spending some of his Medallions of Forceful Upgrade toward it would be necessary.

Ding!

[ Upgrading Condense Soul Shrieking, Dying Immortal, Shadow Spear, Light Steps, and Shadow Shackles toward Level 7 would cost 20 medallions of forceful upgrade and 25,000 horror points.

(Accept/Declined)? ]

Taking a deep breath and calming the anticipation within his mind, Leo closed his eyes before pressing the accept button...

Watching his hard-earned medallions of forceful upgrade drop drastically from their previous number of 25 to 5 with pain in his heart.

"It vanished just like that..."

Leo signed within his mind before checking the newly strengthened skills within his character panel one by one.

Other than the Condense Soul Shrieking, Dying Immortal, and Shadow Spear skills, which didn't change much, only causing their overall capabilities to increase by a notch, the two skills, Light Step and Shadow Shackles, evolve beyond their previous grade, causing their effects to change accordingly.

With eyes filled with expectation, Leo hurriedly checked their description.

Ding!

[ Augmented by Light (Rare) (Level 5): A movement skill derived from the light!

Similar to light, it could allow one to move without creating any sounds and could allow one to appear and vanish in an instant... Akin to a flicker of light that would suddenly vanish after the end of the day.

Activation: 1 Spiritual Qi per second.

Effect 1: Permanently increase one's speed by 25 points!

Effect 2: Upon activation, further increase the speed by 50 attribute points! ]

Ding!

[ Boundless Shackles (Epit) (Level 5): Create incorporeal shackles made from the essence of shadows... It has the basic ability to suppress one's strength, spiritual qi, and soul power!

If the skill was used within the area of darkness, the skill's strength will increase accordingly (depending on the richness of the darkness within the surroundings).

Activation: Minimum of 10 spiritual qi per shackle; the higher the realm of the enemy, the higher the cost of the skill.

Effect: Permanently increase one's perception of rules under the Dao of Shadow by 5%. ]

Seeing this, Leo couldn't help but unfold a satisfied smile on his face. Compared to their previous description, their current capabilities actually increase by at least 3 times!

Even if he met an elite early stage of the Nascent Soul realm in this unfamiliar place, Leo already had the capital to escape and fight one without risking his precious life!

Making him feel an intense desire to charge recklessly toward the nearest beast that he could sense just to see and experiment with the limits of his new skills.

"Strength could really cause one to become arrogant...

"I need to calm down my emotions first before continuing forward."

Sighing deeply, Leo chooses a hidden corner to cultivate for a while, resting while recovering the spiritual qi that he had spent earlier...

While doing so, he carefully inspects the objects and traces of lifeforms that his divine senses discovered—ensuring that they wouldn't be able to approach his location without his notice while also planning how to kill them without alerting the other beasts hiding within the unknown.