Cursed Immortality

After Jacob consumed the entire scorpion's heart, he started to feel extremely lethargic, and he knew he needed a massive amount of nutrition right away. So, he began to devour the rest of the scorpion without leaving its bones, biting through them like they were biscuits.

However, he soon found that wasn't enough, so he began to consume the bodies of Andrew and his team, including their hearts. But it only helped him a little as the more he consumed, the more he felt the gulf he needed to fill this time. 

In the end, not only did he devour everything, including his reserve, but he even had to consume 40% of his titan tears reserves to feel complete. He had prepared over 100 liters of epic rank titan tears with all the titan iron he could get his hands on, and forty percent of them were gone just like that. 

At this moment, Jacob looked at his own body with a hint of dread and elation. The former because now he was 10'1 meter tall, and his pale white skin had a tint of silvery glow on it, which looked highly sublime. While the latter because he was breaming with unimaginable strength like never before. 

Jacob knew the size of a giant was predetermined by their bloodline as their strength was extensively present by their size to oppress their opponents. But their growth was not increased every time they leveled up. 

However, with the fighting giant spirit aspect, Jacob's size continued to increase with his growing power. After his last rapid growth in power, his size seemed to be blasted through the roof, and the more full he became, the more it increased. 

Only after he broke in the 10 meters did it stop, and it was only then that he fully integrated with his power level. He was sure his cursed blood condensing was above 40% or might be touching 50%. 

This means that he was now a holder of a unique rank physique, and the instinct to seek powerful opponents to test his might against also increased ten-fold after this power-up. 

This goes against Jacob's intent to remain low profile and humble to trick his opponent into thinking he is a weak target. All in all, this goes everything against his very being. 

A tower over ten-meter-tall giant was in no way low-key, and he even believed that he might be the tallest giant in the entire epic plains right now, which would draw too much attention. 

Not to mention, if this continues, he needs to change his entire arsenal of weapons and armor to suit his new body. 

But he couldn't ignore that he had finally achieved the strength of a unique rank species, and with his giant body, he could now tear apart any tier-9 epic with his bare hands, or even tier-1 unique rank would be helpless against him. 

This is still not counting his fluid acceleration, and he had a feeling that he might be able to increase it up to 50X acceleration at this moment. 

Recently, with his new understanding of fluid acceleration, he learned just how much speed 1X acceleration provides. It was equal to 20 mph (miles per hour). This means he could increase it to 1000mph or 1.3 Mach (speed of sound) right now. 

This speed would continue to increase as he powered up, with the possible limit being the speed of light or beyond. Mind you, the speed of light is 874,030 Mach!

A body that could handle the speed of light had to be ridiculous, and Jacob had no idea when he would be able to achieve it, but he sure does look forward to it. 

With his current power and boost provided by the fluid acceleration and the innate ability of the giant fighting spirit, he had no idea how many unique rank tiers he could go beyond at this moment. 

But dealing with the Fiend Yeti or Deathstalker would not be so difficult on the basis that magic wasn't involved or some abilities like his own in play. 

However, Jacob had no idea at that moment that the Fighting Giant Spirit was not just an aspect with only a single ability or effect to increase his size and fighting instincts. But it was an aspect with a cluster of abilities, and he only scratched the surface of it. 

When he achieved the unique rank giant body with the Fighting Giant Spirit, he unlocked another terrifying passive ability, which he would soon come to realize. 

At this moment, Jacob was finally ready to move forward and exit the pyramid when he noticed the faintly shimmering door releasing undulation, which he hadn't noticed before. Maybe it was because he was too weak, or it was just that his new instincts were in play. 

Jacob squinted his eyes as he guessed, 'Could it be the exit?'

He could only think of this because there was no other explanation as the scorpion was dead, the shackle was cleared, and he had never seen an exit out of the trial plains before. 

But that exit wasn't there before, and dark beings in the rare plains lay claim to an exit even before clearing the trial. However, he no longer compared them after the announcement, so he wasn't sure. 

Moreover, it might be another hidden location, like the upper level of the pyramid, and instantly Jacob wanted to explore it. 

'Let's see if it's an exit or someplace with a treasure. In both cases, I can retreat.' 

Making his decision, Jacob moved toward the faintly glowing passage in the wall. His giant face no longer supported his mask, so he had no choice but to use his hood and a piece of advanced epic-rank cloth to cover half of his face. 

This only made him more upset about his size increasing continuously, and he couldn't help but think about the gluttony mask in his infinity pendant. 

'One of the mask's abilities is to change not only facial features but also body composition into the same being it feeds upon. This might be able to help me with this blasted problem. 

'But the problem lies in its second function, which affects the wearer's mind the stronger it grows. I've already had the fighting giant spirit to look out for… But even if I'm willing to take the risk by keeping its growth in check, I still need a mystic signature to become its owner.' 

Jacob frowned in scrutiny before he sighed ruefully as this all was getting too complex, and in time like this, he somewhat missed the cursed book. 

Keeping his problems in the back of his mind, he entered the glowing passage, and the moment his body passed it, the portal churned before it closed with a blink!