LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 221: Suspicion? (2)
Chloe had also noticed Ling Xue's much more cheerful expression on her face, which she didn't put much thought into as she knew her showing this sight must have given her ideas about using multiple cores at once, which would have likely made her excited. She hadn't even thought about Ling Xue making crazy assumptions about her just because of this, which was partially right.
She wouldn't have shown it; however, knowing she was going to go tomorrow morning, she didn't mind showing this little bit of knowledge to her, which could have been helpful to her and which she would have likely found out herself later.
About a minute had passed, and now Chloe was done absorbing the cores and was currently feeling pretty good but not as powerful as she was in her previous life. However, even this much was still making her grin from ear to ear as she knew her rate of getting stronger was many times faster than in her previous life. It had taken more than two weeks to max out all her stats previously, which was partially due to Ling Xue's monopoly over the core. But whatever the reason may have been, she felt good knowing she was improving much faster.
Unluckily, her mana stats were just a little over 9, reaching 9.2, which meant it would take her a few more cores to finally reach the limit. Just thinking about reaching the limit, the grin on her cute face became even wider, and even some giggling couldn't help but escape from her mouth. Afterward, she would be properly able to take advantage of being a transmigrator.
While she had two extra skills and fighting experience, which clearly gave her a solid advantage over others, the thought of maxing out her mana stat and breaking through to the first stage of cultivation using the cultivation technique in her memory—which she had changed many times in her life due to its rank—excited her. Even though she had to start over again and again like many others, having a higher-ranked cultivation technique, especially when it was compatible with her element, could make her many times stronger than using some random cultivation technique that didn't match her affinity. The basic ones that worked for every affinity were very weak compared to the ones with affinity, even if they had the same rank.
She had found a B-rank cultivation technique after so much struggle in a rune, in which she had also found the no-rank skill for her space affinity. Matching her affinity, it had made her thrice as strong as the previous B-rank all-elemental cultivation techniques she had used. These were the most common but still difficult to find. You had to kill many monsters in hopes of finding them, especially at the start of the world evolution, as killing no-rank zombies wouldn't give you any cultivation technique even if you killed millions of them.
This was why the beasts or zombies had to be at least primal rank, which was the first rank of the zombie or beast after breaking through their awakened stage. She still remembered those special titles she could earn, which everyone received notifications of after doing some extraordinary feat, which was mostly too hard. However, she remembered someone got a title after killing a beast of each rank while being the first one to kill them. She didn't know who was the one who got the title previously and didn't even know what benefits it gave, as she had never earned a title herself. But in this life, she wouldn't let someone else get the title and its perks. She was excited to find out about them.
She could guess who might have gotten the special titles, but she wasn't too sure. There was luck, which could also play a part, so she wasn't certain. Only 10-20 people came to her mind who could have achieved such feats. However, even among them, she was most sure of only a few who could have gotten it, which included three names excluding Ling Xue.
She had been with Ling Xue at that time, and she knew Ling Xue hadn't gotten it, as she mostly traveled with her group and didn't take that big of a risk. Her strength also came into play. However, if she had risked her life, at least it would have been worth a shot, as something that everyone in the world got to know about after someone earned it wouldn't be something small. Ling Xue still didn't act rashly in those times.
Chloe respected this quite a bit, as even though Ling Xue was quite selfish, she still took care of her group with everything she had. She had been cruel to traitors, which they would find from time to time for some reason, which even Chloe felt was not common at first. She had felt scared of Ling Xue's cruelty initially; however, as time went by, she changed and didn't find any problem with her actions and even supported them.
A blush appeared on her face as she remembered the time when she would throw small tantrums and refuse to eat her food when she witnessed something her naive mind didn't like. Seeing Ling Xue, however, she still remembered how Ling Xue would force her to eat, saying she would reduce the performance of the team and insult her by saying names she didn't want to remember as they would make her feel even more embarrassed. However, in the end, she had to eat, knowing Ling Xue almost every time would threaten to beat her up. On her first protest, she fought Ling Xue, got beaten up, and was played around with quite easily because of the stats difference and also her lesser control over her element.
This was why she didn't try to directly fight her from the next time onward. Even while she felt humiliated, she wasn't stupid enough to fight her knowing what the outcome would be.