All this while, Nox had only used his talent in one way: by copying skills after witnessing them and bestowing them either to himself or his pets. This was how he had gradually increased his strength, becoming so formidable.
However, never had he thought about copying the skills of his pets, upgrading them tenfold, and bestowing them back. Nox wasn't so sure that this would work—there were two likely scenarios.
Nox stroked his chin as he mumbled with a thoughtful expression, "Either the skill gets replaced by the upgraded skill, or the beast gains yet another skill."
There was no harm in trying. Either of the two scenarios mentioned above was already pretty favorable.
"What is he thinking now?" Akira mumbled to herself as she watched Nox contemplate with a slightly dazed expression. Then she whispered, "Why does it feel as if he's always thinking about something or making a plan?"
Akira liked this quality about him. For years, she had only seen women taking charge and fending for themselves. There was just this strange feeling that made Akira's heart flutter with joy to see a man take the lead and shoulder all the responsibilities.
"Was this what all the women in the human continent feel like?"
"Excuse me, but I have to tend to something. I promise you I'll be back," Nox said, snapping Akira out of her trance. With a wink at her, he directly leaped down from the edge of the valley they were standing on.
Akira watched as he plunged down at an incredible pace, the wind whipping against his face and causing his hair to float about in the air. As if this was not the first time he had jumped from such a height, Nox landed amidst the raging battle.
When his feet made contact with the ground, there was no sound—almost as if he were a seasoned assassin. Because he barely made a noise, it took the rock golems a while to sense his presence. As soon as they did, their blue orb-like eyes glinted in horror.
Someone who could appear like a phantom out of thin air was probably the biggest threat among all the enemies present here. But Nox had no intention of fighting them; he wouldn't kill or steal from his pets. He directly ignored the rock golems as if they were nonexistent and stopped in front of Astralux. He called her from the sky and placed his hands on her body.
"Bestow!" Nox said, and brilliant silver light bathed the jellyfish. Nox noticed that the golems were focused only on the others, totally ignoring him. He didn't know if they were trying to be smart and avoid him, like the saying:
Even fools know not to wake a sleeping dragon.
Or were they just as dumb as the rocks they were made of?
When the silver light subsided, Astralux could feel that her records had been altered. Instinctively, she learned how to use this new skill even without Nox instructing her on what to do.
Nox briefly glanced through his pet's stats and realized that the skill had indeed been replaced, which made his face light up with a smile.
Nox clenched his fist and looked at the other pets. "Alright, system, record all their skills!" he commanded in his mind, stepping some meters back to avoid the rock debris that resulted from the rock golems exploding into fragments due to Thirteen's punches or Fluffington's claws.
With her new skill, Astralux felt her body much lighter, and even the pace at which she levitated had reached a monstrous level. Then she glared at the rock-type monsters with a fierce glint in her eyes. Nox's voice echoed in her mind, firm and clear: "Bring down the gravity!"
That was all she needed because, the next moment, the air around the jellyfish grew heavy, and the faint hum of energy resonated through the valley.
The fight momentarily stopped as all the golems glanced up at Astralux.
[Gravity Field Activated!]
The ground beneath the massive golems cracked as a crushing force descended, sending unstoppable vibrations throughout their bodies. Strangely enough, this attack was concentrated only on the enemies. Astralux's allies didn't feel anything unusual, but they knew it was her doing.
Meanwhile, the orb-like eyes of the golems darted around in panic as they tried to fight the unseen force. With a thunderous roar that echoed across the valley, one of the golems swung, trying to smash whatever was attacking it, but it only hit empty air.
Seeing their futile attempts, Astralux sneered, floated even higher, and unleashed the full extent of her power. The golems suddenly felt as if a huge mountain had been placed on their heads, grounding them in place. Even their body parts started to fall off one after the other.
With a subtle manipulation of the air, Astralux forced all the golems into a single spot, creating a heap of rock monsters despite their struggles.
However, one of the golems, which was over two meters in height, remained rooted to the spot—not because it wanted to be there, but because it couldn't move.
"This... impressive," Nox watched in amazement, pride swelling in his heart. The gravity field was powerful, but he didn't regret bestowing it on Astralux. Some people might think it was such a waste, but for a Beast Tamer, their beast was nothing short of an extension of themselves!
Suddenly, Astralux's tendrils emitted a powerful silver light, so bright that it was almost blinding, forcing allies to step back and enemies to retreat as it was almost painful to the eyes. A vortex of rocks and debris appeared, tightening and compressing into a single massive projectile made of solid rock.
With a subtle flick of her tendrils, the spatial jellyfish hurled the rocky projectile at the pile of golems whose eyes were filled with horror.
The projectile struck the mass of golems, and...
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