Chapter 426: Ster Sage''s Aura
"[<strong>Voyaging</strong> <strong>Star</strong>. <strong>Rift</strong> <strong>Shuttle</strong>. <strong>Ghost</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rupture</strong>. <strong>Quintuple</strong> <strong>Burst</strong>. <strong>Dusk</strong> <strong>Mane</strong>,]" Rakna chanted in session and within a single breath. His body lit up with purple mes, blurred, surged with internal force, and was cloaked in a mane the color of the setting sun.
"[<strong>Triad</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Aura</strong>,]" he whispered and a ck and purple aura exploded out of him into a pir of energy. He released the full potential of it at once, piercing through the inward projection of his Nephilim powers. It thundered into existence with a rumbling sound and the werewolf promptly began to rein it in before it could damage the moon.
He concentrated carefully and slowlypressed the pir into a bubble around him. He activated <strong>Founding</strong> <strong>Intuition</strong> to help him and overclocked his mind with Eye of Symphony.
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<strong>Triad Star Aura </strong>has leveled up!
<strong>Triad Star Aura </strong>as Exceled!? ? ?
Rakna grinned lightly at that. Oh, he <em>knew</em> what he wanted to do now. He didn''t exactly know what it would do, but he could do it, and that was a good enough reason for him. The Chalice on his back began to shine and his tails shimmered with purple embers.
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<strong>Wisdom of The Soul </strong>has leveled up!
You are concentrating great amounts of soul power into <strong>Triad</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Aura</strong>!
The level boundary of <strong>Triad</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Aura</strong> is copsing!
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<strong>Triad</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Aura</strong> has Ascended into the Divine Skill, <strong>Ster</strong> <strong>Sage''s</strong> <strong>Aura</strong>!
Your Obsidian Star has consumed the gained divinity!
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<strong>Ster</strong> <strong>Sage''s Aura</strong> has been re-ssified as an Ultimate Excelled Skill!
…Error!
<strong>Ster</strong> <strong>Sage''s Aura</strong> has been re-ssified as a Personal Skill!
…Error!
<strong>Ster</strong> <strong>Sage''s Aura</strong> has been re-ssified as Philosopher Craft!
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As soon as the notification rang, his aura suddenly disappeared. It wasn''t even gradual. The bubble of purple and ck energy merely vanished in the blink of an eye. But for Rakna? His grin got even wider. Only he knew what was happening and he was more than happy about it.
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<strong>Ster</strong> <strong>Sage''s</strong> <strong>Aura</strong>
An aura directly connected and fueled by the soul of Rakna Xiorra de and thus intrinsically linked to its capability. Much like the Trait, <strong>Obsidian</strong> <strong>Blood of the Sage Beast</strong>, the user''s aura can be transmuted, altered, and manipted at will. It retains the primary powers of the three Mystic Stars but gains functions residing on a muchrger spectrum due to its Nephal container.
Not only can the user now transmute other elements into a new aura, but it can also be exploited at a deeper level. Auras are generally defined by thebination of Internal Powers such as Mana, Mind, Willpower, Soul, Internal Force, and Intent. The more mastery one has, the more can be mixed at once. And the more Life Force one possesses, the more effective thebination.
The Sage''s Aura allows the user to sacrifice the bination'' altogether to make one of its ponents'' stronger in every way. For instance, it is possible to temporarily sacrifice aura to bolster both the quantity and quality of the user''s mana.
Auras naturally possess the aspect of dampening iing magic and, to a lesser extent, physical interference. It also acts as an obstacle for space-time fluctuations and other abilities such as telekinesis. These particr traits can be strengthened in much the same way if one of theponents is sacrificed instead.
<strong>Note</strong>: Transmuted Auras will be capable of absorbing the same elements it is made of, but possess a limit that does not apply to either the Everfrost or Neverwinter Stars. For example, creating an earth-based aura will not absorb Earth Spells without limit, as they are not a part of the Obsidian Star, but a byproduct of it.
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Of course, the first thing Rakna did was discard his aura. None of it was needed. There was barely anything his physical body and soul couldn''t deal with head-on. A battle could asionally be won or turned around with a sh of auras, but his current target was not a valid opponent for that.
Instead, his internal force surged incredibly high and <strong>Ghost</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rupture</strong> began to crackle audibly, affecting the air itself with its ''distortion''. The werewolf''s muscles nearly burst with potency and his attributes and statistics began to glitch. Naturally, he reallocated attributes into Endurance.
"[<strong>Ripple</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Exodus</strong>,]" he muttered and the building he stood on began to vibrate just from being in contact with him, blurring out of view like his body did.
And finally, he breathed in and activated his most powerful skill. A tenth tail appeared on his back and for an instant, the entire moon was put under a stifling weight.
It wasn''t aura or life force; it was more tangible. It was like carrying tons of weight; the physical manifestation of Ki. Once cultivated to a certain extent, Internal Force would extend outside of the body while still under control.
Rakna smiled at the notifications of his Sub-Path collecting the sentiments directed at him, and kicked the ground, pping all six of his wings at the same time.
With the full potential of his Luqu''s Wings, not even the atmosphere reacted to his take-off. The building he was standing on, on the other hand, shattered upward after a dy; as if pulled up by an inexistent pole of gravity.
Soma watched from below as his child flew at speeds he could barely follow. He smiled to himself as the Moon-Dwellers and demons around him stared in shock.
Ramsa wasn''t far away as she also watched it happen. After a moment, she exchanged nces with the Moon God and they nodded at each other before disappearing in shes of Sr and Lunar Energy respectively.
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As soon as Rakna had summoned his Tenth Tail, not a single entity on the moon, and neither the Earth itself, was unaware of his presence. The half-awoken Fiend immediately reacted and many altered demons exited the atmosphere to meet the iing enemy.
A few minutester, after traveling a massive distance through sheer speed and several Quantic Leaps, Rakna collided with the first wave of demons.
The werewolf tore through the figure of a giant minotaur-like demon, followed by a horde of more Reverie Eaters and something called Blights; strange creatures with rounded bodies, many pairs of eyes, an armor te of demonic energy, and tentacle-like horns that served as their weapons.
Thousands of them piled upon one another and createds with their limbs, attempting to block his advance. Rakna was forced to slow down, even as every single one of his blows created ripples in the fabric of dimensions, popping them like balloons.
Calling Sonata into his hand, he silently swung the Guandao, transferring as much Ki into it as he could. "[<strong>de</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rupture</strong>,]" he whispered after the movement, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred demons were bisected with the sound of crystal breaking.
However, even more reced them and the werewolf snorted. "Proliferating like rats…" He uttered and his eyes shed, prompting the return of his aura. A blinding silver-white light erupted from around him and directly incinerated a hundred more demons.
Lunisr mes danced around Rakna, rising from his body as his new aura. He then raised his weapon and clenched it. "[<strong>Core </strong>– <strong>Lunisr</strong> <strong>ze</strong>,]" he muttered and Sonata''s de brightened the exact same way, fading to a white and silver color scheme.
"[<strong>Crescent</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>a</strong> <strong>Falling</strong> <strong>Star</strong>,]" he intoned and for a brief second, star energy erupted before being consumed in lunisr fire. The attack shot out and exploded in the demons'' midst, cremating them down to purple ashes.
Subsequently, Rakna focused on his aura again. Other than its evolution, he had been wanting to do something ever since his fight with Lilia. And now? It felt like he had skipped all the steps.
Without dy between his thoughts and the action, his aura began to write lines of chant around him in zing letters. Furthermore, he spoke those words aloud as well.
"[Shards of rity Abide the Star''s Tyranny.]"
The werewolf dashed forward as the first line of his soul''s luby echoed in the vacuum of space, vibrating the very fabric of space in order to make them heard.
Right after, another chant was written. "[<strong>Natcattiram </strong><strong>Vi?untatu</strong>,]" Rakna uttered and a cocoon of crimson and white mes encased him; the Neverwinter Star merging with lunisr power. Like a shooting star, the spell rocketed him forward at even greater speeds.
It drew a parab, igniting every demon it passed by, sometimes even from afar. It was only after a minute or so that Rakna was forced to stop. Before he knew it, a demon corrupted by the Fiend dashed into his course and kicked him away.
The werewolf''s eyes widened as his spell shattered, looking at his right arm that had been crushed into star energy. He flew back from his attacker, noting that ''he'' lookedpletely different from the ones he had seen on the Moon or quickly defeated on his way here.
It still had charcoal-like skin, but its clothes were only half destroyed and it had a pair of unicolor red eyes. Its hair had not fallen but had beenpletely bleached instead, while the horns and tail it possessed were far bigger and more menacing.
Rakna narrowed his eyes. "[Ought The des of Fragility Rend Your Flesh,]" he continued his chant and charged in, turning Sonata into the rarely used dual-dagger form. He had already used <strong>Crystal</strong> <strong>Sight</strong> to know what he was dealing with, and while it wasn''t a foe he couldn''t defeat, the strength the demon originally had was worrying.
<em>''This guy was only level 600 before being corrupted…'' </em>He thought as he parried the demon''s ws with one of the daggers and stabbed toward its heart with the other. <em>''But now it''s strong enough to be at least two hundred above that.''</em>
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The demon swiped the dagger away with its elbow, disying battle awareness of a fully conscious being, and then kicked at the werewolf, who calmly leaned back to dodge it. But it didn''t stop there and opened its mouth, instantaneously firing a breath of red-demonic energy.
"[<strong>Field</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rupture</strong>,]" Rakna uttered and a burst of Internal Force imploded the attack. Increasing his Speed Attribute, he used <strong>Comet</strong> and pierced the demon''s stomach with his bare hand. As soon as he breached the creature''s defenses, the lunisr mes avidly ate the corruption.
Soon enough, the demon was purified and left unconscious. The werewolf grunted and tossed him in the opposite direction of the Earth, writing several runes on him at the same time to keep him alive until he was rescued.
"[In a Dark Firmament, The Star Prowls the Light.]"
As soon as he was done with that, he could only chuckle when at least ten more flew at him from all directions. "Well then…" He muttered and his aura shimmered, redirecting its power to create hundreds of giant winged wolves even bigger than himself. "[<strong>Wolfen</strong> <strong>Lord</strong>.]"
The summoned wolves with eagle wings howled; their entire body burning with the mes of the moon and sun. They swarmed the demons and ripped them apart with their maws before reducing them to ashes.
"[In Eternal Redemption, The Wolf Sings and Confers.]"
"[In Between The End and Beginning.]"
Rakna flew past them, leaving a trail of white-silver ze behind him. He shed the demons on his way; purified those who could still be saved and killed those who couldn''t. He was getting very close to Earth at that point and he was beginning to sense the absolute abomination hiding inside of it. His Lunisr ze was raging to burn it.
"[Sits the Tamed Mayhem of the Philosopher.]"
"[Spilling Blood and Smothering Death.]"
Rakna sang two more lines of his Cōl Lāli and growled when he felt a field of energy push against him like a barrier. He tried to increase the output of his lunisr mes, but it barely worked. From an outside perspective, it was as if he was being halted by something invisible.
On the other hand, <strong>Crystal</strong> <strong>Sight</strong> could clearly see the miasmaing out from the center of the and gushing out. He had entered its range and was now going against the current.
"…that''s the limit, huh?" Rakna muttered and instead of persisting, he shook off the demons who were about to surround him and flew up. He circled the Earth until he was on the side the sun was currently illuminating.
"[Pitying Fairness and Collecting Hearts,]" he uttered the penultimate line of his incantation and raised his hand, palm open.
"{Are you going to summon your Soul Marble?}" Fray asked.
<em>''Hah, as if. I''m confident in my soul, but not enough that I''d both manage to trap an entire into it and fight back against a primordial force of corruption,'' </em>Rakna retorted and proceeded to sacrifice his aura once again. <em>''Like I said… we blow it up.''</em>
"[The One, They Call Harvest.]"
"[<strong>Obsidian Star Manifestation </strong>–<strong> External Release.</strong>]"