The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 1148: System V2

Not wanting for Rex to be personally involved in dealing with a mere mutated animal—Linthia decided, that she would be the one stalling it until the others arrived. But that decision was a horrendous mistake for her.

She didn't even see the attack coming, it whizzed past her perception like a ghost.

Only when she was struck did her body instinctively react.

Having no mercy as it was angered, the mutated animal's tail tore a gaping hole in her chest.

It was only thanks to Rex that she was about to survive the ordeal.

Upon parrying the finishing blow that aimed to crush Linthia's body—Rex lowered his stance as a smirk crept to his face. At the peak of the moment—a notification appeared—displaying the completion of the upgrade.

Description: Unlike its predecessor, which only propelled the user's power to the strongest of the user's current potential to block one strike—the Invincible II item bestowed the user a full minute of being impervious to harm, before reverting the user to normal, with the exact same side effect.

Following the series of notifications that flooded his vision, Rex observed the last notification before it split into four rectangle-shaped, panels. All of them were purple-colored—the exact same color as Chaos Energy.

Looking at the content of the panels, he realized that they were skills he could choose.

All of them were the skills or spells used by the Fifthborn.

But as he scanned the selections from left to right, Rex frowned as one skill was missing.

Out of all his skills, I wanted to take the Touch of Death skill—but it's not one of the options.

The Touch of Death skill was, frankly speaking, the most lethal out of the Fifthborn's abilities, as it would instantly kill anyone influenced by the skill with three strikes. Rex wanted that skill for himself, but it seemed that was impossible to have.

Even then, he decided to make do with the ones he could select.

Listed before him were: Chaos Nova, Latch of Chains, Crippling Wicked Grasp, and lastly, the Breath of the Fallen. He quickly scratched the Crippling Wicked Grasp skill, as he had already in possession of a similar skill, the Alpha Bearing.

Might not be as potent as the Crippling Wicked Grasp skill, but their effects are the same.

Following that, he could also eliminate the Chaos Nova skill.

Although the skill was the strongest among the Fifthborn's arsenal—Rex already had enough offensive skills. Now, with his elemental mastery ascending to new heights—awaiting for him to utilize, he anticipated a surplus of offensive spells.

He didn't need more, what he needs right now is mobility skills or support skills.

Relying on his physique is good and all, but Rex couldn't shake the feeling that his battle with the Fifthborn could've been easier if he had more support or mobility skills. Not to mention, if he had either of those, he would be putting himself in a less dangerous position.

Not that I dislike the thrill of head-on confrontation though.

So that leaves him with the last two options, Latch of Chains and Breath of the Fallen.

...

Rank: Legendary (Tenth-rank)

It was not something often for the System to be generous in giving skills.

Only through beating a rival of Invincibility did the System be generous enough to do this.

The Primordial Step skill bestowed upon him the mobility skill that he really needed, also, the skill is unobstructed by anything when it's activated. Moreover—the speed increase of up to, 250% at the fifth step is god-like.

Rex could speed-blitzed anyone with that kind of boost.

It would also complement his Brutal Impulse skill that could be avoided if not fast enough.

On the other hand, the Perfect Hunter Apparation skill didn't lose out.

Surely, in the future, he would meet with more powerful enemies such as the Fourthborn that could potentially escape when Rex was about to deal with the finishing blow. Marking them—with the unbreakable prey mark would be useful then.

Also, that was only one application of the skill, and there's a lot more he could do with it.

Another instance was spying on the Supernatural Elders, the possibilities are endless.

Lastly, the Eclipse Black Paladin skill.

Even though Rex wasn't actively seeking additional enhancement skills, the allure of this skill in particular, proved irresistible. Its comprehensive amplification of every aspect of his power was simply too enticing to overlook.

Such a potent effect was undoubtedly worthy of an Origin-rank skill.

Roar!!

Rex snapped out of his daze when he heard a powerful roar coming from the mutated animal.

He gritted his teeth and looked at the choices again, knowing that time was not on his side.

"Which one to choose? Which one to choose?" He muttered repeatedly—trying to come to a decision. But then, his eyes widened, as he realized something, "System—can I obtain these skills from sources, other than this selection?"

Gaining this answer, Rex's eyes flickered in hope.

Seems like he wouldn't need to worry about his choice if that was the case.

But then he remembered something, "Aren't there requirements to learn these skills?"

Unlike the weaker skills that only required Skill Upgrade to learn—the strongest skills on the skill tree tab have additional requirements that need to be met. It was why Rex couldn't gain strong skills despite his Skill Upgrade.

He remembered that there were bloodline requirements or other difficult requirements.

Mostly, he opted to upgrade his existing skills with his Skill Upgrade.

It was more practical and easy to do than fulfilling the requirements.

Expecting the answer, Rex nodded his head firmly.

"Analyze these three skills and tell me which of their requirements are hardest to complete"

Upon reading this, Rex then instantly picked the Primordial Step.

Out of the three options, he wanted to pick this one the most due to the situation.

Dodging the mutated animal's attack is possible, but Rex would need to be way faster, to get closer to it. Now—with the System's confirmation, he wasted no time and chose the first skill to learn.

Similarly to before, his mind was injected with information that made him smile.

Having the two new skills in his arsenal, his confidence shot through the roof.

"Linthia, you wait here," Rex mused as he stood up, pivoting towards the mutated animal that was glaring at him menacingly—warning him to not get close. But this, only prompted a smirk on Rex's face, "I appreciate you trying to help, but you're useless in this fight. Know your own limit first before attacking,"

After saying that, Rex proceeds to face the mutated animal, poised to clash once again.

But before that, he had one more thing to check.

Opening the skill tab, hovering over the skill tree—he wanted to check the Emulation feature.

It was only then that his eyes caught something interesting, "Oh, what do we have here...?"