Chapter 544: [Kinetic Shell]

He didn’t know what it would be, but while he healed his body, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to check it out.

Would you like to learn the skill [Kinetic Shell]?

He let out a light laugh. After all this time, he finally got a defensive kinetic skill offered to him. It had only taken a Tier 6 brutally beating him black and blue for months to get it. Who knew what else he could get if he allowed Cain to bash him for another year?

He peeled himself out of the wall with the help of his aura. He was wedged in there so deep that it still took half a minute to get out. The only bright side of getting hit that hard was that Cain’s attack somehow wiped out any backlash he would have received from failing to hold his mana channel carving technique in place.

When he finally got out of the hole in the wall, he told Cain what had happened and what he had received.

“Finally, jeez. I was wondering how hard I’d have to hit you before you got a defensive skill. I know you only have a high affinity for kinetic, but god damn, that took a long time,” Cain said with a shake of his head.

Julius glared at Cain. “So you were trying to get me this skill this entire time? Why didn’t you tell me?”

Cain shrugged. “It would have defeated the purpose of it. As I told you before, I don’t want to influence your skills too much. Your path is already quite unique, and any outside inference might end up doing more harm than good.”

“Well, it would have been nice to know there was a reason why you were beating me up so harshly,” Julius mumbled.

“Ehhh, at this point it’s more about my pride,” Cain said dismissively.

Julius glared at Cain with suspicion. “What do you mean?”

“I mean, you didn’t give up or ask me to stop. I felt like it was a personal challenge to force you to request a break. But you are ridiculously stubborn. I actually forgot about my plan to get you a defensive skill for a while now. I have just been trying to beat you into submission for the past couple of months,” Cain admitted with a cheery grin.

“Oh, wonderful,” Julius said flatly. On one hand, he was annoyed at Cain for basically using him as a punching bag for the past few months just because Cain wanted to win their little “who will give up first?” game. But on the other hand, he was thankful for Cain’s willingness to push Julius.

He doubted many people would willingly and yearn to beat up a young boy in their spare time.

He was internally expressing his gratitude to Cain when he stopped—reminding himself that this wasn’t usually a good thing. If people knew about it, they would argue that Cain was a child abuser. That gave him a little bit of pleasure and made a note to tease Cain about it in front of Freya later.

She would likely give her husband a lot of shit and a good scolding for Julius.

He held back the laugh he had when he thought about the future awaiting Cain.

“But hey! Look at you now!” Cain said optimistically, breaking him out of his thoughts.

“Yeah, look at me. I finally got another rare skill after months of beatings,” Julius said with a sigh.

“Don’t look so upset. [Kinetic Shell] is actually a wonderful skill. I had the same skill at Tier 3, and it helped me a lot during my younger days,” Cain said with a firm nod.

“You had this skill?” Julius asked with interest.

“Oh yeah. It’s basically a better version of [Kinetic Barrier], and I ended up combining it with two other skills to form an epic skill later on.”

“So should I get it?” Julius asked curiously. He hadn’t really been planning to accept another skill, but hearing that Cain had gotten this same skill when he was younger, convinced him that it wouldn’t be a bad choice. If Cain thought the skill was good, then it must be pretty useful.

“How many skills do you have?”

Julius checked his status real quick.

Name: Julius Von Hyperius

Tier: 3

Skills:

• [Armaments of the Arcane lvl 24] (Epic)
• [Sage of Savagery lvl 26] (Epic)
• [Phoenix Renewal lvl 19] (Epic)
• [Pyrokinetic Embodiment of Ruin lvl 22] (Epic+)
• [Inexorable Aura of Ruin lvl 22] (Epic)
• [Absolute Spatial Perception lvl 15] (Epic)
• [Void Step lvl 12] (Epic+)
• [Void Strike lvl 9] (Epic+)
• [Spirit Fortification lvl 13] (Epic)
• [Kinetic Energy Refinement lvl 20] (Rare+)

Current Skill Slots: 10/12

Concepts:

• [Concept of Sharpness]
• [Pure Severance]
• [Concept of Will]
• [Inexorable Resolve]
• [Concept of Phoenix]
• [Ashen Rebirth]
• [Concept of Force]
• [Resonating Burst]
• [Concept of Space]
• [Chaotic Space]

Feats:

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

• [Feat of Enduring Resolve lvl 1]

Soul Bound Items:

• Fledgling Phoenix’s Lunch Box (Growth Type)
• Ruinous Crown (Growth Type)

He took some time to admire his status. The comparison between his status before and after the tournament was quite dramatic. He hadn’t thought he would improve so much over the tournament, but he had gained a lot of levels.

“I have ten skills,” he said to Cain.

“And you have two more slots open?”

Julius nodded. “Yeah, I got two more skill slots. I don’t really want to fill them all up, though,” he stated.

Cain shrugged. “You don’t have to get it if you don’t want to. But you might be able to combine [Kinetic Energy Refinement] with it. You can also try to combine it with another kinetic skill.”

Julius chewed on his lip. “Is it really that good of a skill?”

Cain nodded. “Yeah. It might be one of the better and more versatile skills.”

“What does it do?” He asked curiously.

“Well, at the initial stages, the skill is mostly used for defensive purposes, but with enough practice, it is possible to manifest the shell further away from your body. I was able to utilize the skill and integrate it into my domain,” Cain explained.

Julius frowned upon hearing that. The skill was sounding more appealing the more Cain spoke, and Julius was becoming very tempted to take it then and there.

“Do you think I will need another skill if I want to combine them?”

“Depends on what you want. I used three, and actually used something similar to [Kinetic Energy Refinement] when combining it,” Cain said.

“What was the other skill?”

“It was a skill called [Kinetic Absorption].”

Julius stroked his chin and thought about it. “Do you think I can get that skill or a skill like that?”