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nAfter waking up early in the morning Jason had to think carefully about his plans for the next 30 hours.

nWithout Artemis, his chances to hunt a five-star wild beast reduced drastically and Jason wasn´t confident to kill one with his current strength.

nHis injury wasn´t deep and wouldn´t hinder his movements but his strength was the biggest problem, right at this moment.

nThinking carefully, Jason decided to use the remaining energy inside the mana stone to force a breakthrough of his rank.

nThroughout the last two weeks, he had stabilized his mana core and in a week at most, he would be able to enter the 4th Novice rank naturally without issues but he didn't have that time right now.

nThe small mana stone Jason had still left was half-filled which was probably enough to force a breakthrough in his rank.

nAfter forcing a breakthrough his energy would be quite unstable for a while before he could advance again but it was his best option at the moment.

nOnce he advances, his physique and mana core would grow in size and he would be one step closer to the strength of a five-star wild beast.

nJason sat down, but before he would breakthrough he still followed his daily routine and entered the soul world to practice the Heaven's Hell technique.

nDue to his determination to practice the soul technique three times a day his soul energy increased slowly but steadily and Jason was hopeful, that he would be able to get a soul energy of four before Artemis advanced again.

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nLeaving the soul world, he took the mana stone in both hands before releasing the remaining stored mana at once.

nA small storm of thin mana enveloped Jason as his pores opened instinctively.

nAbsorbing the whole mana in his surrounding greedily, Jason´s mana core ached and it looked quite bad as his eyes turned red when drops of blood sprinkled the sleeping bag he was sitting on.

nBlood flowed out of his orifices while his head turned red.

nThe amount of mana he absorbed was almost too much for him to handle at the moment when the mana core forcefully accepted the mana and increased in size.

nThe core however could only slowly enlarge its size while Jason had to endure the painful pressure for quite a long time.

nFortunately, due to the enlargement of the Mana core, the pressure grew weaker over time and after an hour Jason could handle the pressure without any problems.

nHis body was enveloped by a white cocoon and only when his mana core reached the 4th Novice rank, it slowly dissolved, while his physique also followed suit.

nBecause of Artemis' additional amplification, Jason had a mana core of a larger size and it was almost comparable to the 6th Novice rank while his physique was at the 5th Novice rank.

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nHe was still much weaker than average five-star wild beasts but his chances to kill one with a crafty assassination or some other tricks increased a lot.

nEating a small breakfast, washing up, and changing his clothes, Jason left the tent and entered the one-star plains wild zone once again.

nThe increase of one's strength caused by the novice rank was minuscule but Jason still felt much stronger today.

nOne could say that the wild beast and novice ranks were not even the beginning of one's journey in the vast world as each increase in level gave only slight enhancements in strength.

nIf Jason had a soulbond like Greg he would bash up all wild ranked beasts without any problems, but that wasn´t the case, unfortunately.

nAlmost a month passed since Greg formed his soulbond and the bull calf was most likely almost matured, with its strength at the later awakened rank or first evolved rank.

nThe amplification the bull provided to Greg was definitely a few times larger than Artemis enhancement, even if Greg´s soul would only give him 1% share.

nEven if Greg was at the 1st Novice rank with the enhancement of a strong soulbond like the reinforced horned bull, he would be able to easily crush numerous wild beasts with only his physique.

nBut luckily Jason didn't even think about that otherwise, he might be extremely frustrated and demotivated.

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nStrolling around the wild zone with his dagger firmly gripped, Jason felt lonely.

nTo avoid that, he focused even more on his surroundings.

nMany groups of youths were fighting large groups of beasts and Jason couldn't find any solo five-star beasts, so he honed his dagger skills while fighting three- and four-star wild beasts.

nUntil lunch, he hadn't found a single five-star wild beast as he went back into the dome in order to practice his Heaven's Hell technique.

nFinishin lunch, Jason went out again straight into the wild zone where he saw pack of 9 five-star greater horned wolves besieging a group of four youths that tried to get into the dome.

nUnfortunately, they were hindered by the Beasts.

nBefore Jason did something unnecessary, he activated his mana eyes to look if the group could handle the situation or if they needed his help.

nUpon inspecting the youths he noticed that all of them were at the 7th Novice rank which was above average for their age and they should be able to handle one five-star Beast for each of them with their superior equipment and armor.

nHowever, Jason noticed something in particular.

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nThe equipment they wore was good but not extremely expensive and even while being outnumbered, nobody pulled out a gun to save themselves.

nThinking about the situation they were in, Jason concluded that they didn't own a mana gun or the ammunition was already used up so, he wanted to help them out.

nMaybe their martial art techniques were also not on par with the instinctive movements of a five-star wild beast but Jason wouldn´t just watch someone dying in front of him.

nHis heart began to thump loudly as he himself knew that this decision was probably dumb due to his low rank, but he couldn't just let his brethren die without even trying to help out.

nThe wolves had almost surrounded the small youth group and a few already pounced at them when a black-haired golden-eyed youth appeared between two greater horned wolves that stood only two meters apart from each other.

nJason had no time to hesitate as he used almost a quarter of his advanced mana to enhance his lower body.

nWith his breathtaking speed, he appeared between two greater horned wolves that were unaware of his advancement.

nHe enhanced his dagger with a layer of mana before stabbing out with it drawing a clean cut at one of the wolf's throat before he pulled the dagger out with a smooth movement.

nNot a single noise except a loud thump left the dead wolf´s body as blood spurted out of its wound as the large body fell on the side.

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nBut this wasn't all as Jason's eyes brightened up when he spun around only to pierce the dagger into the bewildered greater horned wolf's neck which caused a loud crack to resound through the whole battlefield.

nBecause Jason enhanced his dagger with a layer of mana, the dagger's sharpness and firmness were enhanced and definitely strong enough to pierce through the cervical spine without many difficulties.

nJason killed two five-star greater horned wolves without much difficulty due to his perfect assassination attempt.

nHowever, the battle was still not over as seven greater horned wolves were still alive.

nAnd only five of them were already in a battle with the youths while another one was jumping into the fray.

nBut one greater horned wolf noticed that two of its brethren were missing when it heard two loud noises only a second ago.

nTurning around, it saw the two dead wolves and a youth standing only a few meters away from itself, rushing at it with a fast speed.

nLooking at the black-haired youth with blood-stains on his face, the wolf went immediately into a rage before it saw the youth's deep golden glowing eyes.

nIts rage disspated almost immediately without leaving any trace of it behind as the wolf´s body began to shiver, looking into these cold golden eyes.

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nThe Wolf was intimidated and it felt as if the Grim Reaper knocked at its door welcoming it to the abyss.

nIt wanted to retreat and run away from the youth as far as possible but before it could even turn around, the youth was only a meter apart from it.

nJason noticed the wolves' hesitation but he wasn't sure why that was the case, as it was extremely unusual.

nNot caring about the situation, Jason used the newly obtained opening to slide under its stomach to avoid a sudden attack from its head.

nIts stomach was cleanly cut open and blood fountains and organs spilled out onto Jason who jumped up after wiping his face.

nHe had used up more than half of his mana and he supervised the battle of the four youths and remaining six greater horned wolves to help out if needed.

nIt was seen as immoral to kill the prey of another person and Jason provided only a little bit support.

nOnly slightly more than six minutes later the last wolf was finally finished off.

nHowever before that happened Jason had already left the youths to pick up his three five-star wild beast corpses.

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nHe had killed them so they belonged to him, while the youths didn't even think about taking them from him because they were grateful for his help.

nJason wasn't really good with social interactions and he left the youths after a short chat.

nThe group of four youths mainly thanked Jason and they wanted to give him something in return but he declined politely before leaving the scene.

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