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Chen Mo's voice echoed in her ears.
"If you weren't afraid of death before, why hesitate now?
Why not test fate, with a one in ten chance?
Are you willing to gamble?"
The woman felt her heart pounding fiercely.
Her body trembled uncontrollably.
Taking a deep breath, her eyes became resolute, and she grabbed the first-order Crystal Core.
Looking straight at Chen Mo, she asked,"Tell me, how do I use this?"
Chen Mo replied, "Hold the Crystal Core, close your eyes, and feel it."
The woman did as instructed.
She held the first-order Crystal Core for a while.
Suddenly, a very peculiar sensation came over her.
Her right hand became unbearably hot.
It felt as though she was holding a piece of iron that had been scorched at high temperatures.
Sweat began to bead on her forehead.
Her expression twisted in pain, and her trembling intensified.
"Hold on, and you might have a chance. Let go, and you die," Chen Mo said indifferently as he watched the scene unfold.
He wasn't lying.
Awakening Abilities wasn't easy.
It was like Pandora's box.
Many yearned for the powerful Abilities that Ability users possessed.
But they overlooked the pain that came with awakening Abilities.
As if hearing Chen Mo's voice, the woman gripped the Crystal Core even tighter.
Heat and steam poured from her hand.
Awakening Abilities took time.
Before the Crystal Core was fully absorbed, it was a long and painful process.
Chen Mo watched the woman, seeing a reflection of his past self.
***
It was a rainy night.
He crawled out of the rubble like a dead dog, his will blurred, as if he was about to die.
"Didn't expect to find a survivor here."
"Should we save him?"
"Forget it, he's just an ordinary person, no idea how he ended up here."
"With such severe injuries, he's beyond saving."
Chen Mo thought he was going to die.
Until another voice spoke up.
"Save him."
"After becoming an Ability user, his physique will improve, and his injuries will heal."
"Go get that third-order Crystal Core."
"What?!"
"Are you crazy?! We barely obtained that, almost lost teammates!"
"And besides, he might not even awaken Abilities. If he fails, isn't that a waste?!"
***
His thoughts gradually returned to the present.
Chen Mo couldn't help but smile wryly.
The thing he hated most was self-righteousness.
Yet, if it weren't for Yu Er's moment of compassion, he wouldn't have survived his past life.
At that moment, from the dense forest not far away,
A howl suddenly erupted.
Leaves rustled, trees in the distance swayed and collapsed.
At the foot of the mountain, in Lin Village, the Poverty-stricken watched over the prostrate villagers.
Slowly opening its huge eyes, it looked towards the twin peaks with ferocity and savagery, letting out a deafening roar.
The villagers by its side trembled with fear, not daring to move.
After Chen Mo and the woman left, they couldn't even leave the place.
They were stuck there.
Anyone who tried to leave was roared back by the Poverty-stricken.
Some were even crushed into pulp...
***
Atop the twin peaks,
Chen Mo picked up the Ghost Knife.
He commanded the Poverty-stricken to stay still.
In the darkness of the night, Chen Mo's eyes were exceptionally cold and piercing.
Like a wild beast, they emitted a sinister glow.
He ventured alone into the depths of the dense forest.
***
Facing a brown wild boar even larger than the Poverty-stricken, with a mane and crescent-shaped tusks.
Chen Mo murmured coldly, "Unexpectedly, on these twin peaks, there's a third-order heresy..."
This was indeed an unexpected delight.
The boar eyed Chen Mo intently.
Its hind hooves scraped the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Its brown mane stood on end like a porcupine's quills, its eyes like copper bells, snorting out hot steam.
Ready to charge.
Every heresy had a strong sense of territory.
In its own domain, it tolerated no intruders.
With a roar, the boar charged like an arrow released from a bowstring!
It was unstoppable, like a war machine.
The towering trees around it seemed so fragile, falling and snapping one after another.
"Boom!!" "Boom!!" The sound of impact echoed.
Chen Mo, holding the Ghost Knife, crouched slightly.
His face was ice-cold as he faced the charging third-order boar, using his dominion Abilities.
"Boom!" A massive metal barrier rose before him.
"Bang!!!" The ground seemed to tremble.
The boar slammed into the thick metal wall, its huge body thrown into the air.
And the metal wall, reinforced and tempered by dominion Abilities, was indomitable.
One could imagine the force the boar brought with it.
Its tusks pierced through the barrier, embedding themselves.
It thrashed in anger.
The ground fused with the metal wall was uprooted!
"Rumble—" Dust filled the air, and the twin peaks echoed with the boar's howls.
Chen Mo moved.
While the metal barrier restrained the boar,
He drew the Ghost Knife and charged at the beast with incredible speed.
The blade traced a black arc through the air.
"Slash—" A bloody gash appeared on the boar's body!
Blood gushed forth.
The boar, enraged, entered a berserk state.
It violently rammed its head against the metal barrier!
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Under its assault, the metal barrier nearly shattered!
Chen Mo snorted coldly, holding the Ghost Knife.
Beneath his feet, molten iron surged!
The iron rose from the ground, forming a curved pillar that carried Chen Mo towards the boar.
Leaping onto the boar's hairy back,
He plunged the Ghost Knife into its spine.
"Squelch!" The boar's thick hide resisted, but Chen Mo gripped the knife with both hands, exerting more force!
"Roar—"
The boar beneath him wailed in agony.
Like a wild horse, it bucked, trying to throw Chen Mo off.
Chen Mo, teetering on its back, had cold eyes.
One hand clutched the boar's mane to stay on,
The other repeatedly stabbed with the Ghost Knife.
Blood spurted out!
"Squelch!" "Squelch!"
One stab, two stabs, three stabs…
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