[Congratulations, You Have Successfully Copied an Awakening Soul: Demon Engine Awakening!]

[You Have Awakened A New Skill!]

[Congratulations, Secret Quest Completed: Possess more than one Awakening Soul!]

[Rewards:

+10 Ability Upgrade Cards!]

The notification panel flashed as White stood there beneath the shower, the water dripping down his shoulders. The cuts on him had already healed, same for the various redness on his skin, leaving him back in his normal form.

Navigating to his skills and abilities tab, he saw it.

[Demon Engine Skills and Abilities]

[Skill Name: Brute Demon Metamorphosis]

[Skill Level: 1]

[Description: Forces dormant demonic bloodline energy through the user’s muscles, triggering a partial transformation that increases raw strength, durability, pain tolerance, and combat aggression.]

[Current Limitation:]

Only partial transformation is possible.

Extended activation may damage muscles, rupture veins, or cloud judgment with aggression.

High stamina consumption during use.

Mental Corruption at High Risk.

Transformation quality depends on the user’s physical body.

[Please upgrade the skill to improve effects.]

The skill panel only reminded White of Zion’s combat ability.

’So his feeling of pain gets suppressed, along with quicker blood flow. No wonder he could take attacks whilst still keeping his grin on.’

White mused to himself.

With 10 ability upgrade cards, he made his choice.

"Input 3 Ability Upgrade Cards to Limitless Interval."

White ordered.

[Ability Upgrade Card input success!]

[Limitless Interval has now reached its max level 10!]

[Skill Evolution will now begin.]

It revealed to White.

’Now, input 5 Ability Upgrade Cards to the Brute Demon Skill.’

He ordered.

[Ability Upgrade Card input success!]

[Skill Name: Brute Demon Metamorphosis]

[Skill Level: 6]

[Description: Fully releases demonic engine force throughout the body, transforming the user into a towering five-meter hulking devil of swollen muscle and raging veins. Grants absolutely crushing brute strength, explosive speed despite its size, monstrous durability, and a bloodthirsty battle state that grows stronger through violence.]

[Current Effects:]

Titanic Strength: Physical strikes carry catastrophic destructive force.

Monster Frame: Body mass, muscle density, and reach massively increase.

Demonic Speed: Despite colossal size, movement remains terrifyingly fast.

War Regeneration: Flesh tears and fractures rapidly mend during battle.

Fear Aura: Weak enemies may freeze or panic at the sight of the form.

Carnage Growth: The longer combat continues, the stronger and more violent the form becomes.

Groundbreaker Force: Every step, punch, or slam may shatter the battlefield.

[Current Limitation:]

Consumes immense stamina.

Mental aggression becomes difficult to control.

Heavy strain after transformation ends.

Extended use may permanently damage the body.

[Please upgrade the skill to improve effects.]

"Now this looks like a demonic skill."

White said with a grin, heart pounding excitedly.

Even Zion’s skill, he reckoned, was only at around Level 3. With ability upgrade cards, he had reached Level 6 of the ability, and the growth was monstrous.

He could imagine Zion’s face when they had a rematch and White became the same monster, only towering 2 meters above him.

The horror and uproar that would send through the academy made him smile, but he also knew that was dumb.

He would be exposing the fact that he could copy other people’s awakenings, and that might just land him in a surgery lab as he gets diced to pieces.

Still, that doesn’t mean he would just keep the technique and never use it.

There’ll come a time when he would have no choice, and then, he could unleash the hell of it.

[Limitless Interval Evolution Complete!]

The system panel flashed, drawing White’s attention.

He turned to the panel, noticing there was no longer a Limitless Skill Category. Only an Evolved Category, and the new skill was at the bottom of it.

[New Skill Name: Zero Crown]

[Skill Level: 1]

[Description: Unleashes Infinity Energy into the surrounding world, creating a sovereign domain where space itself falls under the user’s rule. Distance becomes endless, movement is suppressed, attacks are frozen, and all who enter the field are forced to obey the laws of the user.]

[Current Effects:]

Absolute Halt: Incoming attacks may stop mid-air before reaching the user.

Spatial Tyranny: Enemies inside the domain feel their bodies slowed, weighed down, or locked in place.

Infinite Shift: The user may instantly appear anywhere within the domain.

Force Reversal: Chosen attacks may be turned back upon their sender.

King’s Pressure: Weaker opponents may collapse, kneel, or lose the will to fight.

Selective Law: Allies and chosen targets are unaffected.

[Current Limitation:]

Short active duration.

Monstrous energy drain.

Powerful space users may resist portions of the dominion.

[Please upgrade the skill to improve effects.]

"Zero Crown, huh?"

White mused with a smile.

"Doesn’t sound half-bad."

Now, one could say, he had successfully maxed out his Limitless Awakening Bloodline to the absolute peak that was known on Earth.

[Ability Upgrade Cards Left: 2] 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

It said and White nodded.

"Let’s just hold onto that for now."

He had not forgotten the skill that Zion had used to crush him: Hellfall’s Rupture.

White was hoping he would also be able to get that skill too, and when he did he would be able to upgrade it effectively.

With his skills improved to a satisfactory level, he moved to his room, getting himself into new wear to go to the library after, when his device suddenly began ringing.

"Hmm?"

White walked towards it and the name on it made him freeze for a second before he picked it up.

"Hello Instructor Iritis?"

He greeted.

"Got some time to come to the Arena?"

He asked and White paused.

"But... I just left it a while ago?"

"No. Not that arena. The 2nd year arena... at night, preferably."

"I’ll be there at 11."

White replied.

"Good luck!"

He said before the connection was severed.

"The second year arena at night? What is he up to this time?"

White mused but then he shrugged it off.

Amongst all of the Instructors, Instructor Iritis was the one he trusted the most.

It was around 5:30 AM. Six hours before the time, so he got dressed up and picked up his bags, making his way to the library.