Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 275

Chapter 275: Bottleneck

Bottlenecks were limitations placed on awakened people. It made it so that safely farming XP wasn’t the end-all be-all of power progression.

You could only get so far by killing weak monsters. Not only because you’d receive significantly fewer Stat points for each level up, but also because of bottlenecks.

At level 24, with the XP bar at 24000/24000, Kaiden faced his first such hurdle.

[You have reached your First Bottleneck.]

[Paragon of Sin: Evolution Threshold Detected.]

[To advance, prove your Dominance over Sin.]

The next line scrawled itself out more slowly.

As if the system wanted him to feel the weight of each demand.

▸ Trial One – Prove Your Wrath:

Kill 100 enemies of level 25 or higher in solo combat using only Wrath Stance.

(All assists will nullify the kill. Group kills do not count.)

▸ Trial Two – Feed the Glutton:

Consume a total of 1,000 liters of enemy blood, harvested from creatures or awakened enemies of level 25 or above.

(Only blood consumed through combat-triggered Gluttony abilities will count.)

▸ Trial Three – Conquer the Sinner:

Kill a Sin-Wielder and consume their sin.

Kaiden stared at the final line for a long, quiet moment.

This wasn’t just a test of strength.

It was a proof of concept.

Whoever was behind the whole awakening system didn’t care how many monsters he sliced through.

It wanted to know whether Kaiden could wield Sin as more than just fuel.

Whether he could bend it, own it.

Only then would it let him grow again.

Kaiden’s eyes slowly scanned the three conditions.

He could feel Wrath pulsing in his veins at just the mention. Gluttony stirred with a predatory ripple of hunger, and somewhere far off, Pride waited with quiet confidence.

"So that’s what it takes to evolve this class."

It was quite the tall order, especially because the first bottleneck was usually rather simple to complete. The fact that he has not one but three requirements and said requirements were easier said than done indicated that his class was an immensely powerful one.

The weaker the class was, the weaker the bottleneck they faced.

’Kill a Sin-Wielder and consume their sin...’ Kaiden repeated the final line many times in his head. What could that mean? Consume a sin?

It sounded ominous. But without more information, all he could do was press on. He’d already decided his path would be that of ultimate power. He was ready to do whatever was needed, so long as it didn’t go against his most basic dogmas, such as protecting his girls.

Their gazes met.

Nothing was said aloud. Not with the stream still broadcasting and with the other half of their expedition standing nearby.

But Kaiden didn’t need words.

Not from Luna, or Aria, or Nyx.

Not from his tanned felinid either.

The moment they each received their own bottleneck prompts, he saw it: glimmering behind their irises.

Not despair. Not fear.

Eagerness.

The thrill of a challenge and the tantalizing prospect of immense rewards.

Kaiden’s lips curled into a proud smirk. ’Good.’

He turned his attention forward, where a new set of double doors stood tall at the end of the broken, reformed corridor. They hadn’t been there before. It was clear the room had shifted again after the challenge was completed.

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