Infinite Mana In The Apocalypse c1-705
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Anastasia continued to float in the skies, her eyes releasing an unknown sense of pressure and regality as she continued.
"Across the Dark Universe, the Ancient Powers are formed based on what Dao Path a group follows. So you can come across Ancient groups that focus on the Dao of Slaughter, or the Dao of Destruction, or the Dao of Creation...There are as many as there are grains of sand!"
RUMBLE!
Noah felt his mind ringing as these words continued, a path he was only stumbling onto now opening itself up so widely that he wanted to scream out.
"There are even Daos that integrate the Universal Laws into them and grant a being mastery at extreme speeds, with the Dao of Four Elements being one of them. We could sit here and talk for days just listing the many Daos there are, but we will focus on the Dao of Summoning."
Anastasia's voice only became more and more enticing as time passed, her voice continuing to explain s grand concept as Noah, Anna, and the Imperial Adjudicator listened closely.
"There are Lesser Daos, Grand Daos, and the most hidden, elusive, and majestic Cosmic Daos! The Dao of Summoning that we study...is merely a Lesser Dao. Yet it is this Dao that has granted the Expansive Dragon Cl.u.s.ter the capabilities to rule a region of the Dark Universe. You will come to find that even among the Ancient Powers out there, very few of them have even come close to touching Grand Daos, not to mention the elusive Cosmic Daos."
WAA!
Anastasia waved her hands in front of her as a luminous obsidian crystal appeared, this crystal releasing a fearful pressure as the surroundings around them quacked at the mere introduction of it!
"To embark on the Dao of Summoning, all prospective talents in the Expansive Dragon Cl.u.s.ter are lent this Dao Crystal- an extremely rare material that is held by very few! This particular Dao Crystal has wisps of the Dao of Summoning, and you will have to grasp just a minuscule amount of understanding in this Dao before you can begin even activating the techniques of <
She finished her words as the obsidian crystal known as a Dao Crystal floated down, its size being at 2 meters as it was around Noah's height.
Anastasia then waved her hands again as three brilliant white lights shot from her and went towards the heads of Noah, Anna, and the Imperial Adjudicator!
"That is the technique to sense and gain understanding in the Dao of Summoning, something that the Forefathers of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u.s.ter have managed to create after eons of trials and errors. Learn it well and then try sensing the Lesser Dao within this Dao Crystal. If all goes well, you should be able to grasp something in a few days if you have a great talent, or a few months if you are merely talented!"
RUMBLE!
The rumbling essence around them quarter down as the three of them closed their eyes and focused on the technique imparted, Noah watching the words of an Absolute Skill freely popping up in his mind.
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A shocking technique that aimed to comprehend Lesser Daos, yet even the System showed how one could barely comprehend Daos with it! They would need something like the Dao Crystal that Anastasia laid in front of them if they wanted to make any headway with it.
Noah was about to give it a try with high expectations when he reread the part that said it was a 'technique created by Forefather Expansive'.
These words reminded him that the beings of the Expansive Dragon Cl.u.s.ter worked for eons to create a skill such as this, but he had to also remind himself that he...could also create skills!
RUMBLE!
His heart felt even more excitement as the thought took root in his mind, his eyes moving towards the Skill Points section of his stat panel as he could finally put the points he had been saving up to good use.
They had been raising by hundreds when he took down Fiends in the Devouring Hells Realm during the Blessed Imperial Selection, and they rose by thousands when he killed even more of them in the Stellar Sky Galaxy.
The QUASAR ranked Fiend Rulers alone granted him 10,000 skill points each as his total number came to….127,524!
Over a hundred thousand Skill Points!
The number only caused his eyes to shine with a maddened light as he pulled up the Skill Creation tab right away, beginning to input ideas of the skill he wanted as a calculation was soon made in a matter of seconds.
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[Supreme Dao Traverser] :: The user utilizes their Origin as the lamp as they traverse on the dark path of the Dao, lighting up the way with ease as only time is needed to master Lesser and Grand Daos. All learned Daos will passively be comprehended even while the user isn't actively comprehending with the skill. The speed of Dao Comprehension is increased the more mana that the user can provide. Cost to create the Skill- 100,000,000 Skill Points.
"..."
His mind went blank for a moment as the base skill he put in before he added any modification required simply ridiculous amounts of skill points, his face hardening as he went forward to edit the skill to acceptable levels!
He spent some time as he added more and more restrictions, watching as the 100 million required number of skill points went down to 50 million, then to 1 million, then to 150,000, until finally...it stopped at 120,000 skill points.
The new skill that he could create was displayed in front of him brilliantly!
[Dao of Summoning Traverser] :: The user utilizes their Origin as the lamp as they traverse on the dark path of the Dao of Summoning, lighting up the way with ease as only time is needed to master the Dao. The skill requires tremendous amounts of mana to activate and keep active.* The user can only comprehend the Dao of Summoning with the skill.* Cost to create the Skill- 120,000 Skill Points.
He took out the possibility of comprehending any other Daos from the skill as it purely focused on the Dao of Summoning, and also took away the possibility of passively comprehending the Dao freely as time passed. He then added restrictions as an acceptable skill appeared, and he gave the command to create it!
RUMBLE!
Chapter 690 - In Just F***ing Seconds!
An eruption of essence silently occurred within Noah as 120,000 skill points were spent instantly, a new skill at the rank of Black Hole appearing!
His eyes shone whole looking at the skill, enhancing it with skill points as a (5/5) appeared in front of it.
All this did was enhance its effectiveness even more, and it was finally read for Noah to try as he came closer to the Dao Crystal that Anna and the Imperial Adjudicator had already begun to touch.
Anastasia looked at this scene interestingly as she saw this being move only a few minutes after he received the <
She watched closely as he went toward and placed his hands on the Dao Crystal, a unique air beginning to spread around him.
Her eyes constricted as she saw this appear the moment he sat down, and then her eyes began to tremble a second later as she observed a shocking sight!
The reason for this was because the moment that Noah touched the Dao Crystal containing wisps of the Dao of Summoning, he activated [Dao Of Summoning Traverser] right away.
The skill was nothing like the defective one that one could only embark on the Dao of Summoning if they had a Dao Crystal with a sense of this Dao already, and he could have begun activating the skill even without touching the Dao Crystal!
It might have taken him a few hours or a day before he gained his first understanding in the Dao of Summoning, but that was already multiple times faster than even the top geniuses that Anastasia talked about, and it was guaranteed with his self created skill.
Yet he was currently touching a Dao Crystal containing the Dao of Summoning, so the moment he activated the skill he did not even have to spend a second searching for the Dao of Summoning. It was
already in front of him, so it simply came to him!
RUMBLE!
Immense mana poured into the skill because of the restrictions he created, but it meant that the second he sat down and activated the skill...the essence of the Dao of Summoning that he sensed from the Dao Crystal swarmed towards him, essence he did not even know existed flooding into his body on all directions.
An activation of a skill!
A second of passing!
A Dao was learned!
WAAA!
A magisterial pressure erupted out as the essence of a Lesser Dao washed over him, feeling more regal than even the Ultimate Laws as he felt a sense of closeness he could not explain.
BOOM!
His multicolored Black Hole seemed like it was on fire as it began to rotate and expand rapidly, merely the essence of this Grand Law pushing his strength upwards as it felt like...like a cap had been taken off an erupting volcano!
It felt like something within him was setting loose as abstruse waves of something he never came across before...waves of Dao were swimming around his body as they gave him an appallingly ancient aura!
Ah!
The Dao!
On this Day, he had stepped onto the path of the Dao of Summoning!
"..."
Anastasia was looking towards him with her drop-dead gorgeous face losing all of its majesty, her mouth agape as she sensed the essence of the Dao of Summoning beginning to swim around Noah.
'This...was impossible!'
No matter how much of a genius, no matter the talent…doing this in just a matter of seconds?! This was nigh impossible!
Not minutes! Not hours! Not days or even months, but merely seconds!
'What the f.u.c.k?!'
Even the most splendrous geniuses took days, with many taking months before they could even sense the Dao of Summoning.
Yet this being did not only sense it, he had also began embarking on it as the majestic aura of a Lesser Dao began to permeate around him!
Just what was this creature?!
Absent minded to the shock of Anastasia, Noah opened his eyes as his body felt something unique traveling through it, the Law Origins within him bubbling with excitement as they churned even faster.
A mere wisp of this Dao was able to excite his body and laws, all of them revolving even faster, especially the Ultimate Laws as the Trees of Life and Death began to brim with essence all around them.
The Dao was above the laws, so studying it would only make those below it proceed even faster!
But Noah put this behind him for now as while he embarked on the Dao of Summoning and felt like he could do something with it, he felt like he was missing a piece of something to do it.
So he looked towards Anastasia who was staring at him with shocked eyes, only coming back to herself when she saw his gaze!
She seemed to know what he was thinking as she waved her hands, another bright light shooting off of her as it entered into Noah's mind.
Her voice seemed slightly shaken as she spoke, putting her surprise aside for now as she wanted to see just how far this genius could go.
"Once one has stepped into the Dao of Summoning, they need unique skills to utilize its comprehensions to the fullest. We were able to create the techniques that allow us to summon and contract Animus Summons, unique creatures that can only be accessed from an unknown Universe that only those traversing in the Dao of Summoning can call upon!"
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The techniques she talked about entered in Noah's mind as he was nearly leaping out with excitement.
"The ability of a being to call upon a powerful Animus Pets depends on luck and their comprehensions in the Dao of Summoning, with those just starting only being able to summon Common ranked pets as it becomes their jobs to use the skills I just imparted to you to raise them to greater levels."
Beginners would only be able to summon Common pets, with the ranks of pets going from Common to Uncommon, Rare, Ultra Rare, and ultimately Prismatic!
The skills that Anastasia imparted to him now were the <
The other set of skills were in the form of a Skill Tree, one that contained four skills which went on to be termed…[Animus Summon Trainer]!
Chapter 691 - The First Archaic Summon!
Without wasting any time, Noah delved into the newly gained skill tree that was known as [Animus Summon Trainer]!
[Animus Summon Trainer] :: A skill tree geared towards raising the strongest Animus Pet. The skills contained within are capable of raising their ranks, refining their bloodlines, and much more. Abilities include [Archaic Contract](5/5), [Animus Growth Empowerment](5/5), [Bloodline Forging](5/5), [One Body, One Soul](5/5)
[Archaic Contract](5/5):: Every Animus Summoner needs to form a contract with the pet they summon. This ability inscribes an Archaic Contract into the souls of the Summoner and the Pet, forming a bond that makes them one. (Skill Point enhancement allows the user to contract a Pet a stage above their own).
[Animus Growth Empowerment](5/5):: The core skill of an Animus Trainer. This ability is cast on the Pet that the Summoner wants to train as their Realm can be raised. The Realm of the Summon can be taken as high as the Realm of the Summoner. Because of the uniqueness of Animus Summons, their Realms can be grown to Grand Completion over time as they are continuously trained with this ability. (Skill Point enhancement increases the effectiveness of this ability by 200%).
[Bloodline Forging](5/5) :: Even the weakest Animus Summons have bloodlines. This ability allows the Summoner to refine and activate the strongest bloodline that is hiding within their Summons. Can only be cast on a pet every 24 hours. (Skill Point enhancement allows for even bloodlines of Prismatic Summons to be brought forth, with the rate of refining bloodlines increased by 200%).
[One Body, One Soul](5/5) :: This ability allows the Animus Summoners to merge with their contracted Pet, their whole being forged into one as their power is enhanced. (Skill Point enhancement allows for perfect merging of Summoner and Pet, with the power increased by 200%)
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Ah!
Noah stared at the skills as his mind seemed to be buzzing, his eyes nearly shaking from the excitement as he read over them multiple times.
A completely new path of strength that would make him even more overpowered had opened up, and it opened up in such a stellar fashion at that!
On top of dreadful Traits that were only made possible through the use of a mysterious Ruination Core and the use of Universal Laws that he would comprehend fully in a matter of time...he now also had a Dao to support his strength!
Just this single Dao of Summoning came with such appalling abilities that he couldn't wait to explore all of it and see what it would give him.
He tried his very best to make sure that his mind wasn't thinking about the fact that there were many other Daos that he didn't even know about, the mere mention of Lesser Daos, Grand Daos, and Cosmic Dao making his heart tingle in anticipation.
But the Dao of Summoning was first, and even though it was a Lesser Dao, its majesty felt greater than even the Ultimate Laws of Life and Death!
"Familiarize yourself with the abilities before you try summoning your first Animus Summon."
The voice of Anastasia shook him out of his stupor as he glanced around him, seeing that the Imperial Adjudicator had released his hand from the Dao Crystal while shaking his head disappointedly, while Anna still had her eyes closed as she tried to sense the Dao of Summoning.
Even while being temporarily contracted to an Archaic Animus Pet, the Imperial Adjudicator could still not sense even an ounce of the Dao, the temporary contract being something that Anastasia placed onto him herself with the willingness of her pet!
But even this did not allow someone as fearsome as the Imperial Adjudicator to grasp even a tendril o
f the Dao of Summoning.
Yet…
The eyes of the Imperial Adjudicator looked towards the direction where Noah sat in a Lotus position with difficult eyes as he saw the familiar oppressive aura of a Dao that Anastasia released also emanate from this genius!
He had shockingly grasped a wisp of this Dao the first time he tried! The Imperial Adjudicator had sunken shoulders at being near a genius such as this as Anastasia came next to him and stroked his shoulders affectionately.
"It is not that you aren't talented, just that he is a monster." Anastasia's words that should have made the half a step into the Galaxy Realm expert feel good only made him feel worse, his gaze focusing on the direction of the genius again as they saw an ancient runic sigil forming in the skies.
"You're trying to summon right away?!" Even Anastasia was surprised as her eyes focused on what was about to happen, not expecting this genius to be so confident that he would start right away.
Off to the side, Noah's eyes were filled with concentration as he could not bring himself to wait any longer, his eyes shining luminously as he cast <
RUMBLE!
In the skies, an archaic runic sigil appeared as it rotated while releasing a unique aura, a swirling Rift slowly being formed above them as it began to expand rapidly.
Anastasia looked at this scene with interested eyes as she knew that the larger the opening Rift was when one first summoned their pet, the more powerful and rare that pet was!
The Rift brought to life by the archaic runic sigil was already at 10 meters and still expanding, which let her know that an Animus Summon of at least a Rare rank was coming.
Below the Rift, Noah was looking with expectant eyes as he wondered of the first Animus Pet he would summon.
What rank would it be! What kind of a creature and with what bloodline!
Many thoughts and expectations were carried as the Rift became ever larger, reaching 50 meters as Anastasia's mouth opened with an agape expression once more.
'An Ultra Rare pet with the first summon?!'