It was no longer a direct battle and was now a competition between Adam and the Grey Wolf Boss Beast at who could stay alive and deal with the pain for longer before the other dies.

Adam could see his HP staggering rapidly as the grey wolf continued to wildly hack at his body, while he could also see that the grey wolf’s health was also falling quickly but with its larger amount of HP and higher resistance, Adam was disadvantaged. ​​

Managing to lift his arm that wasn’t being held down by the grey wolf, Adam dug the dagger in his right hand into the wolf’s neck dealing him a fatal blow as the grey wolf continued to be battered and hacked by his summons.

Despite the excruciating pain and blood leaking from his mouth, Adam had a fulfilled smile as he could see that at the current pace the grey wolf was losing extreme amounts of blood and was dying at a faster pace than Adam.

Collapsing on top of Adam the grey wolf could no longer stand as he lay on top of Adam who was stuck in the pool of blood they had produced.

“Retract Leporidae and Canidae Summon” he stated as he felt the small hare and the fox-coyote hybrid return to his mind while the goblin stood there continuing to beat the grey wolf as per its orders.

“Push this beast’s body off me” ordered Adam to the goblin summon who had the most strength out of all his summons.

The goblin put down the club that seemed to be part of it as a summon and with its green hands and stocky body pushed over the large body of the grey wolf that lay over Adam.

“Status”

Mortal LVL: 5

EXP: 233 / 400

HP: 43 / 140

MP: 5 / 17

Strength: 14

Speed: 15

Intelligence: 19

Resistance: 14

Charisma: 5

Luck: 5

Seeing the detrimental state he was in both in HP and MP he knew that his dungeon hunting for the day was over, but was excited to see his reward for completing the Canidae Sub-Dungeon as he watched the few HP points the grey wolf had left dwindle away.

The grey wolf only able to still be alive with its powerful resistance and its large amount of HP that not only showed the amount of damage that a being can take but was also a representation of the amount of vitality that the being had and effected recovery speeds and other body functions.

“Retract Goblin Summon”

In this battle, Adam was reminded just how incredible and powerful the Collector Skill was and without it he wouldn’t have been able to win in this battle.

Still trying to clutch onto life it took a few minutes before the grey wolf boss beast finally died.

{Would you like to integrate this beast as a part of your Canidae Summon YES / NO}

[Yes] replied Adam without any hesitation knowing that it would boost his Canidae Summon’s Resistance, Strength and HP.

In the same way, as when he integrated the coyote beast with the arctic fox beast, a figure of a grey wolf that was identical to the one he just defeated appeared as his coyote-fox beast walked straight into the grey wolf and their bodies fused.

It was a wondrous sight to behold as he saw a new beast form from out of the beasts fusing together.

His Canidae Summon was now much larger but was still smaller and leaner than the grey wolf with bustling muscles under its now grey and white fur and had incredibly sharp teeth and claws.

It had taken the strengths of all the beasts integrated into it.

Barely managing to sit up, Adam attempted to enter into the calm state he would usually enter that he felt would boost his recovery speed, but was interrupted by a series of sudden notifications.

{Congratulations the host has completed the Mortal Canidae Sub-Dungeon}

{Rewards – Bloodlust, 500 EXP, 5000 gold and 2 Stat Points} the system announced.

Hearing the sudden notifications Adam was overjoyed and baffled by what Blood Lust was.

However, before he could ask he felt his body increase in power as it in an instant completely recovered and improved.

Jumping up with his improved and completely recovered body Adam was elated as he flexed his muscles and felt his face that previously had a scar that was now back to normal.

[This must mean that each time I increase in LVL my entire body as well as improving also completely recovers to its prime state] observed Adam and remembering it as an advantage he would have in battle if he could suddenly completely recover after gaining enough EXP to LVL UP.

“Status”

Mortal LVL: 6

EXP: 340 / 800

HP: 150 / 150

MP: 18 / 18

Strength: 15

Speed: 16

Intelligence: 20

Resistance: 15

Charisma: 5

Luck: 5

His rewards and progress after completing the Canidae Sub-Dungeon were phenomenal and he was happy with his improvement, but he still felt that it could be faster as the thought of there being powerful cultivators continued to linger within his mind.

Adam was by no means complacent and as a massive opportunist, was always looking for ways to improve himself.

[System what is Bloodlust, is it a skill or technique] asked Adam, who obviously knew the meaning of the word and had a rough idea of what it could be, but wanted an exact explanation from the system.

{Bloodlust is neither a technique nor a skill, but is a characteristic that will be added to the host if he accepts it} the system stated.

[So, what does it do] asked Adam curiously.

{It will give the host a dense and thick Bloodlust, which is the desire to kill, when the host first sees or draws blood and as the host kills beings and continues to kill the host’s power and Bloodlust will continue to rise. With many other advantages such as clearing the host’s mind in battle leaving only the drive to kill and can also make the host not feel pain during a heated battle} the system explained.

To Adam, it would be an incredibly beneficial characteristic to have while hunting in the dungeon, but what worried him was that if he was in reality and saw any blood, he might be unable to do stop himself from killing somebody.

{The characteristics also has the disadvantage of being hard to control and suppress when the host doesn’t have the desire to kill and is a risky characteristic to have that can grant the host limitless power boosts during a tough battle, but can be hard to control} the system stated.

{Do you wish to integrate with the Bloodlust characteristic} the system asked.

Adam knew the risks, but without risks, one cannot succeed and he would never miss out on an opportunity.

“Yes”