[Chains of Lightning] :: Binds any beings on the same rank as the skill with fearful lightning for as long as the energy is provided.
It was a binding type skill that seemed extremely suited to him, as his eyes lit up at the description. He had many skills that he had to continue rising the proficiency of and combine. The Spiritual Land provided the perfect space for that.
He enjoyed the bubbling and steaming pool a bit longer before he would force himself to go to the underground area of the Spiritual Land to practice his skills. This time around, it would be even more fun as he would have partners to go against him.
A smile lit up on Noah's face as he thought of the arrogant LEGENDARY penguin that decided to laze around today, as well as the other four beasts of the same rank. They would make great opponents to test out against and become even more familiar with his new skills as he also increased their proficiency.
Chapter 144 - Journeying to the Depths
AARRGH!
Painful screams were ringing out at an unknown location beneath the sea. There was darkness all around, except for wisps of green light that seemed to be spread out by the hundreds of thousands for miles.
The one screaming out painfully was a robust Atlantean that had multiple bone spears nailing him to the sea bed. He was stretched like a starfish as some bone spears pierced his palms and others passed through his ankles.
A golden armor lay carefully beside the Atlantean. This was an Atlantean with a Golden Armor, meaning he was a MYTHICAL ranked being. Yet, screams continued to resound from him as a small figure moved around beside him.
"I've cut off any ability for you to move, leaving behind only the sensation of pain"
Her words rang out calmly as if talking about the most casual thing.
"Pain..is actually a very interesting thing that allows us to get to the core of the truth."
She finished her words as she bent down, a sharp bone spear dripping with blood in her hands as it moved towards the face of the MYTHIC Atlantean. It stood an inch away from their right eye, shining menacingly as the being lying down could not even move a muscle to prevent its descent.
SPLUCH!
A sound of a pop could be heard as dark energies spread out from the sharp bone spear and burst apart the soft right eye.
ARGH!
Brutal screams continued to resound, as an apologetic tone rang out from the small figure doing all this.
"Woops, I was supposed to ask a question before doing that. Oh well, you still have another eye."
The bone spear in her hands moved from the destroyed eye where pus had begun leaking as it went to the other side.
"Where is the Trident of Neptune located?"
…
Silence.
The painful screams from the Atlantean stopped just for a second as this question was heard, and the remaining eye that could barely make any movement focused on the woman voicing it out.
It actually seemed like a teenager dressed in gothic black dress, yet the voice that came out was that of a woman.
The Atlantean looked at the apathetic eyes that seemed like bottomless holes as an unnatural laugh began to leave his barely moving lips. The laughs were filled with pain, but seemed to carry a mocking tone at the woman holding the sharp bone spear above his remaining eye.
"Ah, you have a sense of loyalty huh? Very well."
The one with the voice of a grown woman but the body of a teenager rose up, the dark bone spear disappearing as the black light around her intensified.
"I must tell you, I've dabbled a little in life and death, and can easily regenerate your lost limbs and organs. Whenever you feel like you're on the edge of death, I'll pull you back to life."
The dark light around her intensified as the green wisps that were surrounding them on the seabed floor for miles shined brighter. The wisps of glowing lights began moving up and down, making a thrumming sound as their master prepared a painful game. The wisps of light were the eyes of hundreds of thousands of undead, their power spreading out across the waters unhindered.
The soft hands of Barbatos, the Necromancer of Chaos, glowed with the dark light as they neared the body of the Atlantean yet again.
"If it so happens that you cannot hang on to life anymore, well, then there is a glorious death with years of service waiting for you on the other side."
A wicked smile gleefully spread out on her face as the screams resumed even louder.
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RAAA!
A high-speed battle was taking place as five LEGENDARY beasts were surrounding and throwing attacks at a huge demonic incarnation that swung around a sharp sword with endless vigor.
Dense circles that shot out concentrated flames and lightning would occasionally appear, as even larger Icebergs fell from above every now and then. The powerful attacks caused mayhem and pandemonium as Noah practiced against five LEGENDARY beasts all at once.
Attacks continued to land on him as he was pushed back. When the fight began, he could only defend and stop the five beasts from tearing apart the incarnation. As the fight carried on for longer and his attacks began to land on the five beasts, [Life Steal] effectively dispelled all the damage as it healed the instant it was dealt.
The EPIC Holy Blight remained summoned and stood by the side, not joining the battle with its thousands of [Defiled Corpses] it controlled as Noah took on the beasts alone. It was great practice to be matched against five LEGENDARY beasts, going a long way to hone his fighting skills while also allowing him to spam all his skills to increase their proficiency.
Whenever [Corrupted Sigil of Hegemony] finished its cooldown, the five beasts would find themselves taking a beating for the next 30 seconds before retaliated the time after that.
A sleek [Emperor Penguin] seemed to be filled with vigor as its flippers shining with a silver light struck out. Its body would appear and disappear randomly on all sides as very dangerous attacks flew out of its flippers. They seemed like silvery blades of light, and yet their damage was greater than the skills similar to the other beasts mostly using the ice element.
RAA! RAA! RAA!
The fight continued for a few hours, the eventual winner being Noah. After being pummeled to the ground by the beasts for hours, they finally lost their juice near the end while he could still continue to cast skills at the same rate with no issues.
A sulking penguin could be seen becoming smaller in size as his beak pointed down and his body flashed away.
Noah breathed out slowly as he could feel his tiredness spreading out through him. The beasts were not a joke, and he was glad that even more of them were on there way. Among the remaining EPIC beasts that had begun consuming the fruits from the [Snow Vine], a few more were almost near the point of breakthrough and it would just take some more time.
This finally made him get around to checking the new plants available after the Spiritual Land became tier 3.
Today's combined skills:
Corrupted Sword Saint's Incarnation + Bear Emperor's Fur :: EPIC+ Fiendish Sword Beast Transformation
Arctic Breath + Bone Spears :: EPIC+ A Storm of Ice and Bones
Chapter 145 - Journeying to the Depths II
The Spiritual Land was looking more and more different as Noah spent more time using the unique skill, {Spiritual Land Management}, to plant and design even more things.
On the side of designing, when he checked the panel of the unique skill under the feature of [Architecture] he was surprised to find that the advanced futuristic designs he saw in the City of Liquinia were now added amongst the things he could choose.
Now he had designs that were common in three worlds he could play around with. He felt like he went back in time when he was playing computer games that allowed you to build cities and kingdoms, the one good thing was that he didn't have to wait long periods of time for the buildings in the Spiritual Land to finish.
On the snowy location outside where he built the advanced modern house with luxury amenities, he began building
new things around it. Taverns and inns commonly seen in the Beast World had popped up, their designs instantly showing the large contrast against the modern house in the center.
When the large buildings he saw in the City of Liquinia also appeared, the mismatch became even greater as a complex air began to emanate from the very different architecture. He was just having fun with the things he could do, so he continued to play around with it.
On the other side was the planting of fantastical things that would go towards boosting the strength of the beasts born in the Spiritual Land and bring about a possibility for the next upgrade of this Unique Treasure of the Beast World.
Ice-Fire Persimmon :: A treasure that rarely grows and ripens, needing a specialized environment and care. A perfect fusion of two elements is contained within, allowing for the beings that consume them an easy path of breakthrough to the next rank. Effects severy reduced for beings not born in the Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land. Time until maturity: 1 year.
Pigmy Melon :: Good for the body and soul. Heals injuries and reduces stress. Even the best healing potions lose when it comes to their effectiveness. Time until maturity: 2 months
The additions of new things to plant was a welcome one, as it provided new avenues for increasing the strength of the beasts in the Spiritual Land even more. The beasts were still consuming large amounts of the fruits from the [Snow Vines] and the [Sacred Rye], which had been causing an explosion of advancements as more ran S became EPIC, and a new LEGENDARY beast could appear any day now. The main factor in all of this is if they had the talent for it.
After spamming [Budding Farmer] on the newly planted acres, there was a change to the maturation of the new plants similar to the old ones.
[Ice-Fire Persimmon] :: Time until maturity- 3 weeks
[Pigmy Melons] :: Time until maturity- 4 days
The skill continued to be one of the biggest rule breakers so far, continuing the trend of reducing more than a year that was required for magical fruits to grow and ripen to just under 3 weeks.
Noah's finished designing the new buildings and planting the many empty plots of land in the Frozen Plateau, heavily changing how the Spiritual Land looked from before. As time passed, the change would become more and more prominent, and he didn't even know how it would look a few weeks from now.
One this was finished, his journey to the City of Atlantis could begin.
After receiving the Champion's Trident, he had effectively received a key, and didn't have to remain in the City of Liquinia. The key acted as a GPS, pointing him towards the direction to the grand city below. Many Atlanteans or Merfolk with the title of Champion ventured out to the dark waters when they were ready.
Some would fall to the unexpectedly powerful creatures they come across, others would be lucky and powerful enough to get past the deep and reach the magical city at the bottom.
Even though Atlantis laid at the deepest parts of the sea, their expansive strength and technology allowed them to move around unhindered even after they came out of the area where the Sea's Blessing was applied.
Noah reappeared in the cave where he massacred a squadron of demons. He knew that nobody would be alerted anytime soon about their deaths. The burnt and destroyed bodies lying around didn't make him flinch as he moved out. He had obtained even more memories, and the hideout of multiple Demon Squadrons, as well as the location of the Demon Lord moving around in the nearby waters.
A ruler of the 29th rank, Demon Lord Astaroth.
This was was particularly powerful, even stronger than Asmodeus who was leading the charge against the Beast World. He had strength nearing the peak of MYTHICAL rank, and his power was terrible to think about.
Noah wouldn't be going near him or other Rulers anytime soon though. The reason was that the moment they clashed, it would either be their deaths or his. If True Deaths began to occur once again this early, the demons would group up and go in hiding, becoming even harder to kill.
A vicious smile was on Noah's face as a plan to corner and kill Demon Kings and Demon Lords en masse had already formed. He had many memories that allowed him to know the identity and locations of many LEGENDARY ranked Demon Kings he could ambush and kill. But he didn't just want a small piece of a pie, he wanted the whole damn cake.
If he acted with the power he had now, he might be able to kill one or two more rulers before they become completely spooked and swarmed together in the Demon World. If he waited and acted later when his power was much higher, he could move even faster and take down even more.
But, there was nothing stopping him from taking down their minions that did not have the same ability to resurrect like them. They would face disruptions and be left to grind their teeth in anger searching for the identity of the one moving against them and taking down their forces, but they would find no respite or answers.
As things stood now, his power didn't even reach someone of the 29th rank who stood powerfully in the MYTHICAL rank.
Now, the way to increase his own power rapidly? This was one of the goals for coming to the Lost World of Atlantis. Besides possibly getting his hands on the Supreme Treasure of this world, which required him to be much more powerful than he was now to even contend for it, the other main goal was the many deep-sea creatures roaming the seas.
Orias's exploration memories of the Lost World showed her dying multiple times to MYTHICAL ranked creatures when she went too deep into the sea. She would come back as good as new in a few months to continue her exploration and be met with even more different levels of creatures.
The plan was to go slowly and catch multiple LEGENDARY creatures on the way to Atlantis, before possibly matching against a MYTHICAL ranked one with the help of all of his forces.
This was another boost the Spiritual Land provided, and he couldn't wait to use the beasts in it to gang up on something of the next.
His body physiology soon became that of the golden-haired Atlantean as the journey to the depth of the sea began.
Chapter 146 - A group from another world!
With the direction set, the adventure began as an Atlantean fearlessly charged to the deeper waters of the sea.
Everything around him was dark and gloomy, with the occasional oversized fish swimming by without a worry. Noah met a variety of sea creatures as he continued to dive deeper and deeper into the endless waters of the Lost World while following the signal of the Champion's Trident.
Among the fish he came across, their strengths varied from large groups of fish that were letting out power that was seemingly rank F-C, with the groups becoming smaller as they individually increased in power.
After going down for a few hours and meeting a few creatures that would be considered BOSSes or Leaders that drop skill books, he came across his first LEGENDARY opponent. The creature was hostile as soon as it saw him, jets of water propelling it forward at extreme speeds.
Its figure matched that of a [Black Dragonfish], but it was much larger with even sharper teeth. It took the appearance of a long eel that was more than 10 meters long, with sharp spikes coming out from its body.
It was an ugly thing to look at.
Noah observed the new attacker with enthusiasm as it rushed through the water at high speeds, starting off by putting extreme pressure on it with [Demon King's Haki]. The straight line the Dragonfish was rushing in faltered as the pressure descended, causing its wide jaws packed with sharp teeth to swing below Noah's Atlantean body.
The Unique Skill, {Primal Conjurer} was used as two LEGENDARY [Dullahans] appeared on either side of the dragonfish. The undead horses with headless knights situated on top of them felt no discomfort in the water as green light and smoke spread out.
WAAA!
A droning sound was let out as green spears appeared in the hands of the two headless knights and struck down into the body of the LEGENDARY dragonfish. The scales were dented as it began to bleed, and Noah wasn't far behind as he activated [Corrupted Sigil of Hegemony] and then cast one of h
is first EPIC+ skills from Skill Combination.
Any "+" skills and those gained from combination were skills not normally seen, and they had spectacular effects as usual. An example was the Holy Blight that controlled bodies of the dead at EPIC rank. If it continued to be raised up through combinations, who knew just how crazy it would become.
The skill cast after the runic sigil became active was the combination of [Arctic Breath] and [Bone Spears], [A Storm of Ice and Bones]
VOOOM!
A terrifying sound rang out as the water around them trembled. The Dragonfish held down against the two Dullahans felt a threat of death appear as the environment quickly began to freeze over, and a destructive storm began brewing in the water.
VOOM!
Hundreds of deathly spears encased in destructive and unstable ice elements appeared while spinning rapidly. The spears caused ice to form around the water as they went to strike down towards the body of the Dragonfish. Before they even arrived, rays of cold light shot out from them to pierce their target first, and then the cold bone spears arrived themselves to skewer the enemy.
SPULCH!
Deathly throws could be heard as the storm of icy bone spears that shot out cold rays of light pierced in and out of the body of the Dragonfish. Noah was casting it multiple times as he watched a glacier forming in the water, the [Storm of Ice and Bones] continuing to rain down destruction as deathly green spears also landed on the poor fish from the Dullahans.
The LEGENDARY rank deep-sea creature that he came across in the Lost World fell down like this. It had no time to breathe as it was swarmed by two LEGENDARY primal spirits, as well as someone even more frightening. Multiple cores, a skill book, and an item appeared in Noah's storage pouch as he went to check them out enthusiastically.
[Whirlpool] :: Draw in your enemies in a rapidly rotating storm of water that will shred the weak to flesh and bones.
[Deep Sea Armor] :: A heavy scale armor capable of alleviating all pressures under the sea while completely protecting its wearer.
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