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Cithaeron Hide (Active) LV1 EXP: 2.29% MP: 500
A technique used by ancient Mistrali warriors. By concentrating Aura in one’s skin and muscles, the user may increase the strength of their body and allow it to undergo greater strain. By taking advantage of the seemingly denser skin and muscle tissue granted by this ability, it is possible to show feats of tremendous power by pushing the body to its limit. It is even possible to reinforce the heart to beat at rates far beyond the human norm, though this may backfire on the unprepared.
Increase physical durability by 50%.
Increase physical abilities by 30%.
Additional 500 MP used per minute.

“I’ll try to save some for you, okay?” I told Adam as I cast a smirk over my shoulder. “Just don’t take too long, okay?”

Stampede (Active) LV1 EXP: 10.87% MP: 100
By channeling Aura through specific muscle groups, users of this skill may unleash a powerful charge, breaking through defenses or tossing foes aside.
Increase movement speed by 100%.
Increase charging force by 100%.

My Aura rose around my body in a brilliant white cloak and I left Adam behind before he could give an answer.

Luckily for him, he didn’t need to speak to give me the finger.

Pressing on with a laugh, I felt a smile tug at my lips as I raced across the land. I couldn’t deny that I loved this, the…speed my power had given me and how it grew in leaps and bounds. As I felt my heartbeat quick, I wanted nothing more than to cast aside all my limitations and just see how fast I could go.

So I did.

Between one step and the next, Jaune Arc vanished and Jian Bing appeared. Bai Hu rose around me, pushing me faster and faster even as I left all sound of my passage far, far behind. Black spots began to appear on my skin as I allowed my infection to grow and spread, egged on by the zone of Accelerated time I lived in constantly. Soon, plates of white bone began to burst from pitch black skin, pieces melding seamlessly into a greater carapace. The Grimm matter grew around my clothes like some kind of demonic mold, incasing them within my defensive shell, and I sparred a moment to thank my new skill for the money I’d save on clothes from now on.

A moment later, my hands hit the ground and I continued to gain speed. As the muscles in my body shifted in response to my Metamorphosis, running on all fours became as easy as walking—and from there, it was almost effortless to shift to eight legs instead. Bai Hu and I moved with a steady rhythm, one set of limbs smoothly replacing another with each step, and the comet of burning air grew around us, mixing with the light of my Stampede to create an array of shifting colors. In seconds, I was back on the plains, running a scorched trail across the savannah, renewing my Stampede as I caught sight of my prey—a Nemean that had wandered away from its herd.

I Lunged into the air at the last moment and hit the ground on the other side a moment later. The Nemean rocked behind me, the flames clinging to its fur revealing what looked like a giant bullet hole straight through where its spine would be—the remnants of my passage. Casting a quick Flare back to make sure the job was done, I kept moving, Shedding a skin to swiftly approach the nearest of a herd of Boarbatusk and grab it by the back of the neck, dark flesh tearing easily beneath my fingers.