Highest-Level First Awakening

Inside the passageway of an unknown space, Su Xiao's heartbeat began to accelerate. Awakening any ability generally wasn't a pleasant experience, let alone the fact that his talent awakening had a death rate as high as 29%! That was a terrifying probability.

The arrow was already nocked and had to be released. If he chose a Mage- or Tank-type talent, Su Xiao's entire ability system would deform. That would be slow suicide.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump-thump-thump..."

Su Xiao's heartbeat grew faster and faster. His rapidly beating heart seemed ready to explode, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud. Not only that, pain appeared throughout his body. This pain differed from the pain of an injury—it came from the deepest parts of his cells.

Faced with this pain, battle-hardened Su Xiao nearly passed out. Unfortunately, his hidden Willpower attribute was very high, so he didn't lose consciousness and had to continue suffering the torment.

"Ah!!"

Light and shadows flashed before Su Xiao's eyes. He abruptly opened them and shouted. At this moment, he was lying on a bed. He had forced himself awake from the pain in his consciousness space, showing just how intense and terrifying it was.

The bedsheet beneath Su Xiao was soaked with sweat. The agony had begun to blur his vision. Some kind of ability was awakening inside him, and the process placed a tremendous burden on his body.

With a thud, Su Xiao fell from the bed to the floor. Bubu Wang, Matou Sakura, and Matou Kariya had already arrived after hearing the noise earlier.

Seeing Su Xiao in this state, Bubu Wang anxiously ran circles around him. Matou Sakura huddled in the corner, seemingly terrified.

Matou Kariya, his entire body billowing black smoke, stared at Su Xiao. His blood-red eyes gave off a