The tattoo on Rezen’s stomach was stimted and lines of intertwining lines of tattoos spread from it that covered the entirety of his body


    His aura instantly rose as he held Maze on his shoulders before exerting pressure on him


    Rezen’s heavy hands along with his imposing aura force Maze to his knees. He tried to stand but every time he would try to do so, Rezen would once again put him in his ce


    “I don’t need someone as hotheaded as you. I don’t have the time nor the desire to supervise you 24/7. Either you calm the hell down or get the fuck out of here”


    “With your current state, if I give you even just a bit of power, you might go and seek death by searching and attacking the Twighlight Beast. You’ll just waste my resources”


    Rezen’s words werepletely merciless, stabbing Maze in the heart. Indeed, if Rezen made him stronger than he is now, Maze really has nned on attacking the Twighlight Beast


    Even if he cannot defeat them in one go, he would still slightly avenge his n


    “Y-you…!” Maze’s cheeks flushed in shame and anger. No one has treated him in this manner before


    “Be angry but don’t be a fool. What I need is a person that uses his anger as a driving force, not a person that has be a fool because of his hatred” Rezen continued before letting go of the other man’s shoulders


    He waved his hand and a piece of carrot and pepper appeared on his palm. “Eat these and you’ll be my person with no ability to betray me and I’ll give you more power. Refuse and you can work hard on your own but remember, not all hard work is worth it. If it was, everyone in this world would have been sessful already”


    Not all hard work is worth it… those words continuously rang inside Maze


    As a mage, Maze worked really hard but Rezen… a mage at the same age as him is far more powerful than him


    In terms of hard work, Maze has nevercked that. He never cks off on his cultivation but…


    Maze unconsciously nced at Rezen’s stoic and emotionless face. Deep down inside him, he knew that if the two of them fought, he might not evenst for a few minutes before he would he defeated


    Not all hard work is worth it… what if Maze spends his whole life working hard but still can’t have the power to enact his revenge…


    The young man unconsciously clenched his fist and while gritting his teeth, grabbed the carrot and pepper before directly swallowing them


    “Blind” Rezen simply said and Maze’s body shook. He found out that hepletely lost his sense of vision


    “Betray me and that’s not the only thing that would happen to you” Rezen said before returning Maze’s vision back to him


    “Eleven” Rezen called out and an artificial human brought two ck boxes with him


    “Take these and consume everything inside. After that, go and seek Zero, he would turn you both into a 5th rank Tattoo Warrior”


    Zero was the first artificial human that Rezen grew. And it was also only Zero that could create a 5th rank Tattoo Warrior and naturally, he was also at that level


    It seems like the great change that his Master undergoes affected him greatly causing a breakthrough


    ——


    Vadena City


    Preston Family Estate


    ude’s room


    Boom!


    After absorbing thest bit of essence that the Spirit Ruby has, a booming sound echoed inside ude’s elixir field


    The abundant spiritual force elevated his soul to another level, making it more refined and powerful than before


    From a mage with a soul that is just a bit superiorpared to the weaker 6th fusion rank mages, ude’s soul undergoes a transformation and reaches the peak


    Improving the soul to the peak of 6th rank should be a long process even if the mage has all the necessary resources


    However, in just around a month, ude has easily reached the peak all thanks to the Spirit Ruby


    As expected of a treasure that could only be created by the sacrifice of at least 10,000 souls. Not to mention, the Spirit Ruby that ude uses was definitely created using more than ten thousand souls


    His soul reaches the peak of his rank in one go


    Suddenly, the sky above the estate of the Preston Family turned ck and the sound of thunder raged. There were even shes of lightning that appeared


    It was as if the heavens were angered and is baring its fangs


    This phenomenon attracted the attention of many people and they all looked at the sky with a frown on their faces


    This situation is not something that was created using magic but a natural phenomenon just like the ocean waves or the eruption of a volcano


    But it happened so abruptly that people can’t help but be doubtful of its origin


    Back to ude’s side, the man opened his eyes as soon as he broke through. The moment he did so, it was as if the clouds blocking his vision parted


    His body stays rooted on his bed, unmoving as if he was a statue. The mana particles in the space around him were stirred and became lively


    It was as if the mana particles weremunicating with ude to the point that they became visible to the naked eye


    Colorful lights suddenly surrounded ude’s figure because of the mana of various elements that gathered around him


    It gave him an image befitting to the child of the heavens which was one of the titles people use to call him


    After what felt like centuries, ude finally moved, his face filled with aplex whirlpool of emotions


    “So that was it… the reason why in the path of mages, I am talented and lucky that people started calling me the heaven’s chosen…”


    “All the fortuitous encounters I had weren’t just because I was lucky… it was predetermined…”


    “Even the formation of my personality is also… fated. My fate… so that was my fate… how cruel but… for the sake of the ‘greater good’… I can’t refuse my fate…”


    ude talked to himself before his enchanting blue eyes became moist with fresh tears


    “Hahahahaha!! Fate… how cruel…”


    The manughed like a madman. Hisughter contains endless bitterness as he unconsciously shed tears


    It was as if he just learned that his whole life was a joke causing him to suffer a mental breakdown


    “Hahahaha! Cruel… really cruel… but… this is my fate…”


    Afterughing for minutes, ude stops and turned his head in a specific direction. His eyes seemingly have the ability to prateyers andyers of space


    “Well then… the first target of my fate… not bad”


    From someone that looks as if he just lost his mind, ude’s expression and aura instantly change. His eyes were filled with murderous intent as his body suddenly turned into ck smoke and vanished


    What he had done should be magic but he didn’t create any magic circle at all. He is still clearly a 6th fusion rank mage but he managed to do something that only magic could do without using a magic circle


    If this was known to all the mages in the world then they would definitely be shocked to the core


    ——


    Outside Vadena City, formless ck smoke suddenly appeared and condensed into the figure of ude


    He was floating in the sky, surrounded by clouds. Such a scene should be a great subject for painting but because of his serious and murderous expressions, the harmony between him and the clouds suffered greatly


    “Myriad Poison Serpent,e out” ude said calmly as if he was sure that someone called Myriad Poison Serpent is really nearby and could see him


    “…”


    Moments passed but nothing happened and ude was forced to make a move. He raises his right hand that was suddenly engulfed with the power of light


    He waved his hand aggressively and sent that beam of light in a particr direction


    At first, still nothing happened but after the light beam traveled tens of meters away from ude, space suddenly twisted as if someone that was hiding in it decided to show themselves


    A woman with a beautifully alluring face and body appeared and with a simple wave of her hand, the light beam disintegrated


    “ude Preston… what a surprise. How did you know I was there? No, that was not important. How can you control the elements without the aid of a magic circle? I doubt that you are now a 7th rank mage” the woman said in interest though deep inside her, she waspletely shocked


    A 6th fusion rank mage controlling the power of the elements without the aid of a magic circle? Common sense dictates that something like that is impossible


    The ‘brokenws’ of earth made it so that the ‘mortal mages’ couldn’t and would never be able to control the elements and form a spell without the help of mystic gems and magic circles