My System Increases My power Every Day Without Missions and Levelling

Chapter 236: Still Win

Richard realized that the fight could only become balanced if he used a Mind Attack on the shark.

However, he had no intention of using it for now, because his goal was to push himself beyond his limits.

Zzz!

Before the shark’s upper and lower jaws could clamp down on him, Richard released a massive amount of lightning.

Boom!

The lightning was golden in color, blazing brilliantly and flooding the sea, spreading to an area nearly ten times larger than the shark’s body, completely engulfing it.

Richard could have made it even larger, but his focus was on injuring the shark.

Underwater, lightning was even more powerful, enough to momentarily freeze the shark, preventing its jaws from closing any further.

However, even with such overwhelming lightning, the shark’s body was only slightly scorched bit by bit.

"Damn it!" the shark cursed, as a fierce aura suddenly burst out from its body, pushing back Richard’s lightning.

At the same time, Richard had already escaped from its mouth.

"Boy, are you scared now?" the shark glared at him in fury.

"You’re indeed stronger," Richard replied. "Perfect as my punching bag!"

"You—!" The shark was stunned by those words.

ROAR!

It suddenly let out a deafening roar and swung its massive tail at him.

In an instant, it passed Richard, placing him directly beneath the rapidly descending tail.

The pressure of that tail strike was so immense that it compressed the seawater beneath it, making movement extremely difficult for Richard.

This was practically a move capable of creating a tsunami if the shark were anywhere near land.

Naturally, Richard fought back.

Dodging was difficult, but his hands could still attack.

He slashed upward with his dagger, which was coated in lightning and darkness, easily splitting the seawater above him.

A blade slash against a physical attack— the shark clearly knew this was unfavorable.

Yet, perhaps due to its pride, it continued its assault regardless.

Swish!

Richard’s slash tore through the shark’s black skin, which was as thick as layers of earth.

Still, the shark ignored the wound and continued swinging its tail toward him.

BANG!

In the end, the tail struck Richard, who could no longer evade.

Richard felt as though he were an ordinary human struck by a massive boulder ten times his size.

However, his Titan Skeleton held firm, completely unmoved.

It was as if it were indestructible— or perhaps an attack of this level was simply not enough to damage it.

What shook was only Richard’s body. His blood surged violently, causing his skin to flush red and bluish.

He slammed hard into the seabed, his figure becoming disheveled.

His eyes remained locked onto the shark.

It was not afraid of his slashes. Richard initially thought it had rapid regeneration, but the wound on its tail was only healing very slowly— meaning this shark did not possess strong recovery abilities.

Perhaps this was its weakness.

A single fatal strike could practically kill it.

However, in the shark’s eyes, a "fatal strike" would need to be extraordinarily powerful.

"Boy... how about now? Are you scared? There will be no mercy for your insolence!" the shark roared before charging at Richard again.

Despite being in a dire situation, Richard instead showed a faint smile.

This brutal battle, where he was being pushed to the edge, was producing immediate effects.

He could feel his limits expanding rapidly.

"Hua!"

Relying on the ground beneath him—

Using his control over earth, he created countless gigantic earthen spears and launched them toward the shark.

"Hmph!" The shark snorted dismissively.

It did not even try to dodge, allowing the earthen spears to crash into its body.

Unfortunately, they could not even scratch its skin.

"Boy, are you sending mosquitoes?" the shark mocked.

Richard was surprised that the shark even knew what mosquitoes were.

Still, he responded with a cold, sneering expression.

Underestimating him?

The shark would regret it.

The Ignis Volt Core appeared between two fingers of Richard’s right hand.

Without holding back, he poured all the Aether in his body into the core until it was completely drained, causing his skin to instantly turn deathly pale.

He wanted to see how powerful it could be when fueled with all his Aether.

Of course, he could make it even stronger by using Spirit Nature, but training did not require Spirit Nature.

Before the shark reached him, Richard aimed the core at it.

This time, the shark narrowed its eyes and became extremely alert, as if sensing a massive threat.

Its instincts clearly warned it that this enemy’s attack was extremely dangerous.

However, as a wild primordial beast, it naturally placed pride above fear.

It charged forward without the slightest hesitation.

Buzz!

The Ignis Volt Core glowed, radiating a combined light of lightning and fire.

The power contained within the core made even Richard’s heart tremble.

When he blinked, the scene had already changed.

A colossal laser, with a radius reaching nearly five kilometers, filled his vision, slicing through the sea from below and incinerating everything above it.

Richard was stunned by its power.

This was purely his own strength, merely refined by the Ignis Volt Core— yet how could it be this terrifying?

Previously, he had only ever used it at minimal output.

So this was its true power.

He did not know what had happened to the shark, but one thing was certain—

It had been swallowed entirely by the laser.

The laser was so powerful that Richard could not even extend his Sixth Sense into it to check.

All he could do was wait for the result.

Naturally, the laser did not last long, as Richard was no longer supplying it with energy.

Suddenly, Richard felt as though he was no longer underwater.

The seawater had evaporated— not just in the area engulfed by the laser, but far beyond it.

Above him, Richard saw that only the shark’s skeleton remained, nearly reduced to charcoal.

Without even using a Mind Attack, the result was like this.

Richard did not know whether to laugh or cry.

The Fire Spirit Queen had truly not exaggerated the power of a High Tier Ignis Volt Core.

Phew!

Richard let out a breath and inhaled deeply.

He dropped to one knee, utterly exhausted.

The air felt surprisingly fresh in this part of the sea where the water had vanished.

However, the ocean was vast— like dust in a desert.

The empty space was quickly refilled by surrounding seawater.

Richard only had time to take three breaths.

It was not satisfying, but even without breathing, he could still recover his stamina underwater despite the immense pressure.

He sat with his feet on a rock, still watching the shark’s skeleton as it sank deeper.

It was too badly damaged to be worth much.

If Richard brought it back to the base, it could serve as proof to claim a reward.

However, he was not interested.

He simply pulled the skeleton into his ring to store it away.

Now, his curiosity shifted to the abyss that had been the shark’s lair.

Once he recovered slightly, he swam into the dark abyss.

The shark had died by his hand— there was no reason for him to fear its nest.

Even though it was dark, his Sixth Sense could still observe the surroundings.

But the abyss was vast and deep.

Richard found nothing interesting at first, only black-colored rocks.

When he reached the bottom, he discovered countless human skeletons, piled into small hills.

Richard had no idea how the shark had obtained so many humans to eat.

He continued searching, convinced that such a place could not be devoid of valuable items.

He explored little by little, as his Sixth Sense could not scan everything at once.

Near the far end, he finally found something unusual.

It was a human spine, sharpened into the shape of a spear.

Pitch black in color, it emitted a dark aura that looked like drifting smoke.

’Darkness power,’ Richard thought.

The bone spear seemed to belong to someone who wielded darkness.

Despite its age, it appeared capable of withstanding the ravages of time.

When Richard reached out to touch it, his body trembled from the immense power he felt.

’It must have belonged to an Ancient Sovereign,’ he thought.

Fortunately, Richard himself possessed darkness power, allowing him to connect his own power to the spear and prevent it from harming him.

It was not exactly a weapon, but it was shaped like one— and it could certainly be used as such.

Its power was practically above that of a Tier 6 Weapon.

’Keep it!’ Richard pulled the bone spear into the Dragon Hall.

It was undoubtedly a priceless treasure.

The moment the spear was taken away, the darkness in the abyss instantly dissipated, and sunlight poured in, allowing Richard to see with his own eyes.

However, he shook his head.

The scenery in the abyss was far too grim to remember.

Richard quickly swam upward.

His mood was excellent after obtaining such a valuable trophy.

Now he wondered where to go next— the whale or the octopus?

The whale was closer.

According to the information he had read, the whale was not adept at combat.

Although it had a higher tier than the octopus, it was less threatening to powerful Magi.

The whale specialized mainly in defense, making it suitable for training one’s offensive power.

If someone could injure that whale, their attacks would be worthy of recognition.

It was said that many Magi with higher tiers had still failed to seriously injure it.

However, that would not be a fierce battle.

After some thought, Richard chose to swim toward the octopus instead—

A foe that could give him a battle intense enough to push him beyond his limits.