Ocean Master

Though Sebastian's first meeting with the will of the legendary Sea King of the Black Veil was very little and was only through projected writing, he could not help but have his own opinion of the Sea King already.

The little that was revealed by the will already told him much about its thinking faculty and the type of personality that it was.

From Tonado, he already knew about wills that were left in inheritances by powerful predators. In essence, they were the consolidation of the said predator's obsesses during its living days.

From the little that was revealed to him, Sebastian concluded that the Doppelganger and Invisibility Sea King was a crazy, arrogant, carefree, extremely lunatic, and tyrannically dangerous old predator.

The only missing puzzle in his conjecture that prevented him from peering into the soul of this Sea King through its will's writing was the fact that he didn't know the main species of the Sea King. 

He didn't know if the Doppelganger and Invisibility Sea King was a Shark, a Toad, or a Turtle. And this knowledge meant a lot. 

Although the will left behind by this Sea King was a possibly crazy one, Sebastian was helpless since he still had to play its game.

The writing of the Sea King's will was extremely clear, it was like he could hear the voice echoing in his head.

"Opting out means death!"

Though he didn't have the desire to opt-out of the challenge after putting in so much effort and planning to enter the inheritance ground, he still put this at the back of his mind as a backup plan if things went south.

Unfortunately for him, the Sea King's will directly destroyed his plan.

Now, he had no choice but to follow the will's set up to the letter, or else he dies which was a fate that he was not ready to face yet, at least not again after he already died once to his shark pet.

"The first test is 1 on 1 Gladiator battles!"

The will's words kept on reverberating in his head. Despite the craziness and cockiness exhibited in the writing, they still conveyed the intended information.

Sebastian was not surprised on seeing that this was the format of the inheritance's main test, this was because Tonado already briefed him about it.

According to the old Toad, each inheritance had various setups in which the dead predator's will could select through the available candidates to get the perfect match to inherit its dead master's ability.

To get the perfect candidate, this was why the dead Sea King's will arranged such a meticulous magic setup to arouse the desire of the predators outside.

1 on 1 Gladiator battles were one of the more common setups that were used in the inheritance ground of reputable predators.

Through different stages of setups like this one, candidates would be continually eliminated till the survivors get to the stage of empowerment.

This stage was where the survivors start benefiting. Through the resources placed inside the inheritance ground, the survivors would be strengthened in various ways where they will be molded to emulate the dead predator's path.

From the molded survivors would the last competitors who are already modeled towards the dead predator's style emerge who would compete together in the deadliest setup to get the ultimate inheritance.

In this Sea King Inheritance, the ultimate inheritance was a unique skill.

As all this information went through Sebastian's head, his eyes quickly focused on the enemy that was already in front of him.

He hadn't forgotten that his first opponent of this first test already arrived.

"You have to be the undisputed best among your mates".

While he looked at the predator who was now directing a confused but alert gaze at him, clearly still confused about the setup of the inheritance, this writing also flashed past Sebastian's head. He grinned.

This writing could be interpreted in a lot of ways, but on feeling his opponent's aura, Sebastian confirmed his guess.

In this round, all his opponents would be orange tier predators. These were his mates that were referenced by the Sea King's will.

On coming to this conclusion, instantly, Sebastian felt an enormous weight being lifted off his shoulders. His enormous body suddenly felt lighter.

For a long time, he already grew accustomed to the fact where he had to cross levels to battle higher-tiered predators to get the most benefits.

He didn't know if other freak orange tier predators were stronger, but from his experiences in all the regions that he had been to, he was the freakiest orange tier predator out there.

Sebastian also felt relief for another reason.

He didn't understand the circumstances inside this inheritance ground yet. 

According to Tonado, almost every inheritance ground was filled with untold danger since the predators who left the inheritance were not saints, they were predators whose fins were already stained with blood. 

In this Sea King Inheritance, Sebastian dreaded revealing his unique skill. If the will of the Doppelganger and Invisibility King knew that he had a unique skill, he didn't know the reactions that would follow.

Because of this, he deliberately gave himself this handicap of not revealing his unique skill. He believed that this was for the greater good.

Growl!

Hearing that, Sebastian finally gave attention to his enemy.

His opponent in this round was an 8-meter-long orange tier Blue Shark. Perhaps, intimidated by his aura, this smaller shark through a skill made a strange growling sound that messed with Sebastian's senses.

Noticing this, Sebastian immediately deduced that this was an intimidation skill. It was similar to his Cardiac Sphincter Constrictor skill.

He felt funny but he didn't play around, he wanted to use this advantage that he got to the fullest and to eliminate his enemies at the fastest possible speed.

Also, he instantly improvised in his plan to sweep through this test, he decided to use this opportunity to level up all his other skills that were still lacking to the maximum in preparation for the other tests that would follow after this.

In monster inheritances, the difficulty increases marginally with each additional test since only the best could forge through the difficulties and qualify.

[You have activated skill: Cardiac Sphincter Constrictor!]

[You have activated skill: Triple Reverse Swim!]

[You have activated skill: Advanced Dash!]

[You have activated skill: Battering Ram!]

[You have activated skill: Sonic Dissonance!]

The smaller Blue Shark was petrified!

It was shocked stiff as the originally 15-meter-long shark suddenly increased in size to a bamboozling 20 meters. Before it could recover from its shock, Sebastian was already rushing towards it like an unstoppable train.

While it forcibly tried to calm down and prepare for battle, Sebastian ground his teeth as spooky horrifying sounds invaded the poor Blue Shark's head.

Instantly, the Blue Shark succumbed to its horror.

By the time Sebastian closed the distance and collided against it, it could not activate a single skill to defend itself. This was an absolute thrashing.

The collision was like that of an elephant against a deer.

Squash!

Blood splattered everywhere.

[You have killed a Blue Shark- Level 16: You have gained Experience.]

[You have gained 3 Skill points and 10 Adaptation points.]

The Blue Shark died from one move, the disparity in strength was too great that it was unable to at least put up a struggle.

As soon as the shark died, its blood was absorbed by a hidden mechanism, leaving the battle arena as clean as it was before the battle.

{Round 2: Begin!}

After the words appeared, white light flashed as another room appeared opposite the battle arena. What seemed like a white bridge connected the battle arena to the room, and the immobilized next opponent appeared.

Sebastian moved immediately before the new opponent could settle in.

[You have activated skill: Supersonic Speed!]

[You have activated skill: Sonic Reflection!]

"YOU'RE A DEAD TOAD!"

Boom!

The speed of the collision and the accompanying sound blast finished the toad completely. It died before it could understand its situation.

[You have killed a Mutated Toad- Level 14: You have gained Experience.]

[You have gained 2 Skill points and 5 Adaptation points.]

The next opponent was brought, and Sebastian's massacre continued.

…

[Round 33: Begin!]

[You have activated skill: Magic Teeth!]

Pu! Pu! Pu! Pu!

The battle started, and like usual, Sebastian began his attack barrage. 

The huge 10-meter-long mutated beast that looked like a Lion that was randomly smashed together with a flying Crane tried to resist, but Sebastian quickly followed his first with 2 quick skills. 

[You have activated skill: Sonic Reflection!]

[You have activated skill: Sonic Drill!]

Roar!

Boom!

This beast's angry roar was what brought its end, the power that was accumulated by Sebastian's sonic reflection skill due to its loud voice was so much that its brain was pretty much smashed to bits.

This battle ended as fast as it started.

…

[Round 68: Begin!]

The Gladiator battle continued, and Sebastian no longer had it as easy. The opponents were finally getting stronger, those that survived to the 68th round and were matched with him were all intelligent veterans.

Another fact that hindered him was the fact that he wasn't allowed time to recover after each battle before he was pushed into the next.

His endurance was seriously put to the test.

He loved this though, this gave him the perfect platform to wantonly use his Rejuvenation skill to try aiming for the ambitious goal of leveling this vital skill to the maximum level.

[You have activated skill: Rejuvenation.]

[You have activated skill: Water Cyclone.]

While a white light enveloped his body that constantly healed his injuries, a raging cyclone was stirred up close to the enemy Turtle.

This time, the opponent was an extremely crafty one.

Using its intelligence and its meticulous control over the water domain, this turtle managed to hold Sebastian in a single battle for the longest time before its thick shell was finally cracked open by Sebastian's sharp rows of teeth.

His 68th battle was hard-fought.

…

[Round 100: Begin!]

In this round, Sebastian was pitted against a huge Cobra. Clearly, this orange tier predator got a special opportunity that enabled it to not only grow bigger than normal predators of its tier but also get stronger.

This battle was Sebastian's toughest by far.

Of course, overall, the Cobra was nowhere his match but he exerted the most effort in this battle before he finally killed the Cobra with his shredding bite skill.

Poison was left in his blood, so after the Cobra died, he immediately used his Rejuvenation skill to start healing his body.

Fighting 100 straight battles was not an easy feat.

Sebastian got ready for another battle though the effects of exerting himself without rest for so long were already getting to him, to his surprise, no new room appeared opposite the battle arena like usual.

"Humph! You qualified!"