Mixed Blessing System



[Iron-grade light resistance acquired.]

[Progress: 89%.]

While Lothur's women were forced away from him by just two of the five enemies who had suddenly appeared in that place, the other three attacked him with all the light they had.

Upon seeing Lothur using Black Flames a few moments ago, those individuals immediately changed their strategy to destroy this 'human.'

As a 'human' who relied on Soul Bones, if a single one of those bones were destroyed, Lothur would be in a terrible state. However, as difficult as it was to do this, there was a relatively easy way to go about it. That was by counteracting the essence of a given Soul Bone present in that body!

It wasn't easy to do this, as one would have to have a very high elemental affinity towards the nemesis element of the one behind that Soul Bone's powers.

At the same time, Soul Bones usually depended on more than one element to function, which made the process even more difficult.

But the bone responsible for Lothur's Black Flames was different. It was a mass of practically pure darkness!

If they used their light together, those three could affect this Soul Bone!

As much as a being could coexist with light and darkness in their body, that was true for the power of one's soul, not necessarily their bone.

If your bone could not coexist with the opposite element it was based on, it would naturally implode, injuring its user and ceasing to exist!

The Ancestral Folk were the ones who had the most knowledge about this, and when those three noticed Lothur's power, they immediately took this path to defeat him.

Lothur's four women were powerful, but unlike Lothur, who had a set of Platinum-grade bones, those women had Silver, Gold, and Platinum-grade bones, something far inferior to what he had. As such, even though they were on the same level as him, none could stand up to the powerful members of the continent's most talented race.

Just two of those individuals were enough to separate them from Lothur and prevent them from helping him while he was being attacked mercilessly by those three.

Even the dinosaur couldn't do much for him at the moment, as he was frozen in place, pressed down by the auras of those creatures of higher rank than his.

One of the reasons the Ancestral Folk were so strong and had the whole region under their wing was because of their genetic superiority to the other beings in the area.

Through this superiority, they could use a mere glance to make a beast like Cykad unable to move!

This wasn't possible if the beast in question was stronger than the one using this ability. Yet, as Cykad was the weakest in the area, he had fared badly in this situation.

As such, he could only watch as Lothur was mercilessly attacked by the three strongest members of the enemy group.

"Lothur..." He muttered between his teeth, very apprehensive.

[Silver-grade light resistance.]

[Progress: 3%.]

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[Progress: 28%]

While being attacked by the three, Lothur let his Super Regeneration protect his body, while he didn't counterattack the three.

Lothur merely left his Black Flames active, trying to look like someone who was doing his best to protect himself from enemy attacks.

He was doing so well that his own companions watching him couldn't help but fear for him, afraid that the light of these individuals would destroy the darkness in Lothur.

But he was letting them attack him, feeling a new characteristic being born within his being.

'Do you think your light is going to destroy my Platinum-grade Soul Bone?' Lothur smiled. 'It could happen before, but with a 70% formed Spirit Body and all the bones at Platinum grade, my body is as strong as armor. Only something of Diamond grade could put me at risk like that!'

As he thought about it, he saw the laws behind these creatures' light power more and more clearly, understanding how they worked and how he could use them.

[Gold-grade light resistance.]

[Progress: 1%.]

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[Progress: 11%]

Suddenly, the system changed its messages, and a big smile formed on Lothur's lips.

[Affinity with darkness and light led to the creation of a unique ability, the Miracle of Life.]

[Miracle of Life: It can be used to heal, treat, regenerate, and create life. It can also be used for the opposite.]

Feeling something new rising up inside him, Lothur stopped pretending and started laughing loudly, making the three beings attacking him change their expressions to look at him more attentively.

"Ancestral Folk, thank you. You've not only given me a new capacity but also a new skill." He said to everyone in the area as he stopped using Black Flames and made a white glow appear in his hands.

Seeing this, the strongest of Lothur's enemies in the area narrowed his eyes, feeling a bad sensation.

Immediately after this change, white flames appeared in Lothur's hands, and all three felt something sucking at their essences as they directed their light at their target.

"Damn it! The bastard's absorbing our light!" One of them shouted as he severed his connection with that attack, seeing that Lothur was only getting stronger as he was attacked.

But Lothur had already stolen enough of these beings' light to reach 60% progress in his resistance to light. Not only that, when he used the Miracle of Life for the first time, he stole part of their essence and now had something in his hands that he couldn't absorb.

Noticing this, he immediately used his creativity and created life!

"From the union of darkness and light, death and life, stand up and breathe, my children!" He said aloud as he placed his hands on the ground.

A few moments later, roots and earth moved rapidly, creating two small creatures inside a cocoon.

The members of the Ancestral Folk there saw this with wide eyes, badly wounded by Lothur's blow, but much more shocked to see something so forbidden happening in front of them.

Gulp!

Just as one of them was thinking of stopping it, the two cocoons broke, and something moved inside them.

"It can't be!"

As one of them shouted this, a feline paw appeared out of the cocoon before a small being with a cat's body, a kitten, appeared there, looking at itself without really understanding what was happening.

Then, looking at its creator along with its brother, the creature immediately changed the lost look on its face, welding a long meow as it jumped towards Lothur.

"Meow!"

But this was no simple meow. When the two creatures did that, everyone in the area, including Lothur's women, felt as if lightning had struck, while the tension in the area increased several times.

As cute as they were, those two furry creatures seemed to bring death with them!

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