CHAPTER 20: CHAPTER 20: FINAL TRAIT

After crossing the river he started running. He passed by a few rank 1 beasts along the way but all of them ran away as soon as they sensed him.

Fortunately for them he was not here for that. The jungle was really huge, he explored a few dozen kilometres of it but still did not come across a single rank 2.

That just showed how rare they were, last time he was just unlucky. Nightfall came, the jungle was really dark at night, the dense foliage blocked the moonlight covering everything below it in darkness.

Although he had night vision his eyesight was still not as good as during the day so he slowed down. He was bored and lost in his thoughts when he suddenly found himself stuck on something.

He looked at it and noticed it was a spider web. It was strong, like very strong. Although not enough to trap him he would still need to exert a little effort to break free.

Which meant whoever was the owner of this was atleast rank 1. He was excited, this would be the first rank 1 insect he would meet, well spiders were not exactly insect but still.

He waited, he even shook a little to alert it of his presence. Before long he felt it above him, he could see it clearly. It was pitch black with red eyes and giant fangs.

It was as terrifying as the spiders he remembers but larger, much larger, as large as a fully grown golden retriever. He stood still and waited.

The spider approached him in a stalking manner, when it got close it lunged at him with it large dagger like fangs dripping with poison.

He did not bother to move, this was merely a rank 1 creature, it could not hurt him no matter how hard it tried. What confused him though was why it even attacked him.

Other rank 1 creatures ran as soon as he approached but this spider went out of it way to attack him, he wondered if it had too much confidence in it web or it was just stupid.

What he didn’t know was that he had subconsciously retracted his aura in order to draw it in. The fangs landed and bounced off his scales.

They did not even leave a mark let alone penetrate them. This obviously caught it off guard, it realised it was a trap and tried to back off.

’ Where do you think you’re going?’ He easily broke the web and grabbed it head with his hand. It struggled and shot a web at him, although the web was shot from behind it bent like it had a mind of it own and went for his face.

It stuck to his face and blinded him, the spider bit his hand but he did not even flinch and just ripped the sticky web off his face. No matter how hard it struggled it couldn’t get free.

He put a little pressure on the hand and crushed it head like a grape killing it instantly. Spiders were terrifying but had very little durability. He ate it and it was disgusting, this was the first thing he ate that tasted this horrible.

Then the system notification came. ( Trait detected. Web secretion. Does host wish to assimilate trait?) ’ Can I get the trait definition first?’

( Web secretion- Host can secrete a fluid through any part of his body, this fluid turns into a strong web after contact with air for a certain period or upon host desire)

’ Neat, will I be able to control the web like the spider?’ There was no answer. ’ Assimilate trait’ he felt something change inside him. A new organ was being created.

The process was painful but bearable and only lasted a few minutes. When it was over he tested his new and final trait. A white fluid appeared on his palm and within a few seconds it turned into a very strong web.

He tried to break the web through brute strength and it was incredibly hard. He had to exert a lot of strength to do it. He could also feel a hint of his iron scale trait on the web.

He couldn’t explain it but he had a feeling the hardness of the web was influenced by his iron scale trait to a certain extent. However the web dissolved and disappeared as soon as he wanted it to which was good.

Atleast he wouldn’t have to work too hard to get rid of it. The night was still young and he was too excited to sleep, after all he now had the same powers as one of his favourite heroes.

He spent the whole night testing the limit of his power. By morning he had figured out a lot, firstly he couldn’t control web like the spider, he couldn’t make it change directions mid air.

However he could shoot seperate balls of it to stick to things and could also shoot them like ropes connecting two things or places. He had actually tried one of the classic moves and stuck a web to a tall tree and pulled himself with it and it worked.

Though it was harder than the movies made it look. Another thing was although the web stuck to everything it wouldn’t stick to him unless he wanted it to.

That way like a spider he could walk freely on his trap of webs. When dawn came that region of the jungle was covered by webs like a white blanket.

There were even cocoons hanging from the trees, ofcourse most didn’t have anything but a few did have the carcasses of some unlucky animals.

And the cocoons were incredibly hard, even with his full strength he couldn’t break them in one attack. Overall he was deeply satisfied with his new trait.

Now it was time to test it on live targets and not just the weak unawakened animals. It was time to find a rank 1 or preferably a weak rank 2.

With his new strength he was very confident in himself and so the hunt began. It didn’t take long to find a suitable target. A walking behemoth with a back full of spears, it was a porcupine.