《Cultivating Monster》


 Chapter 1: No regrets

    Deep inside abasement, Mistake was kept locked inside ofit. It had been kept locked in here for a long time, so long it could not figure out exactly when it happend. It remembered being hit by a truck, then it found itself in this place. It tought it had been rescued and brought to the hospital, but it deemed that such was not meant to be the case.


    Men dressed in black would bring him food every day, but the amounts was barely enough for it to even stay alive, much less do activity. Not that it could considering the chains binding it''s every limb. They would never answer to his beggings, and would sometimes eat itsfood right in front of it.


    It had no idea of why it was kept here. It had never been a criminal, not even once had he wielded a gun. The men never talked with him, and every few days women dressed in red would come down and torture him. They would whip it, cut it, slap it, punch itand beat it up. Then, they would treat it''s wounds and leave, never having spoken a single word during the entire time.


    One some occasions, children would come down and play. The game was who could hit it harder. It could not react, as it lacked the energy to do so, and it was also chained, so the children, male and female alike, would take pleasures in kicking it, punching it, insulting it... They were the only ones who would talk in it''s presence, but the words they spoke were never nice. They always carried a deep venom.


    It hadfirst racked it''s brain to figure out just what they wanted, why they were doing this. However, after what it thinks were a couple months, it had stopped thinking of such things and simply accepted it''s fate as an object of hate. However, they would every once in a while put a television in front of it''s cell and stream films on it.


    It had heard of these films. It had never been a fan of them, as it found them childish. They were called ''anime'', a popular type of show in Japan. Not that it ever liked Japan, it had once been a true Englishman. But now, it found salvation in those episodes filled with stupidity. They were his last edge at a sane mind.


    They would play things like Naruto, Shaman King, One Piece, Bleach, Hellsing and many others. It''s personal favorite was Hellsing, as ever since it had seen it, it had began to hope for power. Power to escape from this hell, power to never again have to interact with people.


    People were evil. This was the conclusion it had reached. They only thought for themselves in the end. They hid things they did under the pretexts of ''justice'' or ''friendship'', but the truth was, they only wanted to seek things for themselves. If this was what it meant to be a human, it would abandon being human.


    It had loved the pirate system of the One Piece show. It had hated the idea that protecting the village was more important then one''s own life in Naruto. It had found stupid the idea of hating one''s inner demons in Bleach. It had made a very grey moral code for itself. Not that it expected that it would ever come to fruition, but it had to do something. Something to hold onto it''s vanishing sanity.


    ''Kill anyone who is a threat. Kill anyone who will be a future threat. Ignore all of other people''s pain. There is no such thing as ''evil'', only those more powerful deem those lower then themselves ''evil'' for their convenience and to justify their actions. Never trust anyone. Never do anything on your accord for others''. These were all the codes it had made for itself should it ever get out of this hell alive. Luckily for him, it seemed he indeed would.


    One day, as itwas watching another episode of itsfavorite show, One Piece, a... being arrived. This being was almost static. It had no clear gender features, and it lacked a face. It resembled a human, but at the same time it clearly wasn''t one. The being looked at it, and spoke.


    "Congratulations, Subject 856, for passing the Test. Your accomplishment is remarkable. To be able to hold onto your sanity through all of this and develop the perfect personality. Out of the millions of other test subjects, you are the only one to fit our requirements. You will now be given the choice to enter a new universe and receive our newly developed inter-dimensional system. Should you refuse, we will have to... convince you. You will gain what you most want, Power." I looked at him with wide eyes. Power? inter-dimensional system?


    "... Choose... Universe?" He nodded at my words and said "Yes. The shows we have showed you are something akin to the universe you''re going to enter. It has pirates like the One Piece show, techniques resembling the jutsus of the Naruto show, power resembling Bleach''s god-like beings, necromancers, cultivators, mages, all the things you''ve read on novels before you were chosen and some aspects from these anime. Now, I will send you to the official selector. Farewell."


    The being snapped his fingers and I found myself... floating. I had no body, only a consciousness. It was a truly weird feeling, but it wasn''t as bad as one might think it''d be.


    A voice then spoke in my head "Name the system of your choice. Possibilities: Naruto, One Piece, Common Magic, Common Xinxia." I raised my non-existing eyebrow at this. System? A series of possibilities went through my mind. The wierd man, all of this, these ''systems''... Are they sending me off to another world? What are they expecting me to do?


    I decided to play along since it''s obvious I don''t have a saying in this, and maybe something good will happened. It''s not like I have regrets leaving that hell behind. On the opposite, I''ve been dreaming of this for ages.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    "... One Piece..." I said and the robotic voice immediately answered "One Piece System selected. Once you reach the location, you will have a new and enhanced body. You will have to provide us with soul essence of mortals, and we will grant you great powers. Your new name has been decided. Welcome to the world of Heterna, Leviathan Reaper." Really now? They want me to collect souls for them? I can do that... I''m expecting great things from them... just you wait until I find a way to pay you back for everything you''ve done...


    Also... Leviathan Reaper... It''s a bit... Chuuni... But it still holds it''s charm... I''ll keep it I guess, it''s not like my old name matters anymore, as I''ve long since abandoned that identity. How naive I was, thinking that life was so black and white...


    Also... Am I a girl or a guy? "... Questions?" I asked the system and I immediately received an answer "You may ask. Ask away!" It said in a joking tone, even though it was still robotic. "... Boy? Girl?" It stayed silent for a moment then answered "Neither. We have deemed you more fit for the job if you hold no romantic attraction towards other people. You will never feel romance towards others. However, you''re body will be made extremely beutiful and attractive for both sexes, as to help you in attracting potential prey. The body will be able to please others as well, as to help you reach your goals. You may identify yourself as a girl, but you''re really not." Huh. So I''m neither a boy nor girl? I wonder, it said I''ll be beautiful for both sexes, but isn''t beauty an individual preference?


    I suddenly felt a body again. I felt... different, which is what I somewhat expected. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. I was on a beach, and I have to say, I hadn''t seen the sun in ages, so it quite hurt my eyes, even though they were probably just made. It took me a while to adjust to the sunlight, then I looked around once more.


    The scene was... breathtaking. The crystal clear waves rolled onto the beach, birds were singing on the trees that wererandomly planted, and you could see rocks here and there as well.


    I looked at my hand. It was completely white, like it had never once seen sunlight, and not a single imperfection could be found on it. Is this what they said by extremely beautiful?


    Curious about my own body, I looked all over it. I had two small bulges on my chest, and I could clearly see that I resembled a girl. However, the words of the robot resounded in my mind. I''m really not a girl... But I guess I''ll refer to myself as one? I don''t really want to have sexual intercourse as a girl, but should it come down to it I''m willing to do it to achieve my goals I guess.


    I went over to the water and looked at my reflection. What greeted me was a girl of about 17 or 18 years of age, she was about 170 cm tall, her chest was... modest, but still existed, and her face resembled that of an angel. Ocean blue hair covered her head and fell down all the way to the middle of her back. Her eyes were also an extremely deep blue color, and it seemed as if they could see through your soul. How annoying. That''s clearly me... Will I have to deal with wannabe rapers? Beauty is truly a curse sometimes...


    As I inspected every nook and cranny of my new body, the voice resounded in my head. "To scroll over the list of objects that you can buy for Soul Essence, you may simply think ''Open List'' and a list will appear in your mind."


    Really now? I did as the voice said and information rushed into my head.


    There were Objects, Devil Fruits, Weapons, Tools, Boats, Knowledge, Cultivation Methods, Body Upgrades and even Pets. I pondered for a second. If this is based off of One Piece, but there is also cultivation, I should probably first get a devil fruit, then a cultivation method, then some Body Upgrades.


    Silently praising myself for being so cool-headed in this outrageous situation, I mentally selected Devil Fruits. A list appeared, it first was written in what I think is Japanese, then english-japanese, then finally full english. I wonder why they''d even bother to write it in Japanese... Japanese are truly idiots...


    There were some fruits I could recognize from the anime, like the magma, ice, fire, darkness, rubber, sand fruits in the anime, but there were quite a number of other... interesting ones too.


    I thought for a second of which one would help me the best. However, as I looked around I found one which simply fit me so perfectly. There was a mythical zoan type fruit called the Leviathan Fruit. Did they somehow know I''d find this one? For now, It costed 0 points to buy, as I guess they don''t want me to die immediately, but I suspect that they''ll up the prices after this.


    I checked the description for the Leviathan fruit. ''Allows the user to transform into a colossal snake-like marine monster. User gains titanic strength in human form. Gains the ability to enhance single body parts like arms with scales. Should the user go into a rage, the user will be forcefully transformed. Other perks include regeneration, enhanced senses, ability to ignore devil-fruit''s weakness of water and instead gain a boost from it. User may gain awakening."


    How nice... A giant sea monster... That does sound really attractive as an idea... And the extra senses and regeneration will surely help me survive...


    I silently thought ''Buy''. As soon as I did, a weird blue fruit appeared in front of me. It looked like a pineapple, but was a strange blue color with snake-like veins bulging around it. I slowly took a bite, and it tasted awful. I ignored it, and ate it, trying to ignore it''s taste. Even the stuff they gave me at that hell wasn''t as bad as this...


    As I finished it, I felt myself stronger suddenly. It sounds... Cliche... But I guess it''ll do for now. I tried asking the system "... People... Here?" and as always, it immediately answered. "No. This island in particular is not inhabited by humans due to it''s poor resources and strong monsters. You''re job here is to gather the soul essence of all the monsters in the area, and it will help you gain experience too."


    How thoughtful of them... To send me straight into an island full of monsters... Monsters are so much nicer then humans after all, so I''m not joking when I claim to be grateful.


    I would expect that the stronger the monster the more the soul essence if I base this off of basic knowledge. I asked the voice and it confirmed it.


    Haaaa... Hahahaha... I can finallyvent all of my hate on something... I almost pity the first suckers who will come into contact with me, except I don''t, as I''ve lost feelings like pity or happiness a long time ago. I can only feel a twisted form of enjoyment, in the simple idea of finally inflicting pains upon other living beings...


    Do prepare yourself, world, as Leviathan Reaper is coming for your souls...


    Unknown to me, the skies had darkened, storms had raged and lightning fell everywhere in the world, announcing my arrival and the calamity to come.

 Chapter 2: A new world

    [Leviathan¡¯s Pov]


    After having a little mental breakdown and laughing maniacally for a little while, I decided to try out my monstrous form. I willed myself to change, and it happened.


    My entire body grew, enlarging tremendously and I got higher and higher. My legs disappeared and in their place fins appeared. I could still breathe air, which was good.


    I was at least 80 or so meters in length and 6 meters wide, my body resembled that of a snake, but my head reminded me of a dragon more then a snake. I had two arms, with claw-like hands at the end. They each were 10 meter long from shoulder to finger, and the claws looked extremely sharp.


    I casually stomped on a tree with my hand and the tree broke without any effort. I must weight at least 100 tons or something considering my size¡­


    I tried my form for a little longer, coiling around myself and looking over my ocean-blue scales. I could open my mouth wide enough to probably a ship whole, so I truly do resemble the Leviathan of the bible¡­ Too bad there¡¯s no god here to kill me¡­


    Satisfied with myself, I dismiss my monster form and return to my human form. After all, the monster form is a little bit too¡­ monstrous to be used everyday. I probably won¡¯t really need a ship to travel the seas, but I don¡¯t want to be hunted down just because of how I look. Yet.


    For as¡­ absurd as it sounds, I think that my monster form is even more majestic and beautiful then my human appearance. It might just be me or it might not since there¡¯s nobody to give me their opinion on the subject, but it¡¯s not like I need other people¡¯s opinions on what I believe.


    Sighing to myself, I look at the deeper parts of the island. I couldn¡¯t see an end to it even as I looked in monster form, so I assume that it¡¯s not a small island at all. I begin to walk deeper inland.


    I began to run, and I felt my feet explode from the ground in a blur of speed. My eyes could fully make out every detail of an object, I could hear everything around me perfectly and I could smell even the smallest detail of any object.


    I was pretty impressed. Isn¡¯t this a bit too much for a single Devil Fruit? I understand they¡¯re powerful, but I didn¡¯t expect this much. I¡¯m not going to complain though, as even the littlest advantage can be crucial in my survival.


    I spent the next three hours exploring everywhere, trying to memorize the layout of the island. It was then that I finally found my first monster. It was a wolf-like animal, but with 6 legs, a spider-like head and a spiked tail. It looked quite ugly, but I¡¯m not one to judge.


    It smelled the air and turned to look at me and growled. It then charged at me. I panicked a bit since it was my first battle, however adrenaline and excitement soon washed the panic away and I instinctively transformed my arms, giving them an ocean-like blue. I then blocked the wolf¡¯s bite with my now enhanced arms, and then stabbed my now claw-like hands into the wolf¡¯s head.


    It cried out in pain, but I ignored it and kept stabbing it. A spiked tail came forward, trying to stab my heart. I dodged it by doing a backflip, then ran forward and slid down under the monster whilst stabbing my claws upwards into the monster¡¯s belly. I found a hard something, and immediately took it out.


    I had done all of this instinctively, so when I realized what I had done I was really pleased with myself. The spider-wolf stumbled down, dead. I looked at the weird stone in my hand. It was a light blue color and it looked quite pretty.


    ¡°Congratulations on your first kill, Leviathan. Eat that stone to gain Soul Essence to transfer over to us.¡± I heard the voice say, and did as it said. The stone that went down my throat felt somewhat¡­ refreshing. It was like drinking a solid cola, and it tasted really good.


    ¡°Since you¡¯re not chinese, we will use english-like ranking systems, but you will have to learn chinese vocabulary since this world will resemble those you find in xinxia novels.¡± My eyes shot wide and I began panicking horribly. The reason? Those chinese idiots all have names like ¡®Shen¡¯ ¡®Mao¡¯ Yang¡¯ ¡®Fang¡¯ and I always got confused when I¡¯d read those novels. Please tell me the names will be something¡­ normal? Please, I¡¯ll do anything!Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.


    Crying inside, I ate the rest of the meat. It wasn¡¯t too bad, but it would have been better if it was cooked. I didn¡¯t even feel close to full though. I guess being a titanic snake monster does require titanic amounts of food.


    I silently thought ¡®Open List¡¯ and checked how much essence I had. It was an astonishing 20! Yeah¡­ Not a lot¡­ Considering a devil fruit now ranged from 10.000 to 50.000 it was¡­ somewhat hopeless¡­


    The monster was weak, so I hope that if I maybe kill stronger ones then I¡¯ll get stronger faster? Also, can I wield double devil fruits? I checked the ¡®Body Upgrades¡¯ tab and looked over the options. It had things like increased regeneration, extra strength, stamina, agility, senses and other basic upgrades. I silently thought ¡®Advanced¡¯ and out came various other things, including what I really wanted.


    I looked over various things, and picked out some that I really liked, but couldn¡¯t buy yet. Those were ¡®Increased Cultivation Rate¡¯, ¡®Double-fruit Wielding¡¯, ¡®Body Modification¡¯. Whilst the first two might have been obvious, Body Modification could add extra body parts, which would be¡­ quite cool and useful. I¡¯d love to gain a set of angel or vampire wings. After all, it¡¯s every¡­ Man¡¯s? Woman¡¯s?¡­ dream to fly¡­ right?¡­ Maybe that could wait¡­


    I decided that I had to spend more time training here. I would master both my human and monster forms, and when the time comes, I¡¯ll this place and go either become a bounty hunter or a pirate, or maybe both? Why would I do that? Well, I definitely don¡¯t want to work for ¡®Justice¡¯ and I need to kill people, or these guys will get angry, and I probably won¡¯t forgive myself for not using this chance as an excuse to murder millions over millions of people¡­ Hehehe¡­


    With such thoughts, I charged into the deeper parts of the island, carving out a bloody path for myself and establishing myself as the apex on the island.


    {Time-skip of 2 years}


    I looked back at the island I had begun calling home. I made a lot of memories here. But, I knew I had to move forward in this world, and carve myself a place to truly call home. I will reach higher heights, I refuse to stay holed up in this island full of weaklings.


    It took me a year to fully memorize the layout of the island, and by that time I had already began to kill and devour every single monster I could find. Soon enough, monsters would flee on my sight, and I¡¯d have to chase them or hunt them as they teamed up with each other to fight me. I would sometimes be ambushed as I chased prey, and often would narrowly escape from sure death. Luckily for me, even if my eye was carved out or a limb torn from my body, give it a day or two and it would eventually regrow and not a scar would remain. It was really nice to know that I didn¡¯t have to worry about lasting injuries.


    I had mastered a style that fully utilized my tyrannical strength, which I named ¡®Hydra Style¡¯ since I would fully utilize each one of my limbs like multiple heads, each attacking independently from each other and overwhelming my opponents with the sheer number and strength of my attacks. In my monster form, I could either swallow my opponents and crush them with my teeth, constrict them with my serpentine body, smash them into pieces using my giant arms as hammers or use my snake-like tail to whip hard enough to smash trees.


    I had also saved up a ton of soul essence. I decided not to spend them and keep saving them, waiting to find something that could perfectly match my style. I did buy some things in the ¡®Knowledge¡¯ sections, but those were extremely cheap, like camping skills, cooking skills, navigation¡­


    I now had over 100.000 points saved up from constantly mass-murdering thousands over thousands of monsters. If monsters could feel emotions, which I¡¯m pretty sure they do, they would literally be attacked by fear the moment they heard of me. I mean, I don¡¯t think there¡¯s not a single monster in this island who isn¡¯t a lucky survivor of my hunts.


    Finally deeming the time right, I think ¡®Open List¡¯ and went straight into ¡®Body Upgrades¡¯. I then bought ¡®Dual-fruit Wielding¡¯ and ¡®Increased Cultivation Rate¡¯, the latter costed little, but needed to be bought multiple times. I ended up spending 20.000 on ¡®Dual-fruit Wielding¡¯ and another 20.000 on the cultivation rate. It did say at the end ¡®Cultivation rate: Highest-tier genius¡¯ but I ignored it, as it just sounded¡­ dumb. Everybody is a genius in their own ways after all.


    I then went into ¡®Devil Fruits¡¯ and looked over my possibilities. I definitely would not get any fire/heat related fruits, as I have a water-based fruit already, and they probably wouldn¡¯t go so well together. I scroll around and pick out three options that sounded like the most plausible.


    First was the Ice fruit, which might work well in my human form, and might even help in my monster form. The second option was the Lightning fruit, which would work extremely well in the water, as you should know, electricity passes quite nicely through water. My only complain with this one is that it costs 50.000 soul essence, which is simply too much. My last option is the Venom Fruit, which would work extremely well in my monster form and human form alike, and it only costs 15.000 soul essence.


    I decide to buy the Venom-Fruit and to buy the Lightning-one at a later date. I buy it and it appears in my hand. I put it away for now and go back into the research. I go into the ¡®Object¡¯ tab and first buy a small boat, which only costs 200 soul essence. I then buy a set of clothes, as, you know, they kinda ripped the first time I transformed¡­ I bought female clothing since that¡¯s what I look like, and put them on. I then look at the rather crappy boat, which looked more like a small raft with some sails on it. I go on it and push myself away from the island, heading towards the unknown. Not. I bought a map and the knowledge of navigation, so I know exactly where I¡¯m going.


    Shitty cultivation world, here I come...

 Chapter 3: Idiotic Ship and Idiotic Land

    [Leviathan¡¯s Pov]


    As I sail, I chomp down the Venom-Fruit and immediately feel it¡¯s effects. I could now coat myself in poison and use it as a direct killing source, fire it like a beam or use it as an assassination methods, as I can feel the knowledge in myself of several¡­ very nasty poisons¡­


    With my remaining 35.000 soul essence, I head over to the ¡®Cultivation Method¡¯ tab and look around for something that I can actually use. There were things named ¡®Heavenly Glory Cultivation¡¯, ¡¯Two-headed Hydra cultivation¡¯, ¡®Lion-Fanged Rhino cultivation¡¯ and other really¡­ Dumb names for the cultivation methods¡­ It did sound kinda cool though¡­


    I looked at several of them and read the short descriptions. I mainly wanted one that could just generally enhance all of my body strength, as that was my main focus and specialization, quick and extremely powerful attacks. I also filtered it so that it would only show methods that cost exactly 35.000, which was already pretty high up in the tiers, considering the most expensive method only costed 40.000 soul essence.


    I ended up buying one titled ¡¯Dragon Emperor¡¯s Body Cultivation¡¯ as it fit quite nicely with my setup. It would strengthen my already extra-reinforced body and overall give a huge boost to all of my stats. It also says that if one cultivates it enough, it will give dragon wings, which I absolutely want! I mean, if those can grow on my monster form too then it¡¯d just look absolutely epic.


    A thing I forgot to mention, my monster form had grown larger and larger the stronger I got. It now is 100 meters from head to tail, and 10 meters wide. It looks¡­ too big to fit anywhere where people might live, so I have to pay attention and not use this form too much.


    After finally finishing all of the shopping and stuff, which I noticed I started to really like, I set the ship¡¯s sail and began to pilot the ship towards the nearest city, which was only about a week of navigating away. I set the ship on it¡¯s course after checking that it should not go and slam into any rocks, and went off to practice my newly-formed knowledge in my head.


    Why am I not going there in my monster form? Well, it¡¯d be really suspicious to suddenly arrive without a ship, and I wanted some time to practice this cultivation too. Plus, it¡¯s not like I don¡¯t have enough time, as I once asked the voice in my head if I would ever grow old, and it said that I had effectively become immortal to old age thanks to the devil fruit I ate, which sounds really nice¡­


    And cultivate I did. I had to meditate and feel the energy inside of me and send it rampaging through my body like wild fire. I needed to resist this, as this was the initial and hardest stage. The energy, which the book called Qi, soared through my body and focused on places like my teeth and nails. It hurt like hell, but I endured. The knowledge claimed that 90% of people who cultivated this failed at this stage, and would be crippled.


    I refused to be crippled, and this didn¡¯t even feel close to all the pain I went through at the hell. I didn¡¯t hate this pain. I embraced it, kept it close, as I knew that it would forge me and destroy all the future pain. Little pains now will be nothing like the pains of the future after all.


    It took me a solid 2 hours to finally take over the raging Qi in my body. This meant that I had successfully completed the first stage. My body hurt all over, so I took a nap after checking my course. I don¡¯t know for how long I slept, but when I woke up the sun had made it all the way around the earth and a new day had begun. I must have been quite exhausted¡­ I didn¡¯t even notice¡­


    I checked and corrected my course using a compass, a map and the sun¡¯s location. After doing this, I went back into cultivating this god damn dragon body thingie. According to my knowledge, anyone who could achieve even just the first stage could be considered a genius, so I think the ¡®Highest-tier genius cultivation rate¡¯ had some influence in me successfully in doing this, which meant I hadn¡¯t wasted 20.000 points into nothing luckily¡­


    I began to cultivate, and did as my mind-manual said. I basically had to use the Qi I had accumulated in my body and refine it into dragon¡¯s Qi. It wasn¡¯t really specific, but I understood it anyway. The idea of a dragon is that of a prideful, often arrogant, rampaging predator. I had to find and transform the Qi itself into something wrathful, something that fit me¡­ enormously¡­


    Grinning in delight, I begin to condense more and more Qi and coat it with my hate and anger. It tried to rampage again, but I kept it still with sheer strength and willpower. I spent the entire day doing this, and managed to almost break through to the third stage, which would normally be insane, but considering my extreme affinity with this type of Qi and the fact that I have a genius-tier cultivation rate, I really wasn¡¯t too happy with my progress, as I hoped to break through in one day. After all, there are 10 stages in this method, and each one gets harder and harder, so I wanted to speed through it.


    I knew that, however, foundations were extremely important in cultivation, so I held my impatience back as I cultivated and kept refining, not trying to rush anything. I stopped when the sun went down and once again checked the ship¡¯s course using the stars and adjusted it.


    I slept a good night sleep on a nice, hard bench, since I wasn¡¯t willing to spend 1.000 soul essence on a bed. Seriously, isn¡¯t that a bit too much? The boat itself only costed 200 after all¡­


    After sulking to myself for a little bit, I took down the sails and jumped out from the boat. I then turned into my monster form and went into the depths of the sea to catch a little lunch. It didn¡¯t take long for me to find a tiny fish to eat. Well, tiny is from my prospective, as it was almost double the size of my boat.


    I swiftly tore through said fish and ate him and his core. I then kept hunting fish for about an hour, and after having killed 4 other tiny(?) fishes I went back to my boat. I had almost forgotten to take off my clothes before transforming, but I luckily remembered, so I still had them.


    I put the clothes on and put back the sails. I then went back into cultivating. It didn¡¯t take longer then two hours for me to finally make the breakthrough. My entire body felt on fire, but it was a good fire, the fire of improvement. I smiled and kept pouring more Qi into this ¡®fire¡¯. Normally, a cultivator would only be able to withstand this for 2 or so minutes, but I already had an extremely tough and sturdy body, so I kept the fire going for an hour before I had to stop. This essentially meant that my foundation for the future was perfectly set, and I¡¯d have much less trouble with the higher-ranks of this method, which sounded very nice¡­


    I spent the rest of the week on my boat working on cultivation and occasionally going for a lunch-trip under the seas. I had already broken trough and was at the fifth stage of the ¡®Dragon Emperor¡¯s Body Cultivation¡¯, which would normally have taken decades for a person to achieve, but then again, I¡¯m not a normal person in any way, so I don¡¯t care. My body had undergone some changes internally, and I felt that I would soon perceive some outside my body too. My bones all felt denser, my bone structure itself was more flexible yet harder and my muscles had become denser too. Overall, I was very satisfied. Even my monster form had undergone some changes, perhaps even more then my human form.


    Horns now sprouted from my head in my monster form and a carapace-like armor surrounded my supposedly chest, neck and arms. Undeveloped wings also came from my back. It would probably take until the 8th or 9th stage till they develop enough for flight, but the prospect itself was very exciting. My body had also grown to 140 meters in length, which was insane and didn¡¯t make any sense, but I didn¡¯t really care.


    I had also gained a couple thousand Soul Essence from hunting down fishes in the seas, which I used to buy the knowledge of economics of this world, and converted 1000 soul essence into 500 gold coins, which is a really good exchange rate, considering a normal family of 4 would only live off of 10 gold coins a year, so I was quite pleased with how filthy rich I was.


    As I was navigating, I suddenly spotted a ship coming towards me. Well, it probably was just passing through, but it still was coming my way. They probably spotted me the same time I did, even though they had the height advantage of the main mast.


    I pondered wether to ignore them or not, and decided to check if they were friendly. It wouldn¡¯t do good to attack the first signs of civilization after all, even though I didn¡¯t like humans didn¡¯t mean I was going to kill them all. Oh wait, I probably wouldn¡¯t bat an eye even if I did¡­ Too bad for them¡­Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    I looked at the ship, and noticed as there were several men squinting their eyes in my direction. What¡¯s up with them? Are they going to attack me or something?


    Realization dawned upon me. I was simply¡­ beautiful¡­ I guess?


    I shrugged internally and simply went back to cultivating. I was almost at the sixth stage, and I could feel it. I had gathered tons of dragon Qi and had infused it into my very DNA. The next step would be to take all of this Qi and upgrade it even more into refined Qi, the Emperor Dragon Qi, which the name alone made me vomit blood, but as the saying goes, in Rome do as the romans do. I refuse to call myself one of those shitty chinese names though. Leviathan sounds much better after all.


    The idiot¡¯s ship soon arrived next to mine and I heard a deep voice say ¡°Oi, lady, what¡¯cha doing out here in the sea? Are you lost? If you want to you can come with us!¡± The voice held no malice in it, so I simply shouted ¡°¡­ Port... Chinchiwa?¡± I looked up at the ship, who was now essentially side by side with my own and saw a large man, not fat and not particularly muscular either, just very big in his structure. I think he was the one who shouted out at me. Several men and even a couple women were next to him or behind him.


    ¡°Yah, we¡¯re going there too so jump on board. Oi, Yang Li, get me the stairs.¡± He shouted and soon enough they dropped some stairs. I grabbed my things, which were my clothes, compass, map, money, and a couple of other accessories like necklaces, rings, shampoos, comb, nail files and other things I¡­ somehow found enough Soul Essence to buy and put them all on a bag I had bought beforehand for when I¡¯d reach land.


    I then climbed up the rope the guys threw down and jumped into their ship. I looked around, ignoring the stares and whispers of the idiots and asked the captain ¡°¡­ How much?¡± He looked at me confused for a bit, so I added ¡°Time.¡± He nodded and said ¡°Ah, well, we¡¯re going to reach the port by tonight. If you need anything just ask anyone around, after all, we¡¯re all one big friendly team at sea. A little less friendly when we have no wine though.¡± He laughed and then left after telling me where to find an empty room.


    I found said room, and locked the door after entering. I don¡¯t trust these guys, why would they suddenly help me? They probably only did it because of my appearance, not who I truly am¡­ I hate those kinds of people the most¡­ But I guess I¡¯ll take the opportunity and gain a whole day to dedicate to cultivating.


    I spent the rest of the day locked up in my room. I had discovered that I don¡¯t actually need to eat a lot, but I still could and it¡¯d just save up¡­ somewhere? I never got fat no matter how much I ate, never got hungry either, but I never felt full as well, so I don¡¯t really know the rules that apply to this¡­ This basically meant I could just ignore them for lunch and dinner, and focus on cultivating.


    An hour before arriving, I finally made my breakthrough to the sixth level. I simply began to suck in Qi from all around me, then from the ocean itself beneath me. I knew what this meant. If you cultivate in a desert, you will gain a Desert Emperor¡¯s Body, if you cultivate in a very hot climate, like a volcano, you¡¯ll gain a Fire Emperor¡¯s Body. This also works for the ocean, so I¡¯ll probably get the Water Emperor¡¯s Body.


    I continued to suck in gargantuan amounts of Qi, and finally stopped after 40 minutes. I felt much stronger, and my whole body was far more flexible and felt much faster. The attributes usually mean either Strength, Speed, Special Techniques or other perks. The Water Emperor¡¯s Body would give me a huge increase in speed, flexibility and some extra strength, I would also become twice as strong and fast in the water, which by now was my natural element.


    Soon enough, somebody began knocking on my door. I got up, stretched, and went to open it. A little girl of perhaps 10 years of age was standing there. She blushed and looked at me as I looked at her. How cute¡­ I guess I¡¯m not immune to cute things¡­ only romance is a no-go huh?


    ¡°¡­ Need something?¡± I said and she tried to talk but stumbled and bit her tongue. She moaned quietly in pain and then said slowly ¡°U-uh, uncle Roger said we¡¯re almost arrived, and said to go warn you and check if everything was ok¡­ if it didn¡¯t bother you¡­ I¡¯m sorry! I didn¡¯t mean to disturb you!¡± She said and began to cry. I felt kinda awkward, this girl was¡­ weird.


    I simply patted her head a bit and said ¡°¡­ Thanks.¡± She looked at me with teary eyes, but I ignored them and went to fetch my bag, before leaving the room behind. The girl followed me silently, not even looking at me. I wonder what¡¯s up with her¡­


    I arrive on the main deck and I look out into the horizon. There was a city a couple of miles away from us, and we were headed towards it. Smiling a bit at the idea of finally arriving, I walk towards the captain in order to thank him.


    He was chatting with a couple people from his crew, but shushed them as I arrived. I smile a bit at him and say ¡°¡­ Thanks¡± He smiles too and says ¡°No problem miss, one must always help others at sea. Your boat¡¯s on the back of the ship if you want it.¡± I shake my head and say ¡°¡­ Keep it.¡± He raised an eyebrow at this and said ¡°Are you sure?¡± I nodded at that. He smiled and said ¡°Oh well, thanks I guess.¡±


    Why am I giving out the ship? Because it¡¯s crap and I was planning on getting a new one either way after I enter the city. There¡¯s no reason to use a crappy boat if I have the chance to get a better one.


    I simply stare at the ocean for the remaining 20 minutes of the trip. It took me until we arrived to finally notice the girl had still been following me. I turn to her and say ¡°¡­ Need something?¡± she shakes her head with a sad smile and says ¡°¡­. No, it¡¯s just¡­ you remind me of someone¡­ My mother¡­ She died a couple of years ago, when she was taken by a local young lord who took a fancy in her¡­ I¡¯ve been living with my dad and uncle ever since¡­¡± Ah, I see. The stereotypical ¡®I remind someone of someone they love/loved¡¯ scenario. Too bad for her I couldn¡¯t care less.


    ¡°¡­ cool?¡± She looks a bit regretful, but still nods. She goes away as we anchor at one of the docs. I quickly jump down from the boat and land on the docs. I ignore the stares and whispers from the other sailors since they¡¯re rather¡­ unethical. I almost wanted to go into my monster form and kill them all, but I held back. I¡¯m still not sure if there are other devil fruit users. My life would be easier if there are though, as it would let me take my monster form without people going around shouting I¡¯m a demon or something.


    I walk out of the docs and into the main city. The people in the streets looked like a mix of westerners and eastern chinese, and the houses are all quite small and it looks like a lot of people live in them, so I¡¯m expecting pretty low standards around here...


    I continue to walk around the city and finally find what I¡¯ve been searching for. The shopping area. I look around at all of the wares and goods they¡¯re selling. I did notice a bunch of hoodlums staring at me with lewd eyes, but I ignore them as they¡¯re weaklings. Curious about one thing, I silently ask the voice in my head ¡°¡­ Human¡­ Essence?¡± The voice understood what I meant and answered ¡°Unlike monsters, humans do not have a core. You will simply need to kill them in any way and the essence will naturally flow into you. It does not matter how you kill them, as long as it was intentional.¡± How nice¡­


    I notice a strange shop. It was bigger and more decorated with the others. It also had a sign on top of it that read ¡®Yan Mao¡¯s Sect Shop¡¯. Curious, I enter the shop and look around. It had potions, books, spheres that I think were monster cores, swords and I could even see couple of weird bows. There was a man sitting behind a counter, he was reading a newspaper. How cliche¡­


    I walk up to the man and he finally notices me. He looks at my clothes then back at me for a second and says ¡°Greetings. What do you want to buy? Know that the stuff here is pretty expensive young lady.¡± I nod at that and point at a couple of monster cores ¡°¡­ Those. All.¡± He raises an eyebrow at that, before laughing ¡°Hahaha, you can¡¯t be right. Did I hear correctly? A single monster core can cost 10 gold coins, and I have 6 in stock.¡± I nod and take out my 500 gold coins. I had put them in a large sack, and I throw it onto the counter. He stops laughing and looks inside of the sack.


    It was quite funny how quickly he paled. He swiftly bowed and went to retrieve the monster cores. Why am I doing this? Well, I want to establish a reputation here, and since I won¡¯t really lose money by buying cores and then selling them to the system, I¡¯m not particularly worried financially. Unfortunately, I do lose a bit in the exchange rate, as those cores look rather weak, and will at most give me 10 essence, while I have to exchange 20 essence for them, so it¡¯s not really profitable.


    The guy comes back with 6 cores in hand and puts them on the table. ¡°In total, they¡¯d cost 60 gold coins. Are you sure of your purchase young lady?¡± I nod at him. He takes the bag and puts it into another bag, which I can only assume is a thing to count money. He then takes out 440 gold coins and gives them to me.


    ¡°Here, and here are the cores. Thank you for your purchase. Say, would you be interested in joining the Yan Mao sect? Although there aren¡¯t many female disciples allowed, I¡¯m sure we could make an exception¡­¡± I shake my head at this. Me? In a sect? Absolutely no way I¡¯m going to be tied down in a single place.


    He insists a bit, but I sternly refuse. He was about to cause a ruckus, when a young man perhaps in his 20¡¯s entered the shop. He looked at the old man, who quickly paled and backed away. He then looked at me and smiled.


    ¡°Elder Bofu, it¡¯s not good to trouble young ladies such as this one. Our sect might need people, but we¡¯re not desperate enough to force people into joining us. Only scum like the Yan Yan sect does that¡± He spat out in the end with venom in his voice. Too bad I¡¯m immune to venoms though.


    ¡°Say, young lady, what are you doing in our sect¡¯s shop? Have you found anything that pleases you?¡± Hm. If I do basic math, add some geometry, and mix in some common sense¡­ This guy¡¯s trying to pick up on me with sweet talk. I shake my head at him and say ¡°¡­ Cores¡­ Bought¡­¡± He tilted his head and looked at the old man who said ¡°She indeed did buy all of our monster cores.¡±


    The man looked pretty interested, and let out a ¡°Hoh, so the young lady is quite rich? Well, sorry for the trouble. Elder Bofu, may I talk with you for a moment regarding something?¡± Bofu nods, and they both go at the back of the shop. I simply leave and head out, searching for an inn. Too bad trouble awaits me everywhere I go...

 Chapter 4: A true pervert and a less perverted pervert.

    [Leviathan¡¯s Pov[


    I ask around and finally find the best Inn in the city. It didn¡¯t look a bit bad. I entered and the first floor looked like a bar, so I assume upstairs are the rooms. There were quite a number of nicely-dressed people sitting and chatting around, and almost all turned to look at me as I entered. I ignored them and went over to the counter that seemed to be for registration. Since it was almost night, my plan was to take a good night rest here and maybe rent a room for a couple weeks, then hunt down monsters in the vicinity and eat their cores, cultivate and maybe get some servants to help me out. After all, I¡¯d love for someone to help me do my hair in the morning, as by now it reached all the way down my back since I never bothered to cut it.


    ¡°¡­ Room¡­ two weeks¡­¡± I say to the receptionist, who nods and takes out a paper. ¡°Please sign this. The room costs 50 silver a night, so for 14 nights, it¡¯ll cost 7 gold.¡± I nod and add ¡°¡­Meals?¡± She says ¡°Ah, yes, those are included within the price so don¡¯t worry.¡±


    I take out the seven gold coins and give them to the girl. She takes them and puts them away in her pockets, then takes out a key and gives them to me. ¡°Your room is upstairs, number 67. Do enjoy your stay.¡± She says with a sweet smile at the end. I¡¯m sure men would fall victims to her smile, but unfortunately for her, I¡¯m romantically challenged, so good luck with seducing me.


    I go to the room she sent me in and enter. The room was quite nice, as it had a bathroom, a small kitchen, and a living/bed room. I neatly fold and put away my clothes before buying a set of pajamas from the Voice, then put all of the rest away. I nosedive into the bed and almost immediately fall asleep. How I missed a nice comfy bed¡­ How long has it been since I slept on one.


    However, a good night sleep was not meant for me, as I hear heavy knocking on my door, which wakes me up. Grumbling inside, I look at the window and find that the sun was somehow already midway through the skies. I guess you don¡¯t notice as time passes when you sleep so nicely¡­


    I go to open the door and a servant comes in with a tray of food. She puts them on a table and wordlessly leaves. How nice¡­ I don¡¯t even have to buy my own food¡­ That does sound pretty good, though now my ¡®Cooking Skills¡¯ were somewhat wasted¡­ And it did cost 5.000 soul essence¡­ How sad¡­


    After eating my meal, I dress up with a long-sleeved shirt, underwear (duh) and a pair of pants. I do like wearing dresses or skirts, but they¡¯re a bit too¡­ revealing, and I¡¯m planning on fighting monsters¡­ and probably wannabe rapists. And those clothes are definitely a no-go during fights.


    Sighing to myself, I ascend the staircase and was greeted by quite the number of stares. I even heard a couple whistles. Ignore them, Leviathan, ignore them¡­


    As I repeatedly say so in my mind, I was about to leave when two guys blocked my way. Are you seriously going to do this¡­? ¡°Hehe, Hello lady. I¡¯m the young master of the KanoKano clan, and it¡¯d be good to follow me and my men.¡± I look behind the two men in front of me and see an¡­ overly obese¡­ to say the least, kiddo. He didn¡¯t look older then 16, but he must have weighted at least three times a normal person. He¡¯d make a nice meal for my monster form¡­The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.


    ¡°¡­ Leave. Now.¡± I say and my voice was extremely cold. The men themselves took a step back at my words, but the fatso didn¡¯t seem to notice. ¡°Hey now, how can you treat me, Yang KanoKano, like this! Men, get her!¡± As I was about to kill them, a voice boomed out from nowhere. ¡°Yang, you scum, have you not learned your lesson when you tried picking on my sister? Do you truly want me to kill you!?¡±


    I look at the source of the voice and find a handsome man. He was kinda tall, but still somewhat average. He had quite the muscles, but not enough to look stupid. Well-refined too. Is that your average Cultivator? I expect him to be a pretty high level¡­


    ¡°X-Xoi Kuan, how dare you call me scum! It¡¯s your own sister¡¯s fault for insulting me anyway!¡± He shouts, the two men turn from me to the man, and they begin to throw insults at each other. The Xoi guy then walks up the the two men and punches them, and they fall down holding their stomachs. The fatso pales and tries to run, but Xoi reaches him before he could do so and kicks him repeatedly. After he was satisfied, he turned to look at me, who still had a cold expression on my face.


    ¡°Everything¡¯s alright young lady?¡± I nod at him and simply walk away. He looked like he wanted to say something else but held back. He did ask though ¡°Young lady, may I know your name?¡±


    I didn¡¯t even look back as I said ¡°¡­ Leviathan. Leviathan Reaper.¡± He blinked a couple times and repeated the name. Looks like I got somebody to fall for me. Not that I care though.


    I left the Inn and headed deeper inland. I searched for two hours, fishing for information, studying the local populace and occasionally buying jewels that caught my eye. After this, I had a plan set for the two weeks of my stay.


    There would be an auction in 3 days, and I would definitely attend that. Before that though, I would go out and hunt down Magical Beasts (That¡¯s what the idiots call the monsters) and sell their cores to the Voice, and hopefully buy myself some nice stuff. Cultivating would also become a lot slower, but I should still spend ~5 hours a day working on it. Then, after the auction, I¡¯d focus on training to combine my style with the Venom-fruit, and hunt down even more magical beasts and save up about 80.000 essence to buy Triple-fruit wielding and the Lighting-fruit, which sounds extremely powerful.


    I calculated my strength based on the people I saw. About 95% of the population looks civilian, with maybe 15% of that 95% being common soldiers or guards. The 5% remaining are cultivators and disciples of sects. These cultivators are almost always the offsprings of important clans or geniuses that got accepted in sects. Amongst these, I still have found none that I deem can defeat me, not even in my weaker human form. If I was to go on a rampage through this town, I doubt there¡¯d be anyone capable of stopping me.


    I spent the rest of the day in my room at the Inn, cultivating. I now had to try to condense the Qi inside of me into a more liquid form, rather then a gas, and make it go through my blood. This was¡­ painful, to say the least, but I never once dared to go against the pain. I embraced it, as pain leads to strength.


    As the new day rose up, I stopped cultivating and left the inn once again. Sleep was unnecessary for my body, but it helped my mind rest, so I took the chance and had spent the night working on my cultivation. To achieve the 7th rank, I¡¯d have to fully convert my blood into liquid emperor¡¯s dragon Qi, which was¡­ hard. Very hard. This would although give me a huge boost in my already high regeneration rate, and it would turn my skin into something as strong as reinforced steel. Time to go beast-hunting I guess.

 Chapter 5: A cruel world

    [Leviathan¡¯s Pov]


    After leaving the inn I went straight for the gates. My objective was to go into the Magical Forest that students would train in, and hopefully kill either a bunch of students or/and Magical Beasts. Everybody knew that the Magical Forest was dangerous and assassins would often try to kill you to take your cores, so only those either with enough courage and strength enough would go there. I left the town without a problem¡­ I would like to say, but I was stopped as I was leaving the town¡¯s gates by that Xoi guy.


    ¡°Hello, Leviathan. It¡¯s a good day isn¡¯t it?¡± I look at him and then at the sky, noticing how it was indeed a good day, then back at him and I give him a nod. He smiles and says ¡°Well, I was just wondering where you were going¡­¡± He trails off, not knowing what to say. I look at him with my usual poker-face and say ¡°¡­ Magical Forest¡­¡± He looked at me like I¡¯m crazy and quickly said ¡°The Magical Forest!? You¡¯re going there?!¡± His scream earned quite a bit of attention, but they turned away the moment he glared at them.


    As I was about to answer, a man came and said to Xoi ¡°Brother Xoi, let me talk with you for a second.¡± Xoi turned to the man for a second, then back at me, then finally nodded absently at the man and went away. How troublesome, can¡¯t they just leave me alone? That, or do give me your souls, then I might start to like you. Maybe. Probably not though.


    I stared at the two men¡¯s retreating backs with a questioning gaze, before shrugging it off as ¡®Men¡­¡¯, then changing my thoughts to ¡®Chinese men¡­ English men are easier to understand¡­¡¯. I might be a bit racist here, but don¡¯t get confused, China holds it¡¯s charm, but I definitely don¡¯t want the whole world to be so¡­ chinese? I hope they have tea¡­ or cofee¡­ that¡¯d be nice¡­


    With such thoughts, I left the city and started walking towards the forest. There were some merchants on the road here and there, and sometimes you could see a disciple of some sect as well.


    It took me three hours to finally arrive at my destination, the Magical Forest. It was¡­ a forest? It was densely populated by plant life, and some trees reached 30 meters in height. They seemed small from my prospective, but that¡¯s because I¡¯m a 150 meter long marine snake monster, so I¡¯m not quite sure how to compare. I entered the forest and simply walked forward.


    It didn¡¯t take me long to find a magical beast, which was a panther-like animal. I quickly killed it by crushing it¡¯s head with a punch. I ate it¡¯s core and left the rest for other animals to eat. It was quite weak in my opinion, hopefully the beasts get stronger deeper inside, as this beast only gave me 30 soul essence.


    I spent 5 more hours killing monsters. It did improve to the point where a single beast would give me 80 essence, but it did take me a while to find even just a single beast. After said 5 hours, I smelled the air, and turned in said direction. Why did I smell the air? There was smoke. Smoke means fire. Fire means humans. Humans mean lots of good soul essence.


    I walked over to the source of the fire and found a small camp. There were about 5 people, two girls and three boys. They were all around 15 years of age, but since they¡¯re this far in the forest and more importantly, alive, they must be quite something.


    They had set up a small camp and were cooking a beast whilst chatting between themselves. I could see 10 cores in their pockets, and they looked pretty high-level. Licking my lips, I came out from the bushes and strolled over to them. They notice me and tensed up, but then relaxed since I didn¡¯t show any signs of aggression.


    The three boys blushed as they saw me and the two girls frowned, Heh, is this a love¡­ quintuple? Not sure how that¡¯d work¡­


    I smiled at them and pointed at myself, then at the cores. They looked at me strange, so I said ¡°¡­ Give.¡± They got up and took out their weapons, and one of the boys screamed ¡°You want our cores we worked so hard to get? Just try it, bitch!¡± They were cautious though. I guess they expect me to be strong since I looked so relaxed.


    I simply shrugged and walked towards them. One of the girls and another boy jumped back and began chanting something. Hm? Are those mages? So they do exist¡­ How fun¡­


    Grinning happily, I suddenly blink from their eyesight and reappear behind them, in front of the two mages. The three close-range fighters looked around, confused. They quickly turned to face me as they heard the screams coming from the mages though.


    I had stabbed both in the chest using my nails, whom I coated with a mixture of extremely deadly poisons. They fell down clutching their chests and trying to breath, but they died after a couple of torturous seconds. Heh, that¡¯s what it feels like to have your entire nerve system destroyed along with a poison that blocks your blood from moving in your body? Looks painful¡­ Too bad for them¡­Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    The three surviving kids paled in a mixture of anger and fear. I simply rushed at them too quickly for them to see and did the same thing I did to the mages. A quick poke in the chest and they all fell down screaming in pain. Isn¡¯t this poison, like, really strong? I wonder how lightning, who¡¯s supposed to be one of the strongest fruits, would be like¡­


    I heard the voice say in my head ¡°120 soul essence collected from each human. Congratulations on your first kills, Leviathan Reaper. A total of 600 soul essence has been collected.¡± How nice¡­ That¡¯s quite a lot more then going around eating cores¡­


    Feeling happy, I search around for anything of value. I take all of their cash, which was around 50 gold coins if added up, then take all of their cores and I eat them. There were quite a number, but nowhere near what I could gather. I ate them all and my soul essence now was up to 4000. It wasn¡¯t that much, but it¡¯s still something¡­


    I spent the rest of the day hunting magical beasts, and the occasional lone hunter who appeared. They¡¯d always have quite a number of cores with them, so they were quite nice¡­


    Happy with myself, I head back towards the city. I didn¡¯t bring anything back from the forest, but I doubt anybody would really care even if I didn¡¯t. Whilst it¡¯d look suspicious, I¡¯m suspicious enough already with my looks and strange blue hair, so it¡¯s not like it¡¯d be the tip that overflows the cup¡­ right?


    I arrived at the city¡¯s gates just as the sun as coming down. The guards looked at me with lewd eyes, but let me through anyway. One of them did shout something at me which got my attention.


    ¡°Hey, girlie, the young master Xoi had asked us to tell you that he wanted to see you again~. Did you catch his attention?¡± I turned to the guard and looked at him blankly before saying ¡°¡­ Beaten up pervert. Then¡­ followed. Tell¡­ meet¡­ Auction.¡± I say and walk away the guard was quite confused. I don¡¯t know how to speak properly, so deal with it.


    I arrive at the inn I was at, and again, the receptionist said the same thing as the guard. I ignored her and simply walked upstairs. She looked quite confused, as I guess she think that Xoi guy looks hot and is nice, so she¡¯s probably confused to why I would ignore something he said. Must also be pretty important to be considered a young master by the guards¡­ Maybe it¡¯d actually be a good idea to get by his good side?


    After I entered my room and locked the door, I changed into my night gown and began cultivating. I spent the entire night doing so, and I also spent the following day hunting beasts at the forest. I did meet a couple humans too, who for some reason fell down. Dead. By my hands. Or poison I guess. Still, you get the idea.


    As I was returning to my room at the inn, an old man arrived and entered the inn just as I was about to head upstairs. He looked at me and then said ¡°Girlie over there. May I ask you to come with me for a moment?¡±


    How annoying¡­ I bet it¡¯s related to that Xoi guy, as this guy and him resemble each other. Following this pattern, he¡¯s either here to test me to see if I¡¯m worthy of his son, which I never asked for, or to kidnap me for him. Hopefully it¡¯s the first one¡­


    I shrugged and nodded. He walked out of the inn and everybody began to whisper. I ignored their comments


    Outside the inn, there were 4 people who looked and probably are bodyguards. He motioned for me to follow and I did. We didn¡¯t say anything for a while, until he said ¡°You see, young miss, I can see it in your eyes that you somewhat understand the situation. My son, Xoi Kuan is my son, and I¡¯m the patriarch of the Kuan clan. We are the strongest clan in the city, but we know we mean nothing to the outside world.¡± Why is he telling me all of this¡­ I don¡¯t care¡­


    ¡°I know you are probably thinking why I¡¯m telling you this.¡± I raised an eyebrow at him. Am I that easy to read? ¡°Ah, no young miss, you¡¯re not easy to read at all, I¡¯m just too good and experienced at reading people.¡± What a bragger¡­ but he is smart though, I wonder how old he is¡­


    We reached a giant mansion and the bodyguards went and talked with the guards, who readily opened the gates for us. He escorted me all the way to the backyard and then sat on a chair. I stood up in front of him, not sure what to do.


    ¡°As you probably already know, my son has took a fancy in you. For as much as I agree with him on your looks, I simply can¡¯t have him go chase after unknown people. I¡¯ve been researching on you, and found out some interesting things. I found out some sailors who claimed that you were coming on a small boat, and you were headed towards this city. However, no matter how much I investigated I couldn¡¯t find any clan with the name Reaper. So, tell me, who are you, young girl?¡± I looked at him blankly for a second, before saying


    ¡°¡­Leviathan?¡± He face palmed, and said ¡°¡­ I already heard your name. I mean where are you from and what relations you have with which clan.¡± I looked at him and said ¡°¡­ Born¡­ Island¡­ Relations¡­ None.¡±


    He looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Seriously, old man, how suspicious are you? Before he could say anything I said ¡°¡­ What if¡­ Don¡¯t want¡­ Son¡­ yours?¡± He nodded at that and said ¡°Background aside, that was my main concern. You see, my son has been holed up cultivating almost his whole life, and he has very little experience with the outside world, and thus, women.¡± Before he could continue, I raised my hand and said ¡°¡­ Don¡¯t care¡­ Auction¡­ Meet¡­ If want.¡±


    I simply left and he didn¡¯t try to stop me. I went all the way back to my room at the inn and simply cultivated for 10 hours nonstop. After said 10 hours, it was finally time to go to the auction.


    I left my room after bringing with me all my money, and converting 1000 soul essence into another 500 gold coins just in case I might need them. I also bought a really expensive-looking and beautiful blue dress with ripples that reminded me of waves on it. It costed 500 soul essence, but I found it completely worth it.


    I spent a good amount of time combing and doing my hair. I left it flow freely on my back, as I think it suits me best. After everything was ready, I left my room and began to walk towards the auction house. The plan? Establish a reputation, and maybe get some connections with people. For as much as I hate to do so, having people willing to help you in exchange for favors is useful. That is my personal definition of ¡®friend¡¯.

 Chapter 6: The auction

    [Xoi¡¯s Pov]


    I have been cultivating and training my battle skills for 18 years. I began when I was two years old, considered a genius through all of my training, and I achieved the middle tier of the Great Saint tier. (rankings from least to greatest: Saint, Saint Master, Great Saint, Earth saint, King Saint, Emperor Saint, God saint, Heaven Saint.) My master told me that he himself only achieved the Great saint rank after 60 years.


    A downside to this intense training was my very small amount of interaction with others except master, my sister, mother and father.


    I have come out from training two years ago, when I was 18 years old. At the time I was a low-rank Great Saint, now I¡¯m mid-rank. I was told that that day, the skies had darkened for a minute, and lightning had poured down. They took this as a sign from the heavens, and told me that it was time for me to go out and explore the real world.


    And explore I did. At first, I was always awkward when talking with others, but I got better with time. Girls would fawn over me because of my position, strenght and relative handsomness, and boys would admire me. My father never let it go through my head though, and drilled into me a mindset that forbade me from acting all high and mighty.


    I never understood what father meant by ''true love'', but that was until that day. That fateful day I don''t think I can ever forget.


    I was silently drinking at an inn, waiting for a friend to arrive so that we could go out and practice togheter, when a girl entered the inn. I didn''t notice at first, but when everybody fell silent I checked what was happening and was stunned by the sight.


    There was a girl of perhaps 17 or 18 years old, she was 170cm tall, had long hair that carried an ocean-blue color, and eyes perhaps an even deeper blue then her hair. Her face reminded me of the immortals father would always tell me stories about. I simply couldn''t take my eyes off of her.


    She walked up to the receptionist and casually bought a room for two weeks, which considering how expensive this inn is, she must be quite rich. She then went up to what I suppose was her new room.


    Whispers began to circulate. Some claimed she must be the daughter of some extremely rich and powerful clan, but I doubt so. She didn''t act like they would.


    I came back very early in the morning the next day in hopes of seeing her. Many other people did too, including Yang. I didn''t see him yesterday, but he''s known for kidnapping women and using them as his toys. I''m definetly not going to let that happend.


    After 2 hours, she came down from the stairs and as she was about to leave, Yang sent his two men forward to stop her. He then said some bullshit about coming with her, but she amazingly answered in a tone that even I was scared of. "... Leave. Now."


    Her voice carried a deep and hidden power, but Yang didn''t notice, and ordered his men to attack. I took the opportunity and beat him up real good. He deserves it, after all. Nobody, not even his own clan, really likes this man.


    I turn to the girl and for a moment hesitate. Her face was absolutely neutral, like nothing happend. I still choose to say "Everything alright, young lady?" I try to be respectful in order to get a good impression with her. She nodded and left. I wanted to say something, but my inexperience forbade me from doing so. I did manage to squeeze out "Young lady, may I know your name?"


    "... Leviathan. Leviathan Reaper." I blinked a little. What a strange-sounding name. I never heard anything like it. I repeated it silently in order to make sure I won''t forget it, and in the meanwhile she left the inn.


    For the next three days, I tried looking for her everywhere, and once found her as she was heading to the Magical Forest. It''s true that the beasts there aren''t all that strong, but they''re still no joke, even for me. I was somewhat worried, but my friend Mao stopped me from annoying her any further. He then spent an hour lecturing me that I shouldn''t chase after women, but bid my time and take my chance when the time comes.


    My father even invited her and talked with her. He said that she was very mysterious, and like, had some obvious trouble interacting with people. She never made full sentences, and would often simply try to walk away. She never seemed to rush, always having a destination but never a specific time to reach for it. This is what my father said. He''s amazingly good at reading people, so I don''t doubt his words. He did mention that she acts like a giant in a baby''s body, but neither I nor him really figured why and I had some trouble even just understanding what he meant.


    My chance did come though, she said to simply go at the auction they were going to hold today. I was going to go anyway, as it''s kind of a big deal since all the big-shots of the city will be there, and lots of useful stuff will be sold off. Now, I had even more motivation to go.


    I dressed in my nicest suit and mentally prepared myself. I then walked alongside a couple of servants that were sent from the clan to come along with me and arrived at the auction. I didn''t see her around, so I bought a VIP box and went up there. The auction wouldn''t start until an hour passed anyway, so I wasn''t in a hurry.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.


    After 40 minutes of waiting, almost everybody was in their seats already. That was when I saw her. Well, almost everybody was looking at her.


    She was wearing a beyond beutiful blue dress that resembled the ocean, and fit her perfectly considering her hair and eyes, and had a pair of high heeled blue shoes. Everything about her was... blue? Must be her favourite color...


    She bought a VIP box, much to my delight, right next to my own. I could even see her from my own! I was already jumping in joy and the auction hadn''t even started. I had brought with me 150 gold coins, which were essentially all of my personal funds I saved up over the years.


    A servant came and carried a glass of wine over to me. I drank it and focused on the now starting auction.


    A girl dressed in a rabbitsuit soon came out. "Hello there people~. My name is Tan, and I''ll be your auctioneer for today. We have a total of 100 objects, and we will start with the less costly ones~. Okay, first up is a real beuty, the Pearl of Oceans. It is said that it was found in the dephts of the sea, and it''s effects are unknown, but a decent amount of Qi can be found inside of it~. Starting bid of 50 gold! Set, ready, auction~."


    I immediately bid 60 coins. This was the perfect gift for the girl after all. I mean, it just made so much sense! She''s totally into ocean-like stuff, so this''d be perfect!


    I had to fight for it for a while, and ended up spending 80 gold coins on it. I did still get it though, which made me really happy.


    Several other bids came and go. Several men and women threw insults at each other and insulted other clans over items. I found it quite stupid how greedy some people can be. I mean, these folk here are all much, much wealthier then any common person. How can they still feel so greedy? Life is meant to be enjoyed, not abused and overused.


    The girl did once join in on a bid fight. She really wanted a pair of earrings that granted the user an easier time using Qi, and they were shaped like tears. She ended up spending 150 gold coins on it, but she didn''t seem too bitter about it.


    "Okay gentlemen and ladies, here comes the big shot. Everybody ready for the last item on auction~?" People began to cheer, and she called out for someone to bring the object over.


    Several people gasped loudly when they saw what it was. It was a snake magical beast, and it wasn''t tamed, which meant it could still be bonded with someone. It is necessary to say that a person can only bound 2 magical beasts to himself through his/her life, so choosing the appropriate magical beast was essential.


    "Okay, here is a possible saint-master level magical beast~. It was captured in the wild a couple of weeks ago, and is ready for bounding. Starting bid will be 200 gold coins~."


    Several people began to bid.That was, until someone shouted out "500 gold coins from the Yan Mao sect. Please give us face and let us have this beast for our top student." Nobody dared to bid at that. The price was insane, and Yan Mao sect was extremely powerful too.


    Nobody bid anything for a second, before a voice boomed out from the box next to mine.


    "... 600 gold coins." Several people gasped and the guy who bid beforehand looked quite angry. He shouted "Know your place! You have no chance against our sect, so let us have this beast!"


    I looked at the girl and found her staring at the man with disdain on her face. She then simply said "... Don''t care." The guy was red in anger, but didn''t bid higher. The auctioneer waited for another moment before saying "600 going once... 600 going twice... 600 going thrice... Sold~. The girl in box 23, come retrieve the beast after everything else has been properly given out~."


    I was quite worried. The Yan Mao sect was the single most powerful sect in multiple cities, perhaps even more powerful then our own clan. I went and retrieved the Pearl of Oceans, then went outside to wait for the girl to arrive.


    And arrive she did. The snake magical beast was silently following her behind her. Taking a good look at it, was quite the magical beast. It was 3 meters in lenght and 40cm wide.


    As soon as she came outside the auction house, she began to walk towards me. I could hardly stop my beating heart, however it was forcefully cooled down when I noticed members of the Yan Mao sect begin to surround her. She ignored them and walked forward. One of them pushed her back, sending her on her back onto her magical beast.


    I could hardly contain my anger, but her voice stopped me. "... Leave... or die..." The guys surrounding her laughed and the guy who had shouted at the auction screamed out "This is what happends to those who offend the Yan Mao sect! Men, seize her!"


    I was furious inside. I couldn''t do anything, as it would be really bad for our clan to make enemies of the Yan Mao sect. As I was trying to find a solution, the girl suddently got up, smiled widely, and casually began to walk towards the bidder.


    The men tried to stop her, but she casually touched them on their arms and they began to scream. Everybody froze. The men''s eyes then began to open wide and they screamed louder and louder, until they stopped, seemingly dead. The girl continued to stroll over to the bidder, who was quickly paling. The other men were a bit scared too, but still chose to charge at her.


    The girl then put up her hand and began to slap away any grabs or punches the men sent her. Once she touched a man, he would begin to scream in pain and roll over. Then die.


    She definetly wasn''t straining herself either, on the opposite, she was smiling widely during the whole fight. Soon, all the men were dead or rolling on the ground, holding their chests.


    The bidder was paling and trembling, and she begun to walk towards him again he shouted "Y-your offending the Yan Mao sect! You''ll be..." She didn''t give him time to finish as she grabbed him by the throat and he began to spasm almost immediately. White soon showed on his eyes, and she dropped him. Dead.


    She turned and looked at the audience watching the fight. She bowed slightly and said "... Sorry... trouble..."


    She then turned and casually walked away, just as she would have done even if a sect hadn''t attacked her. I couldn''t feel any Qi in her attacks, so I have absolutely no idea of what she did. I decided to hold back and wait for the trouble to settle in before approaching her once again.

 Chapter 7: The Sovereign of the seas

    [Leviathan''s Pov]


    The auction went quite well. I bought a pair of really good-looking earrings, and also got a snake magical beast, which I plan to simply release. Why would I do so? It was never the plan to keep the magical beast. My only plan was to annoy the stupid sect guy and get him to cause a ruckus, then kill him. It worked just... wonderfully.


    I head to the direction of the forest. The snake beast hadn''t said anything through this whole trip and affair, I wonder why. I know it can speak to me through telepathy, but it simply won''t. Well, I''m not saying anything either so I guess we''re even...


    After a 3 hour walk towards the Magical Forest, I turn to the snake and say "... Choose... Me..." I point at myself "... Or forest?"


    The snake looked quite suprised, it then spat out "I''d much rather be free then in the hands of you human scum. I refuse to serve humans." I looked at him blankly before I simply... couldn''t help... but laugh... really badly...


    I was rolling over my stomach and trying to not suffucate from how much I was laughing. This is the best thing ever! An idiot snake thinks that me, the self-proclaimed King of the Seas, is a mere human? Haha... that''s not even remotely funny but I couldn''t help but laugh anyway.


    I finally stop after 5 minutes and face the snake, who was looking at me with what I think is an angry expression. I smirk at him and say "... You... Idiot... Me... Monster... Not human..." The snake looked at me like I''m stupid and said "Ah yes, and if you''re a monster then I''m a human."


    My grin couldn''t be wider right now. I look around and check that nobody was around before saying "... Go... far... away...look" He looked at me confused but had to obey due to the bond. As soon as he was far away enough, I begin to transform into my monster form, but first I took off my clothes.


    My entire body first seemed to grow, then kept growing and growing. My legs disappeared, I grew blue scaled all over my body and after 15 seconds I had completed my transformation. A 150 meter long snake/dragon monster was now standing where I once was. Well, the monster is me...


    The snake was terrified. It was literally shivering immensily. I was at least 50 times it''s size... I looked at it from above and said telepathically "... Who''s... human?" The snake couldn''t even answer. His whole body was trembling and he wouldn''t look up from the ground.


    I return to my human form and put my clothes back on. I then go to the snake and break our bond. The snake still wouldn''t look at me so I said "... Go. Be free... Humans... Scum."


    The snake quickly fled into the forest, and I too headed in, but in a different direction. I spent the day hunting beasts, and by the end of the day, I had gathered 20.000 essence.


    As I returned to my room, I noticed the Xoi guy running towards me. I stop walking and face him. As he arrives, he smiled at me and said "Uh, here. You can have this, I guess? It''s a gift? Uh... bye!!" He gave me a little box, then ran away kinda fast. I was extremely confused. Why would he do this? Is this a bomb? Will I die if I open it...?


    I carefully open the box and find... a pearl? Isn''t this the thing they sold at the auction house? It does look pretty nice...


    "Eat the pearl. It contains 60.000 soul essence." The voice booms in my head. My eyes widened immensily as I heard this. 60.000 soul essence!? Isn''t that a bit insane? What the hell!?


    I immediately throw the pearl in my mouth and feel it feel me up inside. It felt liquid, almost sticky. Hm... Isn''t this a bit too sexual-sounding for a pearl...?


    I checked my soul essence and I actually had 80.000! Just what I needed! I immediately ran to my room and opened up the inventory of things to buy. I buy the Lightning fruit and Three-fruit wielding. Excited, I throw the fruit inside of my mouth and taste it. It tasted awful, but my happiness made me want to savor it anyway.


    As soon as I finished it, I felt an electric shock go through my body. I could feel myself become one with electricity. I casually ignited my whole body with lightning, and it worked!


    I tried mixing it with my poison, and it worked as well. I guess I''m going to have to study and combine my fruits togheter huh... And I also need to reach the 10th stage of the ''Dragon Emperor''s Body Cultivation''... So much stuff to do...


    Happy to no end, I run outside and search for the Xoi guy. I wanted to thank him, I mean, he did just save me a lot of time...


    I find him as he was talking to one of his friends, who seemed to be scolding him. I walk up to them, and they turn at me, suprised. I look at the Xoi guy and say "... Thanks... Very much..." And I give a short bow, before turning and going away. The two idiots had their mouths hanging from their head, and didn''t seem to believe what had just happened. Well, I don''t really care, but it''d be nice to have more of those pearls...


    I then spent the rest of the day cultivating. And the next day too. And the following one as well. All in all, I spent 8of my 11 days in the city cultivating without rest. I managed to achieve the 8th rank in the ''Dragon Emperor''s Body Cultivation'', and I could feel that I would sprout out wings at the 9th rank for my human form, and at the 10th I''d gain another pair of wings, totaling 4. I would have 8 titanic wings in my monster form at the 9th rank, and 12 at the 10th rank. I don''t know how I know this, I just do. I only got out of my room once, to go and check out if rumors of me had spread.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    And spread they did. I had a couple of nicknames: ''one-touch angel of death'', ''Queen of the blue'', ''Icy queen of death'' and the most popular one ''Deadly Beuty''. They all sounded... dumb... very dumb... But I ignored it. Apparently, the Yan Mao sect wants me dead pretty badly, but they don''t dare to just randomly attack me without knowing my strenght.


    Just so you know, I had applied an extremely quick-working and deadly poison on the idiots through skin contact, I only injected the minimum amount so people wouldn''t know what I was doing, then I removed it from their bodies, so that they won''t understand what happend. I doubt they''d be able to counter it even if they knew it was poison, but I don''t want to take risks.


    The last three days were spent testing out my powers in the forest. I also spent an entire day in monster form simply roaming around, devouring all the monsters and occasionally humans that crossed my path. I can combine my poison breath with lightning and send out a lightning breath, by having the electricity pass through a water-vapor filled breath.


    I tested out various kinds of poisons, from mind-controlling ones to ultra-corrosive acids capable of melting steel to laughing gas. The variety was almost infinite. I also discovered that my devil fruits have far superior effects in monster form, as it should be. My max electrical discharge in human form is 10 million volts, and in monster form it''s a staggering 100 million. I can also transform my body into electricity, making me immune to physical attacks, but this is only in human form, as my monster form is too large to do so.


    On the last day of my stay, I discovered something... interesting. As I was roaming the forest in human form I suddently heard huge footsteps coming towards my direction. Turning to the footsteps, I waited for the monster to arrive.


    I saw a giant ape. But that wasn''t really the suprising part. That part was when the ape suddently began shrinking and then turned into a very muscular and naked human. I looked at the guy for a second. Deemed him hot absentmindedly, then asked "... Yes?"


    The ape-man somersaulted and said "That''s the first thing you say??" I nod at him and he facepalms. What''s up with this overly human ape? Ah, wait! Humans are apes after all...


    "Argh, anyway, just what are you doing here girl? Have you seen a huge beast rampaging in the proximity? I''ve been tasked by the Elder Beast to bring it to him." I think for a second, then nod. He smiles and claps his hands. "Great! Now, where is it?"


    I tilt my head and point at myself. He looks at me blankly for a couple of seconds before saying "Seriously, girl. Where is the beast?" I pout my cheecks and point at myself again. He looks blankly at me for a second then says "... Seriously? You smell human though, how can that be? Us Magical Beasts never lose our beastly smell! So don''t try to fool me!" I don''t know what to do with this guy.


    "... Who... Elder... is?" He laughs and says "He is the most ancient being in this forest. He lived for millenia on millenia and is know for being at the King Sait level. I''m only at the lower Earth Saint tier, so I can''t even begin to compare with his greatness!" ... How dumb. This monkey sounds way too proud of a turtle-like being who refuses to leave the forest. I wouldn''t be suprised if this Elder was actually a turtle.


    "... See... Him?" I say and he shakes his head "No, only when he calls for you may you come to him." We look at each other blankly for a while. I break the ice by saying "... Called me... Though..." and he immediately says "Prove it." whilst crossing his arms.


    I shrug and take off my clothes, earning a shriek from the ape. Seriously? You''re interested in humans?


    "What the hell are you doing!? Why did... you..." He stops as he sees me transform. Unfortunatly for the trees around me, I''m a bit too large for them, so I kinda break several of them. The monkey man backs away to avoid collision with my transforming body.


    Soon enough, my 150 meter long body stood there with all of it''s glory. I tower over the ape who was looking at me with a hint of fear. I''m very much longer then he is, so I guess it makes some sense.


    "... Proved. Lead... Now." I say and he nods furiously. I turn back into my human form and put back my clothes, then follow the ape-man. I wonder... what cultivation stage am I? I never actually cultivated properly, and only used the ''Dragon Emperor''s Body Cultivation'', so I''m not sure. Maybe I could try cultivating normally after I mastered my fruits and finished the body?


    I follow him in silent for an hour. We then arrived at a large lake I never saw before. I was quite excited, I mean, water is my main element and I do love every bit of it.


    The ape bows to the lake and then quickly leaves. After he left, I hear a very deep voice rumble out "Hoh, so you are the supposed beast that has been rampaging in my forest for quite a while? You smell... Human. Say, who and what are you?" I see a giant... turtle... I knew it... come out from the lake. It was 40 meters in diameter, and it''s shell looked really hard.


    Hm. So this is a King Saint rank? Doesn''t look too impressive. But that''s from my prospective as a cheat being, so I''m not sure how to base this from other''s prospectives. I answer the turtle after a bit of reflection "... Name... Leviathan. Born... island... monsters... week... boat. Not... Human... nor... beast... is... myself." The turtle slightly nodded at that. "Ican see it in you that you''re a born killer, so don''t take this too badly, but I will need to make you leave this forest. I already have my hands full with the human scum who comes everyday and kills thousands of us, so I can''t also deal with another problem."


    I look at him blankly then say "... Deal?" He looks at me for a second, then nods his head. I say "... Cooperate... against... humans. Souls... theirs... want. Bring... alive... me. Help... exchange." The giant turtle looks at me with sharp eyes. I then feel a small Qi pressure, but it''s so tiny I barely feel it. Even though my body doesn''t containany proper Qi, my body itself is forged with tons over tons of Qi, so this much is nothing.


    "Hm. You are strong indeed to not even feel my pressure, even though I don''t feel any Qi in you. So, you want their souls? That''s quite the thing to want. How would you even gather souls?" I tilt my head and say "... Kill?" He tilts his head as well "Hm? That''s all? No wierd necromancer ritual?" I tilt my head even more "... Necromancer?" He sighs and says "Hahhh, neverming. You''re quite the handful you know... Well, fine. If you help us kill the humans coming in this forest I promise to give those we capturealive to you. We''ve had to be discreet in not getting discovered by the bigger sects until now, but I assume you will deal with them if we go all out?"


    I nod at him. Sects don''t scare me. They''re just a dumb excuse for rounding up fodder after all, and none of the students ever truly succedes. There are exceptions, but those are rare, as the truly talented prefer schools over sects.


    The turtle laughs and announces "Hahaha, great! We can finally gain revenge over those shitty humans. Say, I''m quite curious of your supposed monster form. Let me see it." I comply and first take off my clothes, then transform. Needless to say, the turtle almost pissed itself as I towered over it. Although most of my snake-like body is on the ground, I still rise up a good 50 meters, giving me a naga-like look, but not really considering the 6 undeveloped wings on my back and the giant spikes all through my back.


    Hm. All is well. Time to hunt some humans.

 Chapter 8: Death Angel

    [Leviathan''s Pov]


    After making the deal with the turtle, I walked back to the city. I had come up with a nice plan to execute. I would report that I found a wounded beast of the Earth Saint tier, and lure cultivators to try and attack it. I had stabbed myself in order to make it even more realistic, and torn some pieces of my dress.


    I arrived at the city gates and entered undisturbed, despite my poor-looking state. I guess the guards recognize me now, so they don''t even bother to check on me. I entered the inn whilst dragging myself, making me look injured. I got quite a number of stares, but ignored them as I always do.


    I went up to the receptionist, who gasped as she saw my bloodied state. "W-what happened?" she asked. I simply looked at her in the eyes and said "... Beast. Strong... Earth... Saint... Wounded... It" I silently perked up my ears and listened to thewhispers. Good. The rumor has been started, now it''s time to wait for the fire to spread.


    I went up to my room. It''d take a day or two for the expedition parties to assemble, so I could afford to wait. I first changed out my clothes to more presentable ones, and then let myself heal. I no longer suffer from phisical attacks thanks to my Lightning fruit, so the wounds themselves were fake and could have been healed immediately, but it''d make a much bigger show this way.


    After changing into a blue one-piece dress, I sat down on my bed and cultivated. I really wanted to finish my special body cultivation before moving into the normal kind of cultivation, which by itself is only modest but if combined with techniques it becomes quite essential. I discovered that Qi-based attacks do indeed injure me, and the main way to counter those is with other Qi-based attacks.


    I spent the rest of the day sitting on my bed, focusing on the rampant dragon emperor''s Qi in my body, and condensing it into a solid shape, which is the semi-final step of the method. This would give me dragon wings, but unfortunately for me, they would not be retractable, so it''ll be a bit of a pain to find proper dresses and it''d be harder to infiltrate towns.


    I kept compressing the Qi in my bones and muscles. It hurt like hell, but I ignored it and kept going. I knew that it was almost done, I was about to break through. The evilbottle neck was truly hard to destroy, as you had to simply compress more and more until it would finally burst out. Even though it might sound easy, even just getting pure dragon emperor''s Qi was hard, let alone tons of it.


    Luckily for me, I had already been doing this for an entire week. If people heard of me breaking through in just one week though, they''d probably die from the shock... I don''t care what other people think though, so it''s fine. I kept compressing the Qi, and after 5 hours, I couldn''t help but to scream out in pain as I felt myself finally break through. Something burst out from my back, which I assume are wings, but that was the least of my worries. Every bone in my body broke down, then regenerated, much stronger then before, but the process was painful to a degree not describable by words alone.


    I fought with all of my immense willpower and held my consciousness tight, as it was trying to sleep off into dreamland. I kept compressing Qi all through this, and I think at one point some of my mental sanity was lost, as I began to enjoy the pain. Am I turning into a masochist...? Hopefully not...


    I heard some footsteps and somebody banged on my door. I tried to shout "I-I''m... F-f-fine..!" but came out more as gasps, as I could barely breath. I couldn''t afford to stop compressing the Qi, otherwise everything would be for naught... I know from my memories that this pain from breaking through into the 9th stage is a mere half of the pain that comes with breaking through into the 10th stage... I trembled inside at the mere though...


    The banging on the door got louder, but I didn''t even bother answering, and kept condensing. As I was about to lose consciousness, the pain suddenly disappeared, and my mind became much cleared. Clearer then it had ever been. In fact, my whole body felt amazing. I let out a sigh and stopped condensing, as it would be useless to do so now.


    I was still trembling, but I got up from my bed and went to unlock the door. As soon as I did, the receptionist girl burst inside the door, screaming "What happened!? Are you okay?? I heard a scream!!" I looked at her blankly. She finally noticed me, standing by the door that she almost broke. Not that I care, I mean, this is her door and the building isn''t mine after all...


    "Ah! Uh... Hi? Eeeh... .... sorry... I... I just heard a loud scream and thought assassins had come... the Yan Mao sect even tried to bribe me and threatened me to kill you... I''m sorry..." Hm? If they tried to bribe you then why did this girl tell me? How dumb.


    I pull her in my arms and give her a small hug. Her eyes opened wide, and I''m not sure if it was because of my actions or the wings on my back, which I still haven''t checked out, but I can clearly feel them as if they were a new pair of arms. It''s quite the weird feeling, but I''m used to it due to myconstant changing into monster form. Speaking of monster form, I really just want to go out with it for a while and have some fun... I''ve been in a human town for way too long... I need to vent my monster instincts...


    "... I''m fine. Thank... you" her mouth was hanging open, which was quite comical. I let go of her and sat on my bed. My clothes had been quite destroyed... what a shame... now I''ll have to buy another pair from the Voice... that thing''s been quite useful, it always helped me out and was always there for me. I know I should hate it, but I just can''t bring myself to. I wonder if it truly is a program, as it feels... I don''t know... alive?


    As I was contemplating, the girl stuttered out "W-what happened to you!? What are those!!" I look at her blankly for a while. It took her some time to finally calm down. I then said "... Special... cultivation." She had a look of realization and said "Ah! Is that why you''re so strong yet I can''t feel any Qi inside of you?" I nod at that. I mean, it''s true that the Qi I use is infused directly into my body rather then stored. I find it more efficient then simply putting Qi inside of you, but I guess my opinion is not shared by everyone...? I did hear that simply having Qi in you enhances your lifespan, increases strength, speed, dexterity, it also enhances senses and some rare people have affinities that let them control special types of Qi like light, darkness, earth, fire, wind...


    Well, I don''t need lifespan, and whilst strength, speed and better senses are nice, they''re not essential. Being able to use Qi attacks is the real key in it, as Qi attacks are much, much strongerthen normal attacks.


    "I never heard of any cultivation that gives you those wings though... They''re really cute though..." Hm? Dragon wings aren''t cute though? I tilt my head a bit, then say "... Mirror... can have?" She nods and runs out. I can''t quite move my wings yet, as blood needs to run through them beforehand, and that takes a little bit, and I can''t turn my head enough to look at them fully.


    The girl comes back with a pretty big mirror, and I was shocked to see what I became. My skin had become completely white, even more so then before. I also looked angelic, as I had become even more toned and seemed straight out from the heavens, as these chinese idiots would say.


    It did say that cultivating the ''Dragon Emperor''s Body''had the side effect of making you beautiful, but this is just straight out dumb. Also, two huge black angel-like wings were behind me. Wasn''t it supposed to be dragon wings? I was somewhat... no, really confused.


    I touched them a little. They didn''t feel like scales, but felt more like feathers. Scratch that, they were feathers. I tried plucking one out and it hurt really badly. I looked at it and inspected it. It was like a bird''s feather, but had wave-like lines on it that probably had blood coming through them. It looked... cute... as the girl said... am I turning into one of those anime characters...? Please don''t do this to me...


    Crying bitterly inside, I face the girl who was looking at me with an awkward expression. I tilt my head at her a bit to try to ask what''s wrong, but for some reason her cheeks go red. Oh please, let''s not turn a normal girl into a... lesbian? Can I really be considered female? I guess? I''m not sure at this point anymore... It''s true that I don''t feel any romantic attraction, but I still do sometimes have some little wild fantasies... And usually I''m with a man...


    Since she didn''t answer, I say "... Something... wrong?" she quickly shakes her head and says "A-ah! U-uh, no... it''s just..." She looks away for a second, then suddenly turns to me with strong eyes and half-shouts "Please let me pet you!"


    I look at her with a blank face for a second. I do admit that I''m a bit curious on how it would feel to be petted, so I slowly give a small nod. She smiles widely and jumps at me. I don''t avoid and let her crash into me. For some reason, she begins to rub her face on my chest, which prompts me to ask the question: is she really a lesbian...? I have nothing against them, but I do find them... weird, I guess? I mean, genders exist for reproduction''s sake, and you can''t have children between the same sex... when did natural evolution create romance between the same genders...?


    She keeps rubbing herself and giggles out "Hehehe, you''re so soft~." She turns me around and passes her fingers through my hair. It doesn''t feel bad...


    "How is your hair so silky!! This is totally unfair~! How did you get it like this!" I shrug at that. Ask the voice, they''re the ones whogave me this body after all. I guess they''re something like my parents in that regard?If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    She then starts to caress my newly created wings. I silently moan a little bit, as it feels really good. Addictive, even. Are my wings perhaps a turn-on point? It certainly feels like they are, considering how good it feels... She finally stops after 10 minutes and says to me with a smile "Hehehe~ you should come here more often!! I''ll even ask mom to give you a discount!" I assume her mom is the shop owner.


    I was sweating a bit from the petting, and I absentmindedly nod. Is this my personal weakness? Am I destined to become a petting toy? A giant 150 meter long seamonster who''s a petting toy of a receptionist... The idea itself holds quite a bit of charm...


    She leaves my room and goes to do... something? I''m not sure what receptionists do... Well, I don''t really care either way.


    As for myself, I simply fall limply onto the bed after locking the door and immediately fall asleep. After all, I was mentally exhausted from breaking through, and I hadn''t had a single moment of sleep for quite a number of days.


    When I wake up, my whole body feels tired, but that''s normal, so I ignore it and get up. I walk towards the window and check outside. The sun was midway through the skies, so I assume I slept an entire day, as when I fell asleep the sun was 3/4 down into the sky.


    Ithen proceed to notice my next problem. Clothes. Lack of thereof. How am I supposed to wear a shirt when I have to giant wings on my back? I tried folding them on my back, which I could do, but they still take up a lot of space...


    Without any idea of what to do, I resort to my last option. I ask the voice "... Clothes... Buy... Wings...?" It immediately answers "Angel clothing can be purchased in the clothes section of the ''Objects'' category. They will cost the same, so don''t worry about prices." I sigh in relief. I was really worried I''d have to go naked everywhere... Thank you, Voice! You just saved my day... and probably the rest of my life...


    I quickly buy a pair of them. They have two round holes on the back, and zippers to close them up. It takes a while to figure out how to put them on. I then check myself out. These angel clothesfeel really comfy, and even looked quite good on me.


    I left my room and headed down the stairs. As soon as I arrived at the bar, I earned quite a number of stares, or rather, my wings earned those stares.


    Feeling a little bit proud about my achievements, I puff out my chest in pride and walk towards the exit. Nobody tries to stop me, which I figure comes from the fact that I killed quite a number of cultivators really quickly and easily. Heh, since then I''ve almost doubled in power thanks to my Lightning fruit and cultivation!


    I leave the inn and head towards the gates. My plan is now to kill all cultivators in the forest and take their soul essence, and maybe eat their corpses, as I think they might help with my cultivation, since if humans that eat high-level magical beast''s meat and gain a cultivation boost from it, wouldn''t monsters be able to gain a small boost too from eating cultivators?


    I asked the voice and it confirmed. The boost is very small, but it''ll help in advancing with normal cultivation. I could be considered a non-cultivator right now, but my strenght says otherwise. This also can work for other beings. If someone doesn''t have cultivation doesn''t mean they''re not strong, as mages exist and they use Qi in a different way then cultivators, then there are swordsmen and their techniques to enhance bodies, then necromancers who raise undead armies...


    I shudder at the mere though of undead. They''re all ugly and decomposed... I think I''d puke from seeing them. It''s a little trauma of mine, and I don''t think I can overcome it... Undead are scarier then immense pain... much scarier...


    As I leave the gates, I notice some people just kind of... standing there, checking everybody that passes. I walk forward as well, but of course, those guys stopped me. They then surrounded me, and pushed away everybody else. People immediately began watching, interested on what would happened.


    "Girl, are you the one who killed brother Tsu? We are here to take revenge for him you bastard!" I look at him with a raised eyebrow and say "... Tried... kill... me. Defended. Scum... you. Leave... or... die." The 10 or so guys surrounding me took a step back at my cold tone, but the guy in front still insisted and shouted "D-don''t worry brothers! We''re 10 and she''s alone! We can take revenge for brother Tsu! For the Yan Mao sect!" He shouts and charges at me. He takes out a sword and tries to stab me with it, but I stop it with my hands. It didn''t even cut a single bit... How weak.


    The guy''s eyes were wide open. I casually tighten my grip and the sword shatters. I stroll forward and stop right in front of a stupefied retard, and gently poke his arm with my pointer finger. The guy looked at me confused for a second, but then began to scream in pain. His eyes soon showed white and he fell down. Dead. Don''t these chinese idiots ever learn? Also, revenge is but an excuse. They probably just wanted to kidnap me and use me as... a toy...


    With flashbacks of my past, my rage shots up and my face takes a serious look, different from my usual blank face. I run towards the 9 remaining idiots, who all got their weapons ready. They try to attack me, but I jump in the air and unfold my wings. I use them as balancing limbs, and use my hands to grab two idiots by the head and throw them against the others.


    I then run up to the others and stab them. One of them actually manages to hit me, but doesn''t even leave a scratch. These idiots aren''t even at Saint Master level, and only at the high Saint tier... Why would they even bother... How dumb.


    After killing the 10 idiots, I stroll away like nothing happened. I hear whispers go around about who I really was, and I even hear a nickname I didn''t hear before, but it sounds way too dumb for me to even say it.


    I walk for 3 hours, practicing with my wings and adjusting my stance to them. I tried to fly too, but that didn''t quite seem possible yet. My wings would hurt after a while of trying to flap them,and I could barely lift myself from the ground.


    I arrived at the forest and entered silently. I could see traces of various peopleentering, like broken twigs, smell, broken bushes and other obvious signs that beasts would never be dumb enough to leave behind.


    I rush into the forest and follow these trails and turn into monster form. The ground shakes and several trees are broken wherever I pass through. I eventually find a group of 6 humans who were fighting a beast. Both beast and men were looking at me, not daring to move. I charge a poisonous lightning in my mouth and fire it at them. A 100 meter crater was burning and melting after the shot hit, and not a single man was left alive. I guess I''m really overpowered for this area... I''ll need to find places with stronger people if I too want to get stronger.


    I check and see that I got 1000 soul essence from that. Smiling, I continue on my search. I turned back into my humanoid form before continuing though, as I didn''t want my titanic body to essentially announce wherever I was, leading to people fleeing from merely hearing my arrival. I spent the entire day hunting, electrifying, poisoning, cutting off heads, kicking and punching, cutting with my claw-like hands and sometimes even turning my arms into monster form, which gave them a slight blue color and they would become three times stronger.


    I discovered a couple of ways to use my fruits. First, I could breath out a poisonous mist that if breathed, would attack the nerve system, paralyzing the opponent. It could also conduct electricity, so I could breath out a huge amount and then send a lightning shockwave through it. Don''t even get me started on turning myself into lightning, as merely touching them would roast them almost instantly. I could also pass millions of volts into my hand in case they were immune, and my hand would reach thousands of degrees due to so much electricity passing through. I''m for some reason not injured by it, but the tree I tested it on looked like butter to this attack which I named ''Furnace Palm''.


    As night fell, I headed back into the town. I still had this night left in the inn, and I''d use it for the last time before heading into the oceans. After all, I''m planning on either becoming a bounty hunter for recognition, soul essence, and free money. I could also do pirating activities here and there... Heh, kinda like the actual One Piece universe... I wonder what it''d be like...


    As I''m lost in fantasies, I walk towards the inn. Too bad I was too distracted to notice the Xoi guy as he approachesme. "Hey Leviathan! Uh, how are you? I heard you were injured..." I look at him, brought out from my pirating fantasies with Captain Roger. I shake my head and say "... Slight. Healed..." He nods his head and says "Oh, cool! Well, I was just worried since the guards said you left and were heading towards the forest too... There''s rumors of an Emperor Saint beast roaming the forest right now, so it''s not really safe. Apparently, someone saw it as he was searching for the beast. It should be 200 meters long and resemble a snake, but had wings and arms too. They even said that they saw it destroy an entire portion of the forest with a single attack! They said it looked like lightning, but was red and black."


    Hey now. That''s me! I was seen? Well, that''s inconvenient. Oh well, I can live with it... I look at Xoi and nod whilst saying "...Know. Seen... Ran." He nodded too and said curiously "Oh, by the way, why do you have two wings on your back? Are you a body cultivator? Aren''t techniques that even affect the body itself really rare?" I nod at him and unfold my wings proudly. They had about my same height and were 3 meters in diametereach.


    I smiled a bit and said "... Like?" His cheeks got a bit red at that and he furiously nodded his head in approval. Satisfied, I folded them again on my back and said sadly "... Flight... None... yet. Need... rank." He looked a bit saddened too and said "Yeah, I heard achieving the superior rank in body cultivation is sometimes even harder then normal cultivation, and the higher tiered the technique the harder it is."


    I nodded at him with a resolute feeling in my heart. I''ll definitely advance this to the 10th rank and become a proud and flying 150 meter sea monster! Just you wait, I''ll definetly accomplish it!


    I spent the night at the inn, and had to lock out a wild receptionist who almost looked like she wanted to rape me. Well, considering my wings seem like a turn-on point, it can be considered rape if she strokes them without my approval. Well, I could always just kill her if she truly tries too, but I''d rather not since it''d ruin my public image.


    After the sun had risen, I was ready to leave the city. I would spend a month in the forest in my monster form, hunting beasts and humans alike. The turtle had given me his approval on me hunting other beasts, as that''s a common and necessary accourance anyway. I left a note on the counter without anybody seeing me that read ''From Leviathan: Be back in a month''. Why did I do this? Well, I don''t want the Xoi guy to try and find me, as I''d risk having to kill him.


    It''s not like I have qualms about doing so, but I need him. He is after all the young master of the strongest clan in the city, as well as a potential target to seduce, andI can figure out thathe''s already head over heels for me. I would quite enjoy using clan wars as excuses to kill entire clans, and having him back me up would reduce the trouble coming after killing people like revenges, laws and people fearing my strength. He''s also strong, has a nice physique, and isn''t an idiot. So having him go to waste would be anti-productive.


    I left the city and began my journey. Destination? The giant mountain range across the forest. What to do once I''m there? Gather essence and cultivate. I want to go there specifically because there is a special area with giant amounts of Qi that helps you cultivate faster, but the place itself is tightly guarded by multiple sects. I don''t care how many men they have though, I''ll smash any and all defenses they hold.

 Chapter 9: Dragon Hunting

    [Leviathan''s Pov]


    After spending 8days marching from the forest towards the mountain, I finally arrived there. They are indeed quite impressive, even bigger then theHimalayas from back on Earth. I wonder, are all mountain ranges this big in this world?


    I had killed a couple hundred beasts during my travel and gained 40.000 essence. It''s quite the amount, and I don''t really know on what to spend it on. Definetly not on more fruits, as it''s much better to be proficient with a couple then to have lots of them. I also already have every type of fruit. I have the Leviathan for zoan (mythical), the Venom fruit for the paramecia and the Lightning for logia, so I really don''t see the point of buying more.


    A possibility is to invest them in ''Cultivation Rate'', but that''s already at the Highest tier genius, and it costs 50.000 to upgrade to the next level. But, since there''s nothing else I can really see as useful... Oh wait, I think I just figured out what to buy.


    I need a weapon for my human form. I mean, for as strong and sharp as my nails are, they have absolutely shitty range compared to swords. But, I simply don''t like swords, as they''re too used and are too inefficient in the way I fight, which is using my tyrannical strenght and speed. I think that the weapon who would suit me the best would be a scythe. For as dumb as shythes are, they first look impressive, and tend to impress opponents, and if they are used correctly, they are extremely proficient in fighting crowds of people. I''m of course not going to just buy a gardening scythe though, no.


    What I will buy is Death''s scythe itself. Apparently, the Voice can sell it. I of course am not dumb enough to think it''s the real deal, but looking at it''s description does impress me... a little...


    ''Death''s Scythe: A scythe sharp enough to cut metal like butter. Has the ability to harvest soul essence 10% more efficiently. Powersup user and sharpens the more it kills, and cools down after a fight finishes''. I... Don''t know what to say. It costs 50.000 by itself, but it just sounds amazing. The bonus for harvesting soul essence is huge in the long run, and I''m curious about how it''s supposed to strenghten me the more I kill.


    I quickly buy the Scythe, and a scythe that truly reminds me of the one Death uses appears in front of me. I pick it up with some effort... It must weight at least 300kg. I don''t know what it''s made of, but even I could never hope to break it. I casually put my finger on the blade and press a bit. Blood quickly comes out, and my finger begins to sting. It truly is sharp... I wonder where I can put it when I go in monster form?


    Panicking at the idea of possibly losing an object worth so much essence, I ask the Voice "... Somewhere... put... monster... form... don''t... lose?" The voice actually stayed silent for a moment before answering "You have proved efficient enough in collecting essence that we decided to grant you a special skill for your troubles. Congratulations~, you''ve been the single most efficient collector in our entire history. don''t be overlyproud of your achievements though, as we''re expecting much, much more." Just as the Voice finishes speaking, I feel a wave of information rush into my head. Itfeels like I just received enlightment... How wierd...


    I can feel knowledge of a thing called ''Spacial Inventory''. It somewhat resembles the spacial bags that some really rich and powerful cultivators have with them, but is bigger and more convinient, as you don''t risk losing the bag itself. How nice of them to give me this... Also, I do feel a bit proud at my achievement. Hey, this almost feels like a job!


    Whilst in a good mood, I open up my spacial inventory and a window of darkness appears in front of me. It''s 1 meter squared in size, but I somehow know how to expand it to fit bigger objects inside. I can fit a total of 50 meters squared of stuff in it, but I of course, can''t put living beings in it.


    Excited, I run over to the huge bag I was using, and put everything in my spatial inventory. Clothes, jewelry, shampoos, files for nails, money, some random stuff that I bought and finally my scythe goes into the inventory. It''s not even close to full.


    Happy to no end, I silently say to the Voice "... Thanks..." And it immediately replies "My pleasure Leviathan. It''s a good business staying with you~." Huh... the Voice did sound pretty happy too. I really am beginning to doubt if this is truly just a program... Are they trying to trick me into trusting them? Why would they even bother? If they just wanted to work me like a slave, I have no doubts they''d simply have thrown me in here without any help and forced me to kill.


    I throw away my now empty and useless bag and look at the mountain range. I''m not sure where exactly this cultivation zone is, but I think it should be somewhere on top of these mountains... I will never be able to find it like this, I need to develop my ''Dragon Emperor''s Body'' to the last level to gain flight, otherwise this will take forever.


    Deciding so, I head towards the mountains and search for a cave. I find one after 5 hours of searching, and I enter it. I suddently hear a loud grumbling resound from deep inside though, and soon enough a small dragon appears from deep inside the cave. What even is a dragon doing so far away from the higher parts of the mountain?


    "What is a mere human doing inmycave!? You dare intrude the cave of KeafGnorts?! Learn your place, human!" Oh boy, I''m trembling. He''s an amazing 10 meters long. Whilst it might sound long, he barely looks like at the Earth Saint level, and I''m a being able to make high King Sait beasts tremble by merely seeing me. I think his arrogance is why he''s here, he probably was kicked out from the stronger dragons or something. So cliche... Maybe I can make him my pet? Nah, I''d much rather have a smarter dragon then this as a pet.


    "... Strong?... Weakling. Know... Power." I say and take out my scythe, it begins to emit an omnious dark athmosphere, and the dragon''s eyes open wide. He still acts arrogant though and says "Hah? Me? A weakling!? How dare you insult me, Kaef Gnorts!? Die!!" He roars and charges at me. Yup. If all dragons are at his level of stupidity, then I''m ashamed of being partially a dragon.


    I swing my scythe at him, he tries to strike it away with his claws, but they''re cut off like butter. He screams out in pain, but I simply kick him in the face, since he was so wide open. As he tried to get up from my hit, I swing my scythe at his head and cut it off.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    Satisfied, I put away my scythe. The main reason I''m not simply staying away from the mountain and finish cultivating is exactly because of this dragon. To advance to the 10th stage of my ''Dragon Emperor''s Cultivation'', I need to eat lots, and lots, and I mean real lots of dragon meat. I drag the corpseoutside and change into my monster form, I then simply swallow it whole. I mean, I could probably swallow a ship whole with my body size, so this much is nothing.


    Satisfies, I turn back into human form and cry out in dispair when I notice I just broke my clothes. Again. I always forget to take them off... I''m such an idiot.


    Rolling around in the dirt, crying bitter tears for my stupidity, the Voice suddently spoke "Hey, you do know that you can just buy clothes that will not be destroyed during transformation? There''s the option for it... They''re more expensive, but wouldn''t it be more convinient than constantly buying new ones?" I stop rolling around, suprised that the Voice actually spoke to me in it''s own accord.


    There''s such a thing? Was I really this big of an idiot this entire time!? I swiftly open up my list and go into clothing. I check around for said tab of clothes, and soon enough, just under Angel Clothes there is a small, very tiny button that I can barely read ''Size-adjusting clothes''. I laugh bitterly at myself for never noticing it, and click the button. All of the clothes'' prices go up by 500, but I''m not bothered. I mean, money is meant to be spend, and so is soul essence. I mean, life and souls aren''t really that precious when you''re an immortal 150 meter long sea monster.


    I buy a blue one-piece dress with black lines going around it like circles. I put it on and check myself out. Yup. I look quite good in this.


    Satisfied, I enter the now empty cave and settle myself in. Now that I''ve eaten dragon meat, my objective is to transfer it''s special Qi into my own. my dragon Qi and a real dragon Qi are quite similar, but only a dragon''s Qi has true dragon essence, which is what I require to advance to the final stage of my cultivation. My job is to separate the Qi from the meat in my stomach and condense it inside my heart, where it will be pumped out like blood. First step is gas, then liquid and then finally solid, which would be the final step and the most painful one.


    I concentrate my mind into my stomach and focus my own Qi to attack the dragon meat and destroy it, once that''s done, I will my Qi to transfer the dragon essence inside of my heart. This process alone takes 3 hours to accomplish, and once the dragon essence is transferred to my heart, it feels like my blood is slowly being lit on fire, starting from the heart and spreading out. It''s not as painful as my last breakthrough, but it''s still extremely unpleasant, but I can''t help but to enjoy this feeling. The feeling of growth and improvement...


    It takes me a total of 6 hours to fully integrate the dragon essence into myself. This was only 5% of the total amount I need, so as soon as I finish and the pain goes away, I get up and leave the cave to search for more dragons to hunt down. I don''t turn into my monster form, as that might actually scare those fuckers away.


    I leave the cave and begin my search. I climb up the entire mountain, searching every single cave I come across. It takes me 3 hours and 3000 meters of climbing to finally reach a dragon.


    It was residing inside a gigantic cave, where maybe even I could fit in. When it smelled me, who was standing at the entrance, looking at it, it looked at me but didn''t attack. It looked more curious then anything else.


    "Hm? A human actually reached all the way up here? Are you perhaps lost...? No. That can''t be right. You don''t seem scared, yet I can''t feel any Qi inside of you... Perhaps a body cultivator... those wings... impossible..." It begins to mumble at the end. It spends 5 whole minutes mumbling inside of himself and then turns to me "Human girl, I have lived for 2 millenia, and I''m of the high Saint King tier class. I have lived for many years, and only once have I seen something that resembles you. Tell me, are you perhaps a ''Dragon King''s Body Cultivator''?"


    Hm? No, I cultivate at the emperor''s tier. It''s the highest dragonic cultivation there is, but he probably doesn''t need to know that.


    I shake my head and look back at him, who looked like he was frowning. "Don''t lie to me girl. I know you''re here for my flesh, and you won''t take it so easily." He stands up and gets into a battle stance, with what I suppose is a fire breath ready to fire. I raise my hand before he shoots me. He stops and looks at me, and I say "... Not... King. Emperor. Also... Not... Human."


    It raised an eyebrow twice, once for the emperor part and then for me saying I''m not human. Instead of waiting for it''s answer though, I run outside the cave and reach an open area. The dragon soon arrives flying out from his cave. He lands about 100 meters away from me and screams out "I''ve never heard of an emperor''s cultivation, but I won''t dare doubt that the world surely must hold something like it. Girl, prepare yourself, for I''m not an easy target."


    This dragon''s quite polite. Too bad I''m heartless and don''t care. As he was about to charge at me, I transform into my monster form.


    My body abruptly begins to increase in size tremendously, scales growing out and my legs become fins whilst my arms transform into giant claws. 8 pairs of giant wings appear from my back, and the process of transformation takes 10 seconds. I tower over the 30 meter long dragon like a giant eyeing a baby. The dragon was trembling a bit, but didn''t back off.


    He didn''t waste time talking and fired his breath attack at me. I could feel quite a lot of Qi in it, so I dodge it by twisting my serpentine body and then circle around the dragon. It charges at me, but I block him with my claws and punch him back. Unfortunately for him, I had already fully encircled him, so I catch him with my tail and swiftly wrap myself around him like a cobra.


    I then squeeze him as hard as I could and eject poison and lightning from my sides into the poor dragon. It continued to struggle for 10 seconds, but then the damage was simply too much and he died. I continued to squeeze him for another 20 seconds though, just to make sure.


    Once that was done, I bite off one of it''s wings and gulp it down. It tasted quite good, so I soon begin to tear through it''s body. It was quite large, as expected of a King Saint beast. I wonder how large Heaven Saint beasts are... Probably really big... even bigger then me. That''s something to look forward to at least, a nice and hard fight against a 10 kilometer long snake would be cool... not that I know any of that size, but I assume that''s the size range of the highest tiered saint beast on this place.


    I transform back into my human form and enter the cave. I sit down in what I assumed was once the dragon''s bed, which was really only a huge pile of different kinds of pelts. I decide to explore the cave later, and begin my cultivation now.


    I once again focus on my stomach. This time, the amount of dragon essence is almost four times as much as the weaker dragon. I focus on it and do the same thing as before, but the pain this time is not only much stronger, but it lasts for much longer as well.


    Holding back my screams, I continue to focus on the essence. After 4 hours of cultivating, I can finally relax. Letting out a sigh, I can feel that I''m only 25% done, and that the more I do this the more painful it would be. I really hope I''m not turning into a masochist, but I can''t helpbut feel excited at the idea of getting that 25% at 100% and finally being able to fly.


    Deciding that no dragon shall escape alive in this mountain, I head out to find my next sacrifice.

 Chapter 10: Dragonoid

    [Leviathan''s Pov]


    "Who are you, human, to intrude upon this king''s territory! This king shall teach you the difference between the heavens and the earth, puny mortal!" And here goes another overly arrogant dragon in his ''I''m better then you'' speech. I''ve been hunting these guys for 5 days now, and have only found 6 dragons who, although stronger then the first one, were only 1/2 of the second dragon I''ve met.


    This dragon in particular is quite annoying. I was taking a bath in a river whilst in my human form and then discovered this wierdo that was staring at me. Are magical beasts attracted to human bodies or something? He then started insulting me with things like ''How dare you be naked in front of this King'', ''This king shall control the heavens'' or other really retarded stuff.


    I simply waited for him to finish his kingly rambling whilst staring at him with a blank face, still fully naked. I mean, why should I be ashamed of my own body? Also, he''s a dragon... Dragons tend to mate with dragons, so they shouldn''t be into humans, I mean, it''d be like having a human have sex with a cat or something. Really, it''d be like a gorilla having sex with a 6 years old girl, with size considered. Am I rambling...?


    After 10 more minutes of rambling incoherent and idiotic things, he finally stops and says "Well, puny mortal, I, this king, shall permit you to speak in my glorious glory." Heh, thanks, I really did need permission to speak, I was too scared to speak without it, you know?


    "... Idiot. Retard. Cretin. Empty-Headed... fool. Dofus. Arrogant... Bastard. Don''t... Care... King... Or not." The dragon had a shocked expression on his face and roared "How dare you puny mortal to insult, I, this king!" I don''t wait for him to finish since this parade has gotten boring, and I transform into my monster form.


    Soon enough, I was towering over him and he had his mouth gaping open. It''s always fun to see these arrogant bastards piss themselves when I turn into a monster... I wonder, do they act like this just because they can''t feel Qi in me? But then again, they should understand that I''m a body cultivator due to my wings, but I don''t think they''re smart enough to do so.


    I slither around the dragon, who tried to back away but I blocked him from doing so with my tail. He tried to bite me, but my scales were too hard, and I took the opportunity to wrap around him and give him a nice hug. Even in death he kept screaming "Release this king or know the judgement of the heavens!" I of course, did not release him. He died after 40 seconds of being hugged. He was probably really lonely considering his attitude, so at least he died a nice death...


    I ate the idiot''s body and went back to my cave. There, I was finally ready to advance to my final step in cultivating this god damn body. I''mat 90% completion towards advancing, so hopefully this should be the final push I needed to finally complete this chuuni-like dragon cultivation.


    Concentrating my mind in my stomach, I separated the dragon essence from the flesh and will it to go to my heart. By now, the essence in my heart was a hard liquid and almost solid, and only needed a bit more to fully turn solid.


    I kept pushing the dragon essence into my heart, ignoring the pain. I kept doing it until not a single bit of essence remained inside my stomach. I was now at 100%, and had to do the last step before fully finishing this cultivation.


    Using the now-solid dragon essence, I made it explode inside my heart, sending it through all of my body for it to assimilate the essence. It felt like my whole body was trying to implode from the inside out, but at this point the process was automatic, thus I didn''t need to do anything and I couldn''t stop it. I let myself scream out in pain and roll on the ground, trying my best to hold on to my consciousness.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    For 6 hours the pain continued. It was at the level of my previous breakthrough and only kept rising. Once the 6 hour mark was reached, the entirety of the solidessence was distributed through my body, filling every blood vein. Now, I had to release it into liquid form, and I did. This increased the volume twofold, making it seem like every single vein wanted to explode. After 30 minutes of letting my veins adjust to this and many screams, I was finally ready for the last step, to turn the liquid into gas and let it enter my cells.


    I transformed the liquid dragon essence into gas form, and let it enter my every cell. This hurt, but not as much as the liquid part, or so I thought for the first hour. The gas began to increase in volume tenfold and then hundredfold, making my entire body look like an overly inflated baloon. I don''t think I need to explain how much this hurt, right?


    After 2 moretraumatizing hours, the transformation was finally over. Thanks to my overly resilient body, none of my veins had exploded but it still hurt. A lot.


    I got up from the hard stone ground with a small sigh. I''m seriously turning into a masochist am I not... Well, I don''t dislike the idea of suffering to get stronger... Am I perhaps a training addict? I mean, I''m plenty strong as I am right now and I know... Is there even anyone strong enough to match me when I fully unleash every card I have?


    With a sudden enlightment, I ask the Voice "... Compare... Me... Others... Strength". Why ask this? Well, I''d be in deep trouble if I get overly arrogant, but sometimes being arrogant helps and if I know the enemy strength I can attempt at bigger plots...


    "Compared to the non-cultivatinghuman: Impossible to defeat. Compared to non-cultivatingnon-human race: Impossible to defeat. Possible scenarios of defeat: <140.000 Saints / <50.000 Saint Masters / <10.000 Great Saints / 1.500Earth Saints / 500King Saints / 20 Emperor Saints / 2 God Saints / >1 Heaven Saint."


    I choked the moment I heard these numbers. I mean, yes, I am strong, but these numbers are obviously false. Even I can deduce that, is the thing perhaps stupid? "... Wrong. Trick... Me?"


    The Voice replied with a confused voice "Our calculations tell us this should be the amount of enemies you should be able to handle with Leviathan mode released along with maximum output of the Devil Fruits." I shake my head and make a small sigh. Yes, calculations are correct, but they''re obviously not taking into account tactics, weaknesses, weak spots, tiredness and most important of all, attributes. Even a single Saint with an attribute could potentially wound me, let alone someone of a higher rank.


    I ignore the Voice and check out my body. First thing I noticed is that my teeth and nails were several times sharper then before, and my canines had grown to resemble those of a vampire. Next obvious thing would be the new pair of wings, which they too were a deep black color. My dress had been ripped apart, so I quickly went into the clothing section of the shop and, much to my dismay, found that the dress for four-wingers was much more expensive.


    I cried bitter tears for a minute, then cheered myself up thinking that at least I looked quite good with the wings and that they''d make for really nice blankets. Too bad I''ll need yet another hour a day for grooming them...


    After inspecting my newfound wings and a bit of flight practice, which finally worked, albeit it required a more in-depth training, I began to practice my newfound strenght and even checked out my 12-winged monster form, or as the voice called it, Leviathan Mode. Ain''t I always on Leviathan mode though? I mean, it is my name and all...


    I spent two days adjusting to my newfound strenght. I accidentally smashed into trees a couple times whilst running around, since it''s quite hard to adjust when your strength suddently goes up threefold... Yeah, it was quite the improvement. After this adjusting, I finally decided that it was time to find this stupid cultivation zone, and once I would be there, hopefully reach a decent level in normal cultivation.

 Chapter 11: Annoying midgets are exceedingly annoying.

    An entire week has passed ever since I ranked up in my body cultivation. What did I do during this time? Well, apart from feasting on the occasinal monster and/or cultivators who came here to harvest the forest''s bounty, I pretty much did nothing.


    I mean, what the hell am I supposed to do? I finished my body cultivation, and the Qi in the area is complete and utter shit, so I can''t even begin to practice normal cultivation.


    Huffing in irration like a child, I turn my attention back to the little slave I caught.


    Naturally, said slave was a cultivator whom claimed to have just come back from the cultivation area. When he found me, he did what every man would do after they find a cold-faced, angel-winged, alone, not-as-defenseless-as-appears maiden and tried to rape me.


    Needless to say, I broke off his penis and took a bit out of it just to see how it tasted. It was decent I guess, but I''d rather have a normal steak then that. The poor slave was screaming on the ground, constantly muttering curses. I took the liberty of teaching him respect over his elde... Uh... young master... fuck, did I mention I hate chinese terms?


    After he healed himself enough not to die of bloodloss, he promptly agreed to my little deal in which he would guide me over to the cultivation area, give me all of his valuables and become my dog in exchange for me not torturing him and/or eating him.


    Which leads to the current situation. I look coldly at Dickless, which is his new nickname by the way and gently ask him "How... longer?" Oh, there is no need to break out in a cold sweat and pray to the heavens. I won''t bite, you know? Not yet, at least.


    "S-soon, we''e almost there!" He said and quickly prostrated. Something horrible and twisted coarsed through me, giving me a strange feeling of satisfaction. Ah, it''s soooo fun breaking rapist scum like him. I just wish I could get a slave collar or something... Oh wait, I can!


    I opened up the shop and used a function I discovered a couple days ago. It''s the ''Advanced Search'', which will find an item that fits the name/idea of what I want. I swiftly put in ''Slave Collar'', and a collar with spikes pointing inwardly appears in my mind.


    It costs a boggling 500 soul essence, but since I have so much recently I don''t really mind it. Besides, it''s there to be spent, right? I buy it and it appears in my opened hand, prompting a certain dickless man to stare at me with wide eyes.


    I give him a dashing smile and kick him in the stomach, piercing through his stomach. This guy is a Great Saint, so any injury short of ripping off a limb is healable. Naturally, his dick''s a limb, so that won''t be coming back anytime soon. Or ever, for that case.


    The guy topples over, holding onto his stomach. I have absolutely no qualms about doing this to scum like him who take advantage of weaker people and grovel at higher being''s feet.


    The collar widens up and I drape it over his head and around his neck. The thing suddently springs into action and consticts itself, piercing the dog''s throat. He gasps and holds his neck, but unsucessfully tries to remove it.


    The spikes themselves won''t kill him, but he''ll die if he doesn''t heal himself. Ah well, extra soul essence and a nice dinner, so I won''t complain if he''s dumb. Ah damn, he''s healing himself. That''s quite sad, I was looking forward to feeding him to the wolves who''ve been tailing us for a couple days now.


    We continue to walk for a couple of more hours until he finally says "W-we''re here! I-it''s at the top of this mountain!" He says whilst trying to crawl away. I nod at him and say "Good... job." He forces a smile, which remains on his face as I cut his head off.


    I pick up the slave collar and leave the area. The guy''s not even worth eating. I never really planned on keeping him as a slave, as that was more on a whim then anything else after all.


    I trail up the mountain whilst taking a look at the scenery. I have to admit, it''s quite spectacular. You can see trees everywhere, mountains that are green at the bottom, brown at the center and white at the top. Forests lushing with greenery and birds chirping like nothing could go wrong. This particular mountain is probably the tallest of all of them by a long shot, I honestly have no idea how I missed it.


    As I keep walking, I casually go and check on the shop to look if there might be anything noteworthy. Cultivation method? Check. Necessary supplies? Check. Clothes? Check. Weapons for mass murdering idiots who try to stop me? Check. Shinies? Check. Necessary mindset for cultivation? I''m a masochist, so Check.


    It takes me an entire 2 hours to finally reach the top of the mountain. Since the top is above the clouds, I hadn''t noticed the buildings built at the top, but now I have.


    I approach the village(?) with a raised guard, but nobody comes out. I tilt my head a bit, since thereshould be at least some Earth or Emperor level cultivators around here guarding this place.


    I poke around the village for a little bit, but I honestly can''t find a trace of anybody. The houses are all in perfect conditions, no blood or signs of battle. It''s just as if it was completely abandoned, which it probably was. Ah well, that''s better for me.


    I head towards the ''cave'', which is more like a giant hole in the mountain''s wall. AsI reach it, I suddently hear a high-pitched shout. "Stop!! That''s Mah cave!!! You no allowed to enter MAH cave!!! Es mia! No tua! Mine I tell you!"This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.


    I turn around, expecting to find a couple cultivators or something, but I can''t see anything. I look around, but nothing. There literally is no one around.


    I shrug and once again try entering the cave, but someone shouts once again "Are you deaf!? Dat''s Mi Caverna y''anno!? Vat''cha tryin to do!? Steal meh cavern!? That''s theft I tell you! Theft!"


    Ticked off, I once again turn and look around, and once again find nothing. Then, the voice speaks once again. "Hey, you tall bitch! Look down here! Mah glorious frame is right here y''anno!"


    I look down some distance from my feet and find... a chipmunk? A golden chipmunk with violet penis tatoos? What?


    "Hahaha! Hahhhhhha! I knew it! You''re impressed by mah glorious frame! I tell you, I kicked out all of those nasty people from tryin to steal MAH cavern!"


    A couple of veins pop from my head. This guy''s not even 40 centimeters long, and he''s acting like such a big shot. I try to kick him, but he dodges whilst shouting "Hey there! Careful with those feet! Y''a gonna have to try harder~!"


    A couple more veins pop on my forehead, and I actually try to kick the guy, but he dodges whilst throwing insults at me once again. "Annoying..." I say and actually start to try to catch him, only to constantly miss.


    The little bastard keeps dodging and dodging, no matter how close I get to catching him he always ends up dodging somehow. "Annoying..."


    "Muahahahahah! You has no hopes of catching the glorious Blowjob NutBrain!! Not even20Emperor Ranks could catch dis'' glorious divine squirrel!!" He laughs in a way that makes me want to go absolutely insane.


    I slowly form a twisted smile and summon my death scythe. The little guy sweats a bit and says "Ah now! No need to get angry... Haha... Right? We''re still friends right...?"


    I smile wider and say "Yes... Friends...???? ??????????" I swing my scythe at him, but he dodges once again at the last second. The hit itself cut in half a house that was in the way, but that''s secondary. I slowly turn at him, still smiling and say "Not... friends?COME... HERE..." I say and begin swinging my scythe at him like a maniac, not even bothering to actually aim since it''s only useless.


    "Hii! Forgive meh! I apologize!!!!! Ah fuckity fuck, that was too close! Ah! Stop that!" He screams out in a panic, but still hasn''t been hit once. He is just too god damn small and annoying!


    I keep swinging whilst cutting in half houses, rocks, trees and inflicting some pretty nasty cuts on the mountain''s walls.


    After 20 minutes or so, I stop to take a breather. I glare at the small idiot whilst he laughs "Hehehehehe!! Big guy can''t catch me, eh! Huehuehue!!!"


    Something inside of me horribly snaps and I scream out "JUST LET ME CATH YOU... YOU..." The guy laughs once again and says "Yes, Me? Ah, you mean to say I''m awesome? Awww, thank you~!"


    Fuck this. I don''t care if I destroy this mountain, I don''t care if I destroy the cave. This guy needs to die. I turn into my Leviathan form, immediately becoming well over 150 meters now. I glare down at the small pest who insists on not dying, but much to my disappoinment he isn''t shaking in fear.


    He whistles and says "Wow! Big guy is... big! Are you too a divine beast!? Ah! How exciting!" I have no words for this guy. Ah no, I do actually. Hopeless.


    "DIE" I roar out in pure anger and charge up a titanic lightning in my mouth whilst also spreading the worst of poisons I can make. As for the small squirrel, he says "Ah shit! That''s dangerous! Weren''t we friends!?" And he too opens his very small mouth.


    After 10 seconds, I fire the lightning at the guy, and he fires... nuts at me. A stream of glowing golden nuts, all shaped to resemble dicks. The two attacks collide, and much to my bewilderment, the nuts can actually somehow block my attack.


    This is fucking nonsense. What the fuck is going on. I want a rope to hang my 150meter body. My eyes are literally bloodshot from pure rage now. I swear, I never felt this insulted. Wait, hang on, why am I even getting this mad? Where''s my cold and ruthless personality? I swear I''d normally never get this angry...


    I charge at the guy, but he somehow once again dodges despite the 1000x difference in sizes. "Hahahaha! You can''t catch me! I have the divine ability to never be caught! Hahahaha!" Ah yes, and I''m a cucumber hanging from an armadillo.


    After another hour of chase and a completely destroyed village and forest, I finally corner the guy on the mountain wall whilst circling my body all around him, preventing him from escaping. I quickly maul him into the wall, and for the first time in all of this fight, my body actually connects to his.


    He crashes into the wall, but he doesn''t seem too hurt. He squirms around whilst still locked onto the wall, but he has no such luck like escaping. I open my giant maws and quickly gulp down the idiot, feeling a sense of satisfaction wash over me.


    I revert back into my human form and take a look around. Yup. It''s completely destroyed. What was up with me? What was I thinking?? Now not only did I destroy the place it took me weeks to get to, but also the place I was supposed to use as a resting place.


    I sit down on a broken log whilst silently punching myself in the face for my stupidity. However, no such luck like tranquility comes to me. The Voice suddently says in my head "Alert. Impossible to harvest soul essence from individual: Blowjob Nutjob. Alert, target is still alive. Target has been identified: Blowjob has been recognized as ''Must Avoid'' by the higher ups."


    I blink a couple times, before suddently I start choking. Something rises up from my stomach into my chest, then into my throat. I swear, this feels bad! It''s not like I enjoy this horrible sensation!


    I cough and cough untill... something finally comes out from my throat. Naturally, that something is a saliva-covered, golden chipmunk with violet penis tatoos. "Ewww, gross. I''m covered in saliva now! Do you have any idea how tight you are in there!?"


    I ignore him whilst I pant a big, trying to catch my breath after the horrible experience. The moment I look at the small squirrel, a horrible, twisted sensation of wanting to inflict all of hell''s suffering onto that bastard rises up in me, but I forcefully suppress it since the Voice said I should avoid him, and my still-logical side agrees. That guy''s not normal. There is simply no way such an idiot could last so long against me in a fight, even if he never scratched me.


    That doesn''t stop me from firing a small electrical beam at him, which somehow ACTUALLY hits him. Well, it was so small it doesn''t really do anything, but it was still fun hearing him go ''Awawawawa''. The twisted sensation in me calms down, and I finally just slump down on my back.


    So, not only did I destroy my chance for super-easy cultivation, but now I have to deal with a self-proclaimed divine midget that just won''t die. Great, just great. I silently check in the shop if there is some rope I can use to hang myself, but for some reason there''s none. Amazing. Thanks, Voice. You''re a real buddy... Not.

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    Mommy said I had something in my tummy. She said it was a xenomorph, and she also said I got it because I was a bad cat and didn''t properly strange my dad. It reminds me of the time mom was pregnant with my 50th sister, except I''m the one with the... well, xenomorph.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    And then, there was that one time where my big bro took out his smaller arm and said to clean it... It looked like a sausage, so I ate it. Turns out it tasted like chicken instead of beef, what a disappointment.


    Don''t judge me.

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    I made a redo. One or two chapters a week, ~1500 words chapters (really depends on the situation. I write in chapters, meaning that I will write about one or two events and won''t stop writing until they are completed.)


    This time, it''ll be more centered around One Piece, but the protagonist will still be a giant evil monster.


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