The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion-Chapter 81: Limit Breaker - 2

Sir Holloway… Lucian Holloway was once an ordinary human from a civilization called Morris, a world more than a thousand years technologically advanced compared to Earth.

He had been working in his university lab, researching cellular evolution, when everything changed.

The "System" suddenly descended upon his world 800 years ago, and on that same day, everything he had ever learned became meaningless.

He witnessed unbelievable supernatural phenomena, things that defied all logic and scientific explanation.

Despite the chaos, Lucian was lucky enough to survive the waves of monsters and even complete the trials, eventually reaching the First Tower Realm, Solarta.

There, he encountered beings from countless worlds and races, each vastly different from one another.

Seeing this vast diversity reignited his thirst for knowledge.

There were infinite things to study: supernatural beings he had only heard of in legends, longevity, immortality, abilities, talents, space and time, heaven and hell, gods and demons, evolution, the Tower itself, and even the System.

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Everything became a possibility for research.

But there was a problem.

No matter how much there was to learn, he was just an average human.

He lacked the power to survive in the Tower.

That was when he was presented with an opportunity unlike anything he had ever imagined.

Eight hundred years ago, the First Tower Realm was completely dominated by Ancient noble vampires, not just arrogant, spoiled noble brats like Aeron Brenlith, but ancient noble vampires with thousands of years of experience, beings who had seen worlds end and new ones begin.

One such ancient noble vampire, who shared a deep curiosity about the universe, took great interest in Lucian Holloway’s research.

She made him an offer: immortality in exchange for exclusive access to his findings.

While Lucian gained immortality, he also lost much in the process.

He became a servant to an ancient noble vampire.

He lost his freedom, not just the freedom he had at that moment but the freedom to have secrets, to act independently, to live without being under someone else’s control.

Still, the advantages were undeniable.

His strength, stamina, endurance, and resilience increased exponentially, and most importantly, he gained vampiric regeneration.

However, he also lost something irreversible—the ability to procreate.

Yet, in the end, none of that mattered to Lucian Holloway.

More than anything, he wanted to learn.

He wanted to unravel the beauty of this System-altered universe.

The possibilities were endless.

There was no way he could pass up such an opportunity, and he didn’t.

He accepted the ancient vampire’s offer and lived for 800 years, gathering knowledge about vampires, werewolves, yokai, monsters, mutated beasts, ancient creatures, heavenly beings, and more.

And yet… he had never seen anything like this before.

Lucian and his companion Shiru, a friend he had made when she arrived in Solarta a year ago, sensed an overwhelming surge in Damian’s presence.

It had always been powerful, but this time, it was beyond comprehension.

The sheer intensity was impossible to ignore.

Without hesitation, they rushed through the already open stone doors of the Leader’s Manor.

"What is happening to him…?" Shiru muttered, her gaze fixed on the scene before her.

Atop the dais sat a grand throne, and within it, or at least what she assumed was within it, was Damian.

However, his figure was completely obscured by a swirling cloud of energy, almost like a dense mist, radiating an unbearable heat.

Even from where they stood, both Shiru and Sir Holloway could feel its searing intensity.

Sir Holloway’s eyes narrowed as he sensed a very familiar phenomenon before him.

"But how could this happen? I thought you couldn’t do it alone without the system’s assistance…." Lucian Holloway pondered.

"Miss Shiru... how long has it been since he arrived in Solarta?" he asked, turning to Shiru.

"He just got here yesterday," Shiru replied, her eyes fixed on the throne. She had never seen anything like this before.

"...Is that so? Then there’s no way he could have triggered the evolution mission."

"Even if he is an extraordinary awakener, and if he did trigger it, there’s no way he could have completed the mission tasks and fought 200 battles in the power ranking in such a short time," Sir Holloway thought for a few minutes, but he couldn’t come up with any other explanation for what was happening in front of him.

"Did he really do it on his own? But how could he? That’s impossible. He is still human, and not even higher-ranked beings could achieve this," Sir Holloway rubbed his temples as an unbelievable theory formed in his mind.

"How is he doing this? His physical body shouldn’t be anywhere near strong enough to pull this off," he muttered, shaking his head as if doubting his own thoughts.

"But then… he did display physical strength strong enough to overpower an Alpha Werewolf, and werewolves are known for their powerful bodies."

"But then again, a powerful body alone wouldn’t be enough. There are many people with advanced tank-related classes, yet it’s impossible for them to achieve this. Even then, how could a normal human become this strong?" Sir Holloway thought again, shaking his head and biting his lip.

"But he’s human. He shouldn’t even be capable of evolving… unless..."

The vampire turned his gaze toward the throne, sensing the presence growing stronger.

Heat waves radiated from the swirling, cloud-like energy, as if something inside was being burned.

"Did he… did he really break past his limiter? Could his physical body have grown so strong that his natural form couldn’t contain it, forcing it to change on its own?"

"No… that’s impossible. Even if his body became that powerful, his soul shouldn’t be able to withstand it without the system’s assistance," Sir Holloway murmured in disbelief.

For the first time in his 800 years of life, having spent centuries researching evolution, he was encountering something that made his head spin.

Meeting Damian for the first time in person, he was already struggling to comprehend what the young man was doing.

"Sir Holloway, you’ve been studying everything happening inside the tower, right? What do you think is happening to him?" Shiru asked nervously.

She was concerned as Damian was her contractor, and she had placed great hopes in him.

She didn’t want to lose her only chance at escaping her powerless life.

"Haha… You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you. Even I can hardly believe it," Sir Holloway laughed hysterically, shaking his head.

"What do you mean?"

"He’s… evolving."

"What... WHAT?... what do you mean, EVOLVING?"

Shiru’s eyes widened in shock.

In the tower, "evolution" had a very specific meaning; it referred to a being’s race evolving.

"No… no… this… how?" Shiru couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

She had accepted it when Damian claimed to have completed the trials in Hell Mode.

She had believed him when he proved he was strong enough to win 200 consecutive battles without a single loss.

She even accepted that he had defeated both an Alpha Werewolf and a noble vampire.

She had even been willing to believe him when he said he would destroy an entire faction alone.

But evolving without anyone’s assistance, without the system’s intervention?

This was beyond what she could even define as "possible."

When Sir Holloway said Damian was evolving, she thought she had misheard him.

Then she assumed he was joking.

But when she saw the serious expression on his face, she realized she had no way to refute it.

"How… is this possible? I thought you couldn’t evolve unless you were turned into another race by a higher-ranked being, or by triggering the system’s evolution function."

"Maybe he completed the system’s evolution mission, and the system is evolving his race," Shiru speculated, grasping at any possible explanation.

But unfortunately for her, that wasn’t the case.

"If it were the system’s evolution, he wouldn’t be evolving here," Sir Holloway explained.

"Whenever an awakener completes the evolution mission, the system transports them to a designated location to aid in their evolution based on their chosen path."

"I don’t know how he did it, but somehow he broke his limiter and is evolving on his own. As for what he is evolving into... I can’t tell."

"He isn’t evolving using the essence of higher-ranked beings, yet he is evolving…" Sir Holloway mused.

"A human evolution, maybe?"

"Could he be evolving into a High Human? No, that’s impossible. The High Humans are extinct."

High Humans were once considered comparable to noble vampires in the human species’ hierarchy.

"If that’s the case, then he isn’t evolving into a High Human, but rather… a human of a higher rank than an unevolved human, yet lower than the High Humans," Sir Holloway concluded.

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Damian felt like he was submerged in hot water, a pinching sensation prickling all over his skin, similar to a mosquito bite but as if hundreds of thousands of them were biting him at once.

Strangely, however, he didn’t feel any pain. It was a bizarre sensation, unlike anything he had ever experienced before.

Even more unsettling was the contradiction—he felt conscious, yet numb; he could see, yet he saw nothing, not even darkness.

"What’s happening to me?" Damian muttered.

He could feel himself speaking, yet he did not feel his lips move or hear his own voice.

Still, he knew he had spoken.

Then, suddenly, everything began to clear.

He could finally see the darkness and hear a monotonous voice echoing behind his head.

Slowly, the sensation of his physical body returned.

The darkness around him faded, and the voice became clearer.

It was a sound he recognized.

It was the sound of the system.

As his vision cleared further, he noticed a white substance covering him, though it was still blurry.

A mix of warmth and cold spread through his body as system notifications appeared before him.

[You have awakened the talent: Limit Breaker.]

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[Unique Talent: Limit Breaker]

[Effect: -Every limitation that binds others does not bind you. You have absolutely no limits.

-Every restriction that limits your physical body has been undone.]

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[Due to the overwhelming difference in stats compared to your level, along with the physical boost provided by the numerous types of energy tempering your body continuously, your physical capabilities have far surpassed anything achievable by an unevolved human body.]

[You have the soul to accommodate this change, but your physical body does not. As a result, your body is breaking apart.]

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[Your talent [Limit Breaker], is taking effect.]

[Your physical body is evolving to accommodate your capabilities.]

[Your flesh is being reconstructed.]

[Your bones are being reforged.]

[Your blood is being purified.]

[Your nerves are being reformed.]

[Your organs are being reconstructed.]

[Your energy streams are being reconstructed.]

[Your energy circuits are being reconstituted.]

[Your energy cores are being reconstituted.]

[The hidden potential within your cells is being unlocked.]

[Your genetic code is being upgraded by a tier.]

[You are Evolving.]

[Time Limit: 02(D):00(H):00(M):00(S)]

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Damian couldn’t fully comprehend what the system was telling him; all he could hear was the monotonous buzzing of its voice.

His vision remained blurry, leaving him disoriented.

Then, just like that, two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Finally, the blurring and buzzing faded completely, and the system messages became crystal clear.

He could now read the notifications.

"I awakened another talent?" Damian’s eyes widened, and this time, he could feel the shock as he read through the remaining messages.

He could see and hear clearly, but he still couldn’t move his body.

[Time Limit: 00(D):00(H):00(M):03(S)]

[Time Limit: 00(D):00(H):00(M):02(S)]

[Time Limit: 00(D):00(H):00(M):01(S)]

[Time Limit: 00(D):00(H):00(M):00(S)]

As the timer hit zero, the cocoon-like structure surrounding him suddenly exploded, releasing a powerful wave of energy.

Within the swirling white mist, a figure slowly rose, with only a pair of glowing neon-blue eyes piercing through the fog.