Universal Power System

[Rage Mode had been activated]

A pulse of energy erupted from Mako as it quickly spread out in all directions. Suddenly Nathan started to feel intense pressure being put on him as if he wasn't in the presence of Mako but someone stronger and superior who had just gotten serious.

Before he could do anything as he was still in mid-air lunging towards him, he observed Mako's entire body erupting in flames that didn't completely resemble his regular flames at all as they felt a lot thicker and fluid-like but were quite close and red in color.

As soon as Rage Mode finished activating, Mako's eyes were glowing red with anger and what followed next was the same incredibly loud and mighty roar that announced the reactivation of Mako's strongest skill.

The roar managed to vibrate the training room a bit and was echoed far and wide throughout the entire training facility.

[A single target has been selected]

After finishing his roar, Mako quickly and wildly lunged up into the air himself and met Nathan halfway through his attack.

Nathan was caught off guard and confused as to what had happened to Mako causing him to lose focus and Mako landing a clean jab on his face that sent him flying back.

This was the first clean strike that Mako had landed on Nathan and it was quite a heavy one as Nathan was bleeding from his left cheek which was swelling up quite quickly.

Nonetheless, Nathan quickly shook it off and prepared himself as this time it was Mako who began attacking him wildly with no mercy in sight.

Nathan was receiving several hits from Mako as his agility was simply not enough to compliment his Advanced Perception which could still somewhat keep up with Mako in his enraged state, so basically even though Nathan could still sense the attacks coming, he wasn't fast enough to dodge all of them.

He couldn't find an opening to counter as all he could do was try his best at defending himself by using Blood Hardening.

Mako was unrelenting and merciless and as he continued his assault; however, Nathan still had a smile on his face as he bled more and more. Within himself, he could feel something growing.

"Hahaha! The more I bleed the stronger I become..." Nathan tried to taunt Mako by saying that the more he got hurt the stronger he got which was in fact true.

The Transformation skill was open of the most versatile and strongest abilities in the entire world because it basically allowed a human to transform himself into the beast that the crystal belonged to in the first place.

Not only would they receive insane boosts in their attributes after transforming, but they would also learn one or many different abilities and have access to any and all special features that the creatures might possess.

An example of this would be the Puffclaw from the recruitment test that had an inherited skill allowing multiple to merge together and form a singular stronger being.

The Blood Wolf had two unique features, one was that when it consumed the blood of its active prey, it would enter Hyper Beast Mode where all of its stats would become elevated and it could perform stronger skills, one of which was that giant Blood Bite attack that Nathan displayed at the end of the training match.

The second feature was then the Blood Wolf would get injured and lose blood in the heat of battle. The more blood that the Blood Wolf lost, the stronger of a temporary boost it will receive in all attributes.

Nathan could feel his wold body become stronger, faster, and sturdier as he continued to bleed. After feeling that he had received a good enough boost from his injuries, Nathan created space between them by throwing some blood swipes at the ground, kicking up a lot of dust.

Nathan retreated into the dust cloud to recover a bit and seal all of his wounds using blood hardening.

One of the reasons why Blood Wolves would die was because they could never tell how close they were to death as they were drugged by the feeling of gaining more power and becoming strong.

Nathan believed that now with the additional boost, he would be able to match Mako in his new weird powerful state, but Mako could actually care less, as he didn't allow Nathan a single second to recover as he used his Analyze's sonar detection skill to locate his position within the dust cloud.

Nathan was busy recovering in the smoke thinking he was safe, but that turned out to be his last mistake as a pair of glowing red eyes appeared from within the smoke to his right, and before he could even react as he had temporarily turned off his advanced perception so he could recover faster, a solid powerful punch smashed him down onto the ground.

Nathan's vision was blurry and spinning as he could make sense of anything while he play on the ground from Mako's punch. His body transformed back into a human losing its boosts and revealing Nathan's badly beaten and bruised body.

As the dust cloud cleared, Mako could be seen standing in front of Nathan who was playing on the ground with one of his right foot placed firmly on his cheek.

Mako growled in anger as his eyes continued to burn hot red, but he didn't continue and instead just stood there with his foot on Nathan's cheek.

Nathan quickly came back to his senses and realized what was going on, he was heavily injured and was hurting a lot. He noticed Mako's stance on top of him which really struck his pride deep and he wanted to let Mako have it, but he was completely exhausted and powerless at this point leaving him with no choice but to stare back at him as Mako humiliated him.

However, after setting his pride aside and focusing for a moment, Nathan could see a struggle within Mako as he was stopping himself from finishing the job.

After a couple of seconds, Mako's eyes became dimmer and dimmer and the aura around him faded as he returned back to his regular old self.

[Deactivating Rage Mode]

[The remaining Rage mode bar will be compensated to the user by the system]

[A Level 5 Opponents Have Been Defeated]

[+50000 EXP]

[The User is Exhausted]

The effects of exhaustion kicked in, but Mako was finally strong enough that he didn't blackout after receiving the status effect.

He immediately removed his foot from Nathan's face as he came to his senses and extended his hand forward to help him get back up. "Are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to go this far."

Nathan was left completely shocked and amazed as he observed Mako's complete 180 change in behavior from the ruthless monster who was hunting the hunter.

However, Nathan saw Mako's mercy and kindness towards him as a form of insult which made him even more frustrated.

The frustration reached its peak as he saw the genuine pity and mercy behind Mako's action.

"You dare mock me!?" Nathan shouted in anger as he activated something he thought he would never activate so soon again.

Mako observed as Nathan's aura went through a change and his irises turned into something that resembles lava.

Nathan's aura was giving off a totally different vibe now and didn't resemble what he had previously at all.

Afraid of something disastrous might happen, Mako used Analyze on Nathan only for it to display an error.

[Analyze Failed]

[Phenomenon too high level to compute at the user's level]

Nathan was doing something that was beyond their level and Mako fired the worst as a completely different type of aura emanated from Nathan's body.

However, just as it looked like Nathan was about to unleash something powerful, Commander Sable's voice boomed through the training area. "Enough!"

Both Mako and Nathan froze, their gazes locked on each other and then toward the commander who started releasing his own aura to completely overpower and stop both of them from doing any more damage. Commander Sable's presence was a jolt of reality, and they reluctantly lowered their guard.

"You two," Commander Sable's tone was stern as he approached them, his eyes piercing with anger and disappointment. "Mako, to your room. Nathan, go to the infirmary, Now!"

"I will deal with you two in the morning!" He said before walking away.

Mako's chest heaved as he absorbed the commander's words. The fight had been broken up, but the tension lingered between him and Nathan. As they separated and left the training area, Mako couldn't shake the feeling that Nathan onto him and had a greater ace up his sleeve and he had to find a way to deal with this problem before it got too out of hand than it already has.

In his room, Mako sat on the edge of his bed, his thoughts racing. Nathan's sudden shift in aura was something beyond his level which made Mako quite cautious of him, and he also realized that his secret was more vulnerable than he had ever imagined.

Meanwhile, Nathan's frustration had turned into a burning motivation. As the nurses checked him up on his injuries, he had many thoughts running through his head.

No matter what, he understood that he had lost against Mako today and was convinced that he was in fact hiding something significant, and he was determined to uncover the truth. Mako using Rage Mode only fueled his curiosity further as he was quite intrigued to learn more about what he had actually done to become whatever that was.