My Muscle System in the Mage World

Immediately, he heard a faint roar from the canine tooth in front of him. However, it was very faint, and with the mental defense Aur had, it couldn't penetrate his consciousness and dissipated instantly.

Feeling this, Aur heaved a sigh of relief.

"Looks like I can resist the evil spirit," Aur muttered, relieved. The Devour spell was inherently a demonic spell that needed countless blood to make, and even refining it had some hidden dangers. But with the terrifying combat power Aur could display with it, it was all worth it!

Slowly, he willed it, and the container which contained all the essence was directly poured into the skull.

Not a single drop of it remained.

However, eerily, the essence didn't fall to the ground; all of it was absorbed by the large canine tooth.

Immediately, darkness instantly covered the entire room, and the faint sun's rays visible from the window vanished, replaced by pitch darkness. Even the light from the bulb that shone in the room vanished, leaving behind an eerie vacuum that seemed to suck away every lingering light.

Aur looked at the tooth with a serious expression on his face.

"As expected of a spell similar to a demonic spell…" Aur muttered. Although almost all the light elements were taken away, he could see as clearly as day, even without using any spells at all.

Without his intervention, the skull slowly started to float in mid-air, and all of it was gradually being absorbed by the pattern of a mouth that Aur drew with mana. The world essence was being violently drawn, invisible even to Aur's eyes.

Smoke began to produce, causing Aur to narrow his eyes.

"These smokes can blind my vision?" Aur was a little surprised when he saw this.

However, he didn't panic and patiently waited for the smoke to settle.

Time passed in the blink of an eye from what seemed like an eternity of darkness.

If it were a normal person in this darkness, they would most likely have lost their mind. Aur, however, wasn't a normal person!

The smoke settled down, and the light element returned to the room again.

Aur looked at the floating mouth pattern that was slowly hovering in front of him with a satisfied smile.

"I have finally obtained the Devour spell," he said as he slightly swung his saber at his finger.

Swoosh!

The air made a tearing sound as the saber was swung, the void seeming to tremble with the sheer weight of it. However, when it landed on his finger, the most it could do was make a small scratch, and a small drop of blood with a golden tinge appeared on his fingertip.

"Eh?" Aur looked at the faint golden hue in his red blood with a stunned expression. "What's this?" The scar from the saber had already healed; with his physique at the peak of tier one, naturally, the damage from even a lethal artefact of tier one couldn't do much harm to him.

But he was more surprised by the small shining gold hidden in his red blood.

Aur let the drop of blood fall onto the pattern of a bear's mouth in front of him.

Boom!

Instantly, the spell entered his body, cutting through the air like it was tofu, emitting a deathly presence, and entered his mental space.

The moment it entered his mental space...

Suddenly, the desire to consume erupted inside him, consuming his mind entirely, losing almost all trace of rationality.

Filled with the urge to consume, he didn't move at all, staying in place trying to suppress all his desire.

"Muscle system."

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[Muscle System]

[Name: Aur Cromwell/ Auriel

Talent: Future Seer (Major: 1; Minor: 0)

-Muscle mass: 6.04 (+) [Tier one (peak)]

-Intelligence: 2.0 (+)

Stat Points: 3

Storage space: 0.32/1 cubic metre

Quest: Daily (completed)]

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The blue panel quickly appeared in front of him, and Aur allocated all the stats to intelligence in a moment's notice.

Although it became a little better, Aur still felt an unbearable hunger to consume.

The Devour spell was similar to a demonic spell, which allowed the person to devour all living beings to get stronger, have a stronger blood and Qi, and even increase the core strength of the body by several times.

Although it wasn't fully a demonic spell, it still triggered a deep desire within him: Gluttony.

Aur stood there for a long time, calming his hunger.

He cast Calm Mind Incarnation multiple times until he consumed every iota of the light blue mana left in the mental space.

Huff! Huff!

Aur's breath became heavy as the moment the spell's effect wore off, he was filled with the desire to consume again.

"I need something as a distraction," he thought as he surveyed the room, his mind swirling with thoughts.

Quickly, he adjusted the bracers to their maximum limit of 2 tons each, though it wasn't much, it would suffice.

Placing his hands firmly on the ground, shoulder-width apart, he straightened his body from head to toe.

Aur took a deep breath and lowered his body to the ground until his chest touched it, then pushed himself upward with the strength of his hands.

Immediately, Aur's blood and Qi began to boil, erupting like a furnace and constantly emitting heat.

Gradually, he became immersed in the push-up, completely forgetting the desire to eat that emanated from deep within his soul.

No matter which world he found himself in, Aur's desire to improve every iota of his muscle would never leave.

In that moment, Aur found pleasure in the act of improving his body, completely forgetting the unbearable desire to devour. Despite the small progress, the sheer amount of blood and Qi in his body facilitated the swift healing of any strain his muscles endured.

As the silvery rays of the moon streamed into his room, Aur finally ceased his push-ups, standing up with a contemplative expression.

"Demonic spells are truly dangerous. Even the Devour spell, which barely touches the line of demonic has such a terrifying effect, makes me wonder how powerful actual demonic spells are." still there was a lingering fear in his heart.