《Speed Is King》 Chapter 1 Elliot screamed in absolute exhration as he smashed his foot on the brakes, just enough to fully utilize the power of his ceramic brakes but not so much that his tires locked up. He went from two hundred miles an hour to forty miles an hour in a heartbeat. He entered the sharp corner from the outside at the maximum entry speed and skillfully brought his car to the threshold of his tire¡¯s grip. SCREEE!! He took the corner at record speed like a professional racer and then floored the pedal to the metal once more! RAAARR!! His 2401 Agera II shot out of the curve like a bullet and quickly caught up to Natoru¡¯s Gardo III who didn¡¯t quite clear the corner as perfectly as he did. ¡°Gotcha! It¡¯s my turn to ruin your car, asswipe!!¡± Elliot ¡®s lips curled into a grim smile as his eyes zed with excitement and an intense thirst for revenge. Elliot deftly positioned his Agera II diagonally behind Natoru¡¯s Gardo III and then with a quick flick of his wrist, he bumped the Gardo III from the rear. Well, it wasn¡¯t a bump, actually. It was more like a crash. CRASH! Elliot¡¯s little crash caused Natoru¡¯s Lamborghini to swerve violently to the right! ¡°Damn! If it was going just a tiny bit faster, it would have flipped!¡± Elliot cursed his bad luck as he tapped on his brake to avoid Natoru. After Natoru veered off the road, Elliot smashed his foot down the elerator once more and his sleek Koenegsigg Agera II sted off, leaving Natoru and his Gardo III in the dust. Ding! [Daily mission #350: Fishtail an opponent] Complete. 50 points acquired. Elliot ignored the familiar notifications in his mind and shifted to sixth gear. VROOM!! His Agera II leapt ahead as it¡¯s 10 Liter V20 hypercharged engine roared like a mighty beast and delivered one thousand horsepower to each of his four tires, powering him down the deserted highway in excess of four hundred kilometers an hour. ¡°There would be no way Natoru can catch up to me now.¡± Elliot thought in satisfaction. ¡°It¡¯s almost all straightway from here on. I will reach Das in thirty minutes tops. The pole position is mine!¡± However, before he could fully bask in the warm glow of his minor victory over Natoru, he caught sight of something bright in his rearview mirror. ¡°Huh? What¡¯s tha.. OH MY GOD!¡± Elliot screamed in horror. It was aser-guided rocket-propelled grenade!¡± SEEEEEEEEEE!! Theser-guided RPG gave out a terrifying high-pitched wail as it rapidly approached Elliot¡¯s Agera II. Travelling at over four hundred meters a second, there was no way he could outrun it or even dodge it. ¡°Damn it! Damn it all!¡± He shouted with a deep sense of regret and unwillingness. ¡°It¡¯s all because of my stupid sponsors! How is it that I won the Monthly Race THREE times in a row, secured an additional Diamond Sponsor and got NOTHING??¡± Elliot gave voice to his extremely deep-seated grievance that had been weighing down on him for the past few months. ¡°Natoru only got participationst race and he got a G*D D*MN RPG! DAMN YOU DIAMOND SPONSORS!! DAMN YOUR SOULS TO HELL!! DAMN YOUUUUU-¡° BOOM!! Theser-guided RPG that Natoru got from his Bronze Sponsor was military grade, and could easily blow up an armored tank. Elliot and his Agera had no chance at all. However, just as his Agera II was heaving upward and forward due to the RPG¡¯s explosion, time seemed to stop. Ding! yer 1,227,454, Elliot Musk on the verge of death. Activating Diamond Sponsor Time Walker¡¯s Boon: Reverse Time Walk. Randomizing length. 350 days. Processing¡¯| ¡®| Complete. After that, everything went ck for a moment. When Elliot opened his eyes, he was back in his old cottage out in an unknown small town somewhere in the State of California. He frowned deeply and nced at the information panel next to his bed. 31st December 2421. Exactly 350 days before his death, and one day before the aliens invaded. ¡°What? Did I go back in time?¡± Elliot was surprised, but adrenaline was already pumping in his veins. Ding! Diamond Sponsor Void Walker¡¯s Boon, Reverse Time Walkpleted. Ding! Activating Diamond Sponsor Monkey King¡¯s Boon: SSS Beast Taming System. Processing¡¯| ¡®| Complete. ¡°Wee to the SSS Beast Taming System.¡± A different voice sounded in his head. ¡°I am Hawk, your AI. I will guide you to your destiny as a Divine Beast Tamer of the Frosthaven Empire.¡± *-*-*-*-* ¡°Void Walker!!!¡± A giant golden dragon roared in anger. ¡°What is the meaning of this?! Why are we back at the beginning!!¡± A cute little girl in a cute warm yellow dress that looked barely a day over ten years old turned to the massive ten meter tall dragon and rolled her eyes. ¡°It was random. If you want to me anyone, me the organizers. How in the world did they manage to get the maximum roll on such a powerful boon? The maximum roll was only three weeks previously.¡± The little girl shook her head in slight wonder and amazement. ¡°That Elliot dude is extremely lucky.¡± ¡°LUCKY?¡± The golden dragon roared again. ¡°He¡¯s basically restarting the Game knowing EVERYTHING that would happen in the next 350 days! THAT¡¯S CHEATING!¡± The little girl merely gave the golden dragon a wide grin and shrugged helplessly. It was out of her hands and he knew it. She nced down on her betting slip. Bettor: Jessica Sands Bet on: Elliot Musk Final Victory Bet size: 30 resources. Payoff: 3,000 resources. Jessica Sands the Void Walker chuckled with great satisfaction. 3,000 resources! That little punk was about to make her very, very rich! She turned to look at the Monkey Lord who was simrly looking at his betting slip with a foolish smile. ¡°How much did you bet?¡± Void Walker asked. ¡°Two resources.¡± Monkey Lord replied. ¡°You?¡± ¡°30.¡± At that, the other fifty or so Diamond Sponsors turned their heads around to look at the Void Walked in shock and undisguised envy. ¡°THAT¡¯S CHEATING! CHEATING!!!¡± The golden dragon roared furiously. But everyone present could hear the jealousy and unwillingness in his voice. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 2 ¡°SSS Beast Taming System?! Are you freaking kidding me¡¯|¡± Elliot groaned. The absurdity and awesomeness of something as incredible as going back in time and receiving a ¡°system¡± waspletely lost on Elliot. He had seen too many crazy things happen in the past 11 months, and another two crazy things happening was well¡¯| Meh. In fact, he was feeling rather pissed. ¡°Why Beast Taming System?? Why not a Professional Racing System? Or a Rocket Building System? Heck I¡¯ll even ept a Professional Stealing System! Curse you Diamond Sponsor! Curse you MONKEY KING!!¡± Elliot shouted vehemently, not knowing that every single thing he said or did was being broadcasted live to the aliens. In fact, the extremely ultra high-definition screen in the VIP Diamond Sponsor room was currently focused on him and his words. *-*-*-*-* ¡°Hahahahahaha!¡± Void Walker roared withughter. ¡°He is actually cursing you, Monkey! He is such an ungrateful recipient of your ridiculously powerful SSS System! Maybe you should sabotage his system a little, turn him into a monkey or something.¡± Monkey King merely smiled at Void Walker and said very confidently. ¡°He is merely cursing out of ignorance. Once he begins to use my SSS Grade Beast System and discovers its true power, he will be my number one fan. At that time, recruiting him into my faction would be a piece of cake.¡± The golden dragon snorted derisively. ¡°That is if he gets into the finals. That¡¯s a big IF. He almost died countless times before. Maybe his luck would be worse this time and he¡¯ll die for real soon.¡± ¡°A, poor golden lizard. Are you really that bitter about him rolling the full power of my Reverse Time Walk, thereby restarting the entire game with ALL-¡° ¡°ENOUGH!¡± The golden dragon roared angrily and stomped off to join the other dragons in the massive VIP room. ¡°Hahaha. Pissing him off is definitely one of my favorite things to do. What a great day. I feel really happy today.¡± Void Walker said with a dreamy smile. ¡°How about you, Monkey?¡± ¡°Yes, me too. And I am about to be much happier. Look at the screen.¡± Monkey King pointed. ¡°Mystery box? Hohoho. You¡¯re very generous, aren¡¯t you?¡± Void Walker said. *-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Show me what you can do then, Hawk.¡± Elliot said with a rueful sigh, his mind still full of the awesome possibilities that would be unlocked if only he had received a Professional Driving System. [As you wish. Let me begin by showing you your stats.] Character Name: Elliot Musk Current Level: 1 HP: 100/100 Current Experience: 0/100 Strength: 0.6 AI Comment: Weaker than the average human being. Definitely weaker than a monkey. Intellect: 0.7 AI Comment: Smarter than a monkey. Still a bit on the dumb sidepared to the average human being. Endurance: 0.5 AI Comment: Far weaker than the average human being. Slightly stronger than a newborn monkey. Reflexes: 1.3 AI Comment: Much faster reaction speed than the average human being. Almost as fast as a monkey. Looks: 0.6 AI Comment: Uglier than the average human being. Definitely uglier than a monkey. Emotional health: 0.4 AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let¡¯s not even mention the monkey to avoid host¡¯s emotional health from dropping further. Mental health: 0.4 AI Comment: Borderline psychopath.Crazier than the average human being. Totally nutspared to a monkey. Beast Affinity: 0.0 AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals. Seriously. Overall: 0.56 AI Comment: You need help. A LOT of help.¡± ¡°WHAT? Why are my stats so low? And what¡¯s with all theparison to monkeys?¡± Elliot yelled at Hawk. [Monkeyparison is a bonus feature, gifted by the Monkey King. Your stats are low due to many long years of unhealthy living such asck of exercise,ck of sleep,ck of fiber and protein in your dietary intake,ck of attention,ck of love,ck of motivation and definitely ack of money. ] ¡°¡­ ¡®| ¡®| HA HA!¡± Elliotughed. ¡°You¡¯re exactly right! My goodness, I really was unhealthy before the apocalypse hit us huh?¡± [Affirmative.] Hawk replied in his emotionless voice. ¡°¡­ ¡®| That was a RHETORICAL question. You did not need to answer that.¡± Elliot said with a slightly helpless sigh. ¡°Anyway, what else can you show me?¡± [The point system, skill system and shop is currently unavable at your level. Please gain a level as soon as possible to unlock these systems. Item system online. You have a bonus Starter Package gifted by the Monkey King. Would you like to open it?] ¡°Yes. Please open it for me.¡± Elliot nodded. [Opening Starter Package.] [Received 1x Small Mystery Box.] [Received 1x XS Random Attribute Candy.] [Received 1x Small XP Candy.] [Received 1x Small Beast Taming Candy.] ¡°Sweet. Random Attribute Candy and XP Candy! Please consume both candies for me.¡± Elliot instructed the system. [Affirmative.] [Consuming Random Attribute Candy¡¯|] [Received 0.1 Luck!] [Luck Attribute unlocked.] [Consuming XP Candy¡¯|] [Received 100 XP!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 2!] [You have received 10 points for levelling up.] [Point System unlocked.] [Shop unlocked.] [You may assign your points to any attribute to increase the selected attribute by 0.1 points. Alternatively, you may use your points to purchase and level up your items and skills.] ¡°Please assign 10 points to luck.¡± Elliot instructed the system. [Assign 10 points to luck. Please confirm.] ¡°Confirm.¡± [Luck increased to 1.1 AIment: Luckier than the average human being. If you¡¯re a monkey, you¡¯ll find bananas to eat every week.] ¡°Sweet. I like bananas. Please open the Mystery Box. And DON¡¯T give me bananas!¡± [Opening Small Mystery Box.] [Received 1x Magic Banana.] Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 3 ¡°WHAT!? What did I just say? What did I just say?? DO NOT GIVE ME BANANAS!¡± Elliot roared at the system angrily. ¡°I AM NOT A MONKEY!¡± [Magic Banana is a Unique Grade item. Would you like to read its description?] At the words ¡°Unique Grade item¡±, Elliot¡¯s anger suddenly evaporated like a drop of water in the simmering heat of the desert at noon. ¡°Ah hahaha. I might have over-reacted a little. Ehm. Yes please, show me the description of the Magic Banana.¡± Elliot said rather sheepishly. [Magic Banana. Unique Grade. Grants the yer a permanent increase of 2 Beast Affinity points with Monkey and Ape type beasts. Grants the yer a unique 6th sense to discover bananas.] Elliot felt his anger starting to bubble up within him once more when he discovered the near useless effect of the ¡°Unique Grade¡± Magic Banana. But he suddenly sighed and threw himself back on his bed. ¡°Ah what¡¯s the use? At least I know exactly what will happen tomorrow morning. I¡¯ll be able to prepare myself for that.¡± ¡°Hawk, at least tell me how to level up so I can assign more points to my stats!¡± [Affirmative.] [You will be able to gain experience points via three main methods.] [The first method is by gaining both theoretical and practical knowledge of beasts. The more you know about beasts, the more effective you will be as a beast tamer. Before level 10, you can only gain a maximum of one thousand experience points using this method.] [The second method is by killing beasts. Before level 10, you can only gain a maximum of two thousand experience points using this method.] [The third method is by taming beasts. Before level 10, you can only gain a maximum of four thousand experience points using this method.] ¡°Hmmm. That¡¯s not too bad. So I can just read a beast encyclopedia and gain levels that way?¡± Elliot asked the system. [Affirmative. All the knowledge you acquire will be stored within my database, and could be essed anytime and anywhere.] ¡°Excellent! Let me gain that 1000 points first then!¡± Elliot jumped out of his bed eagerly and began to surf the inte for all sorts of beast-rted information. ¡°The mantis shrimp has the world¡¯s fastest punch at 50mph! It elerates faster than a 0.22 calibre bullet¡¯|?¡± [10 XP gained.] ¡°Puffins use twigs to scratch their bodies?¡± [2 XP gained.] ¡°99% of Bottlenose Dolphins are right handed!¡± [2 XP gained.] ¡°Capuchin Monkeys wash their hands and feet in urine! Oh my¡¯|¡± [30 XP gained.] ¡°Whoa, 30? You must really like it when I learn about monkeys huh? Alright then!¡± ¡°Grooming each other is an expression of love for monkeys!¡± [15 XP gained.] ¡°Monkeys can understand numbers and count! Hmmm, that¡¯s actually pretty cool.¡± [20 XP gained.] After one hour of nonstop reading about monkeys, Elliot finally hit level four after collecting 1000 XP points. ¡°Damn it. I know so much about monkeys now. Way too much than I would have liked, especially all their mating habits.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°But the XP is good, and now I have 40 points to spend! Hawk! Show me my updated stats.¡± Beast Affinity: 0.01 Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 2 AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals, except monkeys and apes. They LOVE you! Luck: 1.1 AIment: Luckier than the average human being. If you¡¯re a monkey, you¡¯ll find bananas to eat every week. Overall: 0.62 AI Comment: You still need help. A LOT of help.¡± Avable points: 40 ¡°Ok, slight improvement in my overall score. Let me see what sort of skills I can buy!¡± [Skills avable for purchase:] [Beast Taming Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.] [Cost: 5 points] [Summon Beasts ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control the beasts you have tamed.] [Cost: 5 points] [Summon Wolf ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon wolf] [Cost: 5 points] [Summon Hawk ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon hawk] [Cost: 5 points] ¡°Hmmm. All look pretty good to me. I want them all!¡± Elliot told the system. [Purchasing [Beast Taming Aura], [Summon Beasts], [Summon Wolf], [Summon Hawk]. Please confirm.] All at once, Elliot felt a jolt of power suddenly infuse his body. Although he did not feel stronger, he immediately sensed that he could do several new things. He jumped out of his bed and quickly stretched out his hand. ¡°Summon Hawk.¡± Elliot whispered softly. Right before his eyes, a grey mist suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After swirling for a second, the grey mist disappeared and revealed an extremely fierce-looking but incredibly cool hawk! SCREECH!! The hawk screamed loudly and pped its massive wings! ¡°WHOAAA!!!¡± Elliot was so shocked that he screamed out as well and fell back on his bed! However, the hawk did not attack him and merely flew off to perch on his chair. It¡¯s sharp beak and ws seemed ready to kill and its eyes seemed to stare daggers at him. Even though it was merely a hawk, its regal presencepletely filled the room, demanding from every being in it their tribute of attention. Which Elliot was happy to give, of course. Elliot gulped and gave the hawk a weak smile. ¡°Good hawk. Stay there and don¡¯t go anywhere.¡± Thankfully, it was fully under his control and it obeyed his every word. If not, that hawk¡¯s sharp beak and ws could definitely deal heavy damage to him. Elliot took a deep breath and slowly got used to having a hawk under his control. Already, his mind was aswirl with the things he could with such a powerful beast under hismand. Suffice to say, with a hawk to keep a lookout from the sky, his chances of survival had skyrocketed. ¡°Alright. Next, the wolf.¡± After experiencing the hawk¡¯splete obedience to his words, Elliot had no worries whatsoever in summoning the wolf. ¡°Summon wolf..¡± He whispered. Chapter 4 As before, a swirling grey mist appeared out of nowhere and disappeared as quickly as it came, revealing in its ce a big, grey wolf. Immediately, Elliot asserted his will over the wolf, preventing him from howling or making anyrge movements. The wolf obeyed and simply sat on its haunches, keeping both Elliot and the Hawk well within its sights. Elliot looked at both his wolf and hawk proudly. ¡°Excellent. With these two, I definitely can kill lots of beasts and gain more levels, and more skills and stats, and more levels and¡¯| Mwa ha ha ha! I could definitely do well in the apocalypse! What a great system! Having two Diamond Sponsors is really great! Hahahaha! HAHAHAHA!¡± Elliot spent the next few minutes justughing to his heart¡¯s content. Pure confidence oozed out of his every pore, and he knew for certain that he would be able to not only survive the apocalypse, but also rise to the very top using his knowledge of the future and the Beast Taming System! *-*-*-*-*-* ¡°See?¡± The Monkey King grinned at the Void Walker. ¡°He hadn¡¯t even discovered the real strength of the system, and already he¡¯s praising it. Wait till he finds out what skills he can learn once he reaches level 25¡¯| Hahaha!¡± ¡°Hahaha!¡± The Void Walkerughed happily as well. ¡°If he does well, we do well! I¡¯m really d he secured you as his Diamond Sponsor back then. It was such a close thing too. If he didn¡¯t identally piss off the Red Eyed Demon gang members, then he definitely wouldn¡¯t have taken such a great risk by challenging the Speed Devil to the one on one race which won him the right to choose another Diamond Sponsor. And to think he chose you!¡± ¡°He truly is a lucky person. Still, I find it truly strange how his luck stat was not even unlocked. I was expecting to see a luck stat of at least 5 points, considering the heaven defying luck he exhibited.¡± Monkey King frowned lightly as he pondered the strangeness of the situation. ¡°If he is so lucky even with his luck stat still locked, then that could only mean one thing¡¯|¡± Void Walker frowned lightly as well before widening her eyes in surprise. ¡°No way¡¯| He couldn¡¯t be¡¯|¡± ¡°Yes, I think that¡¯s the only usible exnation. He is the carrier of the advanced stat: Fortune.¡± *-*-*-*-*-* ¡°What should I do with my remaining 20 points? Hmmm.¡± Elliot nced at his stats and pondered. ¡°Hawk, show me the shop.¡± Elliot decided to check out the items avable for sale first. [Acknowledged. Items for sale in the Level 1 Shop:] [Minor Healing Potion ¨C Heals you for 100 HP] [Cost: 5 points.] [Cooldown Reduction Potion ¨C Reduces Skill Cooldown by 5 minutes] [Cost: 5 points] [Minor Attribute Boost Potion ¨C Boosts selected attribute by 1 for 5 minutes] [Cost: 5 points] [Beast Affinity Boost Potion ¨C Boosts Beast Affinity attribute by 2 for 5 minutes.][Cost: 7 points] [Small Mystery Box ¨C Contains a random item.] [Cost: 10 points] ¡°Thest time I opened a [Small Mystery Box], I got a [Magic Banana]. It seemed rather useless at first, but considering the effects of the potions, gaining 2 permanent points in affinity with monkeys and apes seems rather good.¡± Elliot thought out loud. ¡°Let¡¯s try opening one more. Hawk! Get me the [Small Mystery Box] and open it please!¡± [Acknowledged. [Opening Small Mystery Box.] [Received 1x Large Beast Lure.] ¡°Hmmm? Large Beast Lure? Hawk, show me its description.¡± [Large Beast Lure. Rare grade. Using this item will lure a Large Beast to your location. Use it with extreme caution.] ¡°Hohoho. For any other person, this could only work as a final resort in a desperate situation. But with me¡¯| I can use it and then try to tame it!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes shone brightly. The ferocious beasts that the aliens would unleashter on would all be extremelyrge. Some even hunt in packs. If he could somehow tame arge beast, it would increase the chances of his survival greatly. ¡°What kind of beast falls under the Large category?¡± [Large beasts are above 1,000 kilograms but below 5,000 kilograms.] ¡°Five¡¯| What the heck? How on earth am I supposed to tame such a huge beast? Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped. His mind raced for a moment as he tried to think of strategies. As his eyesnded on his wolf, he suddenly thought of an idea. ¡°Wolf packs are formidable. They should be able to take down a Large Beast if they worked together. Plus if they have help from a hawk, or several hawks¡¯|¡± Elliot murmured. ¡°Hawk, show me my skill descriptions.¡± [Acknowledged.] [Level 1 Beast Taming Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.] [Next level ¨C Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.4.] [Next level cost ¨C 5 points] [Level 1 Summon Beasts ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 tamed beast up to the Medium category.] [Next level ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 4 tamed beasts up to the Medium category.] [Next level cost ¨C 5 points] [Level 1 Summon Wolf ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon wolf.] [Next level ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporarymon wolves.] [Next level cost ¨C 5 points] [Level 1 Summon Hawk ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon hawk] [Next level ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporarymon hawks] [Next level cost: 5 points] ¡°If I want to summon 11 wolves, I¡¯ll need 50 points, right Hawk?¡± [Affirmative.] Elliot nodded.. ¡°That¡¯s settled then. My goal for today ¨C reach level 9, summon 11 wolves and 1 hawk, and then tame the Large Beast!¡± Chapter 5 ¡°Hawk, dump my remaining points on Summon Wolf and upgrade it to level three.¡± Elliot said. ¡°How many hours do I have left before the aliens smash the cities and unleash hell upon this world?¡± Elliot asked. [Based on the previous timeline, you have thirty hours, twenty minutes and six seconds.] ¡°Hmmm. If I remember correctly, their energy beams woulde and totally level all ourrge cities, leaving only the minor towns and viges. After that would be the announcement in the sky. And then¡¯| the mad rush for resources and shelter, and the Great Culling by the beasts and the alien fugitives.¡± Elliot shuddered lightly as he recalled the horrifying things that happened in the previous turning of the wheel of life. It wasn¡¯t pretty. The one hundred million survivors went through a week of absolute hell. Most fell to the ferocious and hungry beasts unleashed by the aliens. But a significant number died to each other when the strong preyed on the weak, stealing their resources and their shelters. Not a small numbermitted suicide, preferring to die a quick death rather than the slow torture of living under the shadow of a horrible death by the monsters, both man and beast alike. At the end of the first week, one hundred million survivors became ten million. Out of the ten million, one and a half were in North America and became Elliot¡¯s directpetitors to be the top survivor of the continent. ¡°Anyway, the first race for people living in my area will happen at the end of the month. It would be a straight up mega drag race for 10km along the Pacific Coast Highway. I¡¯ll need a hypercar with a high top speed¡­ Uhh where will that Bugatti Jirzon drop again?¡± Elliot scrunched up his face as he tried to recall where the previous winner of the first race said he got his Jirzon. The aliens would drop a few thousand cars one week before the end of the month at random locations, and these locations would be hotspots where the most brutal fights and killings would ur. yers, fugitives, andter beasts would congregate at these spots of a monthly session of blood, gore and mayhem. Only yers with these cars would be able to participate in the monthly races where amazing prizes await the winners. ¡°It¡¯s near some hypermarket¡­ Like the one Jessica and Jennifer used to work¡­¡± Suddenly a realization struck him like thunder. ¡°MY SISTERS! THEY ARE STILL ALIVE RIGHT NOW!!¡± Elliot screamed ecstatically. ¡°MY SISTERS!!!¡± Tears began to flow down his cheeks as he fell to his knees, sobbing and screaming lightly in happiness as the full realization that he could save them this time struck him. ¡°Oh God, thank you thank you thank you¡¯|¡± A new burning desire bloomed in his heart and spread throughout his soul and his heart like wildfire. ¡°This time. AT ALL COSTS! I will save them.¡± He clenched his fist so tightly that his nails drew blood. But he was totally oblivious to it. ¡°I WILL win this damned game, and I WILL make sure they survive!¡± He sat there on the floor of his tiny cottage for a minute, revelling and basking in the fact that his sisters were still somewhere in town, probably Christmas ¡°shopping¡± and preparing another awesome present for their ¡°Big Fat Bro¡±. Elliot was eighteen years old at that time and he was a middle school dropout. His parents died when he was twelve, leaving him alone with his adorable twin sisters who were only six at that time. An ¡°aunt¡± had moved in to take care of them, but she was too busy selling away their stuff one by one to do much caring. ¡°For your daily expenses.¡± She had imed. Elliot was forced to quit school and work part-time to pay for their daily necessities. His ¡°aunt¡± had imed that she would be too busy cleaning and cooking to work, so he had to ¡°be the man of the house¡± and bring home the money. It was tough at first, nobody wanted to hire a scrawny twelve year old. But he finally found a job as a cleaner in a car mechanic shop. It was a dirty and hard job, but at least he brought home a little bit of money every Sunday. ¡°A mere pittancepared to what I am doing for you all.¡± His ¡°aunt¡± had grumbled everytime she shamelessly took the money from his hands every week. And after two years of doing the bare minimum, she had finally run out of things to sell. She took the car and disappeared, leaving him alone once more with his sisters. However, for all the bad things his wretched ¡°aunt¡± had done, she had at least given him the most precious resource of all ¨C time. By the time she left, Elliot was already fourteen and worked at two part time jobs. He made just enough to keep himself and his two sisters alive in a town where nobody really cared whether they lived or died. Beingpletely alone without any lifelines, he knew it was all up to him. He took up the responsibility of taking care of his two sisters seriously, making sure that they were clothed, fed and warm every day, even at the cost of his ownfort and well-being. He made sure their nkets were stuffed and warm during winter. He made sure that their room had good venttion during summer, and had no leaks during the rainy season. Even if he couldn¡¯t afford meat everyday, he made very sure that they would at least have chicken once a week. He would save every spare bit of money he had so that he could get them presents for Christmas, no matter how small and cheap they were. Hepletely ignored his well being just so that his sisters would have a semnce of normalcy in their lives. He was their strong pir, their shelter from the harsh realities of society. Come wind and storm, he stood strong, refusing to falter for even a single day. His sisters knew how hard he worked, and tried to make life as easy as possible for him. At only eight years old, they learned how to cook, clean and do minor house repairs. They pretended to sleep when he tucked them in for bed before he went for his night shift, and then got up after he was gone, continuing to clean the house and doing a little bit of sewing for their brother¡¯s extremely worn clothes. Elliot was so tired all the time working his two jobs to notice much of what his sisters did. He subconsciously attributed theck of issues at home as good fortune, and the fact that his clothes were so durable even after years of hard use as something normal. He was, however, extremely grateful that his sisters had learnt how to cook. ¡°I have such amazing sisters.¡± He thought as he worked himself to the bone. ¡°We have such an awesome brother, make sure we do our part as well.¡± Jessica said to Jennifer. ¡°En.¡± Jennifer replied seriously as she scrubbed Elliot¡¯s clothes gingerly to avoid ripping it. In that way, brother and sisters helped each other survive their most difficult years. Until the aliens came and unleashed their beasts. Chapter 6 ¡°I need to get stronger as fast as I can so that I can protect my sisters when the apocalypse hits us.¡± Elliot said to himself. ¡°I have no time to lose! I have to kill as many beasts as possible and use that Large Beast Lure and tame the Large Beast before tomorrow morning!¡± He dashed deeper into the forest, trying to catch up to his nine wolves and hawk. However, it was really slow going for him. He was really unfit and weak. Hawk the AI was definitely not wrong when he made his viciousments about his strength and endurance. Strength: 0.6 AI Comment: Weaker than the average human being. Definitely weaker than a monkey. Endurance: 0.5 AI Comment: Far weaker than the average human being. Slightly stronger than a newborn monkey. Still, he did not instruct his wolves and hawk to slow down. In fact, his standing imperative for them was to kill as many and as fast as possible. The two types of animals turned out to be an excellentbination for hunting. The hawk easily killed the smaller ones and quickly called out to the wolves whenever it spiedrger ones which it couldn¡¯t handle. It was a highly efficient and deadlybo which hit the forest like a venomous gue. In merely half a day, Elliot gained almost two thousand XP by hunting and had risen to level seven, leaving behind a gruesome trail of corpses as his hawk and wolves zed their way deep into the forest. Soon, the notification he had been waiting for sounded in his mind. [XP limit gained by killing beasts reached. You will no longer gain XP by killing beasts until you reach level 10.] ¡°That¡¯s it then.¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°The easy parts are done. Now I need to attempt to tame a beast. Hawk, how do I do that?¡± [Beast taming requires the formation of a soul contract. Both the Beast Tamer and the Beast must agree to the contract. To initiate the formation of the contract, simply allow your blood to mix with the beast¡¯s blood.] ¡°That¡¯s easy enough. How many beasts can I contract with?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°So I¡¯ll get two contracts every level? And I assume the storage is based on my Summon Beasts skill level?¡± [Affirmative.] ¡°Perfect. Let¡¯s try taming one for starters. Hawk, wolves, bring me any animal, alive AND unharmed please!¡± Elliot instructed his wolves. A series of distant howls and a shrill cry from the sky indicated that they had received his instructions. Within a minute, his hawk returned to his side with a squealing small bear cub clutched in its talons! ¡°Whoa! You¡¯re one brave hawk aren¡¯t you? You actually went for a bear cub!¡± Elliot praised the hawk effusively. The hawk screamed in pleasure and dropped the terrified bear cub right in front of me. It was extremely small and thin, and looked positively wretched for a bear cub. It¡¯s ribs could even be seen through it¡¯s ck, stringy fur. Its brown eyes were open wide and it was trembling in terror. Elliot quickly shed his finger with his knife and pressed it on the cut that the hawk had made on the cub¡¯s body when it was being gripped tightly in the hawk¡¯s talons. Immediately, a weird sensation descended upon him. It was as if he had entered a mind space that only had him and the bear cub. The bear cub¡¯s stats appeared in his mind. Beast Type: ck Bear Cub Beast Name: Ellie Gender: Female Beast Level: 1 Beast Power Level: 1 Beast Grade: Rare Beast Bloodline: ck Bear Emperor (Inactive) Beast Physical Status: Malnourished, Fatigued Beast Emotional Status: Terrified Hobby: Wandering around the forest by herself Evolution Pathways: 7 AI Comments: A rare ck bear cub and a direct offspring of the ck Bear King. If its ck Bear Emperor bloodline can be activated, it would rise in grade to be Epic and gain ess to various powerful skills. And strangely, Elliot could understand everything that the bear cub was feeling and saying! ¡°Nonononono! Bad birdie! Bad birdie! My momma will kill you! Huhuhuhu!¡± The bear cub was crying and screaming at the same time. ¡°Hey there.¡± Elliot called out to it. ¡°AH! What happening? What you? Huhuhu!!¡± ¡°Do you want to form a contract with me? I¡¯ll make sure the hawk doesn¡¯t harm you.¡± The moment Elliot said the word contract, an understanding of what it was and what it entailed suddenly appeared in both his and the bear cub¡¯s minds. ¡°Contract¡¯| NO! I want momma!! Huhuhuhuhu!!¡± The bear cub was hysterical and scared, and only wanted its momma. ¡°You either sign a contract with me or the hawk kills you.¡± Elliot said. ¡°In fact, there are wolves on their way here too¡¯|¡± ¡°WOLF?! WOLF BAD! WOLF BAD!!¡± The bear cub cried out in horror. ¡°Quick sign the contract before they arrive! I¡¯ll protect you!¡± Elliot said urgently. ¡°Ellie sign! Ellie sign!!¡± The bear cub shouted frantically. Instantly, after Ellie the bear cub agreed to the contract, a sense of permanence crystallized in their mind space and it shrunk to a small space at the back of his mind. [ck Bear Cub sessfully tamed.] [100 XP gained.] ¡°Yes!¡± Elliot pumped his fist victoriously. ¡°Well done Ellie!¡± ¡°Ellie safe? You¡¯| Master!¡± Ellie pounced on Elliot¡¯s feet with an unbridled sense of joy which Elliot could sense clearly. Elliot could feel literal waves of feelings rise up from within him for this cute little bear cub which had so naively thrown in her lot with him. ¡°Ah Ellie. I¡¯m sorry you had to sign a contract with me under such¡¯| made up conditions. But I promise you that you will not regret your decision.¡± Elliot murmured as he bent down and carried Ellie in his arms. Ellie¡¯s heart almost burst for joy when Elliot did that. She nuzzled Elliot¡¯s face affectionately and licked him with her cute but very rough tongue. ¡°Do you want to say goodbye to your momma?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Ellie has no momma. Momma dead long time.¡± Ellie replied as she made herselffortable in Elliot¡¯s arms. Elliot could feel a lump rise up his throat as he empathized with Ellie. ¡°Right. I¡¯m your family now. I¡¯ll take good care of you, don¡¯t you worry about that.¡± Elliot stroked Ellie¡¯s fur gently. Ellie nodded sleepily and then promptly fell asleep. She was extremely tired. ¡°Now then, Hawk.. What are Beast Grades and Bloodline and Evolution Pathway?¡± Elliot asked the AI. Chapter 7 [Beast Grade refers to the beast¡¯s rarity inparison to the rest of the world.] [Bloodline points to the Beast Ancestor its skills, power and form is derived from.] ¡°So Ellie is a descendant of the ck Bear Emperor. Why is there an ¡°inactive¡± next to its bloodline?¡± [The ck Bear Emperor¡¯s blood has been diluted to the extreme within Ellie. However, it is still luckier than most as not all beasts are born with a trace of their Ancestor¡¯s bloodline like her.] [Evolution Pathways are the different evolutions that the beast can undergo based on the evolution catalyst ingested. Most beasts will be eligible for evolution once they reach a certain level.] ¡°Uhh¡¯| That sounds suspiciously simr to a beast catching game that was popr a long time ago. What was its name again¡¯| Pocket Beasts? Anyway. How do I activate her bloodline?¡± [She will need to consume the blood of other beasts with the same bloodline.] Elliot nodded. That seemed simple enough. He will scour the forests for more ck bears and ughter them for Ellie. At that moment, the wolves finally returned with a few rabbits, squirrels and a weird looking kitten. Elliot immediately motioned for the kitten to be released. ¡°A Red Lynx kitten!¡± Elliot cried out in pleasant surprise. It was something that his sisters had professed to like. In fact, they had always talked about wanting to tame one for a pet. If he could tame it, he would be able to make their wishese true! ¡°Well done!¡± Elliot praised the wolf who brought the Red Lynx kitten. It wagged its tail happily. Elliot approached the Red Lynx kitten slowly. It hissed and swished its tail as well. But as a member of the cat family, swishing its tail signified anger, not happiness. He got 10 XP after reading up on that earlier on, so he knew it to be true. Its ws were fully extended and ready to deal damage. GRRRR! All nine wolves growled menacingly at the Red Lynx kitten. Although it was extremely small, it didn¡¯t seem to be afraid at all. Elliot gestured for the wolves to calm down and moved even closer to the Red Lynx kitten. However, Elliot¡¯s fast reflexes allowed him to dodge at thest second and his left hand struck out quickly, grabbing the kitten by the back of its neck. ¡°MEOWWWWW!!¡± The Red Lynx kitten meowed and hissed in defiance. It brandished its ws angrily but to no avail. ¡°Sorry for this!¡± Elliot said as he quickly made a small cut on one of the kitten¡¯s paws. He then dropped his knife and grabbed the paw, allowing the ws to puncture his skin and draw blood. As soon as his blood touched the kitten¡¯s, the private mind space descended once more and the kitten¡¯s stats appeared before him. Beast Type: Red Lynx Kitten Beast Name: Not Avable Gender: Female Beast Level: 1 Beast Power Level: 1 Beast Grade: Epic Beast Bloodline: Primal Feline Beast Physical Status: Healthy Beast Emotional Status: Completely pissed-off Hobby: Hunting Evolution Pathways: 2 Skills: Level 1 Stealth ¨C Able to avoid being sensed by living beings beyond a 5 meter radius. Level 1 sh ¨C Deal 50% more sh damage. Level 1 Pounce ¨C 50% faster pounce speed. AI Comments: An extremely rare beast born with activated Primal Feline bloodline. Its stealth skill is one of a kind and it has an extremely quick pounce and powerful sh attack. Has the potential to reach the very top of the food chain. Unlike Ellie before who was rather eloquent as a beast, this Red Lynx Kitten did not speak much. Instead, Elliot felt a jumble of emotions assaulting him. ANGER! INDIGNANCE! AGGRESSION! ATTACK! SCRATCH! ¡°Rx kitty. I mean you no harm.¡± Elliot said soothingly to the kitten. RELAX? BITE! SCRATCH! SLASH! The Red Lynx kitten hissed and tried to squirm its way around Elliot¡¯s hand. But Elliot maintained a firm grip. If he allowed the kitten to turn around, he would have a badly scratched hand within seconds. ¡°Do you want to sign a contract with me? If you do, you¡¯ll get a constant supply of food.¡± Elliot asked. As the details of the contract flooded both their minds, Elliot pushed the concept of food strongly forward and tried to get the kitten¡¯s attention using it. ¡°Food! Do you want FOOD? Look rabbits! Squirrels! They are all for you if you sign the contract!¡± Elliot tempted the kitten. RABBIT! SQUIRREL! Hungry. Need rabbit. Need squirrel!! ¡°Yes. They are all yours. IF you sign the contract. Do you want the rabbit? Do you want the squirrel? Sign the contract first!¡± Elliot said in a soothing voice. Contract? SIGN! SIGN! Need rabbit! Need squirrel! Immediately, the mind space shrunk and settled next to Ellie¡¯s at the back of his mind. [Red Lynx Kitten sessfully tamed.] [200 XP gained.] [Assign a name for the Red Lynx Kitten?] ¡°Hmmm. Red Lynx¡¯| Let¡¯s call it Rex!¡± [Acknowledged.] After the contract was sessfully signed, Elliot let go of Rex and it immediately went for the rabbits and squirrels. It disyed no fear at all as it approached the wolves. ¡°RABBIT! SQUIRREL! MINE!¡± It hissed at the wolves. Elliot chuckled at Rex¡¯sck of fear and instructed the wolves to cripple the rabbits and squirrels before releasing them. Rex pounced at the nearest rabbit, broke its neck with a single powerful bite and then trotted back to Elliot with the rabbit in tow. Master? Rabbit? Itid the rabbit down at Elliot¡¯s feet as a mini offering. Elliot was touched. ¡°No thank you Rex. You can eat all of the rabbits and squirrels.¡± He knelt down and scratched Rex¡¯s head lightly. Being an orphan living in a merciless society, it had been a long time since someone gave him a gift out of pure sincerity like Rex just did. Even though Ellie and Rex were merely his first two practice attempts to tame beasts, he decided deep in his heart that they would apany him for the rest of his journey. Little did he know that his decision that day would eventually lead to the rise and utter domination of the two Beasts that struck fear in the hearts of all the other beasts, fugitives and survivors in the world. Monsters flee when they sensed Rex and Ellie¡¯s aura, alien fugitives and human survivors shuddered at the mention of their names. Names which they rarely used anymore after they spilt rivers of blood in battle after battle. The rest of the world never called them Rex and Ellie. Instead, they called the two of them Death and Destruction. Apt.. Very apt indeed. Chapter 8 ¡°Time to bring in the heavy. It¡¯ll be fine. My beast summons can handle it.¡± Elliot murmured, trying to convince himself that he was ready. ¡°Are you guys ready?¡± He looked at his 11 wolves and 3 hawks which were positioned all around him. They howled and screeched their eagerness to start the hunt. Elliot nodded in satisfaction. He had spent the previous hour taming and releasing all sorts of animals, and was able to push his level to level 10, thereby gaining 20 points and assigning them to his skills and gaining an additional 2 wolves and 2 hawks each. Ellie and Rex were also nearby. Although Elliot forbade them to participate in the uing Large Beast hunt that Elliot would initiate with his [Large Beast Lure], they were allowed to watch. ¡°Here we go! Hawk, activate the [Large Beast Lure]!¡± [Activating [Large Beast Lure]. Large beast enroute. Good luck.] They all waited in silence for a few seconds. ¡°If the [Large Beast Lure] brings in arge 5000 kilogram carnivore, I¡¯m so dead. I should be able to handle carnivores up to 2000 kilograms though. Herbivores are all doable. So technically I can handle 70% of all the beasts that the [Large Beast Lure] can bring in. I should be fine¡¯|¡± BOOM! GRAAAHHHHHHH!!!! ¡°Damn it! That¡¯s a carnivore!¡± BOOM! BOOM! ¡°¡±Grilled poo on a freaking long stick! It sounds HUGE!! DAMN IT! Why is my luck so rotten! Damn you! DAMN YOU!!!¡± Elliot cursed his luck angrily. B O O O O M ! ! GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The wolves whimpered lightly. In his mind, Elliot could feel their fear. There was no way they would attack such a ridiculously powerful beast. The 3 hawks simply flew off to arger tree further away and looked at the giant bear coldly. The fact that they had abandoned their master bothered them not in the slightest. Elliot knew that they too would not attack. ¡°I am so screwed.¡± Elliot despaired as he stared at the giant ck bear which was sniffing the air and looking around. ¡°The apocalypse hasn¡¯t even started and I am already about to die¡¯|¡± ¡°Gramps?¡± Ellie suddenly leapt forward and barked at the giant ck bear like a dog. ¡°Huh? Ellie you¡¯| you know this giant ck bear?!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t believe his luck, the very same luck he just cursed to hell and back. The giant ck bear looked down at theparatively tiny Ellie and slowly lowered its massive head towards her. At that point, Ellie was merely the size of the giant ck bear¡¯s nose! Ellie wobbled unstably on her legs as the giant ck bear sniffed at her. To Ellie, that little sniff was as powerful as a gust of wind during a thunderstorm. The giant ck bear probably recognized Ellie because he suddenlyid down on the ground and grunted affectionately at Ellie. He totally ignored Elliot, the wolves, the hawks and Rex, totally considering them as a no-factor. He was probably right. Ellie began to bark and roar excitedly as she pranced around the giant ck bear like a little horse. ¡°Gramps! Where you go? Huhuhu¡¯| I look look look for you, you no have. Lucky wolf brother find me-¡° At that, the giant ck bear lifted his head to re at the wolves. They shrank back in fear and began to whimper even louder. ¡°AND bring Ellie here to Master! Wolf brother good! Wolf brother good!¡± Ellie quickly said. However, at the mention of the word ¡°Master¡±, the giant ck bear seemed to get even angrier! GRAAHHH!!!! It red at Elliot and roared! Spittle and a powerful gust of smelly breath smashed into him and sent him sprawling to the ground. ¡°Gramps no! Master good! No do that! NO!¡± Ellie bit on the giant ck bear¡¯s paw and pulled at its fur. To absolutely no physical effect, of course. The giant ck bear stood up and growled at Elliot menacingly. ¡°GRAMPS! Naughty gramps! Go naughty corner! Go! GO!¡± Ellie barked cutely. Both the giant ck bear and Elliot turned to look at Ellie with strange looks on their faces. A giant, two thousand kilogram ck bear, presumably the reigning King of the Californian forests, sent to naughty corner?? Her little outburst seemed to work, however, as the giant ck bear stopped growling at Elliot. ¡°I mean her no harm.¡± Elliot lifted both his hands, palms facing out. ¡°My wolves found her weak and fatigued. I signed a contract with her so that I could better take care of her.¡± Elliot lied smoothly. The giant ck bear merely snorted. ¡°Anyway, she¡¯s my tamed beast now, and I promise that I will take care of her as though she is my little sister. In fact, I have two little sisters, so I know how to take care of people. They are both really happy and healthy!¡± Elliot rambled on. Every second the giant ck bear was listening to his words, was another second that it wasn¡¯t attacking him. Elliot counted each word that left his mouth as a victory, so he kept talking. However, his three hawks suddenly screeched loudly and took to the skies. ¡°Huh? That¡¯s strange. They wouldn¡¯t do that unless there¡¯s an imminent danger. What on earth would dare to attack us with a giant ck bear right here? Unless it¡¯s an extrarge¡¯|¡± GRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! The giant ck bear stood up suddenly and roared! ¡°Ellie! Rex! Come here!¡± Elliot quickly called his two little tamed beasts over and hid them within him. ¡°Wolves, to me!¡± Elliot got his wolves to circle around him and prepared to deal with an attack. ¡°Hawks, prepare to dive attack the iing beast. Aim for its eyes!¡± However, he doubted that his wolves and hawks would be able to do much. They were like strong toddlers in an adult¡¯s fight. Chapter 9 His only hope was in the giant ck bear, who had stood up on his hind legs, rising to an impressive ten meters tall. ¡°Hawk, why are there two Large Beasts? I thought the lure would only bring one over!¡± I shouted at the damned AI. [Secondrge beast was not attracted by the [Large Beast Lure]. It was attracted by the ck Bear Lord.] ¡°So Ellie¡¯s grandpa is a ck Bear Lord! Great!¡± Elliot thought excitedly. ¡°But the new beast actually came because of him! Not great. Not great at all!¡± Elliot¡¯s face fell as he thought of this. GRAAAHHHHHHHH!!! The giant ck bear roared out its challenge to the iing Large Beast and smashed open arge tree, fully exhibiting his fearsome power. Elliot looked at ¡°his only hope¡± and wondered what on earth was mad and strong enough to see a two thousand kilogram giant ck bear as prey. When his question was finally answered, however, the hope in his heart wavered and almost died. HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! It was a giant- no SUPERGIANT, dark green anaconda. It was two meters wide and many, many meters long. It was so long that Elliot could not see the rest of its body. Elliot gulped. He stared at the anaconda¡¯s creepy yellow eyes, its extremely sharp fangs and horrifyingly hypnotic scale pattern in great fear. No, not fear. Terror. It was a terror unlike anything he had ever felt before. It started from deep within his bones, rising higher and higher until his heart and his mind waspletely overwhelmed. HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! The anaconda¡¯s horrible hiss amplified his already overwhelming terror by several times. Elliot copsed to his knees. His mind was nk, and the only thing he could do was to await his doom. Thankfully the giant ck bear wasn¡¯t daunted in the slightest. GRAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! It gave an equally terrible roar and charged at the supergiant anaconda. SCREEEEE!! To their credit, the hawks remembered Elliot¡¯s previous order to attack the anaconda¡¯s eyes, and did so at the perfect moment, timing their attacks perfectly with the giant ck bear¡¯s. The supergiant anaconda reared upwards and backward, causing the hawk¡¯s attack to miss and cing them in perfect position for the anaconda¡¯s own attack. Which it did with startling speed and depressing efficiency. CHOMP! One hawk disappeared into its mouth. The remaining two veered away and retreated to reposition for another attack. SMASHH!! The giant ck bear¡¯s attack arrived just after the anaconda swallowed the hawk. Its sharp ws bashed into the anaconda¡¯s head and smashed it aside, gouging out a huge chunk of its flesh in the process. HREAAAAAKHHHHHHH!!! The giant ck bear would have none of it. It whirled and chomped down on the anaconda¡¯s neck with its powerful jaws! However, it bit down slightly too far down the anaconda¡¯s neck, and allowed the anaconda to turn its head to bite the giant ck bear¡¯s nk! GRRRRRRR!!!!!!! The giant ck bear growled in pain, but refused to let go of the snake. Instead, it began to deliver insanely powerful attacks with its ws. SLASHHH! SLASHHH!!!! SLASHH!!!! JAB!!! JAB!!! TWIST!! Attack after attacknded on the anaconda¡¯s body. SCREEEEE!!! Both remaining hawks dived andnded urate attacks on the anaconda¡¯s eyes. Sharp talons pierced through the flimsy eyeballs. After getting a firm grip on the anaconda¡¯s eyes, the hawks pped their wings hard and tried to gouge out both its eyes! HREAAAAAKHHHHHHH!!! The anaconda shrieked in pain and finally let go of the giant ck bear¡¯s nk. The hawks wisely released their grip and escaped. Their mission wasplete. The anaconda was blinded. Freed from the anaconda¡¯s bite, the giant ck bear then proceeded to shake his head wildly from left to right, causing his teeth to dig even deeper into the anaconda¡¯s neck. After a few second of absolutely savage head-shaking, his teeth finally pierced through the anaconda¡¯s tough flesh and found its bone. And with a final ferocious mp of its jaw¡¯| CRACKKK!!! The anaconda¡¯s neck broke. GRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! The giant ck bear released the still-twitching anaconda carcass and let out a victorious roar! KING OF THE LAND!! His roar seemed to say. However, after releasing that roar, he copsed onto the ground heavily. Grrrrr¡¯| The giant ck bear growled weakly. Caught by surprise at the sudden ending of the savage battle, and the giant ck bear¡¯s consequent copse, Elliot sat there dumbfounded for a few seconds before getting up and making his way to the giant ck bear cautiously. ¡°Hawk, what¡¯s happening?¡± [Please allow your blood to mix with the subject for a detailed analysis of the subject¡¯s status.] Elliot hesitated for a moment before deciding to go for it. ¡°Ellie¡¯s grandfather. I am going to check on your wound now. Please do not move.¡± Elliot said politely. In his mind, he was screaming ¡°Do not more AND do not attack me!¡± Seeing no response from the giant ck bear, Elliot quickly cut his palm slightly and pressed it on a small corner of the giant ck bear¡¯s wound. Beast Type: ck Bear Lord Beast Name: Brock Gender: Male Beast Level: 74 Beast Power Level: 89 Beast Grade: Epic Beast Bloodline: ck Bear Emperor Beast Physical Status: Poisoned Beast Emotional Status: Worried Hobby: Sleeping Evolution Pathways: 1 Skills: Level 8 Bite ¨C Deal 400% more damage when biting Level 7 sh ¨C Deal 350% more sh damage. Level 5 Charge ¨C 250% faster charge speed. AI Comments: An ancient lord of the ck bears who had spent most of its time secreted away deep within the heavy forests of California. It is extremely powerful and is able to fight above its grade due to its overwhelming strength and intelligence. ¡°Puny human child.¡± A deep and regal voice sounded in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°So you are a beast tamer. I have heard stories of your kind. To think that you really exist¡¯| Ughhh.¡± ¡°Hawk! He is poisoned! How do I save him?¡± Elliot asked the AI urgently. [He is poisoned by the Anaconda. You can fully heal him by crafting an antidote using the Anaconda¡¯s venom.. Alternatively, you can suppress the poison temporarily by using a Generic Anti Venom Potion.] Chapter 10 ¡°How do I craft the antidote using the Anaconda¡¯s venom? And where do I get the Generic Anti Venom Potion? Do you sell it in the shop?¡± Elliot pressed the AI with his questions. [You can craft the antidote by mastering the [Potion Crafting] skill to the fifth level. The [Potion Crafting] skill will be avable at level 25. The Generic Anti Venom Potion is avable for purchase in the shop starting level 12.] ¡°WHAT?! I am only level 10!!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°You must be kidding me! How on earth can I gain the two levels I need before he dies?! He won¡¯tst much longer!¡± [Tame the ck Bear Lord, and you will gain 5000 XP. You will grow to level 14.] ¡°Ah. I didn¡¯t expect you to answer that rhetorical question. But good job answering it!¡± Elliot said. ¡°Ellie¡¯s gramps, I-¡° ¡°I am YOUR MAJESTY for you, puny human- UGH¡¯|.¡± Brock the ck Bear Lord groaned and vomited a steaming blob of ck blood. ¡°Fine, fine. YOUR MAJESTY. I have a method to save you from the poison. But I need time to grow strong enough to use that method. In the meantime, I can suppress the poison in your body if you sign a contract with me. Would you like that? You don¡¯t have much time until the poison takes you.¡± Elliot said quickly. ¡°Hahhhh. Hahhhhhhhhh.¡± Brock rasped heavily. ¡°It seems- Hahhhh. I do not have a choice. Fine. I will sign a contract ¨C UGHH!¡± Immediately, the mind space solidified and shrank into a corner of Elliot¡¯s mind, right next to Ellie and Rex. [ck Bear Lord sessfully tamed.] [5000 XP gained.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 11!] [You have received 10 points for levelling up.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 12!] [You have received 10 points for levelling up.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 13!] [You have received 10 points for levelling up.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 14!] [You have received 10 points for levelling up.] ¡°Yes!!!¡± Elliot shouted excitedly. ¡°YESSS!!! I got a BEAR KING!! WOOHOOO!!!!¡± However, the Bear Lord wasn¡¯t looking too good. It was barely even breathing. ck blood was already flowing out of its would. The anaconda¡¯s poison was extremely deadly and extremely fast acting. And judging by just how fast such a massive beast was dying, the anaconda probably pumped out several liters of poison into his body. If nothing was done, it would definitely sumb to the anaconda¡¯s poison and die within one minute. ¡°Hawk! Open up the shop for me!¡± [Minor Healing Potion ¨C Heals you for 100 HP] [Cost: 5 points.] [Cooldown Reduction Potion ¨C Reduces Skill Cooldown by 5 minutes] [Cost: 5 points] [Minor Attribute Boost Potion ¨C Boosts selected attribute by 1 for 5 minutes] [Cost: 5 points] [Beast Affinity Boost Potion ¨C Boosts Beast Affinity attribute by 2 for 5 minutes.][Cost: 7 points] [Light Healing Potion ¨C Heals you for 200 HP] [Cost: 10 points.] [Light Attribute Boost Potion ¨C Boosts selected attribute by 2 for 10 minutes] [Cost: 10 points] [Generic Anti Venom Potion ¨C Suppresses all kinds of poison for 3 days][Cost: 10 points] [Medium Mystery Box ¨C Contains two random items.] [Cost: 15 points] ¡°Get me the Generic Anti Venom Potion! Quick!¡± Elliot cried out. [Generic Anti Venom Potion purchased for 10 points.] A grey mist swirled on top of Elliot¡¯s outstretched hand and a small ss vial appeared in his hand. [Please pour the contents of the vial onto the wound.] Elliot immediately did as instructed. A crystal clear drop of liquid trickled down the vial and entered Brock¡¯s body. For a minute, nothing happened. Brock even stopped breathing. But just as Elliot was about to freak out, Brock suddenly took a deep, shuddering breath. ¡°Pheeeee.¡± Elliot sighed with great relief. The anti venom worked. ¡°Uhhh. For a minute I thought I had died¡¯|¡± Brock groaned in pain. ¡°I think you really died there for a minute.¡± Elliotughed weakly as he sat back on the ground. After the low of luring such a powerful beast, and the high of realizing that Ellie knew said beast, and the deep, deep terror at seeing the anaconda, and the thrill of watching the two giant beasts fight, and the panic of thinking Brock might die, and the joy of gaining him as a tamed beast, Elliot was an emotional mess. If we add the fact that he had a really low emotional health score to begin with, it was a miracle that Elliot was still sane. (Emotional health: 0.4 AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let¡¯s not even mention the monkey to avoid host¡¯s emotional health from dropping further.) For a few minutes, Elliot sat there silently, sorting out his thoughts and feelings. Brockid there also and allowed the anti-venom to fully work its magic on his body. ¡°Thank you, puny human child. It might have taken an utterly shameful and unthinkable happening such as being your tamed beast for my life to be saved, but saved it truly is. And for that, you have my gratitude.¡± Brock said solemnly. Elliot looked up at him and smiled. ¡°You are wee, Your Majesty. Being able to save you is a privilege. You are, afterall, Ellie¡¯s grandfather, and you saved us all from the anaconda. And having you as my tamed beast is a true honor. I will be depending heavily on you for the rest of my life, however long or short it is.¡± Brock smiled a ferocious smile and said, ¡°For you, my little master, you may call me Brock. And with me around, unless another such beast appears, your life ispletely safe.¡± Elliot smiled sadly at him. ¡°Sadly, starting tomorrow morning, there would be many ¡°such beasts¡± to deal with. Enemies from far beyond our world are arriving, and they will be bringing with them countless powerful beasts. I am afraid that even you would have trouble dealing with them.¡± ¡°If what you say is true, then we must prepare ourselves and increase our strength.. How many giant beasts are you able to tame, puny human child?¡± Brock asked with a gleam of excitement in his eyes. Chapter 11 ¡°How many?¡± Elliot dumbly repeated his question in surprise. ¡°Uh¡¯| At my current level, twenty five more. But the more I tame, the stronger I will get, so that number will probably go up.¡± ¡°Excellent! Excellent!¡± Brock grunted and snorted in excitement. ¡°Twenty five is enough. I will bring you on a grand tour around the country, and I will help you subdue all the giant, half-rotten ancients that I know of. In fact, if we gather enough giant beasts, we might even be strong enough to subdue THAT particr beast. HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA!¡± Elliot stared at Brock who wasughing gleefully with a strange look on his face. ¡°Somehow, this old dude reminds me of myself.¡± He mumbled to himself as his eyes strayed to the giant anaconda¡¯s carcass. ¡°AH! I need to harvest its poison sac to be able to craft the antidote!¡± Elliot cried out. ¡°Damn I almost forgot. Hey Brock! Stopughing and help me cut out its venom sac! I¡¯ll need it to craft the antidote for you when I get stronger.¡± ¡°AH right! Let me do that now!¡± Brock replied enthusiastically and immediately went to work. sh! sh! sh! ¡°How much of the venom do I need, Hawk?¡± [Just a single drop will do.] Elliot took out the vial that contained the Generic Anti Venom Potion before and nodded his head slightly. ¡°I should be able to store at least ten drops here. Perfect.¡± After storing ten drops of the anaconda¡¯s venom, Elliot nced at the rest of the massive carcass. ¡°It seems like such a waste to leave this carcass behind. Is there any way that I could somehow make use of it, Hawk?¡± Elliot asked. [Affirmative. There should be a beast core in an Extra Large Beast such as this Hell Venom Anaconda. Additionally, consuming its venom and an anti-venom immediately after would render you immune to most other poisons.] ¡°Beast core! Brock! There is a Beast core within the snake! Please find it and dig it out!¡± Elliot told Brock. ¡°Beat core? Ho ho ho! So this anaconda has risen to such a high level! To think that I was able to defeat it so easily! I must be really powerful and formidable to be able to fight above my grade! Mwa ha ha ha!¡± Brockughed gleefully as he praised himself to the heavens. ¡°Uhhhh¡¯| Hawk, does signing a contract make the beast more like me? Howe I feel like he is bing more and more shameless like me¡¯|¡± Elliot asked. [Negative. Your soul power is not yet strong enough to cause a bleed-over effect on Brock¡¯s soul.] ¡°I see¡¯|¡± Elliot replied doubtfully. But he let the matter rest for the moment. As he watched Brock dismantle the anaconda¡¯s body starting from its head, Elliot was struck by a sudden bout of curiosity about the snake¡¯s stats. He nicked another small hole in his palm and pressed it to the snake carcass¡¯s many wounds. A closed mind space did not descend, but the snake¡¯s stats did appear. Beast Type: Hell Venom Anaconda Beast Name: Hissss Gender: Female Beast Level: 81 Beast Power Level: 80 Beast Grade: Rare Beast Bloodline: Serpent Emperor Beast Physical Status: Dead Beast Emotional Status: N/A Hobby: Sleeping Evolution Pathways: 2 Skills: Level 8 Body Crush ¨C Deal 400% crush damage Level 5 Venomous Bite ¨C Deal 250% more bite damage and heavily poisons the target AI Comments: An extremely ancient andrge Anaconda who had managed to live on earth undetected for many long years. It is extremely venomous and had used its venom to kill its ancient enemies many times. ¡°Serpent Emperor bloodline? Hmmm. Maybe I should store its blood so I can use it if I ever find a snake beast with the same bloodline to tame.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Now, how do I store its blood? Hawk, can you give me an empty vial?¡± [Negative. Misceneous item Empty Vial is avable for purchase for 1 point. Purchase?] ¡°Uhhh¡¯| What a stingy system. Fine, give me five empty vials then.¡± Elliot grumbled. He quickly stored the Hell Venom Anaconda¡¯s blood in the vials and kept the vials safely alongside its venom. As he turned his attention back to Brock, he was slightly shocked to see that Brock was actually eating the Hell Venom Anaconda! ¡°Om nom nom.¡± Brock chomped on the snake meat hungrily. ¡°Hey! Ah, well. You might as well eat it.¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°In fact, Ellie! Rex! Come on out and eat! It¡¯s time to feast!¡± Ellie and Rex quickly came out. ¡°Master? Oooh that¡¯s a big dead snake. Can I eat it?¡± Ellie asked. FOOD! BIG FOOD! EAT? ¡°Go! Eat it! Hey wolves and hawks, you guys go and eat some too!¡± Elliot told them. Within seconds, eleven wolves, two bears, two hawks and a kitten were feasting on snake meat. ¡°Now, let¡¯s assign my points. After gaining 4 levels, I got 40 points, less the 5 I used to buy the vials. Stingy ass system. I think I need to increase my stats so that I can gain personal strength also. I can¡¯t always depend on my summons and pets. Let¡¯s see¡¯| 10 into strength, 10 into luck, 10 into intellect and 5 into endurance! Go for it, hawk!¡± [Acknowledged. Updating stats] Character Name: Elliot Musk Current Level: 14 HP: 1400/1400 Current Experience: 400/1400 Strength: 1.6 Intellect: 1.7 AI Comment: Much smarter than the average human being. Monkeys will worship you as their God of Intelligence. Endurance: 1.0 AI Comment: At the level of the average human being. Monkeys canl outrun you anyday. Reflexes: 1.3 AI Comment: Much faster reaction speed than the average human being. Almost as fast as a monkey. Looks: 0.6 AI Comment: Uglier than the average human being. Definitely uglier than a monkey. Emotional health: 0.4 AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let¡¯s not even mention the monkey to avoid host¡¯s emotional health from dropping further. Mental health: 0.4 AI Comment: Borderline psychopath.Crazier than the average human being. Totally nutspared to a monkey. Beast Affinity: 0.01 Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 2 AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals, except monkeys and apes. They LOVE you! Luck: 2.1 AIment: Much luckier than the average human being. If you¡¯re a monkey, you¡¯ll find bananas to eat every week AND new monkey partners to ehem every day! Overall: 0.62 AI Comment: You don¡¯t need help anymore. But you¡¯re not in a ce to help others either¡± Avable points: 0 Skills [Level 1 Beast Taming Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.] [Level 1 Summon Beasts ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 tamed beast up to the Medium category.] [Level 11 Summon Wolf ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon wolf.] [Level 3 Summon Hawk ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 3 temporarymon hawks.] Chapter 12 ¡°Mwa ha ha ha! It¡¯s so easy to be strong with this system! I¡¯m only level fourteen and I am probably already one of the strongest people in the world!¡± Elliot cackled like a miserly old man who found a pot of gold. ¡°Much stronger, much faster, much smarter and best of all, much luckier than the average human being! Perfect! Perfect!¡± Elliot went on as he studied his stats like a miserly old man counting his pennies over and over again. [Evolutionary Pathway for Ellie opened. Would you like to initiate evolution from ck Bear to Venomous Serpentine ck Bear?] Apparently it was one of his luckier days as an amazing notification rang out from Hawk the AI. ¡°What? Ellie! You¡¯re evolving?¡± Elliot eximed in surprise. ¡°Ellie feel weird. Uhhhh.¡± Ellie groaned. ¡°Eh? Gramps? Why you be two?¡± ¡°It must be the anaconda¡¯s blood.¡± Brock noted with a grave expression on his face. ¡°I don¡¯t quite like the name that Ellie will be. Venomous Serpentine ck Bear? Will she be scaly and long like a snake?¡± Elliot frowned. ¡°Hawk, what will she be like?¡± [Ellie¡¯s ck Bear Gene level is at 100% with a ck Bear Emperor Bloodline strength at 5%.] [Serpentine Emperor Bloodline ingested has a strength of 65%. Due to the low amount ingested, Serpentine Emperor Bloodline is unable to trigger a full evolution.] [Final evolution result will be 55% ck Bear Gene level and 45% Hell Venom Anaconda Gene level.] ¡°There¡¯s a ck Bear King right here! Will he be able to affect the evolution in anyway?¡± Elliot asked urgently. [Ingesting the ck Bear King¡¯s blood will awaken the ck Bear Emperor Bloodline and increase its strength to 75%. Calcting final evolution result¡¯|] [Final evolution result will be 95% ck Bear Gene level and 5% Hell Venom Anaconda Gene level.] ¡°5% huh? That sounds much better. Ellie won¡¯t be scaly and long, though right?¡± Elliot asked. [Affirmative.] ¡°Alright. Hey Brock. If you give Ellie your blood, she¡¯ll be fine. You¡¯ll do that, won¡¯t you?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Of course.¡± Brock answered solemnly. ¡°Ellie? How are you feeling?¡± Elliot gently stroked her head. ¡°Ellie sick, Master. Huuuuuuu¡¯|¡± Ellie moaned. ¡°Ellie, gramps will be giving you a little bit of his blood to make you feel better. You have to be a brave girl and drink it okay?¡± Elliot said. Ellie nodded in understanding, feeling too sick to respond in any other way. ¡°Okay, go ahead!¡± Elliot instructed Brock. Brock nodded in understanding, immediately made a wound on his paw and dripped the blood into Ellie¡¯s little mouth. After a few seconds, Hawk finally sent out a new notification. [ck Bear Emperor Bloodline awakened. Would you like to initiate evolution from Royal ck Bear to Venomous Royal ck Bear?] ¡°That sounds much better! Yes! Initiate evolution please!¡± Elliot said and his eyes gleamed in anticipation. [Initiating evolution.] ¡°Ahhh!!! AHHHHHHH¡± Ellie suddenly cried out and rolled on the ground in pain. Elliot quickly grabbed a broken piece of wood from the ground and shoved it lightly into Ellie¡¯s mouth, allowing her to bite into it to grit and withstand the pain. ¡°NGHHHH!!¡± Thankfully, the evolution only took less than a minute toplete. [Evolutionplete. Congrattions! Ellie has evolved from a Royal ck Bear to be a Venomous Royal ck Bear!] Beast Type: Venomous Royal ck Bear Cub Beast Name: Ellie Gender: Female Beast Level: 1 Beast Power Level: 1 Beast Grade: Epic Beast Bloodline: ck Bear Emperor Beast Emotional Status: Relief Hobby: Sleeping in Master¡¯s arms Evolution Pathways: 3 Skills: Level 1 Venomous Bite ¨C Deal 50% more bite damage and heavily poisons the target Level 1 sh ¨C Deal 50% more sh damage. Level 1 Charge ¨C 50% faster charge speed. AI Comments: A unique beast with a one-of-a-kind evolution pathway. It has the ck Bear Emperor¡¯s power and strength as well as the Serpent Emperor¡¯s poison and cunning. A deadlybination that elevates the beast¡¯s deadliness by many times. ¡°Wow! Ellie, you¡¯ve be so powerful! How do you feel?¡± Elliot eximed after he read Ellie¡¯s new stats. ¡°Ellie feel good! Ellie feel strong!¡± Ellie barked and began to jump around with joy. ¡°Ellie also feel¡¯| smart!¡± Elliotughed and nodded happily. It was a great day! Although the apocalypse draws ever closer, Elliot had never felt so confident in his life. Everything was turning out perfectly. *-*-*-*-*-*-* A handsome young African with a stocky build and a thick afro stood on hisrge African Bush Elephant¡¯s back and stared at the millions of birds who were flying around in panic. The Cape Buffaloes were in a stampede and the entire savanna was in chaos. James Antetokunpo sighed and signalled for the rest of his men who were atop simrlyrge African Bush Elephants to return to base. A disaster was about to hit thend, and James had many things to prepare. *-*-*-*-*-*-* Himari Suzukiid down on the hood of her shiny new Ferarri 999 Superfast ssic and yed a deep dive virtual reality first-person-shooter game while waiting for her clients to arrive. Her lithe body was garbed in a tight fitting bodysuit which entuated her perfect curves. Her natural red hair was cut to shoulder length and gave her already beautiful face an additional sense of mystery which drove countless men crazy. Behind her, close to fifty heavily armed warriors were spread out and in position. ¡°They arete. Maybe we should withdraw.¡± An aged butler bent down to whisper in Himari¡¯s ear. ¡°They¡¯re notte. They¡¯re dead.¡± Himari logged out of her game and opened her eyes. ¡°What? What happened?¡± The butler showed a rare look of surprise and asked. ¡°Their jet got hit by¡¯| a billion birds. Crashed just outside the coast of Japan, two hours away from here.¡± Himari chuckled and shook her head helplessly in wonder at nature¡¯s unfathomable power. ¡°Return to base and ramp up marketing. Theseser rifles need a new owner.¡± Himari instructed the butler who bowed deeply in acknowledgement. Himari got into her Ferarri 999 Superfast ssic and powered up its powerful X27 Petrol-Engine with a ear-popping VROOOOOOMM!!! Within seconds, she disappeared into the horizon while the rest of her troops were still scrambling into their armoredndjets. Chapter 13 ¡°By the way, what power did you grant your yer? Void Walker asked the golden dragon curiously. ¡°I wasn¡¯t paying attention to him previously.¡± ¡°Ha ha ha! My yer is definitely one of the best ones out there!¡± The golden dragon boasted shamelessly. ¡°I gave him¡¯| Dragon Gaze! In addition to his superb reflexes trained in the vast grasnds of his homnd, he is definitely the best racer in this world!¡± ¡°Ughhh. Perfect night vision, paralyzing stare and practically unlimited range as far as this game is concerned. What a broken skill. Especially in survival racing games such as this world!¡± Void Walker grumbled lightly. ¡°Hahaha, of course! I only give the best for my yers.¡± The golden dragon said proudly. But then he remembered what the Void Walker gave HER yer and his countenance soured immediately. ¡°NOT AS BROKEN AS YOUR BOON YOU STUPID VOID WALKER!¡± The golden dragon roared in anger. ¡°Hahahahahaha!¡± Void Walkerughed loudly and skipped away, leaving the golden dragon to seethe in his fury once more. She came to a handsome swordsman who was seated in the lotus position with his eyes closed. He was in meditation. As the Void Walker was about to tap on the swordsman to wake him up, the swordsman only said one word. ¡°Peace.¡± ¡°What? Peace? Oh you mean that¡¯s what you gave your yer? How is that even a gift worthy of a Diamond Sponsor? Are you short changing your yer, old man? Why on earth would you do that?¡± The Void Walker pestered the swordsman annoyingly. However, the swordsman remained serenely and calmly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of fearsome blood red eyes that contained a deep but heavily suppressed rage. ¡°Superhuman strength. Superhuman intelligence. Superhuman reflexes. Superhuman skills. My yer needed no boost to her tools beyond what she already possessed. I gave her the one thing she needed to unlock her full potential. The perfect missing ingredient to a near perfect yer.¡± The swordsman replied. ¡°That¡¯s pretty smart of you. I didn¡¯t think of customizing my gift to the yer. That would definitely be more useful.¡± Void Walker remarked. ¡°But my boon needed no customizing! He now starts the game with perfect knowledge of the future! HAHA!¡± The Void Walkerughed loudly and skipped away once more,pletely oblivious to the fact that she was leaving the swordsman to fight with great desperation the rising tide of anger from deep within his heart that threatened to overwhelm himpletely. *-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Found it!¡± Brock growled triumphantly as he ripped the anaconda¡¯s thick muscles apart with his sharp ws. He took out the beast core gingerly with his mouth and dropped it in front of me. The Hell Venom Anaconda beast core was asrge as Elliot¡¯s fist and it faintly glowed a mesmerizing light green colour. [The Hell Venom Anaconda Beast Core is a catalyst to evolve Rare grade serpents with the Serpent Emperor Bloodline into Epic grade.] ¡°Ah okay. I¡¯ll just keep it forter then.¡± Elliot noted and stored the beast core alongside his precious vials. ¡°Come, little master. Let me lead you to their of a giant Snow Wolf. Let us capture him and make him one of your tamed beasts as well. And because he is tamed after me, he will have to call me big bro! Hohoho.¡± Brock grunted with evilughter, ignoring the fact that if his reasoning is to be upheld fairly, then he would have to call his own granddaughter big sis! ¡°Snow Wolf? Here in California?¡± Elliot asked in amazement. ¡°I didn¡¯t know there are Snow Wolves here.¡± ¡°There weren¡¯t any for the longest time. But this giant Snow Wolf got exiled from his pack and drifted away. He came to this area many years back, found it to his liking and hadn¡¯t left since.¡± Brock exined. ¡°Hmmm. Sounds like a n. Where is hisir and how long do we need to reach it?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°He lives up in the mountains where it¡¯s colder. If we go at my speed, we¡¯ll get there in less than a day.¡± Brock said. ¡°In that case, I¡¯ll have to get my sisters first. We¡¯ll go after that. You won¡¯t have any problems carrying the three of us right? Elliot looked at Brock¡¯s massive frame and he could already imagine his sisters screaming andughing in excitement with their hair flying about wildly around them as Brock raced through the forest. ¡°If they are all around your size, no problems. I can easily carry ten of you.¡± Brock boasted. ¡°Good! In that case, wait here while I get my sisters. I¡¯ll be right back.¡± Elliot said. Elliot got his hawks to fly around the town and look for two twin girls, the only set of twins for many miles around. He quickly made his way to where they were after his hawks found them. ¡°Jessica! Jennifer!¡± Elliot shouted excitedly when he finally saw them in the distance. He hadn¡¯t seen them for almost a year after he totally lost contact with them during thest apocalypse. He had held on to the hope that they were still alive for the longest time. But after travelling from city to city, and meeting group after group of survivors without a single trace of them, he finally epted the fact that they were no more. It was a tough and painful realization, and it shattered his heart into pieces. He began to live recklessly after he epted the fact that he was alone. With nothing to live for, he took risk after risk, which somehow all paid off handsomely and propelled him to be one of the top yers in America. ¡°This time I will be the top yer in America, and my two sisters will be second and third.¡± Elliot resolved deep in his heart as he dashed towards them as fast as he could. ¡°Hey fat bro WOWWWWWWW!¡± Jessica eximed as Elliot reached her and gave her a giant bear hug. ¡°Hug me too! Hug me too!¡± Jennifer squealed withughter from their side. Chapter 14 After hugging both his sisters tightly and sessfully holding back his tears, Elliot finally let go. ¡°What¡¯s wrong bro?¡± Jessica asked in great rm. She was the most perceptive of the three siblings and could instantly tell that her brother was acting very differently than usual. And the fact that he wasn¡¯t working in the middle of the day simply meant that something was wrong. ¡°Did you get fired?¡± ¡°Yeah bro, what¡¯s wrong?¡± Jennifer asked with a frown. The twins were twelve years old, and were quite tall for their age despite the fact that they barely met the minimum dietary requirement for girls their age. (They had long learnt to modify their bowls to make them shallower in order to give the impression that they had full bowls so they could pack more food into their big brother¡¯s bowl without him noticing.) Tall and slender with clear blue eyes and dark brown hair tied neatly into buns, both of them looked refreshingly pretty. They were the most popr cashiers in the little supermarket where they worked. Whenever it was their turn to man the cashiers, the supermarket was always packed with young men suddenly finding a great need to shop for daily necessities which they or their family members didn¡¯t really need. They were using their yearly off day that particr day so that they could scour the town for a suitable Christmas gift for their beloved brother who was, like every single day of the year, working his bones off. Therefore Elliot¡¯s sudden appearance brought the two girls great rm. ¡°Nothing is wrong! Nothing! In fact everything is great! I missed you two so much!!¡± Elliot cried out as he pulled the two girls into a group hug. Jessica nced at Jennifer with a raised eyebrow and slightly wide eyes. ¡°What¡¯s going on? This seems bad.¡± Her look seemed to say. Jennifer raised her eyebrow in a slightly different way and rolled her eyes slightly. ¡°I don¡¯t know. Maybe it¡¯s his irritating boss?¡± Her look seemed to reply. Jessica frowned slightly, red her nostril and twitched her upper lip a little. It probably meant ¡°If it¡¯s true, I¡¯m going to teach that old man a lesson he¡¯ll never forget!¡± Jennifer glowered and scrunched up her face solemnly. It probably meant ¡°I¡¯ll bring a bat.¡± ¡°Girls. I am going to tell you something very important. So I want you to pay attention and trust me, can you do that?¡± Elliot said after he released his sisters from the group hug. Jessica nced at Jennifer with wide open eyes. ¡°This seems reeeeally bad!¡± Her eyes said silently to Jennifer. Jennifer gave Jessica a look that simply said. ¡°Make that TWO bats. And a metal pipe.¡± Jessica nodded very slightly and breathed out deeply. ¡°I¡¯ll bring a gallon of cooking oil and some matches.¡± Her silent twin-speakmunicated to Jennifer. Elliot was totally oblivious to his sisters¡¯ n to torture his boss and continued his warnings to his sisters. ¡°It may seem like a scary thing, but it¡¯s actually not. You can cry if you want to, it¡¯s okay. I just need you both to believe in me, and know that I have a n, and I will do everything I can to make sure that you two are safe.¡± Jennifer nodded grimly at his words, already thinking where she could find a couple of sharp, pointed weapons to rece her bats. Jessica nodded grimly as well, immediately marking out the ces in her mind where she could steal highly mmable oil and maybe a little bit of gunpowder. Nothing fancy, maybe just ten kilograms or so. Elliot took a deep breath and slowly released it. ¡°Well. I think it¡¯s better if I show it to you both first before I tell you. Ellie, Rexe out.¡± Immediately, a cute little ck bear and a cute little red lynx appeared on Elliot¡¯s right and left shoulders respectively. Expecting bad news about their brother being fired or worse, being bullied at work, the two girls were caught totally off guard when the two little beasts appeared. Their jaws dropped to the ground in shock! ¡°Whaa-¡± Jessica pointed at Ellie. ¡°Is-is that a-¡± Jennifer pointed at Rex. ¡°They are my tamed beasts.¡± Elliot said slowly, allowing the two girls to process the information first. ¡°Tamed beasts.¡± Jessica repeated softly as herrge eyes stared at Ellie,pletely mesmerized. ¡°The ck bear cub is called Ellie. The red lynx kitten is called Rex. Ellie, Rex, these two are Jessica and Jennifer, my sisters. Be nice to them. You two girls want to hold them?¡± ¡°Go, Rex.¡± Elliotmanded. CONFUSION! BITE? ¡°NO! No bite. Hug. Sleep. There.¡± Elliot pointed at Jennifer¡¯s hands. HUG? SLEEP? OK! Rex leapt with great agility andnded on Jennifer¡¯s hands. ¡°Aww.¡± Jennifer hugged Rex and sighed with great satisfaction, all thoughts of violence and sharp pointed objects gone from her mind. ¡°Jessica, want the bear?¡± Elliot asked with a smile. Jessica merely nodded her head vigorously and stretched out her hands as well. Without having to be told, Ellie leapt from Elliot¡¯s shoulders,nded heavily on Jessica¡¯s hands, and was promptly hugged by her. As with Jennifer, all thoughts of mes and explosions disappeared from her mind. ¡°Now that you two girls are acquainted with my tamed beasts, let me continue in my exnation. I now have the ability to tame many, many beasts.¡± Elliot said. Jessica and Jennifer merely nodded and continued to y with their respective cute little beasts. Elliot nodded with satisfaction, and judged the moment ripe to drop the bombshell. ¡°I got this power from aliens in the future. I¡¯ve somehow travelled back in time and these aliens wille tomorrow afternoon to destroy most of the world and turn the whole into a survival racing game. But don¡¯t worry though, because Ie from the future, I know exactly what will happen, and I have a n that will help us survive.¡± Elliot said casually. Jessica blinked. Jennifer blinked. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, take your time to process my words. We still have almost an entire day. Oh look, aren¡¯t Ellie and Rex cute?¡± Author¡¯s Note Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! Chapter 15 ¡°Uhhhhh¡¯| It is really hard to believe that such a thing can happen. But because it¡¯s you who is telling us this, and because you can somehow make Rex appear and disappear at will¡¯| I guess it must be true.¡± Jennifer finally said after listening to Elliot tell the story in slightly greater detail. ¡°I trust you big bro. If you say that the aliens wille and do all those things you said they will do, then it must be true.¡± Jessica nodded and agreed with Jennifer. The three of them had made their way to a park nearby and sat on a secluded bench for some privacy where Elliot had attempted to convince his sisters about the uing apocalypse. It wasn¡¯t a difficult thing to do, apparently. His sisters had unwavering faith in him, and would believe him even if he imed that he was a monkey in his past life. Which might actually be possible, considering how much affinity he had with monkey-rted stuff at that moment. Elliot sighed with relief. He was afraid that his two sisters might panic and not believe him. But they turned out to be much more mature about the whole thing that he thought they would be. Their maturity would be crucial for them to deal with the steep learning curve that was before them. They would be experiencing a drastic transition from a rtively simple life of hardship in a modern world, to a life of speed, blood, gore and extreme danger every moment of every day. ¡°So what do we do now?¡± Jessica asked calmly as she continued to stroke Ellie¡¯s furry head. ¡°We¡¯ll go home, prepare a bag of clean clothes and pack all the knives we have. We¡¯ll also need to prepare three wooden staffs.¡± Elliot said. ¡°After that we¡¯ll go into the mountains where I have another ah, beast waiting to bring us to a safe ce where we can wait out the chaos that will erupt in the first week.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Jessica nodded. ¡°En.¡± Jennifer was slightly more nervous at the mention of knives and chaos, but she bravely chose to believe in her big brother and cast all her worries aside. ¡°Let¡¯s go then.¡± Elliot said. *-*-*-*-*-*-* Himari Suzuki felt really weird. She could feel her instincts and 6th sense literally ring out DANGER! Her entire soul seemed to be quivering lightly in anticipation of something really massive that was about to happen. Usually when that happens, she would go absolutely nuts and send out hundreds of assassins to kill all of her current and future enemies. And every single time, her instincts and 6th sense were spot on. She would always uncover an extremely insidious plot hatched by one of her enemies that would have taken her life if she had not attacked preemptively with her assassins. Although the rest of her enemies were innocent, she didn¡¯t really mind taking them out as well. They were, afterall, her enemies. The unerring uracy of her instincts and 6th sense caused her to trust it without a shred of doubt. However, at that moment, even though her 6th sense was telling her that something incredibly unprecedentedly dangerous was about to happen, she was strangely at peace! And because she was at peace for the first time during such a critical moment, she was able to think clearly. Instead of merely sending out assassins to kill her enemies, this time she decided to take matters into her own hands. ¡°Want to kill me? Sure, go ahead and try.¡± She smirked as she gave out orders to fortify her bunker and prepare to greet her ¡°enemies¡±. ¡°Prepare enough food and water for three years. Weapons and ammunition to fight a war. A full battalion of soldiers and everything we need to survive an apocalypse. And oh, inform my family to do the same.¡± She ordered, not knowing that she had inadvertently saved her family¡¯s lives and that she would eventually need every single exaggerated thing she had prepared to survive theing apocalypse. *-*-*-*-*-*-* James Antetokunpo knew for certain that a disaster was forting. He had his men prepare as best as they could, stocking up food and water, strengthening the walls of their small base and most importantly, digging out a new basement where they could hide under should the disaster be something that wiped out the surface. His base had been a beehive of activity for many long hours. Ever since earlier that morning, his eyesight had suddenly improved by leaps and bounds. Not only that, his men also began to feel a deep chilling sensation whenever they looked into his eyes. For some reason, they felt extremely afraid of their boss, to the point where they found it hard to move. ¡°Strange.¡± He murmured to himself. ¡°A good kind of strange, but strange, nheless.¡± An Asian young man made his way towards him, saluted smartly and said, ¡°Sir, the men are gathered and ready for evening prayer. Please lead us.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± James nodded and sighed onest time before he made his way down the watchtower and into the wide central courtyard. He nced at the little base that he had won for himself, and then at the hundred odd men that had sworn their allegiance to him after he had led them in a sessful coup against their previous bandit masters, and felt a deep sense of satisfaction. He had righted a huge wrong by killing the bandits, and was about to do another huge right by saving this group of men from theing disaster. ¡°Well done men. You all did good work today. Let us now pray to God and beseech him to protect us in theing disaster. Natoru, you may rejoin our brothers.¡± James said as he prepared his heart to pray. ¡°Yes sir.¡± Natoru saluted smartly once more and quickly made his way to rejoin hisrades. Evening prayer was about to start. Natoru was eager tomunicate with God that evening. Like the rest of his brothers, he truly believed James Antetokunpo when he said a disaster wasing. However, unlike the rest of his brothers, he knew exactly what sort of disaster wasing. And if the shes of visions he had been having of the future were right, then they would need a lot of help from God if they want to survive even the first week. A lot, a lot of help. Author¡¯s Note Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! Chapter 16 ¡°How big is the giant wolf, gramps?¡± Jessica asked Brock. ¡°It¡¯s almost as tall as me, but much thinner.¡± Brock replied in Elliot¡¯s mind as he trotted steadily through the gradually thinning forest. ¡°I am the biggest and fattest ancient beast in this continent!¡± Brock boasted shamelessly. Elliot dutifully conveyed Brock¡¯s reply to Jessica¡¯s question once more. It was probably his fiftieth time conveying Brock¡¯s answers to the many questions that the two girls had about EVERYTHING. Literally everything, from Brock¡¯s age, his wives, his offspring, his hobbies, his bear friends, his enemies, his favorite food¡­ EVERYTHING. ¡°And the softest and the mostfortable!¡± Jessica added with a giggle. Brock snorted withughter at Jessica¡¯s words. As a solitary King, Brock had not had a good conversation in many long years. Having a little girl tease him that way was rather novel and entertaining for him. ¡°Ooohh that¡¯s really cool! Can I have him as my personal mount after you tame him, brother?!¡± Jennifer asked. ¡°Sure! Anything you want, Jen.¡± Elliot replied easily andid downzily on Brock¡¯s back with a contented sigh. ¡°I want my own personal wolf mount too!¡± Jessica immediately said. ¡°Gramps, how many giant wolves are there?¡± ¡°There¡¯s only one.¡± Elliot answered without waiting for a reply from Brock. ¡°But there are many giant ancient beasts in the world, and I am going to tame them all. You can pick one for your personal mountter, alright?¡± ¡°There are many giant ancient beasts?¡± Jessica¡¯s eyes shined with awe and wonder. ¡°What sort of beasts? Are there dinosaurs?¡± ¡°Are there giant birds to ride on? I want to ride on a giant eagle!¡± Jennifer said excitedly. Elliot sighed and resumed his unpaid job as a message boy between Brock and the two girls. Elliot and his two sisters were riding on top of Brock¡¯srge back, and were having a great time chatting (read: interrogating Brock). They enjoyed the feel of the wind rushing through their hair and the lolling motion of Brock¡¯s gait while watching the forest steadily pass them by. Elliot had finally brought his sisters to meet Brock two hours ago after they hadpleted their preparations for the apocalypse as well as for dealing with the Snow Wolf and his pack. As expected, the two girls were very shocked and very scared when they first saw Brock and his building-size frame. ¡°My other tamed beast is veryrge. But he is also very kind. And is fully under my control So don¡¯t be afraid okay?¡± Elliot had said to the girls, who had nodded distractedly at him while ying with Ellie and Rex. Apparently they weren¡¯t paying attention to his words at all, because when they finally saw Brock¡¯| ¡°EEEEEEEEK! MONSTER!!! BROTHER! JESSICA! RUNNN!!!¡± Jennifer screamed loudly in fear as she grabbed Jessica¡¯s shirt and pulled her back so hard that she almost tripped. As for her, she bravely got in front of Elliot and took on the position of ¡°rear guard¡±. BROTHER GO!!!¡± She screamed and pushed Elliot backwards really hard! Jessica didn¡¯t need much urging as she quickly grabbed Elliot¡¯s shirt and tried to drag him away too! ¡°BROTHER LET¡¯S GO!!!¡± Jessica yelled. ¡°Girls! GIRLS! Don¡¯t be afraid! That¡¯s my tamed beast. THAT MONSTER IS MINE! IT¡¯S TAME!¡± Elliot had quickly shouted to calm them down. ¡°Wha-what? That giant monster bear is YOURS?¡± Jennifer gasped in shock and whirled around to look at the giant bear which was¡¯| snorting and grunting as though it wasughing really hard. ¡°Yes. It¡¯s mine. Don¡¯t worry! It¡¯s under my control!¡± Elliot patted his chest and said. ¡°Whaaaat¡¯| You could have warned us before hand that your other beast is huge!¡± Jessica said usingly at her brother as she straightened her clothes which were almost ripped by Jennifer when she pulled her earlier. ¡°Yeah brother, you should have warned us!¡± Jennifer grumbled as she took deep breaths to calm herself down, all the while keeping her eyes trained on the giant bear. ¡°I did tell you girls.¡± Elliot sulked. ¡°You were too busy ying with your new pets to listen to me.¡± ¡°It¡¯s ok brother. We forgive you.¡± Jessica reached up slightly to pat Elliot¡¯s shoulder. ¡°People make mistakes sometimes and forget things. It¡¯s totally normal.¡± Jennifer patted Elliot¡¯s shoulder as well and winked at Jessica, who immediately winked back. ¡®I totally missed the part where he told us about his huge beast! Hehehe.¡¯ ¡®Yeah me too! Hehehehe.¡¯ Still, even though they know that Brock belonged to Elliot and was fully under his control, he was still a MASSIVE, building-sized bear! Both girls gulped nervously as they walked closer to him. However, they quickly ovee their surprise and fear when they saw him lie down as low as possible to allow Elliot to climb on top of him. They bravely followed Elliot up onto his back, and squealed loudly in fear, then excitement and then exhration when Brock took off at a run into the sparse forest. Very soon, their fear of Brock turned toplete adoration when they discovered that they couldmunicate to him via Elliot. They had even taken to calling Brock ¡°Gramps¡± because he was so old! Elliot had never heard his sistersugh so loud and so happily before, and he felt really, really happy in spite of the looming doom and gloom. His happiness had not dissipated one bit even after two hours of boring travel and nonstop conveying messages. However, the rxing atmosphere was soon broken. A sharp screech from one of Elliot¡¯s hawks sounded from the sky and immediately, Brock slowed down and stopped. He sniffed the air and nodded. ¡°We¡¯ve entered the Snow Wolf¡¯s territory. His pack is nearby.¡± Author¡¯s Note Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! 2 CHAPTERS TODAY!! (2nd chap will be released 5 mins after this chap) HO HO HO! -Santa Author Chapter 17 ¡°Already?¡± Elliot asked in amazement. ¡°I thought you said we¡¯ll reach herir in a day!¡± ¡°Herir is still many hours away. But her territory is vast, and we are already in it.¡± Brock replied. ¡°You better hang back here while I take her and her pack down. Do as we had nned earlier.¡± ¡°Oh. Okay.¡± Elliot quickly mbered down and got Jessica and Jennifer to do the same. ¡°Remember what I told you earlier? Wolves are afraid of fire and aggression. So don¡¯t be afraid if some of the wolves get to our position. Just point the fiery end of your wooden staff at them and wave it while screaming loudly. They won¡¯t attack.¡± Elliot reminded his sisters as he lit up the wooden staffs that they had prepared beforehand. ¡°Don¡¯t worry brother, we¡¯ll be fine.¡± Jessica assured him. ¡°We may be young, but we are tough!¡± Jessica winked at Jennier, who grinned at her. ¡°En. We¡¯re braver and stronger than you think.¡± Jennifer told Elliot seriously. ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about us at all!¡± ¡°Alright then. Even if the wolves get to us, we should still be fine. Afterall, the Snow Wolf isn¡¯t the only one with a wolf pack.¡± Elliot grinned. ¡°Summon wolves!¡± Grey mists immediately swirled all around him and quickly disappeared, revealing 11 beautiful grey wolves who trotted up to Elliot and sniffed at the girls in a friendly manner. ¡°Kyaaa! You have wolves too? They are so beautiful!!¡± Jessica squealed as she patted the furry head of one near her. ¡°Oh they are so cool! Can I have one? Pretty pleaseee??¡± Jennifer immediately asked Elliot as she hugged the one sniffing at her fearlessly. ¡°They are not real wolves.¡± Elliot smiled at his two cute sisters and said. ¡°They are summons and will disappear after a few hours.¡± ¡°Aw boo.¡± Jennifer pouted. ¡°Don¡¯t worry! We¡¯ll be taming the Alpha wolf. She¡¯ll probably have many baby wolves in herir. You can have as many baby wolves as you want!¡± ¡°YEAH!!!¡± Jennifer brightened up considerably at his words and shoved her pinky toward him. ¡°Pinky promise!¡± ¡°ME TOO! ME TOO!!¡± Jessica poked him with her pinky as well. Elliotughed and pinky promised them. ¡°Alright, now let¡¯s get serious. Stand by that tree, hold your staffs properly and stay behind me. Wolves, circr defensive formation. Hawks, stay close and blind any wolf that dares to get close.¡± The girls, the wolves and the hawks immediately obeyed. All of them remained absolutely silent and prepared their hearts. A battle was about to erupt. And erupt, it did. AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Awoooo!! Awoooo!! Awooooo!! GRAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!! BAM! CHOMP! BAM! BAM! CRASH! CRASH CRASH! Sounds of a massive fight between Brock and the Snow Wolf aided by her fearless pack reverberated throughout the forest. Elliot and his two sisters gulped and waited anxiously for Brock to end the fight. ¡°Damn it. I want to see what¡¯s happening! But I can¡¯t leave my sisters alone.¡± Elliot cried out in his mind. ¡°Hawk! Is there a way for me to see using Brock¡¯s eyes or something?¡± [Beast Link mode is not avable at your level. Please reach level 25 first and purchase the Beast Link mode for 20 points.] ¡°What? I can actually do that? That¡¯s pretty cool! I was actually just grasping at straws there mwa ha ha ha!¡± Elliotughed happily in his mind. He didn¡¯t mind not watching this battle as long as he could watch all the other battles in the future. ¡°What else is avable at level 25? There is Beast Link and Potion Crafting already. Both seem like excellent skills to have!¡± Elliot asked Hawk. However, before Hawk the AI could answer, Elliot felt a small hand grab hold of his shirt. It was Jennifer. ¡°Never mind. Tell meter.¡± Elliot told the AI. ¡°I hope gramps is ok.¡± Jennifer whispered as she edged closer to Elliot and Jessica forfort. Elliot nced at Jennifer and realized that it must be a very stressful moment for his two sisters who had not been in such a dangerous situation before. ¡°He¡¯ll be fine, don¡¯t worry. He¡¯s extremely powerful! Hey by the way, you girls want to hug Ellie and Rex?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes! Yes please!¡± Jennifer said with shining eyes. ¡°Yes! Definitely!¡± Jessica said as well. ¡°Alright. Give me your staffs. Rex, Ellie,e on out!¡± Elliot took his sisters¡¯ staffs and got the two baby beasts toe out. Without being told, both immediately jumped into the girls¡¯ arms and began to purr and snort contentedly. ¡°Ah Jess Jess. Ellie miss Jess Jess!¡± Ellie said as she made herselffortable in Jessica¡¯s arms. HUG! NICE! NICE! Came Rex¡¯s thoughts from within Jennifer¡¯s embrace. Elliot chuckled helplessly. His two tamed beasts were beginning to prefer his sisterspared to him! But he was gratified. He loved both his sisters and his two new beasts. Having them like each other and take care of each other seemed perfect to him. Screech!! Elliot¡¯s hawk suddenly gave a cry of warning. ¡°Little Master, some wolves are leaving the battle! Prepare to defend yourself!¡± Brock shouted in his mind. ¡°Wolves! Hawks! Get ready to greet the enemy!¡± The words barely left Elliot¡¯s mouth when twenty, huge and ferocious-looking wolves burst through the trees in front and appeared before them. SCREEEE!! AWOOOOO!!! Elliot¡¯s hawks began their dive attack at the same time his wolves exploded into action. Instantly, a desperate battle ensued. The enemy wolves were slightly bigger than Elliot¡¯s and outnumbered his by nine. Although Elliot had three hawks on his side, they werergely ineffective against such huge targets. Elliot¡¯s wolves were immediately ced in a defensive position. They could only try to dodge and slowly retreat from their enemies. Even so, they were very quickly sustaining small to medium injuries. Author¡¯s Note Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! 2 CHAPTERS TODAY!! HO HO HO! -Santa Author Chapter 18 Within seconds, it was clear how the battle would turn out. Without external intervention, Elliot¡¯s wolves could at maximum hold out for another minute or so before they werepletely wiped out. Elliot was torn by the desire to enter battle to help his wolves while he still had the chance, and to remain with his sisters just in case a few wolves peeled away from the battle to target them. ¡°What should I do?¡± He cried out in his heart. Though still very young, they instinctively understood that if they didn¡¯t fight at that moment, they would lose their only chance to do so once their wolf brothers were defeated. With her great agility and stealth, Rex sneaked up behind a particrly nasty looking wolf which was biting one of Elliot¡¯s wolves and pounced on its head, causing it to quickly let go of its victim to snap at Rex. Distracted by Rex¡¯s sudden sneak attack, it failed to notice that there was another little beast also targeting it. Ellie rushed in behind Rex and bit the wolf¡¯s rear foot with her venomous bite, immediately releasingrge amounts of venom into it! AWOOOOO!! The wolf howled in pain as Ellie¡¯s powerful and fast acting venom coursed through its body and dealt an enormous amount of damage to him. Seeing an opening, Rex immediately went for its throat and gave it a powerful sh! Blood spurted out of its neck wound, and within seconds, it was dead. [Rex has gained 4 levels for killing a level 15 wolf.] [Ellie has gained 4 levels for killing a level 15 wolf.] Because they were only at level 1, killing one level 15 wolf immediately propelled them to level 5, causing them both to grow slightly in size. By that time, however, five of Elliot¡¯s eleven wolves and two of his hawks were dead. Only six wolves and one hawk remained. On the enemy¡¯s side, only four had died including the one which Ellie and Rex killed. They still had sixteen wolves. ¡°Brother! We have to join the fight!¡± Jessica said urgently. ¡°If we don¡¯t then we¡¯ll lose the chance to turn the battle around, and we would be just waiting to die!¡± ¡°Yes brother! Let us fight!¡± Jennifer cried out in agreement with Jessica. Elliot looked at his sisters¡¯ expressions which contained a mix of fear, excitement and determination, and realized that they were right. ¡°Alright, follow closely behind me! We¡¯ll attack them from the side!¡± Elliot quickly came to a decision. Elliot led his sisters to the very edge of the battle and charged at three wolves which were about to finish off one of his wolves. ¡°HAIYAA!¡± Elliot jabbed the fiery end of his staff powerfully towards one of the wolves. BAM! By merit of his extra-powerful physique, the speed of his jab took the wolfpletely by surprise and Elliot scored a paralyzing hit as his staff smashed into the wolf¡¯s head! Behind him, the two girls immediately attacked the paralyzed wolf with all of their meager strength and managed to finish it off! [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 15!] ¡°Dump all my points into strength!¡± Elliot yelled as he went on to attack the two wolves which had pulled back warily. However, their job was done and Elliot¡¯s wolfy dead on the ground. ¡°Thank goodness they are merely summons and can be summoned again soon.¡± Elliot muttered to himself as he nced quickly at his mangled and very dead wolf, feeling a slight pang of sadness in his heart. GRAR!! The two wolves snarled and immediately charged at Elliot the moment they saw him nce distractedly at his wolf! Thankfully, Elliot¡¯s reaction speed was above average. He was able to quickly dodge one wolf¡¯s attack and meet the other with a quick and powerful jab into its mouth! BAM! With an additional 1 full point in strength, Elliot¡¯s jab became so powerful that it pierced through the back of the wolf¡¯s throat, rendering it ineffective for the rest of the battle. He whirled around to face the other wolf and made it just in time to parry its leap attack with his staff. However, the wolf¡¯s sharp ws still scored hits on his body. sh! sh! ¡°Arghh!¡± Elliot screamed in pain! He quickly dropped his staff, grabbed the wolf¡¯s neck and squeezed with all his might! Crack! ¡°Huh?¡± Elliot was surprised when the wolf¡¯s neck broke easily. He was definitely not used to being so powerful! Elliot quickly dropped the wolf and looked for his sisters. To his great surprise, his two sisters were already ganging up on a wolf and beating it up with their staffs nearby. ¡°Take that you evil wolf!¡± Jessica cried as she smashed her staff down on the wolf¡¯s head! ¡°Eat my staff! Haiyaaaa!¡± Jennifer cried as she jabbed at the wolf¡¯s chest! True, they were merely helping out one of Elliot¡¯s wolves which was being ganged up by two wolves, and thus were able tond a few critical hits on their victim before it turned around to face them seriously, which was already toote by then. But it was still impressive nheless. Two twelve year old girls beating up a savage wolf! How cool is that? [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 16!] On the other side of the battlefield, Ellie and Rex were having an equally incredible fight. They got to level five after killing their first wolf, and experienced a spike in power and speed which made their subsequent kills much easier and much faster. Rex quickly went into stealth once more after shing the first wolf¡¯s throat and sneaked up behind another wolf which was about tond a killing blow on its victim. POUNCE! Rex leapt and bit the wolf¡¯s neck with all of its strength! It wasn¡¯t enough to break the wolf¡¯s neck, but her sharp fangs managed to pierce into the wolf¡¯s neck and rupture its windpipe. BITE! Ellie quickly followed up by a poisonous bite which quickly killed it. Author¡¯s Note Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! Chapter 19 Author¡¯s Note: Some of you who read yesterday¡¯s chapter early might notice that today¡¯s chapter is the same. This is because I identally skipped a chapter yesterday! Many apologies. ?? I¡¯ve fixed the mistake, so chapter 18 shd be new for you. If you didn¡¯t notice anything wrong, then it probably means you read the chapters after I¡¯ve fixed it. All good. Enjoy! [Rex has gained 2 levels for killing a level 15 wolf.] [Ellie has gained 2 levels for killing a level 15 wolf.] Level 7! They continued on their rampage. Another wolf fell to their deadlybo. [Rex has gained 1 level for killing a level 15 wolf.] [Ellie has gained 1 level for killing a level 15 wolf.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 17!] And another. And another. [Rex has gained 1 level for killing a level 15 wolf.] [Ellie has gained 1 level for killing a level 15 wolf.] By the time they got to level 9, only 6 enemy wolves remained and only 1 on their side was still fight-capable. However, Rex and Ellie had almost doubled in size, and their deadliness had increased by many, many times over. They were already so powerful that they could take on the remaining 6 enemy wolves by themselves if they wished to. The enemy wolves were smart, and understood that the fight was over. They quickly retreated back into the forest and into safety. Or so they thought. Unfortunately for them, the forest no longer belonged to their pack. GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! A loud and victorious roar thundered out from somewhere ahead. It was a bear¡¯s roar. Brock had won! ¡°It¡¯s gramps! Did he win?¡± Jessica cried out anxiously. ¡°Yes, did he win? Did he say anything??¡± Jennifer asked equally anxiously. ¡°He won! Let¡¯s go and find him!¡± Elliot said excitedly. He quickly dismissed his remaining wolf and got the two girls and his two not-so little tamed beasts to follow him as he made his way to Brock. ¡°Little Master. Here, the wolf is all yours.¡± Brock said with great pride. He had his right paw pressed against the wolf¡¯s neck to prevent it from moving. Brock had sustained several light injuries and a rather serious one on his left paw. But overall, he seemed fine. The same couldn¡¯t be said of the giant Snow Wolf, though. Its thick, beautiful white fur was almost fully covered in blood from the many wounds on its body and both its front legs were bent into an unnatural angle. And all around it were dead and dying wolves, at least thirty of them. The Snow Wolf and its pack had truly put up a fierce fight. Jessica and Jennifer gasped when they saw the horrible sight. ¡°Stay here and don¡¯t move.¡± Elliot told his sisters who instantly nodded obediently. Elliot quickly nicked his palm and pressed it against one of the Snow Wolf¡¯s many wounds. The now-familiar mind space descended upon him and revealed the Snow Wolf¡¯s stats. Beast Type: Royal Frost Wolf Beast Name: Winter Gender: Female Beast Level: 70 Beast Power Level: 70 Beast Grade: Epic Beast Bloodline: Wolf God¡¯s Shadow Beast Physical Status: Heavily wounded Beast Emotional Status: Furious Hobby: Ordering its underlings around Evolution Pathways: 6 Skills: Level 7 Bite ¨C Deal 350% more bite damage Level 7 sh ¨C Deal 350% more sh damage. Level 7 Leap Attack ¨C 490% more damage, takes 140% more damage AI Comments: A descendant of the Wolf God¡¯s Shadow, the Wolf God¡¯s most powerful warrior. Generations of living in the snow had caused its fur to turn white and the power of the Wolf God¡¯s Shadow to disappear. A powerful beast near the top of the food chain on Earth. ¡°Human Beast Master.¡± A soft and gentle voice rang out in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Hello Winter.¡± Elliot greeted her. ¡°To think that I would live to see one of your kind. Are you here to tame me?¡± Winter asked in her velvety smooth and gentle voice. ¡°Yes.¡± Elliot simply said. ¡°The apocalypse is almost upon us. I am gathering my forces so that we can survive.¡± ¡°Apocalypse huh. So that¡¯s why I have been on edge for the past few weeks.¡± Winter sighed. ¡°Will you sign a contract with me?¡± Elliot asked her. ¡°No, Human Beast Master. I would rather die than live under another¡¯s rule once more.¡± Winter said as her body wheezed in pain. ¡°What? Why?¡± Elliot asked in amazement. ¡°Show me mercy and kill me now. Do not leave me to die helplessly this way.¡± Winter ignored Elliot¡¯s question and beseeched him to kill her instead. ¡°Serve me for one year. After one year, if you want to leave, I will release you.¡± Elliot refused to give up and made her an offer. ¡°Just consider this one year your attempt to survive the initial chaos of the apocalypse. I am nning to tame all of the giant beasts in the area. Together, we¡¯re much stronger.¡± ¡°All of the giant beasts in this area, you say?¡± Winter¡¯s interest was slightly piqued at that. ¡°Yes. Is there a beast in particr which you would like to see tamed under me as well?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Of course, because it would be tamed after you, it will have to call you senior and obey your instructions¡¯|¡± Elliot dangled a delicious carrot in front of her. ¡°Interesting. Interesting.¡± Winter said softly as she pondered on Elliot¡¯s proposal. ¡°One year, and control over all of the beasts thate after me?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Winter remained silent for a few moments. In the end, however¡­ ¡°Fine. I agree.¡± [Royal Frost Wolf sessfully tamed.] [4500 XP gained.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 18!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 19!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 20!] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°He¡¯s level 20 now.¡± Monkey King said softly to Void Walker. ¡°The fun has begun.¡± ¡°What do you mean? Why? Void Walker asked. ¡°He will unlock a very important and powerful feature of the Beast System at level 20. If he could sessfully increase its level, it is one that would truly secure his position in the end game.¡± Monkey King exined mysteriously. ¡°What is it? Quit being so mysterious like a perverted old man!¡± Void Walker said impatiently. ¡°At level 20, the Beast System would unlock¡¯| Beast Transformation.¡± Monkey King said with a gleam of excitement in his eyes. Author¡¯s Note Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! Chapter 20 ¡°YESSSS! Thank you, Winter. I promise you that you won¡¯t regret your decision.¡± Elliot told Winter solemnly. ¡°Brock, please release her.¡± ¡°Ha ha ha! Wee to the family, you ugly wolf!¡± Brock guffawed loudly in Elliot¡¯s mind as he let go of Winter¡¯s neck.. ¡°Hmph. I may have joinedter than you, but don¡¯t you even dream of ordering me around!¡± Winter snarled at Brock. ¡°Hey! You guys can talk with each other in my mind?¡± Elliot asked in amazement. ¡°Yes of course. I¡¯ve been talking with Ellie. Privately, of course.¡± Brock replied as-a-matter-of-factly. ¡°Wow. That¡¯s really cool. Okay, please try to get along though. We are on the same side after all, and we need to be united if we want to survive the next few days.¡± ¡°Hmph! You need to know that this stupid bear truly made my life difficult when I first came here! Reconciliation with him is impossible!¡± Winter spat out furiously. ¡°Youe to take a portion of my territory away from me and you expect me to gift them to you with a smile on my face? Naive!¡± Brock snorted. Winter bared her fangs and snarled at him. ¡°Be that as it may, the two of you now no longer have any territories. You two are in one team now. Let me tell you this. The alien beasts are really powerful. Divided, the two of you won¡¯tst for even a minute against them.¡± Elliot warned them. At that, the two beasts fell silent. The apocalypse was something that had been weighing heavily in their minds. For some reason, the beasts were able to sense theing doom, and they had been totally unhinged by it. ¡°It won¡¯t be long till theye now.¡± Elliot said with a sigh as he nced at the setting sun. ¡°Tomorrow at noon, their beasts will be here and blood will flow like rivers everywhere.¡± Elliot looked at the two beasts solemnly and said. ¡°Our blood. If the two of you don¡¯t cooperate.¡± Both giant beasts stared at each other for a moment before Brock finally gave in. He was much older and much calmer of the two. ¡°Fine.¡± He sighed. ¡°Truce?¡± Winter nodded her blood-stained head. ¡°Truce.¡± ¡°Excellent! Now that the two of you are friends-¡° ¡°NOT friends. Allies. Unwilling allies.¡± Winter corrected. Brock snorted. ¡°Now that the two of you are BEST FRIENDS¡¯|¡± Elliot repeated and red at them both. ¡°We need to clean up this ungodly mess and somehow heal Winter up.¡± Winter looked at her broken front paws and winced sadly. ¡°It would take weeks for my bones to heal.¡± ¡°Hawk, is there a potion for beasts which I can buy?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI. [Affirmative. Beast Full Restore avable for purchase for 10 points. Purchase?] ¡°10 POINTS! That¡¯s robbery!¡± Elliot yelled. ¡°It¡¯s not like you need the points for something. Don¡¯t be so stingy! Let me buy it for 5 points, alright?¡± *-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Yeah, Monkey, what¡¯s with the ridiculous price for the potion? 10 points is all of the points for gaining 1 level! How is he going to power up and take over the game if just a stupid potion is so expensive?¡± Void Walker grumbled. ¡°Are you kidding me?¡± Monkey King said to Void Walker in surprise. ¡°That Beast Full Restore is as good as a second lease of life for beasts! Buying a second life for 10 measly points is EXTREMELY generous! In fact, it was supposed to be 30 points. I purposely reduced it so that¡¯| you know.¡± ¡°Hee hee hee. I know! Okay if you put it that way¡¯|¡± Void Walker giggled. ¡°And I think Elliot would need all of the edge he can get this time around. For some reason, the Sword Master¡¯s yer is acting like she knows exactly what is going to happen as well. She¡¯s bunkering up and getting her entire family to do it as well. At this rate, she would emerge as the strongest power in the world.¡± Monkey King sighed. ¡°Not just her. There¡¯s a couple of yers in Europe who are somehow working together. Damian Rains and Hailey Longman. They would make a lethalbo and a significant threat for Elliot. God knows what powers their sponsors gave them. They have 5 diamond sponsors between them!¡± Void Walker grumbled. ¡°It¡¯s shaping up to be a battle of the elites. The strong from the first iteration would get stronger, while the weak would get left behind even more.¡± Monkey King nodded. ¡°I have confidence in my system. It would definitely give birth to the strongest yer! *-*-*-*-*-*-* In a secluded vi, somewhere in the mountains of Italy, a bare-bodied young man was holding a beautiful longsword and practicing his swordsmanship non stop. Sweat poured out of his body and his eyes glinted in determination as he fought through pain and fatigue to continue swinging his sword. ¡°Damian. How¡¯s your traininging along?¡± A beautiful woman in a revealing dress called out from the balcony of the second floor. ¡°I am level five already, Mistress! I have increased my strength points to 2.5 and have raised my ¡°sh¡± skill to level 5 as well!¡± Damian stopped his training and turned to reply Hailey. ¡°Good. Don¡¯t injure yourself. Take a quick rest before you continue.¡± Hailey instructed. ¡°Yes, Mistress.¡± Damian bowed and did as he was told. Hailey nodded in satisfaction and went back to the living room. Her eyes glowed slightly yellow as she watched Damian¡¯s status bar slowly move back from ¡°Fatigued¡± on the extreme right, towards the middle-right section, stopping just above ¡°Tired¡±. ¡°Good. He is making good progress.¡± Hailey murmured as she projected her psychic powers into Damian¡¯s mind and studied Damian¡¯s status page. Warrior System (B-Grade) yer Name: Damian Rains Level 5 Status: Tired Strength: 2.5 Agility: 1 Speed: 1 Skills: Level 5 sh ¨C Deal 250% more sh damage ¡°With my [Perfect Memory] and [Mind Control] skills I got from my two Diamond Sponsors, I would definitely win this game and join one of my Sponsor¡¯s factions in the main universe!¡± Hailey smiled confidently as she sipped on her red wine. Hi guys! Thank you for reading. If you enjoyed it, please consider supporting me with a powerstone or two! Thank you very much ?? Check out also my other novel: I Devour Mechas. It¡¯s epic! Chapter 21 [Negative.] [Price is non-negotiable.] ¡°Stingy.¡± Elliot grumbled in his mind. But he needed to heal Winter straight away. Time was running out and he had to hurry up and tame as many beasts as possible so that his chances of surviving theing apocalypse would be higher. In the previous iteration, he survived by hiding and sneaking around very cautiously. But he could not do that anymore. Not with a two thousand kilogram fat bear and a thousand kilogram wolf around. And it would be infinitely harder to sneak around with his two sisters in tow too. So he had no choice but to pick arge ce to hide for as long as he could and then stand his ground when the alien beasts eventually found them because well, it was impossible for the alien beasts not to find them. With such huge beasts, the amount of blood and meat he would have on his side was humongous. The alien beasts would be sure to lock in on them like theser-guided rocket-propelled-grenade that killed him previously, and to simr effect, if he did not bolster his strength further. ¡°Fine. Give me the Beast Full Restore.¡± Elliot sighed. [Acknowledged.] A bluish mist swirled and immediately, Elliot felt something cold appear in his outstretched hand. ¡°Do I pour the contents into her mouth?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI to confirm. It would be a tragedy if he misused the potion! [Affirmative. Half a portion would be enough to fully heal Winter.] ¡°Ah that¡¯s great!¡± Elliot¡¯s miserly mind rejoiced at the unexpected saving. ¡°Winter, I have a potion that could heal you. Open your mouth please.¡± Elliot instructed. Winter obediently did as she was told. Drip. Drip. Drip. Crackkk. Immediately, Winter howled in pain as her bones reformed and her wounds closed at a speed visible to the naked eye. And as quickly as it had started, the healing process ended. ¡°What sorcery is this!¡± Brock growled and stared at the fully healed Winter in surprise. He frowned deeply when he saw all of the devastating damage he hadnded on Winter disappear, leaving only the bloodstains to prove that the wounds had indeed existed before. ¡°Amazing¡¯|¡± Winter whispered in awe. ¡°My paws feel fine. In fact, even my old wounds¡¯| They are healed! My wounds are fully healed!!¡± Winter leapt up and turned this way and that way to check on her body, sniffing particrly at the upper section of her left front legs. Finding that everything was perfect, Winter looked at Elliot with eyes full of gratitude and reverence. ¡°Unbelievable. You healed a wound which I thought could never be healed. I¡¯| From the very bottom of my heart, I thank you¡¯| Master.¡± Winter then went on to kneel down before Elliot while lowering her head in submission. Elliot smiled and ced his right hand on Winter¡¯s forehead, epting her submission gracefully. ¡°Rise now, Winter. Since you¡¯ve thrown in your lot with me, I will do all I can to make you fit and strong. After All, my life is in your hands.¡± Elliot conveniently forgot how he had argued with the System before begrudgingly epting the cost for the Beast Full Restore potion. ¡°There¡¯s only half a bottle left. Do you want me to use it now or next time if you get heavily injured in future fights with ferocious alien beasts?¡± Elliot dangled the half-full bottle of Beast Full Restore in front of Brock and asked him with a raised eyebrow. ¡°Ah well. Huh? Hey! My paw feels fine all of a sudden! Ahahahaha! Let¡¯s save that miracle potion for next time, shall we?¡± Brock said as he hastily withdrew his injured paw. ¡°I probably can recover in a few days, it¡¯s just a flesh wound after all.¡± Surprisingly, Winter did not have any snidements to make at Brock. Instead, she raised her muzzle up and howled loudly. AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Immediately, a chorus of other wolf howls sounded from all around them. Even the ones wounded and half dead on the ground near her howled as well. AWOOOOOOOOOO!! Came Winter¡¯s howl once more. As one, all the wolves knelt down before Elliot and lowered their heads in submission. [36 wolves tamed by proxy.] [3600 XP gained.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 21!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 22!] ¡°WOWW! AWESOMEEE!!¡± Elliot cried out inwardly. ¡°Level 22! Less the 10 points I spent for the potion, I have 60 points to spend!!¡± In his mind, Elliot was literally dancing with joy! However outwardly, he maintained a cool and solemn visage to keep up the appearance of a cool and collected leader. He raised his hand lightly and instructed them mentally to arise, which they did immediately. ¡°Brother! You seeded! Congrattions!¡± Jessica cried out excitedly as she made her way to them with Jennifer following close behind her. ¡°Hip hip hooray for the coolest and bestest brother in the world!!¡¯ Jennifer cheered. ¡°Coolest, bestest, wonderfullest, awesomest, kindest and legendariest brother!¡± Jessica chirped happily, not willing to be outdone by Jennifer. Elliot smiled at his sisters warmly. ¡°You girls did great today! Congrattions for surviving and kicking ass on your first battle!¡± He said. ¡°Yeahhhh! We kicked ass!¡± Jessica whooped for joy. ¡°Woohoo!¡± ¡°And we got a beautiful wolf!¡± Jennifer¡¯s eyes sparkled when she saw Winter. For some reason, she felt a powerful connection with her. Winter too seemed to sense something special with Jennifer. She looked at the little girl curiously. ¡°This beautiful Frost Wolf is called Winter. Winter, meet my cute little twin sisters.¡± Elliot said. Winter gave the girls a teethy and fearsome smile as she lowered her head to greet them with a friendly sniff. However even with her head fully bent, both girls had to raise their hands to a full stretch to even be able to touch her nose. ¡°You¡¯re so beautiful.¡± Jennifer breathed in awe and wonder as she ced her little hand on Winter¡¯s snout. ¡°Thank you, little Mistress.¡± Winter¡¯s voice appeared in Jennifer¡¯s head. ¡°Huh?¡¯ Jennifer blinked in confusion. [Winter has formed a mind-link with Jennifer Musk.] Author¡¯s Note: Hey guys! WPC 242 is over! Thank you all so much for all your votes and helping Speed Is King ce first in Powerstone Ranking! I hope that the editors like my story as well and SIK can get the gold prize. ?? Chapter 22 ¡°What? Mind-link? What is that? What¡¯s happening?¡± Elliot asked Hawk in surprise. [Mind-Link is an innate skill of high level beasts. Winter had initiated a Mink-Link request to Jennifer Musk. If she is willing, she would be able to speak to Winter telepathically.] ¡°Wow. This day is truly full of surprises. Good surprises! Jennifer, Winter wants to form a Mind-Link with you. It means that you canmunicate telepathically with her. Are you willing?¡± Elliot asked his sister. ¡°Really?¡± Jennifer¡¯s eyes grew wide with surprise and a growing sense of excitement and joy. ¡°Willing! I am willing!¡± She said quickly. Immediately, she felt the sense of connection with Winter which she felt earlier start to solidify. After a few seconds, she felt something breakthrough. ¡°It is done.¡± Winter said softly, her voice appearing in Jennifer¡¯s head again. ¡°Hey Winter.¡± Jennifer said to her in wonder. ¡°Little Mistress. Would you like to sit on my back?¡± Winter asked. ¡°Yes! Yes please! Can my sistere with me?¡± Jennifer¡¯s eyes shined with excitement. Her wish really came true. She got a giant wolf as her personal mount! ¡°Of course. Come on up.¡± Winter lowered her head even further until her snout touched the ground. ¡°Jess! Let¡¯s go!¡± Jennifer cried excitedly. ¡°En! Let¡¯s goooo!¡± Jessical was no less excited than Jennifer! ¡°I guess this is as good a time as any to continue our journey.¡± Elliot said to the group. ¡°Winter, do you have our next target?¡± ¡°Yes Master. Our next target is an extremely dangerous beast. It is evil and very cunning. We need to be very careful. I have suffered even more under his sneak attacks than I have under Brock¡¯s clumsy and rather straightforward attacks.¡± Winter said seriously. ¡°HEY! Who are you calling clumsy!¡± Brock roared angrily. ¡°You. Duh, who else?¡± Winter replied coolly. ¡°HEY! YOU-¡° ¡°Enough both of you. You guys have a truce, remember?¡± Elliot interrupted. ¡°Brock, let me up.¡± ¡°She started it!¡± Brock grumbled and lowered his head down so Elliot could climb up. ¡°So? You don¡¯t have to continue it.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Winter, be nice. Come now, two of you. We have to be serious. Our lives are at stake here!¡± Brock sighed and Winter nodded dutifully. ¡°Truce.¡± Winter said. ¡°I apologize for my words.¡± ¡°Fine. No offence taken. I suppose my attacks are rather straightforward. Who has the energy to sneak around anyway?¡± Brock snorted. ¡°That¡¯s great, guys. Really great. See? It isn¡¯t so hard to be best friends with each other, right?¡± Elliot beamed at the both of them. Both of them couldn¡¯t bring themselves to agree to Elliot¡¯s im of ¡°best friends¡±. Bears and Wolves are not known for being liars. ¡°Anyway, so where to? And what beast are we dealing with here?¡± Elliot asked Winter. ¡°Beyond that mountain range, there is a huge, dormant volcano..¡± Winter pointed at a distant peak with her snout. ¡°Dormant volcano?¡± Brock turned around to face Winter in rm. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re referring to the Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens?¡± ¡°PFFFFT!¡± Elliot choked withughter. ¡°What sort of beast calls himself the Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens?¡± ¡°The kind that truly is a sage and truly has the power to rival the heavens.¡± Winter replied seriously. ¡°Hahahaha- Oh, you¡¯re serious.¡± Elliot said. Winter nodded. ¡°Really?¡± Elliot asked doubtfully. ¡°What beast are we talking about here?¡± ¡°A monkey.¡± Brock rumbled in his deep voice. ¡°A monkey?!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes grew wide and his lips began to curl into a smile. ¡°Yes. A reckless, vainglorious, mboyant, but damn powerful monkey with an entire tribe of simrly reckless, vainglorious and mboyant monkeys!¡± Brock shuddered as he recalled some bad memories with the monkey tribe. ¡°Well! If it¡¯s just a monkey, then I dare say I won¡¯t have any trouble taming him! HA HA HA!¡± Elliotughed loudly and confidently. Brock nced at Winter and both shared a worried look. ¡°I concur.¡± Winter replied. For once, they were inplete agreement. ¡°Hey! I am not crazy. I have a very strong affinity with monkeys. Enough talking though! Let¡¯s go get that Mountain Sage Whatever! How long will it take to reach his territory?¡± Elliot asked Winter. ¡°If we run through the night, we should be able to reach his territory by mid morning.¡± Winter replied. ¡°It¡¯s right at the base of thergest dormant volcano in the region.¡± ¡°Oka- Wait a minute. Did you sayrgest dormant volcano?¡± Elliot frowned. ¡°Yes indeed. The monkeys control the volcano and the forest around it. Do you know that ce, Master?¡± Winter asked doubtfully. ¡°I¡¯ve never been there, but I have heard of it.¡± Elliot replied as his mind raced to remember the details. ¡°Almost all of California would be the territory of the Armored Kaijins. And didn¡¯t the ck Viper Mercenary group say that they found the Armored Kaijins¡¯ir at the base of thergest dormant mountain in California? The Armored Kaijins must have immediately attacked the Great Sage¡¯s forces and used them as food to breed.¡± Elliot immediately deduced. ¡°And if I can get the Great Sage to evacuate, then I would effectively deny the Armored Kaijins a huge amount of food, and dy their breeding by at least a few weeks! California would be spared from the insane first week of chaos!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes shined with excitement. ¡°Let¡¯s do it. Let¡¯s tame the Great Sage and ALL of his monkeys!¡± Elliot dered. Elliot nced at his sisters who were happily talking to each other while sitting on Winter¡¯s broad back. ¡°They can sleep on my back.¡± Winter said in understanding. ¡°I will be sure to run smoothly so they can have a good rest.¡± Elliot nodded. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s go. Girls, put on your jackets and make sure you¡¯re warm. We will be making a long and difficult trek tonight.¡± And with that, A giant bear, a giant wolf and twenty wolves still healthy enough to run set off at a brisk pace towards The Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens¡¯ir. Author¡¯s Note: Hey guys! WPC 242 is over. Thank you all so much for all your votes and helping Speed Is King ce first in Powerstone Ranking! I appreciate all your support, please continue to support me all the way until I rank first in webnovel! Haha ?? Chapter 23 ¡°Excellent. Now, how should I spend my points? Hawk! Tell me my options!¡± Elliot instructed his AI eagerly after he had made sure that his sisters were warm andfortable atop Winter. [You have unlocked Beast Transformation at level twenty. Avable beasts to transform into are as follows.] [ck Bear Warrior ¨C 10 points] [Frost Wolf Warrior ¨C 10 points] [Primal Feline Warrior ¨C 10 points] ¡°Beast Transformation!!! AHMAYZING!!¡± Elliot whooped for joy deep within his heart. ¡°What else?¡± [Skills avable for purchase:] [Leadership Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases all allies¡¯ attack power by 50%.] [Cost: 10 points] [Summon Beast Totem ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon a fearsome Beast Totem that will cause all unfriendly beasts to flee.] [Cost: 10 points] [Summon Tiger ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon tiger] [Cost: 10 points] [Summon Eagle ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon eagle] [Cost: 10 points] ¡°Excellent! Excellent! Level twenty opens up so many awesome stuff! I really feel like buying all the skills now! But I need to be patient and wait till I¡¯ve checked out everything. Hawk! Show me the new items I¡¯ve unlocked!¡± Elliot said. [Acknowledged.] [Items for sale in the Level 2 Shop:] [Healing Potion ¨C Heals you for 500 HP] [Cost: 20 points.] [Attribute Boost Potion ¨C Boosts selected attribute by 4 for 20 minutes] [Cost: 20 points] [Small Beast Lure ¨C Lures a Small Beast to your location.] [Cost: 20 points] [Small Stealth Potion ¨C Disappear from sight and smell for 1 minute.] [Cost: 20 points] [Large Mystery Box ¨C Contains three random items.] [Cost: 20 points] ¡°Everything is so expensive!¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°I definitely have to get one of the beast transformations. And I definitely want the Large Mystery Box. And I want to invest 10 points in my personal stats. So that¡¯s forty points. So I am able to get two out of the four skills. Alright, I¡¯ve decided! Hawk! I want the Primal Feline Beast Transformation, the Large Mystery Box and Summon Tiger and Summon Beast Totem! Put 4 points into Strength, 3 into Intellect and 3 into Reflexes. Please also open the Mystery Box immediately!¡± [Acknowledged.] [Opening Large Mystery Box] [Received 1x Summon Giant Armored Mammoth] [Received 1x Large Attribute Candy] [Received 1x Large Attribute Candy] Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped so fast when he saw the first item that he almost dislocated it. ¡°Giant Armored Mammoth? What the heck is that? A mammoth is already huge! This one is a giant? AND armored?? My luck is amazing! Amazing!!¡± Elliot sighed contentedly. ¡°Hawk! How big is the Giant Armored Mammoth?¡± [The Giant Armored Mammoth is eight meters tall and weighs forty thousand kilograms.] ¡°HA HA HA! Perfect! Perfect!! With this skill, I now have no worries about surviving the Apocalypse. I AM SET!¡± Elliot was so ecstatic that his happiness spilled into his tamed beasts¡¯ mind space. ¡°Hmm? Why are you so happy, Little Master?¡± Brock asked as he cantered along at a steady pace. ¡°Master? Happy?¡± Ellie yawned from within Jessica¡¯s arms. ¡°Ahahahaha, it¡¯s nothing. I just got something wonderful. Don¡¯t mind me, don¡¯t mind me. Hahahaha!¡± Elliotughed happily. ¡°Good. I hope it¡¯s something that can help us take down that stupid monkey.¡± Brock grunted. Elliot merely chuckled mysteriously and continued his inner dialogue with Hawk the AI. ¡°Hawk, consume both Large Attribute Candies and assign attributes to Reflexes and Strength.¡± [Acknowledged.] [Received 0.8 Strength!] [Received 0.8 Reflexes!] ¡°Excellent. Now show me my stats and let me bask in all its wonderful glory!¡± Character Name: Elliot Musk Current Level: 22 HP: 2200/2200 Current Experience: 0/2200 Strength: 3.8 AI Comment: Holy smokes, what happened? Why are you so strong? Monkeys now worship you as the Monkey God of Strength! Intellect: 2 AI Comment: Twice as smart as the average human being. Monkeys now worship you as their God of Intelligence! Endurance: 1.0 AI Comment: At the level of the average human being. Monkeys can outrun you anyday. Reflexes: 2.4 AI Comment: As fast as a monkey! Now you canpete with them when grabbing for bananas! Looks: 0.6 AI Comment: Uglier than the average human being. Definitely uglier than a monkey. Emotional health: 0.4 AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let¡¯s not even mention the monkey to avoid host¡¯s emotional health from dropping further. Mental health: 0.4 AI Comment: Borderline psychopath.Crazier than the average human being. Totally nutspared to a monkey. Beast Affinity: 0.01 Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 2 AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals, except monkeys and apes. They LOVE you! Luck: 2.1 AIment: Much luckier than the average human being. If you¡¯re a monkey, you¡¯ll find bananas to eat every week AND new monkey partners to ehem every day! Overall: 1.41 AI Comment: You are now in position to help human beings AND monkeys! I suggest you help the monkeys! Avable points: 0 Skills [Level 1 Beast Taming Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.] [Level 1 Summon Beasts ¨C Active skill which allows you to store, summon and control 2 tamed beasts up to the Medium category.] [Level 11 Summon Wolf ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon wolf.] [Level 3 Summon Hawk ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 3 temporarymon hawks.] [Level 1 Summon Beast Totem ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon a fearsome Beast Totem that will cause all unfriendly beasts to flee.] [Level 1 Summon Tiger ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon tiger] [Level 1 Summon Giant Armored Mammoth ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary legendary Giant Armored Mammoth] ¡°Mwa ha ha ha ha! Now I am strong! I am powerful!! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!¡± Elliot cackled happily in his ¡°public¡± mind space where his beasts could all hear him. He was quite oblivious that he sounded like a madman, much to the consternation of Winter and Brock. ¡°Now all that¡¯s left for me to test is the Beast Transformation and the Summon Giant Armored Mammoth skill! Ah, what a wonderful feeling it is to FINALLY have so many things going well for me¡¯|¡± Elliot sighed andid down on Brock¡¯s broad back in relief and in deep contentment. After a lifetime of worry, pressure, and hopelessness, Elliot¡¯s current condition was soparatively blissful that he felt like a huge load was taken off his shoulders. For the first time in many loong years, he felt peace. He closed his eyes. And very soon, he fell asleep. NGROOORK! NGROOORK! And snored. *-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°His luck is absolutely off the charts.¡± Monkey King muttered. ¡°I feel bad for the other Diamond Sponsors. This feels too¡¯| unfair.¡± ¡°HAHA! You morose old monkey. Who cares about fairness when we have a huge bet in ce!¡± Void Walkerughed ecstatically. Ever since Elliot was reverse time walked, her mood and spirits had been rising non-stop and it wasn¡¯t showing any signs of slowing down. ¡°Truly, truly incredible.¡± Monkey King sighed. ¡°A Giant Armored Mammoth is a Legendary Grade beast that cannot be found on Earth!¡± ¡°What?! Legendary? Hey, even I am jealous of that skill. How on earth are you able to sneak in a system that allows him to learn legendary summons past the Game Masters? I thought they were pretty strict on such things.¡± Void Walker asked curiously. ¡°I made the Mystery Box draw from an extremely huge pool of items and sneaked in a few legendary summons in there.¡± Monkey King chuckled. ¡°The Giant Armored Mammoth is one of the best legendary skills I have. It¡¯s so powerful that it isn¡¯t even among the list of beasts which would be released on Earth by the Game Masters.¡± Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 24 ¡°How in the heavens do you know what beasts the Game Masters sent into Earth?¡± Void Walker asked Monkey King in surprise. ¡°Of course I know. My n supplied almost ten percent of the base beasts prior to their mutation.¡± Monkey King replied. ¡°The other ny percent are supplied by the other Beast ns. Unlike you Walkers, the Beast ns share our information freely.¡± ¡°Oh? Who says we Walkers don¡¯t share information? We share them too! We just like to give each other a little bit of a challenge by hiding them out of in sight. In fact, I too have brand new information about the fugitives released into Earth.¡± Void Walker said proudly. ¡°Oh? Pray tell.¡± Monkey King said curiously. ¡°I can¡¯t say much. But I can say that one of the Void n¡¯s ten fugitive Kings would be released into Earth this time around.¡± ¡°FUGITIVE KING?! Why? Why release a damned fugitive king on such a small game world?!¡± Monkey King asked in shock. ¡°Because! There is a secret Adamantium Sponsor also participating¡¯|¡± Void Walker whispered. Monkey King¡¯s jaw dropped. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°So¡¯| All I have to do is to kill all of the natives?¡± A powerfully built, humanoid beast rumbled in a deep voice. Standing tall and strong at over three meters, he towered over the small 1.5 meter tall Void Walkers that were talking to him through the bars from outside his prison cell. His head resembled a lion¡¯s, with simr sharp teeth and a beautiful mane. However, instead of yellow, his eyes gleamed a deep sapphire blue. His muscr body was covered in thick diamond-shaped scales like a dragon. Fearsome looking des and spikes protruded in all the critical areas of his body, most notably his long elbow des and a trio of wicked looking spikes on each knee. Two beautiful curved horns graced the top of his head, giving him an overall elegant yet deadly appearance. He was a magnificent creature, even the Void Walkers had to give him that much. However, the fact that he was behind bars and they were not, indicated the true nature of the power structure in that situation. ¡°And after one year, I will be free?¡± The beast asked once more. ¡°Yes. That is the deal.¡± The Void Walker said. ¡°Hahaha. Too good to be true.¡± The beastughed out loud. ¡°What is the catch?¡± ¡°Kekeke. I knew he would notice.¡± A Void Walkerughed as well and stretched out a slender hand towards another who grunted in irritation. However, currency of some sort was ced on the outstretched hand. ¡°You bet on my reaction to your offer?¡± The beast could feel the beginnings of his terrible anger start to awake from within his soul. However, a vastly more powerful surge of fear crashed down upon his anger and immediately killed it before it could amount to anything. The Void Walkers had done their work well with the beast, and the beast had learnt to know fear. Of them at least, if not of anything else. ¡°Yes.¡± The second Void Walker replied in a pleased voice. ¡°I knew that you¡¯re much smarter than all of your nsmen. You didn¡¯t disappoint me. Well done. Here, a reward for pleasing me.¡± The second Void Walker fished out a small orb of some sort and threw it to the beast who caught it eagerly and with apparent great excitement. He threw the orb into his mouth and crunched on it loudly. After a few seconds, he swallowed it with a smile of satisfaction as he felt his power level increase slightly. ¡°Good beast core. Got anymore?¡± He asked shamelessly. ¡°Join the Games, and I¡¯ll immediately give you a hundred of them.¡± The second Void Walker replied slyly. ¡°Hmmm.¡± Unlike other beasts, this particr beast did not immediately agree. A clear sign of intellect and control over his baser beast nature. ¡°Tell me about the catch.¡± ¡°The catch, my dear Rak¡¯Tharos, is that the natives will be given all sorts of powerful tools and powers by sponsors up to the King Level of each Empire and Kingdom who are participating.¡± The first Void Walker exined. ¡°You know what King Level means, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Kings.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos scoffed. ¡°Your warriors who are over level 300?¡± ¡°Indeed.¡± The first Void Walker replied. ¡°Kings are warriors between level 300 ¨C 399. Like yourself.¡± ¡°That¡¯s hardly a catch. I can easily kill warriors at the King level, much less the natives only armed with their gifts.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos snorted. ¡°Tell me the real catch.¡± ¡°Kekeke. The real catch is that this time, there will be an Emperor who will be participating as a sponsor. A level 477 warrior who is able to grant gifts powering up one lucky native up to level 399. The Game Masters had granted us the privilege of sending in a Fugitive King to even out the ying field and to give the Emperor¡¯s little toy a little bit of a challenge.¡± The second Void Walker said. ¡°Up to level 399?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ sapphire blue eyes gleamed with excitement and a hunger for battle. Years of captivity had dulled his senses, and he yearned for a bloody and glorious fight. ¡°COUNT ME IN!¡± ¡°Kekekeke. Excellent. I will send the beast cores and a few women from your tribe to your cell tonight. Enjoy them well. You will enter the called Earth in the second month of the Games, exactly 30 days from today.¡± The second Void Walker cackled. ¡°Do not lose! I have a lot of money ced on your victory!¡± ¡°Hahahahaha! Lose? I, Rak¡¯Tharos, am the glorious leader of the Golden Fang Tribe. I have killed and eaten over a thousand Kings! I will never lose! Hahahaha!¡± Rak¡¯Tharosughed out loud. He was stillughing when the Void Walkers left the prison. However, exactly ten seconds after the Void Walkers had left, Rak¡¯Tharos abruptly stoppedughing. His blue sapphire eyes slowly turned red and a vastly more powerful aura than he had shown the Void Walkers earlier leaked out of his body. An Emperor Level beast¡¯s aura, to be exact. ¡°I never thought that I would not need to get out of this ce by force. The Games, huh? Perfect. I will eat all of the beasts there and power up to level 500, the Hegemon Level! And then I will return here to free my tribe and get my revenge¡¯| Hahh¡­ Haha¡¯| Hahaha¡¯| Hahahaha¡¯| HAHAHAHA!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ughter filled the prison once more. But this time, there was a tinge of insanity within it. Author¡¯s Note Happy New Year guys!! Hope you all have a great year ahead! Cheers to a much better year than 2021! Power Levels and Names Level 0 ¨C 99 : Common Level 100 ¨C 199 : Elite Level 200 ¨C 299 : Lord Level 300 ¨C 399 : King Level 400 ¨C 499 : Emperor Level 500 ¨C 599 : Hegemon Level 600 ¨C 699 : Ancient Level 700 ¨C 799 : Primal Level 800 ¨C 899 : Saint Level 900 ¨C 999 : God Chapter 25 ¡°Emperor Gatara. Wee to the Adamantium Sponsor¡¯s VIP room.¡± A beautiful human female in a manager¡¯s uniform bowed deeply. Behind her and in two neat rows nking either side of the red carpet, a hundred other women bowed as well. Emperor Gatara swept past the manager and walked arrogantly into the VIP room. His entourage simrly ignored the manager and followed him. The manager and all of the servants remained bowing until the VIP room door mmed shut before straightening up and returning to their assigned jobs. For the manager, she would be seated right outside the VIP room, waiting to receive any and all instructions from Emperor Gatara and his entourage. As an Emperor, he had nock of servants, so the manager wasn¡¯t expecting to do much serving. So it was to her deep surprise that the VIP room service bell rang almost as soon as the room door closed. The manager quickly knocked on the door and entered. Emperor Gatara was already seated in the main lounge, talking andughing with his friends. ¡°Manager Victoria. I am Hasaro, the Emperor¡¯s Butler.¡± An old but fearsome man in a butler¡¯s ck uniform greeted her and stretched out his hand. ¡°Butler Hasaro. Pleased to make your acquaintance. How may I be of service?¡± Victoria replied as she shook Hasaro¡¯s hand. ¡°I would consider it a favor if you can give me all ssified information you have on the yers named Elliot Musk and Hailey Longman.¡± Hasaro said with a conspiratorial smile. Manager Victoria smiled knowingly as greed shed briefly in her eyes. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°We¡¯re here.¡± Brock whispered in Elliot¡¯s mind. Although everything looked the same to Elliot, apparently they had finally crossed some sort of invisible boundary and had entered The Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens¡¯ territory. Sparse trees still dotted thendscape all the way until they gradually formed a thick forest a few kilometers ahead. A medium sized winding river flowed down from the massive volcano and ended in a beautifulke which they had passed an hour or so ago. The ground was lush with green grass and an abundance of life in the form of insects and small animals. Their long trek out of the mountain range where Winter had imed to be hers had taken the entire night. Thankfully, it had passed uneventfully. None dared to obstruct or evene close to them as they made their way out of the mountain range and into the massive volcano. There were only so many giant beasts around, and with a giant anaconda dead and Brock and Winter tamed, there were none left to disturb them. ¡°Why are you whispering? You¡¯re speaking in his mind.¡± Winter promptly said with an amused tone. ¡°Ah, ehm yes. Force of habit. HAHA!¡± Brock replied in his normal voice. ¡°Force of ha- oh well.¡± Winter was about to press home her verbal attack when she caught sight of Elliot¡¯s light frown. So she immediately let it go with a shrug. Knowing Brock and how clumsy he is, there would be more chances for her to tease him. Many more. ¡°Okay we¡¯re here, noted. Why are we stopping?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yeah, why are we stopping?¡± Winter asked with her eyes wide open innocently. ¡°Ah. I think it¡¯s good if we be a little bit more cautious. Why don¡¯t you send out your hawks first, Little Master? See if they can spot anything fishy or¡¯| Smelly. Ahahaha!¡± Brock suggested with a sheepishugh. Elliot smiled in amusement. He had never expected that he¡¯d see a BEARugh SHEEPishly. (A/N: LOL) ¡°Sure, a little bit of extra caution never hurt. Hawks! Come on out and check what¡¯s ahead! Call out if you spot the monkeys.¡± SCREEE! Elliot¡¯s three hawks pped their wings hard and flew off in three different directions. ¡°We good to go now?¡± Elliot asked Brock. ¡°Good! More than good! Hahaha! Let¡¯s go on in then!¡± Brockughed and charged in bravely. Winter chuckled and followed along behind him. However, she did not let her guard down even with the hawks scouting ahead. She began to tread lightly and to look around very carefully for traps and sneak attacks. She hadunched an attack with her wolves into the monkey¡¯s territory in retaliation to their incessant raids many years ago. They had sprung trap after trap on the wolves, and made them endure sneak attack after sneak attack, so much so that Winter decided to pull out of the invasion a mere five kilometers in. Winter had nock of courage. But her wisdom demanded that she retreat after losing half her number without killing a single damned monkey. But for some reason, she felt oddly at peace going into the monkey¡¯s territory again. A kilometer. Two kilometers. Five kilometers. Ten kilometers. No traps were sprung. No sneak attacks wereunched. ¡°Strange.¡± Brock finally said. ¡°Howe no monkeys came to throw all sorts of crap at us? Thest time I came, I only made it one kilometer before I had to run away!¡± ¡°Run away because they threw all sorts of crap at you?¡± Elliot chuckled while imagining the scene of a giant ck bear getting pelted by all sorts of ¡°crap¡±. ¡°What sort of ¡°crap¡± are we talking about here?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Uhh. Just huge amounts of literal¡¯| Crap.¡± Brock shuddered lightly at the memory. ¡°HA HA HA!¡± Elliot roared withughter. ¡°But seriously though. It is extremely odd. Them monkeys are very territorial, especially that stupid so called sage.¡± Brock said. ¡°This is more than highly unusual. I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if he doesn¡¯t live here anymore.¡± ¡°Now that you mention it, that¡¯s right. I don¡¯t feel anything at all.¡± Brock frowned. ¡°We must still exercise maximum caution though. If the danger from the monkeys are gone because they were somehow wiped out, then whatever wiped them out would pose an even greater danger to us.¡± Elliot said after his mirth disappeared due to the gravity of both giant beast¡¯s worries and the beginnings of an extremely disturbing thought. In his heart, a deep sense of unease bloomed. ¡°The only force able to wipe out the Great Sage¡¯s is the Armored Kaijins. But they shouldn¡¯t be here untilter this afternoon. Unless¡¯| They came earlier??¡± Author¡¯s Note Hi all! Thank you for reading and supporting SIK! If you enjoyed it, please also hop over to my other novel called ¡°I Devour Mechas¡±. I am sure you¡¯ll enjoy it too! ?? Chapter 26 However, at that moment before the two beasts could respond, all three hawks suddenly let out loud screams! ¡°Danger up ahead!¡± Elliot said softly. Brock and Winter immediately stopped. However, instead of returning, the hawks continued to scream loudly and urgently. SCREE! SCREE! SCREE!! And then one of the hawks stopped screaming. SCREE! SCREE! And then, the other one stopped as well. SCREE! And after a second, even the final one stopped screaming. A chill ran down Elliot¡¯s spine as his worst fears were confirmed. ¡°The Armored Kaijins are already here! And it¡¯s the flying type!¡± ¡°No monkey killed those hawks, that¡¯s for certain.¡± Brock rumbled deeply as he tensed his muscles and prepared himself forbat. ¡°Winter, retreat a hundred meters and prepare to escape with my sisters.¡± Elliot instructed her grimly. ¡°They are safe with me, Master.¡± Winter said before obeying him and carrying the still-sleeping girls back a hundred meters. Seeing that at least his sisters would be safe, Elliot felt slightly relieved. ¡°It¡¯s time to put my new skills to good use. Wolves, and you, tiger,e on out.¡± Elliot whispered. His eleven Gray Wolves materialized in their puffs of grey mists and took their ces alongside the other twenty. A bluish mist swirled as well before revealing arge and ferocious looking tiger. Its eyes gleamed with intelligence and its sleek orange, ck-striped fur bulged with powerful muscles. It growled softly as it red at Brock. ¡°Overconfident little punk.¡± Brock snorted in derision at the rtively tiny tiger. The tiger swished its tail and continued to growl at Brock fearlessly. ¡°Ha! Where did you get this little firecracker from? Is he seriously thinking of attacking me with his tiny little body? I can sit here and let him attack me all day, and he wouldn¡¯t even be able to deal any damage to me!¡± Brock scoffed arrogantly. ¡°Rx and cut him some ck, Brock. He¡¯s new.¡± Elliot said. He immediately exerted his will upon his tiger to prevent it from roaring out and attacking Brock. Unlike his wolves which didn¡¯t give him any trouble, Elliot could feel his tiger¡¯s aggression and deep hunger for dominance. But the system¡¯s power was perfect, and Elliot¡¯s will easily mped down on the tiger¡¯s desire to exert his dominance over the wolvespletely. The tiger calmed down and set downzily. Elliot withheld from summoning the Giant Armored Mammoth because he wanted to keep it as a trump card in case things grew horribly wrong. However, he did intend to use his new Beast Transformation skill. ¡°Primal Feline Warrior Transformation. Activate.¡± Elliot said softly. After the words left his mouth, a red mist appeared and swirled around Elliot. Slowly, then faster and faster until the red mist became a literal tornado around him. And then¡¯| GROARRRR!!! A deep-throated guttural roar sounded from within the red mist! Poof! The red mist disappearedpletely as though it was never there, revealing in its ce a graceful yet exceptionally deadly looking beast that looked like the elder brother of all the tigers of the world. Its fur was simrly a beautiful coat of orange, but the ck patterns on its body were much more aggressive and induced fear to all whoid their eyes on it. It was twice asrge as the tiger which Elliot had just summoned, but still slightly less than half Brock¡¯s size. However, its size was no indicator of its power and deadliness. Even Brock, for all its size and physical power, could feel a primordial and instinctive fear of the creature begin to bloom from deep within his soul and spread into every fibre of his being. Elliot could feel an intense feeling of savagery and bloodthirst well up powerfully within him. Anger, aggression, confidence and a sense of utter entitlement seemed to be the default emotional mode for him in his Primal Feline form. At the same time, his senses were sharpened countless times over. He could see with incredible rity the details of his surroundings, hear the heartbeats of all the animals around him, and smell them all very clearly. Additionally, the flood of new information brought forth by his enhanced senses was also processed very easily and naturally by his brain. All the necessary and urgent information was brought up front and center, while all the others simply nestled somewhere in his mind. Noted, factored in, but not actively used. He knew exactly WHAT was happening all around him, and he knew exactly HOW he could impact and bring them under his will. The feeling of having great power and being in absolute control of the reality around him was intoxicating for Elliot. His soulpped up the wonder of being a Primal Feline Warrior hungrily. As he did so, he slowly and subconsciously lost his control over himself to the Primal Feline¡¯s baser instincts. He red at the thirty one wolves and his tiger and unleashed his murderous aura to the full. Immediately, all thirty one wolves fell down t on their bellies,pletely suppressed by Elliot¡¯s aura. The tiger, though it did not lose its mindpletely like the wolves, had chosen of its own volition to submit by sitting down and lowering its headpletely till it touched the ground. Satisfied, Elliot released his aura and turned to look at Brock. GROWL. Elliot tried to subdue him the same way he did the other beasts. But to his surprise, Brock growled back dangerously and bared his huge and fearsome teeth. ¡°Little Master. Wake up! Or I will be forced to attack you.¡± Brock shouted in Elliot¡¯s mind. Brock¡¯s words were like a ssh of cold water on Elliot¡¯s soul. Sensing his nearplete loss of control over himself, Elliot immediately burst out with an explosive surge of willpower and he managed to sessfully tame the Primal Feline¡¯s baser instincts. However, it wasn¡¯t a full andplete taming.. He could feel the savagery and bloodthirst simmering right beneath his thin veneer of control, ready to explode out at a moment¡¯s notice. Chapter 27 ¡°This is more difficult than I thought.¡± Elliot realized, his heart turned cold over the close shave. Losing his mind during a Beast Transformation would be catastrophic. ¡®Hawk. What can this Primal Feline Warrior Beast Form do?¡± Elliot asked. [The Primal Feline Warrior is a Legendary Grade Beast and has four skills as follows.] [Level 1 Deadly sh ¨C Deal 100% additional armor-piercing sh damage] [Level 1 Feral Bite ¨C Deal 100% additional bite damage and induce fear in victim] [Level 1 Primal Roar ¨C Paralyze enemies for 1 second] [Level 1 Leadership Aura ¨C Increase allies¡¯ damage by 100%] [This Beast Form also triples your strength and reflexes. However, it also introduces the ¡°Aggression¡± stat and has a base starting value of 5 points.] [Aggression: 5] [AI Comments: You are insanely aggressive. Prone to biting heads off if provoked. Monkeys worship you as their God of Anger. Please join an Anger Management Therapy Session ASAP.] ¡°¡­ ¡®|¡± Elliot was rather speechless at the AI¡¯s ridiculousments. He was, however, pleasantly surprised to find that the Primal Feline¡¯s skills were actually much more powerful than normal beast skills. ¡°Little Master?¡± Brock asked as he stared cautiously at Elliot who had grownpletely still. ¡°I am fine now.¡± Elliot replied, fighting hard to keep the fluctuating waves of emotions brought about by the Primal Feline out of his voice. ¡°Let¡¯s proceed forward carefully.¡± ¡°Good.¡± Brock said with great relief. ¡°That¡¯s really good. Alright then. Let¡¯s go.¡± ¡°I will lead the way.¡± Elliot said and leapt ahead with great agility. He bounded ahead noiselessly and led his team forward and deeper into the Great Sage¡¯s strangely quiet territory. Behind him, the wolves and the tiger followed him equally noiselessly. BOOM! BOOM! Brock¡¯s heavy footsteps broke the silence like thunderps on a bright sunny day. Being a massive, five meter tall bear, he had no notion what being noiseless was all about. And even if he had, he probablycked any intention to apply it into his way of walking anyway, so he stomped and crashed and boomed his way after Elliot and the rest. He was, after all, a five meter tall giant bear. Finesse and stealth were not his strong points. After a few short minutes, Elliot¡¯s extremely sharp sense of smell finally caught the first scent of trouble. ¡°Blood.¡± Elliot said as he sniffed the air. ¡°Lots of blood.¡± Brock sniffed the air once more, but failed to smell anything out of the ordinary. ¡°Where?¡± He asked. ¡°Straight ahead.¡± Elliot said, his excitement spilling over into his voice. ¡°We are close. Prepare to fight!¡± ¡°An enemy?¡± Brock asked quietly and tensed his muscles as he prepared to burst out with great strength at a moment¡¯s notice. ¡°Not AN enemy.¡± Elliot replied softly. ¡°Enemies.¡± Elliot took a deep, long breath and fought to establish an unshakable control center in his mind against the ever-rising bloodlust and hunger for battle that the Primal Feline¡¯s soul automatically produced. He visualized the Armored Kaijin in his mind and allowed the Primal Feline to consider it. ¡°Can you take on enemies like them?¡± Prey. Dangerous prey, but prey, nheless. Elliot nodded in satisfaction. That was enough information for him. ¡°Rex. Ellie. Come on out. Maybe you¡¯ll gain a level or two during this fight.¡± Elliot said in his mind. Immediately, Rex and Ellie appeared in a swirl of grey mist. ¡°Master, we fight? Ellie like fight!¡± Ellie barked cheerfully. FIGHT! FIGHT FIGHT! Rex was in high spirits and raring to have a fight too! They had no problems identifying Elliot in his new form and were somehow totally unperturbed nor surprised with his new form. ¡°Yes. We fight. Against very dangerous enemies. Listen to me and do not make any noise ok? Wolves, spread out in pairs behind me. Brock, stay here ande running when I call.¡± Elliot ordered. Brock grunted in acknowledgement and sat down. The final approach called for stealth, and Brock was the exact opposite of the definition of stealth. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Elliot led the way once more, but this time much more slowly and cautiously. The forest had be quite thick at that point, and moving noiselessly was bing a challenge, even for them. After a few minutes of slow progress, the stench of blood grew extremely powerful and Elliot¡¯s sharp ears could even pick up many loud chomping noises with the asional light roar and scuffle. The enemies were nearby! The Primal Feline¡¯s instincts and deep-seated aggression came roaring back to life within Elliot¡¯s soul. Knowing that battle was about to erupt, Elliot finally allowed them free reign over his body. Immediately and in contrary to all of Elliot¡¯s earlier n to sneak up on the enemy, the Primal Feline¡¯s first act after taking over was to let out a loud and fearsome roar of challenge! GRAAARRRRR! To hell with sneak attacks! ALL ENEMIES! HERE I COME! Its roar seemed to say. After delivering its announcement to one and all, he exploded forth with his abundant strength and shot ahead with great speed! The Primal Feline was in charge, and he knew no fear. Elliot¡¯s Primal Feline dominated mind snorted in derision at his own cowardly n previously. Sneak attack? Ha! That¡¯s for weaklings! Observe the enemy? HA! Let the enemy observe ME! Within seconds, the Primal Feline ate up the remaining hundred or so meters and burst out of the forest in a flying leap. GRARHHH!! He roared once more and announced his arrival in a grandiose manner. ¡°See? I don¡¯t do cowardly ¡°sneak attacks¡±. I enter the enemy¡¯sir and I tell them to their faces that I¡¯ve arrived!¡± His roar seemed to say. The Primal Felinended nimbly on the ground that was the beginning of a vast open space leading up to arge cave carved out of the volcano¡¯s base. As expected, the thick scent of blood came from there. Chapter 28 However, the horrific scene that greeted him was one that even the Primal Feline, for all its savagery and bloodthirst, did not expect. A literal river of BLOOD flowed freely from the badly mangled and mutted corpses of thousands of dead monkeys spread out all over the ce. Atop each dead monkey were two or three little beasts that looked like giant lizards the size of a little dog. The beasts had six wed legs and two lizard heads, each with a unicorn-like horn protruding on top. Although still obviously newborns, they already looked deadly. And at that moment, they were all feeding on the dead monkeys. ¡°Baby Armored Kaijins!¡± Elliot¡¯s mind shouted in recognition. ¡°I was right. But these babies pose no danger to us. The adult Armored Kaijins, where are they?!¡± However, the Primal Feline didn¡¯t have the patience to deal with Elliot¡¯s questions. He was thoroughly pissed off. GRAAARRRR!!! He roared out in anger! HOW DARE THESE PEASANT BEASTS IGNORE ME! WOLVES! TIGER! ELLIE! REX! BROCK! ATTACK!! The Primal Feline didn¡¯t wait for the others to arrive and quickly charged ahead. STOMP! CRACKK!! He stepped heavily on the first baby Armored Kaijin and crushed it to death. ¡°Ah ok. Killing the baby Kaijins are fine too! This way we¡¯ll definitely weaken the Armored Kaijin Tribe! Heck, we might even wipe them outpletely! LET¡¯S KILL THEM ALL BEFORE THE ADULTS RETURN!¡± Elliot shouted from the control center in his mind. The Primal Feline was happy to oblige. SLASH! He cut the other baby Armored Kaijin that was feasting mindlessly on the dead monkey into two. Finally, after brutally killing two of their siblings, the other baby Armored Kaijins finally realized that Elliot wasn¡¯t there to merely say hi. Scweee!! Scweeeee!! Scweee!! They began to scream their little screams and scampered towards Elliot aggressively. STOMP! SLASH! SLASH! STOMP! SLASH! One baby Armored Kaijin at a time, the Primal Feline quickly carved a bloody path through the already blood-filled area. Beside him, the wolves, the tiger, Ellie and Rex were simrly having a wonderful time killing the little baby monsters. Though they numbered in the thousands, the baby Armored Kaijins were still extremely fragile and weak. A single bite by Elliot¡¯s beasts was enough to kill them. It was the perfect spot to grind levels! And to make things better, they would be saving countless Californian lives for each baby Armored Kaijin they killed there! ¡°Here Ie!¡± A ferocious roar apanied by loud, earth-shaking footsteps sounded from the forest as Brock charged as fast as he could towards them. GROARR!! Brock¡¯s gigantic 5-meter frame burst out of the forest and immediately bore down on the massive crowd of baby Armored Kaijins. If the baby Armored Kaijins were being brutally killed before, they were about to be brutally massacred. As the seconds ticked into minutes, Elliot began to receive the notifications that he had grown to love and look forward to. [Rex has gained 1 level for killing a level 1 baby Armored Kaijin.] [Ellie has gained 1 level for killing a level 1 baby Armored Kaijin.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 23!] [Rex has gained 1 level for killing a level 1 baby Armored Kaijin.] [Ellie has gained 1 level for killing a level 1 baby Armored Kaijin.] [Rex has gained 1 level for killing a level 1 baby Armored Kaijin.] [Ellie has gained 1 level for killing a level 1 baby Armored Kaijin.] From thousands, to hundreds and finally, down to the final baby Armored Kaijin. STOMP! The Primal Feline killed it ruthlessly. AWOOOOO!!!! ROARRRRRR!!! GROARRR!!! GROAARRR!!! All of them roared out and vented their excitement after a job well done. The Primal Feline truly enjoyed that short but bloody massacre, Elliot could feel its bloodlust and excitement growing with each kill. However, it was not yet satisfied. What it yearned for was a true battle with a worthy opponent. The Primal Feline looked ahead at the huge cave entrance at the base of the volcano and quickly made his way there. His instinct and his senses told him that he would find what he sought for within that cave. ¡°Little Master, these little baby monsters couldn¡¯t possibly take down all these monkeys by themselves.¡± Brock said from his side. ¡°I know.¡± Elliot spoke through the haze of bloodlust in his mind. ¡°Our real foes are in that cave.¡± Brock nodded in agreement and along with all the other beasts, started to follow Elliot quietly. When they reached the entrance of the cave, the Primal Feline suddenly stopped. He looked around warily. A growing sense of impending doom had fallen upon him lightly. There was a new enemy. It was still a distance away, but it wasing his way. He was sure of it. His sixth sense tingled and his instincts began to tell him that he would not be able to deal with the new threat. The enemies within the cave would give him a good and vigorous fight. But only certain death awaited him if he chose to fight the new one. ¡°It must be the Armored Kaijin Matriarch.¡± Elliot thought through the haze of bloodlust and summoned a memory of the time he saw the Matriarch in his previous life. Taller than a two story building, bristling with sharp spikes and des and ws, it was the epitome of death. The Primal Feline growled lightly and exploded forth in a burst of speed as he rushed into the cave. ¡°If there¡¯s a strong enemying, then I¡¯ll just have to kill these ones faster and escape before the strong one arrives!¡± The Primal Feline¡¯s thought was rather simple and direct. ¡°The adult Armored Kaijins must be in there fighting with the Great Sage.¡± Elliot realised as his sharp hearing picked up faint sounds of battle from deep within the cave. ¡°I need to hurry if I want to save the Great Sage and tame him!¡± Deeper and deeper he went into the vast cave system. Along the way, he passed several more dead monkeys. Well, specifically, dead monkey PIECES. None of the dead monkeys were intact. They looked as though they were ripped apart by overwhelming strength. The Primal Feline grew more excited when he saw the horrible way the monkeys died.. The attackers were extremely powerful. And the more powerful they were, the more pleasure he would have killing them! Chapter 29 The sounds of battle grew louder and louder until the Primal Feline burst into a massive cavern deep within the volcano. Immediately, his eyes focused on the far end of the cavern where the action was taking ce. Arge four-meter tall monkey wielding a metal staff stood alone fighting off five simrly sized adult Armored Kaijins. The Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens was making his final stand! His muscr body was filled with wounds, and blood flowed out freely from a massive gash in his left arm. The blood loss from that wound alone was enough to doom him. Not immediately, as the monkey wasrge and had a lot of blood. But very certainly, as that blood would soon run out and leave his body weak and defenseless. However, that moment had yet to arrive. In the meantime, he still wielded hisrge metal staff with great power and surprising skill. SMASH! The metal staff connected with an Armored Kaijin¡¯s head and caused it to burst open in a spray of blood and gore. It fell down to the ground and joined the growing pile of dead bodies. Monkeys for the most part. But there was also a pile of dead adult Armored Kaijins. Arge pile. The Great Sage had taken down at least twenty of the adult Armored Kaijins before ending up in that situation. The four remaining Armored Kaijins weren¡¯t in good condition as well. Three of them clearly had only one head still alive. Their other heads were smashed into bloody pulp. The final Armored Kaijin still had both its heads intact, but suffered from various broken limbs. Still, each Armored Kaijin had six limbs and two heads to begin with, so a few broken limbs weren¡¯t a critical loss. If nothing happened, The Great Mountain Sage would fall within a minute. ROAR!! WHOOSH! The Great Sage swung its staff in a wide circr arc and forced the remaining Armored Kaijins back. Its eyes opened wide in surprise and excitement when it saw the Primal Feline enter his throne room. ROARR!! The message behind its roar was clear. Help me! GRAAAHHH!! The Primal Feline was not one to dally. He leapt ahead and immediately joined the Great Sage in battling the four Armored Kaijins! Two of the Armored Kaijins turned to face him. The Armored Kaijins had six hands and feet. Four of those functioned as legs and gave them an extremely stable tform from which their two hands and two heads couldunch vicious and versatile attacks. Their hands had five sharp ws and a long unicorn-horn protruded out of each of their heads. Their mouths were also lined with rows and rows of razor sharp teeth. They were an absolute terror to fight with, and the Primal Feline waspletely and absolutely¡­ ecstatic! SLASH!! His first sh attack was so fast that the Armored Kaijin didn¡¯t even manage to react before its remaining head was partially shed and partially ripped out of its neck. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 24!] The second Armored Kaijin still had both its heads and one of them was already lowered to skewer the Primal Feline as it charged towards him. However, the Primal Feline was an excellent fighter and quickly dodged the iing horn attack nimbly. BITE! He bit the second Armored Kaijin¡¯s lowered head as it passed him by and crushed its neck. The Primal Feline¡¯s jaw strength was the top in its ss, and he easily flung the Armored Kaijin away with a shake of his head. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 25!] Sensing that his tiger was close by, The Primal Feline ignored the fallen Armored Kaijin and leapt at the other two which were still locked inbat with the Great Sage. They had the Great Sage pinned on the ground in a pool of blood and were about tond the finishing blow. SLASH! A sharp w severed the remaining head of one of the Armored Kaijin and caused the other to be slightly distracted ¨C to fatal consequences. SMASH! A timely attack by the Great Sage ended the final Armored Kaijin¡¯s life and the battle. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 26!] ¡°Deactivate Beast Transformation.¡± Elliot instructed the AI. [Primal Feline Transformation deactivated.] Very quickly, the powerful physique of the Primal Feline retreated and reverted back to Elliot¡¯s human body. The Great Sage stared at the transformation which ured right before his eyes with a trace of joy in his eyes which was quickly losing its vital lustre. Elliot nicked his hand and ced it on the Great Sage¡¯s many wounds. A noticeably weak and unstable mind space descended upon them. Beast Type: Mountain Monkey King Beast Name: The Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens Gender: Male Beast Level: 80 Beast Power Level: 90 Beast Grade: Legendary Beast Bloodline: Heavenly Monkey King Beast Physical Status: Fatally injured Beast Emotional Status: Relief Hobby: Eating Bananas and raiding Winter¡¯s Territory Evolution Pathways: 1 Skills: Level 8 Rod Mastery ¨C Deal 800% more damage with rods Level 8 Tactics and Strategies Mastery ¨C Boosts Battle Intelligence by 8 points Level 8 Unarmed Combat Mastery ¨C Deal 800% more damage with hands and feet Level 9 Berserk ¨C Deal 900% additional damage for 90 seconds AI Comments: One of the most, if not the most powerful beast in the entire North American continent. Its Divine Monkey King bloodline had activated to an incredible 40%, giving him unparalleled strength and intelligence among the beasts of Earth. ¡°Beast¡¯| Master¡¯|¡± The Great Sage¡¯s voice sounded incredibly fatigued. ¡°Great Sage.¡± Elliot said urgently. ¡°I have a potion that can heal you. But you need to be my tamed beast first. Do you ept?¡± However, the Great Sage was too far gone. He could not hear a single word Elliot said. With all of his remaining strength, he reached into the dreadful wound near his stomach area and pulled out his beast core. And then with his dying breath, he whispered two more words. ¡°My¡¯| Son¡¯|¡± And immediately after that, his eyes turned vacant and his body stilled. ¡°Damn it!¡± Elliot cursed. ¡°I was toote!¡± He picked up the Great Sage¡¯s beast core and deeplymented his passing. GRAAAAHHHHH!!!! A loud roar sounded distantly from the cave¡¯s entrance. The new enemy had finally arrived! Chapter 30 ¡°Damn damn damn!¡± Elliot cursed the fates vehemently. Not only was he toote to save the Great Sage, a powerful enemy was already upon him! ¡°I need to find his son! Where is he?¡± Elliot quickly scanned the giant cavern and found no trace of the little monkey. There were also no passageways leading out of the cavern. The Great Sage was so powerful and so dominant over the area that he never really felt the need to have one. ¡°It must be near the Great Sage. He wouldn¡¯t stray far from his son¡¯s hiding ce.¡± Elliot thought. He nced at the Great Sage¡¯s corpse and searched behind it. ¡°Gotcha.¡± Elliot whispered as he found a loose looking rock that clearly saw movement recently. He pushed the rock aside and found a little hole with a curiously calm looking baby monkey hiding in it. ¡°Come.¡± Elliot held out his hand urgently and bent forward to pick him up. However, before he could do that, the monkey took one look at Elliot and immediately leapt into his embrace! ¡°Good! My high affinity with monkeys is finally making itself useful.¡± Elliot said as he turned around and started to run towards the cave¡¯s entrance. ¡°Primal Feline Warrior Transformation, activate! Rex! Ellie! Return!¡± Within seconds, the Primal Feline was running at full speed down the cave¡¯s wide passageway. GRAHHHHH!! Brock¡¯s roar was getting louder and louder as the Primal Feline drew closer to the cave entrance. Thankfully, Brock was only roaring. He wasn¡¯t locked in battle yet. ¡°Hawk, I need to store Brock into my personal space. How many points do I need to invest in my skill? [You can do that by learning a new skill called [Summon Large Beast] at level 25 for 20 points. Would you like to learn it?] ¡°Yes! Learn it!¡± Elliotmanded. GREEEEAAAAAAAKHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! An impossibly loud reptilian roar rang out from somewhere behind the volcano just as the Primal Feline burst out of the cave¡¯s entrance. It would reach them within seconds! ¡°Store Brock into my personal space!¡± Elliotmanded the AI as he continued to speed away from the giant cave. GRAAAA- WHOOSH! Brock suddenly disappeared mid-roar. ¡°Tiger! Summoned Wolves! Attack the enemy! The rest of you, follow me!¡± Elliot shouted as he shot across therge open space filled with monkey corpses and dead baby Armored Kaijins GREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! The new enemy had arrived! The Primal Feline turned around to nce at the new enemy and nched in fear. It was a massive Armored Kaijin! With WINGS! Thankfully, the new Armored Kaijin was ring usingly at the wolves and the tiger, thinking that they were the culprits behind the massacre of its tribe. ROAR! The fearless tiger roared at the Armored Kaijin. Boom! The Armored Kaijinunched a dive attack andnded heavily at the spot where the tiger was a moment ago. The tiger was able to dodge the obvious attack very instinctively and immediately counter attacked by leaping onto the Armored Kaijin! Its sharp ws managed to prate the Armored Kaijin¡¯s thick scales and it bit down on the beast¡¯s right shoulder with its powerful jaws. However, the Armored Kaijin simply stretched out its left arm and grabbed the tiger¡¯s neck with its muscr left hand. And then it squeezed. CRACK! The tiger immediately grew limp. Once the tiger died, the wolves quickly died as well without doing much other than stalling for time. However, they did their part to perfection. After killing the wolves, the giant Armored Kaijin looked up and saw nothing but the carcasses of its offspring mingled among half eaten monkeys. GREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! It roared mournfully. ¡°Ahhhh! What a thrilling fight and an even more thrilling escape!¡± The Void Walker sighed in satisfaction and relief. ¡°They would have died for sure if the Armored Kaijin Matriarch noticed them.¡± ¡°Hmmmm.¡± The Monkey King merely gave a moody, non-verbal response. ¡°Hey, you couldn¡¯t be upset over the death of mere low level monkeys, could you?¡± Void Walker nced at the Monkey King in surprise. ¡°You? A powerful King level beast of the mighty Monkey God n, upset because of such a small thing? My oh my¡¯| What would the universe say to that?¡± ¡°It¡¯s always a sad day to watch your brethren, even lowborns like them, die a horrible death.¡± Monkey King sighed deeply and looked at the Void Walker. ¡°And apparently, you missed an important observation while rooting for the Elliot boy so passionately.¡± ¡°Hohoho. I am passionate indeed. Not for the little boy, but for my 3000 resources riding on his victory!¡± Void Walker chuckled. ¡°What observation though?¡± ¡°The Armored Kaijin Tribe was nted within Earth before the main invasion because they require time to breed and grow strong enough to make an impact in the Games. By killing almost all of the baby Armored Kaijins, Elliot had effectively destroyed a powerful alien beast tribe for the region he lives in. The bnce is broken. California will have many, many more survivors this time aroundpared to the previous timeline.¡± Monkey King exined. ¡°Ah yes, yes that¡¯s right! But still, it wouldn¡¯t make much of a difference. If they don¡¯t die to the Armored Kaijins, they¡¯ll die to each other, to the alien fugitives, or to the neighbouring ck Venom Bloodbats. I remember the Armored Kaijins and the Bloodbats ended up fighting a massive battle at the end of the year. Maybe this time the Bloodbats will rule over California in addition to Arizona.¡± Void Walker dismissed the issue lightly. ¡°It will take time before the Bloodbats can stabilize in Arizona and invade California. Who knows what will happen in California by then?¡± Monkey King smiled mysteriously. ¡°And would you look at his absurd luck!¡± Monkey Kingughed and pointed at the screen. ¡°What? What?¡± Void Walker asked as she stared eagerly at the screen showing Elliot reuniting with Winter and his sisters.. ¡°Oh my. Is that really what I think it is? Did you just say that the bnce is broken? What would THAT do to the bnce then?¡± Chapter 31 ¡°Phew, that was a close one!¡± Elliot thought to himself as he smiled at his sisters and Winter. ¡°Heydies. I¡¯m back!¡± ¡°Hey big bro! Look at what we found!¡± Jessica shouted excitedly from atop Winter. Jennifer merely grinned at him happily and pointed at the ground next to winter. ¡°Huh?¡± Elliot looked at the direction where Jennifer was pointing and was rather surprised to find¡¯| ¡°Why are there so many grey eggs? There must be at least ten of them! And why are they so big! They are as big as¡¯| Oh my god.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in shock as he figured out what eggs they were. ¡°Armored Kaijin eggs? They actually found Armored Kaijin eggs??¡± Elliot¡¯s mind was already racing. If he could tame them¡¯| ¡°We have no idea! But they look really big and tasty, so we brought them with us when we found them while exploring a little while back. I can cook us a massive and delicious omelet using just one of these eggs!¡± Jennifer exined proudly. ¡°Grab two eggs each, and let¡¯s go. Fast! If I am not mistaken, the eggs¡¯ mother should be on its way here soon.¡± Elliot ordered seriously. He immediately tossed four eggs to Jessica and Jennifer who caught them easily, grabbed two for himself and mbered up Winter¡¯s back. However, just as he was about to leave, he saw that one of the remaining eggs was actually slightlyrger than the rest, and had a deeper shade of grey. Elliot hesitated for a moment before leaping down and grabbing the egg before going back up to Winter¡¯s back. ¡°We have to leave this ce, and fast!¡± Elliot said urgently. ¡°Winter, your top speed back home please!¡± Winder nodded gravely and immediately began to sprint back home. For a long minute, all three of them sat quietly atop Winter, looking at their rear intently. After Winter had sprinted for a full minute without any signs of pursuit, Elliot could finally rx. And when he breathed out in relief, the girls rxed too. ¡°Are we safe?¡± Jennifer asked Elliot in a low voice. ¡°Yes we are.¡± Elliot smiled at her. ¡°All good now, don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°Good.¡± Jennifer smiled back at him. ¡°Ooooh, that little monkey is so cute! Can I hold him? Please, please, pleaaaaaseee!¡± Jessica stretched out her hand, her eyes wide open and locked on to the Great Sage¡¯s son.¡± ¡°Sure! Hey little buddy, this is Jessica, she¡¯s very cuddly like you. Wana go and hug her?¡± Elliot said to the baby monkey. The baby monkey looked at him with hisrge round eyes and frowned lightly. ¡°No, I am not driving you away.¡± Elliot exined patiently as he stroked the baby monkey¡¯s head. You cane back to me anytime you want, alright?¡± The baby monkey nodded intelligently and hopped onto Jessica¡¯s arms. ¡°Kyaaaaa¡¯| You¡¯re so cutee! Please don¡¯t grow big too fast like Ellie okay?¡± Jessica said happily as she hugged the baby monkey gently. Elliot and Jennifer smiled warmly at Jessica. Ever since Jennifer formed a mind link with Winter, Jessica had been feeling a little down. Although she hid it very well, Jennifer caught on to it almost immediately. Elliot was, of course,pletely oblivious to it. Seeing her truly happy with the baby monkey warmed Jennifer¡¯s heart to no end. ¡°What sort of eggs are they, brother? And what does their mother look like?¡± Jennifer asked Elliot as she turned to look at the eggs curiously. ¡°They are eggs from a fearsome lizard-like beast. And their mother definitely looks like it wants to eat us up for its breakfast.¡± Elliot chuckled as he made a joke to try and lighten the mood which had turned serious after Elliot rushed them away so urgently. ¡°It¡¯s not funny.¡± Jennifer pouted. ¡°And if it¡¯s true, then it¡¯s definitely more than not funny. You must have met with the fearsome mother. It¡¯s dangerous!¡± ¡°Yes brother.¡± Jessica frowned even as she was petting the baby monkey¡¯s head. ¡°It¡¯s dangerous!¡± Winter was giving her all in racing back home. ¡°Jessica. Jennifer. I¡¯ve told you this before, but I guess I wasn¡¯t too specific and too clear with my words.¡± Elliot said seriously. ¡°From now onwards and for the next twelve months, we would be in extreme danger. We can die anyday from a thousand different causes. There will be packs of fearsome beasts, teams of evil aliens and thousands of other human beings who will be out for our blood and resources.¡± Elliot could see Jessica¡¯s and Jennifer¡¯s countenance fall into solemnity. ¡°We need to gain strength, and sometimes, we need to take risks to gain that strength. What I did just now was an example of a risk I took to gain strength. I fought with a bunch of dangerous beasts, and risked getting caught by their mother for the sake of gaining strength in the form of recruiting a powerful beast. If I don¡¯t take risks to gain strength, then it would only be a matter of time until we die.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I need you girls to understand that when I do more dangerous things in the future.¡± At the thought of their beloved brother doing more dangerous things, tears began to well up in both girls¡¯ eyes. However, they bravely fought down the urge to cry and merely nodded. Elliot could feel his heart breaking slightly at his sister¡¯s forlorn faces. ¡°Don¡¯t worry though, with Winter, Brock, Ellie, Rex and all of my other beasts, there wouldn¡¯t be many beasts or evil aliens that could kill me. In fact, I can confidently say that I am currently the strongest in all of California!¡± ¡°Truly? You¡¯re not lying to make us feel better?¡± Jessica asked Elliot while blinking back her tears. ¡°Truly, truly the strongest. Look, who could kill me when there¡¯s a huge five-meter tall bear and wolf protecting me?¡± Elliot tried to convince Jessica. ¡°That fearsome beast mother could.¡± Jennifer immediately replied with a pout. ¡°Yes, she could kill me.¡± Elliot conceded. ¡°IF she could catch me! See? Aren¡¯t I making good my escape now while she is dealing with my little summoned beasts? I am really good at running away! You should know that very well. Remember how quickly I ran after I identally stepped on our Grandma Jane¡¯s little dog¡¯s tail? Ha ha ha!¡± Jennifer had to smile at her brother¡¯s reminder of that funny memory. Chapter 32 ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll be fine. In fact, we¡¯ll all be fine. I¡¯ll be making a little base for us to hide in, and I will strengthen that base until nobody can threaten us. We will be safe.¡± Elliot assured his sisters. Jessica and Jennifer nodded. ¡°I want to grow stronger.¡± Jennifer said suddenly. ¡°Can we get that beast system as well?¡± ¡°Yes. Me too.¡± Jessica agreed. ¡°How can I grow stronger?¡± Elliot nodded in agreement. ¡°Yes, you two need to get stronger as well. The best strength is personal strength. Afterall, there are some situations where you can only depend on yourselves.¡± ¡°In a few weeks, the aliens will send Resource Boxes down from space in various ces called drop-points. Within those Resource Boxes are various things that we would need to survive. Food, medicine, weapons, tools and if we¡¯re lucky, Power Up Packs which would contain a random item which would increase our survivability.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I know a few drop-points which would receive Resource Boxes with very strong Power Up Packs in their first drop. I¡¯ll make sure we get one from the nearest drop-point, and if we¡¯re lucky, we¡¯ll make it in time to get the second one before it gets snatched by others. That way, you both will be slightly stronger.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Jessica said quietly. ¡°I will get stronger and not be a burden to you, brother.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± Jennifer agreed. ¡°You can¡¯t keep protecting us forever.¡± Elliot smiled at them gently and said, ¡°This time I can. And I will.¡± [Your emotional health has risen by 0.1] [Emotional health: 0.5] [AI Comment: Love tank at half full. Sicker than the average human being. Comparable to an outcast monkey with only a monkey doll made of sticks as a friend. A badly made one.] ¡°¡­ ¡®| ¡®|¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Hawk, can you confirm what egg this is?¡± Elliot asked while holding his eggs. His two sisters had fallen asleep a few minutes ago, and Elliot was finally able to have some peace and quiet to do the things he needed to do. [Affirmative. It is an Armored Kaijin egg.] ¡°Can I tame the Armored Kaijins when they hatch?¡± Elliot asked with bated breath. [Affirmative.] ¡°Excellent. And what about this egg? It¡¯s darker and slightly bigger.¡± [Analyzing.] ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡°Well?¡± [Analyzing.] ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡°What¡¯s taking you so long? Don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t know what¡¯s in it?¡± Elliot asked incredulously. [Analysisplete.] [I do know what it is.] ¡°Well, if you know, tell me then!¡± Elliot muttered in slight irritation. [It is a mutated Armored Kaijin egg.] ¡­ ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡®| ¡°And? Quit telling me information in tiny portions! Just spill out everything you know about this egg!¡± Elliot said, his irritation mounting slightly. ¡°You¡¯re a super duper powerful AI, surely you didn¡¯t take ten full seconds just to discover that this is a mutated Armored Kaijin egg? My thousand year old grandmother with both eyes blind and a brain disease can probably figure that out in half the time!¡± [You don¡¯t have a thousand year old grandmother with both eyes blind and a brain disease.] *Flips a table, throws a chair and stomps on the AI in his mind.* [After cross-checking with the main database, this egg contains an Armored Kaijin with a rare mutation that reverts to its ancient bloodline. A more urate name for it would be Archaic Kaijin, which is an extremely rare Mythical Grade beast found only in the Frosthaven Empire.] ¡°Mythical Grade? What is that?¡± Elliot asked, the beginnings a radiant smile already forming on his face. [It is the 5th Grade in Beast Rarity, 1 Grade above Legendary. Mythical Grade beasts have 5 skillspared to 4 skills in Legendary Beasts. They are also usually much stronger physically.] ¡°Perfect! My collection of beasts is growing! Ha ha ha!¡± Elliot hooted withughter. [You are currently unable to tame Mythical Grade beasts. Please reach level 50 in order to gain enough strength to tame Mythical Beasts.] ¡°What! You.. You purposely withheld that information in order to make me happy first before throwing me down!¡± Elliot said usingly to Hawk the AI. [Negative.] ¡°You¡¯| Sigh. Fine. Arguing with a mindless AI probably makes me more stupid than you.¡± Elliot grumbled. ¡°Why do I have to be level 50 in order to tame the Mythical Beast?¡± [Before level 50, your Soul Power is too weak to tame Mythical Beasts. Mythical Beasts, even newborns, have extremely high Soul Power and will refuse to submit to those with much lower Soul Power.] ¡°Refuse to submit huh. What if my affinity with said beast is extremely high? If it chooses to submit despite my low Soul Power, can it work?¡± Elliot asked as his mind raced to find a loophole in the system. [Affirmative. Beast taming will seed regardless of Soul Power if the beast is willing.] ¡°So if I consume Beast Affinity potions and let the beast eat something like the Beast Taming Candy I got at level 1, I can tame the newborn Archaic Kaijin?¡± Elliot asked to confirm. [Affirmative.] ¡°Yes! Loophole.¡± Elliot grinned. ¡°When will the eggs hatch?¡± [The Armored Kaijin eggs will hatch in 10 hours. The Archaic Kaijin egg will hatch in 15 hours.] ¡°I see. No wonder there wasn¡¯t an Archaic Kaijin in the previous iteration. It was probably eaten by the Armored Kaijins.¡± Elliot surmised. ¡°But this time, there will be one, and it will be mine! MINE! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!! Ha hahahahaha!!¡± [Your mental health has fallen by 0.1] [Mental health: 0.3] [AI Comment: Psychopath. Obsessed with gaining strength and power. Crazier than the average human being. Totally nutspared to a monkey. If the monkeys know about this, they will worship you as a Mad God.] ¡­ ¡®| ¡®| ¡°You like making fun of me huh? Fine,ugh at me all you want. As long as I am strong enough to survive and protect my family, I don¡¯t really care what you think!¡± Elliot grumbled. At that moment, the baby monkey hopped out of Jessica¡¯s embrace and went back to Elliot. ¡°Hey, let¡¯s tame you now, shall we?¡± Elliot smiled at it. Chapter 33 Hi guys, if this chapter is the same one as you¡¯ve read earlier, that means you¡¯ve jumped a chapter because I uploaded the wrong chapter. Go back one chapter to read the one you¡¯ve missed. Sorry! Hope you enjoy the two chapters today ?? Elliot nicked his already scarred palm once more to draw out some blood and nicked a small wound on the baby monkey¡¯s arm. Immediately a powerful mind space, much more powerful than all of the previous ones, descended upon them. Beast Type: Baby Mountain Monkey King Beast Name: San Wu Kong Gender: Male Beast Level: 1 Beast Power Level: 1 Beast Grade: Legendary Beast Bloodline: Divine Monkey King Beast Physical Status: Healthy Beast Emotional Status: Mournful yet Joyful Hobby: Being hugged by Jessica. Evolution Pathways: 1 Skills: Level 1 Rod Mastery ¨C Deal 110% more damage with rods Level 5 Intellectual Boost ¨C Boosts Intelligence by 5.5 points Level 1 Unarmed Combat Mastery ¨C Deal 110% more damage with hands and feet Level 1 Berserk ¨C Deal 110% additional damage for 90 seconds AI Comments: Son of the most powerful beast in North America. He has the potential to be even more powerful than his father due to his higher bloodline activation level at 60% and a much more powerful intellectual boost. Born withtent memories of a Divine Monkey King! ¡°Human Beast Master.¡± A calm but obviously joyous voice sounded in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Thank you for saving me from the monsters.¡± ¡°Hey Wu Kong. Don¡¯t worry about it. It was your father¡¯sst wish. How could I not do it?¡± Elliot replied. ¡°Still, I owe you my life. And I have nothing with which I could show my gratitude.¡± Wu Kong said. Despite being a newborn, Wu Kong was able to speak and reason like an adult. Truly a legendary beast. ¡°That¡¯s fine. You¡¯re a powerful legendary beast, and I am merely a weak little human. In this apocalyptic world, you¡¯ll definitely have many chances to repay the debt in the future.¡± Elliot told him. ¡°I will be your Guardian and protect you with my life.¡± Wu Kong nodded and said seriously. ¡°I appreciate that.¡± Elliot smiled. ¡°Anyway, this is for you. Your father¡¯s final act was to take this beast core out from his body.¡± Elliot said as he took out the Great Sage¡¯s beast core and passed it to Wu Kong. ¡°My father¡¯s beast core?¡± Wu Kong took it gingerly and looked at it in grief. He closed his eyes for a few moments as he held it close to his heart. A single drop of tear rolled down Wu Kong¡¯s cheek. Elliot remained silent and gave him a few moments to grieve. After a minute or so, Wu Kong opened his eyes once more. His eyes were clear and the cloud of grief had disappeared. In its ce was a razor sharp determination. And judging by the faint bloodlust that it was emitting, it was a determination for revenge. He passed the beast core back to Elliot. ¡°That beast core is probably meant for you. I have a much stronger activated bloodlinepared to him, consuming that beast core would not do me any good. If you find a powerful beast, one that is worthy of inheriting my father¡¯s power, you can give the beast core to it.¡± Wu Kong said. ¡°Hmmm? You sure you don¡¯t want it to remember your father by?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°He still lives within me.¡± Wu Kong replied with a smile. ¡°Oh. Alright then. I will keep it until I find a worthy beast.¡± Elliot said and stored the beast core safely once more. ¡°Anyway, would you like to sign a contract with me to be my tamed beast?¡± Elliot asked Wu Kong. As the details of the contract appeared in their minds, Wu Kong remained silent for a few moments and blinked several times. ¡°No.¡± Wu Kong finally replied. ¡°No?¡± Elliot was stunned. He had thought that taming Wu Kong would be a sure thing! ¡°A memory appeared in my mind just now showing me a better contract for us. I would be able to serve you better as a Beast Apostle.¡± Wu Kong said seriously. [Beast Apostle system unlocked.] ¡°Beast Apostle? What is that?¡± Elliot asked in surprise. Suddenly, details of the Beast Apostle contract appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind. [The Beast Apostle Contract is avable at level 25] [It is only avable for Legendary Grade Beasts and above.] [You are able to have twelve Apostles at maximum.] [Each Apostle will receive unique powers based on Nature¡¯s twelve Elements.] [The five Basic Elements.] [Gold. Wood. Water. Fire. Earth.] [The two Advanced Elements.] [Wind. Lightning.] [The four Royal Elements.] [Space. Time. Light. Darkness.] [The final Divine Element.] [Chaos.] [The Beast Apostle must establish a Beast n in the name of the Beast Master.] [The Beast Apostle will absorb 5% of all iing damage to the Beast Master.] [The Beast Apostle will receive bonus stat points every time the Beast Master levels up.] [The Beast Master will receive bonus stat points every time the Beast Apostle levels up.] [The Beast Master will receive XP when the Beast Apostle and any of his n Members kill other beasts.] [The Beast Master will receive a monthly XP Tribute depending on the size of the Beast Apostle¡¯s n.] [The Beast Master will receive the Beast Apostle¡¯s Unique Skill.] [The Beast Master can grant the Beast Apostle a skill from his repertoire.] ¡°WHAT?!?!?! JAAAAAACK!!! POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTT!!!!!¡± Elliot screamed hysterically in his mind! ¡°JACKPOT! I HIT THE JACKPOT!! BAHAHAHA! BAAAA HAHAHAH! BAHAHAHAAH!¡± Elliot¡¯s unhealthy mental health caused him to have a slightly exaggerated response. But the Beast Apostle Contract was truly amazing. And Elliot wasted no time signing it with Wu Kong. ¡°SIGN! SIGN IT!¡± Elliot shouted in his mind. [Beast Apostle contract signed.] [Received 8,000 XP] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 30!] [Please select an Apostle Element for San Wu Kong.] ¡°Lightning.¡± Elliot immediately answered. Lightning symbolizes speed and damage, both of which were Wu Kong¡¯s strength as a powerful monkey beast. Augmenting his strengths was the easy and natural choice for Elliot to make. [Lightning Apostle San Wu Kong has received a unique skill.] [Lightning Strike ¨C Deals 5000% additional damage for 1 second.] Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 34 Immediately, the powerful mind space shrunk and Elliot could feel Wu Kong¡¯s vitality link up with his. ¡°I better not get hurt anytime soon.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t want to kill Wu Kong by ident.¡± However, he could feel Wu Kong¡¯s vitality suddenly begin to skyrocket. Stronger, and stronger and stronger until it even exceeded his slightly! ¡°Oh, it must be the bonuses he gets from my levels! Awesome!¡± Elliot cackled like a miser swimming happily in a sea of gold coins. [Received Lightning Apostle San Wu Kong¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Lightning Strike.] [Received Lightning Apostle San Wu Kong¡¯s Skill ¨C Unarmed Combat Mastery.] [Please select a skill to grant Lightning Apostle San Wu Kong.] ¡°I select¡¯| SUMMON GIANT ARMORED MAMMOTH!¡± Elliot shouted. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°MONG! KEY! KING!¡± The Golden Dragon roared furiously. ¡°What is the meaning of this?! How can this happen!! A Beast Apostle? AND a legendary skill? For both the yer AND his Beast Apostle?? They are breaking the game!! No, YOU are breaking the game!!¡± ¡°Heheheh. The system¡¯s real name which I gave him is actually The Beast Apostle System. He was always meant to unlock the Beast Apostles at level twenty five.¡± Monkey King scratched his head sheepishly. ¡°THAT¡¯S NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON!¡± The Golden Dragon was so angry that his entire body trembled in rage! ¡°CHEATER! THIS IS CHEATING!!¡± The Golden Dragon advanced on the Monkey King menacingly as though he was about to attack. However, instead of backing off in face of the mighty Golden Dragon¡¯s advance, the Monkey King merely stood still. ¡°CHEA-¡± The Golden Dragon began to shout once more. Boom. A small shockwave of power erupted from within the Monkey King¡¯s body as a vast and terrifying pressure descended upon the entire VIP room. An ornate golden rod almost ten meters tall and the width of a barrel suddenly appeared behind him. The entire room grew silent in shock. The aura and the pressure Monkey King was emitting was definitely above King Level. ¡°E-E¡¯| Emperor?¡± The Golden Dragon managed to gasp as his ten meter tall frame began to retreat slowly. Whoosh! As quickly as it appeared, both the pressure and the golden rod disappeared. ¡°I still prefer to be referred to as Monkey King, if you don¡¯t mind.¡± Monkey King said pleasantly. ¡°Ye-yes of course I don¡¯t mind. Monkey King it is! Haha! His name is Monkey King everyone! Haha! Hahaha! Hahahaha!¡± The Golden Dragonughed nervously and scampered away. Well, as best as his giant, ten meter tall frame could scamper anyway. ¡°You¡¯re an Emperor?¡± Void Walkermented in awe. ¡°That¡¯s amazing! I had no idea!¡± ¡°No I am not an Emperor.¡± Monkey King said softly with a chuckle. ¡°I cheated. That was merely my berserk skill. It allows me to gain the strength of an Emperor for a few short minutes.¡± Void Walker stared at Monkey King for a few moments as the beginnings of a massive guffaw swirled in her tummy. And then a secondter¡¯| HAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!! ¡°I HAHA! Can¡¯t¡¯| HAHAHA! Breathe!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!¡± Monkey King merely smiled and sipped on his tea casually. However, his eyes gleamed in excitement. As a Beast Master with several Beast Apostles himself, only he knew just how incredible the system was. In his mind, the Game was as good as over. Until he recalled that there was an Adamantium Sponsor and a Fugitive King in the game as well. Then his face soured. Not by much, though. And not for long. Because right after that, he suddenly remembered that the Archaic Kaijin was a Mythical Grade Beast! And what a Beast Apostle it would make! It would definitely be able to deal with the Fugitive King once it levels up! Monkey King grinned widely at Void Walker who finally finished her rolling-on-the-floorughing session. Void Walker merely gave Monkey King two thumbs up as she sank into her plush VIP sofa with a satisfied smile. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°When will you leave?¡± Elliot asked Wu Kong calmly. As Lightning Apostle, Wu Kong had to found his own n, and to do that, he had to venture out and find other monkeys and apes which he could recruit to his n. He had to leave Elliot to do that. Wu Kong looked up from his cozy spot within Jessica¡¯s embrace and looked at Elliot with his round eyes. ¡°I can leave anytime.¡± He said. ¡°Good. Stay with us until the week is over. You can take this opportunity to level up a bit more first before you leave.¡± Elliot told him. ¡°I can do that.¡± Wu Kong replied. ¡°Be careful on the journey south. You will be passing through ck Venom Bloodbat territory before you reach the forest where the Behemoth Lightning Apes make their home. Avoid travelling at night at all costs.¡± Elliot told him. Wu Kong merely smiled and nodded. ¡°I will get to the forest, and I will dominate the south for you at all costs, Master.¡± ¡°I look forward to the day we meet again in the future.¡± Elliot looked at Wu Kong and smiled. Then he turned around and sat down on Winter¡¯s head once more. He still had important things to do. There were still 50 points waiting to be spent. ¡°Hawk, let me see what new stuff I can spend my points on now that I am level 30.¡± Elliot ordered. [Acknowledged.] [You have unlocked Beast-Link. Avable beasts for Beast-Link.] [Ellie ¨C 10 points] [Rex ¨C 10 points] [Brock ¨C 10 points] [Winter ¨C 10 points] [San Wu Kong ¨C 10 points] [You have unlocked Potion Crafting. Avable potions for Crafting.] [Health Potion ¨C 5 points] [Antidote ¨C 5 points] [You have unlocked Bestow.] [Tamed Beasts avable to be Bestowed:] [Ellie ¨C 48 points] [Rex ¨C 48 points] [Brock ¨C 296 points] [Winter ¨C 280 points] [Skills avable to be Bestowed:] [Level 1 Beast Taming Aura] [Cost: 10 points] [Level 11 Summon Wolf] [Cost: 110 points] [Level 3 Summon Hawk] [Cost: 30 points] [Level 1 Summon Beast Totem] [Cost: 20 points] [Level 1 Summon Tiger] [Cost: 20 points] [Level 1 Summon Giant Armored Mammoth] [320 points] [Stats avable to be Bestowed:] [2 points / 0.1 stat] [Maximum 50% of current stat.] [Skills avable for purchase.] [Level 1 Summon Great Lion ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary umon Great Lion.] [Cost: 20 points] [Level 1 Summon Great White Shark ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary umon Great White Shark.] [Cost: 20 points] [Leadership Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases all allies¡¯ attack power by 50%.] [Cost: 10 points] [Summon Eagle ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon eagle] [Cost: 10 points] ¡°Hmmm? Bestow? What does it mean? I can give my beasts and skills to others?¡± Elliot asked in amazement. Chapter 35 [Affirmative. Bestow is a Beast Master exclusive talent which allows him to strengthen his allies at the cost of his own power. All bestowed skills and tamed beasts would disappear from the Beast Master permanently.] Elliot¡¯s eyes shined brightly as he gaped in wonder. Although the cost of bestowing was ridiculously expensive, it meant that he could give his sisters a few of the skills which he didn¡¯t really need so that they could have a measure of defense! ¡°But I only have fifty measly points. I need to make Brock¡¯s antidote and I need a Beast-Link with either Brock or Winter at least. That¡¯s fifteen. I have thirty five points left. What should I spend them on?¡± Elliot wondered. ¡°What about the item shop? Any new things there?¡± [New Items for sale in the Level 2 Shop:] [Extra Large Mystery Box ¨C Contains five random items.] [Cost: 30 points] Elliot¡¯s eyes shed with greed when he saw the Extra Large Mystery Box. ¡°Let¡¯s get that Extra Large Mystery Box and see if my luck holds out!¡± Elliot decided. ¡°Even if I get a bunch of crap, I can easily kill and tame more wild beasts nearby to gain another level or two. Hawk, get me that Extra Large Mystery Box please!¡± [Acknowledged.] [Opening Extra Large Mystery Box] [Received 1x Medium Attribute Candy] [Received 1x Extra Large Random Attribute Candy] [Received 1x Extra Large XP Candy] [Received 1x Extra Large XP Candy] ¡°Ca-candies???¡± Elliot¡¯s upper lip twitched slightly. ¡°I spent 30 points for CANDIES?!¡± [Affirmative.] ¡°¡­ ¡®| ¡®| Gah. But at least I got XP candies. I¡¯ll get a few points back when I gain level. Fine. Consume them all! Assign Medium Attribute Candy to Strength!¡± Elliot instructed Hawk the AI. [Acknowledged.] [Received 0.4 Strength from Medium Attribute Candy.] [Received 1.6 Looks from Extra Large Random Attribute Candy.] [Received 1600 XP from Extra Large XP Candy.] [Received 1600 XP from Extra Large XP Candy.] [Received 3.2 Beast Affinity from Extra Extra Large Random Attribute Candy] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 31!] ¡°The Beast Affinity is fine, but looks¡¯| Who cares about looks? If I got the 1.6 assigned to strength instead¡¯| Ah well. That¡¯s that.¡± Elliot muttered to himself as he considered his gains. ¡°A slight loss. I could have gotten better worth out of my 30 points if I spent them on other things.¡± Unbeknownst to him, Monkey King just choked on his tea upon hearing his words. ¡°3.2 in Beast Affinity and he considers it a bad deal. Is his intellect really at 2 points? How can he be such a numbskull?¡± Monkey King muttered to himself. ¡°Get me Beast-Link with Winter, get me the Hell Venom Anaconda antidote for Brock and dump the remaining 15 points into Strength please.¡± Elliot ordered Hawk the AI. [Acknowledged.] For a moment, Elliot¡¯s body heated up slightly as a strange power coursed through him. However it disappeared soon after. Elliot frowned lightly as he tried to sense the change in his body. ¡°I don¡¯t feel anything. Hey Winter do yo- WHOA!¡± As soon as Elliot redirected his focus from studying the change in his body to his external surroundings, it suddenly felt as though his world just expanded. EVERYTHING came into much greater rity and detail. Sounds, smell, and especially his vision. ¡°Yes Master?¡± Winter asked. ¡°Uhh. Do you feel anything different?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°No. Everything feels the same. There is no danger from anywhere. All that¡¯s left is another half day¡¯s worth of travel before we reach my territory.¡± Winter replied. ¡°Right. Okay.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Tell me if you notice anyrge or rare beasts.¡± ¡°Yes Master.¡± Elliot wanted to gain another level before the aliens came. But that was his second priority. His first priority is getting to Winter¡¯sir high up in the mountains. He had deemed it suitable for him to make his stand against the alien beast tide that was sure to arrive. Although he had killed most of the Armored Kaijin Tribe and thereby weakening the damage the alien beasts would cause in California, the Armored Kaijin Tribe weren¡¯t the only tribe to make California their base of operations. There were other tribes as well, even if they were not designed for such arge area of dominance. They were eithercking in power, orcking in reproductive speed. Either way, they were destined to be the 2nd and 3rd tier beast power in California. Still, 2nd or 3rd tier power was still plenty strong to wipe out Elliot and his little gang. He needed an easily defensible base if he wanted to survive the week. After one week, the madness that caused the beasts to go berserk would lift, and they would retreat to settle down, giving the human survivors an opportunity to take a breather and hunt for the precious, life-saving supplies that the aliens would drop. Supplies that Elliot intended to secure for himself and for his sisters. And if his forceful method caused many Californians to lose out and eventually die off due to ack of weapons and resources, well, too bad. He had done them a favor by killing off the Armored Kaijin Tribe. They could consider the resources payment for a job well done. The first drop would be in a town near Winter¡¯sir, which was also one of the main reasons why Elliot chose to bunker up there. As soon as the week was over, he would strike south to the town called Evergrande, secure the Resource Box with the powerfulser rifle, and then strike east to another town called Mirvac to secure the second Resource Box which would contain 2 strength pills that could strengthen a person¡¯s strength by 2 full points. Both were crucial items which he intended to give his sisters for self-defence.. Elliot looked at the beautiful scenery around him and sighed. The forest had slowly receded and they were once again in the grasnds between the volcano and the mountain range where Winter made her home. The fresh air and the idyllic sounds of birds chirping, insects buzzing and the gentle breeze rustling through the grass and the leaves of the trees that dotted the grasnd was extremely calming for Elliot¡¯s soul. ¡°This is it.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°The final moments before the end of the world as we know it.¡± He nced at his sleeping sisters and smiled gently. He would let them enjoy their blissful sleep just a few moments longer. After that, he had to prepare their minds to ept the horror and inevitable sense of doom that would fall upon all human beings when they finally see the aliens and listen to their terrifying announcement. However, to his great shock, just as he was about to wake up his sisters exactly an hour before the apocalypse was due to happen, the skies suddenly started to burn and catch fire! Chapter 36 The Game Master looked at the screen which showed Elliot standing atop Winter and striking a rather spectacr image. He snickered lightly. ¡°You think everything will go EXACTLY as you remember, Elliot Musk? Where¡¯s the fun in that? Hohoho. Just for you and only in your beloved California, I willunch the apocalypse one hour earlier! And don¡¯t even think of hiding away in that stupid wolf¡¯sir. I will direct as many beasts as I can to your position to y with you before you can reach safety! Hahahaha!¡± The Game Master cackled loudly, not unlike the way Elliot cackled everytime he was about to do something sneaky or receive something game-breaking. ¡°Sir, wouldn¡¯t that break the fairness of the game?¡± His assistant asked him nervously. ¡°Fairness of the game? Where is the fairness in letting him do whatever he wants with his perfect knowledge of the future? Where is the fairness in making me lose my life savings if he wins because of his stupid stroke of luck in getting two of the best Diamond Sponsors in the game? THERE IS NO FAIRNESS IN THE GAMES! It will be exactly as I, the Game Master, wills it to be. And my will this beautiful morning, is for Elliot Must to deal with not one, not two, not three, not even four, but FIVE giant and extremely hungry beasts! HA HA HA HA!!¡± The Game Masterughed sinisterly. He had nothing to lose. If he did nothing, he would be doomed by the massive debt that he had taken to ce on the Adamantium Sponsor¡¯s yer which would probably lose to Elliot and his ridiculous system. If he made Elliot¡¯s life difficult, he might just do enough to make him lose a few crucial pieces and allow the Adamantium Sponsor¡¯s yer to gain an edge and eventually win thepetition as nned. Then he would be rich! Perfect. And then just as he was about to sit back, rx and enjoy the show, an aide came running up to him. ¡°Game Master, the Void Walkers are asking for confirmation regarding the time and ce for their Fugitive King¡¯s participation in The Games.¡± ¡°Ah? Is this the universe¡¯s way of telling me that I am not doing enough? Fine then! Tell the Void Walkers that they are to send in their Fugitive King now to that yer¡¯s location!¡± The Game Master pointed at Elliot¡¯s screen. ¡°And tell them to do it discreetly. Nobody must know about this!¡± ¡°Yes, Game Master.¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Huh? Why are the Beast Transports and City Bombards descending in California?¡± A Diamond Sponsor cried out in shock. ¡°What? They are not due for another hour! What¡¯s happening?¡± ¡°WHAT?!¡± Void Walker shot up from her sleeping position and checked her screen which was locked on to Elliot. ¡°WHAT¡¯S GOING ON HERE!!¡± Void Walker shouted. ¡°Hey Monkey! What¡¯s happening? Why are your beastsnding now? And why is it that only the Beast Transports designated for California are descending?¡± ¡°I have no idea.¡± Monkey King frowned. ¡°Only the Game Master could make such a big decision. Maybe he found that Elliot is bing much too powerful and wanted to trim his power a little bit. But Hailey Longman, Himari Suzuki and James Antetokunpo are all powering up as well, and they are even more powerful than Elliot Musk now! Why aren¡¯t they being dealt with?¡± ¡°HEY DRAGON! IS THIS YOUR DOING?!¡± Void Walker yelled across the room loudly. ¡°No! Of course not! Do I look like the Game Master to you?¡± The Golden Dragon roared back. ¡°It doesn¡¯t seem that he has anything to do with it.¡± Void Walker muttered. ¡°Could it be that the Game Master really dislikes Elliot? But how could such a biased Game Master exist? The Gaming Commission is supposed to be the most impartial organization in the entire Universe¡¯|¡± ¡°The City Bombards are opening fire on the Californian cities.¡± Monkey King said quietly. ¡°An hour early isn¡¯t that big a deal though.¡± Void Walker said reassuringly to herself and to Monkey King. ¡°It doesn¡¯t really matter if the cities burn now or an hourter. What matters is where the Beast Transports willnd. It was randomst iteration, and it should be random this time as well. And that said, I really do not like the way those five ck Transports are clustered together.¡± Monkey King said worriedly. ¡°Why? What are in those five transports? They look quite small to me.¡± Void Walker immediately asked. ¡°ck transports are reserved for solo Legendary Beasts. And if I remember correctly, those five contain the following beasts. The Mutated Firebomber, Mutated Demonic Serpent, Mutated Gojira, Mutated Flying Scorizard, and the most fearsome of all Californian-bound beasts, The Mutated Primal Feline Warrior.¡± Monkey King said heavily. ¡°Primal Feline Warrior? Isn¡¯t that¡¯|¡± ¡°Yes. That is the beast which Elliot can transform into. But made much more powerful and much crazier by the Gaming Commission¡¯s mutagens.¡± ¡°How much more powerful?¡± Void Walker asked with a sinking feeling in her heart. ¡°Ha. There is no point in answering that question now. Look at the ck Transports, they are all going in the same direction. And if we plot their trajectory¡¯|¡± Monkey typed a fewmands into his screen. ¡°They are all going tond on Elliot¡¯s position?!¡± Void Walker¡¯s jaw dropped. ¡°If it was just one, or even two, and if Elliot met them by chance and not by design, he might have a chance to survive with his high beast affinity. He might even turn misfortune into fortune! But with five of them and possibly all five receiving direct instructions to deal with Elliot¡¯|¡± Monkey King sighed deeply. ¡°The Game Master is cheating!¡± Void Walker said through gritted teeth. ¡°Well guess what? Two can y this cheating game!¡± ¡°Void Walker, what are you thinking? Don¡¯t be crazy!¡± Monkey King said sternly.. But even he could not help but feel a sharp surge of excitement course through his veins at Void Walker¡¯s words. Chapter 37 ¡°Do you know why we are called Void Walkers and not Time Walkers even though we do so many time-rted feats?¡± Void Walker asked Monkey King with a mischievous glint in her eyes. ¡°I¡¯ve always been meaning to ask you that. Void refers to space right? You guys would really be better served if you changed your name to Time Walkers.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°Well the secret which is not a secret because most of the top powers already know about it, is that Void Walkers are extremely powerful with regard to¡¯| You guessed it. Space magic.¡± Void Walker said. ¡°And? How are you nning to cheat? You can¡¯t travel to Earth. You¡¯ll be discovered, caught and banned from the Games forever. Worse, they might even imprison you!¡± Monkey King said with a frown. ¡°Oh they won¡¯t dare to imprison me.¡± Void Walker said airily. ¡°But you don¡¯t have to worry about that. I am not nning to physically go there. All I need to do is to open up a tiny space between here and a few locations on Earth and pass along some key information to several key parties.¡± ¡°Of course my n is not just to inform Elliot, silly. I WILL do that as well of course.¡¯ Void Walker said patiently while thinking ¡°Damn the Monkey is right. I need to tell Elliot as well. Haha.¡± ¡°My n is for YOU to tell your assets there to activate and move out to save him!¡± Void Walker said while looking at Monkey King slyly. ¡°Wha-what? What assets? Hahaha I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about?¡± Monkey Kingughed awkwardly. ¡°You don¡¯t have to lie to me, Monkey! I know that the Great Sage is one of your assets! That¡¯s why you were so affected when he died. And knowing you, it is impossible for you to only have one asset in one ce. There must be another, or even a few more assets as back up!¡± Void Walker red at Monkey King. ¡°Well¡¯|¡± Monkey King scratched his head. ¡°There! You¡¯re scratching your head! That¡¯s an admission of guilt! HA!¡± Void Walker proimed triumphantly. ¡°Alright, alright. You win. I still have two more assets there.¡± Monkey King admitted grudgingly. ¡°That¡¯s great! Two assets!¡± Void Walker said happily. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about the assets, Monkey. Think about your bet! If Elliot wins, you can nt a million assets on Earth if you want to! And aren¡¯t assets meant to be used in critical situations such as this anyway?¡± ¡°Fine! Fine! You win. Let¡¯s do this then.¡± Monkey King finally threw his hands up in surrender and agreed. ¡°Good. Come follow me. We¡¯ll tell the rest that we want to lodge aint to the Game Master.¡± Void Walker said. Monkey King nodded and followed Void Walker who was shouting, ¡°THIS IS INTOLERABLE! WE¡¯RE COMPLAINING TO THE GAME MASTER!¡± ¡°Y-Yeah! We are going toin! Comin very seriously!¡± Monkey King added before he dashed out of the VIP room. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Girls, wake up.¡± Elliot shook them lightly. ¡°Huh? Have we arrived?¡± Jessica yawned and rubbed her eyes. ¡°Brother? Why is the sky on fire?¡± Jennifer frowned and asked. ¡°HUH? What¡¯s going on?¡± Jessica asked in shock. ¡°Remember how I told you the aliens woulde and destroy the cities and unleash the beasts? Well, that¡¯s happening now.¡± Elliot said carefully. ¡°Oh. The apocalypse. Okay.¡± Jennifer nodded and yawned while she stretched. ¡°Oooo ok.¡± Jessica said as she stretched as well. ¡°Ugh, I miss my bed. No offence Winter, but your back isn¡¯t meant for humans to sleep on.¡± ¡°None taken.¡± Winter chuckled. ¡°She said no offence taken. But you owe her a bunny rabbit for dinner tonight.¡± Jennifer conveyed. ¡°Okay. And I don¡¯t believe you about the bunny rabbit.¡± Jessica replied and saw through Jennifer¡¯s schemes easily. ¡°Er¡¯| You girls aren¡¯t afraid?¡± Elliot asked them while feeling pleasantly surprised. ¡°Of course¡¯| NOT! Haha! We have you and your beasts. We¡¯re going to a safe ce. We¡¯ll be fine, right?¡± Jessica said with a smile. ¡°Of course we¡¯ll be fine!¡± Elliot immediately replied. ¡°Don¡¯t worry brother. We¡¯re totally fine. In fact, this might sound a little bit crazy, but I¡¯m even feeling slightly¡¯|¡± Jennifer said. ¡°Excited!¡± Jessica finished her sentence. ¡°That¡¯s right. Hee hee.¡± Jennifer giggled. ¡°Good. Very good!¡± Elliot nodded approvingly. ¡°We-¡° Suddenly, a soft voice sounded near him. ¡°Elliot Musk! Five legendary beasts are attacking you. Head to your west and make your stand in the cave over there!¡± ¡°What? Who¡¯s there!¡± Elliot shouted in shock. ¡°We are friends. Go to the cave! We will reinforce you.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Elliot asked with a frown. But the voice had disappeared without a trace. ¡°Fi-five legendary beasts? That sounds quite bad.¡± Jessica gulped nervously. ¡°Winter, head west. Let¡¯s see if there¡¯s really a cave there.¡± Elliot said, his brows furrowing deeply. But he did not detect any killing intent in the voice, so he was willing to follow up on her information just to take a look. And if her words happen to be true¡¯| Then a cave would really be a great ce to make a stand. ¡°Yes Master.¡± Winter immediately turned to her right and ran at her top speed. As she was running, the sky that was burning up suddenly released countless giant beams of blindingly bright energy. ¡°Girls, close your eyes and bury your heads in Winter¡¯s back! NOW!¡± Elliot shouted as he did the same as well. ¡°Winter, hide your head and stop for a minute until the beam passes!¡± Winter immediately did as she was told and curled up by arge rock. BRRRRRRRR!! BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! The ground began to rumble and shake powerfully as the horrifyingly powerful energy beams impacted California¡¯s cities with highly precise power, perfectly designed and calibrated to vaporize surface structures and life forms while leaving the Earth¡¯s inner crust and core untouched. Step 1 of the alien¡¯s course of action in preparing a Game World, City-Levelling, had begun in earnest in the State of California. As Elliot sat still and waited for the massacre of California to end, he couldn¡¯t help but a searing, white hot rage for the aliens to build up within him. Chapter 38 Whatever could be said of Elliot, he was after all still a member of the human race. He had his pride, his sense of belonging and his sense ofradeship and brotherhood with his fellow humans. ¡°I will make sure I repay the pain humankind received back upon the aliens a thousandfold!¡± Elliot swore in his heart. The ground continued to shake violently as the energy beams impacted the earth with the power of a billion sledgehammers. Faintly, through Winter¡¯s heightened sense of hearing, Elliot could hear the screams of the survivors begin their wretched and horrifying symphony. He cut off the Beast-Link with Winter straight away. He didn¡¯t need more anger clouding his mind. Elliot opened his eyes slowly and upon finding that the blinding light had subsided, he immediately instructed Winter to continue. ¡°Winter, let¡¯s go.¡± Elliot said softly. Winter leapt into action without a word and sped through the grasnd very quickly, each gigantic step of hers eating up tens of meters. Very soon, they reached the aforementioned cave and found that it was perfect. It wasrge enough to house Brock and Winter easily, but with a narrow entrance that could only fit one giant beast. The enemy¡¯s greater number would be nullified and they would be forced to face Brock and Winter one at a time. ¡°Brock, everyone,e out.¡± Elliot summoned. Brock¡¯s giant frame, along with the wolves, hawks and the tiger immediately coalesced into form around him. ¡°Brock, please open up a small hole within the cave so the girls can hide. We¡¯ll cover it with earth and all of you beasts can pee on the entrance to make sure the enemy beasts do not sniff them out if we end up losing this fight.¡± Elliot instructed his beasts mentally. Boom! Boom! Boom! Brock¡¯s incredible strength allowed him to quicklyplete his task. ¡°Girls, stay inside that hole, and whatever happens, do note out! I will get you both out after everything is over.¡± Elliot instructed them. He didn¡¯t leave any instructions if the worst were to happen. Both girls immediately nodded and squeezed into the small hole. Elliot hesitated slightly and then produced two small knives. ¡°Take them. At the very least, if a heavily injured beast escapes me, you can kill him with these.¡± Elliot said. He didn¡¯t say that if a heavily injured beast managed to escape him, he would probably be dead. Jessica took them both from Elliot wordlessly. ¡°San Wu Kong. Do you want to join them? You¡¯re still too little to fight in this battle.¡± Elliot said to his Lightning Apostle. ¡°My ce is by your side, Master. In life. And in death.¡± Wu Kong simply said as he sat calmly on the branch of a small tree by the cave. ¡°Good. Then whether today ends in life or death, you¡¯re no longer just my Lightning Apostle, but also my brother!¡± Elliot told him with fierce eyes. ¡°It is my honor.¡± Wu Kong said gravely. Elliot nodded and then turned to quickly covered the small hole with a thickyer of earth, leaving only two small holes for his sisters to breathe. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, and wait for my return.¡± Elliot said softly to them. ¡°We¡¯re ok brother. Don¡¯t worry!¡± Jessica said. ¡°Yes, go do your thing. Don¡¯t worry about us. Shoo!¡± Jennifer shooed him away. Elliot smiled silently and made his way to the entrance. ¡°I will win this fight at all costs.¡± He said to himself with clenched fists. ¡°Primal Feline Warrior Beast Transformation. Activate.¡± When he stepped out of the cave, it was as a fully enraged Primal Feline Warrior. ¡°Master. If you don¡¯t mind, I would like tomand your beasts.¡± Wu Kong said. Elliot turned to gaze at Wu Kong with his ferocious yellow eyes. Powerful emotions were swirling within him and he was fighting very hard to maintain control. Elliot knew he couldn¡¯t fight AND control his beasts at the same time. They would be far more effective beingmanded by Wu Kong who was a born genius and military strategist. ¡°They are yours tomand.¡± Elliot said. ¡°And take this as well. It will fully heal a single beast from near-fatal wounds.¡± Wu Kong nodded as he received the small vial and immediately issued a string ofmands. The hawks flew high into the sky and began to circle the area, looking for the first sign of the legendary beasts¡¯ presence. ¡°Please summon your Giant Armored Mammoth first, Master. I will keep mine as a final trump card.¡± Wu Kong said to Elliot. Elliot nodded and listened to his military strategist. ¡°Come, Giant Armored Mammoth.¡± He whispered. A gigantic red mist appeared suddenly before Elliot. It was at least ten meters tall, twice Brock¡¯s size. Brock and the rest moved aside hastily. Whoosh! The mist suddenly disappeared. And for the first time in many thousands of years, the Mighty Mammoth walked thends of Earth once more. KRAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The mighty mammoth¡¯s trumpeting roar resounded powerfully! Elliot studied his newest summon and nodded in satisfaction. A full ten meters tall and probably weighing hundreds of tons, it was an incredible sight to behold. It¡¯s long ivory tusk curved wickedly; its whole body was covered with thick, ck armor that looked like it could withstand a building falling down on it. Most ring was its thick and powerful trunk. It was fully encased with serrated and spiked armor that allowed it to double as a vicious flexible weapon. BOOM!! The earth shook when it stomped down with both its front legs. ¡°Giant Armored Mammoth. Take center position directly in front of the cave entrance. Brock, please stand twenty five paces to the mammoth¡¯s right. Winter, stand thirty paces to Brock¡¯s right. Master, please take Rex, Ellie, the wolves and the tigers and stand twenty paces to the Winter¡¯s right. If all goes well, the mammoth would be our pivot and we will nk and crush the enemy one by one from the right.¡± Wu Kong exined. ¡°Excellent idea.¡± Elliot growled as he stood at the ready and red at the sky. The beasts would be delivered in spaceships, and so they would probablye from the sky. There was no suspense regarding that.. Within fifteen minutes, five ck alien spaceships burst through the burning clouds and streaked down towards them. Chapter 39 While in the air, one of the spaceships opened its hatch. SCREEEEEE! Arge dragon-like creature but with a strange exoskeletal armor on its back that ended in a curved scorpion tail leapt out of the spaceship. It folded its thick, leathery wings and swooped down towards Elliot and his gang at great speed. Wu Kong smiled. ¡°It¡¯s good that the enemy isn¡¯t working together. If theye one by one like this, it would definitely make our job much easier.¡± He said softly in mind-speak to reassure his team mates. ¡°Perfect.¡± Brock rumbled as he pawed the ground in anticipation of theing sh. ¡°Hmmm.¡± Winter merely gave a non-verbal response. But her excitement and battle hunger was clear for all to see. ¡°GRAHHHHHH!¡± Elliot roared out his challenge and swished his tail angrily. ¡°Come on down and let¡¯s fight you stupid dodo!¡± His roar seemed to say. SCREEEEEEEE! The Mutated Flying Scorizard screeched loudly in reply and swooped down towards Elliot, its beautiful ck scales glinting dangerously in the sunlight. It totally ignored the most dangerous Giant Armored Mammoth and the other beasts. Wu Kong frowned. It was extremely strange. Any normal beast would immediately go for the Giant Armored Mammoth. It wasmon sense to pay attention and engage with the strongest enemy first. If the enemy was targeting Elliot exclusively, then he would need to adjust his strategy. But Elliot was already drowning in bloodlust! He would probably not respond to Wu Kong¡¯s instruction to retreat into the cave. Plus he looked like he would execute a leap attack as soon as the enemy got within range too. He nced at the hawks who were keeping their distance as per hismand. He decided to save them forter. ¡°Winter. Position yourself to Master¡¯s right and attack the enemy as soon as it enters your leap attack range. Push him towards Brock.¡± Wu Kong immediately ordered. Winter responded instantly, knowing for certain that dying would end with catastrophic results. Just as Winter got into position, another spaceship opened its hatch. A ming beast shaped like a massive bumblebee left its spaceship and buzzed loudly down after the Mutated Flying Scorizard. It was the two meter tall Mutated Firebomber! The Firebomber got its name from the viscous goo which it could produce and release rapidly from its body. The viscous goo would burst into mes upon contact with oxygen, which gave the beast its name. However, the Mutated version somehow made the beast me-resistant and caused the viscous goo to be produced from almost every pore in its body, causing it to be constantly in mes like a phoenix! Although it was rtively smallpared to the other legendary beast, its long distance bombing attack style was extremely powerful and dangerous. ROAR!!!! The Mutated Flying Scorizard entered Winter¡¯s range and she immediatelyunched a leap attack! ¡°Master! Your Primal Roar!¡± Wu Kong shouted. GRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Thankfully, Elliot still responded to Wu Kong¡¯smand to attack. For a split second, the Mutated Flying Scorizard and the Mutated Firebomber froze as Elliot¡¯s Primal Roar paralyzed them. BAMM!!! Winter smashed into the Mutated Flying Scorizard and immediately went for its tail. BITE!! CRUNCH!! The Mutated Flying Scorizard¡¯s tail fell sideways limply. Winter had sessfully neutralized its tail! SCREEEEE! THe Mutated Flying Scorizard screeched in pain and tumbled around in midair as she tried to bite Winter. Because of that, Winter waspletely out of position when the both of them finally hit the ground in a jumbled mess. BOOM!!! Thankfully, the Mutated Flying Scorizard hit the ground first and took the brunt of the damage from the fall, allowing Winter to suffer only from a few broken ribs. It was excruciatingly painful, but she was still totally capable of unleashing her full strength. Winter rolled to one side and immediately sprang away just as Brock¡¯s powerful paws smashed down on the Mutated Flying Scorizard¡¯s head! BAMM!!! Caught totally by surprise by the ferociousbounched by Elliot, Winter and Brock, the Mutated Flying Scorizard died without evenunching a single attack! [Congrattions! You have levelled up to level 32.] [Winter has levelled up to level 71.] [Brock has levelled up to level 75.] [San Wu Kong has levelled up to level 12.] [You have gained 1.2 attribute points from San Wu Kong.] Elliot quickly dodged! However, because he had not fully released his control on the Primal Feline Warrior, he almost didn¡¯t make it. The fiery blob hit the ground with a loud plop and immediately began to corrode and burn the grass. Elliot quickly realized his error and immediately released his control on the Primal Feline Warrior, allowing its will to gain full control of its body. GRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! ¡°FINALLY!!!!¡± It immediately released its Primal Roar once more! It was perfect timing. The roar sounded just as the remaining three spaceships opened their hatches to allow the beasts within to leap out. The Primal Roar paralyzed them just as they were about to leap, causing them to fall out of their spaceships instead! Huge and fearsome beasts tumbled out of their spaceships ratherically. ROAAARR!!! HISSSSSSSSSSSS!!! GRAHHHH!!! They all expressed their indignance and fury as they tumbled about in the air, trying to position themselves properly before they hit the ground. By that time, the Mutated Firebomber had reached its optimal attack range and immediately released a flurry of fiery blobs at the Primal Feline Warrior. The Primal Feline Warrior wouldn¡¯t have any of it. He immediately dashed towards the Giant Armored Mammoth and leapt up on top of it! With great agility, it leapt powerfully off the mammoth and shot towards the Mutated Firebomber! GRAHHHHHHH!!! His Primal Roar resounded once more and paralyzed the Mutated Firebomber. However, a powerful beam of energy suddenly shot out from one of the falling beasts. It was the Mutated Gojira! Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 40 The Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s powerful 6th sense allowed it to sense the iing attack and with a series of mind-boggling mid-air acrobatics, it managed to avoid the energy beam. But because of that, he also failed to catch the Mutated Firebomber. The Primal Feline Warriornded on the ground lightly. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The other three alien beastsnded much more heavily. However, when the dust of theirnding cleared, Elliot and his little gang could feel a sense of dismay rising in their hearts. The Mutated Gojira was a ridiculouslyrge TRex-like creature with thick and rough skin that made it look like a massive lump of rock instead of a beast. It had multiple sharp fins running down its back that glowed an eerie blue whenever it released its devastating energy beam. And the most fearsome thing about it was, it towered over everybody else at an incredible 12 meters tall. The Mutated Demon Serpent was like the Hell Venom Anaconda which Elliot had faced the day before. However, it was muchrger and definitely much longer. Although merely three meters thick, its extremely long body made it the beast with thergest mass in the battlefield. To make things worse, the patterns on its scale were also extremely hypnotic, immediately causing everyone to avert their eyes to avoid being hypnotised. A dangerous thing to do in front of a zing fast Mutated Demon Serpent. Finally, the one that caused the Primal Feline Warrior the most shock. The Mutated Primal Feline Warrior. It looked exactly like Elliot¡¯s Primal Feline Warrior, with only one difference. It had two heads instead of one. It was insanity. Two heads meant it could release two Primal Roars and two Feral Bites! There was a split second pause as both parties stared at each other before all hell broke loose. GROARRR!!! The opening salvo was fired by the Mutated Gojira. With a fearsome roar, it released a bluish energy beam towards Elliot¡¯s Primal Feline Warrior. At the same time, the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior released a Primal Roar to paralyze Elliot! GRAHHH!!! GRAHHH!!! Thankfully, Elliot released his own Primal Roar in time which was able to neutralize the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s. ¡°Master! Run towards the Giant Armored Mammoth!¡± Wu Kong shouted urgently in his mind. Elliot leapt to his left and dodged the Mutated Gojira¡¯s energy beam easily. He immediately dashed towards the trumpeting Giant Armored Mammoth and leapt up to stand on top of its head! Now if the alien beasts wanted to get him, they had to approach the Giant Armored Mammoth as well. Which they did with fearless gusto. The Mutated Firebomber immediately attacked by peppering the Giant Armored Mammoth with tens of firebombs. Due to the mammoth¡¯srge size, the Mutated Firebomber had no problems hitting it. SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! The viscous goonded on the mammoth¡¯s ck armor and began to slowly make its way into the mammoth¡¯s body. Thankfully, the mammoth¡¯s armor was holding up admirably well and managed to prevent the viscous goo from seeping past it and burning the mammoth up. And even if the armor waspromised, the mammoth¡¯s thickyer of fur and fat would serve it very well against the Mutated Firebomber¡¯s attack. Elliot and the Giant Armored Mammoth were safe from the Mutated Firebomber for the next few minutes. The same could not be said regarding the three deadly beasts on the ground which were already charging towards Elliot, however. The Mutated Primal Feline was the fastest and would probably reach Elliot in a few seconds, followed closely by the Mutated Demonic Serpent. The huge Mutated Gojira was lumbering rather slowly towards them. Wu Kong immediately released a string ofmands. ¡°Brock! Winter and all of the beasts! Attack the snake NOW! Do not let him past you at ALL costs! Master, you must stand your ground against the two-headed cat until we can reinforce you!¡± Wu Kong grabbed the chance to attack the one he considered the most dangerous with all of his strength! ¡°Summon Giant Armored Mammoth.¡± He said softly as he dashed towards the snake as well. KRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Another Giant Armored Mammoth appeared out of nowhere! Wu Kong climbed up the mammoth with great agility and immediately ordered it to charge at the Mutated Demonic Serpent. ¡°We must kill the snake as fast as possible!!¡± Wu Kong shouted to all the beasts who had already begun their blitz attack. ¡°Attack its body! Leave the head to me!¡± BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Wu Kong and his Giant Armored Mammoth thundered towards the Mutated Demonic Serpent. Ahead of him, a wave of beasts charged fearlessly at the massive snake. Brock was approaching the snake directly from the front. However because he was slower, Winter, Rex, Ellie, the tiger and the wolves would reach the snake first even though they were attacking from a slight angle. In fact, Wu Kong and his mammoth might even make it to the snake before Brock! The first ones to arrive, however, were the hawks. SCREEEEEE!!!! One after another, all three hawks dive attacked towards the snake¡¯s eyes at full speed. However, the snake suddenly stopped its charge and reared its head up high, catching all of the hawks by surprise! All three tried to swerve aside but it was toote. SSSAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! The snake let out a strange keen which hit the hawks and caused them to faint on the spot. By that time, Winter and the tiger were already leaping towards the snake¡¯s massive body. A roar sounded from the Mutated Gojira and a bluish energy beam mmed into Winter¡¯s right shoulder, tearing a huge chunk of her flesh away! Winter roared in pain but persevered in her attack as her ws digged deep into the Mutated Demonic Serpent¡¯s scaly skin. BITE! Her leap attack allowed her to deal a huge amount of damage, but also caused her to take additional damage. Although she had managed to wound the Mutated Demonic Serpent, she also suffered horrendous damage from the Mutated Gojira¡¯s sneak attack! Chapter 41 Rex, Ellie, the tiger and wolves all hit the Mutated Demonic Serpent like little sledgehammers, their ws and teeth dealing numerous but minor damage. SSSSAAAAAAA! The Mutated Demonic Serpent released her strange keen once more at the wolves and tiger on her body. Immediately, all of them except for Winter fainted from her sonic attack. Winter was barely able to hang onto the Mutated Demonic Serpent¡¯s body with thest shred of strength remaining in her body. After receiving two attacks from two legendary beasts, she was almost at the end of her life. Seeing Winter¡¯s critical condition, Wu Kong immediately leapt off his Giant Armored Mammoth and quickly made his way to help her. ¡°I¡¯ll save Winter! Take down the snake!¡± Wu Kong shouted. ¡°ROARRR!!¡± Brock roared in absolute fury when he saw his ¡°best friend¡± fall to such a dire state. He sped up to his full speed and thundered towards the Mutated Demonic Serpent. Brock and the Giant Armored Mammoth reached the Mutated Demonic Serpent, which was about to follow through on its attack on Winter, almost at the same time. Wu Kong had deftly aimed for one of its tusks to pierce the snake before leaping off, and he very nearly seeded in doing it and ending the battle right there and then. Unfortunately he caught the snake just as it was darting forward to bite Winter, and the mammoth¡¯s tusk failed to dismember the snake. However, the mammoth¡¯s massive and ridiculously heavy body was all the attack it needed. B A A A A M M ! ! ! CRACK! The mammoth smashed onto the snake like a cargo train at top speed. The Mutated Demonic Snake got several of its bones broken as it was pushed back heavily by the Giant Armored Mammoth. SSSAAAAA!!! It hissed in pain. But its ordeal was just beginning. Before it could do anything, a blur of ck fur and ws rushed by the mammoth and smashed into its body as well. BAM!! Brock hit the Mutated Demonic Snake and made a smaller, but still deadly impact with his rtively smaller body. The Mutated Demonic Serpent released its keen at Brock in anger and forced Brock to stagger back slightly as it took the brunt of the snake¡¯s sonic attack. Seeing the Mutated Demonic Serpent distracted by Brock, the Giant Armored Mammoth immediately attacked once more! KRAAAAA!! The Giant Armored Mammoth trumpeted in fury as it dashed forward and raised both its front legs to stomp on the Mutated Demonic Snake! The Mutated Demonic Snake reacted with impossibly blinding speed as it took the split second while the Giant Armored Mammoth was out of position to unleash a devastating strike! BITE! It¡¯s body shot upwards and its massive maw mped down on the Giant Armored Mammoth¡¯s neck, pumping copious amounts of deadly poison into its bloodstream. The Giant Armored Mammoth was doomed! But the snake¡¯s massive size and powerful strike also worked towards its disadvantage that day. The momentum of its attack brought its giant body directly beneath the Giant Armored Mammoth¡¯s feet. BOOM!!! CRACK!! The Giant Armored Mammoth weighed nearly a hundred tons. It was tough to say which one was more deadly. The snake¡¯s poison or the mammoth¡¯s heavy weight. Either way, both did their gruesome work to perfection. The snake twitched uncontrobly for a few seconds and then it died. The mammoth was able to unleash a final victorious KRAAAAA!!! before sumbing to the snake¡¯s poison and copsing on top of the snake. BOOM! If the snake was only pretending to die before, it was really and totally dead after the mammoth fell on top of it. And with that, two out of the five legendary beasts were dead. However, Wu Kong¡¯s trump card was also gone. Thankfully though, Wu Kong got to Winter in time to give her the Beast Full Restore potion which Elliot had passed to him earlier. Within seconds, Winter recovered to her full strength! ¡°We must buy Master more time to deal with the two-headed cat! We must attack that lump of rock!¡± Wu Kong grimly announced to Brock and Winter as it pointed at the Mutated Gojira. ¡°Not a problem. It¡¯s just a big lizard.¡± Brock growled. He stood up on his rear legs and rose to an impressive ten meters, almost as tall as the Mutated Gojira. ROAAARRR!!! It let out a loud roar of challenge before falling back on four legs to charge at his enemy at full speed! Ahead of him, Winter had already began her own charge. Wu Kong stood atop Winter¡¯s head, his heart slowly falling into despair as he racked his brains for a method to win the fight quickly so he could go back and reinforce Elliot. But so far, he got nothing. The Mutated Gojira looked like it would be a tough foe to beat. IF they could even beat it in the first ce. GRAHH!! An energy beam shot out of the Mutated Gojira¡¯s mouth once more as it tried to hit the fast-approaching Winter. However, Winter was already hit once by it, and she wasn¡¯t the type of wolf who would fall to the same trick twice. She was holding back on her top speed during her charge. When she saw the Mutated Gojira¡¯s mouth open and the blue glow beginning to shine brightly, Winter had immediately shifted gears and dashed to her right! BOOM!! The blue energy beam hit the ground where she was a mere millisecond ago. The Mutated Gojira turned its head to cause the blue energy beam to chase after Winter. But she had anticipated that move as well, and sped up once more as she continued to escape to her right! Her tricky speed y caused the Mutated Gojira¡¯s attack to miss herpletely, and also to allow Brock an unobstructed approach to the ¡°big lizard¡±. Brock wasn¡¯t a bear with many tricks. His charge earlier worked pretty well against the Mutated Demon Serpent, and so he charged at the Mutated Gojira as well. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 42 Unfortunately, the Mutated Gojira weren¡¯t as distracted as the Mutated Demon Serpent. And as such, it was able to brace itself and meet Brock¡¯s charge with a little charge of its own. Brock leapt and raised his body at thest second so that he could go for the Mutated Gojira¡¯s jugr with his powerful bite. BAM!! The two collided like two huge buses crashing into each other. CRACK! The Mutated Gojira¡¯s thick armor allowed it to be able to forcefully withstand Brock¡¯s charge with almost no injuries to show for his effort. However, Brock had no such luxury. His left shoulder was slightly out of position during the collision and immediately broke upon impact! Brock resisted the urge to roar in pain and instead bit hard at the Mutated Gojira¡¯s neck. BITE!! He dealt insignificant damage. His powerful jaws and sharp teeth failed to prate through the thick armor deep enough to reach the lizard¡¯s critical blood vessels. At that moment, the Mutated Gojira had also lowered its head to bite down on Brock¡¯s broken left shoulder. BITE!! Brock had no armor, and the Mutated Gojira was a much more powerful beastpared to him. And so his bite dealt devastating damage to Brock! ROARRR!!! Brock let go of the Mutated Gojira¡¯s neck and roared in pain! He sent his paws shing down on the Mutated Gojira¡¯s body. SLASH! At the same time, Winter also managed to reach them and she smashed into the Mutated Gojira from the side. BITE! SLASH! The impact from Winter¡¯s charge pushed the Mutated Gojira slightly off bnce and forced it to release its bite on Brock¡¯s left shoulder so that it could regain its bnce by moving back a few steps. Wu Kong bravely leapt off Winter¡¯s head and quickly climbed up the Mutated Gojira¡¯s body. It made its way to the Mutated Gojira¡¯s head and positioned itself to strike at the lizard¡¯s eyes. Before it could do that though, the Mutated Gojira¡¯s sharp fins began to glow blue. ¡°Wu Kong! GET AWAY FROM THE LIZARD!¡± Brock roared through its pain. Wu Kong instinctively leapt off the Mutated Gojira just as streaks of blue energy ran up the sharp fins. GRAHH! The blue energy beam shot out from the Mutated Gojira¡¯s mouth one more time, and this time, it struck the hapless Brock on his right shoulder at near point nk range. Boom. Brock immediately crumpled onto the ground. He was out of the battle for good. It was Winter¡¯s turn to seeth in boundless fury as she witnessed her ¡°best friend¡± fall in battle. However, she was a race car going up against an armored truck. There was no way she would be able to win the fight. Still, she¡¯d be damned if she gave up then. She made use of her superior speed to circle around the Mutated Gojira and leapt at its back to strike at the sharp fins which looked crucial for the blue energy beams to activate. BITE! SLASH! A couple of sharp fins were immediately ripped apart by Winter¡¯s furious attack. GRAHHHH! Winter leapt back just in time, and began to circle the Mutated Gojira once more, looking for and trying hard to create an opportunity to strike at its back. The Mutated Gojira tried to follow Winter¡¯s speed and turned around continuously to keep her in its sights. But the more it tried, the more dizzy it got! BITE! SLASH! Winter sessfully ripped out two more sharp fins. Growling in pain and anger, the Mutated Gojira wisely stopped turning around and instead forced Winter¡¯s hand by releasing a blue energy beam at Elliot who was still fighting the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior and the Mutated Firebomber! BAM! Winter threw her body at the Mutated Gojira and caused his energy beam attack to miss Elliot by nearly a mile. However, the Mutated Gojira had achieved its goal. Winter was within its scope and range of attack. BITE! The Mutated Gojira bit down at Winter¡¯s left shoulder! In pain but absolutely unwilling to go down without a fight, Winter snapped and wed at the remaining sharp fins on the Mutated Gojira¡¯s back and managed to ruin five or six of them. But it was nothing more than her final struggle. The Mutated Gojira clenched down even harder with its teeth andpletely destroyed her left shoulder, rendering her left leg totally unusable. If the Mutated Gojira did not release her, Winter would die from extreme blood loss. Already, her struggle was weakening and her beautiful white fur ran red with blood. San Wu Kong was frantic! He charged at the Mutated Gojira with nothing more than a stone clenched in his little hand. ¡°Winter!¡± He shouted desperately with all of his heart! GEEERRRAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! GRAAARGHHHHHHHHHH!!! At that crucial moment, two absolutely fearsome roars sounded from behind Wu Kong! Wu Kong turned around in despair. ¡°More enemies? We can¡¯t deal with anything else!¡± He thought in panic. However, his eyes which were narrowed in consternation and despair suddenly shot wide open as he gaped at the fast approaching giant goris in shock! They had thick ck fur, bulging muscles, giant sharp fangs and best of all, deep blue eyes which radiated intelligence. They were earth¡¯s native beasts! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The two goris thundered past his little frame and charged at the Mutated Gojira with extreme bloodlust. The Mutated Gojira immediately let go of Winter and turned around to face the iing threat. It tried to fire off its energy beam, but nothing happened. Winter¡¯s final attack had destroyed most of his fins. GRAAAHHH!! It roared out a challenge at the two giant goris which stood at an impressive ten meters each. In terms of size, they were very much qualified to fight against him. Two of Earth¡¯s mightiest Giant Goris versus the Mutated Gojira. The oue was totally a foregone conclusion. Chapter 43 Therger gori immediately leapt up tounch a leap attack while the slightly smaller gori lowered its body and prepared to wrestle the Mutated Gojira down! Faced with two powerful attacks, the Mutated Gojira froze for a fatal second before choosing to deal with the leap attack. But it was toote. BAM!! Therger gori¡¯s giant fists smashed down on the Mutated Gojira¡¯s head. And sent it directly to the path of the smaller gori¡¯s powerful right hook! The smaller had immediately switched tactics when it saw the Mutated Gojira turn to face therger gori¡¯s attack. Instead of wrestling the enemy down, it opted to follow up with a right hook instead! BAM!! The two goris skillfully worked together to unleash a beautifulbination of punches. That beauty was a hallmark of intelligent warm-blooded mammals. Only mammals could think of implementing beauty in a bloody act such as bashing an oversized lizard to death. Powerful hooks and top-down smashes rained down on the Mutated Gojira, giving it absolutely no chance to recover before the next devastating attacknded on it. Bam! A vicious left hook threw the Mutated Gojira¡¯s head left. Bam! A powerful uppercut flung its head up. Bam! Therge gori caught the head as it was going up and savagely smashed it down to the ground! Bam! The smaller gori stomped on its head. Now that the Mutated Gojira was grounded, it was as good as dead. The punches and kicks continued to fall unabated for a few long minutes. In the meantime, Wu Kong reached Winter and tried his very best to help her. He pressed on her wound to slow down the rate at which her blood left her body. ¡°Winter! Hang in there!¡± Wu Kong cried out. Winter gasped lightly, she was in tremendous pain. Wu Kong nced at Brock who was also crumpled on the ground silently. Brock¡¯s body was still heaving up and down very slightly, a clear indication that he was still alive. Thankfully, the energy beam had cauterized his blood vessels when it hit, and although he was knocked out cold, his life was not in danger. ¡°Please let this work.¡± Wu Kong prayed fervently as he took out the small vial of Beast Full Restore potion which Elliot had given him earlier. Although he had used it on Winter earlier, his overcautious nature had led him to leave the tiniest drop in the vial, just in case. And apparently he was right to do so. He upended the vial and watched the tiny drop fall and enter Winter¡¯s grievous wound. For a few long seconds, nothing seemed to happen. And then slowly, the blood flowing out of Winter¡¯s wound began to lessen, until finally, it stopped flowing altogether. Her flesh was still open, but her blood vessels had closed. Though Winter was still out of the fight at that moment, her life was saved. Barely. Wu Kong turned to look at the fight between Elliot and his Giant Armored Mammoth versus the Mutated Firebomber and Mutated Primal Feline. His heart sank. Elliot was burning in mes! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* A few short minutes prior, just as Wu Kong summoned his Giant Armored Mammoth to attack the Mutated Demon Serpent. Elliot knew he had to take down the Mutated Firebomber first, so that he could focus on dealing with the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior. With the Mutated Firebomber endlessly harassing him from the sky, it was only a matter of time till he faced a situation where he had to at least eat up one of their attacks. And it would be dangerous, even fatal for him. ¡°Charge at that cat!¡± Elliotmanded his mammoth. ¡°And when it dodges, use your trunk to attack him!¡± KRAAAA!! The mammoth began to take giant strides towards the cat. Immediately, the Mutated Firebomber began to attack them from the sky while the cat circled around the mammoth warily, making the mammoth turn around to chase after it and causing it to lose a lot of speed. For a few seconds, they were at an impasse. The Mutated Firebomber remained out of reach high in the sky as it continued to rain down its fiery viscous goo, and the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior continued to circle around the Giant Armored Mammoth, patiently waiting for an opportunity to arise. However, a strange thing happened while the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior was circling Elliot. It suddenly stopped and both of its heads began to growl and snap at each other! Elliot¡¯s eyes lit up at the sight. ¡°It¡¯s an imperfect mutation! Both heads retained their will and thus will disagree at times! Perfect!¡± Elliot thought with satisfaction. ¡°Mammoth! Charge full speed towards the cat!¡± Elliot shouted as it stared at it intently. The Mutated Primal Feline Warrior heads gave each other a final hiss before dodging to the right once more. However, Elliot was secretly paying attention to the Mutated Firebomber from the corner of its eyes. It was actually Elliot¡¯s real target! Elliot leapt off his mammoth¡¯s back and attacked the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior to bait the Mutated Firebomber to fly lower so that it could increase the uracy of its fiery viscous goos. ROARR!! ROARR!! Both Elliot and the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior let out their Primal Roars at the same time, and cancelled each other¡¯s effect. Before the second head could let out its Primal Roar, Elliot had already reached them. With a blindingly fast pounce, Elliot struck at the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior with great power. The Mutated Primal Feline Warrior was not afraid of closebat in the slightest. With two heads, it had twice as many teeth and twice as many bites to unleash. However, because of the Beast Apostle contract that Elliot had signed with San Wu Kong, he had received a passive skill called Unarmed Combat Mastery. Even with one less head and half as many teeth, Elliot was able to match the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s deadliness and effectiveness in closebat! Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Please consider supporting it with golden tickets, gifts or powerstones so the novel can rise in rank! Much appreciated. If we can get to 100 golden tickets, I¡¯ll mass release 5 chapters! ?? Chapter 44 In addition, he had the Giant Armored Mammoth charging in towards the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior constantly, causing it to dodge often, and reducing its ability to attack Elliot effectively. [Congrattions! You have levelled up to level 33.] [Brock has levelled up to level 76 for killing a level 95 Mutated Demon Serpent.] [Winter has levelled up to level 72 for killing a level 95 Mutated Demon Serpent.] [San Wu Kong has levelled up to level 20 for killing a level 95 Mutated Demon Serpent.] [You have gained 0.8 Attribute points from San Wu Kong.] [Rex has levelled up to level 15 for killing a level 95 Mutated Demon Serpent.] [Ellie has levelled up to level 15 for killing a level 95 Mutated Demon Serpent.] ¡°Dump all my points into my reflexes stat!¡± Elliot shouted in his mind. [Acknowledged.] Immediately, Elliot felt his ability to react instantly increase by a noticeable notch. With his increased reflexes, he began to pressure the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior with his lightning fast attacks. The Mutated Primal Feline warrior was slowly but surely getting overpowered by Elliot¡¯s speed and vicious attacks. The Firebomber began to fly lower and lower as it tried to hit Elliot with its viscous goo. All of its attacks had miserably so far. However, before it could reach its position, Elliot gave the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior one vicious snap of his jaw to cause it to retreat slightly, before leaping towards the Giant Armored Mammoth and then springing upwards with devastating suddenness to pounce on the Mutated Firebomber! GRAHHH!! It was all the time Elliot needed. LIGHTNING STRIKE! Elliot¡¯s massive maw crackled with lightning as he bit down on the Mutated Firebomber with all of his might. His great weight pushed it out of the sky and both of them went hurtling down towards the ground. BAM! The Mutated Firebomber¡¯s legendary statuses from the fact that it was an unrivalled bomber of thend-bound creatures. In packs, it would be able to attack even fortresses with cataclysmic results. However, its physique was not as strong. It was small, and its thin exoskeleton could do little to help it resist most powerfulnd-bound beasts¡¯ attacks. Once it was caught by Elliot¡¯s Primal Feline Warrior, it was as good as dead. And Elliot certainly wasted no time making sure of that. Elliot¡¯s powerful Lightning Strike which he got from Lightning Apostle San Wu Kong dealt an unbelievably powerful 5000% lightning damage. Combined with the heavy impact of the fall, Mutated Firebomber¡¯s death was all but certain. Unfortunately, the lightning and the ground impact caused its sac of viscous goo to rupture and to be exposed to the air. The Mutated Firebomber exploded like a huge container of napalm. BOOM!! ¡°GAHH!!!¡± Elliot screamed as the viscous goo spread all over his body and caused him to go up in mes! [Congrattions! You have levelled up to level 36.] ¡°STOP CONGRATULATING ME DAMN IT!!!!! GIVE ME SOMETHING TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES!¡± Elliot shouted urgently. [Negative. There is nothing avable for that.] ¡°DAMN IT! AHHH¡± Elliot screamed in pain as the viscous goo continued to burn his skin. [You have lost 500 health. 2900 health remaining.] GRAAAR!!! The Mutated Primal Feline Warrior immediately attacked Elliot while he was rolling on the ground screaming in pain. Both its heads wereser focused on Elliot¡¯s writhing body. Its ws connected first and tore a huge gash on Elliot¡¯s abdomen. One of its heads mped down on Elliot¡¯s neck and the other mped down on its left foreleg. ¡°GAHHHHH!!!¡± Elliot screamed in pain. [You have lost 1000 health. 1900 health remaining.] [You have lost 500 health. 1400 health remaining.] [You have lost 500 health. 900 health remaining.] [Total health below 30%. Initiating life saving protocol.] [20 points spent to purchase a Health Potion.] [Health Potion consumed.] [500 health restored. 1400 health remaining.] ¡°HAWK! Get me the ck Bear Warrior Transformation and transform immediately!!¡± Elliot screamed. [Acknowledged.] A powerful yellow mist appeared and began to swirl around Elliot rapidly. When it disappeared a few secondster, a massive ck Bear Warrior appeared in its ce, its ck eyes glowing with cold fury. The transformation had caused Elliot to shift in position and in the process, dislodged both of the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s bites. The viscous goo still burned strongly, but the ck Bear Warrior¡¯s resistance was much stronger than the Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s. It had enough strength and endurance to fight at full power for a few seconds. [Congrattions! You have levelled up to level 37.] [Brock has levelled up to level 77 for killing a level 99 Mutated Gojira.] [Winter has levelled up to level 73 for killing a level 99 Mutated Gojira.] [San Wu Kong has levelled up to level 25 for killing a level 99 Mutated Gojira.] [You have gained 0.5 Attribute points from San Wu Kong.] Caught by surprise with the sudden change in its prey, the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior froze for a split second before aggressively attacking Elliot once more. Elliot responded by swiping at one of its heads ferociously with his paws. BAM! If the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior did not swerve away at thest second, Elliot would have sessfully broken its neck. But the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s reflexes were not to be scoffed at, and it managed to avoid a fatal blow to its head. Elliot pressed on with his attack and tried to bite the Mutated Feline Warrior with his huge jaws. SNAP! The Mutated Primal Feline Warrior dodged once more. At that moment, it began to disy its ring weakness to Elliot. The injured head apparently had enough of the battle, and sought to escape. However, the uninjured head was still caught in its bloodlust, and would not leave the battle. In fact, it wanted to attack aggressively! The sh of wills caused it to freeze yet again for another critical, and this time, fatal second. KRAAAA!! A huge armored mammoth trunk smashed down on it and sent its sharp spikes piercing deep into its body. BOOM! Elliot immediately stomped on its uninjured head while it was down, and cracked its skull. BOOM!! Another stomp sttered its brain everywhere. BITE!! A bite on the injured head¡¯s neck ended the fierce battle. [Congrattions! You have levelled up to level 39.] GRAHHHH!!!! Elliot let out a powerful roar of victory! At longst! Victory!! And then he copsed. Author¡¯s note Hi everyone! I hope you¡¯re enjoying the novel. How do you like the battle? Pleasement below! This is the end of the first mini power-up arc before the main event. The apocalypse, and all of its monthly races, hidden dungeon challenges and Beast Apostle storylines will being up right after this. Chapter 45 (next chapter) is the final free chapter, and this novel will go premium starting from chapter 46. If you like the novel, please continue to support me through the premium and privilege levels! Hopefully this novel can do well and I can eventually switch to full time writing so that I can churn out many, many more chapters. I¡¯m looking forward to all of your support! And to thank all of you in advance, I¡¯ll be releasing chapter 45 today as well. Much love! ¨C Future Top Author (lol) Chapter 45 Chapter 45 - I Approve!! "Five legendary beasts dead''| Versus one legendary summoned beast dead and two epic tamed beasts heavily wounded from his side?" The Game Master looked at the screen in numb disbelief. "In other words''| Nosting damage whatsoever??" He could already feel his sinkhole growing bigger and deeper by the second, threatening to swallow him whole and plunge him into an eternal darkness. The consequences of corruption for Game Masters within the Gaming Commission were the craziest and the worst in the entire universe. They were so vicious, so savage and so gross that it could never be described in any form without the one describing vomiting uncontrobly. It was to be expected, of course, as the Gaming Commission deals with billions of resources in transaction each day. If it wasn''t ruthless with its actions, it would never be able to protect its assets from its own employees. And if it couldn''t even do that, how could it even hope to be the behemoth it was? It would take aplete madman for a Game Master to even THINK of being corrupt. Game Master De Silva was more than a madman. He was a desperate madman. And he had broken the most sacred rule of a Game Master by cing a bet on a participant using inside information. If caught, his fate would be unimaginably horrible. His only hope was that Earth was way too small for the hyper busy Game Supervisors to bother doing a full audit on. Although it was well within his power to initiate an earlier attack on California, it would be extremely difficult to exin during a full audit. But at that moment, all his risk taking had been for naught. Elliot had escaped rtively unharmed. "No wait''| It''s not over yet! There is still the Fugitive King!" Game Master De Silva cried out. *-*-*-*-*-*-* With the Giant Armored Mammoth''s help in gouging out a huge hole in the soil, Wu Kong managed to bury Elliot''s massive ck Bear Warrior form quickly without much difficulty. "That should do it." Wu Kong murmured as he stamped on top of the mound of earth that contained Elliot. "It''s working!" Elliot sighed with great relief. "The fire is finally out! Ahhh''| Finally. Thank you Wu Kong. Are you okay? How are the rest?" "I am fine. As you said, I am too small to do much fighting." Wu Kong smiled bitterly. "Brock and Winter are both heavily injured. But their lives aren''t in danger, thanks to your Beast Full Restore potion. Rex, Ellie and all of Winter''s pack wolves are still passed out from the snake''s sonic attack." "In other words, battered, but alive." Elliot sighed one more, with greater relief than before. "Yes, exactly. Battered but alive. An incredible achievement, I must say." A strange, deep voice sounded out of nowhere. Elliot and Wu Kong were stunned. They had not sensed anything at all. And even after pinpointing where the voice came from, they still couldn''t detect the source of the voice. "Show yourself." Elliot growled warily as he easily dislodged the mound of earth burying him and stood up tall on his hind legs. Soil cascaded off his body like water, revealingrge patches of blistered and charred skin devoid of fur. He was badly wounded, but as a ck Bear Warrior, he was still capable of dishing out a hell lot of hurt. "As you wish, little boy." The deep voice said with augh. Slowly, like a ghost solidifying, arge 3-meter tall silhouette of a handsome humanoid beast appeared in front of Elliot and Wu Kong. His lion head and spectacr body filled with thick scales and spikes which served as natural armor was truly a sight to behold. Even though he was smaller than Elliot''s four meter tall ck Bear Warrior frame, and much, much smaller than the ten-meter tall Giant Armored Mammoth which was standing nearby, Elliot and Wu Kong knew with a single nce that they were facing an enemy they had no hope of defeating. None whatsoever. They were like two little newborn puppies going up against Winter. "Are you here to finish the job?" Elliot asked him calmly. "Hahahaha. Of course not. It is far too early in the day for masters like you to die. No, little boy, you will not die today. That much I can promise you." Rak''Tharos said with a sinister smile. Elliot may be young, but by that time he knew that there were many worse things than death. So Rak''Tharos'' words did not put him at ease. Not even a tiny bit. And if the evil glint in his eyes was an indication of what he nned to do next, Elliot was sure he wouldn''t like it at all. "In fact, I am here to help you! You have so much potential within you. As I have said earlier. I am impressed. Extremely impressed. A little jealous, in fact. You have all the pieces you need to seed very gloriously in this wretched Game. But sadly for you, your motivations are much too weak. And you also have too much baggage. Tsk tsk." Rak''Tharos sighed in mock regret before his smile grewpletely feral. "But thankfully, I have the cure for yourck of motivation! And the best solution for your excess baggage!" He stretched out both his arms horizontally. "BROTHER!" Jessica screamed as she appeared with her neck clutched in Rak''Tharos'' right hand. "Let us go, you disgusting cat!" Jennifer yelled as she used both her hands to try and pry open Rak''Tharos'' left hand which was grasping her neck. At the sight of both his sisters within Rak''Tharos'' clutches, Elliot''s heart immediately froze and a strange calm washed over him. His eyes grew extremely cold as his thinking became clear andser focused on one single objective - saving his sisters. "Ah. Beautiful. If you had reacted with useless anger or pathetic begging, I would have been disappointed." Rak''Tharos nodded in satisfaction as he witnessed Elliot''s response. "You have a true warrior''s mindset within you. I approve! I approve!!" Author''s note Hi everyone! I hope you''re enjoying the novel. How do you like the battle? Pleasement below! This is the end of the first mini power-up arc before the main event. The apocalypse, and all of its monthly races, hidden dungeon challenges and Beast Apostle storylines will being up right after this. If you like the novel, please continue to support me through the premium and privilege levels! Hopefully this novel can do well and I can eventually switch to full time writing so that I can churn out many, many more chapters. I''m looking forward to all of your support! Much love! - Future Top Author (lol) Chapter 46 ¡°What do you want from me?¡± Elliot asked in a calm and detached voice. ¡°Oh my dear boy. I want nothing FROM you. I want YOU.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos grinned. ¡°Let them go. I will serve you.¡± Elliot immediately responded. ¡°HAHA! You will serve me? No thank you. The current you has absolutely no value to me. As I said, you have a lot of potential, and you have all the pieces you need to seed. But you¡¯re not there yet. Your potential remains untapped, and your pieces remain underutilized. Nonono, little boy, I am not here to recruit you. I am here to help you. To offer you help that only I, the Great King Rak¡¯Tharos, am able to offer.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos vaunted shamelessly. He threw Jessica and Jennifer roughly towards Elliot. Instantly, Elliot reacted and caught them both with his soft arms before setting them down gently. However, his cold eyes never left Rak¡¯Tharos. ¡°These are your two sisters, are they not?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos asked. ¡°You must love them very much.¡± He continued without waiting for an answer. ¡°I know. I can read you and your actions like a book. Your motivation in this sted Game is probably something pathetic like ¡°I must save my sisters at all costs.¡± or something along that line.¡± Elliot remained silent and simply stared at Rak¡¯Tharos calmly, allowing him to bber on until he got to his point. However, his heart was already sinking as a deep sense of apprehension washed over him. ¡°Weak. Such pathetic motivations would never lead you to the top! Therefore, to help you hasten your climb to the top, I am here to give you a stronger motivation. Revenge!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos announced with flourish. Elliot¡¯s heart exploded with great fury even before Rak¡¯Tharos exined his words further. ¡°Hohoho! It appears you understand my intention.¡± Rak¡¯Tharosughed sinisterly when he saw Elliot¡¯s cold eyes suddenly glint dangerously with anger. ¡°Your two sisters. One will die today, and the other will follow me to await your rescue. Which one lives and which one dies¡¯| I will be magnanimous and allow you to decide.¡± A fury unlike anything Elliot had ever experienced before descended upon him like a deluge of fire at that moment. His heart was aze with hatred for the fearsome beast standing in front of him. His vision dimmed slightly as he began to descend slowly into madness. ¡°You want to take my sisters away from me¡¯|?¡± His eyes slowly began to glow red. ¡°Tsk. I told you your two sisters are excess baggage. They are a serious hindrance to your growth as a warrior. Look how affected you are already at the prospect of losing one of them! You¡¯re losing your rationality. Are you seriously thinking of attacking me? Don¡¯t disappoint me that way, little boy.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos growled. [Your mental health has fallen by 0.1] [Your mental health has fallen by 0.1] [Mental health: 0.1] [AI Comment: Your hunger for power and thirst for revenge are at the limits of sanity. Beware and be warned.] Subconsciously, Elliot had turned back into his Primal Feline Warrior form. His boundless hatred for Rak¡¯Tharos and great desire to kill him had caused his entire being to respond and assume the form that was able to deal the highest amount of damage in the shortest and most efficient way. ¡°Dumb beasts need to have their senses beaten into them. Are you a dumb beast, little boy?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos asked. Elliot¡¯s answer was simple. He attacked! There was no other option left for Elliot. His pride and wisdom had ruled out any possibility of begging the enemy. His aggression made being passive absolutely intolerable. Answering Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ question was also something that he couldn¡¯t do as well. Doing it would break his heart and drive himpletely mad. Rak¡¯Tharos sighed and lifted up one w. ¡°I will show you even more benevolence today. But this is my final act of kindness, you hear? Anymore and people will start calling me Rak¡¯Tharos the Benevolent instead of the Great Rak¡¯Tharos. If you can break this w, I will leave you and your sisters alone.¡± Although he knew Rak¡¯Tharos wouldn¡¯t do anything that he wasn¡¯t confident in, Elliot¡¯s heart immediately leapt at the slight ray of hope offered to him. LIGHTNING SLASH! Elliot was so angry and so lost in his blind fury that his body instinctively unleashed a powerful attack thatbined Lightning Strike¡¯s 5000% multiplier and Deadly sh¡¯s armor piercing effect. BAM! His powerful lightning imbued sh hit Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ single w with surprising power. Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ heart beat slightly fast as he felt the power of Elliot¡¯s strike surpass all of his expectations. ¡°Excellent! Excellent!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said softly in sincere admiration. He had correctly deduced that Elliot was below level 50, very possibly even below level 45 by the power that he had exhibited earlier in his fights. But the Lightning sh he had executed early was definitely an attackparable to a level 100 warrior¡¯s all-out attack! Still, Rak¡¯Tharos was a level 401 Beast Emperor. His upraised w did not tremble in the slightest even after receiving Elliot¡¯s attack. BAM! BAM! Elliot unleashed abo of three blindingly fast attacks, andpletely failed to deal any damage to Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ w. His heart sank once more, this time it sank beyond salvation deep into the murky darkness of despair, and his mind teetered dangerously on the edge of insanity. ¡°I must break that w!!¡± His mind screamed stubbornly. But his heart knew it was pointless. His body responded to his mind¡¯s desperation and impossibly, he increased his speed and power once more! Behind him, Wu Kong and the Giant Armored Mammoth had also burst out into action. They charged at Rak¡¯Tharos with blind loyalty to Elliot. However, Rak¡¯Tharos had enough. JAB! He punched out lightly and smashed Elliot down to the ground! His attack came so suddenly and so powerfully that Elliot was caught by surprise and ate the attack fully with his head. BAM! The force sent Elliot flying a few meters away. Elliot shook off the attack as if it was nothing and prepared to pounce on Rak¡¯Tharos again. Chapter 47 ¡°Good! Good!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos was totally gratified by the power and fearlessness that Elliot was disying. ¡°Strong, rather stubborn and doesn¡¯t know the meaning of giving up and hopelessness. What a typical spirited little runt. Don¡¯t worry though. You¡¯ll soon learn that life is not fair. There are things that simply have to happen, whether you like it or not. Like the apocalypse. Like me doing whatever I want to you. And sometimes, in the face of absolute strength, your only option is to give up and bide your time. Like I did. I bid my time, and look where it had brought me to! A god-damn resource turned into a massive stadium!¡± POUNCE! Elliot leapt forward from his position and shot towards Rak¡¯Tharos! ¡°But enough of this foolishness. I havee bearing gifts, and it is rude to make me wait for so long to give them to you!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos finally ended his lecture. He released his vast Emperor¡¯s aura and locked Elliot, Wu Kong and the Giant Armored Mammoth down in ce. No matter how hard they struggled, they couldn¡¯t fight against the pressure pushing down on them! Elliot could only growl and re hatefully at Rak¡¯Tharos. ¡°Tell me quickly! Which one lives and which one dies?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos pressed on with his question. ¡°Let them go.¡± Elliot growled. He transformed into the more powerful ck Bear Warrior form and roared mightily. His muscles bulged out as he fought with everyst drop of his strength to stand up against the vast Emperor-level pressure. There was no use. The suppression of over three hundred levels was as insurmountable as the great abyss. Somewhere behind them, Jessica and Jennifer nced at each other in despair. They had assumed that Rak¡¯Tharos was another legendary creature that their brother and his powerful beasts could easily take down. But apparently, he wasn¡¯t. Far from it, he was powerful beyond measure. Even his mere aura was enough to render Elliot and all his powerful beasts helpless and motionless! There was no fighting a monster that overpowers them by so much. They could only try and outsmart him. Barring even that, they could only minimize the damage caused. And if one truly had to die, then¡¯| Almost at the same time, a thought struck the both of them. Both looked deep into the other¡¯s eyes and knew exactly what the other one was thinking about. There were no secrets between identical twins. Jessica nced at Elliot, who was still ring at Rak¡¯Tharos hatefully. ¡°Take good care of him.¡± Jessica said to Jennifer softly. ¡°No, you take good care of him.¡± Jennifer shook her head and said. ¡°I¡¯ve never been good at cooking. He needs you Jess.¡± ¡°You have a mind-link with Winter. You would be able to help him survive the apocalypse.¡± Jessica continued as she stared into Jennifer¡¯s eyes. ¡°Tell him I love him¡¯| Very much.¡± ¡°YOU tell him that I love him very much.¡± Jennifer said with a slight frown. Jessica was speaking as though her decision was final. As if Jennifer would let her sister do whatever she wanted! ¡°I am the one with the knife. Take care Jen, I¡¯ll see you on the other side.¡± Jessica said gently. Very suddenly and without any hesitation whatsoever, Jessica suddenly swung her right hand which was gripping the knife and aimed it at her own heart! But Jennifer knew exactly what Jessica was about to do, so she was prepared. Her own right hand struck Jessica¡¯s right wrist with great power and precision, causing her to drop the knife. She turned to look at Jessica triumphantly. And nched in horror as she saw blood spurting lightly out of her mouth. ¡°Ho-how?¡± Jennifer sputtered in shock. ncing down, she saw Jessica¡¯s left hand gripping the second knife which was plunged all the way into her chest. There was no outsmarting an elder twin sister who knew exactly what was going on in her mind. ¡°JESSICAA!!¡± Jennifer screamed in anguish. Jessica smiled weakly as blood continued to spurt out of her mouth. ¡°Take¡¯| care¡¯| of yourself¡¯|¡± She managed to say. Elliot and Rak¡¯Tharos turned to look at the two girls in surprise. One look, and both of them knew exactly what happened. ¡°No¡¯| No¡¯| NO NO NO! JESSICA!!¡± Elliot screamed as well as he dashed towards her as fast as he could. His Primal Feline Warrior Beast form disappeared and Elliot reverted back to his human body as he beheld the knife hilt protruding out of Jessica¡¯s chest in horror. She had plunged the knife so deeply into her own chest that only the hilt could be seen. Blood had begun to spurt out of her mouth and chest, forming an ever growing red stain on her beautiful light blue dress. ¡°HA HA HA HA HA!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos boomed with satisfiedughter. ¡°What an incredible family! Incredible!¡± Even though Rak¡¯Tharos was a viin through and through, he too was a father, a husband and a brother. He fully understood the bonds that Elliot shared with his sisters, and the motivations behind Jessica¡¯s actions. He was truly impressed by her. And because he understood that bond, he knew he had to strike while the iron is hot so as to make the biggest and strongest impact on Elliot. To scar him so deeply that he would be fully motivated to power up as quickly as he could to take revenge and rescue his other sister. Only then would he be useful. Blink. Rak¡¯Tharos moved so fast that it looked like he teleported to Jennifer¡¯s side. ¡°I¡¯ll be taking this one with me then. Find me when you¡¯re strong enough for revenge, little boy.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos tossed a square token at Elliot, and then slowly disappeared with Jennifer.¡± ¡°NO!!¡± Elliot looked up in panic. However, there was nothing he could do. He could only say, ¡°Jen! I WILL SAVE YOU! WAIT FOR ME!¡± Jennifer smiled through her tears and nodded. And then she was gone. ¡°HAWK! POTION!¡± Elliot screamed. [Target is too injured for the potion to have any effects.] Chapter 48 ¡°What? How do I save her then!? TELL ME!!¡± Elliot asked desperately. [To save her, please Bestow strength to her first.] ¡°BESTOW! GIVE ME A POTION AND BESTOW ALL AVAILABLE STRENGTH TO HER!¡± Elliot immediately shouted. [Acknowledged.] [2.9 strength Bestowed to Jessica Musk.] A vial of red liquid appeared in Elliot¡¯s hands and he immediately raised Jessica¡¯s pale face and poured the contents of the vial into her bloodied mouth. ¡°Drink this potion, Jess. Yes, that¡¯s good. That¡¯s good.¡± Elliot gently coaxed her to drink the potion. Thankfully, Jessica still had her final shred of consciousness and was able to somewhat listen to her beloved brother¡¯s words. The miraculous potion slowly made its effects felt in Jessica¡¯s body. BA DUMP. BA DUMP. Jessica¡¯s strength-enhanced heart began to pound with great vigor as the potion knitted her ruptured flesh together with visible speed. Plonk. The knife was pushed out by Jessica¡¯s regenerating flesh. Jessica opened her eyes and took a long shuddering breath, and then slowly breathed out. The memory of the great surge of pain as she stabbed herself, and the fearsome feeling of slowly slipping into death¡¯s embrace lingered in her mind, causing her to shudder slightly in trepidation. ¡°What¡¯s happening, brother?¡± Jessica asked Elliot after a few moments. She stared at his half-relieved half-anguished face and couldn¡¯t help but feel a slight pang of pain in her heart at what she had tried to do. She knew her death would have been extremely painful to Elliot. Jessica hugged her brother back with all her strength. After a few long seconds of relief, Jessica¡¯s strength finally made itself felt on Elliot¡¯s body. ¡°Oof!¡± Elliot winced lightly. ¡°Sorry! Did I press on your injury or something?¡± Jessica asked Elliot as she loosened her hug a little bit. ¡°Nono¡¯| You¡¯re much stronger now than before. I had to¡¯| Bestow some strength to you using some lucky points the system gave me after identally creating a new skill while I was attacking that¡¯| monster just now.¡± Elliot said. Jessica nodded in rough understanding. After getting her fill of hugging Elliot, Jessica released him. She nced around, and realized that Jennifer was missing. ¡°He¡¯|He really took Jennifer.¡± Jessica said as she felt her heart breaking slightly. She had never been separated from Jennifer ever since they were born, not even for a few hours. Not having Jennifer around at that moment was a momentous and painful thing for her. Still, she was alive. And they had a chance to reunite in the future. At that moment after being so abruptly and forcefully separated from Jennifer, that was all that mattered to Jessica. ¡°Jen is still alive. We¡¯ll save her and everything will be fine.¡± She repeated those words over and over to herself. ¡°We¡¯ll get her back.¡± Elliot said softly while clutching the square token which Rak¡¯Tharos had tossed him very tightly. ¡°I promise you,Jessica. We¡¯ll get her back! I¡¯ll make sure of that.¡± Jessica looked at her brother¡¯s face which was full of cold determination and felt slightly better. Elliot was always dependable. ¡°I believe you brother. We¡¯ll definitely get her back!¡± Jessica nodded and held Elliot¡¯s hand. For a few moments, brother and sister merely sat there quietly, nursing their broken hearts and sharpening their intent to grow stronger. And to save their sister at all costs. The next few days would see an unprecedented horror unleashed upon the world by the aliens. But deep in Elliot¡¯s heart, he swore that he would unleash his own horror upon the aliens and their beasts. Any thoughts of holing up in Winter¡¯sir and waiting out the insane first week were gone from his mind. ¡°I will kill each and every alien beast I encounter. And then hunt the rest down until their bloods be like rivers upon thisnd.¡± Elliot vowed. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°NOO!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± Game Master De Silva shrieked in frustration and nearly tore out what little remained of his hair on his head. ¡°WHY?¡± ¡°Why did he let him go?! He could have easily killed him right there and then!! He didn¡¯t even kill any of his beasts! Not even that damned monkey!¡± Game Master De Silva screamed uncontrobly. ¡°AIDE! Send down MORE legendary beasts! Redirect ALL the legendary beasts in California to his location NOW!¡± Game Master De Silva roared. However, only silence greeted him. ¡°AIDE! WHERE ARE-¡± Game Master De Silva stopped halfway as he stared at his upside-down headless body in confusion. ¡°Huh? Isn¡¯t that my body? Why¡¯|¡± And then everything turned dark. Behind him, Game Master Gerald Justice turned off his energy saber and returned it on his hip holster. (A/N: Bring on the starwars GIFs lol) ¡°Drop five ss A and one ss SS resource boxes on his position now.¡± He rasped in a soft voice. ¡°Yes, Your Majesty.¡± His aide bowed in acknowledgement. ¡°I am not an Emperor here. In this ce, I am a Game Master.¡± He corrected his aide. ¡°As you wish, Game Master.¡± His aide replied. Game Master Gerald Justice nodded and studied Elliot¡¯s angry face for a few seconds longer as if putting him into his memory. ¡°Consider the resource boxes mypensation for an unfair beginning. And a reward for living through it.¡± Game Master Gerald Justice murmured. ¡°How long till the scheduled beginning?¡± He asked his aide. ¡°Four minutes and twenty seconds, Game Master.¡± ¡°Good. Launch the remaining spaceships on time. Make sure you replenish the five legendary beasts we lost to Elliot Musk. We couldn¡¯t have California enjoying any more advantages than it already has right now.¡± He ordered. ¡°Almost an entire tribe of Kaijins dead already. But that¡¯s a direct result of his own foreknowledge and power. I cannot interfere.¡± Game Master Gerald Justice murmured to himself. ¡°Just as I cannot interfere how Himari Suzuki is somehow preparing herself so perfectly. And how Hailey Longman is ¡°gathering¡± all the other strong yers in her area.¡± ¡°The second iteration is always a battle of the elites.¡± A beautiful woman who had been standing really quietly behind him suddenly said. ¡°Yes. But no other games were ever as skewed as this particr one. And our Adamantium Sponsor¡¯s boon is not even in y yet. I fear the audience will not be entertained by such a game.¡± Game Master Gerald Justice replied. ¡°You may be an excellent Game Master, Gerald Justice, but you totally suck at reading what the audiences really want. Just do your thing and keep the Games fair. I will make our decisions with regard to the interferences for the sake of the ratings.¡± Game Master Seraphin Burns said. ¡°And the first interference I want is to upgrade the SS Resource Box you just issued to SSS.. And make sure the SSS Power Up is suitable for a 12 year old girl.¡± Chapter 49 ¡°Triple S? Even with the two Ancient Goris which ¡°somehow¡± decided to take a stroll in the very area of the battle almost a hundred kilometers from their location?¡± Game Master Gerald Justice raised a questioning eyebrow at Game Master Seraphin Burns. She merely chuckled and shook her head. ¡°Trust me, you don¡¯t want to dig into the why behind the two Ancient Goris. Leave it alone. It¡¯s beyond our pay grade.¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Hee hee hee! Our n worked!¡± Void Walker giggled happily as she reclined on her luxurious sofa back in the Diamond VIP room. ¡°YOUR n worked.¡± Monkey King red at Void Walker. ¡°If anyone questions us about it, you better say I was an unwilling aplice and forced to participate in your hare-brained scheme under pain of death.¡± ¡°Hahahaha! Stop being such a morose old monkey. No one would question us! How could they, when they didn¡¯t even know that we did anything? I executed those Void Passages perfectly!¡± Void Walker boasted arrogantly. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°She executed those Void Passages like a blithering 3 year old baby! I should have her whipped for her ipetence!¡± A nerdy but ancient looking Void Walker grumbled loudly. A powerful looking young elven mage looked at the nerdy Void Walker with undisguised amusement. That he could tantly ignore the fact that his granddaughter just broke a major Gaming Commission rule by interfering in the game was truly amazing to him. However what truly tickled him to no end and almost blew his mind was the fact that the nerdy Void Walker, who was the current Director of Discipline in the Gaming Commission, was actually in a management meeting with ALL of the Board of Directors when he made hisment about whipping his granddaughter. And NO ONE protested. Even the Void Walker¡¯s enemies within the room couldn¡¯t be bothered to pursue the matter of his granddaughter conveying several critical messages that allowed Elliot to survive. They were aiming for bigger fish, and pursuing such a technicality risked an open conflict with the Void Walker, and they weren¡¯t ready for that yet. Everyone else merely smiled politely. Talk about fairness! ¡°But who would have dared to react any other way?¡± The young mage thought wryly to himself. The nerdy Void Walker was the Patriarch of one of the strongest Void Walker ns in the known Universe. And if that wasn¡¯t enough to allow him to do anything he wants, even in the hallowed halls of the Gaming Commission, then his next ¡°achievement¡± definitely was. He was also the grandfather of the ¡°blithering 3 year old baby¡± who was the source of all the consternation that had wracked the entire Board for the past few hours. That particr 3 year old baby¡¯s ¡°Diamond Boon¡± had somehow turned back time for 350 full days for Game World Earth and disyed a power that eclipsed even some of the old fogeys in that very room. It was one thing to turn back time for a few hours, as befitting a proper and reasonable Diamond Boon. But that ¡°blithering 3 year old baby¡± had broken record after record by somehow allowing her yers to roll ridiculously long Reverse Time Walks. In a previous Game, her sponsored yer had rolled a 2-week Reverse Time Walk, won the entire game easily and caused the greatest upset in the history of gambling. And of course, made the Gaming Commission theirrgest profit in the history of gambling as well. (Which was also probably another huge reason why the Board of Directors treated the old Void Walker so respectfully and with such arge tolerance for his beloved granddaughter¡¯s harmless ¡°antics¡±.) The entire universe had erupted in protest, of course. But that didn¡¯tst very long. The Gaming Commission had immediately made all the information and internalmunications of the Game public. The protesters had scoured everything and found no trace of foul y. Even the Diamond Boon granted by the Void Walker had passed all the required high level security triple checks. The 2-week long Reverse Time Walk was dered an anomaly and the furor had died down after the Gaming Commission¡¯s best efforts. However, as if mocking the Gaming Commission and their attempts to lead a quiet but highly profitable life, the ¡°blithering 3 year old¡¯s¡±test Diamond Boon had actually produced a randomized Reverse Time Walk value of 350 days! Even powerful adult Void Walkers would have trouble doing that on an entire game world. And somehow, this little Void Walker girl had managed to do it within the Power Parameters of a ridiculously small Diamond Boon! How in all of the heavens did she manage to do that? But irregardless of how she did it, the uproar had already begun, and it was definitely on track to be the most controversial andrgest one yet. ¡°Now that the little issue with the cheating Game Master has been resolved, I believe we should go back to discuss the main issue at hand.¡± The powerful young elven mage spoke up smoothly. ¡°Yes. Back to the main issue. Many gamblers are demanding their money back, iming that we are running an inside job to fix this particr game. Although this is merely a small game, and a full refund would not even register as a blip in our revenue, we cannot afford the damage to our reputation. I say we release our records publicly once more to shut them up.¡± A stocky dwarf in an ornately decorated mithril armor rumbled in a deep voice. ¡°No. I disagree.¡± An exquisitely beautiful woman in dazzling golden armor shook her head lightly. ¡°We¡¯ve shown them our records when theyined once before. And we have proven our innocence despite their gravest misgivings. To show them our records once more this time would prove to be an extremely dangerous act. How long till they start demanding for us to release ALL of our records? I say we get to the root of the problem first.¡± ¡°Oh? What do you think is the root of the problem, Director Goldwing?¡± The young elven mage asked the beautiful woman politely. Chapter 50 ¡°I say we summon Void Walker Jessica Sands and ask her to exin herself.¡± Director Goldwing said emotionlessly. ¡°And if she doesn¡¯t know how she did it?¡± The nerdy Void Walker asked Director Goldwing calmly. ¡°Then we must ask ourselves, how much is that information worth? And whether or not memory extraction methods should be used on her.¡± Director Goldwing said with a gentle smile. The nerdy Void Walker smiled benevolently at her as well. Nobody else in the room dared to move a muscle. And almost for an entire minute, nobody even dared to breathe. Both may be smiling, but no one in the room missed the hidden meanings and the explosive undercurrents behind those smiles. Both are honored representatives of two of the top factions of the known Universe. The Void Walkers of the mysterious Northern Stars as well as the Golden Dragons of the powerful Central Gxies. The Northern Stars was a loose coalition of several powerful and ancient ns. Although they were not united into a Star System, they had the power to rival even the strongest of all the Systems in the Universe. No one dared to cross them, especially not the powerful and mysterious Void Walker ns which controlled the power of Space and Time. And double especially not the Sands of Time n which specialized in Time Travel. No one, except the powerful Systems of the Central Gxies, of course. The Central Gxies was the most advanced and prosperous region of the known Universe, and contained within it five mighty Systems. One of them was the Golden Dragon System from which the Dragon Empress was from. They feared no one, and they said and did anything they wanted to. ¡°You want to use memory extraction methods on my granddaughter?¡± The nerdy Void Walker¡¯s smile grew wider as his lips tasted the words. ¡°The very same memory extraction methods MY n generously donated to our Universe to fight off the Dark Cosmic Invasion?¡± The nerdy Void Walker¡¯s eyes gleamed with sincere amusement and mirth. Nobody in the room knew when it happened, but somehow they all found themselves sidelined in the meeting room that had transformed into a wide open space with only the Void Walker and Director Goldwing standing in the middle. ¡°Void Confinement!¡± The young elven mage smiled bitterly as he shook his head in awesome wonder at the powerful spell which the nerdy Void Walker had casted under their very noses without anyone of twelve powerful Directors noticing. Void Confinement was a powerful spell which isted the caster and his target in a separate and thus impregnable space which would allow them to fight with all of their powers until they resolved their conflict. Or until one of them died. ¡°Director Goldwing is truly too reckless. She should know better than to threaten the old Walker¡¯s only granddaughter.¡± The young elven mage sighed. ¡°Chairman, are you going to allow this to happen?¡± A fearsome looking ck man in full ck attire snarled at the young elven mage. ¡°Director Goldwing represents the Golden Dragon System!¡± ¡°I am still thinking about it. Afterall, Director Goldwing did make a rather outrageous suggestion. Being a new Director does not excuse her from such a thing.¡± The young elven mage, who was also the Chairman of the Board, replied with a light chuckle. ¡°However, feel free to try and dismantle Director Sands¡¯ Void Confinement spell if you wish. You have my permission to ¡°disallow¡± this from happening.¡± The ck Dragon Emperor growled lightly and fell silent. Within the Void Confinement spell, Director Goldwing was scowling lightly at the Void Walker. However, for some reason, she was strangely calm and unworried even when she realized that she had been caught in the Void Walker¡¯s spell. ¡°Old man, you¡¯re making a really bad mistake.¡± Director Goldwing said softly as her scowl deepend into a frown. ¡°You will regret this.¡± The Void Walker began tough. Loud, roaringughter that came out straight out of a bellyful of mirth and incredulous surprise at Director Goldwing¡¯s audacity. He was stillughing when Director Goldwing unleashed her full power. A mighty golden dragon silhouette appeared behind her and immediately released a colossal fire and lightning dragon breath at the Void Walker. ¡°Oh my. Director Goldwing had actually sessfully mastered Fire and Lightning. We might have another Hegemon within our ranks soon!¡± The young elven mage eximed lightly in surprise. However, the powerful fire and lightning dragon breath failed to even get close to the Void Walker before it disappeared into a portal which suddenly appeared in its path. Director Goldwing immediately blinked away with her own considerable mastery over space magic when she saw her dragon breath disappear into the portal. True enough, her dragon breath appeared from a spot somewhere behind her previous position and shot out with undiminished power. If she hadn¡¯t blinked away, she would have been hit by her own dragon breath. ¡°That damned Void Walker is really powerful! At this rate, I wouldn¡¯t even be able to touch him with my attacks!¡± Director Goldwing thought to herself with a sinking feeling. ¡°Must I use THAT item already? Damn it! It¡¯s only my first week as a Director here!¡± However, before the fight could get serious, the young elven mage¡¯s voice suddenly rang out from within both their minds. ¡°Enough. Director Sands, I am sure Director Goldwing didn¡¯t actually mean what she said. Director Goldwing, please be careful with your words next time. Now, please dissolve the Void Confinement and let us resume our discussion. The apocalypse on Earth has already begun, and we need to decide on how to deal with the protests.¡± The young elven mage said. The Void Walker turned to look at the young elven mage whose eyes were glowing lightly. ¡°A silver glow? That elven punk isn¡¯t ying around. I better stop ying around as well.¡± The Void Walker muttered and cancelled the Void Confinement with a wave of his hand. Everything returned to their original position, and it was as though nothing had happened at all. ¡°Excellent! Thank you very much, Directors.¡± The young elven mage beamed at the Void Walker and the Golden Dragon in human form. ¡°Of course Chairman El¡¯Taras. Your will is mymand.¡± The Void Walker humbly replied. ¡°Hmph.¡± Director Goldwing simply scoffed and looked away. ¡°Good! Good! Let us resume our discussion. Now to cate the masses and make The Games on Earth more interesting, I am proposing that we increase the difficulty by one level.. Those in favor, please raise your hands.¡± Chapter 51 When the aliens finally invaded earth, it was truly unlike anything even the world¡¯s most imaginative minds had thought it would be. It wasn¡¯t even a fight, much less a war. The world¡¯s military didn¡¯t get to mobilize a single unit before the world¡¯s governments disappeared. From the aliens¡¯ point of view, they were merely terraforming. Earth¡¯s best and strongest weren¡¯t even mentioned as an issue to be dealt with in the summarized report that the Chairman of the Board of the Gaming Commission was holding in his hands. Poption: 12 billion Target Poption: 12 million Key Attraction: Automobiles Rmended Game Mode 1: Survival of the Fittest Rmended Game Mode 2: Automobile Racing Rmended Approach: Step 1 City Levelling ¨C 90% reduction in poption. Duration ¨C 10 minutes Step 2a Beast Infestation ¨C 9% reduction in poption. Duration ¨C 7 days Step 2b Terraforming ¨C Race courses in major cities. Duration ¨C 7 days Step 3 Game Start ¨C Automobile and Supply Drops Duration ¨C 1 year ¡°Open up fourteen slots for Adamantium Sponsors, two per continent. Increase resource drops by 5x. Double the Automobile drops and double the rewards for the monthly races and challenges. Triple the number of Hidden Challenges as well.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras instructed his aide. He turned back to the Board of Directors and smiled his friendly and unassuming smile. ¡°And finally, raise the grade cap of the monsters to Mythical and the level cap to 399. Proim to the Universe. The Games of Earth will be a Battle of Kings!¡± Despite all the politics and the misgivings the Directors had for each other, all of their eyes lit up together at the Chairman¡¯s words. Battle of Kings! The Games on Earth would be EPIC!! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Hawk, has the¡¯| apocalypse begun?¡± Elliot asked in his mind. [Affirmative.] ¡°Time to announcement?¡± [Eight minutes and thirty four seconds.] Elliot nodded as he stared at the familiar looking supply drones that were making their way towards him warily. He had been staring at it for one full minute, wondering if they were yet another attempt by the Game Masters to kill him. But everything seemed normal. Well, as normal as two meter giant dome-shaped drones could be anyway. The five golden drones and the single purple dronended before him and retracted their domes silently, revealing the precious resources they carried with them. ¡°Brother, are they the Resource Boxes you mentioned?¡± Jessica whispered. It was her first time seeing Resource Drones and she was suitably awed. ¡°Yes, stay here and wait for me. I will go and check if they are safe.¡± Elliot told her before making his way towards the drones. ¡°Five A-Grade Resource Boxes and a¡¯| Triple S-Grade Resource Box? What¡¯s this? A bribe to keep my mouth shut?¡± Elliot grumbled. But despite everything that had happened and all his misgivings about the Game Master¡¯s attempt on his life, his lips twitched lightly as he restrained his urge to smile. ¡°Jennifer was just taken, I shouldn¡¯t smile in front of Jessica.¡± Elliot thought. But his hands and feet were under nopulsion to restrain themselves, so they immediately got to work. He went for the nearest golden drone and took out its contents. ¡°Food bars enough tost five adults for a month, as usual. 5 mid-range lightser guns and ammunition tost a month. Not too bad. And the Power Up Pack¡¯| 5 Speed Pills! Good! Hawk, quantify the effects of the Speed Pills!¡± [Each Speed Pill will increase Reflexes by 1 point and Top Running Speed by 10km/h] ¡°Excellent. The record top speed by Usaino Bolto is 50km/h. If my top speed is half of his, eating two pills will make me almost as fast as him. And in my beast forms, I would be even faster! Not a bad power up at all. Am I able to feed these pills to my beasts, Hawk?¡± [Affirmative. Speed Pills can be fed to tamed beasts only, and not summoned beasts.] ¡°Very good. Jessica and I will take two each, and I¡¯ll have to think which beast I should give thest one to.¡± Elliot muttered to himself as he divided the pills and stored the remaining. ¡°Next box! Food bars again, a defensive portable bunker! Excellent! And the Power Up Pack¡¯| 5 more speed pills!? Okay. I guess being fast is good. Jessica and I will be much faster than Usaino Bolto. Weird but interesting. And I can give both Brock and Winter a pill each. Next box. Water generator! Perfect. 5 grenades. Good! And the Power Up Pack¡¯| WHAT? Speed Pills? Ugh¡¯| We¡¯ll be as fast as cars soon. But¡¯| better than nothing. Rex and Ellie gets a portion too. The next one better not be Speed Pills again. Next. Another Water generator? If this is your idea of a bribe, it isn¡¯t working at all.¡± Elliot muttered as he nced upwards to the sky. ¡°5 mid grade light armor. Good. And¡¯| Strength pills! Good, good. Very good. Hawk, one strength pill gives one strength point?¡± [Affirmative.] ¡°Finally thest A-Grade box. Food bars. Fine. 3 flight systems! EXCELLENT! And¡¯| 2 dimensional storages! Mighty generous. Good. Good. And finally¡¯| Skill pills. Let¡¯s see. Consume one pill to receive an active skill called¡¯| Ch-charge? Boosts speed by 100% for 1 minute?!¡± Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped. ¡°ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME RUN YOUR STUPID RACES ON FOOT WHILE OTHERS DRIVE YOUR STUPID HYPERCARS?!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help himself but roar angrily at the sky! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± Game Master Gerald Justice frowned as he looked at Elliot¡¯s angry outburst in confusion. ¡°Why is he so angry at us? What did you give him?¡± ¡°I have no idea. The Resource Boxes are fully random. Let¡¯s see¡¯| Ah. Oh¡¯| Hahaha! He is truly lucky. Of all the powerful pills and skills he could have gotten, he got mostly speed-rted ones.¡± Game Master Seraphin Burns chuckled as she read the system¡¯s report. ¡°That¡¯s¡¯| actually not a bad thing. A really good thing, in fact, considering all the speed-rted hidden challenges we have in store.¡± Game Master Gerald Justice remarked. ¡°Indeed. He thinks he got unlucky. But the truth is, he just struck gold. Again.¡± Game Master Seraphin Burns said. ¡°Oh, scratch that. Definitely not just gold.. Diamond!¡± Game Master Seraphin Burns corrected herself when she took a peek at the contents of the SSS Resource Box. Chapter 52 ¡°What¡¯s wrong brother?¡± Jessica called out from behind him. ¡°Nothing! In fact everything is fine. You cane over and take a look.¡± Elliot said. Jessica made her way slowly towards Elliot and the drones. ¡°Wow¡¯| Food, machines and weapons. Pretty good. What are those pills you¡¯re holding?¡± Jessica asked curiously. ¡°Here, you should eat them and feel the effects for yourself.¡± Elliot smiled as he gave Jessica six speed pills and three strength pills. ¡°Okay.¡± Jessica took the pills from Elliot without hesitation. She hadplete trust in Elliot and had no issues eating a bunch of pills he offered without even knowing what they did. The pills were so small that Jessica had no problems eating all nine of them at one go. Gulp. Elliot ate his own six speed pills and two strength pills as well. Gulp. [Received 6 Reflexes from Speed Pill.] [Received 2 Strength from Strength Pill.] ¡°How do you feel?¡± Elliot asked Jessica. ¡°I feel much stronger! And everything seems to be much¡¯| slower?¡± Jessica blinked in confusion. She raised her right hand and waved it in front of her. Slowly at first, and then her hands moved so fast that it was a blur. ¡°They¡¯re not slower. You¡¯re just much faster now.¡± Elliot smiled in satisfaction. ¡°Those pills you just ate add to your strength and speed. You should be as strong as six grown men and six times faster than them now.¡± Jessica was much stronger after eating the Speed and Strength pills. With the 2.9 Strength she got from Elliot¡¯s Bestow and the 3 strength pills and her own basic strength which was probably at around 0.5, she had a new total of 6.4 strength. ¡°Good.¡± Jessica simply said as she clenched her fist tightly. Elliot had no need to ask her what she meant by it. He felt the exact same way. ¡°Let¡¯s open the final Resource Box together. It¡¯s a Triple S Resource Box. The rarest and highest grade Resource Box.¡± Elliot made his way to the final and purple-coated drone and beckoned Jessica over. ¡°Wow.¡± Jessica said with the slightest tinge of excitement showing through her sadness. ¡°Let¡¯s see. Energy bars! Twenty of them. Excellent!¡± Elliot eximed happily. ¡°What are energy bars?¡± ¡°Energy bars immediately refill our energy. Each bar will refill our body¡¯s energy back to the full no matter how depleted our energies were. It is crucial for us, as we would need to move around often to get to Resource Boxes and Car drops.¡± Elliot exined. ¡°Car drops huh.¡± Jessica remarked and the glint of excitement finally pierced through the cloud of grief which had dominated her eyes for the past few minutes. ¡°With your strength and reflexes, you will definitely have no problems participating in the races.¡± Elliot told her. ¡°We¡¯ll secure two cars for next month¡¯s race and I¡¯ll teach you how to drive them. The first race wouldn¡¯t be very dangerous as most of the participants wouldn¡¯t have secured many weapons. The worst they could do is probably crash their car into yours. You¡¯ll be fine with this armor and your great strength.¡± ¡°Okay brother.¡± Jessica nodded grimly but also in great determination. ¡°Okay. Next¡¯| 20 Stealth Communicators! Excellent!! This truly is worthy of being a Triple S Resource Box. The Stealth Communicator will allow you to enter and exit stealth mode at will and tomunicate MENTALLY with the other 19 Stealth Communicators within the Box regardless of distance and location. With this, We¡¯ll always know where each other is.¡± Elliot beamed happily and quickly installed it on Jessica¡¯s wrist before installing one on himself. ¡°And finally¡¯| ¡®| ¡®|¡± ¡°What is it brother? Is it good?¡± Jessica asked rather impatiently when he saw his brother gawk at the final item silently. ¡°It¡¯s¡¯|¡± Elliot rubbed his eyes as though he couldn¡¯t believe what he was seeing. ¡°It¡¯s an S-Grade Phoenix System¡¯|¡± Elliot finally mumbled as he gingerly lifted the little box which contained a singlerge red pill. ¡°Phoenix¡¯| System?¡± The excitement in Jessica¡¯s eyes was palpable at that moment. Elliot passed the pill silently to Jessica, who took it gingerly with both hands. She studied the pill for a few moments and then looked up at Elliot. Elliot nodded. Jessica nodded as well and plopped the pill into her mouth. It instantly melted in her mouth and entered her body very rapidly. She blinked once. Then twice. She nodded slightly but her face frowned a little bit. And then her eyes opened wide in surprise. A red mist appeared from her body and began to swirl around her. Whooooshhh!!! After one full minute, the mist disappeared, leaving behind a slightly bewildered looking but otherwise outwardly unchanged Jessica. ¡°How do you feel?¡± Elliot asked her quietly. ¡°I¡¯| I feel fine. I have a weird little AI in my head now. She¡¯s telling me all sorts of information about the System.¡± Jessica said and blinked again as she processed the information her AI was giving her. ¡°And a bunch of stats. And several missions to aplish. But most importantly, I just gained thirty levels because I had gone through ¡°death and rebirth¡± which gave me alot of XP. Now I have a bunch of points to use and a bunch of skills to learn and a bunch of items to buy¡¯|¡± Jessica answered her brother whose jaw immediately dropped once more when he heard his sister¡¯s answer. ¡°And not only that, my ¡°death and rebirth¡± had triggered a System Upgrade quest.¡± ¡°Level thirty AND a System Upgrade quest already? Wow, Jessica. Well done! This is it! This is your chance to get strong! You must make good use of this opportunity and get stronger!¡± Elliot ced his hands on Jessica¡¯s shoulders and congratted her warmly. ¡°Yes, but¡¯|¡± Jessica hesitated and frowned. ¡°What is it? You can tell me.¡± Elliot said to Jessica seriously. ¡°The System Upgrade quest is called Cry of the ck Phoenix.. And in the description it says¡¯|¡± Jessica took a deep breath. Chapter 53 ¡°The ck Phoenix lives and hunts alone. Leave your group and kill 30 beasts above level 30 in 5 days¡± Jessica said softly. Tears began to well up in her eyes as her mind and heart reached the inevitable conclusion. To save Jennifer, she must get stronger. And if venturing out alone, away from her brother was the way to strength, then¡¯| Elliot looked at his sister¡¯s broken-hearted face and felt a surge of strength rise up from the deepest reaches of his heart. ¡°Enough anger. Enough hatred. What matters is results. And if I want my sisters not to look this way ever again, then I need strength. Overwhelming strength! Strength to obliterate demons and to trample on the heavens!¡± Elliot thought coldly. For the first time in the past few years, Elliot¡¯s mind turned crystal clear. Everything else faded quietly andpletely into the background, leaving only one solitary thought. Power. I need more power. I NEED MORE POWER!! [Your mental health has risen by 0.1] [Mental health: 0.2] [AI Comment: Mental Health is strangely stable at 0.2. A psychopathpared to the average human. But a solid and unshakeable sort of psychopath.] Elliot gently ran his thumb across Jessica¡¯s cheeks to wipe away the tears that had fallen down like little rivulets. ¡°Let us do today what others won¡¯t, so tomorrow we can do what others can¡¯t.¡± Elliot said softly and stared deep into her eyes. ¡°You are powerful beyond measure, Jessica. If the ck Phoenix can help you unleash that power, then you should follow its lead.¡± ¡°Brother, I¡¯| I don¡¯t want to leave you¡¯|¡± Jessica said in a small voice. ¡°You can stay with me if you want.¡± Elliot smiled at her. But as soon as the words left his mouth, both Jessica and Elliot knew for certain that separation was inevitable. Letting go of the chance to have an upgraded Phoenix System felt too much like a horrific betrayal to Jennifer who was awaiting their rescue. ¡°You don¡¯t have to leave now. Let¡¯s have a final meal together first before you go, shall we?¡± Elliot said. ¡°En! Let¡¯s do that!¡± Elliot prepared a simple meal using abination of energy bars and food bars. The water generator took care of their drinking needs. Very soon, a simple but nourishing meal was ready. Of all his tamed beasts, only Wu Kong was able to join them. The rest were recovering from their earlier desperate battle. As they were about to dig in together, a notification popped out from both Elliot¡¯s and Jessica¡¯s systems. [Ten seconds to announcement.] ¡°The Games are about to begin.¡± Elliot said grimly. Jessica nodded solemnly as well. And then it came. Arge dome-shaped spacecraft the size of the moon emitted a powerful psionic wave which passed through the earth and made its way into all of the minds of every living being. A wordless but clear message appeared in every single surviving human being¡¯s mind. It was a devastatingly simple message. [We are what you call aliens. We have invaded Earth. Your cities are gone. Your governments are gone. Your militaries are gone. We have unleashed ferocious beasts to take over the world. If you want to survive, look for dome-shaped Resource Boxes spread out randomly all over the world. They contain critical resources for your continued survival. If you want to thrive, look for Car Drops spread out randomly all over the world. Secure them, follow the instructions and use them to participate in a Survival Race in 30 days to win powerful rewards. Good luck. The Apocalypse is upon you.] It was repeated every minute on the minute for fifteen full minutes. After the fifteen minutes was over, Earth was officially a Post-Apocalypse with a poption of 120 million. The Games had begun once more. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Elliot hovered in the air using his brand new flight system which he got from one of the Grade-A Resource Boxes, watching both Jessica and Wu Kong make their ways across the destendscape. He had given Jessica a couple of flight systems, a water generator and five Stealth Communicators, just in case she needed to rece hers. For Wu Kong, he had given him a couple of beast cores from the legendary beasts they killed, in the hope that a few members of his new n couldter make use of them. Wu Kong headed south to the forests of the Behemoth Lightning Apes where he would try to set up his n. Jessica headed East towards the interior of America. Both would be fighting desperate battles before the day was over, and Elliot prayed with all his heart that they would be safe. Jessica was a powerful level thirty user of a Grade S Phoenix System with a powerfully enhanced body and speed. Although she was only twelve, she would probably be fine. Wu Kong was only a level twenty five beast. But he too, was extremely powerful. Elliot had given him two Speed Pills, boosting his speed by a considerable amount. As a Lightning Apostle, he had received Elliot¡¯s legendary skill ¨C Summon Giant Armored Mammoth. In addition to his own set of ridiculously powerful skills, Wu Kong was ready to dominate thends as well. And that was why, although he felt sadness over both their departures, he did not worry too much over their safety. ¡°Stay safe, you both.¡± He sighed as their tiny figures finally disappeared from his sight. ¡°All by myself again.¡± Elliot smiled ruefully. ¡°You¡¯re not alone, Master. I am here.¡± Winter said softly within his mind space. ¡°So am I, little Master.¡± Brock¡¯s deep and gravelly voice sounded as well. ¡°No forget me! Me here! Me very, very here!¡± Ellie said loudly. REX! REX! REX! Rex shouted. ¡°Yes, you all are right. With you guys around, I am never alone.¡± Elliot smiled again. This time, his smile contained a trace of joy. Not much, to be sure. Bloodlust, and a determination to kill all the alien beasts which were already roaming thends remained the primary and default mood in Elliot¡¯s heart. But joy was present as well. And that joy would bloom in the days toe, fed by the blood of his enemies and nurtured by their death cries and fully nourished by the sight of their cold, lifeless corpses. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Elliot turned his gaze towards his hometown where he knew the alien beasts were already gathered for their feast. ¡°It¡¯s time for us to gain some levels.¡± Chapter 54 In thest iteration, California was overrun by Armored Kaijins. But the Armored Kaijins were almost wiped out in the second iteration, leaving a massive power gap that would allow a new beast tribe to ascend into supremacy. However, without an overwhelming strength and number advantage like the Armored Kaijin tribe, the path towards supremacy would be a long and bloody one. And with an enraged Elliot ravenous for power added into the equation, California would be a massive hotbed of carnage and gore for the next seven days. Well, for a particr unknown town that day, a hotbed of spider juice. BAM! The ck Bear Warrior¡¯s huge paw smashed down on a tittering mutated giant spider and crushed its hideous head, causingrge amounts of spider juice to stter everywhere. The spider juice was extremely corrosive, and it caused the ck Bear Warrior¡¯s already heavily blistered paw to blister even more. It was so bad that the lower part of both of the ck Bear Warrior¡¯s front paws were already devoid of fur. Elliot growled in disgust and flung the mutated giant spider carcass away, where it joined hundreds of its dead brothers and sisters in inglorious death. However, hundreds more remained alive in the town, spread out everywhere and feasting on the hapless popce of the town. The screams of men, women, children and all sorts of pets were slowly subsiding. Those that were caught were dead or dying, and those that were hiding were making sure that not a single noise escaped wherever they were hiding in. It was the second town that had fallen to the mutated giant spiders which Elliot hade across that day. Without the Armored Kaijins dominating the area with an iron fist and limiting the growth of all the other beast tribes, it appeared that the mutated giant spiders were quickly capitalizing on their ability to breed quickly and numerously to take full advantage of the situation. Although they were hopelessly weak and easy to crush when they were newborns, their numbers were nothing to scoff at. A weak newborn would die quickly against a powerful beast. But the powerful beast would die even quicker against a thousand of newborn giant mutated spiders. Still, apart from its irritating spider juice, the giant mutated spiders were the perfect beast for Elliot to grind his levels. He had already gained ten levels after killing thousands of them in the previous city! ¡°Brock! Winter! Are you two done resting? Stop beingzy ande on out!¡± Elliot roared out. ¡°Ughhh¡¯| I hate spiders.¡± Winter grumbled as she materialized next to Elliot. ¡°Especially these ones with blood that burns. Look, my paws are already almost bald!¡± Winter whined pitifully and showed her left paw to Elliot. ¡°Go kill one hundred more! I¡¯ll let you rest again after that.¡± Elliot growled and refused to look at WInter¡¯s paw. ¡°Fine, fine.¡± Winter leapt away and began to fling the spiders away with her powerful jaws, preferring to kill them by impact against walls instead of using her powerful ws. Elliot glowered at her half-hearted attempt to kill the spiders and sighed deeply. At least she¡¯s fighting. If only he could say the same about his other giant tamed beast. ¡°BROCK! COME OUT!¡± Elliot roared. ¡°I¡¯m hurt! I¡¯m grievously wounded! I can¡¯t fight anymore!¡± Brock moaned from within his mind space. ¡°Coward!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°Injured! I am injured!¡± Brock refused to admit that the spiders freaked him outpletely and stuck to his im that he was injured. ¡°My wound from the previous battle had not healedpletely! The potion you gave me must be fake! Fake I say!¡± ¡°They¡¯re not fake, you big wuss! You owe me a thousand kills! No two thousand!¡± Elliot shouted angrily. ¡°Fine. Two thousand kills. I will kill two thousand beasts once we reach the next town!¡± Brock immediately agreed. Anything was ok if he could get out of fighting disgusting giant spiders which stters disgusting spider juice! ¡°Okay. Deal.¡± Elliot immediately smiled evilly in satisfaction. He nned to work the fat bear lord half to death once they reached the next town. [Congrattions! You¡¯ve levelled up to level 49!] [Ellie has levelled up to level 34 for killing a level 10 Giant Mutated Spider.] [Congrattions! You¡¯ve levelled up to level 50!] [San Wu Kong has levelled up to level 41 level for killing a level 82 Nether Silver-Striped Swine.] [You have gained 1.5 attribute points from San Wu Kong.] ¡°Hmm? Wu Kong killed a level EIGHTY TWO beast? What a good Lightning Apostle! Excellent! Excellent indeed!¡± Elliot praised Wu Kong profusely in his public mindspace. ¡°Hawk, dump all the points to strength. And please also include how many levels my beasts had gained like the previous notification, but keep the other changes I requested.¡± Elliot ordered Hawk the AI privately. [Acknowledged.] ¡°Congrats brother Kong! Ellie level too. Ellie level thirty four!¡± Ellie shouted proudly as well. ¡°Hah hah¡¯|¡± Wu Kongughed weakly. ¡°Not¡¯| An easy¡¯| Fight.¡± ¡°Have a good rest, Wu Kong. You deserve it. Unlike someone who¡¯s resting now without doing much work.¡± Elliot said loudly. ¡°Heh heh.¡± Winter snickered boorishly. However, before any of them could continue their fun teasing of Brock to pass the time while they mindlessly kill the mutated giant spiders, a loud SCREEE sounded from the sky! ¡°Hooo¡¯| The hawks found the Brood Mother! All units, on me!¡± Elliot instructed as he transformed into his Primal Feline Warrior Beast Form and dashed off towards his hawks with great speed. From all over the town, wolves, tigers, a giant wolf, a cute red lynx and an even cuter ck bear began to make their way towards Elliot who was speeding towards the Northern Gate of the town. However, the further North he went, the bigger and more powerful the spiders became! When he was a hundred meters from the North Gate, it became so bad that he no longer could ignore the giant mutated spiders and pass them by. ¡°Fine, all of you shall be my warm up before I kill the Brood Mother!¡± Elliot growled as he attacked a particrly hideous looking spider. GRAHHH!! His Primal Roar rang out and froze the spiders in ce for a quick second. Lightning sh! The giant mutated spider¡¯s head disappeared and caused arge amount of spider juice to spurt out. Elliot nimbly dodged the spray of spider juice and managed to avoid getting hit. SCREEEEE!!! A loud warning cry from one of his hawks rang out from the south. ¡°What? Another Brood Mother??¡± Elliot gasped in surprise. SCREEE!!! Another one from the west! SCREEEE!!! And another from the east! Chapter 55 ¡°A trap!¡± Elliot thought grimly. ¡°So they have mutated to such an extent huh? But a trap is only a trap¡¯| if it can hold me in ce! Giant Armored Mammoths,e on out!!¡± KRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! KRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Elliot grinned widely as he leapt atop one of the mammoths. He had spent an incredible 80 points to level up his Summon Giant Armored Mammoth skill earlier and had been itching to use them in battle. And with four Brood Mothers surrounding him, it was the perfect time for them to shine! ¡°Follow the hawk and smash the Northern Brood Mother into pulp!¡± Elliot shouted! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Two massive mammoths thundered down the remaining hundred meters to the North Gate and trampled tens of stronger than usual giant mutated spiders to death. CRASH!!! The Armored Giant Mammoth disdained to use the massive North Gate and instead smashed their way through the tall brick walls, breaking them apart as though they were a wall of sticks. However, the sight that greeted them and Elliot after leaving the walled town was simply mind boggling. A sea of spiders! Stretching out from the city walls all the way to the distant forest around a full kilometer away! ¡°How?¡± Elliot gasped in surprise. ¡°First the trap, and now such incredible numbers. Did their reproductive system mutate as well? Or¡¯|¡± Realization suddenly dawned on Elliot. ¡°The Game Masters increased the difficulty of the game.¡± Elliot guessed urately. ¡°They must have released a Mythical Grade Brood Mother. That would answer why there are four Brood Mothers, why they could think of trapping me, and why there are so many spiders¡¯|¡± ¡°Damn it! Jessica! Are you alright?¡± Elliot shouted into his Stealth Communicator. However, only silence greeted him. Jessica had told him earlier that she would need to bepletely alone for five days in order to sessfullyplete the mission, and would call him once she¡¯s done, or if anything serious happened. ¡°No news is good news.¡± She had told him at that time. Elliot prayed that it was so. ¡°Well, if that¡¯s the case, then I better wipe this area clean and kill every single damned spider! Mammoths, let¡¯s y whack-a-spider! KILL THEM ALL!!¡± KRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! KRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! They trumpeted loudly andmenced their massacre. Elliot reverted back to his human form and took out his two mid-rangeser guns and began carving up the sea of spiders with powerfulser beams! AWOOOOO!!! ROARRRRR!! Loud howls and roarsing from behind him indicated that his tamed and summoned beasts had also joined him in battle. A ferocious mas- battle immediately ensued. There were no tactics, no strategies, no formations. Just ws, fangs, giant feet and ws andser beams and more ws. Very soon, a sea of a slightly different kind began to appear. One that was made up of spider bits and pieces and a growing pool of spider juice. However, the beasts were also taking a huge amount of damage from the corrosive spider juice. Their pain caused them to lose their fighting edge. Weak spider shes using their sharp forelegs that they could have easily dodged earlier, began to strike home. Elliot¡¯s line of ferocious summoned beasts began to falter and fall one at a time. His tamed beasts were fine, though. The sheer number of kills they had umted had allowed them to gain level after level. And with each level they gained, they also gained more strength and more HP, allowing them to resist the spider juices much better than the level-less summoned beasts with static HP. ¡°Fight till yourst breath! Push ahead towards the Brood Mother!¡± Elliot roared. He transformed into his Primal Feline Warrior Beast form and immediately zed a trail forward, killing spiders left and right with great ease using his extremely powerful Lightning sh attack. Behind him, his mammoths and tamed beasts surged forward along with him, inspired by his battlefury and attacking with renewed vigor and ferocity. GROARR!!! A massive five-meter tall ck Bear Lord suddenly materialized beside Elliot and charged ahead of him! Elliot smiled grimly in his mind. He was already expecting Brock to appear. For all his whining and excuses, Brock was a true warrior at heart. He would not shy from a real battle no matter how afraid he was! With Brock at the lead, Elliot¡¯s little gang of tamed beasts and two mammoths swept across the sea of spiders and wiped the ones in their path cleanly. The other spiders on their outer nks were ignoring them for the moment while they attacked Elliot¡¯s other weakened summoned beasts. They would probably return and attack them from their rear once they were done with their victims, but Elliot couldn¡¯t be bothered with them. ¡°I¡¯ll kill that damned Brood Mother first before dealing with these little fries.¡± Elliot snarled to himself as he followed Brock into the forest. Larger and more powerful spiders began to appear once they hit the line of trees. But they still posed close to no challenge to the group. Rex and Ellie might need an extra attack or two to finish up each spider, but there were no real problems. The two mammoths had a more difficult time traversing the forest. They may be freakishly massive and tall at ten meters. But to the trees, they were merely ¡°okay¡± in height. Ten meters? Cool. You¡¯d make a good mid sized tree. Here, say hi to your big brothers. He¡¯s a hundred meters tall. Very soon, they had to stop entirely. The forest had be too thick for them to pass through. The question was, should Elliot continue without two of his biggest firepower (read: feet power)? It wasn¡¯t much of a question, actually. Elliot simply unsummoned his mammoths and continued to charge forward! GROAR! ROAR!! AWOOO!! His beasts cheered and followed him deeper into the forest. They made rapid progress because for some reason, there were no more spiders that deep in the forest. However, a mere minuteter, they had to stop. Because standing before them was an absolutely massive spider. Chapter 56 KRIKIKIKIKIKEEEEEEEE!!! The massive ten meter tall spider emitted a weird and creepy sound before attacking them wildly with its massive front feet! SLASH! SLASH! ¡°SUMMON THE MAMMOTHS!¡± Brock roared as he barely dodged a powerful attack from the spider! Being thergest of the group, the spider focused on attacking him first. ¡°I can¡¯t! The skill is still on cooldown! They¡¯ll be ready in¡¯| five minutes!¡± Elliot shouted as he darted close to the spider and roared! GRAHH! Primal Roar! The spider merely froze for a split second before smashing its body down on Elliot! Elliot¡¯s incredible 6th sense and instincts allowed him to escape the attack with the smallest of margins. ¡°FIVE MINUTES? THIS BATTLE WILL BE OVER IN ONE MINUTE!¡± Brock roared as he threw hisrge frame at the spider¡¯s front leg. CRACK!! Brock¡¯s weight managed to break its front leg! ¡°Huh? Why is it so weak?¡± Brock asked in surprise. He didn¡¯t expect such a huge and solid looking leg would break so easily! KRIKIKIKIKIKEEEEEE!!!! The spider shrieked in pain and red at Brock with its many disgusting eyes. Brock looked at its seriously ugly face and roared in defiance! ROAR! SPRAY!! A jet of white silk shot out from the giant spider¡¯s rear which had bent 180 degrees to face forward, and hit the roaring Brock straight on his body! Brock was flung slightly backwards by the force of the silk jet and he was immediately covered with the sticky spider silk! ¡°I CAN¡¯T MOVE!¡± Brock bellowed in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Hang in there, we¡¯ll get you out once we kill this freak!¡± Elliot shouted as he leapt at the spider¡¯s other front leg in his ck Bear Warrior form which, although was not yet as big as Brock, was Elliot¡¯srgest and heaviest beast form. However, the spider had learnt its lesson, and immediately moved to avoid Elliot¡¯s attack. sh! Winter had managed to nk the spider and leap attacked from the side! Shended on top of the spider and began to sh at it wildly! Rex had followed Winter¡¯s lead and she too managed tond on top of the spider! ¡°Ellie can¡¯t reach! Ellie can¡¯t attack!¡± Ellie cried out sadly as it ran around the spider, looking for a ce she could sink her teeth on! She tried to attack the spider¡¯s legs, but the spider was moving too fast for her. ¡°Ellie, attack the exposed front leg which I broke just now! Your poison could kill it!¡± Brock told her mentally. ¡°Yes! Ellie attack broken leg! Ellie attack now!¡± Ellie charged directly and eagerly across the battlefield and towards the spider¡¯s broken front leg. Because it was broken, the spider didn¡¯t have much use for it, so it was merely dangling there. Ellie immediately pounced and sank her venomous teeth into it! KRIKIKIK¡¯| The spider suddenly froze. And then it copsed with a loud BOOM! [Ellie has gained 5 levels and reached level 45 for killing a level 101 Elite Giant Mutated Brood Mother.] [Rex has gained 2 levels and reached level 42 for killing a level 101 Elite Giant Mutated Brood Mother.] [Brock has gained 1 level and reached level 78 for killing a level 101 Elite Giant Mutated Brood Mother.] [Congrattions! You¡¯ve levelled up to level 55!] ¡°Huh? It¡¯s dead already?¡± Elliot muttered in slight surprise. ¡°It sure is a ss cannon. Powerful attack but ridiculously weak defenses. Ellie, well done! You did very well this time!¡± ¡°Ellie did well! Presents?¡± Ellie nced at Elliot slyly. ¡°Presents!¡± Elliot was happy to oblige. ¡°Butter alright?¡± ¡°Presents!¡± Ellie squealed happily. ¡°Err, yes yes. ss cannon. Presents of Ellie. Good! Now, will someone free me from this web please!¡± Brock said loudly within their shared mindspace. ¡°Ellie help gramps! Grrrr¡¯| Grrrrr¡¯| Can¡¯t. Ellie no strong.¡± Ellie shook her head sadly and sat next to Brock¡¯s body which was fully covered in silk from head to toe. ¡°Winter? Little Master? A little help here?¡± ¡°Injured my paw attacking the spider just now. Have to clean it up first.¡± Winter replied coolly with a wide, teethy smile as she leapt down from the top of the dead spider andnded nimbly on her fully healthy paws. ¡°Little Master? Rex?¡± REX! SLASH! SLASH! NO REX! Rex frowned and sat next to Ellie after shing at the silk half heartedly. Elliot grinned at the poor ck Bear Lord being bullied by his teammates and finally moved to help him. sh! A single powerful sh from his ck Bear Warrior split the silk cocoon in half and immediately freed Brock. ¡°Ahhh freedom! Damn that stupid stinking silk! It smelled really bad!¡± Brock jumped up and immediatelyined. ¡°It smelled so bad that I probably can¡¯t get it out of my system for a full week!¡± ¡°Whiner.¡± Winter chuckled as she sat down on her haunches and waited patiently for Elliot¡¯s nextmand. ¡°It¡¯s really smelly! I am not lying! Here little Master, you smell it!¡± Brock shoved his body towards Elliot to allow him to smell the silk. ¡°Enough! Enough! Stay away from me!¡± Elliot shouted as he pushed Brock away with all his might. ¡°I can smell it from here! In fact¡¯|¡± Elliot stopped for a moment and then transformed into his Primal Feline Warrior form. He lifted his nose and sniffed the air. ¡°In fact, I can smell more of that silk¡¯| in that direction! Come on! We might be able to rescue her victims before they die!¡± Elliot shouted and immediately dashed deeper into the forest. He followed the scent of the stinky silk and very soon reached a big cave. ¡°This must be itsir.¡± Elliot said to himself and quickly entered it. A wave of stinky silk smell immediately rushed at him, nearly causing him to gag. ¡°The Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s weakness is definitely smell attack.¡± Elliot muttered as he tried to breath as little as possible. Very soon, he reached arge cavern in the interior of the cave and saw many cocoons hanging from the ceiling. It was a creepy and horrible sight. All of the cocoons were human sized, and they were all motionless. Except for one, which was shaking this way and that way violently. A survivor! Chapter 57 Immediately, Elliot leapt at the wiggling cocoon and shed the spider silk that was keeping it hanging in the air. SLASH! Bam. ¡°OMPH!¡± A muffled female cry of pain could be heard when the cocoon hit the ground. SLASH! Elliot cut open the silk easily and ripped the cocoon open with his ws. As the cocoon was peeled back, it revealed a dishevelled but still outrageously beautiful teenage girl in casual wear andpletely covered in disgusting slime. ¡°KYAHH!¡± She squealed out in relief. ¡°Tha- KYAAAHH!!¡± She squealed out once more, this time in panic when she saw Elliot¡¯s ferocious Primal Feline Warrior form which was twice as big and ferocious as a tiger. Elliot immediately reverted to his human form and raised his hands slightly up to show that he was unarmed and had no intention of harming her. ¡°Hey hey, don¡¯t worry! I am here to save you. I am here to SAVE YOU!¡± Elliot said loudly. ¡°How-how did you¡¯| What are you??¡± She cried out in fear. But she wasn¡¯t panicking as badly as before. ¡°I gained superpowers and can turn into powerful beasts. I¡¯ll tell you more about itter. Now, do you want to get out of here?¡± Elliot pointed at the cave exit with his thumb. ¡°YES! Yesyesyesyesyes please!¡± She scrambled her way out of the cocoon and tried to stand on shaky legs. ¡°I¡¯ll turn into a big bear so that you can sit on my back and I can carry you out. Don¡¯t be afraid okay?¡± Elliot said soothingly. ¡°O-Okay!¡± She said with her eyes opened wide. Slight traces of panic were already beginning to appear once more, but she was doing really well fighting it down and remaining in control. Elliot turned into his ck Bear Warrior form and lowered his body to allow her to climb up. With shaking hands, and barely any power in her legs, she somehow forced her way up Elliot¡¯s back. Once she was safely up on his back, Elliot slowly made his way out of the cave. ¡°Hey, the little Master found himself a mate! Good on you!¡± Brock shouted approvingly when he caught sight of Elliot trotting out of the cave with a beautiful human female on his back. ¡°Hmmm. Congrattions, Master.¡± Winter nodded as well. ¡°You¡¯re a strong human. Your offspring will be strong as well. I wish you all the very best in making them.¡± ¡°Baby masterse soon? Ellie like!¡± Ellie pranced around like a little pony. Rex merely yawned and made herselffortable on top of Winter. For some reason, Rex and Winter had formed a strange master-disciple sort of rtionship, but with none of the respect that a disciple shows a master, and none of the discipline that a master demands of a disciple. ¡°Be nice guys, she has just gone through a harrowing ordeal, and is terrified.¡± Elliot growled a warning in his mind. ¡°Of course we¡¯ll be nice. She is our future mistress!¡± Brock proimed. Elliot ignored his words and gently lowered himself to let the girl get down from his back. ¡°Are these giant beasts human beings like you as well?¡± She whispered loudly as she gripped Elliot¡¯s neck fur tightly and refused to get down. ¡°All of you, go hide behind some trees! Now!¡± Elliot finally instructed his beasts. Grunting and snorting, Brock slowly lumbered behind a small tree which barely covered even a tenth of his giant frame, and sat down. He looked at Elliot and the girl on his backzily before looking away in feigned disinterest. Winter simply slinked away and disappeared from their sight. Apparently, the trick worked because the girl slowly made her way down from Elliot¡¯s back. Elliot immediately reverted to his human form so that he could talk to her. ¡°They¡¯re all my tamed beasts. Don¡¯t worry, they¡¯re here to protect us from the other monsters.¡± Elliot told her reassuringly. ¡°I-I see. That¡¯s really good.¡± She nodded with growing enthusiasm. ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡± Elliot asked her. ¡°My name is Camelia. Camelia Green.¡± She said. ¡°Camelia Green¡¯| Sounds familiar. Anyway, my name is Elliot Musk. That big fat bear over there that¡¯s doing a really crappy job hiding is called Brock. He¡¯ll be your ride today. Hey Brock,e over and make friends with Emily!¡± Elliot called out. ¡°Winter! Ellie! Rex! Come on out as well.¡± To her credit, Camelia didn¡¯t panic and tremble when the giant beasts made their way towards her and sniffed at her in a friendly manner. She even petted Ellie¡¯s head several times! ¡°Are you from the vige over there?¡± Elliot pointed in the general direction of the vige he came from. ¡°Yes. My family, they¡¯|¡± Tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of her loved ones. But she quickly gritted her teeth and brought her emotions under control. ¡°Let¡¯s go back and take a look.¡± Elliot said with great empathy. ¡°If nothing else, at least you¡¯ll get closure.¡± Camelia looked at Elliot gratefully and nodded. ¡°There are still many spiders, three more Brood Mothers and a possible Spider¡¯| I don¡¯t know what it is called. Big Brood Mother? Yeah, there¡¯s probably a Big Brood Mother still alive. It¡¯ll be a horrible fight. Do you want to stay here ore with us?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°With you. I¡¯m going with you.¡± Camelia immediately replied. ¡°Okay, here. Wear this armor, this Stealth Communicator, and take theseser guns. You¡¯ll be ced on Brock, your job is to shoot at as many spiders as you can using theseser guns, alright?¡± Elliot told her. ¡°Laser guns? Good! I am a pretty good shot!¡± Camelia¡¯s eyes brightened visibly at the sight of the guns. Elliot raised one eyebrow questioningly. ¡°Wait a minute. Camelia Green¡¯|¡± Suddenly, Elliot recalled why her name sounded so familiar. In the first iteration, Camelia Green once made headlines in the Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update! Chapter 58 The aliens wanted a robust game show with highly motivated participants fighting to the death to win their races and their daily survival of the fittest challenge. It wouldn¡¯t be much of a game if there were thousands of suicides every day, and leaving only a small handful of participants. They had long learnt that if left alone andpletely to their own devices, many participants would fall deep into depression, and many would choose tomit suicide rather than continue to fight on. Even the best yers were not immune from this. For a time, their viewership plunged, and their gambling ecosystem becameid. However, one day a Void Walker imed that the participants must be given a ray of hope and some sort of a society, a public forum which they could ess and feel like they were part of a greatermunity of human beings, for them to have the greatest motivation to live, to fight and to seed. And as such, they had established a weekly update that they would broadcast via their wordless but still very clear psionic waves. In the weekly update, the aliens would show the survivors stories of sessful participants, of the feats that they had aplished, and at times, glorious yet tragic battles that could have easily been otherwise if certain things were done differently. It was an ingenious move. Suicide rates fell to almost zero, and the Games became thrilling and worth watching once more. The gambling ecosystem revived and even soared to record high numbers as the Game shows became more and more exciting to watch and to bet on. The Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update became a serious and prestigious affair. The aliens broadcast it in such a way that their featured yers became heroes in the minds of the survivors. And of course, they would also receive abundant rewards. Rewards that were powerful enough to change their fates. Camelia Green had appeared in one of the early Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update in the previous iteration. She must have been able to escape from the Spider Cocoon by her own power and somehow join up with a group of survivors. She had been depicted as a Godly Sharpshooter that participated in the defence of a small town against a horde of rampaging Putrid Savage Hogs. The town survived solely because of her relentless shooting that mowed down thousands of the Putrid Savage Hogs, causing them to retreat in fear after losing more than 75% of their number. However, she disappeared after appearing once in the Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update, and no one knew what happened to her. ¡°Have you heard of me?¡± Camelia asked Elliot curiously after seeing his face light up in recognition. ¡°Ah hahaha, yes. Did- uh didn¡¯t you win some sort ofpetition before?¡± Elliot made a wild guess. ¡°Oh. I did win best shooter in the town carnivalst year¡¯| But surely you couldn¡¯t have heard of that? It was hardly a big event.¡± Camelia asked him again doubtfully. ¡°Maybe? I don¡¯t remember where I heard of you. Anyway, it¡¯s good that you¡¯re a sharpshooter. Here, take all theser guns and all the ammo. Make sure you aim for their heads!¡± Elliot dumped a bag full of guns, the ammo, the armor, the Stealth Communicator and a few food bars in front of her. ¡°Okay.¡± Camelia nodded. But she hesitated slightly before she took the bag. ¡°Is there anything wrong?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Feel free to voice your concerns to me.¡± ¡°Well, this may sound really stupid at a time like this, but I really smell bad. Is there a tiny chance that I could somehow wash up first and get rid of this slime and smell?¡± Camelia said hopefully. ¡°Oh! Of course. Sure! Here, I have a few sets of clothes that might fit you.¡± Elliot took out Jennifer¡¯s clothes with a pang of pain in his heart. Jennifer and Jessica, though slightly undernourished, were quite tall for their age. ¡°Thanks.¡± Camelia said as she took the clothes from Elliot. She wisely refrained from asking him why he had girls¡¯ clothing with him. With an apocalypse going on, it wasn¡¯t too difficult to guess. ¡°Winter, bring her to the nearest stream and keep her safe while she washes up please.¡± Elliot instructed Winter. ¡°Anything for the future Mistress.¡± Winter smiled and lowered her body to allow Camelia to climb on top of her. They quickly disappeared from sight. ¡°Have you thought of names for your offspring? How many offspring do you want to have? Ten? Twenty?¡± Brock asked. ¡°She¡¯s not my mate. Stop talking as though we¡¯re a couple!¡± Elliot told Brock sternly. ¡°Do you find her beautiful?¡± Brock asked slyly. ¡°Ah. Ehm. Yes, she looked really beautiful.¡± Elliot nodded with a light smile as he the first moment he saw her face earlier, and the slight surprise he felt over her beauty that shone even through the muck and the slime. ¡°Do you want to have offspring?¡± ¡°Of course!¡± ¡°Are you ABLE to physically do the act of¡¯| creating offspring?¡± ¡°WHAT SORT OF QUESTION IS THAT!¡± Elliot shouted at Brock in surprise. ¡°I¡¯ll assume that¡¯s a yes. If so, then why not have offspring with her?¡± Brock asked again. Elliot red at Brock who was smiling widely with his tongue hanging out like a little dog. ¡°BAD DOG!¡± Elliot shouted out the first words that appeared in his mind. ¡°Bad dog? Did you get a dog, Master?¡± Wu Kong asked curiously. ¡°I AM NOT A DOG!¡± Brock roared angrily. ¡°Hahahahahaha!¡± Winterughed. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Camelia returned a few minutester looking absolutely resplendent. The light armor from the Grade-A Resource Box was a product of alien ingenuity which could somehow adjust its size to perfectly fit the wearer. It hugged Camelia¡¯s body lightly, showing off hints of her womanly curves that caused poor Elliot¡¯s breath to quicken. Camelia¡¯s beautiful long ck hair was still damp, but she tied it into a ponytail anyway, so that it would not disturb herter in a fight. Her eyes were clear and her smooth cheeks were slightly red after she vigorously scrubbed them to remove the stink and the slime. Her pretty round eyes, sharp nose and perfectly formed mouth made her look like a real goddess in Elliot¡¯s eyes. ¡°I¡¯m ready now.¡± Camelia told Elliot with a shy smile. Elliot continued to stare at her,pletely mesmerized by her beauty. He probably didn¡¯t hear what Camelia just said. ¡°Little Master, do you want to make offspring with her now?¡± Brock snickered lightly in his mind. ¡°Ehm. Right. Looks like you¡¯re ready. Very good! Brock, be a good dog and get over there right now! Let her sit on your back. Make sure she¡¯s safe!¡± Elliot ordered while ring at him. ¡°Woof woof.¡± Winter added. ¡°I AM NOT A DOG!!¡± Chapter 59 ¡°That¡¯s twenty two.¡± Jessica panted heavily as she copsed onto the ground,pletely exhausted. She hadn¡¯t expected to fight against so many powerful beasts so quickly. She had barely left the forest before a herd of fearsome mutated feral bovines charged at her without a single warning. Thankfully, she had spent the previous few minutes spending all her points on various skills and stats. Phoenix System (S-Grade) Character Name: Jessica Musk Current Level: 32 HP: 1600/1600 Current Experience: 300/3200 Strength: 6 Intellect: 3 Endurance: 3 Reflexes: 6 Luck: 3 Fire Resistance: 10 Avable points: 0 Skills [Level 3 me Burst ¨C Release a ring of fire around you and dealing 300% fire damage.] [Level 5 me Sword ¨C Generates a sword of me that deals 500% fire damage.] [Level 2 me Wings ¨C Creates a pair of me wings that allows you to fly for 2 minutes.] With her me Wings granting her a powerful 3-dimensional aspect to her attacks, she was able to skillfully utilize her me Burst skill and her me Sword to slowly kill the mutated feral bovines one at a time. Still, herck of experience in fighting showed very ringly when she quickly ran out of energy overkilling many of the mutated feral bovines with excessive damage. She had to retreat, consume a precious energy bar, before returning to continue her mad attack on the herd of mutated cows. When the twenty second and final mutated feral bovine finally copsed and died, Jessica copsed along with it, her energypletely spent once more. ¡°It¡¯s only been half a day, and I¡¯ve already secured twenty two kills. At this rate, I willplete the first state of the System Upgrade quest by today! This is very, very good. Excellent, in fact!¡± Jessica raised her clenched fist triumphantly. After a few minutes, Jessica recovered enough of her energy to stand up and study the dead mutated feral bovines. ¡°Brother said that high level beasts will have a monster core within them. These mad cows are pretty low level, there shouldn¡¯t be any beast cores.¡± She muttered. But to be sure, she took out her me Sword and diced one of the carcasses to pieces. ¡°No beast core.¡± Jessica nodded in satisfaction. She nced up at the sky and noted that the sun was about to set. ¡°I probably have another two hours of sunlight before it gets dark. Time to continue. I must kill eight more beasts before finding a ce to rest for the night.¡± Jessica said to herself in determination. All of her fears had disappeared without a trace as she got used to her powerful system. The only things in her mind were survival and killing. The more she killed, the more powerful she would be. And the more powerful she became, the higher her chances of saving Jennifer would be. She set off once more, a small and lonely figure trekking slowly across a massive grasnd filled with ferocious beasts. Her long and bloody journey had just begun, and the twenty two cold carcasses of mutated feral bovines she left behind were but the first of countless massacres she would carry out in the following days. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Jennifer took a bite of her perfectly seasoned grilled meat and red hatefully at Rak¡¯Tharos. She chomped on the meat loudly and swallowed it with flourish. Rak¡¯Tharos opened his mouth to speak but Jennifer immediately said, ¡°No.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t even know what I am about to say!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shouted in irritation. ¡°I can kill you with but a single thought, you know that right?!¡± He released his powerful aura once more and pressured Jennifer with it. Jennifer gritted her teeth and fought with all of her might to withstand the aura. But it was far too strong for her. She copsed to the ground helplessly. Rak¡¯Tharos stood up and made a move towards the grilled meat in Jennifer¡¯s te. After he had sessfully acquired the meat, Rak¡¯Tharos retracted his aura and smiled at Jennifer triumphantly. ¡°Go on, eat it.¡± Jennifer said coolly as she dusted herself and sat back down by the campfire which Rak¡¯Tharos had made. ¡°I¡¯ll never make another grilled meat for the rest of my life if you take a single bite out of that.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ smile froze, as did his hand gripping the steaming chunk of heavenly smelling meat. ¡°How did it turn out this way? What happened? Why is she able to threaten me this way?!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos screamed in his heart. But he didn¡¯t have a choice. He had to lower the meat and return it to her. Her cooking skills were too godly, and the food she was able to produce with the simplest herbs and the mostmon meat was too ridiculously delicious. After tasting it one time, Rak¡¯Tharos hadpletely fallen in love with it and had immediately forced her to cook it again. Which she refused, of course. Not even threat of death and painful torture could change her mind. ¡°Fine! Here have your stupid meat back!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos roared. ¡°I am not that interested anyway!¡± But the fact that her threat worked and the powerful Beast Emperor obediently returned her the meat simply proved that he was lying through his teeth. In an extremely strange development in the rtionship between Jennifer and her captor, Jenniferpletely held the upper hand. Rak¡¯Tharos red at Jennifer with undisguised jealousy as she slowly finished her portion of meat. He opened his mouth once more to threaten her, but Jennifer beat him to it. ¡°What?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos asked in confusion. ¡°Make me as strong as you, and I¡¯ll cook for you everyday.¡± Jennifer said. Rak¡¯Tharos blinked at her a few times and then roared withughter! Jennifer remained silent and merely began cooking another portion of the meat. ¡°Oh. You¡¯re being serious.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said in surprise after he finishedughing. Very soon, the heavenly smell of grilled meat came wafting out of the campfire once more. Rak¡¯Tharos gulped and swallowed his saliva for the upteenth time that evening. ¡°You couldn¡¯t possibly eat another portion, can you?¡± He asked Jennifer slyly. If she can¡¯t finish the meat, then he¡¯ll swoop in to finish it for her! Jennifer shot him a look that said ¡°Watch me.¡± and began to eat once more. ¡°GAHH!! FINE! FINE!! FINE!!!! I will give you power!! Happy? Now give me that!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos finally gave in. ¡°What assurance do I have?¡± Jennifer asked him, the slightest hint of a smile appearing on her lips. Chapter 60 ¡°Here! Let¡¯s make a contract!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shed his paw open with his ws and drew blood. ¡°I promise to make you as powerful as me, if not my blood will rot and I will die a horrible death!¡± Jennifer looked at him in confusion. ¡°Give me your hand. You¡¯ll have a chance to ept or reject the contractter on.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said impatiently. Jennifer stretched out her little hand to him. Rak¡¯Tharos gently made a small cut on her delicate hand and pressed it to his paw. He was careful not to hurt it too much because her hands were extremely important to him. Afterall, they were the source of all the heavenly food which he would be eating for the whole of that year. Immediately, the details of the contract appeared in their minds. Jennifer frowned when she studied the contract and found that it was riddled with loopholes. ¡°I want to modify the contract.¡± She demanded. ¡°Go ahead and make whatever changes you want to make!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said in exasperation. For the first time that day, Jennifer smiled. She ced the meat carefully next to her, away from Rak¡¯Tharos, and began to edit the contract. ¡°At least give me the meat first while you edit!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos grumbled in strange, whiny voice which was extremely out of character and in deep contrast with his feral and fearsome look. ¡°It will grow cold!¡± ¡°Wait. If it¡¯s cold, I¡¯ll make you another one.¡± Jennifer shushed him as she scrunched up her eyes and tried to make the contract as beneficial as possible for herself. ¡°Within three months¡¯| Full protection¡¯| Top priority¡¯| What level did you say you are right now¡± Jennifer looked up and asked Rak¡¯Tharos while blinking innocently. ¡°I am level 401. And I am strong enough to fight with level 450 Emperors easily.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said proudly, not knowing that he had just made his work harder. ¡°Power equivalent to a Level 450 Emperor¡¯|¡± Jennifer murmured. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s me!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said, feeling pleased with himself. ¡°Any powerful weapons or treasure?¡± Jennifer asked. ¡°I have one very powerful weapon. It¡¯s only a rare grade, but it is more powerful than many epic grade weapons! Look!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos exaggerated and took out a fine sword to show off to Jennifer. ¡°An epic weapon¡¯|¡± Jennifer nodded in satisfaction. ¡°Hahaha! You don¡¯t have to make such an urate description of me. It¡¯s just a simple contract afterall.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said with a boomingugh. ¡°That¡¯s alright. The clearer the contract is, the more at ease I will be. And if I am at ease, I will be able to cook even more delicious food!¡± Jennifer replied sweetly. ¡°Hahahaha! Good! Good! Be more specific! Be very specific so you will be at ease!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos nodded and agreed. ¡°Here, I am done. Agree to it and you can start digging in!¡± Jennifer shoved the te of still-warm meat under Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ nose. ¡°I AGREE! SIGN IT! SIGN IT!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shouted and grabbed the te from Jennifer. Jennifer felt the contract bind itself in her soul, and smiled with great satisfaction. Although she didn¡¯t dare to sabotage the contract outright, she did include several key uses that in no uncertain terms, assured her safety and forced Rak¡¯Tharos to follow a tight schedule for her power up sessions. If all went well, she would be almost as powerful as Rak¡¯Tharos in three months, and at the cost of Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ best efforts. Jennifer smiled at Rak¡¯Tharos sweetly and made more food for him. She¡¯ll fatten him up, make him train her well, then slit his throat for the things that he did to her and her family. She needed no contract for that. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Interesting! I never expected his sisters to be yers that I would be keeping track of as well!¡± Void Walkermented happily. ¡°This particr Game is turning out to be an extremely entertaining one! I¡¯m d I disobeyed my grandpa and secretly participated, hee hee!¡± ¡°The Phoenix System is truly an excellent system. It is one of the rare systems which could grant the yer the power of flight. Although not much use in and-based speed race, its value in aiding the yer to survive is absolutely unsurpassed. With Elliot as her brother, I am predicting a top 100 cing for Jessica Musk.¡± Monkey King analyzed. ¡°Top hundred? That¡¯s mighty high praiseing from you. Dare to put your money on it?¡± The Golden Dragon who was passing by near them remarked. ¡°A personal bet?¡± Monkey King asked in surprise. ¡°Yes! I will bet you 100 resources that Jessica Musk will not reach the top 100. What say you? The Golden Dragon asked Monkey King provocatively. ¡°You¡¯re on.¡± Monkey King simply said with a smile. He nicked his own palm and the both of them signed a betting contract on the spot. ¡°Thank you for the 100 resources. Let me tell you a secret, the Game Masters have increased the difficulty of the game!¡± Golden Dragon said. ¡°Any three year old could see that.¡± Void Walker scoffedzily. ¡°Of course. But no three year old except for dragons can know that Jessica Musk has just crossed into Mutated Razorback Wyvern territory¡¯|¡± The Golden Dragon looked at Monkey King¡¯s suddenly serious face and Void Walker¡¯s confused look, and he burst outughing. ¡°HA HA HA! As I said before, thanks for thes! HA HA HA!¡± The Golden Dragonughed loudly and walked away. ¡°What is a Mutated Razorback Wyvern?¡± Void Walker demanded. ¡°The greatest nemesis for Phoenixes.¡± Monkey King sighed and maintained his troubled expression. ¡°It is immune to fire.¡± ¡°Immune to fire? Wouldn¡¯t that be extremely troublesome for Jessica?¡± Void Walker frowned. ¡°Hahaha. Didn¡¯t Jessica raise her Intelligence stat to a full 3 points just now?¡± Void Walker said with augh. ¡°Strength does not always win. You of all people should know that very well, Monkey.. Those Mutated Razorback Wyverns are walking dead meat. Dead meat!¡± Chapter 61 After Elliot had made sure that Camelia was securely seated on top of Brock, he went back to acquire the Brood Mother¡¯s beast core before mbering up onto Winter¡¯s back. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Elliot told his beasts. However, the forest was not done with them yet. Brock and Winter suddenly tensed and sniffed the air. Elliot immediately sent out his hawk to scout the area around them and re-summoned his other beasts. As for himself, he leapt off Winter¡¯s back and turned into his Primal Feline Warrior beast form. With his far more powerful sense of smell and his 6th sense which was tingling in a very familiar fashion, Elliot immediately detected the iing alien beast. It was an alien beast all of them recognized. ¡°The gross two-headed lizard¡¯s mother.¡± Brock said grimly. And strangely, it no longer felt likeplete suicide for Elliot if he decided on staying and fighting it. [34 minutes for the Armored Kaijins, 5 hours and 34 minutes for the Archaic Kaijin.] ¡°Let¡¯s get to an open space where the mammoths can be utilized before we fight the Armored Kaijin Matriarch.¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°We¡¯re finishing the job and taking revenge for our brother Wu Kong.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a shame that I can¡¯t be with you right now.¡± Wu Kong said softly. ¡°But having it die under your hands is already more than I can ask for.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Wu Kong. It¡¯s not getting away from me this time.¡± Elliot assured him. Of course, he conveniently forgot that it was him who got away from the Armored Kaijin Matriarch the previous time they met, instead of the other way around. They quickly made their way to a rtivelyrge, rocky clearing within the forest and prepared to meet the Armored Kaijin Matriarch in battle. Elliot¡¯s two Giant Armored Mammoths appeared and took nking positions on the clearing¡¯s left and right while the rest filled the central area. ¡°Hide in that patch of trees over there. Shoot anything that gets close to you, scream if you meet anything you can handle, okay?¡± Elliot told Camelia. ¡°Okay.¡± Camelia nodded. ¡°And do not, under any circumstances, attack the beast I am about to fight, unless it is to save my life or tond the killing blow. Don¡¯t attract its attention.¡± Elliot warned her. ¡°I understand. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll listen to your instructions to the letter.¡± Camelia nodded again. ¡°Okay¡¯| Good.¡± Elliot turned around and stood in the middle of the clearing. ¡°Good luck.¡± Camelia said softly. Within seconds, the Armored Kaijin Matriarch arrived with a startling roar. GREEEEAAAAAAAAAAKKHHHHHHHH!!! ¡°There it is!¡± Brock cried out eagerly. He stood up tall on his rear legs and opened his mouth to let out a fearsome roar. But before he could roar, a massive spiked tentacle shot down from the sky beyond the clouds and pierced one of the Armored Kaijin Matriarch¡¯s six arms! Brock¡¯s roar died in his mouth and turned into a gulp instead. After a second of bbergasted shock, Brock¡¯s tongue revived and he immediately shouted, ¡°WHAT IS THAT?¡± ¡°That tentacle is a disgusting sickly yellow in colour and looked rubbery. Judging by its size, its main body should be freakishlyrge, maybe even the size of the mammoth.¡± Elliot muttered in his public mind space. ¡°And it¡¯s flying!¡± Brock added loudly. ¡°Oh wow. I didn¡¯t notice that.¡± Winter remarked dryly. ¡°Hush. I think we¡¯re about to witness an incredible battle.¡± Elliot hushed his beasts. GREAAAAAKHHHHHH!! The Armored Kaijin Matriarch was no pushover. It immediately gripped the yellow tentacle with her five other arms and gave it a tremendous pull! However, the tentacle merely stretched a little like a rubberband to amodate her downward pulling force, and rendered the Armored Kaijin Matriarch¡¯s efforts useless. GREAAAKKHHHHH!!! The Armored Kaijin Matriarch shed at the tentacle with her sharp elbow des! But her sharp des failed to sever the tough rubbery tentacle and merely shed open several gashes on it. Not one to give up easily, the Armored Kaijin Matriarch surged upwards towards the direction from which the sickly yellow tentacle hade and started to look for its main body. However, that move took her above the clouds and away from Elliot¡¯s line of sight. ¡°Aww, just as I thought I could watch two giant beasts kill each other in the air.¡± Elliot mumbled in disappointment. ¡°What should we do, Master? Should we go on and look for the other Brood Mothers, or should we wait for them to finish their fight?¡± Winter asked. ¡°I think we should wa-¡° GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! GREAAAaaaaaakkkkhhhhhhhhh!!! The rapidly fading sound of the Armored Kaijin Matriarch flying away mere moments after it tried to approach the main body of the sickly yellow tentacle sounded ominously from the sky. Silently and without much fanfare, the sickly yellow tentacle began to follow the Armored Kaijin Matriarch. Elliot frowned lightly. Just a few seconds into the fight and the Armored Kaijin Matriarch was already trying to escape? Just what exactly was that yellow tentacled beast? And just how many more powerful beasts like that did the Game Masters introduce into the world? With the increased difficulty level, the apocalypse which Elliot had felt was fully within his ability to control and dominate, became wildly dangerous and uncertain once more. ¡°Well, I guess that¡¯s that. They¡¯re gone.¡± Elliot sighed in slight regret and no small amount of relief. Regret, because he was looking forward to killing the Armored Kaijin Matriarch and taking revenge for Wu Kong. Relief, because despite his thirst for power, he had a stronger desire for life, and fighting with a powerful beast which could drive away an Armored Kaijin Matriarch in a few seconds definitely wasn¡¯t the best way to keep one¡¯s life. ¡°That¡¯s alright.¡± Wu Kong said quietly. ¡°It¡¯s better this way. I will hunt it down and kill it myself when I get stronger.¡± ¡°Right. At least there¡¯s that. Enough dallying around. Let¡¯s go hunt down some spiders and their Brood Mothers!¡± Elliot told his beasts. ¡°Camelia, we¡¯re not fighting anymore. Let¡¯s go and make our way back to the town.¡± Elliot called out. ¡°Okay!¡± Camelia stepped out from behind arge tree and smiled at Elliot lightly. ¡°We¡¯ll probably be dealing with many spiders and a few giant ones like the one that caught you. Are you afraid?¡± Elliot said while smiling back at her. ¡°Very! But I am dealing with it. With the armor, and theser guns and¡¯| with you around, I think I¡¯ll be fine.¡± Camelia replied while blushing lightly. She was starting to develop a serious case of hero-worship for Elliot! Which was actually pretty good since it distracted her from feeling despair and crippling fear. ¡°It¡¯s good that you¡¯re afraid. Fear makes you stronger, and drives you to strive hard everyday to be stronger.¡± Elliot advised her as he helped her get up on Brock¡¯s back once more. ¡°En. I¡¯ll be more afraid from now on. Ehhhhh, I mean, I will try to get stronger from now on!¡± Camelia blushed deeply. ¡°Hahaha! Yes, let¡¯s grow stronger and survive the apocalypse together!¡± Elliotughed from atop Winter. ¡°Let¡¯s go then!¡± Chapter 62 Elliot nced at Camelia, and caught her looking at him with her beautiful round eyes. Camelia immediately blushed and looked away. PEW! PEW! She shot at two random spiders who weren¡¯t quite dead yet and brought them firmly through death¡¯s door. PEW! PEW! Another two half-dead beasts were professionally ushered through as well. Elliot grinned as he stared at the beautiful Camelia who was sitting on top of Brock for a moment longer before firing his ownser gun at a few wiggling beasts on the ground near him. They were slowly making their way back to the city, and had to pass by the wide open space between the forest and the North Gate where Elliot and his beasts had carried out but failed toplete a massacre earlier. It was a stain on their honor as earth¡¯s native beasts to leave so many alien beasts alive when they had the power to obliterate them, so they made very sure toplete the massacre to perfection on their way back. And because of their honor, (and definitely because they knew the yellow tentacled beast was busy chasing after the Armored Kaijin Matriarch) Brock, Winter and the rest insisted on travelling slowly and making as much noise as possible to attract as many other alien beasts to their position as possible so that they could give them a proper Earth greeting. The result was an entire field of dead beasts ¨C mutated giant spiders and an assortment of many other types of alien beasts. And of course, the most important result by far, was an incredible level 60 for Elliot. He had unlocked a new set of skills at level 50, and he had a lot of fun trying out all the different summons. His character status page was also extremely impressive. Character Name: Elliot Musk Current Level: 60 HP: 6000/6000 Current Experience: 500/6000 Strength: 8 AI Comment: You are the definition of power! How? How did you do it? Whose awesome help did you get in bing this way? Intellect: 5 AI Comment: You¡¯re smart. Very smart. Here¡¯s a question for you. How? How did you do it? Endurance: 5 AI Comment: You can run circles around every single monkey in the world. You can, but you shouldn¡¯t. I mean, why should you? Reflexes: 3 AI Comment: Too fast for monkeys. Don¡¯tpete with them for the bananas please. Looks: 2.2 AI Comment: You look GOOD! Can I have your number? Ah wait, I don¡¯t need it. But all human girls will definitely want it. Heck, even monkey girls might want it too! Emotional health: 0.5 AI Comment: Love tank at half full. Sicker than the average human being. Comparable to an outcast monkey with only a monkey doll made of sticks as a friend. A badly made one. Mental health: 0.2 AI Comment: Mental Health is strangely stable at 0.2. A psychopathpared to the average human. But a solid and unshakeable sort of psychopath. Beast Affinity: 5.21 Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 7.2 AI Comment: They say love is patient and love is kind. All animals, especially monkeys, are extremely patient and kind with you. All, except mutated beasts of course. Luck: 5 AIment: The fact that it is not raining bananas everywhere you go is a really weird phenomenon. You¡¯re too lucky to live without bananas falling on you everywhere you go! Overall: 3.8 AI Comment: Do you want to be the King of the World? Avable points: 0 Skills [Level 1 Beast Taming Aura ¨C Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.] [Level 2 Summon Beasts ¨C Active skill which allows you to store, summon and control 4 tamed beasts up to the Medium category.] [Level 11 Summon Wolf ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporarymon wolf.] [Level 3 Summon Hawk ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 3 temporarymon hawks.] [Level 1 Summon Beast Totem ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon a fearsome Beast Totem that will cause all unfriendly beasts to flee.] [Level 2 Summon Tiger ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporarymon tigers] [Level 1 Summon Large Beast ¨C Active skill which allows you to store, summon and control 2 more tamed beasts up to the Large category.] [Level 1 Summon Great Lion ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary umon Great Lion.] [Level 2 Summon African Bull Elephant ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporary umon African Bull Elephants.] [Level 2 Summon Giant Armored Mammoth ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporary legendary Giant Armored Mammoths] [Level 1 Lighting Strike ¨C Deal 5000% increased damage for 1 second] [Level 1 Lighting sh ¨C Deal 5000% increased armor-piercing damage for 1 second] With Elliot¡¯s insane luck stat and his hidden advanced stat: Fortune, Elliot was able to get much, much more value using Mystery Boxes instead of outright purchasing stats at 0.1 stat per 1 point. The result was his extremely impressive physical status at that moment. If he had to fight the five legendary beasts again, he was really sure he and his beasts would be able toe out rtively unscathed by the end of it. However, he would still be beyond helpless in front of Rak¡¯Tharos. Elliot knew that, and he focused his mind on that thought, refusing to getcent over his rtively quick increase in strength. ¡°The key is still winning those monthly races.¡± Elliot said to himself. ¡°The rewards from winning those races are too good to give up. New sponsors, new skills, new power ups, and new weapons. And to win that first race, I will need to get my hands on the Bugatti Jirzon. Where? Where did he say he found it? I am sure he mentioned it before.¡± Elliot frowned and tried to remember where the previous owner had boasted he found the Jirzon. ¡°It was ake. A sleepyke. Lake¡¯| Snore! Lake Elsinore! Yes! That¡¯s it! Lake Elsinore! That Bugatti Jirzon would be dropped somewhere near its main marketce!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed in excitement. With that Bugatti Jirzon, the first mega drag race was as good as his. If things happened simrlypared to the previous iteration, then the USA would have 1.5 million survivors by the end of the first week. There would be 50 races held in the first month, spread out across all 50 states, and the Californian race would take ce on the Pacific Coast Highway. The new Pacific Coast Highway, of course. The energy beams unleashed by the aliens¡¯ main battlecruisers hadpletely levelled Los Angeles and its surroundings. Their terraforming team had created a city-size, 10ne race track with a 10-km straightway where Los Angeles once was and called it the Pacific Coast Highway. Almost ten thousand racers from all over the state would make their way towards the Pacific Coast Highway in all sorts of cars which the aliens had dropped. Audis, Volvos, Ferraris, Lambos, Bugattis, Koenegsiggs, Jaguars, Toyotas, Hondas, you name it. However, only one thousand would make it to the race track alive. Only the lucky ones and the powerful groups were able to reach the race site. And even then, the peril was not over. Although the alien beasts and fugitives were forbidden to kill or make any moves against the natives on race day, the race itself had nock of danger. Only less than a hundred would finish the race. It was a bloody, ruthless and absolutely horrific survival racing at its raw-est form. And the alien viewers loved it. Elliot checked his map, and found that he would only require a day or two to reach Lake Elsinore. He still had a lot of time to get there before the car drops began. ¡°I will continue to level up, get stronger, and then give the aliens a race they will never forget..¡± Elliot vowed as the beginnings of an insane n began to appear in his mind. Chapter 63 When they reached the town, dusk was upon them. The town lights turned on by themselves, and bathed the town of dead men, women and spiders in an eerie pale yellow light, giving them a frighteningly mysterious feel. Powerful spotlights shone brightly around the town walls and illuminated the road leading up to the gate brightly. ¡°Will you have problems shooting in low light like this?¡± Elliot asked Camelia as they moved slowly towards the North Gate. ¡°Nope, I¡¯m good. I¡¯m not a sniper type of shooter who likes to slowly aim and hit difficult to reach targets. I am more of a heavy machine gunner type of shooter. I prefer being able to just press a trigger, wave the gun around and kill all my enemies.¡± Camelia said with a beautiful smile. ¡°Wave the gun around huh?¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Theser guns you¡¯re holding will be able to fire as long as it doesn¡¯t overheat. Thankfully we¡¯re deep in the winter season right now, so the guns will have a much longer up-time. But heat management is key in drawing out the full potential of aser gun in a long battle.¡± ¡°Hmmm. I got it. I¡¯ve got enough practice earlier, I know how to squeeze these babies and make them squeal happily for hours.¡± ¡°Okay. We¡¯ll be going up against three powerful Brood Mothers and a horde of their spiderlings. Please take out as many spiderlings as fast as possible to give us an easier time dealing with the Brood Mothers. Once you¡¯re done with the spiderlings, focus on killing the Brood Mother that I¡¯m dealing with.¡± Elliot continued his pre-battle instructions. ¡°Yes Commander!¡± Camelia gave Elliot a mock salute. ¡°At ease, Private!¡± Elliot yed along and replied in mock seriousness. ¡°Is this how human beings do their mating dance?¡± Brock rumbled out to Winter. ¡°I think so. The human female is giving out very clear signs of willingness. It seems to be working very well. Good job Master! Keep dancing this way!¡± Winter cheered. Elliot blinked and his lips twitched slightly as he fought to keep fromughing. A little bit of his mirth must have shown though, because Camelia smiled shyly and looked away. ¡°You should make your move tonight, little Master. I always find that making offspring after a rousing battle makes for a very enjoyable session!¡± Brock generously gave Elliot advice from his abundant experience. ¡°Brock?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes, little Master? You can ask me anything about offspring making!¡± Brock turned around to smile widely at Elliot. ¡°If you mention anything about making offspring with Camelia again, I¡¯ll tame a Brood Mother and partner her and her little spiderlings with you.¡± Elliot said with a smile. Brock¡¯s smile immediately evaporated and stopped mentioning offsprings with Camelia. The word ¡®offspring¡¯ and Camelia never met together in one sentence uttered by Brock ever again. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s clean up the town! After that, I want to look for a nice, clean spot to sleep.¡± Elliot announced. ¡°Beasts,e on out, all of you.¡± Two Giant Armored Mammoths, two African Bull Elephants, two ferocious looking tigers, a Great Lion and a bunch of wolves and hawks appeared from all around him. Additionally, there were also the newers ¨C 6 still-cute but also already-savage looking baby Armored Kaijins among their number. ¡°Mammoths, the walls look like they could do with another two holes..¡± Elliot said. KRAAAAAAAAAAAA!! KRAAAAAAAAAAAA!! They immediately charged and smashed into the town walls, causing another huge section to copse. All the beasts roared excitedly and dashed into the town! Die evil spiders! Their roars seemed to say. However, they were stunned when they entered the town. There were no living spiders to be seen. Elliot frowned deeply and sniffed the air. Their scent was still extremely strong, and his 6th sense was tingling slightly. There was danger still, and not one that can be lightly dismissed at that. The only question was, where? ¡°Hawks, find them.¡± Elliot ordered, and then he nimbly leapt from building to building until he reached the guard tower that was around ten meters tall. His powerful vision soon found a strange giant hole in the middle of the town square. The second heid eyes on it, his 6th sense tingled powerfully. Danger! SCREEEEEE!! Apparently his hawks had arrived at the same conclusion and circled the hole high up in the sky, totally unwilling to get close to it. ¡°That¡¯s an extremelyrge hole.¡± Elliot said uneasily in his public mind space. ¡°We need to lure them out of the hole.¡± Brock rumbled instantly in response. ¡°Fighting a bunch of spiders is bad enough. Fighting them in a dark hole is¡¯| hell.¡± ¡°Yes. We need to lure them out.¡± For once, Winter was in full agreement with Brock. ¡°Them?¡± Elliot asked lightly as he squinted his eyes and sniffed the air deeply. ¡°I don¡¯t think the word is ¡°them¡±. Brock groaned loudly. Fighting a giant Brood Mother once was more than enough for him! ck. ck. ck ck ck ck ck. Distinct spider footsteps could be hearding out of the hole. One set of spider footsteps. ¡°And we don¡¯t need to lure it out. It¡¯sing out of the hole. And if we can hear its footsteps all the way from here, it must be a really b- HOLY SMOKES! HOW BIG IS THAT THING?¡± Elliot stared in horror at the utterly massive pair of spider legs which wereing out of the hole. The pair of spider legs which had appeared out of the hole was a dangerous bright purple in colour with striking red stripes all over. Unlike the Brood Mother they killed earlier which had thin and sharp legs, this particr spider had thick and hairy legs. Two more thick, hairy, purple legs soon joined the first pair outside of the hole. And then two more. But the body was still out of sight. ¡°Is it really a spider?¡± Elliot gulped lightly. ¡°The body should be visible once the third pair of legs show themselves, right?¡± Two more giant legs appeared before the spider showed its brutally disgusting and horrific body. KREEEEEEEEEKKEEEKKEEEEEEKKEEEEEEE!!! It¡¯s shrill cry sounded ominously. ¡°It sounds really big.¡± Brock said nervously. ¡°It is big.¡± Elliot replied grimly.. ¡°Very, very, very big.¡± Chapter 64 ¡°Please describe the situation and setting to me, Master.¡± Wu Kong¡¯s voice rang out calmly in my public mindspace. Elliot quickly described everything to him. ¡°What do you suggest we do, Wu Kong?¡± Elliot asked him after he finished his descriptions. ¡°Ellie¡¯s poison will be the key in this fight, so coat all of your ws with it. However, if the spider is truly as big as you say, then she would need to sink at least one good attack on it for the poison to be effective. Therefore, we need to create an opportunity for her to do so. Position Ellie in a tall building, and use everything at your disposal to lead the spider towards that building. I would suggest unsummoning the two mammoths and elephants for the initial stage, and only using the others to harass it. Use the town¡¯s buildings to your advantage and avoid a frontal fight with it. Disperse,unch quick attacks and immediately escape whether or not the attacks seed, all the while leading the spider towards Ellie. When the spider is near Ellie¡¯s position, use the mammoths and elephants to wound and distract the spider, and Ellie can use that opportunity to attack and poison it to death.¡± ¡°Excellent idea. Sounds simple enough.¡± Brock rumbled. ¡°This is just the general outline. Do not be afraid to improvise during the heat of battle.¡± Wu Kong said. ¡°Hmmm. Excellent suggestions. Armored Kaijins 1 through 6, get back here first. You guys will only be a distraction. The rest of you, go to Ellie and get some poison on your ws and then disperse! Ellie, get to that clock tower near the East Gate after you¡¯re done. Gogogo!¡± Elliot instructed. ¡°Camelia, you¡¯re with me. Your mission is simple¡¯| Blind that bastard!¡± ¡°Leave it to me, boss.¡± Camelia said confidently. Of course at that point, her confidence was born out of ignorance of how powerful and horrifically disgusting her enemy was. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Elliot pped his hands and his beasts immediately crowded around Ellie, the not-so-little Venemous Royal ck Bear. ¡°Grrrr. Ok next! Grrrrrrr. Next!¡± Ellie bared her fangs and excreted a little poison on each of her customers¡¯ ws. While they were doing that, the disgusting purple Brood Mother had finally left her hole and revealed her supremely nasty body for the world to see. And what a nasty body it truly was! Instead of having eight legs like all the reasonable spiders of the world, it had sixteen! ¡°Guhhh¡¯| Sixteen legs on a giant purple spider is truly gross.¡± Elliot said with great distaste. ¡°Whaaa-at? Sixteen legs? Giant PURPLE spider?¡± Camelia¡¯s eyes opened so widely that for a second, Elliot worried that her eyes would pop out of her eye sockets. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. We will be keeping our distance and hiding until you¡¯re ready to shoot, so we¡¯ll be safe. Just make sure you blind it as quickly as you can. There are uhh¡¯| One, two, three, four¡¯| Uhh many eyes. Twenty maybe? Make sure you get them all!¡± Elliot transformed into his Primal Feline Warrior form and beckoned Camelia to hop on. Camelia gulped nervously and mbered up Elliot¡¯s back. ¡°This is your first battle, and it will be extremely scary. Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of fear. So be courageous! You can do it, Camelia!¡± Elliot encouraged her. ¡°Yes. I will be courageous! I will blind the purple bastard!¡± Camelia took a deep breath and took a deep breath. ¡°For my family!¡± Camelia drew strength from her grief and allowed her emotions to slowly energize her. ¡°Yes. For our families!¡± Elliot agreed and narrowed his eyes in determination as well. ¡°For Jennifer!¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± KREEEEEEEEEKKEEEKKEEEEEEKKEEEEEEE!!! The nasty purple spider let out its creepy scream and began to turn around slowly, tasting the air and deciding which of therge number of prey which suddenly appeared she would eat first. Elliot couldn¡¯t help but chuckle very slightly even through all his pumped up state when he saw the nasty spider lock on to Brock and began skittering towards him. As expected, Brock¡¯s mournful wail immediately sounded in the public mindspace. ¡°Damn it! DAMN IT! Why is iting after me?¡± Brock howled grievously. ¡°Gramps! Run! Big scary spidering eat you!¡± Ellie shouted from way behind him. She waspletely out of position as she had to spend a lot of time coating poison over so many beasts! And because she wasn¡¯t in position yet, there was no clear direction that Brock could run away to, so he dashed away from the East Gate and towards the South Gate to draw it away and allow Ellie a safe passage to her clock tower. ¡°Hold on tight!¡± Elliot shouted to Camelia through hismunicator and he immediately burst out with great speed towards the South Gate as well! He was running parallel but behind Brock and slightly behind the nasty spider as well. ¡°Activate [Charge]!¡± A surge of energy instantly filled Elliot¡¯s legs and he elerated rapidly until he was going at double his previous speed. He quickly overtook the spider. ¡°Can you shoot its eyes?¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°No! You¡¯re going too fast! I¡¯m barely able to hold on to you!¡± Camelia shouted back. Elliot narrowed his eyes and his mind raced for a solution. ¡°There!¡± He eximed to himself as he spied a religious building with a tall tower on its side. He leapt up a small building and quickly made his way to the tower. ¡°Get ready to shoot!¡± Elliot told Camelia. ¡°Okay!¡± With onest leap, Elliot shot upwards from the top of a two storey shophouse next to the religious building and onto its four storey tall tower! ¡°Now! Shoot its eyes now!¡± Elliot shouted when hended nimbly on the tower. PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! Fiveser beams shot out from Camelia¡¯s gun and urately struck five of the nasty spider¡¯s many eyes! Chapter 65 KREEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!! The nasty spider screamed in pain as five of its disgusting and beady eyes disappeared from its face. It stopped running after Brock and immediately turned to face Elliot and Camelia. ¡°Uh oh. Time to hide!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°Wait! Let ite towards us! I can blind it before it can reach us!¡± Camelia shouted back. Camelia took the moment when the spider was turned in their direction to fire out six moreser beams! She was not featured in the Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update for nothing. She truly was a Godly sniper! All six of herser beams found their marks and another six beady eyes disappeared from the spider¡¯s nasty head. KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK!!!!!!!!!! It leapt forward and skittered towards them furiously! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! Four more shots fired. Four more eyes gone. KREEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKREKKKKKKREEEKKKKKK!!!! Only eight eyes remained, but it was almost upon them. If they didn¡¯t leave right away, they would have to fight! ¡°Damn it. There¡¯s no other way! Mammoths! ELEPHANTS! Come out and charge!!!¡± KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! The Giant Armored Mammoths and African Bull Elephants appeared and immediately charged at the giant purple spider in a crescent shaped formation! It was an amazing spectacle. The Giant Armored Mammoths were massive at ten meters tall and full of meat and muscles. Two such beasts charging was like seeing two three-storey buildings running! The two three-meter tall African Bull Elephants looked absolutely tiny inparison. However, the giant purple spider was insanelyrge at over fifteen meters tall. So it still towered over the Giant Armored Mammoths! The collision that was about to happen would be incredible. The giant spider reared up on its 8-rear legs and lifted its front legs and met the charge head on. B O O O O O M M M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The sheer weight and force behind the Giant Armored Mammoths¡¯ charge pushed the giant spider backwards and caused quite a few cracks to appear on its hairy but thick exoskeleton. However, that was it. The spider was only pushed backwards! And to make it worse, all eight of its front legs immediately shot downwards and pierced into the bodies of all four mammoths and elephants! Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in horror. ¡°ALL OF YOU! ATTACK NOW!!¡± He roared loudly. From all over the town, Elliot¡¯s beasts responded to hismand and charged straight to the giant purple spider. PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! Camelia calmly continued her devastating attacks on the giant purple spider. With five more urate shots fired, only three eyes remained. Although the spider had sessfully neutralized Elliot¡¯s most powerful force, it would be for naught if it became blind. Kraaaaaa! The Giant Armored Mammoths let out weak trumpets as they struggled in their death throes. CRACK! The giant spider pressed down even harder and finished its bloody work on them. All of a sudden, it suddenly twisted its body around powerfully and began to drag the four mammoths and elephants towards Elliot. It was trying to fling them on Elliot¡¯s position! Elliot scoffed and immediately unsummoned his dead mammoths and elephants. The sudden disappearance of the four heavy beasts caused the giant spider to lose its bnce slightly for a moment. PEW! PEW! PEW! And then all light disappeared from all of its eyes. KREEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKREKKKKKKREEEKKKKKK!!!! Its fury knew no bounds when it realized that it waspletely blind. It began to thrash wildly and to make its way towards the ce itst saw Camelia and Elliot. ¡°Time to go!¡± Elliot shouted and leapt down from the religious building mere seconds before the giant spider smashed it into pieces with its many thick, hairy feet. KREEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKREKKKKKKREEEKKKKKK!!!! It stomped on the building and sent huge debris flying all over the ce. ¡°Attack from all directions.¡± Elliotmanded calmly. ¡°Camelia, keep firing and attract its attention. We¡¯ll distract it while our beasts finish the job.¡± ¡°Roger!¡± Camelia replied and opened fire once more. Although the fight started outpletely differently from Wu Kong¡¯s excellent n, it ended perfectly ording to Elliot¡¯s final order. After leading the rage-filled spider around the city for a few minutes and having all of his beasts (including Ellie) shing and biting its main body, the giant purple spider finally copsed and slowly began to die a miserable death. However, as ity there dying, it let out an extremely creepy sound which sounded strangely like¡¯| ¡°Hemann.¡± The dying giant purple spider wheezed heavily through its giant mouth which was lined with rows of sharp teeth. ¡°He-heyy Elliot¡­ Is it just me or did the spider just say ¡°Human¡±? Camelia squeaked in a high-pitched voice. ¡°I don¡¯t know. It did sound like ¡°human¡±. But maybe it was just a coincidence. He¡¯s wheezing pretty heavily after all.¡± Elliot said doubtfully. ¡°Humannn.¡± It wheezed again. ¡°Eeeek!!¡± Camelia finally freaked out and buried her head in Elliot¡¯s thick fur! ¡°It definitely said ¡°Human¡± just now! It even copied my pronunciation!¡± ¡°Hey, hey rx. Whatever it is, it is dying. Don¡¯t worry.¡± Elliot soothed her in a calm and firm voice. ¡°I¡¯ll go and take a closer look. Wait here.¡± ¡°Okay¡¯|¡± Camelia said reluctantly and got off Elliot¡¯s back. Elliot reverted to his human form, smiled at Camelia reassuringly and then took the final few steps to reach the near-dead purple spider. He touched the purple spider and initiated a mindspace connection with it. Immediately, its stats appeared in his mind. Beast Type: Mutated Purple Brood Mother (Evolved) Beast Name: Kreek Kreek Gender: Female Beast Level: 150 Beast Power Level: 165 Beast Grade: Legendary Beast Bloodline: Dark Arach Emperor Beast Physical Status: Fatally wounded and poisoned Beast Emotional Status: Sorrowful and Hopeful Hobby: Eating Evolution Pathways: 7 Skills: Level 15 Impale ¨C Deal 1500% impale damage Level 15 Devour ¨C Absorb memories and skills of target. Level 1 English ¨C Allows beast to speak in English [EMPTY] ¨C Allows beast to learn a skill from a target AI Comments: An evolved Brood Mother that had somehow developed an extremely unique skill called Devour. Though extremely weak because it was newly evolved, it had the potential to be a top predator due to its unique Devour skill. As the mindspace solidified weakly around them, Elliot gasped in shock as his mind connected for the very first time to an alien beast. A deep sense of sorrow and desperation filled its mind in an extremely messy jumble of thoughts and instincts meshed together like a cauldron of sticky soup. However, Elliot could also sense a strange and alien power receding rapidly from its mind, allowing the messy jumbled mess to continuously regain a semnce of order even as the mindspace continued to tremble and copse. Elliot willed with all of his strength to stabilize the mindspace a little bit, and seeded slightly. In doing so, he somehow managed to keep the spider slightly conscious when the strange power recededpletely and disappeared from its mind. Chapter 66 ¡°Human.¡± The spider¡¯s raspy and creepy voice rang out very faintly in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Beware the shadow parasites¡¯| They areing¡¯| They are alling here¡¯|¡± ¡°What? What shadow parasites?¡± Elliot asked the purple spider in confusion. However, the mindspace copsedpletely before it could reply. The purple spider was finally dead. ¡°What was that about?¡± Elliot¡¯s mind raced as he instantly concocted many different conspiracies and possible situations that could involve ¡°Shadow parasites¡± which could cause a dying mutated spider to use hisst breath to warn a human being. ¡°The receding alien power I felt might be the ¡°shadow parasite¡± it mentioned. Or it might be the alien¡¯s method of controlling their beasts. Or both? Are the aliens controlled by shadow parasites? If so then it doesn¡¯t really concern me¡¯| My world is already destroyed. And even if somehow I can make it out alive, my aim would be revenge anyway. Who cares if it¡¯s revenge against aliens or aliens controlled by shadow parasites? Unless the shadow parasites are targeting humans as well¡¯| But why would they destroy the world? Unless the shadow parasites are not fully in control of the aliens yet¡¯| ¡°And the spider¡¯s warning to me was as though it still matters to me¡¯| Or maybe it¡¯s just warning me of its fate which might happen to me¡¯| But why would a spider do that? It¡¯s not THAT kind, right? Maybe a power is controlling it? Another power in addition to that receding power I felt? Or if it¡¯s actually a nice and kind alien spider, then does it mean that there is amunity of beasts out there which are nice and kind? And how did they know about the Shadow Parasites? Gahh¡¯| So much for increased intelligence. I¡¯m still floundering about here.¡± Elliot shook his head and opted to file all these thoughts in the ¡°important but not urgent¡± quadrant of his mind. Even though it sounded terribly important, without more information, there was only so much that his advanced intelligence could do. ¡°Hawk, did this Mutated Purple Brood Mother evolve by eating the other two Brood Mothers?¡± Elliot asked. [Affirmative. Traces of two different undigested beast cores are found within it.] Elliot¡¯s heart sank. If a mere evolved legendary had caused them so much trouble, how in the world would he be able to deal with the Mythical Grade spider? ¡°Get me the beast core and let¡¯s get out of here.¡± Elliot instructed his beasts. Immediately, his summoned beasts tore into the Mutated Purple Brood Mother and took out itsrge head-sized beast core, as well as two fist sized beast core fragments. Elliot took it and kept it with the other beast cores he had collected in his dimensional storage. And then he unsummoned his beasts and turned back to his Primal Feline Warrior form. ¡°Come on up Camelia, we¡¯re done here for the night. I¡¯ll find a spot for us to rest tonight.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Camelia climbed up Elliot¡¯s back quietly. However, just as Elliot was about to turn away and explore the town for a good spot to rest, his powerful 6th sense suddenly tingled. It wasn¡¯t danger, but it was something important. He nced around him, and felt his 6th sense resonate lightly when he faced the direction of the town square. ¡°The spider hole?¡± He instantly thought. Elliot broke into a trot and made his way to the massive hole in the center of the town. When he reached the hole, he was once again surprised by its size. It was at least thirty meters in diameter, and so deep that he couldn¡¯t see the bottom even with his powerful feline eyes. ¡°Errr¡¯| Why are we here, Elliot?¡± Camelia asked him uneasily. ¡°I need to check out the hole. Brock, Winter,e out.¡± Elliot said softly. ¡°Protect Camelia.¡± Both beasts immediately acknowledged his order and promptly positioned themselves next to her. ¡°Be careful!¡± Camelia called out in concern as Elliot¡¯s powerful Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s figure disappeared into the hole. The hole was sloped rather steeply, but Elliot had no problems traversing it. After a few hundred meters or maybe even a few kilometers, Elliot arrived at a giant chamber. Within it were thousands upon thousands of dead giant mutated spiders. Their numbers were so huge that even the fading glow of their cooling corpses still provided a dim illumination in the chamber, more than enough for Elliot¡¯s feline eyes to have a clear view of the monstrosity thatid in it. It was the Mythical Spider that Elliot was worried about. At more than twice the size of the Mutated Purple Brood Mother, as well as a much thicker physique and a much thicker exoskeleton, the Mythical Spider looked absolutely menacing. Its pure ck colour with red, green and blue stripes also made it look very dangerous. IF, it was alive. Stunningly, the powerful Mythical Grade Spider was dead! In fact, it looked like it had an extremely horrible death. It was mangled really badly everywhere and it was practically in pieces. Its huge legs were broken in many ces, and its fat abdomen was sttered open with its juices and contents spilling out onto the ground. Elliot was stunned. He studied the crime scene very carefully and realized that a massive battle had taken ce within the chamber. However, it didn¡¯t seem like it was a battle with the Mythical Spider. Dead spiders were scattered all over the ce, and it was clear that many of them died fighting each other. What were they doing? Did the Mythical Spider summon them to have a fight to see who was the strongest? Or¡¯| Elliot¡¯s eyes widened as the most usible reason suddenly struck him. ¡°They were fighting to see who could eat the Mythical Spider!!¡± Elliot eximed aloud. Chapter 67 ¡°And judging by how contained the Mythical Spider¡¯s carcass is, it looked like there was only one winner. The most powerful Brood Mother must have sessfully killed the rest of the little spiders and the other two Brood Mothers. Their bodies must be nearby¡¯|¡± Elliot turned around and gave the chamber a casual search. ¡°There they are.¡± Elliot found the two dead Brood Mothers easily. Their carcasses were extremelyrge. As Elliot pieced together how the battle went down in the chamber, one ring question began to loom bigger and bigger in his mind. ¡°The Mythical Spider did not move an inch during the battle. It was already dead when the spiders started battling. The question is¡¯| How did it die? Or more specifically¡¯| Who killed it?¡± Elliot thought aloud. He quickly made his way to the Mythical Spider and reverted his human form to touch it with his hands. [Failed to acquire data. Target has been dead for too long.] Elliot was stunned once more. ¡°What do you mean too long? How long is too long? The apocalypse had only just begun!¡± Elliot eximed to Hawk the AI. [I am unable to process data after a creature has been dead for over six hours.] ¡°If this Mythical Spider has been dead for over six hours, then it means that it died almost straight after it was released!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°The Mythical Beasts didn¡¯t even exist in thest iteration. But they¡¯re dying like meaningless pawns here in the second iteration. Could it be that Mythicals aren¡¯t the strongest tier? Did the Game Masters release even more powerful beasts than Mythicals this time around? Hawk, what grade is above Mythical?¡± Elliot asked. [Above Mythical is Ancestral.] ¡°Is Rak¡¯Tharos an Ancestral grade beast?¡± Elliot asked. [It is very possible that Rak¡¯Tharos is an Ancestral grade Beast. Not many beasts below Mythical Grade can reach above level 400, which is the Emperor level.] ¡°So beast grades refer to their rarity while beast levels refer to their current strength level?¡± Elliot asked to confirm. [Affirmative. Beast grades refer to the depth of their innate potential, and the cap of their strength.] [For example,mon monsters do not have any skills, that is why they can never reach above level 100, as they would be hopelessly outmatched by umon monsters who have one skill.] [Likewise, umon monsters will find it difficult to reach level 200 as they would be outmatched by rare monsters who will have two skills instead of one.] ¡°I see. So this Mythical Spider must be a low level Mythical beast for it to die so easily, right?¡± Elliot asked. [Negative. It¡¯s size suggest that it was at least level 200, a Lord Level beast.] ¡°So what do you think killed it? It looked like it barely struggled against its assant before it died.¡± Elliot asked again. [In general for such a powerful Lord Level beast to die so quickly, its assant but be at minimum, a level 300 beast. However, it could also be a beast with a potent stealth skill and a powerful attack.] ¡°An assassin type beast.¡± [Affirmative.] Elliot sighed deeply and felt the weight on his shoulder grow heavier. (Author¡¯s Note: Reminds me of the Thai horror movie called Shutter lol. Comment if you¡¯ve seen it! Watch it if you want to lose sleep for a few months.) He transformed into his Primal Feline Warrior beast form and shed at the Mythical Spider¡¯s upper body. His sh failed to prate its powerful exoskeleton armor! ¡°Damn, it¡¯s armor is so thick!¡± Elliot thought. ¡°Let¡¯s see if you can resist this one.¡± Crack!! Elliot narrowed his eyes grimly as he slowly tore open its carapace and looked for its Beast Core. Only the Mutated Purple Brood Mother¡¯s own beast core and two other Brood Mothers¡¯ beast cores were found earlier, and there was a chance that the Mythical Beast¡¯s beast core was still in it. And if it was still in it, then it would be a huge steal for Elliot, as well as a very important clue in piecing the mystery of how and who killed the Mythical Spider. After digging around in the extremely tough carapace full of disgusting spider innards for a minute or so, Elliot finally found the beast core! ¡°Excellent! This beast core would be perfect for evolving my Legendary Grade and Mythical Grade beasts. Would it be useful for the Archaic Kaijin, Hawk?¡± [Affirmative. Mythical Grade Spider Beast Core has a 75% chance of beingpatible with the Archaic Kaijin.] ¡°Prefect. And this also means that the assants aren¡¯t motivated by the Mythical Spider¡¯s beast core. It couldn¡¯t be a random passing beast then, as they would never give it up. The Mythical Spider must have died to a power that does not need or even want a beast core¡¯| The Shadow Parasite??¡± ¡°If it was really killed by the Shadow Parasite, then the Shadow Parasite is definitely not on the side of the aliens, as the aliens needed this Mythical Grade Spider to be alive to raise the difficulty of the Game.¡± Elliot¡¯s mind began to race once more as he pondered and considered the possibilities. He was so caught up in what he was doing that he totally forgot about the time! ¡°Hey Elliot. Are you alright in there?¡± Camelia¡¯s voice rang out from hismunicator. ¡°Huh? Oh sorry, I must have spaced out. I¡¯m done here. Coming up now!¡± Elliot immediately replied. ¡°Thank God you¡¯re okay! You¡¯ve been down there for so long!¡± Camelia said with an extremely relieved voice. ¡°Really? How long have I been here?¡± Elliot asked in surprise. ¡°Almost one hour!¡± Camelia said. ¡°What? That long? I must have been really deep in thought. Sorry for making you worry!¡± Elliot said slightly apologetically as he rushed back out of the hole. ¡°No worries. Everything is fine here. In fact, it¡¯s more than fine! There¡¯s actually a survivor in the city! She¡¯s a really pretty fifteen year old girl!¡± Camelia said excitedly. ¡°Wow, that¡¯s awesome! How is she? What¡¯s her name?¡± Elliot smiled warmly at the thought of finding a survivor. ¡°She¡¯s fine! She said her name is Kara. Kara Rose.¡± Camelia replied. Elliot was stunned yet again. He recognised the name Kara Rose! Chapter 68 ¡°Kara Rose. Right, I¡¯ll be right there.¡± Elliot said grimly. He remembered Kara Rose. Of course he did. In the course of the first horrific week where more than 90 percent of humanity¡¯s survivors would perish in a myriad of horrible ways, there were still some human groups which had managed to thrive. Kara Rose¡¯s group was one of those groups. Hers was a group of vicious, cunning and absolutely merciless teenagers who had somehow gotten their hands on powerful weapons and several armored vehicles that could even fight off several of the weaker alien beasts. They were one of the stronger powers in Western America and Kara Rose had proven herself over and over again to be a ruthless leader willing to kill at the drop of a hat, as well as an extremely shrewd and capable one, as proven by how powerful her gang became in six short months. Elliot had no idea where such a savage bunch of teenagers could have sprouted from, but he sure as hell made sure he avoided them during the first iteration. His only scuffle with her Red Eyed Demon Gang won him the Agera II which he used to win a unique One on One Speed Challenge with an alien called Speed Devil, thereby allowing him to pick his second Diamond Sponsor: Monkey King. Elliot intended to make sure that she didn¡¯t have another chance to ¡°influence¡± his decisions anymore. ¡°She doesn¡¯t have a monopoly on savagery.¡± Elliot told himself grimly as his heart settled on the only course of action his mind offered him. Murder. He¡¯ll kill the little bitch before she could grow strong and terrorize the entire Western America with her gang. As he sprang out of the hole and into the cool night once again, he immediately saw Kara Rose sitting next to Camelia, smiling nervously as Camelia chattered on to try and make her feel better. Kara Rose turned to look at me with an expression of utmost horror. ¡°Mo-monster!¡± She finally managed to blurt out while pointing a trembling finger at me. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s Elliot, my savior! Don¡¯t worry! He¡¯s kind and very strong! All the big beasts obey him, he¡¯ll keep us safe!¡± Camelia immediately said to Kara. Elliot stepped forward and sent down an intense gaze at Kara. His two-meter tall Primal Feline Warrior frame towered above both girls and immediately created an extremely chilling atmosphere. Elliot stared at Kara and scrutinized her from head to toe. Strangely, there was none of the bloodthirst and ruthless savagery that Kara Rose was so renowned for in the previous iteration. All he could see was a trembling and terrified little girl who¡¯s about to lose her dder control under his fearsome and intense gaze. And most importantly, his sixth sense and instincts were telling him that there was nothing more to the girl beyond what he was already seeing. ¡°Interesting. If she wasn¡¯t a psycho to begin with, then she must have be a psycho sometime this week.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°And if she¡¯s with me, then she¡¯ll probably not meet with whatever event that caused her to be aplete psycho. I¡¯ll be able to prevent the Red Eyed Demon Gang from forming simply by keeping her with me.¡± ¡°Hey, Elliot, can you please stop doing that? You¡¯re scaring her!¡± Camelia got up and stepped in between Elliot and Kara to break the intense stare that Elliot was giving the poor girl. ¡°Ah? Sorry! I didn¡¯t realize I was staring.¡± Elliot immediately reverted to human form and apologized to Camelia and Kara with an apologetic smile. ¡°Hi Kara, I¡¯m Elliot. d you made it.¡± ¡°H-Hi Elliot. Th-thank you for taking me in.¡± Kara replied rather breathlessly and nervously. Elliot smiled warmly at her and gestured to Brock. ¡°This is Brock, the most senior beast under mymand. He will keep you safe. Hey Brock,e over and say hi!¡± ¡°Ah, another potential mate!¡± Brock eximed happily. ¡°I think I saw some spider eggs back in the hole that would make really good spider partners for you¡¯|¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes narrowed and began to glint dangerously. ¡°AHAHAHA! Not mate! A potential helper! Very good! Very good!¡± Brock said loudly. ¡°Come,e on up and sit on my back!¡± Brock immediately bent down low to allow the girls to climb on to his back. ¡°Come on!¡± Camelia mbered up Brock¡¯s giant paw and onto his back bravely even though she still felt a little scared of him. Following Camelia closely, Kara got onto Brock¡¯s back without difficulty as well. Even though her ruthlessness was absent, her athleticism and strength were there. She would make a fine addition to the team that he was unintentionally making. ¡°Having a team is pretty good.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°In fact, I should think bigger and make a real group that could be a powerhouse in this region. Not so big that it would be political and full of drama. But definitely big enough to man a mobile fortress and survive the whole year.¡± The more he thought about it, the better it seemed to him. Because he had spent almost the entire year as a solo yer in the previous iteration, he was expecting to do the same thing again in the second iteration. But if fate was sending him all these strong characters from the previous iteration, then he would be a fool to simply reject the possibility of being a survivor overlord. ¡°Plus, with more people. I would be able to station them around the ces where the stronger Resource Boxes and Cars would drop, and thus allowing me to be much stronger much faster. Better skills, better pills, better weapons, better cars, better everything!¡± ¡°And it will allow me to better execute my n to give the damned aliens a first race they will never forget!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes burned with righteous anger as he turned back into his Primal Feline Warrior form and went off in search for a ce to safely spend the night. Chapter 69 Hawk¡¯s cool voice pierced through the fog of sleep that shrouded Elliot¡¯s mind and instantly jarred him awake with the news that he had been waiting for. He nced down at therge egg that he had been holding and noticed several hairline cracks all over it. ¡°Excellent. It¡¯s finally hatching.¡± Elliot thought as he sat up and prepared to tame it. He was sitting on a huge bed in a rtively huge bedroom in a huge mansion in the rich part of town. The other two girls were sharing an even bigger bedroom next to his. Winter was spending the night with them to give them a sense of security, just in case the spiders came back. Elliot was, of course, alone. He needed no protection from weak mutated spiders, even if there were any of them still alive. ¡°I¡¯m level 60 now, so I won¡¯t have any problems taming it, right Hawk?¡± [Affirmative.] Elliot nodded and waited for the baby Archaic Kaijin to make its way out of its shell. After a few minutes of patiently waiting, the egg finally cracked open. Crack!! A cute little white lizard arm pierced through the eggshell. ¡°White?¡± Elliot was surprised. He wasn¡¯t expecting a white Archaic Kaijin toe out from an almost-ck shell. Crack!!! Another white arm pierced the eggshell. The Archaic Kaijin was really taking its own sweet time toe out of its shell! No wonder it died miserably to the other Armored Kaijins in the previous iteration. After a few more minutes ofzy cracks, the eggshell finally burst open when its head and wings burst out of the egg. ¡°Wings?? And only four limbs and one head??¡± Elliot was extremely pleasantly surprised. ¡°Hawk! Isn¡¯t this¡¯| A dragon??¡± And what a beautiful white dragon it was! It waspletely covered with beautiful white scales which covered its small yet supple body perfectly. It had two cute horns poking out of its head which gave it a really majestic look. [Negative. It is not a dragon.] Elliot frowned lightly. He was unconvinced! ¡°Does it breathe fire?¡± He asked Hawk again. [Negative. It does not breathe out fire. It does, however, breathe out a freezing beam of ice energy.] ¡°It¡¯s a Frost Dragon then!¡± Elliot cried up triumphantly. [Negative. It is not a dragon.] ¡°Why is it not a dragon? What does a real dragon have that this Archaic Kaijin does not?¡± Elliot refused to give up and pressed Hawk with more questions. [A real dragon is a powerful creature able to wield mystical arcane energies. This Archaic Kaijin does not have the power to wield any mystical arcane energy.] ¡°Oh. I see. That¡¯s alright, I¡¯m happy enough with a traditional Frost Dragon without any magic power.¡± Elliot chuckled. He totally did not expect the ancestor of the Armored Kaijin was actually a dragon! Elliot didn¡¯t give a whit about real dragons and arcane energies and whatnot. He got a Frost Dragon!! He pricked his finger and the little Archaic Kaijin¡¯s arm. It hissed at Elliot bravely even though it was a mere fraction of Elliot¡¯s size. When their mindspace finally formed, Elliot was pleasantly surprised once more. It was an extremely solid and stable space that was filled to the brim with power and a deep sense of confidence even though it was mere seconds old. A true indication of a beast¡¯s potential and power. It¡¯s stats appeared in his mind. Beast Type: Archaic Kaijin Beast Name: Not Avable Gender: Female Beast Level: 1 Beast Power Level: 5 Beast Grade: Mythical Beast Bloodline: White Dragon Emperor Beast Physical Status: Healthy Beast Emotional Status: Slightly Indignant, Curious Hobby: What hobby? Evolution Pathways: 3 Skills: Level 1 Aerial Charge ¨C Burst forward with 200% movement speed Level 1 Ice Beam ¨C Deal 500% Ice Attack. (Author¡¯s Note: Articuno! Use Ice Beam! LoL) Level 1 Armor-Piercing sh ¨C Pierces armor and deals 200% more sh damage Level 1 Paralyzing Bite ¨C Paralyzes enemy for 1 second and deals 200% more bite damage Level 1 Dragon Aura ¨C Weakens enemy by 50% and strengthens allies by 50% AI Comments: A powerful descendant of the White Dragon Emperor that had miraculously reverted to its ancient bloodline. Born to be a ruler. If allowed to mature, it will be an unsurpassed power within the lower civilisations. ¡°Hey there!¡± Elliot called out brightly. ¡°Hiss!¡± Frosty (Elliot had already named it the second he realized it was a Frost Dragon) looked at its little arm and then at Elliot usingly. ¡°Hehehe, yes I did nick you a little bit there. I had to do that so that I can talk to you this way. I¡¯m Elliot. You¡¯re Frosty.¡± Elliot immediately started chatting to fill its newborn mind with his voice and his attitude and his presence. ¡°I¡¯ll be taking good care of you in the future, and I¡¯ll be providing you with lots of food too. Do you know what¡¯s food? Food are things that you eat. Here! Have a candy!¡± Elliot smiled gently at Frosty and tossed him a Small Beast Taming Candy which he got way back when he was level 1. Frosty sniffed at it for a moment before brightening up and chomping it down hungrily. It looked at Elliot with its big, trusting eyes and smacked its lips. ¡°More!¡± She demanded. Elliot chuckled lightly and tossed a few chunks of snake meat he had harvested from the Hell Venom Anaconda yesterday. ¡°It wouldn¡¯t have any effect right? Since the Hell Venom Anaconda was merely a Rare Grade beast?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI. [Affirmative.] ¡°What about the other beast cores I have with me, are there any more among them aside from the Mythical Spider¡¯s that are suitable for Frosty to consume?¡± Elliot asked Hawk as he quickly took out the beast cores he had with him. A Hell Venom Anaconda beast core, a Mutated Gojira beast core, a Mutated Primal Feline Warrior beast core, a Brood Mother beast core, a Mutated Purple Brood Mother beast core and a Mythical Grade beast core. He didn¡¯t bother taking out the Great Sage¡¯s beast core as it was too precious to Wu Kong at the moment. And he didn¡¯t think that it was suitable for a dragon to consume anyway. [Analyzing.] Chapter 70 [The Mythical Grade Beast Core will cause the Archaic Kaijin to mutate into an Archaic Arach-Jin. Due to the Archaic Kaijin¡¯s superior bloodline, it will retain most of its physique, and will grow additional spider legs -] ¡°No. Definitely not.¡± Elliot interrupted Hawk. He didn¡¯t bother listening to the end. Nothing must change with his beautiful Frosty¡¯s physique! ¡°Next!¡± [The Mutated Purple Brood Mother¡¯s Beast Core will cause the Archaic Kaijin to mutate into an Archaic Kaijin (Evolved). Due to the Archaic Kaijin¡¯s vastly superior bloodline, it will retain all of its physique and gain an additional skill called Devour.] [The Mutated Gojira¡¯s Beast Core will cause the Archaic Kaijin to mutate into an Archaic Kaijin (Evolved). DDue to the Archaic Kaijin¡¯s vastly superior bloodline, it will retain all of its physique and its Ice Beam skill will be upgraded to cial Beam.] Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed greedily when he heard those wonderful words from Hawk the AI. Of course he had to ask the next question. ¡°Can she eat both the Mutated Purple Brood Mother¡¯s Beast Core as well as the Mutated Gojira¡¯s Beast Core?¡± [Affirmative. The Archaic Kaijin will be able to consume one Beast Core at its current level, and another one at level fifteen. Please note that consuming the Mutated Purple Brood Mother¡¯s Beast Core will permanently erase a skill to make space for Devour. And every new skill learnt by Devour will also require one old skill to be erased.] ¡°HA HA HA HA!¡± Elliotughed out loudly in his public mindspace with extreme glee like a little boy being told that he could have the ENTIRE yummilicious fruit cake AND eat it too! ¡°Perfect! That means I am sacrificing one skill slot to gain the ability to learn any skill I can get my hands on for the other four! Great deal! Very, very good!¡± ¡°FOOD!¡± Frosty snapped in irritation at Elliot. ¡°MORE FOOD!¡± ¡°Okay, okay. Here, have the Mutated Purple Brood Mother¡¯s Beast Core first!¡± Elliot chuckled and tossed her a beast core that was almost asrge as her newborn body. ¡°Hmmmmmmmm.¡± The greedy Frosty opened its mouth wide and began to bite and gnaw at the beast core. Even though she was a newborn, her jaw strength was definitely nothing to be scoffed at as she easily bit into therge beast core and cracked it into smaller pieces. Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! After a few ferocious bites and reckless swallowing, the beast core disappeared into her stomach which was bulging very noticeably. BURP! Frosty belched loudly, ced its cute little head on her front legs and promptly fell asleep. ¡°Uhhh. She actually fell asleep. How long till the mutation isplete?¡± Elliot asked Hawk. [The mutation will take approximately 5 minutes toplete. Please select an existing to be erased to make space for Devour.] ¡°Hmmm. I choose Armor-Piercing sh.¡± Elliot thought for a while and decided. [Acknowledged.] ¡°Good. I¡¯ll wake her up in ten minutes to sign a Beast Apostle Contract with her.¡± Elliot grinned happily andid back on his bed, feeling satisfied. ¡°Tell me when it¡¯s time.¡± [Acknowledged.] He had six Rare Grade Armored Kaijins and an ultra rare Mythical Grade Archaic Kaijin. If he yed his cards right, he might even be able to breed an entire Armored Kaijin tribe! ¡°Heck, why not? I¡¯m already nning to set up a fortress. Why not add a beastiary to it? Frosty can set up her n with me since she¡¯d only need the six Armored Kaijins.¡± Elliot thought carelessly. ¡°I¡¯ll just do anything and everything I want to do this time. Let¡¯s see who can stop me!¡± Lost in his thoughts of managing a giant fortress filled with glorious flying dragons of every single possible colour, ten minutes went by really quickly. [It is time.] Elliot nced down at Frosty. She was still sleeping soundly. In fact, she was even snoring lightly! Elliot poked his hand at her belly. Hiss! She hissed lightly, but remained sleeping. ¡°Hey! What kind of dragon are you? You have no sense of danger at all! If I¡¯m a predator, you¡¯re already food in my tummy you know! Wake up!¡± Elliot poked Frosty once more. Finally, she woke up with a huge yawn and blinked sleepily at Elliot. Elliot realized that he still had the mindspace connection with Frosty, so he immediately spoke to it. ¡°Hey. Did you like that beast core?¡± Elliot asked her with a smile. ¡°Beast core good.¡± Frosty blinked slowly and stared at Elliot in a friendly manner. ¡°Do you want some more?¡± Elliot offered. ¡°Later. I want some moreter.¡± Frosty immediately replied. ¡°Good! Just tell me when you want one, alright?¡± Elliot said. ¡°Okay!¡± Frosty replied. ¡°By the way, do you want to be my Ice Apostle?¡± Elliot asked casually. Instantly, details of the Ice Apostle Beast Contract appeared in their minds. [Beast Apostle contract signed.] [Received 12,000 XP] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 61!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 62!] [Would you like to give the Archaic Kaijin (Evolved) a name?] ¡°Frosty!¡± [Please select an Apostle Element for Frosty.] ¡°Ice!¡± [Ice Apostle Frosty has received a unique skill.] [Frost Domain ¨C Summons a frozen field around the Apostle. Ice-based attacks deal 100% more damage and fire-based attacks deal 50% less damage. Slows all non-ice element beings by 50%] [Received Ice Apostle Frosty¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Frost Domain.] [Received Ice Apostle Frosty¡¯s Skill ¨C Dragon Aura.] [Please select a skill to grant Ice Apostle Frosty.] Elliot had tough at the prompt. He was about to shout ¡°Summon Giant Armored Mammoth!¡± when suddenly the image of the Mutated Purple Brood Mother easily killing TWO of his Giant Armored Mammoths appeared in his mind. ¡°Giant Armored Mammoth is a powerful summon skill. But¡¯| It doesn¡¯t really scale very well in terms of strength. It¡¯ll be pretty much useless in the higher levels.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°Hey Hawk, is there a way to increase the grade of the Giant Armored Mammoth which I can summon with the skill?¡± Elliot asked out of sheer greed. Chapter 71 [Affirmative. Please consume the beast core of a Mythical Mammoth.] ¡°WHAT? I can do that?!¡± Elliot was truly surprised. [Affirmative. You will be able to raise the grades of your summons if you consume a rted beast core.] ¡°What about levels? Each time I level up my Giant Armored Mammoth skill, what you did was to increase the number by one. How do I summon higher levelled Giant Armored Mammoths?¡± Elliot nodded. This was excellent news for him. If he could level up his strongest summons, then they will never be obsolete! The only question was if it was worth it in terms of XP allocation. But it was a question to be answered when he reached level 100. ¡°What about the skills that my Apostles have? Can they divert a portion of their XP to level up their skills too?¡± [No. Skills gifted to Apostles are treated the same way as their own skills. The skills will level up the more they use it, and they will not be able to level up their beast summon level.] ¡°Ah, although giving Wu Kong my Summon Giant Armored Mammoth skill was a great move for lower levels and it helped me survive the 5-legendary-beast crisis, it was not a move that would scale well as I grow stronger. Pity. In that case I cannot make the same mistake and give Frosty that skill. I need to pick a skill that will be effective even when I am at a high level.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°I choose Lightning sh!¡± Elliot finally said. [Ice Apostle Frosty has received [Lightning sh].] ¡°Hmmm? I¡¯m getting stronger.¡± Frosty remarked with a pleased voice. ¡°You¡¯re getting bonus stats due to my levels.¡± Elliot exined. ¡°Yes. It¡¯s in the contract. Very good, thank you Master.¡± Frosty smiled at Elliot warmly. ¡°No worries. Our lives are now intertwined. Let¡¯s make sure we do well by helping each other out.¡± Elliot smiled back at her happily. Frosty nodded and then snuggled closer to Elliot. Elliot smiled and put his arm around the cute little Frost Dragon, feeling the coolness of her body seeping into his. Just like that, Elliot and his future flying mount that would terrorize the entire world fell asleep in their first night together as Master and Apostle. Day 1 of the Apocalypse had ended for Elliot. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Jessica panted heavily as she burst out of the trees and immediately took to the skies in a great hurry. Once in the air, she turned her head around and saw the ferocious lizard-like beasts spreading their thin-but-still-functional-wings and leaping off into the sky as well! The ferocious flying lizards were around three meters long and one and a half meters tall. They were not very big, but they were extremely ferocious, and they hunted in packs. Sharp quills of some sort lined their backs and their bodies were covered with thick ck and red scales which were, very unfortunately for Jessica,pletely me-resistant. ¡°Damn it!¡± Jessica cursed vehemently. She pped her me wings as hard as she could and streaked across the beautiful evening sky like aet. Screee!!! Screeeeakhhh!!! Screeaaaaakhhhhhhh!!! Tens of the ferocious flying lizards chased after her with excited cries. They weren¡¯t able to fly very fast, and were slowly being left behind by Jessica. However, Jessica only had 2 minutes of flight time, and even if she managed to outdistance the lizards, they knew exactly where she wouldnd because of how bright she was. The chase was definitely not over! ¡°How on earth did I run into a bloody bunch of fire-resistant lizards on my first day out as a Phoenix? What dog-shit luck I have!¡± Jessica let out all the curse words she knew very liberally as she strained with all her might to fly faster and faster. Very soon, she streaked past a mountain and entered a huge valley. Within it was a hugeke that was the gathering point of many rivers. A giant river flowed out of theke at its far end. It was definitely ake brimming with life. And in the apocalypse, ake brimming with monsters. Jessica nced back at the screeching flying lizards still hot on her trail and immediately made a decision. ¡°If you¡¯re resistant to fire, let¡¯s see if you¡¯re resistant to water as well!¡± Jessica muttered as she dived down towards the side of theke. She had no choice but to risk entering theke. In her mind, it shouldn¡¯t be too dangerous for her. She was, afterall, a thin and stringy little girl with very little meat. If there were hungry beasts in theke, they should be more interested in eating tens of fat lizards with lots of meat in them, right? She quickly retracted her wings and dived into theke¡¯s crystal clear waters with a tiny ssh. There was a littleke near where they lived, and Jessica had always been an excellent swimmer since she was very young, so she had no fear of the water. With her enhanced body, her arms swept back and forth strongly, powering her through the water like a fish. ¡°Maybe the lizards would think I drowned and disperse.¡± She thought to herself. However, when she turned around to check the surface, she was absolutely exasperated to see them hovering above the water where she was and screeching loudly at each other! They could see her! ¡°Damn the clear waters!¡± Jessica thought to herself. ¡°Let¡¯s see how good your eyesight is.¡± Jessica steeled her heart and began to dive deeper into theke. She had no trouble holding her breath for a few more minutes due to her vastly improved physique. She intended to make the remaining few minutes count by diving as deep as she could before repositioning and then surfacing in a ce without the damned lizards. Chapter 72 She dove as deep as she could for a full minute, to the point where she could hardly see her surroundings. And then she quickly turned towards the shore and began swimming towards it. However, a powerful underwater wave suddenly propelled her very quickly in the direction she was swimming. She was caught by surprise but immediately capitalized on the fortunate turn of events and burst toward the shore with high speed. Jessica shot through the water like an underwater torpedo and travelled a huge distance in mere seconds. After a few secondster, as she neared the surface, she turned around to see if the flying lizards were still on to her. What she saw caused her so much shock that she almost choked to her death underwater. She quickly swam up and her head broke the surface of the water as she coughed and sputtered desperately. SPLASHHH!!!!! She was almost immediately sent back underwater as a massive wave crashed into her and pushed her all the way to the shore. Jessica scrambled to get up and away from theke as fast as she could even though she was still coughing and sputtering. COUGH COUGH! COUGH COUGH! After vomiting out a bit of water, Jessica finally stopped coughing and she dashed away from theke as fast as she could. ¡°Holy smokes!¡± She muttered to herself in deep fear as she crashed into the treeline of the forest by theke. ¡°I am never entering ake like that ever again. Nevernevernevernevernever!¡± What she saw was truly beyond horrifying. A ginormous golden snake or eel of some sort had burst out of theke and gobbled up all thirty to forty of the flying lizards in one gulp. Forty. 3-meter-long. Lizards. In. One. Big. Gulp. ¡°Holy smokes.¡± Jessica was still extremely shocked by what she saw. She shivered slightly in fear and quickly made her way deeper into the forest. After seeing such a freakishly fearsome snake, nothing the forest had to offer seemed scary to her anymore. Unless of course, there was another freakishlyrge snake hiding in the forest as well. ¡°No.¡± Jessica told her mind firmly. ¡°There is no way the golden snake would allow another giant snake to live near it. There are NO MORE giant snakes in the forest.¡± Whether or not it¡¯s true, Jessica didn¡¯t care. She needed to believe it. If not, she might just break down andpletely freak out. Jessica decided that she would travel through the night while looking for an appropriate ce to hide and rest. A cave of some sort, where she could set up the portable bunker which Elliot had given her. For Jessica, the end of her first day of Apocalypse was a scary and tiring one. But at least she was alive. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Of the three siblings, Jennifer probably had the easiest first day. She was with Rak¡¯Tharos, and nothing threatened her life. She had afortable ce to sleep by a campfire, and a full belly. However, hers was by far the saddest and the most miserable out of the trio. She spent almost the entire evening sobbing and crying herself to short, restless sleep which ended almost as soon as she began as she pictured Jessica¡¯s dying face with the knife stuck in her chest over and over and over again. The first half of the night wasplete misery for Jennifer. Her heart waspletely shattered as she mourned for Jessica and recalled memory after memory which she had shared with her. The times they yed together with their make belief toys, the times they fought through their fatigue together to make sure that the house was clean and well taken care of so that their brother didn¡¯t need to have an additional thing to worry about, the times they grumbled together as they cursed their ¡°aunt¡± for being an evil ¡°she-dog¡± (they couldn¡¯t bring themselves to use the word ¡°bitch¡± for the longest time.). By the time midnight arrived, Jennifer had almost run out of tears to cry. She was extremely sad, extremely weary and her mind was filled to the brim with memories of Jessica. And at that point, she finally decided that the memory of Jessica would be better honored if she dedicated the rest of her life towards revenge and making sure that their beloved brother lived long and well. ¡°I will honor yourst request, Jess. And I will make sure Rak¡¯Tharos suffers a fate worse than death.¡± She said to herself. After she had dedicated the rest of her life that way, peace finally found her and she quickly fell asleep. Next to her, Rak¡¯Tharos nced at the little girl whom he had kidnapped to motivate a powerful yer to get stronger much faster so that he could make use of him to do many of the things that he needed to do in order to take revenge on the Void Walkers. He noticed how her sobs had slowly subsided into deep and determined breaths and then into the slow and regr rhythms of slumber. ¡°Half a night to transform debilitating sorrow into strength and resolution.¡± He nodded in approval. ¡°She¡¯s a good seed. She¡¯ll definitely be a useful piece for me as well.¡± He sat by the fire quietly and sighed deeply. The road he had chosen was a long one. Revenge against the Void Walkers was something desired by many billions of living beings, and achieved by absolutely no one. They were far too powerful. Still, he had to start somewhere. The memories of his dead wife, children and n demanded nothing less. But unlike her, he didn¡¯t cry. There was no sorrow in his heart, no longing or desire for his family. He reyed the memories in his mind simply because he had to. His beloved wife¡¯s dying curse on him made sure of that. ¡°Curse you, Rak¡¯Tharos, for bringing this doom upon our family. Our deaths will forever haunt your nights until you avenge us!¡± His wife had screamed as the mes consumed her and his wailing children. ¡°Every night, you will think of me and our children screaming and dying in mes! You will remember this moment every night! Everyyyy¡¯|¡± Next to her and his charred children was a hooded Void Walker with mes still steadily shooting out of his hands. Chapter 73 ¡°See? I told you she¡¯s smart.¡± Void Walker said to the ashen faced Monkey King. ¡°Smart? Diving into a massiveke without knowing anything about it is smart? She¡¯s the dumbest and luckiest person I know!¡± Monkey King wiped the sweat off his forehead with relief. ¡°I almost lost a hundred resources just like that to a god-damned hyper rare Mutated Goldenscale Electric Eel. She¡¯s lucky the Eel Lord did not discharge its electricity!¡± ¡°Hahaha! Give her some credit, at least she thought of going into the water to deal with the Mutated Razorback Wyverns!¡± Void Walkerughed. ¡°Too bad your wager is for her to reach level 100. There¡¯s still a long way to go until she gets to that level.¡± ¡°A very long way.¡± Monkey King grumbled as he looked at Jessica¡¯s figure speeding through the forest. ¡°I hope her luck holds out.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. She¡¯ll be fine. It¡¯s going to be a pretty boring first night for us. Elliot is safe, Jennifer is safe, Jessica is probably going to be fine in that area. Sigh. I wish something exciting would happen.¡± Void Walker sighed. ¡°They had a really exciting first day, give them a break.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°Besides, there are many exciting things going on with the other yers. Himari Suzuki is also thriving. Her forces had already killed all of the beasts in her area and created a near impregnable base. Without a high-level Mythical Grade beast attacking her soon, she¡¯ll probably be able to set up a powerful fortress and rule over the whole of Tokyo from it! James Antetokunpo is also doing pretty well for himself. Although he¡¯s not a base-builder like Himari, he remains the leader of at least five of the best racers in the entire Game.¡± Void Walker yawned and closed her eyes. ¡°I don¡¯t care about them. I¡¯m going to sleep for a bit, if you¡¯re staying up, please let me know if anything happens to Elliot or to his sisters!¡± Monkey King shook his head helplessly at the Void Walker, and then looked at his screens once more. He had six screens following six different characters. Elliot, Jessica, Jennicer, Hailey and Himari. The sixth one wasn¡¯t following a yer, but a monkey. San Wu Kong. He was currently fighting against a bunch of powerful mutated ant-like insects with a huge metal pipe he had found somewhere. At level 55, Wu Kong was no longer a cute little monkey, but a tall and powerful adolescent monkey standing at an impressive 1.7 meters tall. He had no problems dealing with a bunch of insects, and the Monkey King wasn¡¯t really interested in his current fight. What he was extremely interested in was the path San Wu Kong was on. He would reach the territory of a powerful Legendary-Grade Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord in an hour or so. At level 112, he would be a fearsome adversary for San Wu Kong, even with his powerful Giant Armored Mammoth and his ridiculously strong Lightning Strike attack. Monkey King nced at the sleeping Void Walker, and decided that she probably wasn¡¯t interested in watching San Wu Kong fight the Tiger Lord, so he left her alone and continued to patiently watch Wu Kong clear out the insects methodically. It may be a boring night for Elliot and his two siblings, but for many others, the terror and the fun was just beginning. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Wu Kong swung his two meter long metal rod in a wide swing, and smashed the heads to two ant monsters the size of motorbikes that had failed to dodge in time. His wide swing quickly transitioned into a series of thrusts that burst the heads of several more ant monsters. He had been fighting the mutated giant ants for a few hours now, and had even gained five whole levels along the way. But even so, there was no end in sight for him. The ants were just too numerous. Very luckily for him, he was just one of many ¡°prey¡± for the ants which had swarmed the forest in their thousands. Beasts of many kinds and thousands of human beings seeking refuge in the forest were dying every minute. And because of that, the ants weren¡¯t fully focused on him, and he was able to handle the twenty or so ants which were constantly dying to his powerful attacks and which were somehow getting reced by new ones automatically. Like the spiders which had ravaged the part of thend where Elliot was, the ants in Wu Kong¡¯s region had taken over. However, unlike the spiders, the ants were much more numerous and much more coordinated. The forest Elliot was in was but one of many areas that they were trying to subjugate. At that moment, as he was easily and ruthlessly killing his thousandth or so ant, Wu Kong toyed with the idea of following the massive ant army back to their nest and killing the ant queen. But he soon discarded the idea. The only reason he was still able to fight at that moment was simply because there were too many prey for the ants to kill off quickly. But all that would definitely change in a few hours as the alien beast tribes and human beings either died or escaped. And if he found himself surrounded by thousands of motorcycle sized ants and in the pitch ck darkness of the night¡¯| No, his first priority remained getting out of the ant territory as quickly as possible and pressing on to his real target. The Behemoth Lightning Apes. Smash! After making his decision, Wu Kong increased his smashing speed and blitzed through the forest which was full of angry and dying beast roars as well as the eerie clickety sounds of ant exoskeletons bumping into each other. The ants were truly an extremely dangerous group. Even though he was merely passing through the forest at a tangent and didn¡¯t really enter the heart of the forest, the number of ants that he had to face was astounding. It was truly difficult to imagine what the heart of the forest was like at that moment. He stopped himself from thinking too far ahead into the future where the ants continued to grow and take over morends. No, that¡¯s a problem for future San Wu Kong to handle. Right then, he had to focus on getting out of the forest alive before night fell fully upon them. Ant after ant fell to his vicious strikes and after another hour of nonstop fighting, Wu Kong finally exited the forest. Chapter 74 By that time, he was level 60 and extremely tired. If he wasn¡¯t a Lightning Apostle and didn¡¯t have the attribute boosts from Elliot¡¯s levels, he would have definitely fallen in the forest. ¡°And you still had the nerve to think about challenging the Ant Queen.¡± Wu Kong chided himself as he sped through the rocky terrain that stretched out endlessly for many, many kilometers. He still had a long way to go before he reached the forest where Elliot said the Behemoth Lightning Apes had made theirir. Suddenly, Wu Kong stopped dead in his tracks. His powerful nose had caught the scent of an extremely powerful beast. He nced around warily, but there were nothing but trees and rocks around him. Even though the moon was shining brightly, he was a monkey, and monkeys didn¡¯t have the best night vision. Wu Kong immediately climbed up a tree to hide himself, observe the area for a while and also to give himself a chance to recover to his peak condition. For a few minutes, absolutely nothing happened. And then one giant mountain goat filled with horrible wounds appeared as it made its way out of the forest. It staggered weakly and walked unstably away into the distance. After a few more minutes, a few more random animals also appeared and dispersed around the area. A few human beings made it out too. They were the extremely lucky few who had survived the ant invasion of the forest. Wu Kong simply rested on the tree and munched on a food bar which Elliot had given him. He could feel a rising sense of excitement building in his system as the scent of the powerful creature slowly but surely became stronger. The beast must have been attracted by the powerful smell of blood emanating from the forest where the ants were feasting with all of their might. True enough, a mighty roar soon resounded from the direction where the giant mountain goat had disappeared to, followed by the distinct death cry of a mountain goat for a quick second before it was cut off. The beast had arrived. Wu Kong remained on his tree and kept a vignt lookout in the direction from whence the roar came from. His mind raced to do the math. ¡°If it appears in one minute, then it must be a huge beast that¡¯s able to eat that giant goat in one bite. I can¡¯t deal with such an enemy. If it appears in five minutes, then it¡¯s still plenty huge, and I probably also can¡¯t deal with it. However, if it appears in ten minutes, I should be able to deal with it.¡± Wu Kong mumbled to himself. One minute passed. Then two minutes. Then three. Very soon, eight minutes passed, and still no sign of the beast. Wu Kong was about to nod and sigh with relief when a huge silhouette appeared in the darkness. His heart immediately fell. It was a tiger of some sort, but much bigger. It was probably around the size of Elliot¡¯s Primal Feline Warrior. It fell directly in between the categories ¡°Avoid fighting at all costs¡± and ¡°You can kill it, go ahead¡±. ¡°You just can¡¯t make life easy for me, can you?¡± Wu Kong muttered at his fate. ¡°Should I fight or not?¡± The Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord raised its ferocious head and sniffed the air a couple of times. Wu Kong knew exactly what he smelled. The smell of blooding from the forest was extremely overpowering, and it was probably the only thing it was interested in. Wu Kong had no doubt that the tiger could smell him. But he was desperately hoping that the tiger was hungry and would focus on getting an easy meal. In the best case scenario, the tiger would be thinking, ¡°Why should I chase after an irritating monkey all over the mountain when there¡¯s a feast to crash just a short distance away?¡± And apparently, much to Wu Kong¡¯s joy and relief, the tiger was extremely hungry. After sniffing in his direction once, the Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord turned towards the forest and began to run towards it. Wu Kong grinned. When ites back out wounded and tired a few hourster, he would meet with a fully recovered Wu Kong ready to reap its pathetic life. Life worked in many mysterious ways. The smartest did not alwayse out with the best ns, and the strongest did not always make it to the end. Abination of circumstance, preparation, and of course a huge generous dose of luck mattered much, much more than personal strength. And that night, an extremely powerful beast would fall to an intelligent, patient, and extremely lucky monkey. *-*-*-*-*-*-* [San Wu Kong has gained 5 levels and reached level 65 for killing a level 110 Elite Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord.] [Congrattions! You¡¯ve levelled up to level 63!] [You have gained 0.5 attribute points from San Wu Kong.] ¡°Wu Kong? You¡¯re still fighting thiste at night? How are you doing?¡± Elliot asked with a slightly concerned voice in his mind space. ¡°I¡¯m not really fighting, Master. I¡¯m just cleaning up after a bunch of ants.¡± Wu Kong chuckled. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m totally fine.¡± ¡°Of course, Master.¡± Wu Kong immediately agreed. ¡°Find a ce to sleep and have a good rest. If things continue the way it went today, the second day of the Apocalypse would be an extremely crazy day, full of dangerous beasts everywhere.¡± Elliot told Wu Kong. ¡°Yes Master.¡± Elliot sat up and opened up the shop. With Wu Kong¡¯s kill causing him to level up, he finally had enough points to buy the skill which he had been thinking about the moment Hawk informed him it was avable. [White Dragon Warrior ¨C Transform into a White Dragon Warrior.] [Cost: 30 points] Level 1 Aerial Charge ¨C Burst forward with 200% movement speed for 10 seconds Level 1 Ice Beam ¨C Deal 500% Ice Attack. Level 1 Armor-Piercing sh ¨C Pierces armor and deals 200% more sh damage Level 1 Paralyzing Bite ¨C Paralyzes enemy for 1 second and deals 200% more bite damage Level 1 Dragon Aura ¨C Weakens enemy by 50% and strengthens allies by 50% Chapter 75 The day dawned bright and fresh on the second day of the Apocalypse. Elliot got up at dawn feelingpletely refreshed and ready to take on all of the challenges of the second day. ¡°Are they awake, Winter?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°No Master, they are still asleep. They fell asleep prettytest night.¡± Winter replied. Elliot could have easily turned on his beast-link with Winter to check on the girls himself, but he had his pride and dignity as a man, and he would not peek at girls like that. ¡°Alright. Let them sleep a little while longer. Tell me when they¡¯re up.¡± Elliot left the mansion quietly and stepped out into the cold winter morning. The neighbourhood the mansion was in was pretty untouched by the horrors that swept through the rest of the town. They must have evacuated their homes in time to escape the spiders that swept through the town. But whether or not they managed to stay alive outside of the town remained was an entirely different issue altogether. Elliot didn¡¯t really care. In fact, at that moment, he really didn¡¯t care for anything except one thing and one thing only. Trying out his new Beast Transformation! ¡°White Dragon Warrior. Transform!¡± He whispered excitedly. Immediately, arge white mist appeared around him and swirled rapidly. When the mist disappeared a secondter, an incredibly cool but rtively small white dragon was in its ce. Most full grown dragons were extremely huge. They were usually around thirty meters tall and sixty meters long. But Elliot¡¯s White Dragon Warrior Beast Form was merely five meters tall and ten meters long. Although he wasrgepared to Brock, he was still tinypared to most dragons. Not that there were any dragons on Earth tough at his size, though. Still, Elliot didn¡¯t care. The only thing in his mind at that moment was¡¯| ¡°LET¡¯S FLY!!¡± Unlike the Primal Feline Warrior form which was filled with Aggression, the White Dragon Warrior form waspletely filled with apathy. Elliot was able to easily fill the White Dragon Warrior¡¯s soul with his existing thoughts and feelings, thereby expressing his will almost perfectly. However, despite the White Dragon Warrior¡¯s apathy, there was an underlying sense ofplete regalness and majesty that made Elliot feel like he was totally above all the fears, worries, joys, happiness and cares of the world. It permeated every single iota of the White Dragon Warrior¡¯s being, and it made Elliot¡¯s deep desire for flight seem very childish and unimportant. In fact, everything seemed childish and unimportant. The only important thing was itself, its wants and its needs. ¡°Transforming into a cold-blooded creature sure is different.¡± Elliot muttered to himself. ¡°But it¡¯s good. More space for me to exert my will. Childish or not, LET¡¯S FLY!!¡± Elliot spread his beautiful white wings and leapt up powerfully with his hind legs. He instinctively pped his wings and immediately took to the skies like a duck on water. Flying was exactly how he thought it would be, and more. Much more. It was an amazing feeling. Elliot had never felt so free, so in control of himself, yet at the same time, so small and so unable to control the hugeness of the sky and all the wonders and horrors it might contain! ¡°YEAHHHH!!!¡± Elliot screamed out in exhration as he executed dives rolls and all sorts of aerial acrobatics one after the other. He was having the time of his life! At any other point in Earth¡¯s long history, it would be the perfect start to a perfect day. But sadly for Elliot, he was in an apocalypse. And the skies weren¡¯t friendly in an apocalypse. A group of sharp eyed Mutated Griffons which had made their base in the mountains nearby immediately noticed Elliot¡¯s loud screams and shy movements. Mutated Griffons were huge three meter tall beasts with a massive lion¡¯s body and an even bigger eagle¡¯s head and wings. Their huge and curved eagle beaks were lined with sharp lion¡¯s teeth, giving them an extremely fearsome look. Screeee!!! Screeeee!! They screeched out their eagle screams and immediately took to the skies. They weren¡¯t really hungry, and they didn¡¯t really look at Elliot as prey. But the very sight of another beast flying around in their turf without a care in the worldpletely irked the Mutated Griffons. They may not be strong enough to dominate arge area on the ground, but the skies belonged to them. Any beast that wanted to fly around in the sky screaming like an idiot could do so over their dead bodies. Elliot immediately noticed the group of approximately fifteen Mutated Griffons pping their wings really hard and flying towards him in a neat V formation. They were screaming and screeching away as they red at him with their beady eagle eyes. ¡°Griffons huh? Let me kill them and then cook one to see if I like their meat. They¡¯re technically birds right? A type of chicken?¡± Elliot thought to himself as he turned around to fly towards them. When they were around one kilometer away, Elliot opened his mouth and gathered his ice energy. ¡°Take this! ICE BEAM!¡± A freezing burst of ice energy surged out from his body and left his mouth in a small but powerful beam. It smashed into the lead Mutated Griffon and immediately caused it to freeze to death! It turned into an ice sculpture before it could do anything and began its inglorious fall back down to the ground. However, it did take up quite a bit of energy to fire one off. He estimated that he could only fire around ten times normally before he had to rest and regain his ice energy. He opened his mouth again and fired off a couple more Ice Beams at the group of Mutated Griffons. They weren¡¯tplete idiots and they immediately dispersed to avoid getting hit by Elliot¡¯s powerful Ice Beams. By then, their distance had closed significantly, and Elliot was close enough to clearly see the whites of their eyes. ¡°Aerial Charge!¡± Elliot shouted in his mind as he executed his skill. He shot forward with surprising speed and reached the nearest Mutated Griffon in a heartbeat! Chapter 76 Paralyzing Bite! Elliot bit down really hard on the nearest Mutated Griffon¡¯s neck with his powerful jaws and immediately broke it with a loud CRACK! He released the dead Mutated Griffon and flung it at a Mutated Griffon which was rushing at him! Bam! The Mutated Griffon collided into his good buddy in a jumble of feathers. Screeee! The iing Mutated Griffon shed at his buddy ruthlessly and tried to disengage. However, Elliot decided that they looked really good together and should spend the rest of their lives together from that moment on, their genders be damned. Ice Beam! Elliot released an Ice Beam at close range and froze both of them, sending them spiraling down after their leader. BAM! Bite!! sh!! Arge Mutated Griffon smashed into Elliot from the side and viciously bit his right wing and shed at his body using its sharp ws. ¡°Damn it! Not good!¡± Elliot thought frantically as he roared in pain. Thankfully, his Dragon Aura had strengthened him by 50% and weakened the Mutated Griffon by 50%. So although it had scored two direct hits on Elliot, it wasn¡¯t able to deal critical damage. Elliot¡¯s wings weren¡¯t ripped and his body merely suffered shallow scratches! ¡°Huh? I¡¯m still ok. Excellent! It¡¯s my turn now! Take this!¡± The fighting style of a Beast Master could be said was the true epitome of versatility. Elliot had no qualms abusing his cooldown-less beast transformation skills. ¡°ck Bear Warrior!¡± Elliot shouted in his mind and quickly turned into a powerful ck Bear Warrior in mid-air! The transformation dislodged the Mutated Griffon¡¯s jaws and at the same time, Elliot gripped its body tightly with his ws and dragged it down with surprising force due to the ck Bear Warrior¡¯s heavy weight! Screeee!!! It screamed in shock as it fell quickly out of the sky. Elliot flung the screaming Mutated Griffon down with all of its might and turned back into his White Dragon Warrior form before sting the Mutated Griffon with an Ice Beam. It truly was a messy, chaotic and apparently pretty effective fighting style! ¡°Four down, eleven to go!¡± Elliot thought grimly as he turned to look at the rest of the Mutated Griffons. However, out of the eleven, eight were already flying away and three were swerving to their left and right, trying to get out of Elliot¡¯s way. ¡°Cowards!¡± Elliot scoffed lightly. However, just as he was about to open his mouth and st a few Ice Beams at the Mutated Griffons, his instincts suddenly red with overwhelming power and he immediately threw himself down into a high speed dive! As he did so, he turned his head slightly around and saw a scene that he would never, ever forget. One of the Mutated Griffons was literally shredded into pieces right behind him! The cause? Arge, spherical and bright red spinning contraption of some sort that had sharp des rotating at high speed both clockwise and anticlockwise all over it. It was around one meter in diameter, and worked absolutely wonderfully as a meat shredder. And it was hurtling at an insanely high speed towards Elliot! He only had one course of action left to him before the contraption shredded him to pieces as well. ICE BEAM! Elliot used a huge chunk of thest remaining ice energy within him and spat out the most powerful Ice Beam he could conjure up at that moment and watched the red contraption smash into the Ice Beam and power through it as though it was nothing. ¡°What?? Could this be the end for me?¡± Elliot thought in surprise. Strangely, there was no panic in his heart. Everything was happening way, way too quickly for his feelings to even react. BAM!! The contraption smashed into Elliot with great force, but it didn¡¯t shred his body apart like it did the Mutated Griffon. The damned red ball was frozen solid by his Ice Beam! ¡°Yes!¡± Elliot thought even as he winced in pain. He had felt one of his bones breaking under the force of the contraption¡¯s collision. Elliot powered through the pain and twisted his body around so that his jaws could reach that damned red ball. Paralyzing Bite! Elliot¡¯s powerful jaws mped down on the red ball and he immediately shot out a generous dose of Ice Beam to keep it frozen and inert. After making sure that the red ball waspletely frozen solid, he slowly made his way down back to the ground. ¡°Damn this red ball. It almost got me. Thankfully the Ice Beam froze its spinning des, or else I would have probably ended up like that Mutated Griffon earlier!¡± Elliot thought with a slight shiver in his mind. What a close shave with death! He nced around and noticed that all of the remaining Mutated Griffons hadpletely disappeared. It was as though they were extremely afraid of the red ball. He squinted his eyes and checked the whole area, but he didn¡¯t find any clues that could indicate what exactly that red ball was. It was made of extremely tough material, and even biting with all of his strength did not even make the tiniest dent on it. Thankfully the Ice Beam worked. If not, it would truly be one heck of a killing machine. No wonder the Mutated Griffons fear it sopletely! As soon as he reached the ground, Elliot summoned one of his Giant Armored Mammoths and got it to step on the damned red ball to prevent it from moving around. He reverted to human form and winced in pain. The red ball had broken one of his rib bones. But it was a minor injurypared to what could have happened. He looked at the red ball that was absolutely inert under the Mammoth¡¯s giant foot and asked the question he had been wondering aloud. ¡°What in the world is this stupid red ball??¡± Chapter 77 ¡°Releassse me¡¯| Or die a horrible deathhhh¡¯| When my brethren arrives¡¯|¡± A deep and metallic sounding voice rang out from the red ball. A deep chill ran down Elliot¡¯s spine when he heard its voice. The fact that it was able to speak so fluently in English also added manyyers of mystery to the situation. ¡°What are you? Why did you attack me?¡± Elliot asked cautiously. ¡°I am¡¯| The scariest criminal here in this game. None who angers me will live to see their next sunriseeee¡¯| Releassee me, and I will spareee your life¡¯|¡± The creepy voice rang out again. Immediately, a sense of wrongness struck Elliot. For one thing, nobody really scary everbeled themselves as ¡°scariest¡±. ¡°Scary¡± was a kid¡¯s word. And for another, wasn¡¯t its main threat about its brethren? Why did it suddenly switch to it sparing his life? Elliot decided to y along. ¡°Ah! Please don¡¯t kill me! I will release you! How do I release you?¡± Elliot cried out in fake panic even as he sat down casually next to it. There was silence for a moment. ¡°Thereee iss a hugeeee rockkk above meeee. Movveeee it awayyyy¡¯|¡± The voice rasped. ¡°I can¡¯t! It¡¯s too big! Are you going to kill me? Please don¡¯t kill me!¡± Elliot wailed and gestured for Camelia and Kara who had just walked out of the front door to remain silent. ¡°¡­ ¡®| You havee to¡¯| Move it awayyy or diee!!¡± The voice demanded very unreasonably. ¡°How¡¯| How do you n to kill me?¡± Elliot asked with a trembling voice. ¡°I will¡¯| Stab you with my sharp des!¡± The voice threatened. ¡°But, you¡¯re stuck there! How are you going to stab me?¡± Elliot asked again. ¡°I will¡¯| Shoot them out of my transport! And stab your whole body with the de!¡± The voice replied loudly. ¡°So you¡¯re an alien fugitive, and this red ball is your transport huh?¡± Elliot asked in a normal voice. ¡°Yess!¡± The voice replied. ¡°I am the scariest alien fugitive! Now obey meee!¡± ¡°How can you be scary if your transport is only one meter in diameter?¡± Elliot chuckled and dropped all pretense. ¡°Morning girls! How are you doing?¡± ¡°We¡¯re good, Elliot. What are you doing?¡± Camelia answered for them both and asked curiously. ¡°This little bugger almost killed me just now.¡± Elliot pointed at the red ball under his mammoth¡¯s massive foot. ¡°Enough with your acting. Deactivate your ball- errr transport at once ande out.¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°I am the scari-¡± The voice began once more. ¡°If you don¡¯te out, I will crush your little red ball to pieces.¡± Elliot threatened. There was silence for a moment before a resigned sigh sounded from the red ball. Bshhhhhhh. The sound ofpressed air leaving the red ball rang out and a hatch swung open. ¡°Ooof!¡± A cute little red bird the size of a regr cat rolled out of the red ball. It had a huge yellow beak, and beautiful red feathers trimmed with all sorts of colours. Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped. He definitely wasn¡¯t expecting a bird to roll out of the red ball! ¡°Kyaaaaa! She¡¯s soo beautiful and cute!¡± Camelia gushed excitedly. ¡°Hey there humandy.¡± The red bird righted itself and squawked in a birdy voice. ¡°I¡¯m Red Death. How YOU doing?¡± ¡°KYAAA!! IT CAN SPEAK!!¡± Camelia¡¯s excited squeal turned into a scream of shock! Elliot chuckled lightly and quickly sent the girls away to cook breakfast. The mansion was only recently vacated, and there was still lots of food in the kitchen. It turned around to look at Elliot. ¡°You must be the pipsqueak who was almost peeing in his pants while talking to me huh? What¡¯s your name, pip? Why aren¡¯t you able to move a simple thing such as a roc¡¯| WHOA! What in all of God¡¯s creation is this massive and ugly beast!?¡± It stared at the Giant Armored Mammoth for a quick second and immediately opened its mouth once more. ¡°No wonder my Hyper Fast Transport-sh-Fighter couldn¡¯t shake it off! That fat beast must be at least a thousand weight units! Why on earth is it stepping on my Hyper Fast Transport-sh-Fighter? And did you happen to see a White Dragon nearby? I was pretty sure I crashed into it just now. It¡¯s not that big, maybe around twice as tall as you, Pip. And itspletely white in colour. It must be somewhere nearby! Did you see it? Hey, say something! It¡¯s starting to feel weird here being the only one talking!¡± Elliot stared at the little red bird curiously. It was one heck of a talkative bird, and it looked pretty cute. ¡°Hawk. Is it a beast? Can I tame it?¡± Elliot asked his AI. [Unable to determine. Please allow a little bit of your bloods to mix for aplete analysis.¡± ¡°Right. Only one way to find out.¡± Elliot decided. ¡°Hey you, what¡¯s your name?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Hahahaha! You finally couldn¡¯t stand it anymore huh? You had to know my name so that you¡¯ll be able to give the image of my awesomeness in your mind a name, huh? Fine! I shall grant you the awesome privilege and blessing of knowing my name. I am a Frightful Murderous Element Spitter, and my name is Red Death!¡± Red Death announced loudly and proudly. ¡°Hawk? Is there a Frightful Murderous Element Spitter in your database?¡± Elliot asked. [Negative. There is a race called Element Spitters, however. They are Avian and based in the me Ring System within the Eastern Universe.] ¡°You¡¯re an Element Spitter huh?¡± Elliot nodded as he studied the red bird. ¡°Do you want to sign a beast contract with me?¡± ¡°What? You¡¯re offering me, the most wanted and murderous criminal of the universe, a pathetic little beast contract as though I am some lowly animal in need of help? How dare you? Who gave you the guts to-¡° ¡°I¡¯ll let you live if you sign a contract with me.¡± Elliot cut in before the stupid bird could get warm in its rant. ¡°It¡¯s not about life and death! I am a Frightful Murderous Element Spitter! I am worth Trillions of Currency Units! Which queen of luck did you think gave birth to you to make you think that you can sign a contract with me so easily? Who do you think you ar- Gulp.. Ehm let¡¯s not get too hasty here¡¯|¡± Red Death sputtered as it eyed theser gun which Elliot had suddenly taken out warily. Chapter 78 Elliot casually nicked his hand and then grabbed the red bird before it could escape. ¡°HEY! What do you think you¡¯re doing! Help! Help! Murder! Murderr!!¡± Red Death squawked with all of its might. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m not going to kill you.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°HEY! Stop moving! I¡¯m just checking something. If you thrash about so much, don¡¯t me me if I identally break your neck!¡± Immediately, Red Death stopped squirming around. ¡°I¡¯m trusting you here, Pipsqueak.¡± It warned. ¡°Trust is something that has to be earned. Count it your blessing of blessings that I, the Great Frightful Killer Element Spitter, am giving you my trust before you even do anything remotely worthy of my OUCH! What are you doing!?¡± ¡°Just rx and keep quiet will you?¡± Elliot mumbled. As expected, the most powerful mind space that Elliot had ever encountered, even more powerful than the one he had with Frosty, descended upon them. Beast Type: Element Spitter Beast Name: Red Gender: Male Beast Level: 75 Beast Power Level: 15 Beast Grade: Ancestral Beast Bloodline: Divine Elementalist Beast Physical Status: Healthy Beast Emotional Status: Indignant Hobby: Talking and¡¯| Nah, just talking. Evolution Pathways: 5 Skills: Level 9 Element Deconstruction ¨C Dissolve and absorb elements 900% faster Level 9 Element Production ¨C Produce elements 900% faster Level 9 Design ¨C Design Grade 9 works Level 9 Mechanics ¨C Apply Grade 9 Mechanics Level 9 Crafting ¨C Craft Grade 9 products Level 10 Persuasion ¨C 50% chance to persuade target Level 10 Beast Morph ¨C Able to morph into 10 other lifeforms AI Comments: A near-extinct and highly sought after race of birds which are hyper intelligent and extremely versatile with elements. This particr one caused so much trouble that it was sentenced to death despite its rarity and skill. ¡°Ancestral? But too bad, a troublemaker.¡± Elliot sighed and shook his head. ¡°I might have to kill you after all.¡± ¡°WAIT! I am NOT a troublemaker! How can I be? I am the sweetest and the most helpfu-¡° ¡°Liar. I can read your files, you know.¡± Elliot lied smoothly. But it worked. ¡°Oh. Ehm, well.¡± Red was immediately silenced by thatment. ¡°Whoa. It must have done some pretty bad stuff. Let me trick it into owning up.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Well? Why did you do it?¡± Elliot demanded. ¡°What? Do what? Oh, you mean why I purposely rigged the 9th Prince of the Inferno Empire¡¯s fortress to dissolvepletely in water? Of course it wasn¡¯t rigging it. I mean, he did ask for apletely me-resistant fortress. It would make sense that if one ispletely resistant to fire, one would also bepletely vulnerable to water, right? Bnce in all things, you know? Yin and Ya¡¯| No? You¡¯re not referring to that case eh? What case are you referring to then?¡± Red blinked innocently. Elliot merely growled lightly and stroked hisser gun. ¡°Ahh hahaha! Of course I know which case you¡¯re referring to. You must be wondering why I designed the Wolf Emperor¡¯s private transport to bepletely invisible when there are acts of offspring creation taking ce within it! Of course, I did that. It¡¯s for Righteousness and Justice! Everybody knows the Wolf Emperor is a perverted and lecherous wolf! Serves him right that he got caught having an affair with the Fox Empress! See? Aren¡¯t I a righte-¡° Elliot sighed and turned on hisser gun. He actually did have half a mind to use it. What a real trouble maker!! ¡°FINE! FINE! I ADMIT! I was the one who nuked the Parasite Games!¡± Red finally shouted with a real trace of fear in his voice. He too could feel Elliot¡¯s growing impatience. ¡°I did it because I had to, alright? I was under threat of painful, VERY painful death! If I didn¡¯t nuke the Parasite Games to end the way it did, I would probably still be screaming in pain right now!¡± Elliot blinked and immediately felt his heart beat faster. Parasite Games? Interesting. ¡°Oh you sneaky little Pipsqueak¡¯|¡± Red noticed Elliot¡¯s reaction and immediately guessed what was going on. ¡°You had no ess to my files, didn¡¯t you? You¡¯re just fishing for details¡¯| Well done. Good move, very good move. I admit you¡¯re good. Very, very good.¡± ¡°I am very good.¡± Elliot agreed. ¡°And very wary of you.¡± Elliot smiled dangerously and dialed up hisser gun to full power. ¡°I¡¯d rather have no information at all than wrong information. I am sure you understand the logic. Now, I am feeling rather impatient today, and will only give you one chance to tell me everything you know about the Parasite Games and your situation with whoever was threatening you. If I find the slightest trace that you¡¯re lying, I¡¯ll kill you and forget everything you just said. No loss for me, but a total loss for you. Understand?¡± ¡°Err¡¯| Of course.¡± Red replied smoothly. Too smoothly. Elliot sighed. ¡°Hawk, is there a way to make sure that he¡¯s telling me the truth?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Apart from a ve contract? Is there anything else?¡± Elliot asked. He doubted that Red would want to sign a ve contract with him. [You can simply include a truth use in a standard beast contract.] ¡°Here¡¯s a ve contract. Sign it.¡± Elliot tried his luck and offered it to Red anyway. As expected, Red immediately protested. ¡°What? A ve contract? Are you kidding me? First you offer me a beast contract, and now you change it to a ve contract. What do you take me for? A mindless, milk-producing mammal whose privates you think you can squeeze at will? No! Double no! TRIPLE NO!I won¡¯t sign that ve contract! Not for anything less than a guarantee for my life, my privacy, my eventual freedom and a peerless treasure!¡± Red shouted. ¡°Huh?¡± Elliot was shocked. ¡°He¡¯s actually setting out conditions for the signing?? Interesting! If that¡¯s the case, he must be more desperate to live than I thought. And more susceptible to bullying and threatening.. Perfect.¡± Chapter 79 ¡°Agreed for your life, privacy and eventual freedom.¡± Elliot immediately said. Of course he agreed. He just needed the information. ¡°But that peerless treasure¡¯| Tell me more about it.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± It was Red¡¯s turn to be shocked. ¡°He actually agreed to my eventual freedom so easily? Anyone else would have definitely rejected that point. After all, I am far too valuable and useful. This little boy is still so wet behind his ears. Mwa ha ha ha! Awesome! It¡¯s my lucky day!¡± He thought to himself. ¡°Well! A peerless treasure is something like a Demigod Grade Beast Core¡¯|¡± Red¡¯s eyes glinted with greed. ¡°Or an immortal pill. Or a serum that could increase my power endlessly.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not going to make it easy for you to have me boy. I¡¯m going to make you sweat a bit by making you despair at these impossible treasures!¡± Red smirked to himself. ¡°Oh, I can help you increase your power endlessly.¡± Elliot immediately replied. ¡°WHAT? You¡¯re lying!¡± Red shouted in shock. Elliot merely scoffed and gave Red a look that simply said ¡°I couldn¡¯t be bothered to lie to the likes of just you.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not a serum. But it¡¯ll allow you to increase your strength whenever I gain a level. You¡¯ll essentially keep growing at your OWN rate, plus the increases whenever I grow stronger. In fact, you¡¯ll immediately gain a whole bunch of strength immediately too, as well as a unique and powerful skill.¡± Elliot borated. ¡°Huh? Is there such a good thing in this universe? What exactly is it?¡± Red asked. [Affirmative.] ¡°It¡¯s called a Beast Apostle Contract. Take a look.¡± Elliot said. Immediately, the details of the Apostle Contract appeared in Red¡¯s mind. ¡°Beast Apostle Contract. I¡¯ve heard of it.¡± Red muttered. ¡°You have?¡± Elliot asked curiously. ¡°Yes, of course. The Frosthaven Empire is extremely famous for their Beast Masters. And the strongest Beast Masters are able to have Apostles. How in all of the heavens are you able to have Apostles with your puny strength? You couldn¡¯t be a single level above a hundred!¡± Red cocked his head to one side and scrutinized Elliot with his birdy eye. Elliot simply shrugged. ¡°Strange.¡± He finally muttered again. The Beast Apostle Contract in his mind was undoubtedly the real thing. As he studied the contract seriously, understanding finally dawned on him. ¡°Ah, I see. This contract allows you to sign Apostles starting from Legendary Grade beasts. But with such a weak contract, this Beast Apostle Contract could probably only bind up to Ancestral Grade beasts. If your legendary-grade Apostle reaches a high enough level, it might even gain the strength to break free from this contract. This is a kid¡¯s version of the real Beast Apostle Contract in Frosthaven Empire.¡± Red chuckled. ¡°Are his words true, Hawk?¡± Elliot asked. [Affirmative. Your SSS Beast Apostle System is granted by a King Grade Monkey, and has the power to tame beasts up to the Ancestral level only.] ¡°I see. But for the purposes of this apocalypse, this SSS Beast Apostle System is far more than enough for me. I can¡¯t focus on things that are too far away.¡± Elliot reasoned in his mind and tried to alleviate the pang of disappointment that was beginning to ring in his soul. ¡°Well?¡± Elliot asked Red nonchntly as though his words had no impact on him. ¡°Do you want to be my Beast Apostle?¡± However, Red saw through his fake nonchnce as though it was transparent ss. ¡°But it¡¯s not like there¡¯s no way to hack and strengthen that Beast Master System of yours¡¯| In fact. Meeting me is probably the luckiest thing that can happen to you. I can help you upgrade your system to make you as powerful as real Frosthaven Beast Masters!¡± Red pronounced with a flourish. Elliot looked at the little red bird which was in turn eyeing him with an undisguised gleam of greed and excitement in his eye. With a thought, Elliot added the truth use into the Beast Apostle Contract. ¡°Final offer. I¡¯ll do away with the ve Contract, and you can be my Wind Apostle instead. I¡¯ll give you the option of dissolving the contract exactly twelve months after you¡¯ve seeded in helping me upgrade my Beast System into a standard Frosthaven Empire¡¯s Apostle Beast System. Take it or leave it.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Done.¡± Red immediately replied. [Beast Apostle contract signed.] [Received 18,000 XP] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 64!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 65!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 66!] [Please select an Apostle Element for Red.] ¡°Wind!¡± [Wind Apostle Red has received a unique skill.] [de Tornado ¨C Summon a tornado filled with wind des and deal 1000% wind damage per second.] [Received Wind Apostle Red¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C de Tornado.] [Received Wind Apostle Red¡¯s Skill ¨C Element Deconstruction.] [Please select a skill to grant Wind Apostle Red.] ¡°Frost Domain seems like a pretty good skill for you¡¯| But you¡¯re so weak. Maybe Lightning sh would serve you better.¡± Elliot scrunched up his face as he considered what skill to give Red. ¡°I don¡¯t need attack skills, Pip. I have my flying spheres to do all the attacking I¡¯ll ever need. Give me the other frost whatever.¡± Red said,pletely forgetting that he told Elliot that he wanted to ¡°endlessly increase his power¡±. ¡°Ah, you¡¯re right. Frost Domain it is.¡± Elliot nodded. He couldn¡¯t be bothered to remind the bird about increasing his power growth. [Wind Apostle Red has received Frost Domain.] ¡°Alright, now that you¡¯re my Wind Apostle, you have to set up a n for me. But I¡¯m guessing we can probably put that on hold while you help me with upgrading my system?¡± Elliot said. ¡°No, setting up the n cannot be dyed for too long. The contract is not measured by numbers, it is measured by progress. The contract willpel me to always work towards setting up that n. However, it¡¯s not something difficult to work around. You don¡¯t mind having a huge bunch of birds around you everyday, do you?¡± Red asked. ¡°As long as they don¡¯t bomb me and they stay out of my way, sure.¡± Elliot shrugged. ¡°Consider it done then.¡± Red replied easily. ¡°Ok. For now though, the most important thing for me is information. Now, tell me about the Parasite Games..¡± Elliotmanded. Chapter 80 ¡°Of course not. The most important thing right now is breakfast! I smell something gooding from the kitchen, let¡¯s eat! We¡¯ll talk while we eat!¡± Red disagreed and quickly flew up to perch on Elliot¡¯s shoulder. ¡°To the kitchen!¡± Hemanded his master. Elliot chuckled at his intentional impudence and couldn¡¯t be bothered to get into a verbal back-and-forth which his Wind Apostle was definitely trying to instigate. However, Red didn¡¯t need Elliot to reply for him to chatter on, and Elliot¡¯s silence merely told him that he was free to takemand of the invisible ¡°talking stick¡±, so he immediatelyunched into a very loud monologue. ¡°I¡¯ve always wondered just which race makes the best food and makes FOR the best food. HAHA, do you get it? Which race can cook the best food and which race can be cooked to be the best food? But judging by the wondrous smell that¡¯sing from the kitchen, I am very, very tempted to ce you human beings at the top of the list. Of the best cooks, I mean. Wonderful smell. Indeed, it¡¯s mouth-watering! It¡¯s sensational. I can even picture it by its smell! It smells like its deep fried. Crispy. Some sort of incredible meat from an incredible beast. Ahhh¡¯| Very nice! Very nice!!¡± Elliot blinked and gulped his saliva. He was torn between wanting to tape his stupid Wind Apostle¡¯s mouth and nodding vigorously to agree with him. The smell was indeed heavenly. The smell of bacon! He hadn¡¯t had bacon for many, many long years! ¡°WELL DONE girls! Well done!!¡± Red eximed when they finally entered the dining room where a sumptuous breakfast was being served by the two girls. Bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, toast, fruits, and even orange juice! Red flew off Elliot¡¯s shoulder and sat at the head of the table and promptly dove into the huge te of bacon. However, before he could take a single bite, Elliot¡¯s left hand struck with incredible speed and mped down on his very long beak! ¡°MPH!!! MMMMMPHH!!!¡± Red glowered at Elliot and pped his wings frantically. ¡°HEY!¡± He burst out loudly in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. ¡°HEY LET ME DOWN! What do you mean by this! This is abuse! This is unnecessary violence! This is¡¯| HEY! PUT DOWN THAT PIECE OF MEAT AT ONCE!¡± Elliot ignored his hyper talkative Wind Apostle and began to eat the bacon with his right hand. ¡°This is excellent, girls! Well done!¡± Elliot praised the girls sincerely. ¡°Kara did most of the cooking. She¡¯s a great cook!¡± Camelia pointed at Kara who was smiling and enjoying the sight of Elliot and Red making a food out of themselves over her cooking. ¡°Well done Kara! Sit down and let¡¯s have breakfast together!¡± Elliot told the girls. ¡°YES! Let¡¯s have breakfast together! Let me down! Let me down at once!¡± Red squawked in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°I¡¯ll let you down on one condition.¡± Elliot began. ¡°Anything! I¡¯ll agree to anything! Let me down now! Now! Now!¡± Red squawked loudly. ¡°You¡¯ll ONLY speak when spoken to. Agreed?¡± ¡°Okay, have it your way.¡± Elliot shrugged mentally and began to converse with the girls while they ate. ¡°Ughhh. Ughhhhhhh. Ugggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Fine! I¡¯ll only speak when spoken to! Now let me down!¡± Red finally couldn¡¯t stand the sight of the heavenly bacon disappearing so quickly from the te and immediately agreed. Elliot nced at Red and then released his beak with a smile. ¡°Come join us for breakfast, Red!¡± Red immediately hopped onto the table and dove into the bacon shamelessly! Elliot ignored him and continued his conversation with Kara and Camelia. ¡°So Kara, tell us abit about yourself.¡± Elliot said while munching on a piece of perfectly toasted bread. ¡°I¡¯m a senior in the CMSG ¨C California Military School for Girls. Orphan. I know first aid, unarmedbat, and I am proficient in the use of all sorts of weapons.¡± Kara replied casually. ¡°Wow, Kara you¡¯re so cool! Are you a sniper?¡± Camelia asked excitedly. ¡°I am a pretty good shot, but nothing spectacr.¡± Kara smiled at Camelia. ¡°Can you drive or ride bikes?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes. I am trained inbat driving for bikes, cars, trucks, everything..¡± Kara nodded. ¡°Excellent! As you both probably already know, the aliens will be dropping cars in a few days. We need to secure them and use them to participate in a race to be held in 29 days. Only by participating and winning the monthly race will we be able to thrive in this apocalypse. It¡¯s good that you¡¯re a trained driver, Kara.¡± Elliot nodded in approval. ¡°What about helicopters and nes?¡± ¡°I can fly a helicopter, and most simple nes. I only have theoretical knowledge on how to fly a fighter aircraft though. Why? Do you know a secret military base we can raid?¡± Kara asked with a gleam of excitement in her eyes. I recognized the gleam in her eyes. Battle hunger. She was definitely a fighter! ¡°No, I don¡¯t know any secret military bases. But I do know where some of the more important alien stashes containing critical resources such as aircrafts will drop in the future. If you can pilot a helicopter, you¡¯ll have no problems piloting the alien aircrafts. We¡¯ll secure more of them as well in that case.¡± ¡°I see. Alright. If you trust me, I can be our resident pilot.¡± Kara nodded. ¡°Excellent! Camelia, you can drive, right?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes, I can. I¡¯m not a trained driver, but I do like to do a little bit of street racing.¡± She gave Elliot a toothy grin. Of course Elliot knew she could drive. Her profile was clearly disyed in the Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update in thest iteration! ¡°Excellent! We¡¯ll move to secure three cars as soon as they appear, then maybe we can have a three-way practice race among ourselves.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Sounds good!¡± Kara nodded with a very pretty smile. ¡°Perfect! I can¡¯t wait!¡± Camelia gushed. ¡°Chomp. Chomp. Chomp..¡± Red finished the te of bacon and moved on to the te of beans. Chapter 81 ¡°There¡¯s really nothing much you can do this week. The beasts will continue to be aggressive and crazy for the next five days. Just make yourselvesfortable and keep yourser guns by your side at all times. Winter will take a permanent position here to protect you girls while I go out and hunt. Don¡¯t wander around unnecessarily and keep a low profile. Do not trust any human beings you encounter, and do not tell them anything. Take them in if you must, but do not hesitate to kill them if they turn violent or unreasonable.¡± Elliot warned the girls after they had finished breakfast. ¡°Yes boss!¡± Camelia immediately replied. ¡°Noted.¡± Kara nodded. ¡°Alright. See you girlster then. Just holler at me using themunicator if anything happens!¡± Elliot quickly turned around and left the mansion. Camelia and Kara watched him leave and disappear silently. And then Camelia turned to Kara and asked, ¡°Hunt spiders?¡± Kara merely smiled her pretty smile and grabbed herser gun. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°I knew they won¡¯t stay home quietly.¡± Elliot chuckled when Winter reported to him. ¡°Just let them do whatever they want and keep a vignt eye for strong beasts. Don¡¯t wander too far from the town.¡± Elliot told Winter. With that, Elliot focused back on his conversation with Red who was flying alongside him high up in the sky. Red was in his red ball transport and had no problems keeping up with Elliot¡¯s flying speed. Frosty was flying by his side, andpletely enjoying the sensation of flying. She was theplete opposite of Red, and rarely spoke. Elliot loved her to bits. However, because Red was so talkative, Elliot had nock of details for all the information he needed to know. In summary of the thousands of words which Red had fired off relentlessly like a full powered 10,000 shots a minute hyper machine gun: The Parasite Games was a type of Game that the Gaming Commission sometimes sets up. It was a Long Colonization Game ¨C One that pits tens of sentient, brain-controlling parasite races against each other by dropping them into a full of powerful beast tribes. The Game wouldst for at least 10 years and some even went on for as long as 50 years. This was to allow the parasites time to infest the tribes and then explode out to fight for the world. The Parasite Games were always full of intrigue, backstabs, infiltration and all sorts of exciting happenings, and was a rtively popr type of Game. Until one of the parasites evolved, of course. And caused the biggest and most dramatic disaster in the history of the known universe. A disaster that was, apparently, still raging on unabated. ¡°I was a Game Master before I became a fugitive. And I remember that very clearly.¡± Red said in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace as Elliot resigned himself for another long bout of storytelling. He kept one eye out for powerful beasts he could hunt down or even tame, and began to fly leisurely in the sky. ¡°It was a beautiful. Thend, the water, the sky were in perfect proportions and life absolutely thrived there. It looked like a of the Gods. But we didn¡¯t care. The was full of exotic and powerful beast tribes with absolutely zero technology. It was as though it was built specifically for the Parasite Games. Of course weunched the Parasite Games on it. We hyped it up to be one of the most epic Parasite Games to ever beunched, and we received an unprecedented amount of interest for it. The bets were shooting off the roof, and the media coverage spanned almost the entire known universe. And because of the hype, and also because it was a Long Game, we received more than twice as many requests for ¡°Inserts¡±. ¡°Inserts¡± are basically powerful and bored young masters/mistresses who seek to experience the thrill of participating in a Game. We¡¯ll secretly drop them into the Game along with a bunch of death-row fugitives and they can have their crazy fun there. They usually join the game with more powerful weapons, stronger armor and all sorts of advantages. In the case of the Parasite Games, these Inserts joined with powerful anti-infestation tech on them. These young masters and mistresses were given full freedom to do whatever they want. In fact, if they were able to turn the entire game upside down and gainplete domination over the game world, they would be honored and highly rewarded. It was a game within a game for the ultra rich and powerful. With a hundred Parasite Tribes, a million deathrow fugitives and almost ten thousand ¡°Inserts¡±. It was the biggest and potentially most glorious Parasite Game ever. And with the way it started, it certainly seemed that way. The hundred Parasite Tribes were the most powerful ones we could scrounge up, and they were extraordinarily efficient. They all took control of their respective beast tribes within one short year, and the Game was beginning to heat up ahead of schedule. The million fugitives and Inserts quickly made their own factions and some were already even marching on several Parasite-infested beast tribes. It was glorious! We don¡¯t know when exactly it happened. But along the way sometime in that first year, one of the Parasite Tribes evolved. We only found out because for some strange reason, tens then hundreds of Inserts started to request to leave the Game. Being an observant genius, of course I immediately noticed that they all were from a particr region of the. And after a rapid but full investigation, my team discovered the evolved parasite. But it was toote. Hundreds of infested young masters and mistresses carrying hundreds, or even thousands of their parasite brethrens hidden in their luggages had left the and returned to their own ns, empires, systems, you name it. Within a single day, the Shadow Parasites, as we¡¯re calling them now, had taken control of many powerful ns and kingdoms. Chapter 82 And the next day, a fearsome Void Walker appeared in my office, and ¡°requested¡± that I nuke the into smithereens. I did it. The exploded. Everything within it died. He disappeared. I was convicted and sentenced to death. And somehow, I was sent here.¡± ¡°What?¡± Elliot frowned deeply. Red had been so generous with his words and so ridiculously slow in progressing his story that the speed of progression in hisst few sentences left Elliot scrambling to go back and digest the enormity of his words once more. ¡°It¡¯s only been a few short weeks since I was a powerful and respected Game Master.¡± Red sighed sadly. ¡°And now I am a Breeze Apostle to a weak, pipsqueak beast master. Woe! Woe to me!!¡± Elliot ignored his barbed words and focused on the significance of his story. And then he linked it to the spider¡¯s ominous words¡¯| ¡°Beware the shadow parasites¡¯| They areing¡¯| They are alling here¡¯|¡± Immediately, a deep chill ran down his spine. ¡°Red. Do Game Masters use some sort of mind control to instigate the beasts to go berserk in the first week of the Games?¡± Elliot asked him seriously. ¡°Mind control? Of course not. Why would we do that? We merely feed them aggression-inducing chemicals and then release them on the. They¡¯ll go crazy, kill as many as they can and then revert back to their old selves after a week.¡± Red answered. ¡°That means that the strange power I felt in that spider¡¯s mind is the Shadow Parasite¡¯s power.¡± Elliot said grimly. ¡°What? The Shadow Parasites are here? Quick! Tell me all about the spider!¡± Red shouted in shock. Elliot quickly told him everything. ¡°The Shadow Parasites are probably exploring Earth to look for the catalyst. They are actually on a time bomb, you know.¡± Red said contemtively after he heard Elliot¡¯s story. ¡°Their queen died when I nuked the. WHICH, by the way, was the only reason why I did it. I killed a lot of young masters and mistresses in that explosion, and many ns wanted me dead. But it was a cost I was ready to bear when I took the selfless act of killing the parasite¡¯s queen by nuking the.¡± Red ignored him and went on with his line of thought. ¡°But by killing their queen, I had effectively ced a noose upon all of the Shadow Parasites. They are probably trying their hardest to produce another queen before all of them die out without any new parasites to take over their hosts. If there is one weakness of the Shadow Parasites, it is that like all parasites, they are extremely short-lived. The average Shadow Parasite will probably die within a year. Two at the maximum.¡± ¡°What would they need in order to produce another queen?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°They¡¯d need whatever it is that is within the ck which helped them to evolve. And to find that, they¡¯ll need information.¡± Red exined. Elliot nodded in understanding. ¡°So basically the universe is currently in a crisis. The Shadow Parasites have taken hold of several powerful ns and empires, and are searching high and low for a like the one that evolved them. How is the universe responding to this?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Last I heard, hard quarantines were in effect for the ns and empires that were affected, as well as ALL affiliated ns and empires. That¡¯s probably almost one percent of the known Universe! But all the ns and empires were all cooperative. Of course they were. To openly resist is to admit that they are infested. But I doubt it¡¯s effective though. Until detection devices are created, there are bound to be Shadow Parasites who are roaming the universe freely.¡± ¡°And you¡¯re probably absolutely right too. The spider did say that they are alling here¡¯| Earth must contain whatever they¡¯re after.¡± Elliot¡¯s mood was rather grim. Another dangerous enemy had been introduced. Although the enemy was also his current enemy¡¯s enemy, it was not just his current enemy¡¯s enemy. It was the enemy for all living beings, and thus was his enemy too. He didn¡¯t have the luxury of befriending his enemy¡¯s enemy and cooperating to defeat amon enemy. (Author¡¯s Note: Now read that paragraph once more, very, very fast. :] ) ¡°How long till the Parasites arrive, you think?¡± Elliot asked Red. ¡°Arrive?¡± Red scoffed lightly. ¡°They¡¯re probably already here! That spider you killed was definitely just one of many, many beasts that they control. When it said they are ALLing here, I am assuming that it is literally ALL of them. They want to make Earth their nest.¡± Elliot¡¯s already grim mood soured even more. ¡°Now in addition to having to survive this apocalypse, save my sister from an impossibly strong viin, I have to fight a huge bunch of beasts and powerful alien forces that are controlled by parasites that want to make earth their home?¡± ¡°Not just home. Ground zero for an invasion of the entire universe.¡± Red corrected. ¡°Bah!¡± Elliot spat out a blob of frozen Ice Beam in frustration. The stakes were already so high previously, and it just got much higher and much more difficult. How in the world could he win against such overwhelming odds? ¡°Where is hope? Is this really fate? Is this really destiny? If so, then I SPIT ON FATE! I SPIT ON DESTINY!!¡± Elliot cursed vehemently in his mind. Fate or destiny must have felt his spit upon them because they immediately tried to cate him by offering him a juicy and delicious carrot. [Hidden Dungeon Challenge triggered. B-Grade Automobile Race against Jagor Tawlon initiated.] A wordless message appeared in his mind. His vision turned dark for a moment and then when he opened his eyes once more, he was standing in front of a highly modified ssic Honda Civic Type R. [Wee to a Hidden Dungeon Challenge. Please defeat Jagor Tawlon in a threep race in this circuit for fabulous rewards! This is a cars-only race. You have ten minutes to practice.. Good luck.] Chapter 83 ¡°Red? Guys?¡± Elliot asked aloud in his public mindspace. Only silence greeted him. ¡°As expected. I am totally cut off from Earth. I must be in a separate dimension.¡± Elliot thought. Elliot¡¯s mind instantly switched to survival mode. Hidden Dungeon Challenges were nothing new for him. He had won and lost his fair share of those. Most Hidden Dungeon Challenges had rules, and usually, even the worst of them had at least one rule. No killing. That particr Hidden Dungeon Challenge also had one rule. But instead of ¡°No killing¡±, it was ¡°Cars only¡±. It only meant one thing ¨C a vicious racing enthusiast. He didn¡¯t care what you did or how you did it as long as you did it with your car. ¡°Damn it.¡± Elliot cursed his luck for the upteenth time that morning. But he was not panicking. He was no longer the weak Elliot he was at thest iteration. He was extremely powerful physically, and his reflexes had increased by an unbelievable margin. He would be able to take on any type of race track thrown his way. In addition, Cars-only was a highly technical race mode. It would pit the drivers¡¯ racing skills and to an extent, their guts, directly against each other. It usually gave out extremely generous rewards. ¡°Cars only huh? Let¡¯s see how fast you dare to go.¡± Elliot muttered as he checked on his tires. After a brief walkaround, he got into his Honda Civic Type R. The most important habit any apocalypse racer needed to form in order to live long was to check the car first before getting in. Check the type of tires and very obviously, check if they were inted. ¡°High-grip tires. I should be able to take the corners at higher speeds. The brakes look pretty solid as well.¡± Elliot thought as he put on his seat belt. The familiar smell of new alien leather assaulted his nose and his body slid into the driver¡¯s seat smoothly. He turned on the ignition. VROOM!!!!!! The Type R¡¯s powerful 3 Liter, 421 Horsepower Engine roared out like a hungry beast. Elliot put the car into first gear and feathered his clutch lightly even as his other foot smashed down on the elerator. SCREEEEE!! The Honda Civic Type R shot out of the pit stop and hurtled into the race track at an incredible speed. The moment Elliot got onto the track and checked out the track in his GPS, he knew he was in for the race of his life. It was a rtively simple track. But the unique thing about it was that it had no straightways. The track was shaped like the outline of a snowman, or the number ¡°8¡± but without the center touching each other. It would be pedal to the metal for half the track, then a low speed near U-turn, and repeat. ¡°Fine! Bring it on!¡± Elliot growled. But before racing, he needed to find out the limits of his car. The first thing he had to test was the brakes. The first time he got into a race car almost a year ago and raced with it, the most surprising thing about the car wasn¡¯t the eleration or even the handling. It was the brakes. He remembered that the brakes were so surprisingly powerful that he actually stopped his car in the middle of the race several times due to over-braking. Obviously he lost that first race miserably. Most race cars had extremely powerful brakes that allowed the car to drop its speed dramatically at will. The more powerful the brakes, the longer the racer can dy braking and thus the longer he can stay at high speeds. And if he can stay at higher speed longer than his opponents, he would have a faster average time around the track and would have a higher chance of winning the race. (The fastest driver does not always win. The fastest driver ALIVE wins.) In racing, braking is an advanced skill that all the professionals had to master. The fact that Elliot was able to more-or-less master braking was a huge factor in his victories in the races of the previous iterations. ¡°Powerful brakes. Good.¡± Elliot nodded in approval after speeding up and braking to aplete stop several times. He sted off again at high speed to tackle the track seriously. His eyes narrowed in concentration as the first sharp corner approached. He quickly formted the best line and entry speed, factored in the strength of his brakes and executed it smoothly. His tires squealed loudly like a stuck pig as he brought the Honda Civic Type R skillfully to the edge of its tires¡¯ grip on his first try and attacked the corner like a madman. A smooth madman. In racing, the fastest times never look fast. They look smooth. The Honda Civic Type R exited the corner at near record speeds and was soon thundering down the track at its top speed. The next sharp corner appeared, and once again, Elliot took it smoothly with no fanfare. Within seconds, Elliot hadpleted onep around the track. Twice. Thrice. After he finished his thirdp, there was still well over five minutes in his practice time. But Elliot had enough. ¡°I¡¯ve milked the Honda Civic Type R out of everything it had. I literally could not go any faster!¡± Elliot thought. He would use the remaining time to calm his heart and empty his mind. He sat back on his driver¡¯s seat and closed his eyes. Out in the universe, a gambling frenzy had erupted over Elliot¡¯s uing race. *-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°That¡¯s my boy. First to trigger a Hidden Dungeon Challenge! I¡¯m going to bet a thousand resources on him!¡± Void Walker announced to Monkey King. ¡°A thousand resources? How are you so ridiculously rich?¡± Monkey King grumbled as he keyed in his rtively meager and sad bet of twenty resources. He, too, ced it on Elliot. ¡°My grandfather is rich.¡± Void Walker giggled. ¡°And that old man identally revealed his password for his bank ount to me, so I am able to ess ALL of his money! HA HA HA!¡± ¡°¡­ ¡®| ¡®| I want a grandfather like that. All my grandfather gave me was a stupid magic banana all those years ago.¡± Monkey King sighed. ¡°Jealousy is poison for the soul, monkey. Just ept your fate. HAHAHA!¡± Void Walkerughed at her new best friend uproariously. ¡°Hey! The odds on Elliot are rising! Don¡¯t bet first!¡± Monkey King suddenly shouted. ¡°WHOA! Close thing. I almost locked in my bet. Why is it rising so much and so quickly? Are they really so confident of this Jagor Tawlon guy?¡± ¡°LOCK IN NOW!!¡± Monkey King shouted. ¡°It¡¯s starting to fall!!¡± ¡°LOCKED! I LOCKED IT!¡± Void Walker shouted excitedly. Chapter 84 ¡°Whoa! It¡¯s dropping like crazy!! There must be many new bettors earlier on who grew pessimistic on Elliot when they saw him test his car. They must have thought that he couldn¡¯t drive! But now that he¡¯s smashing the speed record, the odds have fallen by so much! Good job, Elliot! Free money for us! Woohoo!!!¡± Void Walker whooped for joy. ¡°Interest in Earth¡¯s Games had skyrocketed after the Gaming Commission announced that it would be a Game of Kings. In fact, I heard the new Adamantium Sponsors had just arrived.¡± ¡°Morepetition for Elliot huh? Or maybe, they would be Elliot¡¯s sponsors too!¡± Void Walker said optimistically. ¡°The odds would be against that.¡± Monkey King chuckled. ¡°Anyway what payout did you lock in to?¡± ¡°Ten thousand four hundred resources~!¡± Void Walker danced around and sang for joy! ¡°Nice. I got two hundred and six resources.¡± Monkey King grinned foolishly. ¡°Hey Dragon! Did you bet on Elliot as well?¡± Void Walker hollered across the room to the Golden Dragon. ¡°Your loss!¡± Void Walker called out in a sing-song voice. Suddenly, the door opened and arge group came into the Diamond Sponsor VIP room noisily. Therge VIP room wasrge enough to hold five hundred sponsors. And with only around fifty upying the room earlier, thetest influx of nearly a hundred new Sponsors barely made the room feel crowded. In fact, it began to feel slightly rowdy and exciting. As Void Walker and Monkey King studied the neers curiously, one of the Diamond Sponsors broke away from the group and approached Void Walker and Monkey King. ¡°Jules!!¡± Void Walker cried out in surprise and dashed towards her.. ¡°Jessica.¡± A transcendentally beautiful elf with luxurious white mage robes smiled at Void Walker and immediately gave her a hug. ¡°It¡¯s been so long! How have you been?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been greeeeat. Really great. And I¡¯ve been having a lot of fun being a sponsor in this particr Game. But why are you here? I thought you really hated the Games?¡± Void Walker asked Jules curiously. ¡°Not that I¡¯m not happy that you¡¯re here ¨C I am. I¡¯m just curious!¡± ¡°I decided toe here to have a little bit of fun with the world you¡¯ve reversed for an entire year. You know that you¡¯ve created an incredible mess outside, right? My uncle even had to make Earth a Battle of Kings to distract the protesters from your little feat!¡± Jul¡¯Taras yfully chided Jessica Sands the Void Walker. (Author¡¯s Note: I¡¯ll be switching to calling Void Walker by her name, Jessica Sands, from this point on.) ¡°Hahaha. I don¡¯t really care about the protesters outside. They can storm into the Gaming Commission¡¯s and die by the billions, for all I care. Come! Let me introduce you to my fellow Diamond Sponsor! We¡¯re the only two original bettors for the little dude called Elliot Musk. Jules, meet Monkey. Monkey, this is Jules, my childhood friend!¡± Jessica Sands introduced the both of them amiably. ¡°Hello Jules.¡± Monkey King nodded and smiled politely at her. ¡°Hello, errrr, Monkey?¡± Jul¡¯Taras greeted him questioningly. ¡°You can call me Wu Kong.¡± Monkey King Wu Kong replied. ¡°Wait a minute, you have the same name as Elliot¡¯s little monkey??¡± Jessica Sands asked in surprise. Monkey King Wu Kong burst outughing. ¡°HE has the same name as me, not the other way around. His father named him after me.¡± Monkey King Wu Kong smiled. ¡°Oh. I see¡¯| You must be pretty close to the little monkey¡¯s dad huh?¡± Jessica Sands frowned lightly. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. Jules,e sit with us! Let me bring a sofa over for you.¡± Monkey King Wu Kong offered gantly. ¡°Thanks Wu Kong. Don¡¯t worry about the sofa, I got it.¡± Jul¡¯Taras waved her hand lightly and immediately, a sofa floated towards them and ced itself next to the two sofas already there. ¡°Awesome! Let¡¯s have a seat! The race is about to begin. Please tell me you¡¯re betting on Elliot as well?¡± Jessica Sands looked at Jul¡¯Taras hopefully. ¡°Of course I did. But just a small bet though.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled elegantly and sat down daintily on her sofa. She adjusted the settings to make herselffortable and then sighed lightly in contentment. She loved races, and she was actually looking forward to watching Elliot¡¯s race. ¡°Pfffft. Your small is probably our gigantic. Please kindly expand Monkey¡¯s horizons and tell him just how ¡°small¡± is your bet!¡± Jessica Sands scoffed lightly. ¡°Just ten thousand resources for this race.¡± Monkey King choked on his tea. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* [30 seconds to race start.] Elliot rolled down his window and stared at the other Honda Civic Type R. ¡°Hey!¡± Elliot shouted and gestured for him to roll down his windows. The alien obediently did as Elliot shouted and rolled down his windows. Elliot¡¯s eyes opened wide in surprise. It was actually a very well-dressed human! Well, technically it probably wasn¡¯t a human being. Most likely, it shifted its form into a human¡¯s so that it could drive the automobile the way it was designed to be driven. To feel all the drawbacks, thrills and everything human beings felt when they pushed their automobiles to their limits and then past them. ¡°A true racing enthusiast then.¡± Elliot thought grumpily. ¡°Let¡¯s see if insulting him works.¡± ¡°Can you understand me?¡± Elliot shouted at him. ¡°Yes, I understand you.¡± A robotic voice sounded from the car¡¯s speakers. He probably used an alien tranting device to speak. ¡°Good. I need to tell you something important. YOUR MOTHER IS A BLOODY STREET WHORE! SHE¡¯S LIKE A B*TCH IN HEAT! I SAW HER YESTERDAY F***ING A DONKEY! A BIG FAT UGLY DONKEY!¡± Elliot roared out with all of his might! [15 seconds to race start.] Elliot could see the alien frown lightly in confusion. ¡°OH MY GOD, IS THAT DONKEY YOUR FATHER? ARE YOU ACTUALLY A BIG FAT DONKEY BEAST?¡± Elliot shouted in mock horror. The alien¡¯s eyes began to widen in surprise, then narrow in anger. [10 seconds to race start.] ¡°Wait! IT WASN¡¯T YOUR MOTHER I SAW F***ING THE DONKEY! IT WAS YOU RIGHT? YOU¡¯RE A DONKEY F***ER!?! HAHAHA!¡± ¡°SHUT. UP!¡± The alien¡¯s speakers began to rumble in anger. [5 seconds to race start.] ¡°DONKEY F***ER!! DONKEY F***ER!! YOU¡¯RE A DONKEY F***ER!!!¡± Elliot shouted with glee! Chapter 85 ¡°YOU! ARE! THE! DONKEY! COPULATOR!¡± The alien shouted back. [Go!] Elliot smirked evilly as he dropped his clutch and smashed his elerator three-quarters of the way down for a split second before flooring it the second his tires found its grip. His white Honda Civic Type R literally leapt out of the starting line and immediately left the alien¡¯s red Honda Civic Type R in the dust. SCEEEEEEEEEE!!!! The alien¡¯s Civic burnt out btedly a secondter and began to speed down the track after Elliot. *-*-*-*-*-* Back in the Diamond Sponsor VIP Room, Jessica Sands was once more rolling on the groundughing her head off. ¡°HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I! I! HAHAHAHA!!! CAN¡¯T!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! BREATHEEEEEE!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! HELP!! HAHAHAHAHAH! HELPP!!!!!¡± *-*-*-*-*-* Elliot shifted his gears perfectly and pushed his Honda Civic Type R to the maximum eleration and maximum speed it was physically able to achieve! VROOOOOOOO!!!!!! The Civic¡¯s 3 Liter engine roared out magnificently and Elliot could feel it just feeding seemingly endless power into the wheels which in turn flung the car relentlessly forward. It was pure exhration for Elliot. He nced quickly at his rearview mirror and discovered that the alien had surprisingly managed to gain on him a little bit. ¡°How is that possible?¡± Elliot frowned in mild disbelief. ¡°Is his car¡¯s eleration faster than mine?¡± However, the sharp corner wasing up fast, and Elliot could no longer afford to worry about the alien. Elliot kept his foot on the elerator until the veryst moment and then executed a perfect downshift from the fifth gear to the second gear while smashing down on the brakes with all his might. ¡°I hope the brakes canst threeps.¡± Elliot thought grimly to himself. The Civic¡¯s brakes screamed loudly in protest and forcefully brought the Civic from an incredible 300kph to 100kph in a heartbeat. The weight of his car was immediately transferred to the front, causing it to drop slightly forward. However, the increased weight in his front wheels also gave it more grip, and thus allowed for more liberal eleration out of the corner. The moment the Civic¡¯s nose took the turn, Elliot smashed his foot on the elerator once more and skillfully cleared the corner at record speed. VROOOOOOO!!!!!! VROOOOOOO!!!!! The alien¡¯s red Civic roared powerfully from right behind Elliot a secondter. It may seem like it¡¯s just one measly second. But in racing, one second was at least two full car lengths behind! Elliot had widened his lead on the alien during the corner! The two Civics thundered down the race track and once again, Elliot got the distinct feeling that the alien¡¯s Civic was gaining on him. The red Civic seemed to know exactly what was happening and it positioned itself on the outsidene which would reverse to be the next corner¡¯s insidene, aiming to squeeze Elliot out as they took the next corner. ¡°Not so easy, donkey.¡± Elliot growled lightly and moved to block the alien¡¯s Civic. The second corner came up, and Elliot widened his lead on the alien once more. However, the alien managed to shave off Elliot¡¯s lead from two car lengths to only a single car length. ¡°At this rate, he¡¯ll catch up by the thirdp. I need to think of something.¡± Elliot thought. The first thing that came to his mind was his Frost Domain. ¡°I could cast Frost Domain during the next corner and mess up his timing. But it wouldn¡¯t be too effective. Maybe I should cast de Tornado instead. But I wonder if that¡¯s considered cheating. The rules did say cars only.¡± Elliot hesitated lightly. However, his hesitation soon disappearedpletely. Right before Elliot braked for the first corner, the red Civic suddenly glowed and turned ethereal! ¡°What the heck?¡± Elliot shouted even as he tackled the corner furiously. VROOOO!!!!! The red Civic sted past Elliot as it ignored the cornerpletely and bypassed the massive tires that served as guardrails for the track! ¡°CHEATER!¡± Elliot shouted angrily! After Elliot cleared the corner, the red Civic was a ridiculous five car lengths ahead of him. ¡°So that¡¯s how you want to y the game huh? WELL YOU¡¯RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH SKILLS!!!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°BLADE! TORNADOOOO!!!¡± Immediately, a powerful tornado appeared in the red Civic¡¯s path! The red Civic was caughtpletely by surprise and tried to avoid the tornado by swerving lightly to its left. However, the de Tornado followed it to the left! The red Civic turned ethereal once more and cut directly through the tornado in a straight line. Whoosh! The bottom part of the tornado disappeared as the car passed through. ¡°Huh? So its ethereal form is an area of effect, and not cast specifically onto his car! And the part of the tornado he turned ethereal immediately dissipated.¡± Elliot¡¯s enhanced brain immediately analyzed the situation and drew extremely urate conclusions. Once the red Civic passed the tornado, it immediately corrected its direction and continued down the track once more. ¡°So you can¡¯t turn while you¡¯re ethereal huh? Well let¡¯s see how you can win the race if you can¡¯t use your steering wheel!¡± Elliot grinned sinisterly. Four huge tornadoes appeared one after the other, all of them neatly spinning in the red Civic¡¯s path. Elliot purposely maintained a healthy two car lengths distance between the red Civic and himself even though he could have easily caught up to him. He wasn¡¯t aiming to overtake the alien anymore. He was aiming to crush his damn car, preferably with him still in it. The red Civic immediately turned ethereal once more to avoid the first tornado. However, when he did that, Elliot immediately moved the other three tornadoes in front of him. If he wanted to avoid the other three tornadoes, he had to remain in ethereal form. But if he did so, he wouldpletely miss the corner and go way too far off track.. There was no way he wouldn¡¯t get disqualified in that situation. Chapter 86 If he didn¡¯t avoid the tornadoes, on the other hand, he would simply die. The de tornadoes would rip his honda and his fake human body to pieces. There was no question about it. The only question was, will he choose to get disqualified, or will he choose to die? The cunning alien chose neither. He had far too many tricks and trump cards to give up at that point. He turned the roof of his car ethereal and caused the tornadoes touching it to disappear as well! And because his tires were still firmly on the ground, he was able to maneuver the car deftly through the tornadoes and took the corner at near maximum entry speed! ¡°Damn it.¡± Elliot cursed vehemently when he saw that his skill had been neutralized by the alien¡¯s powerful ethereal skill. He smashed down on his elerator to hit the maximum entry speed before braking heavily. SCREEEEE!! Elliot was faster in the corners, and he was able to reduce the red Civic¡¯s lead to a mere car length. However, once out into the wide open track, the red Civic immediately began to extend its lead. ¡°He must have turned many parts of the car ethereal to reduce his weight.¡± Elliot finally figured out why he¡¯s losing to the red Civic in terms of eleration and top speed. ¡°But if you¡¯re lighter, that means you¡¯re also more affected by wind. My earlier strategy was right. I just need to modify it slightly and be more sneaky about it.¡± Elliot thought. ¡°The right thing at the wrong time is still wrong. I¡¯ll wait till the final corner before making my move.¡± VROOO!! Both cars hurtled towards the secondst corner at top speed and peacefully cleared it one after the other. ¡°de tornadoes.¡± Elliot said softly and two humongous de tornadoes swirled into being on both sides of the track and thundered alongside the front of the red Civic. The alien immediately turned his car ethereal in response. Having learnt his lesson, he was on the lookout for the tornadoes, and his instant reaction proved that he was an experienced veteran in dealing with emergencies. However, Elliot wasn¡¯t worried. The alien had to dispel the spell for a brief moment to straighten his wheels before he could go back into ethereal form. If he didn¡¯t do that, he would keep going to the right and miss the corner entirely. WHOOSH! The wind that the tornadoes generated was so strong that Elliot¡¯s Civic began to shake lightly as it was pulled by two equally powerful suction forces to the left and right. ¡°Soon. I¡¯ll make my move soon.¡± Elliot whispered aloud as he narrowed his eyes in deep concentration. The red Civic was three car lengths ahead of him, and it was approaching the braking point of the final corner in excess of 400kph. ¡°He¡¯ll probably turn corporeal once more as soon as his car faces more or less the right direction southwards. I¡¯ll time my tornadoes right before that¡¯| NOW!¡± Elliot shouted. The red Civic shed into reality at the same time the right tornado dissipated. SCREE! Elliot was able to oversteer slightly to the right topensate for the powerful suction force to the left and managed to maintain his top speed. However, the alien was caught totally by surprise. Being in front and closer to the tornadoes, andbined with the fact that his car was lighter, the disappearance of the right tornade had an instant effect on his car. SCREE! The suction force from the left tornado pulled at the nose of his car right before he turned his car back ethereal, causing him to veer off course and out of the track! Elliot¡¯s white Civic immediately shot past it and gained the lead! ¡°Yes!¡± Elliot exulted and tackled the final corner as fast as he could. SCREE!!! Behind him, the red Civic had turned corporeal once more and fought to get back into the track by throwing itself to the right! ¡°NOW!¡± Elliot shouted once more with glee as he dissipated the other tornado. The sudden disappearance of the left suction force caused the red Civic to immediately oversteer to the right! SCREE!! It shot towards the stack of tires on the right side of the track. Any normal driver would have definitely lost control of their car at that moment. But through an inexplicablebination of sheer genius driving and clever applications of his ethereal spell, the alien was able to avoid sending his car crashing into the tires and soon righted itself. Finally its grand n of by-passing the final corner in ethereal form was executed and his red Civic re-entered the main track sessfully. However, because the red Civic was unable to elerate while in ethereal form, it needed to turn corporeal immediately to elerate. VROO!! Its powerful engines roared and sent the red Civic tearing down the track at ever increasing speeds. The alien had torn away all reservations and had turned most of the car ethereal, leaving only the bare minimum to keep the car going. The result was an incredible eleration that rivaled even supercars. By that time, Elliot had long cleared the corner and was sting off at full speed towards the finish line. He was five car lengths ahead, and only one short kilometer remained. ¡°BLADE TORNADO!¡± Elliot roared as he kept his foot pressed down on the elerator! A humongous tornado appeared in front of the red Civic, but he coolly turned a portion of it ethereal and ignored it. The red Civic quickly ate up the distance between itself and Elliot¡¯s white Civic! Three car lengths, and six hundred meters remaining! Two car lengths and slightly less four hundred meters remaining! One car length and less than two hundred meters remaining! ¡°At this rate, I¡¯ll lose! I need to do something to secure the win!¡± Elliot¡¯s mind raced. Chapter 87 The red Civic turned ethereal the moment it hit its maximum velocity, thereby making it impervious to anything that Elliot could cast. It was an extremely shrewd move, and one that would have guaranteed his victory¡¯| IF Elliot wasn¡¯t such a broken yer with a truckload of skills. ¡°Damn it! What should I do? I don¡¯t want to lose my very first Hidden Dungeon Challenge!¡± Elliot thought desperately as he quickly ran through his skills mentally. ¡°Hmm? Summon Beast Totem? Nothing to lose! SUMMON BEAST TOTEM!!¡± Elliot immediately shouted. A terrifyingly fearsome totem appeared and unleashed a massive greenish aura that instantly covered both cars. ¡°Please be a beast, please be a beast, please be a beast¡± Elliot prayed frantically to any and all the gods of the universe. The gods answered, or maybe Elliot¡¯s insane luck held. Either way, the alien driver turned out to be a beast in its original form! The green aura caused a massive spike of fear to suddenly course through the alien¡¯s entire body, causing him to lose his concentration for a moment as he struggled to bring his fear under control. And because his concentration was broken, the alien lost control of its ethereal spell for a brief second and his red Civic turned corporeal once more. Very fortunately for Elliot, the alien¡¯s red Civic was drawing level with his car right at that perfect moment. ¡°CHANCE!¡± Elliot shouted and immediately swerved to his right to crash his car into the red Civic! CRASH!! The red Civic was thrown violently to the right and Elliot¡¯s white Civic blew past the finish line ahead of it by the barest of margins! [Elliot Musk Victory.] [Congrattions on winning the first ever Hidden Dungeon Challenge!] [Double Reward initiated.] [Limited Edition Modr Honda Civic Type R Generation 50 gifted.] [Diamond Grade Nitro Booster Packaged gifted.] [Diamond Grade Long Distance Automobile Weapons Package gifted.] [Diamond Grade Automobile Armor Package gifted.] [Bonus first Hidden Dungeon Challenge Reward initiated.] Elliot¡¯s jaw almost dropped at the generosity of the gifts, especially at the insane Dimensional Garage!! ¡°I can bring all my cars along with me now!?¡± Elliot¡¯s euphoria at winning the race was sent soaring even higher by the generous rewards. One of the most difficult aspects of the Monthly Races was the pre-race massacre and struggle that would usually ur. Tens of thousands of cars would be dropped all over the ce, and the pre-race battles to reach the assigned track were extremely bloody, vicious and deadly. (Inspired by the movie Need for Speed. Watch it if you haven¡¯t!) Many times, Elliot had been forced to leave his car behind to escape with his life. He had been forced to steal or rob other yers to get his hands on a car, and one that was usually not as good as the first car he had. If he could travel with his precious cars stored safely in his dimensional garage, then his participation in the monthly races would be guaranteed! Providing he could reach the race track alive, of course. [Dimensional Storage detected. Gifts would be stored within the Dimensional Storage.] [Exiting Hidden Dungeon in 3¡¯| 2¡¯| 1.] Elliot¡¯s surroundings shimmered lightly and he appeared at the spot where he disappeared earlier. Whoosh! He suddenly found himself free falling in the air! ¡°Whoa!¡± Elliot shouted in shock. He immediately initiated his White Dragon Beast Transformation and caught himself before he hit the ground. ¡°Boss! You¡¯re back!¡± Red shouted with relief in his public mindspace. ¡°Master, what happened?¡± Wu Kong asked worriedly. ¡°Yes, where did you go? I couldn¡¯t sense you for a few minutes just now.¡± Brock asked. ¡°Don¡¯t worry guys, I merely triggered a Hidden Dungeon Challenge. I won it, got a bunch of prizes and came back out.¡± Elliot exined before all his tamed beasts could swamp him with concerned questions. ¡°Oh, you won something? What do I get? As a prestigious Wind Apostle, I get to receive a portion of your winnings right?¡± Red asked greedily. ¡°I¡¯ll give you a discount, don¡¯t worry. Just give me 50% of your win-¡° ¡°Red? Say another word and I¡¯ll give you a present that you¡¯ll never, ever forget. In a bad way.¡± Elliot sighed and threatened him. ¡°Well done.¡± Winter mumbled. ¡°I almost died out of noise pollution listening to him bber on about everything while you were gone.¡± Elliot chuckled. If even Winterined about him, Red must have literally talked non-stop in the few minutes that Elliot was caught in the dungeon! He glided gracefully across the sky and basked in the satisfaction of his victory. ¡°It¡¯s only the second day of the apocalypse, and I already have three Beast Apostles, powerful tamed and summoned beasts, a Dimensional Garage and a Modr Honda Civic Type R with various packages. I¡¯m way ahead of the previous iteration. If I remember correctly, I was still desperately looking for Jessica and Jennifer on the second day of the apocalypse previously.¡± Elliot thought contentedly to himself. ¡°However, this time, the Shadow Parasites are on their way here en-masse. And considering their objectives, they would probablye here in deep stealth to avoid getting the nuked before they could produce their Queen and reinforce the with anti-nuke systems. So in the meantime, the threat of the Shadow Parasites openly invading Earth, and thus the threat of the aliens nuking Earth is pretty low. I will have to try and prevent the Shadow Parasites from seeding in acquiring whatever they need to produce their queen in addition to basic survival and trying to save Jennifer from Rak¡¯Tharos.¡± Elliot thought as he tidied up his thoughts and rified his goals. ¡°Red. How do I find out what the Parasites are looking for?¡± Elliot asked the bird in his public mind space. ¡°Huh? You¡¯re a Beast Master, why are you asking such an obvious question?¡± Red asked. Elliot smacked his forehead as realization dawned upon him. ¡°That¡¯s right! All I have to do now is to catch a Shadow Parasite and force him to be my tamed beast¡± ¡°Wait..¡± A metallic voice sounded from behind Elliot. Chapter 88 Elliot whirled around in surprise. He recognized that voice. It was the alien he just defeated! Jagor Tawlon! True enough, the pale human figure of Jagor Tawlon appeared in his sights, floating in mid-air with three pairs of huge angelic wings ppingzily behind him. His hybrid human form was smaller than Elliot¡¯s mighty White Dragon Beast Form, but his magnificent wings made him look asrge and as menacing as Elliot. ¡°Elliot Musk.¡± Jagor Tawlon¡¯s metallic voice rasped eerily from his glorious angelic figure. Elliot merely growled in response. His beast form had no speaking capabilities. The only thing he wanted to do at that moment was to attack and rip the alien to pieces. But thankfully, he was in his White Dragon form, and its overwhelming apathy towards everything allowed Elliot to think fully rationally and hold back his attacks. For the moment. His deep seated anger was already starting to bubble slowly in his heart. ¡°You are an excellent speed demon. Join me.¡± Jagor Tawlon rasped. ¡°I will make you captain of my exploration team.¡± ¡°Captain of his exploration team?¡± Elliot¡¯s mind immediately whirred at full speed and brought up various possibilities regarding Jagor Tawlon¡¯s background. ¡°Wildest guess, he¡¯s controlled by a Shadow Parasite. He is exploring to search for that unique substance that could help them produce a Parasite Queen! Second wildest, he¡¯s an operative from the aliens seeking to find whatever the Shadow Parasites are looking for. Third and most probable case, he¡¯s just an alien Insert seeking to expand his strength and territory.¡± Elliot hovered in front of him silently for a short moment before beckoning Jagor Tawlon to follow him down to the ground. At that moment, Jagor Tawlon was a treasure pot of information. He had much higher value to Elliot alive than dead. ¡°You¡¯re recruiting me to join your faction? What¡¯s in it for me?¡± Elliot asked coolly as soon as he transformed back to his human form. He hadnded a distance away from the town, and was in a sparsely wooded area outside of the town¡¯s Western walls. The handsome alien retracted his wings and smiled enigmatically at Elliot. He was dressed in a set of formal ck suit, and looked extremely dashing. His perfectly formed eyes and wless face gave out a divine aura that was slightly overwhelming for Elliot. ¡°He¡¯s so damned good looking that it¡¯s blinding. My male ego is being mercilessly pressured by his perfection, damn it.¡± Elliot grumbled lightly in his heart. ¡°You get to live.¡± The alien gave a simple but powerful reply. Elliot held back his desire to smash the alien¡¯s head in with a powerful straight right and forced himself to think of the bigger picture. ¡°I need information!¡± His brain told his heart and his arms sternly. ¡°You guys stand down for now. You too, legs! No kicking!¡± ¡°I have to join his faction and learn all about it, but I can¡¯t be too willing, or else that would be suspicious.¡± He thought. Elliot red at the alien and wondered just how powerful he is. ¡°You must be wondering if I am powerful enough to threaten you. Let me give you a demonstration.¡± The alien continued to smile and then raised his hand before lowering it at a huge rock formation nearby. BOOOOMMMM!!! A powerful energy beam appeared from somewhere above them and obliterated the rocks into dust! ¡°Hmmm? High altitude weapons tform. Not bad.¡± Elliot smiled sinisterly. ¡°But you¡¯ll need more than that to make me join you.¡± In his heart, Elliot secretly rejoiced. If he was depending on external objects to demonstrate his power, it could only mean one thing. His personal power wascking! Jagor Tawlonughed and then pointed at Elliot. Immediately, a deep sense of danger appeared in Elliot¡¯s heart. The sense of danger indicated that it wasn¡¯t something that would kill him outright, but it was also something that he wouldn¡¯t want to be hit by directly as well. ¡°So you want to put me in ce by wounding me badly huh? Well, too bad for you, I am no pushover!¡± Elliot snarled. ¡°Charge.¡± Elliot immediately shouted in his mind and exploded out from his position towards Jagor Tawlon. BOOM!!!! The spot where he was standing at a moment ago erupted like a volcano. Elliot ignored it and continued his charge towards Jagor Tawlon. And once he was in motion, Elliot couldn¡¯t be bothered to hold back. He immediately transformed into his Primal Feline Warrior beast form and attacked Jagor Tawlon with all his strength! ¡°I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll be able to kill him easily. Let me give him a taste of his own medicine and deal a huge amount of damage to HIM and make him respect me. It¡¯ll be easier to gather information if he respects me.¡± Elliot coldly analyzed the situation. GRAHHH!!! Elliot¡¯s Primal Roar caused Jagor Tawlon to freeze for a split second. ¡°Lightning sh!¡± Elliot¡¯s powerful ws shed at Jagor Tawlon¡¯s human body and dealt powerful armor-piercing damage to him. SLASH! SCREEEEEEE!!!! An agonized screech sounded from Jagor Tawlon as he ditched his weak human form and transformed into arge six-winged avian beast. His original beast form was an extremely creepy and fearsome looking beast with two pairs of wed arms situated below his three pairs of wings, as well as another two pairs of wed legs below his body. All that made him look like a freakishlyrge quadruped bird with six wings and four arms. ¡°WHAT THE F***!! CAN YOU GET ANY UGLIER THAN THIS?¡± Elliot roared with surprise in his public mindspace as he leapt backwards to avoid an angry peck from Jagor Tawlon. SCREEEEEE!!! Jagor Tawlon screeched angrily and immediately, tens of powerful energy beams rained down on Elliot from the sky! ¡°Uhhh.. Did I push him too far? Has ¡°respect¡± turned to ¡°anger¡±?¡± Elliot wondered as he nimbly avoided all of the energy beams with his agile Primal Feline Warrior beast form. Chapter 89 BAM! BOOM! BOOOOM! BAAAMMM!!! The energy beams continued to fall around Elliot unabated. His sharp ears managed to pick up the slight differences in the sound that the energy cannons were emitting and the different impacts that the energy beams were making on the ground. ¡°Judging by the frequency and power of attacks, he should have at least four different types of aircrafts and a total of at least eight.¡± Elliot thought. ¡°Not a small air force at all, and definitely an impressive achievement for the second day of the apocalypse. He must have a powerful backer outside giving him insider information on where to find all those Resource Boxes with aircrafts in them. And with power¡¯| Comes lots of information. I need to join his faction at all costs!¡± Elliot decided. SCREEEEE!!! Jagor Tawlon charged at Elliot just as he began to leap away from an iing energy beam and managed to get within striking distance of the out-of-position Primal Feline Warrior. ¡°Okay, there is definitely not a shred of respect in his actions!¡± Elliot thought grimly as he braced himself for the attack that was no longer dodgeable. SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH!!!! All four of Jagor Tawlon¡¯s wed hands attacked in perfect coordination and timing, his four legs providing him with stable footing and allowed him to unleash an attack with everything he had. GRAHHHHHH!!! Elliot released his Primal Roar in pain and caused Jagor Tawlon to freeze for another split second. Frost Domain! Lightning sh! Summon African Bull Elephants! Summon Lion King! Summon Tiger! Summon Wolves! BROCK! REX! ELLIE! FROSTY! ¡°Damn it! He¡¯s actually quite weak! But not to the point that I can brush off his attacks with ease. He¡¯s forcing me to attack with all I have! How the heck am I supposed to join his faction when I¡¯m trying to kill him like this??¡± Elliot shouted in his mind. The easy solution was to back off and try to salvage the situation from a distance. ¡°The energy beams have stopped firing now that I¡¯m too close to him. If I back off now, they¡¯ll immediately resume firing at me! But if I remain at a distance, then I¡¯ll need my Primal Feline Warrior¡¯s instincts to avoid the energy beams, which couldn¡¯t work at all because those very same instincts would also be screaming wildly at me to attack! They are far too powerful at that moment, and allow for nothing less than my full powered attacks on Jagor Tawlon!¡± ¡°SORRY!¡± Elliot shouted uselessly in his mind as his sharp ws smashed onto one of Jagor Tawlon¡¯s wings and ripped it right off his body. SCREEEEEE!!!!! Jagor Tawlon released an utterly furious screech and attacked Elliot savagely with his four arms again! SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH!! Four more bloody gashes appeared on Elliot¡¯s body as he roared mightily in pain. However, that was Jagor Tawlon¡¯s final attack. After unleashing his four shes, he was pummeled down to the ground by Elliot¡¯s beasts. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The energy beams began to fall on Elliot once more. The Lion King and the tiger threw their bodies on him and managed to bring him to the ground, where the wolves began to bite and sh at him, and the African Bull Elephants began to stomp on whatever body part was avable to be stomped on. BAM! SLASH! BITE SLASH! STOMP!! ¡°AH! Sorry! Oof! That must have hurt! AHH damn it Brock! Be gentle! Sorry dude! OUCH! Damn Rex, you¡¯re so vicious! Sorry Jagor! They¡¯re just venting! DANGGG Elephant, don¡¯t stomp on THAT part! He needs it to create offspring!! Jagor, hang in there! They¡¯ll stop once your men stop firing at me!¡± Elliot called out from right beside him in his human form as he quickly crafted and gulped down a potion to heal his wounds. As soon as he said that, the rain of energy beams stopped immediately. ¡°All of you, stop!¡± Elliotmanded his beasts. STOMP! An African Bull Elephant gave onest stomp on Jagor Tawlon¡¯s mangled body before backing off with a victorious trumpet call. KRAAAAAA!! ¡°Hey! I told you to stop!¡± Elliot frowned at the rebellious African Bull Elephant. KRAAAAA!!! The elephant trumpeted once more as if he was pleased with himself. ¡°Go away, all of you. Damn, you guys are all too heavy handed on my friend here Jagor Tawlon!¡± Elliot shouted loudly at his beasts while secretly praising all of them in his mindspace. ¡°Well done! Brock! Nice m! Rex, you really did his face dirty just now! Epic!! Ellie, don¡¯t worry. You¡¯ll do better next time. Frosty, you did well freezing him lightly so he won¡¯t feel too much pain now. Not sure if he¡¯ll survive the next few days though! HAHA!¡± ¡°Jagor! Are you ok? Here! Drink this potion!¡± Elliot quickly administered the remaining few drops of the potion he drank earlier to Jagor Tawlon. As he did so, his bloodied hand touched Jagor Tawlon¡¯s wounds and a powerful mindspace descended upon them. Jagor Tawlon¡¯s stats appeared in his mind. Beast Type: Mutated Six-Winged Fenix Beast Name: Jagor Tawlon Gender: Male Beast Level: 120 Beast Power Level: 130 Beast Grade: Ancestral Beast Bloodline: Blue Phoenix Beast Physical Status: Heavily wounded Beast Emotional Status: Furious Hobby: Racing Evolution Pathways: 2 Skills: Level 12 Beak Attack ¨C Deal 1200% more beak damage. Level 12 Aerial Dive ¨C 1800% more damage, takes 1200% more damage Level 12 Speed Boost ¨C Increase speed by 1200% for 12 seconds Level 12 Reflexes Boost ¨C Increase reflexes by 120% permanently Level 12 Shapeshift ¨C Able to change shape into recorded shapes for 120 minutes Level 12 Rebirth ¨C Rebirth upon death (4/12 remaining) AI Comments: The Mutated Six-Winged Fenix is one of the ugliest mutations of the Blue Phoenix. Its extreme ugliness caused it to be kicked out of the Phoenix n. This particr Fenix is both ugly and weak. Apletely sad specimen. ¡°Hey there Jagor! How are you doing, my friend?¡± Elliot asked in a friendly tone. ¡°ELLIOT MUSKKKK!!! HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU!!! I WILL KILL YOU!!¡± Jagor Tawlon roared angrily. ¡°Ah damn. He¡¯s far too angry for me to befriend at this point. I don¡¯t have another choice I guess.¡± Elliot sighed and took out a small vial of Ellie¡¯s venom he had taken and stored previously. ¡°Jagor. Look. Look at this. Do you see this vial?¡± Elliot dangled it in front of Jagor Tawlon¡¯s eyes which had turned red in fury. ¡°YOU WILL DIE! I WILL SEND ALL MY MINIONS AFTER YOU!!¡± Jagor ignored Elliot as he continued to scream and shout with all his heart. Elliot sighed, and then promptly poured the contents of that vial into one of Jagor Tawlon¡¯s gaping wounds. Chapter 90 ¡°There, I just gave you fast acting Venom. You will be feeling the pain in three¡¯| two.. One..¡± ¡°AHHHH!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO YOU CURSED NATIVE!!!¡± ¡°You will die in 20 seconds if I do not administer the anti-venom. Here is a ve contract. Sign it and I will save you. If not, you will die.¡± Elliot took out another vial and waved it in front of him. ¡°This is the anti-venom. And you have 15 seconds remaining.¡± ¡°WHAT? YOU DARE TO POISON ME? PREPOSTEROUS! I AM A GLORIOUS PRINCE OF THE HOLY PHOENIX EMPIRE!¡± Jagor Tawlon screamed indignantly. ¡°You¡¯ll be a dead glorious prince of the Holy Phoenix Empire in 7 seconds. Six. Five.¡± Elliot began his ruthless countdown. Jagor Tawlon¡¯s eyes bulged out in utter disbelief at what Elliot had done.. ¡°Four. Three¡¯|¡± ¡°You¡¯re making me waste one of my precious Revives¡¯| You¡¯| You¡¯ll pay for this!!¡± Jagor Tawlon gasped with his dying breath. ¡°One.¡± Elliot finished his countdown. WHOOSH! Jagor Tawlon burst into mes! A powerful and ancient energy whirled around his burning body and then slowly coalesced into the form of an egg. ¡°Huh? He became an egg?¡± Elliot stared at the blue egg that had appeared in front of him in wonder. ¡°Hawk, is there a way for me to forcefully sign a contract of some sort with him before he hatches?¡± Elliot asked hopefully. [Negative.] ¡°Damn. Is there a way for me to take advantage of the situation at all?¡± Elliot asked. [You can bring the egg away. Alternatively, you can destroy it four more times to make his death permanent.] ¡°Hmmmm. Excellent idea, let me kill him three more times and then force him to sign a contract with me!¡± Elliot smiled sinisterly as he grabbed the egg and quickly disappeared from the area. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why is that Elliot yer so lucky? It¡¯s only day two and he already got a strangely powerful red bird, won a Hidden Dungeon Challenge and somehow gotten his hands on Jagor Tawlon??¡± ¡°He¡¯s probably one of the strongest yers right now, even with that Himari girl and Hailey girl doing all their crazy shit. I¡¯m going to ce more money on him!¡± ¡°Exactly, he¡¯s just lucky! Anddy luck is fickle. She¡¯ll leave him soon enough! As your friend, I have to advise you, don¡¯t throw your money away like that. Now on the other hand, look at Himari. That¡¯s pure ability, pure power, and pure domination. She¡¯s leaving almost nothing to luck! Bet on her!¡± ¡°Jagor Tawlon is an Ancestral Grade Prince of the Holy Phoenix Empire. If that Elliot boy is somehow able to force Jagor to sign a contract with him using his SSS Beast Apostle System¡¯|¡± ¡°Not possible. His SSS Beast Apostle System is not strong enough to make apostles out of Ancestral Grade beasts like Jagor. The only thing he is able to do is to force Jagor to sign a universal ve contract. And I don¡¯t think th¡¯| WHAT THE BLEEDING F***?!?!?!¡± The entire Diamond Sponsor VIP room suddenly erupted into an uproar. ¡°What is he doing?¡± Jessica Sands sat up on herfy sofa and red at Monkey King as though he had all the answers. ¡°Why is he breaking Jagor Tawlon¡¯s egg over and over again? Look! That¡¯s the fourth time he killed him! One more time and Jagor will die permanently!¡± Coincidentally, Monkey King had the answer for that particr question. ¡°He probably wants Jagor Tawlon to sign a ve contract with him. And he needed to be able to threaten Jagor with permanent death in order for that to happen. Look, Jagor¡¯s egg is reforming for the final time. Once Jagor hatches, we¡¯ll have a fun threatening session to watch.¡± Monkey King grinned carelessly. Monkey King had no love for the Holy Phoenix Empire and its vicious citizens. To him, watching Jagor Tawlon die over and over again was entertainment. Jul¡¯Taras, however, did not share his viewpoint at all. ¡°What a vicious little boy.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°I kind of regret making money off him.¡± Monkey King almost choked on his tea again. ¡°That damned elf just made thirty thousand resources, and she¡¯s expressing regret over a mere non-fatal act of threatening a stupid bird?¡± He thought to himself. ¡°Truly being rich affords one to have the weirdest thoughts and life principles!¡± ¡°What do you mean you regret making money off him! That¡¯s thirty thousand resources you won! If you regret it, feel free to pass me all of your winnings!¡± Jessica Sands eximed loudly. Monkey King nodded in agreement and praised Jessica in his mind for being brave enough to voice out her feelings. He was sipping on his tea again when Jul¡¯Taras casually said¡¯| ¡°Sure! Here, let me send thirty thousand resources to your ount.¡± PFFFTTT!!! Monkey King, who was swallowing his tea, immediately choked on it! A little bit of the tea even dribbled out of his nose. ¡°Wo! Thanks Jules! That¡¯s awesome!¡± Jessica Sands cried out happily. ¡°Well! I hope you keep betting big on Elliot and keep feeling ¡°wrong¡± over his actions so you can give me all of your winnings! HAHA!¡± Jessica Sands patted Jul¡¯Taras fondly on her shoulder andughed happily. ¡°I think I¡¯ll be cing a sizeable bet on Himari Suzuki. She¡¯s creating an extremely potent force in Japan. She¡¯ll definitely make it to the endgame with most of Japan¡¯s resources in her hands. No matter how strong Elliot bes, I doubt he could go against what Himari is doing.¡± Jul¡¯Taras analyzed the situation sinctly. ¡°You¡¯re wrong. Elliot will definitely win the whole thing.¡± Jessica Sands said confidently. ¡°Oh? What gives you such confidence?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked with a smile. ¡°It¡¯s because¡¯| The Diamond Boon I gave him previously still has one inactivatedponent¡¯|¡± Jessica Sands smiled mischievously. ¡°WHAT? A 350-day Reverse Time Walk isn¡¯t the entirety of your ¡°Diamond¡± Boon???¡± Jul¡¯Taras almost shouted in shock. Chapter 91 ¡°Hee hee. It is not! Do you want to know my secret Jules?¡± Jessica Sands gave Jul¡¯Taras, who was nodding vigorously, a sly look. ¡°But you have to promise not to tell anyone. Not your dad, and especially not my grandpa!¡± ¡°Fine. I promise.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed deeply. The already long list of the things that Jessica told her which couldn¡¯t be told to anyone and ¡°ESPECIALLY not grandpa¡± was about to gain another notable entry. ¡°I actually figured out a trick to cram more power into the Boon Capsules the Gaming Commission gave us.¡± Jessica Sands giggled. ¡°The trick is to create a void within it which you can use to stuff more things within it. If you want, you can create another void within the void which you can use to stuff EVEN more things. If you REEEALLY want to, you can create another void within the void within the void¡¯| You get what I mean.¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned deeply. ¡°Creating a void within a void? Isn¡¯t that impossible?¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a slightly troubled voice. She didn¡¯t like the implications of Jessica¡¯s power. If the rest of the universe ever found out about it¡¯| ¡°Is it supposed to be impossible? I¡¯ve always been able to do it. In fact, the boon I made for Elliot was a triple void boon. It took me two whole voids to cram the power for the Reverse Time Walk, and the final void to cram in my final gift for him¡± Jessica Sands said in slight confusion. ¡°That¡¯s also another source of concern. What sort of modification did you make to the Reverse Time Walk spell for it to be so powerful?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked. ¡°I won¡¯t tell anyone, especially not your grandpa.¡± Jul¡¯Taras finished her sentence with a helpless smile. ¡°Alright then. Well, the trick is¡¯|¡± Jessica Sands dropped her voice to barely above a whisper and caused both the Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras to lean in conspiratorially. ¡°Magical Compression.¡± Jessica Sands whispered. ¡°I squeezed in more runes into my Spell Framework and gave it more power.¡± ¡°What? That¡¯s impossible! Spell Frameworks are not able to handle more power than those that are already prescribed in Standard Spell Books! Don¡¯t tell me..¡± ¡°Yes. I modified the Spell Frameworks.¡± Jessica Sands whispered proudly. ¡°Most of the Spell Frameworks I know are now able to contain at least three to four times their usual power. I haven¡¯t got time to modify it further to contain more than four times. It gets significantly harder the more power you want to cram! In fact, it took me almost an entire week raising the power of Reverse Time Walk from a factor of three to a factor of four.¡± Jessica Sands whispered in a slightly disgruntled tone. Monkey King almost fainted in shock. First it was the ridiculously rich Jul¡¯Taras who threw THIRTY THOUSAND resources at Jessica Sands as though she identally bought a drink in the wrong vor and gave it to her friend. And then Jessica talked about spending a mere seven days doing the ridiculously impossible as though it was an irritating CHORE that she expected to finish in less than seven days?? The entire magicalmunity had worked for thousands of years optimizing and perfecting the Spell Frameworks before releasing them to the public! Each Spell Framework was the epitome of magical perfection! Even increasing their power by 1% would be a feat to be celebrated by the whole universe. ¡°This Jessica Sands¡¯| She¡¯| She¡¯s a freak!!¡± Monkey King cried out in his heart. ¡°A freak of nature! NOBODY must know about this. If anybody else finds out, not even the Void Walker nsbined together would be able to stop the onught of powers that would try to kidnap her¡¯|¡± At that moment, Monkey King felt a chill run down his spine. He turned to look at Jul¡¯Taras in shock. She was emitting a hardly noticeable but definitely intense killing intent at him. ¡°You¡¯ve just heard critically ssified information, one that could threaten Jessica¡¯s life. Sign a ve contract now or die.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said softly as a powerful contract descended upon Monkey King¡¯s consciousness. ¡°Jules!¡± Jessica Sands cried out in shock. ¡°Monkey is my friend! Don¡¯t be like that!¡± ¡°This is for your own good. You barely know him. How many days have you known him for? Three?¡± Jul¡¯Taras said calmly. ¡°Just get him to sign a contract to silence under pain of death! A ve contract is too much!¡± Jessica Sands urged her best friend desperately. ¡°You girls are talking as though Jules can kill me so easily if I reject signing her contract.¡± Monkey King said in an amused voice. ¡°Oh? You think I can¡¯t kill you?¡± Ju¡¯Taras turned to look at Monkey King and said with an equally amused voice. ¡°Monkey! I¡¯m trying to save your life here!¡± Jessica Sands said exasperatedly. ¡°Thank you for your kind intentions. But I do not need any saving. Within the King and Emperor level, there are none that could kill me. If you¡¯re a Hegemon, I might eventually die under your hands, but it would be after this entire Gaming Commission Estate is leveled to the ground. Tell me, Jules, what power level are you at?¡± Monkey King¡¯s eyes glinted dangerously as he gave Jul¡¯Taras a cold smile. ¡°I am an Elven Mage Queen.¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied easily. ¡°And I dare say that none within the King and Emperor level could live if I seek to im their lives. A Hegemon might be able to live, but it would be within an inch of death¡¯s door. And yes, this Gaming Commission Estate would be leveled to the ground as well.¡± Jul¡¯Taras chuckled mirthlessly. ¡°So tell me, Wu Kong. What is your power level?¡± ¡°Enough, both of you.¡± Jessica Sands said firmly. ¡°I trust Monkey King, and that¡¯ll be the end of it. Monkey, if you can sign a contract to keep my secret, I¡¯ll really appreciate it. It is, afterall, critical information that could affect my well being.¡± ¡°Of course I will sign the contract to keep your secret.¡± Monkey King said easily. ¡°But I¡¯ll sign it AFTER a battle with Jules here.¡± ¡°WHAT?!¡± Jessica Sands shouted. Chapter 92 ¡°Good. At least you¡¯re not a coward.¡± Jul¡¯Taras immediately replied and stood up silently. ¡°NO! I disagree! I forbid the both of you from fighting each other!¡± Jessica Sands cried out. ¡°Where?¡± Monkey King said as he stood up slowly as well. ¡°NOWHERE! You both are NOT fighting!¡± Jessica Sands sprang to her feet as well and red at Jul¡¯Taras and then at Monkey King. ¡°Jess, you can make it easier for the both of us by creating a Void Confinement, or you can make it difficult for us when we fight and bring down the entire Gaming Commission Estate.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said without moving her eyes from Monkey King. ¡°Ughhh.¡± Jessica grouched lightly. She had known Jul¡¯Taras since they were kids, and she knew for certain that when she¡¯s in such a mood, she would do everything she said she would. She was absolutely as stubborn as adamantium. ¡°Fine! But before that, I want you both to agree on a few points. NO BUTS!¡± Jessica roared and forced her will upon them. ¡°Fine.¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± ¡°Number two, FIVE MINUTES! No more than that!¡± ¡°I only need one minute, but five is good.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled warmly at Jessica. ¡°Hmph. Five minutes to put such a snobbish Elf into ce is definitely not enough. Not even five thousand years would be enough. But fine. Five minutes it is.¡± Monkey King snorted at Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ words. ¡°Last point. AFTER the fight, both of you are BEST FRIENDS.¡± Jessica Sands said, taking a leaf from Elliot¡¯s treatment of Brock and Winter. Monkey King understood the reference andughed out loud. ¡°Rejected.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said smoothly. ¡°All I can promise is that I won¡¯t hunt him down and kill him.¡± ¡°Friends. You¡¯ll both be friends after the fight!¡± Jessica insisted. ¡°AW COME ON! It¡¯s not like I¡¯m asking you both to get married!¡± Jessica shouted in frustration when she was met with silence. ¡°Fine, fine. Acquaintances. That¡¯s my final offer.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed. She was quite afraid of the topic of marriage, and would quickly try and change the subject whenever it was broached. Although young by elven standards, she was still a few hundred years old, and her parents had not stopped nagging at her about it. Monkey King merely shrugged. ¡°Okay, that¡¯s much better. Come then, follow me!¡± Jessica Sands marched out of the room with both powerful beings who imed to be able to fight way above their levels in tow. Very soon, all three of them were standing above the Gaming Commission Estate Main Building. However, their surroundings were glowing slightly yellow and everything beyond a 1 kilometer radius looked rather distorted. ¡°A two kilometer diameter Void Confinement.¡± Jul¡¯Taras shook her head with a sigh. ¡°Jess, you never cease to amaze!¡± ¡°Hee hee. This is nothing. I can make even bigger ones. But that will take too much of my energy so¡¯| This should be good enough for a friendly match!¡± Jessica giggled innocently,pletely unaware of the enormity of what she just said. Jul¡¯Taras shook her head and held back from asking just how big of a Void Confinement was Jessica¡¯s limit. She turned to look at Monkey King who was standing atop one of the spires of the Gaming Commission Main Building calmly. Ever the gentleman (gentlemonkey?), Monkey King was waiting for the girls to finish talking and for Jul¡¯Taras to be ready. With but a thought, Jul¡¯Taras began to float up into the sky and drew level with Monkey King. She raised one graceful hand horizontally to her right and an exquisite white sword appeared on her hands. ¡°Are you ready, Monkey?¡± She called out with a gentle voice that was strikingly chilling in light of what was about to happen. Monkey King merely straightened his body and grunted lightly as an ancient set of armor shimmered into existence around him. ¡°Here Ie then.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said lightly before disappearing from sight. Monkey King¡¯s eyes widened slightly before he too disappeared from sight! ¡°Wha¡¯| What the heck is going on?¡± Jessica Sands sputtered as she watched both of them disappear. ng! Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras appeared for a brief instant as Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ beautiful white sword shed powerfully against an ornate maroon staff with golden spherical ends. ¡°FIVE MINUTES! YOU TWO BETTER STOP FIGHTING IN FIVE MINUTES!¡± Jessica Sands shouted from way below them. CLASH! CLASH!! Their figures shimmered and collided against each other with blinding speed and ever increasing power. In a fight, if one side was vastly more powerful than the other, it would end within seconds. If both parties were more or less equal, it would drag on for quite some time. However, if both parties were exactly the same, barring any desperate need to find a clear victor, the fight would end as soon as both realized that continuing on would be aplete waste of time and energy. And for beings as powerful as Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras, it took them exactly thirty seconds. B O O O O M M ! ! ! They collided onest time with mind blowing power and then separated. Both floated in the air like deities and looked at each other with newfound respect. ¡°You¡¯ve mastered Astral Steps to such a profound degree at such a young age. You¡¯re extremely talented.¡± Jul¡¯Taras was the first to voice out her praise. ¡°Likewise. You¡¯ve fused your Sword Arts into your own Astral Steps very ingeniously. You¡¯re a rare generational talent.¡± Monkey King was no less effusive in his praise. ¡°They say if you want to know a person¡¯s true character, get into a fight with him. I¡¯ve found nothing but integrity in your moves and your aura. I rest my case about the contracts.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled at Monkey King and drifted slowly down to Jessica Sands. Monkey King smiled back and approached Jessica Sands as well. ¡°Thank you for your kind words. Void Walker, we¡¯re done here. Are you happy that we ended our fight so quickly?¡± Monkey King chuckled. ¡°Boo! I didn¡¯t want to see a bloodbath, but I also didn¡¯t want to see such a boring fight! Go back up there and continue fighting!¡± Jessica Sands pouted and pointed to the sky! Chapter 93 Jul¡¯Taras gave a light peal of pleasant soundingughter and linked her arm with Jessica¡¯s. ¡°Come, Jess. Let¡¯s go back. I want to see how Elliot ns to force Jagor Tawlon to sign a ve contract with him. Although I detest the idea of having such a powerful being like Jagor serve a mere native yer, he did have iting if he dared to participate as an Insert with his pathetically low power level. He must think that his unique ability to turn ethereal would be enough to save him from most dangers.¡± ¡°Ohh yes yes you¡¯re right! Let¡¯s go then.¡± Jessica brightened at the thought of watching Elliot gain another powerful helper and immediately dispelled the Void Confinement. ¡°And yes, what¡¯s with his strange ability? I didn¡¯t know that Phoenixes could do that.¡± ¡°I have no idea.¡± Jul¡¯Taras shrugged. ¡°I will have to ask Uncle about it.¡± Monkey King merely smiled and followed the two girls back to the Diamond Sponsor VIP room. He was a rare generational talent in his n, and even so, he was barely able to fight Jul¡¯Taras to a draw. ¡°Great grandfather was right.¡± Monkey King sighed. ¡°The universe is truly a vast ce full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. These two girls are prime examples of that. One is a powerful freak of nature, and the other is a mindlessly rich young mistress. I must quickly aplish my mission perfectly here, and resume my training. If not, I will be left behind by these monsters.¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Crack! Jagor Tawlon¡¯s blue Fenix egg cracked open for the final time, and revealed a chubby and cute little bird. Although he looked downright hideous as an adult with his freaky four arms, four legs and six wings, as a little baby, he looked rather adorable. ¡°What the heck is wrong with this damned ugly bird?¡± Red screeched in disgust when he peered down from Elliot¡¯s shoulder and saw Jagor Tawlon. Jagor Tawlon immediately looked up and red at both Elliot and Red. ¡°You dare! You¡¯re dead! You¡¯re dead, I tell you! You and your ugly red bird!¡± Jagor Tawlon squeaked cutely. Red hopped down from Elliot¡¯s shoulder andnded next to Jagor Tawlon. He towered over the newborn Mutated Six-Winged Fenix and shoved it roughly with his wing and sent it rolling away. ¡°I¡¯m right here! Come kill me, you ugly bird!¡± Red taunted him. ¡°Dieee!!¡± The little Jagor Tawlon immediately got up andunched a powerful attack at Red. SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! His quad-sh hit Red¡¯s thick feathers and dealt absolutely no damage at all. ¡°HAHA! Weak! You¡¯re ugly, AND pathetically weak! Why do you even bother to revive? You should just roll over a¡¯| WHAT THE HECK!?¡± Red was happily insulting the little Jagor Tawlon when it suddenly began to grow at a rapid pace. A strange energy was swirling around and entering Jagor¡¯s small body, causing it to increase in size at a very visible rate. Within two quick seconds, it was asrge as Red, and it was still growing! ¡°Ellie, poison him.¡± Elliot calmly ordered. He had summoned Ellie earlier on and got her to stand by to do exactly that. Immediately, Ellie leapt in and bit the rapidly growing Jagor Tawlon on one of its legs! ¡°As before, sign the ve contract, and live. Or you can die in¡¯| Oh maybe fifteen seconds?¡± Elliot threatened him casually. Elliot stared at Jagor Tawlon intently and diverted his full focus on sensing their connected mindspace for any anomalies. There were only three ways the situation could develop. One, there was a Shadow Parasite in Jagor Tawlon. And in that case, it would definitely make its move right before Jagor Tawlon died to avoid leaving any witnesses to its presence. He¡¯d end up with a dead Jagor Tawlon and a captive Shadow Parasite. Perfect. Two, there wasn¡¯t a Shadow Parasite in Jagor Tawlon. In that case then Jagor would probably submit and he¡¯d have a new and powerful ve with a whole bunch of information in his hands. Perfect as well. As for the final possibility, there was no way that a parasite-less Jagor Tawlon would pick death over very. ¡°The Shadow Parasite is shaped like a disgusting slug. It could tten itself and change its shape freely due to theck of bones in its body. Usually parasites which control the host¡¯s brain would leave through its ears or eyes. But because the Shadow Parasite can turn ethereal at will, it could simply disengage that way, and leave the host¡¯s body from anywhere it wanted.¡± Red had told him earlier. ¡°However, the Shadow Parasite could only turn ethereal for a very brief moment. So be ready to catch it when ites back into this reality.¡± ¡°Frosty, get ready to release Frost Domain and fire your Ice Beam at the bird¡¯s head on mymand.¡± Elliot ordered Frosty who was looking at the growing Jagor Tawlon curiously from the side. It hopped closer to him in response to Elliot¡¯s orders. ¡°Ten seconds. Submit, or die.¡± Elliot spoke up once more. ¡°I will never submit! You can dream on! All you¡¯ll get from me is my useless corpse!¡± Jagor Tawlon snarled at Elliot in disgust. ¡°So be it then. Have it your way.¡± Elliot shrugged and turned quickly into his White Dragon Beast Form. Inwardly, his heart began to pound really quickly. ¡°There¡¯s probably a Shadow Parasite within him! Frosty, on my mark! Ellie, Red, move back a hundred meters!¡± The dying Jagor Tawlon looked at Elliot¡¯s White Dragon Beast Form in surprise and suspicion, but time was running out for it. There was nothing it could do. It would die very, very soon. ¡°Three¡¯| Two¡¯|¡± Elliot counted in his mind. At the final second, he finally sensed a familiar power begin to recede from Jagor Tawlon¡¯s consciousness! ¡°This is it! FROSTY! NOW!¡± Elliot shouted and released his own Frost Domain! PEW! An Ice Beam shot out from Frosty¡¯s maw and a powerful frozen aura exploded forth from it. Chapter 94 Thebination of Elliot¡¯s and Frosty¡¯s Frost Domains weren¡¯t simply one plus one equals two. It was more like one plus one equals five. The temperature around them immediately plunged to below freezing point and Jagor Tawlon froze to his death. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 72!] [Ellie has gained 25 levels and reached level 70 for killing a level 120 Mutated Six-Winged Fenix.] Elliot narrowed his eyes and released his sensespletely around a ten meter radius around Jagor Tawlon. For a few seconds, nothing happened. And then, from the corner of his eyes, he noticed something ck moving slightly. ¡°Gotcha!¡± Elliot shouted as he struck as fast as he could with extreme care towards the fist sized thing that appeared very suddenly around three meters away from Jagor Tawlon. ¡°You got it! Well done!!¡± Red shouted excitedly in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. Elliot immediately nicked the parasitic slug¡¯s body and his own finger to allow their bloods to mix. A small but sturdy mindspace formed around them and the Shadow Parasite¡¯s stats appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind. Beast Type: Mutated Dark Brainwyrm Beast Name: Arastarkboom Jagortawlon Dark Brainwyrm Gender: Male Beast Level: 100 Beast Power Level: 0 Beast Grade: Epic Beast Bloodline: Void Parasite Lord Beast Physical Status: Slightly wounded Beast Emotional Status: Lethargic Hobby: Genocide and Racing Evolution Pathways: 2 Skills: Level 10 Complete Neural Control ¨C Takeover a target¡¯s brain for 10 days Level 10 Void Walk ¨C Enter the void for 5 seconds. Level 10 Minor Bestow ¨C Grant host a weakened skill AI Comments: A strong Dark Brainwyrm that hadpletely controlled two hosts before for several parasitic cycles ¨C Arastar Kboom and Jagor Tawlon. ¡°Human. You¡¯ve revealed our existence to the universe. You will die.¡± The long-named parasite which Elliot named AraGor in his mind whispered softly but maliciously. ¡°You¡¯re caught frozen outside of your dead host. I think the one that will be doing the dying is you, AraGor.¡± Elliot replied with a cold smile. ¡°Of course I am willing to let you live if you be my ve beast. I will release you in ten years. How¡¯s that?¡± ¡°You are a native of a destroyed primitive world, yet your vile arrogance and disdain for us parasites are as immense as the rest of the universe. No, human. I will die here under your hands, and you will soon follow me into the underworld when you die under the hands of my brethren.¡± AraGor said with a chilling certainty. ¡°Your brethren will need to know about me first before they could even begin to think about killing me.¡± Elliot chuckled. He was feeling rather reluctant at having to kill the Dark Brainwyrm which he had so painstakingly trapped and caught. But somehow it seemed extremely certain that it would not submit to him. ¡°They will know very soon.¡± AraGor whispered as he began his slow descent into death. Elliot frowned deeply. A bad premonition began to bloom in his heart. SPLAT! [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 77!] ¡°Damn it! THIS IS BAD!¡± Elliot shouted in horror as he smelled a unique smell of some sort sinking deep into his flesh. AraGor had marked him with his body fluids in a vicious suicidal move! And if Elliot¡¯s premonitions were right, the smell emanating from the fluid would attract the attention of all the Brainwyrm infested beasts for many kilometers around them. ¡°To the river!¡± Elliotmanded Frosty as the both shot up to the sky in search of a river. PEW! PEW! PEW! At that moment, Jagor Tawlon¡¯s men finally found them and opened fire! ¡°Damn damn damn! I don¡¯t have time to y with these aircrafts!¡± Elliot cursed. ¡°I need to get to a river as soon as possible to clean up this dead parasite smell before it¡¯s toote! Red! Can you handle these with your ball transport?¡± ¡°No problems, pip. Just go while I destroy these cute little babes.¡± Red¡¯s spiked ball immediately appeared around him and he immediately began his attack on the fighters. ¡°Come, Frosty! This way!¡± Elliot spied a river in the distance with his sharp eyes and burst towards it at high speed even as Red¡¯s spiky ball transport crashed into the first fighter and caused it to explode. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 78!] However, Elliot had underestimated the density of the number of infested beasts. He barely flew for a hundred meters when the Mutated Griffons which he had beaten back earlier began to fly towards him once more. But they were no longer a mere squad of fifteen without a proper leader. At least fifty Mutated Griffons took to the skies and released their ferocious screeches. Worst of all, there was also a giant ten-meter Mutated Griffon leading them. With white-gold feathers and fur, it looked very majestic and powerful. SCREEEEEE!!!! It shrieked loudly. GROOAARRRRR!!!! A distant reptilian roar sounded in reply. And then a chorus of other loud and fearsome sounds began to fill the air from every single direction as all hell broke loose. GRAHHH!!! GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! AWOOOOOOOOOO!!! GOOOOHHH!! GOOOOOOHHH!!! UWWEEEHHHHH!!! UWEEEHHHHHH!!! ¡°What in the hell?¡± Elliot was astounded at both the strength of the beastial screams being released as well as the variety. ¡°Just how many types of powerful beasts were lurking all around me all this time?¡± CRASH!!! BOOM!! The sound of trees being snapped in two and crashing down to the ground could be heard from several different directions. From his high vantage point in the sky, Elliot spied several humongous and hungry looking beasts making their way towards him. ¡°Time to go.¡± Elliot thought grimly. ¡°Frosty, return. Let¡¯s get the hell out of here!¡± Frosty immediately obeyed and disappeared. Elliot picked the direction that would lead him to Lake Elsinore and began to fly towards it as fast as he could. ¡°I might as well escape and position myself around the Bugatti Jirzon¡¯snding site at the same time.¡± Elliot thought. ¡°Camelia, Kara, stay out of sight for a few days. I¡¯m getting chased by a lot of beasts at the moment. I will shake them off my tail and get back for you girls soon!¡± Elliot said urgently into hismunicator. ¡°Ok. Don¡¯t worry about us!¡± Camelia¡¯s immediate response came. ¡°Roger. Stay safe..¡± Kara¡¯s voice rang out as well. Chapter 95 [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 81!] His levels continued to shoot up as Red cleaned up the Jagor Tawlon¡¯s followers. However, he remained vastly too weak to take on so many beasts all at once. And that was assuming that the beasts chargint towards him at that moment were all around level one hundred to begin with. He could probably deal with a level two hundred beast by throwing all his summons at it. But what if there were two, or even three such beasts? Worse, what if there was a level three hundred beast within the iing crowd of behemoths? Elliot didn¡¯t dare to chance it. As hungry as he was to power up, he knew the wisest course of action for him at that moment was to strategically reposition himself. He needed to escape! SCREEEE!!!! The nearest powerful beast around him was the giant Mutated Griffon and apparently, its flying speed was nothing to be scoffed at. If Elliot remained flying at his current speed, it would catch up to him within a few seconds! ¡°Charge!¡± He shouted and activated his skill. His White Dragon form surged ahead with even higher speed and tore through the skies at almost an incredible 200kph. ¡°Try and catch me now!¡± Elliot sneered lightly in his mind. At that speed, nothing could catch him. Or so he thought. ¡°Master! I¡¯m done cleaning up the fighters.¡± Red reported as his spiky red ball appeared from behind him and kept pace with him easily. ¡°Good. Keep a close watch on our surroundings. Make sure you take out all the beasts who manage to get close to us.¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Just leave your safety to me! With me protecting you, you¡¯re as safe as a little baby sleeping in a diamond vault surrounded by high tech automated defense sys-¡° GRAGHHHH!!!! A sharp roar sounded from directly below them! BAM!! A thick and long vine/tentacle of some sort mmed into Red¡¯s ball and sent it flying away like a baseball. BAMM!! BAMM!! BAMM!! Several simr vines smashed onto Elliot¡¯s body at extremely high speed, pierced through his powerful Dragon scales and drew blood! ¡°ARGH!!¡± Elliot shouted in pain as he was flung uncontrobly to his right. ¡°What the heck is that?¡± Elliot quickly righted his stance and searched for the beast which hadunched such a sneaky and powerful attack. But before he could find it, another fearsome roar sounded near him! GROWOOOOOOO!!! And then another! OWAAAAOOOO!!! OWAAAOOOO!!! ¡°This is bad.¡± Elliot thought grimly. ¡°The situation ispletely out of control. Are all these beasts infested by the Dark Brainwyrms? That¡¯s just crazy!¡± However, an even crazier development suddenly urred. [Thirty Kings and two thousand seven hundred forty three yers detected within a Ten Kilometer Radius.] [Initiating Battle of Kings ¨C Battle Royale Game Mode. Area locked down.] [The final ten survivors would receive fabulous prizes.] [Kill or be killed.] [Begin.] The wordless psionic message appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind and repeated itself three times. ¡°Haaa? What the F*** is Battle of Kings? Are they all over level THREE HUNDRED? And BATTLE ROYALE? DAMN IT!¡± Elliot cursed vehemently at the Game Masters. ¡°This is just the second freaking day!! Ease up abit will you?¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°I still think it is much too early for a Battle Royale.¡± Game Master Gerald Justice sighed. ¡°Fairness to Elliot aside, it¡¯s only the second day, the poption of Earth is still too high, and our beasts have not levelled up yet. Committing thirty Kings now would weaken the beast horde in California by too much.¡± ¡°Irrelevant. Bets on Elliot are spiking unlike anything we¡¯ve ever seen before. Starting a Battle Royale now will generate a betting frenzy atop the current frenzy, and we¡¯ll smash all the daily betting recordspletely!¡± Game Master Seraphin Burns replied firmly. ¡°What if they kill Elliot? There¡¯s a real chance of that happening you know. Elliot is still level 60 something, while the thirty Kings are all over level 300. You¡¯ll be killing our golden goose!¡± Game Master Gerald Justice argued. ¡°Plus, we¡¯re actually cing Elliot in a worse situation than the one the previous Game Master ced him in!¡± ¡°Nonsense. The previous Game Master broke the rules and directed those beasts to specifically hunt Elliot. We are NOT doing that! We¡¯re initiating a very legitimate event, and the beasts within will not target Elliot specifically. And I¡¯ve seen his skill set and his stats. With his high intellect, he should be smart enough to hide and then sneak in a kill or two. He would definitely clean house the Kings ande out even stronger! This golden goose will grow fat and produce more golden eggs for us! Haha!¡± Game Master Seraphin Burnsughed happily. ¡°That¡¯s a very big SHOULD BE. What if he¡¯s not that smart? And also, I find it extremely suspicious that thirty Kings have somehow gathered in such a ce. There¡¯s something fishy going on. I willunch an investigation immediately.¡± Game Master Gerald Justice said. The frown on his face was deepening. The second iteration of The Game of Earth had many aspects which were extremely out of the ordinary, and they created a hurricane of unease in his heart. ¡°Yes yes, you go and investigate that. Let me deal with the Game for now. I will make sure our names go up on the Honor Roll as the most sessful Game Masters of all time.¡± Game Master Seraphin Burns nodded and shooed him away. For Game Master Seraphin Burns, the only thing that mattered was profit. If thirty Kings decided that they would hang out at the same ce where a high profile yer was for some weird reason, then her job was to take them all and smash them together in a thrilling and lucrative event. And what more thrilling event was there if not Battle Royale? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* OWAAAOOOOOOOOO!!! All the powerful beasts that were initially charging towards Elliot suddenly stopped and began attacking each other in a frenzy. Infested by Shadow Parasites or not, there are thirty Kings and only ten final survivors were allowed. At least twenty Kings must fall in battle. And none of the Shadow Parasites wanted to be part of that twenty. ¡°Huh? They¡¯re fighting among themselves!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed in excitement as the opportunities to kill steals and rapidly increase his strength presented themselves to him. Chapter 96 Immediately, he entered survival mode and threw everything except gaining the most benefits out of the situation and staying alive away from his mind. ¡°Excellent! This isn¡¯t such a bad event after all. In fact, this is a great, great opportunity to break the entire game in one shot! If I could somehow score ten kills on the Kings, I would definitely be extremely strong!¡± Elliot¡¯s heart raced excitedly at the golden opportunity that the Game Masters had so generously thrown at him. And it was just the second day! ¡°The beasts do not think of me as a powerfulpetitor that needed to be gotten rid of first immediately. So for the meantime, I should be safe. Kings are way too powerful for me to kill one on one. I won¡¯t be able to kill many at first, and all the beast cores from the dead would probably strengthen the winners. I need to sneak in a fewst hits to gain level. If not, the surviving Beast Kings would probably grow far too strong for me to handle.¡± Elliot thought. He flew slightly lower and began to study the battlefield. The Battle of Kings had truly begun. Beneath him, two such Kings were already at each other¡¯s throats. A formidable looking three-headed giant goat that was obviously not a goat because of its numerous sharp teeth and spikes down its body was biting down viciously at a giant¡¯| Tree? ¡°What the f*** is that creature?¡± Elliot mumbled to himself as he looked at the two beasts fight desperately with each other. ¡°It looks exactly like a tree! But those viny tentacles are nasty. That three-headed goat is dead for sure.¡± The monster tree released a huge number of vine tentacles and wrapped them all around the three-headed goat. However, the three-headed goat was no pushover to be killed so easily. With a few powerful kicks, it easily tore the vines apart like crispy enoki and broke free from the tree. GRA-GRA-GRAAHHHHHH!!! It gave out a mighty tri-roar that was totally unlike a goat and then lowered its head to present its mighty horns at the tree monster. Its horns began to glow different colours. Red, green, blue, yellow, purple and ck. And then it charged at the tree monster. Just like a goat. The tree monster tried to move away to avoid the three-headed goat¡¯s charge, but it might as well didn¡¯t do anything. It moved so slowly that it barely shifted its huge and heavy body by a meter before the three-headed goat reached it. JLEB JLEB JLEB JLEB JLEB JLEB!! All six wickedly sharp goat-horns hit home and pierced the tree monster¡¯s body with a sound that was exactly like horns piercing a body instead of wood. KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKEEEEEE!! The tree monster gave out a nt-like keen and strange green liquid began to pour out of its pierced body. Its red horn released red-hot tendrils of fire while its blue horn released a powerful liquid that froze everything it touched. Its green and yellow horns were wildly poisonous and a fatal dose of toxin and venom was instantly pumped into the tree¡¯s body. Its purple and ck horns were extremely corrosive and caused everything around them to immediately decay and break down. Ravagedpletely by so many types of attack, there was no turning back for it. The tree monster was definitely dying. But it was a spiteful monster, and would not ept dying alone. So with all of its remaining power, it sent everything it had to attack the three-headed goat who was still stuck in his body. Vines, tentacles. sharp branches, poisonous pores and all sorts of other tree-parts which could be weaponized began tond on the three-headed goat¡¯s body. BAM! JLEB! BOOM! SLASH! GRAHHHH!! The three headed goat immediately roared in pain and tried to retreat. But a huge amount of vines had wrapped around it again, and with its head so awkwardly out of position, some had managed to wrap around all three of its necks as well. SQUEEZE!! PIERCE! More vines and more sharp branches began to pierce the three-headed goat¡¯s body even as it shook all three of its heads violently, trying to disengage but merely seeding in mangling up the tree monster¡¯s body. ¡°This is it.¡± Elliot thought excitedly. ¡°Both of them would definitely die soon. Let me be the one to send them on their way!¡± ¡°Red! Frosty! Brock! Giant Armored Mammoths! Let¡¯s go!¡± Elliot summoned his most powerfulpanions and dived at the two dying Kings. ¡°Frost Domain! Ice Beam!¡± Elliot shouted as he shot straight down at the intertwined giant monsters. His powerful Ice Beam smashed into the two and dealt them minor damage. However, Elliot wasn¡¯t discouraged. He was a level seventy yer trying to finish off two level three hundred beasts. Being able to deal minor damage was already good enough! By his side, Frosty had unleashed his Frost Domain as well and fired off his own Ice Beam. But aside from making the environment colder and making the enemy beasts move slower, his attacks didn¡¯t achieve anything. Brock, on the other hand, was a giant bear with a powerful attack. And apparently he was pretty smart too. He physically smashed his body behind the three-headed goat¡¯s heads and caused its six horns to prate even deeper into the tree monster! KREEEKEEE!!! GRAHHHH!!! Both beasts wailed in indignance at Brock¡¯s insidious attack! ¡°GAHAHAHA! How do you like my one for two attack?¡± Brock shouted triumphantly in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. ¡°Excellent! Mammoths! Do that as well!¡± Elliot cried out as he smashed into the three-headed goat¡¯s back and executed Lightning sh on it. With armor piercing and an additionally 5000% damage, Elliot¡¯s Lightning sh finally did significant damage on the three-headed goat! He ripped out a huge chunk of its flesh and exposed its internal organs and bones! GRAHHHHHH!!! The three headed goat roared in pain! Chapter 97 KRAAAAAAAA! KRAAAAAAA!!! The mammoths nked the three-headed goat and mmed their bodies savagely at it. BAMM!!! BAAMMM!!! The three headed goat¡¯s heads were pushedpletely into the tree¡¯s body! KREEEKKKEEEEeeee¡¯| A dying wail from the tree monster sounded onest time as Red¡¯s deadly ¡°Transport/Fighter¡± finished its deadly work from behind. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 114!] [Brock has levelled up to level 112 for killing a level 305 Mutated Muckrot Sapling King.] [Frosty has levelled up to level 80 for killing a level 305 Mutated Muckrot Sapling King.] [Red has levelled up to level 101 for killing a level 305 Mutated Muckrot Sapling King.] After killing the Mutated Muckrot Sapling King, Red¡¯s powerful transport smashed into the three-headed goat¡¯s heads and started to turn them to mush as well! With the Mutated Muckrot Sapling King dead, all of its vines finally loosened their hold on the three headed goat. With a powerful leap, it freed itself from the tree! GRAHHH!!! It stared balefully at Elliot and his beasts with his six eyes which were all glowing red at that moment. Although it was dying, it was still a powerful King. And as it were, a starved and dying camel was still bigger than a healthy and fed horse. The three-headed goat with all of its colourful horns and strange skills could still easily kill Elliot! IF he was alone, of course. With his powerfulpanions around him, Elliot immediately sent them to finish the damned goat. ¡°ICE BEAM!¡± Elliot¡¯s Ice Beam smashed into the three headed goat and froze it in ce for a quick second. But it was enough for Red¡¯s spiked transport to shoot out from the dead tree and continue its work within the three headed goat¡¯s body! RIP! RIP! RIP! Within a few seconds, his gory work was done. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 149!] [Brock has levelled up to level 165 for killing a level 310 Three-Headed Banehorn King.] [Frosty has levelled up to level 101 for killing a level 310 Three-Headed Banehorn King.] [Red has levelled up to level 126 for killing a level 310 Three-Headed Banehorn King.] ¡°YES!!¡± Elliot exulted with heartfelt excitement. He had more than doubled his level! A ridiculous amount of points and a delicious plethora of skills and items awaited him. But he wasn¡¯t satisfied yet. Oh no, not by 28 Kings. ¡°MORE!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°Leave them and let¡¯s find the other Kings! We¡¯lle back for their cores and important body partster!¡± Immediately, he took to the skies and scanned the ground for his next victims. It wasn¡¯t a difficult task. His eyes spied a trio ofrge beasts fighting a vicious three-way battle. ¡°Hohoho¡¯| Nice!¡± Elliot shot towards them and anticipated killing all three of them to reap abundant rewards like before. However, not all beasts were as dumb and as unwary as the Three-Headed Banehorn King and the Mutated Muckrot Sapling King. As soon as Elliot appeared within their line of sight, all three Kings immediately stopped their fight and turned to look at him. ¡°Oh shit.¡± Elliot cursed. The first andrgest King of the trio was a heavily armored centipede of some sort. Its spiked carapace looked extremely sturdy and imprable, and its many razor sharp scissor-ws made it look disgustingly overpowered. All that,bined with its massive ten-meter tall frame while rearing up and an approximate fifty meters in total length made it truly a fearsome sight to behold. Just one look at it and already, the battle-hungry Elliot had decided to stay the heck away from it. The second king was not asrge as the first one, but it was certainly no less fearsome. ¡°A freaking five-headed hydra??? What the bleeding f***???¡± Elliot thought incredulously when he finally noticed it clearly. It¡¯s entire dragon-like body was in mes and its five dragon-like heads atop giraffe-length necks were swinging this way and that way very creepily. The five-headed hydra was definitely going to be a pain to deal with. The only constion was that it looked extremely ungainly and slow. But it was the third and final king which Elliot reserved his most colourful curses for. ¡°F***KING F***ED UP UNCLE-F***ER!!!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°WHY THE F*** ARE YOU HERE INSTEAD OF F***ING UP YOUR UNCLE?!¡± It wasn¡¯t a fearsome beast, oh no not at all. In fact, it seemed slightly wrong to even call it a beast. Her beautiful and luscious long white hair cascaded down her head like a waterfall. Her lips were red and looked absolutely perfect. Her body was like sculpted jade, with all the curves in the right ces. The fact that she was totally naked simply added to the rity of the perfection of her body. Her breasts were amazingly perfect in shape, and the ce where her thighs met looked incredibly sexy as well. Her skin was silky smooth and looked extremely alluring. Girls would probably weep and cry in jealousy if they could see her skin that way. But Elliot did not feel a single sexual urge appear within him. Oh hell no. Because in addition to all that, the third and final king was a gigantic eight meters tall. And it had no eyes. Like literally, no eyes. No eyeballs, no eyesockets, just¡¯| t skin where the eyes were supposed to be. Not scary enough to warrant ack of sexual reaction from Elliot? Well, she also had no nose. All that was present on her face was just thick, smiling red lips and a mouthful of razor sharp fangs dripping with blood. ¡°Bloody hell! Bloody hell! I need to unsee this shit!¡± Elliot cursed vehemently in his heart. ¡°This is no beast! This is a freaking ghost! A monster from hell!!¡± The third King, or rather, the Queen raised both her hands horizontally out towards Elliot and began to run towards him!! ¡°HEE HEE HEEE HEEEE!!!!¡± Came her creepily cute voice!! ¡°COME!! COMEE TO MEE¡± Chapter 98 ¡°OWWWWWWWW SHIIIEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!¡± Elliot freaked out! ¡°RED!! FREAKING PUT HER DOWN RIGHT NOW!!!!¡± Elliot shouted as he turned around to flee as fast as he could! ¡°YES BOSS!¡± Red acknowledged. A few secondster¡¯| ¡°GOTCHA!¡± Red shouted excitedly. ¡°Oh wait¡¯| Damn it! I can¡¯t prate her skull! Repositioning!¡± Red shouted as he brought his transport away. Elliot turned around to check the situation and he almost lost his mind in horror. Of all the ces that Red could smash his spinning spiked transport into, he had to smash it onto her head where her left eye was supposed to be! ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!¡± The monster shrieked in pain as she raised one hand to cover her bloodied and newly created eye socket. But she didn¡¯t do it fast enough as Elliot had already caught sight of it. It was a sight that he would never forget! ¡°DAMN IT RED! STOP MAKING HER LOOK MORE HIDEOUS! JUST KILL HER ALREADY!¡± Elliot shouted as he continued to fly away in horror. ¡°I¡¯m on it! I¡¯m on it!¡± Red grumbled. ¡°de tornado! de tornado! de tornado!!¡± ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!¡± The monster¡¯s pained shriek came again. However, Elliot wisely refrained from looking back again and focused on retreating. And it was a good think he did so because all of a sudden, the giant Griffon suddenly burst out of the clouds and attacked him! Elliot¡¯s incredible reflexes allowed him to swerve away at thest second to avoid the Giant Griffon¡¯s ferocious dive attack. ¡°ICE BEAM!¡± Elliot twisted his body with great agility and fired off a couple of powerful ice beams at the giant Griffon¡¯s rear. Caught unaware, the ice beams smashed into its body in two direct hits and froze its hindquarters. SCREEEEE!! The giant Griffon screeched in pain. ¡°Huh? I¡¯m actually dealing a lot of damage! I didn¡¯t dump any points into my Ice Beam. That damned Giant Griffon is probably not a King then! I can take it on!¡± Elliot quickly analyzed the situation. ¡°Frosty,e out!¡± Immediately, Frosty materialized next to him. ¡°Get that Griffon!¡± Elliot shouted. However, before they could attack the giant Griffon, the giant centipede which had been steadily chasing after Elliot, finally reached them and spat out a glob of ck goo at the giant Griffon! The ck goo sshed onto the giant Griffon¡¯s chest and immediately corroded it just as Frosty¡¯s Ice Beam hit it from behind. ¡°Aerial Charge!¡± Elliot turnedpletely around and dive attacked the giant Griffon which was already beginning to lose its vitality. ¡°Lightning sh!!¡± Elliot reached it in a split second and delivered the killing blow. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 150!] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 151!] [Frosty has levelled up to level 105 for killing a level 190 Giant Mutated Griffon.] ¡°I only gained two levels for a level 190 Griffon? Damn that¡¯s stingy! But still, at least there is one less Brainwyrm infested beast to deal with!¡± KRIKITY KRIKITY KRIKIKIKIKI!!! The fearsome centipede made a series of noises as it opened its mouth wide to receive the dying giant Griffon as it fell down. ¡°Dumb beast. Eat this!¡± Elliot shouted in excitement. ¡°Frosty, attack!!¡± He seized the opportunity when the centipede was exposing its unarmored throat to attack with all of his might! Elliot took in a deep breath and began to gather as much ice energy as he could. ¡°ICE BEAM!!!¡± Two thick, white beams of pure ice energy shot out from both White Dragons¡¯ maws!! BAM!! KRIIIiii¡¯| The centipede wailed lightly as the Ice Beams smashed at its insides with full force. But its wail was cut short when the ice energy froze its entire brain solid! The heavy giant griffon fell on top of the centipede¡¯s head and sent it smashing to the ground. BAM!! CRACK!! The centipede¡¯s frozen brain cracked into pieces upon impact. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 172!] [Frosty has levelled up to level 135 for killing a level 315 Nethervenom Red Centipede.] ¡°YES!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but shout at the near free kill. ¡°The centipede was so well armored for a reason. It¡¯s internals are extremely fragile!¡± Elliot analyzed the battle at light speed. ¡°And Frosty is bing extremely strong. The boost she got from my levels as well as her own increase in levels is making her the strongest beast I can summon!¡± It was definitely true. Next to him, Frosty had grown to be arge ten meter tall Frost Dragon that exuded extreme gracefulness and majesty. She was a true beauty! However, before he could do much else, a loud cry of frustration interrupted his thoughts. ¡°Pip! This naked humandy is too strong! My attacks can¡¯t deal critical damage!! Come over and help me drill her!¡± Came Red¡¯s exasperated and unintentionally inappropriate shout in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. By reflex, Elliot swirled his head around to look at the situation with the hideous giant woman and immediately regretted it with all of his heart, mind and soul. The giant woman was bleeding from at least a thousand wounds all over her limbs and body. Blood was flowing freely out of those wounds. Her smooth skin waspletely ruined and was dyedpletely red with her blood. Her already scary face was twisted in pain, making her near infinitely uglier and scarier than before. She was whimpering rather loudly as she iled at Red helplessly with both her bloodied arms. ¡°DAMN IT RED! WHAT THE F*** HAVE YOU DONE TO HER???¡± Elliot roared in his public mindspace. ¡°YOU FREAKING SADISTIC BIRD!! Stop doing weird stuff to her!!¡± ¡°Hey! I was just trying to deal as much damage to her as possible through as many methods as possible! Stop scolding me, damn it!¡± Red shouted back defensively. Elliot quickly turned his head around. Looking at the giant woman¡¯s current condition for too long would probably kill his sex drive for women. Permanently. Chapter 99 Two optionsid before him at that moment. He could help Red deal with the ugly giant woman and scar himself forever, or he could deal with the remaining King grade beast ¨C the five headed fire hydra. Of course Elliot chose the five headed fire hydra. ¡°Do your best! I¡¯ll deal with the other one!¡± Elliot shouted to Red. ¡°My best? I¡¯ve already given my best! This naked humandy¡¯s skin is unnaturally tough! It¡¯s really hard to drill her! de Tornado! de Tornado! de Tornado!!¡± Red casted his tenth or so de Tornado on her. ¡°Just keep¡¯| drilling her!¡± Elliot shouted with a strange expression on his face. ¡°Fine. I¡¯ll drill her as hard as I can!¡± Red replied in resignation. Somewhere in the Universe, a well versed God must beughing his head off listening to their ridiculous exchange. However, he must have pissed her off past a very crucial level because suddenly, the giant woman began to scream in anger!! ¡°AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!¡± Her shriek exploded forth as a powerful sonic attack on every living being around her! At the same time, her body also began to glow slightly red. ¡°Wow Red, did you manage to break through?¡± Elliot asked in surprise as he sped towards the hydra. ¡°Oh shit.¡± Red¡¯s slightly panicked voice sounded in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. ¡°I finally remember what sort of beast this ugly woman is.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± Elliot asked half curiously half reluctantly. ¡°It¡¯s a Sightless Shapeshifting Horror.¡± Red said, his voice finally cracking in fear. ¡°It usually shapeshifts into a horrifying but sightless version for the native¡¯s main life form. But when angered, it would shapeshift into the most horrible form it owns, whatever that is. I once saw a Sightless Shapeshifting Horror transform into a full-sized undead zombie dragon. Definitely not something I am keen to experience again! I am outta here pip. She¡¯s all yours!¡± With that, Red immediately disappeared and entered Elliot¡¯s Summoned Beast Space! ¡°Hey!! Red you sted little punk!!¡± Elliot immediately cursed Red with all his heart. But he didn¡¯t force him to fight. Red was only a weak low level beast who happened to have a powerful Transport/Armor. Asking him to deal with a King Level beast alone was actually quite unreasonable. ¡°I don¡¯t have a choice. I need to power up right now. Hawk! Show me the top tier new items and skills I can buy. Quick!¡± Elliotmanded. [Acknowledged.] [Top tier new items are as follow:] [Gigantic Mystery Box ¨C Contains twelve random items.] [Cost: 60 points] [Gigantic Healing Potion ¨C Heals you for 5000 HP] [Cost: 200 points.] [Gigantic Beast Lure ¨C Lures a Gigantic Beast to your location.] [Cost: 200 points] [Gigantic Bio Bomb ¨C Deals 100,000 damage to all living things (except the Beast Master) in a 100 meter radius.] [Cost: 200 points.] [Forbidden Box ¨C ???] [Cost: 5000 points.] [Top tier new skills are as follow:] [Summon Sand Dragon ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade Sand Dragon] [Cost: 60 points] [Summon me Grizzly Bear ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade me Grizzly] [Cost: 60 points] [Summon Apostle ¨C Summon one Apostle for 1 hour.] [Cost: 60 points] [Divine Elementalist Warrior Beast Form ¨C 50 points] ¡°Everything is useless except the bomb. Hawk! Get me a Gigantic Bio Bomb!¡± Elliot shouted with shining eyes. Being a near psychopath, the mere idea of a Gigantic Bio Bomb was extremely intriguing and alluring for him. Immediately, a pulsating orb the size of a kid¡¯s basketball appeared in his w. ¡°Hohoho. I spent 20 levels worth of points on this damned bomb. Let¡¯s see what kind of boom it can give me! But before that, Frosty! Attack both the hydra and the freaky woman and then return!¡± Elliot ordered. Frosty seemed to understand Elliot¡¯s intention of getting it to attack first to leech some XP off him and fired off two quick Ice Beams at the hydra and the glowing freaky woman before disappearing. Frosty¡¯s Ice Beam easily hit the fast approaching five-headed hydra and caused all five heads to roar out loudly, out of anger rather than out of pain, considering that Frosty¡¯s Ice Beam probably did little more than to tickle them.. However, her Ice Beam had a rather unfortunate effect on the freaky woman. ¡°KYAAA¡¯|AAARGHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAARRRR!!!¡± Her girly shriek transformed mid-scream into a much deeper and more beastial roar the moment Frosty¡¯s Ice Beam hit her squarely on her voluptuous chest! Her red glow suddenly intensified and then exploded in a burst of power. Sharp spikes shot out from all over her body as it elongated and grew bigger. Thick bones also sprouted on her back to form a huge pair of wed wings. Her head began to crack in the middle in a disgusting split to form two simrly ugly but long-necked heads. Six or seven giant eyeballs supported by thin stalks like snails started to grow from the top of her head as well. ¡°GOBSHITODGER!!! Eat this bomb and die!!¡± Elliot didn¡¯t want to wait to see the end of the freaky woman¡¯s transformation and immediately flung the Gigantic Bio Bomb near her! BOOMMMM!!!!! The Gigantic Bio Bomb exploded with an ear-rending but extremely satisfying boom near the two headed freak of a woman, causing a plume of red dust to radiate outwards and upwards. GRAAAAGHHHHHH!!!!!! GRAWOOOOOORRRRRR!!! An anguished and agonized pair of roars sounded from the two headed freaky woman before ending in a loud BOOM! The two headed freaky woman had finally fallen. Aoo. Aaaoooow. But judging by the whimpers she was still emitting, she wasn¡¯t dead yet. In the distance, the five headed hydra was slightly more fortunate than the freaky woman. Because it was further away, the explosion had a smaller impact on it. Two of its heads had died and were dangling down limply down the front of its body. However, the remaining three heads were still very much alive. And furious. Still, that was a problem forter. Right then, Elliot had to kill off the freaky woman first! ¡°de Tornado! de Tornado! de Tornado!!¡± Elliot shouted as he decisively sent in three powerful de tornadoes to finish the job. JLEB JLEB JLEB JLEB A series of sounds like sharp objects stabbing into lumps of flesh sounded from within the plume of red dust still covering her. Chapter 100 Aooooo. Aooooo! ¡°Still unwilling to die? Fine! I will personally finish the job!¡± Elliot muttered and dived into quickly fading red dust. ¡°Lightning sh! Ughhh!!¡± Elliot nearly vomited in disgust when he finally saw the miserable state the freaky woman was in. There are no words to describe the mangled and bloody state that she was in. None. The author tried and failed toe up with any that could adequately express the sickening, nauseating and utterly gut-emptying view that Elliot had to deal with at that moment. Elliot closed his eyes and shed at both their necks. Aoghhh!! Ghhhhh!!! Choking sounds began to emanate from the dying body of the freaky woman as Elliot did a pdash job of beheading her. ¡°Gahhh.¡± Elliot trembled lightly in disgust as he circled around to finish the job properly. Whoosh! He dodged one of her arms which was waving around feebly, trying to grab a hold of the evil being who had so ruthlessly exploded a bomb near her. ¡°Man up and finish it!¡± Elliot told himself sternly. He dived and struck at both their necks once more. Lightning Strike! He scored a perfect hit and sent their heads rolling away from her body. And with that, the freaky two headed woman finally died. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 201!] [Congrattions on reaching Lord Level. Apostle System expanded.] [Initiating Astral Canvas mode.] [Frosty has levelled up to level 166 for killing a level 325 Sightless Shapeshifting Horror.] ¡°Astral Canvas? Interesting! And damnn finally level 201! Nice! That woman may be extremely scary, she sure is generous with her XP!¡± Elliot whooped for joy at the rtively high increase in levels as he turned his head away before opening his eyes. Just in time to see a streak of lightning shooting out of one of the hydra¡¯s remaining heads! Elliot¡¯s reflexes allowed him to quickly dodge to one side as the lightning bolt shed past him harmlessly. [Acknowledged.] [120 random items generated.] [77.5 points assigned to Strength.] [6.8 points assigned to Reflexes.] [7.2 points assigned to Intelligence.] [8.0 points assigned to Endurance.] [7.0 points assigned to Beast Affinity.] [10.5 points assigned to Luck.] [Thirty three other items received and stored.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 205!] Immediately, Elliot gasped in surprise as time seemed to freeze for a split second. And then, like a freed genie getting back the full magnitude of its powers after being locked up and powered down for a thousand years, Elliot gave out a full-throated roar of exhration as boundless might and vitality flooded himpletely! RAAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!! A formless shockwave of power radiated out from him. ¡°THIS IS POWER!!¡± Elliot roared excitedly. Every single cell in his body screamed out glorious power undimmed by time and gic degradation. It was as though a massive dam holding back his might had exploded and released every shred of power he knew he had but never knew how to ess. Previously, he was an extremely powerful human being wielding the power of almost ten men with every simple swing of his arm. With his lightning strike skill, he was able to drastically increase his power output by 5000%, dealing damage as much as fifty men acting in concert could. But after his power increase, his every swing dealt more damage than eighty men, and with Lightning Strike, his power output had skyrocketed to four thousand men¡¯s worth of damage. He had totally left the power structure of Earth and had finally entered the beginnings of that of the Universe¡¯s. ¡°TAKE THIS AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR HAIRY ASS!!¡± He opened his maw wide and fired off a humongous Ice Beam at the five headed hydra! Unlike before, his ice beam shot out at a much higher speed and with a much deeper intensity. With 500% in ice damage, his ice beam was as powerful as 400 men¡¯s worth of damage. Even before his attacknded, Elliot had exploded towards the five headed hydra with great speed. With so much power, he couldn¡¯t wait to get up close face to face with the humongous hydra and fight it in closebat! His eyes narrowed lightly as bloodlust began to fill him up. It was difficult to nurture the bloodlust in an ocean of apathy that was the White Dragon Warrior¡¯s default emotional state. But Elliot¡¯s hunger for battle finally pierced through and his heart began to pound faster and faster. Still, caution demanded that he weaken the hydra further before engaging in a life and death battle. Like a meteor falling from the sky, Elliot ripped through the sky and fell on the poor hydra who had just been hit by a powerful ice beam and had his movements slowed drastically. Lightning sh! Elliot gave the hydra a flyby and sliced off one of the remaining three heads easily. ¡°One down. Two to go!¡± Elliot smiled grimly. Fiery orange blood spurted out of the neck stump as the remaining two heads screamed out in anger and agony. SNAP! Thergest and reddest head shot towards Elliot and tried to bite him with its huge mouth filled with razor sharp teeth. But Elliot was too nimble and too fast. He quickly got out of the head¡¯s range. ZAPPP!!!! The other remaining head fired off a viciously powerful lightning bolt at Elliot. BOOMM!!! Elliot calmly released his own Ice Beam which collided with the lightning bolt with a loud boom. If it was before Elliot¡¯s power up, his Ice Beam would have been no match to the lightning bolt. However, with his body strengthening by multiple times, the ice beam which he could produce increased in strength as well. Which was logical, as Ice Beam dealt a 500% ice damage based on Elliot¡¯s base damage. If his base damage increases, Ice Beam would deal an increased damage as well. And for the increased damage to be an improvement in quality was also logical. Discord: /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 101 ¡°I wonder if my summons can power up this way as well.¡± Elliot wondered. [Only physical skills have that effect.] Hawk replied when Elliot asked him about it. [This effect is not applicable to summons.] ¡°Fair enough.¡± Elliot nodded as he yed a game of lightning and fire dodgeball with the enraged two headed hydra. He just had an incredible idea thanks to his enhanced intelligence. He wanted to try andbine Lightning Strike and Ice Beam, like he had done with Lightning sh. With 5000% increased damage from Lightning Strike and 500% increased damage from Ice Beam,bining both together would qualitatively modify his attack into an astounding 25,000%! Of course, it wouldn¡¯t be a perfectbination, and he probably wouldn¡¯t get 25,000%. But it would still be a powerfulbination, one that would allow him to fight enemies many power levels above him. And if he added Dragon Aura and Leadership Aura, his attack would have a staggering cap of 50,000%! He bnced both skills in his mind and allowed his body to reach maximum preparation. There was no finesse in what Elliot was trying to do. He was just mming two skills together and hoped that somehow they mesh together well. As crude as that method was, it worked. An azure beam filled with ice energy and wrapped in crackling lightning energy shot out of his mouth and almost instantly reached the hydra. CRACK BAM!!!!!! The beam hit the lightning-spitting head and froze it upon impact. However, the powerful lightning energy immediately took effect and broke the frozen head into a thousand tiny pieces. [New skill created. Deal 10,000% lightning and ice damage. Please give it a name.] ¡°10,000%? A bit lower than I hoped, but still good. Let¡¯s call it¡¯| Azure Lightning st!¡± Elliot gave his new skill a really cool sounding name. His Azure Lightning st was his most powerful skill yet, but it was crudely created, and thus was not particrly energy efficient. A single st took nearly a quarter of his vastly enhanced energy. He couldn¡¯t use it too often, and it had to remain as his trump card in future battles. Not that Elliot wasining. Although less energy efficient than his other skills, in battle, sometimes he¡¯ll need to deal a mountainload of damage in an extremely tiny window of time, and firing off one big, fat Azure Lightning st would be extremely effective. ¡°Anyway, now that only one head remains, let¡¯s have some fu- HEY! THAT¡¯S MY HYDRA DAMN IT!¡± Elliot shouted in anger. But he was toote. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 221!] A giant worm had suddenly burst out from beneath the hydra and bit it almost in two with its gigantic mouth. Its front opening was just six ps that could openpletely and was sorge that it could have easily swallowed the freaky woman whole if it wanted to. The only reason it didn¡¯t do that to the hydra was because the hydra¡¯s body was too wide for it. But the fact that it could still almost bite the hydra in two simply bore testament to just how gigantic the worm was. Its width was a terrifying eight meters and judging by just how ridged the area around them had be, it was probably very, very disgustingly long as well. Elliot wouldn¡¯t be surprised if it was a hundred meters long. ¡°Even giant train-sized worms are appearing huh. This ¡°Battle of Kings¡± wouldpletely destroy Earth after it¡¯s over.¡± Elliot thought grimly to himself. ¡°Frosty, Red,e out. Let¡¯s slice and dice this stupid worm.¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°Hey, a Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher!¡± Red said when he appeared. ¡°It¡¯s going to be a tough nut to crack. We¡¯ll need a hell lot more fire power if we want to finish this one off quickly.¡± But the party was just beginning. BRUAAAAKHHHH!!!! The ground next to the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher suddenly exploded as well as a SECOND Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher burst out of the ground! ¡°TWO Belchers? This is worse than a tragic soap opera!! How in the world are we supposed to deal with TWO fat Belchers?¡± Red shouted indignantly, as though he was a paying customerining to a restaurant for a wrongly delivered meal. ¡°Red, is it normal for an area such as California to have so many Kings?¡± Elliot asked with a frown. ¡°Hmmm. Now that you mention it, it is quite strange. In Battle of Kings mode, the Kings would be spread out to give them an opportunity to get even stronger, and make the game more exciting. For thirty of them to be gathered here is rather out of the ordinary. I can think of two possibilities. Two, these are all Dark Brainwyrm infested beasts.I am assuming that the Dark Brainwyrms have ess to the King level beasts being unleashed on this. But I doubt that they have ess to ALL of them. And for them to infest almost all of the Kings in this particr region is extremely strange ¨C unless of course they did it on purpose.¡± ¡°And the only reason that would make them do it on purpose is simply because the strange substance they are looking for to produce a Queen Parasite is here, in California.¡± Elliotpleted Red¡¯s thought for him. ¡°Exactly. And if that is true, then California would either be the point of impact for the obliterating nuke, or ground zero for a Dark Brainwyrm gue. Frankly speaking, I am rooting for the Dark Brainwyrms at this point.¡± Red said seriously. Elliot could feel a heavy sense of dread and consternation fall upon him as he tried to think of a solution to his many predicaments. But at that moment, the unthinkable happened. BRUAAKHHHH!!!!! Another Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher exploded from the ground! And it was no ordinary Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher. It was at least TWICE as wide as the first one, and it was a fearsome orange in colour! ¡°Another one?? And is that their father or something? Why is it so freaking huge?¡± Elliot shouted as he quickly sped away from the scene. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 102 ¡°Strange. Very, very strange. A Belcher that size, it¡¯s probably on the cusp of entering Emperor grade, it must be at least level 390. As per regtions, no beast above level 350 is allowed in a Battle of Kings. So that means¡¯| It gained 40 levels in just a single day?¡± Red said incredulously. ¡°That strange substance the Dark Brainwyrms are looking for must definitely be here! AND underground! That¡¯s how this particr Belcher got so big. It must have ingested that substance!¡± Elliot thought aloud. ¡°You¡¯re definitely right. Elliot, you need to tame at least one of those Belchers. If not, it¡¯ll be difficult for you to search underground. Tame that big one if possible, you¡¯ll be able to find out where exactly it ingested that substance.¡± Red said seriously. ¡°Yeah. I¡¯ll do that. But for now, let¡¯s retreat for a bit. There¡¯s no way we can deal with three of them right now.¡± Elliot said. Dealing with one of them was already a tall order ording to Red¡¯s estimate. Dealing with two was absolutely inadvisable. Three? And a Peak King Level Belcher as the third? Idiocy. And Elliot was no idiot. After retreating a safe distance away, Elliot kept one eye on the three giant worms who were feasting on the dead Kings that Elliot had killed earlier, and studied his surroundings with the other. All over the ce, the battles were either ending or had endedpletely. Many of the Kings were in the process of feasting on theirrades and visibly growing in power. Apart from the three giant worms, there was another group of Kings which drew Elliot¡¯s attention. It was a group of four strikingly powerful looking pack of wolf-like beasts. They weren¡¯t wolves, per se. For one thing, they had two rows of sharp spikes running parallel down their backs. And for the other, they were standing tall on two legs. ¡°Werewolves.¡± Elliot said grimly. He stared at their huge five meter tall and impressively muscr frame with deep apprehension. He hated werewolves. Period. ¡°Werewolves? What¡¯s that? Those are Specter Wolves.¡± Red corrected him. ¡°When they bite others, will their victims gain the power to turn into Specter Wolves like them?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Huh? How do you know that?¡± Red asked in mild surprise. ¡°Werewolves.¡± Elliot spat. ¡°A werewolf, by any other name, would stink just as much.¡± ¡°And what is that humongous rock monster?¡± Elliot frowned as he spotted yet another particrly dangerous looking beast among the group of dangerous beasts. ¡°That¡¯s a Rock Golem. It is definitely not infested by a Shadow Parasite. Game Masters often release a few hundred to a few hundred thousand Rock Golems to serve as generic King-level beasts for yers to farm.¡± Red exined. ¡°Is it powerful?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°It is exactly what it is. A brainless Rock Golem. High armor, high damage, low speed, zero intellect.¡± Red replied. ¡°Hmmmm.¡± Elliot studied the situation for a few more moments as his mind raced to find the right strategy to deal with the remaining Kings. ¡°What do you want to do now, Master?¡± Frosty asked in the public mindspace. ¡°The Dark Brainwyrm¡¯s fluids are on me. The surviving Kings infested by the Brainwyrms would notice that after the situation stabilizes. I need to either kill them all, or destabilize the situation even further so they won¡¯t think of hunting for me.¡± Elliot replied calmly. ¡°Any ideas? Wu Kong?¡± ¡°Yes, Master. Please describe the general situation andyout.¡± Wu Kong¡¯s voice sounded calmly and confidently. Elliot quickly described the surroundings to him. ¡°There is no way that you can kill all of the Kings now, Master. The best you can do now is to add fuel to the fire and blow up the entire situation. Master, you need to attack the second strongest group, the Specter Wolves and lead them to the strongest group, the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belchers. Let them start a fight first. Attack the winning group to bnce the fight as much as possible. After the first casualty, Frosty can attack the third strongest group, what was it you called it just now?¡± ¡°Spiky round cactuses.¡± Elliot replied promptly. ¡°Pfffffttt.¡± Red chortled at Elliot¡¯s extremeck of imagination ining up with temporary names for the monsters. ¡°They are called Tri-balled Bangtol, if you must know.¡± ¡°Errr¡¯| Spiky round cactuses.¡± Wu Kong opted to use Elliot¡¯s creation rather than the awkward ¡°Tri-balled Bangtol¡± ¡°Frosty will attack them and lead them to the party. Again, try and maintain a bnced rate of deaths among them. At that point, Red will standby to attack the Rock Golem. Bring him in when the fight bes extremely messy to degenerate the situation even further.¡± ¡°Sounds good to me. Let¡¯s try it out.¡± Elliot decided. ¡°I will attack. Frosty, Red, standby to support me if anything happens.¡± ¡°Acknowledged.¡± Frosty said. ¡°Of course I will stand by to save you, little pipsqueak. Don¡¯t worry! With me-¡° ¡°Yes okay enough.¡± Elliot shushed Red before he could say too many words. ¡°Here I go!¡± Elliot dived towards the four huge Specter Wolves and immediately fired off a powerful Azure Lightning st at the weakest looking Specter Wolf ¨C one that was slightly smaller than the others.. PEW! The Specter Wolves had excellent battle instincts, and they turned their heads towards Elliot a split second after his attack left his maw. However, Elliot¡¯s vastly improved Azure Lightning st was extremely fast, and the time taken for the Specter Wolves to turn their heads was enough for it to reach them. BAM!! The st struck one of the Specter Wolves directly on its body. Caught entirely by surprise, the attack managed to partially freeze its massive body. AWOOOO!!! AWOOOO!!! AWOOOOO!!! The other three Specter Wolves let out enraged howls and then to Elliot¡¯s horror, huge leathery wings sprouted from their spiked backs and they immediately leapt up and took to the skies! ¡°D*CK ON A STICK!!!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°THOSE WOLVES HAVE WINGS?! What the hell Red, why didn¡¯t you tell me???¡± ¡°Yes. They are SPECTER WOLVES. They have wings! I thought you knew about them?!¡± Red shouted back. ¡°WEREWOLVES don¡¯t have wings!! Ah forget it. I¡¯m going to go to the Belchers! Frosty, Red, disperse and standby! Don¡¯t get chased by the Specter Wolves! Gogogo!¡± Elliot yelled. Frosty and Red immediately obeyed Elliot¡¯s frantic instructions and simply watched worriedly as he shed past them with three massive and utterly enraged Specter Wolves in hot pursuit. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 103 Elliot¡¯s flying speed was extremely fast, and with his skill ¡°Charge¡±, he was totally unbeatable in the skies. The Specter Wolves were no exception. They tried their best to chase after Elliot, but could only watch helplessly as Elliot steadily extended his lead. However, much to their surprise and delight, Elliot suddenly slowed down and dived down towards the ground! ¡°Gogogo!¡± The lead Specter Wolf howled at his pack. ¡°Dive down as well and kill him! How dare he attack second brother!¡± ¡°Yes big brother!¡± Third and Fourth brother replied immediately. ¡°And I could faintly smell a trace of Death Mark on him. He must have killed one of our brothers physically.¡± Third brother growled. ¡°He must die today! At all costs!¡± Fourth brother snarled. ¡°For the Wyrm Empire!¡± The lead Specter Wolf howled as all three dived down after Elliot. ¡°For the Wyrm Empire!!¡± His brothers howled as well. All three Specter Wolves shot towards Elliot who was firing several Ice Beams at the biggest Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher. However, the Belcher had no intention to engage in battle as it seemed rather content in cleaning up the remains of the massive Kings around the area. Besides, the Belcher¡¯s armor was much too thick, and his Ice Beams weren¡¯t having any effects on it! ¡°What the hell is he doing?¡± Third brother yelled. ¡°He¡¯s suicidal. Let¡¯s kill him first before the Belchers get him.¡± Fourth brother snarled with extreme bloodlust. ¡°Get to it! The Belchers are not infested. They won¡¯t cooperate with us!¡± The lead Specter Wolf shouted. GRAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! One of the smaller Corrupted Sedgedoom Belchers finally reacted to Elliot after he fired off a powerful Azure Lightning st at it. It turned its massive frontal opening at Elliot and shot out with surprisingly devastating speed! However, Elliot was expecting its attack, and had angled his position so he was in front of the rapidly approaching Specter Wolves. As the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher attacked, he immediately dodged! ¡°DAMN IT! THAT SNEAKY WHITE DRAGON! DODGE! DODGE!!¡± The lead Specter Wolf howled as he swerved sharply to the right to avoid the Belcher. The other two Specter Wolves swerved to the left and easily avoided the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher¡¯s attack as it shot past them. FLAP! Thankfully for the wolves, the fan wasn¡¯t that wide, and its sudden appearance merely gave them a shock without doing any damage at all. ¡°Be careful brothers. These Belchers are corrupted and have many mutations.¡± The lead Specter Wolf warned his brothers. ¡°Let¡¯s end this battle quickly. me sh on three. Two. Strike!¡± At hismand, all three of them immediately shot towards the area near the Belcher¡¯s fan which functioned as its neck. Their sharp ws and teeth began to glow a fearsome orange as mes spurted out of their paws. Aerial me sh! ¡°TAKE THIS!¡± The lead Specter Wolf snarled as all four of his paws sank into the Belcher¡¯s neck. ming Feral Bite! He bit down powerfully with his giant maw as well! His superheated ws and teeth were so effective against armor that they pierced through its thick armor and immediately found flesh. GRAAAHHHHH!!!! The Belcher roared out in pain as the wolves savagely ripped out great chunks of flesh from its neck area. Thick, gooey blood began to slowly but steadily flow out of the Belcher¡¯s wounds in copious amounts as the wolves continued their manic attacks on the Belcher. Within a short minute, the Belcher gave out onest groan and then copsed onto the ground, dead. AWOOOOOOO!!!! AWOOOOOO!!!! AWOOOOOO!!!! The three wolves gave out victorious howls as they took down yet another victim, and an extremely powerful one at that. *-*-*-*-*-*-* However, Elliot wasn¡¯t just hanging around watching the wolves as they took down the Belcher. He was hard at work, firing Ice Beam after Ice Beam at thergest Belcher¡¯s critical areas before finally seeding in scoring a direct hit into one of its eyes, freezing itpletely. The Belcher had immediately roared out in pain and reared up angrily as he left the pleasurable task of munching on the dead Centipede¡¯s long and delicious body. It turned its head to search for the sted attacker, and caught sight of the three wolves howling triumphantly over the dead carcass of his son! ¡°How dare they kill my son and blind me?!¡± Furious thoughts began to fill thergest Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher¡¯s mind, who, apparently, happened to be the other two Belcher¡¯s father. The fact that for the wolves to kill his son AND blind him at the same time was a physical impossibility did not cross his mind at all. ¡°Die!!¡± The Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher screamed in his mind. He released a freakishly long tongue which shot out at great speed and pierced the third wolf¡¯s head like a hot stick through butter. Once through, the tongue¡¯s tip suddenly burst open like an umbre and took the third Specter Wolf along with it as it retracted back into thergest Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher¡¯s front opening, leaving the other two wolves to stare at their brother in horror as he disappeared into the Belcher¡¯s mouth. ¡°One down! Two to goE AND HELP ME YOU USELESS PUNK!¡± Thergest Belcher roared out to his other son who was contentedly munching on the remains of the freaky woman. ¡°Huh? Later. I¡¯m eating, don¡¯t bother me.¡± The other Belcher grunted and ignored his father. ¡°YOU PUNK! I¡¯LL EAT YOU AFTER I DEAL WITH THESE PESTS!¡± The Belcher daddy cursed at his son furiously. His son ignored himpletely and continued munching on the half eaten freaky woman happily. Belcher daddy turned his attention to the two Specter Wolves. However, the two wolves had already taken to the skies and were keeping their distance from him. There was no way for the Belcher daddy to reach them. Not even with his absurdly long tongue! But all was not lost for the Belcher daddy! /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 104 He had consumed the Nethervenom Red Centipede¡¯s and a Specter Wolf¡¯s beast core, and his body was slowly but surely absorbing them. In a matter of hours, or a few days on the outside, he would power up and possibly break through to the Emperor level! And by that time, it wouldn¡¯t matter if the wolves were able to fly or not. His aura alone would be enough to suppress them and bring them to the ground where they would receive the grand privilege of bing nutrients for his new Emperor body. ¡°Frosty! Get the Bangtols here now! The wolves are losing badly!¡± Elliot shouted in his public mindspace. ¡°Acknowledged.¡± Frosty cooly replied. She fired off a series of mini Ice Beams which hit all six Bangtols precisely on their spiky round heads. Tri-balled Bangtols were exactly what their name suggested. They were shaped like three balls stacked on top of each other, and they could move in any direction they wanted using their foundational ball. At over four meters tall each, the Bangtols looked extremely fearsome. And judging by the fact that they had killed a pack of three other Kings without losing a single member of their own pack, they were also extremely deadly. GRRRRRR TUKTUKTUKTUKTUKTUK!!! The Bangtols emitted a strange battle cry and immediately went after Frosty who, upon confirming that all six Bangtols were hot on her pursuit, immediately flew towards the Belcher daddy. ¡°Excellent!¡± Elliot nodded in approval as everything seemed to be happening roughly ording to n. A Belcher and a Specter Wolf were down, and the final Belcher seemed unwilling to join the fight. With the Bangtols, the two remaining wolves would definitely be able to at least heavily wound, if notpletely kill the biggest Belcher. And when that happened, the third Belcher would definitely act, and Elliot would take his side as they battled the Bangtols and the wolves. Perfect. He nced at the fourth wolf who was still struggling to sit up after receiving Elliot¡¯s full powered Azure Lightning st in its unarmored chest area, and then at the final group of four Kings who had just finished their gruesome work of killing a trio of other Kings. They were not too far apart. Elliot nced at Red, who understood his intention straight away. ¡°I¡¯m on it.¡± Red immediately said. ¡°Make it quick!¡± Elliot reminded him. ¡°I got it, stop being so naggy.¡± Red grumbled lightly as he sped off towards the four Kings to lead them to the weakened Specter Wolf. Elliot nodded in satisfaction and focused his attention on the main event once more. By that time, Frosty had reached the Belcher daddy and was swerving away up into the sky to let the Bangtols meet their ends. The biggest Belcher nced down at the six Bangtols who had appeared in front of him, and then turned back to face the wolves and roared angrily at them! ¡°Huh? He¡¯s ignoring the Bangtols?¡± Elliot frowned. And then his eyes opened wide in shock as the Bangtols opened fire at the wolves! ¡°HOT DAMN! They can actually fire the spikes out? And why the F*** are they attacking the wolves? DAMN IT! THAT¡¯S A LOT OF SPIKES!¡± Elliot cursed vehemently. The Bangtols¡¯ attacks caught the wolves by surprise as well. Like Elliot, they were expecting the Bangtols and the Belcher daddy to get into a big fight. But apparently not! The numerous sharp spikes cut through the air at great speed and although most of the spikes missed their targets, a fair amount had found theirs. And in the case of the fourth wolf, a fatal amount. A trio of spikes shredded the base of one of his wings and immediately rendered it useless. AWOOOOOO!!!! It gave a mournful howl as it fell from the sky. There was no question about what his fate would be. CHOMP! The Belcher daddy struck with explosive speed and swallowed the Specter Wolf whole. ROARRRRR!!! The lead Specter Wolf roared in anger and not a small amount of anguish as he witnessed the second of his three brothers disappear into the sted Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher. But there was absolutely nothing he could do. In front of overwhelming strength, the weak had no choice but to swallow their indignancies and ept their tragic fate. Plus, his wings were slightly injured as well, he needed to retreat! However, the Bangtols did not survive and thrive by being half-hearted in their attacks. Seeing that the final wolf was still airborne, they fired off another bigger volley of spikes thatpletely filled the area near the lead Specter Wolf. No matter where he flew, he would get peppered by the spikes. And being the ones with thergest surface area, his wings would definitely be struck by the spikes. His doom was almost certain at that point. The lead Specter Wolf was about to fold his wings andunch a suicidal attack on the Bangtols when suddenly, several powerful ice beams appeared from both his left and right and smashed into a huge swathe of the spikes, flinging them away! The Specter Wolf instantly reacted and used the space created by the Ice Beams to easily dodge the remaining spikes. GRARRR!! Elliot roared at the final Specter Wolf and beckoned for him to follow. But the Belcher and the Bangtols weren¡¯t going to let him go so easily. The Belcher grabbed one of the Bangtols with his tongue and then flung it into the sky towards the Specter Wolf! The Specter Wolf easily dodged the hurtling Bangtol, but he was not fast enough to escape from the fifty or so spikes that shot out from it as it was flying past the wolf. AWWOOOOOO!!!!! The Specter Wolf howled in agony as his wings finally gave out. Two spikes had even found their mark in his body, stabbing through his muscr body and causing it to bleed. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 105 Elliot immediately shot down towards the wolf and grabbed him with his ws before the Belcher could reach him with its disgusting tongue. ¡°Frosty, finish off that flying Bangtol!¡± Elliotmanded as he gripped the dying Specter Wolf tightly. ¡°Don¡¯t let it rejoin its friends!¡± ¡°Acknowledged.¡± Frosty replied and sped after her target. He brushed one of his ws against one of the Specter Wolf¡¯s many sharp spikes on its back and felt his blood slowly mingle with it. Instantly, a powerful mindspace descended upon them both. Although the Specter Wolf was dying, his mindspace was still extremely sturdy and powerful. There was still fight left in him. A lot of it. The lead Specter Wolf¡¯s stats appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind. Beast Type: Specter Wolf Alpha Beast Name: Romulus Amarok Gender: Male Beast Level: 345 Beast Power Level: 385 Beast Grade: Legendary Beast Bloodline: Wolf God¡¯s Specter Beast Physical Status: Fatally Wounded Beast Emotional Status: Resigned Hobby: Hunting Evolution Pathways: 3 Skills: Level 38 Feral Bite ¨C Deal 3800% bite damage. Infect victim with Specter Wolf bloodline. Level 38 me sh ¨C Deal 5700% me-infused sh damage. Level 35 Stealth ¨C Disappears from all senses for 35 minutes. Level 37 Charge ¨C Burst forth with 200% movement speed for 37 minutes. Level 40 Shapeshift ¨C Shift freely between a quadrupedal or a bipedal wolf. Level 30 me Bite [Self-created] ¨C Deal 6000% fire-infused bite damage. AI Comments: A powerful descendant of the Wolf God¡¯s Special Forces General, Specter. Caught and imprisoned after a failed raid on a Star System¡¯s Royal Convoy. ¡°Hmmm. An exceptionally powerful beast. I need to make him my Fire Apostle!¡± Elliot decided in his mind. ¡°Specter Wolf.¡± Elliot spoke up first. ¡°Or rather, Dark Brainwyrm. I have a deal for you.¡± ¡°You¡¯| You know about us? So that¡¯s why the Wyrm released the Death Mark on you!¡± A tiny voice sounded in the mindspace as a strange power entered it andpletely dominated the presence of the Specter Wolf. The power of the mindspace transcendednguage barriers, and they were able to understand each other perfectly. ¡°You¡¯re dead meat. Don¡¯t bother offering me anything! Wyrms will never betray the Empire! You will die very soon, beast!¡± The Dark Brainwyrm spat venomously in the mindspace. ¡°I can heal youpletely.¡± Elliot began. ¡°Ha! Wyrms are not afraid of death! Unlike you protosmic life forms, we embrace death! We are friends with death! Weugh in the face of danger because death is a wee-¡° ¡°I will give you the final Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher.¡± Elliot ignored the Dark Brainwyrm¡¯s rambling and continued. Apparently it worked, because the Dark Brainwyrm instantly kept quiet. ¡°We will kill the big one, of course, and Iy im to every single loot in this battlefield, including its beast core.¡± Elliot paused slightly when he reached this point. ¡°Go on.¡± The Dark Brainwyrm said to indicate his interest. ¡°And I will grant you your freedom as soon as I bring the remaining human survivors out of this.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I know you want something in this to make your Parasite Queen. By all means, take it. I don¡¯t care about this. I just want the human race to survive. And like you, I want to take revenge on the aliens. I aim to kill as many aliens as possible, and I will continue to do so even after I leave this. So at this point, our interests are partially aligned.¡± ¡°What do you want in exchange?¡± The Dark Brainwyrm asked. ¡°You.¡± Elliot simply replied. ¡°I want all the information you own and your full obedience to my will. Sign a temporary ve contract with me, and I will give you all the things I mentioned before. If not¡¯| I will drop you here and your life, your contributions to the Wyrm Empire would be over.¡± ¡°A SLAVE CONTRACT! PREPOSTEROUS!!!¡± The Dark Brainwyrm shouted angrily. ¡°A TEMPORARY ve contract.¡± Elliot emphasized. ¡°NEVER! A Wyrm has its pride! I will never serve as a ve!!¡± The Dark Brainwyrm roared. ¡°I would rather die! Shame on you for even thinking that I will be your ve! Sha-¡° ¡°Alright, fine! Not a ve contract then! Sign a Mameluke contract with me!¡± Elliot pretended to be frustrated and offered it the ve contract again but under a different name. (A/N: Mameluke is a military ve.) ¡°Mameluke? What is that?¡± The Dark Brainwyrm asked. ¡°A Mameluke is a respected ally.¡± Elliot began smoothly with a lie. ¡°Arade, a fellow fighter in pursuit of a noble and glorious goal.¡± ¡°Hmmm.¡± The Dark Brainwyrm immediately calmed down upon hearing it. ¡°However, a Mameluke is also a subordinate ally, of course.¡± Elliot continued. ¡°Or else why would I bother giving you so many benefits without receiving any back from you, right?¡± ¡°A Mameluke exists only when an overwhelminglyrge and near impossible goal exists. A goal which is worthy ofplete dedication and even sacrifice to achieve.¡± Elliot continued his bullshit. The Dark Brainwrym ate it all up with gusto. ¡°Hmmmm.¡± It nodded again in agreement. ¡°And considering our current situation, even if a Mameluke is a respected ally, it would be subject to the strictest rules so as to maximize efficiency in achieving our shared goals and objectives.¡± ¡°Strictest rules? What do you mean?¡± The Dark Brainwyrm asked. ¡°Well, for one thing, a Mameluke has to prioritize my orders over its own desires. It won¡¯t be called a subordinate if it¡¯s free to do everything it wants to do right?¡± Elliot stated. ¡°True.¡± The Dark Brainwyrm agreed. ¡°And because of the gravity of the mission objectives, which is the destruction of the aliens, as well as the secrecy required, a Mameluke cannot act as and when it likes. It can only make a move if instructed.¡± ¡°Hmmm, that sounds¡¯|¡± ¡°I am a native of this. I know the best way to navigate this to look for the substance you¡¯re looking for without arousing the suspicion of the aliens. Only by listening to me will you be able to find the substance at the fastest speed! You want to get that substance as soon as possible, don¡¯t you?¡± Elliot quickly threw him a question which he had to answer in the positive. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 106 ¡°Of course.¡± The Dark Brainwyrm immediately replied. ¡°Exactly. So, how about it? Do you want to be my Mameluke?¡± Elliot quickly pushed the question upon it as the details of the ve contract appeared on their minds. ¡°Uhhh, well¡¯|¡± The Dark Brainwyrm hesitated as he beheld the huge amount of information that had suddenly appeared in his mind in confusion. ¡°Time is ticking. Once the big Belcher absorbs all the beast cores it ate, it will be too strong for even both of us to deal with!¡± Elliot pressed it urgently even as he was speeding away from the battle to hide from the Belcher. He had asked Hawk the AI earlier for an estimate on the Belcher¡¯s possible power up to the Emperor level, and Hawk had said that it would take at least six hours, very possibly thirty six hours toplete the digestion of the cores. And another twelve hours for such a huge body topletely stabilize the growth. Elliot had time to focus on killing other monsters and levelling up even more before returning for the Belcher. There was no great urgency in reality. Of course the Dark Brainwyrm didn¡¯t know that. ¡°Fine! I agree! I will sign your Mameluke contract!¡± The Dark Brainwyrm hastily agreed. [ve Contract sessfully signed with Romulusamarok Dark Brainwyrm.] [25,000 XP gained.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 222!] It was masterful maniption, one that was usually only effective against little toddlers. Even Elliot was surprised that it worked so well. He only tried it as a long shot, hoping that the Brainwyrm would be easy to deceive. He didn¡¯t expect it to seed so spectacrly! Apparently the Dark Brainwyrm wasn¡¯t an especially smart species. Ferocious and down-right power hungry, yes. But smart? Not so much. ¡°Excellent!¡± Elliot whooped for joy. He finally got his hands on a Dark Brainwyrm!! With it and all the information it knows, Elliot would be able to finally find out the full truth and the full situation with Earth and even the Universe! However, that was a pleasurable task for the future. At that moment, he still had five powerful Bangtols and a Peak King Level Belcher which could grow to be an Emperor any minute to deal with. Elliot immediately bought a Beast Full Restore potion and dumped it all into the Specter Wolf. The power of the potion rapidly brought the Specter Wolf back to full health and its regenerating flesh pushed the Bangtol¡¯s spikes out of its body easily. He released the Specter Wolf and it immediately took its ce next to him. ¡°We have to take down the Belcher before he powers up even more and break into Emperor level.¡± Elliot said urgently as he continued to fly away and maintain an increasingly healthy distance with the Belcher and the Bangtols. ¡°And to do that, I need you to give me control over the Specter Wolf. I want to sign an Apostle Contract with it.¡± ¡°I can release my control over the Specter Wolf. But you¡¯ll have to deal with it yourself.¡± Romarok the Dark Brainwyrm replied. (Elliot had shortened its long name in his mind.) [Hawk, can Romarok sign the Apostle Contract on behalf of Romulus the Specter Wolf?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI. [Negative.] ¡°Damn. Can Rom sign the contract with Romarok still in control of his body?¡± Elliot asked again. [Affirmative. Rom simply needs to sign it out of his own free will.] ¡°Ah. Excellent. Romarok, can you release partial control over Rom? Let him regain power over speech.¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°Sure.¡± Romarok answered. ¡°AHHHH! Speech. I¡¯ve finally regained the power of speech!¡± Rom said with the exact same voice as Romarok, but with a distinctly different style. ¡°DAMN YOU CURSED WYRM! I HOPE YOU DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH! I HOPE YOU GET RIPPED TO PIECES AND YOUR DAMNED REMAINS GET EATEN BY A SHIT BEETLE!¡± Rom shouted and vented the pent up fury that had roiled in his heart for so many long days. ¡°NO! SCRATCH THAT! I HOPE YOU GET STUCK IN A SHIT BEETLE AND SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE EATING SHIT! I¡¯M GOING TO CATCH YOU AND FEED YOU MY SHIT EVERY-¡° ¡°Enough.¡± Elliot said firmly. We have a battle to fight. As I have said earlier, I want you to be my Beast Apostle. Are you willing?¡± The contents of the Beast Apostle appeared in Rom¡¯s mind. ¡°Hey! Why wasn¡¯t I offered this contract? This looks much better than the one I signed!¡± Romarok said indignantly as he went through the contract briefly. ¡°Of course it¡¯s better. This one is for life. Yours is temporary. Do you want to switch?¡± Elliot asked Romarok calmly. ¡°Ah, no no, I¡¯m good.¡± Romarok replied hastily. ¡°Rom. How about it? Be my Fire Apostle, and let us fight to gain a ce of honor in the Universe.¡± Elliot turned his attention back to the Specter Wolf. As a King Level beast, Rom had gone through a lot in life. He had to fight countless battles and absorb countless beast cores to be so strong. The idea of signing a Beast contract with another was highly repulsive to him. Even if it was something as morous as a Beast Apostle contract. This was made worse by the fact that the one offering the contract seemed like an extremely young native pup barely out of his mom¡¯s tits! ¡°NO!¡± Rom shouted immediately. ¡°I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!¡± Elliot sighed deeply with regret. He was hoping that he could get this over with quickly. But apparently it wouldn¡¯t be so easy. Rom was in a furious state, and waspletely unable to think straight. ¡°YOU¡¯RE JUST AS BAD AS THE DAMN WYR-¡± He was cut off mid rant as Romarok took over his power over speech once more. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 107 ¡°He extends his heartfelt curses on you and your family.¡± Romarok replied with a slight chuckle. ¡°So be it.¡± Elliot shrugged. ¡°Without him, we can¡¯t take on the Belcher now. I will need to power up and also get my other Apostles to power up as well. Let¡¯s clear out the other King Level beasts first. There should be one more pack back where the other wolf is.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go then. I hope fourth brother is still alive.¡± Romarok said. ¡°Now that you¡¯re on my side, I hope so too.¡± Elliot replied. ¡°I¡¯ve sent my other Apostle to deal with it earlier.¡± ¡°WHAT? Ask him to pull back, damn it!¡± Romarok shouted. ¡°Can you assure his cooperation?¡± Elliot turned to look at Romarok questioningly. ¡°YES! YES I CAN! Pull back! That¡¯s a King level beast he¡¯s controlling!¡± Romarok shouted again urgently. ¡°Fine. Red, how¡¯s the situation?¡± Elliot asked Red in his public mindspace. ¡°Bad! Very bad! Can¡¯t talk! Come over and help me if you can! Bye!¡± Red shouted maniacally as though he was being chased by fearsome monsters. Well considering the situation, it was probably exactly what was happening. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Elliot told Romarok grimly. As a beast under a ve contract, Romarok shared Elliot¡¯s public mindspace too, and could hear Red¡¯s panicked voice as well. Immediately, both of them increased their flying speed and flew towards Red, the fourth wolf and the four King level beasts which were giving Red so much grief. WHEEEEEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!! WHOOOOO HOO HOO HOO HOO!!! WAAAA KAA KAA KAA KAA KAA KAA!! WREK KEKEEKEKEKEKEKEEKE!!! They heard the four beasts¡¯ creepy battle cries before they saw them. ¡°Gah. I hate fighting with creepy monsters.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°Give me ten fierce wild beasts any day rather than a single creepy horror freakshow!¡± ¡°Those are Stitched Pixie Witches.¡± Romarok said in a slightly worried voice. ¡°We had ess to infest them, but there were no volunteers. And thankfully, with so many other powerful Kings avable and so few of us, our leader didn¡¯t force anyone to take them despite them having very high levels.¡± The Stitched Pixie Witches had finally entered their line of sight, and one of them was already speeding towards them. ¡°Damn it. A hundred! I¡¯d rather fight a hundred wild beasts than one like that! What a revolting monster! GAH!¡± Elliot cursed once more when he saw how the Stitched Pixie Witches looked like clearly. He had seen them from a distance earlier on, but they didn¡¯t look disgusting from so far away. Now that he was studying it closely to prepare for a tough fight with it, he could feel waves of disgust just assaulting him from all directions. ¡°What¡¯s with all the horrifying female monsters?! First it was the freaky naked woman, now this spiderdy wanabe!!¡± Elliot expressed his heartfeltints to the public mindspace. All four Stitched Pixie Witches looked different. Like their name suggests, they were all rtively small like pixies at a modest two meters tall, they were all female and most importantly, they were all full of stitches. Appendages, hands, feet, wings, ws, tails, eyeballs and even other crazy organs were all stitched onto their bodies. And the most disgusting thing was, they were all functioning! Eyeballs twitched this way and that way while all the appendages were moving discordantly. With purpose yes, but with jerking motions that seemed highly unnatural. The one approaching them had four utterly massive spider legs stitched onto her waist and which raised her up a few meters off the ground. Seven strange arms which ended in ws and fingers were stitched unevenly around her back and ribs. Two totally different horns were even protruding out from her head! And finally, she had short stubby bat wings that were unable to bear the full weight of its body, and so it could only leap up and fly in short bursts. Which, of course, made it so much more creepy to behold. Imagine a 2-meter tall freaky woman with all of the above mentioned stitched on appendages hopping up in powerful bursts with all of her arms stretched out towards you shrieking and screaming for your blood. It was a terrifying sight to behold. ¡°I guess now¡¯s the wrong time to hoard points.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°Hawk! Another 10 Gigantic Mystery Boxes, and as before, dump all free attribute points into Strength!¡± [Acknowledged.] [120 random items generated.] [72 points assigned to Strength.] [9.2 points assigned to Reflexes.] [5.2 points assigned to Intelligence.] [8.6 points assigned to Endurance.] [7.8 points assigned to Beast Affinity.] [15.5 points assigned to Luck.] [Thirty one other items received and stored.] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 224!] As before, Elliot felt as though he was propelled all the way up into the top of the world where he was showered with life giving elixirs and deluged in the water of life. His senses sharpened like never before and every single cell in his body seemed as though they were overflowing with pure unadulterated energy! GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! A sharp reptilian roar chock full of excitement filled the air as Elliot suddenly burst forward with explosive speed. Azure Lightning st! A powerful beam of bluish ice energy crackling with lightning arcs all over it shot out of Elliot¡¯s mouth and smashed urately into the spider freak show as it was leaping up with overwhelming strength! WEEKKKKEKEKEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!! BAM!! The Stitched Pixie Witch was thrown violently back by Elliot¡¯s powerful Azure Lightning st and she crashed onto the ground heavily. Its body had suffered serious frost damage, and was partially disabled. Elliot¡¯s massive increase in strength had qualitatively improved his attack once more, and now he was strong enough to deal serious damage to King level beasts. In fact, with his extremely overpowered skills with ridiculous damage multipliers, he might even be able to fight with two mid tier King level beasts! /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 108 The witch¡¯s two rear spider legs were ripped off by the impact while her two front ones were frozen solid by Elliot¡¯s attack. And because they were frozen, the Stitched Pixie Witch lost control over them. Their massive size and immobility ced her in an extremely awkward position. WEKEKEKEKEEE!! She hissed in anger, but there was nothing much she could do at that point. Her many appendages werepletely frozen after folding forwards in a futile attempt to block the st. Even if she wanted to rip off the spider legs, she had no functioning arms with which she could use to rip it off! All in all, she was in an extremely bad state, and all that simply after a single attack from Elliot. ¡°Hmmmm. I¡¯ve gotten much stronger after receiving such a huge inflow of strength. If there are no good skills to buy, I think it¡¯ll be best for me to invest my points into Mystery Boxes and dump all the Attribute Candies into strength.¡± Elliot thought quickly to himself. ¡°Hawk, give me the skill [Summon Apostle]!¡± Elliot said. [Acknowledged.] ¡°All of you,e out and finish her off!¡± Elliot ordered his tamed beasts. ¡°Winter, Wu Kong, you guys too.¡± Brock, Ellie, Rex, Winter, Wukong and six cute little Kaijins which Elliot had almost forgotten about materialized on the ground near the thrashing Stitched Pixie Witch. When Wu Kong materialized, Elliot was surprised to see a powerful looking two meter tall monkey d in simple armor wielding a battered but solid metal rod. ¡°You look almost exactly like your father.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but say privately to him. ¡°Thank you, Master.¡± Wu Kong said quietly as he nced upwards at Elliot. ¡°Fight well. You have one hour here before you return to where you were before.¡± Elliot nodded to him. Wu Kong responded by charging towards the Stitched Pixie Witch with unparalleled ferocity. Lightning Strike! He unleashed his Lightning Apostle unique skill on the hapless witch! BAM!! His powerful metal rod was the first to connect with her, and it shattered one of the frozen appendages. ¡°Leave the spider legs alone. Attack the main body.¡± He ordered his team mates. Although he was rtively new, all his team mates were aware of his monstrous intelligence in all things rting to battles, and they obeyed him without question. Brock and the others thundered towards the witch, their massive weight causing the ground around them to shake slightly. Sensing that her doom was all but certain if she remained unmoving where she was, the Stitched Pixie Witch twisted her body roughly and managed to break apart from her massive but frozen spider legs. WREEEKKKKKEEKEKE!!! She screamed in pain as she staggered away from her position. Wu Kong continued to rain down blow after blow upon her. Although he was much lower levelledpared to her, Wu Kong was still able to deal significant damage due to his ridiculously high strength stat. However, no matter how injured she was, the witch was afterall, still a King level beast. She still had a lot left in her tank. Freed from her monstrous spider legs and several of her appendages, Stitched Pixie Witch pped her wings and took to the sky! ¡°Ellie,e here! I¡¯m going to throw you. Get ready!¡± Wu Kong shouted. ¡°Brock, prepare to catch her!¡± ¡°Whaaa¡­? Throw Ellie? Where?¡± Ellie asked in surprise as she raced towards Wu Kong. ¡°Bite her! Go!!¡± Wu Kong grabbed Ellie and spun exactly twice before releasing her with pinpoint uracy at the Stitched Pixie Witch. ¡°WAAAAAAA!!!¡± Ellie screamed out in shock! And then a split secondter¡­ ¡°WOOOOOOO!!!¡± Ellie screamed out in exhration. ¡°NICE! HERE I GO!!¡± ¡°Bite that monster! Get her poisoned!¡± Wu Kong shouted loudly to remind her as he hefted his metal rod in his right hand, preparing to fling it like a javelin if need be. ¡°Brock!¡± ¡°I¡¯m on it. I have a few words for youter after this fight is over!¡± Brock growled in slight irritation at seeing his cute ¡°little¡± granddaughter flying away so high into the sky! However, everything went smoothly ording to n as Ellie sessfully bit down on the witch¡¯s left foot. Huge amounts of powerful poison began to enter the Stitched Pixie Witch¡¯s body and started to do their deadly work on her cells. And to make things worse for her, Ellie was no longer a small and cuddly bear. To Brock, she would forever be his cute ¡°little¡± granddaughter. But to the rest of the world, she was already an impressive beast! Ellie was already a massive two-meter tall level 70 bear! The fact that Wu Kong was able to easily spin and throw her was an incredible testament on just how strong he had grown. With the massive boost in stats that he got whenever Elliot leveled up as well as the increase in his own level, Wu Kong was probably stronger than even Brock. WREEEEEEKKKKKK!!!! The Stitched Pixie Witch screamed in anger as Ellie¡¯s three-ton body dragged her unceremoniously down from the sky. ¡°Throw her down!¡± Wu Kong shouted. Ellie immediately twisted her body and flung the witch down to the ground. BAM! The impact didn¡¯t do much damage to the high levelled witch. But the follow up attacks by Wu Kong, Winter, Rex did. The six cute little Kaijins were there to simply leech off some XP. Combined with Ellie¡¯s fast acting venom, the witch soon died. Although it took many words to exin what transpired, in reality, only a few seconds had passed since the moment Elliot¡¯s Azure Lightning st had hit the witch to the moment she died! Everything happened so fast and with such great ferocity that the half-frozen witch was unable to execute her powerful skills! Her death was truly a deep cause ofmentation for all Stitched Pixie Witches. A powerful King level beast, dead to a group of Common and Elite level beasts! A few meters away¡­ BOOMMM!! Brock¡¯s massive eight-meter tall bodynded heavily on the ground after catching his beloved granddaughter. ¡°Wheee! That was fun! Wu Kong Bro! Throw me again! Throw me again!!¡± Ellie shouted happily. ¡°I¡¯m gonna skin that stupid monkey!¡± Brock growled. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 109 [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 229!] [Ellie has gained 15 levels and reached level 85 for killing a level 325 Stitched Pixie Witch.] [Rex has gained 22 levels and reached level 64 for killing a level 325 Stitched Pixie Witch.] [Brock has gained 5 levels and reached level 170 for killing a level 325 Stitched Pixie Witch.] [Winter has gained 14 levels and reached level 92 for killing a level 325 Stitched Pixie Witch.] [Wu Kong has gained 18 levels and reached level 89 for killing a level 325 Stitched Pixie Witch.] [Armored Kaijin 1 ¨C 6 has gained 45 levels and reached level 46 for killing a level 325 Stitched Pixie Witch.] Elliot nced at the notifications as he flew steadily towards the other three Stitched Pixie Witches who were chasing Red as though they were ying a fun game of tag, and realized that he had been neglecting the growth of some of his tamed beasts. In particr, Winter wasgging really far behind Brock. They both started out with simr levels, but Brock was already 78 levels above Winter. ¡°It¡¯s not really considered as neglecting! It¡¯s just that I haven¡¯t exposed them all evenly to gaining XP.¡± Elliot reasoned with himself. ¡°FLY FASTER PIP!! SAVE MEE!!¡± Red cried out as he swerved and spun around, trying to avoid the clutches of the three creepy witches. Red was in no real danger, of course, as his Transport/Fighter was extremely durable, and could probablyst for a few more minutes with ease. He was just totally creeped out by the three Stitched Pixie Witches. ¡°And Red too. He¡¯s level 125.¡± Elliot ignored Red¡¯s cries and continued his introspection. Elliot nced at the first Specter Wolf whom he had disabled earlier. It had regained the ability to move and was slowly distancing itself from the witches. Romarok was already flying towards it to make sure that it did not get attacked by other beasts seeking a quick kill to power up. ¡°With Romarok and Romulus, and if I could tame the other Specter Wolf with its Dark Brainwyrm host, I am probably in control of the strongest force in North America. And with my incredible level 229, I think even if I had to participate in the finalpetitions now, I would still win.¡± ¡°Who in the entire universe apart from me could gain two hundred twenty nine levels in just two days of apocalypse anyway? None! If there¡¯s someone more capable than me, that person is a goddamn freak! The King of freaks!¡± Elliot finally concluded his analysis and felt rather satisfied with himself. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Far away in the universe on a different, Justin sneezed. ¡°Achooo! Strange. I haven¡¯t sneezed in a long time. Someone must be cursing me secretly.¡± He chuckled lightly and ignited his mecha¡¯s boosters. VOOOOOOM!! He shot into the sky and towards the next powerful Emperor level beast which had appeared in his radar. (If you¡¯re reading I Devour Mechas, the answer is¡¯| YES! All will be exined in the future :D) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Did he just tame that King level Specter Wolf?¡± Jessica Sands remarked in amazement. ¡°I think so. The Game Master in charge is extremely shrewd. I have never seen such a gambling frenzy develop so quickly. The number of bets on and against Elliot had reached unprecedented levels.¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied Jessica with a touch of awe in her voice. ¡°It¡¯s a Battle of Kings ¨C Battle Royale on the second day of the Games. That in itself is unprecedented as well, although for good reason. It¡¯s too early for people to be emotionally invested in any single yer to want to bet big. But technically for some, this isn¡¯t the second day of the Games of Earth. It¡¯s the 353rd day!¡± Monkey King noted. ¡°The number of bettors in the Games of Earth during its first iteration is pitifully low. A mere billion or so. Now that it has been upgraded into a Battle of Kings, the number has shot up to over ten billion, and is still going up at an increasing rate! Most of the bettors now are still new to the Game. And yet, somehow, they are all irked up and are cing such huge bets. Incredible.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said. ¡°You seem to have lots of information about the inner statistics of the Games.¡± Monkey King observed with a smile. ¡°She¡¯s the Chairman of the Gaming Commission¡¯s favorite niece. Of course she¡¯ll have ess to mere live statistics.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°I only have observer status, and can only see. So it doesn¡¯t really matter to my uncle.¡± Jul¡¯Taras exined. ¡°Look, over five trillion resources are alreadymitted into the bets. The whales are ying this round.¡± ¡°Five tril¡¯| Gah. I don¡¯t even know how much that is.¡± Monkey King said in awe as he looked at the string of numbers on Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ information pad. ¡°How many are for Elliot¡¯s sess and how many are not?¡± Jessica Sands asked curiously. ¡°Four point five trillion resources are for Elliot to die. Only five hundred billion are for Elliot to survive. Out of that, only five million are for Elliot to take first ce.¡± Jul¡¯Taras borated. ¡°Five million! That¡¯s still a lot! Wow, our boy Elliot has a pretty solid fan base huh?!¡± Monkey King said, suitably impressed by the number. ¡°No he does not.¡± Jul¡¯Taras chuckled. ¡°Most of the five million bets are probably hedges by many organizations. I doubt the number of real bets for Elliot¡¯s victory to number above a hundred thousand resources.¡± ¡°They definitely are above a hundred thousand resources.¡± Jessica Sands said with a frown. ¡°Statistically¡¯|¡± ¡°They DEFINITELY are above a hundred thousand resources!¡± Jessica Sands repeated stubbornly. ¡°Why are you so stubborn? Statis¡¯| Wait a minute. How many resources did you ce on Elliot winning first ce?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Jessica with a growing sense of unease. However, before Jessica Sands could answer her, the space near them suddenly shimmered lightly before a small portal opened. ¡°JESSICAA!¡± An aged voice roared out from within the portal. ¡°WHY DID I JUST RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION THAT I HAD PLACED A HUNDRED-THOUSAND-RESOURCE-PLANET BET ON EL-GODAMNFREAKING-LIOT?!?!¡± /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 110 ¡°Hi gramps!¡± Jessica shouted happily in surprise. ¡°So good of you toe check on me! Are you finally free to spend time with your granddaughter after so long? Have I finally moved up in your scale of priority?¡± She blinked innocently as she stared at her grandfather through the portal. ¡°Hohoho. What a vicious guilt attack! Well done, Jessica. Well done. The best defense is offense indeed.¡± Jul¡¯Taras murmured in approval of her best friend¡¯s well executed move. ¡°I¡­ I¡­¡± Director Sands of the all powerful Gaming Commission sputtered in shock at the utterly merciless attack his beloved granddaughter was levelling on him! ¡°Or are you begrudging the fact that I am using mere wealth to attract your attention? Should I talk to grandma about it?¡± Jessica Sands narrowed her eyes slightly as she unleashed another devastating attack on her grandfather. ¡°Of course not! Leave your grandmother out of it!¡± Director Sands immediately shouted. ¡°I can do that.¡± Jessica Sands conceded that particr point. ¡°But you truly are too much, gramps. I mean, how can you onlye talk to me when I am investing almost all of your money? If I didn¡¯t do this, would you havee and talked to me today? Tomorrow? Do you even care about me anymore??¡± Jessica sobbed lightly as her mouth curled into an adorable pout and herrge round eyes welled up with tears. ¡°Oh you¡¯re good. You¡¯re very, very good.¡± Jul¡¯Taras murmured, feeling extremely impressed with Jessica¡¯s all-star performance. ¡°I¡­ Of course I still care about you! In fact, I am just informing you that I want to make a dinner appointment with you tonight! Do you have time to have dinner with your old, naggy grandfather, Jessica?¡± Director Sands immediately directed his efforts on fire control to prevent Jessica from unleashing more devastating attacks on him. He had been terribly ambushed, and he needed to immediately go on the defensive! ¡°No! I¡¯m too busy! You¡¯re not the only one who is busy!¡± Jessica immediately rejected her grandpa¡¯s attempt to cate her. Oh no, she still had many trump cards! ¡°I need to work hard to increase the amount of money in YOUR bank ount so that you finally don¡¯t have to work so hard, you know? So that you can finally have lots of time for me! Not just a measly two hours every month for dinner!¡± Jessica shifted into high gear and plowed on. ¡°Ahahaha! You¡¯re mistaken, my dear. I don¡¯t need money at all. In fact, I can quit my job any time! I can quit right now if you want! In fact, that¡¯s -¡° ¡°No! I don¡¯t want you to quit your job!¡± Jessica immediately shouted anxiously. It would be REALLY bad if her grandfather had too much time on his hands. He would be pestering her nonstop! Jul¡¯Taras was extremely impressed. Now she knew where Jessica got her sneakiness from. It was from her grandfather!! ¡°I know you love your job. I don¡¯t want you to lose something precious just because I miss you so much. I¡¯ll be happy if you can spare time for me once a wee- err, once every two weeks!¡± Jessica said quickly. ¡°Yes, once every two weeks is good. I can even give you a report then on how I am investing your wealth. I¡¯m trying really hard here. I know that you¡¯ll feel much more at ease if you have a stockpile of wealth for your retirement.¡± Jessica said. ¡°I feel kind of sad seeing that you only have a hundred thousand or so resources in your bank ount.¡± At that, Jessica¡¯s eyes welled up slightly once more. ¡°And although it¡¯s risky, I have to try and increase that amount through investments! It¡¯s so scary! You know how investments are, right? Sometimes they fail. And I don¡¯t know what I¡¯ll do if this investment fails¡­ Huhuhu¡­¡± ¡°Ah, poor child. You are so mistaken. I have more than just one hundred thousand resources! I have at least five hundred thousand more scattered over various bank ounts! Don¡¯t worry about your grandfather! Even if you lost the hundred thousand resources, I am fine! I am totally fine!¡± Director Sands tried to reassure his granddaughter that it¡¯s okay if she lost all his money. He had conveniently forgotten the original reason why he contacted his granddaughter! ¡°Grandmaster. She is a grandmaster at milking her grandfather for money! I need to take notes.¡± Jul¡¯Taras murmured to herself, knowing very well that both Void Walkers had ridiculously sharp hearing that had no problems catching everything that she was murmuring to herself about. ¡°Are you sure?¡± Jessica batted herrge round eyes at her grandfather innocently and ignored Jul¡¯Taraspletely. ¡°Yes, yes. Don¡¯t worry about it. Just¡­ Do whatever you like with the money! I have more! A lot more! After working day and night for so many years, I am rich! All the sacrifices I had made to be where I am now are not for nothing, you know. In fact, if you don¡¯t have enough, you can ask me for more! How much more do you need?¡± Director Sands asked Jessica with a sincere and loving voice. Which of course, made Jessica feel extremely guilty. All the money she was spending truly was her grandfather¡¯s hard earned money after hundreds of years! What sort of granddaughter would she be if she spent them all without a single care? ¡°Ahhhhh gramps. That¡¯s a really good guilt card you yed. Fine. Fineeee! You win. I¡¯ll be more careful with your money from now on!¡± Jessica sighed loudly. ¡°Nonono, just spend it all! Here! Let me refill the ount with another hundred thousand resources. Letting you control a third of my life savings which I am nning to use for my pension is nothing at all! Nothing! You can tell me about how you invest it this weekend during our dinner date, alright? Okay, I have to go now. Bye darling!¡± And with that, the portal disappeared. Jessica sighed deeply again as a beep rang out. She quickly checked her information pad. A short message on it notified her that a hundred thousand resources had just been deposited into the ount that she was controlling. ¡°Damn it. He really transferred a hundred thousand resources into the ount.¡± She looked at Jul¡¯Taras who had a very amused expression on her face. ¡°He won. Completely.¡± Jessica Sands grumbled. Jul¡¯Taras merely chuckled loudly. ¡°Damn it. I won¡¯t touch a single resource from that ount anymore! It¡¯s the result of his blood sweat and tears! Elliot! You better win first ce and give me five million resources as spending money!!¡± Jessica Sands shouted. Next to them, Monkey King¡¯s brain had short circuited. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 111 Elliot unleashed onest Lightning sh vertically from the top down at the final Stitched Pixie Witch and crushed her bodypletely. [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 255!] All of his pets had levelled up significantly too, especially his six baby Armored Kaijins which definitely couldn¡¯t be called babies anymore. They were all veryrge at a cool three meters tall, and were almost asrge as Frosty who was only around four meters tall even though she was close to level 300. Apparently the Armored Kaijin mutation had made them grow bigger than their ancestral Archaic Kaijin bloodline. Bigger, but definitely not stronger. Impressively, Frosty had managed to kill the sixth Bangtol all by herself. It was no mean feat, considering that her enemy had nearly a hundred levels on her. But Frosty was a Mythical Grade beast, while her enemy, even though it was King level, was probably merely Legendary or even Epic grade. Elliot nced back at the distant Corrosive Sedgedoom Belcher which had resumed feasting on the dead King level beasts, and decided that he would take a breather to sort out his many new items and skills. ¡°All of the King level beasts except that final group are either dead or under my control. All of you, get into pairs, and hunt down all the remaining non-King level beasts. Return before sundown. We¡¯ll rest for a little bit before attacking them at midnight.¡± Elliot ordered. He would need everyone to be in tip-top condition if he wanted to win the fight against the remaining two Belchers and five Bangtols. ¡°Wu Kong, just hunt nearby and return here in fifteen minutes.¡± Elliot told his Military Strategist. ¡°Acknowledged.¡± Wu Kong said. All of his beasts obeyed and immediately dispersed. ¡°Red, stay back.¡± Elliot called out. ¡°What¡¯s up? Don¡¯t you want me to level up too? Ah I know! You must finally realize that I do not really need to be strong. Took you long enough! With my Elemental Deconstruction and Production, I do not need personal strength at all! All I need to do is to build a strong enough-¡° ¡°Rod.¡± Elliot interrupted Red loudly. ¡°What? Did you just say Rod?¡± Red cocked her birdy head slightly. ¡°Yes. I want you to make the most powerful rod you can manage for Wu Kong. Give it special functions and stuff. You¡¯re pretty good at designing, right?¡± Elliot ordered him. ¡°AHA! Finally! Finally finally finally finally!! A REAL mission worthy of a Master of Design and Production! I can assure you, my dear little pipsqueak, that in a few days, the most po-¡° ¡°You have ten minutes.¡± Elliot interrupted him.. ¡°WHAT? That¡¯s impossible! You think there¡¯s a high-tech weapons factory with an assembly line in my body? I can¡¯t possibly-¡° ¡°I¡¯ll put you in charge of all the resources that I get after I win this Battle Royale if you do a good job.¡± Elliot continued. ¡°Done. Ten minutes it is.¡± Red immediately agreed greedily. ¡°Good. Now go!¡± Elliot agreed. Red pped his wings and flew off to get to work. After Red left, Elliot was left alone with Romarok and the other Specter Wolf, whom Elliot had disabled by freezing it while he waited for her to make her decision. ¡°Have they decided?¡± Elliot asked Romarok. ¡°Romulus is still refusing to talk to me.¡± Romarok replied. ¡°And my nsman¡­ Well. He¡¯ll need a little more time to process and understand the situation.¡± ¡°He needs more motivation? I can give him more motivation.¡± Elliot chuckled mirthlessly as he morphed into his giant ck Bear Warrior Form. At level 255, his ck Bear Form had increased in size ordingly, and was now heart-poundingly fearsome at ten meters tall. Elliot pressed one giant paw on the Specter Wolf¡¯s frozen upper body and began to press down slowly. JLEB! JLEB! Several of his sharp ws pierced the Specter Wolf¡¯s body. Blood began to flow out of its wounds. As always, Elliot nicked his own paw to allow their blood to mingle slightly. The familiar mindspace descended upon them. Elliot didn¡¯t even bother checking out the wolf¡¯s stats as he already saw Rom¡¯s before. Being the leader of the pack, Rom was already the most powerful out of the four. ¡°Brainwyrm.¡± Elliot said in greeting. ¡°No. I will never yield like that damned traitor.¡± The Dark Brainwyrm spat. ¡°I am going to slowly increase my strength until the Specter Wolf dies. However, know also that I am actually very interested in working together with the wolf. So if you still haven¡¯t signed the ve contract by the time the wolf dies, I would be really pissed off. And being pissed off, the only thing I will be willing to do to you is to rip you into a thousand little pieces.¡± Elliot said calmly and increased his strength once more. ¡°Never! Death does not faze me! You might have managed to trick Romulus Amarok Dark Wyrm with your honeyed words of shared goals and contributing to the empire. But you will never trick me!¡± The Dark Brainwyrm shouted stubbornly. Elliot remained silent and simply increased his strength even more. Very soon, his ws reached the Specter Wolf¡¯s heart. Just one tiny move, and Elliot¡¯s sharp ws would pierce it. ¡°Do it! Kill the wolf, and kill me if you can!¡± The Dark Brainwyrm snarled. ¡°You and your kind will all die very soon. LONG LIVE THE WYRM EMPIRE!!¡± Elliot sighed deeply in regret and slowly pushed his paw down. JLEB. Ack! The Specter Wolf choked and then gurgled lightly as blood began to flow out of her mouth. The light of life within its eyes began to dim. And as usual, Elliot felt the strange power belonging to the Dark Brainwyrm recede from the mindspace. ¡°Frost Domain.¡± Elliot said sofly. Immediately, the area around him became frigid. Any lifeform caught within it would have its speed halved. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 112 Once Elliot had made sure that the Dark Brainwyrm¡¯s power had receded, he immediately took out a Beast Full Restore potion and poured it into the Specter Wolf¡¯s wound. ¡°Hey there.¡± Elliot called out in the mindspace as he paid careful attention to his surroundings.. ¡°The wyrm is gone. Sorry for before, I was just scaring the Brainwyrm into action. I wasn¡¯t nning on killing you.¡± ¡°I understand.¡± A gentle female voice sounded in his mind. ¡°Huh? You¡¯re a she-wolf?¡± Elliot was slightly surprised. Because he didn¡¯t check out the Specter Wolf¡¯s stats earlier, he had absolutely no idea that he was dealing with a she-wolf. ¡°Yes I am. My name is Aldera Amarok.¡± Aldera said softly. ¡°Amarok huh, you must be Romulus¡¯s mate.¡± Elliot deduced distractedly. Most of his focus was on their surroundings as he prepared to catch the Dark Brainwyrm once it appeared. Apparently, so was Aldera. ¡°There!¡± Aldera cried out at the same time Elliot noticed it. SPLAT! His powerful paws struck out mercilessly and smashed the Dark Brainwyrm into pulp. ¡°Good.¡± Elliot said with relief. ¡°No level gain, but still good.¡± ¡°Haiss.¡± Romarok sighed regretfully. ¡°He was a good wyrm.¡± ¡°Too short sighted and inflexible.¡± Elliot snorted. With the Dark Brainwyrm dead, all of his immediate enemies were dead. He could rx slightly for a bit. ¡°Aldera. I-¡° ¡°He¡¯s willing to be your Fire Apostle.¡± Romarok suddenly said. ¡°Hmmmm?¡± Elliot stopped what he was about to say to Aldera and turned to face Romarok. ¡°Exin.¡± ¡°Let Aldera go. And I will sign your contract.¡± Romulus said as he gained control over his power of speech once more. ¡°Why should I? I have two King level powerhouses here. I have no reason to let one go when I can have both.¡± Elliot replied with a slightly amused voice. ¡°If you do not let her go, then I will never sign your contract. You¡¯ll still end up with one King level beast.¡± Romulus said without hesitation. ¡°You might as well get me. I am the Alpha, and I am stronger than her by far.¡± ¡°Do you really think I can¡¯t make you sign that contract without letting her go?¡± Elliot chuckled mirthlessly. ¡°You can¡¯t.¡± Romulus replied stubbornly. Both of them red at each other for a quick moment before Aldera finally broke the silence. ¡°I am pregnant.¡± Aldera said softly in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Aldera!¡± Romulus cried out in shock and despair. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have told him that! Now he definitely won¡¯t let you go!¡± ¡°Huh? Wow¡­ That¡¯s great!¡± Elliot eximed. ¡°And yes, he¡¯s right. Why would I let her go? Her being pregnant simply means that there are more beasts for me to tame!¡± Elliot thought privately to himself. ¡°Any contract I sign will automatically bind my unborn children to it. Let me give birth to them first, and let them live free, and I swear to you, I will sign any contract you want.¡± Aldera said. ¡°No.¡± Elliot replied resolutely. ¡°I¡¯m not Elliot the Bringer of Life. I didn¡¯t set you free from the Brainwrym so that I can gain merits in heaven. I need your power. And if you have children, perfect. I need their power too. In anycase, your pups will be safer with me anyway. They will definitely die within a week if allowed to roam freely. Your best course of action is to sign a beast contract with me.¡± ¡°Make your choice, Rom and Aldera. Sign contracts with me and surround your whole family with powerhouses that stand at the top of the food chain, or¡­ die free.¡± Elliot let his words hang in the air for a few moments. Silence hung around them heavily. The only sounds they could hear were the sounds of Elliot¡¯s powerful beasts hunting the sub-King level beasts around them within the area of the Battle Royale. A radius of ten kilometers was a whooping three hundred fourteen square kilometers. That¡¯s almost half the size of New York City. The number of beasts that could be found within such a huge area would be extremely high, especially if there were colony type beasts like the spiders or the ants. There was definitely no shortage of farming avable for Elliot¡¯s beasts. Finally, after a few more moments of silence, Rom agreed. ¡°I¡­ ept.¡± Rom sighed deeply. Was there truly a different option avable for him? ¡°Aldera¡­ You too. He¡¯s right. Our kids will just die without us. It is better to stick together¡­ Alive.¡± ¡°I understand.¡± Aldera replied softly. She was rather reluctant. But life is life. Sometimes it will give you many good things¡­ Other times it will take many precious things. And for Aldera, life just decided to take her family¡¯s freedom away. The only thing that remained constant and within her power was response. She could choose to respond badly and screw up her life further, or she could choose to respond well and make the best of the situation. Response to life¡¯s many gifts, both good and bad, was the difference between a sessful wolf and a dead wolf. [Beast Apostle contract signed.] [Received 100,000 XP] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 258!] [Please select an Apostle Element for Romulus Amarok.] ¡°Fire!¡± [me Wolf Form ¨C Turns Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok into a powerful me Wolf.] [me Wolf will deal an additional 200% Fire damage on top of all damage skills.] [me Wolf will gain the skill [Fire st] ¨C Fires a fireball that deals 500% fire damage.] (A/N: The Novel Cover is Fire Apostle Romulus.) [Received Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C me Wolf Form.] [Received Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok¡¯s Skill ¨C Stealth.] [Please select a skill to grant Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok.] ¡°I choose Azure Lightning st!¡± Elliot shouted excitedly. [Unable to proceed. Chosen skill directly contradicts Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok¡¯s element.] [Please select another skill to grant Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok.] ¡°Damn it. How about Lightning sh?¡± Elliot asked hopefully. [Fire Apostle Romulus Amarok has received [Lightning sh].] ¡°Yes!¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°With Lightning sh, my bonus stats and his new me Wolf skill, Rom should be strong enough to deal significant damage to that damned Belcher!¡± /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 113 ¡°Now that you¡¯re my Fire Apostle, you will receive bonus stats for every level I gain. Even now, you should be experiencing a significant boost in strength.¡± Elliot told his newly minted Fire Apostle. ¡°Hmmmm.¡± Rom¡¯s eyes glinted with surprise and excitement. He truly did not expect that the Apostle Contract would grant him such a powerful boon. He even gained a rather intriguing new skill! ¡°I know that our rtionship started under very unfortunate circumstances, but whatever the case, we¡¯re bound together now. If I do well, you do well. If you do well, I do well. Let¡¯s forget the past, and let us focus on forging a better future for us all, shall we?¡± Elliot extended an olive branch to Rom. ¡°Fine. I agree.¡± Rom answered very reasonably. ¡°Good. Rom, you need to work hard tobine [Lightning sh] with your [me sh]. If you can do that, you will gain the increased damage multiplier and armor piercing effect of [Lightning sh] on top of your [me sh]¡¯s fire damage. It will reset the level to one, but in the long run, you¡¯ll be much stronger.¡± Elliot advised Rom. ¡°Understood.¡± ¡°And now¡­ Aldera.¡± Elliot turned towards Aldera who had shapeshifted back to her wolf form and was lying down in a state of rest. ¡°Hmm, now that I know she¡¯s pregnant, her tummy does seem like it¡¯s bulging out a little bit.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Hawk. How does it work with pregnant women? I¡¯ll get her pup automatically as a tamed beast or as an Apostle?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI. [Contract signed with a pregnant mother will bind the unborn child/children to the same contract. However, it is not so with the case of an Apostle Contract, which is a higher contract. Her unborn pups would revert to the base Beast Contract.] ¡°Good. I don¡¯t want all my Beast Apostle slots to be filled by Specter Wolves.¡± Elliot said. Beast Type: Specter Wolf Seer Beast Name: Aldera Amarok Gender: Female Beast Level: 325 Beast Power Level: 305 Beast Grade: Mythical Beast Bloodline: Wolf God¡¯s Specter Beast Physical Status: Healthy, Pregnant Beast Emotional Status: Hopeful Hobby: Hunting Evolution Pathways: 2 Skills: Level 32 Feral Bite ¨C Deal 3200% bite damage. Infect victim with Specter Wolf bloodline. Level 32 Poison sh ¨C Deal 6400% poison damage over three seconds. Level 32 Stealth ¨C Disappears from all senses for 32 minutes. Level 32 Charge ¨C Burst forth with 200% movement speed for 32 minutes. Level 32 Shapeshift ¨C Shift freely between a quadrupedal or a bipedal wolf. Level 32 irvoyance ¨C Receive visions of the future with 32% uracy. AI Comments: A powerful seer descendant of the Wolf God¡¯s Special Forces General, Specter. Caught and imprisoned after a failed raid on a Star System¡¯s Royal Convoy. ¡°Huh? Mythical grade? That¡¯s actually higher than Rom¡¯s Legendary grade. Interesting. Her power level is lower. So she¡¯s not really geared towardsbat. And¡­ irvoyance?¡± Elliot was very surprised. ¡°What a powerful skill! Now wonder she was so calm. She probably saw this situation in her visions. And truly, although knowledge is power, nothing beats real power. She couldn¡¯t do anything even though she knew what would happen.¡± Elliot thought grimly to himself. ¡°I am ready.¡± Aldera said gently. ¡°Very well. Aldera, I shall make you my Light Apostle. Do you ept?¡± Elliot asked her formally. ¡°I do.¡± Aldera nodded. [Beast Apostle contract signed.] [Received 125,000 XP] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 262!] [Please select an Apostle Element for Aldera Amarok.] ¡°I choose the Royal Element ¨C Light!¡± [Light Apostle Aldera Amarok has received two unique skills.] [Blessings of the Wolf God ¨C Be immune to Physical damage for ten seconds.] [Received Light Apostle Aldera Amarok¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Blessings of the Wolf God.] [Received Light Apostle Aldera Amarok¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Blessings of the Wolf Goddess.] [Received Light Apostle Aldera Amarok¡¯s Skill ¨C irvoyance.] [Please select a skill to grant Light Apostle Aldera Amarok.] ¡°I choose Azure Lightning st!¡± Elliot said calmly. [Light Apostle Aldera Amarok has received [Azure Lightning st].] [Beast Contract signed.] [Received 20,000 XP] [Congrattions, You have levelled up to level 263!] [Please grant the unborn Pup a name.] ¡°Hmmmm. Hawk, is it a boy or a girl?¡± [It is a boy.] ¡°Aldera, do you have a name for your pup? It¡¯s a boy.¡± Elliot asked her with a smile. ¡°Yes I do. Please name him Kai Kyzto.¡± Aldera smiled back at Elliot. Having epted her fate and that of her unborn children, she was at peace. ¡°Kai? Sounds Japanese. But alright. Hawk, name it Kai Kyzto.¡± Elliot shrugged and obliged. Beast Type: Specter Wolf Champion Beast Name: Kai Kyzto Gender: Male Beast Level: 1 Beast Power Level: 1 Beast Grade: Ancestral Beast Bloodline: Wolf God¡¯s Specter Beast Physical Status: Healthy Beast Emotional Status: Zzzzz Hobby: What¡¯s that? Evolution Pathways: 5 Skills: Level 1 Destructive Bite ¨C Deal 200% bite damage. Infect victim with Specter Wolf bloodline. Level 1 Destructive sh ¨C Deal 200% sh damage and 100% impact damage. Level 1 High Stealth ¨C Renders Kaipletely undetectable for 1 minute. Level 1 Explosive Charge ¨C Burst forth with 500% movement speed for 30 seconds. Level 1 Shapeshift ¨C Shift freely between a quadrupedal or a bipedal wolf. Level 1 Spectral Roar ¨C Cause enemies to freeze in fear for 1 second and receive 50% damage. Level 1 Spectral Aura ¨C Receive 1% less physical damage and absorb 0.1% vitality from all lifeforms each second. AI Comments: A powerful Champion born with the Wolf God¡¯s Specter¡¯s attributes and skills. Destined for greatness from birth. ¡°Ancestral? And what¡¯s with his ridiculously powerful skills? Jackpot!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes widened slightly as he beheld the unborn pup¡¯s insane skills. ¡°Damn, I want that Spectral Aura. Explosive charge looks excellent too! But I have too many speed rted skills already. Destructive sh would be great too if I canbine it with my Lightning sh. Ahh, damn. Truly, all of his skills are overpowered. What a cheater! Lucky he¡¯s mine now.¡± Elliot thought half jealously and half happily. ¡°I have countless visions about Kai¡¯s future.¡± Aldera said softly. ¡°I do not know which ones are true. But one vision in particr kept appearing.¡± ¡°Really? What sort of vision is that?¡± Elliot asked, intrigued. ¡°A vision of Kai ahead of an army of beasts, going against General Specter and his Shadow Wolves.¡± Aldera said. ¡°Uhhhh. That doesn¡¯t sound very good at all.¡± Elliot groaned lightly. ¡°However, he wasn¡¯t themander of the beast army.¡± Aldera continued. ¡°In my visions, he was merely the Commander¡¯s Battlemount.¡± ¡°Oh damn it all.¡± Elliot muttered. He knew what wasing up next. ¡°You, Master, are the Army¡¯s Commander.¡± /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 114 ¡°Well done, Red. You did well.¡± Elliot praised Red effusively when he saw the magnificent rod and armor which he had crafted for Wu Kong. ¡°Thank you, thank you. I would like to note that if I had better materials, and more time, I could have made a much better looking, much more powerful and much more ama-¡° ¡°Wu Kong, try it out.¡± Elliot rolled his eyes at Red and ignored the rest of his words. Wu Kong looked at the beautiful two meter long ornate red metal rod with golden trim all around with his eyes wide open in awe. Gingerly, he ran his hands on it before gripping it tightly and pulling it out of the ground. Whoosh. Whoosh. It gave out a dangerous sound as it cut through the air easily. Faster and faster the rod spinned and twirled as Wu Kong gave Elliot, Red and the two wolves a disy of skill and dexterity. Finally with grand flourish like a showman, Wu Kong gave one final downward sh and held the ornate rod perfectly horizontal with nary a shake or tremble. It was perfect. ¡°Brother Red. If this was done in all haste and far from your best work, I am truly in awe of your skills and your craftsmanship. You are a true master. Please ept this bow as my gratitude to the item you¡¯ve bestowed upon me.¡± Wu Kong straightened up formally before giving Red a deep bow. ¡°Ah, no need for that, no need for that! When I said I could have made much better ones, I might have exaggerated a little bit. AHAHAHA! In fact, not just a little, I was fully exaggerating! HAHAHA! This ornate rod is actually my best work!¡± Red admitted shamelessly. ¡°The design is a design I made for a particrly powerful Monkey Emperor! Ites with a back mount and many secret functions. I¡¯ve taken the strongest metal I could find nearby and mixed it with some elements I had within me to create an extremely powerful alloy. I dare say nothing on this can break this rod!¡± Red continued to boast. ¡°There are several hidden functions as well. des, hooks, ropes and the sort. You can slowly experiment and discover them all in your own time.¡± Wu Kong nodded and stored it diagonally on his back. He looked at the armor pieces which Red had gifted him as well and equipped them slowly. ¡°The armor pieces I¡¯ve made are also for the Monkey Emperor. They are the epitome of armor design and function. With it, you will receive at least 25% reduced damage from all sources below Emperor level! AND that is not an exaggeration!¡± Red gave them a runningmentary as Wu Kong equipped his armor. After he was done, gone was the powerful but poor looking monkey. In its ce was a majestic looking Lord which gave out an air of nobility and strength. The armor which Red had made for him was aplete set of greaves, shin guards, pants, chest piece, bracers, shoulder guards and helm in metallic gray with red trim. ¡°Clothes maketh the man. Apparently it applies to monkeys too.¡± Elliot mumbled as he looked at his Lightning Apostle with awe. ¡°You look good Wu Kong.¡± ¡°Thank you, Master. Brother Red, I owe you one.¡± Wu Kong nodded at them and smiled. ¡°No need no need!¡± Red waved Wu Kong¡¯s words away, feeling very pleased with himself. ¡°I will reward you in Wu Kong¡¯s steadter once I find a suitable item for you, don¡¯t worry.¡± Elliot told Red. ¡°Wu Kong, one hour is almost up. I will summon you again before I engage the Belcher.¡± ¡°I understand Master. Before I leave, here is the Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord beast core I got earlier.¡± ¡°Ah yes, this would be extremely useful for Rex. Thank you, Wu Kong.¡± Elliot smiled at his Lightning Apostle. ¡°I will take my leave first.¡± Wu Kong bowed formally at Elliot before leaving. ¡°Red, join Brock in his hunt. It¡¯ll be good if you can gain a few levels too.¡± ¡°Alright. I need to stretch myself anyway. It¡¯s been a while since I fought with my body. Later, pip!¡± With that, Red left too. Elliot looked at the two wolves who immediately shook their heads. ¡°We won¡¯t gain any levels killing those weak little beasts.¡± Rom said. ¡°I guessed as much. In that case, let¡¯s retreat to the woods, and you can secure the perimeter while I sort out my items and skills.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± *-*-*-*-*-* Deep within the forest a few minutester, Elliot stared at the items he got from the Giant Mystery Boxes in slight consternation. He had divided the pile of items into three categories. The first category was ¡°Normal Consumables¡±. He got several types of healing potions, temporary attribute boost potions, beast taming candies, beast full restore potions and antidotes. Out of sixty four items he got left from the Gigantic Mystery Boxes, forty nine of them were Normal Consumables. The second category had a far smaller pile of items and was called ¡°Normal Non-Consumables¡±. There were exactly twelve items in the pile and they were much more interesting. ¡°Armor for my Beast Forms.¡± Elliot nodded in satisfaction. He picked up a beautiful armor set for his ck Bear form and was suitably impressed. It was ck, spiked, and covered most of his back, his neck and his fleshy limbs. There was also a beautiful set in dark orange for his Primal Feline Warrior form, and half a set in pristine white for his White Dragon Form. ¡°Excellent! With these, and with Red around, my entire team and I would be fully armored and armed very soon. In fact, I could even get Red to make armor for my carster on.¡± Elliot mused. ¡°Yes, I will definitely get him to mod my cars with additional armor!¡± Elliot decided. His eyes turned to the final pile of items which he had named ¡°Unique Items.¡± There were only three of them but hot damn, they were extremely interesting. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 115 The first item was a simple Epic-grade skill book [Summon Cerberus]. And because it was in the form of a book, it could be used multiple times. Five times, to be exact. Elliot immediately learnt it, and stored the book in his dimensional storage. He nned to allow his sisters to read itter on. The other two times he would save for a suitable yer or Apostle to learn. [Level 1 Summon Cerberus ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Cerberus.] It wasn¡¯t the best skill, and it wasn¡¯t even as good as his legendary grade [Summon Giant Armored Mammoth] skill, but it was better than all of his other summons. In fact, as an Epic grade skill, it would have cost him 60 points to purchase from the System¡¯s shop, so Elliot was quite pleased. The second item was a beautiful golden ring with a dazzlingly colourful gem on it. [Left Eye of the Elemental Heretic] ¨C Grants wearer 40% increased resistance against all 12 Elements. It was simple, straightforward, and extremely useful. The forty percent increased resistance added to his beast forms¡¯ natural resistances would make him nearly impervious to certain elements. In White Dragon Warrior Beast form, he would be almost immune to cold-based attacks. In his new me Wolf form, he would be almost immune to fire-based attacks too. Like the first item, it wasn¡¯t the best item, nor was it a game-breaking item, but Elliot was still extremely pleased to have it. The final item was a source of great surprise to Elliot. It was the [Forbidden Box] which was sold in the Store for stupidly unreachable 5000 points. The fact that he got it through the Gigantic Mystery Box simply meant that he had saved on five hundred levels worth of points which he otherwise would have to spend if he wanted to buy the [Forbidden Box] manually! ¡°Interesting. With my insane luck, it really is the most cost efficient to just spend all my money on the mystery boxes.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed with pleasure at the insane loophole he found to break the game. ¡°Just by getting this box alone, I might already gain the power of a level five hundred yer! That¡¯s Hegemon level!¡± He didn¡¯t know if the Game Masters factored in ridiculous luck like Elliot¡¯s when they assigned the Beast Apostle System a SSS Grade. If they didn¡¯t, then Elliot would have raised the Beast Apostle System¡¯s power grade by at least another two S with how he¡¯s milking it dry with his Gigantic Mystery Box purchases. ¡°Now Hawk, tell me why this [Forbidden Box] is so expensive.¡± Elliot said. [The [Forbidden Box] is a Forbidden Grade Item. It is a banned Spiritual Item with the power to create,bine and upgrade items up to the Ancestral Grade. Please keep it safe.] ¡°Spiritual Item? What are the item grades again?¡± Elliot asked. [Item grades are the same with Beast grades. Please be reminded that Beast Grades refer to their rarity while Beast Level refer to their power. The following is the Beast/Item grade list.] [1. Common] [2. Umon] [3. Rare] [4. Epic] [5. Legendary] [6. Mythical] [7. Ancestral] [8. Spiritual] [9. Origin] [10. Prehistoric] [11. Primeval] [12. Celestial] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Monkey? Is that what I think it is?¡± Jul¡¯Taras stared at the in, ck box the size of arge book which Elliot was holding in his hands. ¡°Uhhh. What do you think it is?¡± Monkey King Sun Wu Kong asked Jul¡¯Taras in mock innocence. ¡°I know one of your affiliate ns got their hands on a Forbidden Box many years ago. They foolishly leaked that information and almost got themselvespletely wiped out by the raiders and bandits that came knocking on their doors. But the Forbidden Box was never found. That¡­ couldn¡¯t be the Forbidden Box, could it?¡± Jul¡¯Taras narrowed her eyes and looked sharply at Monkey King. ¡°Why would you assume that it¡¯s the real [Forbidden Box]? It could very well be a [Forbidden Box Replica] with simr powers up to the [Epic] item grade. Any Emperor worth their title could easily craft such an item.¡± Monkey King replied calmly. ¡°Besides, if it is the real thing, it¡¯ll be safely stored in the Monkey n¡¯s Patriarch¡¯s vault.¡± Jul¡¯Taras stared at Monkey King for a few moments with her sixth sense and instincts screaming wildly at her, swearing by their mothers¡¯ graves that it was the real thing. Calmly, she cashed out her million bet on Himari Suzuki for nine hundred thousand, and ced a two million bet on Elliot winning it all. ¡°Errrr¡­ Jules? What¡¯s going on?¡± Jessica Sands looked at her best friend¡¯s screen in shock. Jul¡¯Taras merely smiled at Jessica and gave Monkey King an ¡°I don¡¯t believe you¡± look. Monkey King merely shrugged. ¡°Do as you will.¡± His shrug seemed to casually say. Inwardly though, he was feeling extremely shocked. The Monkey n Patriarch had shrewdly asked him to store the [Forbidden Box] within his Diamond Boon System¡¯s massive Item Pool to ensure its safety. With such a low probability of it appearing in Mystery Boxes, the Patriarch was sure that it would be safer than him keeping it. It was simple math. The probability of someone actually getting it via Mystery Boxes was much, much smaller than another n sessfully breaking through the Monkey n¡¯s defenses and raiding its vault. That way, even if his Monkey n got attacked by jealous rival ns and in the worst case scenario, if they managed to break into the Patriarch¡¯s vault, they would never acquire the Forbidden Box. He did not expect to meet an insanely lucky person such as Elliot who would be crazy enough to spend most of his points on Mystery Boxes instead of on skills and other useful items! ¡°The Patriarch won¡¯t be happy. In fact, he¡¯ll probably be pissed off.¡± Monkey King thought to himself with a deep sigh. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 116 ¡°The Monkey n is fighting off two small ns who are probably backed by the ancient ns. Having the Forbidden Box exposed this way would render all of the Patriarch¡¯s previous efforts useless.¡± Monkey King thought. With the [Forbidden Box] now in Elliot¡¯s hands, he had to immediately report to the Patriarch. Elliot would probably end up using it, and its existence would immediately be made public once that happened. They would have to prepare to secure Elliot and his Mystery Box as soon as the Games of Earth was over. Although the Monkey n would be spared from a defensive war, they would still have tomit an enormous amount of resources to try and secure the Forbidden Box. And without the legitimacy of it being theirs by having it physically stored in their vault. Overall, it was a bad situation for the Monkey n. ¡°I could help you secure the Forbidden Box, you know.¡± Jul¡¯Taras casually said to Monkey King. Monkey King simply remained silent. Responding to her at that moment would mean admitting that the box was the real thing. ¡°Once we secure it, the box would remain yours. I just need to use it for a few times¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras offered. Monkey King stared at his information pad intently as though he didn¡¯t hear a single word. ¡°Although I cannot move my Uncle¡¯s considerable forces for this cause, I do have my own personal guard. And I assure you, my personal guard is more than enough to handle anything the cronies of the Ancient ns can throw at you.¡± Jul¡¯Taras continued on. ¡°They can¡¯t deal with the Grand Elders of the Ancient ns, of course. But I doubt the Ancient ns are desperate enough for that item to mobilize their Grand Elders.¡± ¡°What? This sounds really interesting! What is a Forbidden Box?¡± Jessica Sands interrupted Jul¡¯Taras forcefully. ¡°Tell me! I want to know!¡± ¡°A Forbidden Box is the ultimate Ancestral Grade Item producer. It is able to synthesize various items and increase their grade levels up to the Ancestral Grade.¡± Jul¡¯Taras exined good naturedly. ¡°Just consider it a high-speed portable Ancestral Item Factory.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not something Ancient ns HAVE to have, but having it would definitely increase the power of their mid-level forces by at least an entire grade. After all, a bunch of King Level warriors armed with Ancestral Grade weapons would be far more powerful than those armed with merely Mythical or even Legendary Grade weapons.¡± ¡°I see. And that in looking box is a Forbidden Box?¡± Jessica Sands asked Monkey King excitedly. ¡°Come on, Monkey. You can tell us. In fact, if it really is a Forbidden Box, I¡¯ll lend you my strength too! I have five really strong guards as well. I want to borrow it and try to upgrade some of my toys!¡± Monkey King looked at the two girls contemtively. Having a powerful Void Walker and an Elven Mageplete with their personal guards would be invaluable to the uing fight for the Forbidden Box. For one thing, their personal guards were definitely no joke. As precious princesses to major ns and powers, their safety was of paramount importance, and their personal guards would definitely be at the Emperor level, at the very least. And for another, it would signify that the Void n and the Elven Mages Guild were involved. It would definitely cause the ancient ns to think twice before hitting too hard. Obliterating the entire Monkey n would probably cause an outcry from the other Beast ns. Sanctions would probably be put in ce, and a retaliatory war might even take ce. The Ancient ns had probably taken that into ount and deemed it a reasonable price to pay. That was why their affiliate ns had begun their exploratory attacks on the Monkey n. But killing princesses from the Void n and the Elven Mages Guild? Ancient ns or not, they would be embroiled in a war for their lives within the week. ¡°I¡¯ll talk to my Uncle and get him to send over a Hegemon Mage to help out. That¡¯s my final offer. With a Hegemon, you don¡¯t have to worry about losing the Forbidden Box. Securing it would be all but certain!¡± Jul¡¯Taras threw an extremely juicy b of meat to the negotiating table. ¡°Damn it. Fine! You¡¯re good. Very, very good.¡± Monkey King finally conceded. ¡°It truly is the real Forbidden Box! I have no idea what sort of luck that damned Elliot has, but he truly is stupidly lucky!¡± ¡°Yeah he sure is lucky. With that sort of luck, he¡¯s probably more valuable than the Forbidden Box itself. I mean, just imagine what sort of items he will find in the deep mysteries of the universe once he reaches Emperor level and begins exploring the Universe?¡± Jessica Sands chuckled. ¡°True.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a contemtive look on her face. ¡°Let me talk to my Patriarch first. I will let you two know soon.¡± Monkey King sighed as he began tapping away on his securemunications device. ¡°Of course. Don¡¯t worry, take your time. I doubt anybody else watching would guess that such a in box is the Forbidden Box anyway. They would have to wait and see Elliot use it first before they would begin to suspect. And even if they know, they would still have to wait until the end of the games before they can make a move. We are in no hurry.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said generously with a slight tinge of excitement in her voice. She nced at Jessica Sands and they both shared a secret smile. Both of them knew exactly what items the other wanted to upgrade, and both were feeling extremely excited. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 117 ¡°Uhh. I don¡¯t really have many items tobine or upgrade. Let me try with this [Left Eye of the Elemental Heretic].¡± Elliot said as he dumped it into the box. Immediately, a slightly different AI voice sounded from the box. [Ding! Elemental Ring detected.] [Upgrade its effects by putting in items with simr effects. Other items will be consumed to upgrade the Elemental Ring.] [Combine its effects by putting in items with different effects. Other items will be consumed to enhance the Elemental Ring.] ¡°Wow, now that you put it this way, it¡¯s really cool! With this box and my strength, I could easily dominate several Resource Boxes and thenbine all the power-up items into stronger items!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes shined at the thought. At that moment, a slightly different thought struck Elliot. ¡°If they canbine items, they should be able tobine beast cores too, right?¡± Elliot took out the [Left Eye of the Elemental Heretic] and put in the highest grade Beast Core that he had, the Mythical Spider¡¯s Beast Core. [Ding! Mythical Grade Beast Core detected.] [Upgrade its effects by putting in beast cores with simr effects. Other beast cores will be consumed to upgrade the Mythical Grade Beast Core.] [Combine its effects by putting in beast cores with different effects. Other beast cores will be consumed to enhance the Mythical Grade Beast Core.] ¡°Hohoho! This [Forbidden Box] just became extremely useful to me!¡± Elliot barked out a triumphantugh. ¡°That¡¯s right, I wanted to give Frosty the Mutated Gojira¡¯s beast core to upgrade her Ice Beam into cial Beam. Let me see if I can strengthen that Mutated Gojira beast core first. Oh, and I can give the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior beast core to Rex as well! Let mebine it with the Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord beast core.¡± Immediately, Elliot took out the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior beast core and ced it with the Mutated Sabertooth Tiger Lord beast core. [Ding! Two simr beast cores detected. Combine?] ¡°Combine.¡± Elliot ordered. The in looking box shined brightly for a brief second. [Combination sessful!] Elliot eagerly took out the newly enhanced beast core. ¡°Hawk! Estimate the effects if I feed this to Rex!¡± Elliot ordered. [Primal Feline purity level enhanced. Rex will rise one grade to be Legendary Grade. She will unlock a new skill ¨C Destructive Bite. Her physical strength will also undergo a general increase in all aspects.] ¡°Ok. She won¡¯t grow two heads like the Mutated Primal Feline Warrior right?¡± Elliot asked to confirm a very critical point. [Affirmative. She will not grow another head.] [To maintain the core upgrade of Frosty¡¯s Ice Beam into cial Beam, please upgrade the Mutated Gojira¡¯s Beast Core with the Hell Venom Anaconda¡¯s Beast Core as well as the Mutated Broodmother¡¯s Beast Core.] [Ice Beam would transform into Venomous cial Beam.] [Frosty will gain a new skill ¨C Web Shot.] ¡°Web Shot¡­ From her paws?¡± Elliot frowned lightly as the image of a childhood superhero of his that was able to shoot out spider web from his wrist began to superimpose with the image of Frosty. [Negative. Web Shot would be fired from her mouth.] ¡°Ah yes. That¡¯s much better. She doesn¡¯t need to swing around since she can already fly.¡± Elliot agreed wholeheartedly. ¡°In that case, let¡¯s do it.¡± Once more, the Forbidden Box lit up brightly for a brief moment. ¡°With this, the only beast cores I have left are the Mythical Spider beast core, the Bangtol Frosty killed, and the four Stitched Pixie Witches.¡± Elliot began to think aloud. ¡°The Bangtol can fire off its spikes. Hey Rom, do you-¡° ¡°No.¡± Came Rom¡¯s immediate reply. ¡°Are you sure? It¡¯ll be useful if you can fire off your spikes as well.¡± Elliot pressed him slightly. ¡°No.¡± Came his reply once more. ¡°I will not sully the purity of my Lord¡¯s bloodline with a Bangtol¡¯s.¡± ¡°Ah, yes you¡¯re right. I suppose by mixing up cores from different races together, I am deviating from the beast¡¯s purity. Like Frosty, if I give her this newlybined beast core, she would gain strength, but at the same time she would have less chances to evolve into a pure White Dragon.¡± Elliot quickly built on Rom¡¯s line of thought and extrapted his own conclusions from there. ¡°But if I control the direction of her evolution carefully by not allowing drastic ones, like bing an Arach-Jin, I think she might even be able to evolve into a being which is stronger than the original. No White Dragon would be able to fire off a Venomous cial Beam afterall.¡± Elliot nodded and quickly came to a startlingly urate conclusion. ¡°Purists like Rom who worship their ancestors would never agree to doing such a thing because of honor and respect. But that¡¯s fine. Each Apostle and Beast have their own way of life. It¡¯s better to build on their strengths rather than forcing them to do things they don¡¯t want.¡± ¡°Thank you for that¡­ young man.¡± Rom said quietly. He still couldn¡¯t bring himself to call Elliot ¡°Master¡±. ¡°All good.¡± Elliot replied agreeably. ¡°Now that I¡¯m done with the items, Hawk, show me the skills and other stuff I can buy.¡± Elliot ordered the AI. [Acknowledged.] [Avable points: 340] [Skills avable for purchase:] [Summon Sand Dragon ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade Sand Dragon] [Cost: 60 points] [Summon me Grizzly ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade me Grizzly] [Cost: 60 points] [Summon Iron Golem ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade Iron Golem] [Cost: 60 points] [Summon Flower Demon ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade Flower Demon] [Cost: 60 points] [Summon Greater Orca ¨C Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary Epic Grade Greater Orca] [Cost: 60 points] [Beast Forms avable for purchase:] [Divine Elementalist Warrior Beast Form ¨C 50 points] [Specter Wolf Beast Form ¨C 50 points] [Runes avable for purchase:] [Minor Gold Element Resistance ¨C 20 points] [Minor Wood Element Resistance ¨C 20 points] [Minor Water Element Resistance ¨C 20 points] [Minor Fire Element Resistance ¨C 20 points] [Minor Earth Element Resistance ¨C 20 points] [Minor Gold Element Attack Boost ¨C 20 points] [Minor Wood Element Attack Boost ¨C 20 points] [Minor Water Element Attack Boost ¨C 20 points] [Minor Fire Element Attack Boost ¨C 20 points] [Minor Earth Element Attack Boost ¨C 20 points] ¡°Runes?? What are runes??¡± Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 118 [The Astral Canvas mode allows for Runes to be tattooed onto the skin.] ¡°Astral Canvas! So that is what it means!¡± Elliot looked at the list of runes excitedly. The Beast Apostle System truly was an extensive system fully deserving its Triple S grade! ¡°So in order to be able to utilize the Astral Canvas mode, I just need to buy the Runes and the Tattoo Ink and then draw the Runes onto my skin?¡± Elliot asked to confirm. [Affirmative.] ¡°Get me all the runes and 10 Tattoo Inks.¡± Elliot immediately ordered. He was determined to try them all out! As soon as the tattoo ink bottle appeared on his hands and the information of the Runes appeared in his mind, Elliot got to work. ¡°Let¡¯s see. Water Element Attack Boost first for my Ice Beam.¡± Elliot thought to himself as he dipped one finger into the tattoo ink bottle and began to draw on his other hand. However, he immediately realized one major problem. ¡°Damn! I suck big time in drawing!!¡± He cried out in frustration as his second stroke slightly deviated from the Rune. [Please make sure the Rune is tattooed perfectly. Deviations would lead to a weaker effect than intended or even no effect at all.] ¡°I know, I know.¡± Elliot grumbled as he tried his best to tattoo the remaining Rune onto his hand. After some time¡­ [Rune failed. Please try again.] ¡°Damn it!¡± Elliot cursed. He had not even finished a quarter of the Rune and it already failed! ¡°These runes are reallyplicated! I have to practice drawing the Runes on the sand or using something easily removable first.¡± Elliot sighed as he kept the tattoo ink bottle. ¡°I¡¯ll do itter. That¡¯s three hundred points gone, though. I better make sure I master those Runes and paint it all over my body.¡± ¡°Hawk, get me the Summon Flower Demon and Iron Golem skills. Use the remaining points to buy three Gigantic Mystery Boxes and keep the remaining forty points as spare.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Dump all avable attributes to strength as well.¡± He didn¡¯t need the Orca, the me Grizzly or the Sand Dragon. In gaming terms, Elliot needed a tank and a support. He had enough DPS type beasts in his summon list at the moment. [Acknowledged.] [36 random items generated.] [22 points assigned to Strength.] [2.2 points assigned to Intelligence.] [Seven other items received and stored.] Elliot quickly checked the seven items, and found that they were merely boring consumables. ¡°I guess I can¡¯t be lucky all the time.¡± He chuckled lightly. ¡°Hawk, show me a summarized character stat please, and without the ridiculousments as well as the useless stats like looks, mental and emotional health.¡± [Acknowledged.] Character Name: Elliot Musk Current Level: 262 HP: 26200/26200 Current Experience: 25900/26100 Strength: 179.5 Intellect: 19.6 Endurance: 21.6 Reflexes: 22 Beast Affinity: 20 Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 22 Luck: 31 Avable points: 40 ¡°Much better.¡± Elliot looked at his clear and concise character page in approval. ¡°With stats like these, the first few months of the Apocalypse would be a breeze. This Battle Royale is truly a gift from heaven! And once I deal with the remaining Belchers, Bangtols and the Rock Golem, I would probably be a King Level yer as well.¡± He nced at the sky and found that it was almost evening. ¡°Gather at my position in three hours.¡± Elliot told his beasts. ¡°Make sure you gain as many levels as possible in the next sixty minutes.¡± A chorus of agreement rang out in his public mindspace, as well as a barrage of curses by one very disgruntled bird. ¡°Three hours? Ding Dang Douchenozzle! I would probably be dead in ten minutes! I¡¯m so tired! My wings are about to fall off! My beak is sore and my eyes hurt! Stupid Winter here refuses to allow me to enter my transport! She¡¯s evil! A demon! A devil! She has malicious ns for me! I know! She probably covets my position as Wind Apostle and seeks to kill me! Elliot, you- SQUAWK!!¡± ¡°We¡¯ll be back in three hours, Master.¡± Came Winter¡¯s calm voice in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. ¡°I have no doubts.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Whatever you¡¯re doing, keep doing it. Well done Winter.¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* When Elliot¡¯s beasts finally returned, he was suitably impressed by what they did in merely half a day. Every single one of them had reached at least level one hundred fifty. Yes, even the six cute little Armored Kaijins. They had grown big and powerful, much more powerful than even the ones that managed to surround and kill Wu Kong¡¯s father, the self-titled Great Sage. ¡°Well done, all of you.¡± Elliot praised them as he looked at them one at a time with a growing sense of pride and achievement. ¡°Ellie. Rex. You two are my first tamed beasts. When the wolves caught you a few days ago, you both were still so little and cute. But now¡­ Look at you.¡± ¡°Ellie strong, Master!¡± Ellie said proudly as she nudged Elliot lightly with her nose. Standing at almost five meters tall, she had to bend down low in order to do that. Rex! Power! Rex! Power! Rex shouted excitedly. Rex was slightly smaller at around three meters tall. But even so, she still towered above Elliot! ¡°Well, miracles can happen after two days of intense physical growth. But I guess the two of you are still babies mentally huh?¡± Elliot chuckled as he gently ruffled their fur. ¡°Here Rex. Eat this.¡± Elliot tossed the enhanced beast core to her. ¡°It might hurt a little, but you¡¯lle out stronger.¡± Rex! Eat! Eat Yummy!! Rex gobbled the beast core in one gulp and bounded a distance away to digest it. ¡°Brock. Winter. My trusted Lieutenants. Hoo¡­ Lord level already! Excellent job!¡± Elliot praised them. ¡°Hahahaha! I am very strong now, little Master. Don¡¯t worry, with me around, all will be well.¡± Brock bragged loudly. Although he sounded proud, he certainly had the size to back it up. At almost ten meters tall, Brock was just like a monster bear! ¡°You can depend on me, Master.¡± Winter said confidently, giving Elliot a much more reassuring feelingpared to Brock¡¯s loud and brash words. She was around six meters tall. Although she didn¡¯t grow as much as Brock physically, Elliot could sense that she was much deadlier than him. Interesting. Next up was Frosty and her six Armored Kaijin Minions. Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 119 Elliot tossed the enhanced Mutated Gojira beast core to Frosty as well. ¡°Endure the pain. You¡¯ll power up magnificently after this.¡± Elliot told her. ¡°Do not worry about me, Master.¡± Frosty said coolly as she swallowed the beast core. ¡°Kaijins, make sure you protect Frosty, alright?¡± Elliot looked at the six Kaijins. Of all his tamed beasts, he had spent the least amount of time with the Kaijins, and felt the least amount of emotions towards them. He was happy to ce them under Frosty¡¯s control. And as their Bloodline Ancestor, Frosty hadplete control over them. All six Armored Kaijins nodded wordlessly and immediately sat down near Frosty. ¡°Red.¡± Elliot said as he turned to his Wind Apostle. ¡°Don¡¯t say anything!¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Red squawked in confusion. ¡°Good job. I will be depending on you in the future to create armor and weapons for all of us.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Of course! You can depend on me. I will make sure that I produce the best, most powerful, most beautiful and most amazing armor and weapons for all of you! Especially you, pip. You can look forward to having armor that would rival even the God Kings of the Earth! You will be the handsomest, coole-¡° ¡°Okay, okay I get it. I really need to have a mute function for you.¡± Elliot grumbled lightly as he interrupted Red¡¯s barrage. ¡°THANK YOU and now please remain silent.¡± ¡°Sigh. Nobody truly appreciates me and my words. Fine.¡± Red sighed. ¡°When oh when will I ever meet someone who understands me and loves to listen to me¡­¡± (Author was writing this on Valentines day 14 Feb 2022 lol) ¡°Rom and Aldera.¡± Elliot ignored Red and continued. ¡°We¡¯ll be depending on you two to lead us in the next battle.¡± ¡°I will take the lead against the Belcher.¡± Rom replied. ¡°But let Aldera stay back as support.¡± ¡°Of course.¡± Elliot agreed readily. Whatever happened, Aldera and her pup had to survive the next fight. Elliot was already salivating over Kai¡¯s Specter Aura skill and couldn¡¯t wait to make him an Apostle! ¡°All of you, rest up. Once Rex and Frosty are done with their evolutions, we will attack.¡± Elliot ordered them. ¡°Wu Kong, stand by for summons. Remember, our goal is to disable the big Belcher and kill everything else. If we had to kill the Big Belcher, make sure you don¡¯t kill the other Belcher. I want one of the Belchers alive at the end of the battle!¡± ¡°Yes Master.¡± A chorus of voices responded to him. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* When Elliot finally led his beasts out of the forest to attack the Belchers and Bangtols, almost every single viewer had their eyes firmly glued on him. In the Diamond VIP room, the atmosphere was electric and the neers were being updated by the old timers on Elliot¡¯s impressive list of achievements. ¡°Would you look at that monkey! What a magnificent looking beast! Is he truly Elliot¡¯s tamed beast?¡± ¡°It¡¯s true. Elliot that lucky bastard actually found and tamed an Elemental Spitter! That Element Spitter crafted that monkey¡¯s armor and weapons.¡± ¡°The monkey is cool and all, but it¡¯s nothingpared to his white dragon. How on earth did he get his hands on a damned white dragon?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not a white dragon. It¡¯s an Archaic Kaijin. Apparently one of the Armored Kaijin eggs he found had a mutation that reverted it back to its ancestral bloodline. Ridiculous, if you ask me.¡± ¡°One, two, three, four, five, six,¡­ fifteen tamed beasts at the Elite level and above? On the second night of the Apocalypse? Is he cheating?¡± ¡°He didn¡¯t cheat. We witnessed his growth every single step of the way. He¡¯s just¡­ lucky.¡± ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s like Lady Luck and the God of Fortune got married and had a baby.¡± Slightly removed from the main crowd, Jessica Sands looked at Elliot on her own screen with a distinct measure of pride. ¡°That¡¯s our boy they are talking about!¡± She said to Monkey King. ¡°Hahaha. You¡¯re talking as though he¡¯s the child you had with Wu Kong!¡± Jul¡¯Taras couldn¡¯t help butugh at Jessica. ¡°Hey! We are the only two original bettors on him. I have a hundred-to-one odds on him winning this entire game! Of course I am proud of him.¡± Jessica Sands retorted back. ¡°In fact, I am more proud of myself for having such a good eye.¡± ¡°Look, he¡¯s starting. As expected, his summoned hawks are baiting the Bangtols. I doubt they couldst very long. Ah, excellent formation! All three hawks are dead, but his wolves have gained the attention of a Bangtol without alerting the Belchers.¡± Monkey began a runningmentary of the fight. ¡°It¡¯s a perfect start!¡± ¡°Good. Those two Bangtols are so¡­ Oh wow. They¡¯re dead.¡± Jul¡¯Taras was taken slightly by surprise at the speed at which Elliot destroyed the two Bangtols. ¡°What are they doing? Why are they retreating instead of pressing the attack?¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned lightly. ¡°Look. One of the Belchers is looking in their direction. He must have heard something. Elliot is repositioning so that he could maintain his element of surprise. He seems determined to take out the Bangtols before he engages the Belchers.¡± Monkey King exined. ¡°Ohhh. I see. He¡¯s a smart one. The element of surprise truly is a game changer and must be maintained at all costs.¡± Jul¡¯Taras nodded in approval. ¡°It¡¯s probably his Lightning Apostle the Monkey who¡¯s directing the battle. But yes, it requires great wisdom to recognize strength in his subordinates and great humility to relinquishmand to him. He is a true leader.¡± Monkey King said admiringly. ¡°He¡¯s outgrowing the System you gave him really quickly. At this rate, it wouldn¡¯t be long until he overtakes us in power.¡± Jul¡¯Taras nced at Monkey King as she said that. Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 120 ¡°Hohoho. Don¡¯t worry about that. He may be approaching the level cap set by the system, but there¡¯s still a lot that he hasn¡¯t mastered. The system would still be useful to him even when he¡¯s at the Emperor level. He is totally removed from our system of cultivation and strength after all. There is much he needs to learn. And for your other statement, yes. Starting from the King Level, growth depends on motivation and luck. We may have a massive head start on him, but with his motivation and luck, he is destined to be great, even by our standards.¡± Monkey King nodded with a smile. ¡°Really? That¡¯s high praiseing from someone who could fight the great Jul¡¯Taras to a draw!¡± Jessica Sands remarked. ¡°I¡¯m not kidding. You¡¯re at the King Level too, right? I¡¯m sure you¡¯ve experienced the difficulty in oveing the bottleneck to reach the Emperor Level. That bottleneck is a natural barrier that filters out those who are weak in character, those thatck motivation and those that do not have the luck.¡± Monkey King said seriously. ¡°Ah hahaha. It definitely is keeping out those thatck motivation. Hehehehe¡­¡± Jessica Sands tittered guiltily. She was a rare once-a-millennial talent with the potential to be the strongest Void Walker EVER. But even she had stagnated before the bottleneck for many long years now. It was not because she didn¡¯t have enough talent to break through, it was simply because it was too troublesome and too dangerous. And being a precious princess of the immensely powerful Sands of Time Void Walker n, there was no one who dared or wanted to push her to break through. Jul¡¯Taras sighed deeply. She was guilty of the same thing too, with very simr circumstances back home. Monkey King nced at the two girls and immediately understood their situation. ¡°I don¡¯t mean to lecture you girls, but I hope that by watching Elliot, we¡¯ll all get some inspiration and motivation to level up. I, too, need a little bit more motivation to attempt my breakthrough.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°Look! Elliot¡¯s wolves are moving out. They¡¯re going to bait the Bangtols once more!¡± Jessica Sands cried out excitedly, instantly forgetting her personal situation andpletely breaking the sombre mood that was beginning to form. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Elliot perched on top of a particrlyrge tree in his Primal Feline Warrior form and waited for his wolf bait to get into position. He watched it slink slowly towards the trio of Bangtols which were gathered in a mini clearing not far from the biggest Belcher. The other Belcher had dived into the ground a while back and hadpletely disappeared from Elliot¡¯s senses. ¡°I¡¯ll need to finish the Bangtols as fast as possible. That missing Belcher could turn up anytime anywhere.¡± Elliot thought to himself. He was positioned way out East of their position and the wolf was approaching the Bangtols in a straight line from where he was. It was a simple bait and ambush strategy. Elliot didn¡¯t see the need to implement a moreplex battle n against only five remaining enemies. If all went well, a Bangtol would briefly catch sight of the wolf and then go after it alone. If all went south however, all three Bangtols would see the wolf, make a huge racket and alert the Belchers of his impending attack. In that case, Elliot would sacrifice the wolf and order it to escape to the North, thereby maintaining his presence a secrecy. However, it turned out that the simple n was wholly sufficient against the low intelligence Bangtols. Two of them caught sight of Elliot¡¯s wolf, and proceeded to silently go after it. The third Bangtol didn¡¯t even bother to turn around and check out what its buddies were up to. ¡°Perfect. Come back, quick!¡± Elliotmanded the wolf. ¡°Wolf number two, prepare to continue leading the Bangtols to my position! Wolf three, stand by!¡± Just like that, Elliot chained the bait perfectly, leading the two Bangtols a few kilometers away from the clearing. ¡°Frosty, get ready. Just like before, you take the second Bangtol.¡± Elliot told his trusty ¡°Frost Dragon¡±. ¡°I am ready.¡± Frosty replied calmly. She had positioned herself around fifty meters away from the wolf bait¡¯s predetermined route of retreat, and was in perfect position for a sneak attack. Elliot quickly leapt down from his tree and turned into his White Dragon form as well. ¡°Here theye!¡± Elliot began charging his Azure Lightning st when he caught sight of the desperately fleeing wolf. The two Bangtols were merely five meters behind it and closing fast! However, just as he was about to fire, his 6th sense began to tingle wildly and his instincts began to re. Elliot instinctively turned into his Primal Feline Warrior form and leapt powerfully away from his position, just as the ground suddenly exploded outwards in a burst of rocks and soil! The missing Belcher shot out of the ground at the spot where Elliot was at just a split second ago! ¡°Jacksnot Jibbers!¡± Elliot cursed loudly. A few of therger rocks had fallen on him and he was forced to retreat a distance away. ¡°They¡¯re not that stupid after all.¡± Elliot thought grimly as he immediately pulled back and surveyed the situation. Frosty had managed to fire off a couple of quick Venomous cial Beams and sessfully killed its target. She had taken to the skies straight after that and was immediately fired upon by the first Bangtol who had switched its target to Frosty. The Belcher was also angling it¡¯s massive maw towards Frosty as it prepared to shoot its wickedly long and powerful tongue at her. ¡°They¡¯ve flipped the ambush on us. I should have known this would happen as soon as this damned Belcher went missing. No time for regrets though. Squad one! Attack now!!¡± Elliot ordered his other beasts who were all hiding nearby. A powerful fireball was the first tounch as Rom fired at the Bangtol. A millisecondter, Aldera¡¯s Azure Lightning st shot out of the trees as well towards the Belcher. BO-BOOM!! Both attacks hit their targets urately almost at the same time. Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 121 Winter and Rex leapt out of the trees almost simultaneously and nked the Bangtol from the left and right. Half a secondter, Rom burst out from the trees and shot head to engage the Bangtol in a frontal fight. GRAHH! The three massive beasts fell upon the Bangtol with manic ferocity. The Bangtol was covered with spikes all over its body and made for a very prickly target to attack. But the three beasts were without a single shred of fear as theirrge ws shed many of the spikes in two. Rex had powered up immensely after her evolution, and was probably as strong as Winter at that moment even with her lower level. With three powerful beasts surrounding and attacking it, the Bangtol was instantly overwhelmed. It panicked and immediately opened fire at them. Unfortunately for it, because it had fired many of its spikes at Frosty and had another huge chunk sliced off, it failed to deal any significant damage to Elliot¡¯s three giant beasts. The Bangtol was a long-range killer that worked best in small packs. With three Bangtols firing all of their spikes, even a King level beast wouldn¡¯tst very long. However, alone, in close range and with many of its spikes expended, the Bangtol was hopelessly outmatched by even Winter and Rex, King level be damned. With Rom in the picture as well, it¡¯s death was all but certain. Winter and Rex shrugged off the stumps that the Bangtol fired and nimbly avoided the few spikes that wereunched their way. Rom didn¡¯t even bother to dodge. His powerful me Wolf form burnt all the spikes into ash before they could pierce his body. Roar! Rom charged ahead at an incredible 200% movement speed and executed me sh which would deal an insane 5700% me damage if it hit. The Bangtol spun its foundational ball at top speed in the opposite direction and tried to escape. As a King Level beast, the Bangtol¡¯s movement speed was nothing to be scoffed at. It managed to avoid Rom¡¯s powerful me sh by the barest of margins. But it was all for naught. Rom opened his mouth again and fired off another firest at the Bangtol at point-nk range. BAM!! The Bangtol was unable to dodge and the firest hit its topmost ball, sending it smashing onto the ground. And once there, Winter and Rex immediately got to work. Within a few short seconds, their work was done. Elliot had checked off the Bangtol as dead as soon as he saw Rom bursting out of the trees. He quickly turned into his White Dragon Beast Form once more. In a battle against a stupidlyrge enemy such as the Belcher, Elliot preferred the luxury of being able to attack from long range. His legs pushed against the ground powerfully and propelled him into the air even as he pped his wings as hard as he could to gain some altitude. The Belcher was so huge that its body was still shooting out of the ground even after so many seconds had passed. Its massive mouth filled with razor sharp teeth was aiming straight at Frosty. ¡°Not good. Aldera¡¯s earlier attack missed its eye and had merely frozen a section of the Belcher¡¯s armored mouth. She barely did any damage to it! I need to get my ws on it and physically break its armor!¡± Elliot thought. SPLURTT!! A thick slimy tongue ending in a wickedly sharp hook shot out from the Belcher¡¯s giant maw towards Frosty who was still maneuvering in the air after avoiding the Bangtol¡¯s vicious spike spray. WHOOSH! Frosty¡¯s sharp senses informed her of the iing attack in time as she threw herself to the right and barely avoided the Belcher¡¯s slimy but deadly tongue! ¡°Damn you! Since you like sticking your tongue out so much, then leave it out forever!¡± Elliot shouted in the public mindspace. Azure Lightning st! Elliot fired a powerful beam at the base of the Belcher¡¯s tongue and froze it with a single urate attack! At the same time, the lightning energy within it shot down the Belcher¡¯s body, paralyzing it for a quick second. However, Elliot was still too far for a follow up attack, and the Belcher sessfully withdrew its frozen tongue into its body where it would be thawed really quickly. Boom! A second Azure Lightning st released by Aldera hit the Belcher at the exact spot where her first attacknded. CRACK! The ice attack imbued with powerful lightning energy finally took effect as it froze the Belcher¡¯s armor and caused huge cracks to appear on it. ¡°Aldera¡¯s Azure Lightning sts are having an effect on its armor. Just a few more attacks and that piece of armor would break!¡± Elliot thought. He disregarded its high energy consumption and fired off two more lightning sts in quick session at the Belcher. Whatever the cost, he had to quickly take down the Belcher before the big one arrived. Bo-boom! CRACK!! Elliot¡¯s attacks smashed urately onto the cracked armor and immediately caused it to burst apart in an icy cloud of frozen shrapnel! ¡°YES!¡± Elliot exulted. ¡°Frosty! Aldera! Let¡¯s go!¡± Elliot, Aldera and Frosty surged towards the Belcher¡¯s head and began to physically attack it with their sharp ws and teeth. It was a chilling sight as three giant beastsnded on the huge 8-meter wide Belcher¡¯s head and began attacking ruthlessly. Chunks of meat and armor flew out in all directions as blobs of thick, gooey Belcher blood sprayed out in generous amounts out of the Belcher¡¯s struggling body. FLAPP!!! A giant fan-like appendage burst open from all around the Belcher¡¯s neck area. Unfortunately, Frosty hadnded just within its range, and failed to fully dodge the sudden attack. GREAKHH!! She screamed in surprise and anger as the fan-like appendagended several deep gashes on her. Although Frosty was usually cool and apathetic, she could be downright vicious and when she wanted to. She immediately bit down on the fan and ripped it right off! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH A fearsome wail sounded from the Belcher as a huge chunk of its neck disappeared. BAM!! Frosty coolly fired off a Venomous cial Beam into the Belcher¡¯s open wound at a range of less than one meter! Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 122 Gaaaahhhhhhhhhh¡­ The Belcher¡¯s maddened cry turned into a miserable moan of anguish as huge amounts of poison and ice energy entered its body and began to wreakplete havoc! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!! A deeper, more powerful sounding wail immediately responded in the distance. ¡°The big Belcher is on the move.¡± Elliot thought. He nced at the situation and deemed it a sess. ¡°I would have liked to kill the other Bangtol first before engaging the big Belcher, but two Bangtols and one Belcher down should be enough. Barely, but enough.¡± ¡°Squad two! nk the giant Belcher! Rom, Winter and Rex, locate and kill the final Bangtol!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°Aldera! Freeze and secure this Belcher! Don¡¯t forget to feed it the venom suppressant I gave you! All units pound the giant Belcher within an inch of its life as soon as your current assignments are over!¡± Immediately, the ground rumbled as Elliot¡¯s team responded to his orders. A cacophony of guttural roars filled the air as wolves, tigers, lions, elephants, mammoths, a cerberus, a flower demon and an iron golem swirled into being at a single thought by Elliot. His strategy was actually very simple, with only two specific missions for three of them. In general, his summons wouldunch an overwhelming frontal attack on the Giant Belcher as his tamed beasts hammer it from the side. Specific mission number one. Red and the Iron Golem were to get themselves eaten by the Giant Belcher and then start going crazy within it. Specific mission number two. Frosty had to take out the Belcher¡¯s other eye (the first one was already taken out by Elliot earlier). It was a simple n. And one that went totally wrong almost from the beginning. ¡°Where is that damned Belcher?¡± Red squawked in the public mindspace. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Do you know why that worm is called Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher?¡± Monkey King asked the two girls. ¡°No idea.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°Maybe because it likes to eat sedges and other grass, and then burps them out in a smelly belch that dooms other living beings?¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled at Jessica¡¯s naive and innocent answer. ¡°A Sedgedoom Belcher is named such because, first and foremost, it is a devourer of life force.¡± Monkey King said to Jessica. ¡°Huh? Devourer of life force? Technically¡­ aren¡¯t we all?¡± Jessica replied in confusion. ¡°No.¡± Monkey King shook his head lightly. ¡°There¡¯s a small but critical difference between us when we eat meat, and the Sedgedoom Belchers when they consume their prey. For us, we eat and digest the meat for proteins. But the Sedgedoom Belchers, they consume the spark of life that is within their prey.¡± ¡°Eww. Like Banshees when they suck the souls out of their prey?¡± Jessica cringed slightly when she heard Monkey King¡¯s exnation. ¡°Yes, exactly. Banshees and Belchers are actually operating under the same life principle. They take life force and use it to nurture their bodies. The only difference is that Sedgedoom Belchers take the life force and use them to strengthen their physical bodies, while Banshees, being undead, take the life force to sustain their metaphysical bodies.¡± Monkey King exined. ¡°Okay. But why are they called Sedgedoom Belcher? Calling them Lifeforce Devourer would be much more appropriate.¡± Jessica Sands said as she lifted up her cup of tea and began to drink from it. ¡°They get their name from the by-product of their consumption of life force. Everytime a Sedgedoom Belcher consumes life force, its body would grow in size and discharge a horrifying grass-like substance that would automatically suck life force from everything around it.¡± Monkey King said. ¡­ ¡°HAHAHAHA! You mean Sedgedoom Belchers shit out life sucking clumps of poo? HA HA HA HA HA!¡± Jessica Sands roared withughter. ¡°That¡¯s so amazing!¡± ¡°CORRUPTED Sedgedoom Belchers like the one Elliot is dealing with now, take it one step further. They are able to suck life energy AND undead energy. That¡¯s why they are called Corrupted. They can grow so big so quickly that the Gaming Commission often uses them to quickly raise the difficulty of the Games in situations like Earth where the yers have be much too strong. The only downside is¡­¡± ¡°What? What¡¯s the downside?¡± Jessica asked eagerly. ¡°The conflict of life energy and undead energy make them prone to exploding. The upper limit of Corrupted Sedgedoom Belchers is level 399. None had ever entered the Emperor Level.¡± Monkey King replied. As one, Jessica and Jul¡¯Taras swivelled their heads around to look at the screen where Elliot was still looking for the giant Belcher with five dead King Level Bangtols and a dying Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher nearby. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°How the heck did such a MASSIVE worm just disappear like that?¡± Red shouted incredulously. ¡°It¡¯s a whole fifteen meters wide, FIFTEEN! And it¡¯s probably a kilometer long! Where did it go? It was just here a moment ago! Is it a ghost Belcher?¡± ¡°Ghost? Where? Ellie no like ghosts. Ellie no can bite ghosts.¡± Ellie shivered slightly in fear. ¡°Huh? You¡¯ve seen ghosts before? How do you know you can¡¯t bite ghosts?¡± Brock asked his granddaughter in surprise. ¡°It¡¯s not a ghost. Brother Red, please don¡¯t scare the little ones before a battle.¡± Wu Kong said calmly. ¡°Ah right. My bad. It¡¯s NOT a ghost. But the question remains. HOW did it disappear?¡± Red squawked loudly as he flew around the area in his Transport/Fighter. ¡°It probably burrowed underground. Some worms eat and then immediately excrete the earth they eat from behind them. That¡¯s probably how it managed to go underground without leaving a huge hole.¡± Elliot immediately deduced the reason. At that moment, Aldera suddenly screamed out in shock! GREAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Like a thunderbolt, realization suddenly struck Elliot. ¡°The giant Belcher is going for the other Belcher! Get back there!¡± He roared to his beasts. ¡°ALDERAA!¡± Rom shouted as he flung the dying Bangtol he had just brutally attacked down to the ground and exploded in a burst of speed towards his mate. Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 123 The giant Belcher burst out of the ground like a volcanic eruption. BLAARRKK!!! Its fifteen meter wide maw engulfed the smaller Belcher¡¯s head and snapped shut with a devastatingly loud CRUNCH! It ignored the startled Aldera who had leapt off and flown quickly away from the scene and continued to munch and shake its massive head wildly as it killed and ate its own son. ¡°ALDERA!¡± Rom shouted. ¡°Are you alright?!¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine! Don¡¯t worry. I didn¡¯t even get to use my new Wolf God¡¯s Blessings skill.¡± Aldera replied in the public mindspace. ¡°But the Belcher I was trying to disable is¡­ well. Half-dead?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s dead.¡± Elliot said grimly. He had already received the long list of level up notifications. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. Let¡¯s focus our attention on our final target. All of you, give it your all. Attack!¡± Once more, Elliot¡¯s beasts charged forward. Thankfully, the Belcher was extremely distracted and was greedily eating his own son to bother escaping or even fighting back. Its preupation with its disgusting cannibalism allowed Elliot¡¯s beast to unleash their initial hammer blow perfectly. The first to reach the Belcher¡¯s half exposed body were the two Giant Armored Mammoths. Although extremelyrge, their attacks did not even leave a dent on the Belcher¡¯s powerful armor. The only thing they did was to im the Belcher¡¯s attention and buy time for the real damage dealers to attack their selected sections. The next attacks arrived almost at the same time. Rom¡¯s Firest, Aldera¡¯s Azure Lightning st, Frosty¡¯s Venomous cial Beam and Elliot¡¯s own Azure Lightning st all hit the Belcher¡¯s remaining eye perfectly in a huge explosion. BAM!! GRRRRRRRRR!!! The Belcher let out a fearsome growl of anger, but it ignored the powerful attack and continued to chomp down on its son¡¯s dead body. ¡°It¡¯s betting everything on its level up to Emperor Level!¡± Elliot realized. ¡°Attack with your most powerful attacks! NOW! Before it levels up to Emperor Level!¡± Elliot shouted as hended on the Belcher¡¯s neck and began a furious physical assault on it. SLICE! His Transport/Fighter released its sharp spikes and began to spin rapidly, slicing and dicing the Belcher from within. BAM! BAM! BAM! Wu Kong wasnding hit after hit on the Belcher¡¯s neck armor. His attacks were so fast that his movements were nothing more than a blur. GRRRRRRRR!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! The Belcher grunted in pain as the attacks Elliot and his beasts were dealing gradually began to pierce through its armor. Rom and Aldera were the only King Level beasts in the group, and they showed their power by rending out a huge chunk of the Belcher¡¯s body within a few seconds of frenziedbo attack. ¡°Attack here!¡± Rom called out to the other beasts as he leapt away from the hole he just made and began to attack another portion of the beast¡¯s armor to destroy it. Brock and Ellie immediately took Rom¡¯s ce and began to erge the hole he made enthusiastically. ¡°This beast stupid!¡± Ellie remarked as she shed at the gaping wound with all her strength before biting down to pump huge amounts of poison into the Belcher. ¡°It¡¯s gambling. It must think that it¡¯s really close to Emperor level to disregard its defenses sopletely this way. Keep attacking! Don¡¯t let up!¡± Elliot told his beasts slightly nervously. Somehow, his sixth sense was beginning to tingle in a strange way. ¡°Hey pip. I¡¯m detecting a huge amount of energy within this Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher. I don¡¯t really know much about Belchers, but the energy seemed to be divided into two and they don¡¯t seem to mesh very well.¡± Red said in the public mindspace. ¡°They don¡¯t MESH very well? What do you mean? Be specific!¡± Elliot immediately responded. ¡°There¡¯s a huge, and I mean HUGE, amount of life energy here, and it¡¯s nourishing the Belcher¡¯s body, making it stronger and bigger. It¡¯s slowly reducing in size because of all the damage we¡¯re dealing, but it¡¯s REALLY slow. I doubt we¡¯ll be able to kill it quickly. But at the same time, there¡¯s a growing amount of ck energy here too. I think its death energy or something. The two energies are currently separated, but the ck energy is growing really fast and they are running out of room. At this rate, the two energies will collide soon.¡± ¡°Collide?¡± Elliot¡¯s instinct began to re loudly at the mention of that word. There was no hesitation. That instinct had saved him countless times, and he immediately listened to it. ¡°All of you, return!¡± Elliot ordered as he dismissed his beasts. Whoosh!! The Belcher went from being almost literally buried in beasts to being totally free in a blink of an eye. Elliot leapt away from it and began to distance himself. One hundred meters. Two hundred meters. ¡­ Six hundred meters. Seven hundred meters. ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Red demanded loudly in the public mindspace. ¡°I thought we want to tame that Belcher to look for the strange and powerful substance?¡± Eight hundred meters. ¡°Does he ever keep quiet?¡± Aldera asked the other beasts. ¡°No offence, Red. I¡¯m just wondering. You¡¯ve never really stopped talking in our private Beast Space ever since I joined.¡± Nine hundred meters. ¡°There¡¯s a private Beast Space?¡± Elliot asked, feeling rather amused. ¡°Like a chat group?¡± ¡°Yes. I made it.¡± Red said proudly. ¡°It¡¯s a ce for us toin about you and to discuss how we want to split your inheritance once you die.¡± ¡°Pffft. Too bad for you, I have no inheritance to speak of.¡± Elliot chuckled and shook his head helplessly. ¡°Oh don¡¯t worry. You¡¯ll get tons of treasure when you win the Games. And no offense taken, Aldera. I love to talk. That¡¯s just how I am. And to answer your question, no, I¡¯ll never ever stop tal-¡° And then everything went ck for Elliot.. Join my discord channel! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 124 The Giant Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher exploded like a giant container truck pack with several tons of pure gunpowder meeting a giant spark of fire. KA-BOOOMMM!!!!!! The shockwaves from its explosion smashed into Elliot like a metal wall, instantly knocking him out. Even though he was at an impressive level 292, and got boosted straight to level 299 with the Giant Belcher¡¯s death, he hadn¡¯t invested his points yet. So Elliot had to face the death explosion of a level 399 beast with the stats of a level 262 being. The fact that he wasn¡¯t ripped apart into pieces and had merely gotten knocked out spoke volumes about his incredible strength and durability! Any normal King Level would have probably died from the power of the Giant Belcher¡¯s explosion. Within Elliot¡¯s public mindspace, the beasts were instantly shocked into silence. ¡°He fainted! Red, Frosty, go check on him!¡± Wu Kong immediately ordered. ¡°Do not worry. I¡¯ll bring him down.¡± Frosty replied calmly. Frosty spread her giant wings and easily caught Elliot¡¯s unconscious giant White Dragon Beast Form. She quickly spiraled down and gently ced Elliot on the ground. ¡°Come on out guys.¡± Frosty said. ¡°There are several Lord Level beasts still alive. We need to clear them out so Master can rest and recover in peace.¡± All of Elliot¡¯s tamed beasts immediately appeared around him. ¡°Ahhhh, Master!! Booo hooo hooo!!¡± Ellie was so shocked at the sight of her ever so powerful master slumped so powerlessly on the ground that she immediately burst into tears! ¡°He merely experienced a massive concussion on his head. He will be fine in a few minutes. An hour or two at the most.¡± Frosty told her. ¡°His White Dragon Beast Form is extremely durable physically. Such a small explosion isn¡¯t enough to kill him. For now, let¡¯s focus on making sure he does not get disturbed.¡± ¡°That¡¯s true. And the Battle Royale will not end until there are only 10 survivors left anyway. So just kill anything you see, humans and beasts alike.¡± Red reminded them. ¡°Let¡¯s move out. The sooner the Battle Royale ends, the better.¡± Brock told the rest of the tamed beasts. ¡°Frosty, you¡¯ll stay back to protect him?¡± ¡°Yes. Leave it to me.¡± Frosty replied. Brock nodded and quickly led all the other beasts away. Now that the King Level beasts were all dead, Elliot¡¯s tamed beasts were at the top of the food chain. Clearing out all the survivors would be a piece of cake. ¡°The giant Belcher really exploded..¡± Red stared at thepletely ttened surroundings grimly. The explosion had disintegrated everything within a kilometer and nothing was left standing within a three kilometer radius. All the trees and even small hills werepletely leveled. However, to Red and Frosty¡¯s surprise, all around them, a strange species of nt was quickly germinating and growing. ¡°ckrot Life Mushrooms.¡± Red¡¯s eyes widened with slight surprise and then glinted with greed. ¡°Hehehe. That pipsqueak sure is lucky. The Belchers must have lived in a ce with lots of such nts previously and got many spores stuck on their bodies. And when the giant Belcher finally exploded, the life and death energy outburst finally provided these spores the right condition to bloom! Let me gather all of these rare mushrooms and store them for him first. I¡¯ll have to negotiate a goodmission for myself when he sells themter.¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°YES! FIVE MILLION PLANETS! HERE I COME!!!! I¡¯M RICH! I¡¯M RICH!!!!!¡± Jessica Sandsughed and danced and jumped around. Elliot¡¯s beasts were cleaning house and theypletely steamrolled the remaining beasts and human survivors. The entire Diamond Sponsor VIP room was deathly quiet as they watched the Void Walker Princess dance around like a maniac. Every single eye in the room except for Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ was filled with envy. How could they not? A hundred thousand resource was an absurdlyrge bet to begin with. And to have that stupidly enormous bet multiplied by FIFTY was just¡­ Unimaginable. And of course, since none of them probably ced a bet on Elliot, their envy waspounded by the fact that they had just lost a sizable amount of money! ¡°Someone should smack that little girl and teach her some manners.¡± A disgruntled warrior in fancy armor grumbled loudly. ¡°Yeah? Why don¡¯t you do it?¡± A cheeky voice by his side taunted him. ¡°Why not?¡± The warrior stood up. BAM! A powerful arm shot out from next to him and pushed him down back into his seat savagely. ¡°Boss! Why did you stop me?¡± The warriorined. ¡°That little b*tch is so irritating! You just lost a huge amount of money as well right? Let me vent your frustrations for you!¡± BAM!! His boss casually unleashed a right hook and knocked the warrior out cold. ¡°Stupid idiot.¡± The boss sighed. ¡°AND you, Revania. You should know better than to provoke your brainless brother that way. Do you really want to see him dead?¡± ¡°Hee hee. I doubt he would die. The Void Walkers wouldn¡¯t dare to kill him. But it¡¯ll be fun to watch him get beaten up by those three. They look reeeeally strong!¡± A beautiful young woman with a perfect figure dressed in a tastefully revealing dress giggled and winked at her boss. The boss sighed again and shook his head helplessly. Revanos and Revania. One boy one girl. One dumb one smart. One melee fighter one arcane mistress. They couldn¡¯t be more different, except for one thing. They were both ridiculously powerful. Kings who were able to fight above their levels were a dime a dozen. But Kings who were able to fight against Emperors¡­ Were extremely rare indeed. Revanos and Revania had fought and killed a MID Level Emperor before. They were both extremely powerful. ¡°In fact if they teamed up, they might even have a chance to defeat me.¡± The boss thought to himself. ¡°Not a big chance of course, but a chance nheless.¡± Their Boss was called Hegara Kinstan, and he was universally acimed as one of the most powerful Kings alive. And even he knew better than to piss off Jessica Sands and Jul¡¯Taras. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 125 One Jessica Sands was already bad enough. But with a Jul¡¯Taras with her? Only a fool seeking tomit suicide in a public and sensational way would dare to attack them. Monkey King¡¯s sharp senses had caught the warrior¡¯s movements, his rise and subsequent fall, and was pretty amused by it all. ¡°That ¡°boss¡± guy looks pretty powerful. But he seems really unwilling to do anything to Jessica Sands. One might think that he isn¡¯t as powerful as he looks. In fact, one might even think that he is¡­ afraid.¡± Monkey King remarked to Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°Hegara Kinstan? Don¡¯t be fooled. He is beyond powerful. He alone is enough to kill every single person in this room, and have enough strength to run a Universe Grade Marathon after that.¡± Jul¡¯Taras told Monkey King without needing to look at who Monkey King was talking about. ¡°Hooo. Even with you in the room?¡± Monkey King asked Jul¡¯Taras seriously. ¡°Well, if I don¡¯t use my secret weapons and talismans, and if my body guards don¡¯t intervene, and if he manages to avoid my ultimate skill¡­ then yes, even with me in the room.¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied him seriously. ¡°That¡¯s a lot of ifs.¡± Monkey Kingughed. ¡°And being a Princess of the Void n, I¡¯m sure Jessica has her own secret weapons, talismans, and bodyguards as well.¡± ¡°Oh yes, I forgot about her. I meant a room WITHOUT her in it. Well, with Jessica in the room, then I guess he probably can¡¯t kill everyone in the room then.¡± Jul¡¯Taras chuckled. ¡°Jessica is an outlier. A phenomena of nature. I don¡¯t actually know how powerful she truly is. As you have heard earlier¡­ She is full of secrets and mysteries.¡± ¡°Indeed she is.¡± Monkey King replied. ¡°I don¡¯t mean to be arrogant, but even without Jessica and you in this room, I doubt that he could clear the room that easily. I am no pushover myself.¡± ¡°You definitely are no pushover, Wu Kong. I am very clear on that point. I know that you¡¯re extremely powerful. But even you are still a distance away from Hegara Kinstan. And that distance will only continue to grow as you both progress down the path.¡± Jul¡¯Taras turned to look at Monkey King in the eye and said seriously. ¡°Why do you think so?¡± Monkey King asked. ¡°Have you heard of the Celestial Ranking?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked. ¡°Celestial Ranking? The secret ranking system which the top powers of the known Universe hadpiled?¡± ¡°Yes, that ranking.¡± Jul¡¯Taras nodded. ¡°I know of it. My n¡¯s Patriarch had promised me an Ancestral Grade reward if I could get noticed and ranked in it.¡± Monkey King replied. ¡°The Celestial Ranking ranks the top thousand most powerful beings at each power level starting from the King Level, right?¡± ¡°Yes. I am ranked one hundred fifteenth. And by my estimation, you¡¯ll rank between one hundred and one hundred fifty as well. No higher than one hundred, but no lower than two hundred.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a smile. ¡°I¡¯ll help you pull some strings to get your strength evaluated so you can get ranked. Congrattions on the Ancestor Ranked reward!¡± ¡°Ah! You¡¯re ranked that high up? Wonderful! Thank you very much for that.¡± Monkey King eximed with pleasant surprise. ¡°Just so you know, that Hegara Kinstan is ranked seventy third. He is one of the most powerful King Level beings in the entire known Universe. His twopanions, Revanos and Revania, aren¡¯t ranked yet. But I heard that they would be evaluated soon, and that preliminary estimations ce them at the low two hundreds.¡± Jul¡¯Taras continued. ¡°They make for an extremely potent force.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Monkey King nodded in understanding. ¡°And even at number seventy three, Hegara Kinstan is probably still hiding his real strength. His examiner was a member of the Elven Mages Guild, and she told me that his battle strength is the type that would only grow stronger the longer he cultivates. She even told me that she wouldn¡¯t be surprised if he breaks into the top ten within a decade!¡± Jul¡¯Taras said softly. Monkey King was doubly surprised. First he was surprised that Hegara Kinstan was THAT powerful. But he was also surprised that Jul¡¯Taras could get her hands on such secret and critical information! He was sure that she didn¡¯t reveal all of the information that she has on Hegara Kinstan. And if so, just how much information did she have? ¡°Don¡¯t worry though. My father always tells me that each person has their own pace and their own target in life. Don¡¯t focus too much on other people¡¯s achievements. Just focus on your growth and make very sure that you give everything you have every single day.¡± Jul¡¯Taras patted Monkey King¡¯s shoulder jovially. ¡°Ah yes. Thank you for the reminder. And may I say, his words seem to be extremely applicable to you.¡± Monkey King teased Jul¡¯Taras in a friendly way. ¡°Hahaha. Definitely. I¡¯ve stagnated in the King level long enough. I will breakthrough to the Emperor level this year.¡± Jul¡¯Tarasughed. ¡°What? You are finally thinking of breaking through to the Emperor Level? Okay! Count me in! I¡¯ll breakthrough with you! With so much money, I can now afford all the resources that would help me break through into the Emperor level safely and quickly!¡± Jessica Sands finally stopped her dancing and sat down next to Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°It¡¯s not like you¡¯ve evercked the resources to break through to the Emperor level.¡± Jul¡¯Taras rolled her eyes at Jessica Sands. ¡°But now that I¡¯m buying all those resources using my own hard earned money-¡° ¡°Gambling profits¡± Monkey King coughed. ¡°HARD EARNED MONEY.¡± Jessica Sands repeated herself and red at Monkey King. ¡°I will treasure those resources more and gain more motivation to break through! It¡¯ll be a horrendous waste if I fail to break through and waste all those resources!¡± ¡°How much money are we talking about here? Howe I don¡¯t know that you¡¯ll need so much resources to break through to the Emperor Level?¡± Monkey King asked curiously. ¡°Well, if you want a standard breakthrough, you don¡¯t need much. A resource¡¯s worth of treasure and medicinal pills should be more than enough. But if you want a perfect breakthrough, then you¡¯ll need at least a million¡¯s worth. Maybe even two million!¡± Jessica Sands said. BAM BAM BAM!~ For the upteenth time that day, Monkey King felt the weight of his ¡°poverty¡±e crashing down on him. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 126 ¡°I¡¯m poor.¡± Monkey King said as he sat back down on his plush andfy couch and started to squat and draw circles in the sand in his mind. ¡°Don¡¯t mind her words, Wu Kong. A perfect breakthrough isn¡¯t necessary at all. Most of the current powerhouses didn¡¯t breakthrough perfectly. Most made do with a low ny-percent breakthrough. You can easily do that with several thousand resources worth of medicine and pills.¡± Jul¡¯Tarasforted Wu Kong. ¡°Yes, yes. Don¡¯t be so down. In fact, my grandfather, one of the strongest Void Walkers in our known Universe, only broke through with an eighty nine percent sess rate!¡± Jessica Sands said quickly, eager to make her friend feel better. ¡°Only mindlessly rich ¡°second/third generation old money¡± like us are aiming for perfect breakthroughs. And as you can imagine, ites with its own emotional baggage as well. I am feeling so much pressure and so many eyes are on me, hoping to see me seed, and others expecting me to fail and waste all that money, that I¡¯ve dyed my breakthrough for so long.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°Most times I envy beings with a situation like yours, Wu Kong. No pressure, free to breakthrough to the best of your abilities, results be damned. Seventy percent? Fine! Ny percent? Perfect!¡± ¡°I agreepletely, Jules. I hate all this expectation and pressure on me. That¡¯s exactly why I¡¯ve hidden most of my powers, you know. If the damned old man and all of the other old Void Walker fogeys know about the extent of my powers, I¡¯ll probably never be able to even leave my house! I¡¯ll be forced to train every day!¡± Jessica Sands said with a slight tinge of anger and no small amount of indignance in her voice. ¡°Speaking of hiding powers, just how much power have you hidden, Jess? You¡¯re currently ranked four hundred something in the Celestial Ranking right? How high do you think you can go if you unleash all of your power?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked her curiously. ¡°Hmmm. I am interested to find out as well. Let¡¯s start with a simple question. Can you defeat your friend right here, Jul¡¯Taras of the Elven Mages Guild?¡± Monkey King asked Jessica. ¡°Defeat Jules? My, I¡¯ve never thought of that before. Let¡¯s see, your secret skill is-¡° ¡°HUSH! That¡¯s my secret skill!¡± Jul¡¯Taras shushed Jessica Sands quickly, rmed that Jessica Sands almost spilled out the name of her trump card! ¡°OH RIGHT! Haha! I almost said the name out loud. Hee hee. Well, IF you used that, I can probably counter it with THAT skill. If you chain it with your other secret skill, I can counter them both immediately using my own secret skill¡­ Let¡¯s see. Hmmmmmmm. Ten moves.¡± Jessica Sands finally announced. ¡°Ten moves to do what?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked sharply. ¡°To lock you down, silly! I wouldn¡¯t dream ofing up with a n to kill you, not even theoretically!¡± Jessica Sands giggled. ¡°You can defeat me in ten moves?!¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Jessica Sands incredulously. ¡°And less if you want to kill me??¡± ¡°Uhhh, ten moves is ALOT. You know that Void Walker skills are extremely energy consuming. After 10 moves, I probably won¡¯t have enough strength left to deal with a regr King level dude!¡± Jessica Sands tried tofort her friend. Jul¡¯Taras narrowed her eyes and red at Jessica Sands with a stubborn and contemtive look. She was running her own simtion in her head, unwilling to ept that she could onlyst 10 moves against her best friend. ¡°Since when did she out-power me by that much?¡± Jul¡¯Taras thought. ¡°I can¡¯t run simtions if I don¡¯t even know what skills you have!¡± Jul¡¯Taras said rather crossly. ¡°You need to at least tell me their names and brief descriptions!¡± ¡°Fine, fine,e let me tell you.¡± Jessica Sands beckoned Jul¡¯Taras to get closer to her and began to whisper in her ear. ¡°What?! That¡¯s cheating! ¡­ ¡­ WHAT?! NO WAY! THAT¡¯S CHEATING!!¡± Jul¡¯Taras shouted even as Jessica Sands continued to speak into her ear. Monkey King bit down on his lip lightly, suppressing the curiosity that was nearly bursting out of his heart. After a few seconds, Jul¡¯Taras went back to her seat and slumped down weakly. ¡°Fine. I admit defeat. With such broken skills, ten moves are already overstating my power. I¡¯ll probably lose in seven or eight moves.¡± Jul¡¯Taras conceded. Monkey King blinked and looked at Jessica Sands in surprise. She merely stuck out her tongue and gave him a peace sign. ¡°Interesting.¡± He said with a smile. ¡°If even Jules can admit defeat so thoroughly, you must have some really broken skills.¡± ¡°Hehehe. I am very strong! Remember that, Monkey!¡± Jessica grinned at him. Deep in Wu Kong¡¯s heart, the desire to grow stronger began to burn even brightly. First Hegara Kinstan. Now Jessica Sands. ¡°I must get stronger quickly! I won¡¯t ept being left so far behind by my peers!¡± ¡°Let¡¯s all make a pact then. We¡¯ll ALL break through to Emperor level within the year, alright?¡± Jessica Sands said brightly. ¡°Yeah, let¡¯s do that. I¡¯m nning to break through this year anyway.¡± Jul¡¯Taras agreed. Her incredibly strong mental state had allowed her to recover from Jessica Sands¡¯ shocking revtion quickly, and she was back to her coolly confident state. ¡°I agree as well. And I am extremely interested to see how powerful you will be once you breakthrough. You¡¯ll probably be one of the most powerful Emperors ever!¡± Monkey King said. ¡°Oh, well I¡¯m not too sure about that. Maybe? You beastmasters are very well known for being able to power up extremely fast, after all. Look at Elliot, he had your SSS Beast Apostle System, and he got to King Level within three days! That¡¯s extremely fast. I¡¯m sure you can replicate that situation in your Beast n and raise a huge bunch of King Level warriors really quickly. With that many King level warriors, the chances of having one with an extremely high potential would be higher too.¡± Jessica Sands remarked. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 127 ¡°That¡¯s true. In fact, I was a product of such a system.¡± Monkey King admitted. ¡°Out of a million monkeys, the Monkey n sessfully raised slightly over a hundred thousand Kings. And only five thousand managed to be Apostle Beast Masters. I was one of them.¡± ¡°Wait a minute. A hundred thousand Kings out of a million monkeys? That¡¯s ten percent!¡± Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ mouth dropped open in shock. ¡°That¡¯s just ridiculous. I can understand Elliot shooting up in levels in a few days because he had a few King Level beasts to kill for himself. But a hundred thousand Kings?! Just how many King Level beasts did the Monkey n kill for that to happen?¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned deeply. Monkey King grinned widely at the two girls and shrugged. ¡°You and your n have your secrets, my n and I have ours.¡± ¡°The critical issue is energy. There¡¯s only so much energy in every, and every King Level beast had to consume a huge amount of energy to get to its level. For a million monkeys to power up simultaneously, and have a hundred thousand seeding in reaching King Level¡­ You¡¯ll need topletely drain the energy of at least a hundred LIFEs! Real PHYSICALs, not just the currency we¡¯re trading with.¡± Jul¡¯Taras wouldn¡¯t let go of Monkey King¡¯s revtion and her mind raced at full speed to figure out how the Monkey n managed to do such an incredible feat. ¡°You won¡¯t figure out how we did it. Don¡¯t bother trying.¡± Monkey King chuckled. ¡°I¡¯m willing to pay for that information.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said evenly as she squared her shoulders in preparation to negotiate. ¡°I¡¯ll pay you enough to break through perfectly into Emperor level twice over.¡± ¡°Hooo. Truly the mindset of a princess! As much as I want to sell this information to you so that I can breakthrough perfectly, this is a n secret. I am sworn not to reveal it. I am physically unable to mention it.¡± Monkey King said half ruefully. ¡°Hmmm. I will get my uncle to talk to your Patriarch. I don¡¯t believe I can¡¯t find out the secret.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said confidently. ¡°Sure, go ahead.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°Why are you so adamant on getting the information anyway?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m not nning on selling your secret away. I just¡­ enjoy knowing things. I¡¯ve been this way since I was young.¡± Jul¡¯Taras exined. ¡°Yeah, she¡¯s a walking encyclopedia and the undisputed, and I MEAN undisputed, number one book worm. Do you know that she haspletely read or read concise summaries of AT LEAST a hundred MILLION books?¡± Jessica Sands said seriously. ¡°No way. Nobody can spend that much time reading and still have time to cultivate and train to the King Level.¡± Monkey Kingughed in disbelief. ¡°I¡¯m not lying. This crazy girl has THOUSANDS of dedicated readers working for her. They are all intellectuals and are assigned books that they have to read in their entirety. After reading, they have to write two page summaries for the book they have read. One page for the content, and one page for noteworthy quotes. And when she finds an interesting summary, she¡¯ll get the original book and read it. You won¡¯t find a better read being in the entire universe!¡± Jessica Sands proimed. ¡°That¡¯s¡­ actually quite impressive.¡± Monkey King nodded in agreement. ¡°An excellent system! The only issue is of course, gaining ess to a huge pile of good enough books to make it worth your while. In this time and age, over information is a serious problem.¡± At that, Jessica Sands burst outughing! Next to her, Jul¡¯Taras also smiled a little. ¡°I forgot to mention one little thing. Have you heard of the renowned and hyper-exclusive Taras Library?¡± Jessica Sands asked. ¡°The Taras Library! The library that everybody imed to have every single important book in the Universe?¡± Monkey King said with a start. Yes. Well, it belongs to her!¡± Jessica Sands boasted proudly to Monkey King. ¡°WHAT? SERIOUSLY??¡± Monkey King shouted in shock. ¡°Uh-huh. Why? Do you want a visitor pass? I have to tell you the queue is over a trillion names long and only ten thousand people will receive passes each month as the old passes expire. Five thousand will get those passes because of their queue number, three thousand by lottery, and two thousand by quotas and gifts by the Taras family.¡± Jessica teased him. ¡°Yes. I want a visitor pass if at all possible.¡± Monkey King said shamelessly. ¡°By the Gods, she actually is the owner of Taras Library!¡± Monkey King thought Every single thing he needed and wanted to know about the Universe could be found there. Every single thing. Including the answer to his lifelong Life Quest. ¡°Sure.¡± Jul¡¯Taras tapped her storage ring lightly and produced an ornate coin the size of an adult¡¯s palm. ¡°Here you go. This is a one-year Visitor¡¯s Pass. Enjoy yourself.¡± Monkey King looked at the coin that Jul¡¯Taras was holding out for him in utter disbelief. ¡°I¡¯m going to get the Visitor Pass to the Taras Library that the Patriarch had been trying to get his hands on for thest few DECADES, just like this?¡± He thought incredulously. He looked at Jul¡¯Taras in slight confusion. ¡°No strings attached.¡± She smiled at him sweetly. ¡°It may be a big thing for you, but truly, for me, it¡¯s nothing. So don¡¯t think too much about it.¡± Jessica Sands grabbed the beautiful golden coin from Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ hand and put it on Monkey King¡¯s hand. ¡°There you go. You¡¯re wee. Don¡¯t lose it!¡± ¡°Ah yes. Thank you. Thank you very much! As you say, it may be nothing for you, but it is a big thing for me. If you ever find something that you need my help for, I will definitely do it.¡± Monkey King said with all seriousness as he held the golden coin reverently. ¡°Thank you for your offer. I will definitely call on your help in the future.¡± ¡°Please do.¡± ¡°Alright, enough talk about all this. It¡¯s time for Elliot to get his rewards! Look! The dome around the area has lifted! I wonder what rewards the Gaming Commission will give him for winning the first ever Battle Royale?¡± Jessica Sands said excitedly. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 128 ¡°You guys did well.¡± Elliot said softly to his beasts. Dawn of the third day of the apocalypse was breaking, and the sun rose upon a bloodiednd littered with dead beasts and human beings. ¡°Thank you, Master.¡± Frosty replied for the rest of the gang. Elliot nodded and looked away from them. He was feeling rather conflicted inside. On one hand, he was rather aghast that his beasts had taken it upon themselves to massacre every single living being within the Battle Royale area ¨C including thousands of human beings. However, on the other hand, he was d that he didn¡¯t have to give the order. Even though he knew that the only way the event would end was for all the other human beings apart from the ten survivors to die, he was avoiding having to think about it. To have such a painful decision taken away from him was a blessing indeed. His beasts were extremely sensitive creatures, and they instinctively knew what Elliot was feeling. Many chose to remain silent. A few who cared deeply for Elliot, however, tried their best to cheer him up. ¡°Little Master, your two future ma- ah your helpers here are extremely ferocious!¡± Brock cried out loudly. ¡°We actually found them holed up in an obscure house facing a little square with a HUGE pile of dead beasts in that square! I think they sniped at least one hundred beasts to their deaths!¡± ¡°One hundred? Try TWO hundred?¡± Red snorted. ¡°I had to work REALLY hard cutting through all that flesh and beast armor to get to their beast cores. You¡¯re officially a universe level wealthy young master, pip. You can actually sell all these beast cores for a pretty hefty sum of money out there.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a shame that the girls didn¡¯t have systems though. They would have leveled up to at least the Lord level if they did.¡± Wu Kong remarked. ¡°Indeed. They were extremely efficient with their attacks. I dare say that they would still be able to survive for another day or two even if we didn¡¯te.¡± Winter chipped in. ¡°Maybe not two days. They were already having trouble killing the remaining five Lord Level beasts when we arrived. And that was even with all five fighting each other. They would have to hide all traces of themselves or escape to a different location as soon as that fight was over. The surviving Lord level beast would definitely not let them off.¡± Wu Kong analyzed in their public mindspace. ¡°True. A day then. Still very impressive.¡± Winter agreed. Elliot smiled at his beasts¡¯ attempts to create a casual atmosphere and turned to look at the nine surviving human beings. The beasts hade to an agreement to kill all the weak ones and allow only the nine strongest human beings to survive. All nine were the ones actively defending themselves against the beasts, and had at least one sessful kill. None were as spectacr as Camelia and Kara, of course, not even close. After the beasts had finished their gruesome work, they had herded the surviving human beings back to Elliot. Camelia and Kara had immediately approached Elliot and hugged him tightly, d that he was able to kill all the beasts and end the event. However, the remaining seven men were extremely nervous. They had no idea if Elliot was a native human being with the power to transform into beasts, or an alien with the power to transform into a human being. ¡°Rx guys. My name is Elliot, and I am a native Californian. I am one of you.¡± Elliot gave them an awkward friendly smile. ¡°Yeah? How are you able to turn into a dragon then? And why do all these beasts obey you?¡± Arge and powerful looking ck man with a full automatic assault rifle challenged him. Somewhere behind Elliot, Rex growled lightly. She didn¡¯t like the tone the man was using to talk to her master. ¡°I have a powerful boon from the aliens. If you¡¯re lucky, you¡¯lle across one like mine in the resource boxes they drop all over the country.¡± Elliot gave him azy exnation. ¡°You mean the aliens would drop all these boxes everywhere, and some of the boxes would contain power up items that could make beasts obey us?¡± A tall and broad shouldered caucasian spoke up. He was holding two sawed off shotguns, one on each hand, and had a bag which Elliot assumed was full of shotgun bullets. He looked extremely solid and dependable. But judging from his words, a little bit slow on the uptake. The aliens had made it more than sufficiently clear that their only hope of survival was to get to these resource boxes and win monthly races. ¡°Yes.¡± Elliot replied patiently. He didn¡¯t recognize any of the seven people, so that meant that none of them had managed to survive to thete game in the previous iteration. But that didn¡¯t necessarily mean that they were weak or useless. They could simply be in unlucky. Now that they were handed to him almost on a tter, he would try his best to make good use of them and to lead them to the end of the game. Of course they all chose to join. Sticking with a powerful person with the ability to easily kill giant beasts was like a Godsent opportunity for them. ¡°Good. However, I have to warn you. This is not a democracy. I am the leader, and these two women are my deputies. You can either cheerfully obey us, or you can go and try your luck alone outside. Am I clear?¡± Elliot stared them down. ¡°Of course. We¡¯ll do whatever is required of us to remain with you. Don¡¯t worry.¡± A bespectacled young man immediately replied. ¡°Excellent. Now that we¡¯re clear, we need to-¡° At that moment, the sky above them seemed to crack into pieces. CRACK! [The Battle Royale Event is over! Congrattions on being the final ten! Please standby.] [Rewards are en-route to you!] VROOOO!!! VROOOOOO!!! Loud sounds ofrge objects hurtling down towards them sounded. As one, all ten survivors looked up. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 129 Ten massive drones the size of an urban SUV descended rapidly from the sky. They were simple in design ¨C Huge rectangr boxes with flight modules installed on two sides. They fell so fast that all of the seven surviving human beings shouted in fear and scattered as they distanced themselves from the projected area of impact. Camelia and Kara, however, stood calmly next to Elliot. Their trust for him had grown exponentially and Elliot¡¯s calm demeanor toward the falling drones allowed them to look at the drones with more curiosity than fear. At twenty meters above the ground, the thrusters on the drones suddenly burst into life and slowed their descent sufficiently for a soft and gentle touch down, an amazing feat that even Elliot had to apud. ¡°Technology.¡± Elliot¡¯s hyper enhanced mind immediately grasped on a crucial thought. ¡°The aliens are not only powerful because of the magic they wield, but also because of the technology they have. I must grow in power in a bnced manner if I want to sessfully take them on. I mustbine magic and technology.¡± The thought slowly bloomed and blossomed deep within Elliot¡¯s subconscious, and would soon emerge as one of the stronger forces that would drive his decisions in the near future. [Congrattions! Ten fully customized rewards had been delivered.] [Please ce your palm on any part of the drone for a biometric unlocking of your prize.] [Elliot Musk, your contribution value is at 99%] [Please proceed to drone number ONE and receive your rewards.] [Event area lockdown released. Please remain aware of your surroundings.] ¡°I¡¯m ranked second! YEAH!! Rewards! Let¡¯s go and check them out!¡± Camelia squealed loudly with bright shining eyes. She had conveniently overlooked her contribution value which was probably just slightly more than 0.5%. Camelia shouldered her twoser rifles and bounded towards the drone with a huge number ¡°two¡± on it excitedly. Elliot looked at Camelia with a bemused smile before ncing at Kara, who happened to be looking at Elliot as well. They shared a quick smile before following Camelia to approach the Number 2 Drone. ¡°I love rewards!¡± Camelia said excitedly to Elliot and Kara when she heard them approaching. Both her hands were already firmly ced on the Drone¡¯s smooth exterior and it was already humming lightly as it authenticated her identity. BSH! The Drone¡¯s entire side opened up. ¡°KYAAAA!!!¡± Camelia squealed once more, this time with extreme happiness! She was happy and excited that she began to hop lightly on the spot! Elliot peered past her shoulder and saw a long and beautiful rifle encased in an exquisite, transparent case with the words ¡°Hyper Long Range Sniper/Assault Laser-Powered Rifle¡± engraved on the top in big, bold letters. In English. It was as though the aliens feared that the recipient of their rewards would fail to identify what the reward was. Within the rifle case was also a little device which had the words ¡°TUTORIAL¡± in big bold letters as well ced above a button. ¡°Do I¡­¡± Camelia hesitated slightly when she saw the strange device. ¡°Just take it and press the button. The device will emit some sort of psionic wave which would transmit whatever information you need to know directly into your brain. It¡¯s totally safe.¡± Elliot assured her. ¡°Right.¡± Camelia immediately took the device and then fell into trance as information began to flood her mind. Elliot looked closely at the rifle, and realized that he had seen one just like that before. A few weeks before he died in the previous iteration, he met a middle aged Asian man who was sprawled on the ground in the middle of nowhere, half-dead from hunger and thirst. Usually, Elliot would have simply finished him off and looted his dead body. But for some unknown reason, a powerful surge of sympathy suddenly washed over him and he decided to save the middle aged man. After feeding him some food and water, Elliot carried his thin and weak body to a safer ce and left him there with a day¡¯s worth of supplies. He even left the man¡¯s main weapon, the exact same rifle that Camelia was caressing at that moment, with him. He had no idea what happened to the man, or if he even survived the night. But somehow, he didn¡¯t regret his actions. In fact, Elliot even felt good about it. And seeing the rifle once more stirred the memories of that strange moment in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°It¡¯s perfect!¡± Camelia said happily as the tutorial ended. ¡°The rifle has two modes, Sniper and Assault. In Sniper mode, it will fire a high -intensityser beam which could pierce through even mecha armor! In Assault, it could fire a middle intensityser beam continuously for THIRTY full minutes before having to recharge! It¡¯s ridiculous. With this, I would be able to unleash my full potential in battles!¡± ¡°Good. Very, very good!¡± Elliot was pleased. His elite sharpshooter had just be serious force to be reckoned with. ¡°You still have another reward.¡± Kara suddenly said and pointed at a small box next to the rifle cast. ¡°Huh? Hey, you¡¯re right! Let me see what¡¯s in it!¡± Camelia ced the beautiful HLRS/ALP Rifle back its case gently and then quickly opened the small box which was barely the size of her palm. ¡°Pills?¡± Camelia frowned lightly in confusion. The small box contained three small vials which had different tags on them. ¡°Strength¡­ Five pills. Speed¡­ Two pills. Intelligence¡­ Two pills.¡± ¡°Hmmm. Those pills are extremely useful for you. I suggest you consume them now.¡± Elliot nodded in satisfaction. There was no need to exin what they did because it was quite obvious. The boost in strength, speed and intelligence would definitely make Camelia a much more reliable sidekick! ¡°Ok.¡± Camelia immediately opened the vials and poured the contents into her mouth and swallowed them. ¡°Kara, wana open your rewards?¡± Elliot asked her. ¡°Of course!¡± Kara grinned prettily and led the trio to the Number 3 Drone. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 130 Kara ced her hands on the side of the Drone just like Camelia did earlier, and the drone opened up with a loud BSHHHH. ¡°WHOA!¡± Kara shouted in shock and glee when she saw yet another transparent weapon¡¯s case lying within. ¡°A GUNBLADE?! AIRFRIEDCRICKETSONASTICK! It¡¯s beautiful! Oh my god.¡± By her side, Elliot merely noted the Gunde¡¯s beauty and nodded at its useful dual function. Its grip could be straightened to form a fully conventional de, or lowered at an angle to turn into a long-barrelled gun. Like Camelia¡¯s rifle, it wasser-powered and could deal horrific damage at short to mid range. The fact that it was aser-powered gunde simply meant that Kara¡¯s sword thrusts would have unlimited range. Elliot could already imagine Kara¡¯s enemies jumping backwards to avoid her sword thrust, and then getting shot at by herser gun. It was the perfect marriage between a melee and ranged weapon. However, the fact that it was an extraordinarily beautiful piece of work that wouldn¡¯t look out of ce in any museum in the world waspletely lost on Elliot. He was tooser focused (pun not intended lol) on analyzing the strengths and benefits of the rewards, and extrapting his findings upwards in an attempt to guess just how awesome his own rewards would be. And judging by Camelia¡¯s and Kara¡¯s rewards, his would be pretty epic. Kara got over her preupation with her reward¡¯s awesomeness much quicker than Camelia did, exhibiting a soldier¡¯s self-control and mastery over her emotions. After her initial outburst, Kara quickly gulped her power-up pills which consisted of 2 strength, 2 intelligence and 2 speed pills, and finished her tutorial device within seconds. After that, both girls turned to look at Elliot expectantly. Elliot smiled at their eager faces and beckoned for them to follow him to the 1st Drone. BSH!! The drone¡¯s side opened up. ¡°Huh?¡± Camelia couldn¡¯t help but blurt out in confusion. ¡°A broken and rusted sword? And what¡¯s with the tiny vial? You can¡¯t even fit a single strength pill in it!¡± A huge sense of D¨¦j¨¤ Vu washed over Elliot. He had experienced such a situation before in the previous iteration. Twice, in fact. After he had gone through all sorts of crap and almost literally went to hell and back, he had finally managed to win ess to his two Diamond Sponsors. However, he had been bitterly disappointed to discover that their boons did absolutely nothing and brought no immediate benefits to him whatsoever. The situation he was facing was exactly like that. He had gone through so much in the past two days to win the Battle Royale with an overwhelming score, and yet his rewards looked like they weren¡¯t even worth a donkey¡¯s fart. Still, he wasn¡¯t discouraged at all. If his past experience was any indicator, then the rewards would actually be stupidly overpowered instead of being useless. The worse they looked, the higher Elliot¡¯s anticipation was. And at that moment, Elliot¡¯s anticipation was sky high. ¡°Check out the rusted sword first!¡± Camelia said excitedly. ¡°No, don¡¯t. Leave it forter. Check out that weird vial first. It must be the real reward!¡± Kara said loudly. ¡°What can such a tiny vial do? It¡¯s probably some advanced version of the pills we took. Check the sword first. It must be a supremely rare weapon used by some ancient warrior!¡± Camelia urged Elliot. ¡°You¡¯ll definitely be truly OP with that sword in hand!¡± ¡°A BROKEN, rare weapon.¡± Kara retorted back. ¡°It won¡¯t even survive one battle in that state. It¡¯ll probably lead Elliot to a quest to repair it or something. I smell trouble. I say check the vial first!¡± ¡°Sword first!¡± ¡°Vial first!¡± ¡°Alright, alright, enough. I¡¯ll check the vial first. It¡¯s so tiny, I¡¯ll feel better once I¡¯ve secured it properly.¡± Elliot reasoned and shushed the girls. Kara smiled and gave Camelia a victorious wink, who immediately stuck out her tongue at Kara very childishly. Elliot ignored the two girls who were fast bing best friends and picked up the tiny vial the size of his thumb nail. The moment his hands touched the vial, a mini psionic wave entered his mind and informed him of the nature of the vial¡¯s contents. Elliot gasped in shock. ¡°Red Dragon Blood Essence??¡± He mumbled to himself. ¡°I think he said dragon blood something¡­¡± Camelia said hesitantly. As a sniper, she had caught Elliot¡¯s lips moving and was able to catch more of his words than Kara. ¡°Dragon blood? And at such a small quantity? What can it do?¡± Kara frowned lightly. She was feeling rather confused. Elliot was unequivocally first in the event, and by a stupendous margin at that. His reward should be stupendously wonderful as well! But how wonderful could a small drop of dragon blood be? ¡°Well in the light novels that I¡¯ve read, blood is a criticalponent for¡­ Evolution.¡± Camelia said hesitantly. ¡°Evolution?¡± Kara¡¯s gaze turned to Elliot who seemed to have made up his mind. ¡°Does that mean¡­¡± Before she could finish, however, Elliot had already taken out a sharp knife from his storage and stabbed it into his own heart! ¡°EEEEEKKK!! ELLIOT!!!¡± Camelia screamed in shock.She was about to approach Elliot when Kara grabbed hold of her shoulder and stopped her. ¡°Wait. He knows what he is doing. Let him finish.¡± Kara said calmly to her. Elliot pulled out his knife and poured the contents of the vial into the wound. The tiny drop of White Dragon Blood Essence quickly disappeared into his heart. Elliot waited for three seconds as instructed by the psionic waves before pouring half a bottle of potion over the wound. Instantly, his wound began to close and the blood flowing out of his body slowed to a trickle. Within five seconds, the chest wound healed and Elliot was as good as new. However, although outwardly his body was healed, his internals were about to getpletely overhauled. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 131 SHREEEEEEEKKKKKKKK! ACKK!! Elliot copsed to his knees as his right hand gripped his heart by reflex. ¡°Don¡¯t disturb him.¡± Kara preemptively tightened her grip on Camelia¡¯s shoulders and said to her softly. ¡°Hmmm.¡± Camelia bit her lip and looked at Elliot anxiously. He had fallenpletely on the ground and was writhing in pain. GAHHHHHHH!!! Elliot screamed out with all of his might as wave upon wave of agony seemed to burn his insides to crisp. And just as he thought the pain couldn¡¯t be any worse, it did. And there was nothing that Elliot could do to ease the pain. His mouth was opened wide in a silent scream, his body losing even the strength to power a cry of pain. ¡°Kara! What do we do?¡± Camelia whimpered as tears began to run down her face. ¡°Rx. He¡¯ll be fine.¡± Karaforted her while trying her best to hide her own uneasiness from Camelia. On the ground, Elliot had turnedpletely limp. He looked as though he had passed out¡­ If his eyes weren¡¯t wide open in agony. ¡°He¡­ He wouldn¡¯t die, right?¡± Camelia asked Kara anxiously in between her sobs. She had only known him for a few short days, but she knew that she was already falling in love with him. The world might call it Rescue Romance or whatever syndrome, but feelings were feelings. She cared for him deeply, and seeing him in so much pain caused her an endless amount of pain in her heart as well. Plus, she truly hoped that the dragon blood won¡¯t cause him to explode and die, as some of the characters in the lightnovels she read did. ¡°Just wait and trust him. He¡¯ll be fine.¡± Kara replied with a slight frown on her face. ¡°You know just how strong he is. He would definitelye out of this safely.¡± Although she didn¡¯t care for Elliot the way Camelia did, Kara too had an extremely positive view of him. He was, after all, the one keeping her alive, and her ticket to survival. Gahhh. After a few seconds which seemed like an eternity for Elliot and Camelia, Elliot began to moan lightly in pain, a clear sign that his torment was about to end. And then finally after another full minute of moaning and groaning, Elliot finally gasped in relief. The pain had finally dissipated. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Is it over?¡± Jessica Sands called out from behind her sofa. She had leapt out of her seat in horror when Elliot began to scream and then proceeded to hide behind her sofa to avoid looking at Elliot¡¯s misery. She had no idea why she did that. All she knew was that she simply couldn¡¯t deal with watching Elliot in so much pain. Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras shared an amused look and smiled. Jessica Sands might be oblivious to her own feelings, but these two could see it as clearly as a sunny day. Whatever the Void Walker imed about her feelings towards Elliot, they knew that something was developing in her heart. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s over. You cane back to your seat now.¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied to her with a chuckle. ¡°Phew. That was really painful to watch. I¡¯ve always been afraid of watching people get tortured.¡± Jessica Sands exined to her friends even though she didn¡¯t really need to. ¡°Indeed it was difficult to watch.¡± Monkey King said agreeably. ¡°But now that the difficult part is over, there are only the good parts left to watch. I don¡¯t know about him, but if I were him, I definitely would want to try out my new powers.¡± ¡°Yes, yes. He¡¯ll definitely try it out. Half dragon transformation or something right?¡± Jessica Sands hopped onto her sofa and eagerly asked Monkey King for advance details. ¡°It¡¯s not as simple as just transforming into a half-dragon¡¯s physical form.¡± Monkey Kingughed at Jessica¡¯s oversimplification. ¡°A dragon is not merely a physical beast like the Archaic Kaijin. A dragon is a power-¡° ¡°He¡¯s transforming! Look!¡± Jessica Sands interrupted Monkey King¡¯s exnation and pointed at the giant screen excitedly. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Elliot directed his focus to his scaly and wed right hand and clenched it into a fist. ¡°Amazing.¡± He whispered softly. He could almost feel his hand throbbing lightly as he struggled to rein in a brand new type of highly active energy that was moring to explode out of his right hand. And probably with great strength. ¡°Let¡¯s try it out then.¡± Elliot thought. He swung his hand backwards and then unleashed a quick jab diagonally upwards into the sky while releasing his hold on the new explosive energy. KA-BOOMMM!!! The explosive energy¡­ well. Exploded! A short beam of red-hot fiery energy shot out of his right fist and streaked through the sky, burning up the air as it passed and dispersing the clouds in a grand show of power. ¡°Holy smokes.¡± Elliot shouted in shock as he nced at Camelia and Kara slightly apologetically. If he didn¡¯t instinctively rein in the energy¡¯s power earlier and let them loose instead¡­ He would be left with two smoldering corpses as his deputies of his brand new group. Thankfully, the two girls had no idea that they had an ufortably close shave with death. Instead, they were very impressed by Elliot¡¯s new power. ¡°Wow! Your new dragon-arm transformation is not only cool, but extremely powerful too!¡± Camelia gushed with unconcealed admiration and adoration. ¡°Isn¡¯t that right, Kara?¡± ¡°Yeah, it is very powerful. It¡¯s cool too, but it¡¯s also¡­ Quite scary. I mean, it¡¯s such a¡­¡± Kara reached out her hand and touched Elliot¡¯s scaly right arm. ¡°Creepy? I don¡¯t know how to describe -¡° ¡°Reptilian.¡± Elliot interjected. ¡°YES! That¡¯s the word! Reptilian! Your right arm looks so reptilian! It makes you look quite feral and scary. And especially so because it¡¯s such a striking shade of red. But if that¡¯s the price you have to pay to gain ess to that sort of power¡­ Worth it.¡± Kara nodded enthusiastically in agreement. ¡°Yes. I thought that the aliens scammed you when the dragon blood put you in so much pain. But that attack just now seemed very, very powerful.¡± Camelia said. ¡°Yes. It is very powerful.¡± Elliot nodded. ¡°Can you actually transform your whole body?¡± Kara asked. ¡°No, I¡¯m afraid that it¡¯s just my right hand.¡± Elliot shook his head lightly and said. However, he didn¡¯t add two crucial words to his reply. ¡°For now.¡± Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 132 He could sense that arge portion of the Red Dragon Blood Essences was still unabsorbed by his body. By the time he absorbed them all, Elliot suspected that he could turn at least half his body into the humanoid dragon form. Elliot knew for certain that the strange and explosive energy he felt within him would be the key for his future growth. There was no way that he would be willing to not chase after more of that after experiencing first hand the amount of power it was capable of unleashing. ¡°Hawk, what damage multiplier did that previous attack have? And what is its name?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI. [The previous attack you unleashed is a mini version of a Red Dragon¡¯s basic energy attack.] [It has no name.] [You have unleashed a 15,000% damage multiplier energy attack.] ¡°Mini version? Holy smokes. You¡¯re right. What I unleashed was just the energy found in my transformed right arm. You¡¯re saying that a real Red Dragon is able to gather all of the explosive energy found in its massive body and fire it out in an energy attack?¡± Elliot asked to confirm his conjecture. [Affirmative.] ¡°Hot damn! Just a small arm of mine already contained enough energy to power such a stupidly strong attack. Just what sort of damage could dragons deal with such ginormous bodies?¡± Elliot gasped internally. [An all-out pure energy attack by an Adult Red Dragon could deal serious damage tos like Earth.] ¡°And such an attack is considered as ¡°basic energy attack¡±?¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but ask incredulously. [Affirmative.] ¡°What is an advanced form of energy attack then? Tell me in detail!¡± Elliot demanded. [Acknowledged.] [The energy you unleashed earlier is Fire Dragon Energy, found uniquely in Red Dragons.] [It is explosive in nature, and is the third most damaging energy in the known universe.] [The energy can be weaved intopatible Runes which could allow the Fire Dragon Energy Weaver to manifest the energy in a specific way.] ¡°Examples please!¡± [For example, if weaved into a simple ¡°Explosion¡± Rune, the Fire Dragon Energy would explode with greater force than it would have if the same amount of Fire Dragon Energy was made to explode.] Elliot frowned deeply when he heard Hawk¡¯s exnation. He dreaded asking the next question, but he asked it anyway. ¡°What will happen if an Adult Red Dragon spends all of its energy weaving Explosion Runes and then triggering them on Earth?¡± [Without magical defenses and nullifiers in ce, Earth will bepletely destroyed.] ¡°I see. It makes sense that there would be magical defenses and nullifiers to weaken the attacks of the top tier life forms of the universe. If not, then the universe would have long been reduced to debris when those top tier life forms quarrel and fight each other.¡± Elliot nodded with relief. ¡°Are these runes the same ones that my Astral Canvas system is using?¡± Elliot asked Hawk. [Affirmative.] ¡°So technically, I can use the Fire Dragon Energy to create a Minor Fire Element Attack Boost Rune?¡± [Affirmative.] [However, that rune will have no effective use.] [The Minor Fire Element Attack Boost Rune is a Support Rune that would cause the Tattoo Ink, which is a type of Non-elemental Stored Energy, tobine with the user¡¯s fire energy and boost it before the attack leaves the user.] [The Fire Dragon Energy cannot be stored, and thus the Minor Fire Element Attack Boost Rune formed by Fire Dragon Energy would immediately dissipate uponpletion.] ¡°I see. How many types of Runes are there?¡± [There are two main types. Support Runes and Battle Runes.] [Support Runes utilize Stored Energy and are most usually prepared in advance.] [Battle Runes utilize Elemental Energy and are usually cast in battle.] Elliot nodded in understanding and stopped asking Hawk more questions for the time being. He wasn¡¯t done asking questions, of course. But there¡¯s a time and ce for more detailed information gathering. Because at that moment, a highly interesting rusted sword was awaiting his inspection. With a thought, Elliot reverted his arm back to its human form and reached out to take the rusted sword out of its case. Next to him, Camelia and Kara¡¯s eyes widened in anticipation. Even the seven men that had run away earlier crept in closer too. Not too close because Elliot had his beasts standing guard around him, but close enough to hear whatever the three of them had to say if they spoke in a normal voice without whispering. Elliot picked up the rusted sword which had its tip broken off, leaving the de at an awkward 60 centimeters. The in, ck handle wasrge enough for a two handed grip, and it had a simple rounded sword guard with no ornaments whatsoever. All in all, it looked exactly like a useless, broken sword one would find rusting away in a shipwreck somewhere in the bottom of the sea. However, Elliot had faith that the aliens knew what they were doing when they rewarded him with that sword for winning the highly prestigious Battle Royale Event. No matter how bad it looked, it definitely had a secret. Elliot swung the sword lightly, and found that it was extremely well made. Even the rust and the loss of its tip couldn¡¯t detract much from the lethal feel that it gave out. Not far from him, Camelia looked at Elliot swinging the sword with round eyes. At that moment, she waspletely oblivious to the sword, and her mind was only filled with the vision of Elliot¡¯s near perfect body and handsome face. And as such, shepletely couldn¡¯t sense the evil aura that the rusted sword was beginning to give out. Kara, on the other hand, felt it keenly. It started as an ufortable feeling, as though she was looking at something that was not very nice. And by Elliot¡¯s third swing, Kara¡¯s instincts were screaming at full force and the feeling of difort had transformed into one ofplete horror! ¡°CAMELIA! RUN!!¡± Kara shrieked as she pulled her mesmerized friend back with all of her strength. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 133 Elliot swung the sword mindlessly, oblivious to Kara who was screaming and dragging poor Camelia away mere meters from where he was standing. He was in a trance, and his mind was filled with a growing wonder at the awesomeness of the sword. sh. Thrust. sh. Parry. Elliot subconsciously executed a myriad ofplex sword techniques, unaware that his gentle movements had begun to rip the Number 1 Drone into shreds. ¡°Elliot! Elliot!¡± A faint voice rang out deep in his mind. ¡°Hmmm?¡± Elliot paused his movements for a quick second. However, an overwhelming sense of wonder descended upon him once more, gently but firmly leading his full attention back into the mesmerizing set of sword techniques he was executing. The rust on the sword turned into a ck miasma of sorts and began to creep toward the sword handle and onto Elliot¡¯s hand. sh. sh. sh. sh. Elliot continued his mindless attacks. And for some reason, his attacks slowly angled towards the two girls. ¡°Elliot! What are you doing?! Wake up!!¡± A panicked voice shrieked desperately from a foggy ce in his mind. ¡°Wake up? Am I asleep?¡± Elliot wondered as he paused yet again. Another deluge of awesome wonder descended upon him and tried to pull his attention back into swinging the swords once more, but it tried too hard, and a chilling sense of wrongness bloomed in Elliot¡¯s heart. CRACK!! Elliot¡¯s entire being suddenly rebelled against the strange power that hypnotized him and broke its sedative mind control. His consciousness surged out like a drowning man exploding out of the water surface and he gasped deeply in utter shock at just howpletely he was lost to the strange power! ¡°What the hell? HAWK! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?¡± Elliot shouted out loudly! [Unknown energy detected.] [Analyzing effects¡­ Soul Maniption.] Elliot nced down at the sword and the ck miasma that had covered almost the entirety of his right hand. ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t.¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes in anger and transformed his right arm into its Red Dragon form and unleashed his Fire Dragon Energy! KA-BOOM!!! A blistering mini explosion erupted around his right hand and immediately purified the ck miasma. At the same time, a sharp metallic keen sounded from the rusted sword. ¡°Regretting your decision, huh? Toote for that!¡± Elliot released even more of his Fire Dragon Energy and caused the entire sword to go up in mes! ¡°Nobody and nothing messes with my mind. You¡¯ll either die to my mes or learn not to do it again.¡± Elliot growled. Crackle! Pop! Loud crackling and popping sounds could be heard as Elliot continued to burn the damned sword with all of his strength. Elliot was well and truly pissed that a mere broken sword that was supposed to be an incredible reward had nearly taken full control over him! Andbined with his growing wariness with the brain-controlling Dark Brainwyrms, the discontent Elliot felt for all sorts of mind control beings skyrocketed. And unfortunately for the sword, Elliot had chosen to vent all of his pent up frustrations on it! After a full minute of relentless burning, Elliot finally ran out of Fire Dragon Energy. The entire de glowed a dull shade of orange, signifying that it had mostly resisted Elliot¡¯s mes. However, all the rust had been burnt cleanly away from the de, and it now looked spotlessly clean. Strangely, the handle and the sword guard werepletely unaffected by the Fire Dragon Energy. [Sentient Weapon detected.] [Analyzing database¡­] [Analyzing database¡­] [Match found.] [Mythical Grade Sentient Sword ¨C Gilgamar.] [Wielded by Tyrius, Archangel of War of the Westreach Heavenly Sultanate.] ¡°Sentient weapon, Gilgamar? Now you¡¯re talking. Connect me to this Gilgamar!¡± Elliot ordered Hawk the AI. ¡°I¡¯m going to give it an earful for trying to control me like that!¡± [Unable to connect. Gilgamar is in an unawakened state.] ¡°Unawakened? What do you mean, unawakened? It was obviously trying to invade my mind earlier!¡± Elliot shouted at Hawk the AI. [The unknown energy attack earlier was from the ck parasitic energy covering the sword.] [It has been burned away by your mes.] ¡°Oh. Okay then.¡± Elliot felt slightly guilty upon hearing Hawk¡¯s words. So he had been wrongly using the sword for things it didn¡¯t do. ¡°Thank goodness it¡¯s unawakened.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°And what¡¯s with the universe and parasites? Why are there so many of them everywhere?¡± He grumbled to Hawk. He was still pissed at the fact that he had so nearly sumbed to the parasite¡¯s vicious attack. [The parasite which attacked you earlier was called Mesmerizing Soul Mite.] [Mesmerizing Soul Mites are rare parasites that asionally appear on Sentient Weapons with no masters.] ¡°Tell me the detailster. For now, can you show me Gilgamar¡¯s stats or something? What¡¯s a Sentient Weapon anyway and who is this Tyrius?¡± Elliot asked Hawk. [Gilgamar is a Mythical Grade Sentient Weapon.] [Five Support Runes had been melded into it.] [Four have been documented, and the fifth is unknown.] [Advanced Elemental Resistance] [Advanced Elemental Boost [Advanced Life Steal] [A Sentient Weapon is a weapon imbued with its owner¡¯s soul force and life force.] [It will synergize with its owner to bring forth a much higher level of synergy.] [Upon its owner¡¯s death, the Sentient Weapon can only be wielded by a different owner of its choice.] [The higher thepatibility with its new owner, the higher the synergy and the higher the maximum performance cap will be.] [A Sentient Weapon is a prerequisite to mastering high level Martial Arts.] [Archangel Tyrius was a renowned General of the Westreach Heavenly Sultanate.] [He perished while defending it.] Elliot looked at Gilgamar with newfound respect and awe after hearing Hawk¡¯s exnation. ¡°So this Sentient Weapon will be able to synergize with me if it chooses to, and allow me to execute high level Martial Arts? Was that the sword techniques I executed earlier?¡± [Affirmative, only by synergizing with a Sentient Weapon will you be able to execute high level Martial Arts.] [Negative, the sword techniques you executed earlier were merely remnants of Gilgamar¡¯s surface memories.] ¡°Remnant surface memories? They are already so powerful! The drone ispletely destroyed!¡± Elliot eximed. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 134 [Correction.] [The drone was destroyed by Gilgamar¡¯s unintentional release of the energy stored within it.] [The sword techniques you executed earlier were merely non-energy generating movements.] He had a lot of experience in taming beasts, and if taming Sentient Weapons was anything like it, he had the utmost confidence that he would be able to ¡°tame¡± the sword too. [Affirmative. However, because it is not a beast, please note that you will not gain any XP from taming it.] ¡°Good. Not a problem at all. How do I wake it up?¡± Elliot asked. [Repair the sword, and it will automatically awaken.] ¡°Repair the sword? How the heck¡­ Ah. Wait. I have the [Forbidden Box]!¡± Elliot¡¯s heart suddenly jolted with joy as he remembered the wondrous [Forbidden Box] which had the ability to raise the Grade of items to the Ancestral Level! He quickly took out the [Forbidden Box] and ced Gilgamar in the box. [Ding! Broken Sentient Weapon detected.] [Would you like to repair the Broken Sentient Weapon?] ¡°Yes. Repair it please.¡± Elliot ordered with slightly bated breath. [Please ce the following items into the box.] [One Mythical Grade Item.] [One Mythical Grade Energy Core.] Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed in excitement as he realized that he had both the required items! Elliot quickly took out the ring he got earlier, [Left Eye of the Elemental Heretic], as well as the Mythical Grade Beast Core and ced them into the box. ¡°Please work. Please work. Please work.¡± Elliot whispered softly. The [Forbidden Box] shined brightly for a full thirty seconds before finally returning to its original state. [Sentient Weapon repaired.] ¡°YES!!!¡± Elliot whooped for joy when he received the notification in his mind! He quickly took Gilgamar out of the [Forbidden Box] and held it reverently with both hands. ¡°Hello?¡± He greeted it cautiously. Nothing happened. ¡°Hawk? It¡¯s not responding.¡± [Please ce a few drops of your blood on the Sentient Weapon.] ¡°Ahh. Damn. You¡¯re right.¡± Elliotughed sheepishly at himself. He was so excited that he actually forgot he needed blood to trigger the Mindspace! When his blood connected with Gilgamar, a strangely rigid mindspace descended upon him. ¡°Hello?¡± ¡°Who are you?¡± A powerful but t voice sounded in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°My name is Elliot. I am the one who repaired you and woke you up.¡± Elliot introduced himself. ¡°Repaired me¡­? Ah. Yes. I was grievously wounded in that final battle. And¡­ ¡­ ¡­ Tyrius is gone.¡± The powerful voice trembled lightly at its final word. Elliot merely kept quiet and gave it a little bit of time toe to terms with the new reality. A few long minutes passed, and Elliot merely stood there patiently. He nced at the two girls who had retreated a full hundred meters away from him. ¡°I¡¯m alright now! Sorry for that! I lost control of the sword a little bit. Stay there! I¡¯lle to you once I¡¯m done!¡± Elliot shouted to them. They obediently stayed put where they were and waited for Elliot. ¡°You guys ok?¡± Elliot asked his beasts. ¡°All good little Master, don¡¯t worry.¡± Brock replied for them. ¡°Good. stand guard for me.¡± Elliot ordered them and promptly sat down. He ced Gilgamar on hisp, and continued to wait patiently. His beasts had killed every beast worth killing in the vicinity and Elliot wasn¡¯t expecting any trouble. But it never hurts to be careful. And also because there were no beasts nearby to hunt, Elliot didn¡¯t really have anywhere urgent to go. So he decided to stay put and sort out his ever-growing to-do list first. And it was a pretty long list. ¡°Let¡¯s see. Let¡¯s use the Urgent and Important quadrants. Top of the list ¨C Extremely Urgent and Extremely important. I have to power up and save Jennifer. And in order to power up, I have to do a few things. I have to tame Gilgamar. That would give me a powerful weapon to use. I have to master the Astral Canvas system and the Rune Drawing. I have to find more of the Red Dragon Blood Essence to advance my transformation. I have to send out the Apostles to found their own ns and give me more strength. Next on the list ¨C Extremely important but not urgent. I have to debrief the Dark Brainwyrms and get to the bottom of the mystery. I have to find that unique substance they are searching for. I have to get Red to upgrade my SSS Beast Apostle System. Oh, and forge armor for all of us. I have to get Frosty to devour a useful and hopefully OP skill too. Next on the list ¨C Urgent but not important. I have to get to the Bugatti Jirzon and other powerful cars. I have to build a team around me. I am responsible for nine people now, and the number will only grow in the future. So I will need a system to handle them. Actually, these are pretty important as well. Butpared to the items above, they are slightly less important. They¡¯ll stay in the quadrant for now. Next on the list ¨C Not urgent and not important. Uhh¡­ Let¡¯s leave it nk for the moment.¡± Elliot looked at the list he made with mild satisfaction. Now that he had gotten his to-do list clearly spelled out and sorted, he felt much more confident that he would be able to spend the next few days productively and efficiently. ¡°Let¡¯s focus on the current task at hand. Taming Gilgamar. Hawk, please disy Gilgamar¡¯s new stats in the usual beast disy format.¡± Elliot ordered his AI. Life Form: Sentient Sword Name: Gilgamar Grade: Mythical Skills: [Supreme Elemental Resistance] [Advanced Elemental Boost] [Advanced Armor Piercing] [Advanced Life Steal] [Unknown] ¡°Where are the statistics for the skills?¡± Elliot asked Hawk with a frown. [Unable to urately quantify statistics ¨C Not enough data.] [Please release a few full powered attacks with Gilgamar for a more urate initial reading.] [Full details will bepiled after a few battles.] ¡°Gah. Alright. Tell me a little bit more about Gilgamar and Tyrius. I think I have a little bit of time to spare.¡± Elliot instructed Hawk. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 135 [Acknowledged.] [Tyrius was originally an Emperor Level General of the Westreach Heavenly Sultanate.] [He was one of the Five Archangel Generals of the Sultanate.] [During one of his explorations in an ancient site, Tyrius chanced upon an extremely rare Ancestral Grade material.] [He used it to craft a powerful Mythical Grade sword.] [Pleased with the beauty of the sword, Tyrius split his soul and life force in two, and imbued one half into the sword, giving birth to Gilgamar.] [After that, Tyrius¡¯ power level immediately dropped to King level.] [However, with Gilgamar in hand, he was still able to maintain a sufficiently high level battle strength to defend his position as one of the Five Archangel Generals of the Westreach Heavenly Sultanate against all challengers.] [With Gilgamar¡¯s help, Tyrius quickly recovered to the Emperor Level within two years, and broke through to Hegemon level three years after that, bing Westreach Heavenly Sultanate¡¯s most powerful warrior.] [However, a mere two yearster, disaster struck.] [A n of Void Walkers attacked the Westreach Heavenly Sultanate, and Tyrius fell in battle.] [Gilgamar was thought to be lost, until it was discovered one thousand two hundred thirty three years ago.] ¡°I see. What a tragic story.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Is that how history remembers Tyrius, the most powerful warrior of the Universe?¡± Gilgamar¡¯s stiff voice sounded within Elliot¡¯s mindspace. Although faint, Elliot was sure that he could detect a trace of anger in Gilgamar¡¯s voice. [Affirmative.] ¡°Drivel.¡± Gilgamar said with his stiff voice. ¡°Drivel? Interesting! What is the truth of the matter then? How did Tyrius die?¡± Elliot immediately asked. ¡°Awesome! I have an interesting story to listen to, AND Gilgamar is finally speaking!¡± Elliot thought happily to himself, while making a mental note to remember to ask Hawk how Gilgamar could listen in to their conversation. ¡°He didn¡¯t die in battle. With me in hand, Tyrius would have no problems fighting even against the very best of the Void Walkers. Tyrius he¡­ was killed by his fellow Archangels.¡± Caughtpletely off guard, Elliot was stunned into silence by Gilgamar¡¯s revtion. ¡°Why?¡± He finally sputtered. ¡°Jealousy?¡± ¡°Royal Jealousy. The Supreme Leader was only a top tier Emperor. He couldn¡¯t stand the thought of Tyrius being stronger than him by such a huge margin. And so he secretly ordered his four Archangels to poison and kill him.¡± Gilgamar said in his stiff voice. ¡°Vicious.¡± Elliotmented. ¡°Even weakened by poison, Tyrius was able to kill one Archangel and seriously wound another before I broke under thebined attack of their Ancestral Grade weapons.¡± Gilgamar remained silent at that point. ¡°Hawk? What do you think?¡± Elliot asked. [Analyzing.] [uracy is estimated at 85%.] [Tyrius and two other Archangels were never officially seen or documented in the war against the Void Walkers.] ¡°So he killed another one after I broke. Well fought, Tyrius. Well fought.¡± Gilgamar sighed. Elliot spent the next few minutes talking about and listening to Gilgamar share his stories of Tyrius. He knew that Gilgamar was in no position to ept a new owner, and he needed to at least decide to move on from Tyrius first before he could even consider Elliot as a candidate for his new master. Elliot dug in and prepared to patiently wait for an hour or two. However, to his pleasant surprise, after ten short minutes, Gilgamar suddenly sighed deeply. ¡°I suppose you want to be my new owner, huh?¡± He asked Elliot grudgingly. ¡°Ah. Well, of course I do. But I am prepared to give you some space first to slowly get over Tyrius.¡± Elliot replied in mild surprise. ¡°There¡¯s no getting over Tyrius.¡± Gilgamar said softly. ¡°My soul and my life force were his to begin with. I will always feel his absence. But right now, I am filled with a hunger for vengeance. I am willing to be your sword, if you swear that you will find the Supreme Leader¡¯s descendants and use me to y them all.¡± ¡°No.¡± Elliot instantly replied. ¡°Thousands of years had already passed. And if the Supreme Leader made it out alive, his descendants would probably number in the millions. I will notmit genocide just so you can take revenge.¡± ¡°I won¡¯tmit genocide. But I will kill one of his descendants for you. A life for a life. How about that? I¡¯ll even let you pick who.¡± Elliot responded with an offer of his own. ¡°Tyrius is worth more than even a thousand Supreme Leaders! One is not enough.¡± Gilgamar growled. ¡°Hohoho. Here we go. The negotiating table is now open.¡± Elliot thought wryly to himself. ¡°Two.¡± Elliot replied simply. ¡°That¡¯s my final offer. It¡¯s either two now and work with me to make me strong enough to kill them, or you can wait for another millenia or ten until the next fighteres along.¡± ¡°I will ept nothing less than a hundred souls in exchange for Tyrius!''¡± Gilgamar shouted in the mindspace. ¡°Two.¡± Elliot repeated himself. The trick to a sessful negotiation is to always maintain walk-away power. Be prepared to walk away when the terms be too uneptable. And Elliot was doing exactly that. ¡°Ten! I must y ten of that devil¡¯s descendants before I can live with myself!¡± Gilgamar howled. ¡°Three.¡± Elliot finally gave in. ¡°Take it or leave it.¡± ¡°No. Ten!¡± Gilgamar shouted. ¡°No? Alright. You can stay in my storage space for the next hundred years. If I die in some uncharted territory, then you¡¯ll probably have to wait for a thousand year-¡° ¡°Five. Five is already really low!¡± Gilgamar insisted. ¡°I raised the number to three much too early.¡± Elliot sighed to himself. ¡°I should have stuck with two all the way. Now he thinks I am willing to go even higher than two. He shouldn¡¯t be allowed to think that, even if its true.¡± ¡°Three descendants. And I promise to raise your Grade one level to Ancestral Level. How¡¯s that?¡± Elliot countered from a different angle. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 136 ¡°Raise my grade to the Ancestral Level?¡± Gilgamar sounded truly surprised. He had never entertained the idea that he could actually power up. It was a strange thought to have for a Sentient Weapon. ¡°Yes.¡± Elliot said. ¡°How? How do you n to do that?¡± Gilgamar asked Elliot suspiciously. ¡°I have my ways. You got repaired, didn¡¯t you? Do you see a forge here? Or a cksmith?¡± Elliot waved the sword around. ¡°I can¡¯t see, you blithering boombox.¡± Gilgamar growled. ¡°Do YOU see an eyeball somewhere on me?¡± ¡°Oh. Haha! I thought you could sense your surroundings or something.¡± Elliot responded sheepishly. ¡°No? Well I repaired you without even needing a cksmith. And not just repair, I even enhanced your power, right? Trust me, if you ept me as your new master and give me your very best, I will definitely be able to raise your grade to Ancestral.¡± ¡°Enhanced power? What non- hmmm. My resistances have gone up. And¡­ What¡¯s this new power I sense?¡± Gilgamar muttered. At that moment, a thought struck Elliot and his eyes widened slightly. ¡°Oh my god. Do NOT tell me he gained some spidery power.¡± Elliot thought to himself in slight trepidation. ¡°Hey, I think I am able to deal energy-based poison damage now. What did you do to me?¡± Gilgamar asked in a slightly surprised voice. For an originally cold and rigid sounding Sentient Weapon, that slightly surprised voice was probably equivalent to Elliot¡¯s ¡°WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO TO ME?!?!¡± ¡°Like it? That¡¯s just the tip of the iceberg of all the good stuff that I could do to you.¡± Elliot said smugly. However, in his mind, he was actually sighing in relief! ¡°Thank goodness he didn¡¯t grow a set of spider legs or gain the ability to shapeshift into a spider.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Well. Poison is sneaky and underhanded. Tyrius would never use it. He was much too straightced and righteous for that. And as such, he waspletely blindsided when the other four Archangels, his sworn brothers and sisters, poisoned him. He would never have died if it wasn¡¯t for that debilitating poison which paralyzed his body almostpletely¡­¡± Gilgamar paused for a moment as a sharp wave of sorrow mixed with anger swept over the entire mindspace. ¡°But it is good to be able to wield the power that killed him. I will use it against the descendants of his killer. Fine. I agree. Three descendants. You will wield me to kill the Supreme Leader¡¯s three most powerful and influential offspring.¡± Gilgamar finally gave in. ¡°Deal.¡± Elliot instantly replied. ¡°And apart from killing those three¡­¡± Gilgamar hesitated lightly at that point. ¡°What else? Just tell me.¡± Elliot encouraged him. ¡°I would like to eventually be wielded by Tyrius¡¯ offspring. I will apany you for as long as you need, of course. You can wield me until you get a stronger weapon than me. But after that¡­¡± ¡°Of course. As soon as I am able, I will search for his offspring, and let you pick which one you¡¯d like to be your next master.¡± Elliot promised him. ¡°Good. Enough talking. Now, use me to kill some strong enemies. I will fine tune your attacks and make you the most powerful sword master in the area of the Universe!¡± Gilgamar said. ¡°The stronger you get, the faster the day of my vengeance would arrive!¡± ¡°That¡¯s exactly what I want to hear from you. Alright. By the end of this day, let¡¯s wipe the entire State of California clean of all the King level and Lord level beasts!¡± Elliot stood up and raised his sword up high heroically! ¡°Very cool. Very gant! Let¡¯s go!¡± Gilgamar was affected by Elliot¡¯s enthusiasm and spoke much louder than usual! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°What an awkward po-¡° ¡°He is so cool!¡± Void Walker gushed like a giddy schoolgirl as she leapt out of her seat and began to hop around excitedly. Jul¡¯Taras snapped her mouth shut and swallowed the rest of her sentence. Next to her, Monkey King snickered softly. ¡°What are you snickering at, you damned monkey.¡± Jul¡¯Taras grumbled. ¡°It has only been a short time since I informed my uncle of your Patriarch¡¯s agreement. Hegemon Autumn Snow is still probably tying up loose ends. She should be here by tonight.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Elliot is still in the game. As long as he¡¯s there, he¡¯s safe.¡± ¡°Not necessarily. They might make things difficult by sending in Inserts to deal with him. I never expected that he would find a use for that Forbidden Box so quickly. I was hoping that he would use it after the recruitment of Adamantium Sponsors and Inserts are over. Now, he¡¯ll have to face a horde of Inserts with illegally obtained Adamantium grade boons chasing after him.¡± Monkey King frowned and shook his head helplessly. ¡°Oh don¡¯t be such a worrywart. Elliot will be fine! Didn¡¯t you see just how powerful he became after ingesting that Dragon Blood? It¡¯s probably a concentrated drop of Red Dragon Blood! If so, he should be able to transform more than just his right arm. He might even be able to transform his left arm as well! And when that happens, he¡¯ll be unstoppable!¡± Jessica Sands scolded Monkey King lightly. ¡°He is an inexperienced fighter with zero techniques and zero spells at his disposal. Against mindless beasts, yes, he can prevail like he had always done. But against real fighters¡­ I am afraid that he would have absolutely no chance at all.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°He would need to master at least a movement technique, a disabling technique and a powerful killing blow to even gain the QUALIFICATIONS to fight against a few of the stronger inserts!¡± ¡°Yeah? Well, thank God that my secondary boon is my own personally upgraded version of the Blink spell, then!¡± Jessica Sands grinned gleefully. ¡°Blink could be considered as a movement technique, right?¡± At that, both Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras shouted, ¡®WHAT?!¡± Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 137 ¡°You gave him BLINK?¡± ¡°You upgraded BLINK?¡± ¡°Hahahaha! Look at the two of you! You both are so simr, you should get together or something!¡± Jessica Sandsughed for a second and then froze as a realization struck her like a thunderbolt. ¡°HEY! That¡¯s right. You two SHOULD get together!¡± Jessica Sands eximed. ¡°Stop changing the subject.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said instantly. ¡°How in the world did you manage to upgrade Blink?¡± It¡¯s the most researched spell within the Elven Mages Guild and we barely made any improvements to the Spell Framework!¡± ¡°I¡¯m putting a book mark on that! You two are reaaallypatible! Hee hee! About the blink¡­ It¡¯s ratherplicated, but I did manage to devise several shortcuts in the Spell Framework and simplify it so that even King Level beings can use it, and with TWICE the range!¡± Jessica Sands said proudly. Jul¡¯Taras could only look at her best friend with an astounded and helpless look. Jessica waspletely smashing apart millenia old natural barriers that the entire magicalmunity of the known universe couldn¡¯t ovee, but here she was, hanging out in a little Diamond Sponsor VIP Room watching an insignificant Earth Game instead of¡­ Of¡­ ¡°You should take over my aunt¡¯s job as the Head Researcher of Magic!¡± Jul¡¯Taras blurted out without thinking. ¡°I¡¯m a Void Walker, how am I supposed to lead the Magical Research Department of the ELVEN Mages Guild?¡± Jessica Sands rolled her eyes at Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°And my grandfather would probably drag me back to lead HIS Department of Magic the instant I poke my head out of your guild. Nono, it¡¯s best that nobody knows about my power.¡± ¡°It¡¯s toote for that.¡± Monkey Kingughed helplessly at Jessica Sand¡¯s naivety. ¡°Your Reverse Time Walk probably had the entire Magical Community on high alert. And once Elliot activates your secondary boon, they¡¯ll know that they have an overachiever in you.¡± ¡°Indeed. As I mentioned yesterday, your ¡°little¡± boon is creating shockwaves everywhere.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said seriously. ¡°I¡¯m sure that your grandpa has top notch warriors assigned to protect you. But I couldn¡¯t help but worry. That¡¯s actually the main reason why I am here. With my bodyguards added to yours, I doubt not many curious members of society will dare to disturb us.¡± ¡°A Jules. You¡¯re always so sweet to me.¡± Jessica Sands hugged Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°But you really don¡¯t have to worry, though. Grandpa actually¡­¡± Jessica leaned in and whispered something into Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ ear, who immediately opened her eyes wide in surprise. ¡°He¡¯s actually even more paranoid than me. Haha! As expected of the craziest and one of the strongest Void Walkers out there! He truly isn¡¯t messing around when ites to your safety, huh? I worried for nothing!¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled ruefully. ¡°Hey, what¡¯s happening. I¡¯m feeling a little bit left out here.¡± Monkey King joked. Over the past few days, the three of them had slowly be pretty good friends, and Monkey King had begun to loosen up a little bit. They had a prettyfortable rtionship at that moment. ¡°Hee hee. I only told her the defensive measures Grandpa put in ce to keep me safe. It¡¯s a n secret! But Jules knew about it already so I can tell her. But not you, sooorrey!¡± Jessica Sands stuck out her tongue a little bit to lighten the sting of not telling Monkey King anything. ¡°I¡¯m sure you have your own defensive measures that your Patriarch put in ce for you, right? Like a squad of hidden bodyguards or a supreme talisman of escape or something¡­¡± Jessica Sands shifted the topic to Monkey King to keep him talking so that they would not descend into awkward silence. However¡­ ¡°I don¡¯t have any defensive measures apart from my own abilities, and my weapon.¡± Monkey King chuckled. If Jessica was talking to an emotionally fragile being, she had just seeded making the atmosphere even more awkward with her question. Thankfully Monkey King was totally fine. ¡°Ah! Well¡­ Uhhh. Do you want one?¡± Jessica immediately took out a talisman and offered it to Monkey King. Jul¡¯Taras could only smack her own forehead in her mind at Jessica¡¯s absoluteck of social skills. ¡°She meant well.¡± Jul¡¯Taras stretched out her soft hands and ced it on Monkey King¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Don¡¯t take offense.¡± ¡°Of course.¡± Monkey King grinned as he took the talisman from Jessica¡¯s hand gratefully. ¡°How can I take offense at someone giving me such a valuable talisman? What talisman is this? Talisman of Escape?¡± ¡°Talisman of Escape? HA! My grandpa would vomit blood if I had to depend on such a weak talisman as my trump card!¡± Jessica Sands blundered on naively with her words. Monkey King¡¯s upper lip twitched lightly and he couldn¡¯t help but tough helplessly at Jessica¡¯s innocence and at his extreme poverty. Jul¡¯Taras removed her hand from Monkey King¡¯s shoulder and ced it on her forehead with a sigh. ¡°It¡¯s a Talisman of Home Sweet Home!¡± Jessica Sands said proudly. ¡°What in all of the heavens is that?¡± Monkey King asked with augh at its strange and childish name. Jessica beckoned for the both of them toe closer and whispered very, very lightly in their ears. ¡°It¡¯s a unique Talisman which Grandfather designed for me. I just have to trigger it, and I will immediately be teleported back to a secure location back home!¡± ¡°Wow. That¡¯s really impressive. You Void Walkers truly are the masters of space. Huh?¡± Monkey King couldn¡¯t help but marvel. ¡°Of course.¡± Jessica Sands said solemnly. ¡°We are second to none in terms of space mastery.¡± ¡°One question though. If you give me this Talisman, and I use it, then¡­¡± Monkey King let his voice trail out. ¡°Then you will be instantly transported to¡­ Oh.¡± Jessica Sands realized her mistake and scratched her head sheepishly. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll give you something else. I have nock of trump cards!¡± ¡°It¡¯s alright, Jess. You can keep your trump cards. I wasn¡¯t intending to ept the Talisman even if it didn¡¯t transport me to your n anyway. Plus, there¡¯s no need for such extensive escape mechanisms is there? I mean, we¡¯re are-¡° ¡°Apparently, we might need it soon.¡± Jul¡¯Taras interrupted Monkey King. ¡°My sources are telling me that a powerful group of hostiles have appeared just ten minutes away from here.¡± She turned to look at Jessica. ¡°They¡¯re here for you.¡± Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 138 ¡°For me? As in, they want to capture me?¡± Jessica Sands half frowned half scoffed in disbelief. ¡°They could try!¡± ¡°Jess, you¡¯re severely underestimating your worth AND the allure of that worth to the greedy and desperate denizens of the underworld. There are countless powerhouses without a shred of morality and with dangerously low levels of sanity out there. The power of your Void Walker n can only deter so many, it can¡¯t scare away all of them. There are others who would not fear an open war with your n. And especially not with such a juicy prize for the taking!¡± Jul¡¯Taras said seriously. ¡°I¡­ I know.¡± Jessica said with a tinge of rm at Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ serious demeanor. She had rarely seen Jules that way. Thest time she did, it was during her debut as a full fledged Elder Mage of the Elven Mages Guild. She was assigned the difficult and dangerous mission of quelling an uprising within arge sr system. Over a billion rebels died by the time she was done, three dayster. ¡°This couldn¡¯t be as bad as that crazy mission, right?¡± Jessica couldn¡¯t help but think to herself. She totally had no idea that to Jul¡¯Taras, the issue of her safety was much more important and serious than reaping the lives of a billion rebels! ¡°Even the simplest upgrade over amon Spell Framework is worth thousands of resources. Imagine how much your upgrade on the Reverse Time Walk is worth. Millions, maybe even billions of resources! I have said this before, your little feat with the Reverse Time Walk had created massive shockwaves throughout the magicalmunity. The power of yourst boon had far exceeded the boundaries that simple power boosts from artifacts could give. They are definitely suspecting that you¡¯ve made some sort of breakthrough with the Spell Framework!¡± ¡°I know. I truly didn¡¯t expect Elliot would roll the maximum value of the Reverse Time Walk. What are the chances of that? But ultimately, it¡¯s my fault for stuffing so much power into the boons. I just wanted my creation to at least be applied in full, somewhere, you know?¡± Jessica sighed. ¡°You need to immediately join arge faction and gain theirplete protection! Only then can you reveal your power to the world. There are many things I want to tell you about joining factions, but it¡¯ll all have to way. Apparently, time is a luxury that we no longer have. The Demon Guards of the Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group are almost here! We need to prepare for battle.¡± Jul¡¯Taras ended her nagging session on a grim note. ¡°Right. We¡¯ll talk moreter. For now, let¡¯s prepare to fight.¡± Jessica Sands agreed. ¡°Demon Guards of the Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group?¡± Monkey King frowned. ¡°They are extremely heavy weight. One of my n¡¯s elders wanted the Patriarch to recruit them for our defense against the other ns, but the Patriarch didn¡¯t want to recruit such a dangerous group! Are you sure that they are here for Jessica? They could be here for the Forbidden Box instead.¡± ¡°Jul¡¯Taras doesn¡¯t question me when ites to my ims about magic for the same reason I never question her when ites to information. We never exaggerate, and we never say things that aren¡¯t absolutely true. If Jules say the Demon Guards are here for me, then they are here for me.¡± Jessica Sands said calmly. ¡°I don¡¯t think the Gaming Commission¡¯s forces couldst for five minutes against their onught, even with all the defensive mechanisms in ce. We have to divert our bodyguards to bolster the defenses. If not, then they would be here within a few minutes and we would be giving up the advantage of fighting with the in-built defense system.¡± Jul¡¯Taras thought aloud. ¡°But they should know that you would do that. Why are they still doing it? Are the Demon Guards stronger than your bodyguards?¡± Monkey King asked them. ¡°Against just Jessica¡¯s, yes. But with mine, they should be evenly matched. However, I didn¡¯t make my arrival here a secret. They should know that I am here. And if the Demon Guards are still advancing in spite of that, then it could only mean two things. One, they have a secret weapon which could turn the tide around. But I very much doubt that. My spies would have definitely informed me if that¡¯s the case. Two, they are just a diversion¡­ And if they are the diversion, then the real attack would be¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ voice dropped low at the final sentence. There was no need to exin the significance of that second scenario. Both Monkey King and Jessica Sands knew at that moment that they would have to fight very soon. Against several, if not all of the Diamond Sponsors in that very room. ¡°We need to send our bodyguards to the defensive line. The Demon Guards may just be a diversion, but if left unchecked, they could very well end up being the real attack.¡± Jessica Sands said seriously. ¡°I agree. We can hold ourselves here. Even if it¡¯s against the entire room, which I very much doubt.¡± Jul¡¯Taras nodded and said casually as though she was merely making a simple observation. ¡°Alright.¡± Jessica nodded and blinked. ¡°Done. They¡¯re off.¡± ¡°Mine too.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said. ¡°Well, now that the Demon Guards are out of the picture for the time being¡­ What say you we do a little pre-emptive attack on the criminals hiding in this room?¡± Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes glinted with a faint trace of bloodlust. ¡°Ooooh. I like that. We need to strike in an unexpected way in an unexpected time, and strike hard! Let¡¯s do that!¡± Jessica Sands approved of Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ idea and immediately leapt up from her seat. ¡°What? We don¡¯t even know who our enemies are?!¡± Monkey King protested lightly. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 139 RUMBLE. The entire room shook lightly. ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± The hundred or so Diamond Sponsors were taken slightly aback at the strange shaking. However, a few of them were instantly rmed, and began contacting their organizations urgently. ¡°Does it matter who our enemies are?¡± Jul¡¯Taras said while arching her eyebrow at Monkey King. ¡°A lioness doesn¡¯t worry about which specific group of rabbits in the rabbit tribe is nning a coup. She just¡­¡± ¡°Tames them all as pets and feed them carrots everyday.¡± Jessica Sands interrupted Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°Rabbits are cute, okay. No cruelty to rabbits please.¡± ¡°You¡¯re still not over your century-old dead rabbit? He¡¯s probably reincarnated into a tiger or something by now.¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Jessica with a heartyugh as she drew her beautiful and exquisite looking sword and nced at the rest of the Diamond Sponsors who had no idea that a demoness was about to pounce on them. ¡°Mr Pickles is definitely NOT a tiger.¡± Jessica Sands said firmly as she too prepared forbat. However, instead of a weapon, a pair of sses appeared on her face, giving her a strikingly cute and nerdy look. ¡°He¡¯s much too cute to be reborn as a tiger. I think he¡¯s reborn into a panda.¡± ¡°A panda? Haha!¡± Jul¡¯Tarasughed again. She truly was taking the uing battle lightly. ¡°Errr girls. Don¡¯t forget that Hegara Kinstan and his cronies are here.¡± Monkey King interrupted their banter. ¡°In addition to a hundred fifty other King level warriors, by the way.¡± ¡°Exactly. Why aren¡¯t you armed then? Are you going to let us fight by ourselves without lending a hand?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked with mock disbelief. ¡°No, of course not-¡° ¡°You couldn¡¯t be scared, could you?¡± Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ mouth opened up into an adorable ¡°O¡± shape. ¡°Of course not! It¡¯s just that if we fight and wreck this ce¡­ We might have to pay a lot of money to the Gaming Commission aspensation!¡± Monkey King finally blurted out his main concern. ¡°Oh, that! Don¡¯t worry about that. You don¡¯t have to pay a single cent. I¡¯ll handle it. In fact, if we y our cards well, we might end up getting a HUGE amount of ranso- ah, I mean,pensation.¡± Jul¡¯Taras giggled lightly. ¡°Ranso- I mean,pensation? Well well, if you put it that way¡­¡± Monkey King stood up from his seat and strode forward. His full battle armor materialized and a powerful looking rod appeared in his right hand. ¡°I¡¯ve been really itching to have a good, bloody fight. I will deal with the enemy myself, in my own way.¡± Monkey King said with supreme confidence befitting an Elite among Elites. ¡°Buff me if you have the spells, but don¡¯t interfere.¡± ¡°Hohoho. Monkey, you¡¯re sooo cool!! Here! Take my speed and damage buff!¡± Jessica Sands¡¯ eyes shined in excitement as she cast two powerful enchantments on Monkey King. She was rather disappointed when she couldn¡¯t witness an exciting battle between Monkey and Jules earlier. But seeing Monkey King take on a huge bunch of King level warriors, possibly including Hegara Kinstan, would definitely make good the loss! Jul¡¯Taras hesitated slightly before casting her own defensive buffs on Monkey King. A globe of bright silver light shined from her left hand and then drifted slowly tond on Monkey King¡¯s forehead. ¡°Silvermoon Blessing?¡± Jessica Sands nced at Jul¡¯Taras and raised an eyebrow questioningly. ¡°Are you sure you want to use it here? You know that it¡¯s not easy to get that Silvermoon Blessing!¡± Her raised eyebrow seemed to say. Jul¡¯Taras merely shrugged. ¡°I guess so. I can¡¯t cast it as and when I like anyway. And when I sensed that it was avable, it just felt right for me to use it on him here.¡± Her simple shrug seemed to say in reply. Jessica Sands nodded in understanding. ¡°Jules had just given you a powerful defensive buff. You can fight to your heart¡¯s content. And make sure you finish-¡° BOOMM!! Monkey King parried a powerful hammer blow from a three-meter tall green-skinned troll which appearedpletely out of nowhere. It had short but deadly looking des protruding from its shoulders, elbows and knees, as well as a pair of wicked looking tusks. ¡°Do you truly think I¡¯ll wait till you¡¯re done buffing yourselves before I attack?¡± The troll growled. ¡°Neo-Zantroll. Why am I not surprised.¡± Jul¡¯Taras saidzily from behind Monkey King. ¡°You and your kind never fail to find suicidal missions to sign up for, don¡¯t you?¡± Monkey King skillfully spun his powerful rod andunched a ferocious counter attack! BAM!! CRACK!! The Neo-Zantroll blocked Monkey King¡¯s first attack, but totally failed to do anything about the second. ¡°Have a taste of my Ruyi Jinggu Bang!¡± Monkey King shouted as his attack flung the massive Neo-Zantroll¡¯s lifeless body away across the room. However, there was no time to celebrate as the next ten King Level warriors were already upon him. A series of well-coordinated and perfectly timed attacks began to rain down on Monkey King. Swords, whips, clubs, hammers and even a couple of arrows fell upon him in a deadly blur. It took every single ounce of concentration from him to be able to barely block all of the attacks. ¡°Yes, they are definitely old timers. And that Neo-Zantroll was definitely part of their group as well. Look how they are failing to follow up critical blows that could have definitely slipped past Monkey King¡¯s defense. It¡¯s like they¡¯re leaving the gaps for a different but absent member to capitalize.¡± Jul¡¯taras said. As a certified nerd and a powerful warrior herself, she could read fights like reading a child¡¯s book. All of the fighters¡¯ tendencies, character, and habits were so clearly disyed to her that she didn¡¯t have to focus much to immediately gather several crucial points about her observed targets. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 140 ¡°Hmmm. If it¡¯s just them, Monkey will have no problems. Hegara Kinstan and his cronies are just watching though. And judging from their confused looks, I doubt his cronies knew anything. Hegara¡¯s face is as nk as an empty screen, as usual. Do you think they are involved?¡± Jessica asked Jules. ¡°I truly don¡¯t know anything about it this time.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°As you know, Hegara Kingstan is a disciple of the White Snake Hermit and there are absolutely no spies in that Hermit¡¯s dwelling ce. ¡°It¡¯s better to finish this little battle as soon as possible before he makes a move.¡± Jessica muttered. ¡°Monkey! I thought you said you can deal with even Emperor level fighters! Why are you struggling against ten little kids?¡± Jessica called out with a teasing tone. ¡°These are ten. Freaking tough. Little kids!¡± Monkey King grunted in between parries. ¡°Excuses! Finish them off quickly!¡± Jessica shouted at him like an unreasonable little child. Monkey King didn¡¯t bother to reply. ng! ng! Cl-cl-ng!! The ten Kings attacking Monkey King began to increase their attack speed as a hint of desperation began to show. They had never experienced fighting against such a tough enemy which simply refused to get hit by their near perfect sequence of attacks! ¡°His parries are so powerful that our attacks are recoiling hard and dealing slight damage to all of us!¡± ¡°Why is this sted monkey so fast and so strong?!¡± Monkey King finally found an opportunity to counter attack and smashed his rod into the face of a pretty woman and blew itpletely apart. ¡°One down. Nine to go!¡± He growled menacingly. ¡°Ignore your defense for a while and focus on attacking.¡± Jul¡¯Taras told him loudly. ¡°You should be able to finish the job before the Sil- errr, protection buff I gave you runs out!¡± Immediately, Monkey King stopped parrying and started to trade blows with the nine King Level warriors. BA-BA-BA-BAMMM!!!! Without the need to parry, Monkey King unleashed a flurry of deadly attacks on the nine Kings. Within two seconds, the battle was over. Ten very dead and lifeless King Level warriors crumpled to the ground. ¡°Whoa. That¡¯s a pretty impressive attack sequence you got there.¡± Jessica said. ¡°Nine beautifully executed chained-rapid strikes on nine vital points. Well done.¡± ¡°Thank you Jess. And Jules, this protection buff of yours, it¡¯s amazing! It¡¯s extremely powerful!¡± Monkey King said to the girls. ¡°How long will itst? Why do I have a feeling that it¡¯s rechargeable?¡± ¡°Against such enemies, it can probably take another twenty or so hits. And yes, it¡¯s¡­ A permanent blessing, and a rare one at that. It can recharge itself and¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras said the final part of her sentence softly. ¡°Just go and make good your boast.¡± Jessica noticed Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ awkward tone of voice and pointed at the rest of the crowd impatiently. ¡°You still have a lot of enemies to kill.¡± ¡°Completely resisting twenty hits is good enough. Now that I¡¯ve warmed up a little, the rest should be easy.¡± Monkey King twirled his Ruyi Jinggu Bang casually. ¡°Mydy Jul¡¯Taras, the following victory is for you.¡± ¡°Go then.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a slightly gentle smile. Monkey King turned around and walked towards the rest of the Diamond Sponsors. ¡°Who¡¯s next, you spineless cowards! Step forward and die like the miserable dogs that you are!¡± Monkey King shouted at the Kings. The room turned deathly silent for a moment at Monkey King¡¯s words. RUMBLE! RUMBLE! Strong shakes began to hit the room as the battle outside intensified. BAM!!! The door to the Diamond Sponsor VIP Room suddenly burst open! An aged but fearsome looking man strode into the room arrogantly as though he was the owner and all of its upants were his servants. ¡°Hasaro. Emperor Gatara¡¯s butler.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said softly. ¡°If Emperor Gatara is with the Demon Guards, then things would get a little bit dicey here. Hopefully he¡¯s just greedy and looking to steal the cake under the noses of the Demon Guards.¡± As if answering Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ doubts, Hasaro scanned the room quickly and rested his eyes on Jessica when he found her. With a benevolent smile, Hasaro ignored the rest of the Kings in the room and made his way towards the trio. ¡°Jessica Sands. Your life is in grave danger. Emperor Gatara had generously decided to shelter you in consideration of the respect he has for your father and your grandfather. Please follow me, and I will make sure that no harm falls upon you.¡± He announced with a smile. ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t!¡± A couple of dark-skinned elves suddenly sneak attacked Hasaro from two different directions, their throwing knives barely leaving their hands before their own bodies followed at high speed to attack him. However, Hasaro didn¡¯t even bother to turn and face them. He simply waved both his hands casually and thin streams of glowing pink mes shot out and burned both throwing knives and drows into ashes! His me was so intense and powerful that not even a single artifact on the two King level drows remained. And the fact that the mes merely burned their designated target and nothing else showed that Hasaro had reached an incredible level of mastery and control over his mes. ¡°He is definitely an Emperor level being!¡± Monkey King thought. ¡°And even if he is not, he¡¯s at the very least a ridiculously overpowered King. I cannot take him lightly.¡± ¡°Come. Let¡¯s leave this hotbed of vipers and stay by Emperor Gatara¡¯s side where it¡¯s safe.¡± Hasaro stretched out his hand gantly towards Jessica. ¡°I assure you that that not a single strand of you hair would be harmed if youe with me. Not even the Demon Guards would dare to cross Emperor Gatara lightly.¡± ¡°Please convey my gratitude to Emperor Gatara, and tell him that he need not worry about me. I am perfectly safe here. My grandfather had made sure that not even a Hegemon could harm me.¡± Jessica Sands smiled thinly and politely refused Hasaro¡¯s offer. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 141 ¡°I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t take no for an answer, Princess Jessica of the Void Walkers.¡± Hasaro sighed. ¡°Emperor Gatara would have my hide if I return to his side without you. Will you do this old man a favor ande with me? Your friends cane along too, if you¡¯re worried about them.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but my answer is still no.¡± Jessica Sands shook her head firmly. ¡°In that case, please forgive me for what I am about to do. I assure you, that I only have your well being at heart.¡± Hasaro bowed lightly and then exploded towards Jessica in a great burst of speed! ¡°You must think I¡¯m a transparent figurine, old man.¡± Monkey King growled as he moved to block Hasaro. All at once, razor sharp wind des and scorching hot fire energy erupted from the rod in a synergistic attack that sought to cut Hasaro into pieces and set him ame! Ting!! A pair of daggers appeared almost miraculously in Hasaro¡¯s hands and a glow of pink energy parted Monkey King¡¯s barrage of wind des and fire energy like a hot knife cutting through butter. The daggers brushed against Monkey King¡¯s ferocious sweeping attack lightly and skillfully diverted his heavy handed attack upwards. It was a shrewd move that used the minimal amount of strength to nullify his opponent¡¯s violent attack. BAM!! Monkey King smoothly used the momentum of his redirected attack to spin his rod and smashed its rear end onto Hasaro! Hasaro was thrown forcefully backwards by Monkey King¡¯s attack. ¡°You¡¯re quite good, Monkey, I give you that. But I urge you to stand down, before I turn you into a dead mon-¡° BOOM!! Monkey King executed his Astral Steps and smashed the ground where Hasaro was standing at a mere split second ago. ROAR!! BAAMMM!! Monkey King let out a primal roar and swung his rod to the right! His powerful attack smashed a pir apart into pieces and missed Hasaro by a hair. ¡°Courting death!¡± Hasaro fumed. But there was little that he could do except dodge. A single hit from that rod would certainly do grievous damage to him! Monkey King was a veritable master of closebat, and he didn¡¯t allow Hasaro to have even a moment¡¯s respite to cast his powerful fire spells. His attacks came so fast and so powerfully that Hasaro was left unable to do anything but dodge. While Monkey King was engaging Hasaro, the rest of the ambush team made their move. There were thirty of them, all of them part of the hundred neers that had arrived with Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°Oh my, I actually arrived with so many hostiles and not a single peep of information came to me from my people. They must either be cking off, or someone high up is in cahoots with the enemy. Either way, they are in for a hell of a time when I get back!¡± Jul¡¯Taras grimaced at the sight of thirty powerful looking warriors approaching them in formation. They had shed their incredibly high-tech biosuits which allowed them to take a different physical form to reveal petite bodies fully wrapped in ck, full-body aural armor. Their faces were covered with red, grinning demon masks and all of them were emitting high-tier King level auras. ¡°Biosuits and Aural armor. Fancy.¡± Jessica Sands eyes gleamed as she studied her opponents without a single trace of fear. In fact, if one looked at her carefully, one might even find a trace of¡­ greed?! Shining in her eyes! ¡°Kill or take them hostage?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Jessica. ¡°I doubt they rank very high in their organization. A true King level warrior would have no need of Aural armor and Aural des. They¡¯re probably fodder which are biochemically upgraded to King level. Let¡¯s just kill them? But be careful not to break their Aural armor. They are worth a lot!¡± Jessica Sands replied. ¡°Agreed. Let¡¯s do as you say then. Kill and loot.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled a sweet smile that contrasted wildly with the ruthless words that had just left her mouth. But before the girls could take action against the thirty demon warriors, a powerful st of dragon fire shot out from the side and smashed into one of them! CRACK!! The demon warrior managed to raise an arm in time to block the dragon fire. But in the process, the Aural armor around her arm shimmered lightly, and began to show signs of breaking apart. ¡°HEY! BE CAREFUL!! YOU¡¯RE RUINING THEIR ARMOR!! DON¡¯T YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE?!¡± Jessica Sands hollered angrily at the Golden Dragon who had moved to aid her. ¡°What in the world are you talking about?!¡± The Golden Dragon roared in shock and indignance. He was risking his life to help her, and yet she was screaming at him for destroying her enemy¡¯s armor? Poor Golden Dragon totally had no idea what was going on! ¡°DON¡¯T DESTROY THEIR ARMOR, DAMN IT! DISABLE THEM SOME OTHER WAY!!¡± Jessica Sands shouted at the Golden Dragon. ¡°WHAT?? WHY?!¡± Golden Dragon was absolutely bbergasted. Three of the enemy had peeled off from the main group and were advancing on him. They were holding weird deless sword hilts and were sprinting rapidly towards him. ¡°I am a Golden Dragon. DRAGON, damn you! Not some weak-ass support mage specializing in disabling the enemy! I don¡¯t disable my enemies. I DESTROY them!¡± The Golden Dragon gathered his energy to his right fist and punched out at the approaching three demon warriors. A thick, golden fist made up of pure energy shot out towards them. BOOM!!! The three demon warriors stood their ground and resisted the Golden Dragon¡¯s powerful attacks with their armored arms. ¡°They are wearing Aural armor. AURAL! They are worth HALF a resource each! DON¡¯T DESTROY THEM!¡± Jessica Sands yelled as she blinked away from her position to avoid a series of powerful sonic attacks. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 142 There were no blocking sonic attacks. One could either fire back another sonic attack to nullify them, or avoid thempletely. Unless of course, one had Aural armor. Aural armor was a high tech development made by the ultra-powerful Boomdroid Enterprises. They somehow managed to develop the technology to solidify soundwaves. And for some reason, the solidified soundwaves were near imprable by all forms of attack below the Emperor level. Above the Emperor level, Aural armor was absolute trash. But for those below Emperor level, Aural armor was godlike. Even a thousand normal King level warriors would have no chance to kill a mere mortal d in Aural armor. It was that powerful. And the fact that Aural armor was made of solidified soundwaves made them especially effective in shielding the wearer against sonic attacks. They did not, however, make the wearer resistant against angry dragons intent on sending them flying. ¡°So you¡¯re resistant against my energy attack? Then take this!¡± BAM!!! The Golden Dragon swung his tail viciously at a charging demon warrior and sent her flying. GRAHH!!! He unleashed his dragon fire at another and caused her to go on the defensive. However, he could not deal with the third demon warrior, who promptly discharged a ferocious barrage of attacks on the Golden Dragon. Circr beams of weaponized soundwaves shot out from her deless sword hilts and assailed the Golden Dragon¡¯s mind. WHAM! A wave of excruciating painmbasted the Golden Dragon and sent him reeling in agony. WHAMM!! Another attack, more powerful than before, smashed ruthlessly into his mind and almost caused him to ck out. ROAR!!! The Golden Dragon finally got seriously pissed off by the irritating demon warriors and he began to transform into his true size. The three demon warriors pressed on with their attack and bombarded him with their powerful soundwave attacks, causing serious damage to the Golden Dragon¡¯s mind. However, it wasn¡¯t enough to disable him. Instead, their attacks incensenced him even more and made him increase his speed of transformation! As he continued to growrger, the effect of the soundwaves began to dull. Very soon, he would assume his true form, and then he would teach those sted demon warriors a lesson. ¡°STOP!¡± Jessica Sands shouted. She blinked in next to the Golden Dragon and quickly weaved her space energy into a series ofplicated runes which took effect with horrifying speed. The demon warriors found their movements turning sluggish as space itself seemed to reject them. WENG! WENG! WENG!! The demon warriors immediately turned on their anti-magic shields in response to Jessica¡¯s Void Prison. The shields glowed a terrifying red. Kacha! A cracking sound could be heard as the demon warriors fully regained their mobility. The anti-magic shields had sessfully prevented Jessica¡¯s Void Prison Rune from closing in on them! ¡°High grade anti-magic shields, huh? Whoever is funding this operation sure is generous. And very intent onpleting the mission. Well, if a standard Void Prison spell isn¡¯t enough, I¡¯ll just have to use my personally souped up Void Prison spell ¨C Eternal Silence!¡± Jessica Sands said to herself with a heroic ir. It would be the first time that she could be personally casting her modified spells in public, and she felt rather excited. She felt just like a mother about to release her child to participate in a public drawingpetition for the first time. Except that it wasn¡¯t a drawingpetition but a life and death battle. Jessica blinked away once more to create some space between her and the demon warriors, and to buy herself a little bit of time. As one, the three that were dealing with the Golden Dragon and around ten others immediately turned to chase after her. She noted their positions with a corner of her mind and estimated their ETA. ¡°Three seconds. Just enough.¡± Jessica thought. The rune that she was about to draw to activate her Eternal Silence spell was a rather tricky one. She had broken down several Runes and withdrawn their essence beforebining them with the original Void Prison rune. Among others, she hadbined Prate, Soul Paralysis, and Confusion to great effect and then merged them once more with Void Prison to create a Rune that was nigh unstoppable by the rest of the known universe. The demon warriors unleashed their sonic attacks at full st as soon as they got within range of Jessica! Rings of distorted soundwaves shot out of their Aural des and rippled towards her at high speed. However, they were toote. Jessica was done drawing her runes. She blinked to a spot behind them and unleashed Eternal Silence on the entire group. ¡°There, that should do it.¡± Jessica muttered to herself as the highlyplex rune lit up in a magnificent and glorious disy. Blue, orange and green lights shone brightly like the Northern Lights. Beneath the rune, all thirteen demon warriors froze. They could not move at all. Not even their eyeballs. Slowly, the space lockdown invaded their bodies, causing their blood toe to a standstill, and their hearts to stop beating. And then, after another second, their neural synapses stopped firing. And then, they were no more. ¡°Hey dragon! They¡¯re not attacking you anymore. Stop your transformation before you destroy the entire room!¡± Jessica yelled at the Golden Dragon who was already in mid-transformation. At her words, however, he halted the process and reverted back to his three meter tall form. ¡°WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS?!¡± The Golden Dragon roared angrily. ¡°They almost killed me with their sted soundwaves! ¡°They are- DODGE!¡± Jessica Sands yelled as she pushed him with all of her strength and sent him flying across the room! Just in time to avoid a series of sonic attacks! BAM! The Golden Dragon hit the side wall of the room. The impact with the wall was the final straw that broke the camel¡¯s back and the gloriously powerful Golden Dragon finally cked out ingloriously without taking down even a single enemy! Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 143 Never in the history of the Golden Dragon n had one of theirs been so ineffective in battle, and worse, in a battle that was supposed to be the dragon saving the damsel in distress! ¡°Oh my god. Did I just kill him?¡± Jessica Sands gasped as she blinked to the Golden Dragon motionless body. She quickly inspected his body with her senses and sighed deeply in relief when she found that he was okay. His mind was in a mess, but it was nothing that modern medication and potions couldn¡¯t deal with. ¡°Thank goodness! I¡¯d hate to kill someone who was merely trying to help me.¡± She muttered as she blinked away once more towards the demon warriors. ¡°But at least I stopped him from transforming and destroying the Aural armors! It would be disastrous if he turned into a full-sized dragon and ate all of the Aural armors!¡± In pure greedy mode, Jessica didn¡¯t even consider the demon warriors as real enemies, but as walking sets of Aural armors! Jessica appeared behind an unsuspecting demon warrior who was still facing the direction that she was standing at before. Quietly, she weaved and quick-released a small Eternal Silence spell on her, and then blinked away even before her victim even realized that she had been marked by death. Just like that, Jessica Sands massacred the demon warriors with chilling efficiency and ruthlessness. On the other side of the room, Jul¡¯Taras was a near-invisible blur of death as she danced around three demon warriors at high speed, shing and cutting at their necks. The remaining fourteen demon warriors had split into two groups. One formed a circle around them, waiting for an opportunity to sneak in an attack using their aural des. The moment Jul¡¯Taras stopped moving, she would instantly drown under a flood of powerful sonic attacks. The other seven had gone to reinforce theirrades who were dying to Jessica¡¯s ruthless spells. ¡°Good strategy.¡± Jul¡¯Tarasmended them in her mind. ¡°Would have worked marvelously against a powerful King level warrior. Even Hasaro would find it hard to defend against this formation. But too bad, I am the perfect counter to this set up. If speed is king, then I am an Empress!¡± Jul¡¯Taras drew even more Runes even as she was attacking the three demon warriors and activated them as soon as she was done. Stability. Bnce. Speed. eleration. uracy. The runes glowed red, green, blue and various other striking colours and took effect immediately, bringing her speed and power to a whole new level! ¡°The effect of the runes have all gone up in strength after myst level up. With this, I might just be strong enough to use that secret sword art¡­ Let¡¯s try it!¡± Jul¡¯Taras thought and began to execute a series of graceful yet deadly moves. A suffocatingly cold energy descended in the area around her andpletely engulfed the ten demon warriors. Their movements slowed to a crawl as Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ tyrannical aura pressed down upon them like mountains. Her sword strikes became extremely incisive and were filled with incredibly violent ice energy which created a potentbination of prative and explosive force. It was a unique attack that the Universe had never seen before. This was Exploding Ice sh!! Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ self created sword art! Ti-ti-ti-t-t-t-ting! BOOOMMM!!! The beautiful Aural armor on the demon warriors had no chance. After glowing and shimmering brightly in protest, the Aural armor on all three necks finally blinked out of existence, unable to withstand the force of Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ attacks which had finally crept past the King level and into the Emperor level. sh! sh! sh! Three demon warrior heads separated from their bodies violently as their necks were erased from existence. All three heads flew off towards the far end of the room in a grisly disy of blood and gore. ¡°Three down. Seven to go.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said aloud as she dashed towards the other seven demon warriors. WEEEEEE!! WEEEEEEEE!! The demon warriors opened fire at Jul¡¯Taras! Condensed soundwaves shot out from their Aural des. However, dodging them was as easy as breathing for Jul¡¯Taras. With her momentum bringing her attacks past the Emperor level, Jul¡¯Taras swept through the remaining demon warriors like a dazzling goddess of death. One demon warrior head after the other flew off in multiple directions, sshing blood all over the entire room. Of course, as a self-proimed Speed Empress, not a single drop of blood touched her. ¡°HEY JULES! Why are you separating the headpiece from the body?! Repairing them would be expensive you know!¡± The epicly stingy powerhouse called Jessica Sands shouted from across the room where she was space-locking a particrly feisty demon warrior. ¡°If you didn¡¯t notice, the headpieces had HEADS in them! How else am I supposed to kill them?¡± Jul¡¯Taras demanded her best friend as she sent yet another head still spurting out blood flying away. ¡°Disable them or something! Aren¡¯t you a mage? You should have a gazillion disabling spells at your disposal!¡± Jessica shouted as she furiously drew one final rune for the remaining demon warrior who was already half frozen. ¡°They have high-grade anti-magic shields! My King level spells can¡¯t pierce through such shields! Not everyone is a genius like you, you know!¡± Jul¡¯Taras snapped at Jessica irritably. ¡°Ohhhh. Yeah, that¡¯s right. I was only able to break past their high-grade anti-magic shields when I used my modified Void Prison spell. You don¡¯t have anything more powerful than standard King level spells, Jules?¡± Jessica asked her loudly. ¡°NO! I DON¡¯T!¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied, half exasperated by her best friend¡¯s insensitivity. She was an Elder Mage of the Elven Mage Guild, and she was considered extremely powerful. And apparently whenpared to Jessica, she might as well be a little babe in the woods. She knew that now¡­ But Jessica didn¡¯t have to rub it in!! ¡°I really need to teach you some new spells, Jules, especially my modified ones. I have a few really powerful runes where Ibined several advanced spells into one! Don¡¯t worry, you¡¯ll be strong in no time. I can¡¯t have you wandering around the universe when you¡¯re this weak! I¡¯ll be really worried! Hee hee!¡± Jessica was so powerful and she killed her enemies with such ease that she still had the mood and energy to tease Jul¡¯Taras! Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 144 The Golden Dragon opened his eyes and immediately, searing pain filled his senses. ¡°Grrrrrr¡­¡± He let out a low growl of pain. ¡°Hey! You¡¯re awake! Finally!¡± Jessica Sands eximed in relief. The Golden Dragon ignored her and sat up. The world swam around him as he struggled to find an anchor of stability for his vision. The Golden Dragon¡¯s brain was still recovering from the massive blunt force trauma that it had suffered when Jessica Sands flung him to the side to save him from the demon warriors¡¯ sonic attack. Jessica¡¯s rune-enhanced push was so strong that the Golden Dragon¡¯s head had impacted the room¡¯s hyper-enforced walls directly with astounding force! If it was any other time, the Golden Dragon would probably be fine. But in that particr instance, his mind had just taken serious damage from three Aural des, and was in an extremely fragile state. And thus, the impact with the walls had instantly caused his brain to shut down as a defensive reflex. Whether the sonic attack from the Aural des would have dealt more damage than the blunt force trauma was a question that would remain unanswered for eternity. ¡°What kind of dragon are you? Why are you so weak?¡± Jessicamented very frankly and innocently when she saw the Golden Dragon¡¯s rtively wretched state. ¡°Here, drink this recovery potion.¡± The Golden Dragon took the potion and drained it without a thought. He was in too much pain! ¡°Ahhhhh¡­.¡± The recovery potion took effect almost immediately, bringing relief to the dragon¡¯s mind like a cool breeze and gentle rain falling incessantly upon a hot, parched desert. Within seconds, the Golden Dragon had recovered. ¡°Better?¡± Jessica Sands asked. ¡°Much better.¡± The Golden Dragon growled. ¡°What on earth were they?? What sort of demonic weapons were they using? AND who sent them? I would definitely want to pay the mastermind a visit and repay the favor!¡± The Golden Dragon was seriously pissed off. ¡°I have no idea.¡± Jessica Sands shrugged. ¡°But whoever sent them is extremely rich!¡± The Golden Dragon stood up and surveyed the room. Demon warriors littered the ground where they were, and the rest of the Kings had returned to their ces. They were all typing furiously ormunicating verbally into theirmunicators. Reports for their masters, daddies, aunts or uncles probably. ¡°You killed them all??¡± The Golden Dragon asked Jessica incredulously. ¡°Of course not. I didn¡¯t do that all by myself. Jules over there helped as well. I think she took down ten.¡± Jessica pointed at Jules who was standing nearby. ¡°Ten?! That¡¯s¡­ Scary. How on earth did she stuff so much power in such a small body!? And you¡¯re worse. You took down twenty, including the three that were attacking me. You girls are freaks!¡± The Golden Dragon knew he could defeat ten or even twenty demon warriors by himself as well. They weren¡¯t especially strong, even if they were high-tier Kings. But he knew he definitely couldn¡¯t do it without transforming into his full sized Golden Dragon form, and even then, he wouldn¡¯t be able to do it so quickly and so cleanly. The mark of a true warrior was not enemies buried beneath a city of ruins in the aftermath of his attack. But an intact city of dead enemies. Finesse and control trumps pure damage outburst. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it, dragon. You¡¯ll catch up to us eventually.¡± Jessica Sands grinned mischievously. ¡°Anyway,I¡¯ll let you keep three Aural armors.¡± Jessica Sands moved three decapitated demon warriors towards him. ¡°Your attacks as a full sized Golden Dragon would probably end up destroying all of their armor if I didn¡¯t stop you. But since you attacked them out of a kind intention, I¡¯ll give their armor AND weapons to you as a form of thanks from me.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want them. I didn¡¯t do anything to deserve any loot. You can keep them all.¡± The Golden Dragon waved his hand and moved the three bloodied demon warrior corpses back to Jessica. ¡°Nonono, I insist. You tried toe to our rescue even at great personal risk. Please ept these VERY expensive Aural armor and Aural des. If you don¡¯t I will feel really bad!¡± Jessica Sands gestured with her hand and pushed the corpses back to the Golden Dragon, causing more blood to spill out of the bodies and staining the carpeted floor even more. ¡°No, I-¡° ¡°TAKE THEM!!¡± Jessica red at the dragon. However, the dragon was not one to be cowed by the likes of a little girl! ¡°Why are you so stubborn? I SAID NO! I-¡° ¡°Take them, please?¡± Jessica Sands changed tactics as soon as she realized that hard methods don¡¯t work against the dragon. And apparently, her decision was right on the money. ¡°I¡­ Ugh. Fine. I¡¯ll take them and donate them to some charity.¡± The Golden Dragon epted the demon warrior corpses grudgingly. ¡°Hee hee. You¡¯re actually a nice dragon. What¡¯s your name? My name is Jessica Sands.¡± ¡°Nice? Ha! You¡¯re the first being to actually describe me as nice. What a joke. I¡¯m the Fifth Prince of the Wildfire Golden Dragon n, Arhyx Wildfire. You can call me Prince Arhyx.¡± Arhyx snorted at Jessica¡¯s words. ¡°Arhyx? What a strange name. I¡¯ll call you Rhyx, ok? Nice meeting you Rhyx! Please help me again if more enemiese. Bye!¡± Jessica waved at Prince Arhyx and skipped away without waiting for a reply. ¡°PRINCE Arhyx! PRINCE!¡± Arhyx roared. But Jessica was already gone. ¡°Jules! Stop ring at them. If they¡¯re hostile, they would have acted by now.¡± Jessica said as she approached Jul¡¯Taras. She was looking at the rest of the Kings in their respective corners of the room coldly. Jul¡¯Taras was still wary of them. As a cynical pessimist, her natural tendency was to assume the worst in people, and unless she received confirmation otherwise, the rest of the hundred Kings in the room were considered hostile in her mind. ¡°Dealing with these bunch of Kings shouldn¡¯t be a big problem. The only one worth paying attention to is Hegara Kinstan. But even he shouldn¡¯t be able to change the result if a fight were to break out now. Without Hasaro in the picture, these punks have no chance!¡± Jul¡¯Taras whispered to Jessica very softly. ¡°Where¡¯s Hasaro?¡± Jessica asked Jul¡¯Taras loudly. ¡°And where¡¯s Monk- Oh there you are. Hey, why are you-¡° ¡°Hush! He¡¯s meditating. He had a pretty intense fight with Hasaro. He¡¯s probably digesting the insights he gained.¡± Jul¡¯Taras shushed Jessica. ¡°Oh right. Okay! Where¡¯s Hasaro? He¡¯s not dead, right? Emperor Gatara would be pissed if we killed his butler!¡± Jessica whispered loudly to Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°Hasaro left as soon as we cleared the demon warriors. He probably realized that he can¡¯t take you by himself.¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied. Actually, a more urate word would be ¡°escape¡± instead of ¡°left the room¡±. Hasaro had promptly escaped the room after he saw the two crazy girls clean up thirty demon warriors as though they were merely naughty little imps. He probably could have continued dodging Monkey King and he could have even managed to counter attack when the opportunity presented itself, but the fact remained that he was on the defensive, and he would be deluding himself if he still thought that he could get Jessica to go with him in such a situation. And so he left, leaving behind several very critical questions to be answered. Would Emperor Gatara personally get involved in the fiasco? And if he did, would the bodyguardse back in time to save Jessica? And if they didn¡¯t, could the trio somehow resist the Emperor? Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 145 After an action-packed three days that culminated in a Battle-Royale which gave Elliot ridiculously awesome rewards, things finally slowed down a little for him, giving him some much needed down time to consolidate his gains, to stabilize his foundations and to¡­ get scolded by a sword. ¡°You¡¯re abysmally bad with the sword.¡± Gilgamar remarked in an uncharacteristically grave sword voice. In human expression, it was equivalent to ¡°WHY ARE YOU SO DAMN FREAKING BAD WITH THE SWORD?? JACKSNOT JIBBERS! JACKSNOT JIBBERS ON A BIG STICK!!¡± But of course, Elliot either remained blissfully oblivious to the actual meaning of Gilgamar¡¯s words, or he wisely chose topletely ignore it. ¡°Aw,e on. I can¡¯t be that bad. How many movements did you say this sword technique had? I¡¯ve already mastered three! I¡¯m pretty good!¡± Elliot defended himself. He had been practicing swordy under Gilgamar¡¯s coaching for the past two days, and had managed to master three full sets of movements! And it was after he spent a considerable amount of time training in the basics of sword y too! sh, thrust, parry. Thrust, sh, parry. Parry, sh, thrust. Parry, thrust, sh. He had repeated them almost a thousand times each before his highly enhanced body finally got the basic movements and transitions down pat. Elliot felt pretty good about himself, and executing the flowing movements brought a deep sense of fulfillment and sense of power to him. It was as though he became one with nature¡¯s most destructive force, and was slowly wielding it through his sword and his sword movements. Each swing of the sword seemed to agitate the force a little, and each consecutive swing pulled more and more of that power to him. He felt like if he could somehow be even just a novice in the sword technique Gilgamar was teaching him, he would wield a power so unimaginably vast that he could take on even the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher by himself! ¡°There are twenty five movements to the first stage.¡± Gilgamar replied in his monotonous voice. ¡°See? Three out of twenty five in two days! How can I be ¡°abysmally¡± bad?¡± Elliot said indignantly. ¡°There are four hundred ny stages.¡± Gilgamar added. ¡°Wha¡­ What?! Four hundred ny stages?? If there are twenty five movements per stage, then there is a total of¡­¡± ¡°The number of movements vary at every stage. There are a total of twenty five thousand movements. The sword technique I am imparting to you is the sword technique which Tyrius had spent his whole life developing and perfecting.¡± Gilgamar said seriously. ¡°Awesome.¡± Elliot breathed out in awe. ¡°What is it called?¡± ¡°You¡¯re not yet worthy to know its name. Master it first, and I will tell it to you. For now, call it the Nameless Sword Technique. It is the only technique which could fully bring out the power hidden within me. If you wish to reach the maximum height of mastery with the sword under my tutge, this is the only path for you.¡± ¡°Twenty five thousand movements.¡± Elliot muttered contemtively to himself. ¡°And you took two days to master three of the simplest movements.¡± Gilgamar reminded him. ¡°Two days, yes. But didn¡¯t I take a mere four hours to master the third movement? At this rate of improvement, I think I could probably master the whole stage in another day or two.¡± Elliot said. ¡°That¡¯s true. Let us proceed, and put those words to the test.¡± Gilgamar conceded, but with a trace of mirth in his voice. ¡°Alright. Let¡¯s proceed, but in an hour. I need to rest and to settle some issues.¡± Elliot told his sword as he sheathed him into the scabbard that came along with it. The past two days hadn¡¯t been all sword training for Elliot. He had actually gotten quite a lot of things done. For starters, he had finally sent all of his Apostles out to found their own ns, with the exception of Rom and Aldera who would be co-founding theirs. But they had all left his side to spread out in all directions. Frosty had even taken five of the Armored Kaijins away with her, leaving behind only one to stay with Elliot in case he needed the extra power. At first, everything was rather quiet, with only the asional XP he received from Wu Kong killing a few beasts here and there, and the attribute points he got when he levelled up. But after twelve hours, the notifications began to roll in almost nonstop. Red killed a Bloodied Hunchback Rat. Frosty killed a Swinging ckpetal Fungus. Rom killed a Yellow Striped Mutated Lizard Chief. So on and so forth. It got so bad that Elliot had to turn off all notifications he got from the Apostles! ¡°Notify me only when they level up. Dump 50% of all attributes I receive into strength, 25% into reflexes and 25% into intelligence!¡± Elliot instructed Hawk the AI. [Acknowledged.] It was only after he did that, that he gained the peace and quiet he needed to focus on his training. Elliot was also able to finally get in touch with Jessica, who had sessfullypleted the first stage of her System Upgrade Mission. Unfortunately, she still had toplete several more stages, and she would not be able to join him in the near future. Still, hearing her voice and knowing that she was doing very well was good enough for Elliot. That, and also the fact that she was already level one hundred and ten, of course. Finally, Elliot had decided that he would make the site of the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher¡¯s death the site of his main headquarters. For some reason, a strange type of mushroom kept growing no matter how many times they harvested it. At first, Red refused to leave, and adamantly insisted that he stay to harvest these ¡°extremely rare and precious ckrot Life Mushrooms.¡± But after hours of harvesting them nonstop and gathering a huge amount of the mushrooms, and seeing that the mushrooms kept on sprouting without any sign of stopping, even he gave up. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 146 The first thing you must do is to boil them for ten hours, okay? Not a minute less.That will weaken and dissolve the ckrot. Pour out the water into a secure ce where it won¡¯t leak, and MAKE SURE not a single drop of the water is consumed. Once the water evaporates, you will get highly poisonous ckrot. Feel free to get creative with it. I suggest turning them into poisonous bombs. However, the most important thing for you would be the boiled mushrooms. You need to gather them together, and boil them onest time to make sure there are no ckrot left. After that, you can consume them. They¡¯re tasty, nutritious, and inrge enough quantities, they would even make you physically stronger! But most importantly¡­ They will make you extremely fertile AND virile.¡± ¡°Hey! Be more refined with yournguage please. Virile, yes, these mushrooms will increase your sex drive. Perfect for founding ns and for having fun with your erhm, ¡°helpers¡±.¡± Red smiled a strange smile. In the world of birds, it was probably a lecherous smile. But who knows? Elliot had sighed deeply and sent him away. Still, he did make sure he gave a huge pack of those mushrooms to his apostles. He even went as far as summoning Wu Kong back and giving him a huge pack of the ¡°horny¡± mushrooms after teaching him how to use it. Afterall, the more they er-hem, copte, with their mates, the more babies there will be in the near future. And more babies meant bigger ns! However, he made very sure that none of the human beings consumed these mushrooms. Not until he had set up a safe ce with safeguards that the women would be protected from the men. ¡°This site is actually pretty good. Thend in a three kilometer radius had been ttened by the Belcher¡¯s explosion, and would serve as the perfect killing ground for a fortress¡¯ perimeter. With the ckrot Life Mushrooms avable in abundance as a valuable resource which I could harvest and stock, it¡¯s the perfect spot for a fortress, at least for the first few months.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Plus, it is probably close to the powerful substance which the Dark Brainwyrms are all looking for!¡± The next step was obviously securing the mobile fortress that would be avable as the reward of a specific type of Hidden Dungeon Event called the Beast Tide. If he remembered correctly, the first Beast Tide in California took ce in the second month of the apocalypse near the city of San Diego. ¡°I need to get that mobile fortress! But before I go there, it¡¯ll be a good idea to ce some bunkers around the ckrot Life Mushrooms first. I¡¯ll have to send the group out to secure some of the Resource Boxes and bring them back.¡± Elliot wasn¡¯t very sure where the exact locations of the resource boxes were, so he had no choice but to send out all of his subordinates, including Camelia and Kara, in nine different directions to secure at least two resource boxes each. To keep them safe, they were all paired with Elliot¡¯s tamed and summoned beasts, and were each given a Stealth Communicator to keep in touch with Elliot. Due to his cynical nature, he had disabledmunications between the seven men¡¯s stealthmunicators, and allowed them to only talk to him and him alone. He didn¡¯t want them talking to each other and nning something evil. Even though he had his tamed and summoned beasts with them, and he could track them through themunicators, extra precautions wouldn¡¯t hurt. ¡°Whether or not you seed in getting the resources,e back here in two days.¡± Elliot had ordered them. ¡°Make sure you don¡¯t open them. I will distribute the contents of the boxes to all of you fairly, do not worry about that. If you open them, I will kick you out of the group. If you take any of the things inside, I will kill you.¡± The group had remained silent at his words. ¡°Before I go and crush the aliens who did this to our world, I will crush the rebels within my own circle first. Remember, this is not a democracy. This is MY group, and we are in an apocalypse. I will ept nothing less thanplete obedience. Do you understand?¡± Elliot had warned them in a low voice. Strangely, all nine of his subordinates immediately replied with a rather enthusiastic ¡°YES SIR!¡± They didn¡¯t seem the least put off by his ominous words. They were even joking and making simple bets on who could sessfully get the two resource boxes and return the fastest! ¡°Maybe I was too harsh on them.¡± Elliot had thought to himself. But he didn¡¯t dwell on it for too long. Better to be firm at the beginning and reward themter, than bex at the beginning and punish themter. Thankfully, everything happened as nned in the two days. Camelia and Kara had secured two resource boxes each, and were on their way back, safe and sound. At that moment, the two days were up, and the first of his nine subordinates was already closeby. It was Camelia. ¡°Hey Elliot! I¡¯m back! I got both the resource boxes you asked for!¡± She eximed excitedly and unloaded the boxes in front of Elliot. ¡°Hey Camelia! Thanks for that. Sorry I had to send you out this way.¡± Elliot smiled warmly at Camelia who was eagerly tapping at the boxes. ¡°All good. Now please open the boxes! I almost went crazy thinking about what they contained for the past two days!¡± Camelia said impatiently. ¡°Okay, okay.¡± Elliot chuckled and quickly opened the two boxes in quick session. ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­ Food and water. Good. Melee weapons¡­ Ah well. Better than nothing. And finally the power-up pack¡­ Speed pills again? Just how many of these speed pills did the aliens pack into the resource boxes?¡± Elliot muttered as he frowned at the sight of yet even more speed pills. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 147 ¡°Speed pills? That¡¯s not too bad. Goodbo with the melee weapons. Charge in, and then take down the enemy.¡± Camelia remarked, positive as ever. ¡°I guess so.¡± Elliot smiled. ¡°Next box. Let¡¯s see¡­ Laser guns! Excellent. Our men will be well equipped. And¡­ Hohoho.¡± ¡°What? What did we get?¡± Camelia asked in a shrill and excited voice. ¡°Armored Dimensional Lanjet.¡± Elliot said happily as he held up a fist-sized toy car at Camelia. ¡°What does it do?¡± Camelia asked curiously. ¡°It is like an armored transport vehicle which you can carry around as a toy car. It¡¯s very useful if you want to travel long distances with arge group. Here, you can keep it.¡± Elliot tossed the ¡°toy car¡± to Camelia. ¡°Okay¡­ How do I use it?¡± Camelia caught the Armored Dimensional Landjet and began to look at it closely. ¡°Just triple press that red button and ce it 10 meters away from you. It will glow red and then expand into a full-sized Landjet in 30 seconds. You can fit twenty grown men in there, excluding the driver and the navigator.¡± Elliot exined. ¡°I see.¡± Camelia kept the Landjet in her pocket and turned to look at Elliot. ¡°Does this mean that you¡¯re going to be putting me in charge of the men?¡± ¡°Yes. You¡¯re the first person to join me, and I trust you. You¡¯re the only one for the job. Why?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Nothing. I just wanted to make that clear. If that¡¯s what you want me to do, then I¡¯ll do it.¡± Camelia said. But there was the slightest trace of sadness and disappointment in her voice. Elliot detected it, and immediately guessed the reason. ¡°She likes me, and probably wants to spend more time with me.¡± Elliot thought. ¡°She¡¯s beautiful, and I never really had a girlfriend before. If¡­ ¡­ ¡­ No. I cannot afford any distractions now. I must focus on powering up!¡± Elliot quickly brushed all unnecessary thoughts away and merely smiled at Camelia. ¡°I know you¡¯ll do a good job with the men. Kara will help you, and if you need anything, you can just tell me. I will definitely back you up.¡± Elliot assured her. ¡°With the strength, speed and intellect pills you¡¯ve consumed, you¡¯ll definitely have no problems dealing even with the strongest of them.¡± ¡°Right. Don¡¯t worry. I will keep them in line and make sure to execute your instructions cleanly.¡± Camelia smiled cheerfully. ¡°Good.¡± Elliot nodded. He turned to look at his right. ¡°Kara and the others are almost here. Camelia, take this opportunity to takemand. Unpack the boxes, take stock of the items and report to me. I will continue my training.¡± ¡°Ok. Leave it to me.¡± Camelia said seriously. Elliot left Camelia to her task, and went back to his sword practice a distance away. ¡°Alright, Gilgamar. I¡¯m ready. Bring on the fourth movement!¡± Elliot said energetically. ¡°The fourth movement. The wind blows where it wills, invisible to the eye. Formless. All-epassing. Triple thrusts flow into a quick horizontal sh, circle into an overhead sh.¡± Gilgamar intoned as a series of images appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Take note of the energy flow during and after the triple thrust, and make sure you do not over infuse the horizontal sh. Final overhead sh should not exceed 50% of your full power. Remember, it is all about bnce, not about releasing as much power as you can in one go.¡± Elliot nodded wordlessly and began to execute the fourth movement. As before, as soon as he entered the opening stance of the fourth movement, he could feel the power of nature just brimming with anticipation all around him and in particr, around Gilgamar. Elliot directed his Fire Dragon Energy to move in the prescribed manner and then channeled it forward though his sword. As he thrusted Gilgamar forward three times in rapid session, he could feel the power of nature respond as though answering a cry for battle! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! His Fire Dragon Energy shot out from Gilgamar andbined with the power of nature all around him to release three quick but intense bursts of explosions! As his mind gawked at the power of the explosions, however, he was half a breath toote in executing the required energy pattern to his quick horizontal sh, and immediately, the power of nature subsided. When he finally released his horizontal sh, only the power of his Fire Dragon Energy was brought out. ¡°Again.¡± Came Gilgamar¡¯s quietly indifferent voice. Elliot gritted his teeth and re-entered the opening stance of the fourth movement. ¡°The first stage is called the Foundations of Wrath. Every single stance in each of the movements builds upon each other, and allows you to harness the basic energy of nature. It is extremely important that you chain the attacks together to unleash the full power of nature upon your enemies.¡± Gilgamar said as Elliot tried to transition from the three thrusts into the horizontal sh once more, and failing miserably. ¡°Again.¡± ¡°How on earth am I supposed to chain such attacks in a real battle? It¡¯s so impractical!¡± Elliotined as he prepared to enter the opening stance of the fourth movement once more. ¡°There are twenty five thousand movements spread across four hundred ny stages.¡± Gilgamar reminded him. ¡°Almost all twenty five thousand movements are made up of the basic sword movements of sh, thrust, parry. There is a movement avable for you to execute for every single battle situation there is. All you need to do is to master every single movement. When the timees for battles, you¡¯ll automatically know which ones to chain, and which ones you want to aim for to kill your enemy.¡± ¡°Oh. That makes sense.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes brightened considerably as he understood this point. ¡°However, the weaving of energy gets progressively harder. In its core, the patterns you¡¯re weaving the energy in are basically deconstructed runes. The more you master weaving the energy in the early movements of the sword technique, the more you¡¯re mastering the art of drawing runes. And from the fifteen thousandth movement onwards, you¡¯re weavingplete runes using your energy.¡± Gilgamar told him. ¡°However, you¡¯re still too far away to worry about that. Focus on the first stage and master the movements found within it. The twenty five movements will allow you to effectively fight against a Lord Level Warrior. Combined with your extreme strength, you can even brute force your away against a King Level Warrior.¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes and focused. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 148 ¡°Weave the energy this way. Yes¡­ Power!! And then burst forward, triple thrust! And then weave the energy that way, and¡­ Huh? Why isn¡¯t it working?¡± Elliot frowned. ¡°I followed your instructions to the letter!¡± ¡°Again.¡± Gilgamar simply said. ¡°This time, less thinking, and more feeling.¡± ¡°The first three movements are extremely basic, and you were able to blunder through them even without grasping the essence of nature.¡± Gilgamar said. ¡°From the fourth movement onwards, it will get progressively harder. Sense the presence of nature, and weave your energy in ordance with its rhythm.¡± Elliot closed his eyes and allowed Gilgamar¡¯s voice to wash over him. Slowly, he cast his senses outward. Nature. What is nature? The very air itself is part of nature. Air which turns into wind. What is wind? The movement of air. Why did the air move? Difference in atmospheric pressure. What causes the difference? Heat and temperature. How could heat and temperature cause differences in atmospheric pressure? ¡°LESS THINKING.¡± Gilgamar reminded him. ¡°Oh, right.¡± Elliot muttered. Without him realizing it, he had gotten lost in his thoughts once more! ¡°Feel nature. Feel it. Feeel it.¡± Elliot thought and spread his arms wide. ¡°I feel the wind. I smell the earth and the trees.¡± Elliot began. Gently, a strange but distant feeling began to appear in his mind. Elliot pressed on. ¡°I hear the voices of the birds¡­ and of men. Bunker? Did they say bunker? They got a bunker! Yes!¡± Instantly, the strange feeling disappeared without a trace. ¡°Ooops.¡± Elliot muttered as he caught himself toote. ¡°But it¡¯s good. I made progress! Let¡¯s try again.¡± ¡°The universe is filled with energy. You were too weak to sense them before, and you had no idea what you were looking for. But now¡­ You¡¯re in the optimal condition to sense the energy of nature. It is right here¡­¡± Gilgamar intoned softly. ¡°It is right here.¡± Elliot repeated Gilgamar¡¯s words to himself. ¡°It is right here.¡± Elliot closed his eyes once more and emptied his mind of all abstract thoughts. He breathed in deeply and merely dwelled on the information his senses brought him. Once more, he sank into his sense of smell, touch and hearing. He could even faintly taste the slightly rancid taste of the Belcher explosion¡¯s aftermath. Faintly, the strange feeling returned. A vitality that was forceful and gentle at the same time. Gilgamar was right. Elliot could feel that the power was indeed right where he was. And then suddenly, like a boy enjoying the smell of the ocean atop a little boat and then falling headfirst into the water, Elliot gasped in shock and opened his eyes wide. WHOOSH!! Elliot went from distantly sensing the energies of nature, to realizing that he was FULLY immersed in it! ¡°This¡­ This is the energy of nature??¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but cry out in surprise! ¡°Good. You opened your senses to the energies of nature much faster than I thought you would. Now, execute the fourth movement once more.¡± Gilgamar didn¡¯t waste any time and immediately instructed Elliot to continue his practice! Elliot eagerly got into the opening stance and began weaving his Fire Dragon Energy in the prescribed manner. The moment he stabbed out for his first thrust, Elliot was instantly overwhelmed by the influx of the energy of nature into his right hand! ¡°Whoa! They are so responsive!¡± Elliot said in pleasant surprise. Hepleted the first triple-thrust and immediately realized his previous mistakes. There was an ebb and flow to the energies of nature. Previously, he was blindly powering through the movements in sequence, and had released his weaved energy during the ebb, thus losing its supportpletely. But at that moment, Elliot simply paused for a very tiny split second before releasing his energy along with the flow of the energies of nature. Quick horizontal sh. Sess! Transition into overhead swing. Far too slow to be effective in battle, but¡­ Sess! ¡°Good. You got the basics done. Now chain the movements faster.¡± Gilgamar instructed. Elliot threw himself into training, absolutely mesmerized by the sensation of wielding the power of nature. An hour soon passed by. Then two. ¡°Yes!! Fourth movement mastered! How¡¯s that, Gilgamar?¡± Elliot exulted. Another two hours passed by. ¡°Fifth movement! I must be the best you¡¯ve ever seen!!¡± Elliot boasted to Gilgamar. However, as always, Gilgamar simply plowed on with his instructions. ¡°This is the sixth movement. Make sure you control the power of the opening thrust.¡± An hour and a halfter. ¡°Sixth movement. MASTERED!! Mwa ha ha! You must be speechless in awesome wonder, Gilgamar!¡± ¡°This is the seventh movement. Take note of the stutter steps, and release only half of your power during the double thrust.¡± ¡°Why half?¡± ¡°Do as I say and follow the rules strictly. They are there to quide you to master the movements as fast as possible. Once you¡¯ve mastered the first stage using the restrictions I have put in ce for you, you will be allowed to experiment and use different variations of the power levels.¡± ¡°Fine. Seventh movement. Let¡¯s go!¡± ¡­ ¡­ A full eighteen hours after he began his fourth movement, Elliot finally mastered the seventeenth movement. ¡°There¡­ Seven-teenth. Done.¡± Elliot panted. The movements got harder and harder as it progressed, and began to influence more and more nature energy. At first, the nature energy seemed responsive and light. But as he got to theter movements, the nature energy seemed to be heavier and heavier. By the time he reached the seventeenth movement, he felt as though he was carrying hundred-kilogram weights all over his body and on his sword! ¡°This is the eighteenth movement. Do not stop at all during the entire sequence!¡± Gilgamar began. ¡°Wait. I need to rest. And ask questions.¡± Elliot stabbed Gilgamar down onto the ground and leaned heavily on him. Puchi. Gilgamar pierced the ground easily and caused Elliot to fall onto the ground! Bam. ¡°Oooof.¡± Elliot copsed and merely righted his body, choosing to remain on the ground to rest. After a short moment, Elliot got a little bit of his energy back. ¡°Gilgamar. Why does the energy of nature get heavier and heavier as I progress through the movements?¡± Elliot asked. Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 149 ¡°You are influencing more and more of the energies of nature. Of course they will get heavier.¡± Gilgamar said in an as-a-matter-of-fact voice. ¡°Your problem is yourck of personal energy.¡± ¡°I see. I do only have a small amount of Fire Dragon Energy.¡± Elliot nodded. With only a small human arm¡¯s worth of Fire Dragon Energy, Elliot truly wascking in that particr department. ¡°Yes, using that small amount of energy to wield the energies of nature required to power the seventeenth movement is like a toddler wielding a heavy spear. It is already half a miracle that you couldplete the seventeenth movement. You¡­ Did well.¡± Gilgamar finally eked out a tiny amount of praise for Elliot. Elliot smiled as a powerful feeling of aplishment bloomed within his heart. After seventeen long movements of silence, he finally got that damned sword to praise him! ¡°So in order to master the higher stages, I need correspondingly higher amounts of personal energy? Just how high are the requirements of the twenty fifth thousand movement??¡± Elliot didn¡¯t waste time basking in the moment and continued to ask his questions. ¡°Very high.¡± Gilgamar replied very simply. ¡°Tyrius developed the final five thousand movements after he reached Hegemon level. You don¡¯t have to worry about them now.¡± ¡°I see. Good. In that case I will focus on mastering the first stage as fast as possible. Thank you for your training session today, Gilgamar. I will try to absorb the Red Dragon Blood Essence now to increase my personal energy level.¡± Elliot said as he closed his eyes to focus on absorbing the Red Dragon Blood Essence. ¡°Don¡¯t mention it.¡± Gilgamar replied in his usual voice. However, he was actually paying attention to Elliot. ¡°Could he really continue training after that hellish session? Not even Tyrius could do what he just did with that meager amount of personal energy!¡± Gilgamar thought to himself. His impression of Elliot was beginning to skyrocket. However, that skyrocketing suddenly came to an abrupt halt. A few seconds after Elliot closed his eyes, he fell asleep and began to snore loudly. His energy waspletely spent. ¡°As I expected.¡± Gilgamar chuckled to himself. His impression of Elliot stopped rising beyond the already high level that it was at. But it didn¡¯t fall any lower either. Elliot truly outdid himself during his first training session! ¡°Guard him.¡± Winter said softly to Brock as they noticed him falling asleep. ¡°Rex, you too.¡± Both of them nodded and immediately made their way to their master. It had been an extremely long day for him. Nothing shall disturb his well-deserved rest. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Ten hours earlier, unbeknownst to Elliot who waspletely immersed in his training, Kara was actually in a life-and-death race within a Hidden Dungeon! After returning with the resource boxes, Kara had decided to explore the area with Winter. She ventured out of the ten-kilometer radius which denoted the area of the previous Battle-Royale and plunged deep into the sparse forests beyond. She had fashioned a simple hunting back around winter and had hunted severalmon beasts and collected several herbs so that she could make a tasty meal for herradester that night. But as she was aiming to kill her second deer¡­ [Hidden Dungeon Challenge triggered. A-Grade Automobile Race against Rimett Garison initiated.] A wordless message appeared in her mind. Her vision turned dark for a moment and then when she opened her eyes once more, she was standing in front of a beautiful Bugatti Chiron ssic III. It had a perfectbination of blue and red coat, with an electrifying bright yellow trim all around it. It looked absolutely smashing. [Wee to a Hidden Dungeon Challenge. You will be racing against nine other yers, as well as two special guests. ce first or second in a fivep race in this circuit for fabulous rewards! A standard reward will be granted for third ce. There will be no rewards for fourth to twelfth ce.] [There will be no weapons allowed in this cars-only race. Breaking the rule will result in instant disqualification. You have thirty minutes to practice. Good luck.] As a semi-trained soldier, Kara¡¯s shocksted a mere second before she sprang into survival mode. She inspected the beautiful car and found that there were no apparent damages on it. She checked her front and rear bumpers, and found them to be made of strong but lightweight materials which were directly connected to the chassis. ¡°Interesting, It¡¯s like they¡¯re expecting us to drive dirty.¡± Kara thought grimly. ¡°And a Bugatti Chiron ssic III, huh. Never heard of it before. But as with all Bugatti¡¯s cars¡­ it will probably be a heck of a race. I will have to avoid killing myself in addition to avoid getting killed by the damned aliens.¡± Kara muttered as she got into the driver¡¯s seat. ¡°I should have no problems getting third. Statistically, the odds of finding a trained driver like me in a special event like this should be astronomically low. The only problem is navigating past their car wrecks when they eventually crash. I need to be very careful.¡± She thought to herself. ¡°Let¡¯s see. Two thousand one hundred horsepower. Quad turbo engine, with a perfectly linear power output from one thousand RPM to seven thousand? What the heck did the aliens do to this car? This stat sheet is incredible!¡± Kara said in excited surprise. ¡°Braking distance¡­ 120kph to zero in twenty meters? What the heck? Won¡¯t I need an anti-gravity suit to survive the insane G force this would create? Oh. Anti high G cabin. Hohoho. Good job alien engineer.¡± After checking out the Bugatti Chiron ssic III¡¯s other critical stats on stat sheet, it was time to put it to the test. Kara eased the car out of the pitstop and drove around the track at a reasonable speed once through. The track had seven low speed corners as well as five high speed corners with three major straightways. It took her a respectable six minutes and seven seconds to clear it on her first try. ¡°Interesting track. Pretty straight forward. The aliens track designers trulyck killing intent when designing this particr track. No bumps, no change in track material, nothing out of the ordinary.¡± Kara noted. ¡°I guess it¡¯s safe to push the speed limit a little now!¡± Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 150 Kara adjusted herself and leaned back on her seat to prepare for the car¡¯s stupidly powerful eleration. ¡°Two thousand one hundred horsepower, huh? Let¡¯s see how that feels.¡± She couldn¡¯t help but grin lightly in excitement. She pressed her little foot down almost entirely and was mmed back to her seat! ROARRR!!!! The Bugatti Chiron ssic III literally EXPLODED forward with extreme speed! ¡°WHOA! AWESOME!!¡± Kara¡¯s eyes shot wide open and her breath came in short gasps as she skillfully controlled the Chiron ssic III around the first high speed corner. SCREEE!! The Chiron handled beautifully and was the perfect Grade A race car. The faster Kara drove around the track, the more she felt one with the car. After three high speedps around the track, Kara was able to control the car as though it was custom made for her. And she had cut herp time by two full minutes! ¡°Keep going! The more I practice, the better I¡¯ll be, and the more chances I will have to get first ce!¡± Kara thought to herself. Kara was by no means a professional racer. She was a senior in the California Military School for Girls and was trained inbat driving. Although one of the modules inbat driving was for high-speed driving, it focused mostly on survival, blocking the enemy and killing them. She wasn¡¯t taught how to efficiently navigate a race track and press a vehicle to the edges of its performance. Thankfully, she knew all about braking, entry and exit speeds for cornering, aerodynamics and most importantly, she knew all about keeping her cool and making the most rational decision in the heat ofbat. For a racer, all of the above would be enough. Especially for a racer of a dungeon race that allowed for dirty driving. Finally, it was time. [Ding! Practice time is over. Please proceed to the starting section. Randomizing starting number.] [Kara Rose ¨C Position eleven.] Kara was absolutely unperturbed by the low starting number. She was already in survival race mode, and nothing would bring down her spirits. If she had to start from the back, then so be it! She would be in perfect position to mow down the ten cars in front of her! They quickly got into position. Judging by the mess that most of the cars made in trying to get into their proper ce, Kara deduced that she would have absolutely no problems at all. Only two or three cars managed to do it well and without a fuss. ¡°I only have three or four real opponents in this race.¡± Kara realized. ¡°Good.¡± [Race start in three.] [Two.] [One.] [GO!] SCREEEEEEEEEEE!!! It was extremely clear from the start who her opponents were. Even with high techunch control, only four cars managed to burst forward at maximum eleration. In addition to herself, there was a bright blue one and a neon green one in front of her, and apletely ck one behind her. The four cars quickly avoided the other eight cars and sted forward at high speed. The twelve-way race had devolved to be a four-way race from the get go. Kara¡¯s eyes flicked rapidly to her rearview mirror and then back ahead for three counts, before flicking back again. She felt an incredible pressure emanating from the ck Chiron, and decided that it was probably her most dangerous opponent. She needed to keep an eye on it. With all four Chirons having exactly the same eleration and top speed, they quickly fell into a tense formation as they thundered down the first straightway. The neon green Chiron was at first ce, the bright blue Chiron second, Kara at third and the ck Chiron fourth. Very quickly, the first low-speed corner came up. The bright blue Chiron failed to estimate his braking power urately and braked a second too early! He was immediately overtaken by the other three Chirons who braked at the right time. SCREEEE!!! VROAAAARRR!!! The turbo-charged engines of all four Chirons roared out like angry monsters as they churned out more than five hundred horsepower to each of all their four wheels, flinging them forward out of the corner at eye-popping speed. The neon green Chiron was in the lead, but Kara¡¯s blue-red Chiron had already eaten half a wheel into its lead. Kara was the better driver when cornering. However, to her slight dismay, the ck Chiron behind her had cut half a wheel into HER lead over him too! There was no time to worry much about that though, as the second low speed corner loomed straight ahead. Once more, the four Chirons braked heavily.. VROO! VROO! VROO! VROO! Their engines barked out four times as they shifted four gears down to reach the correct entry speed for the corner. However, the neon green Chiron crept ahead by an entire car¡¯s length as he purposely reduced his braking power to attempt to take the corner at a higher entry speed. SCREEEE!!! ¡°WHAT?!¡± Kara shouted in disbelief as the neon green Chiron oversteer slightly to throw its rear out and then countersteered heavily to throw his car into a high speed drift to clear the corner smoothly! ¡°He drifted with high-grip tires? Impossible!!¡± Kara muttered to herself as she exited the corner and began to chase after the neon green Chiron who had extended his lead by almost two car lengths. ¡°Unless he purposely picked a lower-grip tire for the race. But that way, he would really suffer during the final twops. Who cares! I¡¯ll just stick to my strategy and keep going at full speed!¡± Kara¡¯s training helped her ovee the shock of seeing the neon green car drift so effectively and resumed driving her best. In many ways, control over one¡¯s emotions and mood was as crucial as driving skills in a real race, much less a survival race like the one Kara was in. Kara was definitely in her element at that moment. She had a real chance of getting first ce in the Hidden Dungeon Challenge, and securing the fabulous first prize!! /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 151 If there was something that would take the inexperienced race spectator byplete surprise, it would be the incredible roar of the engines. The sound that the engines of twelve turbocharged Bugatti Chiron ssic IIIs made at full throttle was so loud that all the racers had to wear earbuds within their helmets. VROAARR!! The Chirons¡¯ mesmerizingly fat and wide tires scorched down the second major straightway of the track at an incredible five hundred kilometers per hour. The alien modified Chirons were proving to be total beasts on the race track! ¡°With all the slipstream I am getting from the neon Chiron, I should be able to cut his lead to one car length by the end of this straightway.¡± Kara thought as she narrowed her eyes in concentration. The lead neon Chiron had a speed advantage going out of the corner, but Kara was enjoying the slipstream that he generated. The advantage generated by the slipstream would prove to be higher with such a long straightway ahead of them. She nced at her rearview mirror and found that the ck Chiron had returned to his position right behind her. He seemed content to stay where he was even though he had the opportunity to draw level with or even overtake Kara. The pressure the ck Chiron was emanating had increased greatly, and Kara could literally feel the driver¡¯s bloodlust and excitement just washing over her. ¡°He¡¯s the real deal, and he is biding his time.¡± Kara thought grimly. ¡°I definitely cannot take him lightly. I have to keep an eye on him and focus on dealing with this sneaky neon Chiron at the same time.¡± This was the dilemma of the sandwiched racer. The lead racer had the excitement of being in the lead, but had to deal with the fear of being overtaken by the wiles of the rear racers. This was his dilemma. The middle racer had to think of ways to overtake the lead racer, AND had to deal with the strategies of the rear racer as well. It was a high-stakes juggle of tasks and it was proving to be rather difficult for Kara. Thest racer had the enormous task of overtaking two racers ahead of him, but he could fully focus on that task without fear of anything behind him. And if all went exceedingly well, he could even watch the middle racer take down the lead racer too. ¡°I¡¯d rather be the rear racer.¡± Kara thought fleetingly. But she was much too disciplined to allow such useless thoughts to remain in her head for long. She nced at the series of corners ahead of them. ¡°The uing high speed corners shouldn¡¯t be much of a problem. I don¡¯t have to deal with his dirty air just yet.¡± She had been taught by her instructors that the greatest advantage that rear cars have over the lead cars was the slipstream generated. Slipstream was basically a zone behind the lead car with less air resistance. The turbulent air that the lead car had ovee would flow right by the rear car, creating a low-pressure zone behind the lead car and allowing the rear car to experience less resistance, and thus allowing it to go just a little bit faster. And once the rear car had built up a five to ten kilometer per hour speed lead, overtaking the lead car would be easy. However, during a corner, the slipstream would turn into dirty air. Theck of air resistance would create less downforce for the rear car, and thus reducing its grip. In most cases, dirty air would cause the driver to take the corner at a lower speed due to the slight change in how the car works, and the adjustments that the driver had to make on the fly. Just as she predicted, the first high speed corner came and went without much drama. The second and third one too. ¡°This race would be determined in the low speed corners. I need to make my move before then!¡± Kara decided to attack pre-emptively. ¡°Human or alien, let me introduce you to dirty driving 101 ¨C Fishtailing!¡± As the third low speed corner appeared, Kara tensed slightly as she focused on finding the right opportunity to bump the neon¡¯s rear without messing up her own racing line too much, and most importantly, without creating too much of an opening for the ck Chiron. VROO! VROO! VROO! The neon Chiron ahead of her down shifted three times instead of four and immediately entered the corner at a drift once more. However, because the neon Chiron¡¯s strategy was to drift, he was able to maintain a higher entry speedpared to Kara, and she was unable to execute her evil n. ¡°I need to get closer! I¡¯ll risk it and take the next high speed corner at a slightly higher entry speed,¡± Kara thought grimly. VROARR!! Three Chirons exploded out of the low speed corner and began their wild eleration as they hurtled down the third major straightway. ROOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!! VrrrRRRRRROOAAAARRRRRR!!! It was an intense three-way battle. The bright blue Chiron waspletely left behind. Slowly but surely, the neon Chiron extended his lead over the other two. Two car lengths. One and a half car lengths. Two and a half car lengths. Two car lengths. Three car lengths. ¡°Damn it! At this rate, he¡¯ll pull awaypletely!¡± Kara thought in slight desperation. ¡°I¡¯ll have to wait till the other cars crash to take advantage of the chaos, or wait till his grip gives out. Patience. Patience.¡± Kara quickly calmed down and continued to press on. Very soon, onep was over. And as they entered the second low speed corner of the track, Kara¡¯s prediction proved to be urate. There were two crashed Chirons near the corner exit! Both were overturned and on fire, and Kara had no idea if the drivers made it out alive. But she totally did not care.. Her chance to deal with the neon Chiron hade. /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 152 The burning Chiron wreckages made a high speed exit out of the corner absolutely impossible. Only a small five meter gap on the OUTSIDEne was avable for the other racers to pass through, and they had to change their racing lines on the fly. ¡°Damn it, of all thenes they could block, they had to block all of the insidenes.¡± Kara cursed vehemently. ¡°It¡¯ll make it difficult to pull away once I deal with the neon Chiron!¡± The outsidene was the hardestne to tackle a corner. Kara had to approach the corner from the inside, and then brake hard before turning sharply into the corner. But she couldn¡¯t fully take the insidene. She had to position herself and her car trajectory perfectly parallel to the line created by the outermost edge of the wreckage. Failure to do that would result in an additional wreckage added to the pile. Hers. Thankfully for Kara, the primary burden to create the line would fall on the neon Chiron. All she had to do was to follow his tail and take whatever racing line he used. And it being a super slow corner, there was no issue with dirty air. ¡°But forget all those things. I¡¯m not trying to overtake him anyway. I am trying to fishtail him! And this set up is perfect!¡± In her mind, the neon Chiron was as good as dead. VROO! VROO! VROO! VROO! VROO! All of them immediately shifted down to the first gear and slowed to a mere 40 kph to tackle the sharp corner. As soon as Kara saw that the neon Chiron¡¯s nose had cleared the corner, she mmed on her elerator and her Chiron leapt forward to crash into the neon Chiron¡¯s rear! BAM! Kara kept her foot down andpletely floored the elerator! VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Her Chiron roared like a furious beast and pushed the neon Chiron violently off-course! Taken by surprise, the neon Chiron¡¯s driver braked hard to keep his car under control and to block Kara from overtaking him while he straightened his car. But it was toote. His Chiron was pushed too far ahead, and a wide space where Kara could pass through had been created. Kara grinned evilly and immediately maneuvered her car into the gap. VROOOOO!!! Kara and the ck Chiron behind her sted past the neon Chiron who was just starting to elerate once more from aplete stop. The neon Chiron was as good as disqualified. It would take a miracle for him to catch up to Kara and the ck Chiron. A two-way race between Kara and the ck Chiron had begun! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°What happened next? Did the neon Chiron catch up? Did you win?¡± Elliot asked as he stared wide eyed at Kara who was telling him about her Hidden Dungeon Challenge. ¡°The neon Chiron crashed. I guess he got overly frustrated by his inability to catch up. By thestp, it was only me and the ck Chiron. And my instincts were absolutely right. The ck Chiron fishtailed me the exact same way I fishtailed the neon Chiron. What a jackass. I got second ce.¡± Kara sighed. ¡°Second ce is good. At least you survived, and got yourself a ¡°fabulous¡± reward.¡± Elliot remarked sagely. ¡°I guess so.¡± Kara shrugged with a smile. ¡°Well? Out with it!¡± Camelia said impatiently. ¡°Out with what?¡± Kara pretended to ask. ¡°The reward of course! What did you get? Tell me!! QUICK!¡± Camelia almost shouted at Kara. She reeeally wanted to know what the ¡°fabulous¡± reward was! ¡°Hehehe. Okok. I got a weird skill called Lightning Hand. I tried it a few times, it basically allows me to fire weak lightning bolts out of my fingers. Here, look.¡± Kara raised her index finger up to the sky and muttered something. True enough, a small streak of lightning shot up and disappeared after a hundred or so meters. ¡°Wow! That¡¯s really cool!¡± Camelia gushed. ¡°To be honest, it¡¯s slightly disappointing.¡± Kara sighed. ¡°When they said ¡°fabulous¡±, I was expecting something more. But all they did was turn my hand into a walking electrical socket.¡± ¡°No. They gave you more than that.¡± Elliot grinned widely at Kara. ¡°Congrattions, by the way. You¡¯re about to embark on a journey that willpletely change your life.¡± ¡°What are you talking about, Elliot?¡± Kara asked in confusion. ¡°When you fired off that lightning bolt earlier, what did you do exactly?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°I merely said the trigger words. Lightning Bolt. And then thought about lightning shooting out of my finger.¡± Kara said. ¡°What happened within your body after you thought about lightning shooting out of your finger? What did you feel?¡± Elliot asked again. ¡°I felt¡­¡± Kara frowned as she tried to remember. ¡°Try it again and pay attention to the energy within your body.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Lightning Bolt.¡± Crack! A slightly stronger streak of lightning shot to the sky. ¡°I felt a surge of energy moving rapidly around my stomach area, and then shooting to my hand and out of it.¡± Kara replied slowly. Elliot nodded in satisfaction. ¡°Keep casting Lightning Bolts and keep sensing the energy in your body. Stop and rest when you¡¯re tired, and then resume doing it when you¡¯re recharged. No pun intended.¡± Elliot chuckled at his own y of words. ¡°You¡¯ll know when you know.¡± Elliot said mysteriously. ¡°Now go practice. Camelia, supervise the setting up of the bunkers and then take all of the men and take on missions number four and five. Make sure you secure at least the Bugatti Jirzon. Winter and Rex will go with you to ensure your safety.¡± ¡°Yes boss.¡± Camelia replied. With that, the two girls left him alone once more. ¡°Did she really get lightning energy from the aliens?¡± Elliot asked Gilgamar incredulously. ¡°That¡¯s crazy! I had to fight AND win the entire Battle Royale to get my Fire Dragon Energy. And she got lightning energy simply by getting second ce in a Hidden Dungeon Challenge?¡± Join my discord channel for a richer reading experience with pictures! ?? /ZqdTKhtn6z Chapter 153 ¡°There is noparison between the two.¡± Gilgamar said quietly. ¡°Yours is a Red Dragon Blood Essence, something that is scble all the way until you be a full red dragon. You will unlock the full power and glory of a red dragon if that happens. Kara merely got a slight mutation in her body, one that allowed her to carry a limited amount of renewable lightning energy.¡± ¡°Well¡­ I guess if you put it that way¡­¡± ¡°Enough chatting. You¡¯ve had your rest. It¡¯s time to resume your training.¡± Gilgamar said. ¡°Alright.¡± Elliot quickly agreed. The sword training was extremely important to Elliot. Although leveling up was also very important to him, he didn¡¯t have to worry about it anymore. His many apostles were doing it for him very efficiently when they explore and kill all the beasts that they came across. A constant flow of attributes and experience came pouring in every hour of every day. Training with the sword, though, was something that he had to do by himself. Through the first few movements, he realized that he was woefully underskilled. Compared to many aliens out there who had years and years of training, he was probably no different than a superstrong beast. The power he got from his system was merely brute force, a sledgehammer that allowed him to deal a horrendous amount of damage in a direct manner. Against mindless beasts, he would win ten out of ten. But if he were to fight an alien at his level who was skilled in fighting, ten out of ten, he would definitely lose. Against Rak¡¯Tharos? He would have absolutely no chance. Rak¡¯Tharos would probably eat him up for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And so, he threw himself body and soul into the sword training. His waking hours became a blur of weaving his Fire Dragon Energy to manipte the energy of nature, endless practicing the moves of his sword y, its countless stances and movements, as well as deep meditation to absorb the Red Dragon Blood Essence as fast as he could. The process of rising up above the category of powerful but unskilled mindless beast into a true warrior was not an easy one. Nor was it like a curved road where shortcuts were possible. No, it was a long and straight road of hardwork, training and with some luck, insightful guidance that could save him from long hours of stagnation. Without him realizing it, the next few days passed very, very quickly. All around him was a buzz of activity as the other nine survivors set up the bunkers and tried to make some sort of a defensive wall using trees. The others had set up their semi-permanent camp near the site of the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher¡¯s explosion, around three kilometers away from where Elliot was training. They had found four bunkers, each of them an impressive five meters by five meters by five meters. They had positioned them at the four corners of a thirty meter by thirty meter area, and created rtivelyrge nine hundred meter camp which couldfortably house the beasts and the ten of them. The seven men split up into two groups of three and four, and imed two bunkers for themselves. The two girls would share a bunker, and Elliot got one for himself. The remaining task for them was to set up the walls. It wouldn¡¯tst long against even a level seventy beast like Brock was when Elliot first met him. But having the walls in ce gave them a sense of security which they desperately needed and craved. So they did it anyway. Brock, and Ellie had enthusiastically helped out with the felling of the trees while Winter gave a nudge here and there if one of the men needed the slight help. Rex merely sat atop one of the huge five by five by five bunker and kept a watchful eye on the girls. Not that they needed Rex to help though. For starters, they were already stronger, faster and smarter than the men. Heck, Camelia herself probably could take on six of them by herself! And to make matters worse for the aspiring criminal, Elliot¡¯s beasts were incredibly powerful with supernatural senses. Even if they managed to do whatever evil deed they nned to do, there was no getting away from the beasts. They would be dead men walking the second they did something evil. And they knew it. And so, the seven men were model examples of upright and helpful men. A few of them were quiet and solitary, but that was to be expected. They were, afterall, survivors of an incredibly bloody apocalypse. They probably lost more than a few family members and friends during the massive beast invasion. The rest of them were polite to the girls, and friendly even. Both girls were beautiful in their own way, and the men, being men, harbored thoughts of having them for themselves. Rightfully as girlfriends or as life partners, of course. The unrightful path, though briefly considered, were immediately cast aside, dumped into the obscure category in their mindsbelled ¡°Creative ways tomit suicide¡±. The wild alien beasts, which had been in a chemically-induced state of rage and bloodthirst, gradually calmed down as the chemical¡¯s effects wore off. Many stopped their violent ways, and immediately dove into survival and n building mode. Not that they could have afforded to continue their violent ways much longer though. Due to the increase in grade and level cap for the beasts, high level legendary and mythical beasts now roamed thend. These were powerful and semi-intelligent Patriarchs and Matriarchs which coordinated their underlings¡¯ movements and expansions much more methodically. As a result, instead of ten million survivors, there were barely one million. The beasts would have to hunt each other to continue to survive and expand, now that almost all of the easy prey was gone. Although Elliot was pretty strong, from that moment onwards, all his enemies would be giant beast ns led by Kings, powerful alien fugitives which were also banding together under the leadership of Kings, as well as powerful survivors which would be receiving powerful boons from more Diamond and Adamantium Sponsors very soon. The Games of Earth was truly bing a Battle of Kings. As they say, ignorance is bliss. And for the moment, the ten survivors were in bliss. The heavy atmosphere of gloom and doom, though not entirely dispelled, began to lift slightly and allow for a tiny bit of cheer and hope to settle on the camp. At that moment, a psionic message appeared in everyone¡¯s minds. ¡°Congrattions for surviving the first week! We have made an Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update. Please take a look at what your fellow Earthlings had been up to for the past action-packed week!¡± Chapter 154 Himari Suzuki stood atop her newly acquired bunker and gazed out towards the direction of Mount Fuji. ¡°Two more days.¡± She whispered lightly to herself. ¡°Just two more days, and I¡¯ll be there.¡± Himari Suzuki had fared very, very well indeed during the past week of apocalypse. Her razor sharp instincts had caused her to order her entire militarized family to take cover in their personal bunkers with almost all of their fighting forces intact. She had entered day one with almost ten thousand heavily armed men under her personalmand, and another twenty thousand more spread out among her family members. Initially, she had only ordered for a single battalion¡¯s worth of soldiers to join her in the bunker. But she had continued to feel deeply restless after she did that. And so she did the unprecedentedly unthinkable thing in all of the history of her family She ced her family into Red Alert.. She ordered aplete shutdown of all the family¡¯s operations, and decreed that all fighting units were to be bunkered up within six hours. All missions were aborted no matter how close they were topletion. Auxiliary units would be in charge of the stock up, and had to be bunkered up within twelve hours. All of their spies, undercover forces, and close allies were ordered to go to the nearest bunker. If they were more than twelve hours away from a Suzuki Family owned bunker, then they had to find ANY bunker and get in there with enough weapons, ammunition and food to survive a war. Her family and allies had long understood the potency of her sixth sense, and immediately went into emergency mode. Everything that could be liquidated at short notice were liquidated, and their already humongous stockpile of weapons and equipment were increased. Fuel, ammunition and food were also secured all over the country. Emergencymunication equipment and securendlines connecting all of their bunkers were immediately activated as well. The Suzuki Family of Japan and their close affiliates disappeared off the grid within twelve hours much to the shock of the world. But because of that, they were now the undisputed overlords of Japan. SHE, was the undisputed overlord of Japan. After the apocalypse, Himari Suzuki had immediately grasped the key to survival and to domination. Alien resources, and winning the alien games to get their rewards. Everything else was secondary. And to that end, she had immediately sought to clear the entire Tokyo region for herself. Through a series of incredibly shrewd tactics and strategies, she managed to get most of the King level beasts to fight and weaken each other, to the point where they were easily killed by a few powerful missiles under her control. The aliens targeted big, powerful energy signals, and thus all of the world¡¯s hidden militaries, including their deep ocean submarines, werepletely wiped out by their powerful attacks. Dormantnd based missiles werepletely untouched. And of that, Himari had plenty. Within three days of intense fighting, Tokyo was cleansed. Her battle-hardened soldiers were utterly enraged by the destion that their country had suffered, and they fell upon the alien beasts like a massive pack of starved wolves. Salvo after salvo of missile were fired upon the King level beasts, and their powerfulser guns felled the Lord and Elite level beasts like mowing down grass. None of the beasts could stand against their furious onught, and none of the alien fugitives wanted any of that. Although several alien fugitives had the power to challenge her, doing so would leave them vulnerable to the other alien fugitives, which would definitely sneak attack them if the opportunity presented itself. And so, they left Himari alone. After two more days, they took Kawasaki, just south of Tokyo. After another two days, they took Yokohama. By then, Himari had burned through almost 50% of her missile stockpile. But she plowed on. 50% of her stockpile was still 100% ahead of the second ranked power in Japan, which had no missiles to speak of. Of course there were other powers in the world who had more missiles than her, most notably the leaders of the biggest countries. But without exception, all of the people who had ess to those missiles were dead. Himari and her stash became the world¡¯s biggest and baddest gun. And that stash was about to get bigger. Himari Suzuki was pushing with all of her considerable might to reach Mount Fuji as quickly as possible. Mount Fuji. The location of Japan¡¯s secret nuclear arsenal. By hook or by crook, she would get her hands on those nukes. And then she would truly be the Queen of the world. ¡°Report!¡± An aide shouted from below. ¡°Proceed.¡± ¡°Two more high grade resource boxes found. Here are the pills and power-up packs.¡± ¡°Throw the pack up.¡± Himari ordered. Her aide immediately flung the small bag up skillfully. ¡°Hidden Dungeon report.¡± Himari demanded as she caught the bag and popped the pills into her mouth. ¡°Thirteen new dungeons were entered today, bringing our total to sixty two. Two won first ce, one didn¡¯t win anything, and ten died. We received a dimensional garage, a highly modified BMW M2, a weapons package, an armor package and a nitro package from the first victory. We received a highly modified V27 Osprey Helicopter, a weapons package and an armor package from the second victory.¡± The aide reported. ¡°Kill the one who didn¡¯t win anything.¡± Himari Suzuki said casually. ¡°Kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. The men must know that failure is not eptable.¡± ¡°Understood.¡± The aide bowed deeply. ¡°Anything out of the ordinary?¡± Himari asked. ¡°None, Mistress.¡± ¡°More speed pills. How many had I eaten? Ten? Twelve? I must be as fast as a cheetah by now.¡± Himari muttered to herself. ¡°And a bunch of strength pills. Good. Now let¡¯s check out the power-up packs. B-grade system. Rubbish. B-grade system! Warlock System¡­ Rubbish. I guess the A-grade Water Mage system I got yesterday is still the best. I wonder if I should take it now or wait for a better one¡­¡± At that moment, a psionic message appeared in her mind. ¡°Congrattions for surviving the first week! We have made an Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update. Please take a look at what your fellow Earthlings had been up to for the past action-packed week!¡± Chapter 155 ¡°Okay, now release all of that energy! All of it! That¡¯s right! Keep going! KEEP GOING! Two more seconds! Well done! Good job!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos praised Jennifer ecstatically as six very sharp golden fangs shot out from her body in six different directions. ¡°That attack is called the Golden Fang Energy Burst. It is a special move belonging to my tribe and my tribe alone. You should be highly honored that you are able to get the privilege to learn it.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said somewhat proudly. ¡°It¡¯s pretty good.¡± Jennifer nodded in satisfaction. She had worked hard all week and had finally mastered the elusive arts of manipting energy. True to his word, Rak¡¯Tharos had granted her a few drops of his concentrated blood on the second day, thus allowing her to gain the ability to turn partially into a powerful Golden Lioness Overlord beast. From that moment on, a swirl of gold and fire energy had appeared within her, and she had spent hours upon hours just learning how to manipte them into patterns, and then learning how to do it very rapidly within a blink of an eye. Out of the hundred patterns which Rak¡¯Tharos had asked her to master, she had mastered seven. And she had just used all seven to unleash the Golden Fang Energy Burst which Rak¡¯Tharos was so proud of. ¡°How long till I be as powerful as you?¡± Jennifer asked with a sharp look. ¡°Bahahaha! You¡¯re an impatient one, aren¡¯t you? You¡¯ve mastered seven runes. Just another Seven hundred more, and you¡¯re probably done¡­¡± Rak¡¯Tharos trailed off. Jennifer remained silent. She knew that there was something more. ¡°Done with 10 percent of your journey to be as powerful as me!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos finished triumphantly, thinking that he had managed to make Jennifer¡¯s heart be hopeful and then crushing it once more. However, Jennifer¡¯s steady and calm look told him that he had failed miserably ¨C again. ¡°Just slightly over seven hundred runes?¡± Jennifer asked. ¡°Is that all of the runes avable in existence, or all that you know of?¡± ¡°That¡­ That¡¯s almost all of the runes in existence! How can there be many runes that the great Rak¡¯Tharos, I, do not know!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shouted defensively. ¡°How many more runes are there?¡± Jennifer pressed on with her questions. That¡­ How am I supposed to know how many runes are avable from the other elements? All I know is that within the gold and fire element, I¡¯ve mastered all that could be mastered at the King level, and almost all at the Emperor level. Once you reach my level, you would stand at the peak of power within the Emperor level!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said proudly. Jennifer merely turned around and resumed her training. ¡°What are you doing? It¡¯s almost time for lunch! Your should be cooking! I just caught a beautiful fat deer this morning. Cook that for us! Quick!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shouted at her. Jennifer continued to train her Golden Fang Energy Burst. ¡°You¡¯ve reached the maximum number of runes you can master with your current energy level.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said in an exasperated voice. ¡°You need to meditate and digest the blood that¡¯s within you. That¡¯ll unlock more energy, and with more energy, you¡¯ll have more power to master more runes. Your training is useless now! Quick go cook us lunch, and you can digest the energy while you eat!¡± ¡°A few more minutes.¡± Jennifer replied stubbornly. ¡°I want to master the movements first.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos sighed deeply and settled down on the huge rock. He could only observe her training and wait for her to be done. He waspletely addicted to Jennifer¡¯s cooking, and would not go without eating it at least three times a day. Jennifer formed the runes within her body rapidly, and then released her energy along with it. Boom. Seven golden fangs shot out from her small but lithe body. The Golden Fang Energy Burst was a powerful area of effect spell which released a series of powerful runesbined into one into her surroundings. The runes would then absorb the gold and fire energy of nature around her to form fearsome golden fangs, before shooting out in all directions. It was aplicated spell for a beginner, and Jennifer was showing fearsome learning capacity by mastering it within seven short days. And seven golden fangs were actually one golden fang more than she had managed to fire off earlier. It was something that Rak¡¯Tharos did not fail to notice. ¡°In the long run, both Jennifer and her brother would be critically important pawns in my n.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos thought to himself. ¡°I was merely nning to use Elliot as a high-powered bait to lure out that damned Void Walker out where I can ughter him. But now that Jennifer is showing incredible promise as well, maybe I should think of something long term. Something that could utilize their ridiculous potential and power to the maximum.¡± Boom. Eight golden fangs shot out from Jennier. One even smashed itself onto Rak¡¯Tharos, to absolutely no effect. She gritted her teeth and fought the sudden sense of fatigue that threatened to overwhelm her. ¡°Training session is over. You need to rest. Now.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos announced. ¡°After that, you¡¯re cooking us lunch. If you say no to that. I will not teach you anything else. I don¡¯t want to spend my energy training a stupid girl who¡¯ll only end up killing herself out of exhaustion.¡± Jennifer sat down where she was and panted heavily. Her small body waspletely devoid of gold and fire energy. She closed her eyes and began to meditate on her training, and to digest more of the blood that had made its way into her heart. However, before she could begin, a wordless message appeared in their minds. ¡°Congrattions for surviving the first week! We have made an Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update. Please take a look at what your fellow Earthlings had been up to for the past action-packed week!¡± Chapter 156 ¡°Congrattions for surviving the first week! We have made an Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update. Please take a look at what your fellow Earthlings had been up to for the past action-packed week!¡± ¡°So¡­ It¡¯s been a week.¡± Jessica thought to herself and looked up into the beautiful cloudless afternoon as if expecting a giant screen to magically appear in the sky. Nothing of the sort happened, of course. Instead, a series of images began to appear in her mind apanied by wordless messages. Jessica dropped the dead Five-Winged Thunderbird from the clutches of her fiery right hand and focused on the images. ¡°Introducing the stars of our Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update ¨C Bartholomew Garens of Europe! Diana Liu of Asia! And¡­ Jessica Musk of North America! Next ¨C Diana Liu. Ahh. Beautiful, beautiful Diana Liu. If her beauty score is 10 out of 10, then her deadly score is 100 out of 10! Diana Liu had only killed 23 beasts in the span of seven days. Too little? No. Too many! She killed 23 King Level Beasts! For all of you out there who are still woefully ignorant, King Level Beasts are like Godzis. And yes, she killed 23 of them. Like Bartholomew, she had secured an Adamantium Sponsor as well! But unlike Bartholomew, she had also secured not one, not two, but THREE! Diamond Sponsors as well! Well, well, well. What can we say? Well done, Diana Liu! Finally ¨C Jessica Musk. Cute, little Jessica Must, barely even a woman. But do not let her youth fool you. She is the proud owner of an S Phoenix System which grants her powers beyond any of your imaginations. She had killed a modest four hundred fifty four beasts in her journeyst week, but that¡¯s not important. What¡¯s important is that she had also secured an Adamantium Sponsor that is by far the most generous Sponsor out of all the Sponsors in this game! She is now indisputably one of the most powerful yers in the Games of Earth! What have you aplished this week? The resource boxes are out there waiting for you! As of this moment, there are still over five million unimed resource boxes in EACH continent. Go get them, and forge your own glory! This is the end of the Apocalypse Survive Weekly Update. See you all next week! Bye bye!¡± ¡°Damn the nosy aliens! Now the whole world knows about my secret sponsor!¡± Jessica cursed. She had been more and more liberal with curse words now that she was all alone and fighting powerful beasts endlessly. Although the alien said that killing four hundred fifty four beasts was ¡°modest¡±, only God knew just how much effort she had put in to do so. Still, her efforts were not for nothing. She had reached an impressive level two hundred and seven, and had attracted the attention of an Adamantium Sponsor who had given her a surprising boon. A pleasant surprise, of course. A resource box had appeared very suddenly and mysteriously from a powerful beam of light mere hours ago. She had opened it and only found two ck pills, with an information pad next to it containing a brief description of the pills. ¡°Crazy Monk ¡°Zero¡± of the Eight Heavens extends his greetings. Zero is extremely impressed with you, and would like to sponsor you with a couple of unique Adamantium Grade boons. The first boon is called ¡°Goddess of the Dark¡±. This boon would upgrade your Grade S Phoenix System into a Grade SS Phoenix Goddess System. It will not disrupt your current System Level Up progress, and will instead expand the Level Up mission to factor in the additional ¡°Goddess of the Dark¡± aspect. Uponpletion of the Level Up mission, your Grade S Phoenix Goddess System will be upgraded to be a Grade SSS ck Phoenix Goddess System. Please eat the ck pill with a blue stripe to acquire this boon. The second boon is called ¡°Dark me Body.¡± This boon will transform your body to be a Dark me Body. You will be able to absorb Dark Energy and Fire Energy and gainplete immunity against the two energies. The Dark me Body highlyplements the ck Phoenix Goddess System. Please eat the ck pill with the red stripe to acquire this boon.¡± Of course Jessica popped both pills into her mouth and swallowed them. Both boons were awesome, and would instantly catapult her into contention for the strongest yer status of Earth! And when that happens, she would be able to save Jennifer and help her brother do whatever needs to be done. However, gaining such power was not without cost. The transformation turned out to be insanely painful! After almost a full thirty minutes of excruciating pain which almost caused her to pass out in a dead faint, she had opened her eyes as a brand new person. ¡°Show me my status.¡± Jessica had whispered. Phoenix Goddess System (S-Grade) Character Name: Jessica Musk Current Level: 207 HP: 10300/10300 Current Experience: 6600/20700 Strength: 75 Intellect: 15 Endurance: 15 Reflexes: 50 Luck: 15 Fire Resistance: MAX Dark Resistance: MAX Avable points: 0 Skills [Level 20 ck me Burst ¨C Release a ring of fire around you and dealing 3000% fire damage.] [Level 25 ck me Sword ¨C Generates a sword of me that deals 3750% fire damage.] [Level 22 ck me Wings ¨C Creates a pair of me wings that allows you to fly for 33 minutes.] [Level 20 ck me Armor ¨C Creates a ck me Armor that absorbs 3000% of your damage output every second.] [Level 10 Rebirth ¨C Revive to full HP upon death. 10/10] [Level 1 Dark Curse ¨C Unleash a curse on your enemy dealing 100% dark damage per second for 1 second.] [Level 1 Life Siphon ¨C Absorbs 1% of your enemy¡¯s max hp every 10 seconds.] ¡°Now that my secret is out, I should probably give big bro a call.¡± Jessica sighed. ¡°I had wanted to give him a surprise when I meet him next. Darn it. But with this, at least Jennifer knows that I am alive. I hope she¡¯ll feel better because of this.¡± Jessica sighed deeply once more. Chapter 157 ¡°Jessica Musk? Isn¡¯t that your sister?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos frowned after the Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update was over. ¡°Didn¡¯t she kill herself?¡± He turned to look at Jennifer, and her dumbfounded face told him the answer to his question. ¡°She¡¯s¡­ alive.¡± Jennifer whispered in disbelief. ¡°Not just alive apparently. She¡¯s a monster now that she¡¯s got a boon from an Adamantium Sponsor. But still, she¡¯s nowhere as lucky as you. An Adamantium Sponsor is just an Emperor like me. You¡¯re getting my blood and my personalized training. Even if she¡¯s powerful now, she won¡¯t be as powerful as you in the long run.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos told her. But Jennifer didn¡¯t hear a single word he said. Her eyes were closed, and tears of happiness were streaming down her face. Her hands were clenched tightly into fists as she exulted with all of her soul deep within her. ¡°I definitely should change my ns. All three siblings are ridiculous. I have stumbled into a gold mine here! I need to think of a way to mine all of the gold for myself!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos thought. And so that way, both of them spent a pleasant half a day thinking happy thoughts. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°I forget to call her for a few days, and she ends up in the Apocalypse Survivor Weekly Update? What a sister I have.¡± Elliot chuckled as he tried to call Jessica. ¡°Hey bro! Praise me! Praise me now!¡± Jessica said as soon as the connection was established. ¡°Hahaha. You did good. Very, very good! What did you get?¡± Elliotughed. ¡°Boo! Don¡¯t be so stingy with your words. Praise me more!¡± Jessica pouted. Even if she was a monster killing machine that had taken down hundreds of ferocious beasts, in front of her brother, she was still a little sister who needed her brother to praise her generously! ¡°Alright, alright. I am very, very proud of you. You¡¯re the smartest, most capable, most powerful, most amazing and wonderful person¡­¡± ¡°Good! Good!¡± Jessica eximed happily. ¡°Who has a Phoenix System!¡± Elliot finished. ¡°WHAT?! Doesn¡¯t that make me the smartest and everything out of just one person in the whole wide world? Brooo¡­ Meanie!¡± Jessica pouted again. ¡°Hehehehe. Just kidding. Where are you now? Can I visit you already? I¡¯ll bring you some awesome gifts to reward you for your achievements.¡± Elliot said with a smile. Talking to Jessica never failed to lift up his mood. ¡°Yeay!! Make sure you give me lots of rewards! Ten or twenty of the strength pills should be good.¡± Jessica said enthusiastically. ¡°But not now though, the boon I got from the Adamantium Sponsor actually upgraded my Grade S Phoenix System into a Grade SS Phoenix Goddess System¡­¡± Jessica spent the next few minutes just telling Elliot about everything she went through in the past few days. ¡°It¡¯s been hard on you sis.¡± Elliot sighed after he listened to Jessica¡¯s story. ¡°A little bit. But knowing that I¡¯m getting much, much stronger so rapidly fills my heart with deep joy. I am totally fine. I can call you anytime I miss you, so that¡¯s all good too!¡± Jessicaforted her brother. ¡°Let me know as soon as I can visit you. I¡¯ll be there as soon as I can, alright? Take care of yourself. Safety first!¡± Elliot nagged at his sister. ¡°Okay okay. Bye!¡± Elliot hung up and couldn¡¯t help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction at the thought of Jessica bing a full-fledged powerhouse herself which could rival even him. Of course with all the progress he¡¯s making in swordy, he could still very easily defeat Jessica in a fight. But as of that moment, Jessica is officially safe from most, if not all of the beasts on Earth. It lifted a huge burden from his heart which he didn¡¯t realize he carried. ¡°Good. Now that I have fully mastered all twenty five movements of the first stage, as well as the first ten movements of the second stage, I am probably strong enough to fight some of the more powerful alien fugitives and Inserts. Should I go and look for some to test out my skills?¡± Elliot thought in his public mindspace. ¡°I advise caution, Master. Please wait until you master a few more stages.¡± Winter said calmly. ¡°I say we go find that mysterious substance first. Who knows what it¡¯ll do? Maybe if we eat it, we¡¯ll all go through a qualitative upgrade!¡± Brock said. ¡°Hey, for once your advice is pretty good, brother Brock!¡± Wu Kong said with augh. ¡°I agree. You should go and look for that substance first.¡± ¡°Indeed. I agree. And based on our agreement, I am free to take it?¡± Romarok said seriously. ¡°Of course. By all means. But do not forget that I want the human race to survive. Until I can make sure that happens, you can¡¯t take any of it.¡± Elliot replied. ¡°Fair enough.¡± Romarok said easily. ¡°Based on our intelligence, Earth contains a huge amount of that substance. We can all consume it, and it¡¯ll still be rtively untouched.¡± ¡°Hey! Why don¡¯t YOU consume it? Be the Dark Brainwyrm Patriarch!¡± Elliot remarked. ¡°I am a male. I cannot be the Queen.¡± Romarok chuckled. ¡°The Dark Brainwyrms need a Queen. Of course I will consume it as well, and reach the pinnacle of what the Dark Brainwyrm male can be, but it will not remove the need for a female to consume it.¡± ¡°Alright. In that case, my next mission is decided. Time to look for that substance-¡° ¡°Master, you should tame a powerful ground-based beast first if possible and then explore using its senses.¡± Wu Kong interrupted. ¡°Yes. Time to look for a powerful ground-based beast! All of you in thepound, gather round! Get the two girls and the men toe as well.. It¡¯s time to flip this entire Earth Games around!¡± Elliot ordered. Chapter 158 After the fiasco that took ce in the Diamond Sponsor VIP room, the The Sands of Time Void Walker n bared its fangs to the rest of the universe. Upon hearing about what his precious granddaughter had to go through, Director Sands exploded in a ze of fury that even he himself had no idea he was capable of feeling. ¡°I want the entire Ninth Heaven erased from existence. Do you understand me? Erased. Sons. Daughters. Bastards. Pet dogs. Pet rabbits. Everything.¡± Director Sands had said softly to the three hooded Void Walkers standing before him. All three of them simply nodded. They understood perfectly what was expected of them. It was not their first rodeo, nor was it their first massacre. ¡°Make sure they know it¡¯s us. Do it publicly. I understand if you have to assassinate their top fighters. But anything below Emperor level has to die screaming in public. I want them to curse us with everything they have, and for the rest of the universe to know that my granddaughter IS. NOT. TO. BE. TOUCHED.¡± The three of them nodded once more. The requirement to make it public would make their mission multiple times harder, but it was a challenge they relish. Plus, it was just a measly Ninth Heaven anyway. ¡°Go.¡± Director Sands waved them away. Space around them shimmered for a quick second, and then they were gone. Within the hour, all five Hegemons of the Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group were dead. Within three hours, all forty seven Emperors were dead. At the fourth hour, the three Void Walkers suddenly appeared in the middle of a high level press conference held by a Universe Level Multi-Star-System reputed to be a patron of the Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group. All at once, every single camera swiveled to focus on the three Void Walkers and the attention of the Universe fell upon them. ¡°How dare you barge into the Golden Lance Company¡¯s annual press conference!¡± A powerful looking blue-skinned giant roared and stood up to his full ten-meter height. He unlimbered a massive eight-meter long broadsword and advanced menacingly towards the Void Walkers. All around the giant auditorium, security personnel also sprang into action. However, the lead Void Walker merely waved his hand lightly, and every single Golden Lance Company member in the room froze! ¡°YOU! How dare you! You¡¯re courting death! The Golden Lance Company will never let you go!¡± The blue giant roared in anger as he struggled to break free from the frozen space that encapsted him. He failed miserably, of course. ¡°The Void Walkers send their regards.¡± The lead Void Walker ignored the blue giant and saidzily to the President of the Golden Lance Company, before ncing at the reporters in the room. Confirming that every single camera was on him, he then pointed at the President who was seated calmly in the center of a long table on a stage where he was delivering his speech. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! A horrifying aura burst into the auditorium as tens of bodies appeared out of nowhere and piled onto him. They were the bodies of the Hegemons and Emperors of the Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group! They were so powerful that even in death, their fearsome aura had not dissipated. ¡°The Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group made a move against Jessica Sands, the Princess of our n, earlier today.¡± The lead Void Walker turned, smiled at the cameras and began his speech. You have been warned. And oh, for the rest of the Ninth Heaven Mercenary group. All of you, we¡¯reing for you. By the end of this week, every single member of Ninth Heaven Mercenary Group will be dead. It doesn¡¯t matter where you go. It doesn¡¯t matter whose protection you seek refuge in. You will all die. Thank you for your kind attention. You may resume your activiti- Oh wait I almost forgot.¡± The lead Void Walker turned around to face the President of the Golden Lance Company who was still frozen in ce with fifty two dead bodies all around him. ¡°As the leader of the organization that patronizes Ninth Heaven, your life is forfeit.¡± SPLAT! The President exploded into pieces. The lead Void Walker turned to face the blue giant whose face had immediately turned into many lighter shades of blue. ¡°And you, I don¡¯t like you.¡± SPLAT! The blue giant exploded into pieces as well. ¡°Thank you all for your kind attention. You may resume your activities.¡± And with that, all three Void Walkers had disappeared from the auditorium. That was a few days ago. At that moment, Jessica Sands was still in the Diamond Sponsor VIP room talking with her grandpa once more. ¡°Yes, gramps, I will not step out of this room. I have everything I need here.¡± Jessica Sands said impatiently to her grandpa. ¡°Remember, you¡¯re also not allowed to leave Aunty Hiry¡¯s line of sight. You understand that this is a critical time of your life, right? How many attempts had there been, even after the public executions of the damned puppet of the Golden Lance Company? Fifteen? The universe has nock of idiots and desperados who would brave our defensive measures just to try their luck. You need to makepletely sure you¡¯re safe at ALL times, do you hear?¡± Director Sands nagged at Jessica for the upteenth time that week. ¡°Yes, gramps. Aunty Hiry has never left my side, not even when I went to the bathroom.¡± Jessica sighed. ¡°All is well here. We¡¯re imprenable! I haven¡¯t even used the trump card you gave me!¡± ¡°Good. Keep it that way. Now I have to go and ah. Meet with more people. Talk to youter.¡± Director Sands nodded and cut off themunication feed. ¡°Haiyah! What a long irritating week!¡± Jessica Sandsined to Wu Kong, Jules and Aunty Hiry. ¡°Why don¡¯t the greedy bastards just make up their minds already ande all together at once so I can kill them all with one fabulous forbidden spell?!¡± Chapter 159 ¡°You have a forbidden spell that can kill Emperor level entities?¡± Hiry Sands, affectionately called ¡°Aunt Hills¡± by Jessica, couldn¡¯t help but chuckle in amusement. ¡°Well¡­ If I go all out, and if they don¡¯t use their secret life saving trump cards at the Hegemon power level¡­ Sure. I can.¡± Jessica Sands replied half absent mindedly. She was still feeling pretty frustrated at being nagged on by her grandfather endlessly. He had been checking up on her at least twice a day for the past few days! ¡°Confidence is good. But don¡¯t let it turn into overconfidence. It will be the death of you in a real battle.¡± Aunt Hills chided her lightly. Jessica Sands merely sighed and nodded. She didn¡¯t want to and didn¡¯t have the energy to exin anything to her Aunt Hills. It had been a really boring week for her! Elliot had been holed up in his camp and training nonstop. Having lost her main source of entertainment at around the same time her grandpa became exceedingly naggy made her mood extremely foul. ¡°Well at least Elliot had mastered the first stage of his sword technique.¡± She sighed. ¡°He¡¯ll be able to take on most of the fugitives and Inserts now. Hopefully he¡¯ll meet someone strong soon.¡± ¡°He will. Based on the beast data, somehow all of the beasts in California are powering up rapidly, especially in the area where he is. There are already fifteen new Kings born within the past seven days, and three of them are already close to peak level.¡± Jul¡¯Tarasmented without looking up from her information pad. ¡°There¡¯s a Sludge Viper nest near him with a powerful level 350 ¨C 375 Matirarch that would probably keep him busy for¡­ I dunno. Two minutes? And a Gaboon Swingtail Tribe with a level 375 ¨C 399 Patriarch that would also be a rtively strong threat.¡± ¡°Boring!¡± Jessica dismissed them with a wave of her hands. ¡°Where are the strong ones? Fugitive Kings, Overgeared Inserts and the sort?¡± ¡°For some reason, there are not many fugitives and Inserts in the vicinity. There are only two. Strange. I wonder why. Let me check the deta- Oh. It¡¯s Khalendros and Khellendra.¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned lightly. ¡°Kha- who?¡± Jessica asked. ¡°Khalendros and Khellendra Tempest. Blue Dragons from the Tempest n.¡± Monkey King replied grimly. ¡°Your wish for strong enemies has been granted in full. In fact, more than just full. I don¡¯t think even I can defeat Khalendros, much less Khalendros AND Khellendra together. They must be part of the second wave of Inserts sent specifically to participate in the Battle of Kings.¡± ¡°Really? Can you beat Elliot though?¡± Jessica looked at Monkey King thoughtfully. ¡°Haha!¡± Monkey King couldn¡¯t help but bark out augh. ¡°With one hand, one leg and my eyes closed, I¡¯ll probably take a minute to beat him senseless.¡± ¡°A minute? You¡¯re being modest, Wu Kong.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled at him. ¡°Well, maybe half a minute.¡± Wu Kong grinned back at her. Jessica was frowning deeply at their words, and failed to notice the slight sparks that were gradually forming between the two. ¡°If he¡¯s that much weaker than you, and you can¡¯t defeat even one Khalendros, isn¡¯t he screwed big time?¡± Jessica Sands said worriedly. ¡°Not necessarily. The two dragons don¡¯t seem to be looking for him. They¡¯re just randomly picking fights with strong beasts and fugitives. If Elliot stays away from them for the next few weeks and continue in his speed of improvement¡­ He should be strong enough to at least survive an attack from them and escape. Coupled with your blink skill, his survival should be all but certain.¡± Jul¡¯Taras analyzed. ¡°Which reminds me. When will he get ess to blink? What are the conditions of unlocking your boon?¡± ¡°The secondary boon could only be unlocked at King level and if he activates void energy, of course. Once he gains void energy, the skill would immediately unlock and the rune will instantly be imprinted in his mind.¡± Jessica said. ¡°So not in the near future then. I doubt there are many sources of void energy which he could get his hands on.¡± Wu Kong remarked. ¡°Huh? You think I gave him blink without giving him a source of void energy? Of course I gave him a seed of void energy!¡± Jessica said indignantly. ¡°I don¡¯t do things half-heartedly like that. The seed is in his heart. He can either manually activate it by triggering it with his Fire Dragon Energy, or it will trigger by itself when Elliot is on the brink of death.¡± ¡°Wow. I had heard of your immeasurable talent, but to be able to grant aplex skill such as Blink with a conditional trigger within a Diamond Boon is certainly impressive.¡± Aunt Hillsmented. ¡°Thanks Aunt Hills.¡± Jessica Sands smiled sweetly at her. She didn¡¯t bother to exin that blink was merely a secondary boon. ¡°Oh look. Elliot seemed to have found something. Hohoho, he got himself a Giant Six-Limbed Feral Mole! That¡¯s exactly what he was looking for. Now, let¡¯s see what he¡¯s really up to!¡± Monkey King eximed eagerly. ¡°Oh! That¡¯s the contract. Okay, contracted. Huh? Feral Mole Warrior Beast Transformation? He¡¯s going underground?? Why?¡± Jessica asked in a stunned voice. ¡°He¡¯s going towards the Giant Six-Limbed Feral Mole¡¯s tribe!¡± Jul¡¯Taras eximed. ¡°He wants more moles? What exactly is he looking for that¡¯s underground? Could it be the secret that makes the beasts level up faster than the other regions?¡± ¡°A secret to powering up? That¡¯s really precious.¡± Monkey King frowned. ¡°Jules, can you find out who else is essing Elliot¡¯s data as intensely as we are?¡± ¡°Of course. Give me a moment.¡± Jul¡¯Taras began to tinker with her information pad furiously. ¡°Wait a minute. Didn¡¯t Elliot kill some sort of parasite a few days ago? The one that exploded?¡± Wu Kong frowned. ¡°Could it be a Shadow Parasite?¡± Monkey King asked. At that, Jul¡¯Taras instantly froze in shock. Chapter 160 ¡°Good. Now all of you, go and look for the source that¡¯s making you stronger so quickly. Keep updating me in our public mindspace.¡± Elliot ordered all twenty of his new Giant Six-Limbed Feral Mole tamed beasts. ¡°Make sure you all are going in different directions and depths.¡± ¡°Yes big boss!¡± ¡°Right away, giant, handsome boss!¡± ¡°Your every wish is my lifemand, glorious, handsome boss!¡± ¡°YES BIGGEST, HANDSOM-¡° ¡°Alright, alright I got it. Now go!¡± Elliot sighed deeply in his heart. He had never met such a bunch of shameless asskissers before. He had merely appeared before the tribe in his rtively weak Feral Mole Beast Form and all of the other moles had immediately fawned over him and submitted themselves dly to him. He got his underground search team of twenty three-meter tall moles raring to go within two short minutes of reaching the mole¡¯s nest. ¡°Now that they¡¯re gone in twenty different directions, there¡¯s only one more direction which isn¡¯t covered.¡± Elliot thought to himself as he began digging. ¡°Downwards!¡± However, he had barely traveled five meters when a chorus of shouts rang out in his mindspace. ¡°BOSS! I FOUND IT!¡± Cried an ecstatic mole. ¡°Boss! Me too!¡± ¡°Me too! Me too!¡± ¡°Are you all sure? Don¡¯t just randomly spout nonsense!¡± Elliot reprimanded them sternly. ¡°Nono, boss! It¡¯s real! This is exactly what I ate that made me so powerful and so amazing!¡± Shouted the first mole ecstatically. ¡°And it¡¯s even bigger than the one I ate!¡± ¡°Yes handsome and glorious boss. This is also what I ate that made me strong!¡± Said the second more. ¡°Alright, all three of you. Bring your stuff here.¡± Elliotmanded. ¡°Okay! Here Ie!¡± ¡°Me first!¡± ¡°I¡¯m already here boss! I¡¯m the fastest and the best!¡± Elliot sighed. First Red, now the moles. Why can¡¯t all beasts be as cool and collected like Winter or Frosty? Elliot went back to the tribe¡¯s nest and reverted to his human form. He took out some lighting and stuck it onto the nest¡¯s ceiling. Within a minute, all three moles arrived. ¡°Here boss!¡± The third mole shoved a strange looking bone the size of three fingers onto Elliot¡¯s hand. ¡°A bone?¡± Elliot frowned. ¡°Here¡¯s mine boss!¡± The second mole shoved yet another strange looking bone the size of two fingers to him. ¡°And here¡¯s mine! Look, mine is the biggest!¡± The first mole said proudly as he too shoved a fist sized bone to Elliot. At that moment, more and more moles began to scream excitedly in his mindspace. All of them imed to have found exactly what Elliot was asking them to look for! ¡°Bring them all here.¡± Elliotmanded in a calm voice thatpletely hid the excitement that he was feeling deep within. Within minutes, Elliot was staring at a strange collection of bones. And true enough, with so many gathered, Elliot could distinctly feel that the bones were no ordinary bones. A strange energy and vitality permeated the surrounding of those bones. ¡°Take one and eat, boss! It¡¯s really good!¡± The biggest and most powerful looking mole said to him. Elliot frowned lightly and picked up the smallest bone fragment. He studied it carefully and even sniffed it. But no sense of danger rang out in his soul. It seemed safe to consume. ¡°Might as well try it.¡± Elliot thought and popped the bone into his mouth. Crunch. Crunch. Gulp. At first, nothing happened. But after a few seconds, a strange sensation of being very, very alive and very refreshed bloomed from his stomach and filled his body entirely. Itsted for only three seconds before disappearing. [Unknown Life Energy detected.] [Please consume more to upgrade.] [Current progress: 0.3%] ¡°What??¡± Elliot was so shocked that he actually shouted out loud! ¡°What¡¯s wrong boss? Do you not like the taste, boss? Eat mine boss! Mine is better!¡± A mole immediately responded. ¡°No, don¡¯t eat his. Eat mine boss! Mine is really big and yummy!¡± ¡°Enough. All of you remain silent unless spoken to.¡± Wu Kong¡¯s voice sounded firmly in the public mindspace. ¡°Ye-¡° ¡°I said enough. Silence.¡± Wu Kong repeated himself. And after that, Elliot was able to finally enjoy some silence. ¡°I should have done that earlier.¡± A small part of Elliot thought to himself. However, most of his attention was focused on the small pile of bones that was in front of him. ¡°Go get me all of the bones you can find. I want every single one within a ten kilometer radius.¡± Elliot ordered the moles and waved his hand to get them moving. All of them immediately shot out of the nest without a word and began to look for the bones at full speed. ¡°Red. When you said you have a way to upgrade my system. What method is that?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Oh. Do you want the short answer or the long answer?¡± Red asked. ¡°Short.¡± Elliot immediately said. Only a food would ask Red to give a long answer. ¡°Well¡­ A system is basically an energy aide. It contains a seed of energy and a smart aide to help you develop that energy. Of course some systems like yours are connected to a unique dimension which contains various items and spaces the system can withdraw and give you. To upgrade the system, you simply have to increase the seed energy or introduce a different seed energy which ispatible with the system. Usually the system itself has a predetermined method to upgrade itself. However, even if there isn¡¯t, you can simply consume an energy seed and upgrade the system forcibly. The aide would no longer be able to urately quantify everything, but it doesn¡¯t really matter if you¡¯ve unlocked the system cap, right?¡± ¡°I see. So the energy seed you¡¯re talking about¡­ It¡¯s Life Energy?¡± ¡°Life Energy? No. An Energy Seed is concentrated energy locked within a Seed Rune. I was nning to help you look for a Seed Rune and guide you to make one for yourself. What¡¯s Life Energy? Did you find some?¡± Red replied curiously. ¡°I see.¡± Elliot said as he munched on the bones. ¡°Yeah, I found some. I¡¯ll tell you moreter.¡± [Current progress: 2.1%] Chapter 161 Much to the consternation of Jessica Sands and all of his ever-growing number of fans, Elliot remained underground for a full two days! He was absolutely thrilled and mesmerized by the strange Life Energy that the moles kept bringing him. At first he ate them as soon as they arrived. The slowly but steadily rising progress number was his main focus and a source of joy that grew directly proportional to it. However, after a day of doing nothing but meditating and eating old bones, Elliot was suddenly struck by a thought. ¡°If Life Energy can level up the system, then could it have an impact on my body as well?¡± Elliot wondered aloud. ¡°Hawk, what do you think?¡± [Unknown Life Energy ¨C Unable to estimate impact to human body.] ¡°That¡¯s a really helpful answer, Hawk. Well done.¡± Elliot grumbled sarcastically. [Acknowledged.] Elliot sighed. If that¡¯s the case, then he could only experiment. And if the Unknown Life Energy was so potent, then it should be pretty useful for his physical body as well. The next time a mole brought back an old bone, Elliot told Hawk the AI that the bone isn¡¯t for upgrading the system and gobbled it. After a few short moments, the sensation of being alive and refreshed washed over him once more, and continued to intensify without stopping. His Fire Dragon Energy stirred strongly and began to mix with the Unknown Life Energy. Whoosh. The Fire Dragon Energy burst into life around his right arm and began to glow an intense orange. However, as more and more Unknown Life Energy mixed with the Fire Dragon Energy, the orange glow began to turn pink! Elliot could instinctively feel that the temperature of the pink energy was multiple times higher than the standard Fire Dragon Energy. ¡°My Fire Dragon Energy is evolving! And it feels really, really good!¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Ahh.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but moan lightly! His body was literally ame in pleasure! ¡°Master! Hot! Hot! Here take this!¡± A mole arrived and threw a particrlyrge bone into the nest before escaping as fast as he could. The other moles followed the first mole¡¯s lead, and they began throwing the bones into the nest from a distance before escaping. It was bing extremely hot! Elliot continued to pop all the ancient bones into his mouth, and he waspletely enjoying the sensations of pleasure that apanied his power up. An hour. Two hours passed by. Finally, the moles stoppeding. But Elliot didn¡¯t really notice. He had closed his eyes, and was deeply meditating and exploring the changes that took ce in his body. For starters, all of his Fire Dragon Energy hadpletely changed. It was countless times denser than before, and now burned a deep shade of pink that was bordering on purple. The temperature was so hot that all of the sand found around him turned to ss! And secondly, his Dragon Transformation had progressed. After meditating and digesting the Red Dragon Blood Essence for so long without much progress to show for it, the infusion of the Unknown Life Energy was like a cheat code shoved into the digestion process. The Unknown Life Energybined with the Red Dragon Blood Essence and tripled its size. Additionally, it also made it much easier to digest. Before, Elliot was able to turn his entire right arm up to his shoulders into a powerful and fearsome looking dragon arm. However at that moment, the transformation had spread to his back and his neck, and he could feel the powerful muscles beneath his transformed body just coiling and responding to his will with absolute grace, power and precision. It was like he had gained control of his body for the first time! [Fire Dragon Energy has evolvedpletely.] [Please grant it a new name.] ¡°Wow. My power had qualitatively increased once more.¡± Elliot thought in satisfaction. ¡°And this time, I acquired a power that not even the aliens understand. It¡¯s perfect.¡± ¡°Previously, although I was a special existence on this, I was just an Earthling ying with special toys belonging to the aliens. I was special only inparison to my fellow Earthlings. But now¡­ I can even take the aliens by surprise!¡± ¡°Hawk, call it Purgatory Fire Energy.¡± Elliotmanded. [Acknowledged.] ¡°Damn aliens. I will help you raze this down andplete the job you¡¯ve started. But in return, I want YOURs! Your star systems!¡± Elliot thought to himself with great determination. ¡°Moles! Where are you all? I want more bones!¡± Elliot said in his public mindspace. ¡°Master! We¡¯re around a kilometer away from you. It got too hot for us, so we couldn¡¯t approach!¡± One of the moles immediately replied. ¡°Come back here with all the bones you¡¯ve collected. The fire is out.¡± Elliot said. Within a few minutes, twenty moles appeared before him and dumped a rtively sizeable pile of old bones in front of him. ¡°Very good.¡± Elliot nodded approvingly. ¡°You didn¡¯t eat any of them, I suppose?¡± ¡°NO Master, of course not! These bones make us a bit more powerful, but they don¡¯t make us full. I prefer eating real food, thank you very much.¡± A mole answered him. ¡°Hmm. Very good. Now go and find some more.¡± ¡°There are none left within a ten kilometer radius, Master. If you want more, we have to move.¡± His Purgatory Fire Energy continued to grow until it reached saturation and couldn¡¯t grow anymore. Thereafter, he allowed the system to continue absorbing the Unknown Life Energy. At the end of the second day, Elliot finally burst out of the ground in his human form. His system upgrade had reached 40.2% and he needed to move to a new location to continue his search for more old bones. However, at that moment a cold feminine voice rang out from the skies. ¡°Well, well, well.. I was right. The little mole is actually a human being! How exciting!¡± Chapter 162 ¡°I am a human currently absorbing a Red Dragon Blood Essence.¡± Elliot repliedzily. He had sensed their presence a couple hours back, and he was rather surprised that they had stopped a few hundred meters directly above his position and remained there for the whole two hours. His instincts had red out loudly, telling him that the two of them would be extremely, extremely dangerous foes to fight with. However, he also appreciated the fact that they allowed him to finish whatever he was doing first beforemunicating with him. That gesture alone told him that they were not wild beasts seeking prey to eat. And if they weren¡¯t wild beasts, then they would either be fugitives or Inserts. He doubted that fugitives would bother waiting up in the air for him for two whole hours. So they could only be Inserts. Inserts with a desire tomunicate with a strong being. Knowing that, Elliot had taken his time to finish absorbing all of the old bones first before exiting the ground calmly and with confidence. A whole lot of confidence. Because although his instincts told him that they were dangerous foes, it also told him that they were within his power to deal with. ¡°Hooo. You are very open with your situation. You¡¯re either aplete idiot, or you¡¯re being very carelessly overconfident.¡± The female voice said with an amused voice. ¡°And I do not think that idiots can make it to be as strong as you in this situation. What do you think, Khal? Teach him a lesson?¡± ¡°Toozy. You go ahead if you want to.¡± Khalendros replied. ¡°Fine. Let me check him out.¡± Khellendra said and swooped down to the ground at such great speed that it looked like she blinked! ¡°You have a very strong dragon aura about you too.¡± Elliot said calmly as he gazed at the transcendentally beautiful woman who had appeared before him like an angel descending upon earth. She was dressedpletely in blue. A pretty and slightly revealing blue dress with white trim, as well as blue essories. Even her hair had blue highlights all over, giving her a rather wild but still very gorgeous look. If Elliot had to rate her out of 10, her score would be 100. Her face was perfect. The shape of her breasts, and the curve of her hips¡­ More than perfect. Her entire being screamed of female vitality and even the usually stoic and serious Elliot couldn¡¯t help but be slightly affected. ¡°As I should have.¡± Khellendra chuckled. ¡°I am a Blue Dragon.¡± Elliot blinked once to clear his head of all the inappropriate thoughts that were starting to form, and focused on the fight that was about to go down. ¡°Very nice. Well then. Come.¡± Elliot drew Gilgamar from his sheath and held it very casually with the de pointing diagonally down. It was as though he was asked to spar with someone he actually couldn¡¯t be bothered to spar with. But the power that he exuded with such a simple stance betrayed all of the nonchnce that he tried to portray. Gilgamar shone with muted brilliance, silent and fearsome, but also cold and deadly. His violet-tinged scales on his right hugged his powerful arm with stunning effect, radiating a draconic aura that was both majestic and awful at the same time. ¡°Hoo. Interesting. Now even I feel like giving it a go.¡± Khalendros said as he opened his eyes which were half shut earlier, fully. However, after a second, he closed his eyes once more and remained where he was, standing up high in the sky with his arms folded. ¡°You¡¯re a strange one. But you¡¯re a thousand years too early if you think you can be overconfident against me.¡± Khellendra smiled coldly. And then, she disappeared from her position. CLANG! CLANG! Elliot parried both her frightfully quick w attacks with Gilgamar and instantly countered with a quick thrust of his own. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Khellendra easily blocked his thrust, and unleashed two more quick attacks, which were also easily parried by Elliot! CL-CL-CL-CL-CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG! Their exchange grew faster and faster until the sound of their fight merged together into one long and indistinguishable CLANG! ¡°This is great!¡± Elliot thought as he felt his initially awkward movements grow smoother and smoother, and his transitions from one stance to another be faster and faster. ¡°Truly, no amount of practice canpare to realbat!¡± Khellendra who was actually taking him rather lightly quickly became rmed at his ridiculous growth. She had to exert more and more of her real strength and speed to be able to parry his attacks! It started from merely utilizing 5% of her real strength to nearly 45% within a couple of minutes! If this went on, she might even lose! Khellendra narrowed her eyes lightly and began to take Elliot seriously. ¡°Let¡¯s see how he deals with a full 50% of my power.¡± Khellendra thought to herself. She began to activate several Runes on her arms and infused her attacks with lightning energy. CLAAAANG!!! Their rapid exchange continued at a near blur, this time, each strike from Khellendra sent a sharp burst of lightning energy into Elliot¡¯s arm. Within a few seconds, Elliot¡¯s arm grew slightly numb. ¡°Hmm? Lightning energy? You¡¯re not the only one who can do it!¡± Elliot smirked to himself and began to weave his Purgatory Fire Energy. ¡°Quit ying and test him seriously.¡± Khalendros said with slight impatience in his voice. CLANG! Elliot parried one final quick strike from Khellendra before she leapt back to disengage. ¡°You¡¯re pretty good.¡± Khellendra conceded. ¡°You too.¡± Elliot said earnestly. ¡°Your fighting technique is extremely refreshing.¡± ¡°Refreshing?¡± Khellendra said with augh.. ¡°I believe that this is the first time I¡¯ve received such a unique praise! You¡¯re definitely a newbie in terms of realbat.¡± Chapter 163 ¡°Newbie?¡± Khalendros frowned. ¡°You couldn¡¯t take down a newbie with your Rapid Strike Technique?¡± ¡°No. I couldn¡¯t take down a newbie with my Valiant Strikes Technique.¡± Khellendra replied to her husband with a smile. ¡°WHAT?!¡± Khalendros¡¯s eyes shot wide open in shock. ¡°And not just that, his final strike earlier¡­¡± Khellendra hesitated slightly. ¡°Why did you dissipate your fire attack at thest moment? I clearly felt its horrifying power manifest very slightly.¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t want to hurt you. You two have been very gracious, giving me the time I needed to finish what I was doing.¡± Elliot said with a smile. ¡°Didn¡¯t want to hurt her?¡± Khalendros¡¯ smile turned slightly vicious at that moment. ¡°You truly leave me with no choice but to test you myself!¡± ¡°Go all out.¡± Khalendros said to Elliot when hended on the ground. ¡°That will depend on whether or not you can make me.¡± Elliot replied evenly. ¡°Good! Let this Prince have a taste of the power that gives you the guts to speak that way to me!¡± Khalendros shouted, fully annoyed and irritated by Elliot. Like Khellendra before, he burst forward with such great speed that he looked as though he disappeared from his position. But unlike Khellendra, his w strikes weren¡¯t just fast. They were also exceedingly heavy, and filled to the very brim with ferocious lightning energy which more than numbed Elliot¡¯s arm. Crackle! Crackle! CLANG! CLANG! Every w strike smashed into Gilgamar with the force of a cargo train and released a generous amount of lightning energy which attacked Elliot¡¯s nerves and sought to paralyze him. But Elliot simply used his Purgatory Fire Energy and burned the lightning energy away! Seeing that Khalendros was not holding back his strength, Elliot decided to do the same! He rapidly weaved his Purgatory Fire Energy and executed movement 17 of the Nameless Sword Technique¡¯s First Stage. ¡°The tall mountain is unmovable, and its eruption is unstoppable!¡± KA-BOOM!!! The air around Elliot exploded!! ¡°WHAT?¡± Khalendros and Elliot shouted at the same time. Khalendros lowered his hand which he had used to block the explosion and looked at Elliot incredulously. It was highly natural for him to be shocked by such a sudden and powerful explosion. But why the heck was Elliot shocked as well? And judging by his shout, his shock was no less than Khalendros¡¯! ¡°What was that?¡± Khalendros said as he looked at his badly singed arms. ¡°That¡¯s my secret skill. Why? Scared?¡± Elliot quickly changed his shocked expression into a smirk. ¡°Secret skill my ass! You were as shocked as I was!¡± Khalendros shouted. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re looking for excuses to back out of this fight?¡± Elliot raised his sword and pointed it at Khalendros in a tant move of provocation. ¡°Hmph. You don¡¯t even know what your skill does. Don¡¯t think I¡¯ll let you have the time to get used to it and let you off easy. Take this Vibrant Dragon Strikes!¡± Khalendros snorted and charged at Elliot once more. Elliot calmly re-entered his stance for the 17th movement and immediately executed his attacks. ¡°The Purgatory Fire Energy haspletely changed my power output. Judging by the explosion earlier, I have at least doubled my power! Excellent. I will use this opportunity to test it out and see how much stronger I¡¯ve be!¡± Elliot thought. ¡°Yes. Your new energy is much more powerful than before. I am able to unleash not twice, but thrice as much power as before!¡± Gilgamar intoned in a slightly more excited voice than usual.. ¡°Excellent. Let¡¯s teach this damned dragon a lesson.¡± Elliot grinned slightly as he weaved his energy. Immediately, he could feel nature¡¯s energy responding very enthusiastically! The temperature around Elliot and Gilgamar immediately shot up and¡­ KA-BOOM!!! The air around him exploded with startling force once more! The very air had exploded in response to Elliot¡¯s Purgatory Fire Energy! Wide sh. A thickyer of violet mes covered Gilgamar as it cut through the air towards Khalendros. As it did so, the air around it burst into mes and created a huge trail of fire behind it. Khalendros had no choice but to break his own advance to dodge Elliot¡¯s attack. He had no intention of finding out what would happen to him if he failed to dodge and merely blocked the attack with his arms as he did before. However, Elliot was not done yet. Not by a long shot! He had only begun his 17th movement. Single thrust. Roarrr!!! A huge violet fire dragon vaguely formed around Gilgamar and charged at Khalendros ferociously. After the single thrust, the 17th movement called for a transition into an upward sh which could be easily modified into a parry if need be. But for some reason, Elliot felt that a triple-thrust would be more suitable at that moment. So he ignored the 17th movement¡¯s preset sequence and immediately transitioned into a triple-thrust instead! Grrooooooooooooaaaarrrrrrr!!!!! Another violet fire dragon, much bigger and much more realistic than before coalesced into being around Gilgamar and thundered towards Khalendros! ¡°Interesting!¡± Elliot shouted in exhration. ¡°More!¡± Quadruple thrust! GRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! In front of him, Khalendros had transformed into a mid-sized Blue Dragon and had bitten both violet fire dragons which Elliot had fired off into nothingness. Massive arcs of white-hot electricity crackled around his huge, scaly blue dragonmaw and his giant leathery wings pped lightly, somehow able to keep his magnificent dragon body hovering a few meters off the ground despite not generating much lift. The powerful roar was not just a cry of anger, but it was also a powerful sonic and soul attack that worked extremely effectively to break the concentration of the dragon¡¯s enemies. For a newbie warrior such as Elliot, he didn¡¯t stand a chance. His sequenced attack was immediately broken and nature¡¯s energy around him dissipated without a trace. Elliot had the option of restarting his attacks once more, but sensing that Khalendros wasn¡¯t intending to continue his own attack, Elliot stopped as well. Chapter 164 ¡°You¡¯re a unique one. To think you made me turn into a mini version of myself in order to deal with your attacks.. You qualify.¡± Khalendros said grudgingly. ¡°Qualify for what?¡± Elliot asked him without a single trace of surprise. He knew that the dragons wanted something from him. They wouldn¡¯t have waited so patiently and politely had they merely wanted a good old fight with him. At that, Khalendros waved his w lightly and a blue dome shimmered into existence around them. With that, they were effectively cut off from the continuous monitoring of the Games. ¡°To join us, of course!¡± Khellendra said as she stepped forward. She gently patted Khalendros and he immediately reverted to his human form. ¡°Join you? To what end? You¡¯re an Insert, I am a native. I doubt we even have the same objectives in this cursed game.¡± Elliot said with a tinge of animosity. As polite as they had been, they were still part of therger alienmunity which delivered Earth into its apocalypse! Although they were not directly responsible, Elliot still didn¡¯t like them very much. ¡°Oh rest assured we have the same objectives. For weak natives, sure, their main goal is to just survive. But you¡¯re no longer just a weak native. You¡¯re one of the strongest King level warrior I¡¯ve ever fought. And because of that¡­ You¡¯re ying an entirely different game now!¡± Khellendra said with a smile. ¡°Hmmm. Interesting. Tell me more.¡± Elliot said. ¡°The Gaming Commission had made Earth into a Battle of Kings. Now, Kings walk the and are free to do as they please. You probably know that, right?¡± Khellendra said. ¡°Of course.¡± Elliot nodded. ¡°What you probably don¡¯t know is that, the Battle of Kings is not referring to having Kings walk the. Not in the very least. The Battle of Kings refer to¡­ a series of games between the strongest Kings for the rights of Earth!¡± ¡°The rights to Earth?¡± Elliot said in surprise. However, surprise quickly turned to outright anger. ¡°So they¡¯re not content with just toying with us human beings, but they want to give away the entire as a form of prize? Who gave them the right to do so?!¡± Elliot bristled at the preposterousness of it all. ¡°I am surprised you¡¯re still feeling this way.¡± Khalendros said. ¡°You know very well that it¡¯s not who, but WHAT gave them the right to do so.¡± ¡°And? What exactly is that?¡± ¡°Might.¡± Khalendros said very simply. ¡°Their might, and their power gave them the right to give Earth away. That, and apleteck of fighters from Earth to challenge them, of course.¡± ¡°Indeed.¡± Khellendra agreed softly. ¡°Many long years ago, we were like you too. Our was turned into ¡°The Blue Dragon Games¡±. Many of our n members died.¡± ¡°What? Even Dragons were not spared from the Games?¡± Elliot asked incredulously. ¡°Spared? Ha!¡± Khalendros barked out augh of derision. ¡°On the contrary,s with powerful lifeforms are extremely popr. I think our Blue Dragon Games still holds the millennial record for the highest amount of revenue generated. ¡°But don¡¯t you have other dragon allies? Like the Red Dragons and the rest. Surely they wouldn¡¯t just stand on one side and let the Blue Dragons take the fall!¡± Elliot said. Khalendros stared at Elliot and frowned. ¡°He¡¯s such a little boy.¡± Khalendros muttered to Khellendra. ¡°As we were, a long time ago.¡± Khellendra said gently to him. ¡°That¡¯s definitely true.¡± Khalendros sighed. ¡°I see.¡± Elliot nodded in understanding. He could sense that she wasn¡¯t lying at all. And his instincts told him that they disdained lies. Dragons have no need nor desire to lie. ¡°Our Blue Dragon, Tempus, was invaded almost two hundred years ago by the Gaming Commission. All of our allies disappeared that day, and The Blue Dragon Games ¨C Path of the Emperor, was initiated. Our parents-¡° ¡°Our parents, and almost every single Blue Dragon elder died in the following six months of Games because they were too weak.¡± Khalendros finished his mate¡¯s sentence harshly. Elliot turned to Khalendros and looked at him with a grave look on his face. ¡°I understand¡­ Why do you want me to join you? What is your purpose in trying to win Earth?¡± Elliot asked him. ¡°We want a new home for our n.¡± Khalendros said quietly. ¡°Join us, and we¡¯ll share this. At this point, the is too big for you humans anyway.¡± Khellendra added. ¡°Share? You dragons can kill human beings with a single spell. What¡¯s there to share? If I help you win this, this will be like a yground before you and your kind¡¯s unparalleled-¡° ¡°There are only one hundred of us left.¡± Khalendros interrupted Elliot. ¡°Dragons do not reproduce very fast. It¡¯ll take us a thousand years just to bring our numbers back to over a thousand.¡± ¡°You will be too weak to assault us, and we couldn¡¯t be bothered to deal with you. We¡¯ll have peace for many long years.¡± Khellendra said. ¡°Peace that will eventually be destroyed. Human beings will never ept not being the overlords of the.¡± Elliot said stubbornly. ¡°Problems for the next generations to deal with. Why bother with future problems when we have bigger problems to deal with now? As I see it, you need us as much as we need you. If any other power wins this, they will turn all of the remaining human beings into a ve force.¡± Khalendros said slightly impatiently. ¡°It¡¯s the same case for you. You can¡¯t ally with anybody else except the natives of this. And I doubt you¡¯ll find any human beings with even a fraction of my power.¡± Elliot immediately shot back. ¡°I can coerce fugitives to join me. They won¡¯t be as motivated as you, but the rewards I promise them will be sufficient to assure their participation.¡± Khalendros red at Elliot. Elliot nodded as he conceded the point. But he still had one more very important question to ask. ¡°Do you represent the rest of your n?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°I don¡¯t want to make a deal with you, and then get nothing in return because your boss disagrees.¡± Khalendros snorted with irritation at Elliot¡¯s questions. In his mind, he was doing Elliot a great favor! And yet, he still had the gall to be so long winded! Chapter 165 ¡°No. We have one elder left alive in our Tempest n. She makes all of the decisions for us. Our mission here was also under her directive. I understand your worries, and I can assure you that they are all unfounded. Our elder, Khria the Blue Lightning, has no desire to do unto you what was done unto us. We just want a ce we can call home once more.¡± Khellendra touched Khalendros¡¯ arm to calm him down as she answered Elliot. ¡°Ok, let¡¯s say I agree to join you both. What next?¡± Elliot asked. At that, Khellendra nced at Khalendros, who hesitated for a while before nodding. ¡°We hunt for Game Token Fragments next. There are thousands of such fragments spread across the entire world. We need to form fiveplete Game Tokens to qualify for the final Battle of Kings. After which, at the final month of the Games, we will begin a series of unique games to determine the final winner of the.¡± Khellendra exined. ¡°Five?¡± ¡°Yes. Five is the minimum number. That¡¯s why we are looking for teammates. You need us if you want to even have a chance to participate in the final Games. Join us.¡± Khellendra urged him again. Elliot smiled at them both and shook his head lightly. ¡°You¡¯repletely wrong. I do not need you both if I want to participate in the final Games. I can field my own team of five.¡± A heavy silence filled the air as the two dragons frowned at Elliot¡¯s words. ¡°What do you mean?¡¯ Khellendra demanded as she folded her arms under her ample breasts. Her breath was starting toe faster, and the rise and fall of herrge chest was quite a distraction for Elliot. At eighteen years old, Elliot was still a virgin, and he had never seen someone as perfect and as sensual as Khellendra. As a dragon in human form, Khellendra was the image of human perfection. Her incredible strength coupled with her apparent vulnerability at that moment served as a powerful force that stirred Elliot¡¯s heart and attracted him deeply. He couldn¡¯t help but be affected by her. A strange feeling of hunger and lust was beginning to form in his body. Elliot closed his eyes to clear any unnecessary thoughts and focused on the line of thought he was following earlier. ¡°Folding her arms. Right.¡± She might not be aware, but Elliot understood her bodynguage and immediately realized that Khellendra was extremely disappointed. The folding of one¡¯s arms was a subconscious act by the mind during a time of pressure, an act which ces a barrier in between the body and whatever the person was dealing with. Human beings do that when they are feeling a need to be protected. Being dragons, of course they had no idea about all these human bodynguage and their deeper meanings. But Elliot did. ¡°These two dragons seem rather young. They may know much, much more about the Universe than I do. But they aren¡¯t very skilled in dealing with tricky situations like this.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Their aura indicates that they are adolescent Blue Dragons.¡± Gilgamar said. ¡°Adolescent? How old is an adolescent dragon?¡± Elliot asked Gilgamar curiously. ¡°By the way you measure days here on this, probably around a hundred thousand days.¡± ¡°That¡¯s¡­ really old. Around three hundred years old. Why are they still so weak? They¡¯re still at the King level!¡± Elliot asked again. ¡°Dragon energy is much more powerful than normal energy. The Fire Dragon Energy which you wield is stronger than normal Fire Energy by at least a factor of ten. And being so powerful, it has its own drawback. A cost, if you will, to make it fair. It takes a much longer time for Dragon energy to advance qualitatively.¡± Gilgamar exined. ¡°Qualitative energy advancement? What¡¯s that?¡± But before Gilgamar could answer¡­ ¡°Well?¡± Khellendra raised her voice slightly. Her disappointment was deep, and it was starting to transition into irritation. ¡°Tell meter, Gilgamar.¡± Elliot quickly put his sword away. ¡°Ah. Sorry, I was distracted for a moment. Yes, as I said, I can field my own five members. I am a Beast Master, and I have powerful beasts which I can summon.¡± Elliot said. Disappointment and even a slight trace of desperation shed in Khellendra¡¯s eyes as she struggled to maintain a straight face. Khalendros didn¡¯t even fall into disappointment. He bypassed that altogether and instead began to snarl in anger. ¡°HOWEVER.¡± Elliot interrupted Khalendros before he could proim what was definitely his intention to kill him. ¡°I am quite agreeable to your proposal. The two of you are extremely powerful, and it would definitely raise my chances of seeding. We just need to discuss the terms of our cooperation first.¡± ¡°State your intentions clearly!¡± Khalendros growled at Elliot¡¯s words.. ¡°Stop beating around the bush like a god damned snake! Are you or are you not intending to join us?!¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Khellendra blinked once in confusion. ¡°So¡­ You¡¯re agreeing to join us?¡± ¡°See, that¡¯s exactly what I want to discuss. I am not JOINING you. If I get involved, it will not be as a subordinate, or someone who¡¯s following your lead. This is my, and I am not letting anybody make my decisions regarding my actions to save it.¡± Elliot said firmly. Khellendra¡¯s very obvious disappointment melted away into a profound expression of joy and excitement at Elliot¡¯s words. ¡°You¡¯re agreeing to join us!¡± Khellendra said excitedly. ¡°I am not agreeing to JOIN you. I am agreeing to discuss our terms of cooperation!¡± Elliot repeated himself, frowning slightly at Khellendra¡¯s tant disregard of the point he was trying to make.. But Khellendra wasn¡¯t listening anymore. ¡°We finally have a chance to find a new home for our n!¡± Khellendra turned to Khalendros, grabbed his hands and did a cute little jig right there and then. Both Khalendros and Elliot could only watch her dance helplessly for a moment and both males couldn¡¯t help but be drawn by the allure of her jiggling breasts. ¡°Uhhhhhhh. Should we¡­ Discuss about the terms of cooperation?¡± Elliot said slowly as he forced his eyes to look away from Khellendra and sternly admonished his brain to focus on the issue at hand. ¡°Uhh. Yes, we should discuss the jiggling- ah, I mean, the terms of our¡­ body. No, breasts.. NO! TEAMWORK! I MEAN TEAMWORK!¡± Khalendros roared in embarrassment. ¡°What is wrong with this human body? It¡¯s affecting my mind and my ability to think!¡± Chapter 166 Elliot chuckled. ¡°Calm down, Khellendra. Stop overreacting! It¡¯s just adding one weak little member into our group.¡± Khalendros said as he ced his hands on her shoulders to stop Khellendra¡¯s little jig. ¡°He¡¯s a Beast Master, right? Having him in our group is like having a bunch of beasts too! We¡¯re going to have a new home. We¡¯re finally going to have a new home! Khal, it¡¯s perfect!¡± Khellendra¡¯s excitement was so strong that not even Khalendros was able to calm her down. ¡°Are your n members still on your home? Why are you so desperate for a new?¡± Elliot asked curiously. At the mention of their home, however,Khellendra¡¯s excitement evaporated. Just like that, she went from ecstatic to half-depressed in a matter of milliseconds. She stopped her little dance and sighed deeply. ¡°Our n members are currently guests on another Blue Dragon n¡¯s, Typhoon II. Due to¡­ some reasons, we would like to move out as soon as possible.¡± Khellendra said. ¡°I see.¡± Elliot nodded and wisely refrained from asking more questions on the apparently rather sensitive topic. ¡°Let¡¯s get started. What do you want to talk about?¡± Khalendros said bluntly. ¡°Right. Well, shall we begin our negotiation? IF we work together, and we seed, I want thendmass that we¡¯re in right now, and every single inch of ground connected to it.¡± Elliot began. ¡°Agreed.¡± Khalendros said without hesitation. He had studied the before joining the Battle of Kings, and had purposely chosen the smallerndmass out of the two majorndmasses to begin his mission. ¡°We¡¯ll share the oceans. Anything within ten kilometers of our coast will belong to us. If the distance between our coasts is less than twenty kilometers, then we¡¯ll split it in half.¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± Khalendros nodded again. ¡°We will aid each other with maximum effort if our part of thees under attack.¡± ¡°No. I don¡¯t have the authority to agree on that. But rest assured that I will try and persuade Khria to agree to that. Worst case scenario, Khellendra and I will personally go and aid you if such a day arrives.¡± Khalendros said. ¡°Fair enough.¡± Elliot nodded. ¡°In principle, I want our two races to be at peace and to respect each other. We¡¯ll base the rest of the details of our agreement on these two things. Do you agree?¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± Khalendros said. ¡°Finally and most importantly, I need both your help to rescue my sister. An Emperor level beast had kidnapped her, and asked me to seek him out as soon as I be strong enough to defeat him.¡± Elliot said with an emotionless voice. But a dense and feral killing intent began to radiate powerfully from him. ¡°Agreed.¡± Khalendros said without missing a beat. He knew that there was no room for negotiation for that final point. ¡°Good. Do you have any requests from your side?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°If we end up winning this, Khaleria will negotiate with your¡¯s representatives. Of course what we discussed here will be the base starting point. And that¡¯s assuming you¡¯re the strongest human alive at the end of the games.¡± Khalendros said with augh. ¡°You know that all of the points we agreed upon are meaningless if you are not the strongest human and if you do notmand your fellow men and women, right?¡± ¡°I understand. If there¡¯s another human being stronger than me, feel free to negotiate with him or her.¡± Elliot chuckled. He absolutely didn¡¯t believe that there was another human being that could rival his existence on earth! ¡°Good. Let¡¯s seal the deal.¡± Khalendros shed his palm casually and held it out. Elliot did the same, and they shook hands on it. Immediately, the details of their rough agreement appeared and took root in their souls. Additionally, a mindspace also descended upon them! ¡°Hmmm? What¡¯s this?¡± Khalendros asked in surprise through their shared mindspace. ¡°This is a connection between you and me that my power created if there was an exchange of blood. Usually, I negotiate with my untamed beasts here to decide whether or not they want to be my tamed beast.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Interesting. What a convenient power.¡± Khalendros said in fascination. ¡°Hey, do you want to sign a contract with me? You will gain a whole lot of strength if you sign, and you¡¯ll even get a unique skill.¡± Elliot offered Khalendros with augh, fully expecting to be t out rejected. However, to his absolute shock, Khalendros remained silent at his words and actually began to consider it very seriously. Elliot¡¯s physical mouth twitched slightly as his mental jaw droppedpletely to the mental ground. ¡°He is actually considering it???¡± He shouted to himself. ¡°How much strength are we talking about here?¡± Khalendros asked Elliot quietly. ¡°Uhhhh¡­ Hold on. Let me take a look at your stats.¡± Elliot said hastily. Beast Type: Blue Dragon Gender: Male Beast Level: 399 Beast Power Level: 429 Beast Grade: Origin Beast Bloodline: Blue Dragon Celestial Beast Physical Status: Healthy Beast Emotional Status: Healthy Hobby: Unknown Evolution Pathways: Unknown Skills: UNKNOWN AI Comments: A powerful pure-blood offspring of a Blue Dragon Celestial. Limited information avable in database. ¡°You¡¯re an Origin Grade being?¡± Elliot asked in shock. ¡°I am a pure blooded Blue Dragon.¡± Khalendros said calmly. ¡°All Chromatic and Metallic dragons are Origin Grade beings.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes shed in excitement at the thought of having such a powerful beast as his Beast Apostle! ¡°Red! Hawk! If I upgrade my system, can I make an Origin Grade beast into my Beast Apostle?¡± Elliot shouted to the both of them. [Affirmative. With the Life Energy you¡¯re using to upgrade the system, you¡¯ll be able to sign contracts with beasts up to the Primeval Grade.] ¡°How would I know? You didn¡¯t tell me what sort of energy seed you¡¯re using to upgrade the system! Do you think I am an all-knowing omnipotent being? I know I look like one, but I-¡° ¡°Ok Red thank you.¡± Elliot said and promptly muted him. ¡°I can¡¯t sign a contract with you now.¡± Elliot told Khalendros.. ¡°But if you¡¯re willing to wait for a day or two, I will be able to do it then.¡± Chapter 167 ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter when. I just need to know how much stronger I¡¯ll be.¡± Khalendros said calmly. ¡°I¡¯ll sign any contract if you can give me the power I need to cross into Emperor level. In fact, I believe Khellendra will do that too. However, we will only ept temporary contracts.¡± ¡°Hawk, can we break Beast Apostle Contracts?¡± Elliot asked Hawk the AI immediately. [Affirmative.] [Beast Apostles will automatically gain freedom once they reach Celestial Level.] [There are no contracts strong enough to bind Celestial Beings at this moment.] ¡°Can we break them in a year or two? Or rather, can we make temporary contracts?¡± Elliot phrased the question in a different way. [Affirmative. However, breaking an Apostle Contract while it is still in force will cause a major blowback to both parties.] ¡°What sort of blowback?¡± [Depending on how long the contract had been signed and how much benefits had been exchanged between the Beast Apostle and the Beast Master, the blowback could range between 25% to 75% soul damage.] [All previously gained stats and personal aplishments, however, would remain untouched.] [It is highly rmended that both parties adhere to the contract.] ¡°I understand.¡± Elliot said. The system rarely gave out rmendations without Elliot asking for it. For it to do so must be extremely serious. ¡°I don¡¯t know what sort of strength you need to help you cross into Emperor level, but my previous Apostles gained at least 50% of my power after they signed. If that¡¯s not enough, you¡¯ll keep gaining a portion of my strength whenever I level up. However, the contract would not be temporary. If you sign it, we¡¯ll be linked for life.¡± Elliot said frankly. Khalendros¡¯ eyes clouded lightly when he heard that the contract would be for life. He had been stuck at the Emperor level bottleneck for many, many years. No matter what he did and how hard he tried to cultivate, he couldn¡¯t progress even a single iota of power! And now, a ridiculously simple method to power up by a huge margin was right in front of him¡­ But at the cost of his freedom! ¡°That¡¯s a really long handshake.¡± Khellendramented with augh from the side. Herughter tinkled like the voice of an angel, and caused Elliot to wonder if there was even anything about her that wasn¡¯t perfect. ¡°He is able to grant us strength if we sign a Beast Apostle Contract with him. At least fifty percent of the power he wields right now. ¡± Khalendros told Khellendra without hesitation as he withdrew his hand. ¡°A Beast Apostle contract? So we¡¯re basically signing away our freedom in exchange for power?¡± Khellendraughed again as though she had just heard a joke. ¡°That¡¯s not something I would even dream of considering.¡± Khalendros remained silent. His brow furrowed even deeper as he weighed the pros and cons. ¡°Uhh. I¡¯ll give you two some space.¡± Elliot said awkwardly and walked away. He had no wish to bear witness to a couple¡¯s fight! Within a few seconds, Elliot was out of the barrier which Khalendros had set up. ¡°Moles, go and bring me your cousins and friends.¡± Elliotmanded as soon as he was out. ¡°I want at least fifty more!¡± ¡°Yes boss!¡± ¡°Right away, handsome boss!¡± With that, Elliot sat down outside the barrier and began to converse with Gilgamar about the advancement of dragons. ¡°As I said before, Dragon Energy is much more powerful than normal energy. They are also many times more difficult to advance qualitatively. A qualitative advancement of energy is required in order to begin the process of entering Emperor level.¡± Gilgamar began. ¡°The energy that beings below Emperor level wield can be considered as the Gaseous State. They are not dense and when formed into runes and spells, the effect that they give out can be considered as weak. However, sometime during King level, most beings will undergo energy advancement. This is when their Gaseous Energy turn into Liquid Energy. Now this is just an illustration, do not take it too seriously.¡± ¡°Understood. Go on.¡± ¡°After advancing gaseous energy into liquid energy, one would be considered to have reached the Peak of King level. This is the level that both Blue Dragons have reached. If they were to fight all out, their liquid state energy would definitely overwhelm your Purgatory Fire Energy. It would be difficult for them to kill you, but defeating you would be rtively easy.¡± Elliot nodded. After seeing how easily Khalendros¡¯ mini Dragon Form broke his attack, he totally believed Gilgamar. ¡°Anyway, advancing into the Emperor level is an extremely dangerous process. It entails the formation of what many people call the River of Runes within your body.¡± Gilgamar intoned. ¡°River of Runes? Please borate.¡± Elliot immediately said. He was definitely intrigued by the process he would have to go through in the near future to be an Emperor. ¡°Very simply, A River of Runes is permanently imprinting a series of Runes into your body¡¯s energy pathways. The more Runes you imprint, and the more powerful Runes you pick to imprint, the stronger you will be as an Emperor. If you want to simply be an Emperor, you can just imprint exactly one thousand runes. Once you finish that, your energy pathway will evolve irreversibly into a River of Runes. However, if you want a perfect breakthrough, then you will have to imprint as many runes as your body can handle, and in factors of ten. So that means at minimum, you need one thousand runes. Or you can imprint ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, and so on. That number is different for everybody. As you can see, it gets progressively harder. Just for your information, Tyrius imprinted one hundred thousand runes.¡± Gilgamar said rather proudly. ¡°Ugh. No wonder he¡¯s stuck at King level for so many years! Imprinting a thousand runes sounds ridiculously difficult. I can¡¯t even draw a single one right!¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°It takes time and practice. And if you want to be the strongest Emperor that you can be, then you¡¯ll also need to have ess to the right runes, the right guidance on the sequence to imprint those runes as well as the supporting medicines and natural treasures to help you live through the ordeal. You will only have one chance to imprint those runes on your energy pathway. Once you fail, the energy pathway will no longer be responsive, and you will forever lose your chance to advance into the Emperor level.¡± Elliot blinked and sighed deeply. The path to the pinnacle of power truly is long and difficult! Chapter 168 ¡°Khal, you can¡¯t be thinking of signing that contract, are you? It¡¯s our freedom we¡¯re talking about here!¡± Khellendra eximed softly as she finally realized that her husband was actually seriously considering it. ¡°Lendra¡­ You¡¯ve just reached the Apex of King level recently, and you haven¡¯t struggled against the bottleneck for as long as I have.¡± Khalendros sighed deeply. ¡°After so many years of pointless struggling, I¡¯ve grown to realize one simple fact.¡± Khalendros looked deep into Khellendra¡¯s beautiful eyes and said very seriously. ¡°For us, freedom without power, is no freedom at all.¡± Khellendra remained silent as she considered Khalendros¡¯ words. ¡°Without power, having as many treasures as we have is a crime punishable by death.¡± Khalendros said sadly. ¡°The Tempest n is barely clinging on to life by hiding behind the Typhoon n. But they¡¯re bing greedier and greedier. You know just how much they asked Khaleria to pay just for another year¡¯s worth of ¡°protection and rent¡± right?¡± ¡°Signing away your freedom will not solve the Tempest n¡¯s problems.¡± Khellendra said gently as she stretched out her hand to hold Khalendros¡¯. Khalendros shook his head. ¡°One more Emperor is one more able hand in a sinking ship.¡± He said softly. ¡°We will need all hands on deck, and then some more when the Typhoon n sheds all pretenses and outright demands for us to hand over our treasures.¡± ¡°That might not happen. If we¡¯re able to win a new home, you won¡¯t even need to breakthrough into Emperor level right now. Our n can leave Typhoon II as soon as the year is over. You can take your time and gather all the materials you require for a simple breakthrough. Let us focus on that, alright?¡± Khellendra said with pleading eyes. Khalendros and Khellendra simply looked at each other quietly for a few moments, just connecting and calibrating their emotions as each tried to understand the other¡¯s point of view. Whenever heavy topics arise, and they have disagreements about specific issues, their main goal formunication had always been to fervently try and understand each other instead of pushing and fighting for their own agenda. And because of that, their bond as husband and wife had been impressively strong. ¡°I will postpone my decision and think about it some more.¡± Khalendros finally said with a smile. ¡°There is no rush to make this decision. Let us consider every aspect first.¡± Khellendra nodded. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s go get that boy. We¡¯ll need to help him and his beasts level up and reach their maximum potential by the end of this year.¡± Khalendros waved his hand and extended his domed barrier to swallow Elliot in it. Elliot turned to look at them both in surprise. ¡°You¡¯re done discussing it? What¡¯s your decision?¡± ¡°We¡¯re postponing our decision.¡± Khalendros said. ¡°Not a problem. Just let me know if you decide to sign the contract.¡± ¡°Alright. My name is Khalendros Tempest, and this is my wife, Khellendra Tempest. What is your name, human?¡± Khalendros said to Elliot and made a formal introduction. ¡°My name is Elliot Musk. Nice to meet you both.¡± Elliot said politely. ¡°Likewise. So tell me, Elliot, now that we¡¯re allies. How did you be so powerful? We¡¯ve been to several games, and we had never met a native who is able to power up as much as you did, and in less than a month!¡± Khellendra asked curiously. ¡°I got lucky I guess. I received a very powerful boon that made me into a Beast Master. And then I won the recent Battle Royale and got a drop of Red Dragon Blood Essence. I even got a Sentient Weapon.¡± Elliot drew Gilgamar out of his sheath. As if realizing that he was being shown, Gilgamar began to glow slightly. ¡°It¡¯s a beautiful sword.¡± Khellendra smiled politely. ¡°If I had to remain in human form permanently, I¡¯d want one just like that!¡± Elliot chuckled at her words. He could sense that Khellendra¡¯s attitude towards him had be slightly guarded after their short discussion. ¡°She probably didn¡¯t appreciate the fact that I made the offer to Khalendros. But her likes and dislikes are the least of my worries right now. I need power, and I¡¯ll be damned if I don¡¯t try to sign a powerful, full-fledged dragon to be my Beast Apostle!¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°You¡¯re extremely lucky. And beyond talented.¡± Khalendros said seriously. ¡°Receiving the boons and the rewards is one thing. But for you to be able to unleash such tremendous fire attacks simply means that you¡¯ve mastered extremely powerful and advanced Red Dragon skills.¡± ¡°I am what I am. In this apocalypse and my quest for vengeance, I need to give it my all. I¡¯m sure you understand.¡± Elliot nodded without a trace of embarrassment. He didn¡¯t want to reveal the existence of the Life Energy bones, so he had no choice but to say such shameless words! ¡°Still, the fire attacks felt a little different from the fire attacks that Red Dragons have.¡± Khellendra remarked thoughtfully. ¡°Yours is¡­ much stronger and much more intense.¡± ¡°Does it matter? I work with the tools I am given.¡± Elliot shrugged off her words. ¡°Anyway, I think we should split up to look for the token fragments that you mentioned. It¡¯ll be better if we can get fiveplete tokens as soon as possible. Once we have the five tokens, I would like us to initiate a rescue mission to save my sister.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll save her, don¡¯t worry.¡± Khellendra said gently. ¡°Thank you.¡± Elliot smiled gratefully at her. ¡°It means a lot to me.¡± ¡°Save the polite talk forter. Your beasts seem to have attracted unwanted attention.¡± Khalendros snorted as he undid his domed barrier. ¡°Look!¡± Elliot turned to look at the direction where Khalendros was pointing at. True enough, a vast pack of flying bird-like beasts had taken to the skies and were diving down periodically to attack something. Somethings. ¡°MAAAASTERR!! HEELLPPPPPPP!!!!¡± ¡°MASTERRR!!! THEY¡¯VE SERIOUSLY INJURED MALONEY AND MOLONA!! HELPPP!!¡± Came the cries for help. ¡°Let me handle it..¡± Elliot told the two dragons calmly. Chapter 169 ¡°They¡¯re all yours, Elliot.¡± Khellendra said warmly, as though she was giving Elliot a huge present. And as it was, it was not too far from what was about to happen. For Elliot, killing those birds and getting XP as well as their beast cores WAS as good as a present. Plus, if his luck holds, he might end up with a huge bunch of powerful birds as tamed beasts. ¡°White Dragon Warrior Beast Form.¡± Elliot said softly as he morphed into arge and striking white dragon. With a p of his powerful wings, Elliot took to the skies and burst forward with startling eleration. ¡°MASTER!! HELPP!!!¡± The moles wailed as more and more of their brethren got injured by the bird-like beasts. Although the beasts weren¡¯t particrly strong, there were too many of them, and the moles couldn¡¯t block all of their dive attacks. ¡°Why the heck aren¡¯t you diving underground to avoid the birds?¡± Elliot demanded. ¡°And how in the world did you manage to piss off an entire tribe of birds? You were all supposed to be searching underground!¡± ¡°ICE BEAM!¡± Elliot fired off a powerful beam of ice energy at the birds and slowly dragged his attack across the entire breadth of the birds¡¯ formation. Immediately tens of birds fell down to the ground,pletely frozen. However, hundreds more remained. ¡°MASTER! We raided their nest! We got the biggest seeds that we had ever seen! That¡¯s why we can¡¯t dig, our hands are full!¡± Cried a mole running at the front of the pack. True enough, Elliot saw them all clutching huge seeds the size of human heads on their front ws! ¡°Good! Good job!¡± Elliot praised them heartily. ¡°I will reward you all abundantly for your dedication! Red! Come over and help me deal with a bunch of birds! Once you¡¯re done, pick a few of them to help found your n!¡± Elliot immediately used his Summon Apostle skill and got Red to join him. ¡°Okay! I am having difficulty finding strong bird beasts to be the backbone of my n. Sigh, starting a n is certainly not easy. You wouldn¡¯t understand what I have to go through, pip. The things that I have to do to make sure- Whoa. Nice birds! They look like descendents of the Blue Luan. These are exactly what I need!¡± Red shouted excitedly when he saw the huge flock of birds. Their feathers were thick and slightly bluish in colour, and their necks were rtively longpared to normal birds. Their feet were as long as a stork¡¯s, but ended with vicious ws like a Raptor. But the most impressive of all were their beaks which were as long as a sword and looked just as strong. If by itself, the bird would look regal and beautiful. But in a big flock like the one before them, they looked absolutely horrifying. There were like a flying blue mass of sharp beaks and ws! No wonder the moles were seriously injured. ¡°Go ahead, go crazy.¡± Elliot said dryly to him. ¡°These are all young and weak. We need to find their nest and look for their Matriarch. Now, I¡¯ll wager THAT one would be worth the effort to catch. She¡¯ll be the perfect breeding machine for my new n!¡± Red said. ¡°Enough talking. Let¡¯s wipe them out first.¡± Elliot said and fired off another giant ice beam on the flock of birds. Red quickly disappeared from his position as heunched into the fight with great enthusiasm. Rapidly, whole birds began to explode into gruesome pieces in front of Elliot. SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! Red¡¯s terrifying transport/fighter ripped through the flock of birds like a sadistic God of Body Explosion. Blue feathers soggy with red blood and red clumps of meat began to fly in all directions. Legs, necks and beaks began to litter the ground. ¡°HORRAY! ALL HAIL MASTER! ALL HAIL BIG BROTHER RED!¡± The moles began to cheer. ¡°Hahahaha! Thank you, thank you my brothers in arms. It is my pleasure to save you!¡± Red cackled with glee as he continued to ruthlessly rip the birds into pieces. ¡°In the future, don¡¯t forget to show your appreciation by bringing me gifts, alright?¡± ¡°Of course! We will bring you lots of gifts! Lots of food! Lots of treasure!¡± The moles cried out. ¡°Good! Good!¡± Red eximed happily. Elliot could only chuckle. With Red doing the heavy lifting, there was literally nothing he could do. ¡°Moles. Give me the loot.¡± Elliot said as hended near the moles. He quickly took out several beast full restore potions and healed the seriously injured ones. ¡°ALL HAIL MASTER! MIRACLE WORKER! BLESSED HEALER!¡± The moles cried out passionately. ¡°Enough.¡± Elliot rolled his eyes. ¡°Where exactly are their nests? ¡°Around a kilometer ahead, we didn¡¯t manage to go far before we sensed the presence of so manyrge seeds.¡± Arge mole who was their designated leader said. ¡°Did you get all the seeds?¡± Elliot asked as he took and stored the seeds into his dimensional storage. ¡°No. We only managed to raid the outer nest. There are still many nests within the wooded hills ahead!¡± The mole replied. ¡°Master, are you nning to raid all of their nests?¡± ¡°Of course! You all did a great job. Go and look for more moles, or more seeds. Do not raid the seeds if they¡¯re guarded by other beasts. I won¡¯t have enough manpower to save all of you!¡± Elliot told the moles sternly. ¡°Understood Master! We will take our leave! We will get all of our brothers and sisters in this region to join you, O blessed healer! Wonderful miracle worker!¡± The moles shouted a few more phrases of adtion before they quickly disappeared. Along with a huge stash of Life Energy Seeds! Chapter 170 After absorbing so many Life Energy seeds, Elliot had developed a sensitivity to the unique Life Energy. As soon as he reached the peripheries of the wooded area, he immediately sensed a resonance of sorts. A very, very strong resonance. ¡°There are a lot of Life Energy seeds within the wooded area!¡± Elliot eximed joyfully. ¡°I will definitely be able to upgrade my system with this harvest. Hohoho. Lucky should be my middle name!¡± Elliot swooped into the mini forest fearlessly like the powerful King level fighter that he was. He quickly approached a spot where his resonance of the Life Energy was indicating arge stash of seeds. Crash! He smashed through the undergrowth and just brute forced his way to the nest. ¡°Here we are! Seeds! Come to lucky dadd- huh??¡± Elliot was about to let out his victorious cry when the sight that greeted him filled him with shock. ¡°They are not seeds but¡­ Baby birds?!¡± Elliot gaped in suprise before a powerful realization struck him and left his mind reeling in disappointment. ¡°The damned birds had eaten all the seeds and had passed on the power of the seeds to their offspring!!¡± He cried out in frustration. He turned around in the direction of the remaining resonance which he was feeling despite the thickness of the forest. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that all of the seeds are all eaten?! I need to go check!¡± Elliot thought. But before he could leave, the little birds began to all yell at him. Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! The five cute little birds chirped loudly at Elliot. They could sense that Elliot felt really familiar due to his abundance of Life Energy, and they were shamelessly shouting out for him to bring them food. Lots of food. Elliot hesitated for a moment, and then scooped them all up. ¡°You¡¯reing with me. I will introduce you to a handsome little bird called Red, ok? I hope you¡¯re all girls though. Haha.¡± He quickly nicked their little wings and felt their mindspaces form within him. ¡°Sign these, and I¡¯ll give you lots of food! Lots and lots of food!¡± Elliot told them. The little baby birds werepletely innocent and naive, and Elliot was soon flying off in search for the next nest with five new tamed beasts squawking within his beast storage. ¡°Here we are. Please don¡¯t let it be baby birds. Please don¡¯t let it be baby birds. Please- Damn it!! More birds!!¡± Elliot cursed vehemently. He made them his tamed beasts once more and moved on to the next nest. But once again, the nest was filled with little birds. And as he explored the little forest in search for the seeds, all he found were baby birds brimming with life energy. At first it was five birds. Then seven. Then fifteen. Then thirty three. Then eighty five. The number of nests he raided and baby birds which he ¡°recruited¡± soon exceeded one hundred. And after so long, the King level leader of the flock of birds was nowhere in sight! ¡°Could it be that there are no King level matriarch for these birds? That they all evolved to this stage and increased their numbers together simply by consuming the life energy?¡± Elliot thought. ¡°Pip! I¡¯m done with the clean up! Let¡¯s go look for the big matriarch so she can give birth to lots of cute little birds for us!¡± Red called out in the public mindspace. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that. I got all the baby birds you need.¡± Elliot told him. ¡°But there isn¡¯t a sign of this matriarch you mentioned.¡± ¡°Really? Great! Give them all to me then!¡± Red said as he hovered his spotlessly clean transport/fighter near Elliot. ¡°Here, take them all.¡± Elliot began to transfer the little birds into Red¡¯s vehicle. But as he was doing it, an ear-splitting roar suddenly rang out from somewhere nearby!! GRAARRRR!!! ¡°Uh oh. No wonder there isn¡¯t a sign of the matriarch. There wasn¡¯t any to begin with!¡± Red squawked. ¡°Quick! Finish loading up the birds into my transport!¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Elliot asked as he began dumping the birds into the transport with less care and more speed. ¡°That roar just now? It¡¯s the roar of an angry King. But it¡¯s no dumb beast. It¡¯s most probably a fugitive king! A powerful one. You must be very careful if you decide to fight him.¡± Red said seriously. ¡°Really? How do you know that?¡± Elliot asked with a frown. ¡°Well¡­ that shout earlier could be tranted roughly to¡­ ¡°Who killed all my birds?!¡±¡± Red said. ¡°Ok. I¡¯m done here. I¡¯m off! Fight well pip! Bye!¡± ¡°Go then.¡± Elliot waved him away and turned around to face the direction from whence the roar came. Boom. Boom. Boom. Heavy footsteps stomped through the woods. And then they suddenly increased their speed and burst out of the trees to stand before Elliot. It was a couple of humanoid blue giants. They were standing at an impressive five meters tall, lightly armored with a strange sort of blue leather on their heads, bodies and limbs that made them look very, very¡­ Blue. GRARRR! GAR RARAK GARA!!!! One of them pointed his greatsword at Elliot and began to yell at him. ¡°Uh. I have no idea what you¡¯re talking about, fat ass. But you¡¯re the ugliest piece of meat I¡¯ve everid my eyes on. Why the heck are you both so blue? It makes you look like an ugly blob of dirty water on feet! Didn¡¯t your momma teach you anything about fashion sense? Or is she also just as ugly as you two? She probably is, isn¡¯t she?¡± Elliot casually insulted them in response. Their eyes bulged open wide at Elliot¡¯s words and then began to charge at Elliot with a loud bellow of anger! Chapter 171 ¡°Huh? They actually understood my words?¡± Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped for a quick second before drawing Gilgamar out of his sheath. His right hand shimmered a deep hue of violet and turned into a deadly looking dragon arm with beautiful but dangerous looking violet scales. ¡°Hehehe. Oops. But no matter. It¡¯s not as though I want to avoid this fight. I need a strong enemy to test out my new power! And I have the perfect move to deal with the two of you. Movement twenty! Good dogs don¡¯t block the road. Bad dogs are to be whipped!¡± Elliot entered into the opening stance of the twentieth movement and transitioned smoothly into an aggressive wide sh that unleashed almost his full power right out the bat. B-B-B-B-BOOOM!!! The space in front of Elliot immediately crackled with countless violent explosions as Gilgamar scorched through the air and set it ame. Gilgamar¡¯s iparably sharp edgebined with intense fiery explosions made for a deadlybination. GRAAAAHHHH!! A wail of anguish filled the air as the first blue giant went down in mes without even managing to do anything except charge at Elliot! ¡°Hmmmmm.¡± Elliot¡¯s mind registered the massive damage that he had just dealt and his heart couldn¡¯t help but jolt slightly at his own power. Elliot¡¯s power had skyrocketed to an incredible height due to several factors. First, he had been mindlessly focusing on upping his strength stat for a long time, and by now, with the countless bonuses he got from his apostles added to his own high level, his strength had swelled to nearly a thousand points! A single punch of his was as strong as a thousand grown men punching! Second, he had transitioned from using simple skills which he got from the system such as Lightning Strike (5000% increase in damage), into the pure elemental energy based Nameless Sword Technique! Although Gilgamar didn¡¯t tell him exactly just how many percent increase in damage the technique deals, Elliot suspected that it is much, much more than 5000%. Probably very close to 25,000%. Skills provided by the system, though powerful, are generic and would never be able topete with personalized skills which Gilgamar was passing on to him. Third, even the Nameless Sword Technique had been further boosted by the use of his Purgatory Fire Energy instead of simply Fire Dragon Energy! Gilgamar himself had said that his power had at least tripled. And if that is true, then Elliot¡¯s earlier sh was a mindblowingly powerful 75,000% damage multiplier from his base 1000 strength attack. That would trante roughly to 750,000 grown men punching out at once. 750,000! If one had never seen what an army of 750,000 men are capable of doing, then one would probably find it difficult to imagine just how powerful Elliot was at that moment. The biggest ser stadium of screaming fans only had a capacity of over a hundred thousand. And even then, the sheer power of their roars of excitement and their stomps would shake the superstadium right down to its foundations. It was undoubtedly an incredibly powerful attack. As big and as powerful the blue giant King was, it could not do anything against an unguarded fire attack with the power of 750,000 men. And so¡­ It died. The second blue giant was a step behind the first, and managed to summon an air shield which vastly reduced the effect of Elliot¡¯s mes. As a King, he had nock of skills which could easily block or negate the attacks of his enemies. Hisrade could have survived Elliot¡¯s attack if it hadn¡¯t been so enraged and cocky, and took precautions by setting up a shield beforehand. But he didn¡¯t and as it turned out, his death was a boon for the second blue giant who was able to react in time to put up his own shield. He ignored his fallenrade and burst through the mes to reach Elliot with his giant greatswords swinging. CLANG! CLANG! Elliot easily parried the blue giant¡¯s furious attack at an angle and diverted both his attacks away. His powerful momentum caused him to be off bnce for a second. Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed in satisfaction and immediately sent a powerful Purgatory Fire Energy infused thrust towards his chest. However, Gilgamar inexplicably slowed and stop right before its tip could pierce the blue giant¡¯s chest! Looking down at his sword, Elliot realized that the blue giant had dropped his greatswords and had caught Gilgamar with his powerful left hand which was shielded by some sort of air barrier. GRAKA KAGAGRATO! The blue giant snarled angrily at Elliot and showered his face with disgusting blue spit. BAM! A massive fist smashed into Elliot¡¯s unguarded left nk! The blue giant had dropped his right greatsword as well and had opted to give Elliot a good beating with his fist instead! Elliot was unwilling to let go of Gilgamar, so he chose to weather the beating instead. That first punch he got didn¡¯t hurt quite as badly as he expected. BAM! BAM! BAM! The blue giant pounded on Elliot¡¯s left nk mercilessly. Elliot gritted his teeth and chose to ignore it as he focused on weaving his Purgatory Fire Energy into the most powerful energy burst he could unleash. ¡°MOVEMENT TWENTY FOUR! BLASTING THROUGH THE IMMOVABLE MOUNTAIN!!¡± Elliot shouted loudly. Gilgamar shone brightly for a brief second before unleashing a great explosion. KAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!! The blue giant¡¯s shielded hand as well as his chest immediately disintegrated. His head and four limbs, or rather, what remained of his head and four limbs shot out in different directions. The second blue giant was finally dead. One thing for sure, it highlighted Elliot¡¯sck of experience in fighting skilled and desperate fighters who are willing to take extreme measures just to deal damage to him! Not for a single moment did Elliot think that there would be anyone crazy enough to grab Gilgamar just to stop its advance and to hold it in ce. But the blue giant did. And he managed to deal damage to Elliot before died. The question was, how much damage did he deal to Elliot? Chapter 172 ¡°Are you okay?¡± Khellendra called out from the sky. ¡°I saw the ugly giantnd several powerful hits on your unguarded left nk.¡± ¡°I am alright.¡± Elliot winced slightly as he nced down at his left body. Blood was flowing out of four deep wounds! ¡°The giant hadyered his fist with condensed wind des.¡± Elliot realized. He quickly drank a health potion, and his wounds immediately started to close. ¡°I hope you¡¯re truly okay.¡± Khalendros called out with a mischievous voice. ¡°Because there are more blue giants enroute. Many, many more!¡± ¡°One. One hundred. One thousand, doesn¡¯t matter to me.¡± Elliot said easily. ¡°I¡¯ll kill as many as theye.¡± ¡°Ha! We¡¯ll see how you n to do that. If I am not wrong, this is an entire blue giant fugitive n which was caught and imprisoned! You¡¯ll be dealing with vicious and heavily armed seasoned fighters with a wealth of experience taking down powerful individuals!!¡± Khalendros cackled with glee. It was clear that he thought it would be a significant challenge for Elliot, and it was more than clear that he intended to stand aside and enjoy the show. Elliot weaved his Purgatory Fire Energy and directed them to his feet to activate the third movement of the second stage ¨C The fleet-footed fire rabbit cooks the giant snake. ¡°Good! The stronger they are, the more I can practice my new techniques. Sit back, rx and grab some popcorn!¡± Elliot told the two dragons who merely looked at him in amusement and confusion. They had no idea what the heck popcorn was. Bam! Elliot finished weaving his energy for the first movement and burst forward with much greater speed than that he disyed in his earlier fight with the two dragons. In addition, a trail of wicked violet mes burned the ground he passed by fiercely. ¡°That¡¯s a very interesting skill.¡± Khellendra remarked when she saw the trail of violet mes. ¡°He actually released his fire energy through his feet and made it stick on the ground to burn. Whoever created that skill is extremely creative.¡± ¡°Hmmmm. More than just creative though. He or she is a genius of the highest caliber. That person managed to create the firetrail effect as well as giving the user an incredible speed boost at the same time. We¡¯ll have to see if the energy conversion is efficient or not, but for it to be usable in battle, especially as a core technique¡­ It must at least have a 75% efficiency rate. Below that would make the skill a really poor choice, considering that there are many other generic but powerful skills out there. But if that particr skill can be used at a 75% efficiency rate, then the mind behind its inception and perfection is indeed a terrifying one. ¡± Khalendros said seriously. ¡°Let¡¯s see how he fares against the blue giants.¡± Khellendra¡¯s eyes gleamed with interest as he tracked Elliot¡¯s every move intently. GRAKARATO RARARAKAGA! GARAAAA! GARRRAAA!! GAAARRAAAAA!!! A chorus of bloodthirsty battle cries filled the air as around thirty blue giants crashed through the sparse forest and started to circle Elliot¡¯s position. Elliot was totally unperturbed and he charged towards the first blue giant fearlessly. GAARRRRRGAR!!!!!! The blue giant raised his massive metallic shield and did a quick countercharge towards Elliot! ¡°Movement sixteen. Fire Cyclone atop Mount Taiju!¡± Elliot attacked the first blue giant with a fearsome overhead sh that sent the surrounding energy bursting into mes. As Gilgamar streaked downwards with the force of a falling meteor, the fire energy all around it followed like obedient ves and swirled magnificently behind it like a real mini-cyclone. Instead of a loud CLANG, the sound that was produced by Gilgamar¡¯s impact was a curious one. SCHLEB! The huge metallic shield was sliced neatly in two! Gilgamar¡¯s fearsome sharp edgebined with the extreme heat that it was at due to Elliot¡¯s Purgatory Fire Energy caused it to cut through the shield like a lightsaber cutting through butter! And of course, if it was strong enough to cut through the shield, the blue giant¡¯s arms and body werepletely obliterated by it. Elliot didn¡¯t even wait for the body to hit the ground before kicking it away and dashing ahead once more. SLASH! Gilgamar shed down horizontally and bisected the rushing blue giant right behind it. Two of them died without even managing to do anything! Apparently the blue giants had vastly underestimated Elliot. But Elliot¡¯s vicious performance had immediately ced the rest of the blue giants on high alert. GARGARAKH! KARTAGAR! KARTAGAR! Thergest and wildest looking blue giant began to shout out orders. Almost all of the blue giants sheathed their twin greatswords and took out rifles with a huge muzzle like a trumpet. Whatever those things were, they only meant one thing for him. Trouble. GARTO! The blue giants leveled their trumpet rifles at Elliot from all directions and fired without even a single word of warning. B-B-B-B-BOOM!! The rifles fired just as Elliot began his twenty fifth movement of the first stage. The philosophy behind it was much more sinctpared to the other movements. Whirlwind of Death. Elliot spun his body rapidly and created a whirlwind of powerful energy around himself. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!! Whatever the rifle trumpets fired, they hit the whirlwind of energy with startling force and produced very strange sounds. They sounded like things breaking as they crashed into Elliot¡¯s whirlwind. ¡°Huh? What did they fire?¡± Elliot thought with slight confusion. He was expecting the explosive projectiles to explode upon hitting his energy whirlwind. He did not expect them to merely crack. However, just as he was trying to figure out what exactly hit him, one of the projectiles from the trumpet rifles managed to break past his whirlwind of energy. It was¡­ A clear blue sphere? CRACK! The blue sphere cracked in half right in front of him and immediately, an immense but invisible pressure crashed upon him and caused his spin to slow greatly. ¡°Space energy.¡± Gilgamar said solemnly. ¡°SPACE ENERGY?!¡± Elliot shouted with slight panic just as another blue sphere exploded right in front of his face. Chapter 173 A vast power unlike anything Elliot had felt before began to constrict his body and even his insides. His whirlwind slowed to such an extent that it could barely be called a whirlwind anymore. The space-lock technology employed by the blue giants were the product of a wildbination between magic and technology. Space energy had been harnessed into a space-lock rune then forcibly sent into stasis within an anti-magic ss sphere which would immediately unleash its full space-locking power upon breaking. It was a highly dangerous and vtile weapon that could very easily backfire upon the attacker. However, the blue giants managed to use them with deadly efficiency and to great effect! Before Elliot could even panic, another blue sphere exploded behind him ¡°DAMN!¡± Elliot roared. ¡°BREAK FOR ME!¡± He stirred all of the Purgatory Fire Energy he had within his body and weaved them all into his Whirlwind of Death. KA-BOOM!!!!! Gilgamar shined brightly for a moment before a powerful explosion erupted from Elliot and smashed the blue space energy that was slowly causing him to stop moving. GARTA?!?! Thergest blue giant roared out in shock! His Space-lock Ammo had never failed to capture all of his targets, not even a high value Emperor level target many years ago. But a mere King level native of a little could actually block his Space-lock Ammo encased in Anti-magic shells, and could even break out of not one, not two but THREE activated space-locks? It was ridiculous! Ridiculous!! ¡°GARTA YOUR DAMNED MOTHER!¡± Elliot shouted as he burst out towards thergest blue giant with incredible speed. The blue giants could only see a blur for a second before thergest blue giant¡¯s eyes widened in shock. SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Elliot was so furious at almost being caught and killed that he unleashed a powerful quadruple sh on the leader and diced his body into four parts! And that was even through the powerful air-based armor which the blue giant leader had kept around him! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The other blue giants fired at him once more, and this time, they cunningly caused their space-lock ammos to explode a short distance away from him. Just out of reach from his sword strikes, but still close enough for the fringes of their space-locks to affect him. ¡°They¡¯re really good.¡± Elliot realized as he felt multiple powerful sources of space energy grab him roughly and tried to force him into absolute stillness by force. He could feel their vicious space energy permeating into his body and trying to lock him down even from within him! And the worst thing was, Elliot had just used most of his Purgatory Fire Energy to break out of the first batch of space-lock ammos! He had very little left in his tank, and that amount was definitely not enough to break out of the new batch of space-lock ammos! ¡°They¡¯re truly a veteran group, like Khalendros had said. But good or not, veteran or not, they¡¯ll need much more than this to seed! I may not have enough experience and skills to deal with such a big group with weird gadgets and technology. But even without them, I will still win.¡± ¡°BLESSINGS OF THE WOLF GODDESS!¡± Elliot roared. Immediately, he became immune to magical damage and the space energy within him suddenly became absolutely ineffective. ¡°FROST DOMAIN! BLADE TORNADO! BLADE TORNADO! BLADE TORNADO!¡± Elliot spammed his skills like crazy to overload the space around him with all sorts of energy. Although Elliot did not understand fully how space energy works, he instinctively felt that the more energy he produced, the more that he would be able to resist and possibly even overload the space around him with too much energy. He was absolutely right. With so much energy swirling around him, Elliot could feel his body beginning to regain mobility. After a few seconds¡­ CRACK!! The space around him destabilized for a brief second and then exploded! Elliot finally fully broke free of the space-locks. He immediately used charge and burst out of the space-locked area and towards thergest group of blue giants. ¡°Die!¡± He snarled in anger and unleashed a series of wild swings infused with the remaining of his Purgatory Fire Energy. . However, he wasn¡¯t dealing against mindless beasts who would simply charge at him as they ate up his attacks. The blue giants knew that they could not take his attacks and they rapidly retreated in all directions to dodge his attack. ¡°Damn.¡± Elliot cursed. He had acted out of anger, and wasted the remaining of his Purgatory Fire Energy. ¡°HAWK! GIVE ME TWO BIO BOMBS!¡± Elliot shouted. [Aowledged.] Immediately, two bio bombs appeared on his left hand. Elliot knew that with the wary state that the blue giants were in, they would definitely dodge the bio bombs if he lobbed them at that moment. He had to trick them into charging after him and then bomb them when they¡¯re stuck in their forward momentum! And what better way to do that than¡­ To turn tail and escape? ¡°Come on¡­e at me!¡± Elliot said softly as he stomped his way backwards. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The blue giants refused to take the bait, and instead fired their trumpet rifles once more! ¡°DAMN IT! WHY THE HECK ARE THEY SO DAMNED COWARDLY!¡± Elliot shouted as he dashed sharply to the right to avoid their attacks. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! They kept firing at him and not just him, but also at the space around him. Section by section, area by area, the space around Elliot became locked down and impassable. The blue giants were slowly cutting him off from all avenues of escape. ¡°Sneaky bastards. They sure know how to trap and take down people stronger than them.¡± Elliot thought to himself. He nced at the thirty or so blue giants that were still remaining and gazed at thergest group. Fifteen of them were clustered together. If a bio bomb could explode there¡­ Chapter 174 With his Purgatory Fire Energy almostpletely depleted, Elliot had no reason to remain in his human/dragon arm form anymore. With a single thought, he rapidly transformed into a powerful looking white dragon and leapt up into the sky, with both bio bombs clutched in his powerful front ws. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The blue giants continued to fire their trumpet rifles, but Elliot had no problems banking and turning acrobatically to avoid them. Whoosh! Whoosh! Crack! Crack! One space-lock ammo after another exploded near him without being able to lock down even a single hair on his body. Well, scale. Because dragons have no hair. ¡°Their ammo may be advanced, but their aim sucks big time!¡± Elliot thought to himself with a grim chuckle. ¡°That¡¯s good though. If they have god-like aiming systems to help them on top of their space-lock ammo, they will be too difficult for me to handle at this point in time.¡± After a minute of non-stop firing, the blue giants began to fire at a noticeably slower rate. With Elliot in the sky, the space the space-locks had to cover became much bigger, and the blue giants were caughtpletely unprepared to deal with Elliot¡¯s sudden transformation into a flight-capable form. ¡°They probably don¡¯t have much experience dealing with flying targets!¡± Elliot realized as he noticed the sudden easing of pressure the moment he took to the skies. ¡°Plus, they¡¯re also probably running out of ammo. If that¡¯s the case, then it¡¯s my turn!¡± Banking sharply, Elliot turned in the sky and began to get into firing position! ¡°ICE BEAM!¡± Elliot shouted. Apressed beam of ice many times more powerful than before shot towards the first blue giant that was standing closest to Elliot¡¯s position. Elliot could see the blue giant respond quickly by diving into a roll to one side. Elliot simply adjusted his aim a little and kept on firing his Ice Beam. If there was one thing he learnt from his on-going fight with the blue giants, it was that energy management was extremely, extremely important. Finding out just how much energy he needed to consume to get out of tricky situations was as much a battle skill as the sword techniques he used. Without the ability to properly gauge the amount of energy he needed, he would be wasting most of his energy overdoing simple things. And in those situations, like the one he was in at that moment, he would run out of critical energy, and he would fall into a disadvantageous position. Thankfully for Elliot, he was a man of many means. He not only had the extremely powerful Purgatory Fire Energy which he got from the Red Dragon Blood Essence, he still had the standard elemental energy which powered his system-generated skills. Although those skills were much weakerpared to the sword techniques imparted by Gilgamar, beggars can¡¯t be choosers. He had to use them and everything the system had to offer to win the fight against the blue giants! Hispressed Ice Beam sliced through the air at high speed and smashed into the blue giant, causing him to slow down dramatically. The powerful ice energy immediately wrapped around him and hardened. But the blue giant was far too strong. With a single jerk of his body, the ice energy around him cracked, and he regained mobility once more, albeit at a much slower rate. ¡°My Ice Beam isn¡¯t strong enough to kill these blue giant Lords in one shot. Their powerful air-based energy armor is extremely effective at blocking out energy attacks.¡± Elliot observed coolly. His brain had be extremely calm and rational the moment he turned into his White Dragon Warrior Beast Form and he could calmly think of the best and most logical next step even in the heat of battle. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, let¡¯s see if they can resist my Azure Lightning st.¡± Azure Lightning st! A thicker and much more deadly looking beam with lightning arcing all around it shot out of Elliot¡¯s dragon maw and urately hit another blue giant who was scrambling to get out of Elliot¡¯s range. BAM! The blue giant immediately froze for a quick second before bursting out of the frozen energy with a maniacal roar!! GRATAKKTAKTAKTAK!!! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! His allies took the opportunity while Elliot was focused on him to unleash many more space-lock attacks, but to no avail. Elliot easily detected their movements and then plotted out the trajectories of the space-lock ammos beforepletely avoiding every single attack. ¡°Even Azure Lightning st couldn¡¯t one-shot the blue giant. However, that particr blue giant truly looks like he¡¯s about to die.¡± Elliot observed even as he was dodging the space-lock attacks. ¡°Let¡¯s try to finish him off with another st.¡± Elliot opened his maw and fired off another Azure Lightning st, which smashed into the poor blue giant yet again. But thankfully for him this time, he didn¡¯t have to suffer long. Elliot¡¯s powerful Azure Lightning st froze himpletely down to his cells and the destructive lightning energy crackled and caused his body to explode into pieces of frozen meat! ¡°Two Azure Lightning sts can kill one blue giant. I don¡¯t have enough energy to kill them all.¡± Elliot quickly came to a conclusion. ¡°But I probably could take them out with a couple of well ced Lightning shes. I doubt they could live if I deal critical damage to their heads or necks. If that¡¯s the case¡­ Then it¡¯s time for me to try out the stealth function of my me Wolf Form.¡± As soon as he thought of that, he began a sharp dive and unleashed a couple of Ice Beams on the two nearest blue giants. They scrambled away and created a small clearing where Elliotnded. GARPATARO? GARPATARO!! (Where the heck did he go? Where the heck did he go!) A huge blue giant who was probably the assistant leader shouted at the two blue giants who had just scrambled away. They pointed at where they came from earlier. GRABA HAHOJA! GABO! (There¡¯s no one there! Dumbasses!) The assistant leader roared in anger. Chapter 175 Lightning sh! Elliot wasted no time circling around the blue giants and attacking an unsuspecting one at the fringes of their formation. With Lightning sh¡¯s armor piercing attribute, Elliot¡¯s attack severed the blue giant¡¯s head cleanly and quietly. But too bad for him, the blue giant¡¯srade happened to turn his way and saw his head drop down from his body. ¡°Gara! Gara!¡± Hisrade shouted and pointed at Elliot. Elliot swiftly entered stealth mode again and escaped into the trees. ¡°GAYARAKA HIJARARA!!¡± (Tighten formation, watch out for sneak attacks!) The assistant leader blue giant roared when he saw what Elliot had done. Immediately, the blue giants started to move towards each other and formed a square formation with the assistant leader in the center. Ten trumpet rifle bearing blue giants stood at the ready near him while almost twenty others formed a rough square around them with their greatswords out and at the ready. Hiding a short distance away from them, Elliot couldn¡¯t help but gasp lightly at his incredible luck! They had clustered themselves together to avoid getting sneak attacked by him, but in doing so, they had just sealed their fates. Elliot could take them out very easily with his bio bombs! ¡°Well then, if you guys want to go out this way¡­ Let me fulfil your request.¡± Elliot grinned as he lobbed the two bio bombs at them. But too bad for the blue giants, he was wielding two greatswords instead of a trumpet rifle. By the time the trumpet rifle giants heard his warning and turned their heads around to search for the bio bombs, it was toote. The bio bombs fell gently among their midst and¡­ K A A B O O O O O O O O O M M M M M M M M M ! ! ! ! ! Both bio bombs exploded at the same time andpletely obliterated the squad of blue giants! [Congrattions! You¡¯ve levelled up to level 367!] Elliot¡¯s level immediately shot up to an incredible level 367 after killing so many Lord and King level blue giants, getting closer to the soft cap at 399! ¡°Ahhhh. If only more of such things can happen to me!¡± Elliot sighed with deep satisfaction. He turned back to his human form and began to pick up all the loot that the blue giants left. The bio bomb targeted only life forms and had eradicated the blue giants, and left their equipment fully untouched. It was the perfect oue for Elliot! And although he didn¡¯t get to utilize a lot of his new sword techniques, he learnt several crucial lessons from the battle that would only make him more deadly and more efficient in the future. ¡°Congrattions on your victory, Master.¡± Wu Kong was the first to offer his congrattions. ¡°Well done, pip! I got quite a bit of strength gain, you must have killed quite a lot of enemies! Great job!¡± Red actually said many more than just those words, but Elliot tuned him out as soon as he began to chatter endlessly. ¡°Thanks guys. The grind is endless. You¡¯ve done a great job recently, it¡¯s only fair I do my part.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Red, don¡¯t forget to update me regrly on the progress of those baby birds. I want to know exactly how strong and what skills they have.¡± ¡°Yes, of course I -¡° ¡°Moles! The coast is clear. Continue on your search for more seeds and for more of your brethren!¡± Elliot interrupted him and began to give out orders to the rest of his team. ¡°Aye aye, Master! It shall be done! As you wish!¡± The moles cried out excitedly. They were fully andpletely bedazzled by Elliot, and treated his everymand as a heavenly mandate. ¡°I need to let my Purgatory Fire Energy recharge and then continue to look for strong enemies to fight.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°I need more battle experience. The more I fight, the more I will be able to consolidate my sword skills, and the stronger I will be! At the same time, I also need to quickly digest the Red Dragon Blood Essence. At this point, there is slightly less than half left. I might be able to transform half my body into the humanoid dragon form once I finish digesting it. With more Purgatory Fire Energy, I would be able to fight longer battles.¡± Elliot quickly sorted out his thoughts as he looted the blue giants. Up in the air, Khalendros and Khellendra were both shocked at the power of the two bio bombs. And in Khalendros¡¯ case, quite pissed. ¡°What in the world were those two bombs? They¡¯re so powerful¡­ And he cheated!¡± Khalendros grumbled loudly to his wife. ¡°He relied on external power to kill the blue giants!¡± ¡°What¡¯s there to cheat about? This isn¡¯t an examination.¡± Khellendra chuckled at her husband¡¯s obvious difort at Elliot¡¯s show of power. ¡°And having the right tools at hand IS a form of power. You didn¡¯t say that the blue giants were cheating when they used their Space-Lock Rifles, did you?¡± ¡°Well¡­ No.¡± Khalendros conceded. ¡°He¡¯s strong, and he¡¯s going to grow stronger rapidly. Khal, with him, we have a much higher chance of winning the final Battle of Kings!¡± Khellendra¡¯s eyes shined in excitement as she gripped her husband¡¯s hand. Khalendros looked at her wife with deep tenderness and nodded with a smile. He understood her passion. He felt the same way too. ¡°Don¡¯t get your hopes too high.¡± Khalendros told his wife gently. ¡°I¡¯ll hate to see your heart crushed with disappointment once more if we fail to take this.¡± ¡°I know. I am holding myself back from hoping too much. But¡­ There¡¯s something about him that inspires me to believe. He has family that he¡¯s fighting for, just like us. His motivations and ours are exactly the same. And his character isn¡¯t all that bad. It just feels¡­ like we¡¯ve found a diamond in the rough.¡± Khellendra said softly. Khalendros nodded in understanding. Chapter 176 ¡°He is indeed a diamond in the rough.¡±Khalendros agreed. Both of them turned to admire the ¡°diamond¡± that they had found. ¡°Huh? He¡¯s still in that position?¡± Khellendra remarked in slight confusion. The ¡°diamond¡± was bent down with his butt pointing up in an awkward position, and waspletely motionless. ¡°Wait, the energy around him. Isn¡¯t that¡­ His frost domain, tornado and space energy?¡± Khalendros said. And then, both of them promptly burst outughing as they realized what happened! Apparently, their ¡°diamond¡± wanted to loot the trumpet rifles and their extremely effective space-lock ammo from the blue giants, and had inadvertently set one off. Space around him had immediately locked, and beingpletely out of Purgatory Fire Energy, Elliot had sumbed to the frozen space and was furiously spamming his skills at that moment to overload the energy around him so that he could free himself. ¡°A very, very rough diamond.¡± Khellendra choked withughter. ¡°What a clown!¡± Khalendros sighed with a slight smile and pointed down at the space around Elliot. CRACK! BOOM!!!! A series of powerful lightning bolts shot out of his fingers and immediately overloaded the space around Elliot with destructive power. CRAAACCCCKK!!!! BAMMMM!!!! The sheer amount of energy present around Elliot caused the space lock to splinter and break into pieces, thereby freeing Elliot from his embarrassing predicament. ¡°Hahaha! Thanks for your help. It was rather tricky trying to get out of the space-lock without much energy left in my tank.¡± Elliot said gratefully and slightly sheepishly. ¡°You¡¯re powerful, but you¡¯re a hopelessly nk canvas on all the technology and cutting edge magical progress of the universe.¡± Khalendros sighed. ¡°You truly are one of a kind.¡± ¡°All I need is time. And with enough power, nothing else really matters.¡± Elliot shrugged Khalendros¡¯ words away. ¡°You did well earlier in the fight.¡± Khellendra called out from high up in the sky. ¡°Thank you, Khellendra.¡± Elliot smiled at her. With their powerful vision, distance was not an issue inmunication. ¡°Well¡­¡± Elliot nced at the surrounding forest and felt instinctively that they contained clues for the mystery behind the Life Energy Seeds. He wanted to stay and do abit of investigating. But at the same time, he didn¡¯t want to alert the two dragons to the existence of such a treasure. Well, not until he has got his fill of them anyway. ¡°I want to explore the area slowly and look for suitable beasts to tame, and also for human survivors to rescue. I will be progressing towards Lake Elsinore for the next few days to secure a powerful hypercar. Why don¡¯t we split up? We can keep in touch using these.¡± Elliot took out a couple ofmunicators and tossed them to the two dragons. ¡°Hmmm. Useful. Well, we are in no hurry to go anywhere now that we¡¯ve found you. We¡¯ll just tag along and help you look for your fellow men.¡± Khellendra said as she strapped themunicator on her wrist. ¡°Damn it. I need to find a way to shake them off, or else the investigation for the Life Energy Seeds will have to be postponed!¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Tag along? Why are we following a weak punk like him?¡± Khalendros protested loudly. ¡°Let¡¯s go and hunt more fugitive kings and other Inserts. We may yet find a strong one to bolster our group!¡± ¡°Aw, you don¡¯t want to keep mepany?¡± Elliot said in a slightly disappointed voice. ¡°Keep youpany? You think we¡¯re your babysitter? You keep yourselfpany!¡± Khalendros shouted at Elliot. ¡°Okay fine. Let¡¯s do it this way. We¡¯ll spend today hanging out with Elliot first, and then first thing tomorrow morning, we¡¯ll go and continue our hunt. How¡¯s that?¡± Khellendra said to Khalendros in a pacifying voice. ¡°If we are to be team mates, we need to get to know each other. And we won¡¯t be able to do that if we don¡¯t spend time together!¡± ¡°Yeah. I guess one day is good enough.¡± Elliot said enthusiastically. He could spare a day to hang out with them. Afterall, the moles would need time to gather a huge stockpile of seeds too anyway. ¡°Fine. We¡¯ll do that.¡± Khalendros grudgingly epted Khellendra¡¯s suggestion. ¡°Good! Let¡¯s start by helping him clean up this battlefield. Elliot, I assume you want all the equipment and anything of value?¡± Khellendra asked. ¡°Yes please!¡± Elliot smiled at Khellendra gratefully. ¡°Everything will be useful for the group of survivors I will be leading.¡± ¡°Ok.¡± Khellendra immediately got to work and got Khalendros to help out. In the long and glorious history of the blue dragons, that moment must be the first time they actually bothered to loot a bunch of dead blue giants. With Khellendra and Khalendros¡¯ help, the entire battlefield was soon picked clean. Elliot promptly handed the loot over to Camelia and sent them back to their base. ¡°Take defensive positions and build up the base. Winter and Rex will be there to protect you.¡± Elliot had told them before they went back. ¡°I will be back with a few cars for us.¡± With his team on their way back to (rtive) safety, Elliot was free to continue his hunt for the Life Seeds and snatch them from whichever strong beast was hoarding them. After he gets rid of the dragon couple tomorrow, of course. ¡°Since we will only have one day together, how about we have a three-way spar so that we can get to know each other better? As they say, you¡¯ll know a person very well after a long a vigorous fight.¡± Khellendra suggested. ¡°I am in.¡± Khalendros immediately agreed and gave Elliot a sinister smile. ¡°Sure! Give me an hour to recharge my energy. I¡¯ll fight you both then.¡± Elliot agreed as well. A surge of excitement coursed through his veins and his eyes gleamed in anticipation. A three-way fight with two very powerful King level blue dragons? Perfect!! ¡°Fine. Take this hour to steel your heart and prepare for a beating!! Haha!¡± Khalendrosughed loudly. ¡°We¡¯ll wait for you on that hill over there.¡± Khellendra pointed to a hill around three kilometers away. ¡°Take all the time you need and just go over when you¡¯re ready. We¡¯ll have our fight there.¡± ¡°See you guys there then.¡± Elliot nodded. With that, the two dragons flew away to give him a little bit of privacy. Chapter 177 Or rather, to give themselves a little bit of privacy. Dragons were extremely passionate creatures. The thought of having a wild fight turned them on in no small measure. So when Elliot said he needed an hour to recharge his energy, the two dragons had immediately agreed. And by some unknown signal, they had immediately decided that they would spend the time waiting for Elliot in the most carnal and pleasurable way they knew ¨C mating. Ever since they reached earth and gained the power to morph into human beings, they had been fascinated by how different but still highly pleasurable the mating mechanism was, and they had spent quite a bit of time doing exactly that. After they had cleared the area of potential enemies and set up a private barrier around themselves,, of course. And at that moment, they flew towards the distant hill at top speed. They couldn¡¯t wait to get their hands on each other! As soon as they reached the forest on the hill, Khalendros pulled Khellendra into his embrace and gave her a deep, wet kiss. His right hand grabbed her butt and squeezed it roughly, while his left hand fumbled at her clothes. Khellendra kissed him back with undisguised desire and panted lightly as she felt his hands begin to roam around her body. For a few seconds, they indulged themselves in the strange but wonderful sensation of kissing. ¡°Ohh!¡± Her light pants turned into outright moans of pleasure the moment she felt hisrge hands cup her full breasts. She kissed him hungrily and her tongue meshed together with his as her right hand traveled down his stomach and found his hard member. She could feel his breath out sharply in pleasure. Her left hand found his right, and slowly guided him to the spot between her legs. It was already soaking wet as her desire for him rose to heights that she had never experienced before. ¡°Ahhhhh!!¡± Khellendra moaned loudly and squeezed her thighs together as pleasure innundated her body. After a few moments, Khellendra couldn¡¯t take it anymore. ¡°Take me, take me now.¡± Khellendra whispered. Khalendros obliged. And for the next hour, the two of them were inplete marital bliss. ¡°They won¡¯t harm him, right?¡± Jessica Sands asked Jul¡¯Taras for the fourth or fifth time that day. ¡°Those Anti-Parasite Task Force members look really evil.¡± ¡°They are under strict orders not to meddle with the participants of the game.¡± Jul¡¯Taras exined to her patiently for the fourth or fifth time as well. ¡°They have orders, but will they obey them? They know that they are under constant surveince right? And that the consequences will be dire if they mess with the participants?¡± Jessica pressed on. Being a master of disobedience herself, she knew that strict orders do not necessarily meanpliance. ¡°Yes. They will definitely not touch any of the participants. The Gaming Commission still has its pride, you know.¡± Jul¡¯Taras reminded her. ¡°We are professional and we will definitely not interfere with the game so as not to affect the odds of the bets. Huge amounts of wealth belonging to characters shadier than the shadiest shade are at stake, and we have no wish to incur their wrath.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± Jessica nodded. ¡°Ehm, it¡¯s just that I have so much money riding on him, you know? I don¡¯t want to lose all of my hard earned wealth.¡± Jul¡¯Taras merely chuckled in response. She knew the truth, even if the naive and innocent Void Walker didn¡¯t. Jessica had a crush on Elliot! ¡°The Shadow Parasites have been really quiet recently, and many are saying that they¡¯ve given up. After all, what¡¯s the purpose of fighting on and expanding if they have no queen to ensure that the fruit of their efforts could be enjoyed by their offspring? So it turns out that they have been hard at work searching for the special substance that could help them evolve a queen. The only question is, did they discover anything on Earth?¡± Wu Kong nced at Jul¡¯Taras. Being the ultimate information center that she was, Wu Kong and Jessica had long considered her as a walking answer machine to all of the questions involving the situation of the Universe. Jessica sighed deeply and remained silent for a moment. ¡°Well? Come on Jules, spit it out. You¡¯ve been really quiet since Monkey raised the possibility of Shadow Parasites infesting Earth. You know something right? Tell us! We deserve to know! After all, you wouldn¡¯t be able to warn the rest about it if it wasn¡¯t for us!¡± Jessica nagged at Jul¡¯Taras. Ju¡¯Taras gave Jessica a pained and reluctant expression that clearly said, ¡°I need more coercion to make me feel less guilty about telling you!¡± Jessica immediately obliged. ¡°Tell us! Tell us now! If you don¡¯t tell us, I will tell your uncle about your secret stash of-¡° ¡°ALRIGHT ALRIGHT! I WILL TELL YOU!¡± Jul¡¯Taras shouted hastily. She didn¡¯t expect Jessica would immediately go for her jugr!! ¡°Hee hee.¡± Jessica giggled cutely. ¡°Well, to rify the issue. The Gaming Commission was already alerted to the possibility of Shadow Parasite activity on Earth. A Game Master was suspicious regarding the gathering of so many King level beasts that led to the Battle Royale. Upon digging, he discovered that many beasts were exhibiting unusual behavior after the Reverse Time Walk. He had submitted his report to the Directors of the Gaming Commission, who had in turn passed the report to the Universe Council. So, the information I submitted merely served to confirm their suspicions. The Universe Council had already acted by then.¡± ¡°Universe Council? Isn¡¯t that the highest governing body of the entire Known Universe?¡± Jessica frowned. ¡°Indeed. Every single power able to effectively take down and dominate a Star System is represented there. The Beast ns have several members there. And yes, I agree with Jessica and the implication of her question. Why would such a small event on such a small warrant such a drastic action from the Gaming Commission?¡± Wu Kong continued. Jul¡¯Taras sighed deeply once more. ¡°This is critical and ssified information, okay? Make sure that you guys don¡¯t tell anybody else about this!¡± ¡°Yes, yes, I promise, super duper promise, pinky promise and all sorts of promise that I won¡¯t tell anybody except grandpa, and he¡¯ll probably know everything already anyway..¡± Jessica quickly agreed. ¡°Quick tell us!¡± Chapter 178 ¡°On my honor.¡± Wu Kong nodded and said solemnly. ¡°Wu Kong only said three words, and he¡¯s much more convincing than you.¡± Jul¡¯Tarasughed and teased Jessica who immediately red at her. ¡°Your stash of-¡° ¡°My sources are telling me that a significant number of known Shadow Parasite-infested individuals had been traveling towards this area!¡± Jul¡¯Taras immediately interrupted Jessica loudly. ¡°That, and a strangely high number of military officials, businessmen and even influential figures suddenly making their way here are ringing bells of rm everywhere. At this very moment, our list of suspected individuals infested by the Shadow Parasites are growing very, very rapidly. We would be making a huge number of arrests very soon. And if all goes well, we could weed out almost all of the Shadow Parasites in positions of power. Tracking the rest would be simple as soon as we get a high-ranking parasite to talk. So that¡¯s pretty good progress. Regarding the current situation here, experts are thinking that Earth could merely be aunch pad to their real target somewhere in the vicinity. Because Earth is a bustling life, it would mean that they have an endless amount of recement hosts and it would be a perfectunch pad for their operations. Or it could be their ultimate destination. Either way, we¡¯ll be seeing heightened activity from the Shadow Parasites, and we need to counter that immediately. The Anti-Parasite Task Force you saw earlier is merely the tip of the spear. We are sending in many, many more to deal with the Shadow Parasites. You may not know this, but the Central Gxies had raised the Alert level for the Shadow Parasite Infestation Disaster to Defensive Level 3. That¡¯s just 2 levels below an all out emergency that would see them mobilize every single asset under theirmand tobat the ¡°invaders¡±! As it stands now, the Central Gxies are authorizing all intelligence departments and organizations full ess to critical information regarding anything that could contribute towards ending the disaster. All military units are on standby, and a huge amount ofmando units have been dispatched tounch ¡°preventive measures¡±!¡± ¡°Preventive measures. That sounds like genocide.¡± Wu Kong said grimly. ¡°What do you mean, genocide?¡± Jessica asked Wu Kong with a startled voice. ¡°Those in power all over the universe are the same. They like to use oblique sounding words to mask the true nature of what they intend to do. ¡°Ensuring border safety¡± means ¡°We are invading our neighbors¡±. ¡°Defending freedom for all life¡± means ¡°I want a slice of the pie¡±. ¡°Preventive measures¡± means ¡°I¡¯ll kill all of you before you be a problem.¡±¡± Monkey King said with a trace of disgust in his voice. Jessica¡¯s eyes widened in surprise and turned to look at Jul¡¯Taras for confirmation. ¡°In most cases, he¡¯ll be right. But not this time.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled at Jessica to reassure her. ¡°Why is that so?¡± Jessica asked sharply. ¡°The cost is too big. The Gaming Commission is thergest and one of the most influential Non-Governmental Member of the Universe Council. Ruining the Battle of Kings on Earth would mean a loss of revenue and more importantly, future revenue for them. Not all members of the Universe Council are keen on ruining their rtionship with the Gaming Commission. Plus, there are several important Inserts currently active on Earth. The Central Gxies are treading very lightly in the case of Earth, and their ¡°preventive measures¡± will truly be preventive measures this time.¡± Jul¡¯Taras chuckled slightly at this point. ¡°Important inserts? Who? Do I know them?¡± Jessica asked Jul¡¯Taras excitedly. ¡°That information is beyond ssified, and absolutely irrelevant. So I won¡¯t tell you.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said. ¡°A. Stingy.¡± Jessica pouted. ¡°Anyway, although the Alert has been raised to Defensive Level 3, it¡¯s just the Central Gxies at this point. When I said we¡¯ll be sending in ¡°many, many more¡± to deal with the parasites, I wasn¡¯t referring to official military forces from the governments. I¡¯m referring to more unofficial forces such as mercenary corps and volunteers from various ns and powers. In fact, they should bending on Earth right about now.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said as she nced at the time. ¡°What?! Such a big event is happening and you didn¡¯t tell us earlier?!¡± Jessica shouted. ¡°What is the power cap of those mercenaries and volunteers? Would they be a threat to Elliot??¡± ¡°FUN YOUR HEAD! HOW CAN ELLIOT FIGHT AGAINST EMPERORS AT HIS CURRENT LEVEL??¡± Jessica roared. ¡°Hehehehe.¡± Jul¡¯Taras merely grinned and stuck out her tongue at her. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°ACHOO!¡± Elliot sneezed. ¡°Strange. How can I sneeze when I am at this level of power? Someone must be talking about me¡­ ACHOO! Damn it. They must be nning to do something evil to me!¡± Elliot immediately and urately concluded. ¡°Fine, gossip and scheme all you want. I will be much more powerful very soon.¡± Elliot said as he threw all distracting thoughts aside and focused on absorbing the Life Seeds that his faithful moles had delivered. Two hours passed very quickly. By that time, he was able to digest a little bit more of the Red Dragon Blood Essence and produced a significant amount of Fire Dragon Energy that needed to be transformed into Purgatory Fire Energy. The Life Seeds he consumed quickly did that, and had even restored his energy to the full! ¡°So the Life Seeds can function as an energy restoring consumable. I can eat them in the middle of a battle to restore my energy. Perfect!¡± Elliot thought. He flexed his arm muscles a little bit and felt itpletely brimming with energy. ¡°It¡¯s time to show the two dragons my real power! And of course to bash up that Khalendros a little bit.¡± Elliot grinned evilly and stood up. He was about to transform into his Fire Wolf form when suddenly, his sixth sense started to re out in rm! DANGER!! Chapter 179 Elliot had never doubted his instincts. As soon as that tingling feeling appeared, he immediately reacted by leaping away to his right. Silently, a beam of light shone on the ground on which he was standing a split second ago, and reduced it to ashes. A giant and seemingly endless hole appeared! ¡°Holy Macaroni!!¡± Elliot shouted and transformed into his Fire Wolf Beast Form. The beam of light shone towards him in an attempt to reduce him to ashes as it did the ground. But thankfully, Elliot was able to enter stealth and he disappearedpletely. ¡°Huh? Stealth mode?¡± A girly voice rang out from the sky. ¡°You¡¯re a tricky one, aren¡¯t you. Fine, if you won¡¯t roll over and die quietly like the rest of them, you¡¯ll have to feel the pain of my boundless wrath. Take this!¡± Hundreds upon hundreds of missiles suddenly burst through the clouds and rained down on a wide area around Elliot¡¯s position. ¡°EAT MY MISSILES! HAHAHA! EAT IT! EAT IT! HOW DO YOU LIKE IT?¡± Came the shrill girly voice screaming maniacally. ¡°What the freaking hell?¡± Elliot shouted incredulously as he scrambled to get the hell out of the area of the missile bombardment. Although he waspletely impervious to fire, who knows what the missiles contained apart from incendiaries? ¡°What¡¯s with the merciless sneak attack?! And who the hell are you? You¡¯ve well and truly pissed me off now!!!¡± Elliot was no saint, but he was rather straightforward by nature, and would never do such a meaningless and evil act like sneak attacking a random person with overwhelming strength. And so the sneak attack that literally vaporized the ground he was standing on mere moments ago instantly caused him to go nuts in anger. ¡°I¡¯m the one that will kill you, pitiful worm!! HAHAHA! DIE!!¡± The missiles continued to rain down mercilessly. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! As Elliot had suspected, they were no ordinary missiles. After they had exploded, a greenish mist appeared around the area. ¡°I knew it! They¡¯ll never be so nice as to fire normal missiles at me! Jumping Jacksnot Jibbers!¡± Elliot cursed. ¡°If I don¡¯t rip you apart limb by limb and vaporize you the way you intend to vaporize me, my name is not Elliot!!.¡± Elliot burst through the clouds and started to look for the vicious criminal who fired so many missiles at him. ¡°There you are!¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes in anger at the bus-sized dome-shaped spaceship which was floating in the sky while casually spewing out hundreds of missiles every single goddamn second. ¡°HAHAHA! ENJOYING YOURSELF? I HOPE YOU LIKE MY SPECIAL GREEN FLAMES! IT¡¯S A POTENT COMBINATION OF FIRE AND POISON!¡± Cackled the evil girly voice loudly. Elliot flew towards the dome shaped spaceship in his stealth form quietly. He intended to get on top of the spaceship and then revert to his human/dragonoid form before exploding out with the most powerful blow in his repertoire at that moment ¨C Stage 2 Movement 5. Hermit obliterates the mountain. However, when he got within 10 meters of the spaceship, it suddenly glowed red and an urgent rm began to re throughout the spaceship. ¡°HUH? You¡¯re here? And you actually can fly? You¡¯re more powerful than I thought! But it doesn¡¯t matter, you¡¯re dead, ugly worm!¡± The girl shouted with a slight trace of panic in her voice. ¡°Who are you calling worm, you damned alien! And you¡¯re the one who will die! Since you dare toe to my, then don¡¯t bother leaving!¡± Elliot shouted and quickly transformed into his human/dragonoid form. ¡°WHAT? Your?? DAMN IT! Are you a Forbidden Target? Damn damn damn! I¡¯m screwed!¡± The shrill, girly voice shouted loudly. ¡°You¡¯re screwed indeed, not because I¡¯m a Forbidden whatever. You¡¯re screwed because you¡¯ve pissed me off!!¡± Elliot roared and shot out towards the dome with his sword raised high. ¡°HERMIT OBLITERATES THE MOUNTAIN!!¡± The 5th movement of Stage 2 only had 1 attack. It was a slow but extremely powerful killing blow that overdraws the user¡¯s energy to deal 200% higher damage than usual. And because it contains so much energy, the nature energy it was able to manipte was also much higher, resulting in a powerful attack that defied the imagination. For Elliot to use such a heavy handed attack simply meant that he waspletely pissed! ¡°WAIT! STOP!! I don¡¯t want to fight with you anymore!!¡± The girly voice shouted. ¡°BREAK FOR ME!!¡± Elliot ignored her and shouted as he swung Gilgamar with all of his might towards the dome. SCHLEB! SCHLEB! SCHLEB! He felt Gilgamar punch throughyer afteryer of anti-magic and anti-matter shields as though they were mere thickyers of paper. ¡°STOPP!!!¡± The girl wailed loudly. ¡°I SAID STOP!!¡± Gilgamar¡¯s sharp edge finallynded on the dome. CRACK!!! Strangely, the dome didn¡¯t shatter the way Elliot thought it would. It merely cracked. He had given his all behind his attack, and for the dome to merely crack meant that it was extremely, extremely powerful!! ¡°No matter how powerful your god damned dome is, I don¡¯t believe it canst long against my continuous all out attack!¡± Elliot raged as he continued to swing his sword. That time, he targeted the ship¡¯s thrusters. BAM! CRACK!! The dome ship was effectively crippled. ¡°HEY! I SAID STOP! STOP RIGHT NOW! I COMMAND YOU!!¡± The girl screamed. ¡°IF YOU DON¡¯T STOP, I WILL HATE YOU FOR LIFE!!¡± ¡°Hate me for life? Fine! You can hate me for the next five minutes then, because that¡¯s how long you have left to live!¡± Elliot shouted back at her. ¡°YOU!! YOU¡¯RE EVIL!¡± The girl shouted with a quivering voice. ¡°Evil? You¡¯re one to talk! You tried to kill me, someone you don¡¯t even know, via a sneak attack, and you dare call me evil? Preposterous! I will do this universe a favor and erase you from existence!¡± Elliot almost vomited blood when he got called evil by the evilest girl in existence. ¡°Elliot! Don¡¯t kill her!!¡± Khellendra shouted from afar. ¡°HOLY GODS, he cracked the Dome Pce!!¡± Khalendros shouted in shock as he took stock of the situation. Chapter 180 Fortune Hermit Eliiot heard the two dragons shouting, but he totally couldn¡¯t care less. ¡°This damned girl tried to kill me! If I don¡¯t kill her today to get rid of a future threat, my name is not Elliot!!¡± Elliot thought to himself angrily. He continued to smash Gilgamar down on the Dome Pce! Elliot was no fool, he wasn¡¯t blindly and randomly attacking the Dome Pce. His sharp eyes had immediately noticed that there were various rune engravings on the dome that were glowing lightly. His initial strike had targeted thergest glowing rune and immediately caused the Dome Pce¡¯s anti-magic shields to weaken considerably. Realizing that the runes yed a critical role to the Dome Pce¡¯s defenses, Elliot had immediately targeted all of theplex runes. Very, very quickly, the Dome Pce¡¯s shields began to power down, and the number of cracks on the dome began to rise exponentially in number. As soon as that dome copsed, the ship would immediately be destroyed under Elliot¡¯s blind fury. ¡°ELLIOT!! It¡¯s a misunderstanding! MISUNDERSTANDING!!¡± Khellendra shouted as she sped up to try and reach the site of battle as quickly as she could. However, by the rate at which the Dome was approaching full copse, Khellendra realized that she would not make it in time to physically pull Elliot away from the Dome Pce. ¡°Attack! Protect the Fortune Hermit¡¯s Disciple!¡± Khellendra finally said to Khalendros urgently. Immediately, a humongous lightning bolt exploded out of Khalendros¡¯ hand and shot towards Elliot! C R A C K ! ! ! ! Elliot¡¯s instincts were ridiculously sharp, and he managed to throw himself backwards and avoid Khalendros¡¯ attack. However, the break in his attack rhythm had bought the two blue dragons the time they needed to get in front of the Dome Pce. ¡°STOP!¡± Khellendra shouted with a tinge of anger in her voice. ¡°Get out of my way, Khellendra. I don¡¯t want to hurt you.¡± Elliot growled. ¡°That¡¯s no way to talk to her, boy.¡± Khalendros snarled at Elliot and fired off another fat lightning bolt at him. Anticipating that he would attack, Elliot¡¯s reaction was instantaneous as he released a powerful fire st at Khalendros¡¯ lightning bolt. B O O O O O M M ! ! ! ! Both attacks smashed into each other and exploded in a fearsome disy of energy reaction. ¡°Enough, both of you! As I have said before, this is a misunderstanding! Stop fighting!¡± Khellendra shouted angrily. ¡°Khal, stand down. Elliot, would you please listen to me?!¡± ¡°She sneak attacked me and tried to kill me!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°I SAID I DON¡¯T WANT TO FIGHT WITH YOU ANYMORE! You didn¡¯t listen!¡± The girl¡¯s indignant voice rang out of the heavily damaged Dome Pce. ¡°Dumbass. Who in the world will listen to their enemy who just tried to kill them?¡± Elliot cursed the girl. ¡°WHO DID YOU JUST CALL DUMBASS, YOU DUMBASS??¡± The girl shouted. ¡°WHEN MY MASTER COMES, I WILL MAKE SURE HE TEACH YOU A LESSON YOU¡¯LL NEVER FORGET!¡± Khellendra shook her head and felt a massive headache start to brew in her head. ¡°By the time your master arrives, all he will see is a chunk of charred corpse. YOUR CORPSE!¡± Elliot said dangerously. ¡°The Dome Pce is an Origin Grade Ship that is unique to an Ancient Level hermit called Fortune Hermit.¡± Khalendros said quietly. ¡°The Fortune Hermit could obliterate Earth with a single breath. I suggest you calm down first and listen to the girl¡¯s exnation.¡± Khalendros¡¯s words were like a huge pail of cold water poured on Elliot¡¯s smoldering embers of rage. His fury immediately winked out of existence and was reced by a cold, rational mind. ¡°Good.¡± Khalendros said when he noticed the cold and unfeeling expression that finally appeared on Elliot¡¯s face. ¡°Now, little girl. Tell us, why did you try to kill our friend?¡± Khalendros asked. ¡°HMPH! You think I¡¯ll tell you after what your friend did to my Dome Pce?¡± The little girl pouted. ¡°You can remain quiet. But I will be telling the Fortune Hermit that you tried to murder an innocent. He will definitely get angry and-¡° ¡°ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT I¡¯LL TELL YOU!¡± The little girl shouted hastily. ¡°Keep my stupid great grand uncle out of this.¡± At that, Khellendra turned to look at Khalendros in shock. ¡°Holy smokes. Thank goodness we stopped Elliot in time. Or else we would definitely be in deep trouble!¡± His slightly open mouth seemed to say. ¡°Well? Tell us then!¡± Elliot said. He wasn¡¯t particrly shocked because he wasn¡¯t very clear on just how powerful the Fortune Hermit was and how much he loved his offspring. ¡°I came here as a volunteer to eradicate the Shadow Parasite Disaster. And I attacked him because my sensors are showing a positive reading on him! I thought that he was infested. But Iter realized that he doesn¡¯t particrly sound infested so¡­ I wanted to stop fighting.¡± The little girl said. ¡°A Shadow Parasite once exploded in my face and marked me with its fluids.¡± Elliot said calmly. ¡°That must be what you detected.¡± ¡°OH! You¡¯re right. That¡¯s probably what I detected. Hee hee! Soorreeyyy¡­¡± The little girl said sheepishly. However, before Elliot could reply¡­ ¡°BUT YOU SMASHED MY DOME PALACE UP REALLY BADLY! YOU NEED TO PAY ME COMPENSATION!!¡± She shouted. ¡°Sure. I¡¯ll pay you out of thepensation I¡¯ll demand from your great grand uncle for your murder attempt on me.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Ah? Wait. I think I still have a lot of money left in my bank ount. HAHAHA! Lot¡¯s of money! Don¡¯t bother aboutpensation!¡± The girl immediately responded. ¡°Good! I get to keep all of thepensation for myself.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed slightly in greed. He nced at Khalendros and Khellendra, who were chuckling and shaking her head respectively. ¡°What? You¡¯re still going to tell him? Don¡¯t! I¡¯ll pay you! Don¡¯t tell him anything!!¡± The little girl said desperately. ¡°Why don¡¯t youe out of your Dome Pce and let us share a meal together.¡± Khellendra suggested. ¡°We have a delicious roast beef with us that we can share.¡± ¡°Uhhh. Alright then.¡± The little girl said in a resigned voice. BSHHHH! The cracked dome retracted and a cockpit rose out of the bottom of the ship. Sitting on it was the most beautiful girl Elliot had ever seen. Chapter 181 Distress The four of them settled down on the ground and immediately set out to have a quick meal together. ¡°This meat tastes really good.¡± The little girl said in earnest as she chewed on her food daintily. Her every move and action exuded an elegance that waspletely mesmerizing for Elliot. It amused Khellendra and Khalendros to no end when they saw theplex intery of emotions on his face. I am angry at her! But she¡¯s so beautiful and elegant¡­ Ah¡­ WAIT! I am angry! I am very angry! She¡¯s a bad, bad girl! But her lips and the way she chews on her food¡­ Is she an angel? ANGRY! FURIOUS! I AM FURIOUS! SHE TRIED TO KILL ME! Ow man, that¡¯s just the most beautiful smile I have ever seen¡­ Even Khalendros, a happily married dragon who had all of his physical and sexual needs fully satisfied by Khellendra, couldn¡¯t help but to sneak a few nces at the little girl. He could absolutely imagine the effect she had on the still unmarried and probably still a virgin Elliot. ¡°It¡¯s called beef. A local delicacy. Have some more.¡± Khellendra promptly replied and shoved a huge chunk of meat towards her. The little girl happily obliged and filled her te with more sizzling beef. She was not just the most beautiful girl Elliot had ever seen, she also most definitely sits at the top on the scale of how much food a girl can eat. She was chomping down on her third portion and was still going strong! ¡°My name is Khellendra, this is my husband Khalendros, and our friend here is called Elliot. What¡¯s your name?¡± Khellendra asked casually. ¡°My name is Autumn Rosenbloom.¡± Autumn said after she swallowed her food. ¡°Nice to meet you guys.¡± ¡°Likewise. Likewise.¡± Khalendros said with a smile. ¡°So, you volunteered to eradicate the Shadow Parasites from Earth. I assume that the rest of the Universe now know that the Shadow Parasites are gathering here en masse?¡± Khellendra asked. Autumn nodded and swallowed yet another delicious chunk of beef before answering. ¡°The Alert Level for the Shadow Parasite Disaster was raised to Defensive Level 3 a few days ago. A bunch of mercenaries and volunteers like me are here or are enroute to deal with the Shadow Parasites with our brand new sensors that could detect them. However, we are under strict orders not to kill any Inserts or locals, especially powerful locals who probably have a huge amount of bets riding on them.¡± Autumn exined. ¡°I see.¡± Elliot said softly. Autumn¡¯s words had finally jarred his mind awake from her mesmerizing force of attraction. ¡°I need to quickly get my hands on more Life Seeds before the others detect and start collecting them as well.¡± Elliot thought urgently to himself. ¡°I can¡¯t waste any more time. The best strategy I can take is to hunt for more underground based animals and get them to expand their search area.¡± ¡°Should I tell them? If I tell them, I might be able to collect more Life Seeds. Although I will not be able to get whatever they collected. At least all of that power will flow into my team instead of a potential enemy.¡± Elliot¡¯s mind raced as he contemted these things. ¡°¡­ Don¡¯t you agree, Elliot?¡± Khellendra asked him sweetly. Elliot simply continued to stare at the roast beef nkly, lost in his thoughts. ¡°Elliot? Eliiot!!¡± Khellendra poked him lightly with her finger. ¡°Huh? Yes? What¡¯s up, Khellendra?¡± Elliot blinked in surprise. ¡°He must be lost in his wonder at being surrounded by two of the most beautiful females in existence! Hahahaha!¡± Khalendrosughed out loudly. It was true though. In her human form, Khellendra was perfection itself. She had a body to die for that simply exuded a married woman¡¯s mature (but still incredibly sexy) charm. And Autumn, as mentioned previously, was the Angel of Beauty incarnate. ¡°Ah hahaha. Sorry, I was lost in thought for a moment. What did you just say?¡± Elliot smiled at them. ¡°Pay attention when adults are talking.¡± Autumn frowned her little girl frown and red at him. ¡°I was saying that we should let bygones be bygones, and forget everything that has transpired earlier today. It was, afterall, a huge misunderstanding and we are all on the same side in our fight against the Shadow Parasites. What do you think?¡± Khellendra asked Elliot. ¡°Ah that. Sure. I will forget everything¡­ After I receive duepensation for Autumn¡¯s attempt to kill me.¡± Elliot said calmly. ¡°YOU!¡± Autumn Rosenbloom sputtered in anger. ¡°Fine. She did make a mistake. It¡¯s only right that she apologize sincerely to him.¡± Khalendros stepped in to adjudicate the case. ¡°Tell us then, what sort ofpensation are you looking to receive? And Autumn, you¡¯re probably more than wealthy, do not begrudge a little bit of your wealth to this young man here who is struggling to survive in this damned apocalypse for him and his fellow survivors.¡± ¡°Fine! Tell me, what do you want from me?¡± Autumn said with a cute pout. ¡°I want half your wealth.¡± Elliot simply said with a sinister smile. ¡°WHAT? HALF MY WEALTH? YOU¡¯RE DREAMING!¡± Autumn stood up in shock and anger. She pointed her quivering finger at him and red at him. ¡°You¡¯re the greediest, evilest and most despicable person I have ever met in my entire life!¡± She shouted loudly. At that moment, a huge rumbling sound could be hearding from the sky. The two dragons and Elliot looked up warily. They recognized the sound. It was the sound ofrge objects hurtling down from the sky at high speeds! ¡°I heard what you said, little sister! Let me vent your anger by smashing these three pieces of trash into mush!¡± A loud male voice rang out sharply through the rumbling. ¡°Fifth Senior Brother!¡± Autumn Rosenbloom cried out in surprise. However, the two dragons and Elliot instantly caught the strangeness of her cry. It was not relief, but instead, even more distress than before! Chapter 182 Second Senior Brother ¡°Hahaha! Let me, The Fastest Sword of Hermit Mountain, also lend a hand!¡± Another male voice sounded chivalrously. ¡°Sixth Senior Brother!¡± Autumn Rosenbloom moaned in even greater distress! ¡°Of course, if The Fastest Sword and The Strongest Kick of Hermit Mountain lend a hand, how would I, the Fattest Wall of Hermit Mountain, dare to withhold my aid? Here Ie as well!¡± Cried another voice. ¡°Tenth Senior Brother¡­¡± Autumn Rosenbloom was literally depressed at that moment. She sighed deeply and looked at the others with a strange butplex look on her face. ¡°I am sorry-¡± She began. But she was not able toplete her sentence before three simr Dome Pcesnded heavily on the ground before them. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Their domes immediately retracted and three young men leapt out mboyantly. The one standing in front as their leader was presumably Fifth Senior Brother. The first thing that struck Elliot with the force of a sledgehammer was that he was an Emperor! Fifth Senior Brother was a powerful looking young man, tall and very muscr. He was dressed in very traditional garb simr to the ancient Chinese of Earth. His right hand gripped a sheathed sword which waspletely ck and gave out an ominous feeling to all who were present. The other two Senior Brothers weren¡¯t as imposing as the Fifth Senior Brother, but they too exuded a power that was unmistakably at the Emperor level! The fat and round one on Fifth Senior Brother¡¯s left was definitely Tenth Senior Brother, The Fattest Wall of Hermit Mountain. He was wearing light brown armor that made him look very, very simr to an armored egg. The tall andnky on on Fifth Senior Brother¡¯s right was Sixth Senior Brother, the Fastest Sword of Hermit Mountain. He was simrly garbed in traditional wear, and had a sheathed blue sword by his side. He exuded a sharpness that felt iparibly dangerous to Elliot. Elliot immediately went on high alert. ¡°Senior brothers!¡± Autumn Rosenbloom cried out. ¡°Don¡¯t do-¡° ¡°SAY NO MORE! I can see how distressed you are, and I will make sure I avenge youpletely!¡± Fifth Senior Brother, the Strongest Kick of Hermit Mountain said gantly,pletely oblivious that Autumn¡¯s distress was caused almost entirely by him and his two brothers. ¡°NO! DO NOT-¡° ¡°TWELFTH JUNIOR SISTER! Fifth Senior Brother had already said that he would avenge you! Trust him and be at ease!¡± Tenth Senior Brother the Fattest Egg of Hermit Mountain cried out. ¡°Yes, Twelfth Junior Sister. Please stand aside and let us do our job. After all, Second Senior Brother had specifically instructed us to ¡°take good care of our junior sister! You wouldn¡¯t want to make Second Senior Brother sad, don¡¯t you?¡± Fifth Senior Brother the Fastest Sword of Hermit Mountain said loudly. ¡°Why are you bringing Second Senior Brother into the conversation?! Don¡¯t mention him in front of me!¡± Autumn Rosenbloom shouted angrily. ¡°Alright, alright. I am sorry for intruding into your lover¡¯s quarrel. My bad, Twelfth Junior Sister!¡± Sixth Senior Brother chuckled lightly. ¡°WHAT LOVER¡¯S QUARREL! ZHANG WEI! YOU WATCH YOUR DAMN MOUTH BEFORE I RIP OUT YOUR TONGUE!¡± Autumn Rosenbloom roared in anger. ¡°Enough. Fat Wall, take her away. Fast Sword and I will take care of the three others.¡± Fifth Senior Brother Zhang Wei snapped. Fat Wall immediately leapt forward with surprising agility and surrounded Autumn with an iparably thick energy before whisking her a few kilometers away. ¡°Sorry Junior Sister, we¡¯ll have to wait here while Fast Sword and Divine Fighter deals with the three ants that dared to make you so distressed.¡± Fat Wall said apologetically. ¡°Fat Wall. Let me go right now. If now when I get back, I will get Eldest Senior Brother to discipline you for daring toy hands on me this way.¡± Autumn Rosenbloom threatened softly. Fat Wall trembled in fear for a quick moment at the mention of the ferocious Eldest Senior Brother who doted on Autumn like she was his real sister. However, he immediately caught himself andughed softly in reply. ¡°If Eldest Senior Brother wished to discipline me, then he has to ask Second Senior Brother¡¯s sword first if he can do that. I am, after all, Second Senior Brother¡¯s loyal supporter.¡± Fat Wall sneered. ¡°Hooo. Your Second Senior Brother sure is high and mighty now that he has acquired a rare treasure sword, huh? You think that a rare treasure sword and whatever shitty manual he found in that Ancient Inheritance can help him bridge the gap between him and Eldest Senior Brother¡¯s Vast Universe Sword Art? Delusional! If you don¡¯t let me go, I can promise you that the three of you will not enjoy the next one hundred years of your life!¡± Autumn said fiercely. ¡°Enough with the nonsense!¡± Fat Wall snapped at her angrily and shed all pretense of being cordial. ¡°Second Senior Brother had assured ourplete safety and immunity against Master and Eldest Senior Brother. All you have to do is to follow us quietly!¡± ¡°Follow you quietly? I see, so you¡¯re not ¡°rescuing me¡± from the three of them. You¡¯re kidnapping me, huh?¡± Autumn said as a chilling realization fell upon her. ¡°Just shut up and ept your fate.¡± Fat Wall growled. ¡°Who told you to keep resisting Second Senior Brothers¡¯s kind intentions and approaches? Now he¡¯s all out of patience, you have to bear his wrath yourself.¡± At that, however, a powerful sense of wrongness bloomed in Autumn¡¯s heart. ¡°You may not know it, but after you rejected him against time, Second Senior Brother fell into a deep rage. He summoned us and gave us this mission of ¡°inviting¡± you at all cost to the Brokens for a visual presentation of how much he loves you. We¡¯re here to bring you there under his bidding. After we kill the three gnats, of course.¡± Fat Wall said sinisterly. ¡°That¡¯s not like Second Senior Brother at all. He would NEVER do such a thing to me, or to innocent people like the three of them.¡± Autumn said softly. Chapter 183 One Million Runes ¡°You¡¯ve been gone from his life for far too long to be able to determine urately what he would or wouldn¡¯t do, Princess.¡± Fat Wall said sarcastically. ¡°Look, Fifth brother and Sixth brother will kill the three of them very soon, and it wouldpletely be because Second brother told us ¡°kill all who bear witness to your actions.¡± BOOM!! A massive eruption of energy shot out towards them as a golden pir of energy shed powerfully against a red dragon. Autumn stared at the sh of energies in amazement for a moment. Both the human boy¡¯s attack and her Fifth brother¡¯s attack was far stronger than she had thought possible. ¡°Did Second brother begin to change after he started practicing the manual he got from the Ancient Inheritence?¡± Autumn asked Fat Wall softly. ¡°Does it matter? All that matters is that Second brother is now extremely powerful! I am not afraid to tell you that¡­ He has graduated from the Emperor level!¡± Fat Wall said proudly. ¡°What? That¡¯s impossible! The chasm between Emperor and Hegemon is extremely wide! He would need to master two different forms of Elements to the highest level and fuse them together!¡± Autumn cried out in shock. ¡°And isn¡¯t Second brother¡¯s body the Pure Light Heavenly Body? How could he master a different form of Element so easily?¡± ¡°Hehehe. Of course it was because of that powerful sword and manual! That manual is a wonder. It somehow allowed Second brother to master the Dark Element so quickly! In fact, Second brother even allowed us three brothers to practice the initial stages of the manual. We are now powerful users of the Dark Element in addition to our base Elements! In fact, I am even a Quadruple Element user because I originally was training in THREE different elements! HAHA!¡± Fat Wall couldn¡¯t help himself but boast proudly to Autumn. ¡°Not good. Definitely not good. How on earth did you guys manage to escape Master¡¯s detection?¡± Autumn asked with a trace of panic in her voice. ¡°Ha! Master has been in his closed cultivation session for so long that he probably don¡¯t know many things that is happening in the mountain! Things like Second brother¡¯s expansion of power and influence¡­¡± Fat Wall sneered at Autumn. ¡°Expansion of power and influence? How could he do that? Eldest Senior Brother would never allow him to do such a thing!¡± Autumn said in disbelief. ¡°Eldest Senior Brother has been really quiet for the past few months. You may not know it because you¡¯re always out exploring the universe all by yourself, but as ofst week, we have more than ten brothers and sisters openly dering their allegiance to Second brother! Including use three brothers, we have fifteen in Second brother¡¯s faction already. That leaves only five disciples unounted for. Eldest senior brother, his three faithful cronies and you! Hahaha!¡± Fat Wallughed in satisfaction. ¡°I see. The mountain is in far worse shape than I envisioned it to be. Second brother is so strong now¡­¡± Autumn said with a slightly quivering voice which contained a very slight trace of killing intent. If Fat Wall wasn¡¯t feeling so satisfied and so full of himself, he would have definitely noticed it, and realized that Autumn was simply acting and leading him by the nose like a naivemb to the ughter! But s for him, he merelyughed and continued to spill much needed information regarding the situation back home for Autumn. ¡°Strong is an understatement! Second brother¡¯s grip over the mountain is asplete as the air that permeates all of the itself! Nothing moves without him knowing, and nothing is uttered without him hearing. The Fortune Hermit Mountain is as good as his! Hahahaha!¡± Fat Wallughed happily. ¡°nning? HA! I guess it¡¯s safe to tell you everything now, considering that you can¡¯t do anything. Let me tell you a highly confidential secret. It¡¯s no longer in nning mode! Second brother is probably moving against Eldest senior brother at this moment! He and his three cronies have been holed up in his damned cave for many weeks now. He¡¯s probably afraid of Second brother¡¯s growing power! But now that he has given Second brother the time he needed to consolidate his strength at the Hegemon level, Eldest Senior Brother is doomed!! Why do you think we dare to kidnap you this way? It is because the taking over of Fortune Hermit mountain is already underway! HAHAHA! Twelfth Junior Sister, when you return home to Fortune Mountain, you will return to Second brother as the leader of the mountain!¡± Fat Wall dered with utmost confidence. ¡°I see. In that case, then I have no need to remain polite with you.¡± Autumn said in a calm voice that was vastly different from the emotional one she used earlier. The change was so huge and so sudden that Fat Wall immediately took notice. ¡°Huh?¡± Fat Wall managed to say before a blinding surge of light shot out from Autumn Rosenbloom. BOOM!! Autumn¡¯s powerful Emperor level energy rolled off her lithe body in horrifying waves and rippled Fat Wall¡¯s energy cocoon around her into shreds. ¡°You¡¯re an Emperor too?¡± Fat Wall shouted inplete shock. ¡°I am not just a fake Emperor like you who got boosted by some evil manual. I am a true Emperor with a perfect breakthrough!¡± Autumn sneered at Fat Wall and unleashed a powerful energy that surrounded Fat Wall like a cocoon, doing unto him exactly what he did to her earlier. ¡°Perfect breakthrough? With your Celestial Chaos Body? Doesn¡¯t that mean¡­¡± ¡°One million runes.¡± Autumn Rosenbloom said softly as her energy continued to rise higher and higher. It rose so high that the five who were fighting a few kilometers away from her immediately stopped and looked over at her direction. ¡°One-one million runes?!?!¡± Fat Wall gasped as he tried to break Autumn¡¯s cocoon apart with his own Emperor level strength. ¡°Impossible¡­ But this power¡­¡± Fat Wall suddenly stopped struggling and sighed. Chapter 184 Energy Awakening ¡°I guess I don¡¯t have a choice but to unleash the power which I got from Second brother. Autumn Rosenbloom, do not say I didn¡¯t give you a chance. You were the one who forced me to use this technique!¡± Fat Wall smiled sinisterly. After that, his body began to glow a strange and ominous ck light. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* A few moments earlier¡­ ¡°Fifth brother, let me handle the two blue dragons. I heard that they are incredibly powerful. I wonder if their draconic power is mightier or my Nimbus Streaking Sword Art is mightier?¡± Sixth brother Fast Sword said to Fifth brother Divine Fighter. ¡°Alright. I¡¯ll let you have fun with the two dragons. I¡¯ll quickly kill this native weakling and stand by to help you if you need it. You owe me one!¡± Divine Fighter said with a sigh. ¡°You¡¯re the best, bro! Hahaha!¡± Fast Sword immediately exploded into action and attacked the two blue dragons! ¡°Kill him quickly ande back to support me. I can deal with him by myself.¡± Elliot told the dragons. They nodded and quickly engaged Fast Sword in a swirling battle that would leave anyone watching breathless at the sheer power and speed in which they fought. Elliot held Gilgamar on his right hand calmly, and and prepared himself for what could be the fight of his life. He was not wrong in the least. Divine Fighter drew his ominous ck sword and smiled sinisterly at Elliot before bursting into an attack that was so fast he left afterimages behind him. CLANG! Elliot reacted by instinct and managed to parry his first attack. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! ¡°Lucky I started distributing stat points into Reflexes!¡± Elliot thought as he continued to parry Divine Fighter¡¯s rain of sword shes. ¡°It would be difficult to survive this barrage if my reflexes are any lower! In fact, I should increase more.¡± ¡°Hawk! Get me thergest Mystery Boxes avable and spend all but 200 points on it. Allocate all attribute points to Reflexes!¡± Elliot shouted to Hawk the AI. [Acknowledged.] Almost immediately, everything around Elliot began to slow down quite significantly. And most importantly, in his perspective, Divine Fighter¡¯s initially blinding fast sword attacks became much, much slower too! Elliot grinned widely to himself and began to earnestly counter attack. ¡°The fourth movement! The wind blows where it wills, invisible to the eye. Formless. All-epassing. Take this!¡± Elliot entered the now extremely familiar opening stance of the fourth movement andunched a ferocious triple-thrust at Divine Fighter. Elliot¡¯s seemingly simple triple-thrust dragged an unbelievable amount of natural energy into the attack and it was like a sledgehammer the size of a mountain but with razor sharp points smashing towards Divine Fighter. BRAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKK BAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! Divine Fighter narrowed his eyes at the monstrous amount of energy being sent smashing his way and exploded with his own behemothic counter attack! Whatever could be said of Divine Fighter, he was well and truly at the Emperor level, and as such, he had a massive qualitative advantage over Elliot. Divine Fighter easily blocked Elliot¡¯s monstrous attack, and the resulting dispersal of energy ttened all of the trees within a three kilometer radius. Both of them leapt backwards as though they had agreed on it and began to study the other with newfound respect in each of their eyes. ¡°You¡¯re incredibly strong.¡± Divine Fighter finally said. ¡°You¡¯re probably the strongest King level fighter I¡¯ve ever had to fight with.¡± ¡°You¡¯re quite strong yourself. But¡­ I wonder how strong you arepared to THAT Emperor¡­¡± Elliot said half contemtively. Divine Fighter smiled and then sheathed his sword. ¡°Don¡¯t draw conclusions on my strength just yet. What you just experienced was merely my probing attack. My real specialty lies not in swords¡­ But in unarmed physicalbat! Human, prepare to meet your maker!¡± Divine Fighter sneered lightly and then unleashed a towering pir of golden Emperor energy which rose magnificently around him. Elliot smiled grimly at the sight of Divine Fighter¡¯s imposing power and unleashed his own Purgatory Fire Energy in response. ROAR!! An equally imposing burst of mes erupted around Elliot. However, strangely and far more impressively than Divine Fighter¡¯s Pir of Energy, Elliot¡¯s Purgatory Fire Energy took the form of a ferocious Red Dragon! ¡°What? Energy Manifestation? At the King level?? Impossible!¡± Divine Fighter gasped. The Pir of Energy around him wavered very slightly as a bout of confusion and disbelief wracked his heart. However, he quickly calmed his thoughts. ¡°Energy Manifestation or not, you¡¯re still at the King level. You will die all the same, buried here with your talents!¡± Divine Fighter roared in jealousy and burst forward towards Elliot once more. The magnificent pir surged forward and shed with the majestic red dragon. BAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!!! A massive explosion filled with a destructive burst of energy erupted in all directions. ¡°GOOD! VERY GOOD! You¡¯re the first one to be able to fight against me on even footing after I reached Emperor level! Go on! Show me all you¡¯ve got! HAHA!¡± Divine Fighter unleashed punch after punch and kick after kick upon Elliot. Slowly but surely, his towering pir of golden energy began to grow even bigger and more intense. However, Elliot was no slouch as well. He brandished Gilgamar skillfully and was even able to resist Divine Fighter¡¯s many punches and kicks using just his sword! Like Divine Fighter, the red dragon energy that manifested around him began to grow bigger and stronger too. But unlike Divine Fighter, the red dragon energy also began to show signs of vitality. It¡¯s scales began to sharpen in form and an aura of indomitable might began to form around it. BA-DUMP. At first, both Elliot and Divine Fighter dismissed the sound as inconsequential. But after the third consecutive sound, both of them realized that it came from Elliot¡¯s red dragon energy! BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP! It was the red dragon energy¡¯s heartbeats! ¡°Energy Awakening?!?! Impossible! Impossible!! Not even Second brother could do that!!¡± Divine Fighter shouted. Chapter 185 Blink! At that moment, a ridiculously strong Emperor level energy smashed into them and sent both the towering pir of golden energy and Elliot¡¯s red dragon energy reeling to one side. Both Elliot and Divine Fighter turned to look at the source of energy. It was from Autumn Rosenbloom! However at that moment, an even more frightening energy suddenly appeared around Fat Wall! CRACK! Autumn¡¯s Emperor level energy cocoon broke under the equally devastating pressure that was released by Fat Wall. A thinyer of ck veneer formed all around his body, and immediately made him look like a creepy ck egg. ¡°DARK SOUL TRANSFORMATION!¡± Fat Wall shouted loudly. ¡°FAT WALL! NO!!¡± Divine Fighter shouted in panic. But he was too far away to do anything. GREAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! A fearsome roar sounded from Fat Wall. ¡°Damn it! Second brother explicitly said to only use it to escape with our lives! Why the hell is he using it now?¡± Divine Fighter cursed aloud. ¡°What the hell is that?¡± Elliot shouted at Divine Fighter. ¡°None of your business!¡± He snarled in reply and immediatelyunched another series of powerful punches and kicks! Elliot parried his ferocious attacks easily, and with every passing second, the red dragon above him continued to be more and more realistic. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr¡­ The red dragon even started to growl softly! ¡°What the heck are you? How are you able to execute Energy Awakening?!¡± Divine Fighter shouted at Elliot. ¡°None of your business!¡± Elliot shouted back with great satisfaction. BAM! BAM! BAM! They continued their furious exchange of attacks. However, an increasing sense of urgency began to grip Divine Fighter¡¯s heart. ¡°I can¡¯t let the red dragon awakenpletely. I need to end the fight fast!¡± He thought as he narrowed his eyes in consternation. ¡°I can¡¯t hold back my strength anymore!¡± After making that decision, Divine Fighter immediately executed his ultimate move. ¡°Take this ultimate move of mine. White Tiger Demon Kick!¡± He shouted. In a blink of an eye, the full form and power of the White Tiger Demon Kick materialized. One of the most devastating aspects of that kick¡¯s power was the absolutely unbeatable speed at which it could be brought to bear! A horrifying sense of doom suddenly enveloped Elliot as Divine Fighter charged at him andunched a ferocious kick that seemed to carry the might of all hell itself! ¡°Not good! I can¡¯t take this kick! I will definitely die!¡± Elliot realized in horror. Technically, he still had many items which could theoretically save his life. His bio bombs, the space-lock ammo he got from the blue giants, even his portable bunkers should be able to resist the White Tiger Demon Kick enough to take away its deadliness. But all that required time to be used, and time was something he totally didn¡¯t have. The White Tiger Demon Kick was truly demonic in its speed! However, Elliot was not one to simply lie down and die. He would never give up, and he would die fighting if need be! He immediately unleashed every single speed and life saving spell that he could use. Charge! Movement 3 of Stage 2 ¨C The fleet-footed fire rabbit cooks the giant snake! Blessings of the Wolf God! But even as he did all that, deep in his heart, he knew that he wasn¡¯t fast enough to dodge, nor was the Blessings of the Wolf God strong enough to resist the White Tiger Demon Kick! ¡°Could this be the end?¡± Elliot thought in horror. Everything seemed to slow down drastically and he could sense every tiny bit of movement all around him and within him clearly. He could sense his Purgatory Fire Energy burst into incredible light within him as it executed Movement 3 of Stage 2. It had been further enhanced by the Life Seeds he had eaten and it was iparably glorious. The red dragon energy that towered above him also began coalesce into form. Its eyelids quivered lightly as though it was waking up from a deep sleep. He could also sense his Beast Apostle System energy also burst to life as his Charge skill came to life. But everything seemed absolutely pointless. The White Tiger Demon Kick would reap his life much sooner before any of those things could whisk him to safety!! ¡°Does life truly end at such unexpected times? IS THERE NO OTHER WAY???¡± Elliot roared in his heart as he fought against the sense of impending doom that had himpletely submerged! Right at that moment¡­ An indescribably wondrous explosion of space energy erupted from within his heart. [Secondary boon from Void Walker activated.] [Blink skill learnt.] [Blink skill activated as a life saving measure.] Blink. Whoosh!! The space energy activated right as the powerful White Tiger Demon Kicknded at Elliot¡¯s position. ¡°What?¡± Divine Fighter could not believe his eyes. Immediately, Elliot began to use his new skill andpletely abuse its overpoweredness. He was taking revenge for the regrets that he had felt so deeply and which had been seared into his soul earlier for not using his full strength! ¡°Screw training! I will focus on killing him at the fastest speed possible!¡± Elliot thought angrily. After learning blink, a whole new dimension of attacking opened up for him. He was no longer bound by space constraints and all considerations that he had taken before with respect to closing distances with weaker enemies and maintaining distances against stronger enemies had just flown out the window. At that moment, he was like a tiger that had just grown wings! A pair of very, very powerful wings, at that. ¡°Movement twenty one. The merciless sword shreds even memories away.¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed with determination as he brought all of his fighting power to bear. Purgatory Fire Energy rushed into Gilgamar in the preset pattern and caused it to glow a fiery orange. Elliot raised his right hand into a single handed overhead sh position and immediately leapt forward into a vicious full body spin! (Picture inspiration in Discord) At the same time¡­ BLINK! Chapter 186 Awakening Elliot disappeared from his position and appeared behind Divine Fighter who was unleashing yet another devastating attack at Elliot¡¯s previous position, catching himpletely by surprise. By the time Divine Fighter sensed Elliot behind him, it was far toote for him to dodge or even block. He had no choice but to brace himself and eat Elliot¡¯s powerful attack in a state ofplete vulnerability! Elliot¡¯s single handed sh harnessed the power of nature and transformed it into a swirling mass of wind des that could easily shred even the fattest and strongest Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher into shreds! The red dragon energy above him began to slowly uncoil as it showed clear signs of waking up. All of that power smashed onto Divine Fighter¡¯s body with incredible force. B O O O O O M ! ! ! ! However, Elliot couldn¡¯t help but frown deeply. He could sense that his attack had not prated Divine Fighter¡¯s armor. ¡°Impossible!!¡± Elliot thought in shock as he stared at Gilgamar¡¯s razor sharp sword edge being held at bay by a thin veneer of ck substance that had covered Divine Fighter¡¯s neck. Just like Fat Wall earlier, Divine Fighter¡¯s body had turnedpletely ck! The ck substance was a powerful armor of sorts that covered himpletely, leaving only his face untouched. And at that moment, a deeply ominous feeling, much stronger than that which emanated from Fat Wall descended upon Elliot. His instincts screamed as though he was a weak little toddler meeting a ravenous man-eating tiger face to face! Without hesitation, Elliot immediately cast blink and teleported himself away! Schleb!! Right in the nick of time. Divine Fighter¡¯s ck ¡°armor¡± had released countless sharp spikes that would have definitely stabbed Elliot had he not blinked away. ¡°You¡¯re very, very impressive.¡± A t and emotionless voice very much unlike Divine Fighter¡¯s voice sounded from him. ¡°What the hell?! Did something take over his body? Why is the aura he¡¯s giving outpletely different?¡± Elliot thought as his anger continued to ze in his heart. Fire coursed through his veins as his close shave with death released all the deep-seated fury present in his very unstable mental state almostpletely. ¡°To think you are in possession of one of the most valued skills of the Void Walkers. They must consider you a valuable chess piece¡­ You¡¯ll make a perfect addition to my collection!¡± Divine Fighter rasped with a clear trace of excitement appearing in his t voice. ¡°Collection? What are you, a perverted toy collector?¡± Elliot spat as he studied Divine Fighter intently, trying to figure out his weakness. Despite his anger, Elliot was still very much in control of himself. He was not a beast that would surrender his will to his emotions and merely fight blindly. No, he was in full control of his anger, like a skilled rider atop a mighty raging beast. He would unleash its power as and when he chose to. Not a moment before. And he knew at that moment that he couldn¡¯t unleash the beast yet. No, he needed a way to break past Divine Fighter¡¯s powerful ck armor first. ¡°Yes. I am a ¡°toy¡± collector of sorts.¡± The strange and not very Divine Fighter-ish being said. ¡°Boy, your luck is off the charts. Since you¡¯re about to die, I will tell you my secret. I have received a secret transformation from my Second Brother. And the secret transformation that I got was¡­Dark Necromancer! HAHAHA! Today, I will bestow you a great honor by making you one of my Forsaken Warriors!¡± With that, Divine Fighter spread his arms wide open and let out a ghastly scream! RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHRRR!!! Immediately, space around him began to splinter and crack! From the cracks, appendages of all sorts began to slither out. Tentacles, hands, ws, feelers, exoskeletons, paws and even slimes all appeared out of the growing number of cracks. They were all ck in color, and looked extremely creepy. And disgusting. Elliot looked at the huge number of strange beasts starting to appear before him and was slightly surprised to sense that almost all of them were at the Lord level! And there were even a few at the King level! ¡°Dark Necromancer huh? So he could summon beasts as well. He¡¯s a pretty strong counter to my Beast Master. But if he thinks that this paltry force could deal with me, he¡¯s one sorry and mistaken bastard!¡± Elliot thought in his mind. ¡°What a dufus! You actually want to fight me using numbers?¡± Elliotughed. ¡°Of all the secret transformations you could receive from your dumbass second brother, you actually received a summoner type mage transformation? HA!¡± ¡°Fight? No. I am not going to fight you. I am going to capture you! You¡¯re mine. ept your fate ande take your ce within the ranks of my Forsaken Warriors.¡± Divine Fighter intoned. ¡°Capture me? You¡¯re horrendously overestimating yourself. You think you¡¯re the only one with an army?¡± Elliot sneered. He raised Gilgamar and pointed it straight at Divine Fighter. ¡°ALL OF YOU! GET THE HELL OVER HERE NOW AND KILL THIS BASTARD FOR ME!!¡± Elliot roared as his fury suddenly exploded like a powerful bomb st! ¡°The ck armor can wait! Let me take care of his damned beasts first!¡± Elliot thought. Immediately, a huge swath of space around him shimmered as summoned beasts, tamed beasts, and all of his Beast Apostles answered his call. Elliot Musk of Earth was officially unleashing his full power as a Beast Master at that moment. Wolves. Hawks. Tigers. Lions. Elephants. Mammoths. Three headed dogs. Golems. nt demons. Moles. Bears. Kaijins. Primal Felines. Monkeys. Birds. All of his beasts materialized around him in a mighty air! And at that moment, the red dragon energy above him finally opened its eyes as well. As if they nned it beforehand, the red dragon and all of his beasts suddenly let out a collective roar that was so loud it shook the entire area! GRAAAARRRRRRRR!!!! ROOAAAAAAAARR!!! KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Chapter 187 Absolute Dominance As if they nned it beforehand, the red dragon and all of his beasts suddenly let out a collective roar that was so loud it shook the entire area! GRAAAARRRRRRRR!!!! ROOAAAAAAAARR!!! KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! The roar unleashed by the red dragon and his beasts seemed to gain some sort of cadence that boosted the morale of their allies and instilled debilitating fear in the hearts of their enemies. Imagine Brock. He was a powerful beast, close to ten meters tall at that moment, and his full throated roar could literally cause the stones on the ground to vibrate and shake. The air around him would be saturated by the sound and heavy with his killing intent. Any life form facing him which was below Emperor level would be filled with dread, and if below King level, would bepletely petrified with terror. Multiply that sound a hundred fold, and increase the density of the killing intent by a factor of a thousand, and it woulde quite close to the scene that was unfolding at that moment. The roar was so horrific that the terrifying beasts that the Dark Necromancer had summoned were affected and their once gloriously intense killing intent started to dim very significantly! Sensing that the enemy¡¯s morale had been weakened, Elliot¡¯s beasts immediately burst into action and charged! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Their charge shook the ground with such strength that mini fissures opened up where they passed and the very air seemed toe alive as the bloodlust emitted by Elliot¡¯s beasts shed with the killing intent of the Forsaken Warriors! There was no contest. The momentum was clearly in Elliot¡¯s side and their bloodlustpletely trampled over whatever waning killing intent was left within the hearts of the Forsaken Warriors. The battle was half over even before a single blow was struck! Elliot¡¯s heart couldn¡¯t help but glow slightly in pride. ¡°The core strength of a Beast Master truly lies in the number and power of his beasts.¡± Elliot internalized. ¡°The more Beast Apostles I have, the more powerful I will be! I need to find more Apostles as soon as I can!¡± The Beast Apostle system provided Elliot with endless benefits and at the same time, allowed him to unleash an incredible amount of firepower in battle. In terms of benefits, each time Elliot gained a Beast Apostle, he could gain extremely unique and powerful skills which would definitely increase his utility and survivability. Although the skills would probably not exceed the damage he could bring forth via the Nameless Sword Techniques, they were still extremely good to have. Afterall, the Nameless Sword Technique used his Purgatory Fire Energy which was not infinite and would more often than not run out in the middle of intense battles. Having powerful system-generated skills was still extremely useful and important for Elliot! However, the real benefit of his Beast Apostle System lies not in the skills he could get from his Beast Apostles. It was in the stat and Exp cycle. Each time ANY member of his Beast Apostle ns made a kill, he would receive a small amount of XP. Multiply that at maximum by twelve ns and potentially a few thousand members per n, Elliot would be able to receive ridiculous amounts of XP without even lifting a finger! And with such massive Exp bonuses, Elliot would be able to level up very, very rapidly. And when HE levels up, his Beast Apostles would get stat bonuses too! The stat bonuses would make his Beast Apostles more powerful and make levelling up easier for them. And when THEY level up, Elliot would get stat bonuses from them as well. It was a very powerful cycle of stat generation and distribution, and Elliot sat at the center of it all, slowly growing fat with XP and stats. In terms of firepower, however, the core strength of a normal Beast Master usually lies in the strength and number of his beasts. Like what Elliot was doing at that moment, if a Beast Master were to make an appearance with ALL of his overpowered Beast Apostles, Tamed Beasts and Summoned Beasts, he would be unleashing a literal beast tide upon his enemies! Their bloodlust alone would cause immeasurable chaos upon the enemy¡¯s morale. However, Elliot was by no means a normal Beast Master. The firepower that HE could unleash was not merely limited to that of a normal Beast Master¡¯s. For starters, the newest spell he had gained from Jessica was a game-breaking blink spell whichpletely freed him up from movement constraints and allowed him to attack urately, instantly and with devastating effect on the enemy¡¯s blindspots. Elliot had also powered up using a Red Dragon Blood Essence which unlocked the massive power potential of Red dragons and transnted it into him, allowing him to gain ess to a powerful new form of energy called the Fire Dragon Energy which was several times more potent than a normal energy. And like pouring a boatload of oil into an already raging inferno, Elliot had also consumed mysterious Life Seeds which evolved his Dragon Energy into a higher Energy form¡­The Purgatory Fire Energy! And as though it wasn¡¯t enough, the Life Seeds also somehow triggered a rarely seen phenomena which the Divine Fighter had called ¡°Energy Awakening¡±! Incredible? Yes! And was that all? No! Not by a long shot! Or rather, not by 25,000 movements! Elliot had also mastered the first stage of the Nameless Sword Technique which was perfected by a genius Hegemon, while wielding said Hegemon¡¯s soul-infused Sentient Weapon. All of that gave rise to an incredible situation where a King was able to effectively fight against an Emperor, and even have the means to not only contend, but rip said Emperor¡¯s secret transformation to shreds! Forsaken Warriors? Ha! Babes in the woods! With Elliot¡¯s current power, there was only one oue avable in the fight against the Dark Necromancer¡¯s Forsaken Warriors. Absolute dominance. Chapter 188 l concede The first to engage the enemy was Red and his highly modified Transport/Fighter. It had grown considerably in sizepared to the cute and small ball-sized meat grinder that it was when he first met Elliot. At that moment, it was the size of a huge motorbike and it was no longer spherical, but a strange lopsided and elongated cylinder. Serrated spikes protruded from literally everywhere and moved erratically all around the ship. And to make things worse, it did not travel with its pointed end facing forward. Instead, it traveled at a very disturbing angle with its pointed end pointing half diagonally downwards and slightly to the rear. Whatever could be said of Red¡¯s design skills, one thing was for sure. It sucked big time in terms of looks. But Elliot didn¡¯t have anyints. Oh none at all. Especially when his strange contraption fired a strange yellow beam that literally, physically MELTED the first Forsaken Warrior it met. A full sized, three meter tall freak of an alien bug just broke apart and sshed down to the ground! Right behind him were Elliot¡¯s other flying units. Rom, Aldera, Frosty and the six Armored Kaijins unleashed their most powerful attacks and waded into the mass of Forsaken Warriors like so many searing hot stones plunging into ice water. Everywhere around them, Lord and King level alike, the Forsaken Warriors weed them with their death screams as fearsome firests, icebeams and shes reaped their lives. Behind Elliot¡¯s air force were the bulk of his melee DPS. Wu Kong, Winter, and Rex smashed into the enemy line and skilfully left a trail of dead and dying as they charged after their brothers. Wu Kong¡¯s powerful and ornately designed red rod which was gifted by Red was particrly murderous in that battle. In Wu Kong¡¯s hands, that rod turned into a bloodthirsty demon which took a life with every hit. Behind the DPS were the slightly out of position tanks in the form of two huge armored bears. Brock and Ellie were slightly slower than their lighter brethren and could only do clean up duty after them. ¡°Why are we cleaning up after them? I want to be in front and kill the strongest enemies too!¡± Ellieined to her grandfather. ¡°Quitining.¡± Brock growled as he crushed the head of a screaming Forsaken Warrior with a powerful overhead swipe. BONK! ¡°We¡¯re huge and make for big targets.¡± Brock said wisely. BONK! Another Forsaken Warrior copsed. ¡°Clean up duty is perfect for us.¡± BONK! And another. ¡°Plus, there are still the summoned beasts behind us, so we¡¯re not thest group.¡± BONK! And another. ¡°And who¡¯s to say that we won¡¯t meet strong enemies?¡± BONK! And another. ¡°Oh, you mean we might be able to meet strong enemies even in this position?¡± Ellie cried out hopefully. Novel BONK! A Forsaken Warrior copsed under her powerful swipe as well. BONK! ¡°Okay gramps!¡± Ellie shouted gleefully. BONK! With that, the two tanks continued their rampage. Although Ellie called in ¡°clean up duty¡±, it was rather inurate as there were also killing full-health Forsaken Warriors. There were just too many of them for the air units and the melee DPS to kill. Behind them, Elliot¡¯s summoned beasts engaged the remaining Forsaken Warriors and locked them inbat, preventing them from attacking the other beasts from the rear. All in all, Elliot waspletely dominating over Divine Fighter¡¯s Forsaken Warriors! Seeing his beasts casually rip apart the powerful Lord and King level Forsaken Warriors, Elliot couldn¡¯t help but feel slightly surprised. He knew that his beasts were incredibly powerful, especially the two Specter Wolves and Frosty. But the pure devastation that they were unleashing upon the Forsaken Warriors was just too absurd. He could understand Lord level Forsaken Warriors falling to a single powerful attack from them. But for King level warriors to fall so easily too? It waspletely outrageous. When had King level warriors be so weak? Suddenly, a thought struck him and he whirled his head up to look at the red dragon energy that had fully awakened above him. True enough, his eyes were glowing. The red dragon waspletely vibrant at that point, and its wings werepletely unfurled. It looked like it would take off in flight at any moment! And upon careful study, Elliot realized that an invisible force was emanating from him that was boosting the attack of his beasts and suppressing that of the Forsaken Warriors. Not only that, the invisible force was also pressing down upon the enemy, causing them to slow down enormously, and allowing Elliot¡¯s beasts tond killing blows at them as though they were unguarded sitting ducks. ¡°Just what in the world is ¡°Energy Awakening¡± and how in the world did I get it?¡± Elliot wondered. ¡°Although that red dragon energy ising out from my body, it feels as though it¡¯s a separate entity from me. Apart from sensing its presence very intimately, I had absolutely no idea what it does and how it is doing it.¡± Elliot circted more of his Purgatory Fire Energy around his body, and almost immediately, he could sense that the red dragon above him started to be more alive. The invisible force he was emanating also strengthened slightly. ¡°It¡¯s definitely a manifestation of my Purgatory Fire Energy.¡± Elliot concluded. ¡°But how that energy is able to transform into the invisible force ispletely beyond me.¡± At that moment, Divine Fighter finally broke his silence. ¡°I see. You¡¯re actually a Dragon Controller. To think there¡¯s one such as you living in this. Consider this my bad luck meeting you here. I concede this battle.¡± Divine Fighter said quietly. He waved his hand and dismissed the remaining Forsaken Warriors that had not sumbed to Elliot¡¯s beasts. However, would Elliot just allow him to withdraw from battle like that? Chapter 189 Secret Skill ¡°Concede your ugly ck head!¡± Elliot shouted as he blinked and struck Divine Fighter with a ferocious triple-thrust! KA-BOOM!!!! The very air exploded! A massive vacuum was instantly created at the site of the explosion and a powerful suction force appeared to suck all of the surroundings towards it. BOOM!! Rom¡¯s firest smashed onto Divine Fighter as well! BAM!!! Frosty¡¯s Venomous cial Beam followed almost immediately and froze a portion of Divine Fighter¡¯s body. Divine Fighter was caughtpletely by surprise. He did not expect that Elliot would attack after he had ¡°discovered¡± his identity and announced his withdrawal from the fight! ¡°STOP! I am a disciple of the Fortune Hermit! We¡¯re allies! ALLIES!¡± Divine Fighter roared in indignation. He unleashed his ck spikes and immediately broke free of Frosty¡¯s Ice Beam. Elliot¡¯s and Rom¡¯s earlier attacks hadpletely failed to prate his ck armor. However, Elliot couldn¡¯t be bothered to talk to Divine Fighter any more. He waspletely riled up at the fact that his attacks failed to prate the ck armor, and his mind was racing furiously to think of a way to break it. ¡°Let¡¯s try the armor-piercing effect of Lightning sh!¡± Elliot decided. LIGHTNING SLASH!! Elliot treated Gilgamar as an extension of his hands and executed Lightning sh using it. Gilgamar whistled through the air and caught Divine Warrior¡¯s armor slightly as he stepped back to avoid it. SGREEEKKKK!! The tiniest of scratch appeared on the ck armor!! ¡°Hmmm? It worked?¡± Elliot was pleasantly surprised. Divine Fighter noticed the scratch as well and immediately, his face turned ugly. ¡°You managed to damage my ck armor? Just what in the world are you?¡± He growled softly. ¡°Nothing of this universe was supposed to be able to deal damage to it!¡± However, Elliot couldn¡¯t be bothered to chat with him. Now that Lightning sh¡¯s armor-piercing property had proven itself to be effective, the only thing he had to do was to increase its damage. And to do that¡­ ¡°I need to find a way tobine the system¡¯s skills with the Nameless Sword Technique!¡± Elliot had sessfullybined two system-generated skills before, and the result was his Azure Lightning st which was, until Gilgamar¡¯s arrival, his most powerful attack. But thebination was crude, and the skill was highly energy-inefficient for the amount of damage it dealt. Still, thebination allowed him to raise the amount of damage he could deal instantly. ¡°Gilgamar. Any advice on how tobine Lightning sh with the Sword Technique?¡± Elliot asked Gilgamar. ¡°Combining skills is simply a merging of the energy movement and physical movement. If you know how both skills work, you should have no problems doing that.¡± Gilgamar replied in a way that both answered and didn¡¯t answer Elliot¡¯s question. ¡°So I need to understand how Lightning sh works. Damn, that would require time. I¡¯ll just unleash Lightning sh and the Nameless Sword Technique at the same time!¡± Elliot thought. Immediately, he got into the opening stance of a sh attack and tried to cast both Lightning sh and the sh attack together! The Purgatory Fire Energy started to flow in his right hand, while the familiar energy movement rted to Lightning sh appeared right behind it. SLASH!! Elliot struck Divine Fighter once more with his sword. And right at the moment before he expelled his Purgatory Fire Energy, Elliot superimposed the Lightning sh upon the attack! However, due to the overbearing nature of the Purgatory Fire Energy, the energy powering Lightning sh disappeared without a trace. All that was unleashed was the Purgatory Fire Energy-powered sh attack! ¡°Damn you! You really won¡¯t let me go? In that case, I will fight you till the end! Come out, Forsaken Warriors, and Forsaken Blood Emperor!¡± Divine Fighter roared angrily as he shrugged off Elliot¡¯s attack as though it was nothing. ¡°An Emperor? This is not good.¡± Elliot thought instantly. He could deal with one Emperor level Divine Fighter, but he couldn¡¯t deal with two! His only hope was that the effect from his awakened red dragon energy was enough to bridge the gulf between his King level beasts and the Forsaken Blood Emperor. ¡°Be careful guys, an Emperor ising. Retreat if you can¡¯t handle it.¡± Elliot warned his beasts. As Divine Fighter¡¯s Forsaken Warriors appeared once more, and this time with an Emperor in their midst, a fearsome and soul-wrenching gloom seemed to fall upon thend. BREKHHHHHHHHH HAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKHHHHHHH!!! A fully ck insect that looked strikingly simr to a praying mantis crawled out of thergest space crack. It was a tremendous ten meters tall, and was asrge as Brock! However, the power and the sense of danger it radiated was many, many times above Brock¡¯s. It was well and truly an emperor level beast! ¡°I will take point.¡± Rom said very simply as he transformed into his powerful me Wolf form. Aldera stood a few steps behind him, ready to use her damage immunity skill to save Rom¡¯s life if need be. ¡°ATTACK!!¡± Divine Fighter howled and as one, he and his warriors surged forward to charge at Elliot and his beasts! ¡°KILL THEM ALL!¡± Elliot roared and charged ahead to engage Divine Fighter. Behind him, his beasts howled their battlecries and began their assault on the Forsaken Warriors once more. The only difference was, Rom, Aldera, Frosty, Red, Wu Kong, Brock and Winter had all charged towards the praying mantis. The praying mantis screeched loudly and the soul-wrenching gloom that permeated the air surged into all of the beasts, drastically lowering their bloodlust and slowing down their movements quite significantly. All in all, it had a simr, albeit weaker effect to Elliot¡¯s awakened red dragon energy. ¡°Let¡¯s kill it quickly.¡± Winter said calmly. ¡°Do not hold back your secret skills, everyone.¡± ¡°Secret skill? So you got one as well?¡± Brock asked in pleasant surprise. ¡°Secret skill? What¡¯s that? Howe I didn¡¯t get any? Not fair!¡± Red squawked. ¡°Stop chit chatting and attack!¡± Wu Kongmanded sternly as he unleashed his own ¡°secret skill¡±. Chapter 190 Fallen It¡¯s not much of a secret, really. All of Elliot¡¯s Beasts will receive it upon reaching a certain amount of contribution to Elliot as a Beast Master. And because Brock, Winter and Wukong had incredible contributions, they unlocked the ¡°secret skill¡± first. ¡°Feral Judgement.¡± Wu Kong said as he stepped forward towards the praying mantis. His bones grew and his muscles instantly bulged out. Within moments, a massive ten meter tall Monkey King with fearsome red eyes stood in his ce, screaming out a roar that was totally unlike Wu Kong¡¯s calm and collected character! RAARR!!!! Wu Kong too a giant leap forward towards the massive praying mantis and smashed his rod down very powerfully on it! BAMMM!!! Although the praying mantis had very thin limbs, they were startlingly strong, and it had no problems resisting Wu Kong¡¯s frenzied smash. In fact, it didn¡¯t look like it received any damage whatsoever! The gulf between Kings and Emperors were indeed not small. Onlyplete freaks like Elliot could breach that gulf and fight enemies an entire level above him! Thankfully, Wu Kong was not alone. All around him, the core of Elliot¡¯s massive Beast Army, his most powerful Beast Apostles and Tamed Beasts surged ahead to engage the praying mantis with their own mighty attacks. Most ring among the pack were Brock and Winter who had both activated their respective ¡°secret skills¡± which were all simrly berserk transformations, but with distinct characteristics. Brock¡¯s transformation was ¡°Unyielding Strength¡± which was a pure tank transformation which saw his vitality and armor spike all the way up to rival even that of an Emperor¡¯s! He had grown to an incredible fifteen meters tall and his fur had thickened to be nigh imprable armor! Winter¡¯s transformation was ¡°Winter Flurry¡± which was an ice-based DPS which saw her mastery over ice rise by several factors. She too, had grownrger to reach ten meters tall. However, the most startling thing about her was the sleek ice armor that covered parts of her head and body, giving her an icy yet majestic look that seemed to look down on the rest of the world. BAM! BOOM! WHAAMM!! SLASH!! RIP!! Body ms, shes, firests, cial beams and all sorts of attacksnded upon the praying mantis in a series of near wless attack rotations. Each attack wasunched at full force, and even though the praying mantis was an Emperor, it had no choice but to block and parry their attacks. Failure to do so would see themnd a critical hit on its unarmored section, and even if it would not kill it directly, it would weaken him too much to be able to survive the seemingly endless attacks by the beasts! And if it was Wu Kong or Winter who managed to sneak in that critical hit to its unarmored sections, then instant death was definitely not out of the question! With Elliot¡¯s beasts managing to tie up the Emperor level praying mantis sessfully, Elliot was able to focus on his fight with Divine Fighter with no distractions whatsoever. And of course, to continue his experiment inbining his system-generated skills with the Nameless Sword Technique! ¡°You may be able to scratch my Living Armor, but you¡¯ll never be able to prate it. You should have retreated when you still had the chance, punk! Now, die!¡± Divine Fighter¡¯s living armor suddenly grew in size and turned him into a fearsome three meter tall humanoid figure that had des for arms and legs! His entire face was covered and the armor even protruded upwards into a sharp edge. If looked at from a distance, he looked a little bit like a ck and elongated starfish. And Elliot immediately mentioned it to him. ¡°Die to a ck starfish like you? You wish!¡± Elliot snorted withughter. In response, Divine Fighter shed down his ded arms at him in a ferocious spin attack! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! Blink! Elliot easily dodged his attacks by blinking away. p and a Novel However, Divine Fighter waspletely enraged, and he continued to chase after Elliot. Blink! After blinking away a few times, Elliot finally made his move. ¡°If utilizing the Nameless Sword Technique first doesn¡¯t work, then I¡¯ll just reverse it!¡± Lightning sh! PURGATORY FIRE ENERGY!! Elliot pumped out copious amounts of his Purgatory Fire Energy just as Lightning sh was being executed. Due to Purgatory Fire Energy¡¯s dominant nature, it immediately reced the energy powering Lightning sh, and traveled down its preset pathways in ce of it! Gilgamar instantly glowed a fearsome violet as it whistled through the air and smashed onto one of Divine Fighter¡¯s ded arms! Only, it wasn¡¯t a smash. It was a slice! ¡°AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!¡± Divine Fighter howled in pain! Gilgamar had cleanly sliced off one of his arms. Elliot took the chance to press his attack and executed another powerful Lightning sh, this time towards his neck! However, Divine Fighter was not a pushover who would simply roll over and die. He immediately dodged Elliot¡¯s attack and countered with a powerful kick! Elliot stepped back slightly to avoid it, but to hisplete surprise, Divine Fighter¡¯s legs suddenly grew sharply in length and the Living Armor pierced through Elliot¡¯s tummy! JLEBBB!!!!!!! ¡°Not good!¡± Elliot paled and instantly blinked away. ¡°Boy! I wille back to kill you soon! Just you wait!!¡± Divine Fighter shouted and disappeared into his Dome Pce. When he did that, all of his Forsaken Warriors melted away into nothingness. Well, all of the living ones anyway. ¡°RETREAT!!¡± He roared as he powered his Dome Pce to fly up high into the sky. However, only silence greeted him. Well, notpletely. CRACK! A powerful lightning bolt thundered towards him from the East and a beam of pink energy shot out from the West. The two attacks made one thing very clear. His brothers had both fallen in battle! ¡°YOU! YOU WILL ALL DIE! I WILL BRING SECOND BROTHER TO KILL YOU ALL!¡± Divine Fighter screamed and immediately flew away at high speed! Elliot gritted his teeth and was about to blink after him when a tide of pain unlike anything he had felt before attacked him from his wound! Chapter 191 Really, really alot ¡°UGHH!!¡± Elliot copsed to his knees and started to gasp for breath. He grabbed a health potion and drained it in one big gulp. His wound immediately started to wiggle and close very visibly at high speed. Not one bit. ¡°What the hell? Hawk? What¡¯s happening?¡± Elliot shouted. [Unknown hostile substance detected.] [Hostile substance corroding flesh.] [Please remove it immediately.] ¡°Purgatory Fire Energy!¡± Elliot shouted in his mind and sent his energy to circle the strange substance which Divine Fighter called ¡°Living Armor.¡± After doing so, the pain he felt finally subsided. However, he was unable to do anything to the Living Armor! It remained there, slowly corroding his Purgatory Fire Energy. ¡°No, it¡¯s not corroding it away. It¡¯s¡­ It¡¯s feeding on it!¡± Elliot gasped with horror as he realized that the Living Armor¡¯s mass was increasing very slowly but very surely at that! [Please remove it immediately.] ¡°I know! I want to remove it immediately as well!¡± Elliot raged. ¡°Rather than telling me to do it, why don¡¯t you be more constructive and tell me how, damn it!¡± [Please use Elemental Deconstruction and remove hostile substance immediately.] ¡°Elemental wha¡­ Oh my god. I have Elemental Deconstruction from Red!¡± Elliot was stunned. He had received that skill when he made Red his Wind Apostle. But it seemed so useless that he didn¡¯t even think about it and simply put it at the back of his mind. But who would have thought that it would be so useful at that moment! Elliot immediately used it. ¡°Elemental Deconstruction!¡± He shouted internally and cast it on the Living Armor. The skill mped down on the Living Armor slightly, and then disappeared into nothing. ¡°What? It¡¯s not working! Wait, let me try it again this time, but with my Purgatory Fire Energy.¡± Elliot thought. He repeated the process he used for the Lightning sh. He started to cast Elemental Deconstruction and the forcefully rammed his Purgatory Fire Energy right before the skill wasunched. And true enough, Elemental Deconstruction mped down on the Living Armor powerfully this time, and forcefully dissolved it! WESHHHH. As soon as the Living Armor dissolved, his Purgatory Fire Energy immediately absorbed it! WHOOSH!! ¡°WHOAAA!!!¡± Elliot shouted in shock! A surge of power suddenly shot through him! His Purgatory Fire Energy roared into life all around his bodypletely unbidden. His violet mes burned strongly and grew darker by a shade before it winked out as suddenly as it had appeared. ¡°Hawk? What happened to the Purgatory Fire Energy?¡± Elliot asked in surprise. ¡°Did it just power up??¡± [Purgatory Fire Energy is showing signs of a qualitative advancement.] [Please consume more of the Unknown Death Energy toplete its full advancement.] To say that Elliot was stunned would be the understatement of the decade. If his jaw was detacheable, it would have immediately dropped to the ground at that moment! ¡°Death energy! So that¡¯s why my Purgatory Fire Energy infused Lightning sh which had armor piercing effect was so effective!¡± Elliot whispered to himself as a host of realizations crashed upon him. He was finally making a little bit of progress in the vast and epic information plot that seemed to elude him! ¡°And if the mysterious Life Seeds that the Shadow Parasites are after contain Life Energy and the Living Armor that the Second Brother found in an Ancient Inheritance site can be deconstructed to be Death Energy¡­ And if both of them can be absorbed by my Purgatory Fire Energy¡­ Then¡­¡± ¡°Elliot! Are you alright?¡± Khellendra called out from hermunicator. ¡°Did you just drive away that 5th brother dude?¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine. Yes, he escaped before I could kill him. I was incapacitated for a while, but I am okay now.¡± Elliot replied calmly. ¡°How are things on your side?¡± ¡°We¡¯re fine. We just¡­ got ourself a new puppy.¡± Khellendra giggled. ¡°Puppy? What do you mean?¡± Elliot asked inplete confusion. ¡°They were supposed to be in a dangerous battle. When did it turn into a pet shopping spree?¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°We¡¯ll exinter. We are on our way back. If you¡¯re okay, Please check on Autumn!¡± Khellendra said. ¡°Right. I¡¯m on it!¡± Elliot turned off his open channel and kept the stump of arm encased in Living Armor in his dimensional storage. After that, he immediately blinked towards the direction of where the fat dude had taken Autumn. ¡°Autumn! Where are you?¡± Elliot shouted. There were no longer any sounds of battle. After Autumn¡¯s powerful outburst of energy and Fat Wall¡¯s consequent release of his Living Armor, everything was silent. ¡°Over here!¡± A very calm Autumn called out. Blink. Elliot immediately blinked and appeared at her position. The sight that greeted him the moment he materialized was a very surprising one. It was Fat Wall totally encased in a transparent sphere of sorts! He waspletely covered in his Living Armor but he was alsopletely immobile within the transparent sphere. ¡°Wow. What happened here?¡± Elliot asked as he looked at Autumn in surprise. ¡°Oh nothing much. I couldn¡¯t pierce his armor no matter how much I tried, so I merely piledyer afteryer of space energy on him to keep him locked down.¡± Autumn replied rather airily. She didn¡¯t forget that her issue with Elliot was unresolved! But considering what Fat Wall had leaked to her about the situation of Fortune Mountain, her master would probably be too distracted to deal with her much. So in actual fact, there was nothing else that needed to be discussed with Elliot. Her beef with him could be considered over. But still, she hadn¡¯t heard any reconcilliatory words from Elliot, so technically, they were still at odds! Hence her airy voice. However, Elliot waspletely oblivious to her voice inflections as his eyes werepletely focused on Fat Wall¡¯s Living Armor. ¡°That¡¯s a lot of Death Energy I could absorb.¡± Elliot thought greedily to himself as he stared at Fat Wall¡¯s massive figure and licked his lips lightly. ¡°Really, really a lot.¡± Chapter 192 KYAA!! ¡°I see. You did well. Very well indeed.¡± Elliot said warmly to her. Autumn nced at him in surprise. She didn¡¯t expect him to be so friendly, especially after having to fight her 5th brother because of her! ¡°Uhh¡­ Thank you?¡± Autumn said hesitantly. ¡°What do you want to do with him?¡± Elliot asked immediately. ¡°I can pierce through his armor and behead him if you want.¡± ¡°Really? Is that how you drove 5th brother away?¡± Autumn asked Elliot with rounded eyes. ¡°Yeah.¡± Elliot replied very simply. ¡°Okay. Kill him for me then. Scum like him deserves to die. I am sure master would understand. Here, let me just open up a tiny gap in my¡­ WHAT?¡± Autumn shouted in shock as Elliot blinked ahead, swung Gilgamar in a wide arc and very casually prated her manyyers of space energy to decapitate Fat Wall! ¡°Yo-you¡­ Your attacks can pierce through space armor?!¡± Autumn shouted in surprise! ¡°Yes.¡± Elliot replied very simply. ¡°Now that he¡¯s dead, I would like all of the ck substance around him, is that alright?¡± ¡°Wha¡­ how? Why?¡± Autumn sputtered lightly before finally recollecting her wits. ¡°Wait, let me take a look.¡± Autumn waved her hand and unsummoned heryers of space energy. Immediately, Fat Wall copsed lifelessly to the ground and his head rolled away from his body. Blood spurted out and former arge pool around him. Being a powerful Emperor level fighter, the amount of blood he had in his body was definitely not a small amount. Autumn stepped forward and poked Fat Wall¡¯s armor slightly to study it. However at that moment, Fat Wall¡¯s hand shot out and grabbed her by her neck! ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAA!!!¡± Autumn screamed out in shock and kicked his body away at her full Emperor level strength! The huge fat armored body flew through the sky at high speed! Beingpletely dead, Fat Wall¡¯s grab was merely powered by his remnant soul and had no strength behind it. So Autumn¡¯s full powered kick easily dislodged his hand around her neck. But because of that, Fat Wall¡¯s corpse was sent flying a huge distance away! ¡°Hey! What¡¯s that headless body doing flying so awkwardly in our direction? LIGHTNING BLAST!!¡± Khalendros roared and unleashed a powerful attack which hit his corpse and sent it flying back in the direction from whence it came! However, before she could unleash another attack on the poor headless corpse, Elliot blinked ahead and secured it. He brought the corpse back down to the ground and skillfully de-armored it. And then without saying anything to Autumn, he stored the armor into his dimensional storage. ¡°He-hey!! I didn¡¯t say that you can have the armor!¡± Autumn cried out indignantly. ¡°You can have all of his belongings, and his dome ship.¡± Elliot said to her generously. ¡°We¡¯ll consider everything even in that case, how¡¯s that?¡± Autumn red at him for a moment as her beautiful face scrunched up in slight consternation. ¡°I want a little bit of that armor for research. If you can give me that, you got yourself a deal.¡± She finally said. ¡°Fine.¡± Elliot reached into his dimensional storage, and cut out a small finger section from Divine Fighter¡¯s arm before tossing it to her with the finger still in it. ¡°Thanks. Alright then, we have a- KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! There¡¯s a finger!!!!!¡± Autumn screamed in shock! Elliot chuckled evilly and grinned widely at her. ¡°YOU! YOU DID THIS ON PURPOSE!!¡± Autumn pointed her slender finger at Elliot and shouted furiously. ¡°Hahaha!¡± Elliot didn¡¯t bother replying her and merelyughed out loud. ¡°You¡­¡± Autumn could only grit her teeth angrily and stomp off. She was no stranger to dead bodies or body parts, of course. It was the surprise of finding something so unexpectedly gory that made her so shocked. She immediately took all of the loot from Fat Wall and stomped off towards his Dome Pce. ¡°What¡¯s with the two of you? Lover quarrel?¡± Khalendrosughed as hended from the sky with Khellendra and a happy looking Fast Sword who waspletely covered with ck Living Armor tagging alongside them. ¡°Nothing much. She got scared by the dead body.¡± Elliot said dismissively while staring at Fast Sword. ¡°How do you like our new puppy?¡± Khalendros said proudly as he shoved Fast Sword forward. ¡°HE¡¯S your new puppy? Wow¡­ Impressive. I didn¡¯t know you are able to do that.¡± Elliot nodded appreciatively. ¡°I didn¡¯t do it, of course. It was Khellendra. She has a powerful innate skill that is able to trap the minds of lustful males in some sort of illusion.¡± Khalendros said. ¡°It¡¯s not permanent though. The more lustful the person is, the stronger the skill will be. And judging by how strongly this Fast Sword is caught within the illusion, he must be one hell of a pervert.¡± Khellendra chuckled. ¡°Almost as big a pervert as Khal! Why, when I tried the skill on him-¡° ¡°LENDRA! That¡¯s private stuff. PRIVATE!!¡± Khalendros shouted hastily. ¡°Hee hee!¡± Khellendra giggle cutely. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I like how perverted you are, as long as you direct all your lust on me!¡± ¡°Err¡­ Okay.¡± Khalendros said ufortably and quickly changed the topic. ¡°Anyway, you found a way to prate their armor? How did you do it?¡± ¡°I have armor piercing skills.¡± Elliot said vaguely. ¡°Should we kill him as well?¡± ¡°I guess so.¡± Khalendros said. And in the next instant¡­ Blink. sh! Fast Sword¡¯s head rolled down and his body began a fountain show with his blood. ¡°I want his armor. You guys ok with that?¡± Elliot said immediately. ¡°You can have the rest of his stuff. And the Dome Pce.¡± ¡°The Dome Pce is untouchable.¡± Khellendra chuckled. ¡°Autumn would probably bring it back with her. The Fortune Hermit Mountain would hunt down any illegal users of their Dome Pce mercilessly. But yes, I¡¯ll take that deal. You take the strange armor, and we¡¯ll take everything else.¡± Elliot nodded and immediately got to work. Within moments, three beaming and very satisfied Kings and Queen were standing by Divine Fighter¡¯s Dome Pce where Autumn was still in deep conversation with someone. Chapter 193 Which one do you want to hearfirst? After getting his hands on a huge amount of Living Armor which he could easily deconstruct to the mysterious Death Energy, Elliot was in a good mood. He had his many moles searching high and low for the Life Seeds, and he would probably get a pretty decent amount very soon. With the Life Seeds, he nned to raise his Beast Apostle System Upgrade to 50%, and then use the Death Energy toplete the remaining 50%. Although thebination of Life Energy and the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher¡¯s Death Energy had caused a massive explosion, hee had a feeling that it was simply because the two energies were ipatible. With his Purgatory Fire Energy eating up the mysterious Death Energy with so much gusto, Elliot was sure thebination of the two types of energies would be sessful, and would cause a very, very unique upgrade to his system. And it would probably upgrade it into something that the entire known universe had never seen before! He couldn¡¯t wait to see what sort of surprises the upgraded system would give him! At that moment though, Elliot and the two dragons were waiting on Autumn to finish whatever conversation she was having with presumably her senior brother back at Fortune Hermit Mountain. They took the time to discuss their next step forward as a team. ¡°With the rest of the universe alerted to the presence of heavy Shadow Parasite activity here on Earth, I think theing days would be extremely dangerous. We shouldy low and avoid fighting with the mercenary groups and bounty hunters like Autumn. Our main goal is to win the eventual Battle of Kings, and we should not get distracted or side tracked by other issues.¡± Khellendra suggested seriously. ¡°I agree.¡± Khalendros nodded and sighed heavily. ¡°Being able to deal with Fast Sword with your illusions was extremely lucky for us. He was, after all, an Emperor. If he wasn¡¯t so full of lust, or if it was a female instead of a male, your skill wouldn¡¯t have worked, and we would be in trouble. We shouldy low from now on. I do not want us to risk another confrontation with an Emperor.¡± ¡°Even if we don¡¯t fight them now, won¡¯t we fight themter in the final tournament?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°It would be better to thin the enemy lines first here and now, when we can stillunch sneak attacks and take them down one at a time. We don¡¯t have to remain as prey, you know. We can hunt the hunters.¡± ¡°Only registered Inserts and fugitives can participate in the final Battle of Kings. You don¡¯t have to worry about all the neers. They¡¯re just here for the Shadow Parasites.¡± Khellendra said. ¡°In fact, I think they might even do exactly what you just said for us. They will probably hunt down all the infested Inserts and fugitives, and thin the number ofpetitors we have for the tournament. We can just rx in a hidden location and watch everything fall into ce.¡± Elliot remained silent at her words. He still had to gather his Life Seeds, and in sufficient amounts to give them to Jennifer, Jessica and his beasts. Then he had to kill Rak¡¯Tharos and save Jennifer. After that, he wanted to save as many human beings as possible. He didn¡¯t want the human race to go extinct just like that. How in the world would he be able to just ¡°rx in a hidden location¡±? As if sensing his reluctance, Khellendra sighed deeply. ¡°But, of course we won¡¯t leave you alone if you wish to go and save your sister. We will go with you.¡± Khellendra said gently. ¡°Lendra!¡± Khalendros said sharply. ¡°We need him.¡± Khellendra said very simply. ¡°It¡¯s all or nothing now, Khal. Either we win this together, or we won¡¯t at all.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like this.¡± Khalendros frowned. ¡°We are not strong enough to deal with Emperors. Everything can go wrong in an instant!¡± ¡°The alternative is not being able to participate in the tournament itself.¡± Khellendra said gently. At that, Khalendros remained silent. It was true, without Elliot, they needed to find 3 more members. And with the situation spiraling out of control with so many powerful entrants into the, it would be close to impossible. ¡°I appreciate your willingness to help.¡± Elliot said slowly. ¡°And if you do that, then I will make sure that I win the tournament for us. Give me one month of your time. I promise that in one month, we will find my sister, save her and then you guys can hide for the remaining period of time until the Battle of Kings.¡± ¡°You guys?¡± Khellendra raised a beautifully arched eyebrow and asked. ¡°You guys ¨C the two of you and my sisters. I will be leading the remaining survivors of the human race to win the Games and ensure our race¡¯s survival.¡± Elliot said seriously. ¡°And to scour the whole clean for Life Seeds.¡± He added silently in his mind. There was no way that he would leave such a valuable resource unmined! ¡°What¡¯s the point of me winning the tournament if there are almost no human beings left to popte it?¡± Elliot simply threw a question back at Khalendros. ¡°Let¡¯s continue our discussionter. Autumn is done. Let¡¯s hear what¡¯s going on.¡± Khellendra said. BSHHH. The Dome retracted and the startlingly beautiful Autumn leapt out of the spaceship. Her face was ominously grim. ¡°This isn¡¯t going to be good.¡± Khalendros rumbled quietly when he saw Autumn¡¯s gloomy visage. ¡°I should have killed that damned Divine Fighter just now.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°He probably got his sted second brother to send him reinforcements.¡± ¡°Hush, let¡¯s hear it directly from her.¡± Khellendra frowned at the two of them and made a shushing motion. ¡°I have good news and bad news.¡± Autumn announced. ¡°Which one do you want to hear first?¡± ¡°Good news.¡± ¡°Bad news.¡± Both Elliot and Khalendros replied in unison. Chapter 194 Killing a Hegemon They turned to stare daggers at each other before Khellendra touched Khalendros¡¯ hand. ¡°Why argue with a boy over such meaningless things?¡± Her touch seemed to say. ¡°Fine. Good news first.¡± Khalendros conceded reluctantly. ¡°Good news, Fortune Hermit Mountain is still under my Eldest Senior Brother¡¯s control. My Second Senior Brother tried to wrest it away from him, but he failed to defeat Eldest Senior Brother, even with his ck Living Armor.¡± Autumn said. ¡°Okay¡­ That¡¯s good news for you. Butpletely meaningless to us.¡± Elliot rolled his eyes at her. ¡°Of course it¡¯s meaningful for you as well!¡± Autumn shot back at him with a re. ¡°Because Fortune Hermit Mountain is still safe, it simply means that I can still remain here and hunt Shadow Parasites! The sooner they all perish, the sooner your can be safe from the threat of obliteration by nukes!¡± ¡°Ah. Right, you have a point there.¡± Elliot nodded thoughtfully. ¡°What¡¯s the bad news?¡± ¡°The bad news is¡­ Eldest Senior Brother¡¯s informant in Second Senior Brother¡¯s camp had just told him that Second Senior Brother had received an emergency update from Fifth Senior Brother. And that he¡¯s on his way here!¡± Elliot and the two dragons could only stare at her in stunned silence. A full fledged Hegemon, and one with Living Armor, was on his way to Earth?! ¡°It doesn¡¯t make sense.¡± Khellendra frowned deeply. ¡°Why would he, a Hegemon, react that way to Divine Fighter¡¯s news of defeat? It¡¯s such a massive overreaction! Unless¡­¡± Khellendra gasped as a delicious piece of gossip struck her. ¡°Unless¡­ Divine Fighter is his secret son! A love child with your Master¡¯s favorite disciple!¡± ¡°Pffft. Of course not!¡± Autumn couldn¡¯t help butugh at Khellendra¡¯s absurd suggestion. ¡°You must have watched too many Karyan Drama!¡± ¡°I love Karyan Drama.¡± Khellendra chuckled. ¡°They are extremely entertaining. Anyway, if it is not that, then why?¡± At that, Khalendros and Autumn turned to look at Elliot. After a moment, Khellendra did as well. ¡°He wants your ability.¡± Khellendra said slowly as understanding dawned upon her. ¡°He wants whatever you had which allowed you to prate his living armor so easily!¡± ¡°How long till he arrives?¡± Elliot asked Autumn calmly. ¡°It took me around two weeks to get here. Second Senior Brother is much stronger than me. He should be able to make the trip in a week or less.¡± Autumn said. Elliot nodded quietly. His eyes shed in anger at the injustice of it all. All he wanted was a simple life. A life where he and his sisters could live in peace. But time and again, all sorts of tragedy had to strike him. Aliens came to toy with his. A damned fugitive Emperor forced Jessica tomit suicide and kidnapped Jennifer. A cheating Game Master tried to pick him off by sending five legendary beasts to kill him before the apocalypse even began the second time around. He was forced into a Battle Royale against his will. An Emperor level rebel disciple of a powerful Ancient level warrior tried to kill him. And now, that rebel¡¯s Senior brother who is at Hegemon level was out to find him! Why? Why did all this nonsense happen to Elliot? The answer was very simple. ¡°I am still too weak.¡± Elliot concluded coldly in his mind. ¡°I am forced to run once more because I am too weak to defend myself. I can deal with Emperors now, but once a Hegemon takes action, I am but a little baby before them! They could do whatever they want to me!¡± ¡°Three days.¡± Elliot told the two dragons quietly. ¡°We¡¯ll go rescue my sister in three days. After that, please go into hiding and protect my sisters.¡± A searing hot aura radiated from Elliot at that moment as he subconsciously stirred all of his Purgatory Fire Energy and circted them at full speed around his body. Above him, the red dragon energy appeared once more in all of its glory. However, it was much more vibrant and much more ferocious than before. And instead of appearing as a sleeping dragon, it waspletely wide awake. GRRRRRRR. The red dragon growled deeply as it rapidly coalesced into being. ¡°Three days is good.¡± Khellendra agreed and nced at Khalendros, who nodded as well. ¡°Good.¡± Elliot said quietly, betraying none of all the flux of emotions stirring in his heart. However, the red dragon was under nopulsion to hide any of HIS emotions. It stood up and let out a thunderous roar of anger that helped Elliot give vent to a tiny bit of his anger! GRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! The red dragon¡¯s roar was so powerful that the ground trembled lightly. ¡°Hmmm?¡± Autumn¡¯s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the very realistic red dragon above Elliot. ¡°Your energy awakening is at such an advanced level? Just who are you, actually?¡± ¡°I am an Earthling who is about to kill another Emperor. And by the Gods, who will kill a hegemon in theing weeks.¡± Elliot said icily. He turned around and then disappeared from their sight. Autumn and the two dragons stared at each other for a moment. ¡°Is he always so sour?¡± Autumnined lightly to the two dragons. ¡°We have absolutely no idea.¡± Khellendra chucked. ¡°We just met him earlier today.¡± ¡°We mutually need each other¡¯s help.¡± Khalendros said vaguely. ¡°Long story, it¡¯s better if you don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Autumn said thoughtfully. She scrunched up her eyes and started to ponder on an idea that had sprouted in her mind. ¡°If they agree, it¡¯ll make my mission so much easier to aplish. I just have to offer them enough benefits, and they¡¯ll probably agree. Hehehe, given their desperate situation, I doubt I need to offer them much before they jump for joy.¡± Autumn schemed in her heart. ¡°Well, I guess we¡¯ll part here. You aren¡¯t an Insert, so you can¡¯t join us. It¡¯ll be great if you are though.¡± Khellendra sighed. ¡°Wait. I¡¯m not an insert, but I do need your help. What say you we form a temporary team?¡± Autumn asked them. Chapter 195 Acting Award ¡°What do you think?¡± Wu Kong asked Jul¡¯Taras seriously. ¡°He¡¯s exhibiting abnormally high levels ofbat strength. The benefits brought about by the Sentient Weapon should not be this powerful. There is something that¡¯s boosting his power on a very fundamental level.¡± Jul¡¯Taras analyzed Elliot¡¯s situation calmly. ¡°And so far, the only strange things that were quite inexplicable were his search for moles and the round seeds that he consumed before being attacked by Autumn Rosenbloom. If I have to wager a guess, the two events were connected. The moles brought the seeds to him, and those seeds gave him that ridiculous power boost. Jul¡¯Taras nced at Wu Kong and Jessica Sands after she ended her statement. Her subtle invitation was as clear as day. A Saharan Desert day. ¡°Should we go and visit Earth?¡± Were her hidden words. ¡°Are you serious Jules? That will be soo exciting!!¡± Jessica Sands squealed in excitement. Wu Kong shook his head lightly. ¡°We would immediately lose our Diamond Sponsor status if we go. We might even get banned from the Games forever. And I have no intention of doing so. I still need to secure the Forbidden Box and also recruit him into my nter.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll get banned from the games forever¡­ IF we get caught.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled sweetly but with supreme confidence. ¡°It¡¯s too risky.¡± Wu Kong frowned. ¡°Ae on monkey. Don¡¯t be such a spoil sport! Let¡¯s go! I¡¯ll get Jules topensate you for any losses you make due to your disqualification as Diamond Sponsor. In fact, I¡¯ll get her to double your capital and current profit!¡± Jessica pleaded and tempted Wu Kong at the same time. ¡°Hey, when did I agree to that?¡± Jul¡¯Taras said indignantly. ¡°It¡¯s just a few hundred or maybe a few thousand resources, why are youining?¡± Jessica Sands grumbled cutely at her. ¡°A few thousand? Ah right. Okay. I¡¯llpensate you ten thousand if you go. How¡¯s that? The Hegemon Mage that my uncle had sent is already standing by. We can also go secure that Forbidden Box and at the same time, recruit Elliot as soon as we meet him. We¡¯re moving your goals up front and center by going. And don¡¯t worry about getting caught at all. With me around, that would never happen.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said gently as she ced one hand on Monkey¡¯s arm in a gesture that was clearly very, very romantic in nature. Jessica¡¯s eyes shot wide open and her jaw dropped when she saw Jules do that! ¡°Whaa¡­ What¡¯s going on? Why are you touching him, Jules?¡± Jessica sputtered in shock. ¡°What? What do you mean?¡± Jul¡¯Taras looked at Jessica innocently while still leaving her hand on Wu Kong¡¯s arm. ¡°That! That! You¡¯re putting your hand on his arm!! You NEVER touch anybody you don¡¯t really care about! Oh my God. Are you two in love? Will you two get married soon? If you two get married, what sort of babies will you two produce? Monkeys or elves? Ahh this is so exciting!! Monkey, do you love her? Do you take her as your wife, to love and to hold, till death do you part??¡± Jessica was so excited that she ended up trying to officiate their wedding on the spot! ¡°Hmmmm.¡± Jul¡¯Taras turned to look at Wu Kong to see what he would say to Jessica¡¯s blunt question. ¡°When a Monkey of the Frosthaven Empire pledges his love, it will bepletely and unto death, whether or not the love is requited.¡± Wu Kong said slowly. ¡°Yes. Yes. And?!¡± Jessica Sands started to hop in excitement. Wu Kong smiled at Jessica and then looked at Jul¡¯Taras tenderly. No words needed to be said. Jul¡¯Taras wasn¡¯t a giddy school girl who needed to hear explicit words to know exactly what her chosen mate was thinking and feeling. She needed no reassurance beyond that of the facts she knew for certain. Like Wu Kong¡¯s upright character. And the fact that he was very close to pledging his love, but he wasn¡¯t there yet. On the other hand, there WAS a giddy school girl there with them. ¡°Say it! Say it!¡± Jessica Sands shouted excitedly. ¡°I wana hear it! I wana hear it now!¡± Next to them, Aunt Hiry couldn¡¯t help but chuckle and sigh very slightly. Youthful love was indeed a glorious time. She too, had beautiful memories of that season, once upon a time a very long time ago. ¡°Not yet.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled at the over excited Jessica. ¡°There is a time and ce for everything.¡± ¡°Aw. You two aren¡¯t even married yet, and you¡¯re already adopting his spoil sport ways! Boooo!¡± Jessica pouted cutely. ¡°Ignore her.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled ad Wu Kong. ¡°How about my offer though? It¡¯ll be awesome if we can join in the fun on Earth. We can even try out their vaunted automobile races! I don¡¯t think anyone can beat me when ites to racing.¡± Wu Kongughed at her obvious plot to reel him into agreeing. But at that moment, with Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ many irresistable offers, and the allure of doing something exciting with her, Wu Kong was a big fat fish that was very much willing to be reeled. ¡°Alright, with so much generosity being thrown my way, I would be stupid to reject them.¡± Wu Kong finally agreed. ¡°YEAYYY! WE¡¯RE GOING TO EARTH!! WOOHOO!!¡± Jessica couldn¡¯t help but scream out their ns out loud for the entire room to hear!! All three others immediately stared at her in horror. ¡°You¡­ you just told the entire universe, including all of our enemies of our ns!!¡± Jul¡¯Taras sputtered at Jessica in disbelief. ¡°Ah!! Damn it!! I just told all our enemies all of our ns!!¡± Jessica gasped in horror. ¡°Go all in. Make it look like you are telling them on purpose. That will make them not believe it instead.¡± Wu Kong whispered calmly. Jessica blinked once and immediately went on to unleash an act that would have gotten her an acting award if she was an actress. For the worst acting ever, that is. 196 [Bonus chapter 1 ¡°Oh no! Now they know we¡¯re going to Earth and not some other ce in secret, what do we do? What do we do? Jules! Monkey! Ahhh! I don¡¯t want to cancel our trip to Earth! Nonono!¡± Jessica cried out in a strange tone that left everybody in the room either cringing or smirking. Jul¡¯Taras sighed. Wu Kong sighed. Aunt Hiry sighed. And of course, singrly due to her inappropriate outburst and terrible acting, they had to cancel their ns to visit Earth. For the time being. ¡°You¡¯re not allowed to go.¡± Director Sands said sternly to Jessica Sands. ¡°GRAMPS!! Don¡¯t be so mean! We¡¯re going over to investigate the cause of Elliot¡¯s unnatural increase in strength. It would only bring benefits to us if we find out first!¡± Jessica argued. ¡°We Void Walkers are notcking strength at the moment. You might have noticed that.¡± Director Sands replied dryly. ¡°Yeah, I noticed that when I almost died when a bunch of mercenaries were so deterred by our strength that they decided to kidnap me in broad daylight WITHIN the Gaming Commission¡¯s territory!¡± Jessica snorted. Director Sand¡¯s face turned ugly at the mention of that incident and glowered angrily at Jessica. ¡°All the more reason you can¡¯t go! If those basta- ehm. I mean, if those evil doers dare to kidnap you even when you¡¯re there, they would definitely have a field day if they realize you¡¯re on Earth! I will need to mobilize at least an entire brigade of our special forces to deal with the onught that would definitelye!¡± ¡°GRAMPS! I-¡° ¡°No. And that is final. If I find out that you¡¯ve gone a single step away from that room, I will ground you for one year!¡± Director Sands said in a final tone that brooked no arguments. No arguments could be presented anyway, because he immediately closed themunication channel. ¡°AHHH!!¡± Jessica was so angry that she flung themunicator away! Aunt Hiry merely gave it azy look and it immediately disappeared before it could deal any damage to the rest of the Diamond Sponsors in the room. At that moment, Aunt Hiry was definitely the strongest force in the entire section of the Sr System! ¡°No! Gramps will never allow me to go now. I know that tone of his. It¡¯s final. I CAN¡¯T VISIT EARTH NOW BOO HOO HOO!¡± Jessica cried out sadly. ¡°You¡¯re not paying attention to my words. I said, maybe SOMETHING will happen that will have the Gaming Commission specifically request for our presence on Earth!¡± Jul¡¯Taras repeated herself. ¡°Something? What thing? What exactly must happen for the Gaming Commission to request that we appear on Earth?¡± Jessica moaned morosely. ¡°Excellent question! See, that¡¯s how you should approach problems. Look for the solution, and not focus on the pain of the issue!¡± Jul¡¯Taras said happily. ¡°What must happen, Jess?¡± Jessica blinked a few times as her brain whirred into motion. She finally understood what Jul¡¯Taras wanted to do! ¡°Oh! You want me to-¡° ¡°SHHHHHH!!!¡± Wu Kong and Jul¡¯Taras immediately shushed her before she revealed yet another one of their ns to the rest of the world!! ¡°If its standard issues with time and space, any Void Walker worth their weight in salt could handle it. So the only thing that could make them specifically request that I appear on Earth so that I could join in the fun and hang out with Elliot is¡­ for issues to arise that only I can solve. That¡¯s it! I will just ce the entire inplete time-space stasis then! That way, they will respectfullye and as-¡° ¡°Respectfullye and arrest you and force you to fix the problem.¡± Wu Kong interrupted with augh. ¡°No silly, Jules meant something that can¡¯t be traced back to you, but would require your help!¡± ¡°Ohhhh. I see¡­ That¡¯s really sneaky of you, Jules. Truly worthy of the greatest spy in the Universe! Hee hee. And hey by the way, you¡¯re getting pretty good at reading what Jules wants, Monkey. You¡¯ll be a pretty good husband for her! You¡¯ll be able to make her very happy, both physically and emotionally!¡± Jessica remarked. Jul¡¯Taras immediately blushed a deep, deep shade of red. ¡°What physically and emotionally! What do you know about that, huh?¡± Aunt Hiry scolded Jessica Sands. Although Jessica Sands was already over a hundred years old, by Void Walker standards, she was still a little girl! ¡°Of course I know about it!¡± Jessica Sands said proudly, clearly showing that she knew nothing about it. If she did know what went on physically with married couples, she would blush a deeper shade of red than Jules! ¡°They will go and make babies-¡± ¡°Okay okay enough with the making babies topic please!¡± Jul¡¯Taras spoke up hastily. ¡°Let¡¯s focus on finding the solution. Jess, what can you do which would bepletely undetectable, but that would require your presence on Earth to solve?¡± ¡°Hmmmmm¡­¡± Jessica fell silent as she tried to think of something. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* While Jessica, Jul¡¯Taras and Monkey were scheming their way to Earth, Elliot was sitting deep within the ground and was furiously breaking down the Living Armor into the mysterious Death Energy. He had made the Beast Apostle System consume the Life Seeds which brought it exactly to 50.0% progression in its upgrade status, and then had proceeded to feed it with the mysterious Death Energy As he had suspected, both energies were extremelypatible, and instead of blowing up like the Corrupted Sedgedoom Belcher, he felt like a powerful synergisticbination was taking ce within him, and that the result would not merely be 1 + 1 = 3. It would be something like 1 + 1 = 100! ¡°Once the system upgrades, I should be able to buy new skills. And while I slowly work tobine the system-generated skills with the Nameless Sword Technique, the new skillsbined with the Purgatory Fire Energy would grant me enough strength to make Jennifer¡¯s rescue mission a sess. And with the two dragons helping me¡­ Jennifer would be back safely by my side within three days!!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes burned with great determination and fed even more mysterious Death Energy to the system. After almost an entire day, the much awaited notification finally arrived. [Beast Apostle System sessfully upgraded.] [Please grant the system a new name.] 197 [Bonus chapter 2 Elliot opened his eyes slowly. As soon as the system upgrade waspleted, he could feel a tremendous power blooming from within him. That power seeped into every little corner of his body and saturated it with a dense energy that started to meld perfectly with his Purgatory Fire Energy. Even as he opened his eyes, he realized that the slowbination between the system¡¯s energy and his Purgatory Fire Energy was still going on. ¡°The system has reached a hundred percentpletion in the upgrade process, and yet the energies are still melding?¡± Elliot considered the situation calmly and allowed his body to continue its process. A minute passed. Then two. [Please give the enhanced system a new name.] Elliot ignored the system¡¯s prompt and continued to sit there quietly. His instincts were telling him that the opportunity to upgrade his system and his body has not ended yet. ¡°There are two very distinct power systems within my body now. The first one is the power granted by the system, which is the Beast Apostle System, manifesting in the various system-generated skills that I have, plus all the contracts with my beasts. The second one is the power granted by the Red Dragon Blood Essence, which is the Dragon Transformation, which produces Fire Dragon Energy and which manifests in the Nameless Sword Technique. These two power systems are separate, and my best efforts tobine them had been to power some of the system¡¯s skills using the upgraded version of the Fire Dragon Energy ¨C The Purgatory Fire Energy. At best, it¡¯s a crude and inefficientbination. Most of the systems arepletely separate within me. Right now, the two power systems are both being upgraded by the mysterious Life Energy and Death Energy. Within the first Beast Apostle power system, the mysterious Life and Death energy are able to act as energy seeds to upgrade the system under the direction of the AI. The new upgraded system is abination of the basic Beast Apostle Energy Seed, the Life Energy and the Death Energy. At the same time, the mysterious Life and Death energy are also able to directly upgrade the second power system within my body ¨C the Dragon Transformation. The upgrade takes ce with the Fire Dragon Energy. The mysterious Life Energy enhanced my Fire Dragon Energy so much that it became violet, and I renamed it into Purgatory Fire Energy. But with the mysterious Death Energy, it would probably undergo another qualitative upgrade. When that happens, it would be the final version of my Purgatory Fire Energy, and it would be abination of the Fire Dragon Energy, Life Energy and Death Energy. And because both the upgraded Beast Apostle System and the upgraded Dragon Transformation share twomon energy forms now, they have bepatible. And right now¡­ the first power system ¨C the upgraded Beast Apostle System, is actually melding with the second power system ¨C the Dragon Transformation? And the system calls it ¡°system enhancement¡±?¡± As he was thinking about all of these things, Elliot was constantly deconstructing the living armor and feeding the Death Energy to his Purgatory Fire Energy along with the assional Life Seed. At the same time, he was also grinding away at the remaining Red Dragon Blood Essence within his body. The Red Dragon Blood Essence transformed his body at the cellr level, and allowed more and more of his cells to produce Fire Dragon Energy. Right after the Fire Dragon Energy was produced, the Life and Death energy promptly enhanced them into Purgatory Fire Energy. That way, Elliot was going through aplete upgrade. It was like a B ss Type R Civic getting a huge S ss upgrade to its engine, chassis, suspension and even to the petrol it was consuming! Although it still looks like a B ss Type R Civic from the outside, it was effectively a Type R Civic no longer. It had be an S ss beast! Elliot stayed in that position for two more days, absorbing thest of the Red Dragon Blood Essence andpletely transforming them into Purgatory Fire Energy. When the timees for him to fight Rak¡¯Tharos, Elliot would make sure that he is at the peak of his power topletely crush that ¡°bas****¡±! While he was undergoing that massive qualitative upgrade, the two dragons and Autumn were having a pretty good time. Well, for the two dragons, at least. In fact, they were ecstatic! It wasn¡¯t everyday that the two blue dragonse across powerful Emperor level warriors, and they had both decided to team up with Autumn, for a price. The price was that Autumn had to impart threepatible and useful Runes to them! The two dragons were still King level, and they were still in the process of formting their runes and the sequences. With 3 additional Runes which they could use, they would be able to qualitatively strengthen the quality of their Emperor level upgrade! Autumn had immediately agreed. Of course she did. She had no shortage of Runes! In fact, she was rather taken by surprise at how easily the two dragons agreed to her request. For the beyond-wealthy like Autumn, Runes were of no scarcity. Born with a diamond spoon, Autumn had never considered knowledge Runes as a scarce resource. She lived a life that waspletely different from the rest of the Universe who considered knowledge of Runes as mega-treasures! Being a great grand niece of an Ancient level being, Autumn was probably richer than 99% of the universe. Even the high and mighty Void Walkers could not boast having more than a handful of Ancients within their ranks. And as such, she had all the Runes she needed to create the perfect River of Runes within her body! Rare, epic and even legendary grade runes were all within her reach. With such wealth, it was no wonder that she could achieve the ridiculously rare million-rune River. ¡°Alright!¡± She had immediately said. ¡°Here, let me show you all the runes that I know, and you can take your pick. I can¡¯t show you my Master¡¯s Legacy Runes, of course. But I can show you everything else.¡± With that, she had taken out a cute pink device and pointed it at the two dragons. Immediately, a list of all the runes that Autumn knew appeared in their minds. ¡°WHAT THE HECK? EPIC RUNES?? AND¡­ IS THAT A LEGENDARY RUNE???¡± Khalendros roared in shock! Chapter 198 Name your price ¡°WHAT?!¡± Khellendra was stunned. ¡°You¡¯re allowing us to pick even the legendary rune?¡± Khalendros asked Autumn incredulously. ¡°Uhuh. There¡¯s only one though. I hope you don¡¯t mind.¡± Autumn replied with an awkward smile. She did not expect the dragons to be so shocked at the sight of the legendary rune! That was to be expected. Autumn had lived a truly, truly blessed life. For most of the Universe, however, they had to strive with all of their might to gain enough money to buy a fewmon and umon runes. If they were lucky, they could even get their hands on an umon rune that¡¯s bordering on epic. But they would have no hope whatsoever of getting their hands on an epic rune, much less a legendary rune. Even the cheapest umon rune could cost upwards of two resources. The two dragons were from an ancient n, and they already had a rather impressive amount of runes they could use. In fact, they even had one epic rune which they had received from their elders. ¡°The heirloom of our Blue Dragon Ancestor. At the height of his power, he was a High Grade Hegemon.¡± Their elder had told them with a deep sigh. ¡°He had many, many more runes, of course. But s, knowledge of those runes were split among the different ns that sprouted from his children. And our line only managed to have this single epic rune. I know this won¡¯t be enough for you all to breakthrough to Emperor level. But I hope that you all wouldn¡¯t lose hope. It is always what we don¡¯t have that shapes us to be great. We learn time management because we don¡¯t have enough time. We learn how to be thrifty because we don¡¯t have enough money. We learn how to be creative because we don¡¯t have enough resources. Use this situation to propel yourselves higher. If you can ovee this obstacle, then I assure you, you will be powerful Emperors indeed.¡± Khalendros, Khellendra and their peers had been fired up for a time after listening to her impassioned speech. But high sounding words can only sustain youthful zeal for so long. The stark reality that they were ridiculously poor in terms of rune knowledge soon hit them like a thunderbolt. None among their number were able to break into Emperor level after so many years! They havemon, umon and one epic rune. Compared to many Kings out there in the known universe, they were rtively well off. But it was not enough if they wanted to level up into an Emperor! And now, in front of them was actually a mega, mega rich little girl about to gift them three runes. One legendary, and two epics. Khalendros and Khellendra were truly stunned speechless. ¡°I assume you want the legendary rune? If that¡¯s the case, then you need to tell me which two epic runes you want.¡± Autumn said to them. Khalendros and Khellendra simply stood therepletely frozen. They didn¡¯t know what to think. The answer to their n¡¯s chief worry ¨C that there won¡¯t be Emperors arising from the new generation, was right in front of them! If they could bring back the three runes safely to their n¡­ Then the future of the Tempest n would be secured. In fact, they might even be able to rise back into prominence after a few generations! ¡°If it¡¯s too difficult to pick two epics out of the whole lot¡­ why not you pick three? Or four. I¡¯ll just trade them for more Shadow Parasites.¡± Autumn told them generously. ¡°Earlier we agreed on one hundred Shadow Parasites for the three runes right? Well, I¡¯ll take a hundred and fifty Shadow Parasites, and you guys can pick four more epics. How does that sound?¡± If their brains were frozen earlier, then they werepletely fried after hearing Autumn¡¯s words. ¡°Two thousand five hundred fifteen umon runes. Five hundred twenty seven epic runes. And one legendary rune.¡± Khellendra said softly. ¡°Yes.¡± Autumn nodded with a smile. Finally one of them was talking again! ¡°This wealth is enough to form a powerhouse n that could rule over multiple star systems.¡± Khellendra said softly as she looked at Autumn in apletely new light. ¡°Really? Maybe. But in the Fortune Hermit Mountain, these are public property. Every single Inner Disciple can ess all of them. Core disciples like me have ess to Master¡¯s own Legacy Runes which are much, much better than these.¡± Autumn said in an as-a-matter-of-fact voice without a trace of pride. ¡°I broke through to Emperor level using mostly Master¡¯s Legacy Runes, so I am actually much stronger than most Emperors. If I had broken through with these runes instead¡­ I doubt I would even have¡­ half the strength I have now.¡± Autumn said with a thoughtful look on her face,pletely oblivious that her words were like sledgehammers smashing down on the rune-poor dragons. ¡°Maybe not even a third.¡± Khalendros gulped at her revtion. The Fortune Hermit Mountain¡­ What a behemoth! He knew that they were wealthy beyond imagination, and he knew that they were also powerful beyond imagination¡­ But to the point where epic and legendary runes were public property¡­ It was like saying to a man dying of thirst that you live next to a river with cool, crystal clear water! To say that it was mindblowing for Khalendros and Khellendra would be a gross understatement!! ¡°Name your price.¡± Khellendra said with a quivering voice. ¡°Huh?¡± Autumn asked in confusion. ¡°Even if it costs me my life, at the risk of being a greedy ingrate, I would like to buy the knowledge of all these runes for my n.¡± Khellendra said softly but in a determined voice. ¡°Lendra!¡± Khalendros said sharply. ¡°For the n¡­ what is my life worth?¡± Khellendra said with a smile. Chapter 199 Scanning ¡°You want to buy ALL of it?¡± Autumn asked incredulously. ¡°Yes.¡± Khellendra said resolutely. ¡°Name your price. I will pay you anything.¡± ¡°No.¡± Khalendros said as firmly as Khellendra. ¡°You¡¯re my wife, and I forbid you to sacrifice yourself this way.¡± ¡°I am your wife, but my life is mine to give away!¡± Khellendra replied stubbornly. ¡°Your life has been given to me the moment we became one. I am yours as you are mine, Lendra! You cannot give it up without even talking to me about it first!¡± Khalendros said forcefully. ¡°Do you not remember your vows to me?¡± ¡°I remember.¡± Khellendra¡¯s face turned soft and gentle at that. But only for a moment. It turned hard once more within seconds. ¡°But the n is above us. It¡¯srger than you or me. In fact, you should join me and pay the price as well! That way, we¡¯ll remain together, whatever happens!¡± ¡°No. Remember what you told me just this morning when I was thinking of signing that contract with Elliot? If we¡¯re able to win a new home for the n, we don¡¯t even need Emperors anymore!¡± Khalendros grabbed his wife¡¯s hand and squeezed it hard. ¡°I remember! And I also remember saying that one Emperor won¡¯t solve our problems. But this¡­ This wealth right here will give birth to multiple Emperors! One Emperor can¡¯t solve our problems, but FIFTY Emperors can!¡± Khellendra twisted her hand away from Khalendros¡¯! At that, the two dragons entered into one of their very rare arguments. They red at each other angrily, both feeling slightly hurt at the other¡¯sck of understanding. ¡°Hey, hey, why are you two arguing? I haven¡¯t even agreed to sell them to you.¡± Autumn said loudly to break the awkward silence which was forming. ¡°And I don¡¯t know about how marriages work, but what¡¯s with the ¡°I am yours and you are mine¡± thing? It¡¯s so cheesy!¡± ¡°It¡¯s not cheesy!¡± Both Khalendros and Khellendra replied loudly in unison. At that, they turned to look at each other in surprise, before breaking into gentle smiles. And just like that, their quarrel was over. ¡°So cheesy.¡± Autumn said under her breath as she shook her head at the two lovebirds. Ehm, lovedragons. ¡°Alright.¡± Khellendra said and leaned in for a quick hug. After that, both of them turned to face Autumn with a united front. ¡°Autumn, I know we¡¯re being greedy and ungrateful at the already great kindness you¡¯re showing us.¡± Khalendros began. ¡°But for the n, I must do this. Please sell us the knowledge of these runes which are merely ¡°public property¡± for you, but which are so, very, very incredibly precious to us! These runes would mean that my n can stand tall once more, and we wouldn¡¯t have to be bullied by others!¡± ¡°I understand. I¡¯ll sell them all to you.¡± Autumn shrugged and dropped a massive bombshell on them very casually. ¡°WHAT? You will sell them to us? Just like that?!!¡± Khalendros couldn¡¯t believe his ears! He had merely unleashed the opening salvo of his ¡°persuasion speech¡± and had many other things to say. He totally didn¡¯t expect to seed with just one try! ¡°Yes. But in return, I would like the both of you to work for me for the next decade. How does that sound?¡± Autumn asked them. Khalendros and Khellendra looked at each other, and saw the excitement within their eyes. There was no need for discussion. ¡°We can work for you in the months after we rescue Elliot¡¯s sister. But after 10 months, we have to return for the Battle of Kings. Once that¡¯s over, we will do whatever you want for 10 years. How is that?¡± Khalendros asked. ¡°Deal. Let¡¯s seal it.¡± Autumn agreed easily. The two dragons went on to seal the deal with their bloods with dumbfounded looks on their faces. They couldn¡¯t believe the amount of wealth they had just received! It was like a beggar falling down into a pond and realizing that the pond is full of gold! ¡°Alright. Here¡¯s the data. Remember to tell your elder that you two will die horrible deaths if these information were to be purposely leaked out.¡± Autumn said as she passed them the pink device. ¡°I¡¯ve unlocked itpletely so you guys can use it.¡± ¡°Thank you, Autumn. The Tempest Dragon n now owes you a massive debt. You are officially our benefactor!!¡± Khellendra said fervently and gratefully as she clutched the pink device in her hand. ¡°Good. Please remember that when Ie knocking on your doors for help.¡± Autumn said with a smile. ¡°Definitely.¡± Khellendra said. ¡°Let¡¯s meet here in three days on the day Elliotes back. I¡¯ll join you in your rescue mission, and then you both can leave directly with me.¡± Autumn said as she slipped into a superior position without even realizing it. The two dragons were happy to oblige. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Scan the.¡± Autumn¡¯s Second Senior Brother Dk Damendu ordered. He was standing on the bridge of a veryrge Dome Pce, one that was approximately the size of a football field. From his vantage point right at the very top of the dome, he could see a beautiful blue surrounded by fluffy white clouds. At that moment,pletely contrary to Autumn¡¯s predictions, he had already arrived! His Dome Pce was hovering just a hundred kilometers away from Earth! Autumn had vastly underestimated the importance that Dk Damendu had ced on Elliot¡¯s abilities. Dk Damendu had instantly activated arge-size long distance teleportation spell that was powerful enough to instantly transport his Dome Pnce a huge distance away. And Earth just happened to be within its range. ¡°Scanplete. Two hundred eighty four Emperor level lifeforms detected. Seventy three thousand three hundred fourteen King level lifeforms detected.¡± A gentle voice replied softly from behind him. ¡°Scan for Autumn Rosenbloom.¡± Dk Damendu ordered once more. ¡°Get me her coordinates. Get me also the coordinates of the top fifty strongest Emperors.¡± ¡°Scanning.¡± Chapter 200 [Bonus chapter] Sacrifice [Congrattions. You havepleted your upgrade mission.] [ck Phoenix Goddess System unlocked.] ¡°Yes! Finally!¡± Jessica whooped for joy after she finished absorbing thest of the Dark Nether Viper Beast Core. She had been tasked to absorb the beast cores of two hundred Lord Level dark-elemental beasts and fire-elemental beasts EACH for herst system upgrade mission. She had literally dumped every single curse word she knew at the system when she found out. ¡°Which dumb-assed, bald-headed, pock-faced, ppy-bellied, rotten-toothed, scrawny-legged moron of a Sponsor actually made this upgrade mission? How on EARTH am I supposed to find so many Lord level dark and fire elemental beasts? AND even if I find them, how am I supposed to kill them? What a dumbass! DUMBASS! DUMBASS!!!!!!¡± Jessica had screamed in frustration. After moping about for an hour or two, Jessica had finally gritted her teeth and went on to another killing spree to level herself up so that she could be strong enough to kill so many ¡°sted¡± dark and fire elemental beasts. Her luck turned out to be extremely formidable indeed, because within the hour, she had met with a King level fire-elemental beast, a ferocious me-Bellied Smander. After killing it and absorbing its beast core, she realized that one King level fire-elemental beast core was equal to TWENTY Lord level beast core! ¡°Ahahaha! So the Sponsor is not such a dumbass after all. Turns out I only need to kill ten King level dark elemental and fire elemental beasts each. Hahaha! Good! Good! What a genius sponsor I have!¡± Jessica hadughed happily. She had quickly hunted all the me-Bellied Smanders in the area andpleted her quota for ten fire-elemental beast cores, and then some more. However, hunting for King level dark-elemental beasts proved to be a much tougher mission. She had to hunt long and hard, kill countless beasts over a wide swath ofnd before finally stumbling upon the Dark Nether Vipers. When it rains, it usually pours. For Jessica, it was raining Vipers. Literally. HISSSSS!!! A massive Dark Nether Viper had struck at Jessica from atop a huge tree as she was walking by. She had easily dodged its attack and then unleashed her barrage of skills. BLACK FLAME BURST! BLACK FLAME SWORD! DARK CURSE! LIFE SIPHON! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! Her skills smashed into the poor Dark Nether Viper who hadn¡¯t expected that the weak and delicious looking little girl to be such a thick iron te! No, not an iron te. An iron bomb! It died very quickly under Jessica¡¯s savage and efficient attacks. But unfortunately (or fortunately?) for Jessica, the massive tree and the few others around it turned out to be a Dark Nether Viper nesting area! After killing one, all of the other Dark Nether Vipers were immediately roused to battle, and all of themunched deadly killing blows at Jessica! BLACK FLAME ARMOR! BLACK FLAME WINGS! Jessica had no choice but to take to the skies and slowly pick off the Dark Nether Vipers one by one. It had been a long and tedious fight, and she had to exert all of her strength to kill a few, escape for a bit to recharge, and then return to kill a few more. But after killing close to fifteen Dark Nether Viper Kings, she had leveled up to an impressive 310. ¡°I am a King level life form now!¡± Jessica had eximed joyfully as she gathered all of the Dark Nether Viper beast cores together and prepared to consume them. That was three days ago. And now, she was a King level life form with an upgraded system. The SSS ck Phoenix Goddess System! ¡°Show me my new stats.¡± Jessica said with undisguised excitement. ck Phoenix Goddess System (SSS-Grade) Character Name: Jessica Musk Current Level: 310 HP: 15500/15500 Current Experience: 6600/31000 Strength: 125 Intellect: 20 Endurance: 20 Reflexes: 75 Luck: 20 Fire Resistance: MAX Dark Resistance: MAX Skills [Level 36 ck me Burst ¨C Release a ring of fire around you and dealing 7200% fire damage.] [Level 40 ck me Sword ¨C Generates a sword of me that deals 8000% fire damage.] [Level 30 ck me Wings ¨C Creates a pair of me wings that allows you to fly for 45 minutes.] [Level 40 ck me Armor ¨C Creates a ck me Armor that absorbs 8000% of your damage output every second.] [Level 15 Greater Rebirth ¨C Revive to full HP upon death. Permanently gain 10 (+5 after every Greater Rebirth) points in all stats after rebirth. 15/15] [Level 30 Dark Curse ¨C Unleash a curse on your enemy dealing 200% dark damage per second for 30 seconds.] [Level 30 Life Siphon ¨C Absorbs 3% of your enemy¡¯s max hp every 5 seconds.] [Level 1 ck Phoenix Goddess Aura ¨C Weakens enemy attacks by 50%.] [Level 1 ck Phoenix Goddess me Strike ¨C Unleashes a powerful burst of energy using the ck me Sword, dealing 10,000% damage to enemies from a distance.] [ck Phoenix Goddess Sacrifice ¨C Turns a target to be a devout follower of the ck Phoenix Goddess permanently, at the cost of the ck Phoenix Goddess¡¯ life. 15/15] ¡°Impressive.¡± Jessica breathed in wonder. ¡°All of my basic skills had their damage multiplier increased from before. My ck me Sword now deals 8000% damage instead of 6000%! Mwa ha ha ha! And Greater Rebirth? That¡¯s just wickedly strong. The more I die, the stronger I¡¯ll be. And at my 14th rebirth¡­ Five times fourteen¡­ seventy. Plus ten¡­ Eighty. Plus all the previous gains¡­ I don¡¯t even know how strong I¡¯ll be! Hahaha! AND the three new skills I have¡­ The ck Phoenix Goddess Aura is incredible¡­ It literally doubles the number of enemies I can deal with. The ck Phoenix Goddess me Strike is impressive. 10,000% damage from a distance is even more powerful than my melee attack! [Affirmative.] Chapter 201 Black Phoenix Goddess Flame Strike ¡°Like, literally anyone? Even the most powerful being in the universe?¡± Jessica frowned. It seemed extremely imusible. [Affirmative.] ¡°Really? There are no restrictions? What would cause the skill to fail?¡± Jessica asked suspiciously. Her long years of living in hardship had ingrained one very crucial reality in life. When something seems to be too good to be true, then it probably is. [The skill is able topletely turn the target into a devout follower of the ck Phoenix Goddess, regardless of the target¡¯s power.] [The condition of failure is if the target actively resists the skill and has enough strength to do so.] ¡°¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­¡± Jessica was speechless. Was she dealing with an AI which was a crooked merchant in its previous life or something? How could it leave such an important condition unsaid! ¡°Doesn¡¯t that mean that I can¡¯t use the skill on ANYONE then? All of the people above my power level should have enough strength to resist it!¡± Jessica sulked at the AI. [Negative, that is not factually true. All life forms will be naturally helpless and unprotected when they are in states of sleep, faint, anda.] ¡°WHAT? Oh lord, you truly are a sneaky piece of AI. To think you gave me a skill that specializes in stealing people¡¯s souls while they are sleeping or half dead!¡± Jessica shouted at her AI. [Alternatively, you can use the skill on weaker targets. They will bepletely converted even while they are awake.] ¡°Soul stealer. You¡¯re making me a soul stealer.¡± Jessica muttered to herself. But still, she could truly see the power and potential that skill gave her. If the right opportunity presented itself, she could gain the strength to ascend to the heavens in one go! With the help of her powerful devout follower whose soul she stole, of course. ¡°Fine. Better to have poison to use in desperate times, than not at all. Thank you for the new skills. I appreciate it very much.¡± Jessica sighed. Although hertest and most powerful skill creeps her out a little bit, she was totally pumped by her new found increase in power! ¡°I wonder if big bro is even as strong as me. Maybe I should go back and challenge him to a friendly spar. I might even be able to defeat him within a hundred moves. No, maybe even ten moves! I¡¯ll just fly up to the sky and spam my ck Phoenix Goddess me Strike on him. Hohoho.¡± Jessica¡¯s mood brightened considerably at the thought of bullying her big bro a little bit and seeing his shocked face. However, just as she was about to give Elliot a call, her instincts suddenly came to life and tingled slightly. Danger had arrived, and it was near. ¡°Hmmm. I should try out my new skills first on this new enemy. ¡± Jessica thought as she stirred herself up from her sitting position and got into fighting mode. First thing to do when hunting a strong enemy, hide and observe. Jessica darted silently away from the clearing she was in, and plunged into the forest once more. She climbed the huge tree where the dead Dark Nether Vipers made their nests and cast out her senses from there, searching for the powerful enemy which had made her instincts tingle so. A tiny movement at the far edge of the clearing she was at previously, merely a twitch of an arm muscle which coincidentally touched the leaf of the bush it was hiding in, caught Jessica¡¯s attention. For most predators, it was a negligible movement. Their brain would not even register it. But for Jessica, the enemy might as well have sneezed out loud and farted at the same time. ¡°There it is.¡± Jessica thought. Her eyes focused on the huge bush which waspletely motionless and lookedpletely normal. She squinted her eyes and tried to figure out just what her enemy was that actually produced enough lethality to cause her instincts to react. But it was impossible to make out any details. Her enemy was too well hidden. However, at that moment, an even more powerful surge of rm shot through her body as her instincts began to re at full power! ¡°Crap! This is bad!¡± Jessica thought as she immediately unleashed her ck me Burst! BOOM!!!! The explosion that she produced was so powerful that the tree she was hiding on was instantly incinerated! All around her, trees began to catch fire and within a few short moments, a roaring congration surrounded her. GROARR!!!! A roar of surprise sounded from right behind her!! ¡°EEEK!¡± Jessica welped lightly in shock and immediately leapt away. She truly did not expect that the enemy had already gotten so close to her! No wonder her instincts were ring so loudly! ¡°BLACK FLAME SWORD!¡± Jessica screamed angrily as she allowed her emotions to overflow and power her attacks. ¡°BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE!!¡± Jessica unleashed her most powerful attack at the spot where the roar of surprise sounded previously. BOOOOMMM!!!!! Her attack was so powerful that she created a massive crater at the spot of her me strike. However, no more sounds came from her enemy. She had missed! From the corner of her eye, Jessica sensed something bright moving towards her at high speed. She whirled around and came face to face with thergest fire st that she had ever seen! EEKK!! She shouted in panic, forgetting that she waspletely immune to fire. BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!! It turned out that it wasn¡¯t one, but THREE fire sts in a row! ¡°DAMN IT! You dare use fire against me? Courting death! Let me teach you what real fire looks like! BLACK FLAME ARMOR! BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE BLACK PHOENIX GODDESS FLAME STRIKE!!!¡± Jessica was so pissed off that she immediately spammed her powerful new skill! All around her, freakishly hot ck mes rose majestically into the sky and rapidly burned everything around her to ash. ¡°Impressive. Very impressive indeed. You truly could have defeated me in a hundred moves¡­ IF I hadn¡¯t had a massive power boost myself recently!¡± Came a familiar and much beloved voice. Chapter 202 Angry. Need Blood. ¡°BIG BROTHER!!¡± Jessica shouted in shock! ¡°Hey Jess!¡± Elliot grinned at his sister as he came out of stealth from behind her. He was in his me Wolf form, and it was him who had twitched slightly by the bushes earlier, and who had fired three consecutive fire sts at her! He knew that she was immune to fire, so he had no qualms firing off so many powerful fire sts to get her to panic a little. ¡°So it was you! I thought I was being ambushed by a powerful monster¡­ You!¡± Jessica pointed at her brother with a quivering finger as her indignance drowned out the fact that she missed him quite badly for a moment. ¡°Well, technically you aren¡¯t wrong. Because the one ambushing you wasn¡¯t me, but Rex. Hey Rex, you cane out now! Say hi to¡­ WHOA! What happened to you??¡± Elliot gasped in shock at poor Rex¡¯s terrible condition! ¡°AHH! REX!!! Oh my God¡­ I¡¯m so sorry!¡± Jessica squealed loudly in panic! Big patches of his once majestic fur were burnt, and he lookedpletely pissed off. Although no serious damage had been done to him since he was a powerful King level beast, he was still very much in pain due to Jessica¡¯s searing hot ck mes! Elliot quickly blinked to his side and gave him a beast full restore which saw him healpletely within a few short moments. ¡°There you go. Hehehe, sorry Rex. I shouldn¡¯t have gotten you to ambush a powerful Phoenix like Jessica. You can go now!¡± Elliot patted Rex sheepishly. Rar! Rex gave Elliot a snort and proceeded to Jessica¡¯s side to purr and ask her for pats! Even though it was Jessica who had burnt him so badly earlier, in its mind, it was Elliot¡¯s fault for getting her to do such a stupid thing! Jessica waspletely innocent! ¡°Big brother! How could you do that! See what you¡¯ve done! You¡¯ve injured Rex and you¡¯ve made me so scared there for a moment!¡± Jessica scolded her elder brother sternly even as she patted Rex very lovingly. ¡°I miss you, Rex! How have you been? Did you grow stronger? Wow! You¡¯re a King level beast too! Impressive! Very very impressive!!¡± Jessica gushed at Rex who was strutting before her proudly like a little kitten showing off her new power and strength. Jessica giggled lightly and hugged Rex tightly. ¡°Hehehe. I was about to just give you a quick BOO to scare you when I overheard you saying that you could defeat me in ten moves! So I decided to see if you could actually do that. Haha! Jess, you¡¯ve really be so strong! I am very proud of you.¡± Elliot said in an impressed tone while nodded at Jessica proudly. ¡°I guess I am pretty strong now. But big bro, you¡¯re so broken. I¡¯ve gained so much strength, and you seem to still be much, much stronger than me! How did you do that?¡± Jessica asked him. ¡°I have a secret. Don¡¯t worry. I will be sharing the secret with youter. With what I am about to give you, you¡¯ll definitely be much, much more powerful than now!¡± Elliot said with a mysterious smile. ¡°Really? Amazing! But don¡¯t give it to me if you still can gain strength from it. It¡¯s better if we focus on increasing your strength to the maximum first! That way, we can have a higher chance of saving Jennifer.¡± At that, both Elliot¡¯s and Jessica¡¯s mood fell slightly as they were reminded of the great mission that they still had. ¡°I¡¯ve already reached maximum saturation. I can¡¯t benefit anymore from it at this point in time. I¡¯ll share some with you so you can have a qualitative upgrade to your strength. Don¡¯t worry. I have Jennifer¡¯s rescue as my top priority. I won¡¯t do anything to jeopardize that. Just take my giftster and be at peace.¡± Elliot assured his sister. ¡°Okay! If you say so.¡± Jessica smiled at her brother. And at that, she let go of Rex, and immediately gave Elliot a big hug!! ¡°It has only been almost two weeks, and already I feel like we¡¯ve gone through so much. What will the future hold for us, bro?¡± Jessica said slightly emotionally as she slowly allowed all the pressure that she had been dealing with for the past few days to unwind and disappear. In her brother¡¯s embrace, she was truly at peace! A deep sense of security surrounded her and she could finally, at longst, rx her guard. ¡°I have found a few powerful allies for us. We will be fighting very hard to win as many resources in the next few months, save as many of our fellow human beings as we can, and then we¡¯ll participate at the final tournament which will allow us to win back the if we win. I have everything nned out already, Jess. You just need to stay safe, and trust me!¡± Elliot told her. ¡°I trust you.¡± Jessica said softly. ¡°Good.¡± Elliot said simply. ¡°Now, let¡¯s find a safe ce that¡¯spletely out of sight of prying eyes in the sky, and we¡¯ll power you up a little bit! After you¡¯re done, I will bring you to meet our new allies. And then¡­ We¡¯ll go and save Jennifer.¡± Elliot and Jessica stared at each other for a moment, each of them finding sce andfort at the other, each of them feeding off the energy, the determination, and the zing fury that burned within their eyes. ¡°We¡¯ll save Jennifer. And skin that damn Emperor alive.¡± Jessica said softly. At that moment, all of the avian viewers in the known universe who were looking at Jessica couldn¡¯t help but be surprised. Even if they couldn¡¯t hear what she said very clearly, the expression on her face was a very, very familiar one. It was an expression that they often used and saw among their kind. It was an expression that simply said, ¡°Angry. Need blood.¡± Chapter 203 Hegemon As it turned out, Elliot ended up taking a full five days to get himself and Jessica ready. By the time he contacted the dragons to set up a rendezvous, Khalendros was thoroughly annoyed. ¡°You said three days!¡± He roared when Elliot finally appeared. ¡°Sorry, I had to pick my sister up. She was out training.¡± Elliot apologized with a smile. ¡°Jess, this grumpy dude is Khalendros Tempest. And the prettydy is Khellendra Tempest, his wife. This girl here is Autumn Rosenbloom, an Empress from the renowned Fortune Hermit Mountain. Guys, this is Jessica, my little sister.¡± ¡°Hello everybody, nice to meet you!¡± Jessica said brightly. ¡°Hi Jessica!¡± Autumn said equally brightly. ¡°Nice to meet you Jessica, don¡¯t mind my husband. He¡¯s just grumpy because his, ah, performance hadn¡¯t been good for the past few days.¡± Khellendra said sweetly. ¡°Performance? What performance! State your words properly woman! My reputation as a male is at stake here! She¡¯s referring to my performance in mastering the new runes we just got!¡± Khalendros rified to Jessica and Elliot loudly. ¡°Okay¡­ As opposed to¡­ what performance?¡± Jessica asked innocently. ¡°Uhh¡­¡± Khalendros looked at Jessica and realized btedly that in spite of the powerful King level aura she was giving out, she was still just a little girl with absolutely no knowledge about the sensitive ¡°performance levels¡± of men in bed! ¡°As opposed to his battle prowess.¡± Elliot said calmly as he red at Khellendra who merelyughed mischievously. ¡°Anyway, we¡¯re going to rescue Jennifer now. Autumn, are youing with us?¡± Elliot asked her. ¡°Sure, why not? If you¡¯re rescuing Jennifer from an Emperor level being, I think I woulde pretty handy if you guys are overwhelmed. I still owe you for mistakenly trying to kill youst time anyway.¡± Autumn said rather apologetically. Jessica frowned at her words and her attitude towards Autumn which was neutral-good earlier began to cool considerably. ¡°Alright. Thank you for that. If that¡¯s the case, then let¡¯s go and look for that damned Emperor.¡± Elliot said and took out the token which Rak¡¯Tharos had flung to him before he disappeared with Jennifer in tow. As he injected his energy into the token, he could distinctly feel the presence of another token rted to it. He turned to the east and frowned lightly. ¡°Almost three thousand kilometers in this direction.¡± Elliot said softly. ¡°Three thousand kilometers? That¡¯s almost all the way to the east coast.¡± Jessica frowned as well. ¡°They look really simr, don¡¯t you think?¡± Khellendra whispered and giggled to Khalendros softly. ¡°Hmmm yes. But Jessica is much better looking than that punk.¡± Khalendros rumbled loudly. ¡°I wonder how our kids will look like if we ever are blessed with one.¡± Khellendra whispered with a voice full of yearning. Khalendros merely held her hand tightly and remained silent. Their attempt to have kids have always ended up in failure. And after trying for so many years, they had finally surrendered all hope to God resigned themselves to their fate. ¡°I¡¯ll bring us there. With the Dome Pces, we¡¯ll be there in less than two hours.¡± Autumn said. ¡°Let¡¯s go then!¡± Elliot said determinedly.id. However, right before they could take more than a step, three streaks of blinding lights appeared from the sky! KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!! Earth-shaking triple explosions rocked the entire area as all three intact Dome Pces exploded into smithereens!! ¡°Enemy attack!¡± Elliot shouted. With Jessica near him, he didn¡¯t make the mistake of holding his strength like before. Without any hesitation, he blinked to Jessica¡¯s side and unleashed all of his beasts! However, even before his beasts could materialize, an indescribable might descended upon them and locked up their movementspletely! Even Elliot¡¯s beasts failed to materialize as the energy flow that would have summoned them were cut off. ¡°Hegemon!¡± Khalendros gasped in shock as he recognized the incredible quality of the power that locked them up sopletely. However, amazingly, Elliot was able to resist slightly! His red dragon energy awakened once more and thrashed wildly against the Hegemon¡¯s aura! GRAAAARRRR!!!! With all of his might, Elliot circted his enhanced Purgatory Fire Energy and forcefully blinked away with Jessica in his arms! BLINK! BLINK! BLINK! Elliot executed a series of blinks that instantly brought them many, many kilometers away. ¡°Take this token and escape.¡± Elliot said as he shoved Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ token to her. ¡°If I don¡¯t return, get strong and save your sister. I will hold the enemy back. Now go! Don¡¯t make all of our sacrifices be for nothing!!¡± ¡°BIG BROO!!!!¡± Jessica screamed out in panic. She had JUST returned to her brother¡¯s side after so many long days of grinding, and now they had to be separated once more?? ¡°OH? A FLY HAD MANAGED TO ESCAPE MY NETE BACK HERE, PLEASE.¡± A giant voice that shook the entire world sounded from afar. ¡°GO! I will find you after I handle these new enemies!¡± Elliot shouted and gave Jessica onest look before blinking away in a totally different direction to lead the attention of the Hegemon away. ¡°YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN¡¯T HIDE FROM ME, BOY. YOU MUST BE THE OUTLIER THAT OLD FIFTH TALKED ABOUT.¡± The voice rumbled loudly. In a blink of an eye, the mighty pressure that had locked Autumn and the two dragons up so easily had caught up to Elliot. Elliot gritted his teeth and continued to blink away furiously while circting his red dragon energy at full force! ¡°YOU HAVE SOME ABILITYE, LET ME SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE THAT ENABLES YOU TO DEAL WITH MY LIVING ARMOR.¡± The voice sounded once more with an amused tone. At that, a tall and good looking young man that looked not a day more than twenty years old appeared before Elliot just as he was about to blink away once more. And when that happened, the red dragon energy finally frozepletely under the sheer pressure that Second Senior Brother¡¯s Hegemon aura was giving out. Without the ability to circte his energy, Elliot was unable to blink away. He was, at that moment, effectively caught. Chapter 204 Excess Body Part Second senior brother stretched out his hand and pulled Elliot roughly into his grasp. ¡°Hmmmm. You look pretty strong for a native of such a useless. You must have gotten a few pretty solid sponsors. In fact, all of your sponsors must be wondering what happened to their live video feed at this moment. Don¡¯t worry, you¡¯ll be able to continue entertaining those useless idiots once I¡¯m done with you.¡± Second Senior Brother chuckled sinisterly. ¡°I only want to know a few pieces of information ¨C information that your body will probably surrender to me. Now, let¡¯s see¡­¡± A hungry look shed on Second Senior Brother¡¯s face. Grabbing him by the neck, he injected his energy into Elliot and circted it once around his body. ¡°UGH!¡± Elliot felt extremely nauseous at the violent intrusion and was about to vomit when a powerful force mped his mouth shut and prevented his vomit from leaking out. ¡°Now, now, it¡¯s rude to vomit at someone who¡¯s still invading your privacy. Please wait after I am done before you do so.¡± Second senior brother chuckled sinisterly and continued his investigation. Elliot had never felt so powerless before. Even as Rak¡¯Tharos was forcing him to choose between Jennifer and Jessica, he was still able to save Jessica¡¯s life, and there was still hope of saving Jennifer. And at the bottomline, although he wasn¡¯t able to impact Rak¡¯Tharos physically even for a tiny bit, he could still move! Before the Second Senior Brother of Fortune Hermit Mountain, he could not even circte his energy, much less move a single muscle. He could only hang there limply as Second Senior Brother vited his privacy and searched every nook and cranny of his body. ¡°Hmmmmm? Strange. There¡¯s nothing unusual about your body. I sense Frosthaven¡¯s Beast system in you, and the Void Walkers¡¯ energy, which probably powers your blink spell. But there¡¯s nothing in there that could possibly deal with my living armor.¡± Second senior brother frowned deeply. ¡°Could it be that I got the wrong person? Impossible. The Void Walkers¡¯ blink spell isn¡¯t so easily acquired. It must be you that old fifth fought with. Speak. What happened earlier with the three men that came a few days ago to take Autumn away?¡± ¡°You¡­ You¡­ Akh.¡± Elliot gasped. Second senior brother sighed and eased up on his aura a little bit. ¡°Such a weakling. Now speak! Do not dally!¡± ¡°You¡­ Go and suck your momma¡¯s tits¡± Elliot cursed at Second Senior Brother. ¡°WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?¡± Second Senior Brother roared out in anger! The fact that his spine was still intact and hovered right before breaking point was a testament to just how perfect Second Senior Brother¡¯s control over his power was, and how perfectly he could sense Elliot¡¯s body strength! Waves of pain shot through his body and somehow cooled Elliot¡¯s slightly flustered mind. Elliot stopped struggling and calmed himself down forcefully. His mind whirred at full speed and processed a ton of information within a split second! ¡°Firstly, by his own words, he was unable to detect my upgraded Beast System and my upgraded Purgatory Energy. With his power, he couldn¡¯t have missed it. So it must mean that qualitatively, my powers are different from his. I should be able to somehow impact him using my skills if I just find a way to circte my energy. Secondly, because of that, the information that he wanted from me ispletely out of his reach, and ispletely in my hands. He probably wouldn¡¯t kill me until he gets that information. I would be safe as long as I do not tell him anything. Thirdly, he seems to be very sensitive about his mom¡¯s tits- ehm, his mother. He must be a mommy¡¯s boy.¡± ¡°I forbid you to speak about my mother this way. Do that again, and you¡¯re dead. Do you understand?¡± Second Senior Brother snarled viciously as he kept up the excruciating pressure on Elliot¡¯s neck. ¡°Fourth, the fact that he didn¡¯t kill me despite being so pissed off simply meant that the information I have is very important to him. In that case, let¡¯s mess with his mind a little bit more.¡± Elliot thought coolly. ¡°NOW SPEAK! TELL ME HOW YOU SLICED OFF FIFTH BROTHER¡¯S ARMOR!¡± Second Senior Brother roared at Elliot even as he loosened his grip once more to allow him to talk. ¡°Cough! Cough! Your fifth brother¡­ He¡­ Said¡­¡± Elliot gasped as he gulped down precious oxygen. ¡°He said¡­ Your momma¡¯s ti-¡° AARRGGHHHHH!!!! Second Senior Brother explodedpletely in anger! He flung Elliot to the ground with all of his strength! BAM!! ¡°OOF!¡± Elliot grunted in his mind as his powerful body smashed through the ground and punched all the way down, traveling at least a couple hundred meters before he stopped. Thankfully, because his body was so strong, none of his bones were broken in the impact with the ground. However, even almost two hundred meters down, he still couldn¡¯t move! Second Senior Brother¡¯s powerful Hegemon aura continued to beat down on him relentlessly andpletely locked him up! ¡°As I thought. He truly is sensitive about his mother. I better stop prodding before he cracks and decides that he didn¡¯t want the information afterall. I need to think of a way to escape from this situation!¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°TRASH!¡± Second Senior Brother roared in absolute fury. He stretched out his hand and pulled Elliot into his grasp once more. ¡°You think that because you have information that I want, you can say whatever you want with impunity? Let me show you just how wrong you are.¡± Second Senior Brother snarled angrily. ¡°You do know that you only need your tongue to talk right? The way I see it, there are many useless parts of your body now that won¡¯t affect your offering of information to me when you finally give up. Let me help you get rid of all those excess body parts.¡± Second Senior Brother¡¯s eyes gleamed with bloodthirst as his other hand grabbed Elliot¡¯s arm. ¡°First excess body part. Your arms!¡± He growled. Chapter 205 Sacrifice ¡°ck Phoenix Goddess Sacrifice.¡± A voice whispered from a distance away right before Second Senior Brother could exert his strength and rip Elliot¡¯s arms out. Instantly, a strange, ck fire surrounded andpletely covered Second Senior Brother. He was so pissed off by Elliot, and was so focused on ripping his arms out that he was caughtpletely unguarded by Jessica¡¯s powerful sneak attack! For a very brief moment, Jessica¡¯s skill managed to prate deep into the very fibre of his being. Whoosh. His Hegemon level aura winked out of existence. At the same time, his hands released Elliot and clutched at his head as he started to fight with all of his strength to resist Jessica¡¯s powerful sneak attack! Elliot did not hesitate and immediately blinked away as fast as he could towards Jessica! He had sensed her presence earlier just before Second Senior Brother suddenly released his aura, and he had immediately connected the two events together. ¡°Jessica had done something to attack that bastard! Such a powerful attack, I hope she¡¯s fine.¡± Elliot thought with a deep sense of unease in his heart. BLINK! BLINK! Elliot got to the spot where he sensed Jessica¡¯s presence earlier, but he couldn¡¯t find her at all. ¡°Jess?¡± He called out urgently as he scanned the area. He doubted that her skill couldst long against the Hegemon, and he needed to bring her away from him as quickly and as far as possible! ¡°Bro!¡± Jessica called out to him from the ground. Immediately, Elliot blinked to her side and was about to grab her and blink away when he froze. Jessica was hiding behind a bush and she seemed to be¡­ naked? ¡°Jess! What happened to you!¡± Elliot cried out in horror as he immediately pulled out a few pieces of clothing and threw them to her. Thankfully that he didn¡¯t see anything, or else his mind would bepletely messed up even more than it already was at that moment. ¡°Ah, it¡¯s one of my newest skill, ck Phoenix Goddess Sacrifice. I used up one of my 15 lives to permanently mesmerize a target to make it my devout follower. I don¡¯t know if it worked against that powerful man though.¡± Jessica said as she hastily got dressed. ¡°ARRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY HEAAADD!!!¡± A thunderous roar rang out! ¡°Let¡¯s not wait to find out. Come, let¡¯s go!¡± Elliot grabbed the fully dressed Jessica and immediately blinked away! Fearing that the Hegemon would recover soon and catch up to him, Elliot gritted his teeth andpletely abused the cooldown-less blink spell and traveled a massive distance within a few short minutes. However, he soon realized that he was running low on space energy, and decided that he needed to save a little bit for future emergencies. ¡°Let¡¯s hide here.¡± Elliot said as they appeared atop a mountain. They quickly found a cave where they could hide and got in. ¡°What do we do now, big bro? We can¡¯t possibly fight against that Hegemon! And if we have to hide here for a long time, how are we going to save Jennifer?¡± Jessica asked Elliot with her big round eyes. ¡°Thankfully I saved quite a bit of my points for emergency situations such as this.¡± Elliot muttered. Very soon, his birds took to the skies and spread out in all directions. ¡°Hmmm? He¡¯s still there!¡± Elliot gaped in surprise. ¡°He seems to be struggling mightily against your skill. Just how powerful are you now, Jess?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. I¡¯m definitely nowhere as strong as you. But this particr skill¡­ The AI said I could cast it on ANY life form regardless of their power. It would only fail if the target has enough power to resist the skill. But when I cast it earlier, I definitely felt the skill prate his soul a little bit before he mped down on it. So¡­ I¡¯m guessing it¡¯s a partial sess.¡± Jessica exined. ¡°I see¡­ Should we attack him while he¡¯s struggling to deal with it?¡± Elliot pondered aloud. ¡°No. It¡¯s too dangerous!¡± Jessica instantly replied. ¡°We cannot take any chances with our lives at this point. Jennifer is waiting for us, bro!¡± ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± Elliot nodded solemnly. ¡°Well, if we can¡¯t attack him, then at least others can. Let me contact the rest.¡± Elliot tried calling the two dragons, but somehow, his calls couldn¡¯t get through. ¡°What the heck is happening to them?¡± Elliot wondered. He quickly sent his birds to the spot where they were at earlier to check on the situation there. ¡°What? They¡¯re fighting!¡± Elliot cried out. At that moment, he was truly torn. On one hand, he desperately wanted to save Jennifer, and the best way to make sure he could do that was to ensure his own safety in light of such a powerful enemy! How could he save Jennifer if he¡¯s caught, or worse, crippled by the damn Hegemon? But on the other hand, his allies were fighting. He couldn¡¯t leave them to fight for their lives alone! Especially since he needed them to ensure that Jennifer¡¯s rescue and the Battle of Kings went smoothly. He turned to look at Jessica. ¡°I need to help them. They would help make sure that Jennifer¡¯s rescue is sessful. However¡­¡± Elliot hesitated slightly. ¡°You need me to stay behind, so I can continue to save Jennifer if you fail to save them and get caught instead.¡± Jessica said calmly and bravely. Elliot nodded. ¡°I will not ask it of you if I wasn¡¯t sure that you could do it. But with the rate you¡¯re improving, I am very sure that you can save Jennifer in a month or two!¡± Jessica closed her eyes and held Elliot¡¯s hand tightly. She could feel powerful energies within her stirring in response to her wildly fluctuating feelings. But s¡­ Chapter 206 Realm Portal She was merely at the King level. No matter how powerful her energies were, they were nothingpared to the titanic powers that they were facing at that moment. As before, she knew what the right decision was, but her heart was finding it difficult to ept. She couldn¡¯t bear the thought of Elliot getting caught and then getting crippled by the Hegemon! ¡°I wish there was another way.¡± She whispered. ¡°Life is full of difficult choices.¡± Elliot smiled bitterly. ¡°Especially for the powerless.¡± ¡°I will not make it more difficult for you, bro. Go and do what you think is right.¡± Jessica smiled at him. ¡°With or without you, I will definitely save Jennifer. Don¡¯t you worry.¡± ¡°I will return with the dragons and Autumn. Don¡¯t you worry!¡± Elliot tried to reassure her. ¡°Hmmm.¡± Jessica couldn¡¯t bring herself to say another word, and tears began to roll down her cheeks. Elliot hugged her for a little while longer, and then he blinked away. He had two dragons and a little Empress to save. By the time he reached them, the fight was entering its superheated phase where a single mistake could cost them their lives! Khalendros and Khellendra were fighting against four powerful looking Emperors while Autumn was holding her ground against three. With just a nce, Elliot immediately realized the severity of the situation. The three Emperors around Autumn werepletely acting defensively and they were merely making sure that she did not break away from them to help the two dragons. The four Emperors around Khalendros and Khellendra surrounded them both and were all armed with war hammers and other simrly blunt weapons. One of them was even holding a weaponized. The four Emperors weren¡¯t trying to kill the two dragons, they were trying to capture them alive! In a sense, the two dragons were lucky that the four Emperors were greedy and wanted to capture them instead of killing them. If they merely aimed to take their lives, the fight would be long over. As it were, the two dragons had managed to unleash all of their strength and were able tost all these time until that very moment when Elliot finally appeared! ¡°The Hegemon is still dealing with Jessica¡¯s soul attack. I have time! I need to finish this fight quickly!¡± Elliot thought as he blinked in and joined the fight without hesitation. It was three Kings versus four Emperors! In any other situation, the result would be a foregone conclusion. But with Elliot and his newly upgraded system and enhanced dragon transformation, nothing was certain. He could still turn the situation around! The first thing Elliot did was to unleash his enhanced summons. ¡°Darklight Descent!¡± He shouted in his mind. ¡°All of you,e out!!¡± At his words, the sky dimmed slightly and a huge portal opened up out of nowhere. From within the portal, a horrifying aura of epic proportions radiated outwards and immediately caused all of the fighters to stop whatever they were doing and to go into full defensive mode!! Roaaarrrrr!!! Kraaaaaaa!!!! All of Elliot¡¯s summoned beasts came bursting out of the portal in a mighty air. However, they were nothing like they were before! Gone were the wolves, tigers, elephants and the other beasts. In their ce were ferocious two legged warriors inpletely ck armor, wielding pure white weapons of every kind! The only thing that tied them to the summoned beasts that Elliot had previously were their sizes and weapons. The wolves were the smallest, and wielded twin short swords. The tigers and lions were slightly bigger, and wielded two-handed greatswords. The hawks and eagles were of simr size with the wolves, and they were fliers with bows and arrows. The elephants and the mammoths were thergest. They were literally twice the size of the wolves, and carried massive war hammers! The me grizzly, cerberus, golem, demons and other sunmons all came out looking absolutely feral and dangerous with a myriad of other weapons. All the fighters who were wary of the portal that appeared earlier werepletely bbergasted by the appearance of such magnificent warriors. Where on earth did theye from? And most importantly, whose side were they on?? In fact, the moment the portal appeared, an uproar sounded all across the known universe!! ¡°What the heck is that? Howe I have never seen anything like it before?¡± ¡°What? Is that a Realm Portal? It looks exactly like one! Investigate! Send out all our researchers and our strongest fighters! Find out how that portal appeared out of nowhere!¡± ¡°Find out who summoned that portal. It must be one of the Fortune Hermit disciples. Send a delegation to Fortune Hermit Mountain and demand information! If that is truly a Realm Portal, then Fortune Hermit is truly reckless to have given his disciples ess to such a powerful tool! Hmph!¡± Even the Gaming Commission were takenpletely by surprise. Never in their many long years of managing the Games had they ever encountered such a troublesome turn of events! And to make it worse, it coincided with the Shadow Parasites Disaster that waspletely messing up the Battle of Kings! ¡°Send a couple of Security Battalions down to California to keep the peace.¡± El¡¯Taras the powerful Elven Mage who headed the Gaming Commissionmanded his directors in a severe tone of voice. ¡°Director Sands, I would have to trouble you to investigate the portal and get to the bottom of it as soon as possible. I have a suspicion that it is due to Elliot Musk. But exactly how it rtes to him, I have no idea. ¡°As youmand, Chairman.¡± Director Sands replied in a grave voice. ¡°The Games continue. Even as we speak, the amount of bets we are receiving are approaching record levels. Be alert, and make sure every one of your subordinates are ready to respond to all sorts of situations.¡± ¡°Yes, Chairman.¡± All the directors replied in unison. Chapter 207 You monster! There was no room for discussion in such a crisis. All of the Chairman¡¯s orders have to be executed instantly and perfectly. Failure to do so might see one of the most lucrative games they had ever seen in their lifetimes crumble and turn to dust before their very eyes. And if that happened, the members within that room would definitely change within a short period of time. Heck, heads might even roll. El¡¯Taras might be calm and easygoing most of the time. But when he got angry, the subject of his anger rarely escaped with their lives. Of course in the vast universe, there were many who did not believe for a second that it was mere coincidence. ¡°Mobilize the military and send in five regiments to lock down Earth. Nothing enters and leaves the without our authorization. I expect your men to be in position within three days.¡± A high ranking general of the Star System closest to Earth, Southern Glory,manded his subordinates. ¡°We are escting the Shadow Parasite Disaster into Defensive Alert Two! Inform all the other Star Systems of our decision, especially the Central Gxies. If possible, get them to reinforce us as well. We must kill the Shadow Parasites before they find a way to create more queens.¡± ¡°Yes General!¡± His subordinates shouted, and immediately got to work. And with that, the first of many military assets from across the entire known universe had finally taken action. However, the greatest reactions had toe from Jessica and co. ¡°Erhem. Jessica.¡± Came Director Sands¡¯ voice. ¡°Huh? Gramps? Howe you sound like¡­ What? You¡¯re actually here??¡± Jessica Sands gasped in surprise as she stood up from the huddle that she was in with Wu Kong and Jul¡¯Taras. ¡°Impossible. That old man would never leave his job to visit me.¡± She muttered loudly to herself, much to Director Sands¡¯ chagrin. ¡°Is this a brand new powerful hologram technology? You look so real!¡± Jessica stretched out her hand and touched her grandfather¡¯s arm. ¡°Whoa! You even feel real! What a powerful hologram technology! Who invented it? That person must be a mega genius!¡± Jessica eximed. SMACK! Director Sands smacked Jessica¡¯s head lightly as he rolled his eyes at her. ¡°O! That hurt!! And you¡¯re really here!! Why are you here?¡± Jessica rubbed her head with a pout. ¡°Don¡¯t you know why I am here? I thought you¡¯re a big fan of that Elliot guy!¡± Director Sands asked in mild amazement. ¡°Ah? We¡¯ve been busy discussing¡­ something fun. Hahaha! It¡¯s nothing dangerous! Don¡¯t worry! Hahaha!¡± Jessicaughed guiltily. Next to her, Jul¡¯Taras and Wu Kong sighed deeply while Aunt Hiry merely chuckled. Director Sands frowned at Jessica. ¡°We¡¯ll have a discussion about thister. But now, I have an important task for you. You are to follow me to investigate the appearance of what seems to be a Realm Portal that suddenly appeared in California.¡± ¡°California? That¡¯s the state where Elliot is!¡± Jessica gasped. ¡°Yes. As it were, he was probably involved in the creation of that portal. You got your wish, somehow. You will follow me and we will have to meet Elliot and talk to him about that portal.¡± Director Sands said with a small smile. Jessica¡¯s, Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ and Wu Kong¡¯s mouths dropped open and there was silence for a moment. A very brief moment. And then all three of them scrambled back to their screens to look at the current situation. ¡°WE¡¯RE GOING TO EARTH! WE¡¯RE GOING TO EARTH! THOSE DUMBASSES DON¡¯T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT REALM PORTAL! HORRAY! HORRAY! HO-¡° ¡°Ehm! One of those ¡°dumbasses¡± you¡¯re referring to is ME! You little chilli pepper!¡± Director Sands shouted at his beloved granddaughter loudly. ¡°Ah? Hahahaha! Of course I wasn¡¯t referring to you, gramps! You¡¯re almost always never included in my curses!¡± Jessicaughed gaily. ¡°ALMOST always never? So sometimes I AM included??¡± Director Sands sputtered indignantly! ¡°AH! I almost forgot. Gramps, please meet Wu Kong and Jules, my personal bodyguards who will be apanying me to Earth! AND NO, I WON¡¯T GO IF YOU DON¡¯T ALLOW THEM TO JOIN ME!¡± Jessica said fiercely to make sure that her friends can join her, and also to change the subject as fast as possible. ¡°Hmmm? Sure. If it¡¯s more protection for you, I don¡¯t have any arguments against that. And Jules, since when did you enter the bodyguard industry? The Chairman will be very interested to know about your little business expansion.¡± Director Sands teased her lightly. ¡°Oh he knows, don¡¯t worry about that, Uncle Sands.¡± Jul¡¯Taras chuckled. ¡°I have felt his eyes lock on to me the moment you appeared. If he didn¡¯t agree, he would have done something by now. Don¡¯t worry about Jessica. With me around, and with Uncle constantly watching over me, she¡¯ll be in no danger at all even if we somehow get separated from you.¡± ¡°Yeah! And even if I get separated from ALL of you, I¡¯ll be in no danger as well! Because unlike all of you, I have a super duper powerful escape mechanism which I had just discovered a few weeks ago! It¡¯s super shiny brand new, and with it I will never get caught.¡± Jessica said proudly. But before Director Sands could ask her what it was, Jul¡¯Taras raised her hand. ¡°DON¡¯T ask her what if you don¡¯t want her screaming the answer out for the rest of the room to hear.¡± Jul¡¯Taras chuckled. ¡°Hahaha!¡± Director Sands waved his hand lightly and the space around them shimmered very, very slightly. ¡°We¡¯re good now. I dare say not even your Uncle can see us!¡± However, a slight chuckle sounded from near Director Sands. ¡°Not only can I still see you, I can even project my voice over. Old man Sands, you¡¯ve gotten weak.¡± ¡°WHAT! You monster. It¡¯s not I who has gotten weak, it¡¯s you who has gotten much too strong for your own good!¡± Director Sands shouted in shock. Chapter 208 Ugliest and Oldest ¡°You better not peek at me when I¡¯m bathing or something!¡± Director Sands shouted at his chairman. ¡°PFFFFFFTTT!!!¡± Jessica Sands spat out the tea that she almost choked on. ¡°Who would want to look at you bathing gramps? Not even those who are bent onmitting suicide would pick such a painful way to die! HAHA!¡± Everybody in the group merely smiled and held back theirughter. Even the Chairman remained silent. No one really knew if he wasughing back where he was or not, though. ¡°YOU!!¡± Director Sands sputtered helplessly at his granddaughter. ¡°Hmph! On ount that we are very pressed for time, I shall not pursue this matter. If not, I will definitely cut your pocket money!¡± ¡°Hee hee!¡± Jessica took a deep breath and finished herughing outburst. ¡°Anyway, let¡¯s go! Let¡¯s go NOW!¡± ¡°Tell me what special method of escape you have first. I need to know if I want to factor that in into my ns.¡± Director Sands said. ¡°Oh that? Just like Elliot, I had also figured out a way to travel between realms! My Realm Portal isn¡¯t as big as Elliot¡¯s, but it¡¯s probably much more stable. I can escape to a different realm, make my escape, and then jump back in into our realm a huge distance away.¡± Jessica exined casually. The entire room fell silent. They could not believe their ears, especially Director Sands who was looking at Jessica with a very, very grave look. After a moment, it was the Chairman who spoke up first. ¡°Jessica, make sure you don¡¯t tell anybody about it, alright? It will be very dangerous for you if this information falls into the wrong hands.¡± El¡¯Taras said in a light voice. ¡°Sure, uncle. Don¡¯t worry. I won¡¯t tell anybody else.¡± Jessica agreed. ¡°Good. Now, Director Sands, if you could take oaths of silence from the rest of the people there, including Jules, it would be perfect. You know the gravity of the situation.¡± El¡¯Taras said. ¡°As you wish, Chairman.¡± Director Sands said seriously. At that, Jul¡¯Taras, Wu Kong and Aunt Hiry willingly stepped forward and gave their oaths to keep the information a secret, on pain of death. After that, all of them gathered around the old man, and with a wave of his hand, they disappeared from the Diamond Sponsor VIP Room. And appeared around one kilometer away from Elliot! Director Sands¡¯ mastery over space had reached an extremely sublime level, and instant super-long distance teleportation while bringing a group of people was no longer a problem for him. However, doing itfortably seemed to be a VERY big issue. ¡°OEKKKK!!¡± ¡°BLEAHHHH!!¡± ¡°UGHHH!!¡± All three kids immediately heaved out their breakfast and vomited on the spot. Even Aunt Hiry looked like she was about to go as well. But she managed to keep herposure and kept the area around her unsoiled by half digested food. ¡°Uhhhh. Sorry. I didn¡¯t know you kids are so weak! HAHA!¡± Director Sandsughed and apologized rather unapologetically. Jessica was the first to recover, and she shot her grandfather a withering re before blinking high into the sky to look at the fight that was going on. Well, it wasn¡¯t much of a fight, by that point. None of the Emperor¡¯s shields and barriers worked against the Darklight summons! Imagine being attacked by fifty little ants which simply wouldn¡¯t stop biting, and which arepletely impervious to all of your attempts to remove them from your body. Even the strongest Emperors would soon panic even though their lives were not yet at stake! True enough, the Emperors quickly retreated. With their leaderpletely unresponsive and apparently missing in action, they were unwilling to continue such a troublesome battle. With a burst of energy, all seven Emperors left the scene! ¡°Hmmmm? The Darklight Summons are pretty amazing! They aren¡¯t very strong, but the upgrade granted by the mysterious Life and Death energy is incredible. To think that they would be unstoppable!¡± Elliot admired his own summons for a moment. ¡°If I had known about this, I would have used them against the damned Hegemon!¡± Elliot canceled his summons and the portal instantly winked out of existence. At that point, there was no doubt in the minds of all who were watching that Elliot was the source of the Realm Portal!! His fate had been irrevocably sealed. Without a massive turn of events, he would be the object of greed for countless superpowers. However, that object of greed waspletely oblivious to the fate that he had identally brought upon himself, and was instead feeling rather smug about his aplishments. ¡°My Darklight Apostle System is now probably the strongest system in the whole universe!! HAHA! If I were to get stronger summons, I could probably take that Hegemon down by myself!¡± He thought. Apparently he wasn¡¯t just smug, but slightly delusional as well. Still, he wasn¡¯t truly feeling smug and delusional without cause. The opening of the Realm Portal WAS a big thing, and the infusion of the mysterious Darklight Energy, as Elliot had so aptly named it, into his summoned beasts was also a monumental urrence! If his simple summoned beasts could power up so drastically after being upgraded by the Darklight Energy, what would his Tamed Beasts and his Beast Apostles be like? Elliot had half a mind to go and find that cursed Second Senior Brother and try out his newfound powers! But then he remembered the suffocating aura that the Hegemon had used to lock him down, and all of his enthusiasm evaporated almost immediately. ¡°Ah, maybe next time.¡± He thought to himself hastily. However, at that moment, five very powerful beings suddenly appeared before him. And judging by the power fluctuations that the ugliest and the oldest being were giving out, he was almost very certainly more powerful than the damned Second Senior Brother!! Chapter 209 Negotiation ¡°Hi Elliotttt!!!!! My name is Jessica! I am your Diamond Sponsor!! I gave you the Reverse Time Walk Boon and the Blink skill!!!¡± Jessica immediately shouted and blinked forward to hold Elliot¡¯s hands! Elliot¡¯s guard had immediately rxed slightly when he heard that she was his Diamond Sponsor, but he was stillpletely shocked when she actually blinked forward to hold his hands! Jessica Sands had beenpletely bitten by the fangirl bug and was in hyper fangirl mode! ¡°What an exciting first meeting! Let¡¯s take a hologram record tomemorate this momentous event! Here! Look at that drone! Smile! Please say a few words! Thank me for the Diamond Boon and all my help during the five legendary beast attack!¡± Jessica chattered on excitedly. ¡°Uhhhhh.¡± Elliot only managed an awkward non-verbal response to Jessica Sands¡¯ words. But he did manage to wave his hand at the drone, so Jessica was somehow okay with all of it. ¡°Alright, enough. We¡¯re not here to chit chat. Jessica, standback.¡± Director Sands pulled Jessica back gently and immediately ced a secure barrier around them. To the viewers and anybody spying on them, they would have disappearedpletely from sight, and all lifeform sensors. He ced another barrier around them, and immediately blinked away to a very, very distant ce. When they appeared, they were on a beautiful and deserted tropical beach. The sea breeze blew coolly on their faces and the sun shined down warmly on them. It was picturesque, andpletely perfect. ¡°Uhhhh. You can bring me back to our original positionter, right? Coz I have to get back to my sister.¡± Elliot immediately spoke up when he realized that he was probably a million miles away from where he was. ¡°Hee hee. Don¡¯t worry. Of course we can.¡± Jessica giggled cutely. ¡°Ah, ok. That¡¯s good.¡± Elliot said in relief. ¡°So this is not a kidnapping.¡± He thought to himself. ¡°Elliot, I am Director Sands of the Gaming Commission. I am here to investigate the appearance of the Realm Portal. I assume that it was you who summoned that portal earlier?¡± Director Sands said seriously. Elliot knew for certain that lying would never work against such an old and experienced being, not to say powerful. So he simply nodded. ¡°I see. How did you do it?¡± Director Sands continued asking. At that, Elliot remained silent. ¡°I would like to remind you, boy, that I am a Director of the Gaming Commission. I am neutral, and at this point, I am acting on behalf of the Gaming Commission to save you.¡± Director Sands said in a neutral tone. However, Elliot remained silent. ¡°Let me put it this way. If I am not here right now, you will have a hundred Hegemons here fighting to capture you and do experiments on you to find the answers to the questions which I am currently asking you very nicely.¡± Director Sands said. ¡°So? Does that make you my savior? My wonderful savior who killed 99 percent of my fellow humans and plunged the rest into misery?¡± Elliot said slowly, his hostility and animosity seeping out of his heart and into his words. ¡°Yes, I am all that.¡± Director Sands agreed without hesitation. ¡°I killed your fellow humans for profit. And I am also preserving your life for profit. Why else would anybody bother to deal with other people outside of their n and circle of friends, if not for profit?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care about your philosophy. The fact remains. I will burn down the Gaming Commission to the ground one day, with you and all of the management in it.¡± Elliot said quietly. He didn¡¯t bother to hide his intentions. What was the point? It wasn¡¯t like they would be surprised that he felt that way. They couldn¡¯t possibly think that he would simply smile and let bygones be bygones? Could they? As expected, Director Sands merely shrugged his shoulders nonchntly. ¡°Do what you will. Right now, I need the information from you. I won¡¯t kill you, because you¡¯re a money making yer in this Game. So I¡¯ll make a deal with you instead. Tell me, what do you want for that information?¡± Director Sands asked Elliot directly. ¡°Power.¡± Elliot answered without hesitation. ¡°No, I can¡¯t give you anything that would directly impact the betting odds.¡± Director Sands shook his head. ¡°Well, if you can¡¯t give me power, then tell me how and where I can get power then. Information won¡¯t directly impact betting odds.¡± Elliot replied with a slight frown. ¡°Hahaha! Truly worthy of a sneaky younger generation. You¡¯re right, I can give you information on where the best Resource Boxes are located. It¡¯s considered slightly cheating, mind you, but it¡¯s a price we¡¯re willing to pay for the information you possess.¡± Director Sands immediately agreed and pointed at Elliot¡¯s head. A wave of data suddenly appeared in his mind. It contained all the fastest cars, strongest weapons, and most useful equipment! ¡°Locations and data of all known Kings and Emperors.¡± Elliot said. Director Sands frowned slightly, and hesitated before pointing at Elliot¡¯s head once more. ¡°Done. Less the information on sensitive and important Inserts, of course. Anything else?¡± ¡°I want my sisters safe and sound. Jennifer is currently kidnapped by Rak¡¯Tharos. Rescue her for me, but leave him alone. I will kill him myself.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Hmmm? Jennifer Musk, let¡¯s see. Hohoho. She is also a big money maker. I am afraid I can¡¯t rescue her for you. That would directly impact her betting odds.¡± Director Sands said after briefly checking Jennifer¡¯s file. ¡°A big money maker? So people are betting on her! And if that¡¯s the case, then she¡¯s probably safe!¡± A huge sense of relief flooded his heart. But he kept his emotions away from his facial expression. In fact, he even frowned! ¡°No Jennifer, no information from me.¡± Elliot growled. ¡°How about this, I will lead you to a spot where an Adamantium Sponsor had set up her Hidden Dungeon. If you can win it, she¡¯ll give you an extremely powerful boon. With that, rescuing your sister will be simplicity itself.¡± Director Sands counter offered Elliot. Chapter 210 Boon ¡°And it¡¯s not like you¡¯re that desperate for my help anyway. With your current ridiculous strength, I am sure no normal Emperor can fight against you. Even Emperors with perfect Rivers of Runes would find it difficult if they don¡¯t have an enhanced body which has the capacity of at least a million runes.¡± Elliot considered that point for a moment before nodding. ¡°Fine. And onest thing.¡± ¡°You still have another request?? What did you do for a living anyway, a hostage negotiator? Fine. What else do you want?¡± Director Sands grumbled. ¡°Half. I want half of all the Life Seeds and Living Armor you manage to get.¡± Elliot said with a straight face. ¡°Hahahahahahahaha! You¡¯re no hostage negotiator. You¡¯re a crook!¡± Elliot¡¯s demands were so ridiculous that Director Sands couldn¡¯t help but burst outughing! Elliot merely stood there quietly and stared at him, waiting for him to finishughing. ¡°No can do, little boy. When I move, I move fast and I hit hard. And I only move when there¡¯s something big worth iming. There¡¯s no way I am giving you half of my cake.¡± Director Sands said with a confident smile. ¡°Forty percent.¡± ¡°Half a percent.¡± ¡°Thirty five percent.¡± ¡°Three quarters of a percent.¡± ¡°Thirty!¡± ¡°Nine-tenths.¡± ¡°Ten, and that¡¯s final.¡± Elliot growled. ¡°One percent. Maximum offer.¡± Director Sands said seriously. Both stared daggers at each other. ¡°Five.¡± ¡°One.¡± ¡°No deal then.¡± ¡°Fine, one point five percent.¡± ¡°Two percent, take it or leave it. I already have the information I need anyway.¡± Elliot finally brandished his ¡°weapon¡±. ¡°Ugh. What a haggler. Fine. Two percent it is then.¡± Director Sands sighed deeply. ¡°I¡¯m so old, and I still somehow get myself robbed.¡± ¡°Here.¡± Elliot tossed a small Life Seed and a small piece of Living Armor at Director Sands. ¡°The seed can be found on this. The ck thing is ¡°Living Armor¡± which the Second Disciple of Fortune Hermit Mountain is currently using and giving his followers.¡± Elliot gave Director Sands very limited information, and did not share his findings about the two things at all. However, Director Sands had no need of them. ¡°Ah! This seed¡­ it¡¯s the same energy as the remnant energy we found in the Shadow Parasites! No wonder the Shadow Parasites are here. They¡¯ve probably gotten their hands on this energy!¡± Director Sands eximed in rm. ¡°Hmmm? The Dark Brainwyrms have a trace of the mysterious Life Energy?¡± Elliot thought to himself in surprise. ¡°I have to check on Romarok and see if he has that as well.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Now that we¡¯ve gotten our hands on a full Life Seed, we can develop sensors to detect it. The Shadow Parasite Disaster is officially over.¡± El¡¯Taras¡¯ cool voice sounded calmly from next to Director Sands. ¡°Ah yes. You¡¯re right, Chairman. I panicked there for a moment.¡± Director Sands chuckled sheepishly. It was true. The only issue with the Shadow Parasites was that they were impossible to detect. The sensors they have made couldn¡¯t lock on to the strange and mysterious energy that the Shadow Parasites were faintly emitting underb conditions. But with the Life Seed, they could finally produce stronger sensors. And with those sensors, they could easily detect who were infested, and they could immediately be neutralized. The Shadow Parasites were finished. ¡°Does that mean that you guys won¡¯t nuke Earth?¡± Elliot asked hopefully. Director Sands smiled at him and said, ¡°Yes. Fortunately for you, that will definitely be the case. We will simply sweep the with out sensors and then kill every Shadow Parasite we find.¡± ¡°I see. That¡¯s good. That¡¯s really good.¡± Elliot sighed in relief. Director Sands snapped his finger, and immediately space around his finger rippled and a small crack appeared. ¡°Here you go, Chairman.¡± Director Sands respectfully took the two items and passed them to El¡¯Taras. ¡°Good work, Director Sands. You¡¯ve earned yourself a reward.¡± El¡¯Taras said generously. ¡°Hahahaha! Reward? I am too old for rewards! Hahahaha! But if you insist, Chairman, I will dly ept it. Hahahaha!¡± Director Sandsughed happily like a little boy about to receive a lollipop. ¡°Well, because I will get a reward from the Chairman, let me give you a bonus as well, boy! Here!¡± Director Sands tossed a device of some sort to Elliot. ¡°This device willpletely make you invisible to the video cameras that¡¯s locked on to you. If you turn it on, nobody will be able to detect where you are. With your own personal stealth ability, you will effectively be hiding yourself from the rest of the universe! Use it sparingly when you want to escape!¡± ¡°I see. Thank you very much. Can I have two more for my two sisters?¡± Elliot asked Director Sands shamelessly. Well he had to. For the sake of his sisters¡¯ wellbeing, being shameless is nothing! ¡°You¡­ Shameless! But I understand where you¡¯reing from. It¡¯s tough caring for our loved ones eh? Fine! Here are two more!¡± Director Sands tossed Elliot two more simr devices. ¡°Alright, I have to go and arrange for search squads to start searching for the seeds and the armor. And to receive my reward! WAHAHA! You kids just rx here and wait for me to get back!¡± Director Sands said before disappearingpletely! Elliot turned around to look at the four remaining people. Director Sands had only brought him along, and had left the two blue dragons and Autumn behind. Wu Kong immediately smiled and stepped out with his outstretched hand. ¡°My name is Wu Kong. I am the Diamond Sponsor who gave you your Beast Apostle System.¡± ¡°Wu Kong? Hey my Lightning Apostle is named Wu Kong too!¡± Elliot remarked with a smile and shook Wu Kong¡¯s hand. ¡°Thank you very much for such a powerful system. It truly changed my life for the better. Even though you aliens messed up my life, you saved mine.¡± ¡°Hey! I saved you too, you know!¡± Jessica cried out indignantly. ¡°Yes. Jessica, was it? Thank you for your boon. They are¡­ amazing.¡± Elliot said warmly. ¡°Ah, hahaha. You¡¯re wee! You¡¯re wee!¡± Jessicaughed happily. ¡°You¡¯re wee too. You and your adventures have also changed my life as well. Much, much more than you think.¡± Wu Kong nced at Jul¡¯Taras and smiled at her. Jul¡¯Taras stretched out her hand at Elliot and said, ¡°Hi Elliot. I¡¯m Jul¡¯Taras. I am a Diamond Sponsor as well, but you haven¡¯t received my boon yet. Are you interested in receiving it?¡± Chapter 211 Ice vs Fire Elliot smiled at her and his impression of her rose rather substantially. It went from a chilling negative to that bordering on neutral. Even though she was part of the group of aliens which turned his entire world upside down, she wasn¡¯t personally responsible. So the collective me that Elliot ced on the aliens that she was a part of was dispelled quite considerably by her act of personal kindness. ¡°Of course, Jules, if I may call you that.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Sure, you can call me that. Even though I am much older than you, we are all simrly at the King level. So I guess that¡¯s okay.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said. And upon seeing Elliot¡¯s curious look, she smiled and added. ¡°And no, you may not ask about my age.¡± ¡°Hahaha! Alright then. So how do I receive this boon of yours?¡± Elliot asked. Jul¡¯Taras merely smiled at Elliot and then went on to hold Wu Kong¡¯s hand, much to the Monkey King¡¯s surprise. ¡°Very simple. Team up with Jessica, and defeat Wu Kong and me.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a hint of excitement shining in her eyes. Elliot looked at Jul¡¯Taras and Monkey King (I will revert to calling him Monkey King for the next few chapters to avoid confusion with Elliot¡¯s Lightning Apostle Wu Kong) in slight surprise before smiling at them confidently. ¡°Jess? Are you ready?¡± Elliot asked her. ¡°READY? I WAS BORN READY FOR THIS MOMENT! WAHAHA!¡± Jessica shouted the corniest line avable for that moment out loud. ¡°Just wait, you two lovebirds! I will blind you with the brightness of my awesomeness! I will show you the true meaning of a warrior! Let¡¯s do this!¡± Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras could only wince lightly at her words. The battle hadn¡¯t even begun, and Jessica Sands had already struck them with her cringe-worthy words! ¡°Errr. Okay I shall officiate. Two versus two, get to your positions!¡± Aunty Hiry said rather excitedly. All four of them immediately prepared themselves for a friendly but still absolutely exciting fight. To amodate the two beast masters and their huge number of beasts, the two parties stood almost a kilometer apart. For Jessica and Jul¡¯Taras, it wouldn¡¯t be their first fight. But it would definitely be their first while partnering with the guys that they liked! ¡°Fight!¡± Aunty Hiry cried out. Elliot didn¡¯t hold back and immediately summoned everyone. ¡°ALL OF YOU! COME OUT!!!¡± Elliot roared. His Darklight Summons leapt out of the Realm Portal once more while his Tamed Beasts stepped out of their own personal, but much smaller Realm Portals. Each of his Apostles had their own Realm Portals too, and they were all as huge as the first one. As soon as his beasts appeared, the near suffocating aura radiated out of the portals and applied tremendous pressure on all of them. Not even Jessica was spared. This time, his Darklight Summons took the vanguard and charged ahead with great speed. GRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Brock was the first of Elliot¡¯s tamed beasts to step out, and he did so with his secret skill fully unleashed. His powerful ten-meter frame rippled with muscles and he immediately charged forward fearlessly. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Huge clouts of sand exploded everywhere with his every step. Behind him, Ellie, Winter, Rex, a huge bunch of moles and birds appeared as well and immediately contributed to the huge mess that Brock was making as they charged across the sand towards Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras. In the air, Red, Frosty, Rom and Aldera appeared with their respective lieutenants and surged forward in a mighty air as well. Wu Kong hung back with his own Behemoth Lightning Apes to act as a reserve force and study the situation. ¡°Hahaha! Truly worthy of a Frosthaven Beast Master!¡± Monkey Kingughed out loud in approval at the more than impressive showing by Elliot¡¯s beasts. ¡°To think that you¡¯ve progressed this far and have amassed such a powerful bunch of beasts in less than a month! Impressive! Very impressive indeed! But if you think that this paltry force is enough to deal with me, then you¡¯re far, far too naive! Come out, Bulltakor, Fire Apostle!¡± At his words, a single huge fire tornado began to swirl in front of Monkey King! G H R O A A A A A A R R R R R R R R R R R ! ! ! ! ! ! A truly thunderous roar sounded from within the fire tornado which instantly dispelled the aura that was radiated by all of Elliot¡¯s beasts! A colossal figure stepped out of the fire tornado. Two huge horns protruded from a fearsome giant bull head which was connected to an utterly massive fifteen meter muscr humanoid frame covered with intensely burning mes. As though Monkey King¡¯s Fire Apostle¡¯s great size and searing hot mes weren¡¯t enough, it carried a huge fifteen meter long ming broadsword which was emitting a horrific aura as well! GHRROAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!! It hefted its ridiculous ming broadsword and swung it in a wide arc! A massive wall of mes surged out from his sword and swept powerfully across towards Elliot¡¯s beasts. However, before the mes could engulf the Darklight Summons, Frosty had fired off a freakishly huge Venomous cial Beam which collided with the wall of fire in a loud HISS!! Great billows of poisonous green smoke were produced by the intense reaction between the Venomous cial Beam and the searing hot wall of fire. All of Elliot¡¯s beasts stopped in their tracks before they got poisoned by Frosty¡¯s powerful attack. After a few seconds, after the poisonous smoke was quickly blown away by Red¡¯s prompt use of de Tornado, the result of Frosty¡¯s and Monkey King¡¯s Fire Apostle¡¯s first sh was finally out. The sand around the Fire Apostle had turned to ss while those on Frosty¡¯s side were slick with sleet. Right in the middle was a huge gap of nothing as the collision between ice and fire hadpletely caused all of the sand to be flung away in all directions. It was a draw!! Elliot¡¯s Ice Apostle and Monkey King¡¯s Fire Apostle were equally matched! Chapter 212 Princess of the Night ¡°Amazing!¡± Monkey King shouted with pleasant surprise. ¡°It appears that I have to take you more seriously! Come out, Riptide, Water Apostle, Hellstream, Wind Apostle, and¡­ H. Dark Apostle.¡± Two powerful swirls of energy appeared next to Bulltakor and a momentter, two huge figures no less humongous and menacing than the Fire Apostle appeared! One was obviously a giant crocodile of sorts, but mutated and enhanced to such an extent that it was almost fifteen meters tall and standing on two legs, making it look like a full blown dinosaur. Except that it was still greenish in colour, like a crocodile. The other one was a beautiful long legged three headed giant bird with startlingly beautiful golden feathers and a pair of sleek metallic wings that looked like they could slice through mountains easily. Of course the fact that it was standing tall at almost twenty meters helped. Elliot waved his hands and dismissed all of his beasts except for Frosty, Rom, Aldera, and Wu Kong. By that time, all four were already King level, and were more than qualified to take on Monkey King¡¯s Beast Apostles. ¡°Honorable. But foolish.¡± Monkey King smiled at Elliot¡¯s obvious intention of having their Beast Apostles do their battle with simr numbers. ¡°My Beast Apostles are all battle tested Kings.¡± Elliot smiled back. ¡°They can hold their own.¡± Monkey King merelyughed out loud and folded his arms in front of him as though he was preparing to watch a show. At the side, Jessica Sands and Jul¡¯Taras were not even pretending to be fighting anymore. They had epted the fact that the 2v2 had devolved into a 1v1 between the two Beast Masters, and at the same time evolved into a 4v4 among their beasts! They were even openly chatting and making bets! ¡°Four versus four. Who do you got?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Jessica. ¡°Three to one, Elliot¡¯s victory.¡± Jessica said very confidently and biasedly. ¡°Hahaha. Three to one for me too, Wu Kong¡¯s victory.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with an excited smile. ¡°Count me in girls! I want in on the action as well!¡± Aunt Hiry chimed in from the side. ¡°I bet one resource that Jessica¡¯s boy will win overall.¡± ¡°Aunt Hills!¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned at her and gave a very, very, very, uncharacteristic pout. ¡°Haha! You have a good eye, Aunt Hills!!¡± Jessica shouted happily. ¡°Fine. Let¡¯s focus on the battle. You¡¯ll both see how wrong you are.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sulked cutely. Back on the beach, as soon as both Water and Wind Apostles fully materialized, all three knelt down respectfully. The strange thing was, they didn¡¯t kneel towards Monkey King, but towards a spot that was glowing with a terrifying ck glow! Whoooooo¡­ A chilling and ominous wind that somehow caused the moods of all who were present to fall suddenly blew from all directions. For some strange reason, their hearts began to beat slightly faster, as adrenalin began to pump in their bodies. A distinct fear bloomed slightly in their hearts. Yes, even in the Hegemon Hiry Sands! She frowned very lightly and immediately dispelled the aura around her by releasing a tiny bit of her own. However, she made sure not to impact anybody else, so that they could experience the fight in full. Elliot stared at the terrifying ck glow with his heart pounding madly. Elliot sighed and finally circted his powerfully enhanced Purgatory Fire Energy. As soon as he did that, his pounding heart calmed down. However, his public mindspace was abuzz with exmations, especially from Red, who had invited himself out of Elliot¡¯s beast space to watch the uing battle. ¡°What the heck? Why am I feeling so terrified? I have never felt this way in my entire life! And I have a very, very exciting life filled with rich experiences from all sorts of worlds! What in the world did this damned monkey tame as his Beast Apostle? Ah! Damn it! I¡¯m so scared! This is totally uneptable! Ahh! Ahhhhh!¡± ¡°Shut up birdie.¡± Rom growled. ¡°You¡¯re not even fighting. You¡¯re only spreading your fear to the rest of us. Look at Elliot, he¡¯spletely calm, isn¡¯t he? He must have a secret n. Don¡¯t worry and believe in him!¡± ¡°Whatever that Beast Apostle is, it won¡¯t be much stronger than its Master. So whatever it is, anyone of us can take it on. Don¡¯t worry.¡± Frosty said coolly. ¡°It¡¯s a Dark Apostle. I am the Light Apostle. I will be the one to fight it.¡± Aldera said very simply. ¡°No. Wait for the Dark Apostle to materialize, and we can arrange our strategies then.¡± Wu Kong calmlymented. It was unknown when it happened, but along the way, Wu Kong had assumedmand of all of Elliot¡¯s beasts, tamed and Apostles alike, and they had all epted it without anyints. So when Wu Kong said that, all of them had simply nodded and waited for him to issue hismands. Space above the spot finally shimmered as a being appeared. It was a¡­ ¡°Huh? All that terrifying build up just for a freaking ck cat? Are you freaking kid- WHOA!¡± Red shouted. It was a ck cat. But as soon as it materialized, it shapeshifted into a pretty but deathly pale little human girl in a creepy ck dress and long ck hair. With heart-poundingly eerie, shining green eyes. ¡°I¡¯m outta here.¡± Red muttered and promptly disappeared. ¡°I had enough of watching creepy female human beings fight for the rest of my very, very long life. No more!¡± It was good that he went back when he did, because the creepy girl suddenly opened her mouth and unleashed the most fearsome scream that Elliot had ever heard! ¡°KYAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!¡± Her green eyes shed eerily and an ethereal crown slowly coalesced into being on her head. Behind her, the three Apostles rumbled loudly in their respective deep monster voices and shrill bird cry. ¡°We respectfully wee the Princess of the Night.¡± They said with fervent voices. Chapter 213 Astral Steps ¡°Why have you summoned me, my glorious Master?¡± A hellish and distorted voice made more creepy by the fact that it was also girly sounded powerfully from H¡¯s mouth. ¡°H. Defeat them for me. But make sure you do not wound them too heavily.¡± Monkey King pointed at Elliot and his Beast Apostles. ¡°Oh? Another Beast Apostle? You¡¯re disciplining your little disciple, I see. Very well, I will be your rod of discipline today. Do not forget to visit me sometime soon in return.¡± H said in her hellish and distorted voice. ¡°You don¡¯t need to remind me. I know what our deal entails.¡± Monkey King said with a slightly grim smile. ¡°Good. Bull, birdie and croc. Stand down and don¡¯t bother me.¡± H said as she stepped forward casually. ¡°As you wish, Princess of the Night.¡± All three of them bowed respectfully and stood still. Monkey King merely sighed and shook his head lightly. H was a loose cannon. A powerful one, but loose, nheless. He wasn¡¯t able to control her apart from very generalmands like the one he just gave her. More specific than that would incur her wrath and cause her to ignore himpletely, details of their Beast Apostle contract be damned. However, in spite of all that, Monkey King didn¡¯t regret picking her as his Dark Apostle. Because for all her entricity and stubbornness, she was the most powerful Dark Apostle. Period. ¡°I¡¯ll go.¡± Wu Kong finally said after studying the H rather intensely. ¡°Hmmm? Why not Rom? He can fly, and that seems to be a better fit.¡± Frosty asked curiously. ¡°She is extremely powerful. And we need to bait out her skills first to know exactly how to deal with her. And among us, only I have a summon.¡± Wu Kong exined quickly. ¡°Fair enough. All the best.¡± Frosty conceded. ¡°Teach her a lesson.¡± Elliot said quietly. ¡°Hold nothing back.¡± ¡°As you wish, Master.¡± Wu Kong bowed and stepped out to meet H in battle. ¡°Just you alone, monkey? I don¡¯t have the mood to fight multiple battles. Juste at me, all of you.¡± H said condescendingly at Wu Kong. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, little Princess. You¡¯ll fight just once today. I don¡¯t think you¡¯ll be able to fight another battle after I beat you into pulp and send you back to whatever hellhole youe from.¡± Wu Kong replied scathingly to break herposure. ¡°Hahaha! You! You sound just like my Master! In fact, you even look a little bit like him!¡± H let out a fearsome wail ofughter that caused Elliot to burst out in goosebumps. However, her next words caused his heart to skip a beat. ¡°Hmmmmm? You look a little bit TOO much like him. Could you be his rtive?¡± H frowned deeply and turned her head around to look at Monkey King suspiciously. Monkey King merely shrugged at her nomitally. Wu Kong merely smirked at her obvious ¡°attempt¡± to confuse him and hefted his powerful rod on his right hand. ¡°Enough chit chat. Time for you to get beaten to pulp, little girl.¡± ¡°Hahaha! Big words from a little monkey. Come then!¡± Hughed and unleashed a deeply terrifying aura that surged at Wu Kong and shot straight into his heart. However, Wu Kong merely gritted his teeth and resisted the growing horror in his heart. ¡°Darklight Descent. Mammoth.¡± Wu Kong growled softly. Instantly, a portal opened up in front of him and a powerful three meter tall Darklight Mammoth Warrior wielding a massive war hammer leapt out of it! KRAAAAA!! It charged at H fearlessly and swung his war hammer at her! WHAMMM!!! The war hammer passed through H harmlessly and smashed into the sand beneath her feet! The power behind the swing was so great that apart from a spray of sand from the fringes of the impact that shot out in all directions, most of the sand beneath her was smashed into dust! H stretched out her ethereal hand and touched the Darklight Mammoth Warrior. A green glow appeared on her hand for a quick moment before dimming immediately. ¡°Hmmmmm??? Impervious?¡± H couldn¡¯t help but cry out in surprise. In all of her long years of experience, she had never met anything which was impervious to her ¡°Soul-Bind¡± skill! ¡°Hooo. Interesting. Interesting!¡± Monkey King eximed loudly. KRAAAA! The Darklight Mammoth Warrior didn¡¯t give up and continued to attack H with its violent swings. WHAM! WHAM! WHAMM!! But no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn¡¯t touch her, much less deal any damage to her! ¡°Keep attacking.¡± Wu Kongmanded the Darklight Mammoth Warrior. ¡°I refuse to believe that you can remain ethereal forever.¡± ¡°You¡¯re a very smart one.¡± Hughed in approval. ¡°Very much like my Master. He too made the very same guess as you when he fought me and defeated me. Let¡¯s see if you¡¯re as good as him!¡± H smiled eerily at Wu Kong and began to walk very casually towards him. In fact, she looked like she was merely taking azy stroll through the park! Wham! Wham! Wham! The enraged Darklight Mammoth Warrior smashed his war hammer at H relentlessly! H merely ignored him and continued to walk slowly towards Wu Kong. As she did that, an ethereal de appeared on her right hand. It was blood red in colour, and the heavy contrast with her ck dress and green eyes made her look all the more scary! Suddenly, she disappeared. ¡°Whoa! Did she just execute Astral Steps? Monkey! You taught her Astral Steps??¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Monkey King in shock. ¡°Nono, you¡¯re mistaken. I did not teach her Astral Steps. As a matter of fact, I didn¡¯t teach her a single thing after she became my Dark Apostle. She was much more powerful than me then. On the other hand, she did teach me a few things. One of the more powerful skills she taught me was¡­ Astral Steps.¡± Monkey King replied with a smile. Jul¡¯Taras, Jessica and Aunt Hiry¡¯s jaw dropped open in shock. Chapter 214 Danger! ¡°You learnt Astral Steps from a being that eventually became your Beast Apostle? Astral Steps is a high grade movement technique avable only to ancient ns with long years of umtion. Just who in all of heavens is she? And how powerful is she?¡± Jessica said in surprise. ¡°Her identity is a secret.¡± Monkey King smiled at the girls. ¡°But it is safe to say that with her around, I will probably never lose any battle with the Kings of the known universe.¡± He turned to look at Jul¡¯Taras and chuckled slyly. ¡°Now you know that I was going easy on you when we battled.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled sweetly at him and simply said, ¡°Uh huh. You think I wasn¡¯t going easy on you? If she¡¯s your only trump card then I am afraid¡­ You¡¯ll never win against me even if you have another ten of her.¡± H¡¯s ears twitched slightly as her sharp hearing caught everything Jul¡¯Taras said, who didn¡¯t bother to lower her voice at all. Although she knew for certain that Monkey King would never like such a fearsome being, it still irked her enormously that a female was so much closer to Monkey King than she was, and had such a rich history with him. However, H was busy unleashing a torrent of powerful sword shes at Wu Kong, so she couldn¡¯t respond to Jul¡¯Taras. Yet. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! H¡¯s attacks were delivered with such force against Wu Kong¡¯s powerful rod that their collisions sounded more like shes between huge blunt objects rather than sword strikes against a rod. ¡°Your rod can actually resist my ethereal de? You are an abomination!¡± H hissed in anger. Wu Kong merely smiled grimly as he executed his parries as fast as he could. Although not a single attack of H¡¯s hadnded on him yet, only he knew that he had been pushed to the very limits of his reaction speed just to parry all of H¡¯s attacks! If she sped up just a little bit more, he would fail to parry some of her attacks, and Wu Kong didn¡¯t want to find out just how deadly her ethereal de is. Thankfully, H seemed to have unleashed her full strength in her torrent of attacks with her ethereal de, and she quickly withdrew after attacking Wu Kong for almost a thousand hits. Wham! Wham! Wham! The Darklight Mammoth Warrior caught up with H and continued its near mindless attacks on her. Without effect. ¡°That¡¯s all you got, little girl? Then now it¡¯s my turn!¡± Wu Kong grinned at her wickedly and unleashed his secret skill which he got from the system as a ¡°reward for significant contributions to the Beast Master¡±. ¡°Feral Judgement.¡± Wu Kong said and transformed into a huge and wildly powerful monkey! GRAAAHHHHH! Gone was his calm and coolposure,pletely reced by a feral ferocity that bordered on insanity. However, that was not all. After Elliot¡¯s Beast Apostle System had been upgraded to his self-named Darklight Apostle System, all of his system-generated skills had received upgrades. Some minor, and some massive. His summoned beasts, tamed beasts and Beast Apostles had received upgrades as well! Although his Beast Apostles did not changepletely into Darklight Warriors like his summoned beasts did, the upgrades they received were no less earth shaking. Wu Kong¡¯s eyes transformed from its angry red form into a cold, taoist yin-yang form. Apletely strange and unknown aura emanated from Wu Kong and caused all of the veterans of the known universe (Aunt Hiry, Jessica, Jules, Monkey King, H and the secretly watching El¡¯Taras) to have bewildered looks on their faces. GRAHHHHHHHH!!! The ferocious Wu Kong leapt up high and raised his rod to the heavens as he prepared to deliver an earth-rending smash to H! Facing two ferocious beastspletely intent on delivering pure physical damage on her, H merely rolled her eyes and took their attacks calmly. Or rather, she allowed their attacks topletely pass through her body and smash the sand beneath her into dust. However, as Wu Kong¡¯s powerful attack passed through her body, H could feel the strange energy pull at her and impact her body very, very slightly! WHAM! WHAM! Wu Kong¡¯s attack and the Darklight Mammoth Warrior¡¯s attack smashed onto the sand like two meteors mming onto the! Ugh! H spurted out a little bit of blood from her mouth, and her body began to shimmer slightly. ¡°What?¡± Monkey King shouted in disbelief. ¡°Wu Kong¡¯s attack actually managed to damage H?¡± The sight of his enemy taking damage caused Wu Kong to fall into a frenzy as he began to unleash his attacks rapidly! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! His attack speed was so high that for every smash the Darklight Mammoth Warrior managed to unleash, Wu Kong unleashed three! However, H had learnt her lesson. After knowing that Wu Kong¡¯s attack could deal damage to her, she avoided it like the gue. She executed her Astral Steps to perfection and easily avoided Wu Kong¡¯s barrage of smashes. ¡°Take this attack of mine if you can, you damned monkey!¡± H growled lightly and brought her terrifying energy to bear. A ck wave of pure dark energy shot to the skies and began to coalesce into thousands upon thousands of sharp spikes. As soon as the two words left her mouth, the sharp spikes burst forth from the sky and rained down on Wu Kong and the Darklight Mammoth Warrior! There was no hope at all for the poor Darklight Mammoth Warrior. The dark energy spikes shredded it into nothingness within moments. However, taking down Wu Kong with his powerful Feral Judgement transformation was not going to be so easy. He twirled his massive rod above like a helicopter and smashed every single dark energy spike thatnded upon it! GRRAAAA!!! He roared triumphantly as he smashed thest of the dark energy spike apart. Unfortunately for him, his moment of triumph was extremely short lived. Danger! His instincts suddenly screamed. He threw his body to the side with all of his might! But it was toote. Chapter 215 I must pry STAB. An ethereal sword pierced through the side of his chest, narrowly missing his heart! GRAAHHHHH! Wu Kong let out a roar of pain! He immediately punched out at H. But H had retreated as soon as her sword pierced Wu Kong. Her mission was aplished and she was content to retreat to let her poison do its work. The spot where H¡¯s sword pierced Wu Kong immediately turned an ugly ck as H¡¯s poison attacked Wu Kong¡¯s lungs. H¡¯s lips began to curl slowly into a smirk. ¡°This battle is over. If the Beast Masters don¡¯t dere this my victory anytime soon, the poor monkey would probably die.¡± She thought to herself. However, before her lips could finish its curl to form aplete smirk, they froze. The ck spot on Wu Kong¡¯s chest which was expanding rapidly, had now reversed its course and started to disappear. In fact, it was disappearing at a much faster rate than it was expanding earlier. Within a split second, the ck spot was gone. H stared at Wu Kong¡¯s enraged expression with a dumbfounded one of her own. ¡°What the heck happened?¡± But there was no time for her to dwell on the questions that were bursting through her mind. The wound she had inflicted on Wu Kong hadpletely driven him nuts. Wu Kong raised his rod up high as before, but this time, he held nothing back in reserve. As he did that, a loud and ominous CRACK! Could be heard as a horrifying deluge of mysterious energy came rushing out of Wu Kong! The energy was filled to the brim with a cold and unfeeling sensation that seemed to disdain everything. And not just simple disdain. It was a disdain that contained a deep and unfathomable killing intent that evoked the most fundamental sense of horror in all of them. It was like the energy was formed with a single purpose, and that was to eradicate life! In that instant, Aunt Hiry and El¡¯Taras knew that if that energy were to be allowed to impact H, she would be erased from existence without a single doubt. Aunt Hiry immediately pointed at Wu Kong and unleashed her Hegemon aura! And not just that, a rush of energy, much heavier and much more powerful than Wu Kong exploded from her towards Wu Kong! Her energy was calm, gentle, butpletely relentless. It surrounded Wu Kong and attempted to freeze his movementspletely before he could kill H. But in a turn of events thatpletely stunned all the veterans, Wu Kong¡¯s rod continued on its path and smashed apart the initial surge of energying from Aunt Hiry! It was only until Aunt Hiry stopped holding back and unleashed her full power that Wu Kong was thrown backwards towards Elliot once more. Elliot caught Wu Kong, and immediately got him to dispel his Feral Judgement transformation. He too had felt the tremendous and mysterious power that Wu Kong had wielded earlier, and had determined that it would be fatal to H as well. He wanted to dismiss Wu Kong to save H¡¯s life, but Aunt Hiry had beaten him to the punch. Of course she did. She was a Hegemon and had identified Wu Kong¡¯s lethality far earlier than Elliot had. ¡°Go back, Wu Kong. You¡¯ve done well.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Go back, all of you. Unless I¡¯m reading the mood wrongly, this friendly spar is over.¡± ¡°Yes Master.¡± Wu Kong had released his Feral Judgement transformation and was back in his normal form. The wound he had received from H earlier had also miraculously disappeared! There were definitely questions that Elliot had to answer, and he didn¡¯t need his Apostles around for that. With a swirl of energy, Elliot dismissed his Beast Apostles. Across him, Monkey King did the same as well. All of Monkey King¡¯s Beast Apostles, except H disappeared. Although she was Monkey King¡¯s Beast Apostle, she waspletely out of his chain ofmand. She could do whatever she wanted, and that was part of her deal with Monkey King. At that moment, she stood at Monkey King¡¯s side with a troubled but also amused look on her face. In all her long years, she had nevere so close to death before. The experience was a fearful but at the same time, highly refreshing one. And she wanted to know more about the person whomanded such a powerful Apostle that could threaten her life so. ¡°Well well. I wonder what that was?¡± Came a friendly voice which they all identified as El¡¯Taras¡¯, the Chairman of the Gaming Commission. ¡°Indeed. I am very curious as to what sort of power allows a mere King to resist my powers to such an incredible extent, to the point where I have to unleash my full power to stop him? If he manages to break into Emperor level with such strength, I doubt that I would be able to stop him then!¡± Aunt Hiry said half jokingly, half seriously. In truth, shepletely had no idea if she would be able to stop Wu Kong once he got to Emperor level! ¡°My gooddy, Hiry Sands. It is good to meet you once more. I apologize for not being able to greet you in person.¡± El¡¯Taras greeted Aunt Hiry politely. ¡°Chairman El¡¯Taras. It is my honor to be able to¡­municate with you once more.¡± Aunt Hiry curtsied lightly. Both were powerhouses in their own right, and decorum had to be maintained. ¡°The honor is all mine.¡± El¡¯Taras replied. ¡°Now then, Elliot my boy, I don¡¯t mean to be rude on our first meeting, but pry, I must. Please tell me what happened earlier.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said politely. But for all his courtesy, Elliot was no fool to believe that his request was anything but. It was a demand for information. Or worse. Afterall, there are many fates worse than death. Chapter 216 Ancestral Grade Item Set However, since Elliot had revealed the existence of the Life Seeds and the Living Armor, he had no qualms on telling the Chairman his secrets. So he did. ¡°Thebination of the mysterious Life Energy and Death Energy? Very interesting. You¡¯ve really stumbled upon a treasure there, boy. Well, I am not one to begrudge and deprive others of their great fortune. If your fate is such that these riches are to fall into your hands, then so be it. So don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t ask you to hand over the seeds and living armor you have in your possession.¡± El¡¯Taras said with a slightly mischievous tone. ¡°Thank you, Chairman.¡± Elliot said to the empty space from which the Chairman¡¯s voice wasing from. ¡°Well. Now that the cause of the Realm Portal is clear, I am off to investigate exactly how it happened then. You all have a great time. See ya!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said and then remained silent. However, none of them were foolish enough to believe that the Chairman was truly gone. If not even Director Sands¡¯ barrier could keep him out, then there was truly no ce that the Chairman could not peek or eavesdrop. It was a chilling thought. Thank goodness that the Chairman was an upright person, and would not do despicable things like peeking during sensitive actions. Or¡­ would he? Anyway, there was no point thinking much about it, so they didn¡¯t. The friendly fight had ended in a fashion that none of them had expected. But the winner was nheless very clear. It was Elliot!! ¡°Pay up, you rich woman.¡± Jessica grinned at Jul¡¯Taras. However, strangely, Jul¡¯Taras didn¡¯t seem that sad. In fact, she seemed rather¡­ happy? She immediately transferred Jessica¡¯s and Aunt Hry¡¯s winnings to them with a grin of her own. ¡°Good bet. The better fighter had clearly won. It is my¡­ mistake in betting on such a weak fighter.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said brightly. It was suddenly very clear to Jessica. Jul¡¯Taras didn¡¯t like H¡­ And she was actually pleased that H lost! ¡°HAHAHA! Jules¡­ could you¡­ The Great Jul¡¯Taras¡­ could you be¡­ could you reaaaally be¡­ JEALOUS?¡± Jessica squealed withughter. ¡°Jealous? What jealous? What¡¯s there to be jealous about? Don¡¯t spout nonsense! I could have you arrested for smearing my good name!¡± Jul¡¯Taras scolded Jessica who merely cackled withughter even more. While the girls were teasing and being teased, the boys were having a much more serious conversation. ¡°You¡¯re much more powerful than I thought you¡¯d be.¡± Wu Kong was the first to break the silence. ¡°And you¡¯ll only be more powerful once Jules grants you her boon.¡± ¡°Thank you. You are extremely powerful as well. If my absurd luck didn¡¯t lead me to upgrade the Beast Apostle System you¡¯ve gifted me with the mysterious Life and Death energies, I wouldn¡¯t be anywhere close to your power.¡± Elliot said modestly. ¡°My power is an umtion of many, many long years of training. It is a natural progression of strength, and nothing to be proud of. But you¡­ barely two weeks, and you¡¯ve progressed from a mere human, to a King level warrior. There¡­ There are no words¡­¡± Monkey King sighed deeply. Elliot merely smiled at his words. ¡°By the way, is my Lightning Apostle Wu Kong rted to you? Your Dark Apostle was actually right. He does look a little bit like you.¡± Elliot asked curiously. H edged closer to them to eavesdrop on Monkey King¡¯s answer, and cause Monkey King tough lightly. ¡°He¡¯s not my son, if that¡¯s what you two are wondering.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°I see. A nephew perhaps? Or a rtive?¡± Elliot continued. ¡°A distant rtive¡­ yes. I guess he could be considered that. A very, very distant rtive.¡± Monkey King said wistfully. ¡°Could you¡­¡± Elliot nodded before Monkey King could finish his sentence. ¡°Come, Wu Kong. Greet your distant uncle.¡± Elliot said. Wu Kong materialized once more in a swirl of energy. He had expected to be summoned exactly for this purpose the moment heid eyes on Monkey King. H¡¯s words earlier had only served to strengthen the suspicions that he had. ¡°Hello uncle.¡± Wu Kong greeted Monkey King. ¡°Good boy.¡± Monkey King smiled at him. He reached into his dimensional storage, and handed Wu Kong a little armor figurine with a little red rod in front of it. It was merely the size of a baby¡¯s fist, but the detail and the aura it gave out was unmistakable. It was definitely an Ancestral Grade item set! ¡°I have waited many long years to be able to give this to your father. But before I could give it to him, he passed. It is only right that I give this to you now.¡± Wu Kong received the little armor figurine fervently and with rounded, reverent eyes. It looked extremely precious, but most importantly, it was a link to his father¡¯s story that he had never known before. ¡°Of course. But first, let¡¯s see you don this armor. Drip a little bit of your blood onto the figurine, andmand it.¡± Monkey King said with a smile. ¡°And you can dump your hideous looking armor and weapons while you¡¯re at it.¡± It was a good thing that Red couldn¡¯t listen to what Monkey King said, or else the entire public space would be abuzz with his curses for a long, long time. Wu Kong quickly removed his armor and bound the little figurine. Whoosh! It disappeared from his hands and appeared instantly on his body. Boom. A vast aura of might tinged with a profound sense of joy burst out of Wu Kong at that moment! It was as though two long lost brothers had finally reunited after years and years of desperate searching! It was so powerful that the girls couldn¡¯t help but stop their chatting and turned around to look at Wu Kong. And what a sight he was. Chapter 217 Onion Trees His armor was studded ck with red trim, and a mystical red cape flowed behind him, giving him a heroic look that would make any female monkey in their right minds swoon. Two huge feathers flowed out of his open faced helm, and his red rod was inlined with gold. He stood as tall as Monkey King, and the aura he gave out was no less powerful and no less intimidating than him! On a personal level, it would even be difficult to guess who would win in a fight! Of course if allowed to exert all of his might, Monkey King, being a full fledged Beast Master, would definitely win. But Wu Kong would definitely give him a run of his money if it was a one on one fight. Beingpletely clueless of howplicated Monkey King¡¯s feelings must be at that moment, Jessica innocently voiced out that thought. ¡°Hey monkey! The little monkey looks really good in that armor. I bet he is as strong as you! In fact, I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if he could beat you in a fight! Haha!¡± She shouted loudly! Jul¡¯Taras was so incredulously shocked by Jessica¡¯s tactless words that she actually had a vision of herself receiving a massive punch in the face from Jessica and her head flinging backwords with blood spurting out of her nose! ¡°Jessica Sands!¡± She roared angrily. ¡°What? Why are you shouting at me so suddenly?¡± Jessica shouted in rm. ¡°You! You!!¡± Jul¡¯Taras wanted to scold her for being insensitive to Monkey King, but if she did so, wouldn¡¯t she be admitting that Monkey King was weaker than Wu Kong? But if she didn¡¯t then what if Monkey King felt that he was weaker than Wu Kong, and was hurt by Jessica¡¯s words? How could she leave Jessica unpunished for being so insensitive to Monkey King? Thankfully, Wu Kong broke the awkward situation by putting forth a very bold initiative. ¡°If I may be so bold to ask uncle for some pointers?¡± He asked softly. ¡°HAHAHA! Great! Great! Great!¡± Monkey King was so happy by Wu Kong¡¯s outrageous request that he actually shouted ¡°Great!¡± Three times!! ¡°That¡¯s exactly how youngsters should be! Come! Let us have a great fight! Hahahaha!¡± The joy and the excitement in Monkey King¡¯s voice was unmistakable. And of course, so was his supreme confidence. But the fact remains that there must be a story behind that suit of Ancestral Grade armor and weapon. One that was close to Monkey King¡¯s heart as well apparently, for him to be so happy over such an outrageous request by an obviously young monkey. Once again, Wu Kong prepared himself for battle. But this time, he was entering a fight with thoughts of his father bursting forth in his mind. The uing fight was in memory of his father. And if he wasn¡¯t mistaken, Monkey King also wanted to fight him due to his great yearning to do exactly that too! In a sense, to Monkey King, Wu Kong was representing his father in the fight. And if that was so, all the more reason for Wu Kong to give his all. ¡°Come at me, boy!¡± Monkey King hollered and hefted his own massive golden stubbed rod. His armor was resplendent and his countenance, joyful. Wu Kong raised his rod in salute, and then charged forward with a powerful roar! Caughtpletely by surprise by Wu Kong¡¯s salute which was exactly how his father used to do, Monkey King was slightlyte in his response. But no matter, the adrenalin pumping in his veins gave him such a huge surge of energy that he immediately caught up with Wu Kong¡¯s momentum! Groarrr!!! He roared passionately and raised his rod as well! BAM! BAM! BAM! The two of them exchanged a flurry of hits that waspletely devoid of skill. There was no Astral Steps, no Darklight Energy, nothing but raw, unadulterated physical strength. It was pure and primal, and it was exactly how Wu Kong¡¯s father would have fought if he was still alive. Their fightpletely gave vent to the nostalgia, the yearning, and the sadness that shrouded their hearts over the passing of Wu Kong¡¯s father, the self-proimed The Great Mountain Sage Which Rivals The Heavens. One missed his father terribly, and yearned to hear hisforting voice, feel his protective touch and see his smile that made him feel like he could do anything in the world as long as he is with him. The other¡­ well his story remained to be told. But although the why was as yet unanswered, the passion and the emotions that Wu Kong felt through his strikes were as real as real can be. In fact, the depth of their emotions were so unbelievably strong that the rest of the group who were watching could feel them very clearly. For the tender hearted Jessica, she was already tearing up uncontrobly, much to her confusion. ¡°Why are tearsing out of my eyes? I am not sad, am I?¡± She sobbed. The others couldn¡¯t answer her as they too were fighting back their tears. Before them, the fight went on with unparalleled ferocity! Both wielded their rods with extreme skill and even after pushing themselves to their physical limits, they still couldn¡¯t break past each other¡¯s parries! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! Each hit dispelled just a tiny bit of the yearning in their hearts, and reced it with a growing sense of brotherhood that only grew and grew and grew. They would honor the Great Sage with their fight, but they would also not forget to look ahead and forge a brand new rtionship that would carry on the Great Sage¡¯s Legacy! The fightsted for exactly two hundred moves. After they had exchanged their two hundredth move, they separated. Both were panting hard, and werepletely drenched in sweat. Their sharp monkey smell made all the others scrunch up their noses, but the smiles on their faces warmed their hearts endlessly. ¡°Big brother!¡± Wu Kong shouted through his gasps for fresh air. ¡°Good! Good!¡± Monkey King panted heavily. ¡°I have a¡­ brother now!¡± SNIFF. SNIFF. Jessica sniffed loudly as she wiped tears at the touching scene. ¡°This must be an onion ntation ind.¡± Jessica said emotionally. ¡°There must be huge onion trees everywhere deep in this ind! And the locals in this onions are cutting those onions really quickly!¡± ¡°Onion trees¡­?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked with red eyes. ¡°Big, bad onions and onion cutters¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras could only repeat Jessica¡¯s words with a small smile. ¡°It must be a local specialty.¡± Aunt Hiry said quietly with a sigh. ¡°Yes! A local specialty! How can you call yourself a spymaster if you don¡¯t even know about onion trees and the onion cutters?¡± Jessica shouted at Jul¡¯Taras. Jul¡¯Taras merely smiled at her and shook her head lightly. She kept her eyes on Monkey King, who had caught his breath and was about to share his story. And if the fight earlier was any indication, it would be a very, very personal story. She didn¡¯t want to miss a single word. Chapter 218 I WANT IN! ¡°Your father was not born in this world.¡± Monkey King began his story with a bombshell. ¡°He was actually born in the Frosthaven Empire, a mere twenty years after I was born.¡± Elliot blinked once and steeled his heart for what seemed like a story full of shocking reveals about Wu Kong¡¯s identity. Around him, the others listened with rapt attention, especially Wu Kong, who was hanging on to his new brother¡¯s every word. ¡°But for this story to make sense, I have to start the story from your grandfather. My father is the Patriarch of our n and your grandfather was my father¡¯s trusted right hand man. Within the Monkey n, the position of Patriarch is always won by the strongest fighter of the century, with absolutely no regard for age. For many years, the winners had always been the old fogeys who shamelessly participated in the fight for the position of Patriarch. But in thest fight, my father shocked the entire Monkey n and defeated all the old fogeys at the very tender age of two hundred years old! It waspletely unprecedented and our n rejoiced at the birth of a monumental genius that could lead our n into a glorious future. A furious but subtle fight for my father¡¯s ear began. Your grandfather won that battle, and became my father¡¯s right hand man. He became the second most powerful monkey in the n, beneath one but above a thousand. He even married my distant cousin. With that move, he had practically thrown in all of his lot with my father. Your father was born not long after. He¡­ was like a little brother to me. He would follow me everywhere, and I taught him the basics of fighting. For a few short years, all were at peace. The Monkey n grew in strength, and everything was as it should be. But s¡­ the position of being second in power was actually a hot seat. Many coveted it, and an intricate scheme was soon hatched to bring your grandfather down. Long story short, it worked. Tragically, your grandfather was executed and his family banished from the Monkey n. I was out on a mission at that time, and when I got back, your father was already gone. I tracked your family down for many long years before I finally found them on Earth. But there was nothing much I could do. I could only secretly send in a few bodyguards to look after him. But s, his luck was horrible beyond words. Of all thes he could have escaped to, he had to be sent to the one that would eventually be the site of the Games. You know the rest of the story¡­ The Armored Kaijins killed him. In the first iteration, as well as the second. The only silver lining was you survived this time.¡± Monkey King said with a sad smile. ¡°I see. So I am a descendent of the Frosthaven Empire. I am actually a very distant rtive of yours! And¡­ I have a blood debt to pay.¡± Wu Kong said calmly. ¡°Blood debt? Ha, don¡¯t look down on your big bro that way, Wu Kong! Of course there isn¡¯t a blood debt anymore. I made sure those scheming political bastards paid their debts in full, plus a loan shark¡¯s interest.¡± Monkey Kingughed with slight derision as he remembered his killing frenzy so many years ago. ¡°Is my family name cleared then?¡± Wu Kong asked Monkey King with a grateful smile. ¡°Ah¡­ that. Well. Although the scheming bastards made up a lot of the usations, there wouldn¡¯t be smoke without at least a little bit of fire, you know. Your grandfather was proven guilty without a doubt on a few counts. Not enough to deserve an execution and banishment for his family of course, but corruption, nheless. I am afraid your family name at this point in time is rather taboo in Frosthaven Empire.¡± Wu Kong said with an awkward smile. ¡°I see.¡± Wu Kong nodded quietly and remained silent. His emotions were aswirl with Monkey King¡¯s revtions. Thankfully, Elliot was there to provide him with light and guidance. ¡°It doesn¡¯t really matter, Wu Kong.¡± Elliot said seriously. ¡°Might is right. When we visit Frosthaven Empire as Hegemons or even as Ancestral level powerhouses, all of their knees shall bend before us. Your father and your grandfather would be revered as ancestors of the most powerful Monkey alive in the known universe. Their past wrongs would bepletely forgotten in their haste to bend their knees before you, and at a single word from you, they would exalt the memory of your father and grandfather into ces of extreme honor. Statues of them would be made and spread out throughout the Empire. Might. Is. Right.¡± ¡°You¡¯re right, Master. Might is right.¡± Wu Kong agreed and looked at Elliot with a fervent gaze. Gone were his conflicting emotions, and reced with a powerful one. Devotion. ¡°And I do not belong to the Frosthaven Empire anyway. I belong to whatever Empire you will create in the future.¡± Wu Kong added. ¡°Hahahahaha! Yeah! That¡¯s the spirit!¡± Jessica cried out loudly and happily. ¡°My old man always tells me, aim for the stars, and even if you fail to reach it, you will at least get to the moon! It didn¡¯t make sense to me at the time because I could easily reach any star I wanted to, but-¡° ¡°He isn¡¯t ¡°aiming for the stars¡±. He is being dead serious.¡± Aunt Hiry interrupted Jessica quietly. ¡°Huh?¡± Jessica looked at Aunt Hiry in confusion, and then at Elliot and Wu Kong who were sharing a serious and determined smile. Realization of the enormity of Elliot¡¯s dream and hunger for power finally dawned on her then. This was a young man that would not be content with mere survival, nor was he someone who would stop once he wins Earth for himself. No, this young man had the entire known universe in his sights, and he was hell-bent in aiming to dominate every single thing within it! A strange but supremely exciting tingling sensation appeared in Jessica¡¯s heart at that moment. It was a feeling that she had never felt before. It felt like ambition, yet at the same time, it wasn¡¯t purely hers. It was as though Elliot¡¯s passion and hunger had grabbed hold of her soul, and made her a subordinate. Whatever it was, Jessica could only do one thing at that moment. ¡°I WANT IN!¡± She shouted excitedly. ¡°I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT EMPIRE!¡± Chapter 219 Ascendant Runes Director Sands returned a short whileter to a strange atmosphere. For one thing, there was an additional monkey and what clearly was a powerful Dark Entity in the form of a little girl. And for another¡­ He couldn¡¯t quite put his finger on what exactly changed, but somehow, that Elliot boy seemed to be¡­ at the center of all of their attention? He nced at Hiry Sands, his niece, and only got a helpless shrug and chuckle in response. Faced with an information ckout on what was happening, Director Sands threw the strange atmosphere to the back of his mind. ¡°HEY KIDS! I¡¯M BACK!!¡± He shouted loudly. All of them merely turned and nced at him politely before going back to their discussion. Director Sands frowned deeply and started to eavesdrop. ¡°And so if we pick Jagad as our base HQ, we will have at least a hundred years of peace during which we could build up our forces. As soon as we¡¯re ready, we can explode outwards to rip a huge chunk out of the weakened Horkati Empire! We can consolidate our powers once more, and then devour Horkati Empirepletely within ten years!¡± Jul¡¯Taras spoke excitedly. ¡°We¡¯ll get ourselves an entire Empire within a hundred and ten years. This is the best n that I could think of right now. What do you guys think?¡± ¡°It sounds great! Let¡¯s-¡± Jessica began. ¡°Too slow.¡± Elliot interrupted her with a frown. ¡°I don¡¯t want to wait a hundred years. And I do not want a massive campaign involving millions of soldiers. I also don¡¯t want to ¡°consolidate¡± anything. Too troublesome.¡± ¡°Huh? Then how exactly do you intend to forge your own Empire?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked him very curiously. She was not in the least offended that her well-thought idea was immediately shot down by Elliot. She was more interested in finding out how this freak of nature¡¯s mind worked. ¡°Search the universe for sources of power. Get to Primal level within ten years. And then demand all the Empires not under direct control of another Primal to dere fealty. Or die.¡± Elliot said simply. Complete silence greeted him after he finished saying those words. They couldn¡¯t believe their ears. Even the eavesdropping Director Sands was stunned into silence. He could tell that Elliot was beingpletely serious. If it was ANY other King level being who said those words, he would have erupted into a belly full ofughter. But because it was Elliot that freak, who went from zero to a King level warrior who could easily defeat Emperors and even have Beast Apostles who could resist Hegemons for a time in just TWO SHORT WEEKS, who said those words, the only reaction he could give was silence. Because what the heck! With such monstrous talent and stupidly ridiculous luck, he might just be able to do what he said! And apparently, he wasn¡¯t the only one who thought that way. Because instead ofughing or shaking their heads incredulously, the group broke out in excited discussions on how to get to Primal level in ten years! ¡°If you want to get to Primal level in ten years, then breaking through to Emperor level PERFECTLY is a must! And not only that, you will need to enhance your physical body to the MAXIMUM so that you can withstand the creation of one million runes!¡± Jessica said excitedly. ¡°No, not one million runes. He must aim to breakthrough with TEN million runes.¡± Jul¡¯Taras disagreed with Jessica. ¡°If you want to do the impossible such as reaching Primal level in ten years, then you must start with doing the impossible thing of breaking through with TEN million runes. If you can¡¯t even do that, then do not even hope of being able to reach Primal level in a thousand years, much less ten.¡± ¡°Indeed. I agree. All three of us are nning to breakthrough to Emperor level in the near future. Let us all find ways to try to breakthrough with ten million runes.¡± Monkey King said. ¡°The way I see it, we can only do that by first finding ways to strengthen our bodies to the theoretical maximum. And if we want to do that, then we must scour the universe for three things. Body purifying pills to get our bodies to the perfect state possible. Body enhancing pills or even cultivation techniques to raise the grade of our bodies. And finally¡­ Rare and powerful bloodlines to fully evolve our bodies.¡± ¡°That¡¯s one way. We¡¯ll do that.¡± Jessica agreed. ¡°But there¡¯s also another way. We can look for the mythical¡­ Ascendant Runes!¡± Director Sands¡¯ jaw fell open. ¡°How did she find out about the existence of Ascendant Runes? It is highly ssified!¡± He thought to himself. ¡°A single Ascendant Rune is worth a hundred normal runes! It is much moreplex than a normal rune, but it is also much, much more powerful. If we can try and find a huge chunk of Ascendant Runes and use them to create our River of Runes, then we can get by with just a hundred thousand Ascendant Runes, and we¡¯ll still be the most powerful Emperors in existence! And possibly in all of history!¡± Jessica said excitedly. ¡°This is getting out of hand. She¡¯s talking about experimental breakthroughs with no evidence of being able to do anything but explode their hosts into gory bits as though they were solid and dependable facts! I can¡¯t let this go on!¡± Director Sands immediately thought. ¡°Ascendant Runes are highly vtile, and would explode with horrifying power if created with even the slightest mistake. The whole idea of creating not one, but a hundred thousand Ascendant Runes WITHIN your body is nothing more than folly. Get that idea out of your minds.¡± Director Sands reprimanded the four of them seriously. ¡°No, gramps! They are not that vtile! In fact I-¡° ¡°Enough. There will be no more discussion on Ascendant Runes.¡± Director Sands interrupted her granddaughter and red at her sternly. Chapter 220 Second Senior Brother ¡°While I truly admire your goal of breaking through to Emperor level with an unprecedented ten million runes, Ascendant Runes are not the way to do it. At our current abilities to manipte it, using it is nothing more than suicide! Do you want tomit suicide?!¡± Director Sands almost shouted at Jessica. ¡°No, but-¡° ¡°No buts! Elliot, I will be sending you back. Your games is still going on, and you still need to reach to the end of it if you want to participate in the final Battle of Kings tournament to win Earth for yourself. Focus on that.¡± Director Sands said. ¡°I will. Thank you for your advice. Please do not forget to send me my cut of the things you find.¡± Elliot smiled at Director Sands who immediately turned sour at being reminded of the ¡°robbery¡± that just happened to him. ¡°The rest of you, I¡¯ll send you back to your Diamond Sponsor VIP Room. Make sure you stay there! If I find you roaming about in this sensitive time¡­¡± Director Sands warned them. Well, Jessica, mostly. ¡°Fine. I won¡¯t go anywhere.¡± Jessica sulked. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s-¡° ¡°Wait! I owe Elliot a boon.¡± Jul¡¯Taras shouted. ¡°A boon? Ah yes. Go ahead.¡± Director Sands said. Jul¡¯Taras stepped forward and pointed at Elliot¡¯s forehead with her slender finger. Elliot took in a deep breath sharply. He couldn¡¯t feel any power up within his body. But he felt¡­ safer, somehow. ¡°Blessings of the Elven Warrior Princess. Nature is now your ally.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled at Elliot and said very mysteriously before turning around to take her ce by Director Sands¡¯ side. Elliot didn¡¯t know just what exactly he received, but he had a feeling that it was incredibly powerful, so he shouted his thanks to Jul¡¯Taras without hesitation. ¡°Just win the Games, that would bepensation enough for me.¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied. ¡°Alright, enough chatting. I have a lot to do. Let¡¯s go!¡± Director Sands waved his hand and with a powerful WHOOSH! They all disappeared from the ind. Director Sands thought he was putting a clean end to their discussion on a very dangerous topic. But little did he know that he hadpletely failed. Because before he returned from his short trip, Jessica had very sneakily given Elliot a Void Communicator. It was her own totally self-modified item, and it had no equivalent in itsplete ability to remain undetected. With that, it would allow Elliot tomunicate directly and stealthily with her to resume their discussions on Ascendant Runes! Elliot, Jessica, Monkey King, and Jul¡¯Taras had, as of that moment, officially be a group of close-knit friends. Although they were currently separated by Elliot¡¯s situation, they had no doubts that he would soon graduate from the Games, and join them in their adventures within the known universe! Still, fate is extremely fickle. Would things turn out the way they expected them to? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* As expected of Director Sands, his power was beyond sublime. Elliot opened his eyes and found himself in the cave where he left Jessica earlier that day! ¡°EEEKK!!¡± Jessica Musk screamed when Elliot suddenly appeared near her. ¡°Oh! Big bro, its you! YOU SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME! DON¡¯T DO THAT EVER AGAIN!¡± She roared at him. Elliot merely chuckled and quickly apologized to her even though it wasn¡¯t his fault. ¡°Why are you so edgy anyway?¡± Elliotughed. ¡°It¡¯s that stupid Hegemon! He broke free of my skill, and he is now creating havoc outside! I could hear him roaring in anger a few times already, and each time he roars, he gets closer and closer!¡± Jessica said half panickingly. ¡°He seems really angry!¡± ¡°Oh? The Gaming Commission actually allowed him to do as he pleases? That¡¯s strange. Especially with what I just told the Director about the value of his living armor.¡± Elliot muttered. At that moment, Second senior brother¡¯s voice suddenly sounded from outside their cave. ¡°Well well well. So this is where you¡¯ve been hiding¡­¡± CRASH! RIP!! The camouge of nts and bushes covering the entrance of the cave was ripped apart by a powerful force as though they were mere pieces of paper. Blinding light entered the cave and a powerful force locked them uppletely once more before they could do anything! The full force aura of a Hegemon was so powerful, and so far above them that it locked them up even to their internal energies. There waspletely no wiggle room for them to execute any of their skills. Elliot could not even blink, much less summon his Apostles. Through the harsh afternoon sunlight, the two of them could see Second Senior Brother¡¯s hated figure! A sinister smile was upon his face as he looked at Elliot and Jessica the way a wolf would look at two fat and juicy goats. ¡°I have to say, you both are really good at hiding. If it wasn¡¯t for that burst of space energy earlier, I would have never detected your presence here in this cave.¡± He chuckled lightly and then looked at Jessica. ¡°You have given me a lot of trouble, girl. And for that, you will get the privilege of dyingst, after you take a good look at how I dismember the boy and use his gut to strangle him.¡± Second Senior Brother said with a chilling smile on his face. ¡°And you¡­ You will tell me your secrets. By the time I am done with you, you would be begging for me to kill you.¡± He snarled at Elliot hatefully. Elliot merely stared at him with a nk look on his face. In his mind, he was reying the vision of Wu Kong smashing apart Aunt Hiry¡¯s powerful Hegemon aura while he was in his Feral Judgement transformation and unleashing his Darklight Energy at full st. He knew that if he could somehow figure out the theory behind how it all worked and implement it, he would be able to break free from Second Senior Brother¡¯s lockdown and escape with Jessica! Chapter 221 Kill Yourself ¡°Darklight Energy at its core ispletely different from the energies found in this world. It can slice through Living Armor. I did that to Divine Fighter. It is impervious to most of the energies of the world. My Darklight Warriors did that against his Emperor level cronies. The key here is that Darklight is qualitatively superior to the energies of this world. The only reason Aunt Hiry could overwhelm Wu Kong, and now this Second Senior Brother can lock me down is simply¡­ volume. They are wielding much, much more energypared to me! And so if I can increase my Darklight Energy dramatically in a short amount of time, I can break out of this lockdown! The only question is¡­ How do I do that in this situation where I can¡¯t even circte my energy?¡± Elliot¡¯s mind raced at the speed of light even as Second Senior Brother was threatening him with bodily harm and certain torment before a painful death. ¡°I will give you a chance to cut short your torment by telling me all I want to know now. Talk!¡± Second Senior Brother snapped at Elliot. He released a little bit of his suffocating aura, just enough for Elliot to regain his ability to speak. ¡°Let the girl go. She has nothing to do with it. Let her go, and I will tell you everything. You can kill me afterwards, I don¡¯t care.¡± Were the first words out of Elliot¡¯s mouth. He would feel much better knowing that Jessica was safe. And the negotiations with Second Senior Brother would also waste a little bit of time. He hoped that in that time, Jessica, Jul¡¯Taras and Monkey King would be able to get back to their Diamond Sponsor VIP Room and find out about his predicament. And although it was a long shot, he was hoping that they could do something about it. But with how Director Sands was so adamant in making sure that nothing impacts the betting odds directly, he doubted that his three new friends could do anything. Not unless they dared to go against his express wishes. ¡°Hahaha! You wish to negotiate with me, even in your current situation? Folly! Look! Even your female friend knows better than you. She¡¯s frowning fiercely. Let¡¯s hear what she has to say about all this, shall we?¡± Second Senior Brotherughed and loosened his hold over Jessica as well. ¡°You dumbass. Stop acting strong! The source of his power is me. Didn¡¯t you see how my skill, even though it is merely at King level, managed to cause you so much trouble? I can not only tell you about it, I can even grant you that power. Let him go, and I will do all that for you.¡± Jessica lied smoothly through her teeth. Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped at Jessica¡¯s incredulous ims. ¡°Hooo. You two seem to care a lot about each other. Very good. It makes my job easier. Let me test your words first then, little girl. Tell me your secret, or in three seconds, I will tear out this boy¡¯s right arm. Don¡¯t worry, I will allow him to scream so you can hear his agony.¡± Second Senior Brother chuckled evilly and stretched out his hand towards Elliot¡¯s right arm. ¡°No! Stop! Don¡¯t hurt him!!¡± Jessica screamed in horror. Instantly, Second Senior Brother¡¯s hand stopped. A slight sense of wrongness settled in Elliot¡¯s mind. Second Senior Brother¡¯s reaction to Jessica¡¯s words seemed far too¡­ instant. It felt as though he was¡­ obeying Jessica¡¯s orders? A secondter, the absolute expression of shock that appeared in Second Senior Brother¡¯s face confirmed that his suspicions were not unfounded. ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡± Second Senior Brother asked in a voice filled to the brim with surprise. ¡°Order him to release us.¡± Elliot said to Jessica quietly. ¡°Release us now!¡± Jessica immediately did as Elliot said. Whoosh. Second Senior Brother¡¯s body reacted before he could even voice out a word of protest and his suffocating Hegemonic aura was immediately retracted. Elliot and Jessica were free!! ¡°What!! Impossible!!¡± Second Senior Brother roared in fury. He forcefully released his Hegemon aura once more, and this time with destructive power. BOOM!! An invisible power so vast and so full of malice exploded out of Second Senior Brother and caused every single living being within a radius of a kilometer around him to be evaporated. Trees disappeared and rocks turned to dust. Even the cave where Elliot and Jessica was hiding earlierpletely disappeared under the Hegemon¡¯s burst of rage! But through it all, Elliot and Jessica remainedpletely untouched. Second Senior Brother¡¯s degree of control over his power was so fine that leaving them out of his destructive rage was as easy as flipping over his hand. He had spared Elliot and Jessica¡¯s lives even though it was totally against his will to do so! It was clear. Jessica¡¯s ck Phoenix Goddess Sacrifice had worked! Notpletely, of course, as Second Senior Brother still retained his control over his mind. But partially, and in that current situation, it was all the two siblings needed to stay alive. ¡°Try ordering him to kill himself.¡± Elliot said coldly, much to Second Senior Brother¡¯s disbelief. ¡°The audacity! Did he really think he could kill a hegemon this way?¡± He thought incredulously. However, he also didn¡¯t want to risk his life by prolonging his exposure to Jessica. ¡°Kil-¡° Before Jessica could even finish uttering her first word, Second Senior Brother had disappeared from their sight. ¡°-l¡­ yourself.¡± Jessica finished her sentence and sighed at the empty space in front of them. Ecstasy that they made it out of the situation alive, exhration that Jessica¡¯s skill was so powerful and so effective, furious that he was caught sopletely helpless once more, and pure fire coursing through his veins enhancing his already psychopathic determination to get stronger into the realm of mild insanity. He could not ept nor could he bear the thought of being so helpless in the face of a hostile power bent on taking his life and the lives of the ones he loved! Chapter 222 Kings vs Emperors The answer to his current predicament was clear. Massacre and Ascendant Runes. He needed to massacre more powerful beings to reach the very peak of King level, and then he needed to master the art of drawing Ascendant Runes into his body¡¯s energy pathways to create the mystical River of Ascendant Runes which he had just discussed with Jessica Sands. ¡°Brother, that was so, so, so scary!¡± Jessica gasped as she plopped down to the dusty ground in relief. ¡°We almost died there! When his power locked up my movements, I was so close to despair! Jessica was starting to tremble slightly as the emotional aftermath of such a terrifying encounter finally kicked in. Elliot nodded grimly and knelt down to hug his sister. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. That¡¯s one Hegemon that won¡¯t be showing his face anywhere near you in the near future. We don¡¯t have to worr-¡± Tingle. Elliot¡¯s sixth sense began to tingle slightly as he sensed enemies rapidly approaching his position. ¡°Enemies areing. His Emperor level cronies, most likely.¡± Elliot said gently to Jessica. ¡°Emperors? I am plenty strong now, especially after you gave me those Life and Death Seeds. But against Emperors¡­ I am not sure I can take on even one.¡± Jessica said nervously. ¡°We should escape while we still can!¡± ¡°No. You have the power to kill them. I am sure of it. But don¡¯t worry about that for now. You don¡¯t have to do anything. I will kill them all right here and right now. With my current strength, I do not need to run from mere Emperors any more!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes narrowed and a deeply murderous aura began to emanate from him. ¡°Come out, all of you, and kill all of them for me.¡± Elliot said with a voice so soft that it sounded like a whisper. But the killing intent contained within it was as sharp as a scalpel. Space cracked from all around him as his Beast Apostles and Tamed Beasts stepped out of their Realm Portals. After getting his system upgraded, it appeared that his beast storage dimension had moved to a different ce. A different realm, even. His beasts no longer appeared in a swirl of energy, but through full blown Realm Portals! Even his Beast Apostles who were located somewhere within the same as him appeared via Realm Portals. Elliot didn¡¯t really understand how his system worked in that sense, but he was happy to ept the change. Afterall, all of his beasts had grown much stronger after the system upgrade. ¡°Emperors. Eight of them.¡± Wu Kong said casually. ¡°I¡¯ll take four.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take two.¡± Frosty said and immediately took to the skies. ¡°No! Don¡¯t be selfish, you stupid wolf. Share! I want one!¡± Brock shouted indignantly. ¡°You? You¡¯re a punching bag. You can take a ton of hits, but you¡¯re still too weak to kill an Emperor effectively. Just stay out of this one.¡± Winter said in a casual voice with absolutely no regard for Brock¡¯s feelings. ¡°What? I dare you say that again, you ugly wolf!¡± Brock roared with unbridled fury. ¡°Why wouldn¡¯t I not dare? You¡¯re a meat bag. You can¡¯t kill a half dead Emperor to save your life.¡± Winter drawled. ¡°Meat bag? You said punching bag earlier! Make up your damn mind!¡± Brock was so angry that his nose quivered. However, as the two of them wasted their time arguing, Rom had silently took to the skies after Frosty and went straight for the two remaining unimed Emperors. Roar! Bam! Boom! sh! Crash! The battle was soon joined between Elliot¡¯s highly enhanced Darklight Beasts and the Emperors of Fortune Hermit Mountain. Brock¡¯s and Winter¡¯s sharp ears immediately caught the distinct sounds of ELEVEN warriors fighting instead of ten. Who¡¯s the final fighter? Both snapped their mouths shut and whirled to look at the battle. ¡°ROOOOOOMMMM!! YOU THIEF! YOU ROBBER! BRIGAND! BANDIT! CRIMINAL! HANG HIIMMMM!¡± Brock howled in distress. Winter merely chuckled and sat down to watch the show. Elliot rolled his eyes at his two tamed beasts. He knew them too well to believe for a moment that they were truly aggrieved by the missed opportunity to fight with Emperors. Knowing Brock, it was definitely all an act. Winter¡¯s involvement with Brock¡¯s little y was slightly surprising. But still, you hang out with a bear long enough, it wouldn¡¯t be surprising if you started to enjoy eating honey and salmon. In this case, Winter was starting to learn and enjoy justzing around while her buddies put in the work. But Elliot didn¡¯t pursue the matter. He waspletely intrigued by the confidence that his beasts were showing. Wu Kong, Elliot knew that he was strong. He could even resist a Hegemon¡¯s might! But fighting against four Emperors¡­ that required a heck of confidence. And Frosty, her showing against Bulltarok the Fire Apostle was quite impressive. But was it enough to deal with not one, but TWO Emperors? And Rom¡­ Ever since Romarok the Dark Brainwyrm had chosen to hibernate and release full control of the body back to Rom, he had been extremely eager to get into fights. Probably to vent his pent up feelings. But venting against creeps was one thing, fighting against two Emperors was apletely different thing altogether. All in all, Elliot was extremely intrigued. Just how strong were his beasts after the system upgrade? He first studied Wu Kong¡¯s fight. Against four Emperors, if anything were to go wrong, it would be Wu Kong¡¯s fight first. Wu Kong¡¯s Feral Judgement was already unleashed and judging by the fearsome sh of energies, he was also already hammering at the four Emperors with his Darklight Energy. WHAM! Wu Kong¡¯s rod smashed against a massive war hammer that was flung at him by a burly Emperor with a brown crown on his head! ¡°Hmph! You dare fight against four of us by yourself? Courting death!¡± He snorted as his war hammer disappeared and appeared once more in his hands. Next to him, a short dwarf-like Emperor with long brown beard released a strange looking that had five beast figures attached to its five corners. ¡°Penta-God Hell Prison!¡± The dwarf Emperor shouted a cool sounding name as he flung the at Wu Kong. Chapter 223 Strike Of The Great Mountain Sage That Rivals The Heavens The immediately grew to a huge bus-sized that shot towards Wu Kong urately as though it was a remote-controlled device! The third Emperor had quietly entered some sort of stealth skill and disappeared from sight, while the fourth was actually a beautiful Empress wielding an ornate fan. She was attacking from the rear by waving her fan this way and that way. As to what effect her attacks would have, it was as yet unknown. All in all, Wu Kong¡¯s fight looked pretty serious. Elliot frowned and prepared to blink in to save his Lightning Apostle. However, what happened next simply blew his mind away. Wu Kong roared mightily and smashed his Ancestral grade rod at the that was flung at him. Instead of covering Wu Kong with it, the actually tensed for a quick second before splintering into pieces! Wu Kong whirled his rod around and swung it in a savage wide arc. A loud cracking sound was unexpectedly produced as it was sweeping through the empty space! ¡°Oof!¡± The third Emperor who had disappeared earlier immediately materialized as Wu Kong¡¯s powerful Darklight infused attack blew him out of his stealth and cut his lifespan in half with just one critical hit. Wu Kong continued to whirl his rod around as though he was performing a martial arts exhibition on stage. However, as Elliot paid closer attention to Wu Kong, he could hear very lightly that his rod was actually producing very light ch! ch! Sounds every time it swung this way and that way! Elliot nced at the beautiful Empress who was at that moment spinning and waving her fan even more furiously than before. True enough, the expression on her face was growing uglier and uglier by the second. Whatever she was trying to do, Wu Kong was totally andpletely foiling it. ¡°What the hell are you?¡± The first Emperor shouted with an expression that was as ugly as the Empress¡¯. Wu Kong couldn¡¯t be bothered to answer him. He gave out onest mighty roar and smashed his rod down in the direction of the Empress! Paa! Blood splurted out of her beautiful mouth as she was sent flying backwards. ¡°Enough! Unleash your dark transformations!¡± The burly Emperor ordered. Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed with greed as soon as he heard that order. Dark transformations? Good! More Death Energy for him! He had fully upgraded his system and his Purgatory Fire Energy at that moment, and so had Jessica. But he still needed them for Jennifer, andter on, for whoever he decide to raise to be hisrades. He might even give them to the two blue dragons. Whatever the case, he needed more of those things, and for these eight Emperors to so generously ¡°gift¡± them to him was no less of a boon than those he received from his Diamond Sponsors! He nced at the other four Emperors that were battling Frosty and Rom. All four of them hadn¡¯t unleashed their dark transformations yet, and both his beasts seemed to be coping with the fight very easily. In fact, he could see that Frosty had actually somehownded a vicious strike at one of her enemies! Rom¡¯s battle was roughly even, and none of them had been able to significantly injure their opponent (s). Wu Kong¡¯s enemies were instantly shrouded with ck armor from head to toe. Like Divine Fighter which Elliot had defeated earlier, the stealthy Emperor had a summoner type transformation. But it seemed to be a slightly weaker version as instead of a vast myriad of monsters appearing, only insect-types appeared out of the space cracks. Elliot immediately dismissed them as fodder. He shifted his attention to the other Emperors. The burly leader and the dwarf had physique enhancing types which saw them grow immensely powerful but in different ways. The burly Emperor grew into a massive five-meter tall giant with muscles bulging muscles that the Living Armor entuates so very clearly. If Elliot had to name that Dark Transformation, he would definitely call it ¡°Brute Force.¡± The dwarf didn¡¯t change in size. However, Elliot clearly sensed that his body had more than quadrupled in density, and the dark energy that emanated from him was much sharper and much more dangerous than the burle Emperor¡¯s. If the burly Emperor was a hammer, then the dwarf Emperor was definitely a needle. However, mighty as they seemed, Elliot was confident that Wu Kong could deal with them easily. It was the Empress at the rear that actually worried Elliot. Her dark transformation had absolutely no effect on her. Even her Living Armor disappeared after showing itself for a quick moment. Her ugly expression had turned suspiciously serene at that moment and she had even more suspiciously put away her fan. In fact, Elliot were to see her this way in a non-violent setting, he would have thought that she was merely a harmless and elegant lookingdy that waspletely devoid of killing intent! A wise man once said, three things a wise man should fear. The sea in a storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. Well in that particr case, the anger of a gentle woman. ¡°First that strange invisible attack. And now this. Just what exactly is her power?¡± Elliot wondered. Wu Kong faced the suddenly vastly stronger than before Emperors and smiled. ¡°Finally. You are all worthy to see the skill that I had gained upon wearing this set of Ancestral Grade armor.¡± He rumbled in his deep voice. ¡°A skill! His Ancestral Grade armor actually bestowed a skill to him!¡± Elliot smiled at the pleasant surprise. ¡°Hohoho. That monkey truly knew how to keep a secret. If he wasn¡¯t fighting against four Emperors, I don¡¯t even know when I¡¯ll find out about the skill!¡± ¡°This skill is named after my father. Strike Of The Great Mountain Sage That Rivals The Heavens!¡± Wu Kong roared and took a simple step forward while pushing his rod out in a seemingly simple thrust. Chapter 224 I HAVE RIGHTS! Although the physical movement was simple, the energy movement was moreplex than a nightmare, and more powerful than anything ever produced by a King in the history of the known universe. As an Ancestral Grade item, it was imbued with a powerful skill which would grant the wearer ess to the Spell Framework of an Emperor level skill. The energy powering that framework would be the wearer¡¯s energy, of course, and thus the power that the skill could manifest would depend also on the wearer. A King level warrior would be able to unleash one of the most powerful King level spells in existence, while an Emperor level warrior would merely unleash a slightly more powerful than usual Emperor level spell. With Wu Kong¡¯s Darklight Energy, he transformed the slightly stronger than usual Emperor level spell into a monstrosity that would strike fear even in Hegemons. The silhouette of an utterly humongous Taoist Yin-Yang circle appeared behind Wu Kong and released a horrifying torrent of stinging energy that surged into Wu Kong¡¯s body! Within his body, the energy continued in its preset runic pathway and transformed into iparably dense rods with white lightning arc-ing everywhere around it that gained unimaginable speeds. Over a thousand rods exploded out of Wu Kong¡¯s rod just as his thrust reached its maximum reach. KA-BOOM!!! The rods were elerating at such a ridiculous rate with absolutely no speed limit whatsoever that they nearly reached the speed of light when they impacted their targets. (A/N: Reminder for all of our scientific readers ¨C This is fiction lol) All four Emperors were shredded into nothing more than memories. Wu Kong¡¯s attack truly defied the heavens and allowed a mere King level Beast Apostle to kill four Emperors in their powerful dark transformations! Wu Kong¡¯s remnant attack impacted a distant mountain and pulverized itpletely. BOOOM! Elliot was very, very satisfied with the level of power which Wu Kong was showing. However, before he could congratte him for a job well done, he suddey sensed that there was still a faint trace of life near where the Emperors were standing. Specifically, near where the Empress was. Wu Kong had no need to be told about it. His Feral Judgement had given him powerful senses and he too had immediately caught that trace of life. The Empress was strangely still alive. Barely, but definitely still alive. However, the attack he had unleashed earlier was not without its toll. His body waspletely devoid of energy, and he could barely keep himself on his feet, much less hunt down a hidden Empress. He swayed slightly. ¡°He has overdrawn his energy.¡± Elliot realized. Elliot blinked to Wu Kong and gently touched his powerful arm which was trembling violently. He gave Wu Kong a beast restore potion to drink, and dismissed him so that he could recover. ¡°Well done. Your task isplete, I will take it from here on.¡± He told Wu Kong as he disappeared. ¡°All of you, make sure the other four Emperors don¡¯t escape.¡± Elliot immediately ordered his beasts. Immediately, Brock, Winter, Ellie, Rex, Aldera, Red and the Armored Kaijins sprang into action and shot towards the four Emperors who had turned extremely pale at the sight of Wu Kong¡¯s incredible attack. Sensing that their enemies had lost all of their will to fight and would very, very soon turn tail and run, Elliot¡¯s beasts held nothing back and unleashed their full powers to take their enemies down at the fastest speed possible. It wasplete overkill. Frosty¡¯s Darklight enhancement had qualitatively changed her Frost Domain skill. From merely an aura that slowed her enemies down and reduced their attack speed, it had transformed into a freezing field thatpletely immobilized them. The four Emperors had no answer to Frosty¡¯s freezing field which was madepletely unblockable by her out-of-this-universe Darklight Energy. It turned out that Frosty waspletely toying with her prey! With all four Emperors immobilized, all of Elliot¡¯s beasts¡¯ ultimate attacksnded on them without issues. Rom¡¯s signature Fire st had turned a creepy half ck and half white. Although it no longer looked anything like fire, the heat that it produced left no one doubting of its fiery properties. In fact, it was actually much, much too strong to be mere fire. It was like Rom had fired of a miniature star! Winter¡¯s ultimate attack was also so powerful that Brock finally (and very grudgingly) realized that she truly had the might and thus the right to say all those things she had said before. Compared to her, he truly was like a mere punching bag! Winter¡¯s ultimate attack turned her into an Ice Queen Wolf that was beyond deadly. The Emperor she attacked had instantly froze and then shattered into a billion ice dust! Frosty even raised an draconic eyebrow at the sight of such a powerful ice attack. A truly intriguing question was born at that moment. Whose ice attack was stronger? Frosty? Or Winter? However, that question must remain unanswered for now. The final Emperor was taken care of by Rex. She had burst into action the moment Elliot had said ¡°All of you¡­¡± and was actually the first to reach the four immobilized Emperors. But because she was slightly weaker than Rom, Winter and Red, she was thest toplete her task. Still, the Emperor that she had attacked was nothing more than a headless corpse by the time she was done. And just like the three Emperors that fell to Wu Kong, the four Emperors were all shredded into memories. 7 Emperors dead, and 1 more probably half dead, crawling away in tears. And one very, very, very, displeased bear. ¡°What? I got nothing! Again!¡± Ellie shouted crossly. ¡°Look, gramps! They all killed the enemies before I could reach them! This is not fair! I need my share of enemies too, you know! As a tamed beast of the honorable Master Elliot, I have rights! I have rights! I demand that enemies be left for me to kill!¡± Ellie shouted indignantly in the public mindspace, much to the amusement of all the other beasts. Chapter 225 Chilly Pancakes ¡°There, there. Don¡¯t be upset dear.¡± Brock tried to cate his granddaughter. ¡°As I said before, we are very big targets. It¡¯s good that we haverades to thin the enemies for us! Look at grandpa and Winter. We have such a positive rtionship! She kill the enemies, and when she finds one that¡¯s too difficult to kill, grandpa will step in to save the day. It¡¯s just like a hero! Heroes appearst when the situation is hopeless!¡± Ellie blinked once, and marvelled at the fact that she actually believed all of her grandfather¡¯s crap previously. ¡°Gramps¡­ You¡­ You are truly ¡°amazing!¡±¡± Ellie said with exasperation. However, Brock totally took it the other way and thought that Ellie was praising him for his great ¡°insight¡±! Parents and grandparents are truly blind to the thoughts of their adolescent children and grandchildren! Or maybe it was just Brock. ¡°Hahahaha! I know! I am amazing indeed! Good girl! Very good girl!¡± Brock shouted happily. Ellie could only sigh deeply. ¡°There¡¯s still one here for you, Ellie.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but chuckle at his supremely pissed off she-bear. He could still remember the time when she was just a cute little bear cub that couldn¡¯t even speak properly a few short weeks ago. Her hobby was even ¡°cuddling in Jessica¡¯s arms¡±! Now¡­ she¡¯s demanding for her right to kill enemies to be honored and respected? How time flies and how quickly kids grow! ¡°Horray!! Master is still the best!! I¡¯m on my way! Nobody touches that enemy! Nobody! You guys hear? REX! I MEAN IT! DON¡¯T YOU DARE MOVE ANOTHER MUSCLE!¡± Ellie shouted without even bothering to turn around. Rex hissed in indignance. She wasn¡¯t moving at all! Ellie was just randomly picking at her! ¡°Let it go.¡± Winter chuckled. At her ¡°teacher¡±¡®s words, Rex rxed her tense muscles and sat back down. ¡°Alright.¡± Rex said coolly. ¡°I¡¯ll make sure I kill all your enemies next time. I¡¯ll leave none for you. Not a single one!¡± Rex sulked in full sentences in her mind. Elliot¡¯s baby beasts, the future Death and Destruction that would strike fear to all of Elliot¡¯s enemies, had finally left their childhood and entered the treacherous waters of¡­ adolescence. As Elliot and his beasts were cleaning up the battlefield and collecting their loot, a massive burst ofmunication was taking ce at that moment. All of themunication being made was actually iing towards thousands of powerful warriors on Earth! Warriors who had been tasked to ¡°capture that Elliot boy¡± at all costs and bring them back, as well as warriors tasked to ¡°protect that Elliot boy¡± at all costs and let him y on¡± All of themunication contained one very simple essence packaged in countless different ways. ¡°For the love of God! I told you we can¡¯t mess with people that the Void Walker n had picked! That boy just killed EIGHT freaking Emperors! Eight! Get your damn ass back here if you don¡¯t want to freaking die you freaking stone headed moron!¡± ¡°Target has exhibited strength beyond your capabilities to handle. Return to base immediately.¡± ¡°What the hell man? Who the heck told you that this is an easy job? That Elliot boy just killed eight Emperors! All of them with freakish transformations that could easily eat you and your whole team for breakfast! Get the hell out of there! No! Wait! Stay there but hunt the damn Shadow Parasites instead!¡± ¡°He doesn¡¯t need our protection. The Game Master has instructed you to return to base immediately.¡± ¡°Hey! He¡¯s very strong. Much stronger than all five of you. Combined. Protecting him must be stupid prank that stupid Jessica is ying in us! Damn that stupid girl! We just wasted all our time and resources. Get back to the n!¡± Abort mission. At once. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°How many types of Chilly Pancakes can you create?¡± Jul¡¯Taras whispered to Jessica in a voice that wasn¡¯t very whispery at all. They were back in the Diamond Sponsor VIP Room and were huddled together, deep in discussion about the Ascendant Runes. When they first began, Aunt Hiry had tried to reinforce Director Sands¡¯ express will by stopping them and forbidding them to talk about it. They had reluctantly obliged. But not a few minutester, they were once again in deep discussion. And this time, it was about a very, veryplex food that only Jessica could make called ¡°Chilly Pancakes¡±. Aunt Hiry had sighed deeply and wisely remained quiet. What was the point? Better eavesdrop while she still could and find out all of their ns, instead of forcing them to discuss in secret where she would not be privy to whatever stupid andpletely crazy ns that adolescents usually make. And so, under Aunt Hiry¡¯s blind eye and very open ears, their discussion had progressed by leaps and bounds. ¡°As of now, I only know three. Not enough to make¡­ ah¡­ A ¡°stream¡± of one hundred thousand ¡°chilly pancakes¡±.¡± Jessica whispered loudly and winked at Jul¡¯Taras and Monkey King openly in front of Aunt Hiry multiple times to indicate her duplicity. Aunt Hiry rolled her eyes at her. ¡°Only three Chilly Pancakes? That¡¯s really far from enough. How did you get those Chilli Pancakes in the first ce? How can we get our hands on more?¡± Jul¡¯Taras whispered. ¡°I stumbled upon one when I was sneaking around grandfather¡¯s secretb- ah, I mean grandMOTHER! GRANDMOTHER¡¯S secretb- ah! Kitchen! I mean kitchen! I found a Chilly Pancake when I was sneaking about GrandMOTHER¡¯S secret KITCHEN!¡± Jessica shouted loudly andpletely pointlessly. Aunt Hiry started to feel a headacheing. Does that naively irritating niece of hers really believe that she, a full fledged HEGEMON, would believe her words like that? Does she really think so lowly of her? Aunt Hiry waspletely at a loss as to whether she should be angry over the fact that they were discussing a forbidden topic, or whether she should be pissed that they thought they could fool her with such miserably weak methods of duplicity! Chapter 226 Universal Treasure Number Two But as it turned out, her anger quickly turned to fascination over what Jessica was slowly revealing to her friends. ¡°After I had memorized the¡­ ah Chilly Pancake I found in¡­ ah Grandmother¡¯s ah kitchen, I quickly went back to my room to study it. It was truly an impressive Pancake! All the other Pancakes in the world is trashpared to it! It was because of this Pancake that I was able to vastly improve all my¡­¡± Jessica frowned fiercely as she tried toe out with a suitable word that would adequately represent ¡°Spell Framework¡±. ¡°Waffle Cooking Recipe?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked in a bright voice. ¡°YES! THAT¡¯S EXACTLY IT! WAFFLE COOKING RECIPE! Wahahahahaha!¡± Jessica burst intoughter at Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ wonderful idea and sneaked a quick peek at Aunt Hiry. She waspletely confident that she waspletely unaware of what they were doing! Aunt Hiry¡¯s hand twitched lightly as images of her grabbing Jessica¡¯s head and banging it on the nearest wall flitted through her mind. ¡°Anyway! That Chilly Pancake truly opened up an entirely new world of ah making waffle recipes for me. Using the principles found in that Chilly Pancake, I had upgraded the recipes of ALL my waffles!¡± Jessica said proudly. ¡°And not only that, in the course of upgrading my waffles, I actually managed to modify the recipe of the Chilly Pancake I found, and create two wholy new Chilly Pancakes!¡± ¡°What? The other two Chilli Pancakes were created, not found?¡± Jul¡¯Taras eximed in shock! Even Aunt Hiry¡¯s jaw dropped open. If what her irritating niece said was true, then she was a God level genius! ¡°Are you being serious¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned and asked the question that was in everyone¡¯s minds. Yes, including the sneaky El¡¯Taras who had bookmarked Jessica and was constantly checking in on her. Honorably, of course, if spying could ever be done honorably. ¡°Yes. I am serious. It was a very difficult task, but I actually did it. In fact, if I didn¡¯t get bored and sneak out to join this Game, I would be working on five other Chilly Pancakes which I had already started work on.¡± Jessica dropped another bombshell on the group. ¡°Uncle, I hope you¡¯re getting this. You won¡¯t believe me if I were to tell you otherwise.¡± Jul¡¯Taras muttered. When Jessica had revealed that the upgrades she had done on the Spell Frameworks were the result of applying the principles behind the Ascendant Rune, Jul¡¯Taras had sighed in relief. At least her friend¡¯s genius wasn¡¯t at such a freakish level. True, studying and understanding an Ascendant Rune which had confused the best and brightest minds of the known universe was still stupidly freakish by any standard, but it beats the freak that she had to be if she had merely broken through the formidable shackles of Rune Understanding by her own power! But now, she had actually revealed that she created two wholly new Ascendant Runes from the principles and applications of one, and even had five more she was working on? Freak! Very big freak! In fact, monster!! ¡°How¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras sputtered and tried to prioritize which question she wanted to ask first out of the myriad that was exploding into being in her mind. ¡°How close to finishing are you on those five runes?¡± Jul¡¯Taras finally asked. ¡°Chilly Pancakes!¡± Jessica red at Jul¡¯Taras fiercely. ¡°You meant Chilly Pancakes, right? Nobody here is talking about runes, much less ascendant runes! Hahaha! Pancakes! We love pancakes, right Jules?¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed and continued to act in the charade even though she knew that the only one who still believed that it was only the three of them who knew Chilly Pancakes = Ascendant Runes was Jessica. ¡°Yes, I meant Chilly Pancakes of course. How silly of me.¡± Jul¡¯Taras drawled unenthusiastically. ¡°Yes, yes. You¡¯re being very silly Jules. Anyway, making new Chilly Pancakes recipes is really difficult, you know! Out of the five, only two are almost ready. The other three are still in outline form. I know what the end result will be like, and I know the ah ingredients. But figuring out the¡­ amount of specific ingredients and¡­ how tobine them¡­ and¡­ a bunch of other things, its really difficult.¡± Jessica said with a sigh. ¡°If I had to work on them day and night, I would probably require an entire month to finish them all. Such an impossible task.¡± Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! That was the mental sounds of Jul¡¯Taras, Monkey King, Aunt Hiry and El¡¯Taras fainting and copsing in their minds. BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! That was the mental sounds of the same four getting up and giving Jessica a huge thrashing!! In their minds, of course. With her revtion, Jessica had catapulted herself into Universal Treasure Number One. With nothing in numbers two to like, a million. No other treasure or person in the universe came close to the value that Jessica represented at that moment! And nothing, literally, nothing! Must be allowed to even make her feel ufortable, much less threaten her or physically harm her! From that moment on, Jessica¡¯s pleasure, and of course her mood to continue on her research to create more Ascendant Runes, became Universe Priority Number One! Jul¡¯Taras gulped, and then sighed. She didn¡¯t know what else to say. Thankfully, Jessica was under no such constraint, and she continued to chatter on. ¡°So anyway, I was thinking, in order to help Elliot form his own¡­ cake shop? I would need to master around twelve uh¡­ aggressive Chilly Pancakes and twelve uh¡­ supportive Chilly pancakes, with each of the twelve representing one element. So that¡¯s twenty four Chilly Pancakes I need. I will have eight in around two months. And I can probably finish the other sixteen in¡­ eight months? Maybe nine months. That¡¯s eleven months! Technically, it¡¯s perfect, you know. Once he¡¯s done with the Games, I¡¯ll be done with the Chilly Pancakes. And then we can start figuring out how to create that stream of one hundred thousand chilly pancakes. But¡­ugh! How can I stand not watching the rest of the games full time to focus on making Chilly Pancakes? I will be so worried! What if something happens to him? I will be so sad that I¡¯ll die!¡± Aaaand with those words, Elliot just became Universal Treasure Number Two. Chapter 227 Im Rich! Of course, he was only Universal Treasure Number Two in the eyes of the Chairman of the Gaming Commission. Nobody else of note knew about Jessica Sands, and El¡¯Taras intended to keep it that way. If the powers of the Universe knew about Jessica and her discoveries, not even the full andbined might of all the top fighters in the Gaming Commission and their deep backing could survive the onught. They would be wiped out without a single trace within a single night by some old fogeys with Godlike powers seeking to climb that final rung towards immortality. No, news about Jessica Sands had to be kept a secret at all costs, and that was exactly what he was telling Aunt Hiry at that moment. Of course, being Jessica¡¯s aunt, she waspletely on Jessica¡¯s side. In fact, she was feeling rather cross that El¡¯Taras was eavesdropping so much on Jessica. Wasn¡¯t he, by doing that, indirectly spying on her too? ¡°I don¡¯t appreciate you doing this, you know.¡± Aunt Hiry said to El¡¯Taras sternly. ¡°I would have reported this to my father and he would have told you in due time.¡± ¡°Of course. It is my bad habit. I just can¡¯t wait for critical information to slowly make their way up the chain to reach me. I like to stick my nose everywhere to get thetest information as soon as they¡¯re made. I do apologize for my rudeness.¡± El¡¯Taras apologized profusely to Aunt Hiry. She was somewhat mollified by his words, but both realized that El¡¯Taras had refrained from promising that he won¡¯t do it anymore. Because well, frankly speaking, of course he will continue spying on Jessica. In fact, he probably won¡¯t allow her out of his sight from that moment on, except during her private moments. But even then, he would probably monitor her surroundingspletely in terms of energy fluctuations and physical movements. ¡°What do you intend to do now?¡± Aunt Hiry asked El¡¯Taras curiously. ¡°You heard the girl. What else can we do? It¡¯s good that she¡¯spletely motivated to create a grand total of twenty four Chil- ah Ascendant Runes. We have to keep her motivationspletely in ce. And to do that, we need to ensure the boy¡¯s safety. At the same time, we also cannot draw the slightest bit of attention and suspicion on us. So¡­ we must power him up in the most natural way possible.¡± El¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± Aunt Hiry asked. ¡°Challenges, of course, and generous ¡°rewards¡±. This way, the games would continue safely, and Elliot would gain strength. Very soon, he should be able to protect himself against even Hegemons, even if he can¡¯t outright kill them.¡± El¡¯Taras exined and sealed Elliot¡¯s fate for the next eleven months with his words. ¡°Sounds good. Keep it intense and exciting, that would make Jessica more motivated to finish the Chil- ah Ascendant Runes as soon as possible.¡± Aunt Hiry nodded. ¡°Right. Let¡¯s see¡­ Hmmm? Interesting.¡± El¡¯Taras said. ¡°What? What¡¯s interesting?¡± Aunt Hiry asked. But only silence greeted her. ¡°Grrrr. What an irritating person.¡± Aunt Hiry pursed her lips slightly in displeasure and switched on her screen. ¡°What?! What happened there?¡± Aunt Hiry was so surprised that she actually shouted out loud! ¡°What? We aren¡¯t talking about runes at all! We¡¯re talking about pancakes!¡± Jessica shouted defensively. ¡°I¡¯m not talking about you, silly. Look!¡± Aunt Hiry pointed at the screen. ¡°WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED THERE?¡± Jessica shouted in horror as she saw thepletely ttenedndscape and the seven very dead Emperors around Elliot. ¡°A massacre, that¡¯s what happened.¡± Monkey King chuckled. ¡°Judging by the strange insect parts all over, and the ck stuff Elliot is so greedily looting, I am guessing that it¡¯s the bunch of people with Living Armor again. He just struck gold.¡± ¡°Those people from Fortune Hermit Mountain are too much!¡± Jessica stamped her foot angrily. ¡°How can they target Elliot over and over again! They are courting death! Aunt Hills! Let¡¯s go over to Fortune Hermit Mountain this instant and give that old man a good talking to! That should teach him to control his disciples more!¡± ¡°You want to scold Old Fortune Hermit?¡± Aunt Hiry asked mildly with a incredulous smile on her face. ¡°Yes! Just because he¡¯s so strong, it doesn¡¯t mean that he could do anything he wanted! He¡¯s not the only strong old man in the universe. We Void Walkers have strong fighters too! Let¡¯s call great grandpa toe out of seclusion for a few days to teach that stupid hermit a lesson he won¡¯t forget!¡± Jessica shouted passionately. ¡°Great-grandpa?¡± Aunt Hiry choked slightly. This little fire cracker! She¡¯s talking about calling a Supreme Grand Elder to leave seclusion just so he could wallop another Supreme Grand Elder for having disciples who bullied the guy she likes? Preposterous! But¡­ if she didn¡¯t¡­ what if she loses all her mood to work on the Ascendant Runes? That would be worse! ¡°Why would you do that?¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned. ¡°Those stupid disciples of his are literally hand delivering their extremely rare Living Armor to Elliot. Instead of teaching that old man a lesson, you should be thanking him instead! Look at Elliot. What do you think he is feeling right now?¡± As one, all three of them turned to look at the screen. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Hahahaha! I¡¯m rich! I¡¯m rich!¡± Elliotughed loudly as he received all the little bits of Living Armor all his beasts, big and small, were bringing to him. His Beasts¡¯ attacks were so powerful that a lot of the Living Armor were scattered everywhere, and he had tomand his beasts to scour the area and collect every single tiny bit for him! ¡°Rich. Rich! RICH!!¡± Elliot guffawed as the stream of loot continued to make their way to him. ¡°Are those the ck stuff you made me eat the other day?¡± Jessica asked Elliot. ¡°Yup. These are the raw and unprocessed version. Once I deconstruct them, they will be useable for us. I intend to give them to Jennifer.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Good. Collect more. We have to make sure Jen bes as strong as us.¡± Jessica nodded. ¡°Iing?¡± ¡°The blue dragons and Autumn.¡± Elliot said with a smile. ¡°Perfect timing!¡± Chapter 228 1 = 5 ¡°Hey! Elliot, are you alright?¡± Khellendra shouted as they descended from the sky in a hurry. ¡°We tried to get to you as soon as we could when we noticed the massive explosion of Hegemonic energy. But we were too far away! What happened here? ¡°A desperate fight for survival.¡± Elliot said with a smile and then pointed at the pieces of Emperor flesh all over the ce. ¡°A fight which I won.¡± Khellendra, Khalondros and Autumn looked at the dead Emperors incredulously. At that moment, Autumn also finally noticed the bound and gagged Empress who had somehow survived Wu Kong¡¯s powerful ¡°Strike Of The Great Mountain Sage That Rivals The Heavens¡±. ¡°THIRD SENIOR SISTER???¡± Autumn couldn¡¯t believe her eyes! She rubbed them quickly and then checked to see if the bound and gagged woman still looked the same. She did! ¡°How in the world did you manage to take down my Third Senior Sister??¡± Autumn demanded as her rounded, shocked eyes stared at her powerful Third Senior Sister who looked absolutely miserable and helpless at that moment. ¡°As her name suggests, she¡¯s the third oldest and most probably the third strongest disciple of Fortune Hermit Mountain! She¡¯s extremely close to being a Hegemon!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t take her down. My Lightning Apostle did.¡± Elliot replied casually as he received thest of the ¡°loot¡± from his beasts and then dismissed them with a wave of his hand. ¡°Your Lightning Apostle took her down¡­ Ha.. ha..¡± What could Autumn do at that moment butugh helplessly at Elliot¡¯s words? If his Lightning Apostle could defeat her Third Senior Sister, then wouldn¡¯t he be able to defeat her as well? And if his mere Lightning Apostle was already that powerful, what about his personal strength? Could he be the strongest under the Hegemon level while still being at the King level? It was incredible! Incredible! ¡°What happened to you three? I thought we drove the Emperors away before we got whisked away by that old man for a few moments earlier today.¡± Elliot asked them curiously as he ignored Autumn¡¯s bbergasted face which was simply begging for attention at that moment. ¡°What did you think happened? As soon as you disappeared, they returned to try and capture us once more. But thankfully, we managed to escape before they could get to us. All thanks to Autumn here who is rather proficient in Space Energy.¡± Khellendra exined. ¡°They stopped chasing us a while back, and we decided to hide to see if it was a trap. But the explosion took ce, and we decided that you might need our help, so we came as fast as we could¡­ And that reminds me, where is the Hegemon?¡± ¡°He¡­ decided that he didn¡¯t want to have anything to do with us anymore. The old man earlier probably scared him off.¡± Elliot said grimly as he got reminded of his utterly helpless moment under the vast and unfathomable might of the Hegemon. Khalendros and Khellendra exchanged a quick look before deciding together that they wouldn¡¯t press the issue. ¡°Very well. It¡¯s good that you and your sister are both fine. And¡­ judging by how easily you took down these Emperors, I am guessing that you do not need our help to rescue your sister anymore?¡± Khellendra said with a smile. ¡°The way you increased your strength in these few short days is nothing short of miraculous. It¡¯s like you suddenly switched from our normalne into a hyper-expressne.¡± Khalendros added. Elliot chuckled lightly and merely smiled invitingly at Khalendros. His meaning was clear. Join me, and the ¡°hyper-expressne¡± is yours to enjoy! Khalendros smiled ruefully at Elliot and shook his head. ¡°We¡¯ve signed a deal with Autumn. In return for runes, once we save your sister, we¡¯re under contract to hunt Shadow Parasites with her for the next ten months until the Battle of Kings, and then serve under her for the next decade.¡± ¡°I see¡­¡± Elliot said and sighed very lightly in regret. His upgraded system was already strong enough to sign Beast Apostle Contracts with the two blue dragons, and he thought that having two powerful blue dragons would be a ster addition to his power. But s, that Autumn girl moved faster than him! ¡°I¡¯ll sell you their contract if you want.¡± Autumn said with a sly smile the moment she sensed Elliot¡¯s slight sigh of regret. ¡°For the secret to your power.¡± ¡°Hmmmmm.¡± Elliot was immediately intrigued. He wasn¡¯t nning to tell her his secret, of course. But her offer had indicated one very clear fact. She was willing to negotiate! Khalendros and Khellendra rolled their eyes and shook their heads helplessly. Not once in their long and glorious lives did they expect that they would be traded around likemodities! But beggars can¡¯t be choosers. If this was the only way to power and a better future for their n¡­ Then so be it. But if they were to bemodities, then by the Gods, they would be the most expensivemodity in the whole known universe! ¡°I can¡¯t tell you my secret. But I can make you a different offer.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Oh? Let¡¯s hear it¡± Autumn said, feeling slightly disappointed. ¡°I won¡¯t need them for the duration of the Games here on Earth. I won¡¯t touch that part of the contract.¡± Elliot began. Autumn nodded. Elliot raised five fingers. ¡°Five?¡± Autumn asked. ¡°Five. Any single one of my beasts is as strong as five of them.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I will trade theirbined twenty years of service with twenty years of service by my beasts. Only that I will send you four beasts to serve you for one year. After which, both Khellendra and Khalendros¡¯ contracts with you will be considered fulfilled.¡± Autumn¡¯s eyes widened once more as she marveled at the audacity and the confidence of this young man. What a good ¡°one equals five¡± statement! But still, she looked at the seven dead Emperors and a clearly bound and gagged Third Senior Sister¡­ He could very well be right! Chapter 229 I am traumatized! All three pairs of eyes stared at Autumn and waited for her decision. Autumn blinked a few times and tried to analyze the deal from several different angles. She knew that the deal was definitely not in its final form. Far from it. Elliot still had many cards to y, and most ringly so was the bound and gagged Third Senior Sister. Any deal that she struck with him that excludes her Third Senior Sister would probably cause her Eldest Senior Brother to be displeased with her! Rebel or not, the Fortune Hermit Mountain will take care of its own internal issues by themselves. If their disciples were killed in battle, fine. Casualties of their own weakness and folly. But if they were still alive, then the Fortune Hermit Mountain would definitely want them back! And especially if it was Third Senior Sister. Master loved her deeply. Even Eldest Senior Brother cared for her. That said, she had no idea why that stupid woman decided to throw her lot with Second Senior Brother. She sighed deeply. Going by Elliot¡¯s logic, if thebined twenty years of the blue dragon¡¯s contracted service were to be the base for negotiations, then by giving Third Senior Sister up to her PERMANENTLY, he would have more value on the table than her! In fact, if it were so, she would probably have topensate him for her instead! She didn¡¯t have a choice. It was her Third Senior Sister! Autumn pointed at her. ¡°I want her to be given back to me.¡± She said softly. ¡°Name your price.¡± As expected, Elliot Musk, the originally very poor earthling who had to strive his very best to put food on the table for his two sisters, was very, very, very good at negotiating and squeezing his target for everyst drop of blood. Especially if his target had tried to kill him earlier. It didn¡¯t matter if it was a terrible case of misunderstanding. She had to pay! Poor Autumn! ¡°Her? No. She¡¯s not part of the deal.¡± Elliot tly refused Autumn to jack up her value. ¡°Absolutely not.¡± ¡°Name your price.¡± Autumn gritted her teeth and steeled her heart to pay an outrageous sum of ransom for her stupid Third Senior Sister! ¡°There no price. Unless you¡­ want to trade yourself for her? You¡¯re an Emperor too.¡± Elliot asked her with an innocent voice that contrasted wildly with his vicious demands. By stating an impossible opening price, Elliot had firmly taken the upper hand in the negotiation! Plus, he had walk away power, and Autumn didn¡¯t. She was screwed from the start. Khalendros and Khellendra exchanged yet another look. This must be the first and only time a King is extorting an Emperor! Khellendra¡¯s excited look seemed to say. Oh this is fun! Although I hate to be the object being traded, it¡¯s still fun to watch a full blown extortion taking ce! Khalendros¡¯ look seemed to say. ¡°Absolutely not!¡± Autumn red at him fiercely. ¡°Fine. Take the two dragons. I¡¯ll just rece them with this Third Senior Sister. She¡¯s an Empress and much more powerful than them anyway.¡± Elliot shrugged. Although the two dragons knew that it was merely a negotiating technique which Elliot was executing, their lips still twitched lightly as they held back a bellyful of curses. ¡°I will give you the two dragons, and also ess to the runes that they have received from me in exchange for her.¡± Autumn finally gave in and made the first solid offer. ¡°No.¡± Elliot refused her once more, and without even making a counter offer! ¡°I¡¯ll add a Dome Pce!¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°All the treasures of the dead Emperors!¡± ¡°What treasures? There are no treasures.¡± Elliot merely ncedzily at the dead Emperors and thepleteck of anything valuable around them. ¡°You¡­ I¡¯ll give you three Dome Pces!¡± ¡°I only need one.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll¡­ give you one additional Legendary Rune. It¡¯s my secret treasure which I found only recently. I haven¡¯t even studied it.¡± Autumn said, finally willing herself to part with the first true treasure that she had. Only to be greeted with¡­ ¡°No.¡± Elliot was truly a master extor- ehm. Master negotiator! ¡°You!! Stop saying no and name your damn price!¡± Autumn shouted with exasperation. Elliot smiled a truly happy smile. Some jealous people would describe it as greedy. Some very jealous people would even describe it as downright despicable. But for Elliot, it was merely a happy smile. True, it was a strange sort of happiness, one derived from seeing a job well done, a victim well extorted or a rat perfectly cornered. But nheless, it was happiness. And it irritated Autumn to her core. ¡°You must understand the situation first, before you can understand why I will name my priceter.¡± Elliot said seriously. ¡°You see, this woman here, tried to kill me. And in doing so, she caused a great deal of trauma to me!¡± Elliot announced. ¡°Tra-trauma?¡± Autumn choked and nearly spurted out blood from her mouth. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ .. Trauma your damn head! Even the blind and deaf can tell that you¡¯re not in the least traumatized! In fact, you¡¯re probably even happy about being attacked! Just look at the seven Emperors¡¯pletely bare corpses, you took every single thing of value from them! Damn you! Damn you greedy, dramatic bastard!!! Unbelievable¡­ Damn bastard!! ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ Autumn¡¯s mental state fluctuated wildly as she went from disbelief to shock to anger to disbelief and to anger again in a span of a few short seconds. ¡°The very worst of traumas!¡± Elliot continued to announce. ¡°I predict that I will have recurring nightmares about this traumatic event for the next few years- no. Next few decades. And because of that, the only thing I could do to ease my trauma is to torture her by skinning her alive and then chopping off her limbs one by one.¡± Third Senior Sister¡¯s eyes went wide with fear at his words, and turned to look at Autumn pleadingly. ¡°Pay him! Pay him everything he asked for! I will give you back double- no, triple!!¡± Her desperate gaze seemed to say. Chapter 230 Metallic Dragons Autumn merely gritted her teeth and started to think dark thoughts about Elliot and of course, about the fool who dared to rebel against Eldest Senior Brother and then somehow stupidly managed to get herself so miserably caught. ¡°Damn right I will take back triple of what I am about to pay this gangster!¡± Her angry re at Third Senior Sister seemed to say. Because unlike Elliot¡¯s baseless ims about his trauma and recurring nightmares, SHE truly would be traumatized by this negotiating session AND get recurring nightmares about it! Plus, of course the fact that an Emperor like her is probably worth ten dragons. Given her lifespan of¡­let¡¯s put it conservatively at a thousand years-¡° Autumn choked. He had the gall to remain straight faced when stating the maximum lifespan of a healthy Emperor as ¡°conservative¡±!! Unbelievable!! ¡°That¡¯s ten thousand dragon years. What do you have to offer me for ten thousand dragon years and for the balm to sooth my traumatized soul?¡± Elliot asked Autumn happily, not in the very least showing any traces of difort, much less trauma, of any kind. Autumn red at Elliot, then at Third Senior Sister, then back at Elliot once more before taking a deep, deep breath and exhaling it slowly. Then she waved her hand and created a barrier around Elliot and herself. She reached into her dimensional storage and took out a small vial filled with some liquid which was glowing a pure silver colour. BA DUMP! A powerful surge of desire shot through Elliot¡¯s entire soul the moment that vial left Autumn¡¯s dimensional storage! A deep, and excited heartbeat could also be heard from deep within his body. It was his red dragon energy reacting to the vial of silver fluid. ¡°Silver Dragon Blood Essence.¡± Autumn said softly. ¡°Taken from the dying body of a Hegemon level Silver Dragon. I am sure I do not need to exin what this Silver Dragon Blood Essence can do.¡± Elliot fought with all of his considerable mental strength to keep his desires for showing in any way on his face or in his aura. He seeded. Autumn merely looked at him with a slightly expectant expression after producing the vial. After seeing Elliot¡¯s expressionless face, her face fell slightly. ¡°You have the aura of a red dragon. Strange as yours are, it is undoubtedly draconic and iplete. This Silver Dragon Blood Essence wouldplement your transformation!¡± Autumn said and tried to raise the value of the item she just produced. Of course Elliot knew its value! In fact, with his Life Seeds and Living Armor, he would be able to utilize the Silver Dragon Blood Essence in ways that Autumn could never imagine! But he merely sighed and shook his head lightly. ¡°An intriguing trinket.¡± He said dismissively. ¡°You are still holding back your treasures. Could it be that Fortune Hermit Mountain is so poor that this is all you have? Or could it be that Fortune Hermit Mountain is so uncaring of their Third Eldest Disciple?¡± Autumn truly had the urge to strangle Elliot at that moment! By pulling Fortune Hermit Mountain into the equation, he had effectively raised the quality and value of the ransom that she had to pay! Showing an extremely unwilling face, she reached into her dimensional storage once more and took out another vial. It was exactly the same as the previous one, but instead of glowing silver, it was glowing¡­ gold. Autumn didn¡¯t say anything and merely ced both vials on her palm and raised it for Elliot to see. The red dragon energy within Elliot roared powerfully and circted around his body violently! Its massive desire to consume both Blood Essences was burning with so much passion that Elliot¡¯s blood felt like it was boiling. Without a single doubt, he had to get both vials by the end of this negotiation, even if he had to take it by force!! Elliot sighed and pretended that he wasn¡¯t interested. ¡°Two intriguing trinkets. Make it three, and I will consider leaving her alive after removing her legs and arms.¡± Elliot said. Autumn had fully expected Elliot¡¯s reaction, and had decided on giving up her most prized possessions. What¡¯s the point of negotiating with such a devil when Third Senior Sister will pay her triple? So she simply remained quiet in response to Elliot¡¯s words, because, well, she wasn¡¯t done with hertest offer. With the vials on her left palm, her right hand reached into her dimensional storage once more and produced yet another vial! This time it was glowing bronze. Elliot¡¯s eyes widened slightly in surprise. GRAA-GRAAAA-GRAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! The red dragon energy within Elliot howled crazily! Elliot frowned lightly and forcibly mped it down. ¡°Shut up! The more you howl, the less chance we have of getting all of the Blood Essences!¡± Elliot shouted at his red dragon energy. At his words, the red dragon energy finally calmed down a little. It stopped howling and merely quivered with uncontroble anticipation. ¡°You really have three! Interesting! Now, what do you want to use to trade for her arms and legs? Plus also the trauma that I have.¡± Elliot sighed dramatically. ¡°Sometimes the greatest pain aren¡¯t physical, but are psychological instead!¡± But¡­ Autumn still wasn¡¯t done! She truly was taking out all of her treasures at that point in time! Another glowing vial appeared. Copper. By that time, the red dragon energy within Elliot had reached the highest point of its ecstacy. If energy could orga- never mind. Elliot couldn¡¯t help but swallow his saliva at that point. The Blood Essences of four dragons! Amazing!! And like the wonderful icing of an incredible cake, Autumn took out onest vial. Brass. ¡°The Blood Essences of all five Metallic Dragons, all taken from Hegemon level Dragons. The Gold Dragon Blood Essence was even extracted from one who was about to breakthrough to Ancient level.. Take it or leave it. I have nothing left.¡± She said curtly. Chapter 231 Dark and Space At longst, after two entire weeks of misery, Elliot was finally able to head out to save Jennifer. Autumn had left in a huff after concluding her transaction with Elliot. She had unceremoniously dumped Third Senior Sister still bound and gagged by Elliot¡¯s Darklight infused ropes into her Dome Pce and disappeared almost in a blink of an eye. Elliot had merely chuckled and looked at the five vials in his hand. The three legendary runes, (he managed to extort two more from Autumn) the Dome Pce and the two dragons were nothingpared to the five incredible Blood Essences he had just acquired! At first, he had wondered if he should digest the Blood Essences and allow the two blue dragons to enhance themselves using his Life and Death energies. But he had ultimately decided that rescuing Jennifer couldn¡¯t be dyed any more! Every day that he dyed was another day of torment for Jennifer. He had to save her as soon as possible! And so he had stored the five vials carefully and immediately signed Beast Apostle Contracts with the two Blue Dragons. After informing them of what it all entails, of course. Khalendros was already teetering on signing the Beast Apostle contract even without the allure of Darklight Energy. Now that they had practically secured their n¡¯s future with all the runes that they had just acquired, there was actually no more reason for them to sign the Beast Apostle contract just for the sake of powering up. Afterall, the runes they had ensured that they would be able to break into Emperor level with rtive ease! But as with all life forms, the fear of missing out being part of what could be the rise of a universe level powerhouse, caused them to seriously consider joining Elliot and then finally deciding to do that. ¡°Now that the n¡¯s future is secure, we have more than sessfully aplished what we set out to do. We are free to do what we want!¡± Khalendros had said to Khellendra, who had remained silent for a while before nodding in agreement. ¡°Alright. That¡¯s settled then. We¡¯ll win the, give the runes to the Elder and then explore the universe with Elliot!¡± Khellendra said. ¡°As his Beast Apostles¡­¡± Khalendros said the words aloud, and found that it wasn¡¯t entirely a turn off. In fact the words sounded rather¡­ exciting. ¡°So? Have you guys decided?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes. We have. We will be your Beast Apostles.¡± Khalendros said firmly. ¡°Awesome!¡± Elliot said enthusiastically. ¡°I still have Chaos, Dark, Space, Time, Wood, Gold and Earth. Khalendros¡­ You can be Dark. Khellendra¡­ Space.¡± ¡°Alright. Let¡¯s sign it.¡± Khellendra agreed. As usual, a powerful mindspace descended upon all three of them, and the process began. [Please select an Apostle Element for Khalendros Tempest.] ¡°I choose the Royal Element ¨C Dark!¡± [Dark Apostle Khalendros Tempest has received two unique skills.] [Curse of the Dragon God ¨C Curses an enemy to take 1000% more damage from all physical sources for 10 seconds.] [Curse of the Dragon Goddess ¨C Curses an enemy to take 1000% more damage from all magical sources for 10 seconds.] [Received Dark Apostle Khalendros Tempest¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Curse of the Dragon God.] [Received Dark Apostle Khalendros Tempest¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Curse of the Dragon Goddess.] [Received Dark Apostle Khalendros Tempest¡¯s Skill ¨C Brutal Lightning.] [Please select a skill to grant Dark Apostle Khalendros Tempest.] ¡°I choose Blink!¡± Elliot said calmly. [Dark Apostle Khalendros Tempest has received [Blink].] [Please select an Apostle Element for Khellendra Tempest.] ¡°I choose the Royal Element ¨C Space!¡± [Space Apostle Khellendra Tempest has received two unique skills.] [Spatial Rend ¨C Rips a 10 square meter space apart at selected location.] [Spatial Fortress ¨C Solidifies a 10 square meter space at selected location.] [Received Space Apostle Khellendra Tempest¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Spatial Rend.] [Received Space Apostle Khellendra Tempest¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Spatial Fortress.] [Received Space Apostle Khellendra Tempest¡¯s Skill ¨C Lustful Illusion.] ¡°I choose Blink!¡± Elliot said calmly. [Space Apostle Khellendra Tempest has received [Blink].] As soon as the process waspleted, both Khalendros and Khellendra could feel an incredible surge of strength flood their bodies! ¡°You really weren¡¯t lying about the magnitude of strength increase.¡± Khalendros smiled with great satisfaction as he finally felt the sensations that he hadn¡¯t felt for so many years ¨C the sensation of growing stronger! ¡°Strength increase is one thing. With the Blink skill I just gifted you, the way you fight had just evolved. You probably just tripled your deadliness with just that one spell.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°With such a powerful gain in strength, the number of runes we can include in our River of Runes should have increased significantly as well. But if we want to break through with a million runes, then I think we¡¯re still a long way off. Still, this is excellent already. Thank you, Elliot.¡± Khellendra said with a gentle smile that was filled with satisfaction as well. ¡°Don¡¯t thank me yet. The Darklight Energy hadn¡¯t settledpletely in your bodies. Once it does, you¡¯ll gain a whole lot of strength. Strength that would allow you to fight with Emperors and kill them easily.¡± Elliot said. ¡°The way your Lightning Apostle killed all those Emperors?¡± Khalendros¡¯ eyes gleamed with anticipation. ¡°Well, maybe not as strong as him. He was equipped with a powerful Ancestral Grade item set, afterall. But yes, possibly with enough strength to kill three Emperors at once as well.¡± Elliotughed. Wu Kong was an outlier even in a beast pack of outliers. He truly deserved his unofficial status as the leader of Elliot¡¯s beasts! ¡°Well, now that you¡¯re my Beast Apostles, you should get acquainted with my other beasts. Feel free to jump in and out of the Beast Dimension. You guys don¡¯t have to stay in there if you don¡¯t want to.¡± Elliot generously told them. Both nodded, and decided that they would hang out with Elliot¡¯s beasts and try to get to know them so that they could get along well. After all, they were nning to apany Elliot for a long time! Whoosh. They disappeared. Elliot turned to Jessica who had been watching from the side quietly as Elliot concluded his business and then stretched out his hand to her. ¡°Let¡¯s go. Jennifer awaits.¡± Chapter 232 Bloodline Suppression Jennifer twisted her body while in the air to allow her energy de gain more speed and thus more prative power when she finally smashed it onto RakTharos. Wham! Her energy de missed Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ grinning face by a hair and smashed onto the empty ground. Again. But Jennifer had expected it. She smiled thinly and unleashed therge number of little spikes that had gathered in the air behind her that she had prepared while she was twisting in the air. Hundreds of deadly little energy spikes exploded outwards as soon as she realized that her energy de had missed. Spiked Energy st! However, again, her attacks found nothing. Rak¡¯Tharos had disappeared from his position and was nowhere to be seen. Although her perfectly chained sequence of attacks had dealt a grand total of zero damage to Rak¡¯Tharos, Jennifer waspletely unperturbed and immediately went on to her next sequence of attacks. Missing two attacks was nothing. She still had a lot of powerful skills at her disposal. The initially colourless energy de that protruded an impressive three meters out of her right hand suddenly turned an ominous, semi transparent ck and started to emit a deeply murderous aura that would have caused any living being around her to physically wet themselves in fear. To make things worse for her enemies, the number of energy des had increased! Now, des were protruding everywhere from all parts of her body. Her hands, elbows, shoulders, knees and feet were armed with a single energy de each. Three small and forward curving des appeared on her arms and calves. Seven upward curving energy des ran down from her neck to her back and even two fearsome horns appeared on top of her head! She had instantly turned from a cute little girl to¡­ well. A cute little girl with energy des all over her body. The deeply murderous and terrifying aura she was giving out would instantly be able to flush out any and all of her stealthed enemies near her ¨C IF they were at her level. At her level, her aura would be devastatingly powerful, and her victims would enter a period of utter panic. Their heartbeats would inevitably start to beat louder and faster, and their own auras would fluctuate. Just that would be enough for her to immediately lock in to their positions. But usually though, they would drop out of their stealth like birds falling out of the sky and try to flee. In which case Jennifer had always been happy to give chase and then end their lives. So far, ten powerful Lord level beasts had fallen to her that way. At that moment though, she had an Emperor level warrior to hunt down. She went into a wild spinning frenzy near Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯st position and unleashed a storm of powerful attacks at an empty spot. Whoosh! Arge scaled arm shot out of nowhere and grabbed Jennifer¡¯s arm. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Jennifer instantly reacted and attacked the body that must be attached to that arm with a flurry of attacks with her legs and her other arm. ¡°How the heck did you discover my position?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos growled in frustration. ¡°This is the third time this week where you¡¯ve been able to discover my position while I was in stealth! It should be impossible for a mere Lord like you to do that!¡± Jennifer merely smirked lightly and remained silent. As if she would reveal all the tricks and advancements that she had made to the beast that she would soon kill! It wasn¡¯t part of the contract at all! ¡°What¡¯s my power level?¡± Jennifer asked. ¡°You¡¯re good. You¡¯re really, really good. With that final strike, you¡¯ve officially stepped into King level. Your growth is literally the fastest I have ever seen. If I wasn¡¯t training you personally, I definitely wouldn¡¯t believe a freak like you exists!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said approvingly. ¡°That, and also probably due to my awesome teaching and powerful bloodline. Wahahaha! You¡¯ve officially evolved into an Elemental Scaled Feline in human form! Thank me, little human girl!¡± ¡°Elemental Scaled Feline? Is that what you are?¡± Jennifer scrunched up her nose in distaste. She didn¡¯t like the idea of scales and felinesbined together. But beggars can¡¯t be choosers. Powering up through evolution triggered by Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ blood was the only option avable to her, and had no choice but to embrace itpletely. Very fortunately for her, she waspletelypatible with his Bloodline, and she was even able to activate the ancient genes hidden within his bloodline! As a life form, she was actually one level higher than even Rak¡¯Tharos! That was why the manifestation of her energy des far exceeded the des that Rak¡¯Tharos had on his body. And that was also precisely why she was able to detect Rak¡¯Tharos through his stealth. Bloodline. As an ancient version of whateverme elemental feline version Rak¡¯Tharos had devolved to, Jennifer was able to acutely sense the presence of those with simr but inferior bloodlinespared to her. Throughout the past few days, Jennifer had been subtly testing out the strange power that she seemed to have over Rak¡¯Tharos. Her words seemed to have more effect on him, and for some strange reason, he seemed much friendlier to her as well. In fact, in a few cases, he even outright obeyed her very mild suggestions! Of course she had been very careful not to arouse his suspicions, and she had been acting meek towards him to cover for the times when he was actually doing things as she says. And after she discovered that she could sense his presence and he couldn¡¯t sense hers, she had very cleverly deduced that she had activated a higher bloodlinepared to him. ¡°Bloodline suppression.¡± Jennifer had thought with a glimmer of thrill blooming in her heart. ¡°I thought it was only found in stories. So apparently it¡¯s true in real life as well.¡± Chapter 233 Perfect ¡°This would make killing him much easier.¡± Jennifer had thought with joy blooming in her heart. The bloodline flowing through her veins failed to create any sort of feelings within her for Rak¡¯Tharos as it should have. Her anger and hatred towards Rak¡¯Tharos still burned as brightly as ever,pletely undimmed! In fact, one of the reasons why Rak¡¯Tharos was willing to grant her his power was because he thought that by evolving using his blood, Jennifer would be influenced by the power of his blood and would be more obedient to him. Jennifer¡¯s meekness for the past few days had seemed to confirm this fact for him. He couldn¡¯t have imagined, not even in his wildest nightmares, that the opposite was true, and that HE was the one growing feelings for Jennifer and bing more obedient to her! ¡°Yes, I am an Elemental Scaled Feline. I thought that you were initially a Golden Lioness Overlord, but the manifestations of your energy des¡­ No Golden Lioness Overlord ever had des growing out of them. So you can¡¯t possibly be a mere Golden Lioness Overlord. You must be an Elemental Scaled Feline like me! Your evolutionary lottery luck is extremely, extremely good! Wahaha! But your energies seem to be slightly different. You had a trace of dark energy in addition to the Gold and Fire energy you got from me. It must be your innate energy. That¡¯s why your energy des can turn ck, and can deal so much damage. Heck, if you¡¯re at Emperor level like me, I definitely couldn¡¯t block your attacks! Thank goodness that you¡¯re¡­ Hohoho. Anyway, you and your siblings are truly a marvel of nature. First your brother, then your sister who got into that weekly update. And now¡­ you. Even I am slightly jealous. If my my n members were as crazy as you three¡­ We would definitely be able to resist that attack from the Void Walkers¡­¡± Rak¡¯Tharos sighed. Jennifer¡¯s heart turned very, very cold at his words. If she hadn¡¯t gotten lucky and somehow activated the ancient bloodline¡­ Then she would have fallen straight for Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ plot! She would have gained his strength but lost her objective will¡­ She would have be his ve in all but name! ¡°Too bad for you, my fate wills that I trample all over yours after sucking youpletely dry.¡± Jennifer thought with fierce satisfaction. ¡°I will make sure you die a horrible death in pain and in regret!¡± ¡°Anyway, it¡¯s time for lunch. Do you n on cooking for us today?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos asked Jennifer. She was about to fiercely say no, when she remembered that she had to put up an act of being suppressed by his bloodline in front of him. So she merely smiled weakly and nodded. ¡°Good! I am hungry! Let¡¯s cook and then eat!¡± Rak¡¯Tharosmanded, totally oblivious to the fact that he had ced the topic of lunchpletely under Jennifer¡¯s will mere seconds ago. However, before they could take a single step towards their camp, Rak¡¯Tharos suddenly stopped. He frowned lightly and turned to stare at towards the West, where Elliot was making his way towards them. His lips curled into a satisfied smile. ¡°I should have known better. If his sister could make such incredible progress, then of course he would be equally good, if not even better than her!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said with a gleam of excitement shing in briefly in his eyes. Jennifer looked at the direction Rak¡¯Tharos was looking at and immediately understood the situation. An indescribable wave of joy flooded her heart! ¡°My big bro¡­ He ising for me!¡± Jennifer clenched her fist tightly and tears began to fill her eyes. ¡°Hohoho. He seemed to have found some sort of high speed transport. At the insane rate he¡¯s traveling¡­ he should be here within two hours! Impressive. Very impressive. The three of you are simply perfect. You three will help me make the Void Walkers pay for what they had done to my n and my family! Wahahaha!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos cackled maniacally! Jennifer ignored Rak¡¯Tharos and sat down serenely to recover the energy that she had expended in the morning training session that had just ended. When her big bro arrives, she would make sure that she help him in any way possible to make the rescue operation a sess! Rak¡¯Tharos nced at Jennifer and understood her intention. However, he didn¡¯t do anything to restrict her. In fact, he even smiled sinisterly at the serene look on her face. The growing meekness in Jennifer¡¯s attitude in recent days hadpletely assured him that she was slowly but surely turning subservient to his will. Although he couldn¡¯t detect her presence as he could with other weaker bloodlines within his n, he attributed that fact to the innate dark energy within her that¡¯s shielding her from his senses. In Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ heart, Jennifer was already his! Jennifer¡¯s acting was perfect and her deception,plete. ¡°Very soon, you will understand the power of bloodline suppression, little girl. My bloodline within you will force you to obey me. And you will help me break your brother by bringingplete despair into his heart¡­ When you kill your sister in front of him!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos crazy mind began to whirr at full speed and his excitement grew at the thought of breaking that little family of three once more. He had thought of including Jessica in his ns as well. But when he thought of how crazy Elliot would go at losing Jessica for the second time, his heart couldn¡¯t help but to immediately jump at the idea. And so his final n took form, and in it was one broken hearted brother serving him for the hope of freeing his single living sister who, due to the bloodline flowing within her, didn¡¯t have any desire to be freed in the first ce. It was perfect. Chapter 234 Revenge! ¡°He¡¯s here.¡± Rak¡¯Tharos said. Two hours had passed quietly for them both, and the moment they had been waiting for was finally upon them. Jennifer opened her eyes slowly and looked at the sky in anticipation. She had been looking forward to the moment where she could see her brother and her sister slowly appear in the distance to save her for so many nights already. And now that the moment was finally at hand, she really can¡¯t wait! However, her eyes instantly widened in surprise the moment she opened them. Elliot and Jessica¡­ They were already standing in the sky not far from her! And by the Gods, what a sight they were for sore eyes! Literally and figuratively. Glorious ck wings of mes spread out magnificently from behind Jessica, and the power that emanated from her was unmistakably at the King level. In fact¡­ it had a strangeness to it that made Jennifer suspect she would be able to fight against even Emperors! She looked really, really impressive. And the look on her face¡­ Jennifer couldn¡¯t help but give a heartbroken sob when she saw it. On her face was a myriad of emotions and tears were flowing freely down her cheeks. Guilt. Yearning. Joy. Excitement. Determination. Supreme confidence. And above all¡­ love. Twins had a closeness in their rtionship that other people will find difficult to understand. And for that rtionship to be ripped apart the way it was under such painful circumstances was truly¡­ agonizing for them. But past agony brings intense passion to present reunion. And Jessica¡¯s feelings werepletely overflowing! It was clear that she had been waiting for that moment to arrive almost every waking second! Jennifer sobbed loudly. Oh how she had missed Jessica! And very apparently, she had missed her very, very much too! However, Jessica wasn¡¯t the main character of the rescue mission. It was Elliot. If Jessica¡¯s appearance made her sob with emotion, then Elliot¡¯s made her break downpletely and cry. On his face was one expression, and one alone. Fury! The burning anger of a brotherpletely pissed off that his beloved sister was forced tomit suicide! The righteous wrath of a brother who had his sister kidnapped right in front of his eyes! The brilliance of Jessica¡¯s glorious ck wings of mes waspletely muted by the vast and aggressive aura of bloodlust that Elliot was giving out. Torrents of powerful energy were rolling off his body like massive sts of volcanic eruptions. The whole world, the very fabric of nature seemed to react to his anger and tremble in fear. Her big brother had arrived to rescue her! ¡°Hahaha! You¡¯re here! And what wonderful aura you¡¯re giving out, boy. Its¡­ delicious!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shouted with exhration as he too released his own torrent of billowing Emperor level aura that was no less fierce than Elliot¡¯s! ¡°Come! Let me have a taste of your¡­¡± WHAM! CRACK! Before he could even finish his words, a vicious punch had alreadynded on his face! And by the loud crack that sounded, Rak¡¯Tharos just had his nose broken!! ¡°GAAAHHH!! YOU BROKE BY DOSEEE?!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos roared in anger! Immediately, a hundred Golden Fangs appeared behind him and attacked Elliot at point nk range! B-B-B-B-BAM!! All hundred Golden Fangs smashed into Elliot at almost the same time. However, Elliot simply cast Blessings of the Wolf Goddess which made himpletely impervious to magical damage for ten seconds, and ignored the Golden Fangs! He took all of the Golden Fangs and calmly continued to punch out at Rak¡¯Tharos. ¡°Ibperbioud do magic? Den dry did!¡± Rak¡¯Tharos suddenly tripled in size to reach almost ten meters in height and his scaly skin hardened into a beautiful golden colour. The fearsomeness of his aura multiplied several times over! GRAAAHHHHH!!!! He let out a roar of pure ferocity and began to exchange blows with Elliot. A ten meter giant exchanging punches with a two meter tall young man? It would beughable if the results weren¡¯t so readily apparent. WHAM!! BAM!! BAM!! BAMM!! Elliot casted Blessings of the Wolf God which made himpletely immune to physical damage for ten seconds and pummeled the muchrger Rak¡¯Tharos to the ground! ¡°Impossible! Physical immunity as well?¡± Rak¡¯Tharos shouted in indignance. His transformation had fixed his broken nose, and he was able to speak normally again. But sadly for him, Elliot seemed to hate his face with a passion, because all of his punches were focused exclusively on it, and he soon broke his nose once more! BAM! CRACKK!! ¡°ARGH!!!¡± Elliot continued to punch him with a vengeance! One full powered punch after anothernded on his face very relentlessly and with a measured slowness that showcased his supreme confidence and gave vent to his bellyful of rage. Bit. By. Bit. Each of Elliot¡¯s punches was infused with a generous dose of Darklight energy which allowed him to break through Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ Emperor level energy with unparalleled ease. Much like the overused but still urate cliche ¨C like a hot knife through butter. Rak¡¯Tharos roared angrily and tried to push Elliot away, but to his great horror, he realized that he couldn¡¯t make Elliot move even a tiny inch! The strange power that Elliot was giving out had turned into a ferocious and very life-like red dragon above him which was staring coldly at him. An immeasurable mighting out of his eyes was pressing down on him and somehow was able topletely lock up his movements! BAM!! ¡°Whad de hedd!¡± BAM! CRACK!! Another bone on his face broke. ¡°AARGH!!¡± BAM!! ¡°Why are you do dlong!¡± BAM! ¡°Ged de buck obb be!¡± BAM! CRACK!! ¡°ARGHHH!!¡± Each punch represented many, many long hours of agony and anger! And even though they were delivered inplete silence, the huge amount of pleasure that each punch brought to Elliot¡¯s heart was truly a much anticipated and long awaited happening. It would be aplete waste if Rak¡¯Tharos were to die too quickly! Chapter 235 Poof The horror that had started to bloom in Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ heart exploded forth in a frenzy that gripped his entire soul and permeated every single nook and cranny! Terror!! Pure, unadulterated terror!! SNAP! Something seemed to snap in Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ mind at that moment and he started to bber unintelligibly through Elliot¡¯s vicious barrage of punches. A strange aura began to permeate through his body, but it was weak and didn¡¯t amount to anything in the few short seconds it appeared. As quickly as it appeared, it was gone. After that, Rak¡¯Tharos wentpletely limp. The fight was over in that instant. The rescue mission was a sess! Elliot had turned the tables around in two short weeks, and returned to do to Rak¡¯Tharos exactly what he did to him before. Aplete, one sided beating! However, Elliot¡¯s mission was never merely just rescue. It was vengeance! After a few minutes of punching, Elliot had pumped in so much of his Darklight Energy into Rak¡¯Tharos that he was able to crush every single bone and organ in his body with just a single thought! And not just that, Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ head was alsopletely deformed. Gone was his magnificent lion head. Elliot¡¯s vicious punches had broken all the bones of his head into many pieces and it had ttened very considerably with blood flowing out of his eyes, nose, mouth and ears. His mane waspletely sticky with blood, mucus, the remains of two sttered eyeballs and a little bit of brain matter. But despite the horrific damage that Elliot had inflicted on him, Rak¡¯Tharos was still alive! The life force of an Emperor level beast was truly strong and tenacious. After Elliot stopped punching him, Rak¡¯Tharos moaned lightly. And the strange aura that appeared and disappeared earlier, appeared once more. *-*-*-*-*-* While Elliot was beating up Rak¡¯Tharos, Jessica had immediately went to Jennifer and whisked her away as far away and as fast as she could! Although she was confident that Elliot would be able to defeat Rak¡¯Tharospletely and very quickly, she didn¡¯t want to risk any coteral damage on Jennifer. Afterall, fights at such high levels could easily get out of hand and destroy their surroundings! ¡°Jess!!¡± Jennifer hugged her sister tightly and was hugged back even more tightly in return! ¡°Jenn! Sorry we took so long to rescue you!¡± Jessica cried out while sobbing in relief and happiness. ¡°Noo.. noo.. Thank you.. So quickly¡­¡± Jen sobbed as well and was so emotional that she couldn¡¯t even manage to formplete sentences! Both girls stopped talking at that moment and just let their emotions out by crying and hugging each other for a few minutes! Both took greatfort and satisfaction at the fact that they could hug each other once more, and the fact that they were bothpletely unharmed. All of their longing, yearning and misery for the past two weeks slowly disappeared from their minds and into archived memory. Firmly locked in a rarely opened section called ¡°Bad memories: things to forget.¡± Blink! Elliot appeared as well. On his left hand, gripped casually by his neck, was the limp, near death body of Rak¡¯Tharos. Elliot was frowning deeply as he stared at the aura that had settled above Jennifer¡¯s head, and was swirling slowly. ¡°Big bro! You¡¯re done already??¡± Jessica stared at the dying Rak¡¯Tharos in his hand and gasped softly in surprise. ¡°Big bro!!¡± Jennifer let Jessica go and started to run towards Elliot. Elliot couldn¡¯t help but smile through his frown at the sight of Jennifer safe and sound. However, before Jennifer even took three steps, a loud cacklingughter suddenly sounded in their ears. It was Rak¡¯Tharos! ¡°Hahahaha!! You¡¯re truly amazing, little boy. To be able to exceed my powers as an Emperor when you¡¯re still at the King level! Amazing! I have to admit, I have lost the fight. But too bad for you¡­ You¡¯ve lost the war before you even began! You see¡­ Your precious little sister¡­ Jennifer¡­ Belongs to me!! Her body is mine!! Body Takeover Arts!! GOLDEN POSSESSION!!¡± With that, the strange aura that was above Jennifer dove straight into her head! ¡°NO!!¡± Elliot roared in horror and immediately blinked to Jennifer¡¯s side. ¡°Jenn!¡± Jessica cried out. But before Elliot could appear next to Jennifer, a wild scream of agony sounded from Rak¡¯Tharos!! ¡°AAAHHHHHHHHH!¡± Whoosh. Elliot appeared next to Jennifer and grabbed her hand as he looked at her anxiously. For all of his power and abilities, there was absolutely nothing he could do against such a strange technique! He had no idea how to get that strange aura out of Jennifer, or even protect her mind against it. Thankfully, that Rak¡¯Tharos was screaming like a pig being skinned alive. If he was screaming that way, the Jennifer was probably going to be alright. Jessica quickly made her way to Jennifer as well, and they stood that way for a quick moment, their hearts pounding hard at the strange scream of agony which Rak¡¯Tharos was emitting. Whatever happened, both Elliot and Jessica would immediately react to the best to their ability. They would not let any more harm befall Jennifer! As it turned out, their vignce was for naught. Rak¡¯Tharos was, quite literally, in hisst gasp. ¡°What is this power? What is this suppression? Blood¡­ bloodline suppression?? Impossible! You got the blood from me¡­ how could your bloodline suppress mine? Impossible! No! Nooooooo! Nooooooo¡­¡± His voice slowly faded away. And then¡­ Poof. A small puff of white smoke rose slowly from Jennifer¡¯s head. Elliot immediately captured a little bit of it in a vial and stored it carefully. A light breeze blew and the small puff of white smoke disappeared into nothingness. And that was it. Elliot couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°Did he just¡­ fail to take over your mind and¡­ Died in the process? What did you feel, Jen? Are you alright?¡± ¡°I am alright, big bro. I did feel something trying toe into my head, but when I resisted it lightly, it just¡­ crumbled? I don¡¯t know. It didn¡¯t get anywhere close to my mind though.¡± Jennifer said. ¡°It is¡­ over?¡± Like Elliot, Jennifer couldn¡¯t believe that it was over too! A part of her was extremely d, after all, it was her most fervent prayers being answered at that very moment. However, another part of her couldn¡¯t help but feel that Rak¡¯Tharos had gotten off way too easily! ¡°Did he suffer?¡± Jennifer asked Elliot as her eyes traveled to Rak¡¯Tharos corpse which now sported an outrageously ttened head that looked extremely horrifying. ¡°He did. And it is enough. Jen, look at me.¡± Elliot gently turned his beloved sister¡¯s head around to let her focus on him. ¡°Let your hatred go. Keeping it in your heart would be like keeping poison. Now that he¡¯s dead, let him and his poison go with him.¡± Elliot said softly. Jennifer looked at Elliot and felt a huge torrent of all sorts of emotions surge through her heart. Her mind agreed with him, but her heart was still in rebellion. She hated! She hated Rak¡¯Tharos with a burning hatred that seemed to fill every single nook and cranny of her soul! And now¡­ He¡¯s gone? Just like that? Chapter 236 Royal Elemental Feline Elliot stared at Jennifer and watched the intery of emotions on her face, and instinctively understood her conflict. Of course he did. He was experiencing the exact same thing! ¡°It won¡¯t happen overnight. I hate him as much as you do. But continuing to hate him would be tantamount to hating ourselves. Hatred is poison. We must get it out of our system. Promise me you¡¯ll try and do that?¡± Elliot said to Jennifer. Jennifer nodded slowly and let out a deep, shuddering breath. ¡°I will try. I promise.¡± She said after awhile. Both Elliot and Jennifer knew that it would be a long, long ¡°try¡±. But Elliot still nodded in satisfaction. Life is what it is. Some things cannot be forced, especially heavy things like letting go of hatred. The easiest way to let go of hatred was to forgive, of course. And forgiveness is a choice. At that moment, forgiveness was a distant thought in their minds. The next easiest way was to forget. It was a longer road, but the only one that they were willing to walk at that moment. Yes, it was enough that she try. Whether or not she seeded would depend on her fate, and the size of her heart. He looked at Jennifer for a moment longer as his mind processed Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯st words. His high intellect was more than sufficient to immediately piece together what roughly transpired in the past two weeks of Jennifer¡¯s life. To be strong, she had been forced to embrace the bloodline of her hated enemy! He could already imagine the state of brokenness that Jennifer must have been at during those trying moments, the despair and guilt that must have so viciously crushed her little heart. That her sister had died and she had lived, that her beloved brother was condemned to live days of constant worry and pressure to get strong so that he could try to rescue her. It must have been unbearably painful! And for the sake of taking concrete steps towards power ¨C she did the most unthinkably grotesque but undeniably necessary step that she could have done in such a situation ¨C taking on the bloodline of her most hated enemy! But fate was kind to her, and gave her a gift that allowed her to make the best out of a desperate situation, and made her the ultimate victor out of the horrible transaction that she was forced to do. Her unlocking of the ancient version of Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ bloodline was singrly the luckiest thing that had happened to her in her entire life! Well, maybe apart from having Elliot as an elder brother, of course. ¡°It has been really difficult for you, Jen.¡± Elliot said softly and gently as he pulled Jennifer into his embrace. All thoughts of Rak¡¯Tharos and the strange way he died disappeared from their minds, drownedpletely under the utter joy of being reunited once more! ¡°Huhuhuhu¡­¡± In front of her big bro who had always taken good care of her, Jennifer could finally stop trying to be strong. She simply nodded and cried her heart out to Elliot. Jessica didn¡¯t want to be left out, and so she immediately snuggled in next to Jennifer and the three of them got into a group hug. They stayed that way for a long, long time. The three siblings were finally reunited again. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Wow big bro, you have so many beasts now!¡± Jennifer marveled as she sat atop Winter and got to know each and every one of Elliot¡¯s beasts. Indeed he had! Witht he addition of the two dragons, the moles and the birds, the number of beasts he had under hismand had increased in number to be almost a hundred! And if he added the n members of his Beast Apostles¡­ He probably had almost a thousand already. He truly was a full fledged Beast Master at that moment. ¡°Yes I do. Jen, how would you like to have Winter as your personal beast?¡± Elliot smiled at Jennifer and asked her. ¡°Can I really have her?¡± Jennifer asked in a voice filled with wide eyed wonder. ¡°Of course. I just have to spend enough points to transfer ownership from me to you. I¡¯ve asked Winter, and she¡¯spletely agreeable to it.¡± Elliot exined. ¡°Oh¡­ how many points do you have to spend to do that?¡± Jennifer asked. ¡°Quite a bit, but it doesn¡¯t really matter to me. I will be outgrowing the system soon, and I will probably won¡¯t have much use for thr points aside from boosting my stats.¡± Elliot waved the cost aside dismissively. ¡°I see. There¡¯s no hurry for me to own Winter now, since I can be with her this way. Give Winter to me only after you¡¯ve totally outgrown the points, alright? Till then, just get as strong as you can. Every single bit of strength counts.¡± Jennifer said quietly. Elliot looked at her, andpletely understood her feelings. After going through so much, her desire for power had probably grown and reached heights that rivalled his. ¡°Okay. We¡¯ll do that.¡± Elliot agreed. ¡°When we do that, please give me a beast as well, okay? I don¡¯t want a big one. I want a cute one!¡± Jessica said happily. She was so assured of her brother¡¯s love for her that she had already assumed he would agree even without hearing his answer! And of course she was right. ¡°Of course! I will tame the cutest one on this and then bestow it to you.¡± Elliot promised. ¡°Good! Anyway, when can we go and visit this new base of yours? I can¡¯t wait to meet all the other people you¡¯ve saved!¡± Jessica asked. ¡°We¡¯ll go as soon as Jen finishes absorbing his Blood Essence and the Life/Death energy. I want to make sure that nothing goes wrong.¡± Elliot replied. After they had sessfully killed the soul of Rak¡¯Tharos, they had immediately extracted his Blood Essence so that Jennifer couldplete her evolution to be the progenitor of the Elemental Scaled Feline ¨C Royal Elemental Feline. Unlike Rak¡¯Tharos who only had two elements ¨C gold and fire, Jennifer¡¯s Royal Elemental Feline had three, the third one being the element that gave it the royal status. The Royal Element ¨C Darkness. However, the most amazing thing about Jennifer¡¯s bloodline was not the number of elements it allowed her to control. It was its grade! The Royal Elemental Feline was an Origin Grade beast! It was at the level of the two blue dragons! No wonder itpletely suppressed Rak¡¯Tharos¡¯ bloodline. Elliot could even feel a faint pressure emitting from Jennifer. It was the natural pressure that any lower grade beast would feel in the presence of a higher grade beast! And with the Darklight Energy that she was about to ingest, Elliot was sure that Jennifer would eventually be one, if not the strongest, being on the whole. Excluding him of course. After all, he just got his hands on the blood essences of all five metallic dragons! He truly had no idea what they would do to him. He was actually very keen to find out, but he needed solitude to do that, and he intended to bring his sisters into the rtive safety of his base camp first before he did that. Chapter 237 New Name The next two weeks passed by in a blink of an eye. With the sheer power that Elliot had in his camp, there was already nothing in the entire continent apart from Hegemons that could threaten him. The Gaming Commission worked diligently in the background to dissuade and threaten the Hegemons that had their eyes on Elliot to pull back, and got Elliot to switch on his stealth device which he got from Director Sands to evade those Hegemons that insisted on looking for him. All in all, a tense but peaceful two weeks passed by without incident. Khalendros and Khellendra had insisted that Elliot take a few drops of their concentrated blue dragon blood in return for the incredible power that they had received, and to bnce the Red Dragon Blood Essence that he had absorbed. And so, Elliot had spent the whole of the two weeks just absorbing, digesting and upgrading his Dragon Transformation and the resulting Purgatory Fire Energy. Only that it definitely could no longer be called Purgatory ¡°Fire¡± Energy, because it was no longer only fire based. From the Chromatic Dragons, he got red and blue blood, and was missing ck, white and green. From the Metallic Dragons, he got all five. Gold, silver, bronze copper and brass. The resulting energy that formed within him was something that waspletely unique, and one that alsopletely smashed to smithereens the power benchmark of the known universe. As a mere King, Elliot¡¯s energy now had the qualitative strength topete with Hegemons! After fruitlessly consulting with Hawk the AI, Gilgamar, Red and the two blue dragons, all of whom had no idea what would happen if he took all five blood essences and the blue dragon¡¯s concentrated blood at the same time, Elliot decided that he would do it one at a time. The first one he consumed was the blue dragons¡¯. His Darklight enhanced body immediately got to work, andpletely absorbed the blue dragons¡¯ concentrated blood and allowed it to transform his body at the cellr level in absolutely record speed. In one short day, the process wasplete! The blue dragon energy flowed alongside his Purgatory Fire Energypletely harmoniously! Upon realizing that it waspletely safe, Elliot tried ingesting Brass. The same thing happened as with the blue dragons¡¯ concentrated blood. And so he promptly took the remaining four in one go. His body took in the four little drops of Dragon Blood Essences and rapidly got to work. After three days, the process was finally done. Thick draconic energy of all seven dragon types traversed the energy pathways of his body like so many glorious Kings and Emperors riding down the streets of a city at the head of their armies. Every so often, a dragon King or a dragon Emperor would roar powerfully and caused Elliot¡¯s entire being to tremble violently as he struggled to contain the vast power of said dragon within him. One would expect that with so many different but simrly powerful energies within a body, Elliot would implode as the energies shed with each other. Because if the seven draconic energy were Kings and Emperors, then the Purgatory Fire Energy was like their God. It had a qualitative advantage over them that was as unbridgeable as the chasm thatid between hell and heaven! All seven dragon energy types bowed under the majesty andplete dominance of the Purgatory Fire Energy, and submitted themselves to it. There was no room at all for the dragon energies to revolt, or cause trouble within his body! At that moment, Elliot started to consume his stock of Life Seeds and Deconstructed Living Armor. A generous flow of mysterious Life energy and Death energy entered his body and began tobine with each other, with the six dragon energies and with the existing Purgatory Fire Energy. Slowly, one at a time, the Kings and Emperors, and the Purgatory Fire Energy faded away. And in its ce was a brand new type of energy, one that had all the strengths of the previous energies, andpletely none of their weaknesses! It would be difficult to understand just how powerful Elliot was without understanding the rarity of the energies he now wielded. In his body were seven draconic energies from two distinct lineages, The Chromatic Dragons and the Metallic Dragons, and they exhibited six of the twelve elements in their own unique ways,bined into one. As a whole, draconic energy was a single tier above normal energy. Dragon Fire Energy was stronger than normal Fire Energy. However, with the passing of time, there are several types of draconic energy that have disappeared. Dragon Chaos Energy, Dragon Time Energy, Dragon Space Energy, Dragon Water Energy and Dragon Earth Energy. Only seven types of Dragon Energies remained, and Elliot had his hands on six. Gold Dragons represent the Royal Element ¨C Light. Directly in opposition to it were the ck Dragons who represent the Royal Element ¨C ck. Silver Dragons represent the Advanced Element ¨C Wind. Directly in opposition to it were the Blue Dragons representing the Advanced Element ¨C Lightning. Both Bronze and Red Dragons represent the Basic Element ¨C Fire. Both Brass and White Dragons represent the basic Element ¨C Water. Both Copper and Green Dragons represent the Basic Element ¨C Wood. Elliot was only missing the Blood Essence of a ck Dragon, and he would have gotten his hands on all of the avable dragon energy types within the known universe! And as it were, even with one missing draconic energy, Elliot was already a being whose power far surpassed the vast majority of living beings in the universe. And in terms of potential, he was far and away above every single being in existence. He was a King who was able to go head to head with a Hegemon! The only one in his power level who could do that! After another full week of slowly transforming the energy within him, Elliot was finally done. [Please give your new energy a new name.] Chapter 238 Linhasa The old sayings, no matter how absurd they sound, always contained a sliver of truth within them. And none were more apparently exhibited in the life of Elliot Musk than one saying in particr ¨C It is a crime to own vast treasures without the power to keep them. As it were, in the eyes of the entire known universe, Elliot had risen sharply in rank to be criminal number one. Of all the innumerable wondrous treasures of the universe, most were in the hands of powerhouses. Some were lost in inheritance dungeons others were as yetpletely undiscovered. Those who didn¡¯t have the power to hold on to theirs were being hunted, and Elliot just shot up in rank within that list of ¡°criminals¡±. The power that Jessica Sands exhibited was by far more attractivepared to Elliot¡¯s, of course. The power to cast reverse time walk on the whole within the framework of a minor Diamond Sponsor¡¯s Boon was just incredible to the infinite degree! The mysteries she must have solved and the breakthroughs that she must have achieved to do what she did could very well be worth trillions and trillions of resources! But she had just shown the whole universe that she indeed had the power, AND the backing to hold on to it. And so, by that fact alone, she was no criminal. Elliot had no such power and no such backing at his disposal. And so his ¡°criminality¡± had long shot past the tolerance levels of many ¡°Defenders of Justice¡± (read: bandits and robbers). There were nock of Hegemons within their ranks, and there were even a few Ancient level old fogeys who had decided to join in the fun! All of them hade to investigate the ¡°power that allowed a King to massacre Emperors and Hegemons.¡± Exaggerations, of course. But then again, the old saying ¡°the would be no smoke without fire¡± was also true. There must be a sliver of truth to that ability, and the bandits who were stuck in their power levels for countless years wanted to get their hands on whatever little mystery was powering up Elliot in the hope that they could finally get that final push to breakthrough! ¡°If a King can kill Emperors, then if I get my hands on that secret, wouldn¡¯t I, with my greater intellect and experience, be able to utilize that secret even more and allow me to fight more than one level above me?¡± ¡°Hmph! Such a waste of such an incredible secret. If it was me, I would definitely be able to use that secret to breakthrough a couple of power levels! There must be countless applications of that secret that he had not thought about!¡± Most notable among them was the person being represented by a battalion led by two serious and incredibly powerful looking man and woman from the Central Gxy. They were part of the Royal Family of the Linhasa Empire, who were proud direct descendants of the overbearingly powerful Fire Phoenix. Hegemon Hani Lin and Ancient Gartod Lin. Hegemon Hani Lin was the Commander of the Third Battalion of the Regiment assigned to be the personal guard of the Seventh Princess of the Linhasan Royal Family, Elleanor Linhasa. Elleanor Linhasa was a rarely seen millenial genius. At only one hundred years of age, she had broken through into Emperor level and then smashed all of the Linhasan Empire records by ascending to Hegemon level at two hundred years young! She had lived a life of utter luxury and power, with every single whim of hers fully attended to and satisfied. She lived her life as the apex genius of one of the most powerful Empires of the known universe, looked up to and adored by trillions, doted on by those who held the reins of the known universe. And the moment she heard about Elliot¡¯s miraculous story and his unparalleled genius which surpassed even hers, she had immediately demanded that Elliot be brought to her! ¡°Hani, lead your battalion to Earth and bring me that boy.¡± Elleanor had ordered her the moment she finished reading her daily intelligence briefing. ¡°Gartod, go with her to ensure that the other Hegemons and Ancients do not steal my toy.¡± Both had immediately bowed and left to execute hermands immediately. At that moment, they were standing at the bridge of their Linhasan Battlecruiser, watching the rest of their fleet exit warp space a few thousand kilometers away from Earth. One after another, a hundred Linhasan Destroyers and Frigates appeared around the Battlecruiser. ¡°We¡¯re ready. What¡¯s that rabble in front of us?¡± Hani Lin asked. ¡°They are the First Fleet of the Southern Glory Star System. They have surrounded Earth with what seems to be five Regiments with five thousand spacecraft. They have five motherships and fifty battlecruisers. The rest are frigates and destroyers.¡± An aide responded immediately. ¡°Get them to clear a path, or die.¡± Hegemon Hani Lin said dismissively. ¡°Acknowledged, Commander.¡± The aide immediately ryed the message. Within seconds, the Southern Glory Regiments moved away and opened a massive gap in their formation for the Linhasan Battlecruiser and her little fleet to pass. As if fully expecting such a reaction from the Southern Glory Star System military, Hegemon Hani Lin got her Battlecruiser fleet to immediately proceed tond on Earth so that she could quickly finish her mission and get back home. However, to her utter shock and disbelief, as soon as her entire battalion got in between the two regiments, the Southern Glory military opened fire at her!! P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PEW!!!!! Thousands upon thousands of powerfulser beams and energy beams fired from all of the thousands of surrounding spacecraft and immediately shredded her little fleet to pieces! Even her battlecruiser took heavy damage!! ¡°What?? Dive straight to the! All power to eleration, now!!¡± Hegemon Hani Lin screamed and unleashed her vast Hegemonic power to shield the battlecruiser temporarily from the iing fire. She waspletely stunned. When did Southern Glory grow the balls to attack Linhasan Military Spacecraft?? Chapter 239 Ancient Gartod ¡°Ancient Gartod!¡± Hani Lin shouted at the all-powerful Ancient level warrior standing next to her. She was about to urge him to do something, when she noticed beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. Her expression turned grim and she immediately shut her mouth. Ancient Gartod was battling another Ancient! Once warriors entered Ancient level, their souls would be able to leave their bodies. Many Ancients prefer to attack via soul attack because it allowed them to kill the enemymander without even having to move a single finger. An enemy Ancient must have sought to do that to them, and Ancient Gartod had no choice but to let his soul leave his body as well to defend against their soul attacks! ¡°So that¡¯s why the Southern Glory idiots dare to open fire on a Linhasan Battalion. An Ancient level powerhouse is backing them!¡± Hegemon Hani Lin thought to herself. ¡°And if they dare to attack us, then it must mean that they have Primals backing them. Or else it would be pure suicide. Still, Primal or no Primal, you¡¯vepletely stirred the hos¡¯ nest. Reinforcements would have been sent by now and-¡° ¡°You must be thinking that reinforcements must be on their way, aren¡¯t you, little Hegemon? Hahahahahahahahaha! Let me tell you, they aren¡¯t! The moment you exited warp travel, you¡¯ve entered my trap! In the minds of your superiors, you are all stuck in warp! They have no idea that you¡¯re here at all! Hahahahahaha!!¡± A wild cackling voice sounded loudly. It was extremely powerful and Hani Lin could clearly sense that the owner of the voice was in Ancient level too! Hani Lin whirled her head around to check on Ancient Gartod and saw that he was still in battle. ¡°They have two ancients!¡± Hegemon Hani Lin thought in horror. ¡°And if that other ancientes for me as well¡­ I am as good as dead!¡± ¡°Oh don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t attack you with my soul. Yet. My partner¡¯s soul attacks are extremely overbearing and have wide areas of effect. I don¡¯t want to risk getting injured. Don¡¯t worry, little Hegemon, you still have a few more minutes to live! That¡¯s how long more your weak ass Ancient has to live! Hahahahaahah¡± the wild voice cackled again. Hegemon Hani Lin did not hesitate. She immediately crushed a little token and as soon as she did that, a little blue cocoon of space energy formed around her entire battlecruiser. And with a loud whoosh! They disappeared. ¡°HUH!? What happened? Where did they go? And¡­ big bro? Where are you? Big bro! ¡­ BIG BRO! WAKE UP! OH MY GOD! BIG BROOOOO!!!¡± The wild cackling voice screamed loudly in panic and in anguish. However, only silence greeted him. The opening salvo of the massive gctic battle that would eventually take ce had finally been fired. Its first casualty ¨C An Ancient Level powerhouse. Back on Earth somewhere deep in the Amazon Forest, a massive shimmer of space energy appeared and ripped out every single thing within its area. Whoosh! And was reced by a huge and battered Linhasan Battlecruiser. BOOMM!!! The ginormous Linhasan Battlecruiser hit the ground from mere centimeters up with a world-shaking BOOM! Hegemon Hani Lin stood on the bridge to supervise the entire process and to bark out instructions once in a while. And of course, to watch over Ancient Gartod who was consuming the soul of the other Ancient who had so boldly attacked him earlier. The soul had finally materialized and Hegemon Hani Lin could see it very clearly. Contorted face silently screaming in agony and indignation, hands and feet flying all over the ce as it struggled to escape from Ancient Gartod¡¯s body. ¡°Perfect timing, Hani. I owe you this time.¡± Ancient Gartod chuckled with a very, very happy smile. For Ancients, nothing was more nutritious and beneficial for their growth than the souls of other Ancients. But of course, the souls of other Ancients were¡­ hard toe by. Ancients stood near the very apex of all living beings in the known universe, and they were highly reclusive. Those that were not, usually had powerful Star Systems behind them that made it so difficult for them to be captured and eaten. And so for Ancient Gartod, even if the mission ended right there and then, it would already be the highlight of his countless years as an Ancient. He estimated that he had cut short his journey towards the peak of Ancient level by a full 5%! In the grand scheme of how long Ancients live and how slowly their souls grow, a 5% growth would usually take anywhere between 100 years to a thousand years. It was a jaw-dropping, eye-popping kind of incredible! ¡°Yes, you owe me a Primal-constructed escape mechanism.¡± Hegemon Hani Lin chuckled. ¡°If you remember, it was a gift from Primal Blue after I identally came across a Lightning Spirit and gave it to him.¡± ¡°Oh I remember. I remember feeling jealous at that time. Thank goodness I didn¡¯t steal it from you as I had intended to. It would have been useless for both of us had it been in my storage instead of yours. It would have ended up as a massive gift to these darned Kirilians. But now, I got the gift instead! Hahaha!¡± Ancient Gartod was in an excellent mood! In his mind, it was the most perfect use of such a powerful Primal Constructed Escape Token! If it was any stronger than Ancient, the trapped soul would not be transported along with the battlecruiser. Any weaker, and it would have left much the token¡¯s power untapped. It was perfect! The loss of the entire battalion irked him not one bit. Spacecrafts and weak Kings and Emperors could easily be reced. And as it were, even with the loss of the thousands of soldiers, with Hegemon Hani Lin and himself still around, they still had 99% of their strength. In fact, after consuming the enemy Ancient¡¯s soul, they would very well be at 104% strengthpared to previously! They could stillplete the mission without the battalion! ¡°Make sure you give me something good as well.¡± Hegemon Hani Lin smiled and continued to oversee their emergency repairs. As soon as they wereplete, she would have to proceed with the mission, and look for this ¡°Elliot¡± boy! Chapter 240 A billion dollars ¡°Hohoho. You have nothing to worry about, my dear Hani.¡± Ancient Gartodughed with great satisfaction as the final bit of the trapped Ancient¡¯s soul entered his body. A brilliant explosion of fireworks seemed to fill his entire soul as Ancient Gartod broke the captured soul into pieces and allowed it to nurture his own. The power of the soul would always be strongest if it was near its body. The fact that the enemy Ancient dared to travel so far away from his body to attack Ancient Gartod in his battlecruiser was evidence of how powerful and how confident he was of defeating Ancient Gartod. And during his brief fight with the enemy, Ancient Gartod knew for a fact that he waspletely outssed by his enemy as well. He had immediately recognized the fact that he would be defeated within a few short minutes, and was preparing to self-destruct to bring his enemy with him. And because of that, the enemy¡¯s Ancient soul had weakened considerably, to the extent that it was extremely easy for Ancient Gartod to consume him! He stood up and sighed with pleasure. Consuming such a powerful soul left him feeling slightly bloated and full. He needed to take a walk and keep himself busy. ¡°Turn on full stealth mode. I will go and look for the boy at hisst known coordinates. I¡¯ll bring back some hostages if I can. Make sure you don¡¯t get discovered by the other Hegemons and Ancients that must have reached this as well by now.¡± Ancient Gartod ordered his aide. ¡°Understood.¡± His aide bowed deeply. ¡°Hani,e with me. Let¡¯s go hunting. I will give you our choicest pickings this time.¡± Ancient Gartod said to Hegemon Hani Lin with a wide smile. ¡°Hehehe. I¡¯ve been waiting for you to say that.¡± Hegemon Hani Lin smiled back and together, they disappeared with a little spatial shimmer. The hunt for Elliot Musk had begun! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°So I guess Purgatory Fire Energy is no longer applicable. It¡¯s definitely not just fire energy anymore, and if fire isn¡¯t the main element, then what kind of weak ass purgatory would it be? I need a new and cool sounding name¡­¡± Elliot muttered to himself within his dark and quiet underground chamber. He slowly circted the vast and cosmic energy within his body. After he hadpleted absorbing his Life Seeds, deconstructed Living Armor and all of the Dragon Blood, he had this tingling feeling that he needed to go out into space and roam the universe. It came from the deepest portions of his soul, and he suspected that it was the dragon blood that had sharpened the draconic portions of his being, and thus creating within him instincts that could originally only be found in dragons. And not just instincts. He had also started to look at the world differently. The desires of men could be roughly categorized into three. Wealth, Women and Power. It held true for dragons as well. However, the sheer might of dragons had caused them to have a vastly different scale of such thingspared to men. Gone were his interest in the little, petty squabbles of men over mere baubles such as gold, cities, weak little human girls or even the cute little toys that human beings call missiles that could go boom very cutely. His ambition had soared high into the deepest reaches of space, and the thought that had driven him to think about dominating the universe, had now bloomed and be the reigning driving force in his soul. If before he saw dominating the universe as a distant goal, much, much too far to seriously think about, he now saw it as something he needed to do¡­ urgently. His ambition now epassed the entire known universe¡­ and beyond! He was bing more and more draconic as the days went by! In fact, upon studying his body and his soul, Elliot found that there was very little left that was human within him. True his body was still human in shape. But he had grown tremendously these past two weeks, and he had reached an incredible 2.1 meters. He would look totally like he belonged if he sneaked into an NBA photoshoot! Additionally, his human body was only a mere stopping point at that moment, a hub for all his various transformations. The single drop of Dragon Blood Essences he received wasn¡¯t enough to trigger a full body transformation within him. He could only transform half his body into each of the different dragon types. And he could only transform into one type at a time. He could not transform into two dragon types at the same time. ¡°It would have been cool to be able to wield lightning in one hand and wind on the other.¡± Elliot had thought. But it was impossible. He had tried, of course, but as soon as the second transformation appeared, the first would immediately recede. He had no idea why. And so he had to be satisfied with being able to wield all of the six dragon type energies, but only one at a time. Plus, he needed to revert to his human body to reset first, before he could transform into a different type. As mentioned before, his human body was like a hub. An interchange, if you will, for all his powerful transformations. His energies had to disengage from each powerful transformation, reset and then re-engage into a different transformation. Still, he could feel an enormous potential within his dragon energies that he couldn¡¯t tap into. It was like he was granted a massive bank ount with two types of ount within it. He had ess to the savings ount with a million dors in it, but he had no ess to the deposit ount which had a billion dors in it. It was both exhrating and frustrating at the same time! Chapter 241 Born Ready ¡°Maybe if I could find the ck, green and white dragon blood essences andplete their entire set, I would be able to unlock that potential.¡± He thought to himself and resolved to search for those three blood essences as soon as he could. The road to ultimate power was really long, and even though Elliot was well into his journey, he could only be considered as a novice adventurer! ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then I should call my energy¡­ the Cosmic Dragon Energy!¡± Elliot decided with a satisfied and happy smile. ¡°Cosmic because the dragons probably belonged in the wild and vast outer space, and dragon well¡­ what else can I call it? Lizard?¡± Elliot chuckled at his ownme joke. ¡°Take this! Cosmic Lizard Energy! Hahaha.¡± Elliotughed as he actually took his own joke one step further. In his public mindspace, the chatter immediately resumed as his beasts finally realized that Elliot was done with his power up session. ¡°Guys, we need to find a mate for our master immediately.¡± Brock announced seriously to his beast mates. ¡°He seems to have be totally insane. And if we allow this to go on, it wouldn¡¯t be long till his insanity makes him stupid. We don¡¯t want a stupid, crazy master who goes around collecting lizards, do we?¡± ¡°I second that.¡± Winter said gravely in a rare show of camaraderie with Brock. ¡°Third.¡± Red drawledzily. But of course, being Red, he wouldn¡¯t stop at just one word. ¡°This little pipsqueak is growing too fast. And all his growth is due to one thing and one thing only. He has too much time in his hands. He needs to spend more time with his mate doing bedroom stuff. That way, he wouldn¡¯t grow too strong too fast and make it impossible for his enemies to kill him. We need him to die so that we can get his inheritance, you know.¡± ¡°Bedroom stuff? What¡¯s that?¡± Ellie asked curiously. ¡°Eating on the bed?¡± ¡°Of course not.¡± Rex snapped at Ellie. ¡°Why would they eat in bed? Bedroom stuff is obviously cleaning up. Not everyone enjoys sleeping in dirty beds like you!¡± The adults nced at each other, and then nced away. Nobody wanted to be the one who breaks the kids out of their innocent bubble. ¡°Fourth.¡± Rom said mildly to break the awkward silence. ¡°Fifth.¡± Khellendra said as well. ¡°But the question is, do we look for a human female, or a dragon female? At the rate he¡¯s evolving, he will probably end up being more dragon than even dragons like me.¡± ¡°Hmmmm.¡± Khalendros nodded in agreement. ¡°Human, of course.¡± Aldera said. ¡°I am rooting for that Camelia girl. She obviously likes him. And she¡¯s pretty too.¡± ¡°Human, yes. But not Camelia. I say Kara. She¡¯s younger, and can bear more children.¡± Brock said. ¡°Why not both?¡± Red asked. ¡°No!¡± Came the shouts of all the female beasts in unison. ¡°True males only have one partner.¡± Khellendra said gravely and gave Khalendros a withering re. ¡°Huh? Why are you ring at me. I support that statement wholeheartedly!¡± Khalendros protested. ¡°I know. Just making sure you know how I feel about it. Hehehe.¡± Khellendraughed. ¡°I disagree.¡± Red immediately replied. ¡°True males are generous with the gift of their genes. They need to impregnate as many females as possible so they can have thousands of kids and bless their race with the power locked within their DNA.¡± ¡°Birds, maybe. But definitely not the rest of us.¡± Winter snorted at Red. ¡°Wu Kong, why are you so quiet? What¡¯s going on there with you?¡± Brock said. ¡°He¡¯s fighting¡­ again.¡± Brock said with a deep sigh. ¡°See? You Beast Apostles should be ashamed of yourselves. You have the power to help our master strengthen up by gaining levels, and yet here you are, idling chatting useless topics with us. Shame shame. Go and learn a thing or two from Wu Kong!¡± ¡°Who said I am not fighting? I am fighting! I am fighting very hard! If there¡¯s some sort of contribution chart for us Apostles, I am sure I would rank at the very top!¡± Red saidzily with a yawn. Of course nobody believed a single word he said. But his words had sparked a very interesting question. Who among Elliot¡¯s beasts had the highest contribution? In fact, Elliot, who was only half listening to the chatter of his beasts, perked up and wondered if Hawk the AI could produce a chart like what Red said. However, before he could ask Hawk to do that, a very wisement from the most unexpected beast changed his mind! ¡°Each one of us has different roles to y. No one is more important, and no one is less important. We are like a body. The brain is not more important than the hand. Without the brain, the body would not live. Without the hand, the body would not be able to do critical things that would ensure its survival. No contribution chart can capture the importance of each and everyone of us.¡± Said little Kai. At his words, everyone grew silent. It was true. They all had different functions within Elliot¡¯s ns and were all equally important to him! ¡°Very good, little Kai. So young, and already so wise.¡± Elliot praised the little baby Specter Wolf. Aldera and Rom smiled at each proudly. Kai was their son! Aldera had very recently given birth to Kai, and he was automatically Elliot¡¯s tamed beast as the contract she had signed with Elliot had taken form with Kai as well. So he had ess to the public mindspace and couldmunicate within it even though he was only a few days old! ¡°Are you ready to sign a Beast Apostle Contract with me?¡± Elliot asked him. ¡°Of course Master. I am born ready.¡± Kai said serenely. If those words came out of any other beast, it would sound extremely cheesy. But for Kai, those words were actually true. He WAS born ready! Chapter 242 Dumb idiot ¡°A few days old and already a Beast Apostle of the hottest hotshot in the hottest part of the universe.¡± Brock sighed deeply. ¡°I am envious.¡± However, he didn¡¯t say it unkindly. He said it because he didn¡¯t want Kai to rx and take life easily. If he did that, then he would squander the lead that he had on them and would definitely not catch up with the rest of the geniuses of the universe! Red said those words to spur Kai¡¯s fighting spirit! ¡°Thank you for your kind words Uncle Brock and Uncle Red. I will make sure I make you all and Master proud.¡± Kai said with a quiet and confident smile. Hepletely understood Red¡¯s heart. He may be just a few days old, but his soul was a great one, and he easily grasped the reality of things. If there was a bigger freak in that particr corner of the universe, even the author would be surprised! ¡°Well said. Kai, I will give you the title¡­¡± ¡°Chaos, Master. Please give me Chaos.¡± Kai said quietly. ¡°Hmmm? I was about to give you Time. Why Chaos? It¡¯s my most powerful Element.¡± Elliot asked, feeling deeply intrigued. ¡°Because I can feel my destiny very clearly. And in that destiny, I will stand above the entire universe and¡­ present it to you. And to do so, I need your strongest Element.¡± Kai said seriously. At that moment, Elliot recalled Aldera¡¯s words describing the many visions she had when he first signed a contract with her. ¡°A vision of Kai ahead of an army of beasts, going against General Specter and his Shadow Wolves.¡± Aldera had said. ¡°However, he wasn¡¯t themander of the beast army. In my visions, he was merely the Commander¡¯s Battlemount. You, Master, are the Army¡¯s Commander.¡± [Ding!] [irvoyance skill activated.] ¡°irvoyance? Isn¡¯t that the skill I got from Aldera which I had never used before? Why is it activating now¡­ WHOA!¡± Elliot gasped lightly as he was plunged into a clear vision of the future. It onlysted a split second, but Elliotpletely understood everything. In that split second, Elliot could see Kai truly standing above a vast constetion of stars ands, and before him were fleets upon fleets upon fleets of Spacecraft, in neat formation, and awaiting his orders. In turn, Kai was kneeling before him, awaiting HIS orders! But far more powerful than the sight of the vision that he saw was the feeling of sheer dominance that Kai was giving out. He was the reason the millions upon millions of spacecraft remained obediently in their ces as they awaited his orders. And fleets do not sit still obediently because they were led by a weakling. No, in that vision, Kaipletely ruled the fleets with an iron fist. And he did so in Elliot¡¯s name. ¡°You really weren¡¯t kidding at all.¡± Elliot murmured lightly to Kai. ¡°Very well. The Chaos Apostle is yours.¡± [Please select an Apostle Element for Kai Kyzto.] ¡°I choose the Divine Element ¨C Chaos!¡± [Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto has received three unique skills.] [Chaos Bind ¨C Immobilize all enemies within 10 square meters.] [Chaos Strike ¨C Add a 1000% Chaos Damage multiplier on all outgoing damage.] [Chaos Shell ¨C Absorb all iing damage and convert to health for 10 seconds.] [Received Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Chaos Bind.] [Received Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Chaos Strike.] [Received Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto¡¯s Unique Skill ¨C Chaos Shell.] [Received Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto¡¯s Skill ¨C Spectral Aura.] [Please select a skill to grant Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto.] ¡°I choose Blink!¡± Elliot said. [Chaos Apostle Kai Kyzto has received [Blink].] And with that, Elliot got his Chaos Apostle. At that moment, he had 8 Beast Apostles. Basic Elements. Gold Element ¨C N/A Wood Element ¨C N/A Water Element ¨C Frosty (Ice) Fire Element ¨C Rom Earth Element ¨C N/A Advanced Elements. Lightning Element ¨C Wu Kong Wind Element ¨C Red Royal Elements Space Element ¨C Khellendra Time Element ¨C N/A Light Element ¨C Aldera Dark Element ¨C Khalendros Divine Element Chaos Element ¨C Kai Only 4 spots were left! ¡°How time flies and how quickly things change.¡± Elliot sighed as he slowly made his way back to the surface. ¡°Justst month, I was a weakling who was lucky enough to reach the endgame of the Games. Now¡­ I seek to rule the universe.¡± However, before he could reach the surface, Elliot could distinctly feel his moles approaching. True enough¡­ CRASH!! ¡°OWWWW! Master is that you? What are you doing in the middle of nowhere?¡± A mole cried out. CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! ¡°OWWWW!!¡± ¡°AHHH THAT HURTS!¡± ¡°HEY! Who¡¯s the dumb idiot who stopped in the middle of nowhere?¡± Elliot chuckled loudly and immediately continued to surface. ¡°Come join me on the surface.¡± He ordered his moles. ¡°I¡¯m sick and tired of being underground.¡± ¡°AHHH IT¡¯S MASTER! Master! It wasn¡¯t me who said that you¡¯re a dumb idiot!¡± Cried the mole who just called him a dumb idiot. Elliot rolled his eyes. His moles were truly Red¡¯s kindred spirits. They were a noisy bunch, and would not hesitate to lie to get out of tough situations. Thankfully he could detect their lies as easily as he could see a mountain while standing under one. He burst out of the ground and gave a happy sigh as he beheld the wonderful sun and the fresh air once more. The birds were squawking loudly and the spaceships were flying byzily¡­ Wait¡­ Spaceships?? What the heck? Where did all the spaceshipse from?? Chapter 243 Blown away ¡°Whoa. Bright, burning sun! Evil! Pure Evil! Master, we¡¯ll just stay here, a couple of meters underground if that¡¯s alright with you.¡± The lead mole said and was immediately followed by a chorus of agreements. Elliot couldn¡¯t be bothered to reply them as he squinted his eyes and studied the eight spaceships that were flying in neat formation above his base camp! However, they didn¡¯t seem to be hostile, and his camp seemed rtively intact. So maybe¡­ They belong to him? A few secondster, his suspicions were confirmed. ¡°Big brother! You¡¯re finally out!! I¡¯ve missed you so much!!¡± Jennifer cried out when she caught sight of him. In a blink of an eye, she was upon him and hugging him fiercely! After being kidnapped for two weeks, she only spent a day with him before he retired into seclusion to absorb his Dragon Blood. And so she still missed him a lot! ¡°Ahh Big Bro! You¡¯re finally out! How many eggs did youy? What took you so long!¡± Jessica cried out as well and flew down towards him from one of the spaceships. ¡°Hey sis.¡± Elliot grinned and ruffled Jennifer¡¯s hair and waved to Jessica. ¡°How have you been these past two weeks? And how in the world did you get eight spaceships? And they seem to be really high grade too!¡± Elliot marveled. ¡°We¡¯ve been doing very well, actually. Big sis Camelia and Kara have been really nice to us. We¡¯ve cleaned out a huge amount of beasts and gathered a lot of survivors! By ourst count, we have at least four hundred!¡± Jessica said half proudly but also half worriedly. It was a veryplicated expression that she had on her face. Proud because they had saved so many people. Worried because that ¡°many¡± people were all that were left from over twenty cities and towns. ¡°They are all that¡¯s left from over twenty towns.¡± Jennifer said quietly. ¡°Hiding in secure basements, mostly. But a few in empty buildings and even a couple up on a tall tree. The rest¡­ We didn¡¯t see a lot of remains of dead bodies. They must have been¡­ eaten.¡± ¡°Four hundred huh.¡± Elliot said very grimly. The situation was really, really bad. Much worse than the first iteration. In the first iteration, at the end of the first month, there were at least fifty thousand people alive in the state of California. If they had covered an area that epassed over twenty towns and cities, they should have at least met with a few thousand survivors. But there were only four hundred left. Humanity was in an unprecedented crisis! (Ok, that was a massive understatement. Boo, author.) ¡°What do we do now, big bro?¡± Jessica asked. ¡°Resources and survivors.¡± Elliot said very simply. ¡°We need to gather every single precious resource ording to the list that I have given you. Which brings me to the next question. Where did you find those spaceships? I don¡¯t recall seeing spaceships in the list of precious resources in that list.¡± ¡°Oh. We met with a few aliens with spaceships. They were pretty hostile, so we killed most of them, and got the survivors to teach us how to fly those spaceships. We still kept the survivors alive, just in case we needed them to repair the spaceships.¡± Jessica said very casually as though she was just talking about a quick walk in the park. But Elliot could detect a sense of pride underneath her casualness. He grinned and ruffled her head in approval. ¡°Good. My sisters have grown up. To think that even aliens in spaceships are no longer your match!¡± Elliotughed happily. ¡°That¡¯s exactly what we must do, I guess. In addition to securing the Resource Boxes, we need to rob and kill as many of those damned aliens as possible!¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± Jennifer nodded fiercely. ¡°No mercy for them! Let¡¯s set up hunting parties and hunt them down!¡± ¡°Hunting parties?¡± Elliot smiled grimly at Jennifer¡¯s aggression. He shared her deep seated hatred of the aliens. In fact, every human being probably did. But he would be a fool if he thought that the meager power he had was enough to allow them to go on an all out offensive against the aliens. There were too many powerful Emperors on Earth at that moment. And with the iing wave of bounty hunters added into the mix, Elliot was sure that they were bound to meet with another Hegemon soon. And realistically speaking, not even Elliot was confident that he could survive an encounter with a Hegemon, much less defeat one. And if Elliot couldn¡¯t survive, then there would be absolutely no hope for the rest of them. Not Jennifer with her powerful Royal Elemental Feline bloodline, and not even Jessica with her powerful ck Phoenix Goddess System. They weren¡¯t strong enough to deal with Hegemons. Not yet, anyway. ¡°Let¡¯s wait till we get stronger before we do the hunting parties thing.¡± Elliot told Jennifer. ¡°In the mean time, you guys can hang out with me and we¡¯ll work together to clean up the state. It¡¯ll be safer if we work as a team.¡± ¡°We can deal with most of the beasts and fugitives. But we¡¯ll be in trouble if we meet with a Hegemon. We can win 99 fights and lose just 1 with a Hegemon, and we¡¯ll be as dead as losing our very first fight. We can¡¯t take any chances. I, won¡¯t take any chances. I won¡¯t lose you two again.¡± Elliot looked at Jennifer and Jessica seriously. ¡°Hmmm. I understand, big bro. We¡¯ll stick with you then.¡± Jessica said. ¡°We¡¯ll stick so close to you that when you fart, Jennifer will be blown away by it!¡± ¡°Hey! Why do I have to stand directly behind him? I¡¯ll stand next to him. You stand behind him!¡± Jennifer protested. Jessica merely giggled at her. Elliot merely rolled his eyes andughed. Chapter 244 Epic Rune ¡°Good girls. Speaking of powering up, have you two taken a look at the Runes which I had given you to study? We need to be able to draw those Runes within our own bodies using our energies, if we want to have a chance of breaking through to the Emperor level.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Oh, those strange figures? Yes we¡¯ve actually spent hours every night studying them. They are¡­ How do I say this¡­¡± Jennifer said¡­ ¡°It¡¯s alright. As I said, they¡¯re extremely difficult. I can¡¯t draw even the simplest one properly too.¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°You can¡¯t?¡± Jennifer asked him in surprise. ¡°Strange.¡± ¡°Yes, I can¡¯t. It¡¯s too difficult. And what¡¯s strange?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Strange because¡­ What I wanted to say was that the Runes don¡¯t seem to be asplicated as you said. I¡¯ve already mastered drawing three of them.¡± Jennifer said, and then pointed to Jessica. ¡°That freak over there had already mastered drawing seven.¡± ¡°HEY! Who are you calling freak? I¡¯m no freak. Those Runes may lookplicated, but they¡¯re actually pretty easy to understand if you group them together and make stories out of them! Even a preschooler can probably do that.¡± Jessica said defensively. Crash. The weight of Jessica¡¯s words smashed powerfully onto Jennifer¡¯s ¡°talentless¡± soul and her mouth twitched lightly as she held back a deluge of withering words to shower at Jessica. ¡°Even a preschooler can do that? Good. Very good, Jess.¡± Jennifer narrowed her eyes at Jessica and started to hatch all sorts of evil ns that she could do to get back at her. But if Jessica¡¯s words affected the ¡°talentless¡± Jennifer who could ¡°only¡± master three runes that much, just what impact would they have on Elliot, who had mastered a grand total of zero? Jessica¡¯s words smashed powerfully onto Elliot¡¯s pletely talentless¡± soul and tackled him to the ground. They then proceeded to stomp on his soul, unpinned a grenade, stuffed it down his soul¡¯s mouth and mmed his mouth shut so the grenade could do its job properly. The psshhhhhh sound was the sound of his soul¡¯s innards leaking out of the thousands of holes created by the grenade. Elliot¡¯s physical mouth dropped open. ¡°H-how?¡± Elliot managed to ask after a few seconds. He found it incredibly surprising that his sisters could actually do things that he couldn¡¯t. Afterall, they¡¯re his baby sisters¡­!! It wasn¡¯t too long ago that he had topletely lead thempletely by the hand and do everything for them¡­ ¡°Could it be that they are outgrowing their need of me¡­?¡± Elliot wondered with a slight pang of loss. But at the same time, an indescribable sense of pride also erupted within his heart. ¡°Of course, if there are to be geniuses arising from humanity who could easily master the art of drawing runes, it would definitely be one of my sisters.¡± He thought with great satisfaction. ¡°As I said, just think of them as a huge picture with stories. Take a look at this Epic rune-¡° ¡°Wait. The seven runes you mastered. They couldn¡¯t be¡­ Epic runes, could they??¡± Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped so fast again that he felt like he was a toy robot with a loose screw in his jaw. ¡°Of course they are epic runes. Why would I waste time learning the umon ones?¡± Jessica replied rather impatiently. She didn¡¯t like getting interrupted when she had her teaching hat on. ¡°Aunty Khellendra said that we only need to learn the basic Runeponents, and thenmon or even mythical runes are just a matter ofbining them. Just like letters and words. So by learning epic runes first, I am actually learning severalmon and umon runes in the process! It¡¯s much faster this way!¡± Poor Elliot could only gape and wonder at the obvious facy in her argument. Even preschoolers know that to master difficult words, you first need to master the simple words! Whoever heard of little kids learning how to spell ¡°dibobte¡± first rather than ¡°car¡±? But then, she was also the one who mastered SEVEN runes, and he, zero. So he couldn¡¯t just point out that she was wrong in her logic, could he? ¡°So anyway, look at this epic rune here.¡± Jessica said. Elliot was about to open his mouth to rify if her seven runes were all Epic runes, or did she include themon and umon runes that were found within the epic, when she red at him fiercely. He shut his mouth again and smiled at Jessica, the rune-mastering monster, weakly. He waved his hand at her to indicate that she go on in her exnation. ¡°See this whole section here on the top right? It¡¯s a story about a little boy who lost his parents in war. See? This is the boy and these two things here are his parents. Now this is the war¡­ and poof. Parents dead. Look, the boy is sad at first. And then he got angry at the empires who constantly war against each other. So he trained hard, got strong, and he assassinated the two emperors. But s! After the two emperors died, thend descended into chaos, and more war ured! Millions died! The boy regretted his decision to kill the emperors. Now he had no choice to make amends. How did he choose to make amends? He decided to unify thend under his rule so that there would be peace. This top section here is actually an umon rune called ¨C Peace through War. It carries the sentiments of the story I just told you, and it is a predominantly aggressive peacekeeping rune that would exert its full power when executed with a heart yearning for peace.¡± Jessica exined. Elliot waspletely dumbfounded. ¡°How the heck did she read a story out of the huge mass of squiggly lines and shapes?¡± He thought to himself. Even under Jessica¡¯s careful exnation, Elliot couldn¡¯t make heads or tails out of the Epic rune. It was a jumbled mess in his eyes! Chapter 245 Batshit Crazy ¡°Jenn, do you see the rune as the picture that little freak does?¡± Elliot whispered loudly to Jennifer, who giggled uncontrobly at his words. ¡°Hey! Stop calling me freak. Genius, once a millenium ster talent, anything else is good, but not freak!¡± Jessica red at them both fiercely. ¡°Big bro, I don¡¯t see it as clearly as that little freak does, but I can roughly see the main points of the story.¡± Jennifer whispered back so loudly that she might as well shout. ¡°Hmph! Call me freak one more time, and I won¡¯t help you both master the runes!¡± Jessica pouted. ¡°Mwa ha ha! Of course. Of course. What else? Praise me more!¡± Jessicaughed maniacally and demanded more praise! ¡°Yes, and also the greatest airhead in the universe! So big and so great that you canunch a hot air balloon service with your head serving as the hot air balloon!¡± Jennifer immediately said. ¡°You! Take this! Haiyaaaaa!!¡± Jessicaunched a powerful jab with her little right fist! ¡°You want to attack me with such weak attack? You truly are an airhead!¡± Jennifer parried Jessica¡¯s jab easily with her left hand andunched a quick jab of her own at Jessica! ¡°Ha! To use the exact same move you just dered as airhead-y, it would take someone who is DOUBLY airhead to do that!¡± Jessica shouted triumphantly and parried Jennifer¡¯s attack easily as well! And with that, both girls immediately began a series of impressive, high speed punching session that truly showcased their incredible fighting technique and skills! Elliot merely stepped back and gave his sisters some space to spar. He was particrly interested to find out just how skillful they were. To his surprise, both girls showed a level of technique that was actually as high, if not higher than his! ¡°Just where did they pick up those skills?¡± Elliot wondered to himself, feeling amazed. ¡°These two kiddos are really full of surprises today!¡± While the two girls were fighting, Elliot took the chance to debrief his moles. ¡°Reporting to Master! We have searched high and low, well mostly low, across a huge amount of space, maybe even half the world! And found only a small bit of life seeds left! There are none left in this world!¡± The lead mole dered confidently as he unloaded the small pile of life seeds he and his group found in front of Elliot. ¡°Hmmmm. Right. Good job. Don¡¯t stop searching. Let me know when you find some more!¡± Elliot dismissed his moles. ¡°As youmand, Lord Master Elliot, Master Lord Sir!¡± The lead mole shouted, saluted like a little soldier, and scampered away. ¡°None left in the immediate surroundings. I wonder if there are such seeds in other states, or in other continents.¡± Elliot mused. He did not, of course, believe even for a second that the moles had covered ¡°half the world¡± as he had imed. More like ¡°half the mountain range.¡±. Maybe not even that! ¡°However, without thebination with the deconstructed living armor, whoever got the life seeds only got half the materials needed to create the powerful synergy between the mysterious life and death energy. So I don¡¯t have to worry about suddenly finding an opponent that¡¯s as strong as, or stronger than me with a simr energy base.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°I am still at the top of the foodchain here, if I exclude the bounty hunters. I have to be careful and be on guard against them, but there are no reason not to expand my operations. I will lead the girls out to slowly and carefully look for more survivors soon.¡± Elliot decided. ¡°And to participate in the monthly race that should be happening very soon. With my current level, the rewards from the monthly race aren¡¯t very attractive. But if they doubled or even tripled it as they did the other events, then it¡¯s still quite worth it to participate. I might even get another sponsor!¡± However, right at that moment, within the Gaming Commission, Elliot¡¯s fate for the next few days was being decided for him. ¡°So, beast tide?¡± El¡¯Taras asked his Board of Directors. ¡°Just how many beasts at the King level do you want to waste on him.¡± Grumbled a thin looking apparation that winked in and out of existence. ¡°A lot. And Emperor level beasts too. Unless someone here has a hegemon fugitive that they want to contribute¡­¡± El¡¯Taras asked his Board of Directors slyly. ¡°Why waste our Hegemon Fugitives when there are already so many Hegemons on the? Just make the next event an open world event for Elliot. The Hegemons woulde swarming in and he¡¯ll have his glorious fight, and we¡¯ll get our money from the gambling.¡± The apparation said. ¡°Because, my dear Sightless Xar Wraith, that would defeat the purpose of sending him into a Hidden Dungeon in the first ce. We want to fatten him up, remember?¡± El¡¯Taras said patiently. ¡°Allowing him to get swarmed by Hegemons would simply cause him to die before his time. We¡¯ll make a loss ¡± El¡¯Taras said patiently. ¡°How about this. Let¡¯s set up a pre-monthly race bonus mission called ¡°Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons¡±. All life forms within the are allowed to participate. Kill an Emperor or a Hegemon openly and receive exciting prizes!¡± A beautiful woman in white fur coat said softly. Her gentle and beautiful voice contrasted wildly with the bloodthirsty idea that she was proposing. ¡°This will help us reduce the number of bounty hunters in the, as well as give Elliot a chance tounch his own attack on the Emperors and Hegemons that are hunting him.¡± El¡¯Taras¡¯ response to her was a brilliant, brilliant smile, even as the other directors shouted and screamed their protests. ¡°We have allies in the! I object!¡± ¡°You¡¯re crazy, Nine Tailed Demon Fox! Batshit crazy!¡± ¡°Those are not yers! Why involve them? You¡¯ll turn the situation intoplete chaos!¡± However, El¡¯Taras onlyughed out loud. ¡°Let the Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons Game begin!¡± Chapter 246 Beast Tide ¡°The Games of Earth is descending into chaos. Emperors. Hegemons. And even Ancients are running amok on the without the authorization of the Gaming Commission. To re-establish equilibrium and of course, to increase the stakes and the thrill of the Games, we are implementing a month long Special Event. A unique, never seen before game called Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons. Any life form recorded killing an Emperor or a Hegemon will receive great prizes! An Emperor is worth one point, and a Hegemon is worth a hundred points. Each point can be traded for one resource, or for rare treasures in the Gaming Commission¡¯s Treasure Pavillion. Additionally, after one month, the top killer will receive Ten Resplendent Tokens. Resplendent Tokens grant ess to the once a millenial opening of the ¡°Realm of Treasures¡±! There are no prizes for second best. The Special Event: Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons begins¡­ now. Good luck!¡± Psionic waves transmitted the message once every minute on the minute for fifteen minutes to every life form on earth. Elliot was just thinking about what he should do first when the announcement sounded. As one, Jessica and Jennifer swivelled their heads to look at Elliot. In the Diamond Sponsor VIP Room, all four fans (yes, including Aunt Hills) turned their eyes to look at Elliot too. He was the focal point for all of them at that moment. Their days were all about him, and for his two sisters, their lives were in his hands. His decision would drastically impact them for the whole of next month! Elliot¡¯s mind started to race as he considered the risk and reward. Previously, he would definitely avoid hegemons at all costs. Afterall, his sisters were too weak to deal with hegemons. But if such enticing rewards were in ce, then¡­ ¡°No.¡± Jessica said. ¡°I agree.¡± Jennifer said while narrowing her eyes. ¡°No? No what?¡± Elliot pretended to ask. ¡°No I won¡¯t hide away while you go Hegemon hunting.¡± Jessica shook her head. ¡°We want to join in the fun as well.¡± Jennifer said resolutely. ¡°¡­ ¡­ you both JUST agreed with me that it¡¯s too dangerous to deal with Hegemons right now!¡± Elliot said with a frown. ¡°Yes, and if you remember, I said that we will stick so close to you that Jessica will fly away when you fart!¡± Jennifer replied. ¡°The safest ce on this is next to you, and you know it.¡± Jessica said. ¡°Not if I¡¯m out hunting Hegemons! That would be extremely dangerous!¡± Elliot protested. ¡°ESPECIALLY if you¡¯re out hunting Hegemons. If you piss off a Hegemon who has info about you, and theye after us, who will protect us then, huh? It¡¯s much safer if we are next to you!¡± Jessica said loudly. Elliot could feel a headacheing. Jessica was actually right! The cloaking device Elliot had received from Director Sands could hide them from the cameras of the Gaming Commission. But it waspletely useless against the senses of a Hegemon hellbent on searching for them. Sooner orter, they would be caught! And even if they weren¡¯t, there was no way to hide four hundred survivors. Leaving them would be equivalent to sentencing them to death! ¡°This is going to be tricky.¡± Elliot sighed as he felt the weight of responsibility hanging heavily on his shoulders. ¡°If only there was a dimensional storage for living beings that could fit all of them¡­¡± Not five seconds passed after he opened his mouth and said those words when a slight shimmer of energy appeared near him. [Ding!] [Hidden Dungeon Challenge ¨C Beast Tide initiated.] [Survive the Beast Tide to win a spectacr prize called Portable Dimensional Fortress!] Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in surprise. ¡°Isn¡¯t that exactly what I just wished for?? Oh my God. Could it be that someone in the Gaming Commission is granting wishes right now? Let¡¯s try it out! I wish for a thousand S grade resource boxes!¡± Elliot shouted. But of course, nothing happened. ¡°Stingy.¡± Elliot muttered. ¡°Exactly what you wished for? You wished for a Portable Dimensional Fortress, Big Bro?¡± Jessica asked. ¡°Yes. How did¡­ wait. You got the Hidden Dungeon Challenge as well?¡± Elliot asked. There was no need for Jessica to answer because at that moment, space shimmered around all three of them, and they suddenly found themselves standing atop a thin, ten storey tower that could only fit around ten people on it. They were obviously no longer on the as three bright suns shone down from a clear, light brownish sky. The tower they were on stood proud but exceedingly lonely, surrounded by a vast and seemingly endless grasnd with absolutely nothing else around them. With so many suns, their vision waspletely unobstructed and they could literally see everything for thousands of kilometers away. Yes, thousands. The they were in must be extremely huge for its curvature to bepletely unnoticeable even across such great distances. The grasnd around them was so endlessly vast that its size felt suffocating to them! ¡°Yeah¡­ Wow¡­ I¡¯ve never felt so small in my life.¡± Jessica said in a small voice. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I am definitely strong enough to deal with whatever the Gaming Commission has to throw at us. I will make sure we leave this dungeon alive and victorious!¡± Elliot said with supreme confidence. ¡°I believe you, big bro. Even though we¡¯re just tiny specks of dust here on this strange ce, with you around, we would be the strongest, deadliest and most violent specks of dust ever!¡± Jennifer said. ¡°I agree!¡± Jessica immediately said as well. As before, both girls quickly regained their courage at the thought of having their powerful big bro with them! ¡°I won¡¯t disappoint you two. And now¡­ if we are to face a beast tide, then it is only fair that I send out a beast tide of my own.¡± Elliot said with a smile. ¡°Come out, all of you!¡± Elliot shouted grandly. Chapter 247 Death Gods As before, Realm Portals opened up everywhere and powerful Darklight Warriors stepped out and filled the air with their terrible roars! His tamed beasts and beast apostles appeared with much less fanfare. They merely stepped out of their portals quietly and some, like Brock, were even yawning widely. However, even though they appeared with nary a sound, their mighty auras werepletely uncontainable, and the tower was instantly surrounded by a dense and formidable atmosphere! ¡°Wow. This ce is big! It¡¯s definitely not a good sign for a Beast Tide event.¡± Red immediately said. ¡°What¡¯s so bad about a big ce?¡± Brock yawned again. ¡°It¡¯s just going to be killing a whole bunch of weaklings.¡± [Beast Tide will begin in five minutes.] [Please prepare yourselves.] ¡°Hohoho. So it¡¯s going to be a giant ant beast tide! It won¡¯t be as boring as I thought!¡± Brock smashed his huge paws down on the green grass excitedly, finally . ¡°Yay! A beast tide! Finally lots and lots of enemies for me to kill!¡± Ellie was so excited at the thought of finally being able to exert all of her fighting power that pranced around like a little bear cub! Well, technically she was still a bear cub. She was probably still under three months old. But she was already a ridiculously powerful king level beast that was almost six meters tall! Seeing a six meter tall giant bear prance around was¡­ ¡°Scary. That¡¯s actually scary. Hey! Quit jumping around! You might step on me by ident!¡± Red squawked. ¡°Why are you scared of being stepped on? You¡¯re a bird. Just fly up to the sky!¡± Ellie grumbled. ¡°And why are you here so close to us anyway. It¡¯s not like we¡¯re short of space.¡± It was true. Even after summoning all of his beasts, Elliot still felt horribly small. ¡°Fly in this darned ce? No thanks. Who knows what might suddenly appear from the sky? Or burst out of the ground? Everything here is so big, I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if the beasts here are all mega sizes! Look at the vastness of everything, a hundred meter tall beast wouldn¡¯t look out of ce, right?¡± Red said loudly. At his words, everyone turned around to look at their surroundings and visualized that hundred meter tall beast. ¡°Hell, there might even be hundreds, no, thousands of them! In fact I wouldn-¡° ¡°Shut up before I eat you.¡± Khalendros growled softly at him. Red snapped his mouth shut. But the damage was done. A tense atmosphere fell on the group as they grappled with the sense of their smallness and the horrible anticipation that hundred meter tall fire ants might soon appear. ¡°Hundred meter tall beasts? In a battle of kings?¡± Wu Kong chuckled and twirled his rod skilfully. ¡°That would be for the best! Big, slow and easy to kill!¡± WHAM!! He smashed his rod down to the ground! It was such a powerful attack that a huge and massive fissure cracked open! And just like that, Wu Kong¡¯s words and powerful disy smashed the negative atmosphere that was forming around them to pieces! What made for a good leader? It was exactly this! The ability to manage the morale of his subordinates! To inspire them when they are down, to be their light when lost in the darkness of despair, and sometimes, to push them hard so they can reach the maximum height of their potential! ¡°Hooo. You¡¯re really strong now. But you¡¯re dreaming if you think that such puny strength can take the top spot in our family! Take a good look at this!¡± Brock shouted and leapt up high into the sky! GRAAAHHHH!! He let out a powerful roar and dark energy formed around his paws. WHAMM!! He smashed his front paws down to the ground! Crack!! Another fissure appeared, shooting out in the opposite direction. However¡­ ¡°What? Impossible!¡± Brock roared! Wu Kong¡¯s fissure stretched out quite impressively for a hundred meters. But Brock¡¯s fissure¡­ it was barely fifty meters long! The rest of the beasts roared withughter! After a while, Wu Kong finally spoke up. ¡°I was actually aiming to create a fissure of at least a kilometer long.¡± Wu Kong admitted. ¡°But this plot ofnd is truly made of really strong stuff. The effects of my power were actually reduced to a mere 10%!¡± ¡°Interesting. I heard the strength of thend is an urate indicator of the strength of the life forms it supports. Does it mean that the beasts in thisnd are ten times stronger than usual?¡± Red asked. [1 minute to go.] [Prepare yourselves.] ¡°No time to worry now. Darklight Summons. Take the frontline. Fliers, fly. The rest of you, protect the tower as best you can.¡± Wu Kong barked out simplemands. In a beast tide, there wasn¡¯t any room forplicated strategies. The key to victory was simple. Kill as many and as fast as you can. Very soon, the much awaited notification rang out. [Hidden Dungeon Challenge ¨C Beast Tide has begun] Crackle! Crackle! Crackle! All around them, the ground began to crackle and shake. And after a few seconds, hundreds of holes appeared all around them. And thousands upon thousands of bright red giant fire ants, each at least one meter tall, streamed out of those holes! So many giant fire ants were shooting out of those holes at high speed that it looked as though the ground was bleeding from countless wounds! Krikikikiki! Krilikiki! Krikikiki! The sound of thousands of tough bright red exoskeletons bumping into each other filled the air. Within a split second, Elliot¡¯s beasts werepletely surrounded by enemies! ¡°Frosty, Freezing Field. Darklight summons, fighting retreat twenty steps.¡± Wu Kongmanded calmly and clearly. ¡°Air units, clear the ants from the tower until the Darklight Summons. Ground units, hold the line.¡± Immediately, all the beasts responded and executed Wu Kong¡¯smands. In battle, nothing was more important to the fighters than clear instructions, and Wu Kong was proving to be an excellentmander! Elliot¡¯s beasts smashed into the bright red giant fire ants like so many death gods. Chapter 248 Powering up Red¡¯s Transport/Fighter unleashed ten smaller units and the eleven of them began a vicious rampage to the north of the tower. He had modified and expanded his ride to allow ten cute little birds to join him as little pilots of ten cute little fighters. The ten birds were newbies, and weren¡¯t really good fliers. But that Beast Tide was the perfect ce for them to ¡°practice¡±. Coincidentally, as mini meat grinders, it was also the perfect event for them to make their glorious debut and shine bright like a diamond! (Lol) They were able to fly and crash their fighters through the huge mass of ants and rack up kill after kill at zero danger to their cute little lives. Afterall, Red had designed their fighters with safety as priority number one, and prative power as priority numbers two to ten! Through a series of advanced neuralworks, the ten cute little birds were able to ess Elliot¡¯s public mindspace through Red. And boy, did they make a ssh in their debut. One: ¡°Haiyaaa! Bildie numbel oneing thlu! Make way! Make way! Wait! No! No make way! No move! Let me sh thlu youl body!¡± Two: ¡°Bildie numbel two lepolting fol duty! Boss Led! Whele al youuu? So many ants!! Ahhh!¡± Three: ¡°Bildie numbel thleeee! I go I go I go! Boom! Boom! Bildie numbel fol, watch outttt!!!!!!¡± Four: ¡°Bildie numbel thleee! Why u sh me? Look! You make me kill cute baby ant! Boo hooo!¡± Five: ¡°Bildie numbel fol! Why you clying? No cly! I help you kill the ants! I supel cool!¡± Six: ¡°Bildie numbel fol! I cool too! I help you kill!¡± Seven: ¡°¡­ You bildies¡­ Why so noisy!¡± Eight: Whele am I? Why so many scaly ants? So big too! Hey! No bite me! No bite me! Take thisss!!! Nine: Big ants! Big food! Ten: ¡°Bildie numbel fol! Whele al you! I no see you!!¡± For a few moments, the public mindspace were stunned intoplete silence. ¡°Kyaaaaaa! Why are they so cute?! I want one!!¡± Khellendra was the first to break the silence with a loud scream! ¡°I need a ce to bang my head¡­ This must be a nightmare. Red just cloned himself and made ten crazy baby versions of him. This can¡¯t be true¡­¡± Brock muttered loudly as he smashed up the giant ants with his powerful paws. He was paired with Winter who merely grimaced and continued to efficiently kill all the ants around her. She didn¡¯t say it, but like Brock, she dreaded having their public mindspace invaded by ten mini versions of Red! ¡°Little birdies. Keep quiet. Talk in your own mindgroup if you want. This mindspace is for battle orders and emergency reports only.¡± Wu Kong said sternly even though his mouth was curled into a smile. ¡°Oooooh. Scaly. Vely scaly.¡± A birdie whispered. ¡°Okok, go talk in your mindgroup.¡± Red said with a sigh. ¡°A. Can I join that mind group?¡± Khellendra asked. ¡°No. Sorry, birds only.¡± Red immediately said. ¡°If you want to join, you need to pay me a registration fee! Hehehe.¡± ¡°Enough. Rom, Blue Dragons, Kai, prepare forbat. We have iing flying ants!¡± Wu Kong said sternly. ¡°Take one direction each. Master, Kai would need to be assisted.¡± ¡°Ok. Jessica, please assist that cute little flying wolf.¡± Elliot said with a smile. He was very impressed by Wu Kong¡¯s ability tomand his beasts, and was content for him to arrange everything. ¡°Okay! Finally. I can¡¯t wait to try out my new skills!¡± Jessica said happily and immediately shot up to the sky to take her ce next to Kai. ¡°Big Bro! I want to fight too!¡± Jennifer said while tugging at Elliot¡¯s sleeve. ¡°Wu Kong, please assign Jennifer a job.¡± Elliot sighed and relented. ¡°Mistress Jennifer can go and help Winter. With their mind-link, they should be able to exhibit synergistic efficiency.¡± Wu Kong replied. ¡°Okay. You can go and join Winter.¡± Elliot told Jennifer who immediately leapt down the thirty meter tall tower and charged towards Winter! Brock and Winter were turning out to be an excellent pair. Winter was able to slow down many enemies with her ice-rted area of effect attacks, and Brock was able to unleash pure destruction with his heavy-pawed attacks. With the addition of Jennifer and her powerful area of effect attacks, they were efficiently holding the line to the west of the tower. Ellie and Rex were to the south, and at that moment, they had their pawspletely full! They were slightly weakerpared to Brock and Winter, and theycked area of effect skills. So they were supported by Aldera who would cast an asional Azure Lightning st to help them, and Blessings of the Wolf Goddess when they needed it. Thankfully Frosty was right next to them to the East with her freezing field which made the ants slow down drastically! Frosty took the East by herself and her six loyal Armored Kaijins where she had a rtively easy time killing all of her frozen enemies. Together with the Darklight Summons who ended up fighting alongside them, they held the giant fire antspletely at bay! Elliot and Wu Kong merely stood at the top of the tower and prepared to help as and when help was required. ¡°Ellie and Rex seemed to be awfully short handed down at the south.¡± Elliot remarked. ¡°Yes, Master. They need the extra levels.¡± Wu Kong simply smiled and replied. ¡°I see. Good thinking.¡± Elliot smiled. Everything was going very smoothly. His beasts¡¯ killing rate was so fast that they actually almost matched the rate at which the ants were rushing out of their holes! At that rate, they would definitely have no problems clearing the first wave. Afterall, the ants were limited in number and would eventually stop pouring out of the many holes on the ground. The giant red fire ants stopped streaming out of the holes, and the number of living ants began to plummet. ¡°We¡¯re winning.¡± Elliot said softly. ¡°Yes. And with zero casualties.¡± Wu Kong added. ¡°It¡¯s a good first wave.¡± ¡°Very, very good indeed. I think I gained almost a hundred stat points from my own and the apostles¡¯ level ups.¡± Elliot grinned widely. Far away, El¡¯Taras was grinning widely too. His n to make Elliot get stronger was going perfectly so far! Chapter 249 Dark Flame Apocalypse Elliot¡¯s beasts were so violent with their attacks that none of the dead giant fire ants were left with an intact body. Their body parts were flung in all directions and were scattered everywhere! GROAR!! KRAAAA!! Elliot¡¯s beasts filled the air with their ferocious roars. There was not a single cry of pain, not a single roar of fear! After just ten short minutes, the first wave of the beast tide was over. It was a massacre! Before Elliot¡¯s beasts, the giant fire ants were so weak that none of his tamed beasts and apostles were even pushed to exert half their strengths! Which, of course, was a point immediately raised by Red. ¡°What? It¡¯s over already? It¡¯s not even ten minutes! I hadn¡¯t even exerted a fifth of my strength!¡± Red squawked. ¡°Yeah! Just now, I barely even looked at one, and it exploded!¡± Red said loudly, not willing to be outdone by Brock, andpletely ignoring the fact that his boasting hadpletely left physics and logic behind. Very, very far behind. However, they weren¡¯t given much time to boast. [Second wave ¨C Ravenous Blood Bats] A notification rang out quietly in their minds just a second before a deafening wave of high pitched sounds smashed into them! ¡°Not good. We can¡¯t afford to drag this fight out for too long!¡± Wu Kong shouted. ¡°Even five minutes of exposure to this sound would be dangerous for us!¡± ¡°Let me clean up this wave for us, big bro.¡± Jessica called out to Elliot. ¡°Hmmm? Sure. Go ahead and do whatever you want.¡± Elliot agreed. It wouldn¡¯t be toote for him to take action after Jessica if she failed. ¡°Please get your beasts to stand within five meters of the tower.¡± Jessica said. ¡°You all heard her. Retreat! Hug the tower!¡± Elliot ordered. All of them immediately scrambled towards the tower. They knew that Jessica wielded a sort of powerful ck fire as her primary element, and none were keen to be her coteral damage. As soon as Elliot¡¯s beasts had got out of the way, Jessica spread her hands out wide to her sides and slowly began to spin clockwise in the air. It was unknown to Elliot when exactly it happened, but Jessica had turned into a very beautiful and majestic young woman who had a deeply mncholic aura around her. Her ck hair had turned dark maroon, and a silhouette of a stunning ck phoenix appeared from behind her. KEEEEHHH!!! The regal cry of the ck phoenix sounded from the silhouette and instantly triggered a powerful deluge of energy to surge towards Jessica from all directions. Like a Goddess slowly awakening from her sleep, the ck phoenix started to coalesce into form, and a hauntingly beautiful but also horrifying aura started to radiate from it. Stronger, and stronger, and stronger the aura grew, bursting past Emperor level in strength, and approaching Hegemon level with startling crity. The air around her started to swirl in response to the vast amounts of energy that was making their way to her. The ck phoenix behind her was like a thirsty monster who seemed intent to suck all of the water dry from a giantke! On and on the energy surged into the ck phoenix, and higher and higher the ck phoenix¡¯s power rose. Everyone¡¯s eyes grew wider and wider every second. They had all expected the aura to stop increasing in strength, but they had to revise their prediction again and again and again. ¡°She¡­ she¡¯s not at Hegemon level, is she?¡± Khellendra mumbled dumbfoundedly to Khalendros. ¡°No, she¡¯s not even at Emperor level.¡± Khalendros murmured in reply. ¡°But this¡­ boundless strength¡­ unbelievable! It¡¯s still rising!!¡± Khellendra couldn¡¯t help but cry out. However, as soon as the words left her mouth, Jessica¡¯s aura finally stabilized just a tiny distance away from Hegemon level strength. ¡°A King, wielding the power of a Peak Emperor¡­ Amazing. Am I making a mistake by not taking the Life Seeds and Living Armor from Elliot?¡± El¡¯Taras wondered as he beheld Jessica¡¯s strength first hand. ¡°And Elliot had yet to reveal his strength after his insane absorption of so many Dragon Blood Essences. Such exquisitely rare blood essences, even I was tempted to take them from you. Tsk tsk. And to think you actually managed tobine all the blood essences so smoothly! I doubt that even I would be able to do such a crazy thing. Ah, this Elliot. It has been such a long time since I get so excited watching a Game! I am even anticipating what he will show me next! Wonderful! Wonderful! He deserves a reward. Let me see¡­ Seven waves. Alright, I¡¯ll give you a bonus eighth wave with the richest rewards¡­¡± El¡¯Taras said with a rare smile on his face. His unique and powerful observational skill had allowed him to spy on Elliot when he was secretly absorbing the other Dragon Blood Essences underground, and thus he knew about the blood essences. He was able to excitedly anticipate Elliot¡¯s show when the rest of the universe was still shocked about Jessica. However, all the others around Jessica didn¡¯t manage to deal with her show of strength as calmly as El¡¯Taras did. ¡°What? Master! Is she stronger than you? I have never felt you release so much power before!¡± Brock shouted loudly. ¡°The sister is actually stronger? Damn! I signed the contract with the wrong master! Damn it!¡± Red shouted as well. ¡°Big bro! Jessica is so strong!¡± Jennifer gasped in awe. ¡°I had no idea she had developed her power to this level!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but be seriously impressed by Jessica. ¡°Jennifer, you too can reach that level. You have the same Darklight energy, and the bloodline that runs within you is also extremely powerful.¡± Elliot said to her. ¡°I know. I will definitely train hard and catch up to her!¡± Jennifer clenched her little fist and smiled confidently. At that moment, a truly enormous flock of bats appeared on the horizon from all directions, and the sharp, high pitched sound grew louder. The flock was so dense that they actually blotted out the sunpletely. Wherever they passed, day turned into the darkest of night! Jessica looked at the bats and smiled the smallest of smiles. And then she said very softly. ¡°Darklight me Apocalypse.¡± Chapter 250 Rabid Orguls The tornado of ck mes that had formed silently around her as she spun in the air instantly responded to her will. Without any earth shattering sound of any sort, they swept out of the Jessica¡¯s body in endless waves of ck mes! It was a good thing all of Elliot¡¯s beasts were huddling near the tower, because starting from ten meters out, every single thing was being incinerated! All the grass were burnt to ashes within a split second and the very ground itself caught fire as the ferocious ck mes consumed everything in its path as it surged towards the bats in a terrifying st. All the energy that the ck phoenix had absorbed earlier had been converted into dark fire energy and was feeding the Darklight me Apocalypse with near Hegemon level energy. ¡°Frosty, use your freezing field, damn it. I¡¯m about to be a fried bird here!¡± Redined loudly. ¡°Fried chicken, you mean.¡± Jennifer giggled. ¡°Fried chicken is the best!¡± ¡°I am not a chicken, youngdy. I am a glorious, murderous elemental-¡° ¡°Chicken.¡± Khellendra and Khalendros said loudly with perfect timing, and caused the whole group tough. ¡°Fine! Bully me more! One day, I¡¯ll leave for good and all of you will end up missing me and my friendly, fun, cheerful voice and you¡¯ll ask me toe back and guess what? I won¡¯t! I would be off having a good time talking to other¡­¡± ¡°Chickens.¡± This time, it was Khellendra, Jennifer and Winter who shouted in unison. They all roared withughter once more. Poor Red! He was always being teased by hisrades! Thankfully he had extremely thick skin, so he shrugged off their teasings as though they were nothing. ¡°I would like to remind you that if I am a chicken, then so is the one who is producing all the mes right now. We both share the same avian blood. Ha! I dare you all to say that SHE is a chicken!¡± Red shouted back at them. The rest of them merelyughed but didn¡¯t say anything. Who had the guts to call their master¡¯s precious little sister a chicken?? ¡°Ha! Nothing to say? Cowards!¡± Red shot back at them with great satisfaction. ¡°And Frosty! Your freezing field please! Don¡¯t be stingy now!¡± ¡°My freezing field is active.¡± Frosty said calmly. ¡°And so is my frost domain.¡± Elliot added mildly with a smile. ¡°I haven¡¯t used my Cosmic Dragon Energy to power it though. I don¡¯t want to freeze you all to death in the middle of a sea of mes. That would be so ironic.¡± ¡°What?? It¡¯s still this hot with two frost domains in effect?¡± Red cried out. ¡°What¡¯s with your sister, pip? She¡¯s too strong!¡± ¡°Hmmmm. Yes, Jessica¡¯s ck mes are indeed very overbearing. Let¡¯s see if its enough to deal with the entire second wave!¡± Elliot said as he eagerly watched the first ring of ck mes impact the huge flock of bats. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! The high pitched screams of the bats grew louder and changed in quality as they changed from battlecries to deathcries. Jessica¡¯s ck mes weren¡¯t simple gaseous fire which could be blown away with enough force. Her mes were more like sticky napalm which burned upon near liquid energy that would stick to anything and everything they touched. The bats had no way to resist her mes, and could only helplessly (and obliviously for the bats behind) ept the iing mes. Ring after ring after ring of searing hot ck mes rippled over the gigantic flock of bats and gave each and every one of them a good, solid hug. And didn¡¯t let go. It was a glorious sight to see for Elliot, Jennifer and his beasts! Two massive ck masses, one me one flesh collided in a spectacr disy. And in the process, the darkness underneath the bats was actually driven away. It waspletely dispelled by the light of the bats which had ALL caught fire! And very soon, the first few bats began to fall. Or rather, the first few bat remains, began to fall. Plop! Plop! Plop! And after the first ones fell, the rest followed along in a big hurry. Ploploploploploploploploploploploploppoplop! Above the tower, Jessica could feel huge amounts of dark and fire energy circting within her body furiously in a preset pattern before exiting as rings as sticky ck mes. Her mastery of seven epic runes had given her a rudimentary understanding of how spells work, and her eyes widened in wonder as she realized that the preset patterns which the dark and fire energies were following were actually parts of runes! ¡°My dark energy was following a pattern that looks like it means¡­ sticky. And my fire energy was following a pattern that is definitely ¡°burn¡±. And¡­ both are actually following arger preset pathway! Just like the earth and moon which spins within their own axis, the fire and dark energies are tracing their own semi runes. But also like the earth and moon which spins around the sun together, the fire and dark energies are also tracing arger semi rune! And that semi rune actually carries a meaning¡­ radiate! So that¡¯s how it works! The mini runes determine the quality and form of the spell product, and therger rune they follow determine the action! Oh my god, this is so cool!¡± Jessica was so engrossed with processing her new understanding of her spell that she didn¡¯t realize that she had killed almost every single bat out there. It was only a minuteter when the notification rang out that she awakened from her enlightening daze. [Third Wave ¨C Rabid Orguls] ¡°Hmmmmm? The bats are gone? But I haven¡¯t even exerted half my strength!¡± Jessica frowned. She shifted her gaze to the ground and tried to look for the Rabid Orguls. In the distance, just outside her farthest ring, blue frog-like monsters appeared out of nowhere and began hopping towards them rapidly. However, Jessica merely redirected her rings of ck mes downwards and started to burn them all up as well! Chapter 251 Who the freaking hell CROAK! CROAK! CROAK! Came the indignant cries of the monsters of the third wave. They were actually quite powerful. They had extremely slimy skin with a bouncy texture that would cause most attacks to slide away upon contact. Even straight up sword thrusts would find it extremely difficult to prate their bouncy, rubbery skin! Their bodies were also very resistant towards water based attacks, so Frosty and Winter would find it extremely difficult to deal with them. Finally, they also have an extremely poisonous burp that they could unleash very suddenly and at very close range! It was literally impossible to fight so many thousands of such enemies without getting poisoned. If allowed get into close rangebat with Elliot¡¯s beasts, these frog-like poisonous beasts would definitely cause them no small amount of headache. But as it turned out, they weren¡¯t given the chance to get within a hundred meters of the tower. None at all! Because although their slime made them hugely resistant to water based attacks¡­ they were oily in nature, and made them much weaker to fire based attacks! Fire based warriors with area of effect attack like Rom and his Fire st would have a field day with them. But against Jessica and her ultra-huge area of effect ck me Apocalypse¡­ It was pure tragedy for the poor frogs. Jessica¡¯s ravenous ck mes ripped into their ranks and consumed them mercilessly! ¡°Huh? That¡¯s the third wave? Why does it seem like the waves are getting weaker and weaker? The Gaming Commission must be cking off in their management. In my many long years as Game Master, I have never made such a rookie mistake!¡± Redmented loudly. ¡°Although I hate to agree with brother Red and his many overly bombastic statements, this time I think he¡¯s right. Look, those frogs are burning up like a huge bunch of dry firewood.¡± Brock said in his deep voice. ¡°Do you have fire based attack? If you don¡¯t, then I doubt you would be saying such things if those frogs were allowed to get into closebat with you. Look carefully. The speed at which those frogs are burning up indicate that they are actually mmable. mmable usually means resistant against water. Frosty and Winter¡¯s cold damage would be useless against them. And without Frosty¡¯s freezing field, it would be a hell of a fight for us.¡± Khalendros very urately analyzed the situation and disyed his vast experience for all to see. The beasts ooohhed and aaahhhed in enlightenment and then remained silent to watch the rest of the show. Very soon, the third wave was over. Jessica had single handedly finished off two waves! [Fourth wave ¨C Demon Bunnies.] Jessica quickly made her way back to Elliot¡¯s side and then smiled sheepishly. ¡°Sorry big bro! I actually killed off two waves instead of one. But I still had a lot of energy after the second wave and the third wave came so fast! So I thought I might as well take care of that as well. Hee hee!¡± Jessica said half sheepishly half proudly. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. You did good! And you¡¯re way more powerful than I thought you¡¯d be. Well done!¡± Elliot smiled proudly at her. ¡°Jess! You¡¯re really cool! Those ck mes are really strong.¡± Jennifer said admiringly and then she asked the question that she had been wondering for the past few minutes. ¡°I have dark energy and fire energy too. Can you teach me?¡± ¡°Actually, yes! I have learnt the secret on how to cast spells. Do you remember the three runes you learnt, one of them is a fire based attack rune right?¡± Jessica said excitedly. ¡°Yes! Yes I remember!¡± Jennifer said with even more excitement. ¡°Well its like this¡­¡± Jessica immediatelyunched into a detailed exnation of her earlier findings for Jennifer. ¡°Teach me slowly when we have the timeter. I will go and test out my power on the next few waves.¡± Elliot told Jessica. After that, Elliot unleashed his power before blinking away. He appeared high in the sky, not far from where Jessica was standing earlier. A vast draconic energy in the form of a seven headed dragon whose massive wings ppedzily once in a while appeared behind him. The seven headed dragon was more than twenty meters tall and emitted a strange power over nature that allowed Elliot to smoothly travel in the sky as though he was walking! At that moment, Elliot was officially flying without wings. ¡°Let¡¯s see. I want to try out¡­ The Gold Dragon¡¯s power first. Gilgamar, are you ready? Let¡¯s start with something simple first, shall we?¡± Elliot drew Gilgamar out of his sheath and entered the opening stance of Movement Twenty Four. ¡°Something simple is Movement Twenty Four ¨C sting through the immovable mountain?¡± Gilgamar snorted. Elliot grinned and began to circte his Cosmic Dragon Energy. He willed his Gold Dragon Transformation to appear and immediately, mesmerizing golden scales appeared all over the right side of his body. His right hand and leg turned into dragon ws and a single curved dragon horn appeared on the right side of his head. If his golden scales and draconic features made him look crazy fierce, then his wild, draconic aura which poured out of his body in vast torrents gave him an unfathomably ferocious countenance which leaves every life form looking at him feeling breathless with fear. GRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH-KKKKKKKKKKKHHHHHHHH!!! Elliot released a deep throated dragon roar that reverberated throughout thend. It was so majestic, so full of inherent authority and so overflowing with killing intent that the thousands of Demon Bunnies who were rushing towards them from all directions actually froze where they stood! At that moment, a collective thought appeared in their minds. ¡°Who the freaking hell ordered us to attack that bloody God of Dragons? This is suicide! Suicide!!¡± ¡°Retreat? Hell! Let¡¯s retreat!¡± ¡°Gogogogogo! Get the f*** out of here!!!¡± Chapter 252 AIYIEEEEEEE!!! As one, the Demon Bunnies did a 180-degree turn and began running away in the opposite direction as fast as they could! In the ENTIRE history of the Games, it was the first time that an entire wave of Beast Tide actually ran away in fear before even seeing the yer! ¡°Huh?? They¡¯re running away?¡± Elliot said incredulously. ¡°Of course they are.¡± Khellendra said in a shaky voice. ¡°That roar you just released¡­¡± ¡°What¡¯s with it?¡± Elliot asked while frowning deeply. He was wondering what¡¯s the best way to get the fourth wave back. In his eyes, those Demon Bunnies were sacks of XP which were rapidly disappearing from sight! ¡°HEY! What¡¯s happening here! Turn them back and send them this way!¡± Elliot yelled loudly to the Game Masters that must be listening. ¡°What¡¯s with the bunch of cowardly Demon Bunnies anyway? Might as well just remove the ¡°Demon¡± word altogether if they are so cowardly.¡± He was feeling rather indignant and quite pissed too, at the thought of losing so much free XP! Khellendra and Khalendros looked at each other and thenughed nervously. ¡°Look at Frosty.¡± Khellendra said gently to Elliot. ¡°Hmmmm?¡± Elliot turned around to look at Frosty. His eyes widened at the sight of Frosty who was being gently cradled by Khellendra. She was trembling violently while looking at Elliot with a look of utter fear and¡­ worship? ¡°Frosty?! What happened to you?¡± Elliot cried out in surprise. ¡°It¡¯s your dragon roar earlier. And basically, the whole aura that you¡¯re giving out right now. It¡¯s like¡­ you¡¯re our ancestor.¡± Khalendros tried to exin. But because he too was massively impacted by Elliot, his words were woefullycking! It truly was a difficult task to think while your entire soul was quivering with deep fear, worship and joy! The only reason why he and Khellendra weren¡¯t openly trembling and worship Elliot with his entire being like Frosty was doing at that moment was only because of their much higher Beast Grade and bloodline puritypared to Frosty. But even then, the impact was extremely strong and at such a basic level of his being that it waspletely unblockable. ¡°Ancestor huh.¡± Elliot nodded in understanding. His Cosmic Dragon Energy was thebination of seven dragon bloodlines and the mysterious Life/Death energy. For such a potentbination to unlock and revert to the dragons¡¯ ancient bloodline was to be expected. As of that moment, if Khalendros and Khellendra were to call him ¡°Grandpa!¡±, in principle, they wouldn¡¯t be wrong! Of course, it was something that the cheeky Red immediately realized as well. ¡°Ancestor? Khalendros! That means you have to call the little pipsqueak grandpa from now on! Or great-grandpa! Hahahaha!¡± He said with uproariousughter. ¡°Such a beautiful story! Great grandson finally reunited with long lost great grandpa¡­ who is a few hundred years younger than him! Hahahaha! Epic! Epic!!¡± Elliot sighed and ignored the chatterbox of his little army. He had long realized that in every group, there would be a cool and quiet one (Frosty), a smart and courageous one (Winter), a tank (Brock), a sledgehammer (Wu Kong) and a talkative joker who can¡¯t stop talking. Which was¡­ Drumroll¡­ Red. ¡°Will she be alright?¡± Elliot asked Khellendra. ¡°Of course. She just needs to get used to your new aura. We¡¯ll be fine.¡± Khellendra gave a strained smile. She was truly giving all she had to keep the worship and adoration out of her eyes and voice! ¡°Please take good care of her until then.¡± Elliot said before turning back to re at the receding wave of ¡°Demon¡± Rabbits AKA XP Bags. [Fourth wave error.] [Fifth wave initiated.] [One extra wave added to the Beast Tide.] ¡°Hmmmmm? That¡¯s how the system works? I scare away one wave, and they add in an extra wave? And if theter waves are stronger and give more XP, wouldn¡¯t that mean I would be making a profit by scaring the earlier waves and getting the system to send in more difficult waves?¡± Elliot¡¯s highly cunning mind immediately found a way to exploit the loophole! In the entire universe, it was a loophole that only Elliot with his insanely powerful dragon bloodline could exploit! ¡°I am going to release a more powerful roar. Frosty,e back. You two dragons, feel free to hide in the beast dimension for a while.¡± Elliot warned them. The two dragons and the white-dragon descendant didn¡¯t move an inch. And as much as they dreaded hearing another roar, their souls were also jubnt at the same time! [Fifth wave ¨C Devil Smanders] Elliot¡¯s lips curled into a smile. Smanders? They are giving him dragon descendants as the fifth wave? The system was making it too easy for him to exploit the loophole. It was as though the system WANTED him to exploit it! As soon as the huge mass of smanders appeared on the horizon and began their wild charge towards Elliot who was standing atop the lone tower in the middle of the vast grasnd, Elliot let out another dragon roar of epic proportions. GRAAAAAOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKHHHHHHH-KHOOOOOOOORRRRRR!!! To make sure the smanders did exactly what he wanted them to do, Elliot injected a little bit of intent into his roar. Intent which meant ¨C Get the hell out of here! As before, the smanders froze for a quick second, cursed all the Beast Tide organizers for being utter fools and idiots, and then turned around to escape from certain death as fast as possible! ¡°Hahahaha! It worked perfectly!¡± Elliot hooted in satisfaction. His smile only grew wider when the notifications came. [Fifth wave error.] [Sixth wave initiated.] [One extra wave added to Beast Tide.] ¡°At this rate, I will probably hit maximum King level by the end of the Beast Tide!¡± Elliot thought with satisfaction. [Sixth wave ¨C Giant Spider Bees] At that notification, a deathly wail of fear sounded from Brock. ¡°AIIYEEEEEEEE!!!¡± Brock let out a very strange, high pitched scream! For someone with a deep fear of spiders, the thought of giant flying spiders in a Beast Tide that usually meant THOUSANDS of them, was like a death sentence! Chapter 253 Bonus Wave Brock disappeared into Elliot¡¯s beast dimension without a word. Elliot chuckled lightly at Brock¡¯s deep phobia of spiders. ¡°I¡¯ll have to ask him about it. There must be an interesting story behind it.¡± He murmured to himself and sucked in a deep breath. And then right as the freakishly scary giant one meter tall flying spiders in bee-ck-yellow stripes appeared on the horizon¡­ GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! An absolutely terrifying roar smothered the entirend! Elliot¡¯s lips curled once more into a smile as he saw the Giant Spider Bees freeze for a quick second. ¡°My dragon roar is ineffective against insect-type beasts.¡± Elliot concluded with a rueful smile. ¡°Well, I¡¯ll just clean up this wave, and see if I can do it again for the next wave.¡± ¡°Jessica¡¯s rings of mes were extremely effective against huge numbers of weak beasts. I may not have her skill, but the Nameless Sword Technique has something simr¡­ Alright Gilgamar. Let¡¯s do this. Movement Nine of the Second Stage. The Endless Coiling Dragon chases after the sun!¡± Elliot entered the opening stance of Movement Nine of the Second Stage and circted his Cosmic Dragon Energy alongside it for the first time. As he did that, the entire world seemed to dim slightly as the boundless light energy produced by three suns rushed into Gilgamar like ten thousand waterfalls falling upon it! Gilgamar took every single bit of light energy and effortlessly channeled them through its body! ¡°Oh my god. The Cosmic Dragon Energy is making this skill stupidly overpowered!¡± Elliot shouted to Gilgamar. ¡°Yes! And this is how it¡¯s supposed to be!!¡± Gilgamar exulted in a highly uncharacteristic manner! ¡°This is going to be absolutely nuts! Close your eyes, all of you.¡± Elliot¡¯s voice sounded urgently in every body¡¯s ears. Jessica, Jennifer and the beasts obeyed instantly. The girls even covered their faces with their hands! It was a good thing they did, because right at the next moment, millions of beams of light shot out from Gilgamar in all directions! Like a miniature sun, blinding Light Energy red out of Elliot¡¯s body andpletely smothered thend for a few long seconds. Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! His light energy was so potent that all of the long distance video cameras that were trained on him immediately cracked and broke! A wild uproar sounded all over the universe as Elliot¡¯s fans eximed together in surprise! And almost instantly, literally millions of calls flooded the Gaming Commission, demanding that they restore live video feed of Elliot¡¯s Beast Tide! ¡°Oh my.¡± El¡¯Taras remarked with a chuckle. ¡°What a troublesome kid. Send in the backup video drones. Prepare ten more backups, just in case.¡± The video feed was cut off for exactly three seconds. And when it was restored, the seventh wave was already underway!! ¡°Huh? What happened to the sixth wave?¡± ¡°Where did all of the Giant Spider Bees go?¡± The viewers were perplexed at the sudden change in situation. However, a few sharp eyed ones immediately noticed several clues. The first and most obvious clue was that there were absolutely no Giant Spider Bee carcasses. The second was that all of Elliot¡¯s beasts had extremely pleased expressions on their faces. And third, their auras were all markedly stronger. There was only one exnation. ¡°His attack vaporized all the Giant Spider Bees.¡± ¡°Holy smokes. Can YOU even do that?¡± ¡°I can. But that would be my one and only attack. I would bepletely spent after that.¡± ¡°You can? At such high speed and without a trace?¡± ¡°Uhhhh. Damn it. Maybe not.¡± The uproar that sounded after the video feed was restored was no less powerfulpared to when it was cut off. In fact, it might even be louder! However, instead of subsiding after a few seconds, the uproar doubled, then tripled in volume as more and more viewers cried out in pure disbelief! ¡°What? The seventh wave was vaporized as well, just like that?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s crazy, just what sort of- WHAT?? DID HE JUST VAPORIZE THE EIGHTH WAVE TOO?!¡± ¡°Yes he did! Oh my god! Oh my god! He¡¯s strong! He¡¯s very, very strong! Just what did he do in the past few-¡° ¡°JACKSNOT JIBBERS! THAT¡¯S THE NINTH WAVE! AND THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!¡± Elliot¡¯s attack pulsed out in waves like a heart pumping out spurts of blood around the body. After all of the beasts of the sixth wave were vaporized, it took exactly three seconds for the seventh to appear. Within the three seconds, Elliot could clearly feel that he was still brimming with power. That first eruption of power of his 9th Movement had barely consumed a fifth of the energy he had channeled for that particr attack! He still could unleash the same attack at least four more times! And so he did exactly that. ¡°Keep your eyes closed. Do not open them at all cost!¡± Elliot said before he released another wave of attack. Whoosh! Another blinding light exploded out of him and smothered thend once more! The iing Brutal Pit Vipers didn¡¯t even get the opportunity to curse at the Game Masters before they werepletely wiped out! And of course, along with them were the backup video drones! Pause. Allow the eighth wave to start. Release attack. Video feed restored. Whoosh! Sandrock Golems vaporized. Video feed cut off. Pause. Allow the ninth wave to start. Release attack. Video feed restored. Whoosh! Tyrant Redskinned Jartils vaporized. Video feed cut off. Pause. No tenth wave. Dispel the skill. Video feed restored. ¡°Excellent! What a fruitful harvest! Hahaha!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help butugh joyfully. ¡°You can open your eyes guys. Its over.¡± ¡°Wow little Master, that was great! Just how many levels did you gain? I got so many attribute points! We need to do this more often! Hahaha!¡± Brock shouted with glee and somehow sounded a little bit like Elliot. ¡°I gained twelve levels. Just ten more and I will be level 399! And Emperor Level will be the next frontier! Hahaha!¡± Elliot replied happily. However, the notification that sounded next made him, Brock and even a few other beastsugh out even louder! [Wave Ten ¨C Bonus wave.] [Kill as many beasts as possible.] [Final reward will be based on the number of beasts killed.] ¡°Hahahahahahahahaha!¡± ¡°Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!¡± ¡°Bwaaaaaahahahahahahaha!!¡± ¡°Mwahahahahahaha!!¡± Chapter 254 Hot Product In the distance, a ginormous mass of beasts with all sorts of colours covered the horizon from every single direction. With his sharp eyes, Elliot could see that those beasts were aplete mix of all the previous nine waves. The only thing was¡­ they were all bigger and stronger! The ants were at least two meters tall, which was double their previous size. And the Giant Spider Bees were just creepy as hell. It was one thing dealing with a bunch of one meter tall flying spiders. But it waspletely a whole new level of scary when those spiders were two meters in size! One meter was still smaller than the average human being, so it could be considered that one was going up against a bunch of ¡°small-ish¡± monsters. That ¡°small-ish¡± range would extend all the way until maybe around 1.5 meters in size. On the other hand, at two meters, each monster was alreadyrger than the average human being! So Elliot was up against a whole bunch of ¡°Big-ish¡± monsters! And to make things much, much worse, they were so densely packed that they made it look like a humongous and endless ring of solid mass was closing in on their position! But Elliot was not perturbed at all by the fearsome sight of giant monsters of all shapes, colours and sizes approaching at high speed from every single direction. The mighty air in which they charged towards him waspletely meaningless. In his mind, they were nothing but a slightly bigger bunch of defeated weaklings. ¡°Let them get closer before attacking.¡± Khalendros advised Elliot. ¡°Save your energy. It looks like it will be a long wave.¡± ¡°That¡¯s alright. I have a lot of skills to try out. I¡¯ll just take this bonus wave to experiment and fine tune my skills.¡± Elliot said nonchntly and initiated his silver dragon transformation. His majestic golden scales receded and were almost instantly reced by wondrous silver scales. If his golden dragon transformation had made him look regal and gave out an aura that made people think like they were facing a dragon god, his silver dragon transformation gave him a royal look and an aura that was unmistakably that of a dragon overlord! A mighty, dominating overlord that looked down upon the world from a dizzying height! ¡°Movement nine. Endless coiling dragon chases after the sun!¡± Elliot raised Gilgamar up high and unleashed his Cosmic Dragon Energy with reckless abandon. After going through a series ofplicated weaving, the Cosmic Dragon Energy turned into millions of razor sharp wind des! Each wind de was the size of a pen and thin as a razor. They actually barely made any sound when they shot out towards the beasts. But with over a million of them, the collective sound they made was hair-raisingly chilling. If the sound was chilling to hear, then the sight of them smashing into the literal wall of bodies was terrifying to the maximum. It was a sight that none in the universe had ever seen, and probably none in the universe will ever see again in the near future. It was an incredibly unforgettable sight! And all it took for that to happen was¡­ One second. All the wind des took to traverse the distance between Elliot and the wall of flesh was just one second. And it took another second to traverse the distance from the first beast to thest beast right at the edge for the horizon. It was blindingly fast, and the result was a near instantaneous eruption of blood and gore! The near invisible wind des powered by Elliot¡¯s Cosmic Dragon Energy found absolutely no resistance in the huge mass of beasts. The exoskeletons of the ants, the leathery skin of the bats, the slimy coat of the orguls, the thick scales of the jartils and all the other beasts were sliced cleanly again and again and again and again by the seemingly endless wave of wind des. SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! The beast wall was transformed into blood and mush, and sshed down upon the ground like red rain. The uproar of the viewers rose to an incredibly feverish pitch of jealousy, greed and absolute disbelief! ¡°This is getting totally ridiculous. Elliot Musk. We need to get our hands on him!¡± ¡°We can¡¯t possibly keep such a high potential kid. Rather than let him fall into the hands of stronger powers and make them stronger, let¡¯s kill him now while he is still weak. If allowed to reach his full potential under a real power, he would bepletely untouchable within a few short years!¡± ¡°Go! Go tell the Sect Leader that his prayers had been answered. The solution to our session dilemma is on Earth! Tell him that if he doesn¡¯t want to miss out on the biggest catch of the millenia, he bettere here himself! Yes! Threaten him! Just do it!¡± ¡°Send in the Secret Regiment. I want him at all costs.¡± Gaming Commission Chairman El¡¯Taras could feel a massive headache forming in his head. He had originally wanted to use the Beast Tide as an easy method to power up Elliot SO THAT he could survive the furious onught of warriors that was sure to be sent his way by powerful organizations seeking to kidnap him or kill him. At the same time, because of the unspecified location of the hidden dungeon challenge, he felt that it was safe for him to stream Elliot¡¯s live video feed to get even more bets going. After all, it¡¯s just good business sense to take as much profit as possible when the risk was so minimally low. However at the rate he was ridiculously impressing the entire universe with his unparalleled potential, he doubted if the amount of money he made through the bets would be worth all the fires he had to put outter on when EVEN MORE powers send in their warriors to get their hands on him! Elliot was quickly bing one of the hottest products in the entire known universe!! Chapter 255 They look really strong! ¡°Chairman, I am being pressured by my n to divulge the location of this Elliot boy so that they could immediately make a move to secure him. The dragon transformations that he had shown as well as the visible aura he¡¯s giving out is much too potent. They are all suspecting that he had ingested the blood essences of several dragons. He has tremendous value for the dragon n, and they are iming ownership by right of their dragon bloodline.¡± A giant blue dragon rumbled loudly. ¡°Indeed. The Silverwing Dragon n is pressuring me to do the same.¡± A beautiful woman with silver hair said in a gentle voice. ¡°He belongs to the Golden Dragons the moment he disyed his Golden Dragon Transformation. You silvers keep your damn nose out of this issue.¡± Director Goldwing said arrogantly. Director Silverwing merely smiled politely at Director Goldwing and said nothing. But her clear eyes which were focused on El¡¯Taras werepletely confident and not the slightest bit intimidated Director Goldwing. Director Goldwing frowned slightly at being ignored by Director Silverwing. ¡°How dare a mere Silver ignore me this way! I am a Gold Dragon!¡± Director Goldwing thought crossly to herself. ¡°It¡¯s not just the dragons. Even my stupid n leader is asking me to think of an excuse toy a im on him.¡± A huge dwarf that could hardly be called a dwarf anymore sighed deeply. ¡°And if even the dwarves can look up from their forges to lust after someone like that, then what more the rest of the universe? Chairman, I do not think we will be able to stop all the powers that would soon appear on the to look for him.¡± Arge blue giant that was at least three times the size of the huge dwarf that just spoke sighed deeply. ¡°Even the Blue Giant Ancients are stirring. If they decide to make a move, I would bepletely helpless.¡± For a few moments, Chairman El¡¯Taras remained silent as he ruminated on the situation. Then, he sighed and his eyes narrowed in determination. ¡°High risks, high returns. Low risk, low returns. That¡¯s just how it is.¡± El¡¯Taras replied his directors calmly. ¡°With the influx of so many different powers very soon, we are looking at the setting of a whole new unbreakable record in media revenue and gambling revenue. We are on track to make our best year ever in terms of financial profit. So, keep sending in waves that would make the event more interesting. Push him to the limit! However! A gem is a gem, and he is ours. So we¡¯ll make sure that no other power will seed in getting their hands on him. To that end, let¡¯s muddy the waters a little bit more. Double the rewards for the Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons game. Twenty Resplendent Tokens should cause the Emperors and Hegemons to gopletely crazy. And send in ten Fugitive Hegemons. If they can kill five Hegemons each, NOT counting each other, they will be set free. If they kill another Fugitive Hegemon, we will trigger their biobomb immediately, so tell them no funny business!¡± El¡¯Taras instructed. All the Gaming Commission Directors had no choice but to nod in agreement. At that moment, Earth, which was a mere low-stakes Game that was made interesting due to its unique gasoline-powered automobile racing, hadpletely evolved to be a super high stakes Game where Emperors and Hegemons will eventually die inrge numbers! And not only that, even a number of the rarely seen Ancients had taken an interest and participated in the wild goose chase. But Ancients were literally unkible at that moment. They were so strong that it was a physical impossibility for non Ancients to even deal damage to them. The only beings that could kill an Ancient were other Ancients. This was because of how their bodies work. At the Hegemon level, abination of twopletely mastered Elements needed to take ce. This made Hegemons qualitatively more powerful than Emperors. But cases of overpowered Emperors taking down Hegemons, although very rare, weren¡¯tpletely unheard of. However, at the Ancient level, the mastery warriors had to have, had transcended the body and into the realm of souls. This gave them apletely new avenue of attack and defense that all warriors below Ancient rank can¡¯t even detect, much less block! The chasm between Hegemon and Ancient level was far, far bigger than between King level and Emperor level. A single Ancient level warrior could easily wipe out thousands of Hegemons with a single wide-area soul attack! And at that moment, even such powerful beings were on the move¡­ *-*-*-*-*-* The cause of all these massive universal movements, Elliot Musk, was sighing deeply back in the Beast Tide event. He waspletely oblivious that his show of power had triggered the greed of countless powers, and was actuallymenting the fact that he wasn¡¯t able to try out more of his powers! ¡°This bonus wave is so disappointingly weak. I barely got to try out my skills, and they are already all dead. Hey Game Master, why don¡¯t you send some powerful beasts like you did beforest month? Come! Send me the most powerful beast you have! I¡¯m sure you can do better than all these weak and useless beasts!¡± Elliot shouted to the bunch of cameras in the sky. As if answering his taunt, the ground began to rumble once more. ¡°Haha! Pip! You definitely pissed off the Game Master with your words. Look at that! It¡¯s a freaking Golem Wave! These Golems have the highest and most ridiculous defense of all of the Gaming Commission¡¯s manufactured monsters! You definitely can¡¯t take the wave down with ten moves, much less just one. Wahahahahaha!¡± Red burst outughing. True enough, huge five meter tall humanoid figures encased in some sort of shiny reflective material started to appear in the horizon. ¡°They look really strong!¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes shined in anticipation. Chapter 256 If only I have Hegemons to fight with... ¡°They are. I think I have mentioned this before. Golems are the basic King level unit for the Gaming Commission. They are manufactured en-masse in the millions at really high defense specifications. These ones look like the advanced version, so they have mid-tier Emperor-level defense and mid-tier King level attack.¡± Red exined. Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in surprise. Thousands of Emperor-level units in terms of defense?! ¡°Oh I need to see this.¡± Khalendros said in glee. ¡°It will be interesting to see how much stronger our bloodline¡¯s power has be under his influence.¡± Khellendra said with a definite tinge of eagerness in her voice. All of Elliot¡¯s beasts focused on Elliot at that moment, and waited for him to give them a good show. As always, Elliot didn¡¯t disappoint. Strikingly blue scales rippled into being on Elliot¡¯s body, recing the glorious silver scales in an instant. Dark blue mini spikes ran in triple parallel lines up his right arm, down his back and all the way to his right leg. As soon as his transformation wasplete, white hot arcs of lightning began to jump all around the mini spikes, giving him a cracklingly deadly aura! ¡°Let¡¯s try movement ten once more.¡± Elliot weaved his Cosmic Dragon Energy into the preset patterns and then raised Gilgamar up high as before. The power of nature responded enthusiastically as soon as he did that, and an utterly massive lightning bolt appeared out of nowhere to smash onto the ground! KA-BOOM!!! A massive crater appeared on the spot where the lightning struck! Above him for countless kilometers in every direction, dark clouds suddenly formed and lightning shed eerily within them! ¡°Hmmm? Nature seems to be far more excited than before.¡± Elliot said to Gilgamar. ¡°Yes. Your blue dragon transformation had reached a higher level ofpletion than those of your other dragon transformations. Those arcs of lightning around your body is evidence of a nearplete transformation.¡± Gilgamar exined. ¡°I see. This particr attack should be good then. Guys, close your eyes and cover your ears.¡± Elliot said mildly as he shed Gilgamar downwards. His sisters and all of his beasts obeyed him instantly. Knowing Elliot and his stupidly overpowered attacks, they all collectively added an extra precaution and covered their ears with energy just in case. All of them except for Red, of course, who thought that he was safe within his transport/fighter. The moment Gilgamar began its descent, lightning shed. sh!!! It was so bright that none of them could see the fearsome but spectacr lightning show that covered the sky from one end to the other, for as far as the eye could (not) see! Unfortunately, their disability to see only made their other senses much more sensitive. And that particr moment was the worst moment for their hearing to be sensitive because¡­ K-A-A-B-B-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-M-M-M-M-N-G-M-M-M-M-M-!-!-!-!-!-! The loudest rolls of thunder ever produced in the entire history of that particr resounded without any preambles! ¡°Ahhhhyiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!¡± Red screamed mournfully as his transport/fighter¡¯s sound receptors faithfully took the roll of thunder red out its equivalent through his state of the art speaker system! All over the universe, yet another uproar sounded. However, it waspletely filled with expletives and filthy curse words, each and every one of them directed at Elliot! ¡°Damn that *****************! That was way too bloody loud!¡± ¡°Kyaaaaaaa!!!! Oh my god! Thank god the speakers exploded! My eardrums would have shattered if they didn¡¯t!! Bastard! ******* bastard!!!¡± ¡°**** that piece of **** ********!!!¡± Everyone was so shocked by the loud sound, so pissed off by it and so busy cursing Elliot that for a few seconds, no one really noticed the effect his attack had on the Golems. But then someone eventually did, and yet another uproar sounded. If God had a graph of the decibels which the universe produced, that day would definitely rank among the top. There had never been a day where so many uproars had sounded so consecutively! It was understandable, however. Elliot¡¯stest attack truly was worthy of an uproar! His Blue Dragon induced Cosmic Dragon Energy had caused thousands upon thousands of lightning bolts to rain down upon the Golems like so many electrical sledgehammers. Although the Golems were mostly metallic in nature and easily conducted the lightning energy away, it wasn¡¯t before their bodies were overloaded with pure lightning energy. And it was a well known fact that electrical overload will produce an enormous amount of heat! Whatever were powering the Golems were instantly fried! Every single Golem powered down. ¡°Sweet mother of God.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but exim at the unrivalled strength he just disyed. ¡°I wasn¡¯t able to physically destroy the Golems because their bodies can resist lightning energy. But they are all stopped by a single attack in the end! Just how powerful am I right now? If only there¡¯s a real Hegemon for me to fight¡­ It¡¯ll be perfect¡­¡± Elliot said loudly. For a few seconds, nothing happened. But then suddenly, all of the Golems started to move once more! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! The Golems moved slowly towards four points in the four main directions of North South East and West. ¡°What? Impossible! How could they move without their interna- oh. They aren¡¯t moving by their own power¡­ They are all being pulled by a strange power!¡± Elliot¡¯s lips curled into an excited grin. Faster and faster the Golems rolled dragged and bounded across thends towards their gathering point. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! They werebining into four absolutely humongous Golems! Each Golem stood at a full hundred meters tall and took the form of fearsome beasts! The North Golem became a powerful looking Dragon. The South Golem became an elegant Phoenix. The West Golem became a mighty Tiger. The East Golem became a terrifying Bear. And all four of them exuded Hegemon level aura! Elliot¡¯s casualment had been made to reality once more by the Game Masters! Chapter 257 Bronze Dragon Fire [Final Phase Initiated.] [Defeat the four Hegemon Level Prime Warriors to receive an amazing reward!] ¡°Big bro, Jessica and I can take care of one. We¡¯ll take the Southern Phoenix.¡± Jennifer immediately called out confidently. ¡°Frosty and I will take the Western Tiger.¡± Wu Kong immediately said. ¡°Lendra and I can take the Eastern Bear.¡± Khalendros said. Before the others could say anything, Elliot cut in and assigned orders. ¡°Good. I appreciate your confidence. But these are Hegemon level fighters we are talking about. Even though they should be weaker than normal Hegemons because they are mere Golems, it would be very dangerous to underestimate them. Rom, go to the East with the dragons. Aldera, go to the South with my sisters. Kai, go to the west with Wu Kong and Frosty. The rest of you, stand by to help!¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°Acknowledged.¡± ¡°Yes Boss!¡± ¡°As you wish, Master.¡± Elliot¡¯s beasts all nodded and obeyed his words. ¡°I will handle the Northern Dragon myself. Ready? Go!¡± Immediately, Elliot and his beasts charged out to their assigned Hegemon level enemy and let out exhrated roars of challenge! At that moment, the four Hegemon Beasts hadpleted theirbination, and they too let out their own fearsome roars! And within seconds, battle was joined. The viewers of the universe couldn¡¯t help but roar out once more in excitement!! The first battle was, quite surprisingly, between Wu Kong¡¯s group and the Western Tiger. Although Elliot and the dragons had blink, the Hegemons were startlingly much, much faster than they thought possible. And so, by the time Elliot, the dragons and Rom appeared out of their blink, their enemies had actually crossed half the distance that was originally between them! Loud battle cries erupted from the West as the Tiger entered into a swirling, high speed battle with Wu Kong, Frosty and Kai. A split secondter, simr cries sounded from the South as the Phoenix shed with Jennifer, Jessica and Aldera. The Hegemon level beasts had near imprable levels of defense, and were able to easily resist the probing attacks unleashed by Elliot¡¯s team. Their attacks were also nothing to be scoffed at. Each strike was extremely powerful andunched at extremely high speed and all six of then were instantly sent onto the defensive as they strived with all their strengths to avoid being hit. Elliot immediately realized his mistake as soon as their battles were joined. Both Frosty and Kai had area of effect auras and skills that could lower the speed of their enemy, and thus they were able to utilize that to fight against their opponent with ease. However, Jessica, Jennifer and Aldera had nothing like that, and they were immediately struggling against the Southern Phoenix. They had to go all out just to avoid the Phoenix¡¯s high speed attacks! Thankfully, Winter noticed that as well and she sprang into action almost immediately. She shot to the south to help slow down the Phoenix with her ice attacks. ¡°Red! Help the girls!¡± Elliot ordered a split second before he finally shed against the Northern Dragon. After that, everything faded away into the background as all of his attention fell on the ferocious Dragon. At over a hundred meters tall, the Dragon was truly a sight to behold. Its shiny, metallic material reflected the light from the three suns and shone really brightly. Sharp spikes protruded out of its hands and feet as ws and even more spikes filled its gigantic maw as teeth. For any other King, or even Emperor, it would have looked like the embodiment of death. But to Elliot, it looked like the biggest punching bag he had ever seen. ¡°Let¡¯s give Bronze a try now.¡± He thought as his blue scales disappeared and bronze scales took its ce. Like its Chromatic counterpart, the Red Dragon, Bronze Dragons specialize in fire. And as it turned out, the difference made itself readily apparent as soon as heunched his first attack. Red dragons produce extremely hot mes that burn with such great heat that they turn violet. Bronze dragons, however, produce extremely aggressive and invasive mes that contain tiny metallic shards that would burn their way past any defence and prate through any obstacle! It was the perfect type of me to deal with the Northern Dragon. The Bronze Dragon Fire attack released Elliot¡¯s Cosmic Dragon Energy smashed heavily onto the dragon¡¯s right w and very surprisingly began to rapidly break it down! If it was the Red Dragon¡¯s attack, it would have depended on its extreme heat to melt the Northern Dragon¡¯s w. It would eventually manage to do that, but it would take time. The Bronze Dragon¡¯s attack wasn¡¯t as hot as the Red Dragon¡¯s. But against highly armored targets, it was much, much more effective. Graaahhhhh!!! The Northern Dragon roared out in anger and pushed back against Elliot¡¯s incredibly potent attack fearlessly. It closed the distance between them in a blink of an eye and it began to unleash a flurry of powerful closebat attacks that would definitely tear off a sizeable chunk of Elliot¡¯s body if any of them connected. Its incredible speed in spite of its massive one hundred meter tall size was something that Elliot didn¡¯t expect at all. The fact that it was also incredibly urate with its attacks also added to Elliot¡¯s awe of the Northern Dragon. ¡°What an excellent piece of work! Even though it¡¯s abination of thousands of golems, it¡¯s exhibiting excellent levels of performance! Elliot thought aloud in his public mindspace. ¡°How are you all doing?¡± ¡°Damn right! This Phoenix is also bloody fast!¡± Red squawked loudly. ¡°But don¡¯t worry! I got itpletely under control!¡± ¡°Tough. But ok.¡± Wu Kong grunted. ¡°Yeah. Still ok.¡± Khalendros replied as well. The battles they were in were so intense that none but the highly talkative Red were able to spare more than a few words in response to Elliot¡¯s question. With their words, Elliot could focus on his enemy without having to worry about his team! Chapter 258 Cook that stupid bird alive! The Northern Dragon¡¯s attacks came in very hard and very fast. Thankfully, with Elliot¡¯s Bronze Cosmic Dragon Energy, his parries took out a chunk of the Northern Dragon¡¯s limb each time it smashed a vicious attack at him. The Northern Dragon¡¯s high speed workedpletely against it as it hammered against Elliot¡¯s parries again and again in a short amount of time and lost chunk after chunk of its ws. After three seconds, they had exchanged a dizzying one hundred strikes, and Elliot was expecting the dragon¡¯s arms to fall off anytime! But as the seconds ticked by, and the Northern Dragon¡¯s attacks raged on unabated, Elliot began to realize that something was terribly wrong. ¡°The dragon is regenerating its limbs!¡± He finally realized in astonishment. ¡°And at a rate that outpaces the damage I could deal with my destructive parries!¡± His public mindspace erupted in a series of curses soon after as they all realized the same thing. ¡°What the hell? This damned bird just regrew her entire wing which I just sheared off!¡± Red shouted indignantly. ¡°We need more firepower. Much, much more!¡± Rom growled. ¡°Either that, or a spell which couldpletely disable it.¡± Aldera suggested. ¡°Focus on staying alive first. The rest of you, join in the battle!¡± Wu Kongmanded. Immediately, Elliot¡¯s summoned and tamed beasts who were on standby charged towards their assigned targets. The fact that even Wu Kong and his ancestral grade item set which could even resist Aunt Hiry¡¯s attacks for a moment was finding great difficulty in dealing permanent damage to the Golems simply showed just how resilient the Golems were! ¡°So being on the defensive won¡¯t work against such a powerful enemy huh. As expected of a Hegemon level enemy which focuses on armor and tankiness. Very well. Offensive it is then!¡± Elliot thought. He blinked a short distance away to buy himself a little bit of time to weave his Bronze Cosmic Dragon Energy. ¡°Movement Twenty Four! Eat this!¡± Elliot shouted and unleashed a massive fifty meter tall fire st at near point nk range on the Northern Dragon which had already closed the distance! WHAM!! Elliot¡¯s fire st collided with the Northern Dragon and for a long second, it looked like as though the dragon would resist the attack! However, the Bronze Fire proved to be way too aggressive for it, and the fire st burned its way into the dragon¡¯s body and created a humongous hole in it before fading away. Elliot didn¡¯t dare to rest on hisurels after that sessful attack and immediatelyunched another one which was even bigger than before! WHAMM!! A sixty meter tall fire st smashed into the Northern Dragon¡¯s body once more! And it was a good thing he did so. In the split second that it took for Elliot¡¯s second attack to hit the Northern Dragon again, it actually managed to regenerate a third of the damage that the first fire st had caused! ¡°What an incredible rate of regeneration!¡± Elliot waspletely stunned. ¡°No wonder even Wu Kong is having trouble killing it off! Are all Hegemons this strong??¡± Elliot didn¡¯t dare to hold back his power and sent st after st of full power Bronze Fire smashing into the Northern Dragon. At first, the Northern Dragon was still furiously regenerating itself. ws, wings and various body parts formed, melted away, reformed and melted away again and again at high speed. But after each attack, less and less of the Northern Dragon was able to reform until finally, after the seventh massive firest, it stopped regenerating altogether. [Dragon Golem killed.] The notification rang out to confirm what Elliot had worked so hard to achieve. Although only a very short time had passed since the battle was first joined with the Northern Dragon, Elliot had unleashed so many full powered attack that a huge chunk of his Cosmic Dragon Energy was used up. ¡°At this rate, I wouldn¡¯t be able to kill all four Hegemon level beasts.¡± Elliot thought to himself grimly. ¡°Aiyeeeeeee!! Help! Helppp!!!¡± Red screamed loudly. Ellioy whirled his head around and sighed deeply. The Southern Phoenix had caught his transport/fighter with its mouth and was violently shaking its head up and down to break it apart! ¡°I¡¯ming to save you!¡± Jessica shouted loudly. A magnificent silhouette of a ck phoenix had bloomed behind her and she was charging straight at the Southern Phoenix with her pure ck sword of mes raised up high in an overhead grip. Jennifer had managed to position herself on the opposite side of the phoenix and she was preparing a massive golden spike to throw at it. Small but numerous attack had proved to be highly ineffective and she wanted to try to see if the reverse was true as well. The three siblings had caught the Southern Phoenix in a powerful three-way attack! WHAM! BAM! SLAM! All three attacksnded on the Southern Phoenix almost at the same time and ripped three massive chunks out of the Phoenix¡¯s body. Elliot¡¯s attack had even sessfully severed its thin neckpletely and allowed Red to escape! ¡°Holy smokes! Oh my tainted pants! Oh my fainted saints! Oh my jacksnot on a stick! That was the scarie-¡° ¡°Keep attacking!¡± Elliot roared and released another powerful firest at the rapidly regenerating body of the Phoenix! ¡°Right! Right! I¡¯m on it! Herees my revenge! Ha! Now that you don¡¯t have a head, let¡¯s see how you n to eat me again!¡± Red shouted and started to attack the phoenix¡¯s body as well. With the Southern Phoenix temporarily renderedpletely helpless due to its heavily damaged body, Elliot, his two sisters and his beasts grabbed hold of the opportunity tightly and unleashed a nonstop barrage of all their most powerful attacks! Until finally¡­ [Phoenix Golem killed.] ¡°Ha! Haaa!! Can¡¯t get it up anymore now, huh? You stupid bird? Look at you all limp andid! You¡¯re so weak! You¡¯re the weakest bird in all of creation!¡± Red shouted triumphantly and somewhat inappropriately, much to Elliot¡¯s chagrin. Thankfully his sisters didn¡¯t understand the alternate meaning to Red¡¯s words! If not he would definitely cook that stupid bird alive! Chapter 259 Not as stingy as you Elliot turned to look at the two remaining Hegemon Beasts and found that the teams led by Wu Kong and Khalendros were actually quite close to finishing them off! Wu Kong¡¯s Feral Judgement had grown much stronger the more he used and familiarized himself with it. Being grouped with Frosty and Kai also allowed his damage to be dealt with pinpoint uracy at his target¡¯s weak points when used in conjunction with Kai¡¯s Spectral Roar (which froze his enemies for a full second) as well as Frosty¡¯s powerful freezing field. And although Kai was still rtively low levelled, his insanely powerful Chaos Apostle skills allowed him to deal 10x higher damage than he should. And Frosty was¡­ well Frosty. She was literally a walking Debuffer with her freezing field and dragon aura. Even if she just sat there looking pretty, her contributions to the team would still be among the top! However, all of that wasn¡¯t quite enough when dealing with a powerful Hegemon level beast with speed, defense and regeneration as its main strengths. It was only after reinforcements arrived that the momentum started to reverse. Together with Rex, Ellie and a bunch of summoned beasts, they finally turned the tables around and started to dominate the Western Tiger. In fact, with Khalendros¡¯ Curse of the Dragon God and Goddess which caused the Eastern Bear to receive 1000% more physical and magical damage from all sources, Khalendros had effectively made all of his teammates damage dealers. Even Brock! Still, even with such a powerful skill, they too were slightlyckingpared to the Eastern Bear¡¯s extreme vitality and regeneration. Like Brock, the Eastern Bear specialized in tanking even among Hegemons, and that specialization made an already ridiculously tanky Hegemon many times more tanky. The assignment of Khalendros to deal with the Eastern Bear, although unintentional, was definitely a master stroke. Without Khalendros and his Apostle skills, they would have absolutely no chance in dealing with the Bear, even with reinforcements! If Wu Kong¡¯s team swapped with Khalendros¡¯ team, although Wu Kong would be able to cope with the Eastern Bear¡¯s attack by merit of Frosty¡¯s and Kai¡¯s skills, he would be hard pressed to push it to the brink of death as he was doing to the Western Tiger. But as it turned out, Khalendros was there, and they were winning the battle. However, even though both teams were struggling and giving their all to only nearly kill their opponents, Elliot was actually feeling very, very pleased. With his own power as a Beast Master, at that very moment, he was able to deal with not one, not two, and not even three but FOUR Hegemons at the same time! True his sisters helped out with one Hegemon, but he also didn¡¯t exhibit his full strength with his Golden Dragon Transformation too. So he considered that Hegemon as being manageable should he choose to go all out. So¡­ Four Hegemons! And if Wu Kong, Frosty, and Khalendros were tobine their skills against a single opponent¡­ Elliot was sure that together, he and his beasts would be able to take on a full fledged Peak Hegemon! ¡°Should we help them?¡± Jessica asked Elliot uncertainly. She had wanted to immediately go over to help as soon as the Phoenix died, but sensing that Elliot seemed rather content to merely watch the other two battles rage on, she hesitated. ¡°No, let them finish up by themselves. At this rate, they would finish very soon. In fact¡­¡± [Tiger Golem killed.] ¡°There you go. Wu Kong and his team is done. The Eastern Bear is much tankier than the Western Tiger, and Khalendros¡¯ team would probably need another minute or so to finish it off.¡± Elliot estimated. [Bear Golem killed.] ¡°Or not.¡± Elliot chuckled. Khellendra hadnded a very well ced Spatial Rend on the Bear which severed its heavily wounded neck from its body. And once that happened, the bear froze and ate up every single attackunched by Khalendros and his team, and instantly perished. And with that, they had finally won the Beast Tide!! [Hidden Dungeon Challenge ¨C Beast Tide over.] [Result: Victory.] [Completion Rate: SSS] [Standby for Event Rewards!] ¡°Mwa ha ha ha. I love this part!¡± Elliotughed and grinned at his sisters, who also had excited looks on their faces. ¡°Oooh. I can¡¯t wait to see the amazing rewards they promised!¡± Jennifer said and rubbed her hands in glee. ¡°If I get another system, will I be able tobine it again? I already upgraded my sistem to SSS grade¡­¡± Jessica wondered aloud. ¡°If it¡¯spatible, possibly. Systems are basically energy seeds. If your energy ispatible with the energy seed from the system, then you might be able to upgrade it beyond SSS like I did. In fact, I don¡¯t even know what grade my system is now. Maybe it¡¯s something like¡­ SSSSS? Hehehe.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°I call dibs on the most powerful system we get from these rewards!¡± Jennifer immediately said. ¡°It¡¯s not fair that you two have systems, and upgraded ones at that! And I have none.¡± Jennifer pouted. ¡°You don¡¯t have a system, but you do have a powerful bloodline which is extremely rare. Your potential is actually not a single bit less than Jessica¡¯s!¡± Elliotforted Jennifer who seemed slightly mollified after hearing his words. ¡°Here theye.¡± Jennifer said and pointed at the sky. True enough, as usual, a bunch of drones appeared out of nowhere and started to make their way towards Elliot and his gang! *-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°What rewards have you prepared for them, Chairman?¡± Director Sands asked curiously. ¡°Oh nothing much. Just enough this and that to help them survive the uing messy fights with the Hegemons and possibly ancients, and a bunch of stuff selected at random by the system which even I don¡¯t know about.¡± El¡¯Taras said mysteriously which didn¡¯t answer Director Sands¡¯ question at all. However Director Sands seemed quite satisfied with the answer he got ¡°Good.¡± He grunted in response. ¡°Saves me the trouble from having to give him a Talisman of Greater Escape. Those things are pretty annoying to make.¡± ¡°Talisman of Greater Escape?¡± El¡¯Tarasughed out loud. ¡°Do you really think I am as stingy as you, old friend?¡± Chapter 260 Father of all dragons ¡°Just three small sized drones? Interesting! Very interesting!¡± Elliot said enthusiastically. He had long learnt not to judge the value of things by their sizes and numbers. A single drop of Dragon Blood Essence was extremely small and took up a million times less space than a spaceship. But its value was a thousand times higher than the spaceship! In fact, if given the choice to choose between a Dragon Blood Essence and a thousand spaceships, Elliot would probably choose the Dragon Blood Essence. ¡°The best type power is the type that youpletely own. A thousand spaceships would be controlled by a thousand spaceshipmanders. And who can say if those thousandmanders are loyal to me or not? And even if they are loyal, who can say if they arepetent enough to be effective?¡± Elliot reasoned in his heart as he approached the first drone. He stretched his hand out to unlock the drone. However, before he even touched it, Jessica suddenly shouted. ¡°Stop! Let me open it instead!¡± Jessica leapt ahead and pushed Elliot aside! ¡°Yes, big bro. Your luck is really bad, remember? You-¡° ¡°Got a super powerful beast system which I used to save you two girls and gain a power that allows me to fight even Hegemons at King level?¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°My luck haspletely changed. Don¡¯t worry! I will definitely get good stuff for us.¡± Jessica nced at Jennifer and raised one eyebrow, and they unleashed a series of highspeed,plicated twinspeak which only both of them could understand. ¡°Should we allow big bro to open the drone? Remember how he lost one hundred times in a row in scissor-paper-stone? His luck was really bad!¡± Jessica¡¯s raised eyebrow seemed to say. ¡°I know, right? But what he said is true too. His luck seemed to have improved a lot. Maybe we should just let him try this time.¡± Jennifer¡¯s contemtive look seemed to say. ¡°Let¡¯s just let him try opening one drone? If it¡¯s bad, we can open the other two. I mean, we did get an awesome brother like him, so our luck is pretty awesome.¡± Jessica¡¯s very slight nod seemed to say. ¡°You¡¯re right. We are indeed very lucky to have him. Alright. Let¡¯s do it. Having two awesome drones is not to bad anyway ¡± Jennifer¡¯s blink seemed to say. ¡°Alright big bro. Why don¡¯t you try opening one. We¡¯ll evaluate your luck with the results.¡± Jessica smiled and took one step back to allow Elliot ess to the first drone. ¡°Hehehe. Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll get such an awesome reward for us that you two girls will definitely make me open up every single drone from now on!¡± Elliot proimed confidently as he unlocked the first drone. Pshhhh. The small drone which was the size of a human head opened its mainpartment door. A vial. A jewelry box. And a lump of metal. All three siblings stared at the three items curiously. Elliot swallowed his saliva and gingerly took the information pad for the vial. ¡°Please let it be¡­ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!! GOOD! VERY GOOD! VERY VERY GOOD!!!! HA HA HA HA!¡± Heughed out loud with the purest of joy and jubtion! Jessica and Jennifer shared a nce. ¡°It seems like he¡¯s pretty lucky.¡± Jessica¡¯s nce seemed to say. ¡°And kind of crazy.¡± Jennifer¡¯s little wry smile seemed to say. Jessica stretched out her hand with a helpless sigh and forcefully calmed down her elder brother who had broken into a joyful jig on the spot, and grabbed the information pad from him. She wanted to know what could make her usually calm big bro to be so crazy excited! ¡°A vial of¡­ Red Dragon Blood Essence?¡± Jessica read the information title aloud. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right! And with it, I can finallyplete my Red Dragon Transformation!! Hahaha! I truly didn¡¯t expect to be able toplete it so soon!¡± Elliot¡¯s desire to get stronger was so deeply ingrained within him, and the results that Elliot got from ingesting the other Dragon Blood Essences were so powerful, that thebination of both made him hunger for even more Dragon Blood Essence with a deep, soul-drenching intensity that he absolutely didn¡¯t know he was capable of having. The moment he saw the drones, the possibility of receiving another Red Dragon Blood Essence from the Game Masters appeared in his mind. And it was all he could do to put that possibility aside and manage his expectations so that he wouldn¡¯t be disappointed if he didn¡¯t get it. And as it turned out, his deepest desire at that moment came true! Talk about Advanced Stat: Fortune! Or¡­ was it not fortune, but a deliberate gift from the Chairman? *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Back in the Gaming Commission¡¯s Headquarters, Chairman El¡¯Taras had returned to his office with Director Sands to have a private discussion about Jessica Sands and her Ascendant Runes. The rest of the Directors had remained on the meeting room to continue their discussion on how to handle the growing interest their ns and backings have on Elliot. At that moment, both Director Sands and Chairman El¡¯Taras werepletely distracted, and were both looking at Elliot unboxing his rewards. ¡°Another Red Dragon Blood Essence? That¡¯s really, really mighty generous of-¡± Director Sands began. ¡°Who the heck do you think I am? The Father of All Dragons who has an infinite amount of Dragon Blood Essences?¡± El¡¯Taras snapped irritably at Director Sands. Director Sands merely raised an eyebrow in surprise at his Chairman¡¯s uncharacteristic show of irritation. Chairman El¡¯Taras had always been the epitome of the phrase ¡°calm and collected¡±. For him to be this irritated was highly unusual indeed. And a split secondter, Director Sands¡¯ eyes widened very slightly in surprise as he realized the significance of Chairman¡¯s El¡¯Taras irritation. ¡°So I take it that the Red Dragon Blood Essence is part of the randomized selection by the system.¡± Director Sands said in a calm voice that hid the rising surprise in his heart perfectly. Chapter 261 Big, fat anaconda ¡°Yes! It¡¯s fully random! And that¡¯s TWICE now that the damned system granted him a Beyond SSS grade reward! At this rate, I will have to restock the Beyond SSS reward pool a full millenium earlier than scheduled! Damn that little punk! How lucky is he to be able to draw such a rare item twice in a row? Is he a bastard of Lady Luck and the God of Fortune or something?¡± El¡¯Taras was so overwhelmed by Elliot¡¯s first reward that he continued his uncharacteristic show of surprise and cursed him Elliot heartily! ¡°Indeed. To think he, a mere yer of a tiny and useless, would be able to ingest two full drops of Red Dragon Blood Essences and achieve a transformation that¡¯s worth millions- no, billions of resources¡­¡± Director Sands sighed. ¡°If you remember, those two Beyond SSS grade rewards were included into the general reward pool after the dragons insisted that I do so after I found them in the ancient inheritance site. Being so valuable to the Dragon ns, they wanted to at least gain the possibility of somehow having their dragon participants win those two vials in the challenges of all the Games they are participating across the known universe. If they find out that both Red Dragon Blood Essence vials are now gone from the general reward pool¡­¡± ¡°Not if. When. Elliot will definitely consume it andplete his Red Dragon Transformation. When he does that, the entire dragonmunity will know he got both Red Dragon Blood Essences.¡± Director Sands chuckled. ¡°And you might not know this, but that damned boy Elliot actually got his hands on five other Dragon Blood Essences! Gold, silver and bronze you have probably suspected with his tant show of power. But in actual fact, he has brass and copper as well.¡± El¡¯Taras sighed deeply and tried to regain hisposure. Director Sands sat there and sighed deeply as well. He had been surprised so many times in the past few days that he wasn¡¯t even surprised by El¡¯Taras¡¯ revtion anymore. Plus, he had immediately focused on the issues that the revtion had brought. The entire dragonmunity of the known universe was stirring. It was bad enough that he got the first Red Dragon Blood Essence. Now that he had five other blood essences and the blue dragon¡¯s concentrated blood, he had be a walking treasure trove for the dragons. ¡°So we have half the universe powers hungering after his secret that enabled him to fight so high above his level, and the entire dragonmunitypletely adamant that he belongs to them due to his bloodline. Plus we have the Shadow Parasite Crisis giving them a very legitimate reason to visit Earth and ¡°eradicate the Shadow Parasites¡± who are technically,pletely disarmed now that the secret of them producing a Queen is in our hands. This truly is the Perfect Storm brewing on Earth. Would we even be able to continue holding the Games?¡± Director Sands thought aloud. ¡°Hold! Of course we have to hold the Games. How would I be able to restock my Beyond SSS item pool otherwise?¡± El¡¯Taras grumbled. ¡°Plus, the viewers would definitely love to see the chaos unfold. Betting on Sports and Games is exciting. But betting on the result of a full blown conflict? It¡¯s apletely different kind of exciting. We will definitely make more money on this Game than all of our other Gamesbined this year.¡± ¡°That¡¯s definitely true. So our course of action now is¡­?¡± Director Sands asked. El¡¯Taras pointed at the screen in reply. ¡°Watch him and get our money¡¯s worth of entertainment. I¡¯ve given him a highly chaotic environment where Emperors and Hegemons hunt each other. I¡¯ve given him that special ring as well. And that damned Red Dragon Blood Essence. That¡¯s practically all I can give, and then some more. Surviving the rest of the Game is now up to him.¡± El¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for the Ascendant Runes¡­¡± ¡°I understand.¡± Director Sands nodded. ¡°His growing strength would speed up the Ascendant Runes project. My granddaughter, Jessica Sands, has begun work on creating her Ascendant Runes. We should be seeing results shortly.¡± ¡°Any luck on getting her to hand over her notes and exnations to us?¡± El¡¯Taras asked. ¡°None. She is adamant that the Runes she¡¯s working on is for Elliot¡¯s exclusive use only. She said if I wanted those runes, then I am ¡°wee to apply to join Elliot¡¯s brand new Universe Empire¡±. She said on the merit of me being her grandpa, she would ask Elliot to make me a Minister and report directly to her.¡± Director Sands couldn¡¯t help but chuckle when he said those words. ¡°She¡¯s¡­ still such a kid.¡± El¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°Very much so.¡± Director Sands agreed. ¡°All this is like a massive game to her.¡± ¡°In a way, it is good that such power is held in her hands. She is still very pure, and as long as the power remains with her, we would not have to worry about it being misused. Our only problem is what she¡¯ll do when Elliot graduates from the Games of Earth.¡± El¡¯Taras said wistfully. ¡°Although the creation of ¡°Elliot¡¯s Universe Empire¡± sounds like a childish notion, with Elliot¡¯s luck and unique powerbined with the Ascendant Runes, they might be able to do it, you know. Especially if they have powers supporting them.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras looked at Director Sands slyly at that point. That damned old man even blinked a few times. It was exactly like a sneaky old Viper smiling and blinking evilly. ¡°No, not a sneaky old Viper.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras thought with amusement. ¡°The biggest, fattest, most venomous anaconda in the universe. Who can teleport. And cause the very fabric of space itself to swallow you and crush you. ¡°And who has a million other anacondas like him under hismand.¡± He thought sourly as he remembered that particr fact. ¡°If, and that¡¯s a big if, a massive universe power were to propose to fund their little project and smoothen their path for the first few years, do you think the ah, Emperor and his ah, chief minister? Would ept?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras asked the big, fat anaconda. Chapter 262 Fryer ¡°Well, if, and that¡¯s a very, very big if, a massive universe power that has a lot of money were to give them as much money as they needed, and use its influence to prevent other major powers from crushing the new empire like an ant for the first few years while they consolidate their strength and train up top fighters with their secret techniques, then¡­ very possibly..¡± Director Sands nodded slightly. ¡°Of course if the massive universe power does that, the massive universe power would need amplepensation. ess to critical resources of the new empire, secrets, even¡­¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said with a straight face. ¡°Hmmmm. Of course that might be possible. The massive universe power would have to sign an agreement to keep the secret a secret, of course. Maybe even show their loyalty in an irrevocable way, like¡­ I don¡¯t know. Join the Empire perhaps?¡± Director Sands asked with a thoughtful look on his face. ¡°Join¡­ the Empire?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes bulged at the preposterous suggestion. ¡°Yes.¡± Director Sands nodded sagely. ¡°Yes, maybe even¡­ pledge their eternal service.¡± ¡°Pledge eternal service?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras choked. ¡°As a powerful, high ranking Minister, of course.¡± Director Sands hastily added. ¡°Below one but above a thousand.¡± ¡°Below one but above a thousand?¡± Chairman El¡¯Tarasughed helplessly. ¡°Yes. Imagine just how much more powerful the universe power would be if knowledge and applications of the Ascendant Runes were to be added to it¡­¡± The big fat anaconda blinked a few times and smiled its evil smile at Chairman El¡¯Taras. ¡°Very well. The ah, massive universe power better think about it very carefully then, shouldn¡¯t it?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said. ¡°Yes, yes. Of course have to think carefully. And not just think, maybe even show goodwill to the future Chief Minister. As you know, Emperors are busy people. It¡¯s better to butter up the Chief Minister who will be dealing with the masses and the vigers.¡± The big, fat anaconda said with an absolutely shameless grin. Chairman El¡¯Taras rolled his eyes at Director Sands. ¡°Buttering up people in power is a good idea. You should do that more often, old man.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras reminded Director Sands. ¡°Of course. How would you like me to butter you up, sir?¡± Director Sands said seriously. ¡°Hand over half the life seeds and living armor you found.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras immediately said and stretched out his hand. At that, Director Sands frowned deeply and clicked his tongue in irritation. ¡°That damned Elliot. He must have taken most of the life seeds away. As soon as the scanner waspleted, I scanned the entire and found barely 2 kilograms worth. Here.¡± Director Sands waved his hands and took out all the life seeds he found as well as the scanner and the technical reports. Chairman El¡¯Taras scanned them briefly and immediately understood the situation. ¡°Localized treasure spread across in such a pattern¡­¡± He nced at Director Sands who was nodding seriously. ¡°Crash dispersal.¡± Director Sands said softly. ¡°So¡­ finally. Concrete evidence.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said gravely. ¡°I¡¯ve started research investigation on its age, and also mass production of the scanners. Very soon we will be able to equip every single ship under our affiliates¡¯ control with one. We will be able to cover almost 0.1% of all thes in the known universe with them. Within the year, we should be able to increase our coverage to 0.5% once we lobby our allies and neutral organisations.¡± Director Sands said. ¡°Good. We need to check if there are more of those life energy around. We want to know where they are and create a viable defense against it. We definitely do not want to be caught with our pants down if¡­ no. When, those higher life forms from the unknown universee for another visit into our known universe.¡± El¡¯Taras said. ¡°Agreed.¡± Director Sands nodded. ¡°And the Living Armor?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras asked. ¡°No luck there. We cannoty our hands on any of the Fortune Hermit¡¯s disciples without risking conflict with him. If we want the living armor and more information about it, we need to visit Fortune Hermit Mountain and pressure that Second Disciple. Our scans are also not yielding any results.¡± Director Sands reported. ¡°Good. Let¡¯s go to Fortune Hermit Mountain then.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said. ¡°Now?¡± ¡°Yes. I want to be back here in an hour. Let¡¯s go!¡± And with that, Director Sands simply waved his hand, and the both of them disappeared. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Check out the rest of the rewards first before consuming the Red Dragon Blood Essence.¡± Elliot had to tell himself. His Cosmic Dragon Energy within his body was more than ecstatic. It roiled powerfully and caused his entire soul to quiver with deep anticipation. It was as though the very Dragon God himself hidden within the vast reaches of the unknown universe was calling out to him. It was all that he could do to carefully store the vial away. ¡°Alright then. Let¡¯s see what this lump of metal is. Red,e out and check this out.¡± Elliot said in a slightly strained voice. ¡°A lump of metal? How convenient of them to just give you a stupid lump of- AIIIYIEEEEEEEEE!!!! Who the hell said that it¡¯s a lump of metal?!? sphemy! sphemiieeeeeee!!!!!¡± Red screamed like a hysterical girl. ¡°Uhh, I did. It¡¯s not a lump of metal?¡± Elliot asked as a sliver of delicious anticipation shot through his heart. ¡°Th-this this right here is! Is! *gasp* AIYIEEEEEEEE!!! It¡¯s not even that! It¡¯s! It¡¯s!!! AIYIEEEE!!!¡± Red couldn¡¯t stop shouting and screaming and hopping around the lump of ¡°metal¡±. ¡°Where¡¯s that deep fryer of yours? Did you bring it with you?¡± Jessica muttered to Jennifer. ¡°No, I didn¡¯t. And I have never regretted anything more than that.¡± Jennifer muttered back. ¡°She wouldn¡¯t make much of a fried chicken though.¡± Jessica sighed. ¡°She¡¯s too thin.¡± ¡°Yes. But imagine recing her screams with the sound of crunching the fried flour¡­¡± Jennifer sighed as well. ¡­ ¡­ After a few more seconds of listening to Red scream like a maddened chicken, Jessica punched Jennifer¡¯s arm lightly. ¡°You should have brought your fryer with you.¡± Jessica said usingly at her sister once more. ¡°I should have brought my fryer with me.¡± Jennifer agreed as moaned lightly and massaged her temples. Chapter 263 [Bonus chapter] Absorbing the Red Dragon Blood Essence ¡°Alright. You¡¯ve vented enough. What exactly is that?¡± Elliot finally said slightly impatiently. He was in an extremely good mood and he was able to tolerate Red¡¯s hyper over reactions a little bit more. Just a little bit. ¡°This, little pip! Is called the Teardrop of the Gods! This is THE best! THE VERY best material to make armor! It ispletely impervious to physical, magical AND! Get this. AND¡­ soul damage!! Ancient level powerhouses would KILL and RAVAGE entire star systems to get their hands on this! It¡¯s beyond precious! It¡¯s¡­ it¡¯s¡­ it¡¯s¡­¡± Red sputtered for a while as he searched for the right word to describe it. However, Elliot frowned lightly. ¡°Okay, it¡¯s the ultimate material to forge armor with. But if it¡¯s so powerful, how on earth do I make it into armor? Wouldn¡¯t it resist every attempt to melt it down and forge it into something useful?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°That, little pip, is why Elemental Spitters like ME! Are so highly favored and in so much demand! Once our Elemental Deconstruction skill has reached a high enough level, it is rumoured that we would be able to deconstruct and then reconstruct even Teardrops of the Gods!¡± Red shouted triumphantly. ¡°What? Rumoured? You mean it has never been done?¡± Elliot grimaced at Red with disappointment. ¡°Yes, of course. This is raw material that only Ancient level powerhouses and above can forge. Of course I¡¯ve only heard rumours about it! You think that the sole Ancient Level Elemental Spitter in the universe often talk to me and tell me about his experiences?¡± Red rolled his eyes at Elliot. ¡°If that¡¯s the case, then this Teardrop of the Gods is practically useless to me now.¡± Elliot sighed deeply. ¡°I¡¯ll just keep it first then. Whoa, it¡¯s pretty heavy.¡± Elliot dumped the incredible but useless Teardrop of the Gods rather carelessly into his storage. It was definitely something that he would require in the future. But for now¡­ it¡¯s more than useless. ¡°Quickly level up and help me create an armor out of it!¡± Elliot ordered Red before dismissing him. It was a good thing that Chairman El¡¯Taras wasn¡¯t paying attention to Elliot at that moment. If not, he would probably cry when he saw that another Beyond SSS grade material had disappeared from his pool of item rewards. ¡°Finally!¡± Elliot, Jessica and Jennifer sighed together before they looked at each other in surprise andughed. ¡°Can¡¯t wait to see the jewelry box huh?¡± Elliot smiled at his sisters. ¡°Hehehe. Absolutely not. We are just relieved that the talkative birdie is gone!¡± Jenniferughed. ¡°Yeahhh he truly is talkative! But he is also a walking forgemaster. So we need him.¡± Elliot chuckled. He picked up the jewelry box and opened it. In it were five simr rings. ¡°Hmmmm? Rings. Let¡¯s see what it does. Ring of Absolute Stealth. Render the userpletely invisible and undetectable at will. Wow! Jess! Jen! Here, take one each!¡± Elliot marvelled at the awesomeness and generosity of the reward for that hidden dungeon. ¡°This is awesome!¡± Jennifer said happily. ¡°Wasn¡¯t there a ring with simr effect in a really old but famous movie? What was the title again? King of the Rings? God of the Rings? Something like that.¡± ¡°It¡¯s Duke of the Rings silly.¡± Jessica chided Jennifer as she yed with her ring and appeared and then disappeared for a couple of times. ¡°Was it? It doesn¡¯t sound quite right. But anyway, good job big bro! You did well in getting such awesome rewards for us!¡± Jennifer gave Elliot a big thumbs up in approval. ¡°Of course. Your big brother is the luckiest person on earth!¡± Elliot said proudly. Together, they moved on to the next drone. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Truly the unluckiest person on earth.¡± Jessica sighed as they emptied the third and finally drone with a slight tinge of sadness. The second drone had only contained the promised Portable Dimensional Fortress and nothing else. It was fine, considering that Elliot truly needed the item so that he could bring his group of survivors around with him. But the third and final drone hadpletely stunned them in terms of how crappy the rewards were! As usual, there were three items within it. But from the get go, it was a massive disappointment. The first item was a vial of Blood Essence. However, it was the Blood Essence of a Centipede Overlord! ¡°Ew! Gross! Put it away! Put it away!¡± Jennifer had immediately said. Elliot had kept it ruefully. Although powerful, it was definitely something that he wouldn¡¯t want any of his siblings or friends to consume!¡± The second was a small box containing a little toy keychain in the shape of a submarine. ¡°A prettyrge submarine. It can fit a crew of three hundred. And it has really powerful underwaterser cannons.¡± Elliot said as he read the description. ¡°It¡¯s¡­ very useful¡­ I guess?¡± Jessica had sighed in disappointment.¡± The third and final item was¡­ pills. Just another huge pile of strength pills, intelligence pills and of course, the aliens¡¯ all time favorite, speed pills. ¡°Save it for the survivors, I guess. It will be good to have a bunch of more powerful underlings.¡± Jennifer had suggested. Elliot had immediately agreed and stored the pills as well. As soon as the rewards were imed, the familiar sensation of space energy shimmering around them appeared and poof! They appeared on earth once more. ¡°Ahh. It¡¯s good to be back! What were we about to do? Oh! The Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons game! Well, I think we¡¯ve proven ourselves capable of dealing with Hegemons, right big bro?¡± Jessica said. ¡°Yes, indeed. You two girls cane along with me. But you will have to promise that you will not engage in unnecessary battles, and listen to all of my instructions!¡± Elliot said sternly. ¡°Of course! We promise!¡± Jennifer said. ¡°Good. Now take this Dimensional Storage Fortress and get everyone to get in. I will absorb that Red Dragon Blood Essence and we will move out in six hours!¡± Elliot instructed his sisters with a smile. ¡°Aye aye boss!¡± Jessica shouted and gave Elliot a smart salute. ¡°Your wish is mymand boss!¡± Jennifer shouted and saluted Elliot too. And with that, the three siblings went on to do their tasks. ¡°Let¡¯s see just how powerful the full Red Dragon Transformation is!¡± Elliot thought to himself as he consumed the blood essence right there and then! Chapter 264 Red Dragon As soon as the Red Dragon Blood Essence entered his body, a deep, deep sense of satisfaction washed over him and the Cosmic Dragon Energy immediately started to exude a wild, rampaging aura that burst out of him in a rush of power. His Darklight enhanced body got to work once more, and rapidly absorbed the Red Dragon Blood Essence. An hour. Two hours passed very quickly. Elliot could feel the Red Dragon portion of his Cosmic Dragon Energy be more and more unruly. It writhed and struggled powerfully to assert its dominance over the others. Being the only bloodline that approachedpletion, it was nearing a very rudimentary sort of sentience, and it somehow knew that it was in the perfect situation. If he could somehow swallow and take over the dragon energies of all the other colours¡­ However, the Cosmic Dragon Energy stood silent and strong, just like a massive cliff that stretched for as far as the eye could see resisting the endless crashes of a violent ocean in the midst of a tropical storm. Wham! Wham! Wham! Again and again, the Red Dragon tried to crack open the Cosmic Dragon Energy so it could get to the other dragon energies contained within it. But topletely no avail. After another hour of powering up through the absorption of the final bits of the Red Dragon Blood Essence, the Red Dragon Energy retreated to gather all of its power and strength. Like a massive tidal wave rising up a hundred meters tall and traveling at the insane speed of two hundred kilometers an hour, the Red Dragon Energy charged at the Cosmic Dragon Energy one final time in a glorious, all out attack! GRAHHHH!!! An ethereal reptilian roar sounded from within Elliot¡¯s body. And then¡­ WHAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!! All across the line, in every single energy pocket within his body, the Red Dragon Energy smashed violently against the Cosmic Dragon Energy. And like all tidal waves going against thergest and strongest cliffs of the world, it broke apartpletely. Smashed into a billion small pieces, it finally epted its fate as a lesser energy state. Liquids have to bow before solids. Dragon Energy must bend the knee before Cosmic Dragon Energy. As soon as the Red Dragon Energy broke apart, the Cosmic Dragon Energy immediately absorbed everyst drop of it. ¡°Good. One final step¡­ Life Seeds and Living Armor. Let¡¯s do it.¡± Elliot consumed the two sources of energy and his internals swirled once more. But with his Cosmic Dragon Energy at such a dense level, it didn¡¯t take too long before hepleted the process. And as soon as it was done, Elliot felt it. An awakening of sorts. [What¡­ is this ce¡­] Elliot was stunned. The Red Dragon Energy that was absorbed¡­ actually came to life? ¡°What on earth is happening?¡± Elliot thought incredulously. [Hah¡­ hah¡­ I am alive. But¡­ what is this feeling?] ¡°Hey. Can you hear me?¡± Elliot thought loudly. Immediately, a chorus of replies greeted him. ¡°Yes, Master.¡± ¡°Of course we can, why wouldn¡¯t we be able to hear you? Have you finally gone daft? Are you going to die soon?¡± ¡°Shut up you stupid bird. Stop spouting such unlucky nonsense!¡± ¡°I am here, master. Do you need anything?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Hmmmm.¡± The awakened Red Dragon continued to speak slowly to himself as though he didn¡¯t hear anything. [I¡­ don¡¯t have a physical body. What am I? Where¡­ where is my body?] ¡°Hmmmmm. How do I get in touch with him?¡± Elliot thought to himself with a sense of excitement in his heart. [What? What is this sense of excitement? What is this¡­ sense of authority? And¡­ Intent! Intent tomunicate!] ¡°Feelings? It can sense my feelings and my intentions? Hohoho. That¡¯s even better.¡± Elliot smiled. He immediately expressed his intention tomunicate intensely. [Communication¡­? Is this God? How¡­] ¡°Sense my intent. I wish for you to tell me who you are.¡± Elliot thought coldly as he willed for the energy to introduce himself. He could distinctly sense that he was on the verge of a breakthrough. [God? Dragon God, is that you?] [After so long¡­ could it be that you have appeared just for me, your faithful servant?] ¡°Yes. I am the Dragon God. Enough talking to yourself and tell me who you are!¡± Elliotmanded loudly in his public mindspace and immediately triggered another chorus ofments from his beasts. ¡°I knew it. He has gonepletely daft. Crazy. Insane. I im half his assets.¡± ¡°Dragon God? What¡¯s going on? The Dragon God has been missing for countless aeons.¡± ¡°Master, would you like us to go over?¡± ¡°Hmmmmmm¡­¡± ¡°Master? Are you hallucinating? I remember hallucinating a little bit when I was really hungry. Do you want food? I can go hunt some for you!¡± ¡°No, don¡¯t worry. I am fine. I am trying to¡­ talk to the dragon energy in my body.¡± Elliot told his beasts calmly. ¡°He is crazy. Nuts.¡± ¡°No! Master is just hungry! Give him some food!¡± ¡°I am going over to check.¡± Immediately, the beautiful form of Khellendra appeared next to him. As soon as she appeared though, she gasped loudly in shock! ¡°Kyaa!!¡± She couldn¡¯t help but scream lightly. Instantly, the space around her shimmered as Khalendros appeared next to his wife. Elliot turned to look at Khalendros questioningly. ¡°Exin.¡± He said in a much colder tone than usual. ¡°Your aura¡­ and the energy you¡¯re giving out¡­ It¡¯spletely and undeniably dragon.¡± Khalendros immediately replied obediently. [Dragon God! Hear my cry¡­ I am¡­ I am¡­ wait. Who am I?] Elliot stared at Khalendros as a truly absurd but incredible thought suddenly struck him. Elliot closed his eyes and focused on sensing and understanding his body, and the strange awakened Red Dragon Energy. He cast his senses widely and deeply into every part of his body and his soul. As he did so, he finally ¡°saw¡± it. The Red Dragon. It was a huge and powerful looking adult Red Dragon. But it was not just any Red Dragon. It was¡­ himself!! Yes. The voice that he ¡°heard¡± was his own voice crying out within the deepest reaches of his own soul. And he could ¡°hear¡± it because a portion of his soul had transformed into a Red Dragon! Chapter 265 Rune Master The red dragon turned its head to look at Elliot. Their eyes met. And the moment that happened, like a giant wall of ss splintering into a million pieces, the barrier between Elliot and his dragon soul came crashing down! A vast amount of red dragon memories began to flood his mind and a powerful surge of righteous anger somehow filled his heart. Strange memories shed rapidly one after another in a series of vivid visions from the point of view of a red dragon. The first time he flew in the sky. His first kill. His revenge. His wife. His kids. His grandkids. A great war. Another great war. And finally, the scene of his death¡­ Unlike the other visions, the scene of his death was much more vivid and much longer than the others. It was also filled with a deep sense of righteous anger. It was a final stand of some sort. He was one of thest few dragons still battling in what seemed like a hopeless defense from the outset. They were defending their against a horrifying onught of strange but powerful bug-like monsters that werepletely ck and full of strange power. Each red dragon was terrifyingly powerful, and could kill thousands of bugs with every attack, but they were like giant elephants drowning under a literal sea of army ants. One after another, one red dragon fell under mountains of those ck bugs. And finally, only he remained. He unleashed wave after wave after wave of scorching hot mes that reaped the lives of hundreds of thousands of ck bugs. But it was his swan song. His final hurrah. He copsed to the ground,pletely out of energy. Within a few seconds, he could hear millions of bugs still alive scurrying towards him. One, then two, then thousands of those bugs were upon him, biting, biting, biting, biting. VROOOO! A loud sound suddenly sounded across the sky as a massive spaceship descended. The help he had been desperately asking for had finally arrived, but they were toote. It wasn¡¯t their fault. The bugs had invaded their so suddenly, in so many locations at once and in such great numbers that they barelysted a single day. Searing heat suddenly covered his body. But he was too far gone to care. Death had him in a death grip, and was firmly leading him away. Before he disappeared with Death though, he heard a deep sigh of sadness. ¡°Goodbye old friend.¡± And with that, the sh of memories ended. Elliot gasped at the vividness and the strength of that final vision. It was so real that at one point during the final seconds Elliot had started fidgeting ufortably as he fought the urge to scream in the horror of being eaten alive by ck bugs! ¡°What a horrible way to die.¡± Elliot thought coldly to himself. The dragon soul within him was born out of the remnant soul force within the Red Dragon Blood Essence which had reached critical mass when Elliot consumed the second vial. When the remnant dragon soul force solidified and merged with a portion of Elliot¡¯s soul, its memories and final dying emotions went along with it, and it was exactly what Elliot had seen. With the merging of the dragon soul with his own soul, there was no longer any need for him to municate¡± with it. All that it was had be him. And as Khalendros had so aptly remarked earlier¡­ Elliot had be a dragon. True, he was still very much a human being. It was his base race, and it would always stay with him. But he was also undeniably also fully dragon. He was no longer a half dragon that could only transform into half a humanoid dragon. If he wanted to, he knew for certain that he could transform into a full fledged red dragon! ¡°The awakening only happened after I finished the conversion of all my energy into Cosmic Dragon Energy. So this awakening must be a unique urence, one that ispletely unprecedented in this universe.¡± Elliot analyzed calmly. ¡°And judging by the effect I am having on the blue dragons, I am of a much higher grade than them. Exactly how high though, I will need to find that out for myself.¡± It was true. His very presence at that moment hadpletely rattled Khalendros and especially Khellendra. ¡°Can¡­ can you switch it off?¡± Khalendros asked through gritted teeth. ¡°Switch it¡­ off?¡± Elliot¡¯s mind whirred rapidly for a moment. He knew it was impossible to switch off his bloodline. But retracting his aura shouldn¡¯t be impossible. In fact, he needed to be able to do it. Otherwise, wouldn¡¯t he be screaming out his presence everywhere he went? ¡°Let¡¯s try using that invisibility ring.¡± Elliot thought. Whoosh! With a thought, every single trace of Elliot¡¯s existence disappeared from the dragon¡¯s senses. Khalendros and Khellendra immediately sighed in relief as the tremendous pressure that Elliot was subconsciously emitting disappeared. ¡°It¡¯s working.¡± Khalendros said. ¡°Do that, but without the visual effect.¡± ¡°Easier said than do-¡± Elliot was about to answer back to Khalendros when suddenly, he realized that he actually knew how to do it! ¡°Surprise. Surprise.¡± Elliotughed out loud to himself. Because he was stillpletely stealthed, hisughter wasn¡¯t heard by the two dragons. ¡°I truly am the luckiest being in this universe. Of all the red dragons that could have their blood essence harvested and be given to me, it just have to the that of a¡­ Rune Master¡¯s! Ha!¡± If it was the previous Elliot, he would have definitelyughed much, much more hysterically than he just did. But after merging with the dragon soul, he had be much more stable and much calmer in light of extreme situations such as the situation of extreme fortune which he was experiencing at that moment. ¡°It¡¯s actually so simple. I simply need to modify the energy pathway this way and¡­¡± Whoosh. Elliot¡¯s body appeared once more, but without the fierce draconic aura that had made the two blue dragons so fearful of him. Chapter 266 Hammer ¡°Whoa. You actually did it in such a short amount of time!¡± Khalendros was very impressed. ¡°I thought you didn¡¯t know anything about runes? Modifying the effect of a high grade magical item so forcibly requires a really high understanding of runes!¡± Khellendra asked carefully. She was still reeling slightly from the deep sense of terrifying wonder she had felt earlier. ¡°Indeed. A very high understanding and mastery of Runes. Both of which¡­ I now possess.¡± Elliot said calmly and slightly distractedly as he continued to take stock of the massive amount of knowledge that now nestled in his brain. Khalendros and Khellendra looked at each other. How long had it been since they met him? And how many times in that short amount of time had they seen him show massive jumps in power, jumps that would require any normal life form tens, or even hundreds of years to achieve? If everyone in the universe was a bicycle, then Elliot was atest generation, warp-capable space speedster! ¡°Well. It¡¯s good that you¡¯re okay. We were quite worried there for a bit when you said all those weird things.¡± Khellendra smiled gently. Elliot looked at Khellendra and felt a slight warmth appear and prate the deep cloud of apathy that had flooded his heart. He smiled back at Khellendra and Khalendros. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I was¡­ consolidating my power earlier. I ampletely sane.¡± Elliot said unhurriedly. ¡°Consolidating your power? Just how powerful are you now?¡± Khalendros asked curiously. Elliot raised his right arm slightly and transformed it into a red dragon arm. He clenched his ws into a fist and circted his Cosmic Dragon Energy slightly. With a thought, he released his stealth for a short moment. SWOOOSH!!! A grand and mighty dragon aura appeared. It was not suffocating, nor was it aggressive. It didn¡¯t press down heavily on them like the auras of most powerhouses in the Hegemon or even Ancient level. Elliot¡¯s aura was simply but purely¡­ Regal. It was an aloof sort of majesty that did not demand to be worshipped, but one that naturally inspires devotion and reverence from every living being in his presence. In the next few seconds, Khalendros and Khellendra paled very dramatically, and had to use all of their strength to fight the urge to prostrate themselves before Elliot! Thankfully, Elliot seemed to sense their growing difort and quickly released his red dragon transformation on his arm and stealthed his aura once more. However, from that moment on, both Khalendros and Khellendra knew that everything had changed. In their hearts, Elliot was no longer the little human boy who had somehow gained a ridiculous amount of power and who had the potential to be the brightest rising star of the universe. He was a dragon, like them. And not just any dragon. He was the Progenitor of Dragons! And for as long as he lived, they would serve him with all of their hearts, strength and minds. ¡°We will be moving out soon. Why don¡¯t you two help the girls prepare?¡± Elliot said to them with a smile. Both Khalendros and Khellendra smoothly gave a little bow and replied softly. ¡°Of course¡­ Master.¡± The word Master came very naturally to their lips. In fact, it felt very appropriate. In their minds, any other lesser term of address would almost be sphemy! The two dragons quickly departed and left Elliot alone with his thoughts. After a full month of incessant powering up, Elliot had finally reached a point where he felt like he had all the tools he required to seed in his life. Cosmic Dragon Energy. Check. Complete Dragon Transformation. Check. Bloodline. Check. Rune Mastery. Check. System Upgrade. Check. Even his sisters were doing well! The only things he had yet to achieve on his personal power growth at the short term were: 1. Theplete collection of all dragon types and in volumes sufficient for him to do a full transformation. 2. Mastery of the Ascendant Runes which Jessica Sands had mentioned. 3. Breaking through to Emperor Level. 4. Completing all 12 of his Beast Apostles. If he could achieve them in a short amount of time, it would be for the very best. But even if he didn¡¯t, he could already do plenty of damage with his current level of power. In the known universe, Hegemons were movers and shakers, and although not one yet, Elliot wielded the power of several. At that moment, Elliot was a force to be reckoned with! Of course, as they say, the nail that sticks out will be hammered. It was definitely true for Elliot as well. After disying so much strength and such ridiculous potential, he had be a hot potato. Whoever gets their hands on him, would gain a very critical piece that could potentially allow them to rise up a tier or two in the power structure of the universe! And if that happened, the politicalndscape of the entire universe would have to be reshaped. War would definitely take ce, if it hadn¡¯t already. As it were, Earth had already be a hotbed of conflict at that moment that could very well spark the start of a universal war! Elliot was aware of all that. In fact, he had even urately suspected that the reasons for the Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons Game were to make use of the chaos to make it easier for him to remain alive while at the same time to make more money off the bets that would definitely take ce. ¡°Before today, the hammer blow on me would definitely give me trouble. He looked up at the distance and then smiled coldly. ¡°Herees the first hammer.¡± Chapter 267 Weak ones Elliot didn¡¯t bother to hide his position. But he did blink away from the hubbub of the base to approach the iing group of warriors that he sensed. That way, the fight would not affect his sisters and the rest of the survivors. ¡°Hmmm. Five Emperors and a trio of Hegemons. They are too strong to be scouts, even in this dangerous event.¡± Elliot analyzed calmly. ¡°They must be an advance force of a big group, or even the main force of a small group. No matter, I will clean them up quickly. They are worth three hundred and five points after all.¡± Elliot chuckled to himself lightly. He was very aware of his outrageously lofty thoughts when thinking about extremely powerful fighters like Emperors and Hegemons. If other organizations, especially the organization involved, could hear his thoughts, they would probably vomit blood in anger. ¡°You want to ¡°quickly clean up¡± five of my Emperors and three of my HEGEMONS which we had spent countless resources to nurture? Just to get three hundred and five points?¡± St. Blood vomited. ¡°You, a mere King, want to kill five Emperors and three Hegemons? Hahahahahaha!¡± Roll. Roll. Roll. (ROFL) But whatever their reaction, the fact remains that Elliot was standing calmly a few meters above the ground, sword drawn, his right arm fully transformed into a dragon w, and a murderous aura billowing out of him in copious amounts. Before him were three hundred and five points, and he was very determined to get them. Upon sensing his presence, the eight warriors stopped very suddenly and entered a defensive formation. They cautiously approached Elliot while scanning their surroundings with all sorts of gadgets in addition to their own senses. ¡°I am alone.¡± Elliotughed at their obvious wariness at the strange situation and folded his arms as he waited for them to finish scanning their surrroundings. They were so scared of an ambush that they even sent two Emperors to the left and right to continue scanning for enemies! ¡°You must be Elliot. Amused at how cautious we are?¡± A Hegemon finally spoke up. She was a gorgeous looking middle aged woman with perfect almond-shaped eyes, high cheekbones, very kissable lips and a luscious chest that strained against the fabric of her pure white dress very noticeably. ¡°Amused by your cowardice.¡± Elliot corrected her with a smile. ¡°I am but a lowly King level fighter. Why so afraid?¡± The Hegemon merely smiled back. ¡°It is precisely because you are a ¡°King¡± level fighter that we have to be so cautious. I have never met a ¡°King¡± level fighter that could out-detect us. And instead of running away, you chose to stand your ground instead? Sorry, but I would be a fool to assume that you¡¯re a mere King. And yes, I have lost count of how many people called us that over the years. A thousand? Ten thousand? They didn¡¯t think that Hegemons should stoop so low to the point of avoiding all fights except for those that are clearly in our favor to win. Spineless. Cowards. Shameless. I can¡¯t remember all the colourful names they used to describe us. No matter. They are all dead. We are still alive.¡± She said in a conversational voice. ¡°A coward AND a talker.¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°What a miserablebination.¡± Elliot didn¡¯t bother holding back the derision in his voice. They would probably end up in a life and death battle within moments anyway. Who cares about what they felt? All three Hegemons chuckled. Apparently they werepletely at peace with their methods. The second Hegemon was dressed entirely in ck, and had a ck mask covering his face. He had a pitch ck aura that reeked of damp soil full of dposingpost. The third Hegemon was dressed simrly to the second, but she was dressed in yellow instead. Her aura was very strange. It felt leafy but hot at the same time. In his mind, Elliot had already named them White, ck and Yellow. The other Emperors¡­ were not worth his attention. At his level, whatever the Emperors did would have absolutely no significance to him. For a King to be able to treat Emperors that way, Elliot must be the only one in the known universe! After all, the gap between King and Emperor level was notoriously huge. At that moment, the two Emperors returned and gave them a thumbs up. ¡°Hoooo. You truly are alone. Well, let¡¯s see what tricks you have hidden that give you such confidence when facing against five Emperors and three Hegemons.¡± White said and signalled for the others to take their ces. Immediately, they circled Elliot and drew their weapons. Elliot raised his eyebrow. ¡°Going all out against one person? You guys truly are shameless.¡± ¡°The lion uses his full strength even when hunting a rabbit. Plus, it¡¯s your lucky day. We have instructions to take you alive. I don¡¯t usually leave those who have insulted me alive for very long.¡± White smiled a radiant smile at Elliot. ¡°Would you like to make things easier on yourself and surrender? That way, I¡¯ll just take one limb as payment for your words instead of two.¡± ¡°Good philosophy. I fully agree with you. However, my full strength isn¡¯t suited for such small battles. I hope you forgive me for not reciprocating your kind intentions.¡± Elliot said while ignoring thest part of her words. White¡¯s mouth twitched slightly. ¡°Have you guys decided which ones you want to handle? If you have,e on out and take them.¡± Elliot called out loudly. ¡°Not fair, Master. I always get the weak ones.¡± Ellieined in the public mindspace as five portals opened up around Elliot. She red at her chosen target rather mournfully, a small little dwarf with a hammer that was twice his size. Chapter 268 Black The dwarf actually looked pretty formidable. Additionally, he was also giving out near-peak Emperor level aura! It was only to Elliot¡¯s powerful beasts, and especially Ellie who had been really itching for a good fight, that such a being ended up being described as ¡°weak¡±! ¡°Be thankful that you even get one. There are so many of us and only five enemies.¡± Brock reprimanded his granddaughter as he stepped out of his portal. His target was the biggest Emperor out of the five, a three meter tall red giant. That red giant was giving out peak Emperor level aura, and he looked extremely bloodthirsty. There was no way that Brock would allow his granddaughter to fight him! ¡°I am grateful for this opportunity.¡± Kai said solemnly at his target, a skinny Emperor dressed in green robes. ¡°Your death will not be in vain.¡± YAWN. Rex gave a huge yawn and sauntered towards her target, a nerdy looking young female elf scantily dressed in vines and leaves. Winter was thest one to step out. She sat down on the ground and started to groom herself. She didn¡¯t even bother to look at her target! Theplete disdain that Elliot¡¯s beasts had for the Emperorspletely riled them up. It was one thing to be called a coward by an enemy. But it was a different thing altogether when they were looked down by mere pets! ¡°You¡¯re mocking us?¡± She sneered at Elliot and was about to make a move against Rex who was still calmly and slowly towards her target when Elliot turned to look at her while undoing his stealth at the same time. His killing intent was so strong that Yellow immediately froze in ce and stood guard against him. For Yellow, it felt as though an ancient primordial beast was staring at her with a deep intent to kill! ¡°Your opponent is me.¡± Elliot said quietly. ¡°All three of you. I cannot allow you three to separate.¡± ¡°Hmmmmm? What a fearsome aura! The reports truly were made by fools. ¡°Near-hegemonic level of power¡± they said. Utter bullshit. Faerya, Faeryo, leave the Emperors to y with his beasts. We need to go all out if we want to capture him alive. Do not hold back.¡± White said with an excited smile on her face. ck and Yellow nodded. They focused their attention on him and ignored the Emperors who had started to battle against Elliot¡¯s beasts. ¡°Anyst words?¡± White asked Elliot in a friendly tone. ¡°None. And you sure are taking your own sweet time with that spell. Are you sure you¡¯re a Hegemon? I¡¯ve never seen anyone so bad with Runes.¡± Elliot said while shaking his head. He very conveniently forgot that prior to absorbing the second Red Dragon Blood Essence and awakening his dragon soul, he was probably a million times worse than her! At his words though, White¡¯s face turned extremely ugly. She had been weaving her energy slowly and secretly while talking with Elliot to buy herself time toplete it. It was a very powerful disabling spell, one that would even render the strongest Hegemons unable to move for a few crucial seconds! She had killed and captured a very respectable number of Hegemons using that spell, and it was her go-to move in every single capture mission. It came as aplete shock to her that not only had Elliot detected her secret act, he even allowed her to continue doing it! Didn¡¯t that mean that he had the confidence to deal with her secret spell? ¡°Hurry up. I don¡¯t have all day.¡± Elliot said impatiently. ¡°You cocky son of a *****. Attack!¡± White shouted through her gritted teeth. Immediately, ck and Yellow pounced forward towards Elliot while unleashing their tyrannical Hegemon aura at the same time. From the ground, thousands of earth pellets the size of basketballs as well as hundreds of thick vines strangely surrounded by tendrils of fire started to shoot out towards Elliot! As expected, ck was a Dark-Earth Elemental Hegemon while Yellow was a Wood-Fire Elemental Hegemon. Under such omnidirectional attacks, Elliot had no choice but to immediately unleash his full Red Dragon Transformation. In a blink of an eye, the silhouette behind Elliot solidified into aplete Red Dragon that unleashed a deep and guttural roar! GRAAHHH!!!! At the same time, a sphere of bright red fire coalesced all around Elliot. It was an all-epassing fire defense that his red dragon energy had cast automatically to deal with all sorts of attacks. The only question was, was it strong enough to deal with the attacks of two Hegemons? Whoosh! Swoooshh!! Boooooshhhhhhhh!!! The pellets and the vines were vaporized upon contact with Elliot¡¯s sphere of fire. Elliot¡¯s sphere of fire had no problems whatsoever dealing with the dual elements of the two Hegemons! However, ck and Yellow were already upon him at that moment and their weapons were flowing in perfect coordination towards him. ck was wielding a massive war hammer that was swinging down from the top, while Yellow¡¯s twin scimitars were shing in from the left and right towards his body and his feet! And to make things worse, at that very moment, a horrendouslyrge bolt of ck lightning suddenly crackled and struck down at Elliot with devastating power. The ck lightning bolt pierced through Elliot¡¯s sphere of fire a mere split second before ck¡¯s and Yellow¡¯s attacks did, and all three of them smashed onto Elliot with unforgiving strength. It was as though they had forgotten that they were supposed to capture him alive! ¡°How do you like my secret skill ¨C ck Lightning Paralysis now, huh you damned punk!!¡± White shouted triumphantly from behind the duo. But to her great surprise, ck and Yellow didn¡¯t stop attacking Elliot. In fact, they were unleashing their second, third and fourth chained sequence of attacks at him in rapid session! ¡°Stop nking out you damned fool! Keep attacking! He¡¯s stillpletely unharmed!¡± ck roared out angrily as he drew back his massive war hammer for another vicious attack. Thick earthen spikes appeared at the edge of his hammer and glowed an ominous ck. Chapter 269 Do you want to... A massive blob of dark energy gathered around ck¡¯s war hammer and made their way into the thick earthen spikes. With the corrosive nature of the dark energybined with the near unbreakable toughness of earth energy, ck¡¯s attack was powerful enough to dissolve and prate the strongest of armors. Not many Hegemons had the ability to withstand a direct hit from this attack! ¡°ckened Death Spikes!¡± ck roared and swung his war hammer down towards Elliot. A few meters away from him, Yellow had also unleashed her own high level skill. One scimitar glowed green and the other glowed orange. She was swinging them ambidextrously and each scimitar was releasing a unique skill that was not dissimr to Elliot¡¯s Sword Technique! The green scimitar had agitated the wood energy within nature was caused them to turn highly poisonous. A single sh by that scimitar would instantly cause Hegemons to stiffen and die. The orange scimitar had agitated the fire energy within nature and caused them to be iparably hot. A single sh by it would definitely turn anything it touched into ash! Behind them, White had also raised her hand and a rapid-fire barrage of ck Lightning Paralysis wasnding on Elliot constantly at a rate of at least a hundred per second! All three Hegemons were holding nothing back in their attacks! BOOM! WHAM! SLASH! SLASH! Their attacksnded on Elliot with devastating power. But for all their efforts, the only response they managed to elicit from Elliot was merely¡­ ¡°Huh?¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but make a confused sound. ¡°Are you guys really Hegemons? Why are your attacks so weak?¡± Elliot stood motionless in the air with Gilgamar held loosely in his right hand. He had turnedpletely into a ferociously handsome humanoid red dragon with bright red scales tinged with ck. There wasn¡¯t a single trace of their previous attacks on his body. He waspletely unharmed. If all three Hegemons weren¡¯t so shocked at dealing no damage at all after unleashing their most powerful attacks, they would have definitely vomited blood after hearing his response! ¡°Impossible!!¡± ck shouted, his eyes opened wide in utter disbelief. ¡°What are you? Are you an Ancient pretending to be a King? No Hegemon in this universe can bepletely unharmed after ourbo!¡± Although ck was making a high sounding statement, he was not making them baselessly. In the path towards absolute strength, most warriors had the option to choose between two methods of fighting. Going full elemental and fighting from a distance, or imbuing their physical attacks with elemental damage. Due to the strenuous requirements of each method, most warriors were able to choose one method. There were positives and negatives with each choice. To go full elemental and fight from a distance by wielding the power of their chosen elements and flinging them towards their enemies, one had to have exceptional quantity, quality and mastery in terms of elemental energy. If a warrior decided to go full elemental and any of the above mention three qualities werecking, they would be severely limited in their effectiveness and strength. Despite the risks, this way was still rather popr as one would be able to avoid deadly closebat fighting where a single tiny mistake could be fatal. In the utterly massive known universe with trillions upon trillions of life forms, there were nock of warriors and nock of geniuses. Even with the very low rate of sess, there were still millions of warriors who had trained up their ranged elemental attacks to a very high level. The other way was to infuse their elemental energy into a suitable weapon, and borrow its exceptional qualities to deal an amount of damage which they wouldn¡¯t otherwise be able to. With a powerful weapon, those warriors who werecking in quantity, quality or mastery, would be able to deal just as much damage as those geniuses who chose to go full elemental. However, there was yet another subset of warriors within the two groups who weren¡¯t satisfied with merely being a powerful genius. These were the ones who chose both methods. These were the ones who thought, ¡°Why choose at all?¡± Tyrius, Gilgamar¡¯s previous owner, was one such person. He had mastered the art of closebat with a sword, as well as trained up his elemental power to an extremely high degree. These types of warriors were the most fearsome. They were usually geniuses among geniuses, the pride and joy of their ns and respective powers, and they usually took on the heaviest and most crucial responsibilities. Responsibilities like capturing critically important resources for their organizations. ck, Yellow and White were exactly that type of genius. With their exceptional mastery over dual elements, as well as a solid 100 thousand River of Runes as their foundation, they were the most dependable force that their organization had. With hundreds of sessful missions under their collective belts, the three of them had trained up their cooperation to a smooth and highly effectivebo. ck and Yellow¡¯s earthen spheres as well as fiery vines would distract and slow down their enemies while White prepared the powerful ck Lightning Paralysis which would freeze their enemies long enough for the trio to do anything they wanted. For them to be sopletely ineffective was definitely a shocking first! ¡°Ancient? I wouldn¡¯t be wasting time talking to all of you if I am an Ancient. But¡­ was that truly your most powerful attackbo? Do you want to try and attack me one more time? But this time, please make sure to give it your all.¡± Elliot offered generously. White, ck and Yellow all stared at Elliot with stunned expressions that were very slowly but very surely turning into expressions of fear. Their previous attackbo had truly been one of their most powerfulbos. Even though they had a few more tricks hidden up their sleeves, those tricks would meanpletely nothing if their previous attacks dealt no damage at all. Chapter 270 Combined Energy Manifestation When had a King level warrior ever struck so much fear into not one, not two but THREE Hegemons all at the same time? As a full fledged dragon, Elliot could smell fear like the smell of concentrated piss in a small room. And with Elliot¡¯s extremely unique dragon bloodline, sooner orter, he would be smelling literal piss from his opponents who had wet themselves in fear. At that moment, although ck, Yellow and White hadn¡¯t wet themselves, Elliot could sense their growing fear of him very acutely. ¡°Damn it. I need them to unleash their most powerful attacks on me. How the heck am I supposed to know just how powerful I have be if I don¡¯t have strong enemies to push me to the very edge?¡± Elliot muttered very audibly. ¡°Maybe I should just gauge my power by how much of their dead bodies remain after I unleash my attack?¡± Elliot gazed at the three Hegemons with a slight frown on his face. The three Hegemons nced at each other and hesitated. The choice before them was very simple. Do they keep attacking Elliot in the hopes that they break through his ridiculous defense, or do they run away to fight another day? But at the end, rather uncharacteristically, the three Hegemons chose to remain and fight. Maybe they were sick and tired of being called cowards. Maybe they simply couldn¡¯t ept the fact that three Hegemons had to run away from a mere ¡°King¡±. Or maybe it was abination of both. Whatever their motivation, they gritted their teeth and started to unleash their trump cards together! Sensing their determination and the vast undting power that the three of them were starting to emit, Elliot smiled in approval. ¡°Good! Good! Attack me with all you¡¯ve got!¡± He said as he started to circte his Cosmic Dragon Energy as well. The four of them stood off in the air with the energy of nature swirling chaotically all around them. With all four of them being extremely powerful life forms, they were able to influence the energies found in nature around them to a certain extent. Very strangely, most of the energies of nature were responding enthusiastically to Elliot instead of the three Hegemons. Just a single person was able to force most of nature to obey his summons above and over the summons of three full-fledged Hegemons! However, the three Hegemons were no pushovers. Having decided to remain and continue the fight, they had discarded all their hesitations, fears and doubts. They took what they could from nature and continued to weave their energies into one earth-shaking spell after another. Behind them, the silhouette of an utterly massive mountain filled with red trees and with deeply ominous ck clouds above it appeared. Very surprisingly, the three of them had managed to achieve a very rarebo called Combined Energy Manifestation! A tri-spell involving all of the three Hegemon¡¯s strengths. The mountain, the trees and the lightning clouds started to exert their influence on the environment. A powerful defensive aura in the shape of a mountain surged into being around them. At the same time, huge ensnaring fire traps appeared all around the mountain, ready to be fired off towards Elliot. And finally, ck lightning arced all over the clouds, waiting for themand to unleashplete hell upon the enemy. It was a tremendously impressive sight. The pressure the Combined Energy Manifestation was emitting was extremely overbearing and Elliot could feel its incredible weight smashing down on him! ¡°None had ever seen our Combined Energy Manifestation and lived to tell the tale.¡± White said quietly. But Elliot merely grinned. ¡°There¡¯s always a first for everything.¡± He said. He felt that his words were incredibly cliche. But what else could he say? That damned White was the first to say such a cliche promation! Elliot raised his hand and pointed at the awe-inspiring Combined Energy Manifestation in front of him. GRAHHH! The red dragon silhouette behind Elliot uncoiled itself and spread its wings wide as it let out a deep, reptilian roar that seemed to proim its royal authority over all of creation. And then, very startlingly, it pped its wings and took off into the sky! Even with their heartspletely resolved to do battle against Elliot, the three Hegemons couldn¡¯t help but flinch slightly at the sight of Elliot¡¯s red dragon taking off in flight. Within a very quick second, the massive hundred meter tall red dragon had disappeared high into the sky beyond the clouds! It was the legendary Energy Awakening that very few Hegemons were able to achieve. And all who managed to do so were the movers and shakers of the universe. Just what in all of heaven was this freak of a King level warrior? ¡°Shall we see if your boring little mountain could resist the wrath of a red dragon?¡± Elliot asked politely before his smile turned into a sneer. ¡°Burn!¡± Elliotmanded. From above the sky, a pir of fire split the ck clouds apart and crashed down upon the massive mountain. The mountain silhouette shimmered and trembled lightly as it took on a huge amount of Red Cosmic Dragon Energy. The three Hegemons paled as they felt their Combined Energy Manifestation begin to show the first signs of implosion. ¡°Maintain the Manifestation at all costs.¡± White ordered and pointed at Elliot. Immediately, massive ck lightning bolts began to fall upon Elliot from all directions! ck and Yellow continued to pump more of their energy into the mountain. In fact, a massive ming red tree was growing very rapidly at the top of the mountain. It even looked like it was madly absorbing the red dragon¡¯s pir of fire. However, instead of bing stronger after absorbing such potent fire, the tree and Yellow looked like they just swallowed huge mouthfuls of scalding water! Yellow¡¯s eyes were wide open inplete anguish and her mouth was open in an agonized silent scream. Chapter 271 Dark Energy Shield ¡°Resist it!¡± ck shouted frantically as he unleashed his powerful skills on the red dragon in an attempt to distract it from attacking their Combined Energy Manifestation. Ten huge earthen golems glowing with dark energy rose from the ground and heaved massive chunks of solidified earth at the red dragon. Another ten golems with massive hands and arms rose up from the ground as well. But instead of attacking the red dragon, they moved to block the red dragon¡¯s fire breath fromnding on Yellow¡¯s tree. ¡°I can¡¯t absorb his fire energy! It¡¯s too powerful! It¡¯s even burning up my fire!¡± Yellow screamed in panic and in pain. ¡°What do you mean it¡¯s burning up your fire?!¡± White screamed at Yellow as she furiously unleashed torrents of ck lightning down at Elliot who was calmly resisting them with an energy shield. ¡°It¡¯s too powerful!! Block it! Block the fire attack!!¡± Yellow screamed in agony! She had unleashed all of her fire and wood energy upwards to resist the red dragon¡¯s fire breath attack, but it was almost like throwing firewood to a raging inferno. It was no use! In fact, it seemed like the red dragon¡¯s fire energy was growing even stronger as the seconds ticked by! ¡°I am trying! The fire attack is sting through my golems as though they are made of paper! Just what sort of monster is he??¡± ck shouted as he desperately summoned another twenty golems to help resist the fire breath attack. White frowned deeply and quickly weaved a high grade defensive spell using her dark energy. A circr disc appeared above their Combined Energy Manifestation and started to slowly harden into a solid mass of dark energy that seemed to be quite effective. Combined with ck¡¯s golems, they managed to bring the situation under control. The fire breath breath attack was stopped! But it was toote. Too much damage had been done, and too much Red Cosmic Dragon Energy in the form of pure fire had made its way into Yellow¡¯s energy manifestation. Yellow¡¯s agonized scream rose to a high pitched crescendo as her energypletely ran dry and allowed the fire energy to finally cause the tree to implode! Poof. One second, the tree was there, and in the next second, it was gone. With nothing in its way, the Red Cosmic Dragon Energy started to rampage freely within Yellow¡¯s body. ¡°AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!¡± Within a single second, Yellow¡¯s internals were burned to crisp. Her scream was also abruptly cut short and she fell down to the ground in a smoking, unmoving heap of burnt flesh. It was a short but clear disy of one irrefutablew of nature. Energy Manifestations, no matter how many werebined into one, were no match for Energy Awakenings. Energy Manifestations ur when the level of quantity, quality and mastery that warriors have over their elemental energies were able to reach a certain high level. The manifestations take on the form and shape of the energy spell that the warrior was most intrinsically suited with. Unlike spells, Energy Manifestations didn¡¯t need to be cast, and would constantly exhibit the function and the nature of the manifested form. For example, most earth elemental warriors who were able to manifest their energy would manifest a huge mountain, which would serve as a powerful defensive measure against most attacks. This would free up the warrior to focus on attacking while his manifested mountain absorbs all the damageing his way to the maximum capacity of his energy level. However, energy manifestations represent a part of the warrior. And so the warrior could take damage if the manifestation was to be forcibly broken apart. In a worst case scenario, if the damage was dealt at high enough levels and speed, the energy manifestations would even serve as a conduit along which the enemy¡¯s attack could reach the warrior¡¯s main body! That was exactly what happened to Yellow. She thought that with her fire element, she would be able to resist the red dragon¡¯s fire attack. Her tree even had the very special attribute of being able to devour fire energy to boost its growth. Shepletely didn¡¯t expect that the red dragon¡¯s fire attack was so overbearing that it could even burn up her fire energy! Her ckened and charred body lying lifessly on the ground was the price she paid for her miscalction. With Yellow¡¯s energy manifestationpletely broken apart, the Combined Energy Manifestation weakened considerably. GRAAAHHHHH!! Elliot red dragon swooped down from the sky and continued its fire breath attack on the mountain that was still standing firm over the three Hegemons. ¡°Stop attacking him! Attack the damn dragon!¡± ck shouted at White even as he continued to pump in massive amounts of energy to support his mountain Energy Manifestation. Although they were extremely close to Yellow, they absolutely had no time to grieve or even get angry over her death. They were in a fight for their lives, and judging by how quickly even the fire elemental Yellow died once the fire got to her, they would probably die almost instantly if the fire breath attack managed to break through their defense. Thankfully, White¡¯s ck lightning clouds didn¡¯t catch fire like Yellow¡¯s fire wood tree did. It meant that somehow, dark energy was resistant to the fire breath attack! CRACK! BOOOMMM!!! The ck lightning bolts stopped falling pointlessly on Elliot and started to attack the red dragon instead. Fortunately for the two Hegemons, the ck lightning seemed to be more effective on the red dragon than on Elliot. Unfortunately for them, it wasn¡¯t really enough to stop the red dragon from attacking them with its fire breath attack. The wounded red dragon let out a furious roar and unleashed an even more intense fire breath attack which finally broke through the mountain¡¯s heavy earthen defense! ¡°White!!¡± ck shouted in horror. ¡°I¡¯m on it! Support me with your dark energy! It¡¯s weak against it!¡± White shouted as she summonedyer afteryer of dark-energy based defensive spells. Chapter 272 Intoxicating thought ck immediately focused on weaving and casting dark energy based defensive spells as well. As their powerful spells shimmered into being and blocked the godlike fire breath attack, the pressure they were experiencing finally lifted slightly. ¡°It¡¯s working!¡± ck shouted with no small measure of relief. Their initial sess in blocking the fire attack spurred them on and they madly casted all the dark energy defensive spells they knew. After a minute or so, they were finally able to catch their breath as the dragon¡¯s fire breath slowly faded away. ¡°Oh my god. That red dragon awakening is ridiculous!¡± White gasped and panted for air. Thest few minutes were the most intense of her entire life! ¡°It is very strong. But if it¡¯s weak against dark energy, then we have a chance! We are both-¡° However, before ck could finish his words, a powerful wave of light energy smashed into their dark energy barriers and caused huge cracks to appear everywhere! In a split second, the structural integrity of their shields and barriers were immediatelypromised. CRACK!! WHOOSH! ck and White stared at their disappearing barriers in disbelief. As one, they turned to look at Elliot who had finally made a move after watching his red dragon do all the work in attacking the trio. Elliot¡¯s golden tinged dragon scales which covered half his body shone brightly as a deeply majestic aura billowed from him. His right hand was pointing at them and remnants of what seemed to be a brilliant light energy attack was just disappearing from his fingers. ¡°Gold dragon? Light energy? Ha¡­ Hahahaha¡­ Hahahahaha!¡± White couldn¡¯t help but cackle incredulously. She couldn¡¯t believe that their one lifeline, the one thing that could protect them from the red dragon, was an elemental type that was vulnerable against Elliot¡¯s ¡°second¡± element! With the dark energy barriers gone, the red dragon unleashed another fire breath attack whichnded on the two Hegemons. The effect of the fire breath on their external body was no less catastrophic than that of Yellow¡¯s who experienced it internally within her body¡¯s energy pathways. The overbearing fire energy instantly caused the two Hegemons to burst into mes! The Combined Energy Manifestation disappeared without a trace as the two surviving Hegemons copsed to the ground. Dead as dead can be. Of course they were dead. Only ckened skeletons remained of what used to be two mighty Hegemons. The red dragon¡¯s fire breath attack hadpletely burned their flesh to ashes! Elliot Musk, the King level warrior of Earth, had defeated three Hegemons in just two moves, his Red Dragon Energy Awakening and his Light Energy attack. As before, several hunting parties immediately aborted their missions. ¡°Forget it, even with Hegemon Saratoga, you guys are still too weak. Go back to base. Again.¡± ¡°That Elliot is stupidly strong. He is something our Vipaza n cannot afford to have. Abort mission!¡± However, not all of the hunting parties were from small to medium sized powers. Some were from the biggest and most fearsome powers who had nock of Ancients or even Primals! The incredible strength Elliot had showcased actually only piqued their interest even more. ¡°Good! I did not waste my time ining here. Increase speed! I want to reach his position within fifteen minutes!¡± ¡°One King killed three Hegemons with ease? Hahahaha! Our Pirturo Star System will have another top tierbatant candidate soon! Go! Full speed ahead! The Dominus will be pissed if some other power gets their hands on him!¡± Somewhere near the gulf of Mexico, Hegemon Hani frowned deeply when she heard the news. ¡°He killed three full-fledged Hegemons with extreme ease, to the point where the Hegemons could only unleash their Combined Energy Manifestations for a few minutes before sumbing to his¡­ Energy Awakened Red Dragon?! What nonsense is this? How can a mere King level warrior who had not formed his River of Runes do such a thing?!¡± She was travelling at extremely high speeds towards Elliot¡¯sst known position with Ancient Gartod leading the way. Ancient Gartod could have travelled much faster, of course, but he was in a great mood and wanted to rx a little bit, so he matched Hegemon Hani¡¯s flying speed and merely cruised along. ¡°The formation of the River of Runes is the fastest and most highly regarded way of gaining power. But it is not the only way.¡± Ancient Gartod saidzily with no surprise at all in his voice. ¡°Is that so? Howe I have never heard of such a thing?¡± Hegemon Hani asked curiously. ¡°It is ssified information. Plus, it is a rather useless piece of information. The River of Runes is by far the most efficient method to power up. The sheer amount of benefits we get by infusing the Runes into our energy pathways are just too good to give up for other methods. The quantity boost, the qualitative upgrade, and even the utility and unique functions certain runes give us empower us way too much. Anyone choosing to focus their energy and time to power up using a different method is aplete fool. The River of Runes truly is the best method to power up¡­ which is avable to the known universe.¡± Ancient Gartod replied. Hegemon Hani immediately understood. ¡°Definitely. And if I am not mistaken, the power up method he found isn¡¯t a case of ¡°either or¡± with the River of Runes method. And that means¡­¡± ¡°We can use that method and gain additional strength for ourselves.¡± Hegemon Hani finished Ancient Gartod¡¯s sentence for him. ¡°Exactly. And if a King with this new method can kill three Hegemons with ease, imagine what you and I can be if we gained that secret¡­¡± Ancient Gartod smiled widely. Hegemon Hani¡¯s breath immediately became slightly irregr as she grappled with the idea of gaining the strength to fight a few power levels above her. It was an exhrating and intoxicating thought. Chapter 273 Velvety sounds Ancient Gartod too, was lost in his thoughts. His fortunes were definitely on the rise. First it was the consumption of the Ancient Soul. Then it was this brand new secret method¡­ ¡°Could this be my moment of sess? The moment where I could finally break free of Linhasan control and be my own master?¡± Ancient Gartod mused. However, their happy thoughts were cut short when a powerful beam of light shot out towards them from the distance! Sensing the familiar aura from the beam of light, Ancient Gartod immediately chuckled. ¡°Hoo. You Kirilians sure are persistent. Do you have a personal grudge against me? Did I kill your family member or something? Oh that¡¯s right! Did I¡­ kill your brother earlier? That puny little sorry excuse of an Ancient?¡± Ancient Gartod¡¯sughing voice boomed out loudly as he unleashed a barrage of verbal attacks on the ambushers. It was a very basic rule of fights. Rob the enemy of theirposure, and capitalize on the attacks they were bound to make. Ancient Gartod may sound casual and irritating, but he had actually entered full battle mode and was working very hard to get into his enemy¡¯s head! He waved his hand and easily caused the beam of light to disintegrate and disappear mid air. ¡°His soul was so weak and did almost nothing to nurture my soul, that Ipletely forgot about it! Haha! Your brother truly was a good for nothing Ancient, wasn¡¯t he? Hahahaha!¡± Ancient Gartod roared withughter. Boom. Boom. Boom. Three boundlessly colossal auras rippled outwards from the distance in reply and smashed into Ancient Gartod and Hegemon Hani with ruthless ferocity. Ancient Gartod immediately paled as he unleashed his own boundless aura to resist them. However, his aura was like a candle flickering in the wind. He was unable to maintain even aplete sphere around himself and around Hegemon Hani in face of the three intense auras! ¡°Three Ancients. And really powerful ones at that. This is not good.¡± Ancient Gartod said gravely as he struggled to stabilize his aura, to no avail. Next to him, Hegemon Hani was already spurting out blood from her mouth. The ferocious all-out auras of Ancient level powerhouses were not something that Hegemons could resist. Even one Ancient level powerhouse would be impossible, much less three. Ancient Gartod calmed his heart and his brain started to race as he tried to think of a solution. ¡°They are not resorting to soul attacks, they probably feared another move like before. Instead, they are approaching physically. If it is a physical fight, I still have a chance! I can probably fight against them equally for a short amount of time. However, without an escape n, it would only be a matter of time until I tire and fall. Escape. How do I escape from three Ancients?¡± ¡°There is no escape for you, Linhasan dog.¡± Came the deeply emotional voice of the dead ancient¡¯s brother. ¡°I will take my time to slowly kill you and your Hegemon b****. By the time I am done, you will be-¡° ¡°Yawn. You¡¯re already boring me to death. Is this your strategy? Make me fall asleep then capture me?¡± Ancient Gartodughed. Even in the face of extreme danger and near certain death, there was no way Ancient Gartod would allow his enemies to gain the upper hand in the psychological battle and the battle of words! For a few moments, nothing happened. However, just as Ancient Gartod was about to retort back with augh, a soft ringing sound that sounded like handbells appeared and started to rise slowly in intensity. ¡°You¡¯re actually trying to make me sleep for real? Hahahaha!¡± Ancient Gartod roared outughing as he fought the sleepy sensation that was threatening to overwhelm himpletely. The only way to ovee sleep attacks was to feel! Anger! Mirth! Joy! Anguish! Any emotion with sufficient intensity would be able to stave off sleep. Ancient Gartod circted his vast energy around his body and unleashed a withering st of pure energy outwards towards the three Ancient auras in the distance which had yet to move a single step towards him. ¡°Such weak hypnotic attacks won¡¯t work against me!¡± Ancient Gartodughed loudly in derision. ¡°Really? I had barely begun. Let¡¯s see how you deal with this next segment. Oh look, your partner¡¯s soul is already within my grasp.¡± He nced to his side at Hegemon Hani. Her face was pale and her eyes were closed in peaceful slumber. Her bloodstained lips were curled slightly in a gentle smile as if she was dreaming about something good. Ancient Gartod felt a deep chill run down his spine at the sight. The most fearsome type of enemies weren¡¯t the ferocious warriors that wielded horrible looking weapons, but the hypnotists that could render you asleep with happy dreams even as theyid their murderous hands on your very soul! The vast and dense auras of all three Ancients pressed down heavily on him and forced him to expend a huge amount of energy just to resist the pressure and remain standing. The sound of bells was joined by the sound of flute which was so pure and so wonderful that it made the heart sigh in pleasure. ¡°Rubbish! This is the worst music I have ever heard in my life! Do you know what music I like? I like the moans of my women! Yes! The best music is when my women are moaning and screaming in pleasure! Hahahaha!!¡± Ancient Gartod incited lewd thoughts to fight against the increasingly formidable sound of music which was starting to make even his soul cry out in the beauty of it all. It was all he could do to think about the most erotic experiences he had so that he could be distracted from the beauty of the music! At that moment, however, much to his horror, the pressure emitted from the three Ancients increased once more, and velvety soft but melodious moans of a woman began to sound. Chapter 274 Whats a d***? It blended so very perfectly with the bells and the flutes that it was as though an angel was going through a very satisfying pleasure activity! That massive pressure made him much more vulnerable to the hypnotic sound attack which rapidly filled his mind and made him very, very groggy. His entire soul began to cry out with joy! ¡°No! I will not let this happen! That¡¯s not the voice of an angel, that¡¯s the voice of the devil! A sultry subus! Yes! A sultry, big-breasted, slender-waisted¡­ ohh¡­ ohh¡­ NO!!!!¡± With a deep sense of urgency, he drew his dagger and stabbed down on his leg to use the pain to jar his mind awake. Piak! He looked down, and saw that his hand was empty. His eyes traveled slowly to his waist where he kept his dagger. Right at that moment, the music suddenly changed into one that was nostalgic and gentle. For Ancient Gartod who hadmitted himself to resist the seductive thoughts that were flitting through his head, the change in musicpletely blindsided him. Huh? Why did his dagger turn into a bunny? How in the world would he be able to kill his enemies using a damned bunny? Unless¡­ Unless it was a killer bunny! Yes. A killer bunny would solve all his problems. He would unleash the killer bunny on his enemies, and it will¡­ kill his enemies. That¡¯s what killer bunnies do, right? They will kill! He reached out his hand towards the bunny. But just as he was about to take the bunny, his hands froze. ¡°I can¡¯t take the bunny out by its ears.¡± Ancient Gartod thought in panic. ¡°I will injure its ears if I do that! I remember daddy telling me to be careful with rabbits and their ears¡­ but if I don¡¯t take out the killer bunny, how would it kill my ene- oh! Good bunny! You actually came out by yourself! Do you want a carrot? Yes? Ok let me look for a carrot for you. After that you can¡­ uh. What was it that I wanted you to do¡­ y, I guess. Yes, ying is good for you¡­ After you finish ying, I¡¯ll ask daddy to buy you a rabbit toy. How¡¯s that? Sounds good?¡± Ancient Gartod knelt down on the floor and started to pat an imaginary bunny. And so, just like that, Ancient Gartod and Hegemon Hani of the great Linhasan Empire fell asleep even before their enemies could show themselves. ¡°They are asleep.¡± Came a gentle female voice from somewhere behind them. ¡°Very good. Infest them.¡± A second, much more authoritative female voice sounded. ¡°Yes, my Queen.¡± *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Weak. Too weak.¡± Elliot sighed as he looked at the three dead Hegemons before him. ¡°Yes. Much too weak. Next time, give Ellie at least three of such enemies to deal with. One is just too few.¡± Ellie agreed as she plopped down next to Elliot and yawnedzily. Having tamed Ellie ever since she was but a few days old, Elliot was her role model. Therefore, it was not the least surprising to find that she had turned out a little bit like him! But she was more like her grandpa, though, as Brock made his way to Elliot¡¯s side and plopped down beside him as well. ¡°We need stronger enemies.¡± Brock yawned. Elliot smiled at him and leapt up to sit on his massive shoulder. He leaned back on Brock¡¯s massiveyer of fat and put his hands behind his neck as he rxed a little bit while waiting for his sisters to finish up their packing. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Once the others are safely within the Dimensional Fortress, we¡¯ll roam the continent and collect as many points as possible. For now, take some time to rx a little bit Considering the amount of attention that¡¯s on me, and the sheer amount of things that happened to us recently, I doubt we will have much time to rest.¡± Elliot ordered his beasts. It was true. Apart from spending time powering up for two full weeks, Elliot had been embroiled in one big event after another. If he had to tell of the crap he had to go through in just one short month, it would definitely be long enough and exciting enough to be a novel! ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­ if I had to turn my story into mini chapters, I will have¡­ Chapter 1 ¨C Taming Ellie, Rex, Brock, Winter and Wu Kong. Chapter 2 ¨C Winning against 5 legendary beasts. Chapter 3 ¨C Jennifer kidnapped. Chapter 4 ¨C Hidden Dungeon Challenge. Chapter 5 ¨C Battle Royale Chapter 6 ¨C Life Seeds Chapter 7 ¨C Fortune Hermit Mountain Chapter 8 ¨C Jennifer rescued. Chapter 9 ¨C Cosmic Dragon Energy Chapter 10 ¨C Beast Tide Chapter 11 ¨C Emperors and Hegemons Games. So we¡¯re at chapter 11. I think that¡¯s long enough to be a novel. I should really write a book once everything is over.¡± Elliot thought with an amused smile. ¡°My kids would probably enjoy reading the adventures their awesome father had when he was younger.¡± ¡°Ha! Kids! For that, you need to go and find yourself a mate first!¡± Brock rumbled loudly. ¡°I rmend-¡° ¡°Hi Elliot!¡± Came Camelia¡¯s sweet voice from hismunicator. ¡°We¡¯re done here! Where are you? I made you something to eat. Let¡¯s have a meal before we set off, alright?¡± ¡°Her.¡± Brock finished his sentence rather triumphantly. ¡°Beautiful, caring and knows how to cook. Perfect!¡± ¡°No, I think the other one is better.¡± Khellendra disagreed. ¡°She is a fighter, and she is younger as well.¡± ¡°I think so too.¡± Aldera chimed in thoughtfully. ¡°Younger is better nowadays. More time to have more kids.¡± ¡°Why not both?¡± Red asked loudly. ¡°It¡¯s an apocalypse for them. They need strong offspring, and Elliot should be generous with his seed and spread it in as many fertile nds¡± as possible! In fact, I think he should spread his seed to exactly HALF of all the women here!¡± Following his bombastic statement, Red was subsequently showered with the most vulgar curses the female beasts could think off. And for Khellendra¡¯s case with her abundant life experience, a string of expletives so graphic that Khalendros had to calm her down before the poor youngsters were contaminated beyond saving. As it were, the damage was already done. ¡°Gramps? What¡¯s a d*** and why did aunt Khellendra say uncle Red¡¯s is tiny?¡± Chapter 275 Slice of Life Elliot could only chuckle and let the beasts sort out the mess by themselves. Whether they want to hold an impromptu sex education ss for the kids or whether they want to go the ¡°lie to them till they discover the truth by themselves¡± route waspletely their choice to make. Elliot wanted no part of it! ¡°Thanks Camelia. I¡¯ll be right there.¡± Elliot replied in a friendly tone. He leapt down from Brock¡¯s massive shoulders, dismissed all his beasts and made his way back to the camp. Only that it wasn¡¯t a camp, but a massive fortress! Three huge towers with abined size of a football field jutted out into the sky atop an equallyrge rectangr building. Thick, thirty meter tall ck coloured walls surrounded that building and brought the overall size of the fortress to approximately the size of a standard football stadium. It was awe-inspiring, and looked perfect as humanity¡¯s strongest bastion. Well, at least within the American Continents. ¡°Elliot! Over here!¡± Camelia called out from atop the massive fortress gate while waving at him excitedly. Kara, Jessica and Jennifer were there as well. They had somehow managed to find a round table and five chairs, and had set up a dining area overlooking the sparse forest and the distant mountains all around. For a discerning onlooker, he or she would immediately pick up the strangeness of the situation. A proper meal? Atop a fortress? Right before setting out on a dangerous mission? During an apocalypse? ¡­ Why? But of course, poor Elliot, for all the points he dumped into intelligence, failed to notice the strangeness of it all. He was the type that would indulge his sisters anything, and if they wanted a meal on a table before setting off on a big hunt for Emperors and Hegemons, then a meal on a table would be what they will get. Elliot waved back at Camelia and immediately blinked to their position. ¡°Hi girls.¡± Elliot smiled and beamed at the four beautiful girls and the huge amount of food on the table. ¡°Wow! What a sumptuous meal!¡± ¡°Hi Elliot!¡± Kara smiled back at him. Jessica and Jennifer, however, ignored him and continued their twin-speak. Strangely, they were¡­ quarreling? Both were ring at each other while furiously changing their expressions, raising eyebrows, rolling their eyes, ring their nostrils, smirking, scoffing, sneering, making little hand gestures and doing all sorts of non-verbal things that carry deep meanings and which only twins can understand. ¡°Errr¡­ Jess? Jen? Are you two okay?¡± Elliot asked with a concerned voice. As one, they turned to face him and transferred their res to him. ¡°You need to make a choice soon, big bro.¡± Jennifer said seriously. ¡°It¡¯s not good to keep them waiting.¡± Jessica added while nodding sagely. ¡°Huh? What are you two talking about?¡± Elliot asked them in confusion. He had absolutely no clue what they were referring to! ¡°Sister CAMELIA made you a delicious meal! Here,e try it!¡± Jennifer said loudly and grabbed Elliot¡¯s right hand. She pushed him down on a chair and shoved a te full of delicious smelling grilled meat in front of him. ¡°Sister KARA helped out too, in fact, she was the one who grilled these potatoes. Here, try them!¡± Jessica wouldn¡¯t be outdone and shoved a te full of perfectly done potatoes in front of him as well. ¡°Eat the meat first!¡± Jennifer immediately said. ¡°No, eat the potatoes first!¡± Jessica said with a frown. ¡°Meat is good for you! It has proteins, and it will be able to take good care of you!¡± Jennifer red at Jessica. ¡°Potatoes are even better! It is nutritious, and it is much younger than the meat!¡± Jessica red back at Jennifer. ¡°The meat is full of mature charm, it is also tender and sweet. It will make you very happy!¡± Jennifer shouted. ¡°The potato is full of youthful vigor, it will be able to satisfy all of your needs!¡± Jessica shouted back. ¡°The meat is perfectly ready to be eaten! It is at the peak of awesomeness!¡± ¡°So is the potato! If you eat it now, it will make you so happy that you will cry out in pleasure!¡± ¡°The meat¡­¡± ¡°The potato¡­¡± ¡°Alright girls stop quarelling. Look, I¡¯ve stacked a piece of meat on a piece of potato, and I¡¯ll eat them both together. Ahmmmm!¡± Elliot opened his mouth wide. ¡°NOO!!!¡± Both girls shouted in horror. ¡°Big bro you big pervert!¡± Jennifer covered her face with her hands while peeking at him through the gaps of her slightly separated fingers. ¡°Big bro! I didn¡¯t know you¡¯re this type of person!!¡± Jessica didn¡¯t cover her face, but it turned a really bright shade of red. Elliot froze in shock with the b of meat and potato halfway into his mouth. When had eating meat and potatoes at the same time be an act of perversion?? Elliot blinked once and then decided to eat it anyway. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp. ¡°Ahhhh! I can¡¯t bear to see it!¡± ¡°Nooo!! Big broo, how could you do such a thing?¡± Chomp. Chomp. Chomp. Gulp. ¡°They are really as good as you girls said. Well done, Camelia and Kara. You two are really great cooks!¡± Elliot gave them each a grin and a thumbs up. Camelia blushed lightly in pleasure and smiled sweetly at Elliot. Kara merely nodded and helped herself to a serving of the meat and potatoes as well. ¡°You two girls want to sit down and join us for the meal?¡± Elliot turned to look at both his sisters and gestured at the two empty chairs. Both girls red at Elliot for a few seconds before finally sighing deeply and shaking their heads. ¡°I guess it can¡¯t be helped.¡± Jennifer said. ¡°Our brother is too cool, too amazing. One probably isn¡¯t enough.¡± Jessica agreed. ¡°Yes. In fact, they had more than two. I think they had up to four.¡± ¡°So¡­ we are in agreement?¡± ¡°I guess so. We have no choice. It¡¯s his life and his happiness. If he wants both¡­¡± ¡°Just make sure you treat them well.¡± Jennifer red at Elliot. ¡°And just two, no more than that, alright?¡± Jessica shook her finger at him. ¡°No, I want more than two. In fact, I want three to four different ones every night!¡± Elliot said loudly and innocently. ¡°Meat AND potatoes, then maybe some fruits AND vegetables after.¡± Jennifer and Jessica could only look at him in horror. Chapter 276 Ancient Level ¡°I had no idea you two girls were alluding to Camelia and Kara when you were talking about the meat and potatoes! Why didn¡¯t you two just speak inly!¡± Elliot said to his sisters usingly after he finally got an exnation of the situation from Camelia after Kara burst outughing at his words. ¡°I told you that sister Camelia cooked the meat!¡± Jennifer said feeling aggrieved. ¡°And I told you that sister Kara grilled the potatoes!¡± Jessica said indignantly as though that was all the exnation she needed to give. Elliot shook his head helplessly with augh. ¡°Yes. And of course the cooks of meats and potatoes are widely understood as being potential wife candidates as well. It truly is my fault for not understanding your words.¡± Elliot smiled at his sisters with doting sarcasm. Both girls pouted at Elliot cutely. ¡°We were just concerned about your happiness.¡± Jessica mumbled. ¡°Yeah. After fighting so hard, we thought it would be good if you can have someone to have and to hold each night.¡± Jennifer added, stillpletely innocent of the things that couples do each night when they are ¡°holding¡± each other. Elliot, Camelia and Kara almost choked on their food at Jennifer¡¯s words. ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about this.¡± Camelia said hastily. ¡°Uhhuh.¡± Kara nodded vigorously. ¡°Yes, yes. Let¡¯s just eat. The food is really good! Hahaha!¡± Elliotughed awkwardly as he helped himself to more food. The twins rolled their eyes slightly at them and decided to finally drop the subject. ¡°Continue next time?¡± Jennifer¡¯s nce at Jessica seemed to ask. ¡°You bet! Sister Kara is still the best!¡± Jessica¡¯s slight nod seemed to say. ¡°We¡¯ll see about that.¡± Jennifer grinned and started to eat. The group ate infortable silence after that, and enjoyed a rare moment of respite and togetherness. As soon as that¡¯s done, Elliot could finally breathe out in relief. Whatever happened to the rest of the world from that moment on, as long as he had the four hundred human beings in his Dimensional Fortress, Earth¡¯s native human beings would not go extinct! He was finally ready to explore the entire continent at high speed to kill as many Emperors and Hegemons as possible, and to rescue as many human beings as possible! ¡°Ready?¡± Elliot asked his sisters. ¡°Ready.¡± They both answered in unison. ¡°Put on your rings then! Let¡¯s hunt!¡± The three of them disappeared from sight as Elliot blinked them away. And not a moment too soon. A mere second after they disappeared, a massive explosion rocked the spot they were at! BOOM!!! Elliot whirled backwards to look at the explosion inplete surprise. He had not detected the presence of any enemies! Where did the explosione from? He turned to his sisters and gestured for them to distance themselves from the site of the explosion. They nodded and obeyed instantly. They knew the gravity of the situation, and what the explosion which took cepletely without any warning signified. An enemy stronger than them had arrived. The two girls retreated a couple kilometers back, and hid themselves atop a tall tree with a clear view of the clearing Elliot was at. At that distance, any coteral damage from any fight that might take ce would be severely weakened, and they would have time to retreat inplete safety. Judging by the earlier st thatpletely pulverized the ground, their enemies were quite powerful! Thankfully, they had the Rings of Absolute Stealth that could hide them perfectly. Any energy, sound and even smell that they produce would be perfectly negated by the ring. Even if they shouted with all of their strength, the soundwaves they produced would immediately be neutralized by the ring! Of course if their energy or bodies interacted with anything around them, the enemy would be able to detect changes to the thing impacted. Additionally, another great function of the rings they got from El¡¯Taras was that all who wore the ring would be able to see and sense each other as though they were not stealthed at all. It was a very useful feature that would allow the three siblings to travel together safely while allowing them to still maintain a degree of togetherness. Back in the clearing, their enemies were feeling rather frustrated by their sudden disappearance. ¡°Damn it! I had them clearly in my sight! How the f*** did they manage to disappear just like that?¡± A powerful voice rang out from the empty sky. ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have started with an exploratory attack. Search the area. I did not detect any space energy ripples. They must still be around.¡± Another powerful but more authoritative voice sounded and reprimanded the first voice sternly. ¡°I understand. It will not happen again. toon one. Go.¡± The first voice rang out gravely. Boom. Boom. Boom. An entire toon of fifty powerful Emperorsnded on the ground out of nowhere and shimmered out of their stealth. They were all in high tech military gear, and exuded a freakishly simr aura that reeked of death. ¡°Clones?¡± Elliot immediately thought. However, he quickly discarded that thought when he noticed very slight differences in height and body size among the fifty soldiers. Elliot rose a few meters into the sky and continued observing the soldiers with one eye while straining his senses to the utmost to try and detect the two powerful voices he heard earlier. His heart was calm and was very coldly observing and analyzing the situation even though he had a very, very close shave with death. If he and his sisters had worn the ring and blinked away just a second slower, they would have been caught in the earlier st! However, for all his efforts, Elliot simply couldn¡¯t sense the owners of the two voices even though he could very clearly hear them. At moments like this, the best thing to do was toy low and gather as much information as possible first. The fifty Emperors took out scanners of some sort and immediately dispersed in every direction. A few even passed directly underneath him, and failed to detect him at all. ¡°This particr reward from the Beast Tide is truly Godly.¡± Elliot thought with satisfaction. He nced at the Emperors who were approaching the tree where Jessica and Jennifer were hiding, and as expected, the soldiers went right past them without stopping. After a few moments, the Emperors returned to the sky and disappeared from Elliot¡¯s sensespletely. ¡°I see. You must have gotten your hands on an item that provides absolute stealth. Well, let¡¯s see if your stealth can withstand my Great Wind Empire¡¯s special attack.¡± The second voice sounded arrogantly from the sky. With that, a horrendously powerful wave of Wind Energy appeared out of nowhere and sted out in all directions with great force! Instantly, Elliot confirmed one very rming thing. He was up against someone who was at least at the Ancient level! Chapter 277 The Broken Dragon The amount of power that drove the literal wall of Wind Energy was ridiculous, to put it very mildly. Elliot had never imagined that such a dense yet horrifyingly sharp energy wall could even exist! It beggars the mind how something so solid could be so sharp! Elliot could clearly sense that the wall of Wind Energy was actually sharp enough topletely disintegrate a mountain with a single pass! Although Elliot had defeated three Hegemons with extreme ease, he was not cocky enough to believe that he could handle an attack of such magnitude and with such unique properties. He immediately blinked away to his sisters, grabbed them, and blinked away once more as fast as he could. It was very telling just how powerful that Ancient warrior was as his attack was still rolling outwards with extreme force even after Elliot had blinked almost twenty kilometers away! At that moment, if he was alone, he might be crazy enough to try and resist the attack with his full strength. After traveling for a full twenty kilometers, the Wind Energy wall had weakened by almost fifty percent even though it was still wreakingplete havoc on the environment. Elliot¡¯s body was brimming with potent energy that he felt was qualitatively superior to the rolling wave of Wind Energy, and he was actually very curious what the result would be if he shed both energies together. However, with four hundred souls in his Dimensional Fortress and his two sisters in his arms, prudence and caution reigned supreme, and he continued to abuse his blink spell again and again until the rolling Wind Energy attack faded away. By that time, he had traveled an incredible thirty kilometers! Everything within that thirty kilometer radius waspletely shredded. It had be a massive circle of death. ¡°Jes. Jen. Hide in the Dimensional Fortress.¡± Elliot instructed them calmly as he triggered his fortress for a few seconds. The two girls instantly obeyed. There was no room for discussion. They were up against Ancients! Elliot quickly stored the Dimensional Fortress as soon as the two girls went in. ¡°Just a casual attack from an Ancient level powerhouse designed to flush me out could deal such massive damage? It¡¯s actually almost as bad as a nuclear strike. The only good thing about it is that we didn¡¯t have to deal with radiation after the fact. If that¡¯s the case, then I need to upgrade my strength as fast as I can once again!¡± Elliot thought grimly. ¡°I had believed that with my strength now above Hegemon level, I could at least stop running for my life with my tail between my legs. But I believed wrong. The journey to peace and safety will never end until there is no one stronger than me.¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes and internalized the life lesson. ¡°I need every single bit of power I can get my hands on. And at this moment, the only source of strength I could easily get my hands on would be the Astral Canvas system. The tattooing of runes on my body. Mastering the Nameless Sword Technique would be far better in the long run, but I am not in some Eastern Fantasy story where I have the luxury to hide away for a hundred years for closed cultivation beforeing out to kill all my enemies.¡± Elliot sighed. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Gilgamar asked in an amused voice. ¡°I am saying that the Nameless Sword Technique is more powerful than the Astral Canvas system, but it¡¯s more difficult to master.¡± Elliot said to Gilgamar. ¡°Wrong. Making use of the Astral Canvas system is actually almost as difficult as mastering the Nameless Technique. If you have the ability to draw the runes you need for the Astral Canvas system, then you already possess the ability to execute theter stages and movements of the Nameless Sword Technique!¡± Gilgamar said. ¡°Of course I know that. But mastering and remembering the movement will take too much time. Time that I do not have. I cannot possibly hide away for a ten months just to master the movements and the stages. I will miss out on too many resources, and possibly much more powerful rewards!¡± Elliot said with slight exasperation. ¡°Wrong again. Remembering the movement and stages is actually a very simple task. Think of it as story, and you will definitely be able to memorize everything in a very short amount of time!¡± ¡°Hmmm? So what¡¯s the story?¡± Elliot asked Gilgamar curiously. ¡°It¡¯s about a Dragon Warrior called¡­ Tyrius.¡± Gilgamar said solemnly. ¡°I withheld telling you the name of the technique because without mastery of runes, you would never be able to master the sword technique. So I didn¡¯t bother. But now that you¡¯ve somehow stumbled your way into mastering it, I guess you have the qualifications to know the name of this sword technique.¡± There was a short pause as Gilgamar collected himself. ¡°The name of the Sword Technique is¡­ The Broken Dragon.¡± ¡°The Broken Dragon?¡± Elliot was slightly stunned when he heard the name. He was expecting an overbearing name like Dragon Ascends The Heaven or something. He definitely didn¡¯t expect that the name was such a sad sounding one! ¡°Yes. The Broken Dragon. Tyrius¡­ He perfected this technique after failing to save the love of his life, leaving himpletely broken for a time. He was eventually able to collect the broken pieces of his heart and move on with his life. But he couldn¡¯t simply forget her and such a painful event. So he used his anger, brokenness and ultimately, a deep desire for revenge to power his creative process in perfecting his sword technique. The Broken Dragon is the result.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Elliot said quietly. ¡°I had barely mastered two stages of The Broken Dragon, and it already allowed me to fight so many power levels above mine. I wonder just how strong I would be if I master all four hundred ny stages and twenty five thousand movements.¡± ¡°I think so too.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Two weeks. Give me two weeks, and I am sure I can guide you to master at least four hundred twenty stages.¡± Gilgamar said. Chapter 278 To catch a bear ¡°Two weeks¡­ I don¡¯t know if I have two weeks. That was just one Ancient level powerhouse. If two or three more join in the fray, together they would be able to force me out of stealth simply byying waste to the entire state.¡± Elliot mused. ¡°Then get out of the state and hole up somewhere. After two weeks, with the ultimate moves of The Broken Dragon, you will definitely be able to hold your ground against Ancients. When they are not in their soul form, of course.¡± Gilgamar urged him. ¡°Soul¡­ form?¡± Elliot asked. Gilgamar sighed, and proceeded to give Elliot a short exnation about Ancients. ¡°I see. Then even with The Broken Dragon, I still can¡¯t go head to head with an Ancient level warrior. I don¡¯t have any soul attacks or even soul defensive techniques.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Indeed. Unless you can somehow find a way to protect your soul, you will not be able to win in a fair fight against an Ancient level warrior.¡± Gilgamar stated. ¡°Then if that¡¯s the case, I won¡¯t go head to head against them.¡± Elliot decided. ¡°I will just sneak attack them and kill them. I just need to be able to deal enough damage to kill them in a hit or two.¡± ¡°It is very risky. If your attack fails to kill your target, as you say, he could simply obliterate the entire state and bring you down with it. Not even you, with your heaven defying defense, would be able to withstand an all out attack from an Ancient.¡± Gilgamar warned Elliot seriously. ¡°That previous attack is but a fractionpared to what he could unleash at full strength!¡± He couldn¡¯t help but shiver lightly. He would not be able to do it. His energy may have advanced in quality and have be like a rockpared to the water of all the energy states of the warriors of the known universe. But deep within the ocean, under high enough pressure, even a rock could crumble into nothing! He needed to be a very, very, very big rock in order to resist the pressure of the deep blue ocean that was the energy volume of an ancient level powerhouse. Suddenly¡­ BOOOMMM!! The ocean that he was just thinking about suddenly appeared!! Elliot immediately initiated his full Red Dragon Transformation to resist the crushing aura!! At the same time, he blinked away from the pressure as quickly as he could. ¡°Hmmm? I thought I sensed a ripple of space energy here earlier.¡± Came a slightly confused voice quickly fading in the distance as Elliot repeatedly cast his blink to escape the horrific pressure. After a full minute of escaping, Elliot could finally feel the pressure ease to the point where he could undo his dragon transformation. But he didn¡¯t do it. Just a single minute in close proximity to the Ancient¡¯s fully unleashed aura had already injured his body gravely! His scales were cracked in many ces, and he could feel his internal organs bleeding profusely. He needed to heal first before he could undo his transformation. Elliot took out a couple of the highest grade healing potions the system could produce and chugged them down. However, his vitality was already so strong that the healing potions¡¯ effects were rather minimal. Elliot took out and drained five more, then another five more before his internal organs finally stopped bleeding. ¡°Gah! Fighting against ancients at my current is truly like a baby going up against a ferocious general!¡± Elliot gasped heavily as the pain within his body gradually subsided. ¡°Every power level is separated by such a huge chasm! Everytime I reach the peak of one power level, I meet with enemies at the next level and I end up beingpletely powerless! This is extremely frustrating! Damn it!! Damn it all!!!! I want power!!! Give me POWER!!!!¡± Elliot roared out with all of his heart, his strength and his soul!! As a dragon with universe-level lofty aspirations, for him to be at such a frustrated state was truly saying a lot! He really, really had enough of running away! But against such a powerful enemy, what else could he do but run away? At that moment, Elliot finally remembered something. ¡°Wait a minute! Don¡¯t I have Teardrop of the Gods? The material that could be made into soul-attack resistant armor? If I have that¡­ Red! Come out!!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°Yes, yes. What¡¯s going on Pip? Why are you so flustered like a chicken who just discovered that it¡¯s a chicken and not a phoenix?¡± Red said loudly as he materialized next to Elliot. He couldn¡¯t actually see Elliot because he had his stealth ring on, but he could sense him through his contract. ¡°Yeah? You would know exactly how that feels, wouldn¡¯t you?¡± In his state of frustration, Elliot held nothing back with his words! ¡°Oh oh, touche little pip. Touche! Hahaha!¡± Redughed out loud. ¡°Enough. Here. Tell me what you need to turn this into an armor set for me.¡± Elliot growled. ¡°Teardrop of the Gods.¡± Red sighed in awe as he beheld the wondrous material once more. ¡°As I mentioned, this is something only an ancient level Elemental Spitter can deal with. I am very, very far away from being able to do anything about this.¡± ¡°There must be another way. It doesn¡¯t have to be perfect!¡± Elliot refused to believe that there were no shortcuts! ¡°Well, technically, all I need to forge this material into armor is soul power. If I am able to ess soul power in sufficient amounts, I will be able to grind the material down,bine it with other rare materials already in my disposal, and then forge an armor out of it. But to get soul power, you will need to somehow get your hands on an Ancient level powerhouse¡­¡± Red said with a helpless shake of his head. ¡°So to gain the tools to capture the bear, we need to first capture a bear¡­¡± Elliot said calmly. ¡°As crazy as it sounds, I have a n.¡± Chapter 279 Kirilians ¡°It¡¯s simple. It¡¯s unexpected. It¡¯s bold. It¡¯s audacious. It¡¯s perfect.¡± Red said in awe after he heard Elliot¡¯s n. However, Elliot wasn¡¯t paying attention to him. He was looking at Rom, or rather, Romarok the Dark Brainwyrm, who would be the key to Elliot¡¯s n. ¡°If we seed, I will be infesting an Ancient level warrior. But if we fail¡­¡± ¡°Certain death.¡± Elliot said frankly. ¡°Hoping for great gains without taking equally great risks is folly. Although the risk is great, the reward is¡­ extraordinary. Count me in on your n.¡± Romarok said seriously. ¡°Good.¡± Elliot said very calmly. He waspletely unperturbed by the fact that he was about to enter the maw of a ferocious beast that could bite him to death with but a single snap of its mouth. His mind waspletely locked on by the desire to forge his Teardrop of the Gods armor set and gain the qualification to challenge and fight against Ancient warriors! ¡°Wear this.¡± Elliot passed him one of the miraculous Rings of Absolute Stealth. He didn¡¯t know if someone was picking out the rewards for him or if it waspletely random, but the rings were turning out to be extremely useful. Judging by how the rewards had been specifically tailored to his needs, however, he suspected that it was the former. ¡°Incredible. The Gaming Commission is even willing to part with a few of their hyper rare Rings of Absolute Stealth. You must be a massive money maker for them, pip.¡± Red sighed enviously as he looked at the spot where Rom was a moment ago and detectedpletely nothing. Elliot nodded as understanding dawned. It was in the Gaming Commission¡¯s best interest to keep him alive. That was why he got the Beast Tide event which allowed him to reach the peak of King level. ¡°And the Red Dragon Blood Essence as well. The Gaming Commission really wants to keep me alive huh? Hey if you¡¯re listening, give me the blood essences of the other dragon types as well! If you do that, I promise you I¡¯ll give you a good show.¡± Elliot called out. Somewhere in Fortune Hermit Mountain, Chairman El¡¯Taras had to fight down the urge to go to Elliot and smash his head into the ground. ¡°Just what kind of dog shit luck does he have? He actually got the Teardrop of the Gods! And he¡¯s even asking for more dragon blood essences! What a bastard. I better make sure I milk the hell out of him. Director Sands! I want Elliot to go through Hidden Dungeon Challenges every two days! And his participation in the monthly race this month ispulsory! Move the monthly race to a separate dimension!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras roared. ¡°Compulsory? We are being quite loose with the rules and regtions of the Gaming Commission, are we?¡± Director Sands chuckled. ¡°But no judgement from me, Chairman. I fully agree with you. The attention of the universe ispletely on him. We need to capitalize on that!¡± And just like that, an exciting week full of thrilling (read: tiring) challenges for Elliot was scheduled! Elliot sighed when nothing replied him, and waved Red back into the beast dimension. ¡°Romarok, you ready?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes.¡± He simply said. ¡°Let¡¯s go then.¡± Elliot grabbed his arm and immediately blinked away. The first challenge was to look for an Ancient. The Ancient had to be alone, or at least not with another Ancient. That way, he wouldn¡¯t have to deal with the second Ancient¡¯s crushing attack should anything go wrong while infesting the target Ancient. Having to deal with a second Ancient in an already fatally dangerous mission was pure suicide. ¡°How do you n on finding an Ancient if you¡¯re not appearing to lure one out?¡± Romarok asked. ¡°I don¡¯t have to appear to lure one out. I can just kill every single Emperor and Hegemon Ie across, and eventually an Ancient will appear.¡± Elliot said calmly as though he was talking about what he was nning to eat at a sushi bar instead of killing powerful beings strong enough to level buildings. Romarok merely nodded quietly. Elliot had changed drastically in the few weeks he had spent hibernating within Rom¡¯s body, and Romarok felt like he was talking to apletely different person. Romarok had thoughts to rebel against him as soon as he got his hands on the Ancient, but he realized that somehow, the contract that he had signed with Elliot had gotten much stronger! Itpletely locked down his actions and rendered him physically incapable of betraying Elliot under pain of death. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter.¡± Romarok thought to himself. ¡°Getting my hands on an Ancient will be an extremely huge boost to the n¡¯s power. I will be able to secure those life seeds faster.¡± And so, both of them travelled rapidly southwards where they hoped to find a huge bunch of powerful enemies to kill. The first group soon appeared before them. An Emperor and a Hegemon. Both were humanoid males, and dressed in the same garish uniform that gave them a veryical look. ¡°Scouts, very likely. I¡¯ll kill the Emperor, you infest the Hegemon.¡± Elliotmanded. ¡°As you wish.¡± Romarok replied quietly as a powerful force appeared in his heart andpelled his utter obedience to Elliot¡¯s words. Elliot blinked down next to his two unsuspecting victims and very casually severed the Emperor¡¯s head while disabling the Hegemon with his highly enhanced frost domain. Romarok positioned his head above the Hegemon¡¯s and quickly slithered out of Rom¡¯s head while remainingpletely undetected in his shadow form. Whoosh. He entered the Hegemon¡¯s head and took over his entire body even as the Hegemon¡¯s eyes were widening in shock at the sudden attack! Within a single second, an Emperor was dead, and a Hegemon was infested by Elliot¡¯s ve Dark Brainwyrm! ¡°Good.¡± Elliot nodded in approval as soon as he noticed the Hegemon¡¯s frantic eyes calming down. ¡°Master. This Hegemon is from a Star System called Kirilia. They had two Ancients, one got himself killed, while the other had left to take revenge. He went south.¡± Romarok reported. ¡°South it is.¡± Elliot nodded as he passed the ring from Rom to Romarok and dismissed the Specter Wolf into the beast dimension. Blink. Chapter 280 Shadow Parasites The situation on Earth was a huge chaotic mess that had spiraledpletely out of anyone¡¯s control. Ancients walked the, while the once rarely-seen Hegemons and Emperors went all out in killing each other in almost every corner. Kings¡­ literally became a dime a dozen, doing all sorts of grunt work everywhere. Some were hunting for Shadow Parasites. Some were hunting for the rare substance the Shadow Parasites were hunting for. Some were hunting those hunters, and were in turn being hunted by other hunters. Still, despite the mess the was in, the most chaotic of them all was definitely the State of California where Elliot was rumored to be based. At least ten Ancients had shown themselves there, hundreds of Hegemons, thousands of Emperors and Kings uncountable. These groups showed absolutely no mercy to each other, and furious, deadly battles would erupt the moment one met the other. Each group felt that they were the strongest, and would not tolerate the other¡¯s existence in hunt such as the one they were in where finding Elliot dependedrgely upon randomness and luck. Plus, the rewards for killing Emperors and Hegemons were just too enticing to give up. The Ancients wisely held themselves back lest they destroy the entire state with their powers and identally kill the objective of their mission. And so, within just the first two days, tens of Hegemons, hundreds of Emperors and thousands of Kings died. Thirty of those Hegemons and over a hundred of those Emperors died under Elliot¡¯s hand. Or rather, ws. SLASH! The final Emperor of another little group died with an incredulous look on her face and copsed to the ground where her lithe body joined the small pile of six other Emperors who, like her, had died without being able to even say a single word. There was not a shred of mercy within Elliot¡¯s heart and his ws executed his targets with bone-chilling efficiency. His Ring of Absolute Stealth allowed him to get close to his targets with his Red Dragon Transformation fully unleashed. And as long as he did not stir the surrounding energy, his approach would remainpletely undetected by even Hegemons. Once Elliot got close, his first, second and third targets would have their heads severed within a split second, and the others would follow suit within the next few seconds. The ten groups he had executed all died within three seconds! Not even Hegemons had the power to resist hispletely surprise and all out attack on their necks! ¡°You should have let me infest a few of them so we can gather more information.¡± Romarok said mildly as he looked at the pile of dead Emperors with a slight tinge of regret. He would have liked to know more about the current situation of the and of his n, and infesting powerhouses from so many groups would have given him exactly that. Too bad Elliot didn¡¯t seem to have any intention to let even a single one of the many Emperors and Hegemons live even a second longer than necessary! Elliot merely gave him a cold smile. ¡°Why are you so sure the Ancient will appear? These Hegemons, Emperors and Kings who died were probably not rted to the Ancient at all. He wouldn¡¯t care about them.¡± Romarok asked. ¡°He wouldn¡¯t care about them, of course. But he would be very interested in the power that is able to do such a clean job killing so many Hegemons. He will appear very soon. And when he does¡­¡± Elliot let his sentence trail off into silence. There was no need to finish it. Both knew exactly what would happen once they found that Ancient. They continued their journey south quietly. Mountains. Rivers. Forests. All passed by in a blur. They ignored the Lord and King level beasts they came across, and they only stopped for brief seconds to clean up the Emperors that they came across. Until finally, they discovered a massive but strange camp of twenty Hegemons and close to a hundred Emperors! Tents of all sorts were arranged in a rough circle around a massive one in the middle. ¡°Hmmm?¡± Elliot frowned lightly as he observed the Hegemons and Emperors milling about the camp with a thoughtful look. They were a bewildering mix of individuals, and judging from their uniforms, they came from at least ten different organizations! ¡°A massive alliance of sorts?¡± Elliot thought aloud. However, next to him, Romarok gave a cry of surprise. ¡°That¡¯s not an alliance¡­ that¡¯s a Dark Brainwyrm Camp!¡± Understanding immediately dawned on Elliot, and the strange camp immediately made perfect sense to him. ¡°They actually got their hands on so many Hegemons and Emperors¡­ well done, my brothers. Well done, my sisters!¡± Romarok cried out with relief and with not a little bit of longing. ¡°Stand your ground, Romarok.¡± Elliot said quietly as he rose into the sky to study the camp properly. Immediately, he noticed the order within the chaos of the camp. The lower ranked Shadow Parasites were mostly Emperors and they were all hanging out at the peripheries of the camp. Judging by theck of tents, they were the grunts of the group. Most of them were just standing or sitting around the camp, talking andughing in low voices. Deeper in the camp were the bunch of hegemons that would represent the higher ranked Shadow Parasites. The twenty tents arranged in a rough circle all radiated the unmistakable energy of Hegemons. And right in the middle of the camp was a huge tent that could easily fit a hundred people. Strangely, Elliot couldn¡¯t feel any energy fluctuations from within that tent. To his senses, the massive tent was just a blob of still energy. Too still. And that could only mean one thing. ¡°They have Ancients too?¡± Romarok whispered in awe as he too came to the same conclusion. Chapter 281 Spy Mode ¡°Where is he now?¡± Monkey King whispered to Jul¡¯Taras. Jul¡¯Taras fiddled on the Void Communicator which Jessica Sands had passed to her before she entered her daily seclusion to work on her Ascendant Runes, and tried her best to get it to work properly. ¡°This stupidmunicator is so difficult to use.¡± Jul¡¯Taras grumbled. ¡°I am a certified geek in all things technology, and even I can¡¯t seem to get this sted thing to obey my instructions. It¡¯s no wonder we haven¡¯t heard anything from Elliot. He probably has no idea how to use this stedmunicator!¡± Monkey King smiled at Jul¡¯Taras. She looked pretty cute whileining about something she clearly dearly loved to bits. As a self-proimed certified geek, she had ced herself in charge of operating the Void Communicator and was immediately mesmerized by the awesomeness of the gadget. Jessica Sands had exined to her how everything worked once through, and then left it to her to fiddle with it. And fiddle with it, she did. The modifications Jessica Sands had made to the Void Communicator was startling, to say the least. For one thing, it waspletely undetectable. Not a single iota of energy could be detected from it even when the full blown holographic three-waymunication was engaged. And for another, it had no range limitations on its instantaneousmunication system. Finally, it could trace other Void Communicators while remainingpletely untraceable by any other device. It¡¯s a stupidly broken device that would definitely revolutionize how the entire known universemunicates should it be made public. Not to say make Jessica Sands the richest being in the whole universe! But at that moment, it was their very important secret which would allow them tomunicate with Elliot securely and secretly, so they were very happy to keep it that way. The only thing was¡­ ¡°Damn this stupid device! Why isn¡¯t it working again? It¡¯s just amunication device, why does it have to be so stuck up and make itself so difficult to operate?! What an arrogant piece of junk!¡± Jul¡¯Tarasined loudly. ¡°I think you need to first calibrate it with your brain waves first by pressing this button here.¡± Monkey King said mildly and helped her press it. ¡°Calibrate? It is calibrated! I was thest one to use it ear¡­ Aunt Hills.¡± Jul¡¯Taras whirled around to look at Aunt Hiry usingly. ¡°Did you use it secretly again without my permission when I went to the toilet earlier?¡± ¡°I did? Hahaha I don¡¯t remember! Ah! Speaking of toilet, I need to go to the toilet. Hahaha!¡± Aunt Hillsughed sheepishly and quickly left the room. ¡°Grrrr. No wonder this infernal device is acting up again. Let¡¯s see, calibrate¡­ and vo! It¡¯s on! Elliot¡¯s coordinates¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras inputted his coordinates into their video interface and immediately, their screen moved to show the location of Elliot¡¯s coordinates. ¡°Huh? This¡­ isn¡¯t this¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras said in a worried voice. ¡°Ancient interference.¡± Monkey King said grimly as he looked at the white screen. Ancients, like most powerful beings, were able to use their power to create a barrier of sorts to prevent spying from video cameras. However, unlike others, they are able to do it without having to create a physical barrier. They are able to interfere with video feeds simply by the strength of their auras! And that video interference usually shows as a white screen on the viewer¡¯s point of view. ¡°You know it too?¡± Jul¡¯Taras looked at Monkey King in slight surprise. ¡°I do.¡± He nced at Jul¡¯Taras and then causally revealed his n¡¯s secret in a show of affection and trust for her. ¡°There is an Ancient level powerhouse in our n. He is extremely old and barely at that level, but ultimately, he is.¡± ¡°Hmmmmm.¡± Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ heart warmed at Monkey King¡¯s words and she gave him a beautiful smile. The information, though new and quite startling, was not important at all for her. The most important thing was how easily Monkey King revealed it to her. It meant that he had considered her as one of his own, and for Jul¡¯Taras, it was very, very sweet. Much sweeter than anything she had ever felt before in her life. ¡°Hey guys, I am so sick and tired of making Chilly Pancakes, I need some air! What¡¯s up? Whoaa¡­ what¡¯s with the romantic lovey dovey look?¡± Jessica Sands said with augh as she appeared in a swirl of space energy and got hammered immediately with Monkey King¡¯s and Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ loving looks at each other. Her seclusion was actually in a separate dimension which only she could ess from anywhere, thus she could appear and disappear whenever and wherever she liked. ¡°Hey Jess.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said without turning her head. ¡°Hey Jess.¡± Monkey King copied Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ words and tone perfectly without turning around as well, immediately causing Jul¡¯Taras to giggle cutely. Jessica Sands rolled her eyes and looked away from the scene. She turned to look at the screen. ¡°Huh? White screen¡­ Isn¡¯t that¡­ Ancient interference? Elliot is facing an Ancient??¡± Jessica Sands asked in shock. ¡°Give me the Void Communicator!¡± Jessica Sands said urgently and grabbed the device from Jul¡¯Taras hands who had a very reluctant look on her face. But she didn¡¯t say anything because Jessica Sands would probably work her magic with it. And indeed, she made some magic. With just a few buttons and a generous dose of her Void Energy, the device began to glow brightly. ¡°He¡­ He had been in that location for ten minutes! This is bad. I am going to activate spy mode!¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°Spy¡­ mode? What¡¯s that?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked uneasily. ¡°It¡¯s a mode that can show us what¡¯s happening with the wearer of Void Communicators holographically.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°What?¡± That device can do that? Does Elliot know and agree to having such a function attached to his Void Communicator?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked in surprise. Chapter 282 Disappeared ¡°Uhhhh. Well, when I passed him themunicator and briefly, and I mean VERY briefly, tell him how to use it, we were very rushed and I had to do it while making sure gramps didn¡¯t notice what I was doing so¡­ I uhh¡­¡± Jessica Sands stammered lightly. ¡°You didn¡¯t tell him? I believe that¡¯s a vition of his basic rights.¡± Monkey King said gravely. ¡°Well technically it is¡­ but we need to do it to make sure he is safe! Plus¡­¡± Jessica Sands trailed off and nced at Jul¡¯Taras. Jul¡¯Taras turned to look at Monkey King. ¡°The Taras n is able to look and spy at anything anywhere in the known universe. That is why we are the top information brokers in existence. As long as we know the location, we will know what¡¯s happening in it.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said evenly. Although her voice waspletely calm, her heart was actually pounding. It was a very strange feeling. For the longest time, her unique skill was her source of pride. But at that moment, she was actually slightly worried about what Wu Kong might feel about her having such a privacy invading skill! ¡°I see. That¡¯s¡­ a very useful skill.¡± Monkey King said while nodding thoughtfully. Jul¡¯Taras remained quiet and kept her eyes on him. She knew he wasing to terms with her having such a broken skill, and she wanted to know what his conclusion was. Surprisingly¡­ ¡°There are a few ces which I would like to bother you to help me take a look.¡± Monkey King said seriously. Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes widened at his words and her mouth bloomed into the most beautiful smile she had ever graced anybody with. ¡°Of course! Just let me know where, and I will tell you exactly what¡¯s happening in there!¡± Jul¡¯Taras eximed happily. ¡°Thank you in advance then.¡± Monkey King smiled and nodded. They say that those who are in it are blind, but those who watch from the outside can see it clearly. However, Jul¡¯Taras could see very clearly what Monkey King was going through. She could see that Monkey King was actually quite surprised initially and fought down a frown. But he had kept his eyes on her and his gaze contained nothing but tenderness. And to make her feel better, he had immediately embraced her skill and even went as far as asking her to ¡°check out¡± a few ces for him! How many times had such a scene taken ce across the trillions of life forms falling in love everyday in the massive known universe? As they say, women want bad boys to turn good for their sake, and men want good girls to do bad (naughty) things for them. But that¡¯s childish love. Real, passionate love turns a person blind. And instead of wanting their loved one to be or do things for them, they would be the one who would be and do things they never thought they would for their loved one instead! What Monkey King just did was to allow his feelings for Jul¡¯Taras to overwhelm his sense of righteousness, andpletely embraced the skill that she was born with. As a hero, he would havepletely missed the mark. Which hero sacrifices his righteousness just for love? Weak! But as a normal male in love with a female¡­ he was simply giving her all that he was. And in doing so, hepletely opened the door for her to do the same. Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ heart burned with much more intense passion for Monkey King than before! She smiled at him very tenderly and her heart was full. Suddenly¡­ ¡°Damn it! He¡¯s in a battle! And with a huge bunch of Hegemons!¡± Jessica Sands cried out. ¡°What?! What about the Ancient? Is he making a move on him?¡± Jul¡¯Taras and Monkey King immediately whirled around to look at the holographic image of Elliot. True enough, he was in an intense battle with three Hegemons! And all of his beasts were summoned, and they too were fighting for their lives against Hegemons and Emperors! ¡°The Ancient seem to be absent for the moment. His soul must be away doing something!¡± Jessica Sands said with obvious relief in her voice. ¡°That¡¯s good. If he had to deal with an Ancient on top of that many Hegemons, he would be dead before we even know it. Just what the hell is he up to going up against so many? Why can¡¯t he justy low and try to stay alive after getting such a miraculous ring from Uncle El?¡± Jul¡¯Taras said crossly. ¡°Those Hegemons¡­ Something doesn¡¯t feel right.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°Hmmm?¡± Jul¡¯Taras studied the holographic image of the battles going on around Elliot and she immediately came to the same conclusion. ¡°There are too many of them, and they alle from too many organizations. An alliance between those organizations are impossible. These Hegemons aren¡¯t there by their own free will. And if that¡¯s the case¡­¡± ¡°Shadow Parasites.¡± Monkey King said gravely. ¡°Uncle, are you getting this?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked aloud. ¡°Yes. By courtesy of Director Sands, our fighters are already there. They will take action as soon as Elliot shows signs of being overwhelmed.¡± El¡¯Taras¡¯ voice sounded in their heads. ¡°And the Ancient?¡± Jul¡¯Taras pressed. ¡°Ancients.¡± El¡¯Taras corrected. ¡°They are gone. They fled as soon as they detected us.¡± ¡°Good. It would be really bad if Ancients break out into a fight on Earth.¡± Jessica Sands said in relief. ¡°Bad? Ha!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras barked out augh and disappeared from their heads. ¡°What does that mean?¡± Jessica Sands asked Jul¡¯Taras in confusion. ¡°I have no idea.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said as well. ¡°An Ancient battle probably broke out somewhere.¡± Monkey King said quietly and began to check the highlights update section of the information pad. True enough¡­ ¡°This is really bad.¡± Monkey King said grimly. ¡°The entire ind called Australia just¡­ disappeared.¡± Chapter 283 The Star Elliot blinked away from a blue giant Hegemon wielding a massive tulwar and appeared behind a pretty little girl ying a flute. sh! Elliot¡¯s ws swung ruthlessly at near light-speed towards her neck, but was smashed away in an extremely timely manner by a series of ice spears unleashed by a third and very beautiful albeit cold looking female Hegemon. For the moment, they were at an impasse. All around them, the massive battle involving multiple beings capable of leveling entire cities continued to rage on! It was apletely unexpected development for Elliot, who was looking to study the camp to look for opportunities somehow and to decide what he wanted to do. With the Ancients probably already infested by Shadow Parasites, the camp did not qualify as a target for his mission to acquire an Ancient. However, having an extremely powerful group of Shadow Parasite Infested group of warriors with more than one Ancient within them was too big a development to be left alone, and Elliot had wanted to observe more before making a decision on what he wanted to do. But the Shadow Parasites hadpletely smashed that n to smithereens when the entire camp had stirred into action and started attacking him with extreme prejudice as soon as Elliot got within a few hundred meters. Even though he had his Ring of Absolute Stealth on, the Shadow Parasites didn¡¯t need to detect him to know that he¡¯s there. The dead Shadow Parasite which got all of its body fluids on him was all they needed to sense. Although most of it had faded away with time, enough of it remained on Elliot¡¯s body to light him up like a lighthouse on a stormy night from the Shadow Parasite¡¯s point of view! The Hegemons and Emperors had immediately charged out towards him with their weapons swinging and long ranged attacks zing, catching Elliotpletely by surprise. Romarok had tried to intervene by telling them that he too was a Shadow Parasite, but topletely no avail. Like him many days prior, the Shadow Parasites were in a state of utter frenzy the moment they sensed the body fluids of their dead brother. But unlike him, they had the upper hand at that moment with so many Hegemons and Emperors. So theypletely ignored him, and even treated him as an enemy! They attacked him along with Elliot! Romarok had no choice but to go on the defensive. However, Elliot was ridiculously overpowered at the Hegemon level, and he simply blinked away to avoid all of their attacks. All of the Hegemons, save two who remained to deal with Romarok, and all of the Emperors had immediately swerved to go after him with frustrating uracy! Elliot had no choice but to summon all of his beasts to take on the entire camp of twenty Hegemons and over a hundred Emperors. Instantly, an earth-shaking battle erupted!! Wu Kong and all eligible beasts had immediately triggered their secret transformations and waded into battle with ear-splitting roars that shook the earth as much as the heavy elementat attacks of the Hegemons and Emperors. Close to a hundred beasts shed powerfully against over a hundred Emperors and Hegemons! Although the fight seemed like a desperate affair with twenty Hegemons fighting with all of their immense strength against Elliot and his beasts, from Elliot¡¯s point of view, it was a rtively casual affair. He held most of his strength in reserve in fear that the hidden ancients would suddenly show up and lock him down with their attacks. He would need to burst out with all of his strength to buy himself that split second he needed to blink away. Likewise, his beasts had also powered up quite significantly after their previous fights, and had all reached the peak of King level! Coupled with their Darklight energies, they had all gained the qualifications to at least hold their ground against Hegemons, even if they couldn¡¯t kill them outright just yet. For the moment, the battle was evenly matched. The Hegemons and Emperors unleashed runes of every kind into the sky to demand nature to obey them and do their masters¡¯ biddings. However, within a split second, hundreds of those runes fizzled and died as theypeted with each other to manipte nature¡¯s energies. Only the strongest runes casted by the strongest beings were able to remain in the sky to manifest their power. And even then, they couldn¡¯t do so for long before they were overpowered by the next full-powered Rune that was cast by another Hegemon. The sky burned a bright shade of red as pirs of fire scorched at their targets for one moment before turningpletely ck the next moment as thick lightning clouds gathered and unleashed colossal lightning. And then as quickly as it had formed, the clouds dispersed to give way to massive gales that struck at their summoner¡¯s enemies with devastating force. Sometimes, the sky was split into two distinct energy manifestations when two equally strong runes appeared and overpowered the peers at the same time. It was a hallmark of arge-scale Hegemon level fight in a world of low energy. All of the Hegemons¡¯ most powerful skills couldn¡¯t take form at the same time, giving rise to a very sporadic offensive flow. It was one of the main reasons why Elliot and his mere King level beasts were able to single handedly deal with so many Hegemons at the same time! However, even without depending on nature¡¯s energies, Hegemons were plenty strong themselves, and it was only a matter of time till they break through Elliot¡¯s beasts Darklight energy powered defenses which was at that moment, still marvelously holding back their attacks. Of course, the above statements held true to all of Elliot¡¯s beasts, except for one. The star of all Elliot¡¯s beasts, Wu Kong, twirled his massive rod like a magnificent War God and took on two Hegemons by himself. His defense which was augmented by his Ancestral Grade Armor Set was so powerful that he couldpletely focus on attacking. Chapter 284 Yipeee! And because he was attacking so ferociously, his attacks served as a form of excellent defense too! As they say, the best defense is offense, and Wu Kong certainly pushed that saying to the very limit. WHAMMM!! WHAMMM!! BAM BAM BAM!!! He unleashed a blindingly fast series of swings that flowed so perfectly and so efficiently from one attack to the next that his opponents couldn¡¯t but gasp in wonder even as they were scrambling to parry his attacks! WHAAAMMMMMM!!!!!! He unleashed a massive overhead swing during a split second when his two opponents stepped back andpletely shattered his opponent¡¯s greatsword!! ¡°Ah!! My heirloom treasure sword!!¡± The Hegemom screamed in anguish! It was a mistake. There was absolutely no room for emotional outbursts during a fight with Wu Kong. Wu Kong¡¯s attack slipped through the tiny gap which the Hegemon left during his short outburst of anguish and connected. Wham. It was by no means an all out attack. In fact, in terms of strength, it barely registered at the very peak of Emperor level. But it was filled to the brim with Darklight Energy which the Hegemom had no defense against. Wu Kong¡¯s rod sted his chest apart like a high voltage electric rod piercing through butter. SPLAT!!!! Half his chest and his right arm just¡­ blew up!! The Hegemon¡¯s eyes bulged in shock and he copsed to the ground. Whether he was still alive or dead, was anybody¡¯s guess. But one thing was for sure. He was out of the fight. Completely. Bam! Bam! Bam! The second Hegemon took the opportunity to attack the slightly over extended Wu Kong, but his attacks were calmly deflected by a Darklight Wolf Summon who sacrificed his life to protect Wu Kong¡¯s. That final exchange saw both parties¡¯ number count drop by one. But what trade it was. A Darklight Wolf Summon in exchange for a Hegemon! Elsewhere, Red was having a heck of a time dealing with a couple of Hegemons. The two Hegemons, both ck-scaled humanoid lizards of sorts, weren¡¯t actually interested in fighting with Red¡¯s weird transport/fighter, but Red had unleashed his ten disciples and the eleven of them had immediately buzzed the hell out of the two ck-scaled humanoid lizards and forced them to take Red and his disciples seriously, at least for a moment to drive them off! ¡°Bildie numbel fol! Look me! Look me! I sh into his eye! Ahhh! Miss! I sh into his nose!¡± ¡°Bildie numbel fol! No look at bildie numbel thlee! He no smalt! Look me! I¡­ ahhh!! I sh into his mouth!! Help! Help! Helpppp!!¡± As usual, his ten little disciples made aplete mess out of the situation. They crashed this way and that way, and irritated the hell out of their opponents. But who was Red? He was a Master Designer! He had made his little fleet of fighterspletely immune to lightning! It was one of the reasons why he chose to deal with those two particr Hegemons. He had immediately sensed their dual lightning/gold attribute and had called dibs on them! That way, Red was able topletely lock down his targets even though he had close to zero chance to take them down. Near him, Brock and Ellie were having the time of their lives leading Elliot¡¯s Darklight Summons against the massive group of Emperors and rampaging through them like a fearsome general duo! ¡°Gramps! Why-¡° ¡°No! I won¡¯t tolerate you saying that we¡¯re dealing with weaklings anymore!¡± Brock roared as he swiped at an enormous golem Emperor that was rolling towards him. BAM! His paw smashed into the golem and caused it to crack in several areas! ¡°No, I wanted to say, why are you with me fighting with these weaklings? You should be fighting a big and powerful one!¡± Ellie shouted as she too swiped her massive paw at a scorpion-like monster with three poisonous tails that could swing in different directions at once. BAM! Her paw crushed the scorpion¡¯s head and she deftly dodged the scorpion¡¯s three tails. BAM! SLASH! WHAM! Brock grunted and crushed one of the tails with his paw, shed at the other one with his other paw, and allowed the final tail to hit his rock-hard armor. All three tails were immediately destroyed. ¡°See? You still need my help. How am I supposed to leave you to fight by yourself and deal with a powerful enemy? You would be so worried of me and that would make you fight even less effectively, and that in turn would make me worried, and make me fight less effectively, which will make you more worried and¡­¡± WHAM!!! His powerful paw urately smashed into an elf Emperor¡¯s head and killed him instantly, easily exhibiting near Hegemon level strength that would allow him to go toe to toe with any of the opponents in that battle field. ¡°¡­ right.¡± Ellie rolled her eyes, dodged a screaming ape-like Emperor¡¯s all out attack with a nimble side-step and snapped at his legs. Deadly venom immediately shot through his veins and within a quick second, he shrivelled up and died. Ellie was definitely not any less deadlypared to her grandfather! However, two Hegemons appeared before them at that moment to stem the horrendous hemorrhage of Emperors that the two of them were causing. ¡°Uh oh. Two strong ones just appeared.¡± Brock groaned even as he charged at them fearlessly. ¡°Yipeee! Let¡¯s go!!¡± Ellie shouted happily as she too charged after her gramps without a single trace of fear! Being absolutely freakish tanks that could take a TON of damage, both of them could do whatever they liked in the battlefield without much fear of being quickly taken down! In a battle, they had to take a little bit more care than usual, but even then, it would take those Hegemons quite a bit of time before they could umte sufficient energy to pierce through their Darklight Energy enhanced defences! Chapter 285 Beast Fights GRAHHH!! In his hyper-tanky Secret Transformation which was grandly called Unyielding Strength, Brock truly was a sight to behold! His fur had strengthened to armor-grade and at that moment, an ominous ck glow was covering the entirety of his body, making him look like a spectral bear of death. He looked extremely deadly, and judging by the Darklight Energy that was leaking all around him, he wasn¡¯t just about the looks. He was definitely the real thing! Being azy beast, Brock had rarely taken the initiative to take on strong enemies and because of that, often times he was overshadowed by his fellow beasts¡¯ high profile performances. However, Brock was a fearsome warrior in his own right. And during that battle where there were more Hegemons than beasts, he was finally forced to fight at his full strength lest any sort of harm befell his heavily-armored but still very cute granddaughter. He charged towards the two Hegemons who had appeared in front on them at high speed, intent on taking them both on even at his King level. Ellie quickly charged after Brock, unwilling to let his gramps to take all the fun! She too had received her Secret Transformation aptly called Venomous Mountain, and her fur had turned into a chilling shade of green that struck fear into the hearts of all her enemies. Although she was slightly smaller than her grandfather, she actually made for a far more scary sight than him! Both Hegemons were battle hardened veterans, and had seen more than their fair share of scary sights, so they weren¡¯t affected in the slightest. They couldn¡¯t help but form condescending sneers as they beheld the two bears¡¯ mighty forms bearing down (lol no pun intended) on them like mighty freight trains. However, a trace of uneasiness could be seen mixed along with their condescension. ¡°King level, yes. Looks stupid too. But why is the pressure they are giving out so god damn freaking heavy?¡± And as Brock got closer and closer to them with a simrly armored Ellie following hot on his heels, the two Hegemons decided to curb their sneers and take the two Kings seriously. An excellent choice, one that definitely saved them from certain death. Taking on Brock and Ellie¡¯s full powered chargepletely unarmored was pure folly, Hegemon or not. They unleashed their mighty Hegemon defensive auras against the two bears and shouted their battlecries as they cast their defensive spells around themselves. s, although they had curbed their condescension somewhat, they failed to be considerate of the low-energy environment they were fighting in, and they had foolishly decided to cast spells that had to absorb nature energy to manifest. They were hardly at the top of the power pyramid and their runes immediately fizzled upon being cast. They had immediately reacted by casting out other spells that were powered by their own energy to manifest, but it was toote. The two bears had reached them while hooting in pleasure at the free pass they were given! WHAM! Brock and Ellie barreled into the two Hegemons almost at the same time! With only their Hegemonic auras shielding them, the two Hegemons were immediately sent flying away at high speed. Without a doubt, they were injured. But it was unlikely that they would be out of the fight. As foolish as they were, they were after all¡­ Hegemons! With the two Hegemons out of the way for the moment, though, Brock and Ellie could focus on wreaking havoc among the Emperors. But the Emperors were no fools. Seeing the two Hegemons sent flying with a single charge by the two freaks, they knew that even a thousand of them wouldn¡¯t be able to deal with them! They immediately dispersed in all directions, content to busy themselves fighting the less scary Darklight Summons. For a brief moment, Brock and Ellie werepletely alone in the battlefield, an oasis of calm amid a terra-crushing battle that gouged massive craters all over the ce! Near them at a different spot on the battlefield, the trio of Specter Wolves were dealing with four particrly tricky Hegemons. All three were flight-capable, so they were hovering a few meters off the ground and looking down at the four Hegemons who had strangely chosen to take the defensive instead of the offensive like the rest of their peers. The four Hegemons were dressed in sleek, silvery modern armor and looked really simr to each other. They were most probably siblings. Additionally, they were in a formation of sorts, and a strange energy hummed around them. The trio could sense that the strange energy had defensive properties, and it seemed extremely formidable. ¡°I can¡¯t blink into their formation.¡± Kai announced grimly. ¡°The space within the formation is locked down.¡± ¡°Interesting. Let me test their defense and see if it¡¯s as formidable as it seems.¡± Rom said with a smile. He was finally free of Romarok, the Dark Brainwyrm, and he was in an infinitely good mood. Firest! A massive fireball appeared in front of Rom¡¯s maw and smashed onto the strange energy! WHAM!! However, the strange energy merely shimmered lightly and absorbed all of Rom¡¯s firest! ¡°Hmmm? It can absorb dad¡¯s attack. And if it can absorb, it probably can unleash attacks as well. I have a n¡­¡± Kai immediate told his parents his n. Within a few seconds, both adult Specter Wolves nodded and began to unleash their long range attacks repeatedly upon the four Hegemons! Wham! Bam! Boom! Bam! Firest after firest, Azure Lightning st after Azure Lightning stnded upon the four Hegemons whose smiles slowly grew wider and wider as the two adult Specter Wolves¡¯ frenzied attack continued unabated for several long seconds. The strange energy started to shimmer lightly as they very quickly approached the cap of the energy they could absorb. And as Kai had predicted, the strange energy suddenly gave out a bright light and suddenly unleashed an earth-shattering attack on the trio of Specter Wolves! Chapter 286 Beast Fights 2 It was all of Rom and Aldera¡¯s previous attacks,bined into one! ¡°Blessings of the Wolf Goddess.¡± Aldera whispered lightly and made Rompletely invulnerable to magic attacks for ten seconds even as she swerved to avoid the massive attack. At the same time, Kai casted his Darklight Enhanced skills ¡°Explosive Charge¡± ¡°Chaos Shell¡± and ¡°Chaos Bind¡± and ¡°Chaos Strike¡± and literally exploded forward with extreme speed! Kai¡¯s Chaos Shell allowed him to absorb all attacks for ten seconds, and rendered him immune to the reflected attack unleashed by the four Hegemons. Additionally, Rom was alsopletely immune to magical attack due Aldera¡¯s Blessing of the Wolf Goddess. The brief window of magical immunity was the key to Kai¡¯s simple yet viciously effective n. Take the moment when the strange energy was transitioning from defensive mode to its offensive mode to dash into their formation and deal as much damage as possible before bailing out! The initial part of the n worked to perfection. Much to the Hegemons¡¯ shock, both Kai and Rom charged through the reflected Firests and Azure Lightning stspletely unharmed and rapidly appeared before the two Hegemons standing at the front of the formation. Chaos Strike! Kai¡¯s broken skill initially multiplied his damage output by a ridiculous factor of 10. However, after receiving and stabilizing Elliot¡¯s Darklight Energy within his body, the skill had been upgraded to provide a mind boggling damage output multiplier of 20! That¡¯s a whole 2000%! It more thanpensated for his slightly lower levelpared to Rom¡¯s Peak King Level. His far more powerful than expected attack caught the first Hegemon by surprise. However, it was still well below the level that would cause him to be rmed. The Hegemon sneered at Kai¡¯s puny attack and in an act of arrogance, he didn¡¯t even bother to defend against him! A split second before Kai¡¯s attacknded on him, a sudden and horrific sensation that severely weakened him suddenly bloomed all throughout his body. WHAAAMMMM!!!! Kai¡¯s Chaos Strike struck the Hegemon at the same time Khalendros¡¯ Curse of the Dragon God did! Kai¡¯s attack which was multiplied by a factor of 20 was enhanced further when the Hegemon was cursed to receive not 1000% more damage as was the original Curse of the Dragon God¡¯s strength, but 2000% after being enhanced by Darklight Energy! It was abined multiplier of 400 times! Like a horribly unbnced bug in a video game, the originally far weaker Kai dealt a horrific attack which, due to the Hegemon¡¯s arrogance, was leftpletely unblocked. ¡°Arghhhh!!¡± The Hegemon screamed in shock and extreme pain as Kai¡¯s attack ripped out a huge portion of his neck and chest away. His two friends surged forward to prevent Kai from dealing an additional blow which would surely be a death blow if itnded! Next to him, Rom dealt a much more modest damage to his target and failed to even cause him to cry out in pain. But his target¡¯s eyes still bulged out in shock, nheless, as he truly didn¡¯t expect a mere King to be capable of dealing such absurdly high damage that exceeded even Peak Emperors! Nearby, Khalendros and Khellendra were dealing with a couple of Hegemons. Khellendra had casted Spatial Fortress on their two targets which bought Khalendros the time he needed to respond to Kai¡¯s request for abo strike. ¡°Curse of the Dragon Goddess. Brutal Lightning.¡± Khalendros growled and his Darklight Energy shot into the sky where it broke apart the various runes seeking to manipte nature energy. Like a little prince strutting into a room of giant warriors and causing all of them to kneel down in subservience, all of the runes retreated before Khalendros¡¯ Darklight Energy and allowed it to gain control of the skies! Craaaaaaaackkkkk!!!! A massive lightning arcing in a thousand different directions bloomed in the sky before falling down on the two Hegemons. BOOOOOM!! Next to him, Khellendra had also casted her Spatial Rend on the two Hegemons¡¯ feet in an attempt to cripple them. RIPPPPP!! Thebo attack, thoughcking in killing power, caused the two Hegemons no end of anger and frustration as they were pushed onto the defensive almost immediately. Khalendros¡¯ Brutal Lightning singed their armor very badly and caused their nerves to tingle wildly. Khellendra¡¯s Spatial Fortress had first immobilized them for several seconds, and then her Spatial Rend had almost ripped out their feet from underneath them! ¡°Go all out.¡± The first Hegemon snarled and swung his sword in wide arc at the two blue dragons. A thick beam of pure fire energy shot out from it and sted out towards Khalendros! It was so thick and potent that Khalendros instinctively knew that he wasn¡¯t its match. He was nowhere as durable as the fire energy was deadly. At the same time, the second Hegemon had swung her sword towards Khellendra as well, and a burst of frozen energy was exploding towards Khellendra at high speed! Like Elliot, Khellendra knew that she wouldn¡¯t be able to afford taking a hit like that. Thankfully, Elliot had gifted them with Blink as their special skill, and they easily blinked away from the very deadly attacks unleashed by the two Hegemons. Blink!! They appeared behind the two Hegemons. And for our final Apostle, Frosty the Ice Apostle, was dealing with another Hegemon all by herself. Although not a full dragon like Khalendros and Khellendra, Frosty was one of Elliot¡¯s most reliable Apostles due to her powerful element and broken skill called ¡°Freezing Field¡± which, after being enhanced by Elliot¡¯s Darklight Energy, became absolutely terrifying! Her opponent, though not frozen, was slowed down by so much that Frosty had a very easy time dealing with her! Not even the Hegemon¡¯s all out attacks could break her free from Frosty¡¯s ultra-powerful Freezing Field! Chapter 287 Bildies Frosty pressed her attack with pin-point uracy, raining st after st of her powerful cial Beam down on the Hegemon, who struggled mightily to block them on time. Even though Frosty¡¯s cial Beam attacks were like a like baby poking her mom with pin-pricks, it still drove the Hegemon hopping mad with its strangely urate hits which hit her sensitive parts and made them freezing cold. ¡°What sort of demonic technique are you using?!¡± She snarled rather demonically herself with her eyes turning bloodshot red as she tried every technique at her disposal to break free from Frosty¡¯s Darklight Energy enhanced Freezing Field, but in vain! Frosty ignored her and continued on with her barrage. Even though she had no hope of actually killing her opponent, like the rest of her brothers and sisters, she was simply focused on fighting her opponent. Obedience meant that she did as instructed without having to fully understand why and despite seeing no clear resolution to the orders she was asked to execute! Rex and Winter were as obediently locking down their respective targets as well. As an unofficial master and disciple, both were fighting together and they had excellent coordination. Winter¡¯s ice-based attacks functioned as hard crowd control while Rex¡¯s blindingly fast attacks burst down their opponents¡¯ defenses. Although she was faced with limited sess, she kept attacking viciously to keep them on their backfoot. Offense is the best defense! And against such strong enemies, it was doubly important that he keep the offensive going on at full st. And in that way, all of Elliot¡¯s beasts were doing rather well in their defensive opening segment against the eighteen Hegemons that they were dealing with. Each of them, merely at the peak of King level, fought to the best of their Darklight Energy enhanced abilities, and were able to stop EIGHTEEN Hegemons in their tracks! The overwhelming momentum and advantage that the Shadow Parasites had turned out to be nothing more than an illusion! At that moment, the Void Communicator which Elliot had already forgotten he had on, crackled into life. ¡°Elliot. The Ancient level powerhouses are gone. You can go all out.¡± Came Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ calm voice through the device. ¡°Hmmmm?¡± Elliot was taken slightly aback by the sudden appearance of Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ voice. But he quickly acted on her timely information and his eyes glinted with noticeable bloodlust as he finally allowed himself to go all out. ¡°No ancients? Twenty Hegemons is what? Two thousand points? Very good.¡± Elliot said quietly to himself. Calmly, he released his red dragon energy. Grrrrrr-rrrrrrrrrrrr-RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! As soon as the red dragon energy materialized, it let out a loud reptilian roar! It solidified in an instant and took to the skies. At the same time, it began to unleash pulses of energy that weakened all of Elliot¡¯s enemies and strengthened his beasts. The effect of the red dragon¡¯s pulses shot up in potency along with its awakening, and the impact it had on the battle was instantaneous and drastic, to put it very mildly. Elliot realized that with the red dragon energy¡¯s aura, the tides of battle had immediately shifted to his beasts, and they were very suddenly scoring one critical hit after another on their enemies. It was like changing the engine of a car from a 1.5 Liter Naturally Aspirated Engine to an 8 Liter Turbo Charged and Super Charged Engine! The impasse that was guing the battle was immediately smashed into smithereens. Wu Kong¡¯s powerful strikes suddenly gained a powerful prative effect which took the remaining Hegemon fighting against himpletely by surprise! But it was an incredibly shortsting surprise as his vision soon went ck and his brain emptied of everything ¨C literally. Wu Kong¡¯s rod had smashed through his defense and turned his head to pulp! Red and his ¡°bildies¡± also started to deal critical damage. Instead of smashing into their targets and veering away in recoil, they started to prate their armor and burst into their bodies. It wasn¡¯t too long till their enemies were a mess of meat riddled with countless holes. The gory result was in direct contrast with how cutely the bildies were boasting about their aplishments in the battle. ¡°Bildie numbel one scoled thlee dilect hits! Thlee! I am da best! I tluly am bildie numbel one!¡± ¡°Thlee? You dale to show off with only thlee hits? Ha! So embssing! I scoled foul! One two thlee foul!¡± ¡°Wow foul! Bildie numbel two! You ale numbel one! I only scoled two! Both wele thlough the head!¡± ¡°Bildie numbel thlee! You ale the best! You ale the leal numbel one!¡± ¡°Bildie numbel thlee! Bildie numbel thlee! Hoy! Hoy!¡± And so on and so forth. The full narration of theirments were so colourful and overwhelmingly cute that it would bepletely out of ce if spelt out in its entirety in anything except a cute children¡¯s novel¡­ Wouldn¡¯t it? ¡°Stay off the main channel you damn birds.¡± Brock growled as he crushed the scorpion¡¯s body and killed it, a Hegemon, very casually. ¡°Let them talk! They are so cute! Hee hee!¡± Ellie giggled as she blocked her opponent¡¯s attack with one armored arm and then proceeded to crush its spine with the other as though she was just doing something light and unimportant. ¡°No, I agree with Brock. Please shut them up.¡± Khalendros growled as well. His Brutal Lightning strikes had turned into a fearsome blue in colour and were in the process of cooking his targets with crackling intensity. ¡°Nono, let them talk. The public channel is pretty quiet most of the time anyway.¡± Khellendra disagreed with her husband. She solidified the space around the two hegemons¡¯ legs and locked them down so that Khalendros would have an easier time cooking them. ¡°Yeah. It¡¯s refreshing to hear little babies talk. After all, I didn¡¯t get to have that with Kai who turned out to be such a unique baby.¡± Aldera added. ¡°Not that I amining though. You¡¯re my pride and joy all the same. Sometimes, I just¡­¡± Chapter 288 Finest Hour ¡°Wish that I am cuter?¡± Kai asked with augh as his not-so-little ws sliced off one of the Hegemon¡¯s arms very cleanly. After the red dragon¡¯s pulses of energy which boosted all of his allies and weakened his enemies had appeared, it was Kai who had shown the most drastic change. His level was barely at the King level at around 300, yet the damage that he was dealing had exceeded Hegemon level! That¡¯s a 300 level jump in strength! ¡°Well yes. It wouldn¡¯t hurt for you to act like the baby you are once in a while, right?¡± Aldera pouted lightly at her adolescent baby who was supposed to be only a few days old. ¡°Yes, let the baby birds talk.¡± Rom sighed as his me-based attacks finally managed to ignite his opponents and cause them to scream out in anguish while they burned slowly to their deaths. ¡°Kai is way too cool to be acting like a little wolf pup. Aldera needs to vent her motherly instincts somewhere. Those birds would be perfect. In fact, Red! Give Aldera one baby bird please!¡± ¡°No baby talk in the public area.¡± Came Rex¡¯s calm voice, who had surprisingly shown herself as a very capable killer of Hegemons. Her attacks were stealthy, and killed her targets with minimal gore. Just a sliced neck here and there. Winter merely chuckled. She had stopped fighting altogether, and was merely watching Rex kill the two Hegemons with great satisfaction. In her opinion, the student had surpassed the master, and Rex was far more suited to killing than her! Wu Kong didn¡¯t even bother to join in the conversation. Both Winter and Wu Kong were just too cool to take part in such conversations! ¡°The baby birds aren¡¯t for sale!¡± Red immediately replied. ¡°But for the insistent customer, I might consider selling them for let¡¯s see, one resource each. Buy two get two free. Buy five get ten free!¡± All the other beasts (except for Wu Kong and Winter who were too cool to respond) rolled their eyes at Red. Not for sale, but get so many free with just a few purchases? Yeah right. Elliot¡¯s beast continued to converse very casually on very light topics even as their actions caused one shockwave after another to reverberate all throughout the known universe. In that battle, it wasn¡¯t just Elliot who had be highly desirable for the various powers. Even his beasts had be very viable targets for them. The Gaming Commission began to receive phone calls from mega powers all over the known universe demanding more information! ¡°Damn it all. Why is that freak so powerful? Even his beasts are stupidly overpowered. When has King level summoned beasts had the ability to even deal with simrly King level warriors? Now they are killing Hegemons left and right? Preposterous!¡± ¡°Indeed! Preposterous! I demand to know what¡¯s happening here? How can such a ghastly secret to such amazing strength be kept hidden? It willpletely destroy the bnce of power! Share his secret, or face the full might of my wrath!¡± ¡°El¡¯Taras. I have known you for countless years, and I know you to be a level headed being who has the Gaming Commission¡¯s best interest at heart. Now let me ask you this, would you rather go to war with the entire Linhasan Empire, or tell us the secret? Which course of action is in the Gaming Commission¡¯s best interest?¡± ¡°Chairman. I am the Gaming Commission¡¯s staunchest supporter. I have sent many powerful dragons to serve under you as Directors. Now, I am calling in all my favors to you. Give me the boy within 24 hours, or I will send in my warriors to take him myself.¡± ¡°Chairman El¡¯Taras. You do not know me, or my organization, for we work well within the shadows, shadows not even your powerful skill can prate. I am not here to make demands. I am here simply as a request from my Master to tell you something. We areing for the boy. Resist, and die. Do not make it difficult for yourself.¡± ¡°Hahahahahahaha!¡± Chairman El¡¯Tarasughed loudly and rather maniacally. He had long expected the attention of the world¡¯s powers to one day fall upon him that way as soon as he realized Elliot¡¯s unique power. But he didn¡¯t expect that the biggest powers would take action so quickly! It was barely a few days since he got hold of the information himself, and already, the big powers were taking action. Thankfully he had gifted Elliot with the most precious of his Divine Artifacts ¨C the five Rings of Absolute Stealths! With that incredible ring which could hide his presence so absolutely, not even Primals could detect him if he chose not to reveal himself. Chairman El¡¯Taras made a very simple broadcast to the entire known universe as a form of reply to the thousands of messages that rained upon hismunicator. ¡°Earth is now open. Feel free to try your luck in capturing the boy. However, the Eradicating Emperors and Hunting Hegemons event is still in effect! Come to Earth at your own risk. Anti-nuke systems are in ce and our retaliatory pact with the major powers will be strictly enforced. Happy hunting! And most of all¡­ Happy gambling!! Hahahahahahaha!!¡± The Gaming Commission¡¯s system immediately updated itself following his announcement to include many very distinctive gambling columns. Who will catch Elliot? Which Major Power¡¯s forces will be the first to be eliminated? Who will rack up the most Emperor Kills? Who will rack up the most Hegemon Kills? It was the Gaming Commission¡¯s finest hour. It was a pity that Chairman El¡¯Taras did not include a bet that would surely have been the very top bet of all time. In fact, it would be a bet that ALL major powers would be more than happy to participate in. Will the Gaming Commission survive this Games of Earth? Chapter 289 Lady Balastiera With Elliot¡¯s awakened red dragon energy, there was no need for Elliot to take part in the battles himself. Within two quick minutes, sixteen Dark Brainwyrm Hegemons were killed. Within three minutes, all twenty were no more. There were no need to talk about the hundred or so Emperors who had died very ignoble deaths as mere coteral damage between the vicious battle between the Kings and the Hegemons. It was a clean house. ¡°Very well done.¡± An impressed voice sounded right next to Elliot. Elliot blinkedzily and merely smiled. ¡°You¡¯re not surprised that I am here.¡± Came the voice again. He sounded like he waa making an observation instead of asking a question. ¡°Only Ancients can drive away other Ancients.¡± Elliot said with a simple shrug. ¡°I owe you my life.¡± ¡°Owe me your life?¡± Came the amused voice. ¡°I did nothing except to show up, and under another¡¯s orders, at that.¡± ¡°For beings at your level, showing up at such a low level fight is already a huge favor.¡± Elliot smiled with a slight tinge of bitterness in his voice. ¡°Hahahahahaha! You truly are a unique being. You know your ce very well, yet at the same time, you are also nearly as powerful as me. Impressive!¡± At that, a beautiful woman appeared next to Elliot. Elliot, who had remained staunchly cool and unmoving in the past few minutes during the clean up and the subsequent appearance of the strange voice, widened his eyes in surprise. He truly didn¡¯t expect the owner of the voice to be a young female human being, and one that looked so warm, so sweet, and so perfectly beautiful at that! ¡°You¡­ you¡¯re a human being?! And a woman??¡± Elliot asked in shock. ¡°Why the surprise? You weren¡¯t thinking that you¡¯re actually the strongest human in the universe, were you?¡± The drop dead beauty smiled slyly at Elliot and caused his heart to race ever so slightly with her breathtaking charm. ¡°And yes, I am a woman. I thought it¡¯s pretty obvious. Have you not seen a woman for so long that you actually forget how one looks?¡± She teased Elliot lightly. ¡°A human Ancient level powerhouse.¡± Elliot ignored her quip and narrowed his eyes as he glowered at her. ¡°Care to tell me where you were when they did this to our?¡± ¡°Hahaha!¡± The woman burst outughing in a peal of pleasant soundingughter. ¡°Our?¡± She raised one eyebrow at Elliot and smiled. ¡°We are both human beings, but this pathetic excuse of a isn¡¯t mine.¡± Elliot stared at her quietly as his brain took in the startling information and processed its deep reaching consequences. ¡°How many-¡° ¡°Many.¡± ¡°How str-¡° ¡°Stronger than you.¡± ¡°Where-¡° ¡°None of your business.¡± Elliot snapped his mouth shut and frowned deeply. ¡°Why are you here?¡± Elliot asked, slightly d that he actually got to finish one full sentence. ¡°As I said, I am here under orders to save your life.¡± She smiled enigmatically. ¡°Save my life? At all costs?¡± Elliot asked as an excellent idea began to form in his mind. ¡°Well, not at all costs per se¡­ but¡­¡± ¡°Good. If that¡¯s the case, then save me properly.¡± Elliot said and took out the Tear of the Gods. ¡°Red, we have an Ancient here. Now make me that armor set you talked about.¡± The beautiful Ancient level powerhouse nced downzily for a quick second before doing a double take on the inconspicuous lump of metal on Elliot¡¯s hand. ¡°Is¡­ is that¡­¡± She stammered lightly. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s a Tear of the Gods.¡± Elliot said rather smugly. ¡°I know what it is!¡± She snapped. ¡°But this particr one¡­ where did you get this from?¡± ¡°Why?¡± Elliot asked her calmly. ¡°Just answer the question.¡± The beautiful human Ancient said quietly. A thin veneer of killing intent covered her entire body at that moment as she red at Elliot. However, Elliot merely looked at her calmly and ignored her intensifying re. Finally, after a few seconds, she gave in and retracted her killing intent. ¡°Fine. You win. Youngsters nowadays don¡¯t have any respect for their elders.¡± She sighed. ¡°And you, young man, are the worst of the lot. At least with the others, I could scare them into spilling everything they know. Every. Little. Thing. From when they lost their virginities to how many times they do it every day. But you¡­ your balls are made of iron. You don¡¯t scare easily at all. It¡¯s such a horrible trait to go with disrespect.¡± The beautiful Ancient shook her head helplessly at Elliot. Elliot, on the other hand, couldn¡¯t help but wince lightly at such inelegant wordsing out from such pretty lips. ¡°He got it from the randomized reward selection.¡± El¡¯Taras¡¯ voice rang out suddenly near them. ¡°Hooo. Boss, you still have the mood to watch this game? Why aren¡¯t you putting out fires? Don¡¯t worry too much about things here. I got it all covered.¡± The beautiful woman said to her boss very casually. ¡°And he actually got it from randomized reward selection? With such ridiculous odds? That¡¯s a statistical impossibility, especially after he got the Red Dragon Blood Essence. Something is definitely wrong here.¡± The beautiful Ancient narrowed her eyes and leaned forward to sniff at Elliot. She immediately wrinkled her nose in disgust. ¡°Just amon earthling who hadn¡¯t bathed for days. Bah.¡± She spat. ¡°Hey! I am not that smelly.¡± Elliot protested mildly. ¡°Damn right you¡¯re not. If you¡¯re not smelly, then shit would be edible.¡± The beautiful ancient said much to Elliot¡¯s distress. ¡°You¡¯re kidding right? With this particr Tears of the Gods?¡± Lady Bstiera said tly. ¡°I am serious. Please do that for him, and please keep him alive for the next eleven months. I am counting on you.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said. ¡°WHAT? ELEVEN MONTHS? YOU SAID ONE WEEK!!¡± Lady Bstiera roared in surprise and in anger at Chairman El¡¯Taras! But s, Chairman El¡¯Taras had cut offmunications! Chapter 290 Monthly Race! ¡°El¡¯Taras! EL¡¯TARAS YOU OLD COOT!¡± Lady Bstiera shouted loudly. ¡°Damn him and his damned one way omnipresentmunication skills!¡± ¡°Red. Please work with Lady Bstiera here to get my armor done as soon as possible. I will be unavable for two weeks to train. Lady Bstiera, my life is in your hands.¡± Elliot smiled at her and turned around to train with Gilgamar without even waiting for her reply. Strangely though, she did as he said rather obediently. ¡°Strange. What¡¯s her rtionship with El¡¯Taras? Why is she so obedient to him?¡± Elliot wondered as he walked away. But he didn¡¯t dwell on it for too long. He had many things to do, and time was running out for him. Night came and went, and soon it was morning of the next day. Elliot had spent the night fully engrossed in assimting with the mastery of the Runes he had received from the Red Dragon soul as well as studying the Runes he got from Autumn. Just as dawn broke over the horizon¡­ [Ding!] [It is time for the first Monthly Race to begin!] [Congrattions! You have been selected at random to participate in the race!] Elliot rolled his eyes even as he grimaced at the timing of the race. It just had toe right before he started his training to master The Broken Dragon sword technique which Tyrius created? Damn it all! ¡°And selected at random? Ha! If I was truly selected at random then I will eat my sword for breakfast!¡± Elliot snorted. [The first monthly race will be modelled after a popr game in the early 2000s called Daytona.] [You will be teleported into a race car already in motion.] [You will gain control of the race car 10 seconds after teleportation.] [The race will begin after the three seconds are up.] [Drive one thousand kilometers and do so with with your race car intact to qualify for the main race.] [You will be teleported to the real race track after that.] [Please cross the finish line first to win.] [This is a cars-only race.] [Elemental energies are locked down.] [Good luck.] [Standby for teleportation.] [3] [2] [1] Blink. Elliot found himself within afortable race car that had extremely modern and state-of-the-art controls. A square-bottomed steering wheel, a sleek 8-speed gearbox and racing car seats that hugged his body perfectly. And by the sound of it, the car had a heck of an engine. Elliot looked out around him, and his expression turned very grave. His car was but one in a literal sea of cars! All the way to the left, right, front and back were cars as far as his eyes could see! He was on a massive road that stretched many kilometers in every direction. ¡°Five thousand cars. At least. It could be six to seven thousand.¡± He muttered to himself. ¡°Thankfully the cars are spaced quite far apart. Five meters all around. Very good.¡± However, his voice waspletely lost in the ear-drum-destroying din that so many thousands of race cars were making! Even with earplugs, the sound was still nearly unbearably loud. Wait, earplugs? He nced down and realized that he had teleported into the race car with aplete racing suit on, with a helmet, ear plugs, gloves and even racing shoes. [5 seconds] [4 seconds] [3 seconds] [2 seconds] [1 second] Instantly, his steering wheel came alive and he could sense that he had gained control of a real beast of a car. Being a being with superhuman reflexes and control, Elliot had no fear at all over the unknown specifications of the car. In fact, when he focused his attentionpletely on driving, all the other cars around him seemed to slow down. He smashed his foot down on the elerator and the car, which was cruising steadily at sixty kilometers per hour suddenly leapt ahead! All around him, almost every single car did the exact same thing. However, there were some that didn¡¯t and immediately, chaos erupted as crashes ur EVERY WHERE! BOOOM!! BAMMMM! CRASHH! CRASHHH!! VROOOOO-VROOOOOMMM!!!! Elliot deftly maneuvered his car around the massive crashes that took ce and quickly left the starting region. Around a thousand other cars had managed to do that as well, and every car had their pedals to the metal as they thundered down the road. Boom!!!! One car flipped after being fishtailed and exploded against another unsuspecting car somewhere behind him! Boom!! Boom!! Booomm!! Many, many more cars suffered the same fate before the number of cars stabilized at around eight hundred. VROOOOOO!!! Elliot shifted to third gear and his car leapt ahead once more as its engines screamed like so many banshees charging at a horde of delicious looking human beings! Two hundred kilometers per hour. VROOOOOO! Gear four! Three hundred kilometers per hour. VROOOOOOOO!!! Gear five! Four hundred kilometers per hour. Gear six! Four hundred eighty kilometers per hour. Gear seven! Five hundred fifty kilometers per hour. Gear eight! Six hundred kilometers per hour! The eight hundred cars ate up the kilometers rapidly as their engines roared with all their strength to quickly approach incredible top speed of approximately six hundred kilometers an hour. And even at that speed, they would need almost two hours of constant driving to reach a thousand kilometers! Elliot checked his information panel and realized that there was no fuel gauge. ¡°No need to worry about fuel huh? Good.¡± Elliot said to himself. His car was only one of the handful that had managed to smoothly reach gear eight and six hundred kilometers per hour within the few short minutes that passed. In fact, Elliot was surprised that there were even four others who were able to do what he did. For one thing, it took a lot of guts to drive that fast. And for another, at that eleration and at that speed, they were experiencing upwards of 4 Gs! No normal person could suddenly experience that and not feel shocked to the point that they let go of their elerator for a bit. For them to reach 8th gear the same time as he did meant that they had perfectly shifted each gear and did so at full eleration! And that meant that the four of them were definitely not normal. In fact, Elliot even suspected that they weren¡¯t human beings at all. Chapter 291 Aerodynamics The road they were in was as broad as broad can be, and with so many race cars wrecked and still many others so far behind that they were effectively out of the race, there was a lot of room for the drivers to maneuver. Elliot nced around at the colourful cars around him that were for some reason closing in on his position from all directions despite being on such a massive road. ¡°Ganging up on me huh? Let¡¯s see if you qualify first.¡± Elliot scoffed at them. ¡°Beast Totem!!¡± Elliot summoned a massive Beast Totem that was as big as the car he was in and it mmed down heavily behind him. Earlier, he had tested his power and found that although the elemental energy lock down was pressing in heavily on his own energy, he was still able to circte it. In fact, the elemental energy lock down forced him to work his energy with twice the effort, and the exertion strangely felt pretty good. ¡°It must be like exercise.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°The more burden you carry while practicing, the faster and stronger you will be when you do it without burdens. Interesting! I should do that to train myself.¡± In the whole known universe, Elliot was probably the only one to view the highly feared energy lock down device as an exercise equipment! As soon as the Darklight Beast Totem mmed on the ground, a striking neon green aura suffused outwards from it and covered a massive one square kilometer in area! At the next moment¡­ SCREEEEEE! SCREEEEEEE!! BAM! BOOM! CRASH!! Several race cars swerved around violently at extremely high speed! Some flipped and exploded by their lonely selves. Others crashed and brought some friends along in their journey to the underworld. Out of the eight cars that were closing in on Elliot, only one swerved away. And even then, it managed to regain control of his car and didn¡¯t flip like the others. The remaining seven cars closed ranks and continued to slowly close on him. ¡°Only 1 beast among you guys? Ah well better than nothing.¡± Elliot muttered off handedly as he browsed his very long list of skills in his mind to decide what skill he should use next. ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­ de tornado is quite viable. But it¡¯s boring. I¡¯ve used it too much against Jagor Tawlon. How about¡­ HOLY MACKAREL!¡± Elliot shouted as he caught sight of severalrge weapons starting to poke out of the windows of the seven race cars! RPGs, Laser Rifles, and even a harpoon like contraption! ¡°This brings back really bad memories.¡± Elliot grimaced as his mind shed back quickly to the RPG fired by Natoru which started everything. ¡°It may have worked thest time, but I am no longer the same old weakling I was before.¡± Elliot could feel a deep seated wave of anger sweep through him and he growled menacingly. Blink. ¡°Lightning Strike.¡± CRACK! BOOM!!! Blink. ¡°Azure Lightning st.¡± Elliot didn¡¯t even need to transform into his White Dragon Transformation to cast his go-to long distance skill anymore. However, it wasn¡¯t for a target far away. He cast it at point nk range at the driver of the second car. Briefly, Elliot could see that it was a burly human male with a strange tattoo on the whole of his left cheek, his face contorting in extreme disbelief at the fact that Elliot could still use his skills when the rest of the racers obviously couldn¡¯t. Didn¡¯t matter. Booom!!! Elliot leapt up and blinked to his own car which was starting to slow down in the absence of a driver. He drew Gilgamar out of his sheath and swung it towards the other five race cars. A thin but indescribably sharp wave of fire energy shot out of the de and caused one to explode into smithereens while the other four careened wildly out of the way. Pointless maneuvering. Elliot blinked towards them and finished them off ruthlessly with Gilgamar. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Blink. Within seconds, he was back in the driver¡¯s seat and resumed putting the pedal to the metal as though nothing had happened. ¡°Punks.¡± Elliot sneered at them and focused on finishing the race as fast as he could. Too bad he didn¡¯t have any skills to influence engines, or else he would have certainly spammed it to crank up the speed of his race car. Elliot hit an incredible six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and effectively reached the top speed of his car. His engine had reached maximum power output and there was no more additional power he could utilize to ovee the air resistance to gain even more speed. ¡°Let¡¯s see if my red dragon can function as a rocket booster.¡± Elliot thought with a chuckle to himself. Elliot willed a humongous red dragon to manifest above his bright red and blue race car and then got it to unleash a powerful dragon breath! GRAAAAHHHHH!!!! The powerful dragon breath pushed Elliot¡¯s car ahead even faster! Seven hundred kilometers per hour. Seven hundred thirty kilometers per hour. Seven hundred fifty kilometers per hour. Seven hundred sixty kilometers per hour! His red dragon breath boosted his speed by almost a hundred kilometers per hour! However, to maintain that speed, he needed to constantly use the dragon breath, and that was a very huge waste of energy. ¡°There must be a smarter way to do it.¡± Elliot mused as he released his red dragon energy. His race car rapidly dropped its speed to a stable six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour. He started to experiment with his applications of energy. ¡°First let¡¯s make this car perfectly aerodynamic. I know that in theory, the most perfect aerodynamic shape is the tear drop. Let¡¯s try it. But let¡¯s not mess around with its lift. I don¡¯t want to this car to start flying.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Wind energy barrier.¡± Chapter 292 Area of effect Immediately, a perfect teardrop-shaped wind barrier appeared in front of his car and covered the entirety of its body. ¡°A famous car maker once said aerodynamics are for people who can¡¯t build good engines. What a cocky bastard.¡± Elliot smiled as he looked at his speedometer in satisfaction. ¡°I gained a full hundred kilometers an hour from it! That¡¯s more than I got by using the red dragon breath as a booster rocket! Brain truly trumps brawn.¡± At seven hundred seventy five kilometers per hour, Elliot was going almost as fast as many jetliners used to back in the early 2000s. The fact that his race car had remained fully intact and his tires weren¡¯t exploding yet simply meant that the aliens had done an excellent job in creating the race car, probably with quite a few of their alien tech and materials. He nced around him and at his rearview mirror, and found that he had extended his lead on the second car by several kilometers, and it was growing really fast. ¡°Good. At this rate, I will not face any problems all the way to the start of the real race.¡± Elliot said. However, as he said it, he couldn¡¯t help but frown deeply at the sense of de javu which struck him like a thunderbolt. He had said words exactly to the same effect right before Natoru killed him with that damned RPG. However, nothing else happened for many long minutes. ¡°With strength,es peace.¡± He thought to himself. [Ding!] [You have passed the five hundred kilometer mark.] [You are halfway there. Keep up the good work!] Right at that moment, loud engine sounds started to roar from his sides. [A mercenary group had been tasked to run down all race cars starting from the second half.] [Survive.] Elliot smiled wryly to himself and shook his head helplessly. ¡°And with insufficient strength,e aliens who would make you their ythings and unleash mercenary groups to make your life difficult just for the fun of it. I am very, very far from the real definition of strength. But although I cannot touch those damned aliens, I can break their toys.¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes and immediately cast his senses out to study the situation. ¡°Only around a thousand cars are moving towards me. The bulk of their forces are still on standby¡­ One, two, three, four, five thousand. That¡¯s quite a lot.¡± Elliot then turned back to look at the mass of cars still making their way inexorably forward. ¡°They should catch up in around five minutes. I don¡¯t have enough time to wipe out every single damn mercenary car and still get back to regain my lead at the head of the other cars.¡± Elliot said to himself. ¡°Or you can just send us to kill them all for you.¡± Kai said to Elliot calmly. ¡°Just send us out and clean up the ce for you. Screw the Gaming Commission. You¡¯ve be a high value target. I doubt they will do anything for you. The Gaming Commission¡¯s rules are strict because it is in their best interest that the rules are strict. However, keeping you alive and happy is in the Gaming Commission¡¯s best interest now. I¡¯ll say it again, screw the Gaming Commission!¡± Red said passionately. ¡®You sound like you have a grudge against the Gaming Commission, little bird.¡± Khellendra chuckled. ¡°But for once, yes, I agree with you. Screw the Gaming Commission. Master, let us clean up this stupid race for you.¡± ¡°I agree. There¡¯s no need to y by the rules of your oppressors if you¡¯ve already gained the strength to resist them. Let us go and show them that they can make the rules and the games, but we will choose whether or not we want to y by them.¡± Wu Kong said quietly. ¡°Fine. Go crazy then, ande back in twenty five minutes.¡± Elliot said with a smile. A deep sense of satisfaction with his beasts bloomed in his heart. ¡°Air units, clean up the ones still standing by. The rest of you, split into two groups and kill the cars approaching us. Leave none alive.¡± Wu Kong instructed. ¡°Kai, you and I will remain by Master¡¯s side just in case more surprises appear.¡± All of Elliot¡¯s beasts obeyed Wu Kong¡¯s instructions and they immediately let themselves out onto the race track. GRAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!! KRAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! ROAAARRRR!!!!! As usual, Elliot¡¯s beasts took to the battlefield with ferocious roars and charged out towards Elliot¡¯s enemies! Against such weak enemies, nothing much needed to be said. They came out, they saw and they murdered. All of them were done within twenty minutes. However, right when his beasts were at their furthest from Elliot¡­ [Ding!] [You have passed the seven hundred fifty kilometer mark.] [You have entered Firebat Territory.] [Avoid their fiery attacks and survive.] What a joke. The Firebats and their numerous fireballs would have certainly wreaked absolute havoc among the thousands of energy locked racers. After scrambling for their lives against the thousands of mercenaries, many of the racers would have their cars battered and some would even have sustained serious damage. Those racers would be instantly killed by the Firebats. Those with intact cars would then go through yet another intense trial, filtering out the most excellent drivers out of those who merely got through the mercenaries by luck. By the end of the Firebats trial, only the best of the best would have remained. Indeed, the Firebats were a vicious but highly effective way to sort out the weed from the chaff. But against Elliot and his unlocked energy¡­ The Firebats were so much kindling. In fact, Elliot still didn¡¯t get the chance to take action. ¡°I¡¯ll do it.¡± Kai said calmly. ¡°You do not have any area of effect skills apart from your aura.¡± Wu Kong said very simply. ¡°You do not have any wings.¡± Kai replied with a smile. ¡°Good point.¡± Wu Kong conceded. ¡°And who said I do not have any area of effect skills?¡± Kai asked. Chapter 293 Brimming with energy ¡°You do?¡± Elliot raised an eyebrow in surprise. ¡°Yes.¡± Kai said as he took to the skies with a p of his wings. ¡°Take a good look, Master. These are the skills which I had created a few days ago.¡± As soon as his feet left the race car, he was immediately left behind. However, before Elliot and Wu Kong couldugh or even say anything, Kai¡¯s sleek yet very obviously muscled figure appeared next to them ¡°Spatial Charge.¡± Kai said with a small smile at the bbergasted Elliot and Wu Kong before he started to rise up slowly into the sky. After reaching approximately thirty meters off the ground, he stopped his ascent and waited for the Firebats to get within range. Unlike the mercenaries, the Firebats weren¡¯t separated. All five hundred of them were in one big group, and approached them with high pitched screams and shrill wails that would cause any normal human being to grit their teeth in pain. The difficulty of the first monthly race of the games of earth had truly risen by several notches. ¡°If I wasn¡¯t here to clean up the way for the other racers, I doubt we will even have twenty survivors.¡± Elliot muttered darkly. However, his dark thoughts were soonpletely swept away by a lingering sense of awe. Kai had unleashed his area of effect skill, and it was nothing short of spectacr. ¡°Darklight Spectral Bind.¡± Kai said very lightly as he pointed at the five hundred or so Firebats which had just entered within one kilometer from where they were. Immediately, all five hundred Firebats froze and promptly dropped to the ground! And it was not all. Once on the ground, all five hundred Firebats began to wither and slowly die at a rate that was very much visible to Elliot¡¯s enhanced sense of sight! And as Elliot and Wu Kong widened their eyes in shock and tried to process the sheer awesomeness of Kai¡¯s new skill, a wave of Darklight energy shot out from Kai. Whoosh! As soon as the wave of Darklight energy reached the bats, the rate of their withering increased drastically. Within one minute, all five hundred Firebats died. Blink. Kai appeared once more within the rear seats of the race car and smiled at the two of them who had immediately whirled around to stare at him. ¡°What was that?¡± ¡°How did you do that?¡± Wu Kong and Elliot asked him in unison. ¡°Spectral Bind, abination between Spectral Aura and Chaos Bind.¡± Kai said very simply. ¡°As to how I did it, I merely took the concepts behind the two skills and merged them together.¡± Wu Kong smiled at the massive understatement of the incredibly difficult feat Kai had just did with merging skills. As a Lightning Apostle, of course he had tried to merge skills together, but it was far, far too difficult for him. He had failedpletely. Next to him, Elliot nodded in approval. Little Kai, who wasn¡¯t so little anymore even though he was less than a month old, was certainly a genius above all geniuses. Elliot absolutely didn¡¯t regret granting him the strongest element of them all. With such mind blowing talent, Elliot wasn¡¯t even sure that he could maintain his superior strength over him! The vision he had seen in rtion to Kai could very well be true. Elliot had tried merging skills before, and although he seeded, it was a crude sess, at best. Azure Lightning st was the result of his attempt, and although it packed quite a massive punch, it was so energy inefficient that if at all possible, Elliot would rather use other skills. However, that was before he merged with the remnant dragon soul Rune Master which gave him a deep understanding of Runes just like that. He was sure that with his newfound mastery of runes, he would be able to do an excellent job with merging skills together. Heck, he might even be able to create brand new skills! ¡°I should refine Azure Lightning st, and merge all my simr skills together. And make a skill or two that would be my signature skill.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°Yes, I will definitely do that once I am done with this monthly race.¡± With the Firebats gone, the path waspletely clear for Elliot to quickly hit one thousand kilometers. ¡°Well done, guys. You have all gotten very strong. I am so proud of you, and so d that I am your master.¡± Elliot said as he dismissed all his beasts when he crossed the nine hundred kilometer mark. All of the adult beasts didn¡¯t get to say a single word when the public mind space was immediately in uproar. ¡°Yes! Bildie numbel one is de best! Bildie numbel one! Bildie numbel one!¡± ¡°Bildie numbel thlee is plettiest! Bildie numbel thlee is pelfekt! She is numbel one! Bildie numbel thlee is bildie numbel one!¡± ¡°What? I no bildie numbel one! I bildie numbel thlee!¡± ¡°Yes! Bildie numbel thlee you al numbel thlee but numbel one!¡± ¡°I no undelstan you speak. You speak bad! Go school and lealn talk!¡± ¡°Big big boss say I do veli well and veli setlong! Wahahaha! Soon, I be big boss and kick big boss away!¡± ¡°Big boss! Bildie numbel sig say he want to be big boss! He notti!¡± And so on and so forth. Elliot merely chuckled and the massive mess the baby birds are bringing to the public mindspace and looked ahead eagerly as his race car ate up the final few kilometers rapidly. [Ding!] [You have qualified for the First Monthly Race.] [Initiating teleportation.] Bright lights shone and sparkled all around him as his car entered a spatial tunnel. They soon exited the tunnel and hit the race track at full speed! Bam! VROOOOM!! They were in a simr setting as the previous world. With only one difference. That new world was filled to the brim with energy! Chapter 294 Bed Bugs Elliot could clearly sense the abundant natural energy that hung so densely in the air, and which gave him such a refreshing sense of freedom. He took in a deep breath and could literally feel the energy enter his body, revitalizing his cells and bringing an indescribable sense of being alive like never before. He was sure that all of his spells would at least be tripled in effectiveness if he used them in that environment! [Survival race mode.] [Reach the finish line safely.] [All energy locks are released.] As soon as the system finished saying that, an utterly world-shaking roar sounded! It was the loudest and wildest roar Elliot had ever heard! And to make things worse, a few more simr roars started to sound from everywhere! ¡°With such dense amounts of energy, it is no wonder that the wild beasts can grow to an extreme size. I just hope it¡¯s not something ridiculous like a kilometer tall tiger or something.¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes and immediately cast out his senses. At the sametime, he summoned Red to do a little bit of scouting for him. ¡°Send out your drones and report back on the situation.¡± Elliot ordered as he blinked out of his race car to check on his surroundings. For as far as his eyes could see, he couldn¡¯t see a single living being. All around him was just a massive, probably fiftyne race track that stretched impossibly long all the way forward. However, the strange thing was the track didn¡¯t run t all the way. It had little hills and at times, it even nted a little bit to the left or right. The race track was located at the foot of a mountain range that was also so massive that Elliot couldn¡¯t see the ends of it. ¡°What a strange ce.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but feel extremely uneasy as several possibilities appeared in his mind. ¡°Drones out.¡± Red reportedzily. ¡°Visuals confirm no life forms within a five kilometer radius. Switching to life sensors. There¡­ What? The screens are all red? Did all twenty drones have their life sensors broken at the same time? That¡¯s a statistical impossibility. If not that, then the only exnation is that¡­¡± ¡°We are physically located on a huge life form.¡± Elliot said grimly as Red¡¯s drones confirmed one of the worst possibilities that flitted through his mind. ¡°And if the roarse from beasts such as the one we are on, that simply means¡­¡± Elliot turned to look at Red and waited for his drones to confirm. It didn¡¯t take long. ¡°Drones have reached the end of this lifeform. It¡¯s massive! It¡¯s around ten kilometers long on either side! And¡­ Holy smokes! There are more than just the one we are one! There¡¯s one on our left and right! There¡¯s one more behind us! And¡­ they are all airborne!!¡± Thest statement truly caught Elliot by surprise. Airborne? Such a massive creature that stretched for twenty kilometers from left to right¡­ is airborne? How? And just what sort of energy expenditure was needed to keep them in the sky?? And what the heck? They had to race on top of such massive beasts? ¡°INCOMING!!! THE LEFT GIANT IS SWERVING TOWARDS US! IT¡¯S GOING TO CR-¡± Red didn¡¯t get to finish his warning. B A A A A N N N G G G G G G G G ! ! ! ! WHAMMMMMM!!!! RUMBLEEE!!!! The loudest sound of collision Elliot had ever heard exploded forth from the left! It was like a million TNT bombs exploding at the same time from somewhere nearby!! Elliot flinched really hard. The sound barrier he had hurriedly cast had immediately cracked. Thankfully, it was able to mitigate most of the damage his ears and brains would have received from listening to such a loud explosion. ¡°Brace for impact.¡± Elliot said to Red as he cast a powerful Darklight wind barrier around them. As expected, the following shockwave was so strong that his wind barrier immediately cracked and disappeared too! Unfortunately, the wind barrier failed to do much to disperse the powerful shockwaves that followed. That, as well as the sudden knee-jerk motion that the beast Elliot was on was forced to make, forced Elliot¡¯s car to immediately flip to the right! ¡°We havepany!¡± Red suddenly shouted. ¡°Lot¡¯s of them!¡± ¡°Come out, Darklight Summons. Deal with the iing enemies.¡± Elliot ordered. ¡°I am afraid they won¡¯t be enough. When I say ¡°lot¡¯s of them¡±, this time I meant thousands! No, tens of thousands!¡± Red shouted. ¡°Get everybody out!¡± ¡°Tens of thousands? Damn it, is the Gaming Commission even taking this damned race seriously? With ten thousand of them, I would forced to ask my beasts to go all out just to survive! How the hell would normal racers even manage to stay alive if I am not here? Damn idiots!¡± Elliot cursed. But he did as Red suggested, and got everybody out. In fact, he did more than that. He summoned the whole damn Dimensional Fortress! ¡°Prepare to repel the enemy!¡± He roared out loudly. All of the four hundred survivors were armed with powerful weapons, and they would be effective in such a situation. ¡°Apostles, stay within range of the fortress, and make sure it¡¯s safe.¡± Elliot ordered them. ¡°Wu Kong, takemand of the overall fight. Kai, takemand of the defense of the fortress.¡± ¡°Aknowledged, Master.¡± Both bowed and immediately left to do his bidding. ¡°They are here.¡± Red announced quietly. And so they were. It was a sight that Elliot would never forget. It was like the Beast Tide which he had survived very recently, but instead of being rushed by countless beasts, here he was being rushed by a simrly seemingly endless wave of¡­ Giant Armored Bed Bugs. ¡°Oh hell no.¡± Brock moaned when he caught sight of the extremely disgusting sight of tens of thousands of Giant Armored Bed Bugs thundering down upon them! ¡°Fire.¡± Kai¡¯s voice could be heard as he ordered the long range cannons of the Dimensional Fortress to fire. PEW! PEW! PEW! It was the first time that Elliot had seen the cannons in action, and damn, they looked really good! Chapter 295 [Bonus chapter] I want to go all out for once! If Elliot wasn¡¯t so pissed off at the Gaming Commission, he would have appreciated the discipline and the uracy of the shots taken by the gunners of the fifty fixedser cannons on the different towers of the fortress. As it were, the back of his brain merely registered the great job that Camelia and Kara had done with the survivors, and moved on. He surveyed the mass of disgusting looking Giang Armored Bed Bugs coldly. All tens of thousands of the bugs were airborne and moving rapidly towards them. And judging by the small amount of damage theser cannons were doing to them, their armor were definitely not for show. True, the cannons were firing from the extreme far end of the range, and had weakened somewhat by the time they reached their targets. But Elliot had hoped for more punching power to apany how good the fortress and its cannons firing at full strength was looking! ¡°Focus fire.¡± Kai calmly ordered his men. ¡°Lock on to my target. Ready. Fire.¡± This time, all fifty fixedser cannons opened fire at a single bed bug and punched a hole straight through its body. However due to the different angles of attack, theser cannon beams dispersed after that sessful attack and failed to do the same amount of damage to the bug behind it. Still, the damage was high enough to crack its armor and kill it after a split second. ¡°Camelia, take control of all theser cannons and do as I did. Set them to Follow the Leader mode. The rest of you, take out your hand held projectile rifles. One bug per squad, selected by the squad leader. Ready. Aim. Fire.¡± Kai gave out orders calmly as he tried to maximize damage output. Bo-bo-bo-boom! Four hundred projectile rifles fired at nearly the same time. Eight bugs out of tens of thousands died. ¡°Fifty to a bug. Second bug selected by the assistant squad leader. Ready. Aim. Fire.¡± Sixteen more died. But Kai judged that it was the maximum it could do. Camelia could kill around 4 per second, while the men could kill 16. It was a total of 20 bugs per second by the fortress. Or 1200 per minute. At that rate, they would have to fire nonstop for over half an hour to be able to kill all the bugs. They didn¡¯t even have two minutes before the bugs reached them. ¡°I need to find stronger cannons for the fortress.¡± Elliot thought aloud to himself. ¡°Keep firing.¡± Kai ordered serenely and rose to the sky. He pointed at the mass of bugs which had managed to finally cross mid range and casted ¡°Spectral Bind¡±. Due to the increase in energy density, Kai¡¯s Spectral Bind almost tripled in size! At least a thousand of the bugs immediately froze where they were and dropped to the ground like dead flies. (Although the size had tripled, it could only cover less than a thousand of the bugs due to theirrger sizepared to the Firebats.) Once down, they would die within the minute. Kai would be able to release two such attacks before the bugs reached them. That was less than two thousand bugs. ¡°Master, your awakened dragon aura, if you please.¡± Kai said politely. Elliot nodded and unleashed his awakened red dragon who immediately took flight as a much bigger red dragon than before! G-R-RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! It¡¯s roar was much more vibrant than before and the pulses of energy it started emitting was also much stronger! Kai¡¯s effectiveness tripled once more! Now his Spectral aura could kill three thousand a minute! Still, it was merely six thousand in two minutes. All up, the defense could barely deal with a tenth of the mass of bugsing in before it would be a messy, melee battle! It was up to Wu Kong¡¯s offensive team to deal with the enemy. There were no fancy moves to be executed in such a straightforward battle. A bunch of bugs charging in from the left against all of them arrayed in a straight line. It would be a pure sh of strength between a huge bunch of highly armored bugs and a bunch of highly overpowered beasts. ¡°All of you, your auras please. Master, if you would be so kind to unleash all your auras as well.¡± Wu Kong said calmly. Immediately, all around them the temperature dropped. As soon as the bugs reached three hundred meters, they would be affected by the speed decrease and a bone-chilling freeze that would weaken them drastically. Combine that with the red dragon energy¡¯s pulses, the bugs would be at a mere fraction of their peak strength. Although they would still be tough to kill, at least their attacks wouldn¡¯t pack a punch. Or would they? Instantly, all of Elliot¡¯s beasts with ranged attacks opened fire. Dragon breaths, firests, lightning sts and cial beams ripped into the wave of bugs. They were doing way more damage than the cannons and the rifles, and managed to kill tens of bugs every second! But their increased strength onlypensated for their lower number of fighters. The rate of killing the bugs merely exceeded that of the defensive team by a small amount! ¡°Errr big bro. Should we help?¡± Jessica asked Elliot. ¡°Yeah, big bro, I have mastered Dark me Apocalypse as well. I want to try it out!¡± Jennifer said. Elliot nced at his sisters and shook his head. ¡°They need the battle experience, especially the survivors. Let them fight and fall into a dangerous situation for once. If things get too dangerous, we can always swoop in to help them. Plus, a few of our big guns have yet to take action. And¡­ they really need to experience pressure for a change.¡± Elliot chuckled and pointed at the part of the defensive line where Brock, Ellie, Winter, Rex, Red, and Wu Kong were at. ¡°The past few battles for them had been too easy!¡± True enough, Ellie was ring at the other beasts. ¡°Nobody disturb me when I am fighting, okay? Gramps! Don¡¯t follow too close! I want to have an all out fight using all my skills for once!¡± Chapter 296 One Dollar Elliot ¡°Stay too close? Ha! Don¡¯t worry about that. I will be standing right at the rear protecting the fortress just in case a few of them leak through!¡± Brock dered to one and all. ¡°No. Brock, you will be my mount for today.¡± Wu Kong said with a smile. ¡°What?! NO WAY!¡± Brock roared. ¡°Whatever your fear is caused by, it is best to take them head on and be done with them once and for all.¡± Wu Kong said sagely. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, with me around, you¡¯ll be perfectly fine even if the Bug Matriarch shows up and-¡° ¡°BUG MATRIARCH?!?! THERE¡¯S A BUG MATRIARCH?!¡± Brock roared hysterically. The rest of Elliot¡¯s beastsughed. Wu Kong leapt from his position andnded on Brock¡¯s break shoulders and stood up straight. He held his massive Ancestral Grade rod in a middle-grip casually and pointed ahead. ¡°I am themander of this fight. I will lead us to victory today. Brock, onwards.¡± Wu Kong said in an awe-inspiring voice. Brock had no choice but to sigh deeply and trot forward. By his left and right, the rest of Elliot¡¯s beasts started to move ahead as well in a spearhead formation with Brock and Wu Kong at the lead. Grrrrrrr. Brock began to growl deeply as his secret transformation, Unyielding Strength, appeared. Despite his distaste and very innate fear of spiders and simrly shaped bugs such as the damned bed bugs, he was a courageous beast and when push came to shove, he would fight anything. Spiders and ugly bed bugs be damned. Within seconds, their trot had turned into a full speed gallop towards the iing bugs! GRAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Brock roared loudly as he thundered towards the first bugs! They were shredded like so much pieces of paper. On his shoulder, Wu Kong had unleashed his Feral Judgement as well and was bringing the full firepower that his secret transformation and Ancestral Grade equipment to bear. ¡°Strike Of The Great Mountain Sage That Rivals The Heavens!¡± Wu Kong whispered. As before, the silhouette of an utterly humongous Taoist Yin-Yang circle appeared behind Wu Kong and iparably dense rods surrounded by wild lightning arcs shimmered into existence around his weapon. He thurst his rod forward, and the thousands dense lightning rods exploded forward in a vast array of death and destruction. Voosh! Voosh! Voosh! Voosh! They all pierced through the bugs with ease and instantly killed at least five thousand of them! What sort of leader is the most inspiring kind of leader? One might say that it would be a leader that could lead them to a thousand battles and bring them to a thousand victories, of course. And they would be right. But if that leader was also able to devastate thousands of enemies with a swing of his weapon while one could only swing his ws miserably and kill maybe two or three enemies at a time, then that leader would truly be the epitome of inspiration! All of Elliot¡¯s beasts saw Wu Kong¡¯s ridiculously overpowered attack and immediately redoubled their efforts to strike down their own opponents!! Especially Red who was actually verypetitive deep within his heart. ¡°Wow! That damned monkey is so powerful! We can¡¯t let him steal all the limelight! Birdies one through ten! Let¡¯s show them that we are the best! Engage secret weapons! ATTACK!!¡± Red shouted. Immediately, all eleven transport/fighters released ten des that spun at extremely high speeds that hovered around them by the power of maic technology. ¡°Spread out and go craaaayzeeeeee!!!!!!¡± Red hooted in excitement. WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! The eleven transport/fighters and the one hundred eleven des shot into the mass of bugs and immediately started to shred their opponents to pieces! Hundreds fell to them every second! ¡°The kids are showing off again.¡± Khalendros grumbled to Khellendra. ¡°Should we show off a little too? I haven¡¯t used my new skill yet. If I use it, they would probably all gape in awesome wonder.¡± Khellendra chuckled at her husband¡¯spetitive edge and shook her head lightly even as her ws shot out powerful lightning bolts she aptly called Lightning Whips that arched wildly and killed ten bugs around her in a short period of time. ¡°You know that our new skills are trump cards that would use up most of our energy and leave us rtively weak for the next minute. Why do that so early in the battle when there are still so many bugs to kill? And who knows what other enemies await us in this strangend. Let the kids show off. They¡¯ll know their ce soon enough.¡± ¡°Alright. You¡¯re right.¡± Khalendros sighed and cast his Brutal Lightning down at a thick cluster of bugs and killed fifteen of them at one go.¡± ¡°We¡¯ll wait for the right time to use our secret skills. It is better for the team that way.¡± All around them, under the influence of so many auras and surrounded by such dense energy, Elliot¡¯s beasts were over performing and exhibited triple the amount of strength they usually did. The mass of tens of thousands bugs started to thin very considerably at a rapid rate. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Back in the Gaming Commission¡¯s meeting room, Chairman El¡¯Taras was back chairing the meeting that had been going on for almost 24 hours nonstop. For mega superpowers like those within the room, 24 hour meetings were nothing. However, the atmosphere within the meeting room was one of¡­ stunned speechlessness. In stock market terms, Elliot was initially like a 1 dor stock that was already reflecting its market price. And then, when he got his SSS Beast Apostle System and the 365-day reverse time walk, his stock had risen incredibly to an amazing 3 dors. People started noticing him, and some even started rooting for him. Many were suitably impressed at his luck. When he began gaining levels at a rapid pace and tamed one epic and legendary beast after the other, his price began to rise once more, even as many shook their heads in disbelief. Then he got Gilgamar and the Red Dragon Blood Essence. His stock price rose again to five dors. An incredible 500%! This must be it, right? Time to cash out? Chapter 297 Starting a Cake Shop Nope. It¡¯s not time to cash out. In fact, it¡¯s time to sell all your assets and dump them into Elliot. But of course very few had the foresight and the mental fortitude (read: greed) to do that. Because apparently, he had some sort of mysterious power that made him able to kill Emperors very easily! His ¡°stock price¡± shot up once more to 10 dors. Many of those who wanted to jump on the Elliot Musk bandwagon hesitated. It seemed improbable that he could still rise higher. It¡¯s a thousand percent! He should be done right? I mean, everything that goes up muste down¡­ Right? Wrong. Very soon after that, for reasonspletely unknown, he was soon able to cause a Hegemon to run away from him in fear! What? No way! Does it mean that he has the power to contend with Hegemons now, and even threaten their lives? That¡¯s crazy! Crazy!! His stock price shot up beyond reason. Fifteen dors. Twenty dors. Fifty dors! A cult following of fanatic fans started to appear. Elliot Muskers. The Way of the Musk. Elliot Musk For Universe President. Housewives in love with Elliot Musk. Single Moms for Elliot Musk Forever and Ever. Those who hesitated bemoaned not betting on him. But many were still unwilling jump on his bandwagon. Surely, very surely, this time, he is done, right? They hesitated and ruminated and divined and prayed and cast lots about it. His supporters were counting their winnings in absolute glee, while his naysayers started to diverge into two very distinct groups. One group gave in and started betting on him. They could no longer bear looking at the happy faces of their friends who had earned a literal ton of money, and decided that enough was enough. They want in! The other group bet against his continued growth, utterly convinced that he could no longer grow any stronger, or even sustain his current rate of growth. There was no way a person that was worth one dor could grow 50x and still continue that insane rate of growth, right? Right?? Wrong. All hell broke loose when he began killing Hegemons like culling lifestock. His price shot up to 100 dors. Then two hundred dors. And it kept rising and rising nonstop, reaching an incredible three hundred dors! Many who noticed him early but withheld betting on him because each time they felt that he was soaring way too high pulled their hair out in frustration. They could have been mega millionaires! His cult fan base grew more fanatic. Groups with even stranger names started to pop out. We love Elliot Musk unconditionally. Brides of Elliot Musk. (This one reached a staggering two billion members within two days. Mostly females. Mostly.) We are willing to be Elliot Musk¡¯s Harem. (This one was second with one point two billion members within two days.) Surrogate Mothers Willing to buy Elliot Musk¡¯s Sperm for a High Price. (Third with eight hundred million within two days.) Elliot Musk Is A Conspiracy. (Fourth with five hundred million.) In the general popce, Elliot¡¯s stock price had stabilized at around three hundred dors. But within those in the know about the bed bugs, his stock price had skyrocketed once more, exceeding ¡°five hundred dors¡± in some cases. ¡°Those are the Gaming Commission¡¯s secret bugs aren¡¯t they? ¡­ Indestructible Crystal Bargans¡­ Right? And they are almost very literally¡­ Indestructible¡­ Right???¡± ¡°What the hell? Those Bargans aren¡¯t meant to be killed, right? Weren¡¯t they designed to be obstacles that would drop down from the sky to make the track more difficult to transverse? Why they heck is he sending his beasts to kill them??¡± ¡°What is wrong with him?? Why is he destroying the track? He wants all of his fellow humans to pass the first monthly race and get participation prizes? It¡¯s a good idea but¡­ What the hell man¡­¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras sighed deeply. The Indestructible Crystal Bargans weren¡¯t cheap to breed. True, he did make an unimaginably huge amount of money through Elliot¡¯s ridiculous performance. But still, he¡¯d like to maintain that huge amount of money, thank you very much, and not have to spend a portion of it to repair his tracks. ¡°In his defense, those bugs did look like they wanted to attack. He did, afterall, just go through a beast tide facing simr situations.¡± Director Sands said mildly with a satisfied smile. All the directors had shares in the Gaming Commission, and Director Sands was, in actual fact and unbeknownst to his dearest granddaughter who loved to spend his money, a very, very rich old man. He truly couldn¡¯t care less about the pittance the Gaming Commission had to spend to repair the track! 705 ¡°His attacks truly have a very unique property to them, one that could pierce through the strongest of all themon defenses in the known universe could mount. With this performance, all superpowers no longer have any option but to go all out to get their hands on him. Whoever manages to do so would gain a secret weapon that they could use to attack the others!¡± Director Sightless Xar said in an ethereal voice. ¡°True. But they would also do their best to sabotage each other¡¯s attempts to get him. I believe the war would erupt sooner than many of us would expect. And it would be a preventive war for many of them. Put pressure on their weak points, incite rebellion, activate secret cards, and if nothing works, march on their capital, just to make sure they don¡¯t get their hands on Elliot. Better a war without Elliot in their enemy¡¯s hands, than one with him.¡± Director Goldwing analyzed. ¡°Localized war will increase our revenue, but a full Universal War would drastically reduce it. We must move to avoid a Universal War from erupting. I believe Elliot Musk has contributed enough. It is time to reel in the huge amount of wealth currently betting ON him by killing him! I propose we-¡± Director Darkwing started to say before being interrupted. ¡°Elliot Musk cannot die.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said quietly but with great force. ¡°If he dies, the Universal War will be avoided, and we will make thergest windfall in the entire history of the Gaming Commission! Chairman, do you know how much we stand to make with Elliot¡¯s death? It¡¯s-¡° ¡°I will not repeat myself.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes glowed slightly silver to convey that he was being serious. The ck Dragon Director snapped his mouth shut at that. Silver eyed El¡¯Taras was a demon incarnate. He wouldn¡¯t want to face him that way for all the wealth in the universe. Hell no. He¡¯d rather be a beggar by the roadside than deal with silver eyed El¡¯Taras who was rumored to be strong enough to deal with Ancients easily! ¡°So what do we do now?¡± Director Sands asked quietly. Chairman El¡¯Taras looked at Director Sands and said very frankly. ¡°It depends on how many Chilly Pancakes we have and how quickly the rest of it can be cooked. Maybe¡­ It¡¯s time for us to seriously consider starting a cake shop.¡± All the directors in the room dropped their jaws in shock. Chapter 298 Surrender them to me What the hell was their Chairman talking about? A¡­ Cake Shop??? He could buy literally TRILLIONS of cake shops with his personal wealth, why would he suggest starting a Cake Shop, of all things? And as a solution to their current predicament? Has he gone insane? All but Director Sands of course, who dropped his jaw in shock as well but for an entirely different reason. What the hell? He couldn¡¯t be serious, could he? He really wanted in on the ¡°Empire¡± that his crazy granddaughter wanted to build around Elliot? Chairman El¡¯Taras looked at Director Sands evenly which indicated his seriousness despite his rather interesting choice of words. The rest of the Directors werepletely bewildered. They knew that their Chairman was being serious, but¡­ A Cake Shop? There was no way he meant a literal cake shop. He must be referring to something else. Themodity was Chilly Pancakes, and the¡­ Organization¡­ A Cake Shop. And if Director Sands was involved, then it must be something to do with the Void n, possibly¡­ Jessica Sands? And her mega secret? All of the Directors in the room were not fools, and they all came to that conclusion very, very quickly. Something big was going down with the Void n, and Chairman El¡¯Taras wants in. And if Chairman El¡¯Taras got in, the the Gaming Commission was in. And if the Gaming Commission was in, then they too, would be in. They had sold their souls to the Gaming Commission, and would definitely choose to cut ties with their original powers just to remain in the organization. The Gaming Commission was just too damned freaking rich, and Chairman El¡¯Taras had a really, really generous hand. Every single one of them had benefited beyond their wildest dreams from being directors in the Gaming Commission, and would definitely continue to do so if they remained there. Of course, there were some with lingering doubts. mes of loyalty still burned bright in their hearts. But who was El¡¯Taras? He was the number one spy in the known universe! He knew each and every member of his board of directors very well indeed. Maybe even better than their spouses! And he knew each and every one of them had a price. If not money, then favors only he could give. That was the reason why his board was so solid. Each and everyone of them needed him. Yes, even arrogant Director Goldwing who was ¡°sent¡± by the Golden Dragons. At that moment, she was actually already nearing the peak of Hegemon level after breaking through not too long ago! How did she do it? Chairman El¡¯Taras helped, of course. And she was just one of many who had tasted the sweetness of what El¡¯Taras had to offer, and was willing to follow him to whatever corner of the universe he went, as long as the benefits didn¡¯t stoping. And so wherever he went, his board will go. And if Jessica Sands and her powers were things that could make even Chairman El¡¯Taras want in on, then¡­ Their breathing came harder and faster as they started to specte in their minds just what exactly was at stake, and what sort of benefits they could receive. They all remained silent and watched the exchange between their Chairman and Director Sands closely, eagerly waiting for any crumbs of clues they could get. Director Sands shook his head lightly. ¡°The¡­ Chilly Pancakes¡­ Still need more time to be¡­ cooked. Ah, the Chef needs more time to¡­ ah research. The fastest time topletion would be six months. Even that is assuming the ah¡­ Chef increases the research speed.¡± Director Sands said haltingly but firmly. ¡°Six months.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said in an amused voice. ¡°We don¡¯t have six months to wait for whatever Chilly Pancakes is being researched before making a big move.¡± Director Sightless Xar said in his ethereal voice. ¡°I predict the conflict will escte within two weeks, localized war around the Sr System in four, and an all out preventive war across the universe with possible alliances drawn ording to scenarios one through fifty within eight weeks, twelve tops.¡± ¡°I disagree.¡± Director Goldwing shook her beautiful head. ¡°You are underestimating the interest the Dragon ns have for Elliot. They are already starting to mobilize their main armies. They should be ready within three days. The war will escte as fast as the fastest mover. When the Dragons make their move, every other power in the universe must follow or risk missing out on a critical resource. Two weeks. If Elliot remains alive, the known universe will be embroiled in war within two weeks.¡± Director Goldwing turned to look at Chairman El¡¯Taras seriously. ¡°I guarantee it.¡± At her words, the rest of the Directors in the meeting room fell silent. Director Goldwing was a highly ranked member of her illustrious Golden Dragon System of the Central Gxies, one of the five most powerful Systems of the known universe. And if she can guarantee war breaking out around the universe in two weeks, then she must be in possession of irrefutable knowledge of ns that must already be in motion. Two weeks. All eyes were on Chairman El¡¯Taras. What would he decide to do? ¡°Can we help the Chef, somehow?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras unexpectedly pressed on with his questions. Director Sanda shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s far tooplicated for the likes of any of us.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras nodded and remained silent for a while. ¡°It appears we have no choice but to take drastic action. We must prevent war from reaching Earth for as long as possible.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras looked at each and every Director in the eye. ¡°The next step that the Gaming Commission will take would bring us past many, many points of no return. I must call on and secure your loyalty to the Gaming Commission today. All of you are in possession of your respective powers¡¯ main secrets. Bloodlines, cultivation techniques, secret skills, keys to vaults, secret maps and the sort. Secrets that would mark you asplete traitors if you divulge them. If you are willing to surrender those secrets to me, you may stay in this room.¡± Chapter 299 Strike First, Strike Hard ¡°If not, then I would like to respectfully inform you that your services and contributions to the Gaming Commission are at an end effective immediately. A generouspensation will be sent to you as a token of my appreciation for your involvement thus far.¡± At his words, a chilling silence fell upon the already quiet room. El¡¯Taras was effectively asking each and every one of them tomit high treason! ¡°Those who are unwilling to join us, please leave the room now.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said softly. He pointed at the main meeting room door which began to swing outwards noiselessly. There were no guards of course. There were absolutely no need for them. ¡°Of course, I trust that I do not need to tell you to keep all of your knowledge about the inner workings of the Gaming Commission and our future ns a secret.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras smiled gently. However, his eyes glowed a gentle golden in colour. Without exception, every single Director in the room gulped and swallowed their saliva. Golden Eyes. Utter, andplete mind control. There was no defending against it, not when El¡¯Taras knew them so well already. It was the ultimate punishment reserved for those who betrayed El¡¯Taras and his beloved Gaming Commission. They had seen it once when an assistant director was caught divulging a minor piece of information back to the power that sent him to be a part of the Gaming Commission. Chairman El¡¯Taras had smiled very gently at her, and then his eyes glowed golden like it did at that moment. The assistant director, a Princess of an exalted Star System of the Eastern Reaches, had strippedpletely naked while smiling shyly at all of the Directors present, did a little curtsy to all of them, and then dressed up once more. She then returned to the Star System as Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ very personal spy. She was an Ancient level powerhouse. They had no idea what the skill¡¯s limitations were, its range, it¡¯s cost and how many times he could do it. All they knew that the Ancient level powerhouse waspletely enved. It was singrly the most horrifying thing the Directors had ever seen in their whole lives. Safe to say, the Gaming Commission¡¯s secrets were safe. But as it turned out, there was actually no need for Chairman El¡¯Taras to threaten them so. None moved a muscle. All of them were staring intently at him, and eagerly waiting for him to reveal his n. Chairman El¡¯Taras let the silence stand for a whole five minutes before he finally broke into a wide smile. He gestured carelessly at the meeting room door and they mmed shut. BAM! ¡°One at a time,dies and gentlemen.¡± He nodded at the first in line, Director Goldwing who immediately stood up and walked to Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ side. With a wave of her hand, a barrier isted the both of thempletely from the rest of the Directors in the room. She took out a little device and passed it to him. Chairman El¡¯Taras touched it, closed his eyes for a moment, and then nodded at her in approval. ¡°An elerated path to Primal Level? Impressive. The Golden Dragons truly are worthy of their top status. I never expected this at all. Thank you, Director Goldwing. As precious as this is though, you are still ultimately the winner of this transaction.¡± He said to her gently. ¡°I look forward to your generosity, Chairman.¡± Director Goldwing¡¯s smile was radiant despite having justmitted high treason. She went back to her seat, and immediately, Director Darkwing stood up, and repeated the same process. ¡°Hmmmm. Demonic Transformation. A dangerous path. But very well.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras frowned lightly at Director Darkwing, but he nodded in eptance. ¡°The greatest rewards entail the greatest risks, Sire.¡± Director Darkwing bowed low in relief that his secret was epted. ¡°I understand. If all goes well, a better way to power awaits you.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said. ¡°I ampletely at your service, Chairman.¡± Director Darkwing saluted smartly, and went back to his seat. Director Sightless Xar, the Apparation was next. ¡°Well, well, well. Director Sightless Xar. I never thought of you Xars as the ambitious sort. To think you all have developed your Ancient Puppet Army to such an extent. Looking to create some ripples, are we?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras chuckled. ¡°Dangerous times call for extreme measures, Chairman.¡± Director Sightless Xar whispered with a deathly smile. ¡°Very critical information indeed, especially with regard to all the specific details. Thank you for this. You definitely will not regret your decision.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras nodded. It was high treason at a scale that was hithertopletely unseen in the entire history of the known universe! It may be the Gaming Commission¡¯s most critically dangerous moment with the entire known universe destabilizing around them as the focal point, but it was also its most glorious. Given enough resources and time, with so much critical information in his hands, Chairman El¡¯Taras could certainly single handedly ckmail or even destroy the various powers of the known universe! However, time was something that Chairman El¡¯Taras didn¡¯t have. The waves that Elliot was making were too big and things were escting too fast. In a universe that was already unstable to begin with, Elliot was the final straw that broke the (veryrge) camel¡¯s back. In a sense, it was gross miscalction on Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ part. He never expected that Elliot would show such strange abilities that would be so attractive to the rest of the universe! He had thought that by mping down on the information on Jessica Sands and her ascendant runes, he had done well in maintaining the stability of the universe and keeping her as his solid secret weapon. But never could he have guessed that he had not one, but two time bombs in his hands! If he had known, he would have definitely moved to remove him from the game entirely, even at the cost of massive losses. But now it waspletely toote. Elliot was a hot potato, and whoever had him would instantly be the target of the rest of the universe. His Ring of Absolute Stealth may be able to allow him to hide from Ancients, but he would not be able to escape the detection of Primals. With the various powers getting serious in their attempt to unravel Elliot¡¯s secrets, there was no way that the Primals would stay out of the war. At the very least, a few would leave their seclusion to try and capture Elliot for themselves. And when the Primals finally make their move, locating Elliot would be extremely simple. Primals were, after all, beings in touch with the strings of fate. No, it was definitely toote for him to extract Elliot. He had to continue on his course of action, and maneuver from behind the scenes to make sure the war doesn¡¯t reach Earth for as long as possible. And to do that, he had to strike the first blows, and strike hard. Chapter 300 Adamantium Sponsor Back in the racing world with ultra dense nature energy, as usual, Elliot had absolutely no idea of the massive tidal waves he had just created. ¡°Don¡¯t you guys find it very strange?¡± Kai said quietly in the public mindspace. ¡°These bugs aren¡¯t fighting back at all.¡± ¡°I noticed that as well.¡± Wu Kong agreed. In fact, he had stopped attackingpletely and merely stood calmly atop Brock who was still wreaking havoc among the mass of bugs. ¡°What do you mean they aren¡¯t fighting back? One of them dropped on me and almost sttered all of its disgusting innards on me!¡± Brock roared indignantly. ¡°Come down here to the ground before you make such ims, little wolf pup!¡± ¡°No, it is true. If you don¡¯t count how strangely they¡¯re dropping down to the ground at random, I didn¡¯t have to dodge any attacks, not even a single time.¡± Winter said objectively. After observing for a few more moments, Wu Kong finally gave the order to retreat. ¡°Meleebatants, disengage.¡± Wu Kongmanded. As one, all of the beasts gave one final sh, and leapt back to form a rtively orderly line, with bloodstained weapons raised at the ready. However, as Wu Kong had suspected, the entire bug army didn¡¯t pursue them and instead hovered where they were. ¡°Cease fire.¡± Wu Kongmanded once more. Within seconds, the battlefield became strangely silent, with only the shrill but rtively soft death cries of the bugs filling the air. And even that too, faded after a few more seconds. Elliot raised one eyebrow in surprise. ¡°They aren¡¯t aggressive?¡± He found it actually really hard to believe that the bugs were actually not attacking them at all, and probably didn¡¯t have any intention of doing so in the first ce! For so many months, each and every corner of wherever he went, each and every day, he would be met with countless dangers that sought to kill him for sport or for loot. And now, ten thousand highly armored bugs who could resist to an extent, powerfulser cannons that could slice upyers of metal like hot knives through butter, didn¡¯t want to attack him? Absurd. ¡°Jen. You said you want to try out your new Darklight me Apocalypse? Go ahead.¡± Elliot said as he pointed at the hovering bugs that had been almost halved in number in the short few minutes his beasts had been in ¡°battle¡± with them. Jennifer nodded and immediately leapt down from the highest tower of the fortress. A white sh appeared out of nowhere and with perfect timing, Jennifernded on Winter¡¯s back and they bounded away towards the the mass of bugs. ¡°Dismissed.¡± Elliot waved his beasts away. ¡°If you want to stay and watch, do it here next to me.¡± Most of his beasts disappeared back into their beast dimensions. But Kai, Wu Kong and the two Blue Dragons chose to remain, and they promptly appeared next to him. Ahead of them, Jennifer was already glowing a fearsome ck as the first ring of darklight mes rippled outwards from her towards the bugs. Crackle! Crackle! Crackle! Slowly, and then with increasing speed, Jennifer¡¯s darklight mes spread out and caught every single expensive Indestructible Crystal Bargans and burned them to crisp. Her mes were not as overbearing as Jessica¡¯s, but it was more than enough to deal with the bugs who, despite their ¡°Indestructible¡± moniker, had no true defense against Darklight Energy. After a few minutes, the final ¡°Giant Armored Bed Bug¡± fell to the ground in a pile of brittle, crispy husk. ¡°How did I do?¡± Jennifer beamed at Elliot and Jessica when she got back to their sides. ¡°Very well done. You¡¯re almost as strong as Jessica already, even though it is not your innate skill.¡± Elliot praised her. She smiled at her big bro happily and looked to Jessica to receive praises from her. Jessica dutifully praised her and patted her head as well. Elliot nced back at the track that was littered with small mountains of bug carcasses coldly and pointed at them. A humongous de tornado immediately appeared and thundered across the entirety of the track, shredding their ¡°Indestructible Crystal¡± Armor into dust. If the major powers of the universe still had reservations about going after Elliot at full force, that single de tornado from him just wiped clean any doubts they might have. Elliot was definitely a walking treasure trove of secrets that they must get their hands on! At all costs! ¡°Let¡¯s go. We have a race to win, rewards to collect, fellow humans to save¡­ and Ancients to kill.¡± Elliot said quietly. His sisters returned to the Dimensional Fortress and his beasts to their Beast Dimensions. After getting rid of the massive bugs that should have been a massive challenge to avoid for all life forms without Darklight Energy, the journey towards the next phase was extremely peaceful. After a few minutes, with Elliot¡¯s extremely sharp sense of hearing, he could faintly hear the sound of more cars entering the new dimension. However, by that time he was too far away to bother about them. If the next phase wasn¡¯t some ridiculous stage, he was definitely going to win the first monthly race. [Ding!] [Congrattions. Phase one cleared.] [Beginning final phase.] [Reach the finish line at all costs.] [Hint: Flying without wings isn¡¯t impossible.] Elliot shook his head helplessly at such a cheesy hint. But he had a rough idea what the final phase was. ¡°With my power, I am practically cheating my way to victory.¡± Elliot sighed. His first monthly race in the second iteration was so differentpared to the first iteration! He kept his foot down on the elerator and watched a massive gate with a humongous ¡°FINISH¡± banner slowly appear into view. His eyes travelled down to the track, and sure enough, there it was. A massive chasm in between the finish line and the track. The final phase was a leap of faith! Would they be able to get enough speed to make the leap safely, or would they die right before the finish line? Those with damaged cars would definitely forfeit the race. But those with rtively intact race cars¡­ It was definitely a very tricky choice. Elliot nced at the track, and found that there are some ces where the track curved upwards right before the edge. The cars that utilized those would be the only ones who would survive the jump. The rest would die. What a vicious race. Elliot sighed and damaged the tracks where it was t with his de tornado, making the curved parts more conspicuous. Apart from stopping and literally drawing arrows pointing at those curved areas, it was the best he could do for his fellow humans! When he reached the chasm, Elliot unleashed his Red Cosmic Dragon Energy and surrounded his race car with it. A massive pair of Red Cosmic Dragon Energy Wings unfurled from both sides of the car and immediately, he glided across the massive hole and past the finish line. He was, very unsurprisingly, the winner of the first monthly race. [Ding!] [Congrattions on winning the First Monthly Race!] [Adamantium Sponsor secured.] Chapter 301 Teardrop of the Gods ¡°Adamantium sponsor?¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Interesting. Let¡¯s see what sort of boon he has for me. Despite my power, I am hopelessly poor in terms of universal treasures. Maybe he has something good for me.¡± A little drone the size of a basketball appeared from the sky and quickly descended towards Elliot. As soon as it reached Elliot, the drone shut itself down and opened itself up like a blooming flower automatically. To Elliot¡¯s surprise, within it was actually¡­ an egg! [Legendary Grade ¨C ck Tyranorus Egg acquired from Anonymous Adamantium Sponsor.] ¡°Legendary Grade¡­ It¡¯s rare enough to be an Apostle. Good! And judging by its name, it sounds like a T-Rex. It¡¯s perfect.¡± Elliot thought as he stored the egg safely, feeling pleased with his boon. ¡°Thanks, Sponsor. I appreciate the gift.¡± Elliot called out to his anonymous sponsor as the space around him shimmered lightly. And with a gentle whoosh, Elliot returned back to Earth. BAM! A perfectly timed throw of something hard smashed onto Elliot¡¯s face just as he materialized. ¡°Oof!¡± Elliot¡¯s head snapped backwards from the strength of the item¡¯s impact. However, there was no panic nor anger in his heart, only excitement. He had detected that it was Lady Bstiera, the Ancient level powerhouse assigned to help him by Chairman El¡¯Taras, as soon as he appeared! Elliot looked at the item that had smashed into his face and realized that it was an exquisitely made helm! ¡°There! It¡¯s the best suit of armor I can help you forge using what little skills I have after you took your chatty bird away.¡± Lady Bstiera glowered at him as she pointed at aplete suit of armor that was hovering next to her. She had been working really hard with the armor with Red for quite sometime, and was making pretty good progress when Red squawked loudly and disappeared after saying that Elliot needed his help. And so she was forced to finish forging the armor by herself! It wasn¡¯t very difficult for her though, considering that she was an Ancient level powerhouse. Most Ancient level powerhouses were adept in various other auxiliary skills such as forging, inscribing, etc, and hers happened to be forging, which was why Chairman El¡¯Taras asked her to help Elliot. But it was made much more difficult than it should be because of the rtionship she had with that particr raw material. The Teardrop of the Gods which was in Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ possession, and which Elliot got his hands on through sheer, ridiculously stupid luck. It was the single product of a thousand-man exploratory team into a dangerous inheritance left by a senior Primal Level warrior which was booby trapped beyond reason. A thousand men had entered. Only seven had exited. And the only thing the seven of them got was that single lump of Teardrop of the Gods. It was a horrific expedition, and Lady Bstiera, who was still a Hegemon back then, had lost many good friends to that damned inheritance. It was only due to Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ sheer power that they managed to escape with seven lives, instead of just one. Upon exiting the inheritance, Chairman El¡¯Taras had rewarded the survivorsvishly and spared no cost to raise them up rapidly to Ancient level warriors, which was the only reason why she was one at that moment. She had asked for the Teardrop of the Gods to be forged, of course, so that the sacrifices of all their friends would not be in vain. He wanted to save it for ¡°the right asion¡± and the ¡°right person¡±. It truly put her in a terrible mood to find out that the right asion was right there and then, and the right person was this human being from a trash called Earth! Elliot took one look at the armor, and he knew that Lady Bstiera, for all her rough words and actions, had given everything that she had in forging the set of armor for him. It was an ancient style 12-piece armor with a helm, a breastte, a pair of bracers, a pair of shoulder pads, a pair of gloves, a pair of boots, pants and a belt. It looked and felt beyond perfect. It was thin. Paper thin, in fact. And when he put on the armor pieces one by one, they would automatically adjust their sizes to fit him perfectly. Additionally, the armor was also a beautiful off-white in colour with ck trim. But what truly made the armor standout in terms of looks and even in terms of the aura it was giving out, was definitely the strange runes thatpletely filled every single square centimeter of the armor! Each rune was interconnected perfectly with each other, and they seemed to tell a vivid story about a massive quest which was plunged nearly intoplete disaster. But with the noble sacrifices of the expedition team members, one after the other, the quest was eventuallypleted by a remnant few. It was a chilling, yet glorious story of a hard earned victory paid in full by blood and by sacrificial deaths for the sake of their team. An unrestrained aura of absolute nobility and of sacral brotherhood enveloped the set of armor. Elliot knew that Lady Bstiera had poured every single drop of effort, every single shred of emotion she had into forging the beautiful armor that now encased his body so perfectly! ¡°Lady¡­¡± Elliot started to say after he had finished putting on the armor. ¡°Bind it with your blood.¡± Lady Bstiera interrupted him softly. Her eyes were fixated on the armor, and she had a very mncholic look on her face. Elliot nodded quietly and did as she said. He could feel the deeply emotional connection that she had with the suit of armor, and in a very unique way, also the weight of the lives which was paid to sessfully acquire that Teardrop of the Gods. Instinctively, he wanted the binding to be special. It would not do to merely bind that particr suit of armor using merely a drop of blood from his hands. It would be a gross mistreatment of such a wondrous armor set! For some reason, he knew what he had to do. It was the only thing that seemed right. Elliot took off his breastte and drew out Gilgamar before plunging it into his heart! Chapter 302 [Bonus chapter] Baptism of Blood Very quickly, he pulled Gilgamar out and allowed the blood on it to drip down onto the breastte. Elliot¡¯s decisive actions took Lady Bstiera slightly by surprise. but her cold and hard look mellowed somewhat. Whoosshh! The breastte seemed toe slightly alive as it absorbed Elliot¡¯s blood hungrily. The few drops of blood quickly disappeared, but the breastte seemed like it still hadn¡¯t had enough! A mournful aura suffused slightly out of the breastte. It mixed with the noble aura in a very unique blend, as though a Royal Toddler Prince was throwing a rather regal but childish tantrum. ¡°Sentient armor?¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in shock. Only sentient armor could react in such a way!! He looked at Lady Bstiera incredulously, but she merely ignored him and focused on the breastte with aplicated look on her face. ¡°More! More!!¡± The breastte¡¯s aura demanded loudly. It fluctuated between a royalmand, to a royal tantrum, to a royal pleading. Elliot¡¯s mind whirred at high speed. A sentient weapon or equipment was usually created when a powerful warrior split his or her soul to infuse it into the weapon or equipment. In that situation, the weapon or equipment would be very simr to the warrior in terms of character and maturity. However, it wasn¡¯t so in the case of the Teardrop of the Gods armor set which Lady Bstiera just made. It felt like the Sentient armor wasn¡¯t made alive through the infusion of a soul split, but was¡­ born instead! It gave out a very newborn aura that was unmistakably innocent and pure. Elliot looked at his rapidly healing wound on his chest, and decided to finish the job properly. Whatever it was, he would make it his first, before finding out all the details about it. He gave his chest a firm, solid punch and caused no small amount of blood to spurt out of his heart and ssh onto the breastte! Elliot¡¯s face paled slightly, but his eyes were glowing in determination and reverence. Crackle! Crackle! The breastte and the rest of his armor pieces seemed to rejoice as the breastte resumed its meal. After a few seconds, their aura started to rise in strength and a veryfortable sense ofradeship suddenly sparked into life between Elliot and his armor set. ¡°Hey.¡± Elliot tried tomunicate with the armor with his mind. [Hmmmm.] But try as he might, that hmmmm was the only thing Elliot managed to elicit from it. It seemed to be very busy gorging itself on his blood. Elliot chuckled lightly and let the armor set do its thing. As the seconds ticked by, its aura continued to rise higher and higher, and the sense ofradeship grew stronger and stronger until finally, Elliot felt like the armor set was like a brother to him! It was the strangest feeling. He stared at the breastte which was still absorbing his blood, and then at the others. They were just pieces of armor, but¡­ they all felt dear to him! Elliot frowned lightly. He disliked the idea of having something suddenly be so precious to him. But it was an irresistible feeling. He may dislike the idea, but it was toote to do anything about the armor which was already burrowing itself deep into his heart. Not one to dwell over spilt milk, and understanding that the armor set could very well be the most precious thing he would ever own in his lifetime, Elliot quickly epted the fact that he had one more supremely precious member in his family and shook his head ruefully. At that moment, to his pleasant surprise, the armor¡¯s aura started to rise explosively and took on apletely draconic nature! It was so reptilian and so vividly draconic that Elliot could almost hear the deep rumbling roars of powerful dragonsing out of the armor set! A deeply sacred feeling washed over him as he beheld the paper thin breastte in his hands. Strands of near invisible energy lines connected the breastte with the 11 other pieces and evenly spread out the strange energy that the breastte was churning out. It was as though he was watching the birth of something wondrous andpletely unique in the universe. He could feel the gathering glory that could very well be his, just out of reach, at the edge of his fingertips. Finally after a full minute, with such a generous amount of blood, the breastte finally seemed to be satisfied. At that moment, the off-white armor set suddenly glowed very brightly and then turnedpletely red! ¡°Baptism of Blood.¡± Lady Bstiera nodded in approval and said softly. ¡°You¡¯ve given it your highest form of respect by binding it with the blood essence taken directly from your heart. The armor has responded to your respect. And¡­ Chairman El¡¯Taras was right.¡± Lady Bstiera sighed deeply and took out a thirteenth and final piece of armor from her pocket. It was round, like a te. It was small too, also like a te. Like the rest of the twelve pieces, it had turned bright red, the colour of Elliot¡¯s blood. But unlike the other twelve, it waspletely devoid of runes. And unlike the other twelve, an utterly irrepressible sense of might emanated from it! Although the value of the twelve-pieces of armor was beyond priceless, Elliot instantly knew that the small round te was worth much, much more! ¡°If you had responded with anything less than an all out Baptism of Blood which you had justpleted earlier, I wouldn¡¯t have given you this final and most precious piece.¡± Lady Bstiera sighed deeply. ¡°This is the Heart Guard. The core of the armor set.¡± Lady Bstiera stretched out her hand, and immediately, her soul power started to imprint countless tiny runes on it. The runes were much moreplex than the ones that covered the armor set, and were much, much smaller and many, many more in number. Chapter 303 Creepy Voice As soon as the runes started appearing, the already stunningly powerful aura of the te intensified many times over, causing Elliot to open his eyes even wider in disbelief. ¡°How could such a powerful item exist?¡± Elliot whispered. The te shone like the sun at noon, yet without any of its destructiveness that would otherwise have blinded anyone looking at it. ¡°Friends I was privileged enough to have called my sisters in arms died retrieving the Teardrop of the Gods which is now part of your armor.¡± Lady Bstiera said softly. ¡°They gave their lives so that this miracle item could see the light of day. Their legacy will live on through the works you will do with the help of this armor.¡± She looked at Elliot meaningfully, with a tinge of sorrow that was so deep that it actually caused Elliot¡¯s heart to bleed a little for her. ¡°I understand.¡± Elliot nodded solemnly. ¡°Good.¡± Lady Bstiera nodded. The two of them then stood there quietly as Lady Bstiera continued to use her soul power to imprint the runes on the Heart Guard. There was no need for words. The thick atmosphere of solemness and near-religious sacredness made it impossible for any other thought other than abject glorification of those sacrificed to acquire the Teardrop of the Gods to be present! After a few minutes of nonstop carving of runes onto the Heart Guard, only around 5 percent was done. And by that time, Lady Bstiera had turned pale, and her breath started to be ragged. ¡°Put on your breastte.¡± She said softly through gritted teeth. Elliot obliged. It was apparent that she was approaching the limits of her power. True enough, after another minute, her soul power finally winked out after finishing onest tiny rune. Elliot¡¯s extremely sharp eyes could immediately tell that only 6 percent of the Heart Guard was covered in runes. ¡°I have done all I can.¡± Lady Bstiera said in a deeply fatigued voice. She turned to Elliot and ced the Heart Guard very gingerly at the spot right over his heart. Click. WHOOOSH!! A shockinglyfortable feeling ofpleteness and oneness scorched through his entire body, leaving him totally breathless and in absolute bliss! At the same time, a primordial sense of power crackled into life from the Heart Guard and surged into his body. Elliot couldn¡¯t help but to open his mouth wide in a silent scream of pleasure! Without saying another word, Lady Bstiera copsed. Elliot grabbed hold of her falling body in reflex, and ced her gently on the soft earth. He was not presumptuous enough to ce her on hisp while waiting for her to wake up. Of course he didn¡¯t. He wasn¡¯t in some sort of a novel, was he? Elliot sat next to her and closed his eyes. His set of armor wasn¡¯t done making its grand introduction into his life. For the next few minutes, Elliot sat quietly, almostpletely unmoving except for the asional twitch of his eyes. The visions had started. In them, he saw the tragic expedition through the eyes of a much younger Lady Bstiera. They weren¡¯tplete visions. They were more like snapshots of the strongest memories she had of the whole expeditions. A close up view of her friendsughing, a fleeting image of a suspicious statue all alone in the middle of a huge cavern, a long, lingering look at a dying sister, then a long, numbing series of images filled with dead or dying friends. Finally, deep within a fortress, in a small guest room, was an inconspicuous box that wouldn¡¯t have garnered a second look from anyone if El¡¯Taras wasn¡¯t there. It was there they found the lump of Teardrop of the Gods. ¡°Let us go home.¡± El¡¯Taras had said very bitterly before crushing a crystal that enveloped all seven remaining members of the expedition team. The visions finally ended with that final scene. And when they did, the irrepressible sense of might emanating from the Heart Guard dissipated as well. It turned dormant and instinctively, Elliot knew that it needed more soul power to activate. Whatever the Heart Guard was and what it could do, it was very clearly something that had to do with souls. Before reaching Ancient level, Elliot had no way ofpleting it by himself to find out more. As for getting other Ancient level powerhouses toplete the runes for him? Fat chance. Elliot could already be certified as the glorious first son ofdy luck if an Ancient didn¡¯t try to kill him and rob him once they knew that he was in possession of such a marvelous armor! Much less getting one to spend their precious soul power on helping himplete it! He circted his energy around his body and into his armor to give it a test. The first thing he realized was that he had gainedplete physical control of the armor. He was able to move it around the way he moved his limbs! ¡°No need to run away from Ancient level powerhouses? What do you have that allows you to be so cocky, little fe?¡± A creepy voice hissed loudly from literally everywhere around him! Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in shock. ¡°Hoooo. A fatigued Ancient! What a joyful, joyful day this is! Waaa hahahahaha! WAHAHAHA!!! WAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!¡± The creepy female voice burst out into even creepierughter when she noticed that the fainted Lady Bstiera next to Elliot was actually an Ancient! Immediately, Elliot grabbed Lady Bstiera and blinked away! He put on his Ring of Absolute Stealth and put one on her finger as well. ¡°WHAT? WHERE DID THEY GO?¡± The creepy voice thundered loudly all across the entirend! Chapter 304 Jiggly A split second after Elliot disappeared, a crushing aura with the pressure of the ocean at tens of kilometers deep appeared at the exact spot where he was at. CRACK! The verynd split in half for many, many kilometers and created a deep, seemingly endless abyss. In fact, thend was cracked so deeply that scorching hot magma started to spurt out! An Ancient level powerhouse truly was no trifle warrior to be taken lightly. With more than sufficient strength to destroy continents and dry up the seas, even entire Star Systems have to take each and every Ancient level powerhouse seriously! To say that she looked ghastly would be the biggest understatement of the year. Her face was animated, but gaunt and greyish in death. The ungodly and demonic vitality in her eyes entuated the fact that her body was supposed to be dead, but was still moving very unnaturally. She truly was the scariest being to have ever walked the! And for some reason, this particr ancientpletely didn¡¯t bother to cover up her position from the video cameras with her ancient aura. The entire universe was able to watch her and her absolutely grotesque self in full, Hyper High Definition. As soon as she appeared at Elliot¡¯s location, she entered into the screens of trillions of lifeforms, and instantly caused ny percent of them to erupt either in screams of shock or in shouts of vehement curses. ¡°Freaking hell! What is that freaky half rotten undead doing on my screen? Get her off! Get her off quick!¡± ¡°Ahhhhh! Why did you change to a horror movie? Switch it back to my future husband and father of my twelve kids, Elliot Musk!¡± ¡°What future husband? I AM YOUR HUSBAND! And we have five kids already!!¡± ¡°What in all of nine hells just crawled into my screen? What an abomination!¡± ¡°That thing is an ancient level being? Holy smokes. I better stay the hell away from wherever she¡¯s from. Where the hell is she from? WHAT! SHE¡¯S FROM OUR STAR SYSTEM??¡± ¡°My eyess!! I need to unsee that! I need to unsee that!! Mommyy!!!¡± The entire universe burst out in an uproar at the sight of the scary Ancient level powerhouse, who of course, waspletely oblivious to the fact that she probably had scared the living daylights out of a full fraction of the entire known universe! But even if she knew, she probably wouldn¡¯t care. She was a wolf hunting a rabbit, and who cares about what the spectators were thinking? The billowing heat rising from the magma retreated like a bunch of witless rabbits fleeing before a wolf when it collided with her aura, causing a swirling wave of steam to spin around her in a very wide radius. Her undead eyes shone with ungodly light as she scanned the area around her. ¡°No trace at all. He must be in possession of the Ring of Absolute Stealth. El¡¯Taras sure is pulling out all the stops this time.¡± She muttered loudly, her voice making its way very clearly into the screens of all the viewers. ¡°And he can blink. The cursed Void Walkers are invested in him as well. Good. Very good. Too bad you all won¡¯t be able to protect your interests with such half-assed methods. Since I am here, your luck has just run dry! Death Light!¡± The Ancient raised both hands horizontally and immediately, for many, many kilometers around her, ck glows appeared everywhere. They were all death energy! The Ancient¡¯s skill had caused all the death energy within her radius of influence to glow brightly! Some were glowing very faintly,pletely unnoticeable at the size of marbles, while others the size of a big tree glowed brightly. One ridiculouslyrge one the size of a small copse of trees was blinking in and out, and each time it blinked, it would travel a couple of kilometers away. It was, undoubtedly, Elliot. Although the Ring of Absolute Stealthpletely hid his energy signature, it did nothing to the swirl of death energy around him which naturally hung around him after he and his beasts massacred so many bugs. A horrendously creepy grin appeared on the Ancient¡¯s face. ¡°Gotcha, little rabbit.¡± She cackled loudly. And then she too blinked away. WHAM!!! She appeared right on top of the humongous pile of glowing death energy and locked down the space around it savagely with pure force! However, due to Elliot¡¯s Darklight Energy, her lockdown failed miserably. Blink! Blink! Blink! Elliot blinked away with renewed vigor!! ¡°What? You still can escape even with my lockdown pressure? Hmph! You can run, rabbit, but you can¡¯t hide!¡± Blink! The Ancient blinked once and immediately appeared right on top of Elliot once more. This time, the Ancient summoned an ethereal bone prison around them which glowed a scary light green. Within the ethereal bone prison was a mass of ck void. ¡°Ha! Let¡¯s see if you still ca- Damn it! You slippery eel!¡± The Ancient hooted loudly in frustration as Elliot blinked away once again. She had never met such a difficult to catch person before!! Completely pissed off by Elliot, she blinked after him and unleashed a barrage of ethereal bone spears on his position! ¡°You may have a godly escape skill, but without strong enough defense, you¡¯re still nothing much but a slightly more tricky target practice for me!¡± The Ancient snarled viciously. ¡°Keep eating my Ethereal Bone Spears! Have a good meal!¡± Her shrill voice sounded as the barrage continued tond endlessly in the center of the swirling death energy which was glowing very brightly. Within the massive barrage of ethereal bone spears, Elliot was frowning heavily. The bone spears had taken him by surprise. Although he had managed to put up a defense against them and avoid being overwhelmed by them, he failed to do the same for Lady Bstiera. And as a result, a couple of bone spears had slipped past his defense and ripped a huge chunk of Lady Bstiera¡¯s clothes to pieces. A very, very alluring pair of jiggly mountains hade loose and were pointing proudly upwards! Chapter 305 Ancient Anomaly If perfection were to take physical form, in Elliot¡¯s opinion, the twin mountains would be it. Elliot had never seen a pair before of course, and had no benchmarks topare them with. But in his humble opinion, they were the perfect size. They would fit into his palms with just the right amount left spilling out, and judging from how they looked, they would also be silky smooth to the touch. Despite the seriousness and the gravity of the situation, Elliot simply just couldn¡¯t take his eyes away from Lady Bstiera¡¯s chest! He gulped very audibly. Below, his little Elliot stiffened and reared its head gloriously up. Roar! I am awake! I am rarely awake, but now I am! Wow! Wow! Woww!! Come on, buddy, let¡¯s go!! As soon as his little Elliot came online, it started to give Elliot all sorts of ridiculous advice which caused Elliot to frown very deeply. Little Elliot, and all little dudes, for that matter, were so dumb, that it would take a very dumb adult to actually listen to its suggestions. Thankfully Elliot wasn¡¯t such a person. He raised both his hands, and physically turned his head away from Lady Bstiera¡¯s ample chest, and took several deep breaths to allow the image to fade away. Not disappear, of course. It would be impossible. For certain, the image before him had seared itself permanently into his brain. But he would need the image to get the hell away from center stage so that he could function properly once more, and deal with the ancient that was sending so many bone spears at him! Elliot was sure that if he ever became a remnant soul, Lady Bstiera¡¯s full breasts would feature very prominently in the series of visions that whoever was consuming his soul would see. It was that impactful for him. Of course it was. It was his first time! Elliot waved his hand and reshaped Lady Bstiera¡¯s dress slightly to cover her glorious twin mountains. The main issue was, definitely, the fact that the Ancient was able to lock on to his position through the glowing energy around him. That single fact alone made it impossible for him to bring Lady Bstiera to safety and escape. So only one option remained for him at that moment. He needed to bring the fight away from Lady Bstiera, and then put the Ancient to the test to see if she was truly worthy of her title! Confident that his Ring of Absolute Stealth would keep her safe from danger, Elliot promptly left her there blinked away. As expected, the Ancient followed him. ¡°Is blinking away all you can do? I didn¡¯te all the way here to have a blinking contest! Get the hell out here!¡± The ancient demanded unreasonably in a shrill voice. Finally, after blinking away for a whole minute, Elliot stopped and started to go into the offensive. He didn¡¯t take off his ring to talk to the ancient, of course. As the weaker party, he¡¯d be a fool to give up such a critical advantage. Elliot¡¯s transition from blinking away to attacking with everything he had was so fast and so smoothly done that the Ancient was takenpletely by surprise! Elliot held nothing back, and immediately unleashed hisplete and awakened red dragon energy. GROAR!! The magnificent red dragon took flight and immediately unleashed his dragon breath attack on the Ancient. At the same time, Elliot transformed into his strongest Gold Dragon Transformation and entered the opening stance of Stage 1, Movement twenty four ¨C sting through the Immovable Mountain! However, inspiration struck him at that moment, and he got very creative. He selected several runes from his vast mental repository and weaved his Golden Cosmic Dragon Energy ording to those patterns prior to unleashing it through his sword thrust. Combat Rune ¨C Prate Combat Rune ¨C Poison Combat Rune ¨C Explode Support Rune ¨C Damage Boost Support Rune ¨C Damage Boost Support Rune ¨C Damage Boost The result was spectacr. His Cosmic Dragon Energy had immediately exerted its dominance over nature, and summoned all of the avable energy towards him! Every single shred of energy within a radius of several hundred meters had surged with startling crity towards Elliot and had immediately assumed the form of countless little dragons! Their sovereign had called, and they hastened to answer his call. Some were white, some were green and others were red. However, most impressive of all was the single golden dragon that was perched atop Gilgamar. Its teeth were bared and the aura it gave out was regal to the utmost. Overall, it was both a mesmerizing and horrifying sight. Mesmerizing because of how unique and beautiful the scene was. Horrifying because if you were able to see it live, it would probably the veryst thing you would see. As soon as Elliotpleted his thrust with Gilgamar, all of those little dragons as well as the golden dragon shot forward towards the Ancient! The awakened red dragon¡¯s fire breath fell upon the ancient from the sky while Elliot¡¯s movement twenty four thrust came at her from the front. Both attacks thundered towards the Ancient like an unstoppable torrent of destructive tsunami! It was one of the most powerful attackbo that Elliot could unleash at that moment. ¡°Hahahahaha! An ant has gained the power of a bear! Impressive! Impressive! But too bad! I am a bear hunter! Behold! Ancient Anomaly ¨C Undead Universe!¡± The freaky Ancient roared withughter and released a strange giant sphere that instantly covered Elliot. The moment he was enveloped by the Ancient Anomaly, Elliot was transported into a dimensional area that was fully under the control of the Ancient! The thousands of little dragons dispersed instantly, and Elliot¡¯s awakened red dragon was somehow forcibly dispelled. ¡°Bwa ha ha ha! Within my Ancient Anomaly, I am the Mistress! Nothing moves without my authorization, not even energ- oof!!¡± The ancient stared at her chest in confusion as a hole the size of a basketball appeared. Chapter 306 Ice Cream Pancake The Ancient¡¯s shock was two-fold. First and foremost, how the heck did that holee about? She was within her Ancient Anomaly, and EVERY single thing within it below Ancient level was under her control! The energy required to create that hole on her chest should not even be able to form into an attack at all, much lessunch itself at her! And secondly, what sort of ungodly energy was that? It was even able to create a hole in her Ancient grade body which was supposedlypletely invulnerable to any attack below Ancient level¡­ Ridiculous! Very, very ridiculous! ¡°Could it be¡­ That you¡¯re a Dragon Controller?¡± The Ancient gasped lightly in surprise as a thought struck her like a lightning bolt. Stillpletely invisible within the Ancient Anomaly, Elliot couldn¡¯t help but frown lightly at the Ancient¡¯s words. It was the second time he had heard the phrase ¡°Dragon Controller¡±. The first time was during the fight with Divine Fighter, the Disciple from Fortune Hermit Mountain. Elliot¡¯s dragon energy had just awakened at that moment, and was unleashing its powerful aura which strengthened Elliot¡¯s allies and weakened his enemies very significantly. Its incredible power, which allowed Elliot¡¯s beasts to kill Divine Fighter¡¯s summoned units very easily like ughtering sitting ducks, had surprised everyone there, especially Divine Fighter. Divine Fighter had immediately tried to concede the battle the moment he suspected that Elliot was a ¡°Dragon Controller¡±. He even imed that they were allies! And now, this strange undead was saying the same thing about his ability to manipte energy within her Ancient Anomaly. It was very, very interesting indeed. What exactly was a Dragon Controller? And more importantly, can he make them into Beast Apostles? ¡°A Dragon Controller actually dares to appear here in the middle of a resource grab? Courting death!¡± The Ancient¡¯s surprise turned into a full blown sneer. ¡°Let me teach you some manners, alien dog. Our universe isn¡¯t full of pushovers that you could bully with your barbaric skills! Powerful as you are, it would take you a million years to kill me with that level of strength. I, Ancient Mayat, will rip you into pieces! Eat this attack of mine. Undead Soul Extinction!¡± Elliot ignored her and immediately entered into the opening stance of Movement Twenty One, Stage one. He didn¡¯t believe that he would take that long to break the damned Ancient down into little atoms. He would give it everything he had to put her words to the test! However, at that moment, Gilgamar¡¯s voice rang out in his mind. ¡°As long as you have your armor on, you¡¯repletely impervious to soul damage. Why don¡¯t we use this opportunity to train up some new movements? It¡¯ll be some time till you¡¯re able to kill her anyway.¡± Elliot brightened up considerably at Gilgamar¡¯s suggestion. ¡°Excellent idea, old man. Let¡¯s do that!¡± He immediately agreed. ¡°Good. This is Stage Three, Pirs of Judgement. Watch closely¡­¡± And so, Elliot and Ancient Mayat began their dance that would, beyond Elliot¡¯s wildest expectations,st a very, very long time! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Ancient Anomaly?! He actually met with an Ancient who knows Ancient Anomaly? How long has it been? What do we do now?¡± Jessica Sands cried out in horror. Jessica Sands had been closeted in her special research dimension to focus on her work, and had missed out three full days of action! ¡°It has only been two days. Don¡¯t worry though, before he got trapped in it, he actually got his hands on apleted Teardrop of the Gods armor which Lady Bstiera, our most powerful Forge Mistress, had personally made. He should bepletely immune to the Ancient¡¯s attack. And with the Ring of Absolute Stealth on him, there is no way that the Ancient would be able to capture him, even within the Ancient Anomaly.¡± Jul¡¯Taras tried to calm Jessica Sands down. ¡°Have you tried the Void Communicator? Can it pierce through the Ancient Anomaly?¡± Jessica Sands pressed on. ¡°Of course we tried it. It didn¡¯t work.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a sigh. ¡°Let me try it.¡± Jessica Sands said. She grabbed the Void Communicator from Jul¡¯Taras hand and immediately started tinkering with it furiously. ¡°I¡¯ve triple checked to make sure that it¡¯s on the most powerful setting.¡± Jul¡¯Taras told her. ¡°I¡¯m making an upgrade using the new ah, Chilly Pancakes I managed to finish recently. It should make it into an absolutemunicator which would be able to pierce through even Primal Prisms, much less Ancient Anomalies.¡± Jessica muttered in reply. Jul¡¯Taras blinked. Did Jessica Sands just make another breakthrough of the millenium just like that? She turned to Monkey King, who merely smiled at her and nodded. ¡°Ah, by the way, Jess. How many ah, Chilly Pancakes have youpleted?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked carefully. ¡°I¡¯ve actually made excellent progress! Excellent! I found a foundational concept which allows me to actually extrapte many other concepts and upgrade them into¡­ advanced concepts. In fact, I think I have stumbled upon something monumental. Something that would even enhance amdbine all Chilly Pancakes into a¡­ Uh.¡± Jessica Sands frowned lightly as she struggled to choose an appropriate word. ¡°Ice Cream Pancake! Wahahaha yes! The biggest, fattest, creamiest, iciest ice cream pancake you will ever see!¡± Jessica Sandsughed brightly as she quickly wrapped up her tinkering of the Void Communicator. ¡°What do you mean Ice Cream Pancake?¡± Jul¡¯Taras demanded. ¡°Huh? I meant pancake with ice cream on top, of course. What else could I be talking about, silly? Heh heh heh!¡± Jessica Sands blinked innocently at Aunt Hills who was hovering near them. Aunt Hills merely sighed and chose to remain silent. How such a naive little girl could be the smartest life form in the entire known universe waspletely beyond her. ¡°You mean, you¡¯rebining all the Chilly Pancakes into an Ice Cream Pancake?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked. ¡°Ahhahaha, as strange as it sounds, my new recipe could really do that! I understand that Chilly Pancakes are salty, and would make terrible, terrible Ice Cream Pancakes! But I managed to do it.¡± Jessica Sands said proudly. Chapter 307 I am no genius ¡°In fact, this upgraded Void Communicator utilizes aponent of¡­¡± Jessica Sands¡¯ eyes suddenly shot wide open as she realized that she was treading very dangerously into an area that would be extremely hard to exin. Void Communicators and Chilly Pancakes don¡¯t exactly mix together very well! Aunt Hills rolled her eyes inwardly and pretended to be extremely busy with her nails. Jessica Sands sneaked a peek at Aunt Hills and sighed in relief. ¡°Ehm. Anyway, I have upgraded this Void Communicator. It should work well now. Here we go.¡± Jessica Sands pressed a button and the little device glowed into life. ¡°Elliot? This is Jessica Sands. Are you there?¡± ¡°Jessica? Hey! Your Void Communicator is pretty awesome. It can actually pierce through this crazy zombie¡¯s Ancient Anomaly!¡± Came Elliot¡¯s surprised voice. ¡°Yipeeee! It works!!¡± Jessica Sands whooped for joy! ¡°Oh? So you¡¯re just experimenting with something new huh. Well done.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Thanks. Hehehe. By the way, how are you doing there? Are you alright?¡± Jessica Sands asked. ¡°I am actually fine. I spent the past few days practicing my new moves on her, and made pretty good progress.¡± Elliotughed. ¡°You could actually practice your moves on her? Ancient Anomalies are spaces whichpletely belong to the Ancient, down to the very fabric of its reality. Surviving in it is already a mega achievement. You¡­ what are you?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked with a slight tinge of jealousy. First Jessica Sands, now Elliot Musk. Their levels of genius were putting herpletely to shame! ¡°Yes. I am learning theplete sword technique belonging to Tyrius from Gilgamar. I should be done in a few more days.¡± Elliot said casually. ¡°The Ancient Anomaly has no effect on my Cosmic Dragon Energy. So I am actually free to move around. Thank goodness I have the Ring of Absolute Stealth and the Teardrop Armor though. Without them, it would be extremely tricky to survive in this ce.¡± ¡°Yes. I figured that with those two, you would have no problems surviving in the Ancient Anomaly.¡± Jul¡¯Taras nodded. ¡°It¡¯s good that you¡¯re okay.¡± Jessica Sands said with relief in her voice. ¡°I have a gift for you. I made it myself. Here you go!¡± Jessica Sands touched the Void Communicator and it immediately glowed iridescently. Red, blue, green, orange, ck, white and finally, a colorless glow. ¡°Hmmmmm. Jessica, these are some mighty looking runes you¡¯ve sent me.¡± Elliot said in surprise. He couldn¡¯t keep the awe out of his voice. ¡°You are such a genius! In fact, genius isn¡¯t enough to describe you.¡± The images of the runes which appeared in his mind were so magnificent and so epic that he felt like a little boy studying theplete blueprint of an interster, interdimensional mothership! Jessica Sands giggled like the fangirl that she was and her ears turned a little pink. ¡°It¡¯s so massive, I don¡¯t even know where to start. But somehow, I can sense its many functions. Is there something like an automatic defense in it?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Wooo! Elliot, you can actually tell?¡± Jessica Sands squealed excitedly. ¡°Are you a Runic Genius like me as well?¡± Monkey King, Jul¡¯Taras and Aunt Hills could feel their lips twitching slightly. But they held back theirments. However she chose to put it, it was true. She was indeed a ¡°Runic Genius¡±. In fact, if shey hold of the genius adjective, then by that measure alone, there would be no other genius in the universe! None were qualified to share the samebel as her! Well, none except this equally monstrous genius of a boy, apparently. ¡°I am no genius.¡± Elliotughed in a rxed manner. ¡°I was just lucky enough to have my soul sort of merge with a Dragon Soul which turned out to be a Rune Master while he was still alive. I got all of his knowledge about runes.¡± BAM! BOOM! BAM! BOOM! BAM! BOOM! BAM! BOOM! Those sounds were the sounds of 4 heads mming against walls and smashing those walls into pieces. Jul¡¯Taras, Monkey King, Aunt Hills and¡­ El¡¯Taras. ¡°Merge with a Dragon Soul?! Impossible! And that Dragon Soul was previously a Rune Master? Ridiculous! He gained all of his knowledge on runes? WHAT THE BLEEDING F***?!?!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras couldn¡¯t help but curse really loudly in his mind! Just how lucky was this young man? It¡¯s preposterous! It¡¯s crazy! It¡¯s uneptable! It¡¯s¡­ why didn¡¯t Lady Luck give me some of his luck?! All of them werepletely dumbfounded¡­ except for Jessica Sands, who were merely excited. And happy that she finally found someone who could probably speak hernguage! ¡°Wo! Rune Master? Hey, do you know how to solve this? I¡¯ve been working on this for the past few minutes and I got stuck. I need to unravel these runes into whole runes¡­¡± Jessica Sands immediately started a deeply technical discussion about a very specific rune which she was trying to deconstruct. ¡°Hmmmm. I haven¡¯t seen this rune before. I mean, the Dragon Soul hadn¡¯t seen it before. But it does look strangely familiar. I think this right here is a mini rune.¡± Elliotmented casually and entered into a discussion with Jessica Sands. All around him, Ancient Mayat¡¯s undead energy was actually swirling about in a high intensity wide area of effect attack! But it waspletely useless against Elliot who had his aptly named Teardrop Armor on. He waspletely impervious to physical, magic and soul attack. Talk about being overpowered! No wonder Ancients would go crazy when they learn that a Teardrop of the Gods was avable! ¡°A mini rune? I don¡¯t think so. Itcks the necessary structures.¡± Jessica Sands shook her head lightly and disagreed. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s why it is called a mini rune. The structures it requires are actually shared¡­ here. In this section. They dual function as runic structures for this bunch of mini runes over here.¡± ¡°No, I mean, yes the pathway is there. But it would never take that route. Why would it? It¡¯ll use this pathway instead.¡± ¡°On a normal day, yes. But what about during a storm?¡± Jul¡¯Taras: ¡­ Aunt Hils: ¡­ El¡¯Taras: ¡­ The four of them were instantlypletely lost. Chapter 308 I like you very much! ¡°No storm is big enough to force them to go down that path.¡± ¡°What about a blizzard?¡± ¡°Not even blizzards.¡± ¡°Hail?¡± ¡°Nope.¡± ¡°Meteor rain?¡± ¡°Meteor rain? Ha! Imp- wait a minute. Meteor¡­ Rain!! Elliot, you are a genius!!¡± ¡°Hehehe. Don¡¯t forget tsunami as well.¡± ¡°Right! So if that¡¯s the case then¡­ It could be a mini rune! And if it¡¯s a mini rune¡­ Oh my god. I think I just deciphered another Chilly Pancake Key.¡± Even though the other four had no idea what the two of them were talking about, Jessica¡¯s final statement made them supremely excited! ¡°Good! Very good!¡± Jul¡¯Taras couldn¡¯t help but cheer when she heard Jessica¡¯s words! ¡°Ok, I am going back to myb. Elliot, I¡¯ll contact you via my personalmunicator if I need more help ok? See ya!¡± Jessica Sands quickly shut off the Void Communicator and quickly went back to herb without another word to the rest of her friends! She was far, far too excited at her discovery, and couldn¡¯t wait to finish her mission. ¡°Well, I guess asking her if she is okay with releasing her runes to the Void n and the Taras n in exchange for whatever she wants, can wait for a few more days?¡± Jul¡¯Taras remarked to nobody in particr with augh. ¡°It won¡¯t be toote to ask her to consider after she is done with her work. In fact, judging by how excited she was, I think we probably won¡¯t have much longer to wait. Maybe a mont-¡± However, before Monkey King could finish his sentence, Jessica Sands suddenly popped her head out of herb! ¡°HEY GUYS!¡± She shouted excitedly. ¡°He-hey Jess! What ? Are you done?¡± Monkey King asked incredulously. He did say that they probably won¡¯t have much longer to wait, but barely a few seconds had passed! ¡°Of course not, silly. Hee hee! I just forgot to ask you, do you want to study mypleted¡­ Ah Chilly Pancakes recipe? It might take you guys a long time, being non-run- ah, non-pancake geniuses and all, so it would be good if you have a head start!¡± Jessica Sands asked them innocently. ¡°Sure. Send them over.¡± Jul¡¯Taras immediately agreed. Being the ultimate spy, she was not one to reject any new information! ¡°Is it ok if I share them with my Uncle as well?¡± ¡°Uncle El? Isn¡¯t he quite scary? Will he scold me like grandpa for ying with Chilly Pancakes?¡± Jessica Sands frowned. ¡°NO! I AM NOT SCARY! I AM VERY VERY FRIENDLY!!!!¡± El¡¯Taras was screaming silently in his mind. ¡°Uncle El? Of course he¡¯s not scary. He allows me to do anything I want and spend ALL of his money on anything I fancy too. In fact, if you let him study your Chilly Pancake Recipe, I can give you ess to his enormous wealth as well¡­ Hee hee.¡± Jul¡¯Taras giggled lightly as she promised her uncle¡¯s entire fortune away to Jessica! Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ heart was instantly filled with a warm glow at Jessica¡¯splete trust in her. ¡°I will make you the queen of the Universe, Jess, where you rightly belong. Don¡¯t you worry about it.¡± Jul¡¯Taras whispered lightly as she beheld the wonder of eight Ascendant Runes in her mind. At that moment, space around them rippled slightly, and two of the most powerful beings of the known Universe stepped out. Chairman El¡¯Taras and Director Sands. At that moment, the two of them and Jul¡¯Taras represented three very unique organizations. The Gaming Commission led by El¡¯Taras. The Void ns led by Harold Sands. (I will be referring to Director Sands by his name, Harold Sands from now on) Elliot¡¯s new Empire, temporarily led by Jul¡¯Taras. It was nepotism, of course, since they all had prior rtionships before that very moment. But it was what it was. ¡°Ehm.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras coughed lightly to begin the negotiation. ¡°It will be a twelve-man inner circle.¡± Jul¡¯Taras immediately started. ¡°And Elliot will choose three.¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± Harold Sands said very easily. ¡°Agreed.¡± El¡¯Taras nodded slowly as well. ¡°Out of the remaining nine, Uncle, Director Sands, Jessica, Wu Kong here and I are five.¡± Jul¡¯Taras added. ¡°Agreed.¡± El¡¯Taras said with a gentle smile. Of course he found Wu Kong¡¯s addition a little bit awkward. He was but a weak little King. If he wanted to, El¡¯Taras could wipe out his entire n with but a single word. But it wasn¡¯t about fairness at that moment. It was about rtionships. Whoever had the rtionship with the right people, will automatically get power. And Wu Kong¡­ His rtionship with the prodigy Elliot and the two girls destined him to hold an incredible amount of power. ¡°Agreed.¡± Harold Sands nodded. He understood the concept as well. ¡°Two of you are allowed to choose the remaining four.¡± Jul¡¯Taras added. At that, El¡¯Taras and Harold Sands both raised their eyebrows questioningly at her show of extreme generosity. It was seats within the new Empire¡¯s ruling circle, for crying out loud! ¡°A show of good faith and our willingness to be cooperative, of course.¡± Jul¡¯Taras smiled very sweetly. ¡°Hahaha! Very good! Very good! I like you very, very much!¡± Harold Sandsughed loudly in great satisfaction. ¡°This is exactly how youngsters should be! Chairman El¡¯Taras, you did an excellent job raising up your niece! She is so respectful! So considerate! Hahaha! Very good!¡± However, El¡¯Taras¡¯ face had fallen into a deep, deep frown. In fact, it was the biggest frown he had in his entire life. Of course El¡¯Taras was frowning! He had recognized his niece¡¯s very sweet smile exactly for what it was. The smile of a viper before it struck! He definitely won¡¯t be escaping with much of his wealth and dignity that day! And poor Harold Sands. He was definitely in for a very, very big shock! Chapter 309 I do not like you at all! ¡°I DO NOT LIKE YOU AT ALL!!¡± Harold Sands roared out angrily at Jul¡¯Taras. By his side, Monkey King and Aunt Hills were trying their best not tough! Apparently, they didn¡¯t do a very good job in hiding their mirth because Harold Sands immediately turned to re at them fiercely. ¡°Not negotiable.¡± Jul¡¯Taras shook her head firmly. ¡°HOW IS IT NOT NEGOTIABLE! THE CREATOR IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER! GRANDDAUGHTER!¡± Harold Sands roared out loudly once more! ¡°She ced me in charge of her runes. Consider me her manager.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said very mildly,pletely unaffected by Harold Sands¡¯ bluster. Next to her, El¡¯Taras shook his head helplessly. ¡°CHAIRMAN! SAY SOMETHING!¡± Harold Sands shouted at his chairman angrily! ¡°Ehm. Jules¡­¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras began. Jul¡¯Taras merely raised her eyebrow at El¡¯Taras, as if asking him ¡°Are you sure you want to do this? I haven¡¯t gotten to your part yet. Who knows what might happen between now and the moment the words leave my mouth? I might identally remember wrongly and add in a few extra requirements¡­¡± ¡°Yes! Good job Jules! That¡¯s how you should do it!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras immediately shouted. ¡°WHAT?!¡± Harold Sands waspletely outraged! ¡°Director Sands. We are the adults here. We need to be gracious in front of the younger generation. Let them see our graciousness, and be inspired to be gracious themselves! Then they can pass on that graciousness to the next generation, and we would have been the source of an endless wave of graciousness, passing on from one generation to the next, for a thousand generations!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said sagely. ¡°WHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!¡± Harold Sands shouted. ¡°Be reasonable, Uncle Sands.¡± Jul¡¯Taras finally sighed and said patiently. ¡°The Empire will be very young, and we cannot afford to hire mercenaries for the very simple reason that we cannot trust them. Ny percent of your personal guard, as well as fifty percent of the Sands of Time Void Walker n Army is a very small price to pay. In fact, I was being very generous by only asking you to acquire twenty Ancients and Five Primals to support us in exchange for five full generalships!¡± ¡°Ge-generous?!¡± Harold Sands sputtered. He had never imagined that such a simple word could be so outrageously misused! ¡°How many Ancients and Primals do the Void Walker ns have? It shouldn¡¯t be hard for you to coax a few of those old fo- ehm, old powerhouses to join us. In fact, I will make it even easier for you. If we can survive the first hundred years, I will release one ADDITIONAL Ascendant Rune for the top generals who had joined us from day one to learn.¡± Jul¡¯Taras finally conceded a real carrot to Harold Sands. ¡°Hmmmmmmmm. Now that would make my job much easier. Indeed, it will.¡± Harold Sands calmed down a little and began to stroke his long white beard thoughtfully. ¡°Alright. You have a deal. I will gather the troops.¡± ¡°Thank you, Uncle Harold. You won¡¯t regret it.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said happily and then turned to her uncle. She bestowed a beautiful and sweet smile upon him. ¡°Stop smiling.¡± El¡¯Taras grumbled. ¡°From the Gaming Commission, the new Emperor of the newest but definitely going to be the strongest Empire of the entire known universe, needs its wealth.¡± Jul¡¯Taras ignored her uncle¡¯s grumbling and made her simple announcement. She then blinked at her uncle a couple of times to indicate that she was done. ¡°And?¡± El¡¯Taras frowned. ¡°Where are the details?¡± ¡°The details are all there.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said innocently. ¡°Did you not catch it?¡± ¡°What details? You didn¡¯t mention any details!¡± El¡¯Taras said rather crossly and confusedly even as a sinking feeling started to appear in his heart. ¡°What do you mean? It¡¯s ALL there! Let me repeat it. From the Gaming Commission, the new Empire needs its wealth. See? How much clearer could it get?¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a small smile. ¡°¡­ ¡­ ¡­¡± El¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes slowly widened as understanding of the enormity of her beloved niece¡¯s demand dawned in his mind. ¡°Yo-you want ALL of the Gaming Commission¡¯s wealth?¡± El¡¯Taras choked. Jul¡¯Taras smiled sweetly at her uncle and nodded. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡°Impossible. I do not own the Gaming Commission all by myself.¡± El¡¯Taras shook his head firmly. ¡°Non negotiable.¡± Jul¡¯Taras shook her head firmly once more in the exact same way she did to Harold Sands. Next to her, Harold Sands folded his arms and settled down to watch a good show. ¡°The entire wealth of the Gaming Commission! Do you know how many Star Systems our operations span? How many trillions of businesses we own? There is no way I can liquidate them all!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras raged. ¡°I don¡¯t need you to liquidate them. Of course not. Why would I do that? In fact, I want them expanded, if at all possible. AIl I need you to do is to simply hand over all ie to the Empire each month.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said calmly as though she was stating the most obvious fact in the universe. Something along the lines of¡­ Roses are red. Violets are blue. All your money, don¡¯t belong to you. ¡°Do you even know how much wealth you¡¯re talking about here?¡± El¡¯Taras finally managed to sputter. Jul¡¯Taras nodded, and her fingers shed a unique code to him. ¡°You truly are worthy of the Taras name. You even know that we have that much wealth.¡± El¡¯Taras sighed deeply. ¡°Very well, I -¡° ¡°I meant that as the first payment in cash, Uncle.¡± Jul¡¯Taras rolled her eyes. ¡°How in all of heavens could you even think that that¡¯s all I want from you? You truly look down on my investigative skills. I have half a mind to double your required contribution.¡± ¡°What first payment in cash! I don¡¯t have that much assets, much less cash!¡± It was El¡¯Taras turn to hoot in anger. ¡°You¡¯re nuts! You¡¯repletely and utterly nuts! ¡°Calm down uncle. How could you possibly be so poor in assets? I know that even your main secret stash is already two hundred fifty three point four four times more than the number I just told you.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said dryly. El¡¯Taras froze in shock as his brainpleted the calctions in a sh. That damned niece of his! How the hell did she know the exact value of his hyper secret main secret stash? Chapter 310 We are not content anymore ¡°Consider it seed investment.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said sagely. ¡°There are others who are richer than you-¡° El¡¯Taras scoffed loudly. ¡°There are others who ARE richer than you who don¡¯t have the privilege nor the honor of throwing all of their wealth into the new Empire even though they would have definitely desperately wanted to do so if they knew about it.¡± Jul¡¯Taras looked at her uncle levelly. ¡°The more you put in, the more you¡¯ll get. You know that better than me, uncle.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said patiently. At that, however, El¡¯Taras burst into a wide, wide smile. ¡°I¡¯ve been waiting for you to say that. Of course I know that. But it¡¯ll mean nothing if you and your little ¡°Emperor¡± don¡¯t hold to the same principle as I do.¡± El¡¯Taras patted Jul¡¯Taras shoulder affectionately and passed her a token. Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes widened slightly as she too burst into a very wide smile. It was El¡¯Taras¡¯ personal token. All of his wealth can be essed from it. Each day, all of the Commission¡¯s profits flowed into various banks and holdings all over the universe, and all of it were linked by one single token. The token to rule them all! Jul¡¯Taras received it with slightly trembling hands. It was light and cool to the touch. ¡°Let me grant you ess.¡± El¡¯Taras pointed at Jul¡¯Taras, and immediately, the token warmed up in her hand. ¡°Finally, I get to verify if my investigations are correct. It was really hard tracing your money you know.¡± Jul¡¯Taras grumbled to her uncle lightly as she eagerly delved into the token with her mind. ¡°Let¡¯s see, cash and cash equi¡­ ¡­¡± ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ For a full minute, Jul¡¯Taras remainedpletely frozen while El¡¯Taras¡¯ lips curled slightly into a small smile. It was the very first time he actually revealed his full wealth to anyone, and it was exactly the reaction he expected anyone, even Jul¡¯Taras, to have. In fact, if it was anybody else apart from Jul¡¯Taras, they would probably have went huh? The number was just too big to make sense! Not for Jul¡¯Taras, of course. She knew exactly how much the number was. Her brain could process the number, after all, numbers are just numbers. It was just that¡­ Her brain tried to understand just what sort of impact the numbers could have in real life, and it was finding difficulty doing that. She blinked a few times. Her mind thought of the most expensive endeavor and the most expensive variant of that endeavor, and then tripled it a couple of times in a row, and then tripled it again just to be safe, and she realized that she would have barely used a tiny fraction of that number! El¡¯Taras¡¯ smile grew wider as he guessed what Jul¡¯Taras was doing in her mind. He chose that very moment to drop his next bombshell. ¡°That number¡­ isst year¡¯s figure. The cumtive number is this.¡± El¡¯Taras pointed at Jul¡¯Taras once more. She was a person who rarely gave up. In fact, if she puts her mind to it, she was the stubbornest person she knew, and she knew a lot of people. However, at that moment, she chose to give up. Why bother? She already knew that she could put into motion all of her wildest and craziest ns, and she still would have barely scratched the surface of the mountain that was El¡¯Taras wealth. She didn¡¯t need to know anything more than that. Not yet, anyway. ¡°I assume you want the new Empire to be the head of the coalition that would dominate the entire known universe then? But even with such a lofty goal, this war chest is just too extravagant.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°Hahahaha. My dear Jules. You¡¯re thinking far too small.¡± El¡¯Tarasughed happily and rather half-excitedly like a little boy at the opportunity of finally being able to voice out his deepest and darkest ambition. He nced at Harold Sands, and said very grandly. ¡°Tell her, Director Sands. No, not Director. Commander in Chief Sands.¡± All of them present there breathed in sharply. Commander in Chief Sands? ¡°Ehm. I can¡¯t believe we are divulging such top secret information to you guys. You¡¯ve truly risen up in the ranks of the Universe¡­¡± Harold Sands sighed. ¡°The truth of the matter is, the Gaming Commission is gearing up for war. Has been, for many, many years. For almost a hundred years now, we¡¯ve discovered various clues about the existence of a part of the universe which we, as of now, have no ess to. And in that new universe, as we like to call it, the life forms control a different and more powerful type of energy, and they manipte their energy in a far more advanced way than we do. The energy that you see Elliot wielding is but a very uniquebination of two energy types present in that new universe. We believe that they are what passes for life and death energy over there. We don¡¯t know for certain how powerful Elliot actually is inparison to the best fighters in that universe, but we believe that he should be somewhere in the middle. And of course, the Ascendant Runes Jessica is working on is the unique and wonderful way these people from the new universe wield and manipte their energies. Together, Elliot and Jessica now are in possession of the only working samples we have of theplete power structure of the new universe. And if we have samples¡­ we can replicate them.¡± At those words, Jul¡¯Taras, Monkey King and Aunt Hills werepletely stunned speechless! But Harold Sands was not done. ¡°For the longest time, we¡¯ve been gearing up for a defensive war. We¡¯ve built up our forces slowly, and gave all we have to research and to look for those unique energy types and runes. For the longest time¡­ we were content. Worried, yes. But content to do all we can to defend ourselves.¡± Harold Sands looked at Jul¡¯Taras in the eye. He knew that Jul¡¯Taras didn¡¯t need to hear the rest of his words. But he said it anyway. ¡°We are not content anymore.¡± He said softly. Chapter 311 What did you say?! ¡°The Chairman and I have agreed that the best defense is offense. We cannot afford to wait for them to be fully prepared to invade us, and wage a costly defensive war with their full might thrown against us, and with our entire universe blown wide open. They could sabotage our production lines, massacre our lifes, and wage a dirty but bloody effective war against us that would see uspletely cut off from critical supplies in less than a hundred years.¡± Harold Sands said. ¡°You don¡¯t want that happening to us, but you want to do exactly that to them.¡± Monkey King said quietly. Harold Sands merely nodded and said, ¡°Better them than us.¡± ¡°Have you confirmed that they have hostile intentions against us?¡± Monkey King pressed on with his question. Harold Sands looked at Monkey King and gave him an amused look. ¡°I did not expect that you, of all people, would be asking such a naive question, Beast Master.¡± Harold Sands said. ¡°A stag does not need to ask if the wolf has hostile intent or not. It sees the wolf and is immediately confronted with two options. Run, or attack with its antlers.¡± ¡°You do not know if we are facing a wolf, or another stag.¡± Monkey King said stubbornly. ¡°Valid concerns. But there is no question that we are faced with wolves. Take a look at this.¡± El¡¯Taras responded to Monkey King by pointing at both him and Jul¡¯Taras. His eyes glowed purple, and immediately his pre-selected memories appeared in their minds. Within the vision, both Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras could see El¡¯Taras standing before a very strange frozen corpse at the Ice Caps of a certain. It was a colossal, four meter giant warrior of some sort. Completely humanoid, but with three eyes, four arms that ended in two hands each, and three legs. The freezing temperature had kept the corpsepletely intact, and El¡¯Taras was able to trigger a forbidden spell to reanimate it and look through its memories. His eyes glowed a fearsome blood red at that moment, and the ice around the corpse instantly melted. Its eyes snapped open and its mouth opened up wide, revealing rows of extremely sharp, pointed teeth. ¡°DARJARO KARYATOS!!!!!!!!!¡± A deep, guttoral roar sounded from it before it exploded into a billion pieces! In the vision, the massive explosionpletely cracked the Ice Caps, and caused massive tsunamis to flood the entire. However, it was not the end. To their surprise, the top of the suddenly cracked open, and in a blink of an eye, the imploded within itself. BOOM! The vision ended there. ¡°What did you see in his mind?¡± Jul¡¯Taras immediately asked her uncle as soon as they were released from the trance. ¡°A billion, maybe more, of such warriors. Created for one purpose only.ary Destruction.¡± El¡¯Taras said very simply. Monkey King and Jul¡¯Taras immediately paled. Wolves. These new universe bastards were definitely wolves! No, they were more than that. They were rabid zombies that deserved no mercy whatsoever! ¡°How ready are we?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked her uncle softly. The fact that she used the word ¡°we¡± was not lost on him. ¡°We have recruited fifteen Primals and ny seven Ancients to our cause. And we have alerted every single Primal, as well as most of the Ancients in our universe regarding this. They have been ceaselessly preparing for this as well.¡± El¡¯Taras said without hiding anything. Jul¡¯Taras couldn¡¯t help but roll her eyes at Harold Sands and his spectacr acting earlier on. She had merely asked for five Primals and twenty Ancients, and he had already squawked like a skinned chicken! ¡°I have eaten more salt than you have rice, little one.¡± Harold Sands chuckled. ¡°Well, eat all the salt you want. Aren¡¯t we here at this point now, with all of your cards fully revealed to me?¡± Jul¡¯Taras retorted back slightly with a smile. ¡°Beggars can¡¯t be choosers. We have to tell you everything since the keys to our victory are both in your hands. But even if we can¡¯t choose, we can at least squeeze. How else can we survive? Ha ha ha!¡± Harold Sandsughed loudly. ¡°We will bemitting all of our forces behind this new Empire, without reservations.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said. ¡°I won¡¯t be joining in all of the politics. I will be maintaining my hold on the Gaming Commission and making sure that you get a steady supply of funds. I will release Director Sands into your service. With the storm that¡¯s brewing, you will need him at the helm of the armies you will be creating.¡± ¡°Indeed. I am sure you know by now, but a universal war has unofficially started.¡± Harold Sands said heavily. ¡°I thank the new Chief Minister for her generous praises.¡± Harold Sands bowed low with a smile. ¡°I don¡¯t dare to receive a bow from such a venomous viper!¡± Jul¡¯Taras dodged his bow with augh. Harold Sandsughed good naturedly. In actual fact, he was quite proud of his recent feat. Twenty two powerful but highly troublesome Ancients and Peak Hegemons assassinated. Although not the most glorious in his resume, it was certainly among the top five. ¡°The deaths of the Seven Gods of the Eastern Reaches as well as the Fifteen Warlords of the Southern Wilds havepletely destabilized those two regions. The North is under your control, so that¡¯s fine. The West is the Gaming Commission¡¯s stronghold, so that¡¯s more or less under control too. Our only problem is the Central Gxies, especially the Dragons. They seem extremely intent on capturing Elliot at all costs.¡± Jul¡¯Taras sighed. ¡°Linhasa will dere war on the Golden Dragons by tonight. That¡¯s the best I can do right now to keep their powerhouses away.¡± El¡¯Taras said with a sigh. ¡°Oh? You have taken care of the Linhasans and the Golden Dragons? That¡¯s actually great. Because I had taken care of the other three too. All three remaining Gxies, Rimmel Belt, P.O.G and Gwaine System have banded up together, and will dere war on the Gaming Commission tonight too! In fact, their assassins are already enroute.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said brightly. ¡°WHAT DID YOU SAY!?!?!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras roared in shock! Chapter 312 The difference is... Jul¡¯Taras merelyughed out loudly at her uncle¡¯s shock. She had expected that he would react that way. The Gaming Commission was, after all, his own personal creation which he had built brick by brick, bribe by bribe, kill upon kill, massacre after massacre. In all of its long and illustrious history, it had never once shed its neutrality and entered a war! It had meddled behind the scenes, of course, but that was merely out of sheer profit, and not for a cause. And now, it was in a war with not one, not two, but three MAJOR powers?! ¡°An open war with three of the five Central Gxies? Are youpletely mad?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras glowered at his niece. ¡°Of course I am not mad. Well, actually, I am quite mad, but not in the way you think I am. You do know that I too have mastered God¡¯s Eyes right?¡± Jul¡¯Taras replied. ¡°I do know that. I also know that you¡¯re at the novice stage. You do not have the strength to enve Ancients, much less Primals.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said slowly. The bluster waspletely gone from him. If God¡¯s Eyes were involved, then the situation should probably be stable. Probably. ¡°Exin yourself.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras demanded. ¡°My God¡¯s Eyes¡­ They only work on males.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said with a smile that was not a smile. Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes widened slightly. He had heard of such a variant before. Many thousands of years ago, one of the earliest God¡¯s Eye warriors of the Taras n was a powerful female fighter who had grown so ferociously powerful that near the end of her life, she had enved over a hundred Ancients, and even a few Primals. But the strange thing was, all of her targets were males. Before she died, she swore her ves to secrecy about her power, and passed them on to serve the Taras n as exalted shock troops called ¡°The Immortals¡±. The Immortals were extremely high profile, and incurred the jealousy and fear of the rest of the universe. However, her descendents wisely realized that too much power would cause the rest of the known universe to rise up against them, and they slowly retreated into the shadows. The Immortals were never put into y, and they disappeared into seclusion, bing the trump cards that the Taras n would depend on for the most serious of emergencies. Additionally, they also stopped using their God¡¯s Eyes openly. When they used it, it was always to insert a high ranking pawn here and there, striving to extend their octopus-like influence everywhere. They never made their pawns reveal themselves, no matter how dangerous the situation became for them. But one way or another, the pawns did their parts to perfection, always using the oblique approach to diffuse all of the Taras n¡¯s emergencies. Striking the East to diffuse the crisis in the West, and other strategems to that effect. The Taras n became an information organization, and their secondary power, Omniscient Eyes, became what they were known for. Slowly, over the countless eons, their God¡¯s Eyes faded into legend, known and remembered only by a select few who werepletely scared into silence. And throughout those countless eons, none with that female warrior¡¯s unique variant had appeared. None until¡­ Jul¡¯Taras, apparently. ¡°My God¡¯s Eyes isn¡¯t technically the same skill as yours. Have you ever wondered why The Immortals remained faithful to us, even unto their deaths many thousands of years after the death of Ancestor Grenada?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked her uncle. ¡°I have my suspicions, none of which can be proven, and all of it outrageous.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said. Jul¡¯Taras nced at Monkey King for a moment, who chuckled lightly. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I told you that I know for certain that I am not a victim.¡± He said with a reassuring smile. Jul¡¯Taras nodded and smiled at him as well. ¡°My God¡¯s Eyes, like Ancestor Grenada¡¯s, is actually a much weaker variantpared to yours. I do not have the strength topletely enve my target¡¯s soul. However, my God¡¯s Eyes has a unique effect on its target. It willpletely stimte their souls to view me, to the exclusion of everything else¡­ as their one and only true love.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras nodded. It was one of the theories he hade up with. ¡°A single moment thatsts a lifetime. My targets are all convinced that they love me utterly and totally. I do not have theplete physical control over them the way you do. They are all masters of their own minds. But the love they feel for me binds them to me much more strongly than your soul control can ever achieve. They very willingly, with all of their hearts, minds and strengths, live and fight for me.¡± Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ voice grew soft and slightly troubled at this point. ¡°I do not want you to ever think that you-¡± Jul¡¯Taras started to say to Monkey King again. ¡°Toote.¡± Monkey King said with augh. ¡°I immediately suspected that you used the skill on me the moment you told me about it. I even started to panic a little.¡± Jul¡¯Taras face fell, but confusion still shrouded her face. ¡°Why are you still here then?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked. ¡°It¡¯s very simple. The very fact that I can panic about this whole situation simply proves that you didn¡¯t use your skill on me. If you did, then I probably wouldn¡¯t even care enough to panic.¡± Monkey King chuckled. ¡°Hahaha! Good point! Very good point!¡± Harold Sandsughed. ¡°But as you say, a useless realization. Whether she uses her skill or not, either way you¡¯re stuck with her! You¡¯re no different than all of her victims!¡± Jul¡¯Taras frowned deeply and scowled at Harold Sands. His sharp words was totally uncalled for. Why the heck would he say such an insensitive thing? ¡°Of course there¡¯s a difference.¡± Monkey King immediately said with a smile. ¡°The difference is that¡­ for my case, she loves me too.¡± Chapter 313 Web Novel? Chairman El¡¯Taras, who had been strangely quiet about his niece and her first ever boyfriend, suddenly smiled and nodded at Monkey King in approval. Here is a male who is confident in his self worth and in the feelings of his chosen mate. A good fit for the externally confident but actually internally insecure Jul¡¯Taras who doubted that she would ever find someone who could love her without fearing her. Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ heart, which was rather filled with irritation due to Harold Sands¡¯ words, suddenly melted and she could feel an deep welling up of warmth in her heart for Monkey King. Jul¡¯Taras blushed a deep shade of red and smiled a silly smile. ¡°Hehehehe. Do I? I wonder¡­ anyway, back to my story. About the war on the Gaming Commission¡­¡± Monkey King grinned at her affectionately and let it slide. ¡°Yes, please tell me about the massive war that I am about to fight against three behemoths, thank you very much.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said wryly. Jul¡¯Taras grinned at her uncle widely. She was in a pretty good mood. ¡°Well, although I am not strong enough to use my God¡¯s Eyes on the current ruling coalition within the three super powers, I have been rather liberal with my powers with the promising young males of all the major powers, the Central Gxies included. And because my God¡¯s Eye is much weaker than yours, it doesn¡¯te with the same limitations as yours. I am able to use it on many, many more targets than you.¡± Harold Sands frowned deeply at her words. ¡°Wait a minute, then the reason why Jerome Sands has been acting so strangely recently after a trip to the Central Gxies was¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras merely blinked at him and smiled angelically. Harold Sands nearly choked with anger and frustration. Jerome Sands was one of the Sands of Time n¡¯s rising stars! ¡°The current Crown Princes of all three Central Gxies, as well as a number of their young Generals and Ministers are all mine.¡± Jul¡¯Taras continued with her exnation of the current situation. ¡°This war with the Gaming Commission had all been tasked to the three Crown Princes as per their request to their fathers, and would be ¡°attacking¡± us and ¡°sessfully¡± taking over severals near their territories which are chock full of our long-term cells. They will then proceed towards our HQ in the West and will ¡°identally¡± have a falling out, during which one of the Crown Princes will be captured and ¡°killed¡±. The three gxies will then be plunged into war, and they will be too busy to send more than a small detachment to deal with Elliot, and our new Empire.¡± Jul¡¯Taras finished grandly. ¡°How¡¯s that for a puppeteer?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras pped slowly and appreciatively. ¡°You are well and truly the best heir for my throne. I would definitely name you sessor if I am not so young and still have way too many years to live.¡± Next to them, Aunt Hills who had remainedpletely quiet at that moment suddenly giggled. ¡°May I ask as to what you find so funny, my dear Lady Hiry?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras frowned and asked. ¡°Oh nothing. I am just reading a novel which had a viin say something really simr you just said.¡± Aunt Hills grinned. ¡°Had?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras raised his eyebrow questioningly ¡°Had.¡± Aunt Hills nodded. ¡°He died 2 chapterster.¡± ¡°Hahahaha! My daughter is a bookworm and has an overactive imagination! Don¡¯t worry too much about her words, chairman. How could you, the universe¡¯srgest stalker, be a mere viin and die a mere 2 chapterster? Even if you must be a viin, you will be the mega viin that will outlive all of the heroes! You will definitely have a long life! Super long life! Ten thousand years. Twenty thousand years, even!¡± Harold Sands roared out withughter while thumping the Chairman¡¯s shoulder heavy handedly with his right hand. Chairman El¡¯Taras frowned deeply once more and shrugged off Harold Sand¡¯s hand. ¡°Of course I am not a viin. And I won¡¯t die for another hundred thousand years. What race is the viin who died in the novel?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras asked Aunt Hills. ¡°Elf.¡± Aunt Hills instantly replied. ¡°Elf? What is his name?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ frown deepened. ¡°El¡­ Taros.¡± Aunt Hills said innocently. ¡°What?!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes bulged out so wide that they very nearly popped out of his eye sockets! ¡°What¡¯s the story about?¡± ¡°Well¡­ El¡¯Taros is the leader of a gambling den called Gambling Commission¡­¡± Aunt Hills began. ¡°Preposterous!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taros, I mean, El¡¯Taras shouted. ¡°Someone is obviously taking my life as an inspiration, and writing a novel about it!¡± ¡°Uhh, he is not the main character, so the novel is not technically about him¡­¡± Aunt His rified. ¡°Preposterous! Every character is the main character in their own story! Of course he is the main character as well¡­ Who is the author? I want to sue him for using my story without paying royalties!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras asked Aunt Hills angrily. ¡°Uhhh¡­ Hahaha. Why bother suing such a small time author? Hahaha¡­She¡¯s just an online web novel author who writes as a hobby about her wildest fantasies! She likes her Female Lead Main Character to have flings with evil viins¡­ Hahaha!¡± Aunt Hillsughed rather awkwardly. ¡°Web novel? Female lead main character? Flings with evil viins?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras shook his head helplessly. Hegemons nowadays have so much free time, they actually read novels online? But he was in no ce to judge. After all, he was the leader of thergest entertainmentpany in the whole universe¡­ ¡°Anyway, back to our discussion. If you have the situation well under control for the next few months, then I suggest you get your best friends, Jessica Sands and Elliot Musk to give all they have in advancing their respective skills, while we work to replicate what they have. Elliot¡¯s is pretty straight forward. We will scan the known universe for more of the strange energy he is wielding. Jessica¡¯s is much moreplicated. We need to understand exactly what her Ascendant Runes do, and that would require Runic Geniuses to study them. I don¡¯t suppose you can allow a few of our geniuses ess to her Ascendant Runes?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras asked. However, at that moment, Jul¡¯Taras¡¯ Void Communicator suddenly came to life from the couch behind them. ¡°Hey guys, you won¡¯t believe this. Jessica¡¯s Ascendant Rune ispletely nuts! I¡¯ve already killed that Ancient!¡± Came Elliot¡¯s voice. Chapter 314 [Bonus chapter] Butts There was a stunned silence for a few seconds, before a mad scramble for theVoid Communicator began. Monkey King reached it first, and immediately switched on Spy Mode and went back a few minutes. ¡°Hold on Elliot, let us take a look at what happened.¡± Jul¡¯Taras said breathlessly. At that moment, Elliot¡¯s figure appeared before them. He was seated in a lotus position in midair, and was actually¡­ Scratching his butt cheek. ¡°Oh, about to witness my hyper epic, universe shaking actions, are you? Alright then. Enjoy it. Hehehe¡± Elliot said. Despite their excitement over what Elliot had just miraculously achieved, all of them couldn¡¯t help but make fun of Elliot for a little bit. ¡°Oh it is universe shaking, alright. YOUR universe must be shaking really hard if you¡¯re doing it so roughly.¡± Aunt Hillsughed loudly! ¡°Yeah, you must have reached rock BOTTOM just now.¡± Jul¡¯Taras squealed withughter. ¡°Haha! Yes! You won¡¯t believe how bad it was! I felt like my whole being was about to be ripped apart! That God I made it out of that fiasco alive¡± Elliot said cheerfully. ¡°Hahaha! Ripped apart!¡± Jul¡¯Tarasughed loudly. ¡°Would you say that you¡¯re an ASS-ASS-in?¡± Monkey King asked him seriously. ¡°Assassin? Hmmm. Not so much. Although I have the Ring of Absolute Stealth, I did a really half-assed job in sneak attacking her.¡± Elliot replied seriously, and immediately made Jul¡¯Taras burst outughing uncontrobly. ¡°Assassin!! Ha-half-ASSED job?¡± She gasped in between peals ofughter. ¡°Indeed. It must be a real pain in the butt for you having to deal with the Ancient.¡± Harold Sands said with a straight face. Jul¡¯Taras copsed to the ground, gasping for air like a fish out of water. ¡°Yeah, it wasn¡¯t smooth at all.¡± Elliot agreed. ¡°Why do you think that IT isn¡¯t smooth? Are you having an allergic reaction to something?¡± Monkey King asked. ¡°Hmmm? No, I am not allergic to anything. I think it wasn¡¯t smooth because I was just not used to it.¡± Elliot replied honestly. ¡°Would you say that you¡¯re really BIG in your ASSertive-ness?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras added. ¡°Haha! Yes, I was really ¡°BIG in my assertiveness¡±! I was HUGE! I really squeezed the hell out of those Ascendant Runes!¡± Elliot eximed. ¡°Huge! Sq-squeezed the ASS-cendant Ru-runes!¡± The usually highly elegant Jul¡¯Taras nearly died from all the ass puns that were being intentionally and unintentionally being used. She had never experienced such a vulgar but hrious conversation before! But s, it was over almost as soon as it began. Elliot¡¯s image finally stopped its holographic butt scratching and stood up confidently. He drew Gilgamar out of his sheath and unleashed his powerful red dragon transformation. Blood red scales covered all of his body and a deeply regal aura, one which all five of them watching could sense even through the holographic image, suffused through the entire room. The other Diamond Sponsor VIP members turned to look at the barrier that Jul¡¯Taras had erected and saw nothing. But a reverent feeling coursed through their veins, especially for the dragons present there. ¡°It feels as though his power is the real thing, and that everything that we have here in the known universe¡­¡± Jul¡¯Taras began. ¡°Is but its shadow. It holds the form of power, butcks substance.¡± Monkey King finished her sentence. ¡°I felt it very distinctly the first time I sensed his power. At first I thought I was just imagining the feeling. But with what Director Sands had revealed to us¡­ It might be true.¡± ¡°That our entire power system is but a shadow of what should be? Of what this new universe is using?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked nobody in particr in a soft voice. ¡°And if that is true, then it is extremely urgent for us to gain ess to this higher form of energy, and the methods to manipte it.¡± Harold Sands said with a solemn voice. Elliot¡¯s holographic image chose that exact moment to unleash the power of the Ascendant Rune, as though giving Harold Sands¡¯ statement an underscore. Ancient Mayat was surrounded by a dozen extremely hideous corpses that were all emitting Ancient Level auras as well at that moment. Upon sensing Elliot¡¯s skyrocketing aura which his Ring of Absolute Stealth failed to conceal due to its very nature of being a higher form of energy circting in an Ascendant Rune¡¯s pattern, she had immediatelymanded all twelve corpses to erect powerful shields, and had even personally erected one of her own. ¡°Energy Bombard.¡± Elliot could be heard saying very eagerly. What followed was a very, very, very, simple but at the same time, absolutely horrific burst of energy that shot out from Gilgamar towards the thirteen Ancients. ¡°Maximum power!¡± Ancient Mayat could be heard screaming to her twelve undead Ancient puppets. But even thirteenyers of Ancient grade shields cast at full strength failed tost longer than a minute before cracking and disintegrating one after another in the face of Elliot¡¯s mighty energy attack. It was stunning beyond words. But none worked. The Energy Bombard spell that was powered by Darklight Energy, and manipted using Ascendant Runes was much, much, much too powerful. All of the defensive efforts by Ancient Mayat were for naught. Ancient Mayat¡¯s Ancient Anomaly exploded into pieces as soon as her final shield broke apart, and she gave out a high pitched, absolutely unwilling deathcry that could be heard everywhere throughout the entire world. And then, there was silence for a few long moments. ¡°Earlier¡­ Did you say that Elliot is a middle grade powerhouse in the new universe?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked Harold Sands. ¡°I did.¡± Harold Sands replied heavily. ¡°How would you grade Ancient Mayat and her twelve Puppet Lords?¡± Jul¡¯Taras asked him again. ¡°Top tier. Beneath the Primal Level, and within her Ancient Anomaly, she would be nearly invincible.¡± Harold Sands said without hesitation. What a gut-wrenching revtion. Elliot had clearly showed them that if the new universe warriors invade, just a handful of their mid tier warriors could alreadyy waste to all of their top fighters¡¯ best defensive efforts! It was an awful, awful thought. ¡°Hey guys! So how was it? Amazing wasn¡¯t it! I barely used 50% of my strength in that attack!¡± Came Elliot¡¯s excited voice through the Void Communicator. BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! Five butts hit the ground. Chapter 315 Energy Bombard A few minutes earlier, after Elliot got the Ascendant Rune from Jessica Sands. ¡°Excellent! Excellent indeed!¡± Gilgamar couldn¡¯t help but praise the deconstructed Ascendant Rune profusely. ¡°This is a whole new method of energy application, one that stretches the full flexibility of your Cosmic Dragon Energy, as well as one that wrings everyst drop of power from it! This is perfection! I have never seen such a powerful rune! Excellent! Excellent!!¡± Gilgamar simple couldn¡¯t stop praising the Ascendant Rune! It was very natural, of course. From the moment Elliot got his Darklight Energy and started using it to power his Broken Dragon Sword Technique, Gilgamar knew that he was like a little SUVcity car with an economic 1.5 Liter Engine that was being powered by a Form 1, 15th Generation Super High Octane Petrol. His 1.5 Liter Engine was pushed to its maximum, and produced a power output that was way beyond what he could imagine. It even allowed a mere King to easily kill Hegemons! It was like allowing the 1.5 Liter Engine to race and win easily against V10 Supercars on standard petrol! A 1.5 Liter city car, with its cheap, mass-produceddder chassis, cheap torsion-bars suspension, cheap tromol brakes, cheap everything,pletely outspeeding a V10 racing-grade set up supercar with their tubr chassis, air-suspension system and ceramic brakes! But now with the Ascendant Runes, it was as though the Form 1, 15th Generation Super High Octane Petrol finally found a 15th Generatio Form 1 Race Car to be paired with! ¡°What an ingenious way to foundationally manipte life and death energy. This way, your Cosmic Dragon Energy exhibits the strengths of both life and death energy, while severely limiting its vulnerabilities.¡± Gilgamar thought aloud as he gave a runningmentary of what Elliot was doing with the Ascendant Rune. He had finally stopped scratching his itchy butt while studying the rune, and had started to take action against Ancient Mayat. ¡°And this offensive sequence! I have no idea that life energy could be so destructive! Not even death energy can produce destruction on such a scale! This is- okay. I stand corrected. This death energy offensive sequence is just as deadly. Amazing! Amazing!!¡± Elliot¡¯s heart pounded heavily as he slowly but surely circted his Cosmic Dragon Energy ording to the patterns required by the ¡°Energy Bombard¡± spell. Jessica Sands had marked the spell with ring symbols which clearly said ¡°try this basic spell first to familiarize yourself with how the Ascendant Rune System works.¡± Elliot had obeyed, of course. He was in uncharted territory, and Jessica¡¯s notes were all he had to guide him along. He definitely didn¡¯t want to end up imploding! As soon as he tried out the beginning Energy Bombard spell, he knew for a fact that he could defeat Ancient Mayat and her Ancient Grade cronies. He felt as though he was being guided by a Master Artist¡¯s hands as he meticulously drew a portrait. Comparing what he was doing at that moment to what he usually did was likeparing Picasso drawing his masterpiece with a toddler drawing a stick man. A badly drawn stick man. There was absolutely no need topare. His troubled heart instantly turned joyful, and he couldn¡¯t help but grin at Gilgamar¡¯s uncharacteristically long winded words. ¡°You do realize that I am merely using a basic spell called Energy Bombard, right? I took a peek earlier and saw a very advanced spell called Red Dragon Fury. It appears to be a hundred times stronger than the Energy Bombard.¡± Elliot said to Gilgamar with a happy smile. ¡°Of course. Such a powerful method of energy maniption opens up countless more sword techniquespared to the rest of the known universe. Now that you have the Ascendant Runes, learning Tyrius¡¯ Broken Dragon ispletely unrequired. There is no point. In fact, you might need to unlearn everything, and focus on the techniques based on the Ascendant Runes!¡± Gilgamar sighed deeply. It wasn¡¯t easying to that conclusion. The Broken Dragon was, afterall, a very sentimental creation that was connected to him on the deepest levels. But there was no doubting the difference between a small city car and an F1 race car. It would be folly to the highest level if one insisted on entering crucial, life and death races with a small city car when one had ess to an F1. ¡°I understand.¡± Elliot said solemnly. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t have made it this far without The Broken Dragon and its first few stages. Once we are out of the emergency, I would definitely still master The Broken Dragon to perfection. It will be me doing my part to maintain the Legacy of Tyrius.¡± ¡°I¡­ Thank you, Elliot.¡± Gilgamar said emotionally. Elliot merely nodded and patted Gilgamar affectionately, and then focused onpleting the Energy Bombard spell. Before him, Ancient Mayat had detected his horrific aura seeping out of even his Ring of Absolute Strength, and had immediately taken on a full defensive stance. Pointless. In his fight against Ancient Mayat, Elliot had merely stepped into the F1 car¡¯s driver¡¯s seat, turned on the ignition, and mmed the elerator down. There was no finesse, no skill, just pure horsepower flinging the F1 car down the straightway and past the finish line. ck and white energy containing the purest offensive form of Cosmic Dragon Energy sted out towards her, and mmed against the 13yered shield with devastating force! Crack! Within seconds, the first shield gave way,pletely unable to maintain any semblence of structural integrity before the unparalleled might of the Energy Bombard! Crack! Crack!! Crackk!!! Within a minute, all thirteen shields broke apart. Ancient Mayat was a rich Ancient, and she had countless hyper powerful trinkets which she immediately used without a single shred of reservation. But they didn¡¯tst very long either. Crack!! Her final treasure disintegrated. ¡°NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!¡± Ancient Mayat let out a blood curdling scream which traveled the width and breadth of the entire in an instant before she finally sumbed to the destructive power of the Energy Bombard! B.O.O.O.M!!! Chapter 316 Strings of Fate As with most developing emergencies, things never really happened as predicted, even by the wisest and most conservative analysts. After Ancient Mayat¡¯s very public death, the entire known universe was thrown into absolute chaos that was hitherto unseen by any living being. A King had killed an Ancient. None of the Primals had any more reason to put off their involvement in Elliot¡¯s curious but also increasingly rming case. And when Primals make their moves, especially in numbers such as these, much of the power structure of the known universe was destined to be overhauled. Timelines for countless ns and targets were pushed forward again and again and again, while contingencies were put in motion across every single power, organization and sector as the entire universe went into emergency mode. Every single one of them could hear the drums of war start their rhythmic beats. Whether they liked it or not, whether they were ready or not, war was upon them. As beings whose every energy exertion brought ripples to the strings of fate, Primals had an unspoken agreement to minimize their moves as much as possible, so as to allow the lesser beings of the known universe to have rtively peaceful lives and ¡°take their fate into their own hands¡±. For every single Primal to make a move at the same time and towards the same location bore testament to just how deeply embroiled the Gaming Commission was within the increasingly tumultuous future of the known universe. In any other location, the ripples of fate caused by so many Primals appearing together would have caused the fate of every lesser being and even the physical location there to be massively altered. For good or for bad, depending on what the Primals did there, the lives of all life forms in that location will never be the same again. But for the Gaming Commission at that moment, its strings of fate merely trembled massively at the arrival of nearly a hundred Primals. It did not shift even a tiny inch. Although the Primals had expected it, seeing that their collective appearance weren¡¯t impactful enough to cause the Gaming Commission¡¯s fate to be shifted even in the slightest caused a very nostalgic feeling which they hadn¡¯t felt in thousands of years to surface within all their hearts. Insignificance. Some grumbled lightly, some chuckled in amusement, while some others frowned. However, all of them had one reaction inmon. And that was to revise upwards, once again, their impression of Chairman El¡¯Taras. The young Elven Mage who took the known universe by storm by creating the Gaming Commission and its controversial Games. ¡°How long has it been since such a gathering took ce? To think that we are here once again, and on our own volition.¡± An aged old man with pockmarks on his face dressed very simply in clean white robes sighed deeply to hispanion, and small, regr sized blue wolf who was walking next to him. ¡°We didn¡¯t even gather this way during the Dark Cosmic Invasion.¡± The blue wolf said with a chuckle. ¡°Your Void Walkers did a good job, by the way, in driving off those Blood Darks. ¡°They merely contributed to a group effort, something, if I remember correctly, your Beast Masters also actively participated in.¡± The genial old man said modestly. ¡°Stop licking each other¡¯s butts, you old fogeys.¡± A beautiful woman with angelic wings appeared next to them both and said with a very pleasingugh whichpletely took the edge off her words. ¡°Madam Liu.¡± The old man greeted her with a happy smile. ¡°It has been a while. Have you considered my marriage proposal?¡± ¡°Old Wabetto, I wouldn¡¯t marry you even if it¡¯s thest thing I do, even under pain of a horrible death.¡± Madam Liu replied sweetly. ¡°Sigh, what a waste. You do know that we are a perfect match, right? Our children would be immensely powerful.¡± Old Wabetto shook his old head ruefully. ¡°Good to see you again, Madam Liu. As always, you look really, really good.¡± The blue wolf said with a polite smile. ¡°Lightning Asura. As always, I am very happy to see you.¡± Madam Liu¡¯s smile grew wide at Lightning Asura¡¯s simple yet sincere words. Even at the Primal level, a female was still a female! Praising their looks sincerely was the best, fastest and most efficient way to get into their good books. ¡°Ah, the Three Idiots have gathered once more. How cute. Any ns to set mores on fire this time, Madam Liu?¡± Another drop dead beauty no less mesmerizing suddenly appeared next to them. Her appearance caused the strings of fate to shake incredibly hard, a clear indication of her overwhelming power even among Primals. Madam Liu merelyughed at her words though, and retorted back instantly. ¡°Oh maybe. Would you like to engage my burning services, Theodora? You could really do with it, considering how many of yours had be mass graveyards due to their denizens overbreeding like hamsters and eating all of its resources dry before they learnt space travel. I wonder why they¡¯re so incorrigibly horny? They must take after their creator a little bit.¡± Theodora¡¯s face fell at the mention of her mass-graves, the result of her forgetting about them for a few hundred years while she was off dealing with other more interesting stuff. ¡°Hmph.¡± She gave Madam Liu a final re before quickly joining a different group of Primals with whom she had better rtions. ¡°Don¡¯t antagonize her too much.¡± Old Wabetto chuckled lightly. ¡°Unlike us, she is still very young, and her power grows daily. She is destined to be a leader of our little pack.¡± At that moment, however, before Madam Liu could reply Old Wabetto, the most violent shaking of the strings of fate thus far urred and very nearly caused the fate of the Gaming Commission to shift! However, just before the shift took ce, the shaking stopped. Every single head swiveled and turned towards the neer. Chapter 317 Primal DulAkharat It was a barbarian. He stood tall at a respectable three meters, and his perfectly chiseled upper body, which was left bare, was covered with numerous scars. His hair was cropped short and spiked upwards neatly, and his deep set eyes felt like it could prate through all veils to see the truth within. A greatsword with a deeply terrifying aura which was as big and as tall as him hung vertically behind his back andpleted his godlike look. He was the epitome of male sexuality, and all the female Primals found themselves swallowing their saliva as they fought to regain control of their emotions. ¡°So it¡¯s Primal Dul¡¯Akharat! It has been awhile. You look as hot and as sexy as ever! Wahahaha! How many of these female Primals just swallowed their salivas when they saw you? I heard three! Primal Li Xia, Primal Theodora and Primal Veranas! Hahaha!¡± Old Wabettoughed out loudly as he greeted the godly Barbarian. ¡°Primal Wabetto. You mock a junior so mercilessly. What did I do to deserve this?¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat smiled modestly and sighed in mock distress. Primal Dul¡¯Akharatughed at Old Wabetto¡¯s words good naturedly and went over to his side, much to the utter irritation of all the female Primals in the room. ¡°Hahahaha! Good! Good!¡± Old Wabetto said with great satisfaction. The Primals, the most powerful beings of the known universe, gathered around and talked about meaningless and light topics as they waited for the meeting to start. Because although they were the most powerful in the universe, the title of the richest and most influential does not belong to them. It belonged to the mysterious El¡¯Taras. They all knew for a fact that knowledge is power. Without knowledge, they would be blind as a bat to the crucial happenings of the universe. And in the grand scheme of things with the threat of the new universe looming so ominously, being blind was tantamount to failing to prepare, which was in effect preparing for failure. Chairman El¡¯Taras and his n¡¯s Omniscient Eyes had be, in their eyes, the most important tool they had in their effort to search and prepare for the inevitable invasion from the new universe. And so, they waited patiently for Chairman El¡¯Taras to appear. They didn¡¯t have to wait for long. Less than a minute after Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s arrival, the space at the head of the massive meeting table shimmered lightly and Chairman El¡¯Taras appeared with Director Sands standing respectfully behind him. ¡°Respected Primals.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras bowed humbly in greeting to the powerhouses the moment he appeared. Behind him, Director Sands did the same. ¡°Chairman El¡¯Taras. Good to see you. Now, let us begin!¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat boomed from the side of the room. Being the undisputed number one Primal in terms of strength, he took it upon himself to speak up for the Primals. And in typical Barbarian frankness, he immediately pushed for the meeting to start. ¡°As you wish, Respected Primal Dul¡¯Akharat. I apologize in advance for the spatial rearrangement.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras replied politely and gestured for Director Sands to start. Director Sands waved his hand, and without physically moving the Primals, he rearranged space around them and in an instant, they were all arranged neatly around a massive circr table. Of course, if the Primals decide to resist, Director Sands¡¯ skill would fizzle. But they didn¡¯t, and the meeting could begin immediately. ¡°Who is Elliot, and what is his secret?¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat started calmly andpletely to the point. Chairman El¡¯Taras had expected his directness, and was not flustered at all. His biggest secret wasn¡¯t Elliot, it was Jessica. It wasn¡¯t that Jessica was more important than Elliot, they were both equally important. It was merely that Elliot and his mysterious power were no secret at all. There was no point antagonizing the most powerful beings in the known universe maintaining information ckout on a topic that would probably be fully researched and see the full light of day within a short amount of time. ¡°Elliot is a native of the Games of Earth. He triggered an evolution when he consumed two things ¨C ¡°New Universe Life Energy¡± in the form of seeds scattered around Earth in the location where he was born, and ¡°New Universe Death Energy¡± in the form of deconstructed living armor he got from a disciple of the Fortune Hermit.¡± Chairman replied sinctly and tossed samples of the two energy sources he mentioned on the table. Instantly, the powerful senses of all hundred Primals zoomed in onto the samples. The nearest Primals took the samples physically and studied them carefully for a few moments before passing it down to the next Primal. ¡°Interesting. Where are the rest? These can¡¯t be all you found.¡± A narrow-eyed, dark-skinned male Elf seated all the way across the room from Chairman El¡¯Taras said in an unfriendly tone. ¡°Primal Dimitri. Elliot got most of the Life Energy Source. We secured a big batch of the Death Energy Source, and we are currently in the process of researching ways to replicate them, as well as mass producing scanners to be deployed all around the known universe.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras replied politely. ¡°Keep up the good work, Chairman El¡¯Taras.¡± A beautiful, white skinned Elven woman said softly with a mesmerizing smile. Turning to the rest of the Primals, and towards Primal Dul¡¯Akharat in particr, she asked ¡°May I consume them?¡± ¡°Primal Seth¡¯Aramir, you took the words out of my mouth. Please consume them and divine for us where we can find more of these items.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat nodded and said. The beautiful Primal Seth¡¯Aramir nodded at him and immediately crushed both items and absorbed all of their particles in a single breath. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. HUM. The strings of fate began to tremble lightly. Chapter 318 Kids in a classroom The entire room, which was rtively silent before,pletely froze up. If a pen was to drop on the carpeted floor at that moment, it would have sounded loudly like thunder. A few seconds passed. Then a minute. Then two. Then five. Still the Primals remained silent and waited for Primal Seth¡¯Aramir to cause the strings of fate to tremble violently, which would signify that she had gotten some results with her divination. Ten minutes. Thirty minutes. At exactly one second before an hour, just as Primal Dul¡¯Akharat was about to suggest they continue the discussion, an utterly massive trembling upon the strings of fate suddenly urred! In fact, the strings of fate even produced a sound! TWANG!! Without exception, all the Primals present smiled. TWANG!! TWANG!! The strings of fate gave out two more huge tremblings before Primal Seth¡¯Aramir finally opened her weary eyes. ¡°The Gan Ksi Asteroid Belt. The Lajir System. And thergest stockpile of all three¡­ The Dul¡¯Akharat System.¡± She said softly. Without exception once again, every single eyeball in the room swiveled once more to look at Primal Dul¡¯Akharat, who seemed just as surprised as the rest were in hearing his personal System being mentioned by Primal Seth¡¯Aramir. ¡°My star system has thergest stockpile of all?¡± He chuckled lightly to himself as he quickly activated several of his clones and scanned his system meticulously. After a few moments, he frowned deeply. ¡°I could not detect its presence. Someone must be actively hiding it there. Do you have a more specific location?¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat asked Primal Seth¡¯Aramir quietly. ¡°Yes. I felt an extremely faint resonance with a called Vulmo Diravir. But it was so faint that I could be wrong.¡± Primal Seth¡¯Aramir said. ¡°Vulmo Diravir?¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said with a start. Then his gaze turned serious and heavy. ¡°If there are people who would do such a thing in my Star System, then it will be in Vulmo Diravir indeed.¡± ¡°If they have been in possession of the massive stash of new universe energy source for a long time, I suggest caution in dealing with them.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said mildly. ¡°If a mere King is able to kill an Ancient with abination of the two energy sources, then we could not be over cautious when dealing with an Ancient who might have ess to both energy sources as well.¡± ¡°Let a few of use with you, Primal Dul¡¯Akharat.¡± Old Wabetto said. ¡°Very well. Let¡¯s send out three groups to retrieve the three stashes. Primal Jeraxel, Primal Isabe, please lead your teams to retrieve the first two. Primal Wabetto, I will have to trouble you and your team toe with me.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said. Though they were all Primals withrger than life characters, they obeyed the usually modest and friendly Primal Dul¡¯Akharat without question. In group dynamics everywhere, there will not be peace unless an overwhelming power stands out and enforces the peace. Depending on how overwhelming that power is, different levels of peace can be achieved. In a group where the leading power is able to crush any single member with ease, but will face difficulties in dealing with two or more, then the peace will be a flimsy sort of peace. Any issue big enough to cause two powers to band together would disrupt the peace like a boy overturning a chessboard. In a group where the leading power is able to crush three other members easily, and will only face difficulties against four or more, then it will be a much more stable form of peace. To disrupt it would entail a banding of a coalition that had to be strong enough to deal with said leading power and his own group of friends. It would be like a little boy trying to flip a portable wooden table over. Doable, but unlikely except under extreme conditions. In a group where the leading power is able to crush multiple members easily and is shrouded in mystery because he was still holding back most of his power when doing so, the peace would be much, much more stable than the previous two types. Unless it was something personally important and urgent, most members would remain silent and do as the leader said. It would be like a little boy faced with the prospect of overturning a solid wooden table. He might be able to do it, but he definitely won¡¯t unless doing it is highly beneficial for him. The peace that was maintained among the Primals was the third type. Once, many long years ago, Primal Dul¡¯Akharat had massacred five other Primals who tried to get him to surrender his prized treasure by kidnapping one of his many descendants. His favorite descendant, to be specific. Upon receiving the news of the kidnapping, he had immediately appeared in their headquarters andunched a furious attack against them while his underlings rescued his descendant and whisked her to safety. After a long battle thatsted over three days and destroyed much of their headquarters, Primal Dul¡¯Akharat managed to heavily wound the five Primals while receiving near fatal wounds himself. But not three dayster, Primal Dul¡¯Akharat appeared once more in a public event,pletely unharmed. It was then the universe realized, the Primal Dul¡¯Akharat that finished off five other Primals¡­ was merely a clone! Peace reigned among the Primals after that day, and Primal Dul¡¯Akharat became their unofficial leader. The peace hadsted many, many millennia andsted till that very day. Primal Jeraxle and Primal Isabe were the two publicly acknowledged strongest Primals after Primal Dul¡¯Akharat. Of course the fact that the trio were close buddies did wonders to cement the peace, and the absoluteck of dissent within the group. The select few Primals dispersed to their respective targets, leaving the other eighty in the room with Chairman El¡¯Taras. And like a group of kids gaining freedom to do whatever they wanted to do in ss after their teacher left, the meeting room slowly became noisier and noisier until¡­ ¡°I challenge you to a duel right now!¡± Primal Dimitri shouted angrily at Primal Seth¡¯Aramir. Chapter 319 Old Wabetto ¡°Weak-bloods like you have no right to challenge me.¡± Primal Seth¡¯Aramir looked at Primal Dimitri and gave him a cold, condescending sneer. CRACK!! The massive circr table around which the Primals sat disappeared into a cloud of dust under Primal Dimitri¡¯s highly precise energy outburst. At the Primal level, they were all capable of pulverizings. Exertions of anger no longer took the form of pure damage outbursts, but were instead shows of other aspects of power such as speed, or in Primal Dimitri¡¯s case, an aggressive show of his incredible control. Primal Seth¡¯Aramir raised her hand slightly and with an even more impressive disy of ability, she reversed Primal Dimitri¡¯s destruction of the table! Whoosh. The table reappeared as though nothing happened. Primal Dimitri stood up with an extremely ugly expression on his face. ¡°Seth¡¯Aramir.¡± He began. However, before he could say anything else, space shimmered and the first two groups appeared almost at the same time. Bam! Bam! They tossed two giant bags full of unique items on the massive table. Seeds, fruits, vegetables and even several bewildered life forms! All these radiated the same life energy as the Life Seeds which Elliot found. ¡°A pretty good haul. Well done, Primal Seth¡¯Aramir.¡± Primal Jeraxle said with a cool smile on his face. ¡°It is my pleasure.¡± Primal Seth¡¯Aramir nodded politely. ¡°It would be better if we can find the death energy sources though.¡± Primal Isabe sighed deeply. ¡°Not that I am unappreciative of what you¡¯ve done, sister Aramir.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I understand. I feel the same way too.¡± Primal Seth¡¯Aramir smiled warmly at her in reply. ¡°Hmph. Such a small result for so much Primal involvement.¡± Primal Dimitri said scornfully. Primal Isabe nced at the angry looking Primal Dimitri and instantly understood the situation. Both Primal Dimitri and Primal Seth¡¯Aramir were Elves. However, Primal Dimitri was a Dark Elf, a type of elf that had renounced the light and embraced darkness. For a High Elf such as Primal Seth¡¯Aramir, Primal Dimitri was nothing more than a Rebel Warlord. The fact that she had to share the same table and be in the same room as him was an incredibly unpleasant experience. ¡°Primal Dul¡¯Akharat isn¡¯t back yet?¡± Primal Isabe frowned and steered the attention of the Primals to the main issue at hand. It won¡¯t do to focus on racial issues during such a critical meeting. ¡°They have found the stash. But they are facing stiff resistance from¡­ Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s descendants. They have consumed quite a bit of the death energy sources apparently.¡± ¡°What? Even Primal Dul¡¯Akharat is having problems dealing with his descendants?¡± Primal Isabe asked incredulously. ¡°Of course not.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said with augh. ¡°He is still unwilling to deal critical damage, and is still trying to merely disable them instead of killing them. And his best efforts had been resisted very easily by them.¡± ¡°He is too soft with his descendants.¡± Primal Jeraxle sighed. ¡°If it was me, I would have ughtered them for hiding and consuming such a wonderful treasure without telling me!¡± ¡°Ha! That¡¯s probably why after so long, your n is still merely upying tens!¡± A Primal buddy of Jeraxle¡¯sughed at him. ¡°True. The number of offspring I killed for pissing me off truly isn¡¯t a small number.¡± Primal Jeraxle smiled ruefully. ¡°Ah, Respected Primals. May I suggest that a few more of you go over to help Primal Dul¡¯Akharat. One of his strongest offspring just took down Old Wabetto.¡± At his words, a stunned silence settled on the meeting room before Primal Isabe and Primal Jeraxle disappeared with their teams once more. But less than a minuteter, all of them returned with a banged up but still very much alive and sheepish looking Old Wabetto leaning heavily on the beautiful Madam Liu. ¡°Hahaha! I get to lean on the most beautiful woman in the universe after getting bashed up by Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s punk! Worth it! Worth it!¡± He roared withughter. Plunk. Madam Liu dropped Old Wabetto on the ground as she rolled her eyes at him. ¡°Hahaha! All good thingse to an end. But it was good while itsted. Hahaha!¡± Old Wabetto winked at Madam Liu and continuedughing from the floor. The rest of the Primals ignored the nearly senile Old Wabetto and focused their attention on Primal Dul¡¯Akharat who was gripping an unconscious young woman¡¯s neck tightly. Bam! He flung a bag that was three times the size of the two bags already on the tablebined. ¡°This one is mine.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat announced in a calm voice as he raised the girl up slightly. None protested. ¡°I appreciate it.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat nodded stiffly. He was in a bad mood. Very bad mood. ¡°What happened?¡± Primal Theodora asked curiously. ¡°That crazy bitch other there, no offence, Dul¡¯Akharat, consumed a huge amount of life energy sources and her power spike is ridiculous! Her Ancient Anomaly caught mepletely by surprise and she beat me up really good before Dul¡¯Akharat finally snapped and killed every single person there except that little girl.¡± Old Wabetto exined loudly. All of the Primals grimaced. Old Wabetto, despite looking so frail, was actually a tank-type Primal. He could dish out a ton of damage, but he could receive thousands of times more than he could give. For him to be so badly beaten up by a mere Ancient simply meant that almost everyone present in the room could be beaten up like him. By an Ancient! ¡°No death energy at all?¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras asked softly. ¡°Not a single trace.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said heavily. ¡°So our only stash of death energy is whatever we got from Ancient Fortune Hermit. I estimate that we can only use that to fully power up a single Hegemon. With such a low amount, spending it to power up a Primal would be meaningless. What we do with it, I leave it to all of you to decide.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said deferentially. Chapter 320 Primal Alexander ¡°Set up a Hegemon Level Universe-Wide Tournament. The winner gets the power up after signing aplete contract of loyalty with me and his/her original power.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said forcefully. He looked around the room which was full of powerful Primals and waited for their opinions. ¡°Three is stronger than two, four doesn¡¯t break as easily as three. I propose the winner signs that contract with 5 Primals to make it foolproof.¡± Azy voice rang out from the corner of the room. It was from a human being! He looked extremely casual. Tshirt, jeans, nikes and a right armpletely covered with tattoos. ¡°Primal Alexander. As always, your inputs are valuable. Five Primals it is. We will select the five from five different factions. The origin faction, my faction and¡­¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat trailed off. ¡°A pre tournamentpetition then, to determine the participating factions.¡± Primal Alexander said with a smile. ¡°Sounds fun.¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s do it.¡± One by one, the leaders of the Primal factions agreed. There were a total of eleven factions. Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s didn¡¯t participate as he was the permanent member by merit of his great strength. Why King level? It was because that particr level was the best time to spot geniuses before they make their River of Runes. They could still be nurtured and then guided to make the most solid River of Runes possible which would determine how high they could go in life. Emperors had already formed their River of Runes, and for them, it was toote. It was especially true if they did so erroneously. A weak River of Runes would ensure that their future achievements would be extremely limited. A victory would be ten points. A draw would be seven points. Top three winners will get a confirmed spot. The fourth winner will get a spot if the original faction of the eventual tournament winneres from one of the top three or from Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s. ¡°Director Sands. An arena, if you please.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said politely. Director Sands waved his hand and immediately, space shimmered and the massive room rearranged itself to be a mini stadium with a massive VIP viewing tform hovering in the sky. ¡°Let¡¯s have the pre tournament battle in exactly thirty minutes. Be here, or be square.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat rumbled. With that, some of the Primal faction leaders disappeared to pick their fighters up. Others remained seated. Their chosen fighters were in their private dimensional world. ¡°It would be interesting to see them fight each other.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras nced at Harold Sands and smiled. ¡°I rmended Jul¡¯Taras to Primal Isabe. She would probably pick her. Did you rmend Jessica to Old Wabetto?¡± ¡°Of course not. She¡¯s too busy with the Pancakes!¡± Harold Sands said. ¡°Ah right. Those pancakes are delicious. She needs to focus on that.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras chatted with Harold Sands lightly and very casually. ¡°But I did rmend Wu Kong to Primal Gorus. He might pick him. And if he does so¡­¡± Harold Sands smiled at Chairman El¡¯Taras. ¡°I will never agree to Jul¡¯Taras marrying a weaker husband. He had better not hold back his strength.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said with augh. ¡°I wonder who will Primal Alexander choose though. Being a human being, technically, he does have the right to pick Elliot¡­¡± Harold Sands said uneasily. ¡°Indeed. But it would be strange for the object of our interest to participate in the- DAMN IT! He really took Elliot!!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras cursed softly under his breath. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ¡°Hey, wake up already.¡± Elliot poked Lady Bstiera¡¯s silky smooth cheek with his right forefinger as he squatted next to her still unconscious figure. However, her eyes remained closed, and her breathing steady. Elliot sighed and stood up straight. He hadpletely aplished everything crucial in his checklist, and he was ready to move out of the area to kill as many beasts and aliens as he could. But¡­ his benefactor was still fainted! There was no way he could leave her unattended. And being a powerful Ancient level warrior, his Dimensional Fortress simply wouldn¡¯t return to its dimension after he had loaded her into it! He could carry her with him, but¡­ Elliot looked at her extremely alluring figure and gulped. He didn¡¯t want to risk her waking up as he was carrying her with his little Elliotpletely hard. She would probably go nuts and rip him to shreds on the spot! And so he sighed with great reluctance and sat down next to her to study his Ascendant Rune once more. He closed his eyes and his body began to glow lightly as he focused on tracing the wondrous rune in his mind. Time passed by and Elliot waspletely taken by surprise when a curious voice sounded in front of him. ¡°What exactly are you doing?¡± Primal Alexander asked. ¡°Huh?¡± Elliot opened his eyes in shock. He immediately calmed down when he realized that the person in front of him merely had a curious look on his face, and posed no immediate danger to him or to Lady Bstiera. ¡°Oh, did I surprise you? I apologize. My name is Alexander. And I am from Earth.¡± He smiled a very handsome and friendly smile. Elliot smiled back uncertainly and nodded. ¡°My name is Elliot. Why are you here?¡± Elliot asked him. He didn¡¯t ask if he was a survivor or not, because obviously he wasn¡¯t. Elliot could not sense him at all, and that meant this young man in front of him was at the Ancient level or above. ¡°You haven¡¯t answered my question earlier.¡± Primal Alexander said cheerfully as he sat down in front of him as though he was preparing to have a long conversation. ¡°I was just practicing some runes.¡± Elliot said with a casual shrug. ¡°Interesting. I had no idea Runes can make you glow like that by just practicing them. It must be due to your unique energy.¡± Primal Alexander said thoughtfully. Chapter 321 Alexander The Great... Mage! ¡°So? Why are you here?¡± Elliot asked again. ¡°Aren¡¯t you curious how a person from this can be as strong as me?¡± Primal Alexander asked with a mysterious smile. ¡°It seems like you can¡¯t wait to tell me your story.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°HAHA! You¡¯re absolutely right. I am bursting to tell you about my story! It¡¯s such an awesome story. Do you want to hear it?¡± Primal Alexanderughed. ¡°Fine. Tell me.¡± Elliot said while rolling his eyes. ¡°Well, I was quite famous when I was still a mere human here, on this.¡± Primal Alexander began. ¡°People used to call me¡­ Alexander the Great.¡± ¡°ALEXANDER THE GREAT?¡± Elliot shouted in shock. ¡°Of Macedonia??¡± ¡°Hahaha! That is exactly the reaction I was going for! It is good that youter generations still know me.¡± Primal Alexander beamed with satisfaction. (Author¡¯s Note: Primal Alexander¡¯s backstory is in my first ever novel, Alexander The Great Mage. Do check it out if you want to know more about him! But even if you didn¡¯t, it won¡¯t affect this story at all =D) ¡°You¡­ Didn¡¯t die due to a mosquito bite.¡± Elliot said rathermely as he gaped at the real life hero of the very ancient times. ¡°Ha! Historians and their sense of misguided irony. They think that it¡¯s fitting for the greatest hero to ever walk this to die to the smallest and most inconsequential creature.¡± Primal Alexander snorted derisively. If the other Primals could see just howid back and rxed Primal Alexander was, they would be shocked! Primal Alexander was usually so calm, so cool, and so collected when he was with them! ¡°No I did not die to a mosquito bite. I got captured by a bunch of aliens¡­ And please keep this a secret from the other Primals. I was actually captured by aliens outside of this known universe.¡± Alexander said with a deeply conspiratorial smile. ¡°Really? So you have a different set of power and energy system?¡± Elliot asked in surprise once more. ¡°Ho. You know surprisingly much about energy systems. Chairman El¡¯Taras has been briefing you, huh?¡± Primal Alexanderughed. ¡°Well¡­¡± Elliot scratched his head with augh while not saying anything. Primal Alexander noticed his hesitation of course, and his smile widened. There was a deep, delicious secret with this boy, he could smell it already! He didn¡¯t live for so many hundreds of years for nothing! ¡°Yes, I have apletely different set of energy systems within me. I got it when I took over this human body in that other¡­ Let¡¯s just call it multiverse.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled. ¡°Multiverse?¡± Elliot frowned. ¡°Parallel Universe. Multiverse. Timeline Splinters. There are many names for it. But whatever you call it, it is simply a different universe from this particr one. Well, not VERY different as I suspect that this universe and the one I came from is from the same main branch, at least until my time.¡± Primal Alexander said thoughtfully. ¡°It¡¯s all pretty difficult to understand. But let¡¯s just say that I am from this, just not from this universe.¡± Primal Alexander drew his Crystal Sword slowly to indicate hisck of malice, and then unleashed a little bit of his power. A golden glow surrounded him, which then turned to ck, and then it winked out. Elliot gulped. His sixth sense had tingled like CRAZY when the glow turned ck. But the problem was¡­ He couldn¡¯t feel a single thing physically! It was as though he was wearing a type of Ring of Absolute Stealth! ¡°He is probably the most powerful being I have ever encountered.¡± Elliot thought to himself. As if reading his mind, Primal Alexander grinned and said ¡°I might be able to defeat the strongest warrior here in this ¡°known universe¡± as they like to call it. Primal Dul¡¯Akharat eh? Heheheh. I can¡¯t wait to actually fight with him.¡± ¡°Okay. So you¡¯re from Earth, and you took over a body in a different universe, got a different but powerful energy system. Check. And?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°And like you, I rose to great strength in an extremely short amount of time. I was dealing with universe level problems within months. But universe level problems are very, very difficult to deal with. Even right now, I am not done with solving the problem in my own universe.¡± Primal Alexander said with a deep sigh. ¡°And so that means that you¡¯re here to¡­¡± Elliot said slowly as a rough understanding appeared in his mind. ¡°Why do you have to master these energy systems? What are you facing back in your own universe?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Every multiverse has their own Prime Evil, their own Main Viin, if you will. In my multiverse, I am dealing with a very tricky Prime Evil that couldn¡¯t be defeated by usual means. My wife, she¡¯s back there holding it back while I explore the multiverses to look for a solution. I think I have found it though¡­ The energy system in this universe is particrly potent. And if I could get my hands on the enhanced version as well, I could definitely kill that beast back home.¡± Primal Alexander clenched his fist in determination. Elliot nodded in understanding. ¡°So you¡¯re here for my secret.¡± Elliot guessed. ¡°Haha! No, of course not. Your secret is not a secret anymore. Chairman El¡¯Taras told us about your Life Seeds and Living Armor. We even got our hands on many more Life Seeds already.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled. ¡°The only problem is, we are very short on Living Armor, and what we have is only enough to boost the power of a single Hegemon. We are holding apetition to see which Hegemon will get that power boost.¡± Chapter 322 Sentient Armor ¡°I am no Hegemon though, and I already have that power boost.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I know. It¡¯s a lot of politics, but we have another Pre-Tournament series of matches that we need to win. The different factions will send Kings in this Pre-Tournament which is to make the eventual chosen Hegemon sign contracts of loyalty with the top five factions of this Pre-Tournament. Are you following me?¡± Primal Alexander asked to check. ¡°I am. So you want to get me to participate in this Battle of Kings so your faction will get to sign this contract with the Hegemon.¡± Elliot summarised. ¡°Yes. I am nning for my Hegemon to win the Tournament, of course. But too much is at stake, and I cannot risk my man not winning, and putting the eventual Hegemon winnerpletely out of my reach. So thispetition at least gives me a chance to secure a contract with the new powerhouse.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°It seems like you¡¯re cheating though. I can kill Ancients easily. You guys probably know that already. Putting me in a fight against Kings¡­¡± Elliotughed and shook his head helplessly at Primal Alexander¡¯s utter shamelessness. If there was a Dao of things, this Primal Alexander would definitely be at the very top of the Dao of Shamelessness! ¡°HAHAHA! Yes. That¡¯s exactly why I proposed that Pre-Tournament fight. I want confirmation.¡± Primal Alexanderughed loudly. ¡°If I am qualified to fight, sure. But¡­ What¡¯s in it for me? You can¡¯t possibly be asking me to help you for free, can you?¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes glinted mischievously as his lips curled up into a smile. Primal Alexander, after all, was a Primal. He must be rich, right? Stinking rich, in fact! But s, Elliot misjudged Primal Alexander¡¯s shamelessness. ¡°Huh? You¡¯re asking for payment from a fellow human being?¡± Primal Alexander asked with wide eyed surprise. ¡°Huh? You¡¯re asking a victim of an apocalypse for help without offering anything to help him in return?¡± Elliot asked with even wider eyed surprise. ¡°Huh? You¡¯re a Being capable of even helping Primals, and you stillbel yourself as a victim?¡± Primal Alexander asked with bulging eyes. ¡°Huh? You¡¯re a Primal asking for help from a lesser Being, and you want to withholdpensation?¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes were bulging out now. ¡°Okay fine! Fine! I¡¯ll pay.. Stop that creepy bulging eye look. I don¡¯t want your eyeballs to pop out.¡± Primal Alexander finally said. He couldn¡¯t stand Elliot¡¯s insanely bulging out eyes! ¡°Hehehe. Up front payment please.¡± Elliot grinned and stretched out his hand. ¡°What are you, a market stall owner? Why are you so damned good at haggling.¡± Primal Alexander grumbled like a disgruntled housewife not getting that ten cent discount she wanted on a kilogram of beansprouts. Elliot blinked, and he could feel his whole body start to yearn for that strange fluid. ¡°What is that??¡± Elliot gasped as he fought down his body¡¯s rapidly rising urge to consume that fluid! ¡°This¡­ is called God¡¯s Blood. It is one of the rarest treasures in the entire universe where Ie from.¡± Primal Alexander said softly. ¡°What does it do?¡± Elliot asked and swallowed his saliva. ¡°It grants you perfect affinity with all elements.¡± Primal Alexander said softly. ¡°Perfect affinity?¡± Elliot asked as his tongue tasted the strange word for the first time. ¡°Innate Mastery.¡± Primal Alexander exined very simply. Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped. Hegemon level could only be reached when one mastered two elements. But this God¡¯s Blood¡­ Gives innate mastery over all elements?? What the freaking hell?? ¡°Drink this after you¡¯ve formed your River of Runes to maximise its effect.¡± Primal Alexander said with a smile as he gave the vial to Elliot. Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped. Again. At the rate that his jaw had been dropping in thest one month, he wouldn¡¯t be surprised if his jaw drop became so powerful that it would be useful in battle. Enemy strike towards Elliot¡¯s neck! Dodge! Jaw drop! Enemy weapon broken! In any case, Elliot was surprised that Primal Alexander would give him such a powerful gift like that, in exchange for a mere¡­ performanceter? ¡°Consider this a goodwill first meeting gift.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled at Elliot¡¯s incredulous look. ¡°Plus, we humans need to stick together. There are far too many powers that could and would definitely try to annihte us the moment we show a big enough weakness. I will be depending on you once you be strong enough to leave this universe.¡± ¡°You¡¯re very generous.¡± Elliot said as he stored the vial safely. ¡°I will remember this, and repay you when I have the chance.¡± ¡°Good! Very good! That¡¯s exactly what I want to hear! Hahaha!¡± Primal Alexanderughed. ¡°And now, it¡¯s time to follow me. Do you want to bring your girlfriend along? Huh? Lady Bstiera?¡± Primal Alexander pointed at Lady Bstiera, and a thin white stream of soul energy entered her body. Instantly, her eyes snapped open and she took a deep breath. She turned her head and looked at Primal Alexander in shock. ¡°Pri-Primal Alexander!¡± She stammered and blushed deeply. ¡°Lady Bstiera. What are you doing here? And with a little boy, no less!¡± Primal Alexander asked curiously. ¡°Ah! Chairman El¡¯Taras tasked me with protecting him! I just overdrew my soul power creating that armor set for him.¡± Lady Bstiera quickly exined and pointed to Elliot. ¡°Armor set? Oh, that Teardrop of the Gods armor. I see. It is very well made, especially that Heart Guard. Well done.¡± Primal Alexander said with an impressed voice. ¡°I¡­ Thank you, Primal Alexander.¡± Lady Bstiera said in a shy voice. ¡°You need to give your armor a real name.¡± Primal Alexander told Elliot seriously. ¡°It is a Sentient Armor, and without a real name, it would not trulye alive.¡± ¡°Ah! Is that so? I had no idea.¡± Elliot said with a start. ¡°Ah yes. I should have told you that, but I passed out before I could. You need to give it a name that you feel strongly about. There is no hurry. Better to give it a good nameter than give it a bad name now.¡± Lady Bstiera said quickly. Chapter 323 Baby Fox ¡°I see. Let me think about it for abit.¡± Elliot nodded to indicate his understanding. ¡°Good. It is not good to be hasty with namings.¡± Primal Alexander said in approval. ¡°Lady Bstiera, Elliot is about to participate in a mini tournament. May I have the pleasure of having yourpany as we watch?¡± ¡°Of-of course, Primal Alexander.¡± Lady Bstiera said with obvious pleasure. ¡°You grace me with your willingness.¡± Primal Alexander replied with a courtly bow that made him look extremely dashing. Lady Bstiera blushed deeply. ¡°Let us go. We are almostte.¡± Primal Alexander waved his hand around them, and a strange but powerful space energy enveloped them before whisking them away. One moment they were on Earth, and the next moment, they appeared within the rearranged meeting room which now took the form of a massive arena. ¡°Ah, it appears that we are not thest ones to arrive.¡± Primal Alexander said pleasantly as he beheld the many Primal eyes which were looking at him with great incredulity, and some with outright resentment. ¡°Primal Alexander. Isn¡¯t that Elliot Musk, the King Level monster who killed an Ancient earlier today? What is the meaning of this?¡± A massive white fox around five meters tall hissed in her silky smooth voice. ¡°I guess the saying ¡°monster lies in the eyes of the beholder¡± is true.¡± Primal Alexander sighed and shook his head lightly. ¡°How you can view this handsome young man as a monster when you¡¯re a massive million year old fox yourself is beyond me.¡± ¡°Stop deviating from the issue at hand.¡± The white fox hissed again. ¡°You are cheating. There is no point in this pre-tournament if you field him as a participant!¡± ¡°Cheating?¡± Primal Alexander asked with a very natural show of surprise. Oh this man was really good in acting! ¡°CHEATING?¡± Primal Alexander roared in anger as he unleashed his considerable power over space time and caused their reality to splinter and then revert, splinter and then revert multiple times on their timeline in a grand show of mastery over time and space! ¡°COME AND SAY THAT TO MY SWORD AGAIN! IT DIDN¡¯T QUITE CATCH WHAT YOU SAID!¡± Primal Alexander roared like a powerful boar grunting in fury as he unsheathed his Crystal Sword. The entire room filled with Primals couldn¡¯t help but flinch when they saw Primal Alexander¡¯s Crystal Sword. If Primal Dul¡¯Akharat was the most powerful Primal in the known universe, the Primal Alexander was the most mysterious. He had appeared out of nowhere, with apletely indiscernible aura and cemented his position among the Primals using the most ancient and eptable method ever devised in the history of life forms. By defeating other Primals. Three Primals in that room had challenged him before around a hundred or so years ago, and all three had left their respective fightspletely defeated. They all imed that it had been a really close fight, and they all lost by the thinnest of margins. But there were no spectators, so their ims were unproven. s, there was also no way to refute them, so Primal Alexander had been epted in the Primalmunity as a mid-high member in the power tier. There had been talks of sending a more powerful Primal to challenge him in recent years, but there were no movements yet. Primal Alexander too, had been content to maintain a low profile, appearing only once or twice in major events to lend his opinion. He had always been polite, and his insights were always brilliant. Thus his massive outburst at that moment were incredibly surprising for all the Primals watching in the room. Would they be able to watch a Primal versus Primal fight before the pre-tournament? If so, it would definitely be the highlight of the day! Snacks! Wine! Popcorn! Bring them all out! And oh don¡¯t forget to update the gambling page to include good odds on this fight! Their eyes glinted with anticipation. Primal Alexander raised his Crystal Sword and pointed it at the massive white fox in a very, very aggressive show of provocation. If the white fox didn¡¯t respond to his aggression in kind, she would definitely lose face! Her prestige would plunge! There was no way that she could possibly avoid fighting Primal Alexander at that moment. And she didn¡¯t try to. She smiled and stood up slowly. ¡°Old Wabetto. A fateless zone, if you please. I do not want my little lesson for this punk to affect our little ones.¡± She said very softly. ¡°Of course, Primal Kitsune.¡± Old Wabetto said politely with a smile and then closed his eyes. A warm glow radiated from his body and lightly enveloped the entire arena. ¡°I can sustain this zone for five minutes max. Please settle your issues before then.¡± Old Wabetto said softly with his eyes still closed. ¡°I owe you one, Old Wabetto. I will give half the loot from his corpse to you.¡± Primal Kitsune replied with a mesmerizing smile as she stepped forward towards Primal Alexander. Primal Alexander grinned at Elliot and then said loudly ¡°Watch this grandpa and learn how to deal with annoying old but not dead yet animals!¡± He walked into the fateless zone and instantly, Primal Kitsune attacked! Her body shimmered as she pointed at Primal Alexander. The entire fateless zone dimmed very considerably and a scorching dryness permeated the whole zone! Even with her precise control over her power and the fact that none of it leaked outside the fateless zone, Elliot couldn¡¯t help but shudder in terror as he sensed the effect of the scorching dryness from afar. He knew instinctively that if he were to be caught within it, nothing, not even his Sentient Armor could save him from shrivelling up into a dry husk in an instant! Within the fateless zone, Primal Alexander merelyughed at Primal Kitsune and shook his head. ¡°Is pointing at me all you can do? What are you? A baby fox who had just weaned off your mommy? Stop dilly dallying ande at me properly!¡± Chapter 324 25 Alexanders Primal Kitsune¡¯s beautiful round eyes bulged out in surprise. Her mouth dropped open slightly and a look of disbelief appeared on her face. She had expected that her first attack would be blocked by Primal Alexander. It would be expected as she had merely unleashed a small percentage of her power in that attack. But she truly never expected that¡­ not only did Primal Alexander do absolutely nothing to protect himself against the scorching dryness, it appeared that his Crystal Sword was also slowly but surely sucking in her energy! ¡°Impossible! My Withering Field is not something that could be absorbed!¡± Primal Kitsune hissed with a truly unreconciled look on her face. ¡°She¡¯s a fox alright. Even with such terrifying power and with such a look on her face, she still looks so beautiful and attractive to me!¡± Elliot thought even as his teeth chattered in fear. ¡°And I absolutely can¡¯t fight against a Primal yet. Their power is truly incredible!¡± ¡°Stop talking like a fat virgin gossip monger and start attacking already.¡± Primal Alexander said with a casual but annoyed tone of voice. He wasn¡¯t pulling back on his aggressive words at all. Each word, each intonation of his voice, each gesture seemed like they were designed to do one thing and one thing only. To piss off Primal Kitsune and get her to unleash her full strength at him! Primal Kitsune was no fool. She immediately felt that very well designed provocation as well. But the question was, was Primal Alexander provoking her to get her to attack him at full strength because he wanted her to do so to fulfill some hidden agenda? Or did he know that she would catch on to his well-designed provocation, suspect that he had a hidden agenda, and stop attacking him because of that? Primal Kitsune took one look at Primal Alexander¡¯s smirking face and realized that whatever she was thinking was absolutely what he expected her to do. ¡°Only weaklings think about so many things and consider my words from so many angles. Primal Kitsune. You truly are an embarrassment to all Primals.¡± Primal Alexander said loudly. ¡°If I react with anger to his words, it will prove that I agree with him and think that my previous actions truly are an embarrassment to Primals. But if I don¡¯t react to his words, then on the surface, it will look like I am really thinking too much about his words, and that I am wary of him!¡± Primal Kitsune frowned deeply. ¡°Why are you talking so much? If you¡¯re that powerful, then why don¡¯t you attack and let me see if you have the strength to match the balls that you¡¯re showing by such words!¡± Primal Kitsune scoffed at Primal Alexander. sh. Primal Alexander swung his sword in a casual sword sh as he appeared next to her. A powerful shell appeared on Primal Kitsune¡¯s skin to resist Primal Alexander¡¯s attack. But right before his attacknded, Primal Alexander disappeared once more. sh. Primal Alexander appeared on her opposite side and swung his sword once more in yet anotherzy overhead sh! But once again, he disappeared before his attack couldnd! sh. sh. sh. That strange urance repeated itself for tens of times in a rapid sequence before Primal Kitsune finally had enough and unleashed a massive ring of strange energy that caused the very air around her tobust as a by product! Blink. Primal Alexander returned to his original position and yawned. ¡°I can¡¯t believe you let me finish my attack sequence. Primal Kitsune, I bid you good bye.¡± Primal Alexander bowed low and ignored Primal Kitsune¡¯s powerful ring of strange energy which went through him harmlessly. A deep sense of danger that was rising exponentially every single second appeared in Primal Kitsune¡¯s heart. The sense of horror in her heart that was just a seed when it first appeared shot upwards to be a giant tree in a split second, and it continued grow to be a hill, a mountain, a mountain range, arge ind, a continent, an ocean, a! Within a few seconds, it had grown so much that itpletely overwhelmed her! Her face turned pale, and she gritted her teeth strongly. BAM!! Crack!! The fateless zone began to show signs of fracture as Primal Kitsune unleashed her full power! ¡°Primal Kitsune!¡± Old Wabetto¡¯s eyes shot open in rm. ¡°Don¡¯t go all out! I will not be able to maintain the fateless zone!!¡± ¡°Why are you asking ME not to go all out when HE is already doing so??¡± Primal Kitsune shouted. ¡°He? Primal Alexander isn¡¯t even releasing the slightest bit of energy! I am not resisting anything from him. All the pressure on the fateless zone is from you!¡± Old Wabetto shouted. Primal Kitsune looked at Primal Alexander in shock. It was true. ¡°That cocky human had even sheathed his sword and was grinning at her widely. He was even raising his hand to¡­ wave at me??¡± Primal Kitsune¡¯s eyes almost popped out of their eye sockets. ¡°You think the fight is over??¡± Primal Kitsune roared in anger as she increased her power once more and unleashed a focused beam of strange energy on Primal Alexander! ¡°It is over.¡± Primal Alexander moved his hand slightly to block her attack. And then he simply said¡­ ¡°Do it.¡± BOOOOOOOOM!!!!! A vast aura that caused every single Primal in the room to instantly unleash their powerful defensive shields at maximum power suddenly exploded into existence. Around Primal Kitsune, twenty five Primal Alexanders with raised Crystal Swords appeared! Each of the Primal Alexanders were emitting Primal level offensive auras! sh! They all shed down on Primal Kitsune and shredded her into many, many pieces. ¡°You¡­ despicable.¡± Primal Kitsune¡¯s mouth moved independently even though her head had been split into five different parts by a few of the Primal Alexanders that appeared around her. Chapter 325 [Bonus chapter] Weedy Brothers And then¡­ ssh! Her body parts fell onto the ground in pieces. The other Primals were in an uproar! Primal Alexander had defeated a respectably strong Primal Kitsune who was ranked around the top twenty in the group of hundred, with extreme ease! And what an impressive attack!! Primal Kitsune¡¯s body glowed for an instant before they slowly reformed into her original form. Although she didn¡¯t die, everyone present could sense that her strength had dipped, and that she looked much less alluring than before. ¡°As expected of a Primal. Your life saving measure is very powerful.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled dismissively. Primal Kitsune grimaced and then disappeared from the roompletely. She had no more interest in participating in the meeting. She left her underling in the room though. She would still be up to date with the happenings and decisions of the group. ¡°Primal Alexander, congrattions on such a decisive victory. Your attacks truly are as mysterious as they say!¡± Old Wabetto said warmly. ¡°Primal Alexander. What skill was that? I could not identify the method nor the energy behind it!¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s just a minor trick using time and space energy. Haha!¡± Primal Alexander replied modestly. ¡°Minor trick! Haha! Well said! Primal Kitsune just got one of her lives killed by a minor trick! Well done! Well done!¡± ¡°Hahaha! Primal Alexander! You hide your strength extremely well! You sneaky bastard!¡± All the other Primals congratted him in their own way and posed several questions about his skills to him. ¡°Thank you all for your kind words.¡± Primal Alexander said warmly in reply. ¡°I was just doing what I had to do. I can¡¯t stand people calling me a cheater, even when I am cheating, and especially when I am NOT cheating like today! I mean, how could I be cheating. Elliot is a human, and thus is in my faction is he not?¡± ¡°True! True! He is a human and he is in your faction! Hahaha!¡± ¡°Yes. And so, I believe that there are no more who disagree with me bringing Elliot in as a participant like Primal Kitsune?¡± Primal Alexander asked. ¡°Of course not! You did well in bringing him to us. It will be good to check his power personally too!¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s true. It will be good to have a sample of his blood as well.¡± A Dragon Primal said eagerly. ¡°No.¡± Elliot said quietly. But it rang out throughout the room like a thunderstrike. At his word, the entire room fell silent. ¡°Excuse me? Did you just say¡­ no?¡± A burly, nt based Primal rumbled loudly. ¡°I believe he did.¡± Primal Alexander said pleasantly. ¡°I am here to defeat your participants. Not to be studied like ab rat.¡± Elliot said in azy tone that was not at all dissimr to Primal Alexander¡¯s. Primal Alexander¡¯s smile widened when he heard Elliot¡¯s tone of voice. ¡°What balls this punk has! To think he would dare to speak up that way in a room full of aggressive Primals. He truly thinks that I, his grand daddy, has the power to cover the heavens and block all these Primal¡¯s attacks for him huh?¡± He thought to himself. ¡°Smart kid. So he guessed that much already.¡± ¡°A mere King like you has no say over what we n to do with you.¡± The nt Primal said with a deep chuckle of amusement. Elliot merely pointed to Primal Alexander. ¡°If you want to study me, ask permission from his sword.¡± Primal Alexander rolled his eyes inwardly. ¡°Bastard! Just because I am strong enough to do it doesn¡¯t mean that I want to do it! I still have my agenda! Is he trying to get me to fight the entire room of Primals all by myself??¡± ¡°Your sponsor is but one man. You think he can resist the collective will of the members of this room?¡± The nt Primal guffawed as though he had just said the funniest joke ever. ¡°Of course. Why don¡¯t you and a bunch of your weedy friends try him out?¡± Elliot chuckled with a sneer. ¡°Bastard! Bastard! He¡¯s throwing me under the damn carriage!¡± Primal Alexander turned to re at Elliot in what clearly was a warning look. However Elliot merely smiled at his self-proimed ¡°grandpa¡± and said ¡°Gramps. Time to trim the garden and throw out some weeds.¡± ¡°HAHAHA! What a character! I like this young man! Primal Alexander! It appears that you won¡¯t be able to maintain your shroud of mystery anymore. Come, my weedy brothers!! Let us do as the youngster say, and take a bite out of Primal Alexander to see if he truly can resist us!¡± The nt based Primal roared withughter and jumped at the opportunity to challenge Primal Alexander. As Primals, their self-confidence waspletely rooted, and they all believed that they could defeat Primal Alexander despite his freakishly strong show of strength! ¡°Old Wabetto! Another fateless zone please! I, Green Lifetree, would like to have a taste of Primal Alexander¡¯s wondrous sword!¡± Primal Green Lifetree shouted. However, Primal Dul¡¯Akharat spoke up at that moment. ¡°No. Leave your fights for another day. It is time to start the pre-tournament. Time is of the essence.¡± At his words, the atmosphere finally calmed down. Primal Alexander may be a mysterious power, he may or may not be able to deal with five Primals at once. But Primal Dul¡¯Akharat clearly could. And none in that room wished to piss him off. So they obeyed. Wordlessly, all the Primals returned to their seats, and got their participants to enter the arena. ¡°There are ten of you. You will all fight against one of the rest once. Get into the rings with your names on it and fight.¡± Old Wabetto said loudly. Instantly, five huge rings appeared, and the Kings immediately got into their respective rings. ¡°No killing. Start whenever you are ready.¡± Old Wabetto called out. Instantly, all ten Kings burst into action and attacked their opponent with their most powerful moves! Chapter 326 Identity Issues Elliot was no exception. His enemy was a powerfully built brown bear that reminded him a lot of Brock, and he wanted to see how hepared to his beast. He leapt ahead and unleashed a casual punch towards the bear which was met by a cunning downward sh that would sever his fist before it could deal any damage to it. If the sh connected. Mid punch, Elliot¡¯s speed exploded with startling eleration and his fist connected with the bear¡¯s tummy while its ws were still swinging downwards towards him! Bam! The bear flew a few hundred meters away and hit the corner of the ring where it whimpered in pain and struggled a little bit to get up. ¡°Huh?¡± Elliot was disappointed. The brown bear was far, far weaker than Brock, even before he got Darklight Energy ¡°If this is the case, then I might as well get my beasts to do the fighting. Hey guys. Who wants to fight a brown bear at the King level?¡± ¡°Me! Me! I want! Pick me! Bildie numbel fol!¡± ¡°No! No pick bildie numbel fol! He stoopied! Pick me! Bildie numbel seben!¡± ¡°Who you calling setupeed? You setupeed! You and yol mommy setupeed!¡± ¡°Why you say my mama stoopied? You want fight?¡± ¡°Fight! Come fight!¡± Apparently the birds were growing up quickly and were at a very quarrelsome phase. ¡°Better not pick the ¡°bildies¡± then.¡± Elliot chuckled to himself. ¡°Fighting Kings is just too much bullying, Master.¡± Wu Kong said with a chuckle of his own. ¡°Make it difficult for yourself then. No energy, just physical strength.¡± Elliot challenged his beasts. ¡°I don¡¯t mean to be arrogant, but even so, it¡¯s still too easy.¡± Wu Kong said. ¡°No energy, no weapons, no armor, closed eyes, on one leg and using only one finger.¡± Elliot immediately said. His beastsughed. But it was an intriguedugh. Elliot knew he got them. ¡°I¡¯m in.¡± Brock rumbled. ¡°Let me see just how impressive this brown bear is.¡± Immediately, Brock shimmered into existence next to Elliot. Elliot sprang back to the edge of the ring and gave the two bears space to fight. The whole room of Primals gave an audible gasp before some burst outughing uncontrobly. ¡°Hahahaha! What¡¯s with that ridiculous pose??¡± A Blue Giant Primal roared outughing. ¡°Is he a bear with identity issues? Does he think he is a bird? Hahahaha!¡± An adorable looking Avian Primalughed cutely. Indeed, Brock looked utterly ridiculous! He stood on his right leg, and lifted his other leg up bent at the knee. His right hand was raised horizontally like a bird¡¯s wing and his left hand covered his eyes! Elliot couldn¡¯t help butugh at how stupid Brock looked! ¡°Alright you stupid brown bear! Come and face the might of the coolest and most powerful bear in existence! Mwa ha ha ha!¡± Brock roared out in what he thought was a cool and awe inspiring manner, which only served to emphasize just how ridiculous his pose was. ¡°You! Stop that stupid and ugly pose at once! You are embarassing all the bears in the universe!¡± The King level brown bear roared out angrily. ¡°What stupid and ugly pose? You are the one that¡¯s stupid and ugly! And embarrassingly weak too! Stop yapping ande attack me! Let me show the universe that I could win you with just one leg, one finger and with my eyes closed!¡± Brock shouted. ¡°What? You¡¯re actually in a pose to limit yourself? That¡¯s not a battle stance?¡± The brown bear asked incredulously. ¡°You¡­ how dumb can you get! You¡¯re embarrassing the hell out of me! Take this and get the hell out of the ring!!¡± The brown bear let out a roar ofplete indignance and his mouth began to shine a fearsome blue glow. Crack!! A lightning bolt shot out of his maw and zapped Brock! However, Brock remained motionless. Crack!! Another lightning bolt zapped Brock again! This time it wasrger. Crack! Crack!! One lightning bolt after another shot out from the brown bear¡¯s maw and hit Brock¡¯s massive body. However, after ten lightning bolts, Brock still stood there with his stupid pose, unmoving andpletely unharmed. ¡°Huh? I am hearing all those cracks of thunder. But where¡¯s the lightning? Are your spells fizzling out? Are you so impressed by my coolness that you be too distracted to fight?¡± Brock asked loudly. The brown bear froze for a moment, before he crashed down to the ground weakly. The Lightning Barrage was one of his strongest attacks. And it was so weak that the damned stupid ck bear didn¡¯t even feel it striking his body?? The brown bear despaired and his confidence waspletely shattered! ¡°I am the embarrassment to all the bears of the universe! I am weak! I am too weak!¡± The brown bear thought to himself in a daze. ¡°Winner of Ring two. Elliot Musk¡¯s¡­ ck Bear.¡± Old Wabetto called out with a chuckle. A magnificent looking bear Primal blinked in, whisked the brown bear away and red at Brock. ¡°You are an evil bear. How could you wreck another bear¡¯s confidence like that?¡± She said with animosity. ¡°Ah!¡± Brock looked at the magnificent bear Primal and waspletely awestruck. Elliot looked at Brock, and already he could see the hearts forming in his eyes. ¡°Ah shucks. This doesn¡¯t look good at all. That stupid Brock looks like he just fell in love with a Primal.¡± Elliot muttered publicly in his mindspace. ¡°What? Gramps is in love? I¡¯m going to have a grandma? Yipeeee! I want a grandma!!¡± Ellie shouted excitedly. Chapter 327 Primal Eternal Frost Elliot looked at Brock¡¯spletely smitten expression and couldn¡¯t help but feel a little sympathy for him and his destined-to-be-crushed heart. ¡°You need to learn to care for the well being of your own species.¡± The utterly majestic looking bear Primal gave Brock onest parting message before blinking away. Brock whirled around and looked at Elliot with shining eyes. ¡°Uhhhhhh.¡± Elliot already knew what he wanted to say. ¡°Little Master!¡± Brock shouted with adoration dripping from his words. ¡°Not possible.¡± Elliot shook his head firmly. ¡°Listen to me, my handsomest, most glorious, most capable little master!¡± Brock cried out in worship. ¡°Still not gonna happen.¡± Elliot said resolutely. ¡°I need to get to Primal level!¡± Brock announced. ¡°Definitely not doable.¡± Elliot shook his head firmly again. ¡°I will do whatever it takes!!¡± Brock dered. ¡°Not poss- wait. You will do¡­ whatever it takes? Like really whatever?¡± Elliot asked with a twinkle in his eyes as an insane but incredibly intriguing idea formed in his head. ¡°Absolutely. Anything and everything!!¡± Brock shouted passionately. ¡°Good. For starters, win this entire pre-tournament for me.¡± Elliot said. ¡°It is done! I will make sure of it!!¡± Brock turned around at the rest of the rings and red at the participants who were still going at each other with full strength. ¡°Hurry up, you fools! Stop wasting time ande to your grandpa! I don¡¯t have all day!¡± He roared at them loudly! Bam! His roar distracted one of the Kings who was fighting in the ring next to him so much that he slipped up a little in his defence, and took a direct hit to his body! He flew out of the ring, and he lost that fight. ¡°Uwaaa!¡± The King squealed in anger as he stood up and red at Brock. Brock looked at him and was about tough and hoot at him when he stopped. ¡°What? You¡­ HEY WINTER! I THINK YOUR RELATIVE JUST LOST A FIGHT!¡± Brock roared excitedly in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. Elliot turned his head to look at the King which just flew out of the ring, and his jaw dropped again. Incredibly, Brock was right! The little wolf really looked like Winter! ¡°Hey Winter, you shoulde out and take a look.¡± Elliot chuckled. Immediately, Winter came out in a swirl of space energy. She took one quick look at the wolf before confirming for a fact that the wolf really had the same genes as her! In fact, it is probably a more original bloodlinepared to hers! ¡°Hmmm? A descendant of the Eternal Frost Wolves?¡± A powerful sounding voice rumbled from one of the Primals. Elliot turned to look at the owner of the voice, but realized that somehow, he couldn¡¯t see through the fog that seemed to surround him. ¡°Primal Eternal Frost is a powerful Ice Elemetal Primal.¡± Primal Alexander¡¯s voice sounded in his mind. ¡°His Eternal Frost Domain prevents those weaker than him to even see how he looks like. Don¡¯t be surprised if you can¡¯t see through his fog.¡± ¡°Hmmm? You can mindspeak too?¡± Elliot thought in reply. ¡°I can¡¯t read your mind.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled. ¡°If you want to reply me, you need to do so manually.¡± ¡°Oh, just one waymunication? That¡¯s not a veryplete skill.¡± Elliot remarked with a smile. ¡°What do you know? Being able to project my thoughts into yours is already an excellent achievement for a non-psychic being like me. Can YOU do it?¡± Primal Alexander said with rather unexpected smugness. ¡°Excuses.¡± Elliot grinned at him. ¡°Anyway, can you see him?¡± ¡°Of course. I can see everyone through their domains without exception.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°I see.¡± Elliot stopped trying to sse through the strange fog. However, just as he stopped doing that, the fog dispelled on its own, and a majestic lookingrger and stronger version of Winter appeared in his sights. ¡°Thank you, Primal Eternal Frost.¡± Elliot simply nodded politely. ¡°She isn¡¯t a pure blood though, and most of her Frost powers remain locked behind its bloodline. Primal Eternal Frost said with a smile. Elliot merely looked at him calmly. Primal Eternal Snow calmly reached out to his own neck, and slit open his jugr vein! Spurt. A blob of blood appeared and floated near him before his wound disappeared as though it never existed. He pointed at Winter and the blob of blood floated towards her. ¡°A gift. No strings attached beyond that of bloodline influence, something which is already in ce even now, and¡­ which is very much effectively blocked by your mysterious contracy.¡± He smiled. Elliot looked at him in pleasant surprise. ¡°Master?¡± Winter asked in his mind. ¡°Go ahead. It is his concentrated blood without anything fishy.¡± Primal Alexander encouraged Elliot, who in turn immediately gave the green light to Winter. ¡°Go ahead, Winter.¡± Elliot said calmly. Winter opened her mouth eagerly to swallow it. But instead of going into her mouth, the blob of blood instead made its way directly to Winter¡¯s chest and smashed into it! Winter yelped in surprise and in pain! But after a second or two, she plopped down onto the ground with her eyes closed. ¡°Ahh¡­¡± Winter moaned lightly in Elliot¡¯s public mindspace. It was a positive bloodline evolution! The unlocking of her ancient genes caused her entire body to go into absolute bliss! Winter¡¯s fur started to glisten with a radiant light, and the beginnings of a powerful frost domain began to form around her Her muscles rippled lightly and began to contract then expand. Whoosh! A bluish fire suddenly ignited all around her body! ¡°Frost Fire??¡± Elliot looked at the phenomena around Winter and couldn¡¯t help but be stunned by it. Before he could even finish his feeling of shock, the bluish fire suddenly changed colour into violet, then ck, then back to indigo, then to blue again, but in apletely different hue than before! ¡°What??¡± However it wasn¡¯t Elliot who shouted. It was Primal Eternal Frost. Chapter 328 [Bonus chapter] Outgrown Blink. Primal Eternal Frost was so shocked that he actually blinked down to the ring to take a closer look at Winter! ¡°Incredible.¡± He murmured as he stretched out his hand and touched the unique Frost Fire that was in a totally different hue than his. Which waspletely impossible, of course, since Winter was his descendant. But there it was. ¡°So this is the effect of thebination of the new universe energies on my bloodline. Truly incredible.¡± Primal Eternal Frost said as he lifted his hand which was burning up intensely while at the same time regenerating in apletely mutated and corrupted way. Crack! Primal Eternal Frost calmly caused his damaged hand to explode into a billion ice shards, and regrew it perfectly in an instant. ¡°Hyper advanced regeneration. Your wolf is extremely lucky that she got Primal Eternal Snow¡¯s concentrated blood. Not even my regeneration speed canpare to hers now. She would never be heavily injured in battle ever again.¡± Primal Alexander said with a slight tinge of envy in his voice. ¡°Look. Even the usually painful evolution process probably feels like a thousand orgasms for her.¡± Primal Alexander said with augh as he shook his head helplessly. ¡°A¡­ thousand orgasms??¡± Elliot, who had never had an orgasm apart from the asional wet dream, felt his mouth twitch in disbelief and¡­ yes a slight tinge of envy as well. For a fact, Elliot was definitely the most powerful virgin in the entire universe!! Primal Alexander detected the slight oddness in Elliot¡¯s tone and he turned to look at him in surprise. ¡°Wait a minute, don¡¯t tell me¡­¡± ¡°I am not telling you anything.¡± Elliot said calmly. ¡°You can¡¯t be serious!¡± Primal Alexander said aghast. ¡°Yes, I am very serious about not telling you anything.¡± Elliot said. ¡°You¡­ you¡¯ve lost your virginity already? Before marriage??¡± Primal Alexander shouted loudly, so loud that the entire arena probably heard him. ¡°What? Of course not! What are you talking about!¡± Elliot shouted back. He truly didn¡¯t expect that Primal Alexander was actually thinking of the reverse! ¡°Oh, so you¡¯re a virgin. I knew it.¡± Primal Alexander said with a triumphant smile. ¡°Reverse tactics are always the best!¡± He thought to himself. ¡°Especially reverse cow g- ehm. Let¡¯s not think of that right now.¡± Elliot sighed deeply as he realized that he had been duped by Primal Alexander¡¯s reverse psychology. What defense had he, a pure and innocent young man, against a thousand year old gossip monger? He decided to ignore Primal Alexander and focused instead on the reborn Winter whose coat of fur had turned a slightly blue-tinged white. Slowly, Winter opened her eyes and got to her feet. As she did so, an indescribable aura of elegance and grace appeared and surrounded her like a coat of many colours. ¡°Master. I am strong now.¡± Winter turned to look at Elliot and said to him privately. Elliot tried to check her status page, but all he got was the same old one with several question marks as additions. His Beast Apostle System, though utterly dominating in his early levels, and was still eptably useful now, was very quickly turning obsolete in light of the power levels that he was dealing with in recent days. Elliot had outgrown his system! ¡°Good. Very good.¡± Elliot said with satisfaction. ¡°Show me your strength next time.¡± ¡°As you wish, Master.¡± Winter said calmly. She turned around to face Primal Eternal Frost calmly. They exchanged a few private words for a moment, and then Primal Eternal Frost shook his head regretfully before disappearing back to his seat. Winter gracefully walked in Elliot¡¯s direction and faded away as she re-entered his beast dimension. ¡°Winter is so strong now. She will definitely be able to find a good husband. But me¡­ poor weak little me¡­ how do I find a wife with such meager strength? Little Master! You better make sure you make me a Primal level warrior soon!¡± Brock said loudly to Elliot in the public mindspace. His shameless use of the words ¡°little¡± and ¡°meager strength¡± to describe himself earned the praise and admiration of other shameless enthusiasts in Elliot¡¯s group of beasts. ¡°Bravo! Brother Brock is the King of shamelessness!¡± One mole shouted. ¡°Confer upon him the Dao of Shamelessness! He is the embodiment of what it means to be shameless!¡± Another mole demanded to no one in particr. ¡°He is the God of Shamelessness! God! Please ept my worship! Give me a beautiful wife even though I am fat, oily andzy!¡± ¡°Wahahaha! Well done Brother Brock! You¡¯re almost half as shameless as me! Keep up the good work!¡± Red cackled withughter. Elliot was surrounded by so many noisy buggers that he had long mastered the Dao of Ignoring Noisy Buggers. So he unleashed his advanced dao andpletely paid them no mind. Looking around at the remaining 3 rings which still had battles going on, Elliot could see that they were all at their superheated phase. The next small mistake would spell the end of their fight! BAM! A strange looking alien flew out of one of the rings with great force. BAM! Another golem-like life form fell down to the ground and remained motionless there. BAM! An ugly moth-like beast screeched painfully and raised its stringy hand in surrender from the ground. All three fights ended within seconds of each other, and concluded the first of nine fights. ringly absent was the poor brown bear that had his confidence crushed by Brock! ¡°Hahaha! Only six remain! Let¡¯s get this second round going!¡± Brock shouted excitedly. At that moment, a massive blue giant stepped into Brock¡¯s ring. He was singrly thergest humanoid figure Elliot had ever seen, at an impressive fifteen meters! His hands gripped a pair ofrge double-ded greatswords that were as tall as him. ¡°I advise you to surrender now before you embarrass yourself.¡± He rumbled loudly at Brock. ¡°HAHAHA! You took the words right out of my mouth! How about this, you big fat lump of blue coloured fat, I will allow you to hit me three times! If you can make me take even one step back, I will surrender!¡± Brock bellowed loudly. Chapter 329 Show Bear ¡°Arrogance. I will smash your head in and break your skull to teach you that for a weakling such as you, humility should shroud your every-¡± The blue giant began to rumble in his deep voice. ¡°Enough with your philosophical bullshit. Shut up and attack me already!¡± Brock interrupted the blue giant with a shout. Like most veterans, Brock reacted reflexively to make his enemies as disgruntled and as angry as possible before a fight. That way, they would be prone to make more mistakes. Not that Brock needed the fat blue giant to make mistakes though. He was out there to perform a show for his little Master and hopefully catch the eye of the beautiful and sexy bear Primal earlier! The blue giant frowned deeply at being so rudely interrupted by a fat bear, and dashed forward to attack Brock. His muscles were proportional to his size, why would he be slower? Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! His footsteps smashed down onto the ring and caused the flooring to crack! ¡°HOYAAAA!!¡± The blue giant started to spin rapidly when he got close to Brock, his massive fifteen meter long double-ded greatsword cutting through the air with a fearsome whistle, just like a jumbo jet¡¯s massive propellers! But as massive as those propellers were, the deciding factor in a collision wasn¡¯t size. It was strength! Although the massive greatswords gained an incredible amount of power due to the blue giant¡¯s own great strength added to the sheer speed that the swords managed to achieve,pared to Brock¡¯s absurdly strong defense afforded to him by his unique Darklight Energy¡­ It was stillcking! And when a near unstoppable object smashes into apletely immovable mountain, the object must, byw of nature, be stopped at all costs, even if it meant its own implosion. B-BOOORRRKKKKKKK!! The twin greatswords smashed onto Brock at nearly the same time! But¡­ The two greatswords cracked and broke apart upon contact! ¡°Wow!! I actually felt this attack!! Well done big blue fatty! You probably just gave me a big bruise right there!¡± Brock shouted in surprise as he rubbed his arm furiously at the spot where the two greatswords smashed against. The blue giant stared at the two broken stumps that used to be his treasured dual-ded greatswords, and a crushing sense of inferiority and helplessness began to bloom in his heart. ¡°We are both Kings, but his body is so tough that my Rare Grade treasure swords can¡¯t even withstand attacking him at full power just once??¡± The blue giant began to despair, and spiral down the same slide as the poor brown bear did mere minutes ago. However, there were two broad ways people deal with devastating blows. They allow the blows to fall and ground them, or they fight back. The blue giant responded in the second way. GRAAAHHHHHH!!!! The blue giant roared out furiously and instantly caused his heart to leap out of the depression death spiral and into the highways of anger and indignance! He flung the two broken sword hilts at Brock, and then leapt forward to pummel Brock with an endless rain of punches! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! s¡­ CRACK!! CRACK!! Both his fists broke against Brock¡¯s imprable armor! ¡°Dude, that¡¯s way more than three hits.¡± Brock rumbled as the blue giant finally stopped his reckless barrage of punches. However, he wasn¡¯t done attacking Brock just yet. He spun his massive body andunched a savage roundhouse kick at Brock! ¡°Enough. Go back.¡± A powerful Blue Giant Primal said with an emotional voice. The blue giant shimmered lightly and disappeared just a split second before his roundhouse kick hit Brock. The Primal didn¡¯t want his candidate to injure himself beyond healing in a useless fight against the damned metal te named Brock. He red at Brock for a few moments, but he didn¡¯t exhibit any killing intent in the least. His instincts told him that sooner orter, the shameless bear and his master would be rising into power in the known universe. He had to tread lightly, even if at that moment he could crush them with just his little finger. Well, technically he could. But he doubted that he could survive the resulting fight against the kid¡¯s sponsor, Primal Alexander. ¡°Hahahaha! Another weakling has fallen! Who¡¯s next? Come to daddy!¡± Brock roared arrogantly! ¡°Damn this Brock. He¡¯ll be the death of me when he offends a Primal with his thoughtless words!¡± Elliot grumbled aloud. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. That Brock is much shrewder than you think. He knows for a fact that you guys are untouchable at this moment, and that he has a free pass to say any damn thing he wants as long as they are not too much. And it seems to me that he understands your situation very well. Now that you powers are not a secret, holding back what you can do would be counterproductive. Better to show them the full measure of your powers and make them wary, rather than hide it and cause them to get greedy.¡± Primal Alexander replied Elliot. ¡°Haha! I think you¡¯re overthinking it. Brock is merely posturing in front of that Bear Primal to attract her attention. There¡¯s no way his brain is currently dealing with such aplex issue so perfectly!¡± Elliotughed. In the ring, Brock was roaring loudly like a show bear. He stood on his hind legs, and let out a beastly bellow before mming his front legs down to the ring and causing it to crack into two. His muscles bulged out and rippled magnificently as he strutted around the broken ring as though he was a stage performer much to Elliot¡¯s amusement. And after making a few rounds around the ring, Brock even initiated his secret transformation, Unyielding Strength! GRAAAHHHH!!! ¡°Ughhhh.¡± Elliot groaned at Brock¡¯s utterly over the board attempt to gain the attention of the Bear Primal. Next to them, Lady Bstiera even giggled lightly. ¡°You still think he¡¯s trying to make my enemies wary?¡± Elliot asked Primal Alexander. ¡°Hehehe. You¡¯re looking at Brock and how embarrassing he is, that¡¯s your mistake. Take a look at the Primals and try to sense their fluctuating auras. You¡¯ll see that Brock is a genius!¡± Primal Alexander¡¯s voice appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind. Elliot did as Primal Alexander said and studied the Primals curiously. Chapter 330 Primal Lilian As Primal Alexander had said, their auras were actually fluctuating wildly! ¡°Huh? Why are they so stimted by a big, ck, horny bear? That¡¯s so wrong on so many levels¡­¡± Elliot muttered aloud and caused Primal Alexander to nearly choke on his own spit. ¡°You totally have no idea about how the power system in this universe works, don¡¯t you?¡± Primal Alexander asked with a helpless shake of his head. ¡°Apart from what I experienced personally and the bits and pieces of information I could get my hands on from the people around me¡­ Yes, I have no clue. There aren¡¯t any schools in my¡¯s apocalypse to teach me about it. I would have the time and money to apply if there¡¯s one, make no mistake about it. But it¡¯s just that there aren¡¯t any.¡± Elliot said sarcastically. Primal Alexander grinned at the prickly Elliot and conceded. ¡°Alright, my bad.¡± ¡°So why are those Primals so excited?¡± Elliot asked curiously. ¡°They are extremely excited because your bear has shown an incredible amount of physical enhancement. For a King to be able to break Rare Grade weapons on the first hit is just pure nonsense ¨C prior to today. It meant that the new universe energies have extremely potent physical enhancement effects, which all of them yearn for. From the Ancient Level onwards, their physical bodies stopped growing. The reason why they are all so physically durable is simply because theyyer themselves with energy. But their own bodies stopped growing stronger the moment they hit Ancient Level. Some still do, of course, due to some very unique secrets. Primal Dul¡¯Akharat is one of them. But most don¡¯t. And so Brock¡¯s disy was especially informative and especially alluring for the Primals. And add to the fact that he has a transformation stage that enhances his physical prowess even further¡­ you can understand the burning desire that the Primals are all feeling. Those thoughts are the reason for their highs.¡± ¡°But the transformation stage is a stage provided by the system. Won¡¯t they all have it too? Especially the beast masters?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°The system merely takes what is avable within its energy seed and distributes it. They can all provide their disciples with transformation stages as well, but by the nature of what they infuse into the energy seeds, those stages would be energy based transformations, and not physical.¡± Primal Alexander exined. ¡°I see.¡± Elliot nodded in understanding. ¡°At the same time, however, they also know now that their enemies in the new universe are physical monsters. And if they had to fight, it would be a heck of a battle. Most of them wouldn¡¯t be able to win, and they know it. That is the reason for their lows. And finally, they all want your power, but they can¡¯t take it by force. Combine those three factors together you get¡­¡± ¡°Hahaha! What an awesome bear! Here! Take this gift from me! My name is Primal Dex, make sure you remember me!¡± A massive Primal Apparition the size of a small hill boomed in a loud voice and sent a giftbox the size of a small bus floating towards Elliot. ¡°Goodwill bribes.¡± Primal Alexander finished brightly. Boom. Elliot looked at the bus sized present in surprise. ¡°As I said, genius bear.¡± Primal Alexander said to Elliot privately even as he beamed at Primal Dex and gave him a thumbs up. ¡°Hahaha! Big doesn¡¯t always equal good! Young man, here is my first meeting gift for you. I know that you¡¯re a Beast Master, and so am I! My name is Primal Gara I will give you a beast above all beasts! Here! Take this!¡± A powerful looking ape-like Primal flicked a huge, 2 meter tall golden-orange egg at Elliot. ¡°Primal Gara! What¡¯s the meaning of this? I had made you so many generous offers to buy that Golden Phoenix Egg from you, and you¡¯ve always rejected me saying that that egg is too precious to be sold. But now¡­ You¡¯re giving it away to a junior! What do you take me for huh?¡± A very annoyed blue-feathered me crow cawed loudly. ¡°Hmph! You will regret this!¡± Primal Crow spat and then ignored them. But they weren¡¯t the only one giving away surprisingly valuable gifts to Elliot. One after the other, the Primals announced their names and gave Elliot ¡°first meeting gifts¡± that ranged from huge bus sized gifts to mere vials of liquid. Elliot epted them all with great humility and gratefulness to the Primals, causing them to nod their heads in satisfaction. ¡°You are an extremely rich young man. And also very poor. You owe them all favors.¡± Primal Alexander said with augh. ¡°I owe them all favors¡­ IF I want to maintain my rtionship with them.¡± Elliot grinned and said privately to Primal Alexander. ¡°Hahahaha! Ruthless and cold. I like it!¡± Primal Alexander couldn¡¯t help butugh at Elliot¡¯s words. ¡°I didn¡¯t ask to receive these presents afterall.¡± Elliot said happily as he slowly checked out the pile of presents in front of him, much to the envy of many Kings, Emperors and even Hegemons who had apanied their Primals to the site! ¡°Oh look, a vial of concentrated blood from Primal Lilian! She¡¯s a very unique Elf whose blood ispatible with almost any life form and could advance them up to their most ancient genes, and in some cases, even cause them to mutate positively! She is usually very stingy with her blood. In fact I had to pay a great price just to get three such vials from her¡± Primal Alexander sighed deeply. Chapter 331 [Bonus chapter] Would you like to be my disciple? ¡°Hey Brock! I have a present for you!¡± Elliot shouted. ¡°Come here!¡± ¡°Wait. Hold on! I just told you that Primal Lilian is very stingy with her blood. This could very well be your only chance to consu- hey!!¡± Primal Alexander shouted in surprise. All around them, the Primals watched with wide-eyed disbelief as the big, ck horny bear trotted happily back to Elliot¡¯s side where Elliot was opening the vial¡¯s cover. ¡°This concentrated blood should be most effective if used directly into your heart like what happened to Winter earlier. Are you ready, Brock?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°I am ready! Wahahaha! Thank you, little Master!¡± Brock shouted loudly and happily. ¡°Do you even realize what you¡¯re giving up, boy?¡± Primal Alexander said with a sigh. ¡°Whatever it is, it is worth it if Brock can get the love of his life.¡± Elliot grinned at Brock who was looking at him with much morepassion and adoration than usual. He knew that his Master cared for every single one of his beasts, new or old. But to think that he would willingly, without a second thought, put his well being before his own¡­ ¡°Master!! You are the very best master in this universe!! I am the luckiest bear in the whole wide world!!¡± Brock roared emotionally. ¡°I am the luckiest bear in the whole universe!! I am¡­ graaaahhhhhhh!!!¡± Brock roared in pain as Elliot made an incisive cut on Brock¡¯s chest and poured the vial of blood into it. Immediately, Brock flopped down to the ground unmoving, only spasming very lightly once in a while. ¡°You truly are a generous person.¡± Primal Alexander finally nodded in approval. ¡°It¡¯s good that you take such good care of your beasts.¡± ¡°Throwing pearls at swine.¡± ¡°He could have evolved into a much more powerful being, which would benefit all his beasts indirectly, but he chose to grant it all to a single beast! What is he thinking?¡± ¡°I admire his love for his beasts, but I can¡¯t say the same about his intellect.¡± All the Primals couldn¡¯t help but sigh in regret at Elliot¡¯s actions. All except¡­ Primal Lilian herself who was looking at Elliot with disbelief etched on her face and¡­ tears running down her cheeks?! ¡°This is the true love a master should have for his disciples and his beasts! This¡­ This is exactly what my master did for me so many years ago!! Master¡­ I finally found someone who has your heart¡­¡± Primal Lilian sobbed with deep emotion internally. Unbeknownst to all of the Primals out there whose hearts were either broken or brimming in anger at how Elliot was wasting his ultra rare vial of blood on his beast instead of using it on himself, Primal Lilian was so touched by that action that she was actually crying!! ¡°My beasts fight for me and live to fulfil my desires all the time. Now that Brock has a deep desire of his own which I can help to fulfil at no cost at all, I have no reason to withhold that from him.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I doubt he will make Primal Karaltine fall in love with him by just consuming Primal Liliana¡¯s blood and advancing a mere rung or two in his bloodline though.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. Whether he seeds or not is not important for me. What¡¯s important is that I do my best and all I can in helping him.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Good! Very good!¡± Primal Liliana said as she stepped out of the shadows and appeared next to Elliot and Primal Alexander. ¡°Ah, Primal Liliana, how good of you to join us.¡± Primal Alexander beamed at her in a very friendly manner. However, he very smoothly ced himself in between Elliot and her. ¡°Primal Alexander. I hope you don¡¯t mind me intruding on your privacy bying here.¡± Primal Liliana said sweetly. ¡°Of course not. It¡¯s always a pleasure to have you join us. How may I be of service, Primal Liliana? This Elliot¡­ Hehehe. He probably doesn¡¯t realize the value of your gift. That¡¯s why he gave it away so easily! Hahaha! Talk about being dumb, right?¡± Primal Alexanderughed while smacking Elliot¡¯s head lightly. ¡°Ow! Who are you calling dumb, old man? I know exactly how valuable a bloodline enhancement is thank you very much.¡± Elliot grumbled loudly and made Primal Alexander mentally smack his own forehead in mild frustration. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Primal Alexander, I am not here because I was unhappy about how Elliot treated my blood. On the contrary, I am here because his actions have moved me. I have rarely seen such an honest and sincere love from a master to his beast, and I am extremely d that I get to see it today. Extremely d!¡± Primal Lilian said softly. However, from the moment Primal Lilian appeared near Elliot, every single Primal eye and senses were focusedpletely on her. How could they not hear her words even though she spoke softly? Who knew that Primal Liliana was such a sentimental being who loved seeing masters treat their disciples and beasts well? Still, the shock they got from her initial words were nothingpared the the shock they got from her next words! ¡°Oh? Hahaha! It¡¯s good that you feel this way, Primal Lilian! I always tell him to treat his beasts better, I didn¡¯t expect him to actually listen to me! Hahaha!¡± Primal Alexanderughed happily and shamelessly took credit even though it was blindingly obvious that he too had only met Elliot very recently. ¡°Thank you, Primal Lilian. I am d that you understand my actions.¡± Elliot nodded seriously. Of course he was serious. It would be really bad if she didn¡¯t like it and teleported in to have a reckoning with him! ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± Primal Lilian smiled benevolently at him. ¡°But I do have a question for you. Please answer it truthfully. Would you like to be my disciple?¡± Chapter 332 Green with jealousy Elliot stared at the strangely beautiful white skinned elf in absolute shock. Of all the things he expected her to do, offering him a chance to be her disciple was definitely something that he wouldn¡¯t even imagine she would do. Primal Lilian smiled at his stunned expression and waited patiently for him to process her question. Having faced the same question before, she understood his shock perfectly. Although it wasn¡¯t audible, Primal Alexander was sure that hundreds of jaws just dropped and smashed very violently onto the ground. Just who was Primal Lilian? She was definitely one of the most reclusive beings in the entire known universe. Even her fellow Primals found it extremely difficult to seek her out! Lilian Harkless, the sole living disciple and heiress of Jerbo Harkless, who was a prominent Primal when he was still alive. Jerbo Harkless had rescued Lilian when she was being kidnapped by a local warlord in one of the cities on one of hiss. He was passing time undercover as a rich merchant on that when he heard a strange rumour being circted there. ¡°Hey! I heard that the elven merchant family living near Double Swing Tavern has a magical daughter. Consuming even a drop of her blood could trigger mutations that could revert the consumer into a higher grade being!¡± ¡°What nonsense are you talking about? How could there be such a wonderful effect from merely consuming blood? Unlocking ancient genes within a bloodline is a highlyplex endeavor that not even the most advanced empires are able to do!¡± ¡°You don¡¯t believe me? You know old Jawtopa the apple seller? He identally ingested a single drop of her blood, and he underwent a mutation on the spot! He is now a powerful High Elf!¡± ¡°What? Impossible!¡± ¡°He¡¯s right outside his apple stall now. Take a look if you don¡¯t believe!¡± Jerbo Harkless proceeded to investigate the rumour, and to his great shock, for once the rumours were true! He knew Jawtopa the apple seller personally, and indeed, his bloodline had been upgraded! Jerbo knew he had to act fast. He quickly made his way to Lilian¡¯s house. But s, when he found them, Lilian¡¯s parents had already died, and Lilian was already in the hands of Gajo Guntur, the local bandit warlord. Of course, stealing Lilian away from Gajo Guntur was but child¡¯s y for Jerbo, and he could do it instantly. But for some reason, he had taken one look at her and waspletely moved bypassion. He chose to expose himself at that moment, and simply demanded Gajo Guntur give her up to him, which he did of course. Then Jerbo Harkless had asked her the exact same question she was asking Elliot. ¡°Lilian, would you like to be my disciple?¡± Jerbo Harkless had asked. She had looked up at him and asked a single question back to him. ¡°Would it being your disciple make me strong enough to kill them all?¡± She pointed at Gajo Guntur. ¡°Hahahaha!¡± Jerbo Harkless hadughed uproariously and swept her away to return to his pce. From that moment on, Lilian took on Jerbo¡¯sst name and became the third of his three disciples. The years that followed were bliss for Lilian. Under Jerbo¡¯s tutge, her power skyrocketed. Revenge came and went. Then Hegemon level. Then Ancient level. And after a thousand years¡­ Primal Level. Jerbo Harkless was immensely proud of his third disciple. For the next few thousand years, Jerbo and Lilian prospered, and not a small way due to Lilian and her magical blood. Lilian¡¯s blood became the single most precious treasure that the entire known universe hungered over, and her influence and prestige rose to an incredibly lofty level. A single drop of her blood could cause entire lifes to change hands! Lifes! Not merely dead resources, but lifes teeming with billions of sentient life! Jerbo Harkless, though not the strongest Primal, became known as the richest Primal. But s, nothing, not even Primals could fight against the ravages of time. Jerbo Harkless was already old when he found Lilian, and he finally reached the end of his life after almost twenty thousand years of life. Nobody knew how he died, but die he did, mere months after holding a grand celebration to celebrate his other two disciples¡¯ ascension as Ancients. Another grand celebration was held, but this time to mourn his passing and celebrate his long and full life. However, after that second celebration, Primal Lilianpletely fell off the grid for thousands of years. Nobody could contact her, not even both of her senior brothers. She also had no disciples, so she truly disappeared without a trace. The already high demand for her blood exploded! Nobody could resist the allure of being able to rise up the rungs of bloodline purity. It was their chance to defy fate, and grab hold of a destiny that was much better and much more powerful than they could ever achieve without the blood. And to make things worse, Primal Lilian had only made a few drops avable each year. And with her gone, each drop of blood was worth entire star systems! Trillions of life were being traded just for the sake of one drop of her blood. Primals and Ancients who desired the blood would spare no expense to get their hands on one. When she finally appeared once more, the first drop of blood she made avable was sold for a staggering universe empire. One. Whole. Empire. True, it was a small empire consisting of only fifteen Star Systems and twenty seven lifes. But it was an empire! And in exchange for a single drop of blood!! And now, she was actually offering Elliot to be her disciple?? Wouldn¡¯t that make Elliot be the richest punk in the entire universe? And wouldn¡¯t he have ess to all the blood he will ever need? The other Primals faces turned green with jealousy! Chapter 333 First meeting present It was a game changing offer for Elliot. He may have ess to incredible new universe energies in the form of his Cosmic Dragon Energy. He may also have ess to Ascendant Runes that made him ridiculously overpowered. But at that moment, he knew that he was hopelessly defenseless should Primals disregard all costs and decide to go after him. ¡°You don¡¯t have to ept her offer if you¡¯re only looking to get a Primal to watch over you. I alone am sufficient for that purpose.¡± Primal Alexander¡¯s voice appeared in his mind as though he was reading it like a book. Elliot nodded at him gratefully. If he had Primal Alexander¡¯s protection, then answering Primal Lilian¡¯s offer would be simpler. It would merely be a question of cost and benefit. ¡°You must be wondering what being my disciple entails.¡± Primal Lilian said gently. Elliot nodded. ¡°I have never taken a disciple before. And frankly speaking, before I saw what you did to your bear, I did not intend to. As such, I do not have a set way of dealing with disciples, nor do I want to make one. I am offering you to be my disciple because I want our fates to intertwine. How that takes form in real life will dependpletely on you. You can stay with me, or you can roam the universe, you decide. As your master, I am prepared to teach you, guide you, protect you and open up doors for your sess. As my disciple, all you have to do is receive all those things, and give me your loyalty. In essence, I want us to be family, the way I was my teacher¡¯s family.¡± Primal Lilian said privately to him. Elliot could feel her sincerity, her vulnerability, and her feelings for her own teacher which was bleeding over to the feelings that she was starting to form about him. He found it a little bit strange that she could feel so strongly about him after only seeing a single act of kindness, but he suspected that she was probably very lonely, suspecting every new person whoes her way, suspecting every act of kindness she received, wondering if they were only so to get to her blood. Seeing someone who actually got one and then giving it away so generously to his beast was probably a very, very refreshing breath of fresh air for her. ¡°I never had a master before, so I don¡¯t know how that works. But I do have family. And I know how that works very well. If you be my family, then my family will be your family as well. I have two twin sisters. Will you ept them as family as well?¡± Elliot asked calmly. He thought that it might be a little ridiculous attaching conditions to what must be a spectacr offer from a spectacr Primal, but he really thought that family members have to take care of each other. It would be weird if he got himself a strong, Primal level family member but his sisters didn¡¯t. He had no idea that his outrageous question was making every single living being in that massive arena boil with anger, indignation and disbelief! ¡°He got offered to be a disciple of Primal Lilian herself, and he wants her to take his twin sisters, no less, to be disciples as well? Is he f***ing retarded?¡± ¡°What a greedy little punk! He wants to suck Primal Lilian dry! Who does he think he is? I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if she smacked his head off his neck right here and now! I know I would!¡± ¡°Ridiculous. I can¡¯t believe such an outrageously greedy boy exists. To think that he is the only one that carries the new universe¡¯s energy right now. What in all of heavens isdy luck thinking, gifting him with such great fortune?¡± However, none of their opinions mattered. The only person whose opinion matter was instead looking at him with a pleasantly surprised look on her face. ¡°You have twin sisters?¡± Primal Lilian asked with a surprised smile. ¡°Where are they? Of course if you be family, they would be my family as well. It would be strange if they didn¡¯t, wouldn¡¯t it?¡± The lower jaws on the floor were joined by upper jaws at that moment. Primal Lilian actually epted his stupidly greedy condition! And she got herself not one, not two but three disciples! And all three from the same family! Preposterous! Preposterous!!! Elliot smiled widely at Primal Lilian and nced around the massive arena. ¡°I think it¡¯s big enough.¡± Elliot mumbled before he took out his Dimensional Fortress. ¡°They are in this Dimensional Fortress. Let me get them out-¡± ¡°I see them. Here, let me bring them out for you.¡± Primal Lilian said and waved her hand lightly. Whoosh. Whoosh. Elliot merely blinked once and at the next moment, Jennifer and Jessica appeared. ¡°Hey bro! You could have told us before you got us out. What if we were in the middle of you know¡­ uh¡­ cooking dinner?¡± Jennifer pouted at him. ¡°Yeah bro, you usually call first. What¡¯s the hurry? And what¡¯s with this weird ce?¡± Jessica asked as she looked around. Both quickly discovered Primal Alexander, Primal Lilian and Lady Bstiera. ¡°Hey, he looks quite handsome, doesn¡¯t he?¡± Jennifer crept to Jessica¡¯s side and whispered lightly through the side of her mouth. ¡°Hmmmmm. He is a bitckingpared to big bro. His aura is quite weak too, he must be someone big bro just saved or something.¡± Jessica whispered back. ¡°Hahahaha! Hello girls! My name is Lilian Harkless. Don¡¯t me your brother, I was the one who brought you two out. I saw that you were both merely meditating, so I whisked you out of the fortress just like that. I am sorry! Here, let me give you two a first meeting present as a form of apology, and to say hi!¡± Primal Lilian said brightly and produced two vials of blood. Chapter 334 [Bonus chapter] Extortion The entire arena exploded into an uproar! First meeting present? Two vials of blood? Ridiculous!! And now the two girls got a vial of blood EACH as a first meeting present and a goddamn apology? I want that kind of apology! Why don¡¯t you whisk me out of my room everyday if that¡¯s how youpensate for it! In fact, whisk me out while I am bathing or even in the middle of doing number 2! If auras had colours, the entire arena would be awash in green! ¡°Ohh. So it¡¯s you. Okay, don¡¯t worry about it. If you can see through the dimensional fortress, you must be pretty powerful! Are you here with your underlings to help us win the Games?¡± Jessica asked as she epted the vials happily. Next to them, Primal Alexander¡¯s mouth twitched slightly. He? Weakling?? Underling??? ¡°What is in this vial? It looks like blood. A bloodline? I already have a really powerful one called Dark me Body. Is it suitable with it?¡± Jessica asked Primal Lilian curiously. ¡°Yeah, me too. I have a powerful bloodline called Royal Elemental Feline as well.¡± Jennifer added. ¡°It is very suitable with them both.¡± Primal Lilian smiled at then. ¡°I know this Dark me Body. It is a Legendary Grade bloodline. I am guessing an Emperor bestowed it to you, am I right?¡± ¡°Yes. A person named Crazy Monk Zero from the Eight Heavens gave it to me as a boon.¡± Jessica nodded. ¡°The Eight Heavens is a rtively powerful Empire. It isn¡¯t strange that their Emperors have Legendary Grade Bloodlines. Consuming my blood will upgrade your bloodline by several grades, probably directly into Ancestral or even Origin Grade!¡± Primal Lilian said with a trace of excitement in her voice. ¡°I am not familiar with your Royal Elemental Feline bloodline. But judging by its pressure, it is very strong. It is probably already at the Origin grade! This vial of blood might not be enough able to raise your grade. There is a 30% chance that it would fail the upgrade and merely purify it instead.¡± Primal Lilian said to Jennifer. ¡°Ooohh! Okay! That¡¯s awesome! Big bro, here! You drink this first. You get stronger and make sure you protect me well.¡± Jessica said as she put the vial in his hands. ¡°Here.¡± Jennifer said as she ced her vial in his hands too. ¡°Primal Lilian said my bloodline is already very powerful. You should take it!¡± ¡°Hey, what do you take me for? How can I take the first meeting presents that Primal Lilian gave to my sisters? No way. You girls take it back this instant! Drink them now!¡± Elliot said sternly. Both girls put their hands behind their backs and stuck out their tongues at him cutely. Elliot sighed. ¡°I hope you don¡¯t mind, Primal Lilian. Our big bro is quite weakpared to most aliens, and needs all the boost he can get so that he can quickly power up. Better pool our eggs in his basket rather than have those eggs taken away from us one by one, right?¡± Jessica said sagely to Primal Lilian. Primal Lilian smiled back at her and nodded. ¡°I quite agree with you. In your situation, making your big bro stronger is indeed the best way to stay alive. But aren¡¯t you tempted to gain the bloodline upgrade to the Ancestral or even Origin grade? Many would kill just to get the chance to do that.¡± ¡°Ah pooh. What¡¯s bloodline worth if your blood siblings are dead? Better have an awesomely strong big bro to deal with all the troubles in life and then shower us with the good stuff! Mwa ha ha!¡± Jessicaughed evilly. ¡°Mwa ha ha ha!¡± Jennifer joined in as well! Unexpectedly, Primal Lilian joined in as well! ¡°Hahahahaha! That¡¯s an excellent philosophy! In that case, let me help you make your big bro really powerful! How¡¯s that? That way, you two will always have ¡°good stuff¡± to enjoy!¡± Primal Lilianughed. ¡°Yes! Give him more of that blood! If it¡¯s that powerful, another three or four vials should be able to raise his bloodline to the maximum right?¡± Jennifer cried out. Plonk. Plonk. Plonk. Primals were copsing onto their seats in disbelief like flies dropping on a hot summer¡¯s day. ¡°The stronger the bloodline, the more of the blood is required to raise it up by a grade. Judging by the unique pressure his bloodline is emitting, yes, another three or four vials should allow him to increase his bloodline by two levels.¡± Primal Lilian nodded. ¡°Wow! Two levels! That¡¯s awesome! What grade would that be?¡± Jessica asked eagerly. ¡°Hmmmm. It¡¯s extremely faint, but I detect a mixing of several different auras. If there are so many mixings, at maximum Elliot¡¯s bloodline should be at the Ancestral Grade. Two levels should bring him up to Origin then to Spiritual Grade.¡± Primal Lilian said. ¡°I see. Well? What are you waiting for? Give him the vials so he can power up immediately! Make him super duper strong! In fact, give him some of your treasures while you¡¯re at it. Mwa ha ha ha!¡± Jessica said shamelessly. ¡°Jess! How can you say that!¡± Jennifer said in mock outrage. ¡°We don¡¯t just need treasures. We need help as well! You should just recruit her to join us in our adventure for the next few months! Mwa ha ha ha!¡± It was a very light and fun atmosphere, one that waspletely devoid of ulterior motives, just two girls openly extorting a rich elf! Primal Lilian burst out into a peal ofughter at their shamelessness, but she was also inwardly touched by how shameless they were willing to be just for the sake of strengthening their big bro! True, it was also partly for self preservation, but there was much more than that. Primal Lilian could sense the love and the care those two sisters have for Elliot, and of course Elliot¡¯s own great love and protectiveness over them. Primal Lilian decided that she would definitely take those three as her disciples at all costs! Chapter 335 Call me senior sister now! ¡°This blood is really expensive, you know. If I give your brother four more vials, I will need a huge amount ofpensation!¡± Primal Lilian teased them lightly. Jennifer and Jessica exchanged a quick nce. They have reached the most critical part of their extortion of a being that was much more powerful than them. Negotiating the price! ¡°Name your price! If we can afford it, we will pay!¡± Jessica dered loudly even though she had no money at all. ¡°Hey, how about this? Let¡¯s trade blood for blood. You said my blood is pretty strong right? Why don¡¯t you harvest mine in exchange for those vials?¡± Jennifer asked. ¡°Great idea. Harvest mine too! In fact, feel free to harvest big bro¡¯s blood as well! His blood is pretty strong too! Wahahaha!¡± Jessica offered Elliot¡¯s blood to her generously. ¡°Wahahaha yes! One liter of big bro¡¯s blood, one liter of mine, and one liter of Jessica¡¯s in exchange for four more vials! How¡¯s that sound?¡± Jennifer asked excitedly. Primal Lilian didn¡¯t know if she shouldugh or be touched by their offer. One liter of blood from bodies as thin as theirs?? Plus the trade was so uneven that it was quite funny to think that they were being so serious about it. ¡°No. No amount of power up is worth one liter of my sisters¡¯ blood.¡± Elliot shook his head firmly. ¡°Plus we are not dealing with this issue right now.¡± ¡°Big bro! Shush! Don¡¯t interrupt girls when we are haggling!¡± Jessica red at him. ¡°Yeah big bro! Have you forgotten how we ended up paying ten cents more for that watermelon a few months ago because of your intervention?¡± Jennifer red at him. ¡°No.¡± Elliot insisted. ¡°I will not-¡° ¡°I¡¯ll get him!¡± Jessica shouted to Jennifer and immediately pounced on Elliot! ¡°HAIYAA!¡± Jessica let out a kung-fu battle cry and physically jumped on Elliot, forcing him to catch her! ¡°How about it, aunty Lilian? Do we have a deal? Quick before Elliot overpowers Jessica!¡± Jennifer urged Primal Lilian who was quite speechless over their antics. Althoughpletely unintended, their antics caused Primal Lilian to be caught in a dilemma. Should she really give up a whole six drops for Elliot, on top of the one which she already gave him earlier as a show of goodwill? That¡¯s seven! Plus she really wanted to give the girls one each too, so that¡¯s nine! At market price, that¡¯s nine whole Empires! ¡°Quick, aunty! Jessica¡¯s losing the fight! Deal? Deal alright? Silence means consent! Deal! Here take my blood!¡± Jennifer shouted and immediately shed her entire left arm! Primal Lilian shook her head helplessly with augh as she gently touched Jennifer¡¯s bleeding arm and healed her in an instant. ¡°Alright, alright. Enough girls. I was just teasing you aboutpensation, earlier! You two girls are so passionate about your brother. I appreciate and respect that.¡± Primal Lilian said. ¡°Come back here, Jessica!¡± ¡°You were kidding aboutpensation? So you¡¯ll give the blood for free? All hail free stuff!¡± Jessica squealed in joy! ¡°All hail free stuff!¡± Jenniferughed happily as well,pletely forgetting the fact that she had just cut her arm open mere seconds ago. ¡°Primal Lilian, I apologize for my sisters. They¡¯re still so young and naughty.¡± Elliot said to Primal Lilian with a sigh. ¡°Don¡¯t take their words to heart.¡± ¡°Ah pooh. You don¡¯t have to apologize for them. They are truly wonderful siblings. And Jessica, your earlier words about what is the worth of a bloodline if your blood siblings are dead¡­ You have your priorities perfectly right. I¡¯ve asked Elliot this, and let me ask you girls personally now. Will the two of you be my disciples? I will teach you, guide-¡° ¡°YES WE WILL! JESSICA GREETS MASTER!!!¡± Jessica shouted! ¡°JENNIFER GREETS MASTER!!¡± Jennifer shouted as well! Primal Lilian was pleasantly surprised by their willingness to be her disciples. ¡°Good! Very good! The two of you are more decisive than your brother! He actually hadn¡¯t officially greeted me as his master yet. So technically¡­ That makes you two his senior sisters! Hahahahahahaha!¡± Primal Lilian couldn¡¯t help butugh at the strange development! ¡°Hahaha! Big bro! Call me senior sister now!¡± Jessicaughed at Elliot evilly. ¡°Call me second senior sister!¡± Jennifer giggled as well. ¡°You two girls are too rash. Especially you, Jennifer.¡± Elliot frowned at her. ¡°How could you just sh your arm open like that! I can¡¯t believe you did that!¡± ¡°Uhhh¡­ Sorry big broo.¡± Jennifer pouted lightly. ¡°Yeah¡­ Sorry big bro.¡± Jessica sighed and pouted too. ¡°Don¡¯t do that ever again, you understand me?¡± Elliot continued to talk to his sisters sternly. ¡°We understand. Now make scary big bro go away! Shoo! Shoo!!¡± Jennifer said while grabbing his hand. ¡°Shoo! Go away!¡± Jessica said as she grabbed his other hand too. Like magic, the two girls made angry big bro go away almost in an instant. Elliot smiled at his two cute sisters and sighed. ¡°Alright, now that you¡¯re Primal Li- Ehm. Master Lilian¡¯s disciples, you need to treat her as family. We are a family of four now!¡± Elliot said to them, much to Primal Lilian¡¯s pleasure. ¡°Your teacher needs to give all of you first gifts. Here, take these and drink them right away.¡± Primal Lilian smiled widely at her three new disciples and sent three golden vials floating towards them. By their side, Primal Alexander looked at the golden vial curiously. All around the room, all the Primals frowned deeply and wondered about it too. What exactly was it? ¡°Ehm, Primal Lilian, if I may be so bold to ask¡­¡± Primal Alexander began. ¡°It¡¯s a secret.¡± Primal Lilian said mysteriously. Jennifer, Jessica and Elliot quickly drank the golden vials and then looked at Primal Lilian expectantly. ¡°You three might want to sit down for this.¡± Primal Lilian said with a grin. She waved her hand, and all three of them satfortably on three thick cushions. Chapter 336 Spiritual Grade Bloodline The Primals discussed heatedly among themselves as to what the golden vial could be, and what effects they could have. They all reached a consensus. The golden vial must be an enhanced version of Primal Lilian¡¯s blood! And being enhanced, it¡¯s effects would be much more exaggerated than the normal version! It could probably cause the three kids to experience huge leaps in their bloodline purity! Green, green, green. All of the Primals saw green! ¡°I would give half my possessions to get hold of that golden vial!¡± One ck-skinned dwarf sighed with undisguised envy. ¡°Half your possessions? A mere twenty empires in the Southern Wilds? Ha! What a joke. I would give half MY possessions to get hold of that golden vial! A full thirty empires in the Western Territories and the Eastern Reaches!¡± A mid-sized avian furball squawked. ¡°Who would want thirty empires filled with chicken? My twenty empires are full of industrious dwarves and rare ores! Any one of my empires is worth ten of yours!¡± The dwarf snorted indignantly. ¡°You are both shameless. I, Primal Golden Dragon Soul, would give half my empire located in the Central Gxies for that golden vial!¡± A beautiful Golden Dragon snorted at the two Primals and immediately silenced them. The Golden Dragon Empire within the Central Gxies was one of five most powerful Empires in the entire known universe! Half of that empire was easily worth a hundred empires outside! The Primals truly attached a lot of value to Primal Lilian¡¯s golden vial! And why wouldn¡¯t they? They all stood at the very top of their respective power scales. They had been stuck for countless eons, and they were effectively doomed to die. Yes, that day was probably still over ten thousand years in the future, but it woulde without a doubt. Unless they could rise up one more rung in power and be a Saint level being. There was only one Saint level being in existence, and she had been missing for a very, very long time. Only the oldest Primals knew of her, and even then, they did not have the honor of meeting her face to face. The only reason they knew that she still existed was because before she went missing, she had created a life token and ced it in her empire¡¯s stronghold which was the current Holy Church of Saintess Fenelope, the strongest empire in the Central Gxy. That life token still shone with ever increasing brightness to that very day. The Saintess was still alive, and she was prospering. Though the Primals had no guarantee that they could rise to be a Saint if they consumed Primal Lilian¡¯s blood, or whatever wondrous innovation she managed to created based on it, it was the only avenue that provided them with a clear and near-guarantee rise in power. And most importantly, a rise in power potential. For Primals stuck at their respective power levels for countless years, that power potential was priceless! A hundred pairs of eyes stared hungrily and enviously at Elliot, Jessica and Jennifer. However none made a move. Primal Lilian was no pushover, and she had long consolidated her position as the leader of her own faction which was closely allied to Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s. And with the ever mysterious Primal Alexander there, they would be risking their lives if they made a move for the blood. None of the Primals were careless with their lives after millennia of fighting hard to get to their current positions. Elliot and his two sisters sat on thefortable cushions and closed their eyes. The change was already happening. For an entire minute, the Primals could not sense anything. But soon, they could sense that Jessica¡¯s bloodline pressure was starting to rise. Slowly, at first, then with increasing speed. Higher, and higher, and higher until¡­ ¡°Origin Grade.¡± Primal Baltang who was most sensitive to bloodline pressure said in confirmation. ¡°And still rising!¡± ¡°Jennifer¡¯s bloodline pressure is rising too!¡± He reported not a secondter. ¡°Elliot¡¯s is still stable.¡± ¡°Does that mean that Elliot¡¯s bloodline grade is higher than Origin Grade??¡± A Primal wondered aloud. ¡°Look at Primal Lilian¡¯s expression.¡± One of them said. True enough, Primal Lilian was looking at Elliot with an expression of utter disbelief. ¡°He¡¯s definitely above Origin Grade.¡± The Primals said to themselves. ¡°Ridiculous!¡± ¡°The two girls are approaching Spiritual Grade.¡± Primal Baltang said grimly. ¡°If they cross over, they would be top grade beings with the potential to reach Primal Level like us. They would stand on par with all of us, at the very top of the bloodline pyramid!¡± ¡°Their grades are rising so fast? Are they even undergoing evolution at this point? It seems like they are being fed level up candies in a video game!¡± A Primal who was particrly fond of a cute pocket monster game that was wildly trending in the known universe said in disbelief. ¡°What makes you think they are not?¡± Another Primal said bitterly. ¡°I had to fight tooth and nail to secure countless treasures and rare bloodlines for thousands of years to be able to somehow luckily stumble across a treasure that could raise my bloodline to Spiritual Grade. These girls¡­ They are truly living the luxurious life! Envy! I envy them so much!¡± ¡°You took thousands of years to get to Spiritual Grade? That¡¯s still a life of luxury! It took me over ten thousand years to get to Spiritual Grade!¡± Another Primal said while shaking his head at the unfairness of it all. ¡°Each one of us have our own fates and destinies. That one hundred of us are Primals out of trillions and trillions of sentient life forms out in the known universe is already our great fortune. Why envy others over their slightly better fate?¡± A bald monk said serenely without a trace of emotion in his voice. However, his eyes were closed and his eyebrows were scrunched up a little bit. Even he wasn¡¯t immune to the feelings of envy that sprouted in his heart! ¡°Spiritual Grade. Reached.¡± Primal Baltang announced. ¡°And still rising!¡± Chapter 337 [Bonus chapter] The Impossible Happened Elliot sat there, and felt the golden liquid settle into his heart and slowly start to break down within it. For a full minute, all it did was to break itself into billions of tiny particles and cause his heart to be filled to the brim with golden tinged blood. And then, thereafter, it started to flow out of his heart along with his blood and settled itself in every tiny corner of his body, including his brain. Elliot couldn¡¯t help but gulp lightly in anticipation. What exactly was that golden particle, and what would it do to his already ridiculously souped up body? He got his answer almost as soon as the question appeared in his mind. As soon as every single cell in his body was permeated with the golden particles, they started to shine lightly! All at once, his cells were infused with a catalytic energy that prated into their fabric of being and caused them to strengthen themselves ording to the most primordial gene codes hidden deep within their DNA! CRACK!!!! His draconic body strengthened all at once by one full grade. His organs, his bones, his muscles, his brain, all of them advanced in strength and in quality at the same time! A startling sense of rity filled his mind, and his muscles felt like they just woke up from being cramped for a long time! But before he could even exult in the power up¡­ CRACK!!! Everything strengthened itself once more!! It was as though the previous upgrade, startling and wonderful as it was, was merely him dipping his feet into a swimming pool. The second upgrade was like him finally taking the plunge into the pool on a searing hot day! Pleasure! Power! His previous version seemed as though it was chock full of lethargy which was finally gone! ¡°AWESO-¡° CRACK!!! Elliot waspletely bbergasted. ¡°What is happening? Did that golden vial kill me and send me to heaven? Oh my goodness! Was I an undead skeleton previously who can¡¯t feel anything? Was I¡­¡± CRACK!!!! ¡°UUUWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!¡± Elliot could only let out a wordless cry of bliss in his mind! If it was him before the upgrade, experiencing such a bliss would definitely cause him to be speechless. But the upgrade he got in his brain caused it to go into overdrive, and he waspletely brimming with words and eloquence! ¡°A table! No! A rock! I was a rock!! I was but a tiny, senseless rock without the ability to see or feel or move! And now, I am finally transformed into a life form! Ahhhh rity! Everything is so clear now¡­ I know! I know so many things! And BY THE GODS! I AM STRONG!!! UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!¡± But along with rity, strength and the myriad of upgrades, also came self-control. The reason why the Primals, including Primal Lilian, could not detect Elliot¡¯s bloodline pressure was because of his airtight control! Nothing was being leaked out of his body, not an ounce of power, not a glimpse of weakness, and definitely not an iota of energy. Primal Lilian looked at the extremely calm Elliot who was not showing a single bit of change in his aura or bloodline pressure being emitted, and she worried. ¡°My blood essence has no effect on him?¡± She thought with great rm. If the the other Primals knew that Primal Lilian had just given the three kids her precious Blood Essence which would require at least a thousand years of umtion to form even a single drop, they would all probably spurt out blood inplete distress. Primal Lilian¡¯s concentrated blood could alreadymand entire empires to be traded! Her blood essence¡­ The Primals would capture each other and sell them to Primal Lilian as pets in a heartbeat in exchange for that blood essence! ¡°I¡¯ve already given them three thousand years of my umtion¡­ Should I give him another blood essence? That¡¯s extremely excessive¡­ But how could I live knowing that my first gift for him as his teacher had absolutely no effect whatsoever?¡± Primal Lilian thought with deep consternation. She had no idea that her blood essence had caused Elliot to power up three full times, and had made him many times more powerful than before! In fact, he probably could go toe to toe with the weakest of Primals already! Provided they do not use the power of fates against him, of course. ¡°What should I do? And just what in the world is his bloodline grade anyway? How could my blood essence have no effect?¡± Primal Lilian¡¯s mind whirred at high speed. She nced at Jessica and Jennifer, and her heart calmed down a little. ¡°At least this family aren¡¯t all freaks. His sisters are advancing very, very smoothly. In fact, my blood essence should be able to purify their bloodline and revert them to the peak of Spiritual Grade anytime now.¡± Primal Lilianforted herself by looking at the two girls in satisfaction. Her smile grew wider and wider as the bloodline pressure they were emitting grew closer and closer to the purest and most powerful of Spiritual Grade, like hers. ¡°Hahahaha! My blood essence truly is powerful! From mere Epic and Origin Grade, all the way to Peak Spiritual Grade!¡± Primal Lilian thought proudly in her mind. ¡°Nothing short of miraculous! Well done girls, well done!¡± She stretched out her hand to pat their heads fondly. However, her smile suddenly and very drastically turned to shock!! ¡°WHAT??¡± She was so shocked that she actually shouted out loud! And at her shout, every single Primal stood up in rm, and cast every single bit of their powerful sense to her location! ¡°WHAT?!?! IMPOSSIBLE!!¡± ¡°IMPOSSIBLE!! NO WAY!!¡± ¡°F***! WHAT THE HELL???¡± WHOOSH! A powerful dome of mysterious energy immediately surrounded Primal Lilian and the rest! Primal Alexander had unleashed the most powerful barrier he could the second he realized what happened. Blink! Blink! Blink! Primal Lilian¡¯s faction and her allies blinked and stood guard around the dome. The impossible had happened! The two girls just exceeded Spiritual Grade, and into Prehistoric Grade!! Chapter 338 Give us one No Primal in the history of the known universe had ever had Prehistoric Grade Bloodline. If they had to point at the method with the highest chance of powering up, then it would be first absorbing Prehistoric Grade Bloodline, then Primal Lilian¡¯s. Being a life form with a Spiritual Grade bloodline herself, she too was kept beyond the mysteries of Prehistoric Grade. Whatever unique power her Spiritual Grade blood could do, its effectiveness in helping them trigger their bloodline to upgrade into Prehistoric Grade was very low. But as low as it was, it was incredibly precious to the Primals, as it represented hope and a possibility of sess. They were willing to part with huge swathes of their wealth for that very low chance. After all, what is the value of wealth if they were looking at confirmed death in ten thousand years? However at that very moment, another much more viable way of upgrading their bloodline to Prehistoric Grade had appeared. Jessica and Jennifer. Their Prehistoric Grade Bloodline would be the key in unlocking the mysteries of upgrading their own bloodline! Slowly, every single Primal stood up and gazed coldly at the small cluster of Primals standing around Primal Alexander¡¯s dome. ¡°There are two of them. We won¡¯t be greedy. Give us one.¡± Primal Baltang said to Primal Dul¡¯Akharay even as his eyes glinted with undisguised greed. ¡°My Golden Dragon Empire will assure her safety. You know we have advanced research in achieving Primal Level at an elerated pace. A Prehistoric Grade Bloodline being would do wonders to improve that research, and possibly even unlock a path towards Saint Level as well! If you let us have her, I promise to make the method to achieve Saint Level public for all Primals.¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul said magnanimously. She was extremely shrewd indeed. She had proposed a very ¡°reasonable¡± method to give all Primals present the one thing they were all yearning with all their hearts! In doing so, she had effectively grouped every single Primal together and ced them on the opposite side of Primal Lilian and her coalition. With one move, she had drawn the battle line, and divided all the Primals neatly into two groups. ¡°The two girls are Primal Lilian¡¯s disciples. They are not items to be distributed.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said mildly. However, he released his immense aura and smothered the entire room with a deep sense of gloom. Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh. Every single Primal standing against them unleashed their own auras as well. Although they were not as strong as Primal Dul¡¯Akharat individually, collectively they were multiple times stronger than him! Whoosh! Whoosh! The Primals in Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s and Primal Lilian¡¯s and Primal Alexander¡¯s faction unleashed their own auras to resist the crushing pressure that was assaulting them. But they were barely able to do so. In total, they had twenty four Primals, including Primal Alexander and Primal Lilian who were within the dome. So they were twenty two Primals standing against seventy five! Although the twenty two Primals were a notch stronger than the remaining seventy five, it was a difference that would be noticeable only in one on one fights. Against Primals more than three times their number, it would be a one-on-three fight. Their slightly higher individual strength would be absolutely negligible. Should Primal Golden Dragon Soul decide to attack, it would be a tragedy for the known universe! They would lose the strongest Primals of the known universe who would definitely go down fighting. The ny nine Primals would probably be left with less than forty after the battle was over. But if the survivors could be Saints¡­ Primal Golden Dragon Soul smiled grimly. It would be expensive, but worth it. She gestured to the other Primals and they immediately got into position. They had known each other for a long time, and they knew which Primals they were able to work with and which of the defending Primals were vulnerable to their attacks. They gathered around the dome and got into groups of three to quickly take down their targets. ¡°After so many years, you all still underestimate my strength.¡± Primal Dul¡¯Akharat said softly. There was no trace of fear in his eyes, only a calm confidence in his own great strength, a reflection of his indomitable spirit that would never bow in face of any danger. ¡°Oh, I think I am done underestimating you. In fact, I am so wary of you that I did not hesitate to form a coalition of my own, whose main objective is to discover your secret to strength, and if the opportunity presents itself¡­ to kill you!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s eyes widened in excitement as seven Primals from Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s faction suddenlyunched ferocious attacks at him! At the same time, fifteen other Primals from Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s faction alsounched their space-rted attacks which reached Primal Dul¡¯Akharat instantly! In total, twenty two Primalsunched their full-strength attack on Primal Dul¡¯Akharat! And all of it without a Fateless Zone! Powerful ripples of fate instantly appeared along the attack of the 22 Primals and caused the spacetime fabric of the area to destabilize. To achieve apletely surprise attack on Primal Dul¡¯Akharat, Primal Dragon Golden Soul would even risk breaking the strings of fate and causing a spacetime meltdown! Thankfully she was still sane, and limited the sneak attack to 22 Primals. If she had made the entire coalition to attack Primal Dul¡¯Akaharat, only God knows what would happen to them when all the strings of Fate in their location were cut. KA BOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!! CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Twenty two attacksnded on Primal Dul¡¯Akharat, and space even cracked open in many ces around him. Wild space energy streamed in from those spatial cracks and wreaked absolute havoc! Swish! Swish! The wild space energy criss-crossed Primal Dul¡¯Akarat¡¯s location before fading away. But the remnant energy of the twenty two attacks weren¡¯t fading away at all. They were mixing with each other, and unleashing even more small but highly intense explosions! The explosions rang out nonstop as the remaining fourteen Primals in the coalition looked at Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s location in horror. Chapter 339 Curtain for war If Primal Dul¡¯Akharat died, they would definitely die too. Primal Golden Dragon Soul would never allow for loose ends to exist. ¡°How is that for not underestimating you, Primal Dul¡¯Akharat?¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul smirked lightly as she looked at the powerful explosions at Primal Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s location with great satisfaction. She had not detected any use of space energy, so Primal Dul¡¯Akharat was definitely still in his original location. Plus even if he managed to blink away without her detecting it, the Wild Space energy around him would definitely disrupt his spell and deal great injuries to him. All in all, it was almost confirmed that he was either dead, or critically injured! ¡°Not too bad. I would never have guessed that you even managed to get Primal Lightning Asura to join your faction.¡± A calm voice sounded from within the area where the explosions were still ringing out. Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s expression turned extremely at his words. She had used her very best chance to take out Primal Dul¡¯Akharat and failed! What kind of monster was he to be able to resist 22 all out attacks from simrly powerful Primals? ¡°But you are still severely underestimating me if you believe that I, Dul¡¯Akharat of Hell¡¯s Gate Sentinels, would fall under such weak attacks.¡± The deep voice continued without even a single trace of exertion. The fact that he had dropped his ¡°Primal¡± title when he was referring to himself was not lost on Primal Golden Dragon Soul or any of the Primals. Blink. The seven traitors immediately retreated, causing the imbnce of power to worsen, fifteen Primals against eighty two. But amazingly, it was the eighty two who had looks of shock and even trepidation on their faces! Swoosh! A cleansing power surged out from Primal Dul¡¯Akharat and repaired the strings of fate that was so taut that they looked as though they could snap at any moment. And when that happened, the other Primals finally knew. That Dul¡¯Akharat was a Primal no more. Primals were able to impact the strings of fate by their immense power. However, only Saints could manipte fate at will. The fact that Dul¡¯Akharat repaired the strings of fate so easily was all the evidence they needed to see. They were up against a Saint! And like all power levels, the gap between a Saint and a Primal was not a small one. In fact, it was huge! How many Primals would it take to overwhelm a being that could pluck and manipte each and everyone of their fates? How many Primals had to die before they could reach him? And yet how many more had to die to snuff out his life? Thousands. Primal Golden Dragon Soul could feel her world crumbling around her. Things were bing desperate. And the use of her trump card seemed inevitable. ¡°You¡¯ve hidden your power very well, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat.¡± Primal Greenlife Tree rumbled from opposite him. ¡°I never would have imagined that not even theck of Prehistoric Bloodline could stop your ascent.¡± ¡°Indeed. You truly are the genius of our known universe.¡± Primal Baltang sighed. ¡°Such a pity.¡± ¡°I was hoping to keep my ascension a secret. But the situation developed way too fast and got too out of hand. I apologize if I spoiled your ns, you bunch of traitors.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said to Primal Greenlife Tree. ¡°And you, Primal Lightning Asura. Why?¡± The wolf simply smiled and remained silent. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat sighed. Primal Lightning Asura¡¯s betrayal saddened him greatly. He actually considered the wolf a friend. ¡°Old friend. You break my heart.¡± Old Wabetto growled at the wolf, who ignored him as well. ¡°Good riddance. At least he defected without dealing too much damage. He could have easily wounded us heavily if he chose to.¡± Madam Liu said quietly. But Old Wabetto could sense the deep smoldering anger that radiated out from her like so many sharp knives. A strange silence befell the room at that moment. The emergency meeting which they held to discuss Elliot¡¯s killing of an Ancient and its implications for theing war against the new universe hadpletely devolved into a strategic resource grab, which had taken the form of an unofficial coup d¡¯etat against Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s leadership. And now that Dul¡¯Akharat had proven himself to bepletely head and shoulders above the rebels, they could only wait on his decision on how he wanted to proceed. However, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat seemed to be extremely rxed and was totally in no hurry to even address the situation! ¡°Chairman El¡¯Taras, as usual, your information gathering capabilities are impable. You actually got six out of seven traitors!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said pleasantly as though he was merely having a casual conversation with his friend by the streetside. ¡°Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, you praise me too much. Missing out on one is as good as missing out on all of them. Thank goodness you¡¯ve already ascended. If not things would get pretty ugly.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras smiled and bowed politely in response. ¡°It is already pretty ugly.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat chuckled. ¡°A war with the new universe is about to break out, and the strongest force in our known universe is split into two. Just how should we resolve the situation?¡± ¡°It is toote to resolve the situation, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. Primal Golden Dragon Soul shook her head lightly. ¡°In fact, it has been toote for many years already.¡± At her strange words, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, his faction of Primals, as well as Chairman El¡¯Taras frowned deeply. Howe it sounded as though Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡­ Had defected to the enemy?? ¡°Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡­ What have you done¡­¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said softly. ¡°I may have underestimated your strength, Dul¡¯Akharat. But you have also underestimated our hunger for power.¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul said quietly as well. ¡°It is slightly premature, but extreme situations call for extreme measures. That Prehistoric Grade Bloodline is far too important to be left outside of my control. You should have epted my offer when you still had the chance. Now¡­ it¡¯s toote. The curtain for inter-universe war¡­ opens.¡± Chapter 340 Unholy Shrieks In a sh, the eighty two Primals unleashed their power and ripped open an utterly massive portal the size of earth¡¯s moon! Within the portal, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and the rest could see endless rows of strange spaceships. They were all uniform in shape. Bowl shaped with beautiful angr wings above them that housed all sorts of weaponry. By his initial estimate, over one hundred trillion spaceships were standing by. Their mere existence spoke of a military industry that by far eclipsed the known universe. If allowed entry into their known universe, they would be more than enough to conquer every single Star System. ¡°The Gaming Commision¡¯s headquarters shall be the spearhead of our operations. Oh look, the Shadow Realm¡¯s first fighters are almost here. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, tell me, am I still underestimating you?¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul smiled grimly. ¡°The Shadow Realm? Not the new universe??¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras frowned deeply. Unlike the new universe which was merely a very, very far away location, the Fallen Realm was apletely different realm. It existed outside of the reality of their universe. There were several Realms that had been confirmed to exist. Some, like the Beast Realm, were rtively easy to ess, and much information had beenpiled and archived about them. But the Shadow Realm was one of the more mysterious Realms. And despite Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ best efforts, he could only confirm its existence. Not much information could be found about them. ¡°It is good that the traitors are not working with the new universe. If they were, we would have lost before we even started.¡± Harold Sands said quietly. ¡°Against the Shadow Realm, I believe we still have the strength to resist. ¡°And that probably exins how the Shadow Parasite crisis¡­ and why so many Primals are betraying our Realm. They are all¡­ infested by Shadow Parasites!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said grimly. ¡°Hahahaha! You truly are a sharp one. Yes. I have enved every single Primal here. In fact, more than half of them were only enved today! All of them are under MYmand now! I truly must that that Elliot for killing that Ancient. Without him, I would not be able toplete my missions so quickly!¡± ¡°So you¡¯re working for the Shadow Realm. You dog.¡± Primal Isabe cursed at her vehemently. ¡°Work for the Shadow Realm? I am afraid not. I signed an airtight deal with the Shadow Parasite that infested me. I would remain in control! And I signed a deal with the Shadow Overlord, we are partners of equal standing. He would provide me with the strength and numbers to take over this Realm, and in exchange, I would supply his realm with resources! Hahahahahaha!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul cackled maniacally. ¡°Traitor. I will kill you, free my brothers and sisters, and then go into the Shadow Realm to teach this Shadow Overlord a lesson.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said calmly as usual. But his anger was so great that even his voice contained a trace of fury in it. ¡°Ha! Arrogance! Even though you are a Saint Level being, you won¡¯t be able to deal with our Shadow Transformations. Hahahahaha! Primals! Transform!!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul shouted. Instantly, all eighty two Primals turned strangely grey and ethereal, while their auras skyrocketed! At that moment, judging by the strength of their auras, each of the Primals could easily defeat any one of the mighty Primals in Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s coalition! Some could even take on two at the same time! ¡°No matter how many times you multiply your power, you will not be able to do anything to me or those I desire to protect.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat finally had enough of talking, and he pointed at Primal Golden Dragon Soul with his finger. CRACK!! ¡°Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Impossible!! My Shadow Transformation ispletely invulnerable to attack!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul screamed in shock and in pain. ¡°Whoever said I was attacking you?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat smiled a ghastly smile at her. ¡°Attack!! Kill them all!!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul shrieked. ¡°You Shadow Realm Warriors! Attack that fat barbarian over there!!¡± ¡°Old Wabetto, a Fateless Zone please. The rest of you, strengthen Old Wabetto and make sure his Fateless Zone does not crumble.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat ordered. ¡°I will take care of these ants.¡± ¡°As you wish, Saint.¡± The other Primals responded. Eighty one Primals and a couple dozen Shadow Realm Warriors rushed towards Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. However, as they got closer, they started to multiply! One split into two. Two split into four. Four split into eight. Eight to sixteen, and so on and so on. Within a heartbeat, the 105 fighters charging towards Saint Dul¡¯Akharat had turned into thousands! And the horrifying thing was, all thousand of them radiated the same aura as their originals. They were all capable of dealing damage! ¡°Taste the ultimate power of the Shadow Realm. Shadow Army!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul cackled as she too began to split over and over again. In an instant, over ten thousand Primal Level powerhouses fell upon Saint Dul¡¯Akharat! ¡°Hmph. Mere shadows seek to ovee me? Disperse! Burning God Fate!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat roared! He was finally pissed off! Like a volcano which had been suppressing its magma for many thousands of years, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat erupted with his Saint level power! It was a mysterious attack that none of the life forms alive in the entire known universe had ever seen. Blink. Ten thousand strings of fate that were connected to each and every enemy appeared before Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s sight. A few looked extremely vibrant, and the rest were dark and shadowy strings. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was instantly able to differentiate the shadows from the originals simply by revealing their fates! With a powerful burst of fate energy, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s hand traced an extremelyplicated rune and flung it towards the iing shadow army! Instantly, the dark strings started to glow. In the next split second, true to its domineering name, each of those string of fate started to burn! Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Awooooooooooooooo!! Unholy shrieks of extreme pain exploded forth from ten thousand shadow throats. Chapter 341 Completely Evil The strings of fate of the life forms in the known universe exist in a special dimension which only Saints can ess and manipte. Primals were able to impact them, but manipting them waspletely out of reach. Only Saints could do that. A person¡¯s life travels inexorably down his/her string of fate. Wherever that string of fate goes, so does that person. Whatever that string of fate goes through, so will that person. The power of Saints over fate was noughing matter. Their power wasn¡¯t to merely subtly or indirectly influence what would happen to their targets in the future. What they did was to create an immediate environment around the strings of fate which would directly impact the lives of their targets. If a Saint wanted to bless a person, he would simply create a nurturing environment in the person¡¯s immediate future, and somehow, positive things would ur. Receiving timely help for an urgent matter, getting an unexpected wave of inspiration, or even suddenly winning the lottery was not impossible. However, if a Saint wanted to curse a person, it would be even easier. He would simply create a detrimental environment, and the person would experience countless tribtions. In fact, if the Saint was powerful enough, he could even break that string of fatepletely, causing the target to die on the spot. There was no defence against a Saint¡¯s attack. None whatsoever, unless you¡¯re a Saint yourself. The stronger the person was, the stronger and more difficult their fates would be to destroy. Saint DulAkharat dealt with the Shadow Army by burning their fates with his power. As soon as that happened, the souls of the Shadow Army instantly suffered debilitating pain in all shape and form, causing them to drop to the ground writhing and screaming in excruciating agony. However, the power of the Shadow Armyy in its extreme ability to duplicate shadows endlessly. As soon as the first wave of the Shadow Army were taken down, a second and third wave were already forming! Saint Dul¡¯Akharat could only smile grimly as he continued to burn their shadowy fates to the ground. WHAM!! The first attacks of the eighty one Primals reached him. WHAM! BAM! BOOM! Horrendously intense lightning bolts, ethereal sts, supercold ice des and hyper invasive poison needles rained down upon him mercilessly. If even a single one of those attacks hadnded on a, it would have caused the to explode. However, the incredible defensive power his Saint level strength afforded him was way more than enough to resist such attacks from Primals. Within seconds, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was surrounded by ever increasing thousands of shadows! The rate at which the shadows were multiplying and the rate at which Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was burning them down was simr! ¡°This shadow army skill is indeed annoying. Without a Saint fighting against them, they would be able to sweep across any opposition by sheer numbers. Even though the shadows are exactly that, shadows of their original selves, they were still exhibiting peak Hegemon to low level Ancient strength. An impossible task for any universe without Saints to defend against. Thank goodness I managed to breakthrough recently.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said to himself. ¡°You¡¯re pretty powerful. Your Burning God Fate is extremely potent against the Shadow Army. To think that you¡¯re merely a baby Saint! You truly are the genius of our known universe!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul looked at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and grudgingly acknowledged his strength. ¡°Oh? Just this little and you¡¯re already impressed? Could it be that this shadow army spell is your trump card? If that¡¯s the case, you disappoint me too much!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharatughed. ¡°I am going to stop fooling around now. I only allowed the shadow army to develop this far because I am curious about their strength. But now that I know¡­ I¡¯ve had enough fooling around. Your Shadow Parasites can go to hell.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat made a grabbing motion with his hand and immediately got hold of several strings of fate which were glowing with a dark glow. Each string of fate was rather thick, signifying their target¡¯s great strength and influence in the universe. But Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s eyes gleamed with extreme determination and he started to pull them apart! ¡°Arghhhhh!!! You! You¡¯re able to identify the strings of fates belonging to the Shadow Parasites infesting the Primals?? Retreat! All of you, retreat!!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul yelled loudly. But s, she was toote! Rippppp!!!! All the strings of fate belonging to the Shadow Parasites infesting the Primals were ripped apart! The Shadow Parasites died instantly without being able to respond in any way. Not that their response could have changed anything. ¡°Primal Golden Dragon Soul, for your crimes against the known universe, I hereby sentence you to death.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said solemnly as he stretched out his hand once more and grabbed hold of her string of fate. A power that was above him had personal control of her fate. That was why he wasn¡¯t able to influence her fate in any way, much less kill her through it. ¡°Hahahahaha! As I have told you, I signed a contract with the Shadow Overlord! He is a power that not even you, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, could even dream of challenging! I am impervious to your power over fate!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul spread her hands out and turned into her true form, an utterly massive Golden Dragon. However, her Golden Dragon form was aplete travesty to the glory of Dragons. Her golden scales werepletely corrupted by tiny ck stripes which ran across every inch of her body, making her look extremely foul. Small, stubby tentacles had already started to grow and wriggle around her head and neck. An aura of ungodliness radiated out of her like a st furnace in the deep cold of winter. The worst thing was, her eyes had turnedpletely ck. Nothing left of her nobility and majesty as a Golden Dragon remained. She had turnedpletely evil. Chapter 342 God level shield ¡°Enough fooling around! Shadow Realm Expeditionary Division! Invade!!¡± As soon as Primal Golden Dragon Soul said that, the trillions of spaceships started to move together as one. ¡°Primal Golden Dragon Soul! You traitor! To think I trusted you with my life!! I swear I will kill you with my own bare hands!!¡± Primal Greenlife Tree roared. ¡°Attack!! Kill that dragon bitch!¡± Primal Baltang was more direct with his words and actions. The eighty one Primals who had been forcibly enved by Primal Golden Dragon Soul glowered at her in anger and instantly attacked her. There had never been such a battle before in the entire history of the known universe. One hundred Primals was a huge number, and the number of times they had gathered to meet and discuss could be counted in one hand. Fights rarely ured. But at that moment, eighty one of them were so pissed that they unleashed their full strength at Primal Golden Dragon Soul! In a dramatic twist of fate, the same attacks that fell upon Saint Dul¡¯Akharat mere minutes ago now rained down on Primal Golden Dragon Soul. However, a strange shield covered her and rendered all the attacks of the Primals useless! ¡°She has a God level defensive spell active. It is probably given to her by the Shadow Overlord she mentioned. Primals, deal with the spaceships first. We cannot let them disperse around the universe! Even a single one of them would cause immense damage with their shadow army spell!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat instructed. ¡°No! I will wring that bitch¡¯s neck before I do anything else! I swear that I won¡¯t f*** another woman until I do so!¡± A blue giant Primal snarled angrily. ¡°You won¡¯t have any women to f*** if you don¡¯t listen to Saint Dul¡¯Akharat.¡± Primal Lightning Asura growled deeply. He was usually kind and polite, but his experience enved by the Shadow Parasite had riled him up badly, and he itched for battle. Thankfully, he had more than enough targets to vent. ¡°Go. Defend the known universe. I will deal with this bitch myself. Old Wabetto, focus on the Fateless Zone. Make sure the Primals don¡¯t destroy everything in this sector!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat gave his final instructions. The Primals dispersed instantly. By that time, the powerful shadow warriors had passed through the portal in their millions and were rapidly spreading out in every single direction! The Primals emptied their dimensional worlds and summoned their own millions of followers to block them. However, the battle was very rapidly spiraling out of control. Each second, at least a million shadow warriors burst out of the humongous portal and dispersed. These shadow warriors knew that their greatest strengthy in their great numbers, so they did not try to engage the defenders. Instead, they tried to get out of the area as fast as possible so that their buddies could pass through the portal! (Matrix Revolutions anyone?) Emergency protocols were immediately enforced and powerful Ancients, Hegemons and Emperors from every single corner of the known universe immediately moved toward the Gaming Commission¡¯s Headquarters. Althoughpletely sudden and abrupt, the call for war could not be ignored. The defense of the known universe against The Shadow Realm had begun! Thergest space battle the known universe had ever seen immediately erupted! Each second, the number of warriors from each side exploded exponentially. Even with the Primals and their followers unleashingplete hell on the initial waves of shadow realm army, the rate at which they could kill was much lower than the rate at which the spaceships entered through the portal. The area that the Primals had to cover increased drastically each moment, and they had long passed the critical point where they could kill huge numbers of the shadow army with their area of effect skills. A massive bright light suddenly shone from a corner of the known universe and a sized area around it cked out and became a dead zone. ¡°Primal Freador had fallen!! They have a secret weapon that could bypass shields and destroy our life force!! Beware!!¡± Primal Isabe screamed loudly as her voice appeared in every single Primal¡¯s mind. However, it was toote for another Primal as another bright light shone very tragically elsewhere. ¡°Primal Goodblood has fallen. Primals, do not stop moving, and do not allow anything to get close to you.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said heavily as he unleashed his full power against Primal Golden Dragon Soul. She was the one that¡¯s supporting the portal, and killing her would stop the entry of the trillions of Shadow Realm Spaceships that were still pouring into the known universe like water exploding out of a dam. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat could not spare any energy to help his Primals. He had to focus on taking out Primal Golden Dragon Soul as quickly as possible! ¡°Wahahaha! I hope you¡¯re enjoying my surprise present, Primals!! They are called Shadow Needles. They are far too small for you to notice in this mayhem, but far too dangerous to ignore. Now, now. I wonder how many of you would survive this opening battle? Wahahahaha!!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul ignored Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s attacks and instead started to mock the other Primals! She had gonepletely insane! His best efforts had yielded no results. The God level shield that surrounded Primal Golden Dragon Soul was too strong. He weaved mysterious runes which he had developed himself thatbined the power of fate with the power of the elements and the power of souls, creating a three-pronged attack on the target¡¯s fate, soul and body. He had prepared that special attack in the event he needed to fight against Saint level warriors of the new universe. As the top fighter of his universe, Dul¡¯Akharat knew that he would have to engage and defeat the top fighter of the invaders. If he didn¡¯t the strength disadvantage would cascade down the ranks and the know universe would be defeated in an instant. He did not expect that he had to use them against a God level shield! Chapter 343 A million years too early! ¡°My oh my, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, that¡¯s a mighty spell you¡¯re weaving. Is that fate, soul and elemental energy I detect? Is that your ultimate spell? Hahahaha! I can¡¯t wait to see how strong a saint¡¯s ultimate spell is!! Come! Come at me, quick!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul shrieked like a crazy beast. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat ignored her and focused on his spell. His mood was extremely, extremely heavy. He had done a fate reading for his fellow Primals a few seconds ago, and he found that at least another fifty of them would die before the day was over. The battle was destined to be a massacre for the Primals! It was a crushing piece of fate reading for Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. And a confusing one. Things written in a person¡¯s fate were more or less fixed. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat could roughly read the fates of lifeforms in the near future, and he had done so prior to the start of the Primal meeting. Within that reading, nothing massive could be seen in the fates of all the Primals. He had thought that he had the future of the known universe more or less figured out, and that there wouldn¡¯t be massive events happening anytime soon. Apparently he was very, very wrong. Two Primals had died, and hepletely missed it. For a maniptor of fate such as he to fail to see such a ringly massive event that could impact the known universe so adversely, simply meant that there are workings of fate that was stillpletely beyond him. Truly fate was a mysterious thing. And bewildering. It was as though the fate of the universe had abruptly changed mere minutes before and pushed the invasion forward, bypassing all the readings of fate which Saint Dul¡¯Akharat had taken previously. ¡°Wait a minute. Changing the fate of the universe that was beyond my ability to see? So events instigated by powers beyond the known universe such as the Shadow Realm are virtually undetectable by me. And holds the power to change whatever fate I read. That means¡­¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat fought back the urge to turn around to look at the dome that still contained Primal Lilian and the rest. ¡°Primal Alexander. How are the three kids?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said telepathically to him. ¡°They are almost done with their advancements. You wouldn¡¯t believe how insane-¡± Primal Alexander began. ¡°Good. Let me interrupt you here. The Shadow Realm is invading. Primal Golden Dragon Soul had defected. Two Primals had already died. Fifty more will die before the day is over. We need power from outside the known universe to change their fates. Do you understand what I am saying?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said seriously and extremely concisely. ¡°I see. So the situation had deteriorated to such an extent. Very well. I assume you already have your suspicions prior to this?¡± Primal Alexander said as he appeared next to Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. 507 ¡°Suspicions, yes. And I have never been more d that I am right.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said with a wide smile. He had hoped that Elliot and his strange power would be able to change the fate of the Primals. But even if he couldn¡¯t, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was hoping that Primal Alexander would be the extra-universal being that he suspected he was. And apparently, he was right. ¡°Our only hope is to break the portal, and then save the Primals before the Shadow Needles, the things that are sneakily killing them, could seed. Let¡¯s attack that bitch of a dragon together.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat suggested. ¡°No.¡± Primal Alexander shook his head. ¡°I am not a stranger to the Shadow Realm. I alone am enough to deal with her. You go and save your Primals.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat did not waste time refuting him. He simply nodded and dispelled his spell which was almost at the zenith of its power. Like a balloon losing air, all the power he had gathered dissipated. He split into several clones of himself and in a blink of an eye, they all disappeared into the swirling battle that was ever expanding into the distance in all directions. ¡°Well, well, well. A tag team event? So you¡¯re stronger than Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, is that what you¡¯re saying?¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul sneered at Primal Alexander. ¡°Huh? I didn¡¯t say anything. Are you hallucinating? Here, let me give you a head check up. For free, of course.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled at his own joke as he drew out his Crystal Sword. A strange golden glow appeared around him and dots of bright lights appeared within the golden glow. Primal Golden Dragon Soul looked at Primal Alexander¡¯s sword with rm. Unlike Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s ultimate skill earlier which had not caused any bells to ring in her soul, Primal Alexander¡¯s Crystal Sword was causing her very fibre of being to tremble in fear! Her instincts red loudly and screamed for her to run! ¡°Here is a power that could kill you! Run! Run now!¡± They seemed to say. ¡°What? You are not going to listen to your instincts? You think you can survive thising strike of mine?¡± Primal Alexander grinned handsomely. ¡°You¡­¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s eyes narrowed in suspicion. How did he know about her instincts ring? Was it just an illusory effect? So it was fake? He was just trying to scare her into abandoning the portal and dooming the invasion to fail mere minutes after it started? Or¡­ was it real? And he held the power to kill her? And he was trying to get her to stay and fight by saying such words? Primal Golden Dragon Soul finally decided that Primal Alexander was bluffing. ¡°Not even a Saint could damage this God level shield. You think a mere Primal like you can do anything against me? Ha! Come at me with everything you got!¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul sneered. ¡°Very well. But I wouldn¡¯t being at you with everything I have, though. Pooh. You¡¯re a million years too early for that.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled. Chapter 344 Speed Is King ¡°Where Ie from, we call these bright dots of light¡­ Sparks of Divinity. Your God level shield is¡­ well. Mere products of these Sparks. Good bye.¡± Primal Alexander said pleasantly and disappeared. He appeared the next instant right in front of Primal Golden Dragon Soul with his glowing Crystal Sword shing down towards her head. CRACKKKK!!!!! The God level shield broke into pieces! CLANG!!!! Just before his Crystal Sword could cleave Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s head in two for the head check up he had promised earlier, a thin sword appeared out of nowhere and blocked Primal Alexander¡¯s attack! ¡°A God level weapon? And one that is of much higher grade than the shield the Shadow Overlord provided? Interesting! There are no Gods here in this area of the universe! You must be from a another area! Or better yet¡­ another realm??¡± A deep voice sounded from behind Primal Golden Dragon Soul! ¡°I am betting he is from another realm! I bet one high tier God weapon!¡± A cute little girly voice sounded. ¡°One high tier God weapon? You¡¯re on! Wahahaha! Hey brother, are you from a different realm, or are you from the main universe?¡± The deep voice asked Primal Alexander excitedly. ¡°Damn it. No wonder she didn¡¯t run. So she had bodyguards.¡± Primal Alexander muttered to himself loudly. ¡°Bodyguards? Did he just call us bodyguards big bro? How rude! I don¡¯t like him at all!¡± The cute girly voice sounded very indignant. ¡°Well¡­ technically¡­ he is right though.¡± The deep voice rumbled. ¡°What? I am so not a body guard! I am a Royal Damage Preventer! I prevent damage! And a Royal one at that!¡± The girly voice shouted angrily. ¡°Ah damn it all. I guess I don¡¯t have a choice. I definitely don¡¯t want to reveal my full strength here.¡± Primal Alexander sighed. ¡°Hey Elliot! Get off yourzy butt ande help me! You¡¯ve had enough time to consolidate your power!¡± Primal Alexander roared loudly. ¡°Yes, call all your helpers. You¡¯ll need them.¡± The deep voice rumbled. Finally, two silhouettes appeared from beside Primal Golden Dragon Soul. A short but very cute little boy around 1.5 meters tall and a veryrge female frankenstein at around five meters tall! The cute little boy was dressed in a formal looking attire that made him look like a little boy dressing up as an adult. Shoulder cuffs, ck coat, ck pants, ck tie upon white shirt and his right hand even held a silver cane with a tiger on top! The female frankenstein was¡­ well. Frankenstein-ish. Bits and pieces of strange body parts were stitched on together, some were half rotten, others werepletely rotten while two or three parts were still exquisitely smooth. All of the parts radiated great power, and together, she made for a startlingly fearsome being. ¡°WHAATTT??¡± Primal Alexander roared in shock when the two figures finally revealed themselves. ¡°That deep, masculine voice actually came from a little toddler? And that cute girly voice came from¡­ a badly stitched together abomination??¡± Primal Alexander was shocked. ¡°Yeah, I told you. He is a meanie.¡± The abomination said in her cute voice, which distressed Primal Alexander to no end. They sounded very, very wrong! That¡¯s not how cute little boys and ugly abominations were supposed to sound!! ¡°I am here. Sorry I took so long. Had to get used to Gilgamar and the gift you gave me. Thank you very much again. It¡¯s really good!¡± Elliot said as he appeared next to Primal Alexander. ¡°About time.¡± Primal Alexander grumbled as he pointed at the three enemies before them. ¡°Pick one and kill it.¡± ¡°Whoa. What the heck happened here? What¡¯s with that super ugly monster? And why did you allow such a disgusting golden dragon to still live? My dragon soul can¡¯t stand seeing her. And you, cute little boy. Did these two ugly monsters kidnap you? Do you want to go home?¡± Elliot said as he looked at his three options. ¡°They want to do the picking. Should we allow them?¡± The abomination said cutely to the little boy. But before the little boy could answer¡­ ¡°AAAHHHHHH!! WHY IS YOUR VOICE SO CUTE!! DAMN IT! THAT¡¯S JUST WRONG!!¡± Elliot roared angrily. ¡°You¡¯re too disgustingly ugly to have such a cute voice!!¡± ¡°Never mind. I¡¯m going to kill him now. You deal with the old man.¡± The abomination said cutely before exploding towards Elliot! The abomination shed down with her thin sword while she was still a distance away from Elliot, and released multiple crescent-shaped sword energy towards Elliot that contained traces of God energy. Elliot swung Gilgamar casually to block her attacks and merely stood there. A simr crescent-shaped energy erupted out of Gilgamar andpletely overwhelmed the abomination¡¯s many sword energies. ¡°What? Your energy is so domineering! What are you? You¡¯re making me scared! Please be nice!¡± The abomination cried out with devastating cuteness which, whenbined with her hideous face and figure, caused Elliot to wince in difort. ¡°Shut up! You¡¯re going to make me feel disgusted whenever I hear cute little girls speaking!¡± Elliot shouted and brandished Gilgamar at the abomination. Several more powerful energies shot towards her and caused her to break her advance towards Elliot to evade his attack. ¡°Stop with that overpowered attack! Not fair!¡± The abomination shouted. ¡°What overpowered attack? That was my most basic attack!¡± Elliot shouted back indignantly. Very, very strangely, the two were exchanging more words than attacks. Just what was going on? Elliot was taking things very casually. His recent power up session had yielded ridiculously overpowered results, and he wanted to test his strength out phase by phase, from his basic attacks to his most powerful ones. In addition, Primal Alexander had even generously provided a treasure that contained a Spark of Divinity to him! He had imbued Gilgamar with that Spark of Divinity, and now, Gilgamar was a proud, God Grade weapon. With the support of powerhouses, Elliot had increased his strength and the strength of his weapon by multiple tiers at one go. Slowly grinding up strength like before was a thing of the past. For Elliot, Speed Is King! Chapter 345 Billion Style ¡°You¡¯re really chatty for an ugly abomination. Did they install two vocal cords in your neck? Or maybe three? Why don¡¯t you just shut up and attack me properly?¡± Elliotined loudly. ¡°Fine! I am not going to hold back anymore! Here! Eat my Shadow Body Myriad Strikes!¡± The abomination finally became serious, much to Elliot¡¯s instant regret. Her entire body, which was full of strange body parts, suddenly exploded into all of its parts!! Blood, goo and bits of flesh and muscle sprayed out in all directions! At the same time, each body part unleashed a series of horrifying energy beams that attacked Elliot ceaselessly! Because each body part was taken from a powerful warrior which mastered a unique type of energy, the massive barrage of attacks the abomination unleashed upon Elliot made it seem like a hundred Primal level shadow warriors were attacking him! ¡°Damn it! What a disgusting version of a robot anime I used to watch when I was a kid! It had all sorts of flying drones firing energy beams, just like this!¡± Elliot looked at the flying body parts in disgust as he easily dodged the energy beams. In addition to great strength, Elliot¡¯s speed had also skyrocketed! His bloodline hadpletely changed his body. The reaction speed that his brain was able to process and his body was able to execute had risen dramatically. Of course it had. Elliot was already a being with Ancestral Grade Bloodline which had been fundamentally upgraded by his Cosmic Dragon Energy before Primal Lilian granted him her Blood Essence! That fundamental upgrade was the reason Primal Lilian could not detect his Bloodline clearly, although her vast experience had allowed her to urately peg it at Ancestral. Although the various Dragon Bloodlines which Elliot had absorbed so cleanly and perfectly were all Origin Grade to begin with, theirbination created a vastly more powerful bloodline which, unfortunately, wasn¡¯tplete. That iplete bloodline, though vastly more powerful than the individual Origin Grade Dragon Bloodline, made it impossible for Elliot to fully unleash its power, which was a defining requirement of being an Origin Grade Bloodline. And thus, Elliot¡¯s Bloodline had hovered at Ancestral Grade. However, after consuming Primal Lilian¡¯s Blood Essence, his bloodline advancement had been triggered thrice! Primal Lilian¡¯s blood was so miraculous that even without the remaining ck, Green and White Dragon Bloodlines, it was able to unlock their codes anyway through the other Bloodlines which Elliot had. His body had gained the full potential to rise all the way to Saint Grade! Of course it wasn¡¯t just potential which Elliot received from the power up. Every single part of his body had been strengthened fundamentally. His muscles were thousands of times stronger than steel, and could exert thousands of horsepower! If his muscles were car engines¡­ ¡­ His brain had also experienced a dramatic increase in capacity and processing speed. His memory had be perfect photographic memory, and his mind was always sharper than a razor de. And even his little Elliot had be the most impressive organ of all mankind! Safe to say once Elliot got married, his wife would be the happiest wife in the whole universe. Multiple orgasms multiple times a day was definitely not out of the question!! Finally, even his energy had gone through an increase in strength. It was a sublimation of his Darklight a.k.a Cosmic Dragon Energy as well, which had gained theplete purity of a Prehistoric Bloodline. With such fundamental and qualitative increase in strength, it was no wonder Elliot wanted to test his strength against a powerful being. The abomination, though disgusting to the maximum degree, was actually a pretty good punching bag for Elliot. That fact that Primal level warriors had be punching bags for Elliot would be a ridiculously stupid thing to think of mere days ago! What was the true definition of Speed Is King? It was Elliot¡¯s leveling speed! ¡°Your reaction speed is impressive for a human being, scum of the multiverse.¡± The abomination, who at that moment was merely an ugly head bobbing about in midair, sneered cutely. ¡°But sooner orter, you would make a mistake, and my body parts will stter your brain into paste. Then I will take my time choosing which part of your body I will integrate with mine! Haha!¡± ¡°Hmmmmm. Let¡¯s see. I will hold off using Ascendant Rune based attacks for now. Let¡¯s try using a basic Rune enhanced sh. Frozen Exploding Orb!¡± Elliot rapidly traced his energy to form the ¡°Freeze¡± and ¡°Explode¡±bat runes as the quality and form, and then gave it a simple function, ¡°Spin¡±. When he finally unleashed his Frozen Explosion, a gigantic sphere of ice shot out from Gilgamar and spun towards the abomination¡¯s body parts at high speed. While the sphere was spinning, it also released thousands of ice shards which exploded with great power and caused everything around the area of explosion topletely freeze! And finally, the main sphere itself exploded in a massive show of ice energy! (Think Diablo 3¡¯s Frozen Orb, scaled up in strength a million times) ¡°Wow, what a convenient area of effect spell! Perfect for battles such as this. But why stop at two qualities? Let¡¯s add two more. ¡°Pull¡± and ¡°Corrode¡±!¡± Elliot said with a smile as he swung Gilgamar towards the many body parts which had dispersed to attack him from every direction. Swish! Swish! Swish!! Elliot released tens of Frozen Exploding Orb in all directions, and watched in glee as the Orbs pulled every single body part to them before exploding spectacrly! The body parts had no physical armor to begin with, and Elliot¡¯s attack smashed their energy armor to smithereens. And then the body parts themselves all disintegrated without a trace. ¡°What?! You managed to destroy my shadow body parts so quickly?? You¡¯re very impressive! In that case, eat this trump card of mine! Billion Style Shadow Demons! Attack!¡± Immediately, the abomination head appeared and multiplied itself countless times!! Chapter 346 Hush Have you ever seen a flying head before? Probably not. But in the event that you had, take that chilling image and multiply the fear that you felt by a factor of 10 due to the sheer disgustingness of the face of this particr flying head. Then multiply it once more by one billion because well, there were one billion flying heads! The abomination wasn¡¯t kidding in the least when she named her skill Billion Style Shadow Demons! ¡°Damn it! That¡¯s disgusting! Thank goodness I¡¯ve destroyed its body, it would be really irritating if I had to deal with several hundred billion body parts shooting out- SHIT! It could regrow its body!!¡± Elliot shouted in horror. His worst nightmare actually came true just seconds after he visualized it. The billion heads quickly regrew their shadow bodies and all of it split apart to fire energy beams at Elliot!! In the distance, Primal Alexander who was fighting with the little boy couldn¡¯t help but chuckle lightly. ¡°Poor dude. He just managed to power up, and he already had to fight stupid Shadow Realm Primals and their secret moves. Oh well. Good luck.¡± Old Wabetto and the fifteen Primals who were giving their all in maintaining the massive Fateless Zone around the sector couldn¡¯t help but curse when the impact of a billion Shadow Primals unleashing their attacks smashed into the Fateless Zone like the biggest sledgehammer in the universe! ¡°Thankfully the attacks were not on the Primal level individually. If they were¡­¡± Primal Jeraxle let his sentence trail off into silence. By Old Wabetto¡¯s estimate, the billions of attacksunched by the abomination amounted to approximately thebined full powered attack of fifty Primals. For one Shadow Realm Primal level warrior to wield the power of fifty Primals¡­ Old Wabetto could already feel a massive headacheing up. Theing days would be extremely dangerous for the known universe. There was no way the Shadow Realm only had two Primal level warriors. No bloody way. Back in the fight, Elliot had finally gotten serious. He had unleashed his Awakened Dragon Energy which hadpletely surrounded him. And yes, it wasn¡¯t a Red Dragon anymore. Elliot merely called it Awakened Dragon Energy because he truly had no idea what type of dragon it was. For one thing, it was a glorious dark brown ¨C dark maroon in colour that was quite difficult to allocate a colour name to. And for another, his particr dragon had five heads like a full blown hydra. And he¡¯ll be damned if he called his energy Awakened Hydra Energy. So he simply removed the ¡®Red¡¯. But truly, his Awakened Dragon Energy was a monster beyond anything Elliot had ever seen or could imagine! Energy Awakenings were nothing new for the Primals, and they were all able to unleash their own awakened energy beasts if they wanted to. In fact, quite a few had already done that. But Elliot¡¯s Energy Awakening was apletely different beast on the outside and on the inside. Energy awakenings were energy entities which could act on their own battle instincts and pack a literal energy punch. However, because they were made up of energy, their defenses were quitecking, and would more often than not, copse and disperse after being attacked by their enemies. Still, they were solid distractions for any fighter¡¯s opponent, and the time taken to destroy the energy awakenings could very well determine victory or defeat, life or death. Elliot¡¯s Awakened Dragon was nothing like that. It was humongous, unlike its peers, and its energy make up was so unique and so dense that it was even able to withstand the abomination¡¯s attack that was at the level of 50 entire Primals! 50! Just what sort of power was 50 Primals? One Primal was already enough to be in control of multiplerge empires. If ever a Primal who had the strength of 50 Primals appear, though still far from being a Saint, he or she would definitely be strong enough to be the overlord of an entire fifth of the known universe. He could just stand in the middle of the universe, point at any of the four cardinal directions, and everything beyond his finger would belong to him! But Elliot, at his measly King level, had managed to stop such a Primal¡¯s all out attack with just a simple Awakened Dragon that was supposed to be so weak that even normal Primals could disperse it with a single blow, no less! ¡°What kind of awakened energy is that? Howe it¡¯s not mentioned in the intelligence report on this Realm? So unfair! I demand that you disperse that dragon at once!¡± The abomination demanded unreasonably with her overwhelmingly cute voice. ¡°Shut up!!¡± Elliot shouted with surprising grief in his voice. ¡°Only super cute little girls are allowed to make such unreasonable requests! You¡­ Just stick with cursing me and screaming like all the normal monsters!¡± ¡°Whaaaaat? I am not a monster! I am a cute little girl¡­ And I don¡¯t want to curse you¡­ I just want you to dispel your dragon and let me kill you! Boo hoo hoo! Why won¡¯t you do as I say? Do you not like me at all?¡± She said in her annoyingly cute voice once more. ¡°Grrrr.¡± Elliot narrowed his eyes in irritation and promptly stuffed his ears with energy so he won¡¯t be able to hear voice any more. If he had to listen to anymore of her cute voiceing out of her hideous face, he would definitely vomit blood! ¡°Her cute voice reminds me of Jess and Jen when they were toddlers. I won¡¯t listen to her anymore lest she ruin all the good memories I have of my childhood with her absolute freakshow of a face.¡± Elliot thought seriously. He then began to weave his Cosmic Dragon Energy into a powerful Ascendant Rune. The moment he started doing that, a deep hush fell upon the entire star system. Chapter 347 Overstuffed Rabbit For thousands of miles around Elliot, all of nature¡¯s energy suddenly stood still as if they were all stunned. Spells and skills which depended on nature¡¯s energy instantly fizzled and caused horrendous damage to both shadow realm warriors and warriors of the known universe. ¡°What the heck just happened? Why did all of this stupid universe¡¯s energy suddenly freeze and refuse to do my bidding?¡± The little boy roared out angrily in his deep and mature voice. ¡°Primal Golden Dragon Soul! Fix this mess!¡± ¡°This is unlike anything I have ever seen in my long years as a Primal in this universe.¡± Primal Golden Dragon Soul replied uneasily even as she continued to blink away and escape from Primal Alexander¡¯s many clones who were chasing her down like little boys trying to catch a flying butterfly! ¡°Damn it. I have no choice but to use my shadow energy. I won¡¯t be able to refill my shadow energy in this realm, and will have to retreat back to the Shadow Realm if this fight stretches for too long. Unleash your full power and open up ten thousand more portals at once!¡± The little boy shouted at Primal Golden Dragon Soul privately. ¡°I want all of our forces in here within fifteen minutes!¡± Elsewhere, other Primals were also cursing the sudden freezing of nature¡¯s energy. ¡°God damn it! What happened to mother nature? Why does it suddenly refuse to listen to me? All my shields are based on nature energy!¡± ¡°You¡¯re a full fledged Primal, you¡¯re telling me you don¡¯t have a single shield that isn¡¯t based on nature energy?¡± ¡°I am a God damn sentient tree! Of course all of my spells and skills are based on nature energy!¡± However, at that moment, all the nature energy that had frozen for a second suddenly surged towards Elliot! ¡°Hey! Stop!!¡± ¡°What the hell? Who is the one absorbing all the energy? Quit being such a selfish asshole and share the energy with us, damn it!¡± ¡°The energy is flowing towards the Gaming Commission meeting room. It must be Saint Dul¡¯Akharat that bastard!¡± ¡°Who are you calling bastard you bastard! My clones and I are spread out all around the area saving your butts!¡± ¡°Ah hahahaha! Saint Dul¡¯Akharat! I was kidding! Kidding! Of course you¡¯re not a bastard! I knew your mom and dad, remember? They were definitely married when they got you right? No? They were not?¡± However, back at Elliot¡¯s position, everything was strangely calm. The abomination and all of its shadows had retracted their body parts, and were rapidlybining into one ultra-ultrarge abomination that was also ultra-ultra-disgusting to look at! Thankfully for Elliot, he had his eyes closed to focus on weaving the Ascendant Rune properly. If not, he would have definitely cursed the abomination once more for polluting his eyes and mind! Both the abomination and Elliot continued their insane energy build up for a few long seconds as space around them both began to tremble and crack as their energy exceeded even the humongous capacity of space to contain. On the abomination¡¯s side, she was reorganizing the full power of 50 Primals into one huge shadow entity that could put to bear every ounce of its power in one grand attack that would obliterate everything in its path. On Elliot¡¯s side, his Ascendant Rune was absorbing all of nature¡¯s energy from thousands of kilometers around him! Its awesomeplexity and the sheer dominance it exhibited due to it being created by the Lord of all energies, the Cosmic Dragon Energy, caused all of the energy to obey its call obediently. Even without activating its explosive and damaging aspects, the sheer volume of energy which the Ascendant Rune collected had already caused space around Elliot to copse! At that moment, both Elliot and the abomination opened their eyes at the same time, and both gasped in surprise at what the other was doing. ¡°Giant Shadow Abomination. And all of its power flowing smoothly and freely towards that bone spear. She has be extremely dangerous.¡± Elliot thought with a deep chill in his heart. Even though he had be exceedingly powerful, he still could sense the impossibly horrifying damage that the focused attack of a being who wielded the power of 50 Primals could bring forth. And he wasn¡¯t sure if his Awakened Energy could resist it. Billions of attacks spread out over arge area were easy to repulse. Butbine those billions of attacks into one needle point attack? ¡°I cannot allow that attack to hit me.¡± Elliot thought solemnly. On the other hand, the abomination was just t out horrified. ¡°Cheater! You are definitely a cheater! What are you using to cheat? Why are you bing so strong, even stronger than my ultimate skill, Shadow Empress?¡± The abomination shouted cutely. However, Elliot couldn¡¯t hear her because his ears were stuffed with energy! So he merely red at the Shadow ¡°Empress¡± (Elliot would have definitely called her Shadow Freak if he heard her skill name) and searched her for weaknesses. ¡°Stop ignoring meeeee! Meanie! Stop ignoring meee!!¡± The abomination squealed even as body parts continued to rapidly m into her and quickly brought her nearly kilometer tall body topletion. ¡°Since she is just abination of parts, a massive blow would probably be able to break her apart. I should focus on the ¡°Strengthen¡±, ¡°Indestructible¡±, ¡°Speed¡± and ¡°Humongous¡± runes when I attack andbine them into ¡°Smash¡± function. That way, my attack will smash into her and cause her to burst apart.¡± Elliot thought. ¡°I advise you not to use too much of your power if you are nning to smash her into pieces.¡± Gilgamar suddenly spoke up. ¡°She is just like an overstuffed rabbit. If you smash her too hard, her energy would explode outwards without being burned up in the slightest. You would cause irreparable damage to this area.¡± ¡°Hmmmm. I understand your logic. But failing to burst her would be a far worse oue.¡± Elliot argued back pleasantly as he began his weaving of his nned runes. Gilgamar merely shrugged mentally and let Elliot do as he wished. He already did his part by warning him. Opposite him, the abomination¡¯s massive frame was finallyplete. Chapter 348 Nuclear Fusion And as she opened her massive mouth, deep voices mixed with shrill voices, cute voices, ethereal voices, whispery voices, guttural voices and all sorts of voices rang out at once in a fearsome cacophony! ¡°STOP IGNORING ME!!!¡± Her many vocal cords roared! It was so creepy and all who heard it felt their bodies shiver uncontrobly for a little while. All except Elliot, of course, who had the most powerful ear plugs in the entire universe safely protecting his eardrums from the abomination¡¯s auditorial ¡°attacks¡±. sh! Its sword was so huge, moved so fast and across such a massive area that if Elliot didn¡¯t have blink, he would definitely have been shed to pieces! But he did have blink, and so the abomination¡¯s powerful attacks hit nothing but empty space. The abomination whirled towards Elliot¡¯s direction as soon as he appeared from his spell and chased after him with extreme prejudice. ¡°Stay still, little bug, and let me sh you to pieces!¡± The abomination roared and continued her tirade of unreasonable requests. Elliot was still blissfully unaware and kept blinking away from her, extremely unwilling to get within striking distance of her sword. His Ascendant Rune was still powering up because he was determined to unleash the most powerful sledgehammer ever created in the known universe. And to do that, he had to make sure that he stuff in as many basic ¡°strengthen¡± runes as possible to his spell. Whoosh! Whoosh! For a full minute, all Elliot did was to blink away in random directions to avoid the abomination¡¯s powerful attacks! And for a full minute, he pumped literally millions of runes into his massive Ascendant Rune spell. ¡°You¡¯re overdoing it.¡± Gilgamar said tly. ¡°Just because you can, doesn¡¯t mean you should. There¡¯s a reason why such things had never been done in battle.¡± ¡°Yes. And I know exactly why. It has never been done because nobody ever had such a massive Ascendant Rune as their spell framework. And very few had the luxury of apletely abusable blink spell like me. But since I have both, why should I not abuse the hell out of them?¡± Elliot said to Gilgamar with a satisfied grin. ¡°I am no energy expert, nor am I a physics expert, but my opinion is don¡¯t go too far when using powers that are as yetpletely unknown, like this Ascendant Rune. But it¡¯s your call.¡± Gilgamar said calmly. ¡°Good. Thank you for your advice. I shall listen to you and not put in ten million runes as I intended. I shall put in nine million.¡± Elliot said with a chuckle. ¡°And just to be safe, I will attack her from all six directions, just like a cube pressing in from all sides. That should minimize her energy fallout.¡± Gilgamar shook his (mental) head helplessly and remained silent. He had done his part. Whatever Elliot chose to do and whatever the consequences were, they would all be on him. After another minute of cat and mouse chasing and dodging, Elliot was finally ready. He blinked one final time to a spot slightly further than before and gave the Ascendant Rune its final rune. And when that final rune fell into ce, it was as though batteries were finally ced into a rocket that was already at full throttle! The Ascendant Rune went from beingpletely inert to be a massive energy cube thatpletely covered the abomination. Whoosh! ! ! ! ! ! The six sides of the cube connected and fell into ce. Against the other sides of the cube, they were like ethereal gas. There was no collision as they were able to pass through each other. However, the abomination could sense that it would not be the case with her. ¡°You wish to press me into pulp? Ha! You are dreaming! All I need to do is to smash one side and I will be free! Take this! Shadow Burst!¡± The abomination screeched with her myriad of voices and poured all of her power into her sword which shot towards one of the sides of the cube with overwhelming might! Elliot didn¡¯t hear anything and was able to focus on finally unleashing the full power of his Ascendant Rune. ¡°I shall call this attack¡­ Cold Press Juice.¡± Elliot said solemnly before willing the cube to burst out towards each other powerfully!! The abomination was still sneering at Elliot when her Shadow Burst collided against one side of the six cube sides speeding towards her, and thenpletely shattered into nothing. Everything happened so fast that she merely had time to widen her eyes slightly before the six sides smashed into her andpressed her with irresistible force! With all of Elliot¡¯s increase in intelligence, the fact remained that he had NEVER gone to school to study the basics of atoms, energy and nuclear fusion. Even though he was extremely smart and his brain had ridiculously quick processing power, it would be for naught if there was no material or data to process. He had no idea that the forced fusion of atoms would create energy! There were two types of nuclear reactions which would release an unimaginable amount of energy, and they were nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is the splitting of heavy atoms like Plutonium or Uranium. The splitting of atoms would release a horrifying amount of energy that could obliterate cities or even, inrge enough amounts,s! Nuclear fusion is thebination of atoms which would release a huge amount of energy as well. What Elliot was doing, in essence, was nuclear fusion! And to make it infinitely worse, the raw ¡°material¡± Elliot was forcibly using in his impromptu nuclear fusion was an overpowered being with the strength of 50 Primals! A modern 300-kiloton nuclear bomb could create a fireball one square kilometer in size that would heat up to temperatures hotter than the sun. If a kilometer tall Primal with the strength of 50 Primals were to be turned into a nuclear fusion bomb¡­ Chapter 349 Supernovas The moment the ethereal cube appeared and surrounded the abomination, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s face instantly paled. Unlike Elliot, he knew very well how physics and nuclear fusions work. And his instincts told him that Elliot¡¯s hyper strange cube had the power and strength to crush the abomination easily, which, without an avenue for her body parts and energy to disperse, would be a more than catastrophic disaster for them. He nced at the thousands of portals that were starting to open, and the billions of spacecraft that were streaming through, and in a sh, he decided to bet everything on Elliot¡¯s ridiculous move. ¡°All Primals, a massive explosion would soon ur. Retreat to your dimensional fortresses at once.¡± He said heavily just as the six sides of the cube surged towards the abomination. ¡°NOW! NOW! NOW! IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!!¡± Primal Alexander roared telepathically as well as he blinked and whisked Lady Bstiera and Elliot¡¯s two sisters away. ¡°Damn you bozo! You¡¯re going to destroy the entire Star System at this rate! Lucky I have contingencies in ce! We¡¯ll do an ountingter!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras shouted at Elliot before disappearing with Harold Sands. ¡°Huh? What¡¯s going on?¡± Elliot said aloud in confusion as he sensed Primal Alexander bringing his sisters to a very distant and separate dimension. He nced around him which waspletely bereft of allies and friends. Only a trillion shadow realm spacecraft were there, with many trillions more inbound. His instincts were ring at full strength at that moment, when Primal Lilian appeared next to him. ¡°We should go as well.¡± Primal Lilian said softly. ¡°Or if you wish to stay, we can stay at the edge until the veryst moment. I believe your shields should be able to protect us for a few seconds at least.¡± Elliot immediately weaved the most powerful shield based on the Ascendant Rune he knew and dumped in generous amount of strengthening runes into it. Primal Lilian brought them away to a spot a thousand miles away, and then pointed at Elliot¡¯s shield to do her part in strengthening it as well. ¡°That right there, is an extremely crude but highly efficient nuclear fusion bomb.¡± Primal Lilian said calmly and pointed at the rapidly intersecting cube sides. ¡°Brace yourself and shield your eyes.¡± ¡°Nuclear bomb???¡± Elliot was shocked as he did as he was told. ¡°As I said. You¡¯re overdoing it.¡± Gilgamar said calmly, a split second before a humongous tower of blinding light shone from the cube that had intersected until a mere square milimeter was left in the center. ¡°How the heck did I end up making a nuclear bomb out of a Shadow Primal??¡± Elliot waspletely bbergasted! However, there was no time to exin as the fireworks began the next second. CRACK!!!! Elliot¡¯s cube cracked into a billion pieces before sheer destruction radiated outwards. In a blink on an eye, the trillions of spacecraft were covered in highly destructive energy which vaporized them instantly! The destructive wave also burst into the portals and covered huge swathes of the trillions of spacecrafts waiting to enter the known universe. Poof! One moment they were there, and they were gone in the next. Crackle! Crackle! Elliot¡¯s powerful Ascendant Rune powered shield started to crack as the destructive energy reached them. Whoosh! Primal Lilian brought them away into a different dimension with a wave of her hand. She had no wish to discover first hand just how powerful Elliot¡¯s Ascendant Rune powered shields were. A Primal self-destructing was already powerful enough to rip entire star systems to shreds. For a powerful one to be squashed so brutally until it forcibly underwent nuclear fusion was¡­ ridiculous to think about, but absolutely fearsome when it actually happened. 622 Elliot appeared in a beautiful, picturesque farnd with a huge windmill providing energy for various antique farm equipment to work. ¡°Big bro! Where did you go? You were gone when we finished out transformations. You won¡¯t believe this, but I feel really powerful! I think I am even powerful enough to fight you!¡± Jessica cried out excitedly when Elliot appeared. ¡°Me too! Me too! I think I am also strong enough to fight uncle Harold here! In fact, I just challenged him to a spar!¡± Jennifer said with a tinge of pride and with great excitement as well. ¡°I don¡¯t fight with little girls. But if young Elliot here challenges me, I will definitely ept.¡± Harold Sands growled. ¡°I definitely need to give him a whipping he will remember for the rest of his life for destroying the Gaming Commission HQ!¡± ¡°Get in line, old man. If anybody gets to fight that damn boy first, it¡¯s me. Do you know how much I spent building that Star System as the Gaming Commission¡¯s HQ? You smashed thousands of years worth of hard work into dust with your little nuclear fusion! Thank god I have contingencies in ce! All of the critical data and resources were saved. But cleaning up the mess would take me years! Years!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said usingly at Elliot. ¡°Ah hahahaha! Sorry, sorry. I had no idea that nuclear explosions could happen when I did that. I thought she would just be sttered into little pieces hahahahaha!¡± Elliotughed sheepishly. ¡°But I did sessfully stop the invasion with that explosion! You would be really d to learn that the trillions of shadow army had been reduced to dust by the explosion! How awesome is that?¡± Elliot grinned. ¡°Awesome your head! That nuclear explosion probably reduced the entire sector into dust! Supernovas are probably happening as we speak.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras growled at Elliot. Two small vials of blood floated to Chairman El¡¯Taras and Harold Sands at that moment. ¡°As his teacher, I take full responsibility for his actions. These two vials should more thanpensate you for your losses.¡± Primal Lilian said calmly. ¡°Ah! Primal Lilian! You shouldn¡¯t have! I was merely nning to give him a beating or two to teach him some sense. Two vials of your blood is too generous! Too generous indeed!¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras cried out loudly even as the two vials disappeared into his storage without a trace. Primal Lilian smiled knowingly at him and dismissed them with a wave of her hand. Chapter 350 Do you accept? There were only several of them within Primal Alexander¡¯s dimensional world at first. But he soon invited Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and the other Primals over. An urgent meeting to discuss the previous battle and the Shadow Invasion needed to take ce immediately. The meeting took ce in the middle of beautifulke halfway up a mountain. A small waterfall fed into theke and there was a small ind in the middle of theke where the meeting took ce. With a thought, Primal Alexander made a huge gazebo appear on the ind,plete with a 100-seat round table and chairs. The Primals quickly made themselvesfortable and they started the meeting without further ado. ¡°There are three topics on this agenda.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat began. ¡°First, the Shadow Invasion and Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s defection. This will include the Shadow Parasite Disaster. Second, bloodlines. Jennifer and Jessica¡¯s Prehistoric bloodlines would be the key for some of us to power up and enter Sainthood. It would be crucial for us to have more Saints in the uing war.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat looked at Elliot as he said this. Elliot merely frowned lightly and remained silent. ¡°Finally, Elliot and his new universe powers. Above and beyond what Jessica and Jennifer¡¯s Prehistoric Bloodline could give us, your power would be the key to not only our survival, but also our victory.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said softly. Elliot nodded heavily. ¡°One at a time, though. Let us discuss the Shadow Invasion.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat turned to face all the Primals. Without a doubt, all of the Primals represented every single significant power in the main universe, even the Golden Dragon Empire of the Central Gxies. Being one of the most powerful Empires, they had more than one Primal, and the second Primal had quickly taken over Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s lead position. Primal Golden Fire was a quiet Golden Dragon. He didn¡¯t really like to speak and assert himself, and had allowed Primal Golden Dragon Soul to take the lead in all things. But now that he was the sole Primal of the Golden Dragon Empire, he had to call the shots. ¡°The Shadow Invasion was triggered, to arge extent, by the Matriarch of the Golden Dragon Empire.¡± Primal Golden Dragon said calmly. ¡°Indeed. There¡¯s no telling just how many high level personnel have been infested.¡± Primal Baltang growled. ¡°I make the same request, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat.¡± ¡°So do I.¡± ¡°And I.¡± ¡°And I.¡± ¡°Let us just gather our top warriors and top management, and secretly bring them before Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. He can clean the parasites in a sh and we can bring them back instantly within minutes. If we coordinate well, it will take less than half a day to clean up all key personnel in theing war.¡± Primal Isabe suggested. ¡°Agreed.¡± ¡°Fine by me. Let us do that tonight. My aide will coordinate with you.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said. ¡°With regard to defense, I am afraid it would be extremely tricky. They can open up their portals anywhere, and unleash hell from there. We cannot let them do that. The best defense is offence, I propose we send out five major expeditions to invade them from at least five locations.¡± ¡°If we can think of that, so will they. I suspect that they will immediately step up their invasion ns now that we know of their intentions. We need forces on standby to repel them when they do.¡± Primal Lilian said. ¡°If we wait for them toe, then we will lose the initiative. He who strikes first is stronger. We must attack tonight!¡± Primal Jeraxle said loudly. ¡°What would it gain us if we attack, and lose our homes when theye for us?¡± Madam Liu asked. Back and forth the Primals argued as they deliberated on whether they shouldunch an emergency all out offensive, or prepare to defend their homes! Through all that, Elliot was only thinking of one thing. ¡°Why don¡¯t I go and unleash a few more of the ¡°nuclear fusions¡± like I did earlier? He thought aloud. At his words, all the Primals suddenly froze as their minds processed his words and a myriad of awesomely beautiful scenarios appeared in all of their minds. ¡°If we pair him up with Old Wabetto¡¯s unlimited teleportation skills and Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ sneaky scouting skillsa€|¡± Primal Alexander mused. ¡°And of course your knowledge of the Shadow Realma€|¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat looked at Primal Alexander in the eye and said calmly. ¡°Hahahahaha!¡± Primal Alexanderughed. He knew from the moment he told Saint Dul¡¯Akharat ¡°it wasn¡¯t his first time dealing with the Shadow Realm¡± that he would see a steep increase in his involvement in the counter offensive. So he didn¡¯t refuse. ¡°You know of the Shadow Realm? Why didn¡¯t you tell us anything?¡± Primal Greelife Tree shouted angrily. ¡°You didn¡¯t tell us anything about the Green Realm either.¡± Primal Alexander said with an amused voice. ¡°Wha-howa€| You!!¡± Primal Greenlife Tree sputtered in anger. ¡°Green Realm? So it is real?¡± ¡°Hohoho. Primal Greenlife Tree, let¡¯s have a chat after this crisis is over.¡± ¡°Enough. Young Elliot has proposed a very intriguing idea. In all of creation in our known universe, only he has the power to unleash such wide scale devastation. I appreciate your offer to take on such a dangerous mission. With Old Wabetto as transport, Chairman El¡¯Taras as eyes, and Primal Alexander as intelligence, you guys should be able to sneak in and assassinate at least twenty Primals before they catch on to your actions. Target the Primals nearest to their armies. If you do that, you might just throw them intoplete disarray, and open up an opportunity for us to invade en masse without worrying that they invade while we are there.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said. ¡°Do you four ept this mission?¡± Chapter 351 Plus your bloodline! Every eye turned to look at Elliot. Without him, there would be no mission. ¡°I e-¡± Elliot started to say. However, before he could finish, Jennifer suddenly shouted loudly! ¡°NO!¡± She said fiercely. ¡°My big bro is not going anywhere untilpensation is made for our grievances!¡± ¡°Grievances?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat asked the little girl gently. ¡°Yes!¡± Jennifer said with an impassioned voice. ¡°You guys came to our home, destroyed our cities, and forced us to participate in your stupid games! You turned our lives upside down, took everything away from us, and now you want to send my brother to harm¡¯s way to save your stupid universe? Ha! What a joke! Your stupid universe can burn for all I care and join my in ruins and destruction!¡± Jennifer did not mince words and immediately levelled her most powerful usation at the Primals! ¡°Hmmmm.¡± Elliot frowned and immediately nodded in agreement. In his journey to great power which was so full of massive surprises one after another, his great anger towards the ¡°aliens¡± that had caused him so much pain had been subconsciously set aside! Plus with his sisters safe and sound, he was sopletely and single mindedly focused on gaining the required strength to keep them safe that way that his obsession had shifted slightly from revenge to powering up. Once again, all eyes turned. But this time, it went to the Chairman of the Gaming Commission, El¡¯Taras. He was the mastermind behind the hugely popr Games, and he was the one who reaped the most benefits. So naturally, he would be the one to makepensations. ¡°Ah yes. That is my fault indeed.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras admitted without hesitation. ¡°I will bear all the responsibility and I will immediately request for the Void Walkers to turn back time for your once more. All the cost for that endeavor will be borne by the Gaming Commission. What do you think of that?¡± ¡°Not eptable. I don¡¯t want to lose my powers.¡± Jennifer said tly. Somehow, in the negotiation for the fate of Earth, Jennifer had be the lead negotiator. ¡°I agree. If you want to reverse time for earth, make sure you don¡¯t take my power away. I don¡¯t want to be weak and be left at the mercies of you evil aliens again.¡± Jessica said resolutely. ¡°That will not happen. I will not let any harm to befall my disciples for as long as breath remains in my body.¡± Primal Lilian smiled gently at them. ¡°Plus, reverse time walk will take effect for all the souls within a specific location. If you are not within the area of effect when the spell takes form, you will not be thrown back in time.¡± ¡°Even if it¡¯s eptable, we can¡¯t do such a thing, I am afraid. Wide reverse time walk is exceedingly difficult, if notpletely impossible, to execute. All of my most powerful Void Walkers are in fact, still very much in awe over how Jessica, my granddaughter, managed to pull off such a mind blowing feat.¡± Harold Sands shook his head helplessly. ¡°Your wish is mymand, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. I will get my granddaughter here immediately.¡± Harold Sands bowed before disappearing in a sh. Elliot turned to look at Chairman El¡¯Taras and looked at him seriously. ¡°The blood of trillions are upon your hands, Chairman.¡± Elliot said coldly. Chairman El¡¯Taras smiled a ghastly smile that was without emotion and merely raised his palm horizontally facing up. A vision of Jennifer saying vehemently ¡°¡­ your stupid universe can burn for all I care!¡­¡± appeared for a moment. However, another vision appeared straight after that, depicting a younger El¡¯Taras standing in space ahead of a small group of simr youths. Before them was apletely in mes. ¡°The whole universe will burn before I allow another of ours to be sacrificed this way.¡± The young El¡¯Taras said softly but still audibly. ¡°The Taras massacre? You were alive then? You¡¯re much older than I thought, Taras boy.¡± A dwarf Primal rumbled from the far end of the table. ¡°The Taras massacre was the reason you formed the Gaming Commission and its highly annoying tentacles spreading out the entire known universe? Had I known that, I wouldn¡¯t have participated in that massacre.¡± A massive green dragon Primal chuckled lightly. El¡¯Taras ignored him, and the visions atop his palm shed once more, showing after being massacred and enved. For food, for space, for ves, for resources, and not a few were for fun. After a few long minutes, Chairman El¡¯Taras finally said, ¡°It¡¯s either my hands, or others.¡± ¡°It would have happened either way. If not now under El¡¯Taras, it would be in a thousand years under Southern Glory, the Empire closest to you. They will never allow Earth to grow into a super power. They will harvest you before you could bloom.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said objectively. Elliot turned to Primal Alexander questioningly. Although he didn¡¯t say it, Primal Alexander knew exactly what he was thinking. ¡°Did it happen to your earth as well?¡± His gaze seemed to ask. ¡°My earth is still in one piece. I made sure of that.¡± Primal Alexander told him privately. Elliot nodded, but his frown remained. ¡°Ipletely understand. Whether or not earth would be harvested by Southern Glory, it does not negate the fact that I was the one behind Earth¡¯s current fate. Thus my offer. I will make it as though it never happened, and I will offer youpensation, as much as you deem satisfactory.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras said smoothly. Of course he did not mention that he had already pledged his wealth to Elliot and his vicious and cold blooded new ¡°Chief Minister¡±! ¡°Rectify your mistakes, and offer up six hundred, no twelve hundred of your most precious treasures! Four hundred each for big bro, Jess and me.¡± Jennifer said loudly. Chairman El¡¯Taras nodded. ¡°Treasure is not a problem.¡± ¡°Plus your bloodline!¡± Jessica said eagerly. ¡°I want your special eye power too!¡± Chapter 352 Mindless Chatter Reconciling the grievance that was seared within the hearts of Elliot and his sisters was not going to be an easy task. It might be easier for his sisters, because they merely went through a month of apocalypse. And if everything could be returned to the way they were, then they could, with difficulty, eventually ept that one month as a necessary price to pay for their super powers. For Elliot though, it was much more difficult. He had gone through thirteen painful months before that point, and the first twelve months had beenplete hell. Although his single mindedness towards gaining strength had allowed him to temporarily set aside his anger against the aliens who caused him and earth so much grievance, it was a temporary thing. The roiling wrath in his heart had returned full force as soon as Jennifer had raised the topic. Even after hearing the news that Chairman El¡¯Taras was willing to bear the cost of executing a wide reverse time walk once more, he still felt extremely indignant over what had happened to Earth. He needed more than a casual apology, more than promises of treasure aspensation. Could his deep seated grievances be so easily set aside with just a bunch of shiny trinkets? Absolutely not! Even though Chairman El¡¯Taras had went through simr pain and hellish experiences, it did not justify his actions. Not at all. ¡°In fact, he should have known better! Instead of jumping the gun andmitting genocide on aary scale, he should be thinking of ways to help instead!¡± Elliot¡¯s righteous soul dered loudly. ¡°Bullshit. Life isn¡¯t roses and wine. Why should he spend his strength saving a bunch of aliens he knew nothing about? What he did was realistic, and understandable.¡± Elliot¡¯s realist soul retorted back. At that moment, however, before he could engage in more internal arguments, space around him began to crackle loudly for a moment. Whoosh. Harold Sands stepped out of a portal with a frowning Jessica Sands in tow. The entire room full of Primals was silent when that happened. Harold Sands bowed before Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and presented Jessica Sands. ¡°This is my granddaughter, Jessica Sands of the Sands of Time Void Walker n, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat.¡± Harold Sands said courteously. ¡°Old man, are you the one who- ouchie! Gramps! Stop pinching me!¡± Jessica Sands scowled at Harold Sands fiercely. ¡°Ahahaha! Forgive her impudence, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat! As you know, foolishness is bound in the hearts of youth! Apparently it is bound a little bit more tightly in my granddaughter¡¯s heart than usual! Hahaha!¡± Harold Sandsughed loudly at his own not so funny joke. And even if he didn¡¯t sense her strange power, he would still treat her extremely well, like the princess that she was for the simple reason that her string of fate was extremely intertwined with Elliot¡¯s, and that it was the brightest, and most glorious string of fate he had ever seen in his entire life, more glorious and powerful than even his own. She was like a Royal Queen among a bunch of strong butmon blooded warriors, and he, the mere captain of that bunch. If nothing happened to her, she was fated to dominate gxies, or even entire Realms. ¡°As I said, are you the one who forced me out of my seclusion? I was on the verge of making a breakthrough in my design of the most delicious Chilly Pancake ever, and your untimely interruption caused me to lose my train of thought! If I can¡¯t find my train of thought once more, how do you think you canpensate me, huh?¡± Jessica Sands said loudly with a very annoyed tone. All the Primals almost choked on their salivas. Did a little King level girl just scold a Saint for interrupting her out of her cooking experiment?? And an experiment making a disgusting sounding Chilly Pancake, no less? Who in the entire universe would mourn if a Chilly Pancake recipe failed to form?? Pancakes taste better with ice cream! Or honey! Not chilli!! However, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat merely smiled at her. ¡°I apologize for the untimely interruption. But I do have an important request for you that would impact the safety of the universe. I am sure you know this young man here, Elliot Musk?¡± He said gently. Jessica Sands turned to look Elliot in surprise. ¡°Elliot! What are you doing here?¡± Jessica asked as she immediately made her way to him. ¡°He brought me here to participate in a tournament of some sort. But I am guessing that the tournament is scrapped now that so much had happened?¡± Elliot chuckled and pointed at Primal Alexander, who merely shrugged in a nonchnt way. ¡°Big bro, who is the cute little girl? She isn¡¯t your girlfriend isn¡¯t she? She looks younger than us!¡± Jennifer whispered loudly to Elliot. ¡°Oh! I forgot to introduce you girls. Err Jess, Jen, meet Jessica Sands, uncle Harold¡¯s granddaughter. She has been really helpful in helping me get stronger. Jessica, meet my twin sisters, Jessica and Jennifer.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Hi girls! Great to finally meet you!¡± Jessica Sands smiled widely at the two girls and immediately went over to shake their hands. ¡°Hi! Errrra€| are you older than us?¡± Jessica asked carefully as she shook Jessica Sands¡¯ hand. ¡°Age is rtive. But in Void Walker terms, I should be at the stage right before maturity. I am guessing you two are at that stage as well?¡± Jessica Sands asked brightly. ¡°Ah yes! So we¡¯re in the same age group? Awesome!¡± Jennifer said happily. ¡°Thanks for helping out our bro!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry about that. Your bro is really awesome! In fact, I think he might just be a genius! Do you know he actually helped me solve a problem that I was having in deciphering an old Chilly Pancake design?¡± Jessica Sands said excitedly as she began to chat with the twins and promptly forgot that she was in the middle of a conversation with Saint Dul¡¯Akharat! Primals: a€| a€| Saint Dul¡¯Akharat: a€| a€| When had they, as leaders and overlords of their own respective Star Sectors, had ever been made to wait as three girls chatted and got to know each other? Preposterous! ¡°Damn you little girl! We are not here to listen to your mindless chatter!¡± A powerfully built Red Dragon Primal roared angrily! Chapter 353 All the bloodlines At his angry shout, the three girls instantly stopped talking and turned to look at the Red Dragon Primal. Jessica Sands was about to retort back when Harold Sands interjected seriously. ¡°He is right. We are in an extremely important meeting. The fate of the universe is at stake. We need to focus.¡± Harold Sands said to her granddaughter quietly. ¡°As I said before, the universe can burn itself straight to hell, for all I care.¡± Jennifer replied in a voice no less serious than Harold Sands. ¡°Impudent!¡± The Red Dragon Primal roared once more. He mmed his hand on the table and stood up. ¡°You are part of this universe too! If we fall, so will you! Get that thought into your thick skull, little rabbit!¡± ¡°No we won¡¯t. We have already lost everything else except for each other. We have nowhere left to fall. You, on the other hand, have much to lose. But forgive me for not giving a rat¡¯s ass about what happens to you. Why should I? You mean nothing to me. You did nothing to help me when I needed help. You and your kind can die the way my fellow human beings died. Good riddance.¡± Jennifer said with a heart full of malice. Elliot turned to look at Jennifer in surprise. He did not expect his sister¡¯s heart to be so full of hatred! It shocked him to sobriety and made him realize that he couldn¡¯t continue being bitter and angry. He needed to show his sisters a higher way of living, a way to live without such malice and deep seated anger. And for that, he needed to lead by example. He had once heard that forgiveness is a choice. You need to choose to forgive, to let go of your right to be angry, even righteously angry at the one who hurt you. And when you made that choice and release eptance that what was done was done, and you no longer needed to make whoever did it pay the price or feel the same pain as you did, then your heart could feel the release of hatred as well. He needed to do that first, and then guide his sisters down the same path! There was nothing to gain by withholding forgiveness, and wallowing in painful anger and wrath everyday! ¡°Jenn. Jess. Let me handle this.¡± Elliot said softly. Jennifer and Jessica turned to look at their elder brother, unwillingness still showing in their eyes, especially Jennifer¡¯s. They still had things to say to these high and mighty Primals who stood above the rest of the universe and doomed trillions to their fates by their inaction andplicit support of Chairman El¡¯Taras! ¡°Do as I say, and ept all the decisions that I make for us. You know that I will always make the best choice for you two, right?¡± Elliot continued. At his words, the two girls immediately nodded and agreed. There was no doubt in their minds that their elder brother loved them beyond anything in his life! He had shown it to them over and over again. And so, they immediately shut their mouths and stepped back to stand with their teacher, Primal Lilian who had thus far merely watched her new disciples with a very intrigued look on her face. Elliot turned to look at Jessica Sands, who immediately nodded as well without even being needed to be asked. ¡°You can make decisions for me. After all, you are our newa€| bakery boss. Hehehehehehhe.¡± Jessica Sands giggled cutely and conspiratorially. ¡°Thank you Jessica.¡± Elliot said with a smile before turning to face Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and the Primals seriously. ¡°I will ept the mission on four conditions.¡± He said with a calm voice. ¡°First, theplete time reversal of earth to pre-apocalypse. Jessica, will you be able to do that? Chairman El¡¯Taras will bear all the cost you need to get it done.¡± ¡°Uh. Reverse time walk on aary level is a one off thing. Ripping the entire¡¯s timeline and moving it backwards for such a huge amount of time while still remaining within the current universe ces it on a very unique energy bubble that is irreversible.¡± Jessica Sands said rather apologetically. ¡°There is absolutely no way to do it a second time around. The chrono structures around the will not support a second reverse time walk.¡± Elliot could feel a wave of disappointment rise powerfully within him. Earth was gone, and there was nothing he could do about it! But he pressed on. ¡°If a reverse time walk is not doable, then I expect aplete stop of the Games and an unlimited amount of funds and expertise to rebuild the into a utopia. The is to be protected by every single faction, and is in permanent diplomatic alliance with them.¡± Elliot said through slightly gritted teeth. ¡°Done.¡± Saint Akharat said smoothly and turned to all the Primals. ¡°Destroy the beasts, kill or recapture all fugitives, and immediately instruct your troops to peacekeeping duties. Myary architects would immediately descend to Earth and transform it into a utopia for human beings.¡± The Primals nodded and immediately sent out instructions to that effect. Their words would instantly make their way down the numerous empires under theirmand, and the effects would probably be felt very, very soon. Within minutes, an hour on the outside, Earth¡¯s apocalypse would end! ¡°Secondly, I want all the bloodlines and rune repositories of all Primals present here. All who reject this demand is to be considered an enemy of the universe, and be treated as such. Before we crush the enemy that knocks on our door, we must crush the snake that lurks within.¡± Elliot said calmly. A deep smothering silence appeared in the room, before the Red Dragon Primal roared with incredulousughter! ¡°You want all of my runes, and myplete bloodline? Hahahahahahahahaha!!!¡± Chapter 354 Planetary Explosion Primal Alexander¡¯s eyes widened at Elliot¡¯s guts and admittedly awesome move. He sighed in his heart and couldn¡¯t help but marvel at Elliot¡¯s sheer genius in extorting people. ¡°If you want it, little dragon punk. Come and get it! I know that you¡¯ve gotten your hands on some dragon bloodline. Let this grandpa have a taste of just how ¡°awesome¡± your bloodline is! Hahahahahah!¡± The Red Dragon Primalughed and rose majestically into the sky. Primal Alexander simply waved his hand and created a safe space for them to battle. Within his dimensional world, he had the power to do whatever he wanted. ¡°Go on and teach that lizard a lesson.¡± Primal Alexander grinned at Elliot. Unlike the Red Dragon Primal who was busy fighting with the trillions of spaceships earlier, Primal Alexander had first hand experience of Elliot¡¯s strength and dominating dragon bloodline aura. He couldn¡¯t wait to see the Red Dragon Primal pee in his pants when Elliot unleashed his power! Still, Primal Alexander had vastly underestimated Elliot¡¯s cunning. ¡°Just one Red Dragon lizard has the guts to challenge me? What about you other dragons? ck dragon? Green dragon? And white dragon? Are youpletely willing to give me your bloodline and your runes?¡± Elliot called out the other dragons which he didn¡¯t have the bloodlines for. Even though Primal Lilian had unlocked their gic codes and allowed Elliot a smooth bloodline advancement into Prehistoric Grade, he still needed their blood essences to be able to unleash the respective transformations in full. How could he let go of such a rare opportunity to goad them into betting their blood essences? ¡°What? You little punk. You want to fight all of us all at once? Are you looking down on us??¡± ck Dragon Primal roared angrily and rose to the sky as well. ¡°I guess if we don¡¯t give you a mega trashing right here and now, you will never learn to respect us.¡± Green dragon rumbled and floated gently upwards to take her ce next to the two dragons. ¡°Count me in. Old blue,e.¡± White dragon Primal said. Within seconds, all five Chromatic Dragon Primals stood proudly above the table, ripe for Elliot¡¯s picking. ¡°A bet then, to make things more exciting. I will ce my blood essence as a wager in exchange for all of yours. How about it?¡± Elliot asked pleasantly. ¡°Hmph! So be it!¡± Red Dragon Primal said with a sneer. But Elliot didn¡¯t miss the glint of greed that shed in his eyes. All the other dragons agreed as well. Before so many Primals, there was no need for contracts. Their prides wouldpletely forbid them from going back on their words. ¡°Very well. If that¡¯s the case, thank you all in advance for your support. Come at me then.¡± Elliot said as he slowly unleashed his Cosmic Dragon Energy. As he did so, a chilling draconic aura surrounded him like an emperor¡¯s royal cloak. Elliot purposely didn¡¯t unleash all of his aura to the maximum because he wanted to see just how well he could deal with five real Dragon Primals in a physical battle! Among the dragons of the known universe, they were the strongest and the mosta€| well. Draconic! He suspected that with his super enhanced bloodline, not even Primals could resist the sheer majesty of his aura. How was he supposed to fight if his opponents werepletely star struck? As soon as Elliot unleashed his power, the other five dragons did so as well. Although very faint, they could already sense the glory and undeniable royalty in Elliot¡¯s energy. They knew they were facing a dragon of the purest bloodline! Despite their initial aggression towards Elliot, they had instantly felt a deep connection with him and they were excitedly looking forward to the fight. They did not hesitate at all and immediately attacked great ferocity. Anything less would bea€| sacrilege!! Five absolutely stunning draconic auras descended heavily upon the atmosphere and all of the Primals present were reminded once more why dragons were standing solidly at the top of the power scale in general. Their Dragon Energy was definitely a full notch above theirs in terms of quality and density, and each Primal knew in their hearts that if they were to fight against any of the dragon Primals, it would be an extremely difficult fight. Of course their own prides and self confidence forbade them from ever thinking that they would lose the fight. And every single Primal knew without a shred of doubt that they would not be able to fight with two, much less five dragon Primals all at once. Seeing a King do so right in front of their eyes wasa€| humbling to say the least. But they consoled themselves that Elliot couldn¡¯t be categorised as a mere King anymore. He was literally a new universe warrior! They were built differently! GRAAHHH!!! As though they were a pack of well trained wolves, the five dragons unleashed their fiery dragon breaths from five perfect angles that would force Elliot to evade to unfavorable positions which they could easily take advantage of. However, Elliot was no sitting duck to take their attacks in mere defensive moves! He unleashed a massive lightning bolt at the Red Dragon and charged straight into its dragon breath! With a single aggressive move, he had negated their perfect positioning and turned the table on the Red Dragon! CRACK! BAMM!!! Elliot¡¯s lightning bolt fell upon the Red Dragon so quickly and so suddenly that it didn¡¯t have the chance to evade! It ate up the massive lightning bolt and immediately reeled in pain. It had never felt such a powerful lightning bolt before! ¡°What the hell? If that lightning bolt were to fall upon a, it would probably pierce straight to the core and trigger aary explosion!! Ridiculous!!¡± The Red Dragon thought in disbelief as it fought to regain its bnce! Chapter 355 Old Dragon Hag Whip!! Whoooosshhhh. Lightning bolts from the Blue Dragon started to fall upon Elliot as well, as hair-thin, powerful vines shot out from the ground to bind Elliot¡¯s limbs and body! Many people believe that the more powerful the Green Dragon, the thicker and more awesome looking their vines would be. They couldn¡¯t be more wrong. The more powerful the Green Dragon, the thinner but stronger their vines would be! What is the use of a thick vine that could be shed open by a mere saber? The real fearsomeness of vines is when the vine is super thin, but also impervious to cuts! In that case, whoever they trapped would bepletely trapped indeed. At the same time as the lightning and the vines, the temperature also dropped directly to absolute zero, the temperature where all unshielded molecr motion stops. It was the most fearsomebo Elliot had ever faced. However, Elliot knew that it wasn¡¯t the end. The ck Dragon¡¯s attack had yet to reach him! Or¡­ had it? With a delicious chilling realization, Elliot¡¯s eyes widened as he saw his whole body covered in dark shadows. ¡°What terrifying attacks! Without my Cosmic Dragon Energy, I would have definitely been captured and sted half to smithereens by the lightning bolts! And these dark shadows¡­ Dark Energy Bind! It prevents energy from circting!! Terrifying! Terrifying indeed¡­ IF I am not me! Hahahaha!¡± Elliotughed out loud with great satisfaction. Crack!! Elliot¡¯s Cosmic Dragon Energy forcibly broke the hold of the Dark Energy Bind and sliced through the super thin but super strong vines with ease. He didn¡¯t even feel the cold of White Dragon¡¯s absolute zero freezing field, and charged at them as though it was a warm summer afternoon! sh!! Elliot swung Gilgamar in a powerful basic rune-enhanced sh and casually unleashed a crescent sword energy that shot out towards the Blue Dragon Primal in azy curl. Blink! The Blue Dragon Primal blinked behind Elliot and his wed hand shot out in a thrust directly to Elliot¡¯s spine. At the same time, the ck Dragon Primal had unleashed a ck dragon breath that was crackling with ck lightning all around it at nearly point nk range at Elliot. The Green and White Dragon Primals had blinked away once more to reposition themselves for a more effective rotating attack on Elliot. Elliot didn¡¯t bother to avoid the Blue and ck Dragon Primals¡¯ attacks, and merely summoned his five headed dragon awakened energy to block them! Bam! Bam!! The w thrust and ck dragon breath collided against Elliot¡¯s awakened energy with unbelievable power. But s! Elliot¡¯s awakened dragon was¡­. Much too strong!! It was like a big fat boar with a thick furry hide being punched by a little kid¡¯s fist and poked with a chopstick! Their attacks bounced off Elliot¡¯s five-headed awakened dragon energy miserably. ¡°You guys should stop hiding your strengths and attack with your strongest moves. I don¡¯t think it would be good for your images you fail to even put a scratch on my body when you guys give upter.¡± Elliot called out pleasantly. After knowing that his strength was firmly at the top tier of Primal level, his mood had brightened considerably. He had finally achieved what he set out to do. He had reached the apex of the known universe, and only as a mere King with boundless potential to get even stronger! Of course, it also meant that the geniuses of the new universe would be that much more powerful, and he would be absolutely without back up if the Primals of the known universe were all so helpless before him! At the Primal level, their fighting style had returned to their basic forms. Even though their attacks seemed simple, a lightning bolt here, a w thrust there, a dragon breath here, they were all frighteningly powerful if unleashed upon any other opponent. Like Elliot¡¯s earlier lightning bolt, their attacks too, contained the strength to obliterates if allowed to impact them! It was only in front of Elliot that their attacks seemed like little kids¡¯ half hearted attacks. Unbeknownst to Elliot, the five Primals had already condensed their most powerful energy and moves into their previous attacks! And when Elliot told them to stop hiding their strengths, they almost vomited blood in frustration. ¡°God damn it! Can your words be less painful? I may be a dragon Primal, but I have feelings! I have feelings too!¡± ¡°Bastard! What a bastard! He truly is the most bastardly of all the powerful beings in existence!¡± ¡°Asswipe.¡± ¡°He will make a great husband¡­ I need to seduce him¡­¡± ¡°No!!! How can such an irritating punk be so powerful! I cannot ept this! But¡­ damn it! DAMN IT ALL!!¡± 796 The five Dragon Primals were mostly irreconciled with how the very short fight turned out. It was barely a battle, it was merely the dragons throwing their most powerful attacks at Elliot, and realizing that they werepletely outssed! Elliot had only unleashed one single attack, and that was the lightning bolt at Red Dragon Primal. ¡°Enough. I concede. He had not even released his full strength. This is my White Dragon Blood Essence.¡± The beautiful White Dragon Primal flicked a sparkling white vial and gave Elliot a radiant smile. ¡°Thank you, White Dragon Primal.¡± Elliot took the vial and kept it in his storage with a radiant smile of his own. ¡°Please call me Purity! That¡¯s my name. And there is no need for thanks. You won my blood essence¡­ and my allegiance to you fair and square. In fact, if you wish to have more, feel free toe to my humble abode. You will be able to sense it as soon as you consume my Blood Essence. I will be sure to give you a very warm wee.¡± Primal Purity said with a very, very, alluring smile. ¡°Is that old dragon hag seducing big bro?¡± Jennifer asked Jessica loudly, loud enough for the entire world to hear. Chapter 356 Dragon Eggs However, Primal Purity simply ignored her, and kept her lustrous eyes locked on Elliot¡¯s. She was way too old to bother with the words of a mere child. At her age, when she wanted something, she would go after it with a single minded intensity that most lesser lived beings would findpletely mind blowing. And at that moment, she wanted Elliot inside her, to impregnate her and give her the most powerful offspring ever! ¡°Uhhh. I am good, thanks for the Blood Essence, Primal Purity.¡± Elliot smiled awkwardly before turning to the other four Dragon Primals. ¡°Ok guys. Blood Essences please. Quick. Quick.¡± Elliot stretched out his hand impatiently. However, to his surprise, all four Dragon Primals did as they were told, and quickly surrendered their Blood Essences! It was the effect of Elliot¡¯s powerful bloodline! The powerful five-headed dragon energy which Elliot had unleashed in defense of the other dragons¡¯ attack had finally made its effects felt on the dragons, and they hadpletely fallen prey to its power and majesty. Elliot received the four vials of precious Dragon Blood Essences and kept them carefully in his storage. ¡°These are the dragon runes that are unique to the red dragon race. With thema€| Your ascent as a Red Dragon Lord is all but certain.¡± The previously full of bluster Red Dragon said quietly as he sent over a small device. The four other dragons followed suit as well with their own secret repository of dragon runes. Elliot nodded at them appreciatively, and they all returned to their seats without another word. Their doubts about Elliot and his worth to lead them had been cleanly put to rest by Elliot! After sessfully robbing the dragonspletely blind, he faced the other Primals and continued his daylight robbery. ¡°Those who are willing to work with mea€| Send me your bloodlines. I do not need your blood essences. And don¡¯t forget your runes. Primal Alexander here will find out if you hold back any of your runes.¡± Elliot said solemnly. If even the five infinitely proud Chromatic Dragons had been subdued with such great ease, what other chance did the rest of them have? The Metallic Dragons had not fought with him yet, but they didn¡¯t have the heart to challenge him. They too were not exempt from Elliot¡¯s majestic draconic aura whichpletely stirred the zeal and produced a sense of reverence in their hearts! At Elliot¡¯s words, the five Metallic Dragons immediately went forward to surrender their treasures. And as though a dam had burst, many of the other Primals immediately followed suit. Like what Chairman El¡¯Taras did before to his board of directors, Elliot extorted all the various races of the universe. The only difference wasa€| Elliot extorted the leaders of each race! At the end, forty five Primals out of a hundred withheld their treasures. Elliot¡¯s extortion strategy had an impressive 55% sess rate! ¡°Elliot Musk, you may be powerful, and you may be the only one able to sneak attack the Shadow Realm. But I¡¯ll be damned if I surrender my treasures to you just like that! Our coalition of forty five Primals resist you and your tyrannypletely. If you want our treasure, then you can get them from our dead, lifeless hands!¡± The lead Primal, a creepy looking grandma with yellow spotted ck robes and a headful of white hair paired with wrinkled face and limbs, said resolutely. ¡°We will be taking our leave from this meeting now. Do not think even for a second that we will sit back while you make your way to the top of the universe! Hmph!¡± She stamped her cane down and then shimmered into nothingness. All around her, the forty four Primals gave loud snorts and then disappeared as well! Saint Dul¡¯Akharat sighed deeply. But he simply took the development in stride and pushed forward. ¡°What are your other two conditions?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said. ¡°Ah. I actually wanted the rest of the universe to recognize the formation of my new Empire called the Dragonblood Empire and form alliances with them. But the recognition and alliances from the existing ones will do. I also wanted an honor guard and a bunch of treasures to be gifted to my new empire as my first army. That cane from all the Primals present here too.¡± Elliot said easily. ¡°Hahahahahahaha!¡± Red Dragon Primalughed uproariously. ¡°Great! With such guts, I look forward to your leadership for our universe! Aspensation for my earlier outburst, let me be the first to recognize your Dragonblood Empire and gift you with my precious offspring!¡± He immediately reached into his own dimensional world and sent a hundred red dragon eggs floating towards Elliot! ¡°A hundred Spiritual Grade Red Dragons! They shall be ferocious warriors that will defend your honor and your empire from your enemies! Long live our alliance, and Long live Emperor Elliot!¡± Red Dragon Primal smiled widely and proimed his alliance loudly! ¡°Long live Emperor Elliot.¡± The other Dragon Primals immediately said without any hesitations, and sent out a hundred of their own Spiritual Grade Dragon Eggs! Within a few seconds, an impressive and hyper precious thousand Spiritual Grade Dragon eggs from all ten different Dragon Types were arrayed neatly before a dumbfounded Elliot. When he had requested warriors, he had merely expected a couple hundred of warriors from each Primal. Of course he had expected strong ones which he could sign contracts with. But he did not expect thatpletely unborn dragons which would have their loyaltiespletely and unquestioningly ced on Elliot to be gifted to him. The Dragon Primals had effectively pledged their long term alliances with Elliot and his new Empire by gifting him with the best and the most precious seeds of their own future! And with the ten dragon Primals going all in with their gifts to Elliot, how could the other Primals do any less? Chapter 357 Walloped! ¡°My Dragon Bloodline must be some sort of Royalty or even some sort of Godly bloodline among the dragons in this known universe.¡± Elliot thought happily to himself as he gazed at the neat rows of multi colored dragon eggs that were arranged before him. ¡°Spiritual Grade Dragon Eggs represent the best and brightest of our Dragon ns. Young Elliot, you do realize what our gifts signify?¡± Primal Silverwing said softly. All ten pairs for Dragon Primal eyes werepletely focused on Elliot. ¡°I do. It means all of you have ced the future of the Dragon ns upon me, and quite literally, all your eggs in one basket.¡± Elliot chuckled. ¡°Plus, in an indirect way, you are all pledging your fealty to me.¡± As he said those words, Elliot unleashed his mighty Cosmic Dragon Energy to the maximum, and the Awakened Five Headed Dragon Energy let out a strangely harmonious but still utterly majestic roar. GRAAAAHHH!! The other Primals stared at the ten Dragon Primals in disbelief. A runt just verbally cornered them and ced them in a subordinate position, and they merely narrowed their eyes in difort?? DOES THAT MEAN THEY AGREE?? ¡°Hahahahaha! Giving wondrous gifts and all of their secret runes to you are one thing, but assuming that they are pledging their fealties to you is apletely different thing!¡± A ck-feathered phoenix Primalughed loudly to break the awkward silence. The ten Dragon Primals were publicly epted to be the strongest Primals. If ten of them pledged fealty to Elliot, wouldn¡¯t it be strange if they didn¡¯t? ¡°Yes, don¡¯t get ahead of yourself too much, boy. You may be extremely powerful, and you may be our only hope of sessfully invading the Shadow Realm and defending our known universe at the same time, but saying such- WHAT THE F***?!¡± A powerful dwarf Primal was just continuing on the ck Phoenix Primal¡¯s train of thought when the unthinkable happened. ¡°I, Xyrax The Red, swear my fealty to the Lord of Dragons.¡± The Red Dragon Primal knelt down on one knee in front of Elliot and lowered his head! ¡°Holy smokes. Did that boy¡¯s lightning bolt earlier short circuit his brain or something? What the hell is he doing?¡± ¡°Xyrax the Arrogant is on one knee and pledging his fealty to a little boy? Is this a dream? Gar Xar, you bastard. Did you cast a dream spell on me??¡± ¡°Damn it! When has a Primal ever sworn fealty to ano- DAMN IT! HAVE ALL THE DRAGONS GONE MAD??¡± ¡°I, Purity The White, swear my fealty to the Lord of Dragons.¡± ¡°I, Kharlox The Blue, swear my fealty to the Lord of Dragons.¡± ¡°I, Vitalos The Green, swear my fealty to the Lord of Dragons.¡± ¡°I, Deathwing The ck, swear my fealty to the Lord of Dragons.¡± The Chromatic Dragon Primals, having been exposed to Elliot¡¯s aura for a longer period of time and at extremely close proximity, were the first ones to awaken to Elliot¡¯s Royal Dragon Bloodline. They had no idea which Dragon God his bloodline came from, but the call that resounded from deep within their souls and from every single fibre of their being was unmistakable. As soon as Elliot unleashed his full aura, they knew. Before them, was their long awaited Dragon Lord, the one foretold in their Dragon History Lores who would appear and lead them to glory across the entire universe ¨C ENTIRE universe, not just the known universe! Even Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, who knew perfectly well from first hand experience just how arrogant the powerful Dragon Primals were, waspletely taken aback. ¡°These were dragons that refused to even stand in greeting when I, as the strongest Primal, visited them! These were the living definitions of arrogance, especially Xyrax! And nowa€| They are on their kneesa€|¡± It was an extremely unbelievable scene. There would be absolutely no one, none at all, who knew these Dragon Primals who would believe, even for a split second, if they were told of such a thing. They would, depending on who you talked to, eitherugh at you outright, or if they were ardent supporters of the Dragon Primals, bash you up with all of their strengths THENugh at you outright. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and the Primals were no fools, of course. They knew that the only thing that would make the Dragon Primals bend their knees would be the reappearance of their long lost Dragon God. And so they all looked at Elliot with skyrocketing disbelief. 774 ¡°That little human boya€| is a Dragon God??¡± Elliot instantly felt over forty powerful senses sweep over his body and scrutinize him with immeasurable curiosity. Primals were powerful beings, if they wanted to, they could see through the clothes and evenyers of flesh of any unshielded beings. At their full strength, it would require a simrly full-strength shield to prevent them from seeing through everything. Elliot didn¡¯t have any shields up at that moment beyond that of his natural energy flowing out from within his body. He didn¡¯t know if the Primals were able to see anything. But before he could even frown in protest, The ten dragons standing and kneeling before Elliot suddenly exploded into action with unbridled fury! ¡°INSOLENCE!¡± Xyrax The Red let out a thunderous roar of anger and attacked the forty Primals who dared to scrutinize Elliot that way! The air around the forty Primals exploded into mes instantly! At the same time, thousands of lightning bolts, ice spears, vines, terrifying illusions and energy locks descended upon them all! All ten Dragon Primals had risen up in absolute indignance and unleashed their strongest attacks on the other Primals! What was arrogance? What was unrestrained will? The Dragon Primals and their furious, exaggerated defence of the slightest act of discourtesy towards Elliot was arrogance! They did not give their Primal friends and allies of so many thousand years any face at all and walloped them with all of their strengths! Chapter 358 System Upgrade Xyrax The Red had turnedpletely from the one who objected to Elliot¡¯s demands the most, to be his most fervent follower! That effect was due to the fact that Elliot¡¯s Red Dragon Bloodline was the mostplete, and it had sublimed perfectly into a higher form¡¯s Bloodline. In Xyrax¡¯s eyes, Elliot had transformed into the Honored and Most Glorious Elder God of the Red Dragons! ¡°INSOLENT BASTARDS! AM I A PIECE OF PAPER FOR YOU TO IGNORE? HOW DARE YOU LAY YOUR SENSES ON MY DRAGON GOD!! DIEE!!!¡± Xyrax The Red hadpletely snapped in anger, and he unleashed his most powerful skill, Red Dawn, upon the Primals! Red Dawn was the perfect name for the perfect skill. Like a blood red sun arising from the edge of darkness, an indescribable meteor of extremely dense and pure dragon fire arose from the distance. All of the fire energy within Primal Alexander¡¯s dimensional world sped towards the meteor and for a brief moment, the surrounding temperature dropped as all the heat was absorbed by it. ¡°Xyrax you lunatic! That¡¯s Red Dawn you¡¯re casting! Do you want to kill us all?¡± Primal Baltang screamed. ¡°Shut up, you havemitted sphemy. You must face the consequences.¡± Primal Purity growled and unleashed her own ultimate skill, Frozen. Its effect was exactly like its name. Every single Primal froze in their ces. ¡°I am immune to ice!! How can I be frozen??¡± ¡°Uh, this isn¡¯t going to end well. Elliot, make them stop.¡± Primal Alexander immediately said as he pointed at the meteor in an attempt to reduce its insanely quick increase in size without causing it to explode. The only ones not affected by the Dragons¡¯ outburst were of course Elliot, his group, and Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. ¡°Enough, all of you. Stand down.¡± Elliot said with a deeply amused voice. He had expected the dragons to immediately react in such a way. As a dragon himself, hepletely understood their reverence. He too felt extremely deeply about things, and he could imagine himself reacting as they did if someone precious to him had been vited. And as soon as he saw Xyrax The Red bend his knee before him, Elliot knew that his Dragonblood Empire was all but established. When the other four Chromatic Dragons bent their knees as well, he knew that his Dragonblood Empire had be the most powerful force in the known universe. One Golden Dragon Empire was already plenty. And even it couldn¡¯t hope to remain as a top power if the five Chromatic Dragons banded together against them. Even if the Metallic Dragons did not swear their fealties, which was highly unlikely, Elliot was already untouchable. And for so many senses to vite him that waya€| truly courting death! At his words, all ten Dragons waved off their spells and caused them to disappear as though they were never there, and for a brief moment, a stunned silence filled the atmosphere. A very brief moment. ¡°WHAT THE BLEEDING F***?! WHAT WERE YOU GUYS DOING??¡± ¡°Damn you god damned Dragon Primals! You think you own the whole god damn universe? Who died and made you rulers of all of us?¡± ¡°Preposterous!! How dare you act with such impudence!!¡± ¡°Dragon Primals! You all go too far!!¡± ¡°Bastards!!! I merely checked out the boy and you had to try and kill me for that? Are you even my ally anymore??¡± ¡°All of my previous alliances are, as of this moment, at an end until the Dragon Lord reinstates them.¡± Xyrax The Red instantly replied. ¡°As are mine.¡± ¡°And mine.¡± As one, the other nine Dragon Primals made the same deration! ¡°Why the hell are you suspending your alliances for? You Metallics haven¡¯t even sworn your fealties!¡± Primal Xyrax red at the Metallic Dragons. ¡°A formality. We Metallics have always been our Dragon God¡¯s most loyal followers. But I understand the need for it now. And thusa€| I, Golden Fire, swear fealty to the Dragon Lord.¡± Primal Golden Fire dropped to one knee before Elliot. ¡°I, Silverwing, swear fealty to the Dragon Lord.¡± ¡°I, Kiltasar the Bronze, swear fealty to the Dragon Lord.¡± ¡°I, Bisi the Copper, swear fealty to the Dragon Lord.¡± ¡°I, Farsha the Brass, swear fealty to the Dragon Lord.¡± ¡°Arise.¡± Elliot said calmly. He hadpletely allowed his enhanced bloodline to define his mental state, and at that moment, he had embraced his role as a higher beingpared to the Dragon Primals as a basic matter of fact. It truly was a massive departure from the half psychotic mental state he was in mere weeks ago! The Metallic Dragon Primals stood up and immediately took their ces to Elliot¡¯s right while the Chromatics stood at his left. It was an awe inspiring sight. Never before in the entire long history of the known universe had all the Dragon ns been united under one bannera€| until they did so under Elliot! Their formation instantly caused a strange atmosphere to descend around them. The auras the Dragon Primals released seemed to resonate with Elliot¡¯s, and fed it to reach a dizzying height that caused every single life form in the room to feel a deep sense of awe and terror at the same time. ¡°Impressive.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat murmured. ¡°Indeed.¡± Primal Alexander agreed readily. At that moment, a sound that Elliot had not heard for a very long time suddenly sounded. [Ding!] [Requirements to upgrade system met.] [Upgrade system to Dragon Lord Apostle System?] Ba-dump! A surge of excitement coursed through Elliot¡¯s veins like fire. ¡°Yes.¡± Elliot immediately replied coolly. But God knows how quickly his heart pounded then and just how thick the adrenalin that was making its way around his body was! [System Upgrade Completed.] [Dragon Apostle System Unlocked.] [Ten Apostles Detected.] [Assigning unique skills to the Apostles and to the Host.] Elliot¡¯s eyes shined. ¡°Dragon Apostles!!¡± Elliot eximed in his heart. ¡°Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!!¡± Elliot was so excited that he couldn¡¯t help butugh rather maniacally, hyper calm, cool and collected dragon soul be damned. Chapter 359 Cataclysmic Tempest Elliot fell silent for a few minutes as he conversed with his system to finalize his Dragon Apostles and their new skills. He was like a little boy being sent into thergest and most awesome toy store in the universe, and then being shown ten of their most wondrous and super exciting toys. Or in modern terms, it was like a little boy being given thetest game consoles and then being given ten of the most popr games ever made! Exhration! Anticipation! Joy! ¡°Let¡¯s begin with the Golden Apostle.¡± Elliot said with a smile. He wasn¡¯t the type to save the best forst. Best things first, works really well as a life motto for him. [Golden Dragon ¨C Royal Element ¨C Light.] [Seraphic Regiment ¨C Summons a Regiment of Angelic Seraphs that deal Light Element and Aural damage. The strength of the Seraphs would depend on the strength of the Golden Dragon/Host.] ¡°epted.¡± Elliot said with a grin. ¡°Holy smokes! Angelic Regiment sounds ridiculously overpowered. Light Element AND Aural damage?!¡± Elliot thought to himself. Suddenly, to the shock of everyone present, Primal Golden Fire fell to one knee once more! ¡°Golden Fire thanks the Dragon Lord for his gift! Long live the Dragon Lord!!¡± Primal Golden Fire shouted fervently. ¡°Rise.¡± Elliot said as he waved his hand to indicate his acknowledgement. As Golden Fire stood up, a bright draconic silhouette burst out of his body and shot out towards Elliot. In a split second, the silhouette entered Elliot¡¯s body and disappeared. After that happened, Elliot seemed to gain the life force of Primal Golden Fire pulsing within him! [Ding!] [Golden Dragon Soul Essence received.] [Host currently still in King Level.] [Golden Dragon Soul Essence dormant and on passive defensive mode until host achieves Ancient Level.] [Soul-Bound Dragon Apostle System Unlocked.] [Soul-Bound Golden Apostle detected.] [Creating Dragon Lord Soul Shard.] [Bestowing Dragon Lord Soul Shard upon Soul-Bound Golden Apostle.] Elliot looked at Primal Golden Fire in surprise. However, he realized that Primal Golden Fire was also looking at him with surprise! Both blinked at each other wordlessly before nodding at each other solemnly. There were no words that needed to be exchanged. The Soul Essence brimming with unmatched soul energy that wasying dormant in his soul spoke more than enough as to what Primal Golden Fire¡¯s intentions were. The only words he had were for the system. ¡°System, what is a Soul Shard?¡± Elliot asked. [A Soul Shard is a minor clone of your Soul. It contains 25% of your Soul¡¯s strength.] ¡°Interesting. So when a Dragon gives me his Soul Essence, he will be a Soul-Bound Apostle, and he will receive my Soul Shard in return?¡± Elliot confirmed. [Affirmative.] ¡°And when I receive the Soul Essences of all ten Dragon Primals, all of them will receive Soul Shards that contain 25% of my Soul Strength, which contains the strength of ten Dragon Souls plus my own Soul?¡± [Affirmative.] ¡°How many Soul Shards can I give away?¡± [You can create a maximum of twenty four Soul Shards, one for each of your Apostles, after they have given you their Soul Essences.] ¡°Hohoho! So I can give my Soul Shards to my Beast Apostles as well! I assume they have to reach Ancient Level first?¡± [Affirmative.] ¡°Excellent! Excellent!¡± Every non-dragon Primal, as well as Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, looked at the phenomenon in confusion. They had never seen nor even heard of such a strange happening! However, the nine remaining Dragon Primals were all shocked to their very core. Unlike the other Primals, they knew exactly what Primal Golden Fire had done. Primal Golden Fire had gifted Elliot with his Soul Essence!! Unlike Blood Essences which could be recovered once given away, albeit at a very slow rate, Soul Essences were a once-a-lifetime creation. Dragons had learnt the secret of Soul Essences, and they would form their Soul Essences as soon as they reached Ancient Level. They would nurture it and strengthen it to the point of being utterly unmatched in the entire known universe in terms of Soul Force. Soul Essences represent the core of a Dragon¡¯s Soul Force. It was essentially the aircraft carrier of a naval fleet, the alpha of a wolf pack! Once given away, the Dragon would be left with only his auxilliary soul power! Against non-dragons without Soul Essences, he would still be able to fight evenly. And for a dragon to gift another dragon with his Soul Essence simply meant that he had entrusted his life to the other, and had devoted his life to the empowerment of the recipient of the Soul Essence. It was an utterly irrecoverable act of allegiance!! However, as the nine Dragon Primals gawked at what Primal Golden Fire had done, the smallest of smiles escaped his lips at that moment. And that smile seemed to expressa€| satisfaction?? Pleasure, even? Just what was going on?? ¡°Now, Silver Dragon.¡± Elliot told the system. [Silver Dragon ¨C Advanced Element ¨C Wind.] [Cataclysmic Tempest ¨C Shred.] ¡°What the heck? What¡¯s with the skill description? System, a longer and more descriptive skill description please!¡± Elliot said to the System AI in an annoyed tone. [Cataclysmic Tempest ¨C Slice and Dice.] ¡°¡­ Do your job properly! A longer one! At least twenty words!!¡± [Cataclysmic Tempest ¨C A deadlybination of Gales at Cataclysm Grade Wind Speeds and Micro des. Area of effect would depend on the Silver Dragon/Host¡¯s strength.] ¡°Much better.¡± Elliot said distractedly as he processed the description of the skill. Although he had no idea how fast Cataclysmic Grade Wind Speed was, it sounded absolutely insane. ¡°Define Cataclysmic Grade Wind Speed.¡± Elliot ordered the System. [Speeds above five thousand kilometers per hour are considered Cataclysmic Grade Speed. They would leave absolutely nothing standing on the ground that was not secured by Cataclysmic Grade Foundation.] Elliot took a deep breath and refrained himself from asking what ¡°Cataclysmic Grade Foundation¡± was. He didn¡¯t want to get distracted by definitions of the entire grading and scaling system of the new universe. ¡°This system seems to be more annoying than before it was upgraded.¡± He muttered to himself. However, although he hadints about the system¡¯s attitude, he had absolutely noints about the quality of skills he was receiving from it. Cataclysmic Tempest sounded absolutely terrific!! ¡°epted.¡± Elliot said with a satisfied smile. Chapter 360 Soul Shards As soon as Elliot said that, Primal Silverwing widened her eyes in surprise, and immediately fell to one knee as Primal Golden Fire had done earlier. ¡°Silverwing thanks the Dragon Lord for his gift! Long live the Dragon Lord!!¡± Primal Silverwing said slightly breathlessly. Whoosh! A Silver Dragon Silhouette formed above Primal Silverwing and it too, entered Elliot¡¯s body with peerless grace. ¡°Rise.¡± Elliot told Primal Silverwing warmly. Primal Silverwing stood up, and strangely, she started to give out a powerful aura around her, an aura that was astonishingly and immediately matched by Primal Golden Fire! Every single eyeball swiveled to the next Dragon Primal in line, Kiltasar the Bronze. ¡°Bronze Dragon now please.¡± Elliot said pleasantly to the system. Oh yes, he was in a very, very good mood. [Bronze Dragon ¨C Basic Element ¨C Fire] [Burning Sun ¨C Creates a ball of fire that burns at temperatures beyond that of a small star and deals prative Dragon Fire damage to everything within the natural limits of the size and strength of the Burning Sun. The size of the ball of fire depends on the strength of the Bronze Dragon/Host.] ¡°Another excellent skill. You make me a very, very happy man, System.¡± Elliot sighed with pleasure. ¡°epted.¡± To nobody¡¯s surprise, Primal Kiltasar dropped to one knee. ¡°Kiltasar thanks the Dragon Lord for his gift! Long live the Dragon Lord!!¡± Primal Kiltasar said solemnly. A Bronze Dragon Silhouette appeared and disappeared into Elliot. ¡°Arise.¡± And as before, as soon as Primal Kiltasar stood up, the strange aura that shrouded him, Primal Silverwing and Primal Golden Fire exploded once more in strength. And as it were, all three were already emitting auras that were over 75% of their original strength! If each and every Dragon Primal went through the same process, then by the time the 10th Dragon Primal finishes the process, wouldn¡¯t they all gain a increase of 250% in strength? The other Primals could only stare in dumbfounded disbelief at the next Dragon Primal in line. [Brass Dragon ¨C Basic Element ¨C Water] [Tidal Torrent ¨C Unleashes an unblockable torrent of Dragon Water Energy that could prate almost everything in existence. Strength of Tidal Torrent would depend on the Brass Dragon/Host¡¯s power] Soul Essence Received. Soul Shard Distributed. Boom. 100% Soul Power. [Copper Dragon ¨C Basic Element ¨C Wood] [Death Smile ¨C Unleashes a colorless, odorless gaseous venom that causes every single organ in the life form¡¯s body to start producing and releasing dopamine that causes them to be intensely joyful, delirious and then die out of happiness.] ¡°WHAT? NO BLOODY WAY!¡± Elliot shouted at the System in his first ever rejection of the skills it provided. Sure, it was yet another masterpiece that waspletely unthinkable. Buta€| He would be dealing with enemies! He wouldn¡¯t want them to die out of happiness! ¡°Give me something more painful.¡± [Death Scream ¨C Unleashes a colorless, odorless gaseous venom that causes every single organ in the life form¡¯s body to start producing and releasing chemicals that target its pain receptors, causing the target to die out of pure agony.] ¡°Uhhhha€| epted.¡± Elliot thought it was slightly too painful, but it was probably what his enemies deserved. Apparently, Primal Bisi thought so as well, as he fell to one knee and surrendered his Soul Essence to Elliot like the rest. Soul Essence Received. Soul Shard Distributed. Boom. 125% Soul Power. ¡°Damn it! I wish I was born as a dragon!¡± ¡°The Dragon Primals would be unstoppable now. They have never been united, and now they are even stronger than before! Apletely new era is upon us!¡± ¡°At this rate, not even Saint Dul¡¯Akharat would be able to go against them in a few decades!¡± ¡°Decades? They would be unstoppable in less than ten years!¡± As the other Primals conversed among themselves, Elliot continued to converse with the system. [ck Dragon ¨C Royal Element ¨C Darkness] [Demonic Legion ¨C Summons a Legion of powerful Demons that deal Darkness Element and Physical damage. The strength of the Demons would depend on the strength of the ck Dragon/Host.] Soul Essence Received. Soul Shard Distributed. Boom. 150% Soul Power. [Blue Dragon ¨C Advance Element ¨C Lightning] [Lightning Burial ¨C Buries the target under endless lightning strikes.] ¡°¡­ What is with you and Advanced Elements? Why are you always so stingy with your words?¡± Elliot sighed helplessly. But he didn¡¯t bother to ask for a longer exnation. It was more than clear enough what it did. ¡°epted!¡± Soul Essence Received. Soul Shard Distributed. Boom. 175% Soul Power. [Red Dragon ¨C Basic Element ¨C Fire] [Burning Star ¨C Creates a ball of fire that burns at temperatures beyond that of a giant star and deals pure Dragon Fire damage to everything within the natural limits of the size and strength of the Burning Sun. The size of the ball of fire depends on the strength of the Red Dragon/Host.] ¡°Hmmm. The adjective changes from ¡°small¡± star to ¡°giant¡± star, and from ¡°prative¡± Dragon Fire to ¡°pure¡± Dragon Fire. As with my dragon skills, Red Dragons deal more prative Dragon Fire Damagepared to the pure heat dealt by Bronze Dragons.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°epted!¡± Boom. 200% Soul Power. [White Dragon ¨C Basic Element ¨C Water] [Frost Torrent ¨C Unleashes an unblockable torrent of Dragon Ice Energy that could freeze almost everything in existence. Strength of Frost Torrent would depend on the White Dragon/Host¡¯s power] ¡°Again, simr to the Brass Dragon. Pration versus Freeze. Excellent. epted!¡± Elliot said to the System. Boom. 225% Soul Power. [Green Dragon ¨C Basic Element ¨C Wood] [Tree of Life ¨C Summons a Tree of Life which heals all allies and boosts their power by 100%. Unleashes a sea of disabling vines against all enemies within range. Range will depend on the Green Dragon/Host¡¯s strength.] ¡°epted!¡± Boom. 250% Soul Power. And that was finally it. Elliot and his ten Soul-Bound Dragon Apostles stood calmly in formation, radiating soul strength that was vastly more powerful than all of the rest of the Primalsbined.. It wouldn¡¯t be an exaggeration that the eleven of them could kill every other Primal present at that moment within minutes! And judging by the awed silence that filled the air, every other Primal knew it as well. ¡°Um. Elliot? Why did you grant them Soul Shards formed of Basic Runes? They would be significantly more powerful if you modified them into Soul Shards formed of Ascendant Runesa€|¡± Jessica Sands said privately to him. Elliot¡¯s jaw dropped. Chapter 361 Wouldnt that mean... ¡°SYSTEM! I want to modify the Soul Shards granted to the Dragon Apostles! How do I do that?¡± Elliot said with great anticipation to the System. [You may do so at will by altering the Command Runes of the Soul Shards within your own soul.] As Elliot watched, ten runes started to glow in his dormant, but highly empowered soul that reflected each of the Soul Shards within the ten Dragon Apostles. ¡°I see! These runes mean ¡°Clone¡±! And the Soul Shards within the Dragon Apostles exhibit 25% of my soul power due to the power of these runes. Now, if I modify these runes ording to the Ascendant Rune¡¯s principlesa€|¡± a€| a€| a€| a€| a€| a€| B O O O O M M ! ! ! ! ! GRAAHHH!!!!!! Primal Golden Fire suddenly let out a roar of pure exultation as his soul aura suddenly skyrocketed! 300% 500% 800% 1000%! ¡°WHAT THE HELL?¡± One Primal couldn¡¯t help but sputter in shock! However, he was the only one who even managed to utter anything. The rest of the Primals were renderedpletely speechless! Primal Golden Fire was already extremely powerful before he swore his fealty to Elliot. It wouldn¡¯t be strange at all if he could fight two Primals to a draw at the same time. But at that momenta€| He was exhibiting 1000% of his previous power level! Didn¡¯t that mean he could fight with 20 Primals at once and fight them to a draw?? What the hell just happened? B O O O O M M ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Primal Silverwing¡¯s aura suddenly skyrocketed as well!! And then it was Primal Kiltasar. Primal Bisi. Primal Farsha. Primal Deathwing. Primal Kharlox. Primal Xyrax. Primal Vitalos. Primal Purity. The other Primals could only stare at the ten Dragon Primals with dead eyes. If all ten Dragon Primals were to suddenly transform into Saints, they wouldn¡¯t even blink in shock anymore. They werepletely numb. ¡°Hohoho. Now all of the Soul Shards are able to exhibit a full 100% of my soul strength! Too bad my mastery of the Ascendant Rune is rather limited. If not, I am pretty sure I can tweak the Clones to exhibit beyond 100% of my soul strength!¡± Elliot told Jessica Sands in satisfaction. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I am working on several more Ascendant Runes that would allow you to do exactly that.¡± Jessica Sands assured Elliot privately. ¡°Excellent! These Ascendant Runes sure are overpowered! When-¡° [Ding!] [Two-way Blood Assimtion required to initiate Cosmic Energy Transference to Dragon Apostles.] Elliot gulped. That¡¯s right. What he got from the Dragon Apostles were merely two things at that moment. Their sworn fealty which triggered the awarding of the Dragon Apostle Title. Their Soul Essence which triggered the awarding of the Soul-Bound Dragon Apostle Title and the distribution of the Soul Shards. He needed one more thing to make themplete Apostles like the rest of his Beast Apostles. Exchange of blood!! That way, his Dragon Apostles would be able to utilize his Darklight Energy as well like the rest of his Beast Apostles! ¡°Uh, I assume you¡¯re asking when I can finish the rest of the Ascendant Runes? With the progress I am making, I can finish them within a month,test! Isn¡¯t that great?¡± Jessica Sands said happily. ¡°Jessica, give me a minute. Something good is happening.¡± Elliot said distractedly. ¡°Oh. Okay!¡± Jessica Sands said as her eyes widened in anticipation. Elliot looked at his Dragon Apostles whose eyes were already filled with exultation and fervent passion and loyalty to him. And then he looked at the rest of the Primals who had very numb looks on their faces. ¡°Hehehe. Herees the third surprise. Brace yourselves!¡± Elliot chuckled as he took out all the Blood Essences he got from the ten Dragon Apostles earlier and consumed them under the impassioned eyes of the Dragon Primals, the excited looks of Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, Primal Alexander, Lilian and his sisters, and the dead eyes of the other Primals. He spurred his powerful Cosmic Dragon Energy to guide the Blood Essences into his heart, and to begin the assimtion process. Within a quick minute, it was done. His bloodline had already risen to the Prehistoric Level, assimting with those Blood Essences were merely to fill in the gaps andplete the already magnificent tapestry that was his bloodline. After that, Elliot forced out ten drops of his concentrated blood and flicked them towards the ten Dragon Apostles who immediately consumed them without a moment¡¯s hesitation. As they did so, ten powerful mindspaces appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind. ¡°Master!¡± They cried out near simultaneously. ¡°Sit down and prepare to advance in power.¡± Elliot immediately told them. As one, they obeyed his instructions. Under the watchful eyes of all present, the ten Dragon Apostles began to exhibit rapid growth in strength once more. However, after a mere three seconds of growth, all of their auras suddenly disappeared! Nobody except Elliot could sense the near vertical explosion of power which the ten Dragon Primals were exhibiting. It was at that moment, that Elliot finally came to terms with the absurdity of what just happened. They were both at the King level. Right now, seated before him, were ten PRIMAL Level Dragon Apostles who had Soul Shards within them, and who were now assimting with his blood to unlock Darklight Energy!! And they were all his tomand. Insanity! Lunacy!! Somehow, Elliot had found a loophole in how the system in the known universe worked, and he had catapulted his way to the very, very top in one ridiculously short month, to the point that the strongest Primals of the known universe were now his Dragon Apostles!! And if a mere King like him could deal with Primals, then, how powerful were his Primal level Dragon Apostles? Would they be able to fight above their levels? Most probably! And if so, wouldn¡¯t that meana€| Elliot turned to look at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat who had a rueful look on his face, and who was coincidentally, looking at Elliot as well. Chapter 362 Danger! ¡°No.¡± He shook his head. ¡°Just one.¡± Elliot said. ¡°You can pick which one.¡± ¡°No.¡± He shook his head once more. ¡°If you win, I will give you a drop of my blood.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Ehm. Wella€|¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat struggled mightily as his unwillingness to showcase all of his strength in public, which was what would definitely happen if he were to fight with Elliot¡¯s Darklight Primal, warred with his desire for Elliot¡¯s Prehistoric Grade bloodline. Elliot immediately understood his unwillingness. ¡°A private battle then. Just you, me, and the Dragon Primal involved.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Deal.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat agreed immediately without hesitation. ¡°Good.¡± Elliot said with satisfaction. He really wanted to see if his Dragon Primal had the strength topete with Saints! Both of them turned their attention back to the Dragon Primals whose strength were still skyrocketing without pause. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was able to sense their strengths indirectly through their strengthening string of fates, and he could feel his battle lust slowly ignite then re up as each of the Dragon Primals started to approach power levels that neared his. Elliot, on the other hand, could sense his Primals¡¯ strengths extremely clearly, and each of them hadpletely left him in the dust! Above each seated Primal, strange but awe-inspiring energy silhouettes began to slowly take form. A glorious Seraph in lesiastical raiment bearing a wondrous sword appeared above the Golden Apostle. At the same time, a dreadful Demon in ck armor and holding a trident alight in ck mes appeared above the ck Apostle. Both emitted billowing waves of energy which shed and merged together at the same time in an awesome spectacle which only Elliot could witness! The Seraph took a bold step toward the Demon and raised his wondrous sword up high as though it was about to attack. Likewise, the Demon leapt ahead to meet the Seraph in battle as he thrust his ming trident in a vicious attack towards the Seraph¡¯s body. sh!! The Seraph¡¯s sword swung down with great power, sliced into the Demon¡¯s head and split it in two! sh!! The Demon¡¯s trident pierced the Seraph¡¯s body and caused it to burst into ck mes! However, as their forms broke apart, their light and dark energy swirled around each other and thena€| they started to merge together!! ¡°What?¡± Elliot frowned. He had never expected such a thing to happen! ¡°System! Why are the light and dark energies merging?¡± Elliot asked. [Unknown Phenomenon] [Unable to determine reason.] Elliot could only watch in amazement as a brand new energyprised of light and dark energies emerged from the strange union. Unfortunately, the merging only took ce for an extremely short time. After a mere five seconds, both Light and Dark energies separated and reformed calmly above each Dragon Primal. Elliot stared at the Seraph and the Demon intently. Ba-dump. He could feel a spike of adrenalin rush through his veins as he realized that both the Seraph and Demon now exhibited aspects belonging to their adversary. The Seraph¡¯s wondrous sword was now alight with ck mes, and the Demon¡¯s armor had turned slightly golden! In addition, a slight tinge of fearsomeness could be felt alongside the Seraph¡¯s radiance, which was matched by a sense of glory which billowed forth from the Demon¡¯s dreadful aura. Elliot nced at his other Dragon Primals which had simr energy silhouettes forming above them. But unlike the Golden and ck Apostles, their energy silhouettes remained where they were. The Metallic Dragons had varying types of Angelic Silhouettes coalesce into form above them, while the Chromatic Dragons had varying types of Demonic Silhouettes. The differencesy in the elemental power that the different Angels and Demons exhibited, as well as the fact that none of the angels and demons were as majestic and as dreadful as the one above the Golden and ck Apostles.. The angel silhouette above the Silver Apostle boasted Wind-type elemental energy around its sword while the demon silhouette above the Blue Apostle boasted Lightning-type elemental energy around its trident. ¡°It would seem that the true forms of my Darklight Energy are Angels and Demons.¡± Elliot said to himself as he observed his ten Dragon Primals and their energy silhouettes thoughtfully. ¡°Thebination of my Darklight Energy with the Dragon Apostle¡¯s draconic energy saw the Darklight Energy dominating the union and rendering their draconic element subordinate. Interesting.¡± ¡°Their power levels seem to have stabilized.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat observed. Elliot nced at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and then pointed at the glorious Seraph above the Golden Apostle. ¡°Can you see that?¡± He asked. ¡°No.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat shook his head. ¡°I can only sense their power very vaguely through their strings of fate. But I do know that Primal Dragon Fire and Primal Deathwing are far and away the strongest of the bunch.¡± ¡°Soa€| Have you decided who you want to fight?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°I have. In fact, to make things more interesting, I have decided to fight two at once.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat gave Elliot a confident smile. ¡°Hooa€| You¡¯re very confident of your strength. I want to see the fight as well.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°Me too.¡± Primal Lilian said. ¡°Us too! Let us see!¡± Jessica cried out loudly. ¡°No.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said seriously. ¡°The fight would be much too dangerous for any of you, except for maybe Primal Alexander. But even then, no.¡± ¡°Aww. Boo spoilsport.¡± Jennifer pouted at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. ¡°He must be pretending to be strong when he already knows that he can¡¯t defeat even one of big bro¡¯s Dragon Primals.¡± Jessica sulked. ¡°Pity. I would be willing to pay quite a sum to be able to witness such a high level fight.¡± Primal Lilian sighed. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat merely smiled and ignored her. ¡°Alright. Someone must remain to coordinate the defense nning with the rest of the Primals anyway.¡± Primal Alexander sighed and nced at the still dumbfounded Primals. ¡°And get their brains working once more as well.¡± ¡°Yes. Please do that.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat nodded at Primal Alexander appreciatively. ¡°Which two do you want to fight with?¡± Elliot asked curiously. Both stood up quietly. Not even the tiniest bit of energy leaked out from them. But Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s instincts, which were very much in tune with fate, red loudly like never before. Danger. Fatal Danger! Chapter 363 Dark Soul Blast ¡°You are much more courageous than I thought you were.¡± Elliot grinned widely at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. ¡°Those two would be very troublesome to deal with.¡± ¡°Fighting against two of the strongest Primals this known universe had ever known armed with a mysterious energy from the new universe, which appears to be our only hope against winning the battle against the Shadow Realm? That¡¯s the best thing that has happened to me for a long time.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said with confidence as his eyes narrowed with battle intent. ¡°You call getting into a battle that would definitely leave you ck and blue the best thing that has ever happened to you in a long time?¡± Primal Alexander said with augh. ¡°Yes, Primal Alexander. Knowing ourselves is the first task amander must aplish. I need to know just how strong they are. Anything less than fighting against these two would be folly. And cowardice.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said. ¡°He is actually pretty cool.¡± Jennifer whispered to Jessica loudly. ¡°Too bad we can¡¯t watch the fight.¡± Primal Lilian sighed. But her eyes shed excitedly as she nced at Chairman El¡¯Taras who merely bowed in acknowledgement. ¡°Enough chatter.¡± ck Dragon Apostle growled as he flexed his arm muscles this way and that way to better sense his vastly enhanced strength. ¡°If you want to fight, then let¡¯s fight, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat.¡± Primal Alexander sighed and waved his hand. Instantly, a portal leading to a separate Dimension appeared before them. ¡°WHAT? Primal Alexander is able to create a dimension within a dimension?¡± ¡°What the hell is happening here. Why is everybody secretly so powerful? Am I the only normal Primal here??¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I am the same as you.¡± ¡°Of course you are the same as me. You¡¯re my brother, dumbass!¡± Primal Alexander¡¯s casual feat caused an uproar and a wave of jealousy to engulf the rest of the Primals. Some were impacted so hard that their self-confidence began to show signs of cracking! However, For Elliot, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, Dragon Apostle Golden Fire and Dragon Apostle Deathwing, the Primals¡¯ responses were thest thing on their minds. They stepped through the portal which immediately closed behind them, and without preambles, the fight began! Saint Dul¡¯Akharat knew that he was in for the fight of his life, and so he immediately unleashed his full aura! KABOOM!!! The power of a thousand Primals ripped across the entire Dimension and caused it to shake uncontrobly! ¡°Hot damn! That crazy Dul¡¯Akharat! Who the freaking hell in their right minds would unleash their full strength so quickly!¡± Primal Alexander cursed loudly as he circted his energy to stabilize his secondary dimension! But his eyes gleamed in anticipation. Because the fight was happening within his secondary dimension, he was able to witness it in its full awesomeness! WHAM!! Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s overwhelming power crashed upon the Dragon Apostles with the power of a meteor strike! However, Dragon Apostle Golden Fire merely raised his hand horizontally with his palms open in a warding gesture and a golden shield appeared in front of him which cleanly blocked every single bit of Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s tremendous aura! BAM!! With blinding speed, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s sword had already arrived and smashed down upon Dragon Primal Golden Fire¡¯s shield with ridiculous power! Crack!! The golden shield cracked under Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s great strength! ¡°Hmmm. His power is no joke. I had thought that with the qualitative edge the Darklight Energy affords me, I would be able to resist all of his attacks easily. Apparently not!¡± Dragon Apostle Golden Fire thought as he instantly circted more energy to boost the strength of his golden shield. Whoosh! Dragon Apostle Deathwing unleashed a barrage of rapid fire punches upon Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, each carrying the might to split apart stars. But with great agility, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat dodged all of his punches while raining down his own powerful sword strikes upon the golden shield! ¡°Impressive! You can dodge attacks from one person. But let¡¯s see how you deal with an entire legion! Demonic Legion! Come out!¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing shouted as he unleashed his new skill without hesitation. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Instantly, two thousand Lesser Demons, each exhibiting near-Primal level power appeared amid mini explosions like firecrackers! Their wed hands gripped blood-tipped tridents and their maws filled with sharp teeth opened wide as they let out unholy screams. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! Like their Demonic counterparts, two thousand lesser Seraphs appeared as well! Golden swords swinging, they plummeted towards Saint Dul¡¯Akharat in neat and orderly rows as they sought to surround him and overwhelm him with sheer numbers. However, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat would have none of it. ¡°Ill-fated sh.¡± He said calmly. Completely invisible to non-saints, a hundred sharp des appeared around him and immediately shot out to sever the strings of fates of all the four thousand angels and demons! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! As quickly as they had appeared, the angels and demons disappeared into nothing as their fate within the dimension came to an abrupt end. ¡°Whoa!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but to gawk at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s decisive and powerful move. ¡°Fighting a Saint is not an easy task at all!¡± ¡°This is a two on one fight, let¡¯s keep it that way, guys.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said to the two Dragon Primals calmly even as his vicious sword swings continued to rain down upon Dragon Apostle Golden Fire¡¯s cracked shields. ¡°Fine. That may be my strongest move right now, but I have to admit, it is more suitable for a sh with armies than for fighting against one strong opponent. Against you, my other skills would be more effective. Skills likea€| Dark Soul st!¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing shouted as he raised both hands and pointed them at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. BOOM! BOOM!! Twin explosions immediately rocked Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s soul, and his face turned pale. But instead of weakening, his attacks upon the shield increased by multiple times instead! BAM!!! The golden shields summoned by Dragon Apostle Golden Fire finally broke apart into smithereens. Chapter 364 Transform! However, Dragon Apostle Golden Fire was no newbie in fights. He did not spend the past few minutes hunkering under his shield doing nothing. As soon as his shield lost all structural integrity and before its broken pieces could even disperse, five goldennces burst into life and shot out towards Saint Dul¡¯Akharat! A split secondter, eleven more groups of fivences appeared from eleven other directions around Saint Dul¡¯Akharat, blocking every single easy escape avenue. BAM!! Dragon Apostle Deathwing kicked the fivences that appeared near him and sent them hurtling towards Saint Dul¡¯Akharat with great force. Not only that, his kick had also infused the five goldennces with ck tinges gloom that increased their lethality by multiple times. ¡°Dark Soul st!¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing rained down even more soul sts upon Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. However, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat had erected a powerful shield around his body that easily repelled all of the goldennces and soul sts. His attacks might have faced some trouble against the golden shield earlier, but his own shield was absolutely top notch due to the fact that it had within it elements of fate which was able topletely block the Dragon Apostle¡¯s Darklight Energy powered attacks. At the same time as his shield repelled the Dragon Apostle¡¯s attacks, he pressed home his own attacks. His massive greatsword glowed a creepy white glow and shed downwards at Dragon Apostle Golden Fire at an incredible speed! Strangely, Dragon Apostle Golden Fire did not react to the massive greatsword that was almost upon him. Dragon Apostle Deathwing needed only a look at Dragon Apostle Golden Fire and he instantly realized that his golden brother had somehow failed to detect the humongous greatsword shing down on him. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s power over fate had allowed him topletely mask his attack from his target. What a fearsome skill! ¡°ckened Explosion!¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing mmed a weak attack that had a powerful repelling force upon thepletely oblivious Golden Fire and caught himpletely by surprise. The ckened Explosion caused him to be thrown violently backwards, and to avoid the massive greatsword by less than a hair¡¯s breadth! ¡°Good coordination. But as you were busy saving your brother from my greatsword, did you not notice the des I had sent your way? Haha!¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing¡¯s eyes widened in rm as he felt a series of cold des nick open his flesh at every single critical spot on his body. His forehead, his neck, his chest, his belly, and even his back suddenly started to spurt out blood! With a deep chill, Dragon Apostle Deathwing realized that Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s main target had been him all the while! ¡°Too bad for you, Dragon Apostle Golden Fire merely tried to block my des with his golden shields. If he had been more aggressive like you and pushed you aside instead, he could have still kept you ¡°alive¡±. s, you¡¯re out of the fight now.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said as his body shimmered and split into many clones who immediately shot out towards Dragon Apostle Golden Fire. With one Dragon Apostle down, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat did not even need to personally fight to take down the other Dragon Apostle! ¡°Hooo. Interesting! The power of fate truly works in strange and mysterious ways. So the gulf between Primal level and Saint level isn¡¯t one that brute force can ovee.¡± Elliot observed. Dragon Apostle Deathwing smiled bitterly at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and retracted his aura and his killing intent. ¡°I have failed you, Master.¡± He said in a calm and slightly embarrassed voice to Elliot. ¡°Losing a fight to a Saint is no failure, Primal Deathwing.¡± Elliot said in an equally calm voice and pointed to Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s clones. ¡°And the fight isn¡¯t over. It looks like your earlier Dark Soul sts are making their effects felt.¡± True enough, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s clones were all somehow looking extremely ashen faced. Some of them had even fadedpletely away from existence! sh! sh! sh! Dragon Apostle Golden Fire exploded in a ferocious burst of fearsome attack sequence and easily destroyed Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s clones. ¡°Ugh. Your Dark Soul sts are extremely insidious. They are actually corroding my soul from within.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said as he narrowed his eyes in concentration to deal with the crisis within his soul. As he did that, the stream of clones leaping away from his original body slowed to a mere clone per second. However, these were much more powerful clones that were able to slow Dragon Apostle Golden Fire¡¯s attacks for slightly over a second each. That way with his clones, he was able topletely tie up Dragon Apostle Golden Fire and gain some time to deal with his wound! Dragon Apostle Deathwing smirked at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. ¡°I have no idea what made you willing to eat my attacks without even bothering to block it, but the moment you decided to do that, your eventual defeat is set in stone. Nothing can stop the corrosion in your soul except for me.¡± Deathwing said with a deathly smile. ¡°You overestimate the strength of your attack power, Primal Deathwing.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said with augh. ¡°You may not know this, but anything that takes form has fate. And if it has fate, then I, as a Saint who maniptes fate, can simplya€|¡± Whoosh. Dragon Apostle Deathwing¡¯s smirk froze and then disappeared. His senses told him that his corrosive energy upon Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s soul had just been obliterated. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat smiled thinly at Elliot and Deathwing for a quick moment before dashing away to ¡°finish off¡± Dragon Apostle Golden Fire. However, before he could travel for more than a few meters, a bright explosion of holy light suddenly erupted in the distance! ¡°Used what?¡± Elliot asked him in surprise. ¡°I am not sure if the other Dragon Apostles got it, but I got a unique transformation along with the strange Darklight Energy infusion. Somehow, I resonated extremely well with that Darklight energy, and it unlocked a power from within both itself and my body.¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing exined. ¡°Unique transformation? How unique?¡± Elliot asked. Dragon Apostle Deathwing simply pointed at the transformed Dragon Apostle Golden Fire in the distance. Chapter 365 Hidden God The first words that appeared in Elliot¡¯s mind were ¡°Dragon Angel¡±. Followed by ¡°Holy Smokes!¡± And ¡°THAT¡¯S SO BLOODY COOL!!¡± A huge, hundred meter tall angel fully decked out in glorious golden armor armed with a massive golden spear that gave out a deathly aura reeking of Deathwing¡¯s Dark energy hovered majestically. His golden wings were made of metallic feathers and his golden aura shone brightly, smothering Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s clones with such a heavy pressure that they cracked and disappeared. Even Saint Dul¡¯Akharat himself had stopped his charge towards Dragon Apostle Golden Fire and kept a healthy distance between them! ¡°Seraphic Descent.¡± Came Dragon Apostle Golden Fire¡¯s ethereal voice. He pointed his exquisite golden spear at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and instantly, it was as though the entire world and all of its energy had turned to look at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat with hostility. ¡°Seraphic Strike.¡± As soon as those two words left Dragon Apostle Golden Fire¡¯s lips, the world that was merely looking at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat seemed to open its mouth in a feral roar and rushed in to attack him with all of its strength! A deeply ancient and primordial aura erupted from Dragon Apostle Golden Fire and led the rest of nature in an all out attack. However, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was no pushover, and his own incredible power as a Saint level being was not merely for show. He unleashed his full strength as well which resisted the crushing pressure created by the Seraphic Strike. He swung his greatsword in a series of shes that released ridiculously sharp swordenergy towards Dragon Apostle Golden Fire. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s sword energy was so sharp that it felt like it could cut through even the very future of Dragon Apostle Golden Fire himself! The sword energy cut through the all-epassing Seraphic Strike easily and shot towards the Dragon Apostle¡¯s neck as though they were homing missiles. Golden Fire brandished his spear and faced the sword energies head on. CLANG! BAM! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!! In an amazing feat, the Primal level Golden Fire managed to block and redirect Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s full powered attacks cleanly! For the next few minutes, they exchanged thousands of strikes. One Saint wielding the power of fate, going all out againdt a transformed Dragon Angel with Darklight Energy. It was a fight at a level that the entire known universe had never seen before! ¡°Golden Fire¡¯s spear has your Dark energy in it.¡± Elliot remarked lightly. ¡°Indeed. As soon as the Darklight Energy stirred within me, the resonance I felt was not just with it alone. For some reason, I could keenly feel Golden Fire¡¯s energy and life force as well. And it was an antagonistic sort of sensation. Well, true, cks and Golds have never been allies in the entire history of Dragons. But at that moment, I hated him so much that I felt as though I needed to kill him in the most violent manner possible. Yet, as our auras shed, mine devoured a little bit of his and he, mine. And in that process, I got a little bit stronger and the hatred I felt towards him receeded rather substantially. Now, I don¡¯t really view him as someone I must kill, but instead, someone I musta€| devour.¡± A hungry look shed in Dragon Apostle Deathwing¡¯s eyes for a quick moment before disappearing. ¡°It ispletely understandable for life and death energy to bepletely ipatible. But for you, as the embodiment of death energy, to view life energy as something to consume isa€| interesting. That death can grow stronger with a dose of life. And life can grow stronger with a dose of death.¡± Elliot said mildly as he mused and pondered on the principles that governed the rtionship between his Darklight Energy and the two Dragon Apostles with the Royal Elements of Light and Darkness. As he did so, the crowd outside the secondary dimension they were in had turned rowdy. Although they were not able to view the fight directly, Primal Alexander wasted no time charging the other Primals for treasures in exchange for a livementary! Of course as Primals who stood at the very peak of the food chain in the known universe, they had nock of treasures, and they all immediately coughed up the outrageous price that Primal Alexander was extor- I mean, charging them. After all, treasures can be looked for again, but the chance to know just a little bit of how Saints and Darklight Enhanced Primals fight was once in a lifetime! ¡°Thank you all for your generosity. Come now, let the radio show begin!¡± Primal Alexander had said with a flourish amid the bunch of grumbling Primals. But they instantly kept quiet the moment Primal Alexander began calling out the fight. The flowery descriptions of the demons and angels had been met with loud exmations of disbelief, followed by shouts of shock when Saing Dul¡¯Akharat took care of them with a simple move. Some had groaned in disappointment when Dragon Apostle Deathwing bowed out of thr fight so quickly while others had hooted with deep pleasure. But all of them were renderedpletely speechless when Primal Alexander described Dragon Apostle Golden Fire¡¯s angelic transformation and its ability tomand all of the dimension¡¯s energy. That silence had only deepened as Primal Alexander¡¯s voice rattled on like a machine gun firing furiously as he described the rapid exchange of strikes and blows between the two most powerful beings of the known universe! Dul¡¯Akharat may have been struck, but he doesn¡¯t lool like he felt the blow at all! His counter sword thrust was immediate anda€| just as deadly! He scored a hit on Golden Fire¡¯s belly! Oh my goodness, it¡¯s not just a clean hit, it¡¯s a critical hit! What will Golden Fire do now to- oh my god! What a vicious head butt by Golden Fire! Are these two really the top fighters of our universe? They fight like teenagers brawling!¡± Primal Alexander shouted excitedly. ¡°Were you a sportsmentator or something? Yourments are almost as exciting as watching the fight live.¡± Primal Lilian chuckled as her eyes glowed a bright yellow which mirrored Chairman El¡¯Taras¡¯ eyes as he broadcasted the battle to Primal Lilian¡¯s mind privately. ¡°Of course I was not a sportsmentator. I was a powerful warrior serving under a God named Aleyria. Have you heard of her?¡± Primal Alexander stopped his broadcast. ¡°Aleyria? Hidden God of flower petals?¡± Primal Lilian asked in confusion. ¡°Hidden God of flower petals??¡± Primal Alexander¡¯s jaw dropped. Chapter 366 I will join ¡°Hey! Keep broadcasting! It was just getting good!¡± A Primal yelled in irritation at Primal Alexander¡¯s pause. ¡°Alright, alright. Keep your pants on.¡± Primal Alexander grumbled. ¡°I will need to talk to you about that hidden God thingter.¡± He said to Primal Lilian. And with that, he continued his live broadcast of the fight that was going on in his secondary dimension. But he barely got to thirty more seconds of broadcast when suddenlya€| Rumble. RUMBLE. RUMBLE!!!! ¡°Uh oh. My secondary dimension is approaching its energy limit! Elliot! Get them to stop fighting NOW!!¡± Primal Alexander roared urgently. ¡°Toote. Golden Fire¡¯sst spell just caused the fabric of spacetime to rip. We¡¯re on our way out now. Shut down that dimension immediately as soon as we¡¯re out.¡± Elliot said calmly. ¡°Spacetime rip??¡± Primal Alexander winced visibly. Spacetime tips would eventually lead to a spacetime discement that wouldpletely cause the dimension to be inhabitable. In effect, Elliot¡¯s words literally meant: ¡°We just broke your secondary dimension. Oops.¡± ¡°We¡¯re out! Close it before the spacetime discement spreads!¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said loudly as the four of them stepped out of a portal. He would let it float away into the vast nothingness of space and where it would probably implode within a few days. ¡°You guys owe me a new seconda- HOLY! How the hell are you both still alive??¡± Primal Alexander gasped in shock at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and Dragon Apostle Golden Fire. The other Primals were already gaping and discussing among themselves, pointing out the different wounds that covered the two from head to toe and guessing which wound came from which part of the fight which Primal Alexander broadcasted. Both of them were truly in a pitiful state. Thankfully, as extremely high level beings, their horrendous wounds were already healing rapidly. A hideous gash on Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s neck which was so bad that it revealed his spine, was already halfway healed. Elsewhere, his guts which were hanging out had somehow wriggled their way back into their rightful ce in his body, and the gaping hole on his right chest whichpletely pulverized his right lung was on it way toplete recovery. The physical regeneration speed of Saint level powerhouses were simply too overpowered. However, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat was cursing loudly at that moment. ¡°What sort of cheat code are you using? How in all of heavens can you regenerate faster than me?¡± He groused loudly. ¡°I distinctly remember almost severing your neck! In fact, I was worried for a second that I had identally killed you. But what the heck? Your neck ispletely healed already? And what is with that stupid regrowth speed for both your arms!¡± ¡°I am a Golden Dragon with an abundance of Darklight Energy within me.¡± Dragon Apostle Golden Fire chuckled as he retracted his Seraphic Descent transformation and returned to his original form with nary a blemish on his skin. ¡°I am the embodiment of life. I am either fully dead, or I am at my full strength.¡± ¡°And by merit of my superior state, I im victory.¡± He added with a triumphant smile. ¡°Bullshit. I would have killed you in another ten seconds.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat shook his head in disagreement. ¡°Exactly. You needed another ten seconds, which you don¡¯t have. I would have killed you in three seconds as soon as my skillnded on you.¡± ¡°Your skill would not have killed me, even if ten such skillsnded on me at the same time.¡± ¡°So you say.¡± ¡°So I know.¡± Like two kids squabbling after their parents broke them apart from a fight in a yground, the top two warriors of the known universe continued their fight verbally. But it was a casual and lighthearted banter. Both had earned each other¡¯s deep respect in the course of their minutes long exchange where they had unleashed their full strengths and despite their best efforts, their opponent still managed to somehow thwart them and deny them the victory they sought so desperately. In their minds, there was no serious need to determine the winner at that point in time. They were d that there was another being as powerful as them to share the burden of defending their known universe! It was especially true for Saint Dul¡¯Akharat who had personally taken the safety and the fate of the known universe as his own personal burden to bear. Within a quick minute, they were both fully recovered. At that time, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat made a startling announcement. ¡°We are all facing an unprecedented emergency here in our known universe. The Shadow Realm have the strength to destroy us, or worse, enve us, and they have arrived at our door. To make it worse, we also know that the new universe also has an interest in us, and have sent their scouts to check us out. It is in our best interest to assume that they are hostile, and their invasion would also be imminent. We need to set up a defensemittee to drive our defensive efforts, as well as an offensivemittee to bring the fight to the enemy as much as possible. To that end, I propose the following. I will lead the defensivemittee, and all of the Primals here and those who have departed. Primal Golden Fire will lead the offensivemittee, and hismittee will include the Dragon Primals, Primal Lilian and Primal Alexander. I believe that they have sufficient firepower to wreak havoc behind enemy lines. What say you?¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± ¡°What choice do we have?¡± ¡°I agree.¡± ¡°I disagree. Their strength would be better utilized in defense. Espe-¡° ¡°Shut up you old coot. The best defense is offense. The more damage they deal to the enemy, the less we have to worry about defense. In fact, I think we need to send more Primals to attack!¡± ¡°Yes! Send more Primals to attack!¡± ¡°Sure. Any volunteers?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat asked with a smile. The Primals fell silent. It wasn¡¯t that they feared death. But if they went to join the offensive team, who would defend their empires? They didn¡¯t have powerful underlings like the Dragons! ¡°I will join the offensivemittee.¡± A soft voice rang out from nowhere. Chapter 367 Proof of strength ¡°Hmmmm? Who is that?¡± ¡°Her strength ispletely off the charts. She is definitely a Primal. But howe I have never seen her before?¡± ¡°Heya€| Isn¡¯t thata€|¡± ¡°Great grandma!¡± Jessica Sands shouted in shock. ¡°Why are you here? You should be resting!¡± At her words, all eyes swiveled to look at Jessica Sands, then Harold Sands, then at the neer who had appeared in Primal Alexander¡¯s dimensional world as though it was her backyard. And judging by Primal Alexander¡¯s slightly surprised look, she had enteredpletely uninvited. A very clear sign of her mastery over spacetime and Realms. ¡°Uh. Honorable mother. It¡¯s good to see you he-¡± Harold Sands started to say hastily. But she raised her hand and red at him. ¡°You would have me sleep at home while my son and my beloved great grand daughter fights for our universe?¡± She asked Harold Sands softly. ¡°Ah hahaha! Of course not! I was nning to go over to ask you for help as soon as the meeting is overter. How can the universe fight its greatest and most desperate war and not include its strongest and most powerful warrior? Ah hahaha!¡± Harold Sandsughed out loudly and awkwardly. ¡°Most powerful warrior? That¡¯s a high im, especially in this room.¡± Primal Greentree Life said in his rumbly voice amusedly. ¡°A im that has been verified countless times over. Forgive the new Primal, dear Elise Sands. He knows not what he speaks. It¡¯s good to have you join us.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said with a wide smile as he politely weed her. ¡°You¡¯ve grown to be a fine young man, Dul dul.¡± Elise Sands said with a wrinkly smile. Although outwardly the meeting room was silent, one could probably easily imagine the explosiveughter that was rocking all of the Primals¡¯ inner worlds. ¡°Dula€| dula€| Pffffttt!!!¡± ¡°Bahahahahahahahahaha! Dul! Dul!¡± ¡°Ahahahahahahahaahahahah!!!¡± ¡°Uhhhh. Nobody has ever called me that ever since I got to Ancient level.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said with a deeply rueful sigh. He had hoped that the name had died along with the eons that had passed. But s! Elise Sands had used it in a room full of long lived Primals! The era of Dul Dul had returned unlike anything he had seen before! ¡°Oh? Did I just ruin your prestige with that name? I apologize. However, let me teach you how to cement prestige and respect from your fellow Primals despite your name, little Dul dul. Just do as I do next time.¡± Elise Sands said with a small smile as she raised her hand horizontally towards Primal Greenlife Tree. As soon as she did that, Primal Greenlife Tree started to choke lightly as he slowly rose into the air. Crack! Crack! Crack! Primal Greenlife Tree¡¯s limbs started to break apart and green pus started to leak from all over his body. All the other Primals could only watch silently, as all theughter in their minds evaporated like teardrops before a st furnace. Crack! Crack! More of Greenlife Tree¡¯s many bones started to crack as the irresistible crushing pressure continued unabated. ¡°See? Who will dare to disrespect me now? Even though I am just a wrinkly old woman, I can assure you I am now the most respected being in this room.¡± Elise Sands said mildly before she sighed. ¡°You¡¯re slightly stronger than me now, but your bad habits are still as bad as ever. Humility is good for the weak and the half strongs. But for us who stand at the peak, we must show our strength to be able to lead effectively. This is true in peaceful times, and doubly true in dangerous times such as this. That is why, my poor whatever tree Primal, even though you barely did anything to offend me, I have to kill you to make a statement.¡± Elise Sands said as her fist started to clench. ¡°I disagree.¡± Elliot spoke up lightly as he weaved an Ascendant Rune powered void field around Greenlife Tree and very cleanly broke Elise Sands¡¯ death grip. Primal Greenlife Tree copsed back to his seat, gasping for breath as his body¡¯s regenerative powers surged to repair the extensive damage. ¡°Great grand ma! No!!¡± Jessica Sands shrieked in horror. However, at that moment, Elliotughed out loud. ¡°Jessica¡¯s great grandma, you are truly a warrior above all warriors! But by your own words, might is right. And if so, then I am right, and you are wrong.¡± Elliot said easily. ¡°I disagree with killing any Primals just to make a statement. Please do not do that without my permission.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s jaw dropped. When the hell did Elliot be so overbearing? And why did he adopt such an attitude towards Elise Sands, of all people? ¡°Hahahahahahaha! Good! Very good! Excellent!!! See, Dul dul? This little boy here learnt the lesson I have been trying to teach you for so long, in just a minute! That¡¯s right, boy! That¡¯s exactly what I want to hear! If you are standing at the peak, then you shouldn¡¯t have to take other people¡¯s bullshit way of doing things! Just do whatever you want! The only thing that¡¯s missing now from you isa€| Proof of your strength! Show me!!¡± Elise Sandsughed uproariously with no small amount of glee as she attacked Elliot all of a sudden! However, not even the tiniest bit of energy leaked out from her energy strike, a clear indication of her godly level of control. She truly was a top notch fighter! Elliot unleashed his own energy strike, which also did not leak anything, much to her approval, and met Elise Sands¡¯ attack head on! Saint Dul¡¯Akharat sighed and raised his hand as well to create a containment field for their sh of energies. Boom!!! A mini explosion ripped out and swirled powerfully within the sphere of power which Saint Dul¡¯Akharat had erected around their point of collision. Chapter 368 Lets take a look outside Within the sphere of power, the old woman¡¯s blue coloured energy swirled in a dominant fashion and pressured Elliot¡¯s grey energy towards a tiny corner of the sphere. It was clear whose energy was stronger! ¡°Hmpph. With just that paltry amount of power which cannot stand its ground for even a second, you dare to challenge me? Preposterous! Let me teach you a lesson you¡¯ll never forget!¡± Elise Sands scoffed loudly as she took a step towards Elliot while leaning heavily on her old woman cane. However, Elliot simply grinned at her and pointed at the sphere wordlessly. Elise Sands frowned and grudgingly turned her head towards the sphere. Her blue energy was still dominant, but it was showing absolutely no progress in taking out the seemingly cornered grey energy. In fact, as the seconds ticked by, Elise Sands could feel her energy being slowly absorbed by Elliot¡¯s! Elliot¡¯s energy was devouring hers! And if that¡¯s the case, it was only a matter of time before all of her energy disappeared! ¡°Whaaaata€| That¡¯sa€| Very good. Very, very good!!¡± Elise Sands couldn¡¯t help but speak up in an admiring voice. ¡°Truly the rear waves push the forward waves ahead to die on the sands! The new generation will always advance further than the old generation. Well done! I don¡¯t know how you do it, but it is one hell of an achievement!¡± ¡°Hmmmm?¡± Primal Alexander frowned as he tried to figure out what the hell was happening. However, before he could do it, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat waved his hand and instantly, the sphere of power, along with its contents, winked out of existence, leaving everyone else confused by what the old woman meant with her words. ¡°Hahahahaha! If this is how it is going to be, then whatever you say, goes! I shall not kill this little tree punk then. But my purpose remains unchanged. To rule in times of emergencies, one must rule with an iron fist. There is no room for dilly dallies. Am I clear?¡± Elise Sands pointed one finger upwards, and instantly, a freakish wave of energy erupted from her and lifted every single Primal present, off their seats and into the air! Crack!! Crack!!! Crack!!!!! Elise Sands broke exactly a single arm bone from every single Primal seated around the table that was not part of Elliot¡¯s little group! True, a single broken arm meant absolutely nothing physically to these powerful Primals. But the message sent was crushingly clear. ¡°I am able to kill you all with a thought. Obey, or die.¡± Dominance! Pure, unadulterated dominance!! BAM!! Elise Sands released her hold on the Primals, and they all fell back to their seats with a bang. ¡°So, little boy. How do you want things done? Now that you¡¯ve shown me you have the right to lead us all, you need to call the shots and make your decisions clear. Not making a decision is still a decision, I hope you understand that.¡± Elise Sands said seriously. My mission would be to annihte at least five percent of their military production centers within a week, and then ramp it up to fifty percent within two months. That way, we can be sure that they will call off their invasion.¡± Elliot said as he threw out figures he thought were reasonable numbers. Which, of course, made Primal Alexander choke in incredulity. ¡°Five percent within a week?? Do you even know how many millions ofs we are talking about to destroy five percent??¡± He said. ¡°This is an ENTIRE realm we are talking about! It is equal to our known universebined with every single universe in existence!¡± ¡°With Senior Void Walker here, I am pretty sure distance and time would not be an issue.¡± Elliot shrugged nonchntly. ¡°Thata€| thata€|¡± Primal Alexander was frustrated. Elliot¡¯s goal was ridiculous, but his reasoning was airtight. It was true. With such a powerful Void Walker in his team, he would be able to instantly appear literally ANYWHERE and wreakplete havoc before going on to the next target. All they needed was a list of general coordinates for their targets, and the nuclear fusion Elliot was able to trigger would do its job. If they could chain a thousand such attacks each day, within seven days, they could destroy seven thousand star sectors. And if every single star sector had a thousand military productionsa€| That¡¯s seven millions gone. Not too far from the goal of 5%. ¡°A lofty goal. But impossible to achieve.¡± Elise Sands said very seriously. ¡°I suggest we stick with something small but high impact like assassinating every single leader from every single empire.¡± ¡°Leaders are receable.¡± Elliot said in disagreement. ¡°True. But the process of recing them would be a nightmare. Civil wars would erupt, armies would be pulled back, and the invasion would be-¡° ¡°Dyed, nothing more.¡± Elliot said firmly. ¡°And when they are ready to attack us once more, they would be on guard against our infiltration attempts. It would be harder for us to do what I want to do. No, our only hope of crushing their ns to invade us is to crush them into fearing us.¡± Elliot looked at Elise Sands meaningfully, as if saying ¡°Just like how you crushed all thoughts of rebellion from these Primals.¡± Elise Sands looked at Elliot with newfound respect. Before her was a ferocious young man whose capacity and stomach for genocide and murder equalled hers! Impressive! ¡°I agree with your reasoning. The question remains. How can we destroy millions ofs in one week?¡± She said with a smile full of anticipation. ¡°Why don¡¯t we take a look at the situation outside and see if what I just did with the Shadow Primal is enough to destroy the heart of any one of their production centers? If it is, we can simply scale it up and repeat it for as many times as we require.¡± Elliot suggested. ¡°Ah yes, good idea. I would like to see just how much damage you did to the Gaming Commission¡¯s headquarters. Haha!¡± Primal Baltangughed loudly. His empires happened to be located near the Gaming Commission HQ, and for the longest time, he had lusted after its rich and bountifuls. It would suit him just fine if the Gaming Commission HQ were to lose all of itss. If he couldn¡¯t have it, then no one should have it! He nced at Chairman El¡¯Taras, and was slightly surprised at his calm but slightly sour and resigned look. But at the same time, there were also traces of glee in the corners of his eyes. A deep sense of unease bloomed in Primal Baltang¡¯s heart. Chapter 369 God Primal Alexander dutifully created a bunch of portals for the Primals to exit his dimensional world. As soon as they stepped out of the portal, they were all stunned into silence. In the short amount of time they spent within Primal Alexander¡¯s dimensional world, the nuclear fusion that Elliot had triggered using the Shadow Primal¡¯s body hadpletely changed the originally vibrant star system with severalrges revolving around a supergiant red star intopletea€| nothingness. The originally bright Gaming Commission HQ star system had turnedpletely dark. There was nothing that remained that could even hint that the area was once the HQ of the high and mighty Gaming Commission! No stars. Nos. No light. Nothing. Just darkness stretching out in all directions, broken only by the asional tiny bright dot of a distant star. As soon as Primal Baltang saw the darkness, he whirled towards the direction of his many empires, and blinked a couple of times in disbelief. There was absolutely nothing there as well. ¡°Impossible. My star systems were hundreds of light years away. No supernova st radius could reach that far! Even if they could, they would not be able to wipe them out so cleanlya€|¡± Primal Baltang tried to find an exnation for the absurd reality thaty before him. ¡°No star supernova could destroy another star system hundreds of light years away. However, it wasn¡¯t just a simple star that exploded here. It was a Shadow Primal with the strength of 50 Primalsa€| Compressed into a nuclear fusion.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras reminded him coldly. (If you¡¯re a nuclear scientist, I apologize if my ideas don¡¯t make sense lol. Let¡¯s just assume a Primal¡¯s core is extremely suitable for nuclear fusion!) None of them had ever imagined that the day woulde where they had tobine the idea of a ¡°Primal¡± together with and serving as the raw material of ¡°Nuclear Fusion¡±. It was singrly the most absurd thought that they ever had to entertain, and it was one that was also currently giving them hope of surviving theing war. ¡°You did what to a Shadow Primal??¡± Elise Sands frowned as her mind struggled withbining the two ideas. ¡°Allow me to show you, Primal Sands.¡± Chairman El¡¯Taras offered. ¡°Ah, a Taras brat. Good, show me.¡± Elise Sands nodded. Immediately, Chairman El¡¯Taras projected his visions to Elise Sands. ¡°WHAT THE HELL?¡± Elise Sands could only manage to sputter out those three words before the vision ended in a literal sh. ¡°So this is the result of triggering a nuclear fusion using a Primal¡¯s core?¡± Elise Sands looked around her in awe and in newfound levels of high appreciation. ¡°If a Primal¡¯s core could result in this, then I wonder what would happen if we do it to a Saint level corea€|¡± Elise Sands murmured lightly as her eyes gleamed with murderous intent. ¡°I can get us the location of their Saint level powerhouse if you want to.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled. ¡°Hmmmm? You are not from around here. No wonder I could not detect your power level.¡± Elise Sands said as she scrutinized Primal Alexander. ¡°Alexander, at your service.¡± Primal Alexander bowed politely. ¡°How soon can you get that information?¡± Elise Sands asked. ¡°A day.¡± Primal Alexander replied confidently. ¡°It¡¯s too dangerous. The brat might not be able to survive a Saint level powerhouse¡¯s all out attack.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat shook his head as he followed Elise Sands¡¯ train of thought. ¡°But if he could do that, then we would definitely gain the upper hand.¡± Elise Sands pressed on. ¡°Killing a Saint level powerhouse from the Shadow Realm won¡¯t do us any good. Not when there is a Shadow Overlord who is probably at the God level.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat shook his head lightly. ¡°I am sure your informants have told you everything about the previous fight we had, and Primal Golden Dragon Soul¡¯s betrayal.¡± Elise Sands red at him as she processed his words, which she ready knew, of course. She just couldn¡¯t resist thinking about the possibility of taking out one of the Shadow Realm¡¯s top fighters along with his vaunted empire in one glorious explosion. But he was right. As long as the God level Shadow Overlord was still alive, there was no point killing a Saint level powerhouse. Killing their military would be a better choice. At that moment, Elliot couldn¡¯t help but speak up. ¡°What¡¯s stopping that Shadow Overlord froming over to our universe and killing every single one of our top fighters the way I am nning to do to them?¡± He asked. At his words, Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and Elise Sands narrowed their eyes at him sharply. His Realm had Gods?? Primal Alexander chuckled lightly at their response. ¡°I guess at this point, hiding my identity and the information that I have will do more harm than good. In that case, let me quickly tell you my story. And after you all get all the information you need, you will be better equipped to make a better decision.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°Please do.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said. ¡°Let me start with a foundational fact. In reality, there are countless parallel universes. There is an infinite number of saya€| You, Primal Elise, spread across the infinite parallel universes. In some universes, you are as powerful as you are now. In others, you could be weaker, or even dead. The further apart the parallel universes are, the more different the situation is within the universes. Ie from a different but nearby parallel universe. There is a Shadow Realm in my universe as well, and I suspect that the Shadow Realm within it would be extremely simr to this one. I don¡¯t know for sure just how simr they would be, but for one thing, their ambitions and their armies were exactly the same. And in my universe, this Shadow army was indeed led by a powerful God.¡± Primal Alexander said calmly. Chapter 370 Ascendant Realm ¡°A God level powerhousea€|¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said grimly. He had already suspected as much, but secretly, he was fervently hoping that he was wrong, and that the God level shield Primal Golden Dragon Soul had earlier was merely an ancient artifact with the remnant power of a dead God. But apparently not. The other remaining Primals could only gulp and swallow their salivas. There was absolutely nothing they could do or contribute. In a discussion involving Saints and Gods, they were pushed all the way down to be mere soldiers. Elite soldiers, maybe, but soldiers, nheless. ¡°Yes. I suspect that the Shadow Overlord that Primal Golden Dragon Soul mentioned is Blytoros, God of Tricks.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°This Blytoros, just how powerful is he?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat asked directly. In any major war, the main battle would always be between their top fighters. If their top fighters could tie each other up, the war¡¯s oue would depend on their armies and the ability of theirmanders. But if one side had a strongerbatant at the top level, then the war would be as good as over before it even began. There was no mercy in war, and top level powerhouses had no qualms entering a low level battle field andying waste to every single enemy soldier. All is fair in love and war. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat¡¯s question was effectively, do we even need to fight? Primal Alexander looked at Saint Dul¡¯Akharat seriously and sighed. ¡°You¡¯re not even asking the right question.¡± He said softly. ¡°What should I be asking?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said with a heavy heart. ¡°You should be askinga€| How many Gods does the Shadow Realm have.¡± Primal Alexander said. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and Elise Sands exchanged a serious nce. ¡°How many?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat asked in an emotionless voice. ¡°Three.¡± Primal Alexander said. ¡°And the other two are stronger than Blytoros. And yes, Blytoros can kill you with a single strike.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat let out a long, hollow breath. ¡°You mentioned that their ambitions are the same. In your multiverse, did you defeat them?¡± Elise Sands asked Primal Alexander sharply. ¡°Yes and no.¡± It was Primal Alexander¡¯s turn to sigh. ¡°Like you, we too sent a strike team to the Realm of Darkness, which was what we called the Shadow Realm. We seeded in striking down Blytoros, and Hisa, their Elder God of Spirits. But before she died, Hisa that incorrigible bitch, ripped open the barriers between the Realm of Darkness, which was a lower Realm inparison to ours, with the one beneath it.¡± ¡°Another Realm? What Realm is that? And how many Gods do they have?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat asked. He had learnt his lesson, and had immediately asked the most important question. ¡°We call it the Realm of Sin. And there area€| Seven Gods within it.¡± Primal Alexander said grimly. ¡°Seven.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat grimaced. ¡°Yes. All seven Gods crossed over to the Realm of Darkness, and even now, the three way war between the forces from my Realm, the Realm of Darkness and the Realm of Sin still rages on in a very, very bloody stalemate. For some time, researchers from my Realm conducted extensive exploration and research on how to defeat the Gods of Sin, and preliminary results points that the key to defeating them lies in the runes that you use. Frankly speaking, I am here to master the power system from this part of the universe.¡± Primal Alexander exined. ¡°Really? So we have the potential to defeat them?¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat asked hopefully. ¡°No.¡± Primal Alexander shook his head. ¡°After staying here for sometime, I realize that the runes you are using, though powerful, are extremely crude and seemed to merely be a shadow of what could be. I was about to conclude that our research was wrong untila€|¡± At that, Primal Alexander nced at Elliot. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat and Elise Sands turned to look at Elliot with wide eyes of surprise. ¡°Why did you cross the multiverse just to learn the Runes? Why didn¡¯t you learn it from the ¡®us¡¯ in your own universe?¡± Primal Alexander smiled grimly at them even as the others held their breaths in dreadful anticipation. ¡°In my multiverse, this ¡°known universe¡± is actually an extremely remote area of the main universe, separated by massive wild space that could not be traversed by simple means. In my universe, this remote area is called Universe Empire Symphonia. And Universe Empire Symphonia wasa€| destroyed.¡± ¡°Destroyed? Didn¡¯t you say that yout Earth was fine?¡± Elliot asked with a start. ¡°Earth is fine. And so are a few of thes that are important to me. Destroying an entire Universe Empire doesn¡¯t mean the destruction of every single life. But by andrge, the main power of the Universe Empire had been smashed to pieces. And along with it, the secret of Runes.¡± Primal Alexander said ruefully. ¡°So in your universe, this area which we call our ¡°known universe¡± is destroyed. By the Shadow Realm?¡± Elliot pressed on. ¡°Yes. Like you, by the time we were aware of their invasion ns, they had already massed their troops and were ready to invade. But unlike you, we were caught out of position. By the time our top fighters reached their entrance portals, their Invasion Force had dispersed and they managed to deal a death blow to the entire Universe Empire before we were able to clean them up.¡± Primal Alexander exined. ¡°I see. So in order for my brand new Empire to avoid suffering from a simr fate, I need to embark on my mission as soon as possible.¡± Elliot nodded. ¡°That¡¯s just the short term solution to avoid immediate chaos. The long term issue remains. We need advanced runes to fight against the Seven Demon Gods of Sin. And not just that, when I left, the realm above us, the Ascendant Realm, was also preparing to invade.¡± Primal Alexander sighed. ¡°What? Ascendant Realm??¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in surprise. Chapter 371 Pack of wolves ¡°Yes. Ascendant Realm. Have you heard of them?¡± Primal Alexander asked in surprise. Elliot turned to nce at Jessica Sands, whose responding shrug seemed to say ¡°I had no idea where the Ascendant Runes came from. Ask gramps!¡± ¡°Ehm. No we haven¡¯t heard of the Ascendant Realm before. But the Gaming Commission have in our possession an advanced set of runes which are called ¡°Ascendant Runes¡±. We assumed they came from an area we call ¡°new universe¡±. But it could be that theye from this Ascendant Realm.¡± Harold Sands exined rather sheepishly. ¡°You guys have such a marvelous thing, and didn¡¯t say a single word to us about it?¡± Primal Baltang growled. ¡°Of course. Would you have said anything?¡± Harold Sands promptly scoffed in reply. ¡°Fair enough. And it doesn¡¯t really matter why they kept quiet about it. What matters is that they have that ascendant rune, which would be crucial in defeating the Seven Demon Gods of Sin if they invade. Even if they don¡¯t, having an upgrade to our power is something we desperately need if we want to have a fighting chance against the Shadow Realm.¡± Saint Dul¡¯Akharat said even as his eyes brightened slightly with hope. They may not have Gods, but if they could somehow harness the power of the Ascendant Runes, they might just be able to stand their ground against them. It would mean the difference between annihtion and survival. ¡°May I take a look at this Ascendant Rune?¡± Primal Alexander asked Harold Sands quietly. If it truly was what he was looking for, then his long search would be over. He would be free to return to his multiverse, and defeat his enemies! ¡°Of course.¡± Harold Sands took out a psionic gadget and passed it to Primal Alexander. As soon as Primal Alexander sank his mind into the information contained within the gadget, he instantly knew that he had hit the motherlode! It was exactly what he was looking for! He couldn¡¯t help but smile widely as he studied the humongouslyplex Ascendant Rune. ¡°This is exactly what we need. The amount of power a series of runes like this would allow us to bring forth would definitely be enough to prate their incredible defenses! There is only one here. Where are the rest?¡± Primal Alexander asked as he looked at Harold Sands hopefully. ¡°This is the only one we found.¡± Harold Sands shook his head with a rueful smile. Chairman El¡¯Taras, Jessica Sands and Elliot did not miss his specific use of the word ¡°found¡±. It was true that the Ascendant Rune was the only one they found. It¡¯s just not the only one they have. Information was power! Jessica and Elliot did not wish to reveal all of their cards in public. ¡°I see. If that¡¯s the case, I might have to pay the Ascendant Realm a visit then.¡± Primal Alexander sighed. ¡°Please show me the spot where you found the Ascendant Rune.¡± ¡°Of course, Primal Alexander. Would you like to do it now?¡± Harold Sands asked. ¡°Yes. No point dying. I have told you all of the information you need, and I will give you the coordinates of the critical production facilities of the Shadow Realm when I get them. It is time for me to continue on my mission.¡± Primal Alexander said to Elliot and Saint Dul¡¯Akharat. Saint Dul¡¯Akharat nodded in agreement. ¡°Do not forget about us if you seed in finding the full set of Ascendant Runes.¡± He said to Primal Alexander. ¡°Of course. I owe you guys a great deal, after all.¡± Primal Alexander said. They quickly said their goodbyes, and then Elise Sands brought Elliot and his group away with a wave of her hand. Space shimmered, and suddenly, Elliot found himself back on familiar ground. The blue sky was beautifully dotted with fluffy white clouds, and the air was so refreshing that Elliot couldn¡¯t help but sigh deeply. He was back on California, Earth! ¡°There truly is no ce like home.¡± He sighed. However, the rest were in no mood to discuss the philosophy of home and its perfection. ¡°So, now that we are far away from the rest of the universe, can you tell us your secret? How many Ascendant Runes do you have?¡± Primal Alexander turned to Elliot and asked excitedly after he had created a dome around them to ensure that they werepletely safe from prying ears. ¡°So you know.¡± Elliot smiled at Primal Alexander. ¡°You¡¯re a hundred years too early if you think you can fool me. I had my suspicions the moment I saw you glowing before I took you to the tournament.¡± Primal Alexander said with a slight smile. Elliot didn¡¯t bother replying, and instead went on to trace out the Ascendant Rune which he had mastered in the air. ¡°This is the first Ascendant Rune. It is wood-based, and I call it, Death by Life Overload.¡± Elliot said with a straight face despite saying such a corny name aloud. With fluid and practiced movements, both his hands were a blur as he quickly recreated the Ascendant Rune in segments which were easier to understand than theplete rune. Heid them out neatly and in an ingeniously arranged manner which served as self-instructional learning curves. Around him, the ten Dragon Apostles, Primal Alexander, Primal Lilian, Lady Bstiera, Jennifer, Jessica, Elise Sands and even Jessica Sands opened their eyes and mouths wide in awesome wonder as their minds rapidly absorbed the brand new and universe-shaking knowledgeid out neatly before them. Inplete silence, Elliot spent the next few hours ¡°teaching¡± them about the mighty Ascendant Rune. All seventeen pairs of eyes studied his energy markings hungrily like a pack of wolves gobbling up huge chunks of meat being thrown out by a galloping caravan. Some of them were slower, some were faster, but all seventeen were undeniably exploding in strength as their understanding on how to manipte energy transcended every single technique the known universe had ever produced! As soon as he finished, Primal Elise closed her eyes in satisfaction and her body started to glow. Chapter 372 Haggling Queen ¡°Hmmm?¡± Elliot looked at Elise Sands with great interest, and no small amount of admiration. Did she just finish mastering the runes as soon as he finished drawing them out? What a ferocious genius! But she was Jessica Sands¡¯ great grandma. She had lived for countless years and so it was no surprise that she was able to do exactly that. Boom!! Elise Sands¡¯ power, which had already risen by an incredible amount, exploded once more as she broke past the final chasm between the Primal and Saint level! Elliot¡¯s mouth twitched lightly. He waspletely at a loss on what to say! A second Saint had appeared in the known universe, just like that?? ¡°Hehehehe. You don¡¯t have to look so shocked, boy. I had alreadyid the groundwork for advancement and was already on the cusp of breaking through. This wonderful Ascendant Rune was like giving a bicycle on the verge of being modified into a motorcycle, a jet engine! What an amazing feeling. Now, take out all the other Ascendant Runes and let us partake of them!¡± Elise Sands said eagerly. ¡°You¡¯re asking the wrong person.¡± Elliot said wryly. ¡°Most of the breakdown of the Ascendant Rune wasn¡¯t done by me. I merely rearranged them a little to make them easier to understand.¡± ¡°Hee hee! It was me, great grandma! I made them for Elliot!¡± Jessica Sands said proudly. ¡°You useless child. You had such a wonderful thing, and instead of sharing it with your family first, you shared them with a stranger! What am I to do with you?¡± Elise Sands nagged and shook her head helplessly at her cute little great granddaughter. ¡°I did try to tell gramps that I could do it. But he wouldn¡¯t listen.¡± Jessica Sands pouted. ¡°It¡¯s his own loss for not taking what I had to give! One man¡¯s loss, another man¡¯s profit. Hee hee! Elliot here will be the Emperor of the new universe empire that we will be making, great grandma! We were expecting to fight bloody battles to build up the empire from scratch, but with you around, you can just kill all our enemies and pave the way for us to make the strongest empire ever!¡± Jessica Sands said excitedly. ¡°I retired from politics and empires and all this nonsense exactly because I didn¡¯t want the hassle of having to deal with them and all of their prickly leaders. And now you want me to do all your grunt work? You¡¯re really good. You¡¯re exactly like your mom.¡± Elise Sands said in a grouchy tone. ¡°Hee hee. You¡¯ve retired for so long! Aren¡¯t you bored? You shoulde out for a bit, bash up a few prickly old leaders for a bit and have some fun. I am sure if you do that for a few days and on a few of the nearby Primals, they would give you face and not attack us!¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°No.¡± Elise Sands red at Jessica Sands. ¡°And it¡¯s not as though you need me anyway. With his mastery over Ascendant Runes, I doubt any of the old coots from before could do anything to him. You don¡¯t need me to do your dirty work!¡± ¡°She¡¯s right, you know. Our empire is pretty much set in stone at this point. Just my Dragon Apostles are enough to ensure our safety permanently.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Indeed.¡± Dragon Apostle Golden Fire nodded in agreement. ¡°With us united under Master, we are singrly the most powerful force in our known universe. And with the addition of the Ascendant Runes, we arepletely untouchable.¡± ¡°However, if we want to aim for the unification of the entire universea€|¡± Elliot let his sentence trail. ¡°What a huge appetite!¡± Elise Sands looked at Elliot in surprise. ¡°I will give you all the Ascendant Runes I know in exchange for your help for ten years!¡± Jessica Sands immediately cried out with great excitement. The whole known universe! They were going to invade all the other empires and gain control of the entire known universe!! How exciting!! ¡°Hmmmmm. What a devious little haggler, just like your mom. Who is exactly like her dad, who is exactly like me.¡± Elise Sands chuckled lightly. ¡°One year. No more. And once you unify the known universe, I want all my needs met.¡± Elise Sands said firmly. ¡°Ten. And all your needs met.¡± Jessica Sands said seriously. ¡°One. Non negotiable.¡± ¡°For one year, I can give you one more Ascendant Rune. I will keep the other ten for myself. That¡¯s my base price. I can¡¯t go any lower than that. I need to pay my suppliers too!¡± Jessica Sands shook her head. ¡°You have no suppliers!!¡± Elise Sands shouted at her great granddaughter. But instead of anger, her voice was filled with excitement. ¡°She has another eleven runes! My oh my!!¡± She thought. ¡°I know. I just wanted to use that phrase for once. Hee hee!¡± Jessica Sands giggled. ¡°Fine. For all twelve runes, I will do two years.¡± Elise Sands said. ¡°Five, and I will give you all fifteen.¡± Jessica Sands smirked at her great grandma. ¡°Oh you sneaky little fox. Three years! I will help you for three years if you give me all fifteen runes!¡± She shouted with a wide, hungry smile. ¡°Three for fifteen is good. But don¡¯t you want the other three? If you want the other three, then I want five years!¡± Jessica Sands said while blinking innocently. ¡°What? You flea market haggler!! You¡¯re so young but you haggle like a grandma with fifty grandkids!!¡± Elise Sands shouted at her granddaughter. She was barely holding back herughter of joy at that moment. ¡°So? Five years for eighteen?¡± Jessica Sands asked. ¡°Fine! Five years for eighteen! Hahahahaha! What a great deal!!¡± Elise Sands finally couldn¡¯t help herself and roared withughter! ¡°Okay!! Deal! Now for the the remaining six HIGHER grade Ascendant Runes, I want another five years! HAHAHAHAHA!¡± Jessica Sands roared withugher as well, one that was eerily simr to her great grandma¡¯s!! Chapter 373 Ascendant Fire Rune ¡°You have twenty four Ascendant Runes??¡± Primal Alexander shouted with a bellyful of pleasant surprise. ¡°Eighteen now. But yes, twenty four in a month. Consider that one rune a free appetizer! If you want the rest of the runes, pay up!¡± Jessica Sands gave Primal Alexander a broad smile as she shamelessly extorted him. ¡°What do you think, great grandma? Ten years for aplete set of twenty four Ascendant Runes? You will be the strongest being in the known universe and you can even beat up that dul dul guy if you want to! I know you¡¯re extremely irked by his greater strengtha€| Right? Hee hee!¡± Jessica Sands went on. ¡°You youngsters are all conmen. Fine! Ten years for aplete set! No more than that! I want to enjoy my retirement after that!¡± Elise Sands glowered at Jessica Sands for a moment before bursting into a wide smile when Jessica handed her a psionic device. ¡°Eighteen runes. Six more when I am done.¡± Jessica Sands said and winked conspiratorially at Elliot. He had long epted Jessica Sands as his lucky star, and so he was not particrly surprised that she somehow managed to even get her super powerful great grandma to get onboard in their n for domination. ¡°Here¡¯s yours! Why don¡¯t you have a race with great grandma to see who can master the eighteen runes first? In fact, wouldn¡¯t it be fun if you two have a bet on it?¡± Jessica Sands said rather excitedly. ¡°Hmmmmm. That does sound entertaining.¡± Elise Sands old and aged eyes zed with fearsomepetitive spirit. ¡°I bet five years. If you can master the eighteen runes faster than me, I will help you for an additional fast years. If not, then I will help you for only five years! Do you dare to ept?¡± ¡°Haha! Thank you for fifteen years then, esteemed senior!¡± Elliotughed and bowed deeply. ¡°Hmph! We¡¯ll see about that!¡± Elise Sands said as she immediately closed her eyes to dive into the eighteen runes. ¡°Uhhh, you want topete now? We still have a mission toplete in the Shadow Realm, remember?¡± Elliot reminded her. ¡°One rune! Let¡¯s determine the bet on just one rune then! After that we can go and massacre the shadow realm bastards.¡± Elise Sands said without bothering to open her eyes. She had already started studying the next rune! ¡°Alright then. I guess dying our mission by a few hours wouldn¡¯t hurt.¡± Elliot said with a sigh and almost caused Elise Sands to vomit blood. He closed his eyes as well and dived into studying the next Ascendant Rune. ¡°A few hours? He only nned to spend a few hours to master an entire Ascendant Rune! Bullshit! He is lying to throw off my concentration! What a sneaky, devious bastard!¡± Elise Sands thought to herself and quickly removed all distracting thoughts to focus on studying the next rune. It was a fire-based Ascendant Rune, filled with glorious congrations, infernos and blistering heat that could melts and vaporize life forms in a blink of an eye. Its practical applications were extremely creative, and studying the rune immediately opened up Elise Sands¡¯ mind on many wonderful ideas on assassinations, massacres, me defenses and many, many more. ¡°What a great fire-based Ascendant Rune!¡± Elise Sands couldn¡¯t help but sigh as she finished a brief overview. She settled down and focused on the first massive section of the Ascendant Rune, one that detailed a highly destructive spell involving over a thousand meteors and the deeply intricate weaving of fire energy to trigger a spontaneousbustion of the very air itself across a veryrge area, and in a very scble manner. After almost five hoursa€| ¡°Hohoho! I¡¯ve done it! First section done! Just eleven more to go! Damn, that was extremely taxing on my mind. I should take a quick rest first and check out that little bastard.¡± Elise Sands said to herself with a smile. ¡°Ah, you¡¯re done too? Impressive! You¡¯re only around a minute slower than me! I must admit, you¡¯re truly a mighty Rune Master!¡± Elliot said with an impressed voice. ¡°Youa€| you actually finished that first section so quickly as well? Good. Very good!¡± Elise Sands narrowed her eyes slightly as she graciously epted the loss. ¡°It was just the first section afterall, and I can still catch upa€|¡± ¡°Huh? What first section? You mean the air fryer and the meteor rain?¡± Elliot asked in confusion. ¡°That was a cute little trick. I finished it within a few minutes. You meana€| you just spent the past five hours learning just the first section??¡± Elliot frowned at Elise Sands. Spurt. Spurt. Spurt. A few liters of imaginary blood spurted out of Elise Sands¡¯ mouth as she realized that Elliot had finished studying the entire rune instead of just the first section!! ¡°Impossible! That Ascendant Rune is tooplex to be mastered in just five hours! Prove it! The final section requires the mastery of all nine earlier sections. Cast it if you can!¡± Elise Sands shouted. ¡°Sure. Why not?¡± Elliot said easily. He had gained another five years of help from a Saint! Awesome! Elliot immediately weaved his Cosmic Dragon Energy ording to the Rune¡¯s final section and caused a series of twelve blood red portals to appear. At the same time, thick fiery chains appeared from them and linked up with each other, creating some sort of a cage. Boom!!! A tower of mes shot out from the portals and filled the sky with mes. ¡°I am suppressing my energy to one percent. I don¡¯t want to destroy the.¡± Elliot remarked as he continued his weaving. However, Elise Sands¡¯ face was already one of resigned eptance. It was unmistakable. The final section called for aplete dominion and summon of countless me Gods from the Realm of Fire. Elliot¡¯s suppression had reduced the number to twelve minor portals and a huge major portal which was the tower of mes. But if he had allowed his full strength to manifest, then it would exactly be as the final section described. Elliot had truly mastered the Ascendant Rune of Fire!! Chapter 374 You like boys? ¡°Monster. You are a monster.¡± Elise Sands said hoarsely to Elliot as he cancelled his spell and made everything wink out as though they were never there. It would be a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions for Earth if he allowed the spell to bloom topletion, even at 1 percent of his strength. Elliot¡¯s power when unleashed via the energy maniption principles of Ascendant Runes had risen to heights that not even Elise Sands could imagine possible! ¡°It¡¯s not that bad, don¡¯t worry too much about it. I only managed to master it so quickly because I¡¯ve clustered chunks of the rune together to form formations. It¡¯s like memorizing a story. If you memorize a story based on every single sentence of the story, you would take a long time to even memorize ten chapters. But if you memorize it based on tropes and mini-arcs, determine the character¡¯s attitudes and motivations, you could gain a big picture instantly, and you don¡¯t even need to memorize every single sentence. You just need to know the flow of events, and everything else would fall naturally into ce.¡± Elliot shared his method for quick mastery generously. Of course he was generous. The quicker Elise Sands got stronger, the better it would be for him who would be depending on her to achieve his goals! ¡°Hee hee, you are pretty old. Look, Primal Alexander is done with his rune too! And amazingly, Jennifer and Jessica as well!!¡± Jessica Sands said excitedly and caused Elise Sands face to turn slightly sour. So she was the slowest out of the whole gang? She even lost to the two twins? ¡°I must have spent far too long in retirement.¡± Elise Sands sighed. ¡°Maybe this ten-¡° ¡°Fifteen.¡± Elliot immediately corrected her. ¡°Fifteen.¡± Elise Sands red at him in irritation. ¡°Years would be a good thing for me. Very well! A deal is a deal! Let¡¯s y for fifteen years then! What do you want to do now?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go and attack the Shadow Realm immediately.¡± Elliot said seriously. ¡°What about us?¡± Jennifer said. ¡°I don¡¯t think you¡¯ll allow us to tag along on such a dangerous mission.¡± ¡°Yeah. Boo big bro.¡± Jessica pouted. ¡°You can stay with master.¡± Elliot said with a gentle smile. ¡°You still remember you have a master huh? I am d.¡± Primal Lilian chided him lightly. ¡°Of course I do.¡± Elliot replied with a smile. ¡°Jessica will be setting up our new empire and putting it in order. Master, would you like to be involved? You can be as involved as you want.¡± ¡°I am way past ying with politics and power.¡± Primal Lilian said with augh. ¡°At our power level, most Primals either be exceedingly ambitious or be exceedingly aloof. I am afraid I am the second type. I have no interest in managing an empire. However, I am interested in nurturing the two girls, who I suspect would want to be involved with the empire. So I shall stay with them and teach them there. You don¡¯t have to worry about them at all. No harm shall fall upon them as long as I am here.¡± Elliot was extremely touched by Primal Lilian¡¯s words. They had barely known each other, and yet she had already treated them like her own. True, a portion of those feelings probably appeared when they consumed her blood in such generous amounts. But Elliot suspected that Primal Lilian was also lonely. In anycase, he would be able to unleash hell on the Shadow Realm without having to worry about his sisters. That would be perfect. ¡°I will be returning to my own multiverse to deal with the challenges there. But I will return with my wife and my army as soon as we are done. At that time, I will aid you in taking down the Ascendant Realm.¡± Primal Alexander said as he stood up. ¡°Alright. Take care!¡± Elliot said calmly. With that, the three groups said their goodbyes once more and then split up, leaving Elliot alone with Elise Sands and his Dragon Apostles. ¡°Master. It would be best if we hide in your Apostle Dimension. That way, our enemies would not know what hit them if and when we are required to fight.¡± Dragon Apostle Golden Fire said. ¡°Excellent idea. Please do that.¡± Elliot said. His Dragon Apostles bowed formally and then disappeared. ¡°Shall we go? Based on Primal Alexander¡¯s initial intelligence, we have enough targets tost us an entire day.¡± Elliot said as he double checked and confirmed the list. ¡°Before we go, I need to know one thing. What are your feelings towards my great granddaughter like?¡± Elise Sands asked as she leaned heavily on her old woman cane. ¡°Jessica Sands? She is my lucky star. Almost all I have today, I have because of her. As for feelingsa€| I am grateful.¡± Elliot said carefully but firmly. Hepletely understood where Elise Sands wasing from. And with such a powerhouse, honesty was always the best policy. ¡°You need to make that clear to her. And you better to it sooner thanter. That little girl is still very immature and innocent. Do not y with her and break her heart. Do you understand me?¡± Elise Sands said quietly. ¡°Of course. As I mentioned, I am very grateful for her. I will definitely not y with her.¡± Elliot said calmly. ¡°Good. Do it when we return.¡± ¡°Not a problem.¡± ¡°You sure you don¡¯t like her?¡± ¡°I do like her. Just not romantically.¡± ¡°Are you sure? She¡¯s very rich.¡± ¡°I am sure.¡± ¡°You like another girl?¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yes I am sure.¡± ¡°Hmmmmm. You like boys?¡± ¡°WHAT? NO WAY!!¡± ¡°Just checking. So you¡¯re just not in the mood?¡± ¡°I am an apocalypse survivor. I don¡¯t have the mood for love.¡± ¡°So you might have the mood for love when you be an emperor?¡± ¡°Yes? Maybe? I don¡¯t know. Why are we talking about this?¡± Elliot asked with mild frustration. ¡°You truly are still in survival mode. Poor boy. I will help you enjoy life once we are done with this crisis. Maybe by that time you will develop feelings for my great granddaughter. Ok I changed my mind. Don¡¯t tell her anything when we return.¡± Elise Sands said with a chuckle. ¡°Alright. Fine. Can we go now?¡± Elliot asked rather impatiently, eager to get out of the supremely awkward conversation. ¡°Sure. Let¡¯s go.¡± Elise Sands said as she waved her hand. Whoosh!! With that, they prated Realm Barriers and immediately appeared in the Shadow Realm. Chapter 375 Damn it old woman! The Shadow Realm was definitely unlike anything that Elliot could have ever imagined. Like their own realm, they had stars ands. However, unlike their realm, all of them looked ethereal! ¡°Uh. Why do the stars ands look that way?¡± Elliot asked Elise Sands. ¡°I personally do not know much. I have made forrays into the Shadow Realm, but this is my first real mission here. As far as I knoe, the denizens here are mostly what we call ¡°Spirits¡± back in our own realm. They look ethereal to us, but only to us.¡± Elise Sands exined. ¡°Really? The shadow primal I killed looked plenty real to me.¡± Elliot remarked. ¡°Of course. That¡¯s probably an invasion grade warrior of the Shadow Realm. They are already modified so that they were able to make the strongest impact in our realm. ¡°I see. So that is an invasion grade? But that doesn¡¯t look like a military production though.¡± Elliot said as his eyes finally caught sight of a that wasn¡¯t ethereal and pointed at it. ¡°Uh. Good point. Let¡¯s get closer to find out more.¡± Elise Sands said softly and led Elliot towards it. However, before they were able to cover even half the distance, a huge amount of ethereal warriors suddenly appeared out of nowhere and surrounded them! ¡°Ambush!¡± Elliot yelled. He immediately whipped up a powerful defensive sphere around them, a split second before impressive sounding sts rocked it from every single direction. ¡°Uh. Weak ambush.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but rify with augh as he finally determined the strength of the ambushers. ¡°Garrison soldiers. We probably triggered some sort of rm. Don¡¯t let your guard down, and prepare to kill the Primal with your nuclear fusion.¡± Elise Sands warned. ¡°Sure. By the way, I have these Rings of Absolute Stealth. Would they work here?¡± Elliot asked as he ignored the continuous explosions that were ringing out all around him. ¡°No. In the Shadow Realm, our life energy light up like fireworks in the middle of the night. The Ring would not help us here. We need to proceed without stealth.¡± Elise Sands shook her head. ¡°You don¡¯t have any stealth skills that could cover our approach?¡± Elliot asked in amazement. ¡°I have stealth skills, but none would work here. The Shadow Rea- wait a minute.¡± Elise Sanda frowned as she finally remembered that she had mastered an Ascendant Rune. She carefully but very quickly modified her Spell Framework using the Ascendant Rune¡¯s principles, and thena€| Whoosh. They disappeared. With their disappearance, the Shadow Realm defenders lost their targets, and they immediately stopped firing. ¡°Excellent! Truly a wondrous rune.¡± Elise Sands sighed in pleasure. ¡°Let¡¯s go and check out that.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Elliot agreed. Without the Shadow Realm soldiers blocking their way, the two managed to reach the quickly andnded on the highest peak they could find. ¡°It¡¯s a life. And filled with sentient life forms. Howevera€| they are not militarized. Heck, they aren¡¯t even armed. Just what in the world is thisa€|¡± Elise Sands thought aloud as she surveyed the entire with her senses. Elliot did the same thing, and studied the quietly next to her. However, unlike Elise Sands, an ufortable feeling had already bloomed in his heart. Quadrupeds that looked like a horrifying mix of lions, cows and human beings filled the entire evenly with primitive viges. All throughout the, a portion of the quadrupeds were moving almost simultaneously towards the north and the south. ¡°Breeding.¡± Elliot said softly. Elise Sands¡¯ eyes widened. And as she traced the quadrupeds north, her eyes widened even more as she noticed an utterly massive purgatory-like area where all of the quadrupeds ended up in. A strange but massive machine hovering overhead would suck their life force and cause their bodies to shrivel, and the quadrupeds would then fall into the fire pit to getpletely incinerated. It was a pure, life energy breeding! ¡°There won¡¯t be any Primals here.¡± Elliot said grimly as the reality of the Shadow Realm started to sink in his mind. ¡°This should be a terraformed low level life energy breeding for them.¡± Elise Sands agreed. ¡°It must be destroyed, but it is not our main target. Let us continue our search.¡± Under Elise Sands¡¯ stealth spell, they quickly made their way around the area. ording to Primal Alexander¡¯s data, there was an important military production nearby. It didn¡¯t take them long to finally find what they were looking for. In fact, it actually wasn¡¯t possible to miss it. The military production was utterly MASSIVE. By Elliot¡¯s rough estimate, it was at least a thousand times bigger than the sun! With their sharp eyes and senses, they instantly discovered that millions of spacecraft were being assembled at rapid speed on the. Not only that, a massive facility that looked like they were churning out clones also stood proud and tall, covering at least half the. Elliot frowned and scrutinized that particr facility to do a rough count. ¡°What the hella€|¡± He could only breathe out in frustration as his mind ended up with an impossiblyrge number. ¡°A billion clones a day.¡± Elise Sands said grimly. ¡°We need to destroy this.¡± Elliot nodded and started to scan for a suitable Primal to serve as the raw material of his crude but highly effective nuclear explosion. ¡°Ok, there¡¯s definitely a Primal here. Maybe even a Saint. Just don¡¯t tell me that the damned God of Tricks Blytoros is here.¡± Elise Sands muttered softly as she continued to behold the in awesome wonder. But Elise Sands must have been a prophet of doom in her previous life because at that moment, a boomingughter could be heard resounding around them! ¡°HA HA HA! WE HAVE VISITORS FROM OUR NEIGHBOURS ABOVE!!¡± A voice which sounded impossibly loud rang out with great force! ¡°I, BLYTOROS THE MAGNIFICENT, BID YOU WELCOME! HA HA HA HA HA!!¡± ¡°Damn it old woman! Look at what you¡¯ve done!¡± Elliot cursed at Elise loudly. Chapter 376 Protoplasmic Beings ¡°Shhhh. I do not think he can pinpoint our position just yet. He would have moved to capture us by now if he knew where we are exactly. He¡¯s just trying to flush us out by making us panic!¡± Elise Sands said to Elliot very softly. However, apparently it wasn¡¯t soft enough. ¡°HO HO HO! WE GOT A SMART ONE. YOU ARE RIGHT, GIRL. I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT I CAN¡¯T SEEM TO BE ABLE TOa€| CATCH YOU!¡± A powerful burst of energy suddenly exploded near them! But it missed them by a rtively safe margin of several kilometers. ¡°He is making random swipes at our estimated position.¡± Elliot realized. Whoosh! Elise Sands quickly grabbed Elliot and brought them away as far as she could. However, as soon as they appeared at the location where Elise Sands wanted to bring them to, she immediately let out a string of vehement curses. ¡°Damn it all! We are stuck in his spaceloop! I can¡¯t lead us away!¡± Elise Sands said grimly. ¡°Have you tried usinga€|¡± ¡°No. I need time tobine them.¡± Elise Sands said. ¡°Can youa€|¡± Elliot nodded confidently and was about to cast his Ascendant Rune powered blink spell when Elise Sands motioned for him to wait. ¡°HA HA HA! YOU THINK I WILL LET YOU GUYS GO SO EASILY? COME NOW. SHOW YOURSELVES AND LET¡¯S HAVE A CHAT!¡± Boom! Another powerful burst of energy exploded once more, this time much nearer to them. Elliot raised one eyebrow questioningly at Elise Sands. Both knew that they probably wouldn¡¯t be able to take even a single hit from Blytoros, and Elliot was very much ready to distance themselves from him! Elise Sands made an exploding gesture with her hands and pointed at Blytoros. Her simple gesture caused Elliot¡¯s eyes to widen so wide that his eyeballs almost popped out! ¡°What the f***!! This crazy old woman want me to set off a nuclear fusion with a god-damned GOD as the raw material? Shea€| She¡¯s a genius!!!!¡± Elliot thought to himself as his mind raced to consider the most ridiculous idea he had ever entertained in his life. However, he wasn¡¯t sure if he could actually pull off such a feat. His insanely powerful Cosmic Dragon Energybined with energy maniption principles from the Ascendant Rune would definitely be able to deal with the strongest Primals the Shadow Realm had to offer. Elliot was even confident he could do it against the Saints of the Shadow Realm. But to do it against a Goda€| Elise Sands nodded slightly ruefully and pointed at the massive while making the explosion gesture once more. Elliot nodded. They would search for a Primal level powerhouse or even a Saint level powerhouse on the and then trigger an explosion. Blytoros may be a God, but even a God would not be able to contain the nuclear explosion and the resulting chain of explosions from the ordnance on the. Elliot grabbed Elise Sands¡¯ arm and he blinked onto the towards the spot where the highest power fluctuation could be felt. ¡°HMMMMM? HOW RUDE. YOU ENTERED MY HOUSE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?¡± Blytoros said with an amused tone as his magnificent senses swept across the entire again and again. ¡°I AM VERY, VERY INTRIGUED BY YOUR POWERFUL STEALTH AND TELEPORTATION SPELLS. SHOW YOURSELF. I PROMISE I WON¡¯T KILL YOU.¡± His equally magnificent voice rumbled loudly as he followed the two tond on his humongous as well. But because he wasn¡¯t able to urately detect them, hended many thousands of kilometers away, much to Elliot¡¯s relief. ¡°There.¡± Elise Sands pointed to the top of a massive 1 kilometer high tower that stood alone and proudly atop the middle of a mighty fortress that was at least a hundred kilometers in width and length! ¡°How many?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Twenty four small. And one big.¡± Elise signalled in code with her hands, just in case Blytoros was still eavesdropping. Elliot nodded as his eyes gleamed in excitement. The twenty four Primals and one Saint level fighters represented a power that was already close to the overall power that their known universe¡¯s top fighters could bring forth! And here he was, about to turn them into nuclear fusion?? Elliot took a deep breath, and circted his Cosmic Dragon Energy ording to the unique principles of the Ascendant Runes. As he did so, he did not hold back on his creativity as he included several powerful principles of fire which he had learnt from the new Ascendant Rune earlier. A minute, then two passed. Elliot did not stop weaving his powerful energy as he stuffed rune after rune into his ginormous spell. He had to make sure that the explosion would set off as powerfully as possible. ¡°Ehm. May I remind you to be careful.¡± Gilgamar¡¯s voice sounded in his mind. ¡°Careful? Look at what happened thest time you said that. Thank goodness I stuffed so much power into my spell! If not, the nuclear explosion wouldn¡¯t have happened!¡± Elliot scoffed lightly at Gilgamar. Of course he understood what Gilgamar was trying to say. Unintended consequences, no matter how beneficial they turned out to be, were still unintended. And that in of itself was a danger. It was like a little city boy without any military background ying with a stick of dynamite! But Elliot didn¡¯t care. Their enemy¡¯s God level warrior was right there, and Elliot intended to set off thergest and most destructive explosion ever as a form of greeting to that damned God! It would be ¡°Hi!¡± In the most epic manner and proportions ever. ¡°You protosmic beings are always so hot headed.¡± Gilgamar sighed and then kept quiet. Elliot ignored him and continued to work on his mega powerful spell before giving Elise a conspiratorial grin. Elise nodded back and swallowed her saliva. B-brmmmm. The six sides of the cube appeared and covered the top floor of the tower instantly. Chapter 377 I told you so The spell was horrendously difficult to set up because Elliot was making impromptu modifications as he weaved the spell. ¡°Piercing me Particles all around to make them morebustible sounds like a good idea.¡± Elliot muttered as he weaved his twenty millionth rune. ¡°Double me effect. Triple energy output. Quintuple damage. Combustible boost, another quintuple fire-based damage.¡± On and on Elliot weaved, until even Elise Sands started to frown. ¡°That¡¯s a lot of runes.¡± Shemented lightly. ¡°This isn¡¯t our realm. The more the merrier.¡± Elliot shrugged thoughtlessly. ¡°Plus I am curious just how big an explosion my maximum power could do. I will stop once I hit the maximum number of runes my modified Spell Framework could fit.¡± Elise Sands nodded but her frown remained on her face. She had mastered one Ascendant Rune, and she knew for a fact that the Spell Frameworks of Ascendant Runes were mind blowingly massive. If normal Spell Frameworks were a ss of water, then the ones made from the Ascendant Runes were like oceans! After another five minutes of intense silence, Elliot was finally done. In a real battle, he probably wouldn¡¯t have the opportunity to use such a powerful spell without more practice. It was too hard to set up! However, it was also horrendously simple to cast once it was done. Elliot merely clenched his fist, and the six sides of the cube seemed to wink out of existence as they smashed towards each other with unmatched speed andpletely unstoppable power! The Shadow Primals and Saint had no real defenses set up, and were totally taken off guard, allowing Elliot¡¯s ridiculously overpowered spell to achievepletion smoothly without any resistance at all. Every single life form and matter was almost instantly mashed into their atomic particles, and then, the atoms were forcibly fused together as well, releasing an explosion that was unlike anything the Shadow Realm had ever witnessed. CRACK! CRACK! CRACK! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! There was so much energy being produced that the very fabric of space and reality started to crack, explode and show signs of imminent copse! ¡°Time to go!¡± Elliot grabbed Elise and brought her as far away as he could with his Ascendant Rune powered blink spell which easily prated the spaceloop set up by Blytoros. Blink! They were out! However, a rapidly growing star seemed to be expanding at blinding speed towards them! ¡°Oh my God!! What the-¡± Elise Sands¡¯ cry of surprise was cut short by an even louder cry of anger. ¡°DAMN YOU INTRUDERS!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!!!¡± Blytoros roared in utter rage! Elise Sands did not waste any time and instantly brought them to safety by piercing through the Realm Barrier and back to their own universe. Poof! They appeared in the ringing silence and pitch ck darkness of their universe. And within its freezing but extremely safe from nuclear explosion embrace. ¡°That was singrly the most powerful outburst of destructive energy I have ever seen in my very, very long life. Not even giant stars going supernova could produce even a fraction of the energy of that explosion earlier! Ridiculous. Ridiculous!!¡± Elise Sands panted slightly at the highly stressful few seconds that had just passed. ¡°Yes. I was expecting a powerful explosion, but thata€| was a little bit too powerful.¡± Even Elliot was slightly shaken. Elise Sands swallowed her saliva and took a deep breath to restore herposure. ¡°Doa€| Do you think we managed to kill Blytoros?¡± Elliot asked hopefully. ¡°No. Blytoros had realm-shifting capabilities. I distinctly sensed him phasing out into a slightly different realm topletely avoid the explosion. But apparently, he didn¡¯t do anything to save that Star System, or even the nearby systems.¡± Elise Sands said calmly, her previous loss of control already a thing of distant past. ¡°I doubt he could do anything to save thes around him at that moment. So maybe it is couldn¡¯t. But we won¡¯t know until we go and check it out ourselves.¡± Elise Sands said in her emotionless voice. ¡°Let¡¯s give it a few minutes for the energies to dissipate. In fact, let¡¯s wait for an entire hour! That way, we would be safe from any residue explosions that might still be happening.¡± Elliot suggested. ¡°An hour is good. But it is not to avoid the residue explosionsa€| but it is to avoid the battles that was bound to happen between Blytoros anda€| the other realm¡¯s warriors.¡± Elise Sands replied with a slightly grim look on her face. ¡°What? Other Realm warriors??¡± Elliot was caught slightly stunned by her words. ¡°Yes, that was exactly why I was so surprised. The sheer power of that explosion had ripped a hole in the Realm Barrier between a Shadow Realm and an adjacent realm. ¡± Elise Sands said grimly. ¡°Adjacent realma€| I didn¡¯t identally unleash the Realm of Sin on the Shadow Realm, right?¡± Elliot gulped. ¡°I have no idea.¡± Elise Sands said. ¡°I didn¡¯t manage to catch which realm barrier was ripped apart, and what type of beasts were unleashed upon the Shadow Realm. All I realized was, the moment the realm barrier went down, beasts started to enter. Of course they were instantly turned to dust, and so would most of the beasts within the immediate vicinity of the realm barrier hole. But eventually the energy st would dissipate, and the others would make their way into the Shadow Realm. And if it was the Realm of Sin, and if one of their Gods were nearbya€|¡± Elise Sands merely allowed her words to trail. Elliot was dumbstruck as he swallowed his saliva nervously. Of course he was shocked at the fact that there was an ¡°adjacent realm¡± that wasn¡¯t the Realm of Sin. But he was mostly silent due to the final part of Elise Sands¡¯ final sentence. It would be really bad if a God of Sin crossed over to the Shadow Realm. Really bad. There was silence for a moment untila€| ¡°I told you so.¡± Gilgamar said. Chapter 378 Banshees Elliot sighed. He hated to admit it, but Gilgamar was right. Foolishness was bound in the hearts of youth, and their hotbloodedness leads them down many reckless paths. Apparently, Elliot was not exempt from that saying. He had vastly underestimated the effectiveness and strength of his catalytic spell, and his resulting act of stuffing so many runes to the trigger for nuclear fusion had caused an explosion that far exceeded the energy capacity of the fabric of space in the Shadow Realm! The shredding of the Realm Barrier between it and whatever ¡°adjacent¡± realm was definitely another unintended and disastrous consequence. Whether or not it would ultimately be useful like Elliot¡¯s earlier unintended and disastrous nuclear fusion though, remainspletely to be seen. ¡°Our worst case scenario would be that the explosion really unleashed the Realm of Sin upon the Shadow Realm, caused several powerful Demon Gods to enter the Shadow Realm and they somehow traced our movements here.¡± Elliot finally spoke up. ¡°Yes, indeed.¡± Elise Sands agreed. ¡°It would be pretty improbable, but not entirely impossible.¡± ¡°We need eyes on the situation.¡± Elliot said. ¡°I can send out drones to survey the area. Can you open up a portal to the Shadow Realm for them?¡± ¡°I would need to set up a ry portal through an uninhabitated dimension so as to avoid the explosions from directly entering our realm, but yes. I think I do not have any problems doing that.¡± Elise Sands thought aloud and replied. ¡°Good. Red! I need a thousand of your spy drones. They would be entering a highly energy-corrosive realm so make sure you send out your toughest ones!¡± Elliotmanded. ¡°Hohoho. I¡¯ve managed to extort a little bit of treasure from our newest ¡°junior brothers and sisters¡± the Dragon Primals, and I¡¯ll be able to provide you with ¡°Red Glory¡±, mytest and most powerful drone series that would be able to survive and operate smoothly in the most hostile and inhabitable locations ever! Don¡¯t your worry, just leave everything to me!¡± Red proudly dered as he materialized next to Elliot. As usual, his chattiness knew no bounds and he immediatelyunched into a long and detailed narrative of how he managed to extort the dragons, all for Elliot¡¯s sake, and how he managed toe up with the idea of his newest design! ¡°Right. You did well. Thanks. Now, how many do you have at the ready?¡± Elliot interrupted him after a few, very long seconds. ¡°Uh. I was just about to tell you, that I only have a hundred or so! Thosy stingy dragons! They-¡± Red began once more. ¡°Okay. A hundred is fine. Bring them out and send them into that portal over there!¡± Elliotmanded. ¡°Fine fine. Here goes the Red Glory series! Wooohooo!!¡± Red shouted as he unleashed a series of little bumblebee-sized drones into the portal where Elise had created. Within seconds, Elliot and Elise got their eyes in the Shadow Realm. ¡°Here, you can see what they are seeing through this video feed. Oh my, everything looks so empty and depressing in this ce. Why do you even want to see all this junk? It¡¯s soa€| HOLY SMOKES! Red Glory 54 just exploded! Why?¡± Red shouted. ¡°Analyzing data feeda€| Nuclear Radiation overload? What the heck? What happened here? Whya€| WHAT IS THAT??¡± Red shouted once more. ¡°Keep quiet.¡± Elliot said grimly. ¡°Disperse the drones, make sure we can observe the situation for as long as possible.¡± For once, Red obeyed instantly and quietly. He knew just how serious the situation was. The drones had finally adjusted to the Shadow Realm and their video cameras had just achieved maximum rity and range. And when they did that, Elliot and Elise could finally see the full extent of the disaster Elliot¡¯s little spell had wrought on the Shadow Realm. A ginormous crack had appeared in the distance, and endless waves of ethereal wisps were pouring out of it. Before the crack stood a grim looking Blytoros and his own incrediblyrge army pouring out of his dimensional worlds. But even in the distance, Elliot and Elise could see that the rate of soldiers pouring out of the crack was many, many times higher than the rate of soldiers pouring out of Blytoros¡¯ dimensional worlds. At this rate, Blytoros¡¯ private army would be nothing more than a pack of wolves standing their ground against billions of army ants. On and on the soldiers appeared. The ethereal wispsing out from the crack looked like they were the spirits of giganting sea octopuses, with a central body and around ten tentacle-y limbs wriggling in all directions. Blytoros¡¯ soldiers were also quite strange. Many different types of soldiers had appeared, some were huge, asteroid sized eyeballs, and some were sleek, pencil-shaped ships. All around them were many different types of warriors and contraptions, and they took on aplex formation that looked absolutely impressive. Against an army of equal size, or even one that was twice their size, Elliot was sure that Blytoros¡¯ army could easily achieveplete victory. But against billions of octopus-shaped wisps? ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to ask me what those wisps are?¡± Elise Sands asked him with a smile. ¡°I don¡¯t need to. I can sense the Being just behind the crack just fine.¡± Elliot said with another deep sigh. ¡°Huh? What being?¡± Elise Sands frowned deeply. ¡°Huh? You can¡¯t sense it? It¡¯s emitting a power level that¡¯s almost identical to Blytoros! It¡¯s a God level being! These octopus wisps are denizens of the Realm of Sin, right?¡± Elliot asked. Elise Sands stared at the crack with narrowed eyes as she strained her senses to discover the ¡°being¡± which Elliot had mentioned. But it was too difficult doing that through only Red¡¯s drones. ¡°I can¡¯t sense anything.¡± Elise Sands finally said. ¡°And no, these octopus wisps aren¡¯t from the Realm of Sin. They are from a smaller, side-realm we call the Realm of Banshees.¡± ¡°Realm of Banshees.¡± Elliot repeated with a deeply uneasy feeling. Chapter 379 Twenty four! ¡°It¡¯s just a name we gave to those damned spirit life forms.¡± Elise Sands said dourly. ¡°A fitting name for all the disgusting sound-based attacks they like to use. But thest time I checked, they didn¡¯t have any God level beings in their realm. Their strongest fighter was barely at Primal level a few thousand years ago. To think that a God had appeared in such a short amount of timea€| Something fishy is happening. They must have outside help.¡± ¡°Outside help? A power that is capable of making Gods from Primals?¡± Elliot asked incredulously. ¡°No other exnation. Luck is absolutely out of the question. There is no way a Primal can achieve Godhood in such a short amount of time by just ¡°luck¡±.¡± Elise Sands said firmly. ¡°Their realm also probably didn¡¯t have enough resources to support the ascension of a God.¡± ¡°I see. So I ripped open the barrier between the Realm of Banshees and the Shadow Realm. That Banshee God is probably a new God, soa€|¡± ¡°So, despite everything, this is actually a good development.¡± A small smile escaped Elise Sands¡¯ lips. ¡°The Banshees aren¡¯t strong enough to defeat the Shadow Realm. All they would do is be a very irritating thorn in the Shadow Realm¡¯s side, which is exactly what we need. Let¡¯s watch the battle for as long as we can, and then go and destroy a few more Shadow Realm production facilities.¡± ¡°Agreed.¡± Elliot said with great relief. Red¡¯s many drones continued to spy on the spectacr battle that was about to erupt. ¡°ALL OF YOU. BRING ALL YOUR TROOPS AND COME TO ME. AT ONCE!¡± Blytoros rumbled loudly as he called for reinforcements. He waved his hand lightly at the billions of ethereal octopusses that had managed to cross the crack, and just like that, a huge chunk of the gathered octopusses disappeared! ¡°Huh? What did he just do?¡± Elliot stared at the gaping hole that was quickly being refilled by more ethereal octopusses in shock. ¡°He merely transported them into a different dimension. Probably one that is highly harmful to those spirit-form banshees. A powerful move, but one which he cannot do continuously. The God of Banshees would not allow it.¡± Elise Sands replied. True enough, after waving his hands for two more times and causing two more huge chunks of the octopus army to disappear, the God of Banshees finally made her move. SCREEEEYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! She let out a horrible scream and pushed her underlings in front of her away. An utterly massive octopus tentacle the length of Earth stepped out of the massive crack and fired a wave of aural attack on Blytoros. WHAMM!! An ugly look appeared on Blytoros¡¯ face as he failed to adequately defend against the unexpected aural attack type and took partial damage from it. ¡°SOUND ATTACK? WEAK!¡± Blytoros rumbled and erected powerful sound barriers to protect himself and his soldiers. ¡°BAGO BLOODBANE. TAKE COMMAND AND DEFEAT THE ENEMY. I WILL TAKE ON THAT PUNY GOD.¡± With that, God of Tricks Blytoros erupted into action and unleashed thousands of spiritual des upon the wriggling giant tentacle. At the same time, he also weaved and injected copious amounts of space energy at the edges of the crack in an attempt to close it. SCREEEEEEEYYYY!!!! SCREEYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! The Banshee God let out a horrific scream as she squeezed another tentacle into the crack. With two massive tentacles, her attack power doubled and it smashed against the sound barriers Blytoros had erected with tremendous force. Rumble. Rumble. Rumble. Her powerful sound attack smashed into the sound barriers and quickly dissipated. Thankfully for Blytoros, his sound barriers stood intact without even shaking in the slightest. ¡°WEAK.¡± Blytoros sneered and released even more spiritual des that cut and shed and pierced and sliced at the two tentacles furiously. SCREEEYYYYYYYYY!!! The Banshee God shrieked in pain and immediately squeezed in two more tentacles! Blytoros raised both his hands and almost immediately, a massive spiritual de that was twice as long as the tentacles were wide appeared. He wanted to slice the four tentacles apart! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! The Banshee God screamed uncontrobly and forced yet another two tentacles to enter through the crack! The six tentacles looked absolutely squashed at that moment. But the pressure that the tentacles were putting on the crack increased substantially, and started to widen it. Not even Blytoros¡¯ space energy could stop the sheer power that the six tentacles were emitting! ¡°HMPH. DAMNED OCTOPUS. TAKE THIS GOD SLAYING SLASH!¡± Blytoros shouted and sent his massive de swinging down towards the tentacles! SCREEEEEEEEEEEE!! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SLASH! With blinding speed, the massive spiritual de shed down and sliced all six tentacles off cleanly! SCREEEEYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!!!! A strange screech sounded from the Banshee God. ¡°Hmmmm? Howe she sounded as though she isughing?¡± Elliot asked nervously. ¡°Indeed. Look at the tentacles.¡± Elise Sands said. True enough, the six tentacles that were sliced off started to wriggle and writhe disgustingly and within a split second, six smaller but definitely just as creepy Banshee Gods appeared! ¡°CLONES. VERY GOOD. THEY WILL BE FOOD FOR MY OWN CLONES! COME OUT!!¡± Blytoros roared. In an instant, twelve other smaller Blytoros appeared around him and they all burst out to take on the six Banshee Gods in a high speed, heavy hitting battle! BAM! BAM! SLICE! SLICE! The eighteen powerful God level clones were instantly embroiled in a powerful and chaotic battle! ¡°Look at the Banshee God. This isn¡¯t good at all.¡± Elise Sands said grimly. Elliot grimaced slightly as he took in the incredible sight of twelve NEW and extremely long tentacles wriggling out of the crack! In a massive twist, the six sliced off tentacles had turned into six clones of the Banshee God, and the six stumps had regrown into twelve new tentacles! What a cheater! ¡°No, that¡¯s not the worst part. The six clonesa€| Have multiplied! They are now twenty four!¡± Elliot cried out in horror. Chapter 380 Mwa ha ha ha ¡°It¡¯s rate of regeneration and its vitality is stupidly off the charts.¡± Elise Sands remarked seriously. ¡°Slicing it into pieces is like helping it to divide and multiply. How would you deal with it?¡± ¡°Me? Ah I would just use the little clones as raw material for another nuclear explosion.¡± Elliot grinned at the very simple thought. ¡°I am probably not strong enough to deal with the main body. But the little ones should be doable.¡± ¡°Not possible. That Banshee God does not have physical form. Your physical energy won¡¯t be able to capture it. And even if you somehow get hold of spiritual energy, I doubt spirits can undergo nuclear fusion.¡± Elise Sands shook her head. ¡°Hmmmmm. That¡¯s true. If causing them to explode isn¡¯t a viable method, then maybe just capturing them within my spiritual energy cube should be enough? But that won¡¯t work against the main body thougha€|¡± Elliot thought aloud. ¡°What¡¯s with the passive and weak minded thinking?¡± Elise Sands rolled her eyes at Elliot lightly. ¡°Go big or go home little boy.¡± Elliot chuckled at her words. She reminded him of the traders of wallstreet who liked those bombastic words, and who would more often than not crash and burn. But in a sense, she was right. He needed to really think bigger and get more creative with his fighting style. His first spell was Energy Bombard which he used to kill an ancient mere days ago. But so much had happened since then that he felt as though it was ages ago. His second major spell was the ¡°nuclear fusion¡±. It was epic on the grandest scale, and its might was enough to destroy entire star systems. ¡°How is that not big enough to not go home?¡± Elliot thought aloud rather sourly as he settled down his thoughts and allowed his mind to soar. He would not allow previous sess to set the boundaries of his potential and limit his sess!! A wise man once said, previous sesses could singrly be the greatest obstacle geniuses had to ovee. He would have to ignore his grandly powerful nuclear fusion catalysis attack and think bigger. Elise Sands smiled lightly and allowed the young man to think. Thinking well was just as difficult as working hard. She liked to think that theziest people on earth are not thezy bums sitting on the couch, but the hard workers who had the opportunity and capability to get out of their rat race, but were toozy to think about it, content to live their daily lives busy with whatever was handed to them. They were sozy that they would rather work hard physically just to avoid thinking hard! Of course, many would object to her way of thinking. ¡°My dad is a hard worker, and no matter how hard he worked, he never had enough saved up to bring us travelling. But he gave his soul to put food on our table daily! I forbid you to say that he iszy!¡± ¡°Lazy? You say I amzy for working 60 hour weeks? I am going to kill you during my dinner breakter and then continue my overtime! How dare you!¡± But nheless, Elise Sands stood by her principles. Thinking hard was much more important than working hard. Because thinking hard could, not always but often enough, result ina€| Exactly. Things like that. ¡°Good. How would you deal with such a troublesome foe?¡± Elise Sands asked Elliot with a growing sense of eager anticipation. ¡°Well. You mentioned that its rate of regeneration and vitality is ¡°stupidly off the charts.¡± Elliot began. Elise Sands nodded. Listing out the enemy¡¯s strength was a good first step. The second step would be to list out its weaknesses so that one could avoid its strengths and go straight for its weakness. ¡°And I got to thinkinga€| I have a very powerful regeneration rate and vitality too! Why should I be afraid? Let¡¯s go big and go head to head!¡± Elliot said feeling pleased with himself. Blearghhhh. That was Elise Sands vomiting blood. With stupid thoughts like that, one would be better off not thinking and just working hard blindly!! ¡°And so, if I had to fight that octopus God, I would create clone portals and get all of my beasts to get through them! One bes two. Two bes four. Four bes eight. I will create a hundred portals! And by the time my beasts exit the hundredth portal, I will havea€| I dunno. Just as many if not more fighters than her!!¡± Elliot said rather proudly. Blearrrghhhhhh!!! That was Elise Sands vomiting blood once more, but forpletely different reasons! ¡°What the heck? Clone portals?? That¡¯sa€| you can make such a broken thing??¡± Elise Sands shouted with her eyes opened wide like balloons. She could already think of many, many brilliant applications if she was able to make such things too! In fact, wouldn¡¯t the entire war against the Shadow Realm be easily won? Why would they even bother doing their mission? Just send their shocktroops through the clone portals and then dump them all into the Shadow Realm endlessly!! ¡°Uhhh. I haven¡¯t actually tried it. But I believe so? The first Ascendant Rune I mastered, the wood-element based one, contained elements that would theoretically allow for clone portals to be formed, but with diminishing strengths. So the portals will produce a clone that¡¯s 90% of the beings passing through. In that case, eventually I will have beings with a mere fraction of the original¡¯s strength. But the second Ascendant Rune was a fire-element based one, and it contained runes that could boost the strength of beings passing through that portal, up to the level that their physical bodies could support. So with enough such runes, I would be able to create not only clones with strength equal to the original, but also clones that are stronger than the original! Of course the catch would be that all the clones would be fire-based. Against a water element powerhouse, they would be nothing more than irritating distractions. But against these spirit form bansheesa€| Mwa ha ha ha.¡± Elliot smiled evilly. Chapter 381 Destined to be a Ruler Ridiculous. Just how many times had that word been used to describe Elliot and the surprises he had brought with him in just the past few days? If one actually sat down and counted, it wouldn¡¯t be surprising if the number was more than a hundred! But of all the ridiculous surprises, the clone portal was definitely the mosta€| ridiculous one. Just what sort of insanely ingenious energy maniption technique was that? ¡°How would the portals have enough energy to create so many clones? Creating a few thousand clones would be easily exined. But millions? Billions, even? That¡¯s impossible!¡± Elise Sands eximed. ¡°Hehehehe. You¡¯ve mastered the first Ascendant Rune too, right? Just take the ¡°absorb¡± rune and connect it to a beast core, andbine it with a ¡°press¡± and ¡°contain¡± rune to create endless amounts of nuclear fusion energy, and then ¡°channel¡± the energy into a ¡°clone¡± rune which would create an energy clone of the being passing through the portal. End the process with the ¡°consolidate¡± rune to stabilize the energy clone and tadaaa! We¡¯re done! Simple right?¡± Elliot exined with no small amount of glee. ¡°The keys to all of this would be the ¡°press¡± and ¡°contain¡± runes, of course which would be the runes providing the endless energy required to create the clones, and to contain said energy to prevent them from exploding out.¡± Elliot went on to exin when he saw Elise Sands¡¯ dumbfounded look, which quickly turned into one of deep consternation and then utter disbelief. ¡°That¡¯s a stupid oversimplification of the insanely fragile and intricate bnce that need to be achieved if you want to do such a thing! And all that on a NUCLEAR FUSION, no less! The slightest mistake would turn you and your beastspletely into ash!¡± Elise Sands bellowed. ¡°Fragile and intricate?¡± Elliot frowned. ¡°For a newbie tinkering with the runes, yes. But for us who have mastered the runes, the applications are based on rock solid principles. All we need to do is to maintain a wless precision that would enable the runes to function perfectly as they were intended.¡± ¡°That¡¯s exactly my point! How in all of heavens would you maintain such precision on ALL the runes that needed to be drawn and ovepped and-¡± Elise Sands stopped her ranting abruptly as Elliot raised his hand and began creating a clone portal right in front of her. Wood-based Ascendant Rune. Whoosh! His dragon soul was an undisputed Rune Master, and it had allowed him to achieve perfect mastery over the Ascendant Rune like a duck mastering how to swim. Confidence and ir oozed out of his every pore as he quickly finished one hyperplex rune segment after the other, all ingeniously connected with wless precision. He was cooler than the most aplished maestro on a Grand Piano! Absorb. Press. Contain. Channel. Clone. Consolidate. Everything he had mentioned before was made with mind blowing and fluid grace. Elise Sands couldn¡¯t help but swallow her saliva to relieve her throat which had gone dry because of her lower jaw which simply refused to remain closed. After a few minutesa€| ¡°There. All done. Shall we try it out? I have a beast core right here.¡± Elliot said and produced a lowly Lord level beast core. Elise Sands merely nodded without saying a word. Her calm andposed heart was roiling once more in excitement. A spell that would change the course of the known universe¡¯s fate was right in front of her! She took a deep breath and held it in. Elliot sands gently dropped the Lord level beast core on a spot which he had already designated and it hung there, suspended in midair as the spell slowly activated. sh!!!! A blinding sh of light shone forth from the beast core as though it was a tiny star as the clone portal hummed into life. ¡°It is done. Let¡¯s try with a summoned wolf first.¡± Elliot said as he summoned his most basic grey wolf and sent it across the portal. Whooosh. One wolf went in. Two wolves came out, one with grey fur (the original) and one with blistering red fur, the fire-enhanced clone. Elise Sands let out her breath. ¡°It worked.¡± She thought to herself and allowed her imagination to run wild for a moment. And thena€| ¡°BLOODY FREAKING HELL! It worked!!¡± Elise Sands shouted all of a sudden and caused the two wolves to shirk in fear. ¡°Hehehehe. Don¡¯t get so worked up yet. It¡¯s just a wolf. It¡¯ll only be considered a sess if it can clone Primals. And it will only be a mega sess if it can clonea€| Saints.¡± Elliot looked at Elise Sands meaningfully. Elise Sands eyes gleamed at the thought of having an army of Saints at her beck and call, and all of them clones of herself at close to 100% power!! ¡°Go. Test more. And once you¡¯ve sessfully cloned a Primal, I will allow myself to be a guinea pig and try.¡± Elise Sands ordered. ¡°Of course.¡± Elliot smiled. He was excited too! The clone portal was truly a brain wave for him, and if it truly worked even with Saintsa€| Hohoho. Elliot summoned his tamed beasts, his Beast Apostles and his Dragon Apostles to witness the historical event. ¡°Come on out, all of you, and let¡¯s see if this portal truly works!¡± He ordered. Space shimmered lightly as his now-powerful personal army appeared. ¡°Hohoho. Pretty impressive!¡± Elise Sands couldn¡¯t help but praise him. All around her, a magnificent array of mighty beasts emitting billowing waves of intense auras appeared. Most striking amongst them was a rather quiet young man dressed in simple ck robes with a pair of startlingly clear eyes and a horrific aura of absolute majesty surrounding him. ¡°Hmmm?¡± Elise Sands raised one eyebrow in interest as she studied Chaos Apostle Kai. ¡°Good seed. He has really good potential.¡± Kai turned to look at Elise Sands calmly and likewise, studied her. ¡°His string of fate is very mysteriously shrouded in some sort of gas which I can¡¯t see through. I need to ask little Dul Dul what that means.¡± Elise Sands muttered to herself as she frowned at her inability. ¡°You can¡¯t see my fate because I am destined to be a ruler of universes far bigger and stronger than this one.¡± Kai said calmly and caused Elliot and Elise to open their eyes widely in shock. ¡°Ehm. Kai. What are you talking about?¡± Elliot looked at him questioningly. Kai turned to look at Elliot and instantly, visions began to appear in his mind. Chapter 382 I already can As before, the vision began with Kai kneeling upon one knee before Elliot. Behind him were endless fleets of starships of every single design conceivable. In his vision, Elliot could see himself looking at Kai and the starships coldly, as though they were criminals, and not underlings awaiting his permission. ¡°Have you given this more thought, as I have asked you to?¡± Elliot could hear himself asking. ¡°I have, Master. My destiny awaits. I cannot run from it anymore. Forgive me for not being able to stay by your side anymore.¡± Kai said with his head bowed. Elliot merely stared at him with his cold expression. Suddenly, Kai reached out and grabbed his right arm with his left hand. ¡°As a sign of my filial piety for you, I will leave my right arm here, and I swear never to regrow it until I return home to your side!¡± Kai said fervently and ripped out his right arm at the same time. Spurt! His blood spurted out everywhere, but Kai¡¯s face showed not one whit of pain. Instead, he was looking at Elliot pleadingly, like a child seeking permission from his father to go out and y with his friends. Elliot¡¯s cold face softened then, and he sighed deeply. He took Kai¡¯s right arm and immediately covered it with sub-zero energy to preserve it, and at the same time, he pointed at Kai¡¯s bloody stump. ¡°If you¡¯re going out there to conquer the rest of the Realm, you can¡¯t do it with just one arm. What will they say about me if you do that?¡± Elliot said gruffly as a fearsome energy flowed out of his hand. A beautiful set of armor drifted out of Elliot¡¯s dimensional storage at that moment. It was his personal Divine Grade Sentient Armor which he sometimes used when he fought against the Demon God. Elliot¡¯s fearsome energy covered the Armor and and began to remold it on the spot. ¡°Master!¡± Kai cried out in surprise at what Elliot was doing. ¡°Do not worry. It is his will as well as mine that he follow you to battle. I had thought of gifting him to you so that you would have an extrayer of protection, but nowa€| I guess it is fitting that I give you something of mine in return for the promise you¡¯ve given me.¡± Elliot smiled as his Divine Grade Sentient Armor, which he named Boundless, took the shape of Kai¡¯s right arm. He easily connected Boundless to the stump on Kai¡¯s right shoulder perfectly and sealed the connection with a few drops of his blood. Kai¡¯s new right arm glowed a brilliant red glow for a few seconds before subsiding. Kai stared at his new right arm with a slightly dumbfounded look on his face. Boundless was the only Divine Grade Sentient Armor in the entire expanded universe. It was a gift that surpassed the value of the trillions of starships that stood at the ready behind him! ¡°There. Now you¡¯re ready. Go. Come back only when you have brought the entire realm to heel.¡± Elliotmanded Kai with a cold voice before turning around and leaving without another word. Blink. Elliot disappeared. Kai remained kneeling with his head bowed for another hour as he slowly took to heart his Master¡¯s feelings and expectations of him. Deep in his master¡¯s heart, Kai knew he only wished for one thing. Kai¡¯s safe return home. Kai¡¯s heart was burning with a deep passion for his Master¡¯s love and support for his destiny¡¯s call. ¡°I will not fail you, Master.¡± Kai said softly. After a full hour of kneeling, Kai stood up. As he did so, a peerlessly sharp aura shot out from him. With just a single thought, he caused a massive portal to appear near his fleet. ¡°Go.¡± He ordered. With practiced precision and cohesion despite being made up of thousands of different types of starships, the fleet entered the portal and disappeared. Kai looked at his Master¡¯s little Earth onest time, and then disappeared into the portal as well to join his fleet. The vision shed into the future once more. It was a vision of Kai engaging in a desperate fight against a powerful God! Bam! Kai turned the God¡¯s head to mush with a powerful straight right! sh. Kai fighting with yet a different God. But this time, it was a walk in the park. Literally. Kai simply walked up to the shrieking God in a windy grasnd setting, reached out with his right hand and crushed the God¡¯s head. sh. Kai standing before a massive space sectorpletely covered by a powerful barrier. He drew back his right arm anda€| BAM!!! His punch caused the barrier to crack! BAM!! His second punchpletely shattered it. sh. Kai standing upon the ruins of an entire Star Sector, looking at a massive host of bug-like monsters swarming towards him. sh. sh. sh. Faster and faster the images appeared, all of which showed Kai fighting and winning his battles until finally. A heavily wounded Kai appeared before Earth once more. But at that time, Earth wasa€| no more. And with that, the visions ended. Elliot blinked a few times as he processed what he just saw. ¡°How much of it wille true?¡± Elliot asked Kai. ¡°Almost all of it.¡± Kai replied softly. Elliot nodded. ¡°Good. That means whatever happens here in the Shadow Realm, we will seed. Our real enemies are the Realm of Sin.¡± Elliot stated. ¡°And that is also why your fate is not something that Saints can see?¡± ¡°Yes. No Saint in this part of the universe would be able to sense my fate. It is much too big, much too significant for small time Fate Weavers to understand.¡± Kai said. ¡°Small time Fate Weavers?¡± Elise Sands snorted. ¡°Say that when you are able to resist my attacks!¡± Kai merely smiled at Elise Sands and said, ¡°I already can.¡± Chapter 383 Whos the strongest? ¡°Hahaha!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help butugh at their exchange of words. Kai was but a very, very young being, barely a month old and Elise was thousands of years old! How ridiculous was it for the young pup to say he could withstand the old hag¡¯s attacks? ¡°Hehehehe. If I weren¡¯t sozy to deal with young pups like you, I would definitely teach you a lesson.¡± Elise Sands cackled at Kai¡¯s provocation and brushed it aside. Kai merely smiled and remained silent. Elliot turned his attention to the clone portal which had sessfully cloned all of his summoned beasts. Next up would be his much more powerful tamed beasts. ¡°Try with something weak first.¡± Brock suggested loudly. ¡°Send the talkative bird.¡± ¡°What talkative bird! I am not talkative! I am just full of expression and joy, okay!¡± Red shouted loudly in protest even though there are more than one bird around. And to make things worse, he got riled up over being called talkative instead of being called weak! ¡°See? This is the kind of treatment that would scar me and my tender heart for life! I am telling you, when I make it big one day, none of you should expect to receive any gifts from me! None of you! And especially you, big fat bear!¡± Red continued his indignant shout. All the other beasts chuckled at Red¡¯s antic. He was an Ancestral Grade beast, and far from being the weakest among them. Brock knew it too, and was only teasing him to piss him off, which he did very sessfully apparently. ¡°Ah. The weakling refuses to volunteer himself. Well I guess the second weakest can go ahead!¡± Brock rumbled loudly and turned to look at Winter. ¡°Hey wolfie. Go on!¡± Winter turned to look at Brock and merely blinkedzily at him. Whoosh!! A very powerful gust of ice energy shot out sharply from her and sealed Brock¡¯s mouth with a rock-solid cube of ice! ¡°Ha! Take that you talkative old bear! That¡¯s what you get for riling up powerful beings like us! Now stay in your corner and keep quiet!¡± Red cackled and hooted loudly at Brock who was straining with all his might to open his mouth. He had to use his w to try and slice the cube of ice open. But even then! It was to no avail! Winter¡¯s casual ice energy was so powerful after getting a bloodline upgrade that Brock¡¯s sharp ws and incredible strength could not break the ice! Finally, Brock infused a little bit of Darklight energy into his ws and atst, he was able to slice the ice open. Winter¡¯s message to him was both wordless and fabulously clear. ¡°I don¡¯t care what my rank is, but wherever it is, you are below me.¡± Cool. Winter is super cool! (No pun intended.) ¡°Good. Very good. Wait till I get my own bloodline upgrade, I will challenge you and beat you so badly that even your shadow would not be able to recognize you!¡± Brock growled at Winter, who of course coolly ignored him. Wu Kong merely shook his head at the two clowns, namely Brock and Red, and walked towards the clone portal. ¡°Let me go first.¡± A beautiful red Lynx leapt ahead and blocked his way. It was Rex. ¡°As you wish.¡± Wu Kong smiled gantly and allowed Rex to cross into the portal first. As she did so, a powerful burst of light shone from the Lord Grade beast core! Gracefully, two beautiful Rexes stepped out of the other side of the portal. Sess. Without missing a beat, Wu Kong stepped into the portal as well. A much, much, more brilliant burst of light shone from the beast core before two Wu Kongs stepped out from the other side. And with that, all of Elliot¡¯s tamed beasts got their interest piqued. The brightness of the beast core corresponds to strength?? Wouldn¡¯t that be a rtively urate way to see who was the strongest?? ¡°Hohoho! Now let¡¯s see who¡¯s the real weakling here!¡± Red shouted as he dived into the portal. As the Beast Apostle of the advanced element ¨C Wind, Red¡¯s burst of light was impressive as well. Above Rex, and only below Wu Kong¡¯s! ¡°Hahahahaha! See? I am almost at Brother Wu Kong¡¯s level! Fat bear! Come and try if you dare!¡± Red hooted with glee. ¡°Hmph! You think I am afraid of you? I am one of Master¡¯s earliest tamed beasts! My contribution level is off the charts, and my secret skill has sublimed! I won¡¯t be weaker than you!¡± Brock scoffed and leapt towards the portal eagerly. All of Elliot¡¯s beasts were filled to the brim with confidence, and Brock was no exception! Whoosh!! A blinding burst of light shone forth from the Lord Grade beast core once more. And as expected¡­ It was slightly dimmer than Red¡¯s! ¡°Waaaahahahahahahahahaha! See? Weakling!! I am stronger! Stronger! Woo hoo!!!¡± Red was beyond ecstatic! ¡°Hmph! That portal probably took into ount your grade and raised your brightness a little bit because of that! But in terms ofbat potential, I will crush you easily!¡± Brock retorted. ¡°Wahahahaha! Weak! Weak!¡± Red ignored Brock¡¯s words and continued to mock him happily. But then, whoosh!! A bright light shone from the portal once more, much brighter than Red¡¯s!! Both Brock and Red¡¯s jaw dropped as the watched two beautiful Winters coolly sit down next to the two Rexes. And after that, both talkative beasts shut their mouths tightly, allowing the rest of the procession to proceed without much fanfare. Still, it pigs would fly if that was all it took to make Red quiet for more than a minute. He soon resumed his chatter. ¡°Wahaha! Ellie! You¡¯re actually quite strong! Well done girl! Wow! Bildies! You all are pretty good too! Awesome! Awesome! Hey moles, you all suck. Practice more! Hohoho! Aldera, you¡¯re almost at my lev- WHAT! Rom! How can you be stronger than me!! Impossible! The portal must be broken! It¡¯s broken!!¡± Red shouted. Chapter 384 Trembling in their boots ¡°Oh my God! The two dragons are stronger than Wu Kong? Impossible! How can brother Wu Kong be defeated? Pip! Your portal is broken! It¡¯s¡­ huh? It¡¯s broken??¡± Red was shouting in indignance at how Khalendros and Khellendra¡¯s light shone brighter than Wu Kong¡¯s when Kai stepped through the portal as well and caused the entire portal to wink out of existence entirely!! ¡°Huh?¡± Even Elise Sands was shocked! ¡°Did he just¡­¡± ¡°Yes. He just used up all of the remaining energy. It¡¯s only a Lord Grade beast core, afterall, and its energy was probably close to depletion after cloning so many powerful beasts.¡± Elliot exined hesitantly. He wasn¡¯t sure if it was the right exnation. True his beasts were insanely powerful, but the nuclear fusion of a Lord Grade beast core should be strong enough to power even the cloning of Primals! How could it run out of energy so quickly? Elliot looked at Kai suspiciously. Just what did he do in the beast dimension for the past few days? And just how powerful was he now? ¡°Here. This is an Emperor Grade beast core. Make sure you make no mistake with your portal. It will be a disaster if it explodes.¡± Elise tossed the precious beast core to Elliot casually. Elliot caught it, and immediately started to create another clone portal. Within a few minutes, he was done. He had gotten more proficient in weaving the runes, and took much less time than before to create the clone portal. Elise noted the marked improvement and was silently impressed. ¡°I am hanging out with a collection of monstrous geniuses.¡± She thought to herself. ¡°Kai, once more please.¡± Elliot gestured to the portal. ¡°Of course, Master.¡± Kai nodded and passed through the portal once more. Whoooshhh!!!!! The portal trembled lightly and the brightest burst of light that rivalled even that of a star shone forth from the Emperor Grade beast core!! ¡°Aiyeeeeeeee!! I¡¯m blind!! I¡¯m blind!!! Helppp!!!¡± Red screamed like a chicken being feathered. As quickly as it started, the burst of light disappeared, and two Kais calmly walked out of the other side of the portal. His light was by far the brightest, much brighter than even the two dragons. ¡°Impressive. I thought I had hidden my strength well. But you¡¯ve hidden yours much better.¡± Khalendros smiled widely at Kai. Kai merely smiled back and nodded. He wasn¡¯t actually hiding his strength on purpose. If the need to use his full strength had arisen, he wouldn¡¯t hesitate to use it. It was just that he never felt the need to use it before. But it wasn¡¯t all smiles for Elliot and Elise who were both staring at the Emperor Grade beast core in disbelief. ¡°No wonder the previous portal winked out of existence.¡± Elliot muttered and shook his head. ¡°A gem. Truly a precious gem!!¡± Elise Sands¡¯ eyes gleamed as she nodded vigorously in approval. After Kai had passed through the portal, the Emperor Grade beast core had reduced in size by a full tenth. A tenth!! It would be good to note that above Lord level is King level, then Emperor level. A thousand Lords would not win a fight against a King, and a thousand Kings would not win against an Emperor. (In most cases. Elliot¡¯s case was a game-breaking anomaly and should not be counted.) If the amount of beast core used up was used as a benchmark of their strength, then Kai would be more than a million times stronger than even the two blue dragons! But it wasn¡¯t the case. So there must be something within Kai that the portal had detected and struggled to clone, to the point that it needed a tenth of an Emperor grade beast core to do so. Something truly magnificent, and probably more than terrifying. But as of that moment, it was still something unknown. ¡°Good. Now that the Beast Apostles are done, let¡¯s get the Dragon Apostles to try.¡± Elliot finally said and smiled at the ten Dragon Apostles that each held the power to destroy stars with a single breath. They all nodded dutifully at their esteemed ¡°Dragon Overlord¡± and immediately moved towards the clone portal in a neat column. One at a time, starting from the Chromatics then to the Metallics. And one at a time, the Emperor Grade beast core shone brightly, each much brighter than the two blue dragons, of course, but each also not as bright as Kai¡¯s. The Beast Apostles hooted and roared in shock and exultation! ¡°What! Brother Kai is the strongest of all of Master¡¯s Apostles? Wahahahahahaha! Rom! Aldera! You both have awesome genes! What a son you have!!¡± Brock shouted! ¡°Wowowow!! Not even Dragon Primals could defeat our Brother Kai?? Awesome! Amazing! Astounding!!!¡± Red shouted as well! ¡°Wow! Good! I don¡¯t know why they are shouting, but good! Very good!¡± A mole shouted. ¡°Wowowow! Bildie numbel one is implessed! Veli implessed!¡± ¡°Implessed by wat, bildie numbel one?¡± ¡°I dunno! Mastel Led is veli implessed! So I am implessed also!¡± ¡°You dumbo! If Mastel Led is implessed, then you can¡¯t be implessed! You must be double implessed! Ol even tliple implessed!¡± ¡°You al light! I am tliple implessed! Foul times implessed!¡± ¡°Good! Me also!¡± The Dragon Apostles merely smiled at the cute little beasts which they could easily eat for a light snack if they wanted to. Of course they understood that there was something within Kai that was unique, and that he wasn¡¯t stronger than them. But they couldn¡¯t be bothered to reply to the other beasts. They coolly maintained their silence, until¡­ ¡°Wahahahaha! I bet that they are all too embarrassed and too scared to say anything now!¡± Red hooted with glee. ¡°To think that a one month old adolescent can defeat them so handily! They must be trembling in their boots! Sweating out cold sweat! Screaming in fear within their hearts! Their brains must be nk with terror! And their hands must be mmy at the ridiculousness of their utter andplete defeat! Whahahahahahahaha!!!¡± Wu Kong and the other beasts merely facepalmed themselves in their minds. Just how would Red suffer due to his out of control tongue this time? Chapter 385 The fight is on!

385 The fight is on!

"ALL HAIL KAI! KING OF ALL THE BEASTS AND KING OF ALL DRAGONS!" Red shouted with exultation. "ALL HAIL KAI! ALL-" A massive maw suddenly appeared above him and¡­ SNAP. The maw closed. Gulp. Every single pair of eyes swiveled to look at Dragon Apostle Purity who had just swallowed the Wind Apostle whole. "I figured he would benefit from a little bit of meditation within my stomach for a few days." Dragon Apostle Purity shrugged casually as she settled back down to her previous position as though nothing happened. Within their public mindspace, an utterly terrified Red was squawking with all of his heart. "AIYEEEEEEEE!!! Where am I? What happened?? Is this¡­ Is this¡­ AIIIYIEEEEEEEEE!! STOMACH ACID!! HELP!!! HELPPPP!!! I GOT EATEN GUYS! I GOT EATENNN!!" "You''re a powerful Wind Apostle. Whip up a shield or something, dumbo." Brock said with augh. "Ah!! That''s right. Damn it! Who!! Who ate me!! You better spit me out right now before I turn your stomach into shreds!!" Red squawked angrily. "You can do whatever you want. I will keep you in my tummy for a few days to teach you a lesson. We dragons are not to be insulted." Dragon Apostle Purity said serenely. "What! You!! To think that such a beautiful dragon can be so evil! Pip! Get her to spit me out right now!! You evil dragon, you better let me out right now! If not, I will cast my ultra powerful de tornado within your stomach and make you fart loudly in front of everyone else! How would you like that, huh?" Red threatened Dragon Apostle Purity. "Hahahaha!" Dragon Apostle Purity''s melodiousughter rang out with utmost grace within the public mindspace and in real life. "Master, it''s good that you have a clown amongst your beasts. I am sure this little bird is a constant source of entertainment for you." "Entertainment? Haha! I guess in a way, he is entertaining. But he is also quite irritating sometimes." Elliotughed. "Hmmmm. Would you like me to digest him for real?" Dragon Apostle Purity offered. "WHAT! How can you even think of doing that! You¡­ you evil monster! You bird-eating abomination! You white scaled yeti!" Red shouted loudly and very indignantly. "I am a very valuable Element Spitter worth trillions of resources! Eating me is a sin against the entire known universe!" "And a very big distraction." Elliot sighed. "Red, I''ll let you out. But make sure you watch your tongue. The next time you make one of the dragons eat you up, I will let you stay there for a week! Got it?" "Okay! Okay! Let me oooouttt!!" Red instantly replied. Elliot nodded at Purity and she promptly transformed into her dragon form and spat Red out. "Gaahhh!! Freeedommm!! I''m out of heree!!" Within seconds of escaping Dragon Apostle Purity''s tummy, Red went back to his beast dimension! The other beasts merely chuckled and shook their heads. Every group would definitely have their own ck sheep, every family their own strange sibling. It''s all part of life. Love them, hate them, they are family. And because they are family, they are untouchable by outsiders. Even if they are irritating like Red. "Okay. Now that the trouble maker is gone, we can go back to the main issue at hand. My turn." Elise Sands'' eyes gleamed with a strange glow as she beheld the clone portal. "Hmmm. Go ahead." Elliot nodded. "It''s stable. You should be fine." Without hesitation, Elise Sands stepped forward and into the portal. The question of who was stronger between Kai and Elise Sands was instantly and very clearly answered. It was, by an incredibly huge margin, Elise Sands! There was no denying the umtions of a Saint who had spent thousands of years as a peak level Primal. The power of fate which she had managed to achieve due to her vast umtions in the previous stage was extremely potent, and the Emperor grade beast core lost twenty percent of its mass just to create her clone! Elise Sands nced at the beast core and immediately made her calctions. One Emperor Grade beast core will get her five clones at full strength. If she wanted a million clones, she would only need two hundred thousand Emperor Grade beast cores?? What a great bargain! As though reading her mind, Elliot immediately gave her a word of warning. "Just because we can, doesn''t mean we should. Old woman, I learnt that lesson the hard way." Elliot said seriously. "It''s your turn." Elise Sands ignored him and pointed at the portal instead. At her words, everyone perked up and looked at Elliot expectantly. Elliot blinked once, and instantly guessed Elise Sands'' n. A million Elliots triggering a million nuclear fusions on a million Elises in a million different locations at the same time. They didn''t have to locate the militarys first. They didn''t have to locate Primals to explode. They just have to appear within the general star system of the target military and¡­ Boom. Star System gone. They could cripple entire Realms within minutes!! The battle against the entire Shadow Realm would be as good as won. Of course if they did that, the three Gods of the Shadow Realm would be more than pissed. But ording to Primal Alexander, they were not able to physically enter their realm. So it should be fine¡­ right? "Let''s try with ten pairs." Elise Sands suggested. Elliot shook his head. "Half measures are useless. If we do that, we might alert them, and who knows what they would do if they are alerted. If we are to do it en masse, then we must strike all at once." Elliot said. "Good. Young men should be aggressive like that. I like it." Elise Sands said. However, before they could continue with Elliot''s attempt, Red''s voice sounded urgently in the public mindspace. "Guys! That octopus creature had managed to enter the Shadow Realm!! All hell is LITERALLY breaking lose now! The fight is on!!" Chapter 386 Octopus Banshee

386 Octopus Banshee

All of them turned their eyes towards the video feed being projected that showed a humongous Octopus God with more than twenty tentacles wrapping itself around Blytoros! Blytoros had turned ethereal himself, and was trying to escape the disgusting Octopus God with all of his might, but somehow, the octopus was able to stick to him despite his best attempts. "What a sucker." Brock rumbled loudly. "No pun intended. It literally is sucking on Blytoros." "That sucker ispletely overwhelming a God of the Shadow Realm." Elliot said grimly. "If Blytoros can''t shake it off, we must help him." Dragon Apostle Golden Fire said softly. "Our goal is for the two realms to be tied up in a long and expensive war. It won''t happen if Blytoros dies so early." "Don''t worry. Blytoros isn''t using his full strength yet. He seems to be waiting for something. Interesting." Elise Sands said. "Don''t just stand there and watch, Elliot! Make more clone portals! I will power them with more powerful beast cores so we can clone as many me''s as possible!" "Wait! Before that! Go through the portal first so I''ll know how many beast cores we will need to make a million pairs of us." Elise Sands said. "Ok." Elliot calmly walked through the portal under the watchful and highly interested eyes of the rest of the dragons and beasts. Strangely, the Emperor Grade beast core did not shine at all as Elliot entered the portal. It remained strangely inert even when two Elliots stepped out on the other side. Everyone was surprised. Just what was happening? "Interesting. Very interesting! Cloning you does not require any energy at all?" Elise Sands looked at Elliot thoughtfully as a myriad of interesting theories popped up instantly in her head, most notable among which was that Elliot was secretly a love child of Fate and Lady luck themselves. A love child who would, in most instances, walk upon the luckiest and most wonderful of all roads, including roads that allow for an energy-less cloning of a full powered version of himself. How it could happen and what the physics were behind such a feat, Elise Sands couldn''t even be bothered to consider. When had merews of physics ever applied to Fate and Lady Luck? There was no other exnation, Elise Sands decided. If not that, then how could his ridiculous ascent into power and his brilliant good fortune be exined? "No, energy is still required. It''s just that¡­ It sort of came from a different source." Elliot said hesitantly as he analyzed the energy movements within the portal earlier. "A different source? What source?" Elise Sands asked in slight confusion. Apart from theck of energy movement from the beast core, she had failed to detect anything out of the ordinary within the portal. Could it be that such a vast movement of energy had somehow escaped her senses? Before that day, she would dismiss it as something absolutely impossible. But at that moment, she was at a stage where if Elliot was involved, she would at least consider the possibility first no matter how outrageous it seemed. "Hmmmmm. I have no idea." Elliot replied honestly. "That''s probably the third deep mystery we uncovered today which we have to live with for the time being." "Kai''s mysterious power requirements for cloning, your mysterious power source for cloning and¡­" "And why it happened to me, of course." Elliot finished Elise''s sentence for her. "Right. We''ll leave the mysteries at that. Let''s get cracking. Get your clone to clone itself and make more portals for your clones and my clones to clone themselves!" Elise Sands grinned. She can''t wait to abuse the cheat code that she had found, and create the strongest army of Saints the entire Realm had ever seen! Elliot smiled and started to create more clone portals. He got his clone to enter the portal multiple times, and got the resulting clones to create more portals. Within a minute, there were three portals. Within fifteen minutes, there were so many portals and Elliots and Elises that all of Elliot''s beasts could only gape at the ridiculousness of the scene they were witnessing. Crazy! Insane!! Un-*******-believable!!! By the time the fight between the Octopus God and Blytoros had reached a red hot stage half an hourter, thousands upon thousands of Elliots and Elises had arranged themselves neatly in rows of a hundred. A strange feeling of dissonance started to arise from the clones and finally caused Elliot to stop his actions. "It is enough for now. I have a bad feeling about this." Elliot said softly. "Agreed." Elise Sands nodded. She too, had felt her sixth sense tingling very slightly. "With so many of us, let''s do everything that needs to be done all at once. We should send ten pairs to scout the Octopus God''s realm, ten pairs to bnce out the fight, and half of the remaining to destabilize the Shadow Realm. Once we know more about the Octopus Realm, we can choose to destabilize it as well if we deem it to be a real threat." Elliot suggested. Elise Sands nodded. With a thought, she created a portal that led to the Shadow Realm, and the thousands of Elliot-Elise duo instantly moved out. With their clones on the move, Elliot and Elise simply closed their eyes and observed the operation through their eyes. "Blytoros is pretty powerful." Elliot remarked as he studied the massive fight with great interest. Blytoros had increased the size of his body, and had covered himself with a thickyer of intensely burning spiritual fire which the Octopus God seemed to hate. That way, he had dislodged the Octopus from his body, and was currently in the process of unleashing thousands of spiritual meteors on the Octopus which burned with a strange but fearsome blue me. With his newfound effective method, Blytoros had sessfully turned the tables around and had ced the disgusting Octopus on the defensive. But although his personal fight with the Octopus God was going rather well, the same could not be said of his troops! The octopus army had grown sorge that the forces which Blytoros had managed to assemble were outnumbered at least a thousand to one!! Chapter 387 I got it now!

387 I got it now!

The fate of the Shadow Realm hinged upon one thing - how quickly Blytoros could defeat the Octopus God. If he failed to do so in time, histe victory would lose all meaning if the massive octopus army wiped out his troops and dispersed to do the same to his nearly defenseless Kingdoms within the Shadow Realm. But the Octopus God was proving to be an extremely resilient enemy. Despite being burned over and over again by the powerful meteors thatnded upon it, it simply refused to die. In fact, it seemed to be taunting Blytoros slightly as it sent its tentacles to try and wrap around his limbs. Having learnt his lesson, Blytoros did not slice the tentacles away. Instead, he got his clones to deftly grab hold of those tentacles and struggled to tie them up together! If they weren''t emitting so much power that could easily turn normal Primals to dust, Elliot might even find their fight slightly hrious. But one nce at the massively powerful meteors smashing onto the Octopus, and dealing minimal damage to it, smothered any sense of mirth before they could bloom. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The utterly massive Blytoros unleashed his blue med meteors unceasingly upon the Octopus. "I REFUSE TO BELIEVE YOU CAN WITHSTAND MY IGNITED SPIRITUAL FIRE FOR MUCH LONGER!" Blytoros roared as even more meteors appeared from every single direction and hurtled towards the Octopus God. One particrlyrge one which burned an ominous violet me also appeared in the distance. It dwarfed the other meteors by a factor of at least a hundred to one, and its intense violet me even caused Elliot''s clone to feel slightly threatened. Upon seeing the massive meteor, the Octopus God finally became serious. It withdrew its tentacles from Blytoros and started grabbing nearby blue med meteors to throw at the violet meteor! In doing so, the tentacles that grabbed the blue med meteors were quickly renderedpletely useless as the blue mes scorched and burned them into crisp. But by sacrificing his tentacles, the Octopus God managed to slow the advance of the violet meteor, and even reduce its size by a significant thirty percent! A choice now presented itself to both Elliot and Elise. Should they help the Octopus and reduce the strength of the violet me meteor? Or should they help Blytoros by immobilizing the Octopus so it could take the full brunt of the meteor''s attack? "The octopus realm has a secret backer. I think we should eliminate the octopus first. The Shadow Realm is pretty much crippled anyway with all of our clones about to destroy thousands of their main military productions." Elliot suggested. "Do not underestimate the other Gods of the Shadow Realm. I think we should kill Blytoros right here if possible. Strengthen that Banshee God as much as possible and allow it to challenge and hopefully destroy the other Shadow Realm Gods as well." Elise Sands said quickly. "Hmmmm. How about we kill them both? Two dead Gods are two less Gods we have to deal with." Elliot said as he looked at the looming meteor thoughtfully. "I am pretty sure I can recreate that strange fire to deal with all the other octopuses in the octopus realm. "Banshees. They are called banshees." Elise Sands remarked dryly. "Banshee octopuses." Elliot corrected his words rather absentmindedly as his mind raced to figure out a way to create spiritual fire. "Spiritual fire is something that only life forms belonging to the lower realms can produce." Elise Sands started to say. She was about to say, "You can''t do it." When she caught herself and kept quiet instead. With Elliot that love child between Fate and Lady Luck, anything can happen! Elliot frowned deeply and put on a very serious look even as the violet meteor streaked across space and ate up the distance between the octopus banshee and itself at an incredible rate. Elise Sands nodded in approval. "That''s how it should be." She thought to herself. "It would be beyond insane if he could produce spirit fire even as a life form of the neutral, main realm." The seconds ticked by and Elliot''s frown only grew deeper and deeper. KABOOOMM!!!! The violet meteor finally smashed onto the octopus banshee who had tried to escape, but to no avail as the meteor adjusted its trajectory perfectly in real time to maintain collision course onto her! The violet mes surged out of the meteor''s point of impact and swept across the octopus banshee''s entire body,pletely lighting her up in mes. SCREEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY!!! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYAAA!! The octopus banshee shrieked in pain and in anger. The fact that she still had the strength to be angry simply proved one thing very clearly. The violet meteor''s clean hit wasn''t strong enough to be a killing blow. Although gravely injured, the octopus banshee was still very much alive! And pissed off to the maximum! "Ah!" Elliot finally cried out. "Gave up? I told you only life forms from the lower realm can create spirit fire. It''s impossible for a life form from our realm to produce spirit fire." Elise Sands said with relief. She didn''t think her heart could take it if Elliot turned out to be capable of somehow creating spirit fire. It was just too unfair for her and the rest of the plebeians who weren''t the secret love child of Fate and Lady Luck if he was to be able to do that. "Gave up? Of course not." Elliot said in surprise. "I already know how to create spirit fire. I was just struggling to include the principles from the Ascendant Rune into them to give them a power boost. Seeing that violet med meteor crash onto the octopus banshee gave me an inspiration. I think I get it now!" Elise Sands'' face turned pale and her heart started to pound in excitement and no small amount of jealousy. "It can''t be." She whispered to herself weakly. "After so many unfair advantages and unmatched power within this realm, don''t tell me he has the power to create and upgrade cross-realm spells as well??" She closed her eyes and didn''t dare to ask him what exactly he "got". But in any case, she didn''t need to ask. "I know how to make everburning spirit fire!" Elliot eximed excitedly. Blearghhhhhhhh. Elise Sands vomited blood. Chapter 388 Slaying a God

388 ying a God

From the moment Elise Sands met Elliot, the default definition of "Overpowered" in her mind had slowly been eroded until finally, at that moment, Elise Sands'' mind couldn''t help but revise its definition entry. Overpowered = Elliot. And not just "Overpowered" too. Greatest fighter of all time = Elliot Unfair = Elliot Lucky Bastard = Elliot Greedy Prick = Elliot And a host of other curses mostmonly associated with a deeply envious heart as well. The fact that he had somehow, as a life form from the main realm, mastered and even enhanced a powerful and exclusive skill from the lower realm was just too much for Elise Sands to calmly take in stride. It was a breach of the wall of absolute impossibility. It wasn''t just a matter of Elliot gaining a supreme mind capable of pulling off the craziest physical feat. No, far from it. What Elliot did was supposed to be impossible. It was like asking a man without limbs to y in the NBA. Or a man without eyes to be a movie critic. Elliot was just not equipped with the required everything to cast spiritual fire, much less enhance one to gain the nonsensical sounding "everburning" attribute! "Alright. I think we''re ready. I''m sending in our clones to lock down the space around Blytoros and then triggering ten massive nuclear fusions all around him. I doubt he could resist that. Elliot quickly decided. He nced at Elise Sands to see if she had any objections, and upon finding that she merely remained silent, Elliot did as he pleased. "Go." Elliot said softly as he willed the ten pairs of clones to leap ahead and attack Blytoros! Ten Elises raised their hands and unleashed a crushing force upon Blytoros that dried up the space around him and prevented him from blinking or even phasing away! "HMMM? WHAT SORT OF TRI-" Blytoros wasn''t even able to finish his words when the ten Elliots triggered the nuclear explosion. K-K-KA BOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ten simultaneous explosions ripped out mercilessly from ten different directions around Blytoros. Stuck in ce and without the ability to phase into a different realm to avoid the st, Blytoros had no choice but to eat the ten explosions. RIPPPPPPP!!! RIPPPPPPP!!!!! Many huge cracks started to appear all over the ten epicenters as the very fabric of space copsed once more! Two consecutive nuclear sts at the same area hadpletely messed up the structure of space there. Massive strange spatial fluxes appeared and horrific tornadoespletely made up of Wild Space energy swirled into life. Wild Space energy waspletely destructive and uncontroble energy constantly erupting into life within impassable areas of space called Wild Space. All who ventured out into Wild Space were lost within its powerful currents. They never returned and were never heard from again. That same Wild Space energy shot out endlessly from the various cracks and started to react to the stable space energy within the Shadow Realm. Some, as mentioned, became swirling tornadoes. Others streaked ceaselessly towards the distance, probably destroying countless stars ands in their long journey towards the edges of the realm. However, the majority of the Wild Space energy actually gathered into a strange, ck, pulsating giant sphere of sorts!! "What the heck is that?" Elliot frowned. "What the heck is what?" Elise Sands asked. Having lost her clones, she had lost her view of the situation. There was no need to even mention Red''s drones. "Its a strange energy of sorts,ing in from the cracks made by the explosion." Elliot said. "Wild Space Energy." Elise Sands said grimly and immediately sent out a clone to the Shadow Realm so she could see it for herself. As soon as she saw the strange pulsating ball the size of a moon or a small, she instantly cried out in surprise. "It''s alive! Strings of Fate are forming!" Elise Sands shouted in shock. However, before Elliot could react to her words, the strange pulsating suddenly burst into action! It shot out towards Blytoros and started to physically break him down and absorb him! It wasn''t a pretty sight. Watching a person get burned to death was a horrifying scene that many probably wouldn''t enjoy in the least. Watching a God get burned to death was a billion times worse. Watching a God burning to death AND getting physically digested by a strange pulsating mini of energy was¡­ unspeakable. Yes, even if it was an enemy God. Gods have an inherent majesty and horrific nobility so dense and so thick that caused all lower life forms to have no choice but view them in a reverent light. Of course, the stronger the life form, the less powerful this effect would be upon them. And for Elliot and Elise, the effect was barely felt. But even so, it was undeniably there, and watching such an august personage let out unintelligible screams of anguish as he was being burned and ripped apart by pure nuclear energy AND getting eaten by a ball of energy was something that Elliot would remember for the rest of his life. "Is it a life form from Wild Space?" Elliot asked Elise Sands. "It must be. And judging by its actions, it doesn''t seem to be sentient. Just a reactive life form that absorbs life force." Elise Sands said as she studied the situation carefully. "Watching Blytoros die this way¡­ It actually sucks more than I expected it would." Elliot admitted. "A God, after all is said and done, is still a being of the vastest power and noblest bloodline." Elise Sands sighed with a frown. The dying Blytoros had a more profound impact on Elise Sands than it had on Elliot. The rest of the beasts had retreated into Elliot''s beast space, leaving only their clones standing by for orders. And so, they did not witness the screaming and dying Blytoros. If they did, they probably could not help but break theirposure and weep. Seeing its hated enemy degenerate from a fearsome God into a chunk of flesh screaming like an idiot due to a damage that it could not even sense, the Octopus Banshee shrieked with glee and surged ahead to finish the job. Chapter 389 The most wonderful pair of...

389 The most wonderful pair of...

Itpletely disregarded the danger posed by the strange ball of energy, and instead saw it as apetitor for its food which was the dying Blytoros. Its many tentacles, all of them still burning steadily with the nearly unquenchable violet mes, shot out and wrapped themselves around Blytoros''s five limbs as well as around the strange ball. Once in position, it pried open the strange ball''s grip on Blytoros'' body and with a triumphant scream, it flung it away from its prey. Helplessly, the strange ball disappeared into the darkness of the Shadow Realm. And then Octopus Banshee started to squeeze and suck all of the dying God''s spiritual force. The ten Elliots stood silently somewhere behind the Octopus Banshee with tenbined Cosmic Dragon Energy shields firmly in ce to barely resist the nuclear explosion. They were waiting for Blytoros to die before making a move on the disgusting octopus. However, the real Elliot frowned as he watched the Octopus Banshee God slowly get stronger as it drained Blytoros of his massive spiritual force. "You cannot let the Banshee God consume Blytoros. It will be extremely troublesome after that." Elise Sands said seriously. "I understand." Elliot said. As one, all ten Elliots raised both their hands and started to weave a strange spell. WHOOSHH!!! A dark purple me, much more ominous than the violet me that was burning on the Octopus Banshee God, appeared all around the ten Elliots. Elise Sands stared at the dark purple me numbly. Although she had expected it, seeing it in reality was still extremely shocking. Spiritual Fire. And judging by the shade of its colour, it had also achieved something which Blytoros and his violet mes tried to but failed. Everburning Spiritual Fire. As the seconds ticked by, the screams of Blytoros, God of Tricks, started to grow weaker while the excited shrieks of the Octopus Banshee started to grow louder. Behind the Octopus Banshee, ten ominously burning Elliots also started to increase in their burning intensity. "So you''re using your own clones as a source for your Everburning Spiritual Fire." Elise Sands managed toment. "Ah, yes. Hahaha! I didn''t have much time to learn how to separate the spirit of the clone and then turn it into an incendiary projectile. If I could have another week or two-" Elliot started tough sheepishly and exin why he "failed". Elise Sands wouldn''t have any of it. "No, shut up. Being able to generate Spirit Fire is already a monumental achievement that none could do. You don''t have to exin why it isn''t perfect. It is already a god-damned miracle!" Elise Sands grumbled. "Miracle? How so? It''s nothing much, really. If you want to, I can teach you." Elliot offered generously. "But maybeter. I''m ready to kill that disgusting octopus." Elliot said as his face turned serious and excited at the same time. Every inventor would be excited to see the effect of his creation for the first time. And it was doubly true for Elliot who would see his creation take effect in the grandest stage of all - the ying of a God. Like ten shooting stars, the ten Elliots shot towards the unsuspecting Octopus Banshee which was still greedily devouring Blytoros. All ten of them found their marks effortlessly due to their small sizes and the Octopus Banshee''s ultra humongous body. Like ten napalm-filled containers crashing onto their targets, the ten Elliots exploded in huge fiery disys and started to burn the Octopus Banshee fiercely. Surprisingly, the Octopus Banshee was extremely susceptible to the burning mes of the ten Elliots! Crackle! Crackle! Crackle! The dark purple mes quickly spread throughout her body and then surged into its body through every single avable pore. Within seconds, all that''s left of the Octopus Banshee which was triumphantly guzzling on Blytoros and his dying form was ash-like clouds floating in the area where it was. "Whoaaa!! That escted very, very quickly!" Elliot shouted in wide-eyed shock. Never, in the entire history of the entire Multiverse, had a God level being died so quickly! Gods had incredible life force, and burning it to away would take a very, very long time. Even Blytoros under thebined might of ten saint-triggered nuclear explosions, didn''t die immediately! For the Octopus Banshee to disappear into nothing more than ash within a few quick seconds was mind boggling, to say the least. "Wherever that Ascendant Rune came from, it is an energy type that directly opposes whatever power is working behind the scenes in that Realm of Banshees." Elise Sands eyes shined with pleasant surprise and a huge amount of glee as she looked at Elliot. She looked exactly like a miserly old grandma realizing that the new cane she got from a friend was actually made of diamond and would be perfect to spank the bunch of irritating cats and dogs that had been hounding her pet ducks!"Elliot. You are definitely the secret love child of Fate and Lady Luck. With you on our side, the safety of our universe is assured. I have decided that I agree to your marriage with little Jessica, my beloved Great Grand Daughter. I will pick a date for your marriage, make sure you give me lots of great, great grandchildren soon!!" Elise Sands announced loudly as though she was bestowing an unimaginable favor upon Elliot. "I am not going to get married to anyone I do not love. Don''t bother scheming and doing all those things grandmas do, old woman." Elliot merely rolled his eyes at Elise Sands. "Love can develop over time. Don''t worry, although Jessica''s body looks like a little girl, she''s actually merely taking the form that she likes. Her real body is much more mature and much more... ehem. You men would definitely go crazy over her real form. She has got the most wonderful pair of-" "Where did the strange Wild Energy life form go?" Elliot interrupted Elise Sands hastily before she could go into too much graphic detail. Chapter 390 Wild Energy Blytoros

390 Wild Energy Blytoros

"Don''t worry about it. My clone had ced a soul marker on it, I will be able to detect and locate it very easily. More importantly, as I was saying, Jessica''s real body has got the most wonderful pair of boo-" "Ah! I think our clones within the Octopus Realm found something! Could it be another God level being??" Elliot eximed loudly. Elise Sands red at Elliot with narrowed eyes. "Are you not giving this old woman any face? Will you not listen to what I have to say?" She demanded slightly angrily. "Ahahaha! Of course I am giving you face! I am giving you lots of face! Thergest face in all of the universe is yours!" Elliotughed awkwardly. "Then let me finish! As I was saying, Jessica, my beloved great grand daughter, actually has a very lovely and very sexy real body! She is just too shy to show it to anybody. But if you''re able to see her in her real form, you will definitely fall in love with her. She is the cutest and the most beautiful being I have ever seen! And I am not merely saying this as a great grandma. I am saying this with one hundred percent objectivity." Elise Sands said. "I am sure you''re being very objective." Elliotughed dryly. "I am. If you''re not such an impressive person, I wouldn''t even bother telling you all these. Why would I promote my great granddaughter to anyone but the best and strongest and one with the most potential? Only one who is able to protect her as well as I can, can be allowed to be her husband. And you¡­ you have passed that criteria." Elise Sands gave Elliot a beautiful smile, as though she wasn''t forcing the issue of her beloved great grand daughter''s marriage on him. "I told you before. I am not looking to get married, not unless I try fall in love. I am not nning to live like an emperor of ancient times who had ten wived and a thousand concubines." Elliot sighed in slight exasperation. "I am nning to only have one wife! And thus marriage is too big, too important an issue to decide so lightly. Having a super sexy body is good and all, but that''s not my main criteria at all." "What''s your criteria then?" Elise Sands quickly asked him. "I¡­ I haven''t really thought much about it, especially not when I am currently so high up in the power structure of the entire known universe. But I guess the most important criteria is that I have feelings for her. Without those feelings, it will not work." Elliot exined. "Good. Very, very good indeed. I like the fact that you''re nning to only have one wife. And because of that, I will not force you anymore. But if you¡­ Hmmm?" Elise Sands suddenly stopped halfway and frowned. "Errr. What?" Elliot asked. "What''s happening?" "The soul marker I ced on the Wild Energy life form¡­ It''s being eroded." Elise Sands said softly as she turned to look into the distance where the Wild Energy life form had disappeared to earlier. With a thought, her clone split space open and immediately appeared at the Wild Energy life form''s location to investigate. "Oh my god. It has gained sentience!" Elise Sands eximed softly. "It is taking the form of¡­ Blytoros??" Grimly, Elliot sent out a couple more pairs of Elliot-Elise clones into the portal to support the Elise clone and trigger a nuclear explosion if need be. "There''s no need. Just my clone alone is enough to kill it multiple times over. But the fact that it had gained sentience so quickly, and that it could take on the form of Blytoros so perfectly¡­I do not have a good feeling about this. And about what the Wild Space actually contains." Elise Sands said. "Let''s capture it. We need more information." Elliot said seriously. Elise Sands nodded in agreement and instantly created a powerful Spacetime Prison around it. Whoosh. Space and Time dried up around it and it frozepletely. "My clone will immediately do its experiments and research on it." Elise Sands said as her clone quickly moved to take it away. However, CRACK!!! The Wild Energy Blytoros shook itself violently and broke Elise Sands'' powerful Spacetime Prison! "HUAAA!!! WHO DARES TO TRY AND LOCK ME UP WITH SUCH A PUNY SPELL? HMMMM? LITTLE CLONES FROM THE MAIN REALM, WHY HAVE YOU COME TO MY REALM? ARE YOU BORED OF LIVING ALREADY? HAHAHAHA! DIE!!" The Wild Energy Blytoros roared. Before they could even blink, a strange but destructive energy appeared around the three Elises and two Elliots and¡­ CRACK!! Destroyed all five of them instantly! "WHAT?" Elise Sands was shocked. "Uh. What happened to "enough to kill it multiple times over?" Elliot asked Elise Sands with a frown. "It is much stronger than the Original Blytoros!" "I have no idea. It had only just gained sentience, how could it be so powerful already! And it even sees itself as Blytoros!" Elise Sands eyes narrowed to mere slits. "If we can''t study it, then we must destroy it." Elliot said decisively and immediately sent in a hundred pairs of clones. "We can''t let it mature and reach the peak of its powers, if it being a newborn is already so powerful!" "WHAT? THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU NOW? HMPH! YOU''RE EXACTLY LIKE IRRITATING FLIES. DIE!!" Wild Energy Blytoros shouted and unleashed another powerful wave of red energy. RIPPP!!! The powerful wave of mysterious red energy streaked across space and reached the group of hundred clones in an instant. However, Elliot was prepared. All of his clones shone with a bright golden light and created powerful Ascendant Rune powered shields that managed to block Wild Energy Blytoros'' powerful wild energy attack. WHAMM!! The Wild Energy Blytoros looked visibly shocked at the sessful block. "VERY POWERFUL. BUT YOU''RE DREAMING IF YOU THINK YOU CAN RESIST MY NEXT ATTACK! TAKE THI- THI- TA- TAK- TAKE¡­ NO. I WILL NOT KILL YOU. I WILL¡­ DEVOUR YOU!!" Wild Energy Blytoros shouted. Chapter 391 Another Present

391 Another Present

Wild Energy Blytoros looked like a wild man. His long ck hair which was previously tied neatly had turnedpletely red and was flying all over the ce. His powerful physique which was covered in luxurious ck robes iid with golden runes had turned rather thin His ck robes had disappeared and his body was instead covered by a red mist of sorts. His ck eyes were alsopletely red at that moment. Everything about him was red instead of ck, and everything about him screamed "DANGER!!" And at that moment, he was exploding forth with great speed towards the hundred pairs of clones to "devour" them! Elliot and Elise Sands came to the same conclusion instantly. If that Wild Energy Blytoros was able to somehowbine Elliot, Elise and Blytoros into one entity, then he would definitely bepletely unstoppable! He would rise instantly to the peak of power within the Shadow Realm and also the Main Realm! "RETURN!" Elliot roared and immediately, all of their clones winked out of their positions. And because of that, they also instantly lost sight of the Wild Energy Blytoros. A grim silence had fallen upon the original pair. They were bothpletely floored. For the past few hours, they were on cloud nine, achieving thepletely unthinkable by sessfully cloning so many versions of themselves, and seeding in doing so many of their objectives. Destroying the powerful Shadow Realm base. Killing Blytoros. Killing Octopus Banshee God. Their confidence level had soared and deep within their hearts, they had rxed. With their overwhelming strength,plete victory was only a matter of time! But now, an enemy that could crush FIVE of them in an instant had appeared. And not only that, it was an enemy that only spent a few seconds absorbing something from Blytoros, and within minutes, was already stronger than the original Blytoros! And to make things worse... They didn''t know how many of such insane devourers existed in the Wild Space that was so, so much bigger than their known universe! All thoughts ofplete victory evaporated like a drop of water before a wide open st furnace. Once again, they were violently flung into a desperate situation. They had to kill the Wild Energy Blytoros quickly, but they couldn''t use their most powerful attack in fear that their nuclear explosions could rip more cracks that led to the Wild Space open, and invite more devourers through. What could they do? "I need to get stronger." Elliot said very simply. "I need to break into Emperor, Hegemon and all the way to Saint level. And I need the rest of Jessica''s runes." Elliot was no stranger to such drastic swings in situation. He simply reverted to his previous mindset, and once again, his razor sharp focus returned. Nothing had changed. He was still the underdog, and he was still desperately short on power even if he had risen to the very peak of strength in the known universe. In fact, his situation was much worse than he was before! Previously, the stakes were only his family and his. Now, his entire universe was at risk of annihtion! If the Wild Energy Blytoros was to enter their Realm, it would probably devour everything! And so much about that Wild Energy Blytoros was unknown. Does it reproduce? How does it reproduce? How quickly? Can it open up portals to Wild Space and invite more of its ''kind'' over? What sort of power does it control? How could it destroy five of their clones so easily? It was a brand new universe-grade threat that had appeared, and one which was a direct consequence of Elliot''s actions. Elliot sighed deeply. He should have listened to Gilgamar. Thankfully, Gilgamar seemed to sense his distress, and did not say "I told you so" even though it was probably dying to say it. "Good. That''s exactly what we must do. We cannot despair, we cannot lose hope! First, send out your drones and see if we can keep an eye on them." Elise Sands said. Elliot nodded, and ordered Red to send out more drones to Wild Energy Blytoros'' location. "Let''s hope he doesn''t detect them and destroy them." Elliot muttered. "He won''t. I will shield them with stealth energy." Elise Sands said confidently. Within seconds, the video feed on Wild Energy Blytoros came to life. "Excellent. Red, make sure you don''t lose sight of him." Elliotmanded. "Secondly, let me help you break through. After living for so long, I have ground to appreciate the many benefits a good, solid foundation brings, and I have many more insights on how to make this so-called "River of Runes". As a matter of fact, I do not think we should form a "River" at all! But let me get her here first." Elise Sands sliced at the air and immediately opened a portal to where Jessica Sands and the others were. "- will be the STRONGEST TO EVER LIVE! MWA HA HA HA HA!!" Jessica Sands wasughing slightly maniacally when the portal opened. "Who will be the strongest to ever live?" Elise Sands asked as the portal widened to reveal Jessica Sands, Monkey King and Jul''Taras sitting around a round table full of information pads, a main server and even traditional paper and pen. "Great Grandma! What brings you here? Huh? Is that Elliot? HEY ELLIOT! I''VE GOT A PRESENT FOR YOU!" Jessica Sands yelled. "Elliot, Elliot Elliot. All you care about is Elliot! Presents for Elliot all the time! What about me, huh? Have you forgotten about me?" Elise Sands red at Jessica Sands. "Hee hee! Great Grandma, you''re already so powerful, you don''t need my little trinkets at all! Why bother with the toys that little kids tinker with? Hee hee!" Jessica Sands tried tough her way out of it. But of course Elise Sands wouldn''t have any of it. She stretched out her hand and immediately demanded to see the "present" that she had for Elliot. Chapter 392 Who would be faster?

392 Who would be faster?

"Hi guys! Good to see you all again!" Elliot said warmly to the trio. Monkey King and Jul''Taras smiled back and greeted him cordially. Elliot had grown to be a power that dwarfed them to the utmost, leaving them in the dust like a spaceship bursting out in full throttle vertically upwards and leaving behind a bunch of sad looking motorcycles who can''t even dream of being able to do what the spaceship was born to do. It felt slightly strange and rather awkward to talk to him now. Of course, Elliot knew that, and he refused to let the situation remain that way. Afterall, it could be said that he owed them his life, especially Monkey King. "I am still the same boy whom you all had helped previously. I owe you too much to allow our rtionship to be this awkward." Elliot said to them firmly. "No matter how strong I be, no matter if I be a God or a God-yer, you three will forever be friends. So treat me as one!" Jul''Taras and Monkey King nodded and smiled at him gratefully. "God yer?" Jul''Taras blinked once and immediately suspected something. "That''s a very interesting choice of words. Very specific, even." "God yer. So you found a God and killed him?" Monkey King teased him slightly. When Elliot nodded his head¡­ Boom. Boom. Two jaws hit the floor. "You found a God and killed him?? Wow! Are my Ascendant Runes that powerful?" Jessica Sands cried out excitedly. Out of the three, only Jessica Sands didn''t have any sense of awkwardness with Elliot. After all, Elliot''s near-vertical rise in strength was in huge part due to her Ascendant Runes. Her self worth with regard to Elliot was rock solid, and deservedly so. "Yes. We killed a Blytoros of the Shadow Realm." Elliot said with a sigh. "A Blytoros? There''s more than one??" Jessica Sands'' eyes widened with surprise. "Wow! This is interesting! Tell us what happened!" With a deep sigh, Elliot went on to bring them up to date about the situation. "Elliot had the idea to break through to Emperor Level to unlock new levels of strengths to be able to deal with the emergency. However, he wants to use the Ascendant Runes as much as possible." Elise Sands said. "Jessica, have you made any progress? How many Ascendant Runes do you have now?" "Ooooo. Perfect timing. I didn''t have time to create new runes, but due to a sudden brainwave I had, I was just telling the rest that I had discovered a brand new application of Ascendant Runic Principles which could result in a much more powerful Ascendant Rune by at least 50%! I''ve created the keys to the new Runes, and I am calling them¡­ Deep Ascendant Runes! Here! Have a look!" Jessica Sands sent a device to Elliot and Elise who immediately sank their senses into them. "Hmmmmmm. Indeed, these new applications are worthy to be called Deep Ascendancy." Elliot''s face scrunched up into a deep frown. "But the ratio of power gain to increase inplexity is¡­" "Atrocious." Elise Sands said grimly. "I have no idea how the new Deep Ascendant Runes work at all." "Hee hee. Yes, raising the power output of such an already deeply powerful rune isn''t as easy as cranking up the power source. Like building a 2 storey building and a 20 storey building, theplexity would increase more than just 10 times. And that is merely with regard to being able to support weight and resist the pressure from wind! Raising the power level of an Ascendant Rune by fifty percent requires an increase inplexity by¡­ one billion percent!" Jessica Sands said solemnly. "One billion percent!! No wonder I can''t make heads or tails out of these gibberish." Elise Sands muttered as she returned the "present" to Jessica Sands. "No wonder you didn''t bother giving the present to me. You knew I wouldn''t understand." "Ah? Hahahaha! Yes! Exactly! Hee hee!" Jessica Sandsughed awkwardly and scratched her head. "Fine. Elliot. You go ahead and master the keys to the upgraded runes, and prepare to attack the boundary to Emperor Level. Once you''ve mastered the Runes, I will teach you a better way to cross the boundary than merely drawing the runes in the form of a river. How long do you need to master the new runes?" Elise Sands asked. "Hmmmm. Ten days. I will need three days to master the new keys. And another ten to make the edit to the existing runes." Elliot said thoughtfully. "Jessica. Can youplete all twenty four runes by then?" Elise Sands asked. "Probably. Just make sure I don''t get disturbed." Jessica Sands said. "Alright. For the next twenty days, the two of you shall haveplete peace, and then after that, Elliot you will get another ten days to master the new runes Jessicapleted. In exactly one month, I will teach all of you a new method to cross the boundary from King to Emperor. And hopefully after that¡­ We will have a new Emperor level powerhouse among us." Elise Sands looked at Elliot meaningfully. But he didn''t respond. He was already deep in thought, studying the new keys that Jessica Sands created. As his mind traversed the wondrous mysteries of Jessica Sands'' Deep Ascendant Runes, a strange aura started to diffuse out from him. "That''s fast." Jessica Sands couldn''t help but remark in surprise. "It took me quite some time to be able to produce that Deep Ascendancy Aura. I better continue my research. At this rate he''ll finish way before the ten days." Elise Sands nodded and quickly made all the arrangements for theing month. They were in the Gaming Commission''s outpost near Earth, and although it wasn''t the stronghold of any power worthy of mention, with Elise Sands there, it had automatically became the seat of power of the entire universe. After one month, with the qualitative increase in strength that Elliot would show, they should have a fighting chance against the Wild Energy Blytoros. But the only question was, whose rise in power would be faster, the Wild Energy Blytoros, or Elliot? Chapter 393 Grand entrance

393 Grand entrance

Twenty days could be a very long time, or it could pass by in a blink of an eye. Everything was rtive. For Elliot and Jessica, the twenty days passed by as fast as fast could be. They werepletely immersed in their studies and research, so much so that they rarely stopped to sleep, or even rest! The twenty days werepletely spent in an all out, full strength study session that would put the universe''s most industrious ant to shame. The aura surrounding Elliot changed again and again and again. It went from vivacious, to fiery hot, to cold, to electrifying and so on. And through it all, the sense of strangeness and separation that the rest felt with him continued to grow unceasingly. It was as though Elliot''s aura was turning into apletely different life form, bit by bit, right in front of them! "The Deep Ascendant Rune sure is a strange thing." Monkey King couldn''t help butment sometime on the third day when Elliot''s aura was shifting between fiery hot to freezing cold. "Indeed." Jul''Taras replied softly as she tried to study and understand the key to the Deep Ascendant Rune in front of her. "It''s highlyplex, and deals a lot with runes that influence the soul. It clearly meant that the Runes would be more effective for Ancient level beings and above. But for them both to be able to use them at their King level power... I don''t understand how they did it and what exactly is happening." Jul''Taras sighed and nced at Elise Sands who was sitting down peacefully next to them. She was immersed in studying the normal Ascendant Runes after trying to study the Key to the Deep Ascendant Rune seriously for a day and failing miserably. But although she waspletely immersed in studying, she sensed Jul''Taras'' nce, and even bothered to reply. "It is true that it should be more effective for Ancient level beings and above who would be able to fully utilize the soul-based attacks. But the Deep Ascendant Rune is much, much moreplex than that." She sighed as she opened her eyes. "The Key to the Deep Ascendant Rune is not even the rune. It is merely the underlying principle which could be used to modify the underlying principle of the current Ascendant Rune. It is like the doubling of the alphabet, and the creation of billions of new words, and the creation of a whole new grammar framework to regte those new words. Those new words and grammar rules would then be applied to the Ascendant Runes to enhance the effect that they were trying to achieve. Modifying and enhancing those Ascendant Runes into Deep Ascendant Runes is like taking a full million-word novel and editing everything upgrade the message that the novel was trying to convey using the added words and new grammar! It''s ridiculously difficult." Elise Sands said with half frustration and half envy. "I feel like a little girl in kindergarten being sent to a senior ss learning advanced programming for our quantum processors." Jul''Taras admitted. "You''re not wrong in feeling that way." Elise Sands. "At this stage, my advice would be to bite off whatever you can safely andpletely chew, one chunk at a time. Better fully upgrade what you can control rather than struggle to upgrade powers you cannot control." Elise Sands advised them sagely. "Understood." The two of them said, and resumed their studies. And that way, the three of them spent the next twenty days rtively quickly. However, for the rest of the Realm as well as the Shadow Realm, the twenty days that passed was torturously slow! Chaos had erupted in every single corner of the Shadow Realm as Wild Energy Blytoros continued its mad devour of every single thing around it. And after every sessful devour, it would take whatever it ate, and add it to itself. Within one day, it was Millionsoul Blytoros. Within two days, it was Billionsoul Blytoros. Within three days, it was Trillionsoul Blytoros. An unprecedented crisis had befallen the Shadow Realm, a power much stronger than one of the Gods, Blytoros had appeared!! However, Blytoros was a Lesser God within the Shadow Realm. The two Elder Gods, though they know of the weird "change" in Blytoros, were so much more powerful than him that they didn''t really pay him much attention. Instead, they reacted to the insane damage that the thousands of Elliot-Elise clones did with a deep fury that waspletely unexpected! They probably lost several precious treasures or followers in the massive nuclear fallouts spread out all across the most critical areas of their Star Systems. And as such, even though they lost a good chunk of their army, they sent the remaining into the main realm anyway, and triggered a massive inter-realm war!! The whole known universe was immediately plunged into a defensive war. The few days which they had to prepare in advance was barely enough. But still, at least they weren''t caught with their pants down. When the billions of Shadow Realm fleets crossed their portals and into the known universe, they found Primals standing ahead of whatever army they could cobble together at short notice. It was barely enough, but at the very least it wasn''t the unguarded entry that the Shadow Realm fleetmanders were hoping for. The mes of war spread out relentlessly throughout both Realms as top Shadow Primals fought with the Primals of the known universe. The Shadow Realm activated every single Shadow Parasite infested warrior under them, and turned them against their respective powers with devastating effect! The Shadow Parasite Disaster which was considered as good as over, finally showed its deadly fangs! Tragedies of the gravest magnitude started urring as Ancients fought and died, and Hegemons turned to ash as though they never existed. In some cases, even Primals were being pushed to the brink of death. The warriors of the known universe were mostly a notch weaker than the Shadow Realm, and the results showed. And all the while, our MC was seated peacefully upon afortable cushion near his home, doing what he did best. Powering up before his grand entrance. Chapter 394 In Elliots Hands

394 In Elliot''s Hands

Saint Dul''Akharat was standing calmly atop the highest peak of thergest in one of the most prosperous Star Systems of the Central Gxies, the Mountain of Skulls of the Linhasan Empire. Of the five Central Gxies, the Linhasan Empire had fared the worst. Nearly the entire Royal Family had been infested by Shadow Parasites, and it was only due to the fact that the King of Linhasa was a powerful newly ascended Primal that he was free from infestation. But even so, he had failed to prevent theplete annihtion of his standing army. Led by the once in a millenial genius daughter of his, the Seventh Princess Elleanor Linhasa, the infestation had spread to almost half of his army, and they had instantly turned on the other half as soon as the Shadow Realm made their move. Within hours, the infested half hadpletely destroyed the uninfested half, and wereying siege to the Grand Pce of Linhas, the Seat of Power for the Linhasan Empire. Thanks to his newly advanced power, King Jerle Linhasa was able to capture most of the infested army. But he only managed to do so for the King, Emperor and Hegemon level fighters. The infested Ancients chose to self-destruct to further incapacitate the Linhasan Army. And thus, the once mighty Linhasan Empire was left almostpletely devoid of Ancients, and less than a quarter of its original army. But with the loss of so many top fighters, Linhasa''s strength was less than one percent of its previous peak. King Jerle''s ascension was the only thing that kept the Linhasan hope of survival alive. And if King Jerle was to fall in battle, Linhasa would cease to exist, much less remain one of the five main powers of the Central Gxy. It was in this weakest link of the five Central Gxy powers that Saint Dul''Akharat had chosen to make his personal stand. Of course, his clones were spread out all over the ce to aid the rest of the Primals and to maintain a close eye on the situation. But the bulk of his personal strength would stay in Linhasa. Whatever the situation, the five Central Gxies must survive the war. It was their beating heart. Almost every life form was represented within them, and every single precious resource could be found in abundance. If the five Central Gxies survived the war, they could rebuild the rest of the universe rtively quickly from there. But if they were to fall, the rebuilding process would be much slower. Saint Dul''Akharat did not entertain any thoughts of losing the war. With Elliot and Elise Sands working behind enemy lines, he was confident that they would eventually seed. But even so, he was sighing deeply as he stood there. The beautiful viewprising of heavenly mountains, rivers, waterfalls and grasnds set in a picturesque setting did little to lighten his mood. Elise Sands had finally remembered to inform Saint Dul''Akharat of the current development, and the news hadpletely caught Saint Dul''Akharat by surprise. Of course they had! Elise Sands had broken through to Saint level? Good! Thousands of full-strength clones of Elliot and Elise? Very good! They had went on to destroy thousands of Star Systems? Excellent! Realm of Banshees open? Bad! Wild Space open? Very bad! Wild Energy Blytoros? Disastrous! Wild Energy Blytoros could kill FIVE of their clones with a single move? ¡­ ¡­ Wild Energy Blytoros has grown powerful enough to challenge the Elder Gods of the Shadow Realm? ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ Overall, although they were making progress with the spike in top level fighters they could field in the war thanks to Elliot''s Clone Portals, the situation hadn''t changed in a significant manner for them. The Shadow Realm still sent in their troops, and the bloody defensive war they wanted to avoid at all costs still erupted with startling ferocity. "Why are you sighing, My Lord?" Primal Jerle Linhasa asked him politely. Being a new Primal, Jerle Linhasa was extremely courteous to the almighty Saint Dul''Akharat who held the fate of his precious Linhasan Empire in his hands. "I suppose you''re qualified to know, now that you''re a Primal." Saint Dul''Akharat nced at him and smiled ruefully. "Although, there will be no benefits in the knowing, even though you''re already at the peak tform of strength within our known universe." "Information is power. Knowing is always better than not knowing." Primal Jerle Linhasa said quietly. "I would have known of it anyway, if the only other Primal of Linhasa did not fall so early in the battle." "Primal Farlinor of Linhasa''s demise was certainly unexpected." Saint Dul''Akharat agreed. "But it was unavoidable. He was fighting a three on one battle. Buying that much time to allow me to reach this ce on time was already a glorious achievement, one that he should be proud of." Primal Jerle nodded wordlessly. The Empire of Linhasa stood at the brink of annihtion. There were only so many words that courtesy could bring out of Primal Jerle. Saint Dul''Akharat went on to exin the situation to Primal Jerle. "If that''s the case, then wouldn''t our current crisis be solved if they simply sent their clones to protect us? Or even better, if this Elliot''s clonese and set up these Clone Portals for us? A single clone portal could easily protect a full sector of the known universe. I don''t see why they couldn''t do that." Primal Jerle asked quietly. "Elliot had gone into uninterruptible cultivation much too suddenly. Apparently ording to Saint Elise, he hadn''t moved an inch ever since he started." Saint Dul''Akharat smiled bitterly. "The secret of the Clone Portalsy with him. Saint Elise could only control her own clones, which she had already sent to defend the countless Star Systems without a proper army. We are now officially in a fight to buy time. If we can somehow survive until Elliot wakes up, we will be fine. If not¡­ it is our fate " "What about his existing clones and existing Clone Portals? Couldn''t they help?" Primal Jerle pressed on. "His clones and clones portals all winked out of existence the moment he entered the critical stage of cultivation." Saint Dul''Akharat said slightly grimly. The fact that they were depending so much upon Elliot irked him endlessly. But that was the reality they were in at that moment. Their lives were all in Elliot''s hands! Chapter 395 Daddys Ti...

395 Daddy''s Ti...

"They are here." Saint Dul''Akharat said before Primal Jerle could press on with more questions. Silently, the two top fighters currently situated in the Empire of Linhasa cast out their powerful senses and determined the directions from which their enemies wereunching their attacks. To their dismay, they had split up into four directions! And each direction was led by a Shadow Primal! "Come with me to quickly kill one of the Shadow Primals." Saint Dul''Akharat said as he split himself into four. "My three clones should be sufficient to hold the other three back in the meantime." "As youmand, Saint Dul''Akharat." Primal Jerle nodded. Although he had only just broken through, Primal Jerle was a support type Primal. Support types were considered weak, and had a very low cap in battle power. But in their specific situation, Jerle being a support type Primal was the perfect oue for them. Unlikebat type Primals who had to gain strength for a long time before they could even dream of being useful in a fight against Shadow Primals who were mostly ten times stronger than normal Primals if not more, Support Primals were able to instantly impact any battle they were in. They simply had to stand there and provide whatever boost they specialised in and instantly, they would have made an impact to the battle. Saint Dul''Akharat whisked Primal Jerle away to meet the strongest Shadow Primal in battle. Whoosh. They appeared before a vast army of millions slowly making their way towards the Linhasan Empire from the East. The Shadow Realm spaceships were arrayed in thousands of arrowhead formations which made their intent of charging through the Linhasan defense abundantly clear. They were on a suicide mission to breakthrough at all costs and wreak havoc to the interior of the Linhasan Empire. They were there not to conquer, but to destroy! The vastly weakened Linhasan Army was dispersed to protect the many critical areas that needed defending. Only slightly more than ten thousand Linhasan spaceships were stationed in that particr area, and they were stretched paper thin. More were being called frantically to gather there as reinforcements, but it was a mere gesture of formality. They wouldn''t do more than dy the inevitable. Even if all the reinorcements they called upon could reach them on time, their numbers would merely be bolstered to slightly over a hundred thousand spaceships. By any measure in normal times, it was still a terrifying force capable of dominating any second rate empire. But against the millions of Shadow Realm spaceships¡­ They were like a piece of tissue paper before the sharp sting of a ferocious wasp. There was no way they would be able to stop the Shadow Realm invasion in this sector. Their only hopey in their top fighters. If they could win their battles quickly, then hopefully they would be able to wipe out the Shadow Realm spaceships as well after that. But if not¡­ It would be farewell. "Hohoho. A Saint and a Primal. This Empire is pretty powerful. I had no idea you guys had Saints. Awesome! Very awesome! It is my great fortune to be able to meet you both!! Wahahahaha!!" A in looking demon, if demons could ever be described as that, appeared before them. But truly, as demons go, there was nothing special about him. He was three meters tall, which was quite small for a demon. He had two in horns half the length of his rtively ugly butmon demonic face. Two shoulder des protruded evilly from his shoulders and his normal length arm ended in sharp ws. His body was garbed in standard demonic armor and his wed feet were boringly muscr. All in all, he was rather¡­ underwhelming to behold. Primal Jerle wasted no time starting his verbal attack on that particr point. "Oh Lord. You must be the most generic demon in the entire Shadow Realm. What''s with thepleteck of demonic ferocity and fearsomeness? I only met you for a few seconds and I am already getting sleepy!" Primal Jerle shouted at him. "Are you stunted? Did you suffer from malnutrition and ack of demonic tits with demonic milk as a kid? Or perhaps you grew up mistakenly sucking your daddy''s tits instead of your mom''s? Dumbass boring demon!" Saint Dul''Akharat chuckled loudly. His subjects would probably be shocked to their cores if they knew their exalted King, Primal Jerle had such a wonderfully dirty mouth. 750 "WHAT? STOP TALKING ABOUT MY EXALTED FATHER''S TITS! I FORBID YOU TO TALK ABOUT HIS TITS!" The boring demon roared angrily. "Ho. It appears you''ve struck gold, Primal Jerle. There must be something wrong with his father''s tits. I would have been very interested to know more if we weren''t so pressed for time." Saint Dul''Akharat said with augh. "No matter. Hisposure is already broken. It''s enough. Let us begin." Primal Jerle said quietly and released his power. Saint Dul''Akharat nodded in agreement and drew his greatsword as well. Crackle. Primal Jerle''s power covered Saint Dul''Akharat with a green and red glow. All at once, Saint Dul''Akharat''s vitality and strength were boosted by a full one hundred percent. It wasn''t much, but every single boost of strength would be critical, especially considering the fact that he had split himself into so many clones. "Excellent. Let us end this quickly." Saint Dul''Akharat said as his vision turned gold and the boring demon''s String of Fate became visible to him. As always, a Saint''s opening attack against a non-saint would be to try and break their string of fate. That way if he seeded, he wouldn''t even need to fight. But as expected, the demon''s string of fate was obscured in ck fog. His God was intervening. "I guess I have to resort to old fashioned methods." Saint Dul''Akharat said with a sigh. "Primal Jerle, stay alive and keep talking about his father''s tits. nder him with all of your creative strength. I expect no less than fifty other male demons sucking on them within the minute." Saint Dul''Akharat ordered. Primal Jerle could only sigh and nod his head. Nobody would believe him if he told them his story. That he, a Primal, was relegated to talking about the enemy father''s titties during the most critical battle of his empire! What a joke! Chapter 396 Poor Boring Demon

396 Poor Boring Demon

But joke or no joke, the fate of his Empirey in the power of his¡­ Daddy titties insults. And so he directed all of his Primal Level intellect to create the most crushing daddy titties insult ever created in the history of the universe. Thankfully the bar was pretty low to ovee. Not many actually bothered to talk about daddy''s titties. He was probably the first and only notable person to do that. "YOUR DADDY''S TITTIES!!" Primal Jerle roared with all of his strength as he began his inglorious attack. "ARE SO HUGE THAT ALL THE OTHER MALE DEMONS GET HORNY LOOKING AT HIS CLEAVAGE!!" Primal Jerle''s voice thundered across the entire universe despite the fact that there was no air to transmit sound waves. Primal Jerle had used vocal techniques that transmitted themselves via energy waves to ensure prompt and unobstructed delivery. Thankfully the advantage of such a technique was that he could direct his energy towards a specific target and thus the rest of his subjects could not hear his daddy titties insult. If not, he would definitely step down as King as soon as the battle was over. "Good start! But more!" Saint Dul''Akharat shouted at Primal Jerle even as he started a furious exchange with the enraged demon. "STOP TALKING ABOUT MY EXALTED FATHER''S TITTIES!!" The boring demon Primal roared mightily as he blocked a massive overhead swing from Saint Dul''Akharat. "His titties are so huge and so popr! That the mailman had an affair with him!!" Primal Jerle shouted. "In fact, I saw them both li¡­ li¡­" Primal Jerle stuttered slightly as he struggled to say the word. "Stop! Don''t say it!!" Saint Dul''Akharat roared as he fought down his goosebumps. But it was toote. The can of worms was already smashed, and the most disgusting worms started toe out. "AHH!! HOW DID YOU KNOW THEY LIKED TO LICK EACH OTHER''S TITTIES!!" The demon shrieked with incredible fury. "HOW DID YOU KNOW?? DID YOU FIND OUT THAT I LIKE TO DO THAT TOO??" "Damn it! Jerle! You and your daddy''s tits!! Look at what you''ve done!" Saint Dul"Akharat bellowed loudly with indignant and righteous anger. "Kill him! Kill him quick before he talks about worse things!!" Primal Jerle shouted desperately. But it was impossible to physically defeat a powerful Shadow Primal so quickly, even if it was Saint Dul''Akharat and his immense strength. A full minute still passed before Saint Dul''Akharat was able to y the boring Demon. But by that time¡­ Saint Dul''Akharat and Primal Jerle were pale and shaken to their very core. They had heard the most disgusting confession they could ever imagine in that one very long minute. Till his dying breath, the demon did not stop talking about his daddy''s¡­ nevermind. "Let''s kill the Shadow Army and get the hell out of here." Primal Jerle said hoarsely. "Yes. Let''s do that." Saint Dul''Akharat croaked weakly. His whole mind felt like it had jumped into the filthiest well filled with filthy, sticky stuff. He needed a red, hot, fiery and dangerous battle to wash his soul clean! What a disgusting demon!! He grasped the strings of fate belonging to the millions of Shadow Realm spaceships, and gave them a massive tug Ripppp!!! All of them broke easily. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! All of them exploded as soon as their string of fate was severed. It was extremely easy for top fighters to kill low level fighters. It was almost unfair how easily they did it. But that was why the top level fights were so important. Victory or defeaty in their hands. And that was that. After cleaning up the East, Saint Dul''Akharat and Primal Jerle appeared at the North. There, Saint Dul''Akharat''s clone and yet another demon were having a massive fight. All things considered, they were roughly equal in strength, and the fight was quickly resolved with the addition of Saint Dul''Akharat''s real body. Saint Dul''Akharat sent his clone to help the South while he went to the West with Primal Jerle. As soon as they arrived at the Western battlefield, their hearts sank. The Shadow Primal there had just delivered the killing blow on Saint Dul''Akharat''s clone. sh!! sh!! sh!! sh!! Four hyper fast shes cut up the poor clone into pieces. The Western Shadow Primal was hiding its strength. It was actually the strongest out of the four Shadow Primals!! All around them, Linhasan spaceships werepletely destroyed and the Shadow Realm spaceships had entered and dispersed. "Go after them and clean them up." Saint Dul''Akharat said seriously. Primal Jerle instantly blinked away without a word. Cleaning up the ships would be an easy but tedious task considering that they had dispersed into so many different directions. Even if he spent a second each on them, he would still need thousands of seconds to clean them up. By then, thousands ofs on his Western Region would be destroyed. Primal Jerle had no time to spare. "The original body. Good. Come and die." The Western Shadow Primal said very simply. It was a slim beast of sorts, shaped very simrly to a nine-tailed fox. Its fur was a beautiful white. But instead of nine tails, it probably had nine thousand. And instead of a beautiful foxy body and head, it was more like a ferocious and ugly pitbull. With nine heads. It was a fearsomebination of the Nine-tailed Fox and three Cerberuses. "Great. The quiet andpetent kind." Saint Dul''Akharat grumbled to himself. He gripped his greatsword firmly in his right hand, and raised his left hand to point at the beast. "Burn." He said softly. The full might of a Saint''s fire elemental spell condensed in an instant and exploded on the Shadow Primal. BOOOM!!!! But as soon as the explosion rang out, the fiery mes that his fire elemental energy had created disappeared! "Freeze." Came the beast''s solemn voice. Crack!! Ferociously aggressiveyers of sharp ice energy appeared around Saint Dul''Akharat and locked him down in ce! Chapter 397 Pitbulls

397 Pitbulls

"Gah." Saint Dul''Akharat groaned slightly as he unleashed a powerful anti-energy shell around him which struggled to negate the fearsome ice energy around it. He contracted his massive muscles and gave his body a powerful twist. Crack!! The frozen shell around him crumbled into a billion pieces as Saint Dul''Akharat rapidly regained his movement ability. However, in high level battles, especially ones above Primal level, a split second was extremely long, and the time Saint Dul''Akharat took to free himself was more than enough for his opponent to release tens of deadly attacks, any of which was strong enough to obliterate even stars. Ice spikes glistening with unblockable energy pierced Saint Dul''Akharat''s body from all directions!! "Afterimage? You''re fast." The ferocious white beast with obvious surprise in his voice. It turned out that the ice spikes merely prated the after image of Saint Dul''Akharat! "You''re merely a Shadow Primal. You are dreaming if you think you can deal with me using such a low level skill and attack sequence." Saint Dul''Akharat''s voice appeared eerily from all directions. He had split himself into a thousand images and had surrounded the beast in a blink of an eye! The white beast didn''t bother to reply him and sent out its nine thousand tails surging out in all directions. For a beast with nine mouths, it was strangely of very few words! Each of those tails were covered with the same unblockable energy which covered the ice spears earlier, and were exactly the ones which shed Saint Dul''Akharat''s clones into pieces. "What beautiful tails. I think they will make pretty warm coats for me and my family. Since you have so many, I am sure you don''t mind if I take a few, right?" All of Saint Dul''Akharat''s thousand images grinned and started shing away at the tails. Some of the images dealt no damage at all as their swords passed through the tails harmlessly. Some dealt a little bit of damage and drew blood, staining the perfect white tails with strikingly red blood. A few managed to sh off the tails entirely! The rather tight lipped white beast finally opened its many mouths in a ferocious roar of frustration. Its many tails surged towards those that dealt damage and tried to viciously rip those images to pieces. However, each of those images exhibited stunning skill, and after a few minutes of intense fighting, the white beast merely managed to take down a measly ten images out of a thousand! "Haha! Why are your physicalbat skills so poor? Do you have too many tails to control? Here! Let me help you get rid of some of them!" Saint Dul''Akharat thrash talked with the beast and made his images attack with greater speed and greater ferocity. sh! sh! sh! Hundreds of tails started to get cut off, causing the white beast to descend into a near mindless rage. It had never faced such a difficult foe before in its entire life! It was born as a Spiritual Grade beast, and its journey to be a Shadow Primal had been extremely smooth. Saint Dul''Akharat was definitely the strongest and the most irritating enemy it had ever met! "Beast Split." It finally shouted after losing nearly five hundred of its tails to Saint Dul''Akharat. Instantly, its body split into nine parts, and each of its nine heads got themselves a body. And very intriguingly, the nine bodies were made up of three different colours. Three werepletely red in colour, five were blue and thergest and seemingly the strongest one was white. "Gah!! Finally I am back in my own body! That beastbination skill may be Godly, but it sure is hard to surrender all control to just Death Snow!" One skinny red-furred pitbull with a hundred hundred bushy tails shouted as it started to dodge Saint Dul''Akharat''s images with great agility and managed to avoid getting any more of its tails cut off. "Hard? More like torturous! That Death Snow is so damned cool and quiet, I almost died out of boredom!!" Another skinny red-furred pitbull but with two hundred bushy tails shouted as well. It too was extremely agile, in fact, it was almost twice as fast as the first one. "Indeed. I have never felt so suffocated, so stressed in my entire life! Whose stupid idea was it? Who first suggested that webine into one powerful entity! I won''t do it again! I won''t!" The third skinny red-furred pitbull with three hundred bushy tails howled. This third red-furred pitbull was the fastest, and disyed three times the speed of the first. "It was mine." A powerful blue-furred pitbull with three thousand bushy tails growled. Out of the remaining pitbulls, it was the secondrgest, just after the solitary white which was far and away the strongest with four thousand bushy tails. The blue-furred pitbull wasn''t as fast as the red-furred ones, but they were extremely tough and extremely strong. He didn''t need to dodge Saint Dul''Akharat''s attacks. He was powerful enough to block them! The remaining four blue-furred pitbulls had around three hundred tails each, and were on par with the strongest red-furred pitbull. They were as strong as the red-furred pitbull was fast. "Ah? Big Brother Blue Thunder! It was yours? Ahahaha!! Great idea! Great idea indeed!" The hundred-tail red pitbullughed loudly. The other blue-furred pitbulls snickered loudly. "Enough." The white furred pitbull of few wordsmanded. "Defeat your opponents quickly and identify its real body." "Yes big boss! Haiyaaa!!" The chatty red-furred pitbulls acknowledged hismands and immediately started counter attacking with their tails. The blue-furred pitbulls merely grunted and began trading hits with the images. Very slowly, but surely, and with increasing speed, Saint Dul''Akharat''s images started to umte damage, and one after the other, they began to fade away as their energies got depleted. And within a minute, the number of images had finally dropped past a critical level, and like a bursting dam, the remaining images suddenly all took critical damage and disappeared! But after they did so... "Huh? Where the hell is the real body?" The hundred tail red-furred pitbull shouted. Chapter 398 A Demon

398 A Demon

"That''s not even the most important question!! Where is Big Brother Blue Thunder??" A blue-furred pitbull shouted in rm. At that, all remaining eight pitbulls looked around and only then they realized that they had lost their second strongest warrior without even being alerted to the process in the slightest! "This isn''t good at all!" The noisy hundred-tailed red-furred pitbull shouted. "Stick together, everyone! We cannot lose -" "WHERE IS BIG RED?? HE IS GONE!!" The two-hundred-tailed red-furred pitbull shouted in panic. "WHAT? HE WAS JUST HERE!" Every single pitbull whirled to look at the spot where "Big Red" wasst seen mere seconds ago, and true enough, he was gone!! "Stick together, cover each other''s backs." Death Whitemanded. The remaining seven pitbulls obeyed instantly. "Should webine into one again?" A blue-furred pitbull asked nervously. "Yeah, I think we should." Another blue-furred pitbull replied equally nervously. "The reds won''t like it though, right gu- THE REDS ARE GONE!!" A blue-furred pitbull shouted in horror as he realized the two noisy reds which were supposed to be next to him had both disappeared! At that moment, Death White finally realized that his choice to split was a fatally wrong one. Although the split allowed them to handle the many images of their opponent easily which allowed them to avoid losing more tails, it also separated them into nine weaker individuals, all of which were far from being a match to their opponent. "We need to rbine. Now." Death Whitemanded. But by that time, only two other pitbulls were left, and they werepletely frozen in fear. "Stop staring at nothing like an idiot!" Death White snapped at them. "Quick! Get into posi¡­" That was as far as he got before the two remaining pitbulls faded away into nothing right before his eyes!! "Now, only your remain." Saint Dul''Akharat''s voice sounded from nowhere and everywhere. Death White, as always, remained silent and merely looked around, looking for him calmly. "Don''t bother looking. You won''t find me. You should know by now that I could make you disappear as easily as I could the rest of your team." Saint Dul''Akharat chuckled. "Then why haven''t you?" Death White asked calmly. "Because I need information. You look pretty important, I am sure you know many things about your realm. Why don''t you tell me some of the more important secrets? If you do, I will give you a clean death." Saint Dul''Akharat said calmly as he gave Death White a "generous" offer. "No." Death White said calmly. "I will not empower my enemy. Just kill me." "Of course I will kill you. You don''t have to be so impatient. But since you are unwilling to teach me, then don''t me me for the pain that you will be suffering next. You brought this upon yourself" Saint Dul''Akharat said with a regretful sigh. A sliver of fate energy appeared out of nowhere and entered Death White''s head very suddenly. Before Death White could react, it suddenly howled in absolute pain!! "Waaaooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!" But it was a very short howl of pain. Within a few seconds, Death White wasatose as Saint Dul''Akharat forcibly read his memories. "So he is nothing more than a high ranking warrior. He isn''t interested in intelligence gathering at all. Cheh. What a waste." Saint Dul''Akharat grumbled lightly to himself as he closed his eyes and sorted through Death White''s treasure trove of memories. "Nothing much here." Saint Dul''Akharat sighed and then burned the body to ashes in an instant. He took out the other nine pitbulls he had caught, and started casually doing the same thing to them as well. One after another, he shook his head with a sigh and burned them all to ashes mercilessly until¡­ "Hmmmm? Hohoho. What do we have here?" Saint Dul''Akharat chuckled gleefully as he read through the hundred-tailed red-furred pitbull''s memories. "To think that this weak furball is actually a spy! What an amazing set of information! I need to ry this to Elise Sands at once!" After a few seconds, he burned its body to ashes as well and gave a very satisfied smile. "So that''s the secret! Agents from the Realm of Sin had already infiltrated the Shadow Realm. They would be attacking within a hundred years. When the lips are gone, the teeth would be cold. I would need to make sure that the Shadow Realm remain capable of resisting them even after we neutralized them as a threat to us. But how can I achieve two seemingly contradictory objectives? To neutralize the threat the Shadow Realm poses on us, we need to weaken it. But for it to be effective in resisting the Realm of Sin, we need to strengthen it!" Saint Dul''Akharat thought aloud even as he injected all the crucial information into a device to be passed to Elise Sands as soon as possible. However, he suddenly turned to the south in surprise. "Another spy from the Realm of Sin? And with a mysterious artifact? Interesting!" He blinked, and then instantly appeared at the site of battle on the Southern Front. There, his two clones had managed to defeat the Southern Shadow Primal and had even managed to capture him. One clone had went on to read his memories while the other departed to destroy the Shadow Fleet. His clone passed him the mysterious artifact as soon as he got there and Saint Dul''Akharat started to study it very intently. It was a small ck sphere the size of a normal human fist covered with light carvings of strange runes all over it which he did not understand in the slightest. "These strange runes seem to be depicting a spell of sorts. I can sense its killing intent. It is probably the Realm of Sin''s version of a spellbook." Saint Dul''Akharat muttered to himself. However, all of a sudden, the ck sphere started to glow and a strange projection of a being appeared above the sphere. It was a demon! Chapter 399 Dark Runes

399 Dark Runes

And an extremely powerful looking one at that! Ten fearsome horns rose majestically from his head like a crown, and his powerful body waspletely filled with natural spiked armor which looked extremely dangerous. His eyes glowed a deep, devilish maroon and his mouth was wide open in a freaky smile that was not a smile. "Shaktaba Loparash Tibras." Although Saint Dul''Akharat did not recognize thenguage, somehow he instinctively understood what they mean. "I have been waiting a long time for you." The demon had said. A deep chill had run down Saint Dul''Akharat''s spine as soon as the meaning of those words appeared in his mind. "I am Bathozara, in the service of Balthazoras, the God of Greed. I have an offer for you, powerful one of the higher realm." The demon said. "An offer? Interesting. Go on ahead and tell me." Saint Dul''Akharat said as he smiled at finally being able to make contact with a member of the Realm of Sin. He would milk all the information he needed about the Realm of Sin from this Bathozara and then leave him high and dry! "Of course. But before I do so, please prove your strength by smashing this sphere apart. You have defeated its previous carrier and have proven yourself at least at the Lord level, like me. But if you can break this sphere, then you will be at least at the Dark Lord level, and the offer that I will give you will naturally contain better terms and more importantly, betterpensation." The demon said politely. Saint Dul''Akharat studied the small ck sphere carefully for a few seconds, and determined that it contained no source of energy apart from the little one that powered its ability tomunicate across realms. "Fine." He finally said, and crushed the small ck sphere casually with but a single thought. The demon''s eyes widened greedily at Saint Dul''Akharat''s disy of immense strength. "Impressive, Esteemed One of the Higher Realm. Dark Lord Bal-Goras of Avarice will take over from me now. Congrattions on your feat." The demon then disappeared from the projection, and another even more powerful looking demon appeared in his ce. This demon was much bigger than the previous one, and had eleven huge horns atop his head. His body was simrly armored and his unsmiling smile was amazingly much more sickening than even the first demon. Saint Dul''Akharat sighed in his heart and vowed that if he ever had the chance, he would rid the realms of those disgusting smiles. His day was already half ruined by the sheer disgust those smiles had incited within his heart! "Powerful warrior of the higher realm. This is an offer from Balthazoras, the most powerful God of the Realm of Sin, the God of Greed." Dark Lord Bal-Goras started without preamble. "The following are what you need to do. Number one. Swear fealty to Balthazoras, God of Greed. Number two. Find a way to open a star-sized portal from the Shadow Realm into the Realm of Sin. In exchange, you will receive the following things. Number one. You will be crowned as the ruler of your entire realm after the Balthazoras conquers the Shadow Realm and your realm. You will be beneath one, but above the rest. Number two. You will receive a powerful Sin Heart, which will provide you with the Power of Greed. Your strength will instantly increase by more than ten times, and you will be able to wield the power of the Dark Runes, an energy maniption system unique to the Realm of Sin. With the Dark Runes, your strength will also increase by at least ten times! None within the Realm of Shadow and your own realm will be able to resist you." Bal-Goras said with an enticing tone. Saint Dul''Akharat merely smirked at Bal-Goras and shook his head. He was no novice in haggling, and the first rule of haggling was: reject the first offer, no matter how good it was! "Dark Runes? Horseshit. I can break your Dark Lord grade little ball with just a simple thought. I doubt your Dark Runes are as powerful as you say." Saint Dul''Akharat sneered. "You need to do much, much better than that, little imp. I want your God''s blood, ten God-level treasures, and all of the Dark Runes. In advance." Bal-Goras half snarled in anger at being called an imp, and half smiled in greed at the high price that Saint Dul''Akharat was demanding. It proved to him that Saint Dul''Akharat was a being worth courting! "I cannot agree to giving you my God''s blood, of course. I do not have the authority to do that. I will need to consult with him first. The same goes for the treasure. But I can give you several samples of Dark Runes for you. Hehehehehe. I am sure that once you have tasted its power, you will be convinced that sooner orter, all the realms will be united under our rule!" Bal-Goras said as he licked his lips greedily. "Hmph. I will give you one chance to impress me. If I find that your Dark Rune is a weak piece of junk that does not increase my power by at least ten times as you imed, then don''t bother contacting me again!" Saint Dul''Akharat gave him a condescending sneer. "Of course! Let me give you a Lord level, no a Dark Lord level Dark Rune!" Bal-Goras said eagerly. "Dark Lord level, the level which this weak ass ck ball is made up of? Bullshit. If that''s the level you''re giving me, then don''t bother! Screw yourself and screw your God! Go find yourself another partner!" Saint Dul''Akharat roared in mock anger. "Wait! Wait! I have a higher grade Dark Rune right here! A Dark Saint level one! Here. Take it as a show of our sincerity." Bal-Goras said hastily and instantly transmitted the details of the Dark Rune. The pieces of the crushed ck ball instantly rearranged themselves into a massive te full of strange carvings. It was at least fifty meters by fifty meters! "Please try it out, and I will contact you once more in ten days. How does that sound?" Bal-Goras said. "Hmph. Good. Ten days it is." Saint Dul''Akharat said arrogantly and then crushed the energy projection to pieces. Chapter 400 Take a look at this

400 Take a look at this

The art of negotiation was, in essence, reading and manipting your opponent. Against the demons of Greed, it was the simplest thing ever for Saint Dul''Akharat to gain significant benefits merely by showing his worth and his reluctant willingness to cooperate. Afterall, something too easily achieved holds very little allure, and something that had to be fought and risked for would be more treasured, regardless of its true value. At that moment, due to his highly impressive act of breaking apart the ck sphere with but a single thought, the demons thought that they were in the presence of a power mightier than even their Dark Lords, and probably even at the Dark Saint level! The power structure of the Realm of Sin was actually pretty simple. Imps. Lords. Dark Lords. Dark Saints. Seven Sins. The Devil. And thus, with just shrewd negotiation skills fully taking advantage of the Dark Lord''s greedy nature, Saint Dul''Akharat got himself a critical resource! A Dark Saint grade Dark Rune! s, due to Elliot''s and Elise Sands'' unwillingness to share information about the Ascendant Runes with him and Jessica Sands'' ability to break down and recreate runes, he had no idea that in his hands was actually the key to fully unraveling the secrets of Dark Runes - IF Jessica Sands can get hold of it! "A Dark Rune eh? I don''t think that I would bepatible with such a vile energy maniption system. I can already sense a deep distaste for it just by looking at it. Ugh." Saint Dul''Akharat muttered to himself as he studied the massive Dark Rune Panel in front of him. "Forget it. I will keep it first, and see if I can squeeze anything more from the Dark Lord in ten days. For now¡­ The Shadow Realm must be stopped at all costs!" Saint Dul''Akharat was about to rip space open and make his way to the next hotspot within the known universe when suddenly, a horrible thought struck him. "If I could meet with these ck balls from the Realm of Sin, then other Primals would probably meet with them as well. And if some of them take up their offer for real¡­" Saint Dul''Akharat grimaced as he thought of the massive headache he needed to deal with in the future. How many of the Primals within the known universe would defect? "I doubt they would be so foolish as to sign contracts now without knowing anything about the strength of the Realm of Sin. Especially for the stronger Primals. They would probably wait and see how things develop and jump ship only when things turn for the worse. The only ones that would defect now and actively work for the sess of the Realm of Sin would be those who are currently weak, and have not much hope for gaining strength and influence. They must be watched carefully. Elliot and his Dragon Primals, as well as Elise Sands must be notified immediately, lest they get backstabbed by some pretentious Primals iming to help them, but are instead working on behalf of their new masters." Saint Dul''Akharat decided. He immediately sent a clone to Elise Sands, and proceeded to lend his strength to aid another hotspot. He did not, however, ry the information to the other Primals lest they get tempted, and started to actively look for it instead. "Hopefully, I will be able to get my hands on more balls and destroy them." He thought as he disappeared into his portal. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Dark Runes?" Elise Sands'' eyes gleamed in pleasant surprise. "Show me!" "I only have an image. The original is with my original body." Saint Dul''Akharat''s clone said. Elise Sands instantly waved her hand lightly and disyed an incredible level of power as she ripped apart space right next to the original body of Saint Dul''Akharat. She smiled at his surprised look and stretched out her hand. "Don''t even think of not exining how on earth you found me so easily and so precisely." Saint Dul''Akharat said with a shake of his head as he took out the original Dark Rune te. Elise Sands took it with a grateful nod and then passed him a portal device. "As-" "I know. I''ll pass the next few ck balls I find to you." Saint Dul''Akharar said. "Hahahaha! Good job, little dul dul. Ok now I have to see if I can crack the mysteries behind this Dark Rune. Bye!" And with that, Elise Sands closed the portal. "Dark Rune eh? Let me have a go at studying it!" Elise Sands said as she ordered one of her clones to immediately study it. Of course she wasn''t so dumb as to use her original body to study it. Who knew what traps were set up within it by the nefarious and obviously evil powers within the Realm of Sin? She closed her eyes once more, and silence fell upon the massive room again, where Elliot, Jessica Sands, Jul''Taras and Monkey King were quietly powering up at their own unique pace. Blistering pace, of course, as all of them were certified geniuses. However, even among geniuses, Jessica Sands was proving to be many, many grades above the rest of them! The rate at which she deciphered and then recreated the runes, even the notoriously difficult andplex Royal Runes, were slowly but surely increasing. That way, silently, the first twenty days passed. And of course, Jessica Sands was the first to open her eyes even though she had the most difficult task. She took a deep breath, stood up slowly and stretched her hands and yawned massively. Elise Sands opened her eyes as well as smiled at her. "Did you seed?" She asked. "Of course. I havepleted all of the Ascendant Runes." Jessica Sands said proudly. "Good. Now, take a look at this." Elise Sands pointed at the Dark Rune te which was ced at a central position in the middle of the room. "Hmmm? This¡­" Jessica Sands frowned deeply when she saw the Dark Rune. And for the next three hours, she didn''t move another muscle. Chapter 401 Triumph

401 Triumph

When Elliot finally opened his eyes five hourster, the first thing he saw was Jessica Sands'' excited face in front of him. In fact, it was the only thing he could see because Jessica Sands was¡­ about to kiss him!! "Huh?" Elliot cried out lightly in shock. "AHHHHHH!!!!" Jessica Sands screamed. "AHHHHHHHHH!!!" Elliot screamed out as well. "Yo-you¡­ what were you doing!!" Elliot shouted. "What''s happening? Are you two okay?" Jul''Taras immediately leapt up from her seat and dashed towards them. Monkey King was only a split second behind her. "Ah! Nothing! Everything is fine! I was just¡­ I¡­ I¡­" Jessica Sands sputtered in panic. "I was looking at your nose for inspiration!!" She finally shouted and pointed at Elliot''s nose triumphantly as she found the "perfect" excuse. "Looking at my nose?? For inspiration??" Elliot was bbergasted. As one, Jul''Taras and Monkey King spun their heads around and their eyes locked onto Elliot''s nose likeser-guided missiles. "What''s so inspiring about his nose?" Jul''Taras asked Jessica Sands curiously. "Hmmmm. I can''t figure out what yet, but his nose does seem to be very unique. It has a mysterious feel to it. It certainly is a good source for inspiration¡­" Monkey King began as Jessica Sands nodded vigorously next to him. "Right? Right? It''s a very unique-" But before Jessica Sands could finish her sentence, Monkey King went on to finish his sentence first, very loudly. "- IF I was a nose pervert!!" Monkey King finished with a teasing smile. "What? What nose pervert!!" Poor Jessica Sands shouted back in horror. "I am not a nose pervert! I don''t even know what that is!" "Not knowing what it is doesn''t mean that you can''t be it." Jul''Taras continued teasing her. "I am not a pervert! I really did find some inspiration from his nose! Look at this." Jessica Sands took out a device and started to project a whole series of gibberish-looking scribbles for them to see. It was, of course, the inspiration that she got from the Dark Rune. But the rest didn''t have to know that¡­ yet. Monkey King and Jul''Taras frowned deeply. They had no idea what the gibberish was all about, but somehow, the gibberish had an elegant yet deeply dangerous feel to it. Elliot, however, had sprang up from his seated position in shock. "You found such incredibly deadly inspiration from my nose???" He shouted incredulously. "Uhhhhhh. Yes?" Jessica Sands winced lightly as she descended even further into her lies. "Is my nose¡­ such a demonic nose?" Elliot muttered as he rubbed his nose cautiously. "It is?" Jessica Sands said hesitantly in a tone that''s more like a question than a statement. "Is it alive? Or is it possessed by a demon? A nose demon?" Elliot asked Jessica Sands worriedly. "Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!! Aaahhahahahahahaa!!" Elise Sands'' extremely tickledughtet suddenly rang out from the side. "I¡­ I can''t take it any more!" She gasped as she tried to catch her breath and stopughing. "Possessed nose!! Nose demon!!! That''s the funniest thing I have ever heard!! And the stupidest!! Hahahahaha!!" Elliot pointed at Jessica Sands'' highly inspired scribblings and demanded "How else can you exin these breakthroughs in defenses against demonic power? These are obviously defensive applications based on very, very specific and high level demonic offensive runes! In fact, they are so extensive and so well deconstructed that they could even be applied as a general defense against demons! But I assume that was from Jessica''s genius more than my demonic nose." Jessica Sands glowed with pride at Elliot''s recognition of her abilities. But at the same time, she also turned slightly pink at how her fan-girl attempt to sneak in a little peck on Elliot''s nose had deteriorated into such a mess. "Rightttt." Elise Sands grinned at Elliot and Jessica Sands widely. "In any case! Here are the updated Ascendant Runes!! I''ve incorporated the insights I got from the Dark- ah, Dark Nose Runes into them! Your attacks based on these Ascendant Runes will deal 1000% additional damage against Demons and your defensive runes will be almost invulnerable against Demonic attack." Jessica Sands shoved the device to Elliot. "Wow, thanks alot! I-" "Ok! You''re wee! Now sit down, close your eyes and quickly master those runes! We need to make you an emperor as soon as possible!!" Jessica Sands shouted and pushed Elliot down into a sitting position once more and then promptly casting an istion spell around him to prevent any noise from going in or out. Elliot could only look at the rest in confusion and then sigh deeply before delving deep into the device once more to finallyplete his mastery of the twenty four Ascendant Runes. Twelvebat Ascendant Runes, and twelve Ascendant Support Runes, modified to be extra effective against demons. Add his incredible Cosmic Dragon Energy into it, and the Dragon Souls he got from the Dragon Primals, and Elise Sands'' inspired methods of modifying the River of Runes to reach Emperor level, and his Prehistoric Dragon Bloodline of all the Dragon Types avable, and you will get¡­ An absolutely peerless power. But would it be enough to fight against the Wild Energy Blytoros, and whatever else that could be lurking within Wild Space? There was no way of finding out apart from a full blown battle with it! However, that question was not the question which was being focused on by two particr girls in the room. "So tell me. Did you manage to kiss him?" Jul''Taras whispered to Jessica Sands privately as she grabbed hold of her arms. "You don''t have to deny it. I know that''s what you were trying to do!" "Ah? Hahahahahahahaah!" Jessica Sandsughed awkwardly and loudly while turning even redder than red. Steam started to rise from around her head as all the heat in her body rushed to her head. "Oh my god, you did it! You had your first kiss!!" Jul''Taras shouted excitedly. "Hahahahahahahahahahaha!" Jessica Sandsughed loudly again. But this time, there was no trace of awkwardness in her voice. Instead, it was filled with¡­ Triumph! Chapter 402 Universe of Runes

402 Universe of Runes

Elliot''s second phase of study took exactly three days. He had spent so much time with the other Ascendant Runes that although thetest batch consisted of the Royal Elements, he was able to quickly master them. In those three days, Jul''Taras, Monkey King and Jessica had also ingested the remaining Life Seeds and Death Energy particles which Elliot had to gain ess to the powerful Darklight Energy as well. Additionally, Elise Sands had prepared all of the most powerful treasures and medications that Elliot and the others would need to sessfully breakthrough to the Emperor level. And they wouldn''t be breaking through in the usual method. "What I am about to teach you is true breakthrough to the Emperor level." Elise Sands said proudly as she started her lecure to the four participants. "It is no longer suitable to be merely called River of Runes. Instead, I call it¡­ Empire of Runes!!" "Empire of Runes!" Elliot breathed in awesome wonder as his incredibly sharp mind instantly extrapted the idea put forward by the name and reached an urate conclusion of what Elise Sands would teach them in seconds. "Instead of merely filling up your energy pathways with runes to elevate the quality and quantity of your energies, what I am proposing is-" "The creation of entire runic "cities" within our bodies that would absorb energy from the outside and serve as an endless source of energy for us!" Elliot shouted excitedly. Elise Sands blinked in shock. That¡­ was an excellent idea!! And definitely a thousand times better than her own idea which was merely to create new energy pathways and create a three-dimensional energy system rather than the t two-dimensional system that normal Emperors would have! It was already a bold and heaven-shaking idea. But Elliot''s idea was much better! And apparently, he wasn''t done yet. "And not just energy absorption and distribution centers! We can also create offensive and defensive centers that would automatically release attacks and defenses within a specific proximity if they at an active state!!" Elliot went on excitedly with shining eyes. "Each offensive and defensive center would be connected to twelve, specific runic cities absorbing and distributing the twelve specific energy elements. Therger the city we make, the more spells can be stored within them! And as soon as we cast out a spell, the cities would automatically weave the energies required to cast that spell and store them, ready to be used once more! That way, all of our spells would be instant cast with just a single thought!! And if we can create a storage of at least ten spells per unique spell, then as long as we have enough energy, we would be able to cast every single spell we have instantly and infinitely! Amazing!! Amazing!!! You¡­ are the biggest genius of the entire known universe." Elliot looked at Elise Sands and praised her sincerely from the very bottom of his heart. "Ahhahahahahaha! And don''t forget to modify the energy pathways too! Make them three dimensional instead of two." Elise Sands shamelessly added. Elliot nodded once more as he slowly took in and processed the implication of Elise Sands'' idea. He then sighed in utter admiration at Elise Sands'' "genius". "Now I know where my genius came from. It must be from you, great grandma! I thought that I was unique. But apparently, I am merely the descendant of the biggest genius the universe had ever seen!" Jessica Sands said in awe. "Ahahahahahha! That''s not all! Far from it! I shall be a good teacher and allow you to discover the sheer extent of what a genius mindpletely set free from the shackles of mediocrity can achieve! Think! Think hard!" Elise Sands said sagely. Of course she had no more idea how such a wildly ingenious idea could be improved further. But she wasn''t about to let the kids shortchange themselves. The greatest enemy of best is, afterall, good! If one is satisfied with the good, then one will never reach best! Elise Sands sat there quietly and allowed the four heaven-shaking geniuses mull on how to improve the Empire of Runes even further. "Theoretically, with the Ascendant Runes and the principles from the Dark Rune, the advancement to Emperor level bes apletely nk canvas. There are so many things that we can create with the energy pathways¡­ It''s a shame that we can only do it once." Elliot said thoughtfully. "It''s like a painting. You decide on what you want to paint and then paint it. Once you''re done, it''s done." Jul''Taras said. "I am not making a painting." Elliot shook his head decisively. "I am making a full fledged nuclear powered dragon out of myself. This is what I have in mind. And endlessly reacting nuclear fusion and then fission, contained within containment runes and controlled by nuclear control runes to power the Empire of Runes. Automated offensive and defensive centers. Auxiliary centers of movement and misceneous spells. And¡­ cloning centers. Instant full powered clones of myself on the go." "Good. Don''t forget to create portal summoning centers. You would be able to extend your will into the Elemental Realms and summon powerful elemental entities from there. You can always cast that manually, of course. But having it automated and centered into a specific runic city would ensure that the strongest elemental entities are always at your beck and call." Jul''Taras added. Elliot nodded quietly and started to envision how everything would connect together within his body. The rest started to do the same thing. Even though Jul''Taras and Monkey King had limited mastery of the Ascendant Runes, they had mastered the fundamentals sufficiently to apply the principles and qualitatively improve the applications of the runes they have on hand. Plus, they were fated to never truly master them anyway. There was no point dying their growth for a long time to wait for that very slight additional mastery of the Ascendant Runes which wouldn''t make much of an impact. They would proceed, and then rise up as powerful movers and shakers within the known universe! Elise Sands blinked and grinned internally to herself. The universe truly belongs to the youth. From the River of Runes, to the Empire of Runes. And now with whatever they were nning¡­ she would call it¡­ Universe of Runes! Chapter 403 The Devil

403 The Devil

The process of creating the Universe of Runes took a full week. Elliot and Jessica Sands ended up creating the exact same Universe of Runes, while Jul''Taras and Monkey King did the same. And as soon as their Universe of Runes were created, their vast umted power started to rise exponentially. From low tier Emperor to middle, to top and then to peak, before finally subliming into the Hegemon level! And even then, Jessica, Jul''Taras and Monkey King saw powers continuing to rise before finally stopping at the edge of the next massive chasm. The chasm between Hegemon level and Ancient level - the mastery of souls. They opened their eyes aspletely different beings than before. As Kings, they were cannon fodder. But now as Hegemons wielding Darklight Energy upon the solid foundation of the Universe of Runes, they were already strong enough to contend with Primals! As soon as they finished, they nced at Elliot who was still powering up endlessly. Elliot was different from them. He had received the ten Dragon Souls and those souls granted his own dragon soul a vast umtion that pushed him very, very far across the chasm. He couldn''tpletely cross the chasm just yet, but he definitely had half a step into the Ancient level. When he finally opened his eyes, an invisible aura of power radiated calmly from him. It wasn''t an arrogant, domineering aura. It was fully draconic, and more importantly, it was a firm but boundlessly kind aura. While his three friends were taken by pleasant surprise at his brand new aura, Elise Sands was stunned. Never in her long life had she felt such a unique aura!! A kind aura? An aura that could express kindness? What in all of heaven was that? Elliot blinked a few times as he revelled in the might of his new power and then he sighed deeply. "I have just crossed a massive chasm, and risen dramatically in power. Yet here I am, once again facing a chasm. Souls, eh? The next big divide." Elliot smiled ruefully. "But I should be grateful. Even at this level¡­ I am at the very top in this realm." At his words, the kind aura retracted itself and sheer majesty flowed out from him inundated the whole room. There was not one bit of arrogance in his words. It was a mere statement from the most powerful being in the entire known universe! It was so obvious and so impossible to refute, that Elliot didn''t even need to feel proud about it. There was no need for a human being to be proud at the fact that he or she is taller than an ant! In the same way, there was no need for Elliot to feel proud at being more powerful than the rest of the known universe! Elise Sands gulped, even as his three friends stared at him reverently. Elliot turned his eyes to look at Elise Sands. "You are not my teacher, but you''re the one who led me to this point. I am grateful." Elliot said softly before standing up. "Please ept this bow as an expression of my gratitude and a sign of my respect for you." Elliot then bowed deeply. "Alright, alright. I know your heart. Please stand up." Elise Sands sprang to her feet and gently pushed Elliot up. If you want to know a person''s true nature, observe him as he deals with those weaker and of much lower social standing than him. The fact that Elliot''s first act after ascending intoplete power was to acknowledge the elder who had helped him to reach his position bore testimony of his true nature! Elise Sands was extremely pleased. She nced at Jessica Sands and nodded approvingly. Jessica Sands blushed deeply. "Jessica." Elliot said warmly as he turned to Jessica Sands. "I am- huh? Why is your face so red?" "Ah! I¡­ I¡­" Jessica Sands stuttered before her instincts kicked in. "The best defense is offense!" She thought. "You!! How could you!!" Jessica Sands shouted and pointed at Elliot, who then stared at her inplete shock. What the heck did he do??? "Ah? What did I do?" Elliot asked with very wide eyes surprise. "You¡­ you don''t know what you did?" Jessica Sands pretended to be confused. "No, I have no idea. Did I offend you and your great grandma or something?" He asked in confusion as he turned to look at Elise Sands who was grinning widely at him. "You truly don''t know?" Jessica Sands pretended to press him. "I truly don''t know." Elliot said seriously. "Ah. Okay. I guess then you''re forgiven. You can''t fully me someone for the sins they didn''t know theymitted in their ignorance after all. I forgive you." Jessica Sands patted Elliot''s shoulders generously. Elliot merely nodded and frowned lightly. It would be a mystery that he, despite his vast intellect, would fail to crack for a very, very long time. 830 "Anyway, now that you''ve grown so much stronger, there is a war that needs your intervention." Elise Sands reminded him. "And a strange God to kill." Elliot nodded and with a thought, sent his existing clones to the battle hotspots of the known universe. He then summoned a few newer and more powerful clones to hunt the Wild Energy Blytoros. He would see whether his clones would be enough to deal with a mutated God, or would he have to enter the fight personally. "And finally¡­ you have a Devil to dupe." Elise Sands tossed a huge ck ball filled with Dark Rune carvings at him. With just a nce, Elliot knew that it was the source of inspiration that powered Jessica''s modifications. However, if the ck ball was the source of inspiration, what was she doing with her face so close to him? He looked at Jessica Sands suspiciously whose face had turned red once more. Jessica Sands sighed deeply and then shook her head lightly. "I forgive you, Elliot." She said. Elliot merely nodded in confusion and left it at that. Women were truly strange creatures!! He turned his attention to the ck ball and smiled. "Now, what exactly is this and how do Imunicate with the Devil?" Chapter 404 Slapping a Demon God

404 pping a Demon God

"I got it from Saint Dul''Akharat." Elise Sands exined. "The Realm of Sin had converted quite a few of the Shadow Realm Primals into their ves and they all carried these ck balls tomunicate with those who slew those Shadow Primals. Depending on the size of the ck ball, Demons of varying strengths would be projected as soon as the ck ball is activated, and if you could destroy the ck ball, you would have seeded in proving your strength and gain the qualification to deal with the Realm of Sin. Most deals involve a free upfront gift. Dark Runes. This ck ball is the biggest one we''ve found in the past few weeks. You might just meet with their highest power through this." Elise Sands said with a gleam of excitement in her eyes. A look is all Elliot needed to immediately figure out the workings of the ck ball. Its energy flows and patterns were as clear as a cloudless noonday in his eyes, and he very quickly figured out the functions and effects of the ck ball. "Interesting. This ck ball is actually a highly advanced item clone, and will take the form of whatever its original takes back in the Realm of Sin." Elliot said as he tossed the ck ball up and down lightly on his hand. "And much more interestingly, it is a two way street! Whatever form this ball takes, its original will take too!" "The harder to get and the more powerful the target is, the more valuable it would be." Jul''Taras said quietly. "I will first show it power beyond anything it could ever imagine." Elliot nodded in agreement. "And then post the most ridiculous price ever." "What power? What price?" Jessica Sands asked eagerly. "This is going to be interesting." Monkey King smiled. He was in an excellent mood. His rise to power had been more than meteoric in the past few days, and at that moment, he stood near the peak of power in the known universe. It was an awesome feeling! "Sit back, rx and enjoy the show." Elliot grinned at them. They obliged and sat back down. Jessica Sands even took out some snacks to munch on while they watched! "You youngsters really know how to have fun and enjoy yourselves." Elise Sands sighed and sent her hand snaking in to the huge snack bowl filled with popcorn to grab herself a few. Munch. Munch. Munch. Elliot gave the ck ball which was the size of an oversized basketball onest toss before suspending it in mid air with his power. And then with just a casual thought, he exhibited incredible godlike strength and control, and forcibly deconstructed the ck ball into small particles! With another thought, he rearranged it into a rune that functioned more or less like a video camera with a massive speaker on the side of the Realm of Sin. The most, outrageously massive speaker Elliot could make. He nced at the four others who were munching on their popcorns. They nodded vigorously to encourage him. "Who the hell is the owner of this damned ck ball! Show yourself!" Elliot bellowed. Bang! Boom! Crash! All sorts of chaos rang out of the reconstructed ck ball. "What is that god awful noise!" An angry shout could be heard from the ball. "Hehehe. Not angry enough. Let''s crank up the noise." Elliot thought. "I SAID! WHO! THE! HELL! IS THE OWNER OF THIS DAMNED BALL!!" Elliot gave out an even louder roar! CRACK!!!! RUMBLE!!! BOOM! BANG! CRASH!! "Which damn Infiltration Device is that!! Bring it here!!" The owner of the utterly furious voice finally figured out the source of the sound. Very soon, a huge and creepy red eye appeared as a projection out of the ck ball. "So. You''re the damn owner of the ck ball." Elliot said calmly as he waved his hand casually to calibrate the video feed. The video feed zoomed out and focused on the owner of the angry voice and the massive red eye. "I am. And who the f*** are you." The demon asked calmly. It was a heck of a demon. Thirteen massive horns rose up high above his head in dreadful majesty. Six pairs of ck, batlike wings spread out behind his massive and spiky body like great sails of a sailboat. The scariest and most fearsome demonic face stared back at Elliot. "Who the f*** am I? You damn punk. Let me teach you a lesson for daring to speak to me that way." Elliot cursed at him loudly and molded the ck ball slightly to create an energy hand of sorts and... gave the demon a massive p on his face! Piakk!!!! "Son of a f***ing ugly demonic b****, watch your damn tongue next time before you talk to me. I am Elliot Musk, Realm Dominus. If you dare disrespect me again, I will rip your god damn ugly horns out and use them to clean the a**holes of my war horses." Elliot spat out vehemently after his powerful p found its target on the demon''s face which was in utter disbelief. The demon''s shock and outrage came in so manyyers that for a split second, he waspletely stunned. And then he exploded forth with such great anger that his title as the Dark Saint of Greed might as well be changed into the Dark Saint of Wrath! "F***ING A****** SON OF A *******!!! I WILL RIP YOUR THROAT OUT AND TEAR YOUR LIMBS APART!!" His furious roar thundered out and reverberated wildly in his realm. "SEND OUT A MISSION TO ALL UNITS AT ONCE!!! I WANT THIS BASTARD CAPTURED WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS!!" He shouted. "But, we only have three signed contracts! They have all been assigne-" The furious demon swung his ws at his demon underling who spoke up and severed his head with a single sh. "SEND THEM!!" His realm-shaking voice reverberating thunderously. "Ack-acknowledged!!!" His other demon aide squeaked in fear and immediately ryed his instructions. However Elliot merely set the volume of his rune down to the minimum and smiled back at the angry demon. And then he pped the demon again. Chapter 405 Milking the Devil 101

405 Milking the Devil 101

GRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! The demon screamed out very, very loudly. He had never felt so angry before in its entire life!! He grabbed the ck ball and injected a horrifying amount of energy into it, intending to cause the ck ball to explode and destroy the bastard who was so arrogantly pping him! However, before he could do much more than that, a dark shadow fell upon him and dried up the energy which he sent into the ck ball. "Dark Saint Cipir. You are hereby demoted to Dark Lord. Get the hell out of my sight." A light, shrieky voice rang out of the darkness and an unmatched power enveloped Dark Saint Cipir. Crack!! "UWAAAAAAAAA-" Dark Saint Cipir''s shriek of agony was cut short as he was physically flung away into the distance. A little girl who looked no older than fifteen years old with long blue hair and fully blue eyes appeared before Elliot. She wore a blue dress, and looked like a cute girl next door. "Kekekekekekeke. You are an interesting fe! Interes-" She started to say. "Shut up, little bitch. Are you the leader of these low lives?" Elliot said with slight impatience and exasperation, as though he was dealing with a bunch of clowns intent on wasting his time with retarded shows. "HAHAHAHAHA! You''re an arrogant one! Old Pride would love you to bits! The two of you are perfect for each other! Too bad younded in my hands. But you do need to learn how to be courteous to your elders. Take this as a lesson from a wizened old God to a cocky youth." The little blue girl said in her shrieky voice. Her power entered the ck ball and immediately, the ck ball in front of Elliot released a sharp but strange energy de and surged towards his body. However, Elliot merely smiled and redirected the energy de back towards the ck ball and produced a twin at the blue girl''s location! Her eyes widened lightly in shock as Elliot''s energy de buried itself in her tummy, and caused a little bit of blood to appear. "WHAT! You¡­ you¡­" Instead of getting angry, however, the blue girl''s eyes shined with greed. Jackpot! Her eyes seemed to scream. Elliot smirked at her, and continued to insult her to raise the difficulty of "getting" him. "You f***ing sl*** bi***. Eat that weak ass energy de. In fact, have another one!" Elliot reconfigured the ck ball to release an even more powerful energy de on her side. However, the blue girl easily countered his attack. "You''re a strange one. You are able to reconfigure our ck ball, and even manipte the runes to such an incredible extent. I want you. Name your price." The blue girl immediately said seriously. "You want to recruit me after trying to stab me? What do you take me for? A punching bag?" Elliot said in a highly annoyed tone. "It was just a test." The blue girl said smoothly. "Let mepensate you with a high grade dark rune. And let me assure you, that our ability to pay you would blow your wildest imagination away." "Hehehe. Now you''re talking. Tell whoever is in charge of your damn realm that this realm will be mine, with or without his help. There is no room here for him. However, I am very much willing to share the Shadow Realm with him. That, and¡­" Elliot paused a moment for effect. "And the Higher Realms." The little blue girl''s eyes widened impossibly wide and she started to tremble violently in excitement. "Go, tell him that I want a meeting with him." Elliot waved her away. "And tell him that to prove his sincerity, I expect a full catalogue of Dark Runes, as well as a thousand God-tier weapons and equipments for me to quickly finish conquering this realm. Tell him not to bother to show up for the next meeting if he doesn''t have all these ready." Elliot didn''t wait for her reply before directly turning the ck ball to dust. "And that,dies and gentlemen, is Milking The Devil 101." Elise Sandsughed excitedly from the side. "Aren''t you a little bit too forceful and violent with her?" Jessica Sands asked. "You might piss them off instead." "Of course he won''t. Against gentle souls, yes, he might cause irrecoverable damage to their rtionship with such words. But against filthy and violent demons like them? His words are like the caress of a sexy lover." Jul''Tarasughed. "Ooooh sexy lover." Jessica Sands blushed lightly at such words. "At any rate, I expect that we will be in touch with the devil soon. Elliot, how do you n to deal with him?" Elise Sands asked. "Me? I won''t be meeting him. I shall continue to be arrogant and obnoxious, and blow him off. I think¡­ Jess. You should meet him." Elliot said. "What?? Me-meet the devil?? No I don''t think I can do it!" Jessica Sands said in horror. "Sure you can. Let me teach you a trick. Just imagine that the devil is a cute little puppy in a demon costume." Elliot said with a smile. There was silence for a moment before Monkey King burst outughing. "Hahahahaha! I would like to try negotiating with a cute little puppy in a devil costume!" He volunteered. "It would be the experience of a lifetime!" "Let monkey do it! He''s good with animals!" Jessica Sands immediately said. "Sure. Just make sure you piss him off and extort as many things as you can." Elliot said. "Hohoho. Don''t worry. I will bleed him dry." Monkey King said confidently. "Try and get some info on his ns and his troop strength as well." Jul''Taras added. "We might need to fight them once the Shadow Realm falls." "Ok. Leave it to me." Monkey King nodded. "Good. I hope you''re ready. Because I think we found another big one. Much bigger than before!" Elise Sands said. "My clone is on its- ah. It''s here!" Chapter 406 Most Powerful Beings

406 Most Powerful Beings

"No." Elliot said as he stood up. "Let''s leave him hanging for a few days. Keep that ck ball in a safe ce. For now, let''s get some exercise. My clones are having problems dealing with the Red Energy Blytoros. I will go over and deal with it. You guys should also fight some strong enemies and find out the limits of your strength." "I agree. I need to go back and check on my n, and I am also very curious how strong I am right now." Monkey King said. "I will go with you." Jul''Taras said and stood up gracefully. Monkey King nodded with a smile. "Good. Jessica, Elise, where will you two go?" Elliot asked. "I''ll go with you!" Jessica Sands jumped up excitedly. "No, I do-" "You need me by your side. I can give you live updates as soon as I upgrade the runes." Jessica Sands interrupted Elliot and insisted. "Two is better than one. You should proceed in pairs." Elise Sands agreed. "I will go and give the hotspots of the known universe a grand tour. Little dul dul probably needs my help. Give me a few of your clones, and I will make sure the situation here stabilizes while you deal with the Wild Energy Crisis." "Fine." Elliot relented. "But make very sure you obey my instructions! It might get dangerous." "Okay!" Jessica Sands leapt up happily. "Let''s go!" "No point dying. I guess we''ll part here." Elliot said as he looked around at the other three. "Gather back here again in three days if you can so that we can extort the devil together. But if not, Monkey King, do your best." "Understood. All the best with Blytoros too." Monkey King said. "Let us know if you need help with the Wild Energy Blytoros." Elise Sands said. Elliot nodded. He then sliced open space, and immediately stepped through into the Shadow Realm with Jessica Sands following closely behind him. The next chapter of Elliot''s grand adventure had begun! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* A full month had passed ever since Elliot had identally ripped open the crack between the Shadow Realm and Wild Space, and allowed the red Wild Energy to enter the Shadow Realm.. The crack had been closed by nature''s own regenerative process, and all seemed well once more with the known universe. Except, all was NOT well. At all. Wild Energy Blytoros had grown immensely strong in the one month Elliot had spent powering up to half-step Ancient level. Elliot had increased his strength exponentially, and topare his current strength to his old self would be likeparing a gallon of water to a small drawing of a water droplet. Elliot was qualitatively and quantitatively iparable to his old self! However, the red-haired Wild Energy Blytoros hadpletely redesigned and recreated itself too! It no longer moved about in its humongous humanoid form. Instead, it had opted to take on the form of a red-haired human samurai,plete with ancient-style robes and dual samurai swords. It was a strange choice, considering that there were no human beings in the Shadow Realm, much less samurai. Its choice caused Elliot to have a pretty bad premonition about the situation. "What should we do?" Jessica Sands asked Elliot calmly. They were peering through a small portal which Elliot had created near his clone, who in turn was spying on Blytoros within one of the lifes within the Shadow Realm. Blytoros was standing atop a giant hill and was looking down at a huge valley filled with six-armed humanoid life forms with very small heads working diligently on thousands of massive humanoid robots of sorts. "We need to kill him, of course. But I am just wondering if we need to figure out his intentions and ns first before that." Elliot said in reply. "It seems pretty obvious to me." Jessica Sands said. "The materials used in the creation of these robots are top notch. This location is also perfectly hidden from the Shadow Realm Gods. If we didn''t have your clone tailing him so perfectly from afar, we would have never discovered thisir as well. So all these things point to one single thing. He''s creating powerful robots which would be able to execute his will upon the entire realm." "But why robots? Why not simply create clones of himself? If he truly had Blytoros'' powers, making clones of himself wouldn''t be a problem at all. There is either a secret use of these robots that we do not know about, or he has serious limitations in his maniption of energy. Both of which seem like very important bits of information." Elliot said contemtively. "So we''re not killing him now?" Jessica Sands asked. "I think we should observe. What do you guys think?" Elliot turned around and asked his inner circle. The ten Dragon Apostles, Wu Kong and Kai were there. He had also extended the invitation to the two dragons as well, but they had politely declined. With the Dragon Apostles present, they feltpletely out of ce, and would rather cultivate and power up within Elliot''s beast space. Elliot had been extremely generous with his Ascendant Runes, and he had allowed his beasts to learn them in the hope that they would be able to master them and create the Universe of Runes entirely based on Ascendant Runes as he did. "His power is rising daily. If we wait for too long, he might pass the threshold and we won''t be able to kill him. Even now, his exact power remain unknown, and although I have the utmost confidence in our strength, I do not like thispletely unknown factor." Wu Kong said sagely. "I disagree. Like you, I ampletely assured that we are the most powerful beings in existence. AND because of that, I say we wait until we discover his schemes. With our strength, killing himter would be as easy as killing him now." Dragon Apostle Deathwing said. "I think we should kill him now. Like you, I ampletely assured that we are the most powerful beings im existence. AND because of that, we should just kill him right here and now, and then the Elder Gods of the Shadow Realm, and then pay Wild Space a visit to kill the others like him." Dragon Apostle Purity repeated and twisted Dragon Apostle Deathwing''s argument with a chuckle, and caused him to glower at her. Chapter 407 Impervious

407 Impervious

Elliot smiled at his Dragon Apostles. They were all powerhouses in their own rights, and their proud, prickly characters caused them to asionally bash heads against each other. Well, mostly the Chromatic Dragons. The Metallic Dragons were rather quiet and they didn''t really participate much in arguments, preferring to defer to Elliot''s judgements and decisions. However, one would be grossly mistaken if one mistook their utmost deferrence to Elliot as a sign of weakness. In fact, Elliot suspected that in battle, the Metallic Dragons were actually slightly deadlier than the Chromatics! It wasn''t that they were stronger in terms of pure damage output. The Chromatics and Metallics were probably equal in that aspect. But the Metallics were in general, calmer, more rational, and thus were able to make excellentbat decisions that contributed to the bigger picture at all times. Or if required, advance the fight by retreating, which was something that the highly emotional Chromatics could only do with great difficulty and under strong advisement. Theirplete deference to Elliot was a sign of not only their loyalty to him, but also that they respected his intelligence and his ability to make excellent decisions for them. "Dragon Apostle Golden Fire. You are the strongest among us Dragon Apostles. What do you think?" Dragon Apostle Purity said demurely which, of course, carried the unspoken words that Dragon Apostle Deathwing was weaker than him. Dragon Apostle Golden Fire merely smiled and remained silent. He refused to take the bait and participate in the Chromatics'' endless arguments. "Kai. What do you think?" Elliot quickly interrupted them before things escted and steered the discussion to Kai, his Chaos Apostle. Kai remained quiet for a few seconds before pointing at Blytoros. "I do not think that he is the real threat." He said quietly. "Please enlighten us weaker minded beings with the brightness of your wonderful intellect." Dragon Apostle Purity grinned and teased Kai lightly. "His behavior is nothing like a solitary life form or even the leader of a group of life forms. In fact, his actions have only proven to me that he is but a lesser member of an hierarchy of life forms." Kai concisely exined his thoughts. At his words, all of his listeners fell silent and started to recall their observations of the Wild Energy Blytoros within the context of Kai''s words. And almost instantly, they all understood why Kai said what he said. And were all suitably impressed by him. "Indeed." Wu Kong agreed softly. "Rampantly devouring everything within a rtively minor radius around him, and then immediately holing up in here to create a bunch of robots that do not serve any specific purpose of powering him up further. It feels like an underling executing an order. A grunt creating a beachhead, a little private prepping thending zone for his boss to appear." "His actions are definitely much too muted for a wild beast, much too long term for a solitary warrior and much too specific for an untrained soldier. You''re right, Kai. He is the first of many. And if so, we need information." Dragon Apostle Purity nodded and said seriously. "We need to capture him and read his memories. No, we need to interrogate him for his ns first before reading his memories." Red Dragon Apostle Xyrax growled. "Dragon Apostles. Wukong. Kai. Send out your clones and capture him. Make sure they do not get caught. If they do, destroy them at the earliest instant. My clone will coordinate with you." Elliotmanded them calmly. "As youmand, Dragon Lord." The ten Dragon Apostles obeyed instantly. "Jess. Send your clone to destroy the robots." Elliot said calmly. "Ok." Jessica Sands did as she was told, and then they all sat back and started to watch the show. It was a short and extremely one sided show. Jessica''s clone was highly efficient, and with a few high speed waves of her hands, she unleashed a series of spells that shredded the entire valley with space rips and managed to destroy all the robots! The Dragon Apostles too, made an excellent showing and managed to capture Wild Energy Blytoros with their first coordinated strike! There simply was no resisting the myriad of disabling spells that mmed mercilessly into the unwary Wild Energy Blytoros! Kai''s powerful Chaos Bind was the first to reach him, followed by each of the ten Dragon Apostles various disabling skills. He tried to struggle with all of his might, and for a split second, it looked as though it might seed in breaking free! But Elliot''s clone smashed the most powerful spacelock spell it could muster and locked him downpletely. "Hmmm? It''s pretty easy to capture him. Strange. It seemed much more powerful than this when he was fighting my clones." Elliot narrowed his eyes in consternation as he spread his powerful senses far and wide around them to see if there was anything out of the ordinary. But there was nothing. "Put down anotheryer of disabling spells before locking him up in a spacetime lock." Elliot ordered the clones. They obeyed and very soon, they took the red-robed samurai away to be interrogated. Of course Elliot wasn''t dumb enough to bring it to his location. Everything might be a trap, and he might just be pretending to be caught so that he could get to the leader. Instead, he led the clones and the Red Energy Blytoros to another of his clones and pretended that he was the real body. "Well well. You finally got yourself caught. It seems that you''re not that strong after all, little man." Elliot''s second clone smirked at the Wild Energy Blytoros as soon as it appeared before him. "Well well well. You finally showed yourself. It seems that you are not that smart after all! Hahahaha!" The Wild Energy Blytorosughed loudly before easily ripping apart all the disabling spells locking him down and exploding towards Elliot''s second clone to destroy him! It was all an act, and the Wild Energy Blytoros seemed to be impervious to all of their attacks! Chapter 408 Strange Smile

408 Strange Smile

Elliot''s clone didn''t even blink as the red robed samurai swung his blood red katana towards him. B A N G ! ! ! ! The katana smashed onto an invisible barrier with the strength of a thousand meteors and released a massive shockwave that turned nearby asteroids to dust!! "What? What is that strange barrier?" The red robed Blytoros frowned and quickly sprang back to study the situation. There was no need to try again, he had unleashed his most powerful sh and the barrier barely moved in response. "What are you? How could you resist my attack?" The red robed Blytoros demanded and pointed his blood red katana at Elliot''s 2nd clone. "I could ask you the same thing myself." Elliot''s 2nd cloneughed and raised his right arm horizontally. A blistering red ming sword burst into life in his hand and he exploded forward to attack the red robed Blytoros! sh!! His ming sword swung horizontally forward with even greater force than the red robed Blytoros'' earlier attack! CLANG! The red robed Blytoros blocked Elliot''s attack easily. "Hmph! This level of a-" CLANG!!! Before the red robed Blytoros could say anything, another powerful sh had descended upon him and he was forced to cut short his words to block Elliot''s powerful attack. CLANG!! CLANGG!! CLAAL-CLA-CL-CL-C-C-C-CLANG!!! Faster and faster his attacks came until the sound of the red robes Blytoros'' blocks werebined into one long CLAAAANG!! "Very good! You''re quite strong. But try this!" Elliot''s clone shouted as he activated his "offensive" center. KABOOM!!!!! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Fire-heavy Cosmic Dragon Energy exploded all over the red-robed Blytoros'' body, drenching himpletely in molten fire! Elliot''s insanely powerful offensive and defensive centers allowed him to remain impervious to the red robed Blytoros attack while at the same time pressuring himpletely with a barrage of explosive attack, even without moving a single muscle. But add to it his own ferocious ming sword attacks,bined with his movement center, Elliot''s clone was a fearsome and unstoppable force! sh! sh!! Elliot''s clone was finally able tond two shes on the red robed Blytoros body, causing two massive gashes to appear on his chest. "Excellent footwork. Excellent swordy. You will make a great addition to my growth! Come join me!!" The red robed Blytoros finally smiled sinisterly before exploding into thousands of blobs. Each blob was able to move independently, and all of them surged towards Elliot''s clone at different speeds and directions! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Elliot''s offensive centers immediately went to work and ripped hundreds of those blobs into pieces. However, those blobs were extremely resilient, and the pieces soon rbined and reformed into their original shapes! They burst past the energy explosions wrought by Elliot''s offensive centers and dove straight towards Elliot''s body! BAM BAM BAM!! The blobs found their paths physically blocked by a powerful invisible barrier. Elliot''s automatic defensive center! However¡­ WSHHHH!!! WSHHHH!! The blobs started to emit highly corrosive energy which reacted with Elliot''s automatic defensive barrier. Crack!! The huge number of blobs soon managed to create a huge crack on Elliot''s automatic defensive center! "We can''t let it consume your clone! You need to do something!" Jessica Sands cried out nervously. "Don''t worry. My defenses aren''t so easily breached by mere blobs of pus." Elliot said confidently. True enough, as soon as the blobs manage to destroy the defensiveyer¡­ BAM! BAM! They crashed into another defensiveyer! Elliot''s clone grinned smugly, blinked a short distance away, andpletely reset his defensive barriers! "You will never break my defenses. You don''t have enough strength to do that yet. However I, on the other hand, simply need to figure out a way to deal with all these disgusting blobs!" Elliot''s clone said with a confidentugh. He pointed at the blobs which were rapidly reforming into the red robed samurai and caused a fearsome wave of Cosmic Dragon Energy to bludgeon into it like so many sledgehammers from every single direction! Wham! Wham! Wham! "If slicing you apart by fiery explosions doesn''t work, then maybe smashing you into fine paste might work!" Elliot''s clone said. However, under the powerful smashes of Cosmic Dragon Energy, the blobs merely rejoined together into the red-robed samurai at a much faster rate! "Enough!!" The half formed red robed samurai roared through his half formed mouth. Wham! Wham!! Wave after wave of Cosmic Dragon Energy in their purest form mmed onto its body relentlessly like so many thousands of punches. Graaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! The red robed samurai roared in anger and ignited the core of his strength in an attempt to gain some breathing space so that his blobs could rejoin properly into his samurai shape and regain his ability to fight properly! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! His Wild Energy collided powerfully with Elliot''s Cosmic Dragon Energy, and for a split second, he was free from attacks! He immediately grabbed hold of that opportunity to reform into his red robed samurai form and then charged at Elliot to do battle with him once more. But for some reason, Elliot''s clone dismissed his fiery sword and folded his arms casually as he stood unmoving in front of the red robed samurai. His lips were curled into a strange smile. "You have given me enough trouble for one day. Take this sh of mine, and rest in pieces! Kizushi sh!!" The red robed samurai howled as his katana swung towards Elliot in a mighty sh. Swirls of Wild Energy appeared around his katana and gave it apletely unblockable edge that seemed like it could cut through anything. His red eyes started to glow fiercely and an electrifying surge of energy appeared throughout his body and rushed into his sword. "Everything this sword touches will be obliterated into nothing. It would be as though they never existed. Not even your damned barriers would be able to resist. I will kill you and absorb your remains." Wild Energy Blytoros said sinisterly. Wild Energy Blytoros was giving his all into that particr sword strike! But the strange smile on Elliot''s face only grew wider as Wild Energy Blytoros got closer and closer. Chapter 409 I NEED YOUR HELP!

409 I NEED YOUR HELP!

Until finally, just as his Wild Energy Infused katana was about to strike Elliot''s barrier, a look of supreme horror appeared on his face. "No!!" He cried out in desperation as he finally realized what Elliot was doing. Wild Energy Blytoros tried to forcefully reverse his energy flow with devastating abruptness and to stop his attack as best he could. But he was a hair toote! His energy had reachedpletion and his skill had been executed! Kizushi sh!!! WHAMMMM!!! CRACK!! CRACKKK!! CRACKKK!!! His powerful Kizushi sh was so incredibly unstoppable that he smashed through all threeyers of Elliot''s automatic defensive barriers! However, his energy ran out after obliterating the threeyers of barriers, and the sword still fell short of reaching Elliot''s body. Elliot''s manually cast defensive barrier still stoodpletely intact! Wild Energy Blytoros'' Kizushi sh which contained his full power had failed. Unfortunately for him, Elliot''s other clone who had appeared behind Wild Energy Blytoros, had sessfully copied the startlingly powerful Kizushi sh, and unlike him, the clone faced no barriers that could stop his sword''s descent. With a single powerful overhead sh, Elliot''s other clone sliced Wild Energy Blytoros body diagonally into two!! "How¡­" Wild Energy Blytoros stared at Elliot''s second clone despairingly. "Kizushi sh!" Elliot cried out with delight. "What a fearsome and ingenious maniption of energy! It is perfect!" He turned to look at Wild Energy Blytoros whose two halves were slowly fading away into death as they struggled to rejoin with each other, but failingpletely due to the incredibly insiduous power of his own Kizushi sh. The entire midsection of his body had been erased by the sh, and his body was reacting to the loss of so many organs as well as the all important spinal cord in an extremely natural way. By dying. As an all-powerful being capable of transforming into blobs to absorb his enemies, the physical loss of the spinal cord was actually no big deal. In any other situation against any other damage type in the entire realm, his body could easily regenerate it, and all would be well within seconds. But the evil Kizushi sh was unlike any other damage type. It dealt annihtion-type damage unique to the Wild Energy beings, and it had made its target, the huge midsection of the Wild Energy Blytoros'' body including most of its spine, as though they never existed! And with the loss of the data on those crucial physical parts, the body cannot regenerate it. What was there to regenerate? The body had no idea! He couldn''t regenerate that which had never existed before! He knew that he was as good as dead, and he could only struggle weakly in his final death throes. "How? You ask? Simple. My earlier energy attacks on you when you were still in blob form¡­ were no mere mindless bludgeoning. I had inserted millions of microenergy trackers and replicated every single energy movement your body made¡­ in my clone''s body!" Elliot''s clone said with obvious triumph in his voice. He had sessfully flipped the table on his enemy, and used his own powerful skill against him! "I had thought I was cunning. But¡­ you¡­" "That was why I could learn your ultimate skill and use it instantly against you." Elliot''s clone smiled at the dying Wild Energy Blytoros. At that moment, however, the Wild Energy Blytoros smiled as well¡­ "Ultimate¡­ Skill? Heh¡­ heh¡­ heh¡­ If this¡­ level¡­ is ulti¡­ heh¡­ heh¡­ heh¡­" And with a ridiculous smirk on his face¡­ He died!! Like the death of a star, his body which was filled with incredible energy copsed within itself and crumbled into a tiny point before exploding outwards with universe-shaking force! And it wasn''t just any energy which rocked that part of the Shadow Realm. It was Wild Energy,pletely violent and uncontroble energy, radiating outwards in rampaging waves of destruction. "Quick! Gather as much Wild Energy before they dissipate!" Elliot''s real body shouted through the portal. The explosion of Wild Energy Blytoros created waves of Wild Energy in its purest form, and it would be aplete waste if they didn''t harvest as much as they could! Elliot''s clones and all the Dragon Apostle clones immediately cast out massive energy absorbing Runes and threw them everywhere. Within minutes, most of the Wild Energy had disappeared into the vastness of space. "How much did you get?" Elliot''s real body asked all of the clones as he stepped through and stretched out his hand. The clones sent the energy absorbing runes floating towards Elliot. ""Not enough to create a full powered clone of us." Elliot''s clone said. "But probably enough to create one full powered clone of a Dragon Apostle." "Give them to me." Jessica Sands said. "I will run some experiments on them." "Alright. That sounds good." Elliot agreed and passed the runes to her. "So I guess we are done here." "We have two Elder Gods to kill before our Realm can be considered safe." Jessica Sands reminded him. "And a real Devil to deal with." "The two Elder Gods should be pretty powerful. However, with Kizushi sh and the Wild Energy, we should be able to deal with them rather easily." Elliot said. "All you clones spread out and continue to search for the Elder Gods. As soon as we find their location, every single one of us will gather, and we will attack. We will clean up this Realm once and for all, and then make this into a buffer which the Realm of Sin has no chance of piercing through." All of the clones nodded and blinked off into different directions. With the size of the Shadow Realm, searching for the two Elder Gods would take some time, even with so many clones charging in every single possible location and wreakingplete havoc to bait them out. "Alright. I am going to conduct some experiments! Don''t disturb me for the next five hours or so!" Jessica Sands announced and then disappeared into her private dimensional world. His Dragon Apostles disappeared as well, choosing to remain in their glorious Dragon Apostle Dimensional Space. And in a strange turn of events, Elliot found himself¡­ Completely alone! With absolutely nothing to do! He frowned lightly. "So, what should I do now?" He thought aloud. But only silence answered him. Of course, such silences were not meant tost very long. It would be extremely boring if they did. And so, in an exhrating turn of events after the strangely boring one, a portal appeared next to him, and apletely dishevelled Primal Alexander appeared! "ELLIOT! I NEED YOUR HELP! COME WITH ME! QUICK!!" He roared! Chapter 410 Head of the Snake

410 Head of the Snake

"Primal Alexander!!" Elliot said with a mix of pleasant surprise and gloomy premonition. Primal Alexander''s condition was extremely bad. His pure white robe was stained red with blood in many ces, giving him a ghastly look that would be right at home in a horror movie. A terrible wound ran down from his temple down to his jaw. It was regenerating rather quickly, and that fact alone told Elliot many, many things. For one, it was a brand new wound, so a terrible fight was going on at that very moment. Two, he was facing a seriously powerful enemy if it could deal such a horrible wound to the all-powerful Primal Alexander. And three, it definitely wasn''t a small one on one battle. Primal Alexander would never have ran off to ask him for help if it was. It was definitely a fight at a massive scale, and one which his faction was losing pretty badly. Finally, it was also a battle that he couldn''t afford to lose. That meant, Primal Alexander would fight to the death. He immediately got up and stepped into the portal with him. The fact that it was a portal that led to apletely different multiverse fazed him not one bit. His friend needed help. Stepping into apletely unknown multiverse with his universe-shaking power which could trigger unknown effects which could potentially cause a cascade of exponentially messy cause and effect phenomena was¡­ well. Not as important. "Point to me who you want me to kill." Elliot said very simply as soon as he stepped through the portal. His Cosmic Dragon Energy was already circting at full speed, and countless powerful spells were at his fingertips. "They are everywhere!! Demons in endless waves!" Primal Alexander shouted. "Get all your beasts out and help us reinforce our final defensive line! If they break through, it is over for my realm!" Elliot took one look at the situation, and instantly understood. It was a simr situation with the one he had faced in his own multiverse, just multiplied thousands of times in magnitude. A huge gash had appeared in space, and countless demons were streaming out of it and into the universe. Well, that was to put it extremely mildly. There were only two problems. One. The demons were all at the Ancient level or above! In fact, by his rough estimation, at least forty percent were in the Primal level. Two. If ever infinity had a number, it would be the number of demons streaming through the huge, supergiant star sized gash in space. Elliot had nced into the portal, and he did not see an ending to the number of demons waiting quietly in line to cross through the portal. With his powerful eyesight, to not see an ending simply meant that the number of demons had exceededmon sense and the known number scale. Quadrillion? Gazillion? It didn''t matter. It was endless. They needed to close the portal, or create a simrly endless wave of destructive energy surging into the portal. No wonder Primal Alexander ran to him for help! It would be impossible for him to defend against such endless waves of demons! Elliot immediately triggered his cheat-code-like clone center within his Universe of Runes and summoned his clones. In an instant, a hundred clones of Elliot appeared and blinked away into a hundred different spots around the defensive "line" which was actually a sphere. The powerful demons had created a massive "beachhead" and they were surging out in all directions to engage with powerful dragons, energy wielding mages and extremely cool looking mechas in all shapes and sizes. However, it was clear that the demons were pushing the defenders back, and they were gaining ground every moment! "Get your most powerful warriors to enter my clone portals, and keep doing it." Elliot told Primal Alexander said calmly. "What?? Clone portal?? Elliot you''re ridiculous! Ridiculous!! Hahahahahahaha!!!" Primal Alexander roared with relief and instantly shouted for his generals to get through the "damned portals now without any god damn f***ing dy!". "Can I go through it too?" Primal Alexander asked Elliot. "For beings as powerful as us, there would be a cap in number. I do not know the exact cap, but I did have a terrible premonition once I made a few hundred thousand of clones of my weaker self." Elliot exined calmly. Primal Alexander nodded in understanding. "Make no more than a thousand clones of yourself. And no more than ten of her." Elliot pointed to a transcendentally beautiful woman in simr white robes who was standing alone in the middle of five of the most powerful demons. Each of the demons had fifteen horns shaped into a crown. Demon Gods. "Good." Primal Alexander said and immediately stepped into the portal. Within a few seconds, a hundred Alexanders appeared and blinked next to the beautiful woman, who immediately teleported next to Elliot. "Greetings, young Elliot. Alexander has told me alot about you. My name is Aleyria, his wife. I believe in your Realm, they call me the hidden God of Flower Petals." Aleyria said with a beautiful smile. "Uh¡­ I have never heard of you. Sorry. Hehehe." Elliot said with an awkwardugh. "Hahaha. I will introduce myself properly next time. But for now, we have seven Demon Gods to kill. I am grateful for your¡­ clone portal." Aleyria said before disappearing into the portal and quickly creating ten copies of herself. "Excellent. These clones have my full power. You truly are a genius above all geniuses, just as Alexander had imed." Aleyria looked at her disappearing clones with admiration. "You''re sending those clones into the Realm of Sin?" Elliot asked her in amazement. What an aggressive woman! "A wise King once told me. In desperate battles, cutting off the snake''s head is worth more than cutting off huge segments of his body. With ten of me, I would be strong enough to deal with the remaining two Demon Gods and¡­ their mysterious leader." At that, Aleyria''s face clouded slightly with worry. "Their mysterious leader? You mean the Devil?" Elliot asked her. Chapter 411 Portals

411 Portals

"You know about their mysterious leader?" Aleyria asked him in surprise. "Well, not really. I haven''t met him yet, but in my multiverse, my friend would be negotiating with him to "share" the Shadow Realm and the Higher Realms in exchange for treasure and their Dark Runes upfront. Basically a milking strategy before we ughter the cow." Elliot grinned. "I see. We were unable to get any information about him in our own multiverse. But he was the one who broke through the confines of reality, and somehow found a way to create this endless demon army." Aleyria said seriously. "Just like the way you broke through with your clone portals. I daresay this Devil has something simr." "It doesn''t matter anymore. With my clone portals, your defensive line would soon be filled with your strongest generals. The battle here would reach a stalemate, and a final deciding battle between the top fighters would take ce. By that time, it would depend on your personal strength and ability to take down this devil. But that is if your clones do not kill the devil first. You really are aggressive!" Elliot said with augh. "We have been fighting this final battle for several days non-stop. I have lost many good fighters. Many of my friends are injured. I cannot let this war drag on any longer." Aleyria said grimly. "Your clone portals are a real life saver. They would give my men some breathing space and buy time for them to rest, heal their wounds and recharge. But I do not think that they are truly endless, are they?" "For powerful beings like us, no they are not endless. But for your generals, they might as well be." Elliot said. "Hopefully they are. That way we can truly force this main battlefield into a real stalemate." Aleyria said softly as her sharp eyes took on the developments of the battlefield. By then, the hundred portals had grown to ten thousand, and were churning out ten thousand powerful generals every half a second! The defensive sphere were very rapidly stabilizing and they were no longer losing ground at a rapid pace. Within a few more minutes, they would even be able to halt the demon horde''s advance! However, at that moment, Aleyria''s face turned extremely pale. "A second portal has appeared behind our lines!!" She cried out in anger and in shock. "We need to contain the demon horde''s advance there before we get pincered!" Elliot immediately created a few hundred more of his clones and sent them to hold the line there. He also maximised the clone portal which he had created to produce more clones of himself until he reached a grand total of a thousand clones. He did not want to test the fates by creating more than a thousand clones. Already, his sixth senses was starting to give the smallest of tingles. A few million powerful demon Ancients and Primals had already burst through the portal, and were about to attack the defenders from their rear. Thankfully, Elliot''s clones reached their positions in time, and started a wholesale massacre of the Ancients and Primals. Still, Elliot''s clones were hopelessly outnumbered, and were very quickly surrounded by a huge mass of demons. "Sometimes, numbers do matter." Elliot sighed. "Very well. Numbers it is. Summon your beasts." What was a cheat code? A code that allowed game breaking actions to be done, of course! The fact that Elliot was able to create clone portals was already a cheat code. But for each and every clone of his to be able to summon ALL of his powerful beasts as well, including the Dragon Apostles? Elliot might as well type "Allyourbasearebelongtous" in his system''s chat bar! His hundreds of clones immediately became tens of thousands as his Darklight Summons, Tamed Beasts, Beast Apostles and Dragon Apostles appeared. They charged into the mass of demon Ancients and Primals ferociously and very viciously pushed them back into the portal! That way, they narrowed down the space which the demons could appear and held the line there. But the demons had sensed the shift in momentum, and they were growing desperate. At that moment, three more portals appeared in quick session, and millions of demons started to surge into the realm from there! Elliot nced at Aleyria, whose face had turned very gloomy. "I will take two of them. Can you handle thest one?" Aleyria said as she recalled her clones from the enemy''s portal. All ten Aleyria clones had immediately appeared before two portals and were unleashing massive area of effect spells which were holding back the demonic advance for the moment. Elliot too had diverted a hundred of his clones from the second portal to deal with one of the three new portals. "Sure. I will need to go all out, but I can deal with two portals while you deal with the other two." Elliot nodded. "Right. And at the first opportunity, dive into their realm and hunt down that Devil." Aleyria said. And with that, the two of them split up and went on to stem the disastrous flow of demons still rushing through the portals! All at once, both Elliot and Aleyria started to summon their Elementals from the adjacent Elemental Realms. Powerful Fire, Ice, Earth, Wood and Metal Elementals surged through their own minor portals and charged at the demons. From a distance, the sh between the two Realms was a swirling, colourful mess of violently interacting energies, ebbing and flowing like waves upon the beach. At that moment, they were just about equal in strength. The main army of Alexander and Aleyria''s multiverse were holding back the demon horde from their main portal, while Elliot and Aleyria were racing with all of their strength to deal with two portals each. Elliot had wisely left two of his clones behind to continue creating clone portals so that his Dragon Apostles could replicate themselves and help turn the tide around, but there were only so many beast cores he had on hand. After creating so many portals, he could only create a thousand more. They would have to make do with a thousand Dragon Apostles being cloned every half second! But s, the devil still had aces up his sleeve. At that moment, two more portals appeared! And they were evenrger than all of the portalsbined!! Chapter 412 Die, Old B*****D!

412 Die, Old B*****D!

"GRAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!" A thunderousugh sounded from one of the mega supergiant star sized portal. "TO THINK THAT I, DEVIL GOD OF SIN, HAVE TO TAKE ACTION PERSONALLY! SOMETHING DELICIOUS MUST BE HERE!!" A deafening shout preceded the entrance of the vilest and evilest looking demon Elliot had ever seen. A single horn protruded from his head, but like an evil tree, seven other horns branched out from it! His rough, scaly body was asrge as thergest supergiant star and the nauseating energy of sin rolling off his body corroded every single thing, living or dead, around him, turning them into corrupt versions of their former selves. If any life form was worthy of the title "Final Boss", it would be this particr demon. It truly was the Final Boss of Primal Alexander and Aleyria''s multiverse! But let us not forget that there were two portals. "KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE! YOU FAT LUMP OF SIN. ALL YOU THINK ABOUT IS FOOD!" Yet another deafeningly loud voice thundered out of the second portal. But instead of a deep rumbly male voice like before, it was a shrill, shrieky voice of a female. "BUT I AGREE! THERE MUST BE SOMEONE HERE... WORTH ENSLAVING!! KEKEKEKEKEKEKE!!" "Two Devils?" Elliot''s mouth twitched in irritation. Why in all of heavens did he always have to find himself in hot soup? "How the hell am I supposed to deal with two Devils?" Elliot racked his brain. "I am sorry I amte." A powerful voice suddenly resounded majestically in the distance. Elliot''s head whirled around, and saw a regal being in multicolored mage robes wielding the most amazing staff he had ever seen hovering in the middle of the five portals. "Magius! Thank the Gods you''re here! Right on time, damn you!" Primal Alexander roared as his bright shining Crystal Sword shed one of the five Gods fighting against him and his hundred clones in two. With one down, the real Primal Alexander was able to retreat to join Elliot. "Get in here through this portal and create full powered clones of yourself!" He shouted urgently. However, a massive shadow appeared around Primal Alexander at that moment and sought to crush him to mush with its incredible pressure! Magius instantly raised his staff and a bright light shot out from it which easily dispersed all of the darkness surrounding Primal Alexander. "DELICIOUS PREY!! HE IS MINE!" The first Devil roared in sinister glee and immediately caused a horrific wave of darkness to shoot out from his massive arms! The fearsome wave destroyed every single life form, demon or clone, as it made its devastating way towards Magius. Magius had known Primal Alexander for a long time, and he had no doubts about his ability to lead and often times, produce miracles in seemingly hopeless battles. And so, even though he was skeptical of the "full powered clones" that the portal could make, he still blinked himself before it anyway, and stepped through it. As soon as he did so, the portal dimmed and winked out of existence. But to his utter shock, a real full powered clone of himself appeared next to him! The clone was even holding a near identical copy of his fabled staff, the Staff of the Almighty!! Magius wasted no time and immediately sent his clone to blink towards the various portals he noticed all around the battlefield! "Make no more than five copies of yourself!" Elliot shouted a warning. "Got it." Magius said. "WHAT? THERE ARE TWO OF HIM NOW? GOOD! GOOD!" The first Devil shouted as he waved his hand to cause his dark wave to grow and sweep towards Magius'' new position. Magius brandished his staff and unleashed a mighty beam of light which parted the wave of darkness like bright rays of the sun piercing through the veil of night. "KEKEKEKEKEKE! YOUR WAVE OF DEATH HAS GROWN WEAK! GET OUT OF MY WAY! LET ME DEAL WITH HIM!" The second she-devil shrieked. "SHUT UP! STAY AWAY! HE IS MINE!" The first Devil rumbled with deafening strength. However, at that moment, the second Magius had managed to pass through another portal, and had instantly raised his staff towards the first Devil! A second beam of bright shining light the size of a small moon shot out from him and struck the "Wave of Death" with nearly as devastating effectiveness as the first one. The two beams of light tore through the Wave of Death and quickly struck the first Devil''s body! "UWAAAAA!! HOT! HOT! THESE BEAMS OF LIGHT ARE SO HOT!! STAY AWAY!!" The first Devil shouted like a little angry boy getting his hands burned by a hot cross bun. "KEKEKEKE! DIE YOU OLD COOT!" Very startlingly, instead of helping her friend, the second devil actually also unleashed a powerful attack on the first one! An ethereal wave of energy shot out from her fearsome horns and struck the first Devil with much greater power than both Magius'' beams of lightbined. "AHHHH!! AHHHH!! YOU FREAKING BITCH!! I WILL KILL YOU!! I WILL KILL YOU NOWW!!" The first Devil shouted and mmed both his hands together in the direction of the she devil! A thicker Wave of Death than the one he released towards Magius shot out towards her at blinding speed. Within a split second, the Wave of Death smashed onto the she-devil and ripped apart a huge chunk of her body! "KYAAAAAAAAAOOOOOIIIIIII!!! YOU SICKENING DEVIL! IT''S TIME FOR YOU TO RETURN TO THE UNDERWORLD!!" The she devil then shook her head, and a single horn broke apart from her marvelous horn branches. It twirled rapidly and then dissolved into the ethereal wave of energy surging towards the first devil. At that moment, the fourth and fifth Magiuses had finally appeared from their respective portals, and all at once, the five Magius unleashed five blinding beams of light towards the first devil. Combined with the she-devil''s secret move, the first devil waspletely ced on the defensive! "DIE! DIE ALREADY YOU OLD BASTARD!! KEEEKEKEKEKEKEKE!" The she devil screamed with great excitement. Chapter 413 Lucifer and Lilith

413 Lucifer and Lilith

However, the Devil was one of two at the very top of the food chain in the Realm of Sin. He did not die easily. Five powerful beams of light pierced through his massive body, while an ethereal wave of strange but destructive energy swirled around him, seeking to physically break him down from the outside in. And even so, the Devil was able to continue his furious roaring. "TRAITOR TO THE REALM OF SIN! YOU ACTUALLY SCHEMED WITH OUR ENEMIES TO DEAL WITH ME!! DIE!! MY DEMON GENERALS!! KILL LILITH! MOTHER OF SIN!!" The first devil screamed in fury. "COME MY BANSHEE GENERALS. KILL THE DYING FATHER OF SIN, LUCIFER''S WEAK ASS GENERALS FOR ME!" Lilith shrieked withughter. At theirmand, five powerful demon generals from Lucifer''s side charged down towards Lilith, while seven banshee generals swirled out from Lilith to meet them in battle. Elliot frowned as he studied the development intently. Each of the twelve generals were asrge as the sun, and were unleashing powerful auras that easily rivaled or even exceeded Aleyria''s! Elliot was not able to detect the power of the two devils, but he estimated that they were at least several thousand times stronger than him. Thankfully that the both treacherous creatures and were constantly scheming against each other, to the point that they were currently throwing everything they had in a life and death fight! Perfect! The real Alexander and Aleyria joined Elliot as they held themselves in reserve and observed the ferocious battle unfolding before them. At the slightest opportunity, they would instantly attack like a King Cobra striking at an opening in its prey. However, for the moment, they were able to converse for a bit. Terse conversation, of course, considering that the fate of their lives and that of their entire universe hung in the bnce. "What''s that staff Magius is holding?" Elliot asked. "Its power ispletely off the charts. Even I could feel a dense sense of danger emanating from it." Aleyria chuckled very lightly at Elliot''s incredible self confidence. Primal Alexander however, held nothing back. ""Even I could feel a sense of danger?" Ha! Should you not feel any danger whatsoever from anything in the universe?" Primal Alexander barked out augh. "Yes." Elliot said calmly. "Nothing in my own multiverse can cause me to feel such an rming sense of danger." Aleyria blinked. Alexander blinked. "He''s being serious." Aleyria whispered to Alexander loudly. "I know. Is he a bloated young fool with an overblown sense of his own power? Or is he a bloated young lion with an overlyrge portion of his universe''s luck like you?" Primal Alexander whispered back. "Are you calling me an overbloated lioness?" Aleyria pouted lightly. "No, I am calling you an overly hot lioness." Primal Alexander winked at Aleyria and nearly caused Elliot to flinch at his incredible cornyness. Aleyria rolled her eyes at her husband and then smiled at Elliot. "That staff is the very ancient Staff of the Almighty. It contains the power of the God who reportedly created the entire Realm." Aleyria exined briefly. "He disappeared after creating four Gods, and led them to fight and kill each other, leaving only Magius alive. He was able tobine the essence of the Almighty and create a staff using them. To an extent, the light you seeing out of the staff is the power of the Almighty." "The power of the God who created the Realm? Incredible." Elliot said in awe. "Incredible? Magius worked his ass off for years to search for the baseponents of the staff, and spent an incredible amount of precious treasure to forge and then fine tune that staff. He waspletely missing for decades just to make a single one of that staff. But merely spent a few seconds creating a portal and vo! Five more such staffs appeared. THAT is the real incredible." Primal Alexander said while shaking his head with a helpless sigh. "And why limit to just five clones? Why not just create a million each of us and the staff?" Aleyria asked curiously. "It''s just a very ufortable feeling that I have as soon as too many clones are made. A thousand clones of myself and of Primal Alexander is already the maximum. Ten of you and five of Magius plus his staff is also the maximum I can tolerate without feeling ufortable." Elliot exined. "What happens if you force it? A thousand of me can definitely do a lot of damage to those two devils. A million will definitely kill them." Aleyria asked as she gazed at the battle which was still raging unabated. For the moment, they were all at an impasse. Lilith and the five Magiuses were unable to quickly kill Lucifer, and Lucifer was not able to counter attack in the slightest. "I do not know. But it would not be pretty at all. A Realm rejection, possibly." Elliot said with a slight frown. "I do not want to find out. If we are pushed to utter desperation, then maybe. But not before." "Realm rejection? Never heard of it. I suggest we try it out sometimeter." Primal Alexander suggested carelessly. "Not in both our realms, of course. But we can go to the Realm of Sin and unleash a million Aleyrias and a million mes and a million yous on them. It would be epic! What''s the worst thing that could happen?" Elliot instantly grimaced at his words. "Famousst words of many dead adventurers and curious cats." Aleyria said with augh. However, Primal Alexander pointed at the battle and then gave an extremely wide grin. "Not a really bad idea. Look!" We turned to look at the situation. Lucifer had finally given up on his offensive dreams, and was beating a full retreat! His generals were covering his escape as he dashed back into the portal from which he came mere minutes ago! "Let''s follow him to the Realm of Sin and do exactly as I said earlier!" Primal Alexander suggested with a gleeful smile. Chapter 414 Not Lucifer!

414 Not Lucifer!

"BLOCK HIM!!" Lilith shrieked wildly to her seven Banshee Generals. However, Lucifer''s five Demon Generals were more than a match for them, and with their master being bullied like a little boy in the yground, their rage-fueled attacks were even able to push the seven Banshee Generals back slightly! "HUMANS. JOIN ME IN BLOCKING HIM! HE WILL BE UNKILLABLE ONCE HE GETS BACK TO THE REALM OF SIN!" Lilith shrieked at Magius. "No." Magius replied calmly. "Not until you pull back all your warriors from this realm and close all three portals." "YOU DARE NEGOTIATE WITH ME??" Lilith screamed with furious shock. "Lucifer is about to escape. Make your decision." Magius said to her calmly. Lilith was no wishy washy grandma unable to make hard and fast decisions. As soon as Magius said those words, Lilith waved her hand lightly and forcibly closed all three portals which exploded with a loud bang!! Powerful shockwaves erupted from the closed portals and wiped out a huge chunk of the demons that had established massive "beach heads" around them. Lilith was vicious to the maximum. With a single decision, she instantly killed millions or even billions of demons! Just to gain outside help to achieve her traitorous objective! "Good." Magius smiled and instantly blinked to six different spots around Lucifer''s escape portal. He and his clones raised their staffs and unleashed their massive beams of blinding light on Lucifer once more, but this time, all of their attacks were perfectly coordinated onto one spot, Lucifer''s right eye! BSHHHH!! Magius'' attacks caught Lucifer by surprise, and instantly evaporated his eye ball! "AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" Lucifer roared with rage as he shook his star-sized head wildly to shake off the shooting pain in his head. But he was a massive target. Even if he made aiming at his eyes nearly impossible by shaking his head so wildly, there were still many spots for Magius to aim for. And all six being clones of himself made coordinating with each other the simplest thing ever. So again and again, Magius unleashed beams of piercing, blinding light on Lucifer, and caused him topletely halt his advance! There was no way Lucifer could bull through the beams of light the way that even powerful grizzlies wouldn''t just charge blindly at six powerfulnces that could easily spit him like meat over a camp fire. His escape route was effectively blocked by Magius. All that was left was for Lilith to do her part and kill him! "KEKEKEKEKE! WELL DONE, HUMAN!! MAKE SURE YOU DON''T HIT ME! IF YOU DO, I WILL EAT YOU LATER! NOW, MY UGLY LUCIFER, TIME TO DIE!!" Lilith shrieked gleefully and flung herself towards Lucifer! Apparently she had grown tired of attacking from afar and decided to just tackle the wounded and half blinded Lucifer at melee range! A battle of the most epic proportions unfolded then. Two ferocious beings both the size of supergiant stars colliding and shing and biting and stabbing and kicking and punching at each other with strength that could destroy stars made for an extremely exciting show for Elliot, Alexander and Aleyria. "Prepare yourselves." Alexander said softly. "Our chance to heavily wound Lilith as she kills Lucifer shoulde very soon. At my go, unleash everything you have on her. Go for the killing blows!" "Understood." Aleyria said calmly. Elliot nodded as well. It did not surprise him the slightest that the vastly more powerful Aleyria was actually listening to Alexander''s instructions. Alexander was extremely shrewd, and under his lead, Elliot knew that no opportunity would be left unexploited. Lilith''s destructive ethereal aura smashed and swirled with Lucifer''s wave of death, each mostly cancelling the other out with little portions managing totch on and deal damage to each other. But the greatest damage came from their star sized limbs, where each strike contained the power of stars going supernova. Each blocked strike caused shockwaves that rippled endlessly outwards to manifest, and each sessful strike created holes in each other''s bodies which could fit a thousand earths. "We cannot carelessly join this fight." Aleyria warned them. "A single miscalction would ce us within the range of their powerful attacks, and if that happens, we would be dead for sure." "Understood. We must be extremely precise with our attacks. Our clones will take the most dangerous paths. We will move alongside them." Alexander said as he nodded in agreement. Elliot simple started to circte his Cosmic Dragon Energy in response to their words and caused golden shells to appear around them both. "These shells should be able to withstand a single blow from the two devils. They would give you a small buffer for mistakes. Don''t worry too much." Elliot smiled at them. They nced at him in surprise. Although Aleyria was much more powerful than him and could wield a much higher amount of energy, she was unable to create barriers that she could confidently say would be able to resist a single blow from those two monsters! "I have infused principles of their Dark Runes into my spells. I can guarantee their effectiveness against the devils, don''t worry." Elliot assured them. "Good. In that case, your clones should do the same to our clones. That way, we would be able to have more time unleashing as much damage as possible on Lilith. If at all possible, it would be for the best if we can kill her as well." Alexander said grimly. "All that will depend if Lucifer is able to press Lilith enough to show us her weakness. At the appropriate time, we need to signal to Magius so that Lucifer could deal some damage to her as well. Maybe we will get clues at that time." Elliot said. "Excellent idea." Alexander agreed. "I think we are all mistaken." Aleyria said softly. "Look. Lilith is being pushed back. Lucifer is slowly winning the fight against her!". "Even with Magius and his staffs, Lucifer is winning?" Elliot said incredulously. "We have wildly underestimated Lucifer." Alexander said grimly. "Apparently, he is stronger than Lilith." "No¡­ originally he isn''t stronger than her. It''s just that¡­ He is no longer just Lucifer!" Elliot suddenly cried out. Chapter 415 Tingling Senses ¡°What do you mean?¡± Alexander said with a sudden deeply awful feeling blooming in his heart. ¡°Look at the red energy swirling around him. It¡¯s actually Wild Energy thates from Wild Space! He has been infested with a powerful Wild Space life form that allows him to devour other beings and absorb their strength. And at the same time, the Wild Energy is also ridiculously powerful! Elliot said. ¡°If even the devil has been infested, then the Wild Space life form must be extremely powerful.¡± Aleyria said with a frown. ¡°We must kill him, and then we must go into the Realm of Sin to deal with the Wild Space life forms that must have invaded that realm. If not, then they will just keeping. The Wild Space life forms won¡¯t stop until they devour everything!¡± Elliot said as he started to circte his energy powerfully within him. ¡°Let¡¯s do our best then.¡± Aleyria said with great determination. ¡°Lucifer dies right here, today.¡± At that moment, the three of them were definitely the underdogs of the fight. The two devils were at a far higher level of powerpared to them, to the extent that even Magius with his powerful Staff of the Almighty, all five of them, were relegated to merely supporting fire! The main damage dealers on the two devils were each other, and at that moment, the fate of their multiverse were in the hands of the two devils. If they somehow stopped their infighting, then their realms would be as good as screwed.-. Thankfully, Lilith was treacherous, and Lucifer was infested by Wild Energy! Although everything seemed pretty bleak if taken at face value, it was actually pretty okay. Lilith had shown her true colours with respect to Lucifer, and she would not back down until one of them died that day. And Lucifer who was taken by surprise and ganged up by Magius was actually the stronger of the two. So the situation was, strangely, quite stable and looking quite good for the multiverse! Lucifer was winning the fight very slightly, and if the three of them threw their whole weight against him at the right time and right spot, they might just be able to end the fight right there and then. ¡°YOU HAVE SEALED YOUR OWN FATE, YOU BITCH OF A DEVIL GOD.¡± Lucifer rumbled in a creepy distorted voice. ¡°I DID NOT WANT TO ACTIVATE THIS HEATHEN POWER, BUT NOW, YOU HAVE FORCED ME TO. AND THUS, YOUR LIFE IS FORFEIT! DIE! BECOME MY NUTRIENT!¡± Wield by a full powered Devil, the red energy which Lucifer unleashed waspletely unlike anything Blytoros could ever imagine releasing. His Wave of Death blossomed at full force and erupted forth from his massive body like a real life volcanic eruption of the most epic proportions. However, instead of ck, it waspletely blood red in colour, and instead of causing destruction all around it, it devoured everything instead. Elliot¡¯s sixth sense started to tingle crazily, and a deep, primal urge to run away as far as he could started to wash over him. He gritted his teeth and mped down on his emotions by unleashing his full dragon transformation. The dragon¡¯s apathy helped to numb the crippling terror that was surging through his soul, and he was able to stand his ground. Primal Alexander and Aleyria managed to somehow drive back their own fears too. They were holding hands, and a strange protective aura of sorts was surrounding them. ¡°His attack isn¡¯t even directed at us, and we are already so crippled by fear.¡± Elliot said in a shaky voice. ¡°It would be extremely difficult to deal with him.¡± ¡°We have no choice but to unleash as many of our clones as possible, and trigger that thing which caused you to feel massively ufortable to happen. Right here, in this realm.¡± Primal Alexander said calmly. ¡°That is the only weapon that we have which might be capable of dealing with him.¡± ¡°¡±We need to somehow separate this battleground from the main realm. If we don¡¯t we are putting it in harm¡¯s way.¡± Elliot said. ¡°It is impossible. We will not be able to unleash such a powerful spatial spell upon such powerfulbatants without them breaking it apart like poking through a piece of paper.¡± Aleyria shook her head. ¡°Yes. The realm will just have to take its chances with the clone portals. It may be dangerous, but it would not be more than the harm that would befall it if we don¡¯t do anything.¡± Primal Alexander agreed. ¡°Very well. If that¡¯s what you wish to do.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Gather all your clones this way, Aleyria. And get hold of one of that Staff of the Almighty.¡± With a single thought, one of Aleyria¡¯s clones went to Magius¡¯ side, got one of his staffs, and returned to Elliot¡¯s side. By that time, Elliot had already gotten his hands on thousands of extremely rare and precious beast cores of the highest grades from his Dragon Apostles. Hegemon level, Ancient Level and even a couple of extremely rare Primal Level beast cores. All of his thousand clones had returned to his side, and were weaving clone portals en masse. One thousand clone portals were created. The thousand Elliot clones stepped in and two thousand came out. And without stopping, they continued to create portals! Right behind him, the Aleyria holding the Staff of the Almighty started to duplicate herself too. One became two, four, eight, sixteen¡­ A deep hush had fallen upon the group as every single one of them felt their sixth sense start to tingle. Thirty two. Sixty four. A hundred twenty eight. The tingling intensified. 256. 512. 1024. 2048. The tingling had turned into a re of danger warning bells. ¡°This feels extremely dangerous.¡± Primal Alexander said softly. ¡°Too much power has gathered here in this area.¡± ¡°Get your real bodies out.¡± Aleyria ordered. ¡°Get our underlings out too.¡± Instantly, Alexander¡¯s thousand clones disappeared throughout the battlefield and started to lead his men out. Magius, Aleyria and Elliot retreated out of the area as well. CRACKLE! CRACKLE! Space itself started to crack slightly. The thousands of Staff of the Almighty wielding Aleyrias continued to step through the thousands of clone portals created by the thousands of Elliots. And after almost a hundred thousand Aleyrias were created, the two devils finally noticed her. Chapter 416 Realm Level Apocalypse They were so deeply engrossed in their savage attempt to kill each other and by the massive threat that they posed to each other that their senses failed to warn them in time about the exponentially rising threat level which was produced by Aleyria! They stopped their fighting for a moment to stare at the new threat with a growing sense of horror. The sense of horror was not induced so much by the physical presence of so many Aleyrias. In fact, a hundred thousand Aleyrias actually made for a very beautiful view indeed. Specifically, their sense of horror was due the strange but dreadful sense of impending doom which the Elliot had warned them about. It was as though something really, REALLY bad was about to happen, something which would affect them too, regardless of how insanely powerful they were. God or Devil, Wild Space Energy or not, the fearsome premonition of doom threatens their deaths all of them equally. ¡°We don¡¯t have a second to waste.¡± Primal Alexander said to Aleyria. ¡°Kill them as fast as possible, and send your clones into the Realm of Sin. We might just be able to escape from the mysterious apocalypse that threatens us.¡± ¡°I understand.¡± Aleyria said very simply and all hundred thousand clones raised their Staffs of the Almighty at Lucifer. ¡°Sacred Light of the Almighty.¡± A hundred thousand Aleyrias whispered together at the same time.. As one hundred thousand staffs began to shine brightly with unparalleled luminance, they also released a hitherto unseen level of energy which more than oversaturated the energy contained within space itself! It took less than a split second for the staffs to charge up their power, and for their searingly blinding light to explode towards Lucifer in what was definitely a God-ying level of attack! A hundred thousand moon-sized beams of light was physically still just a fraction of the size of a mega supergiant star that was Lucifer. But Magius was able to use just five of those fiercely powerful beams of light to physically stop Lucifer¡¯s retreat into his portal back to the Realm of Sin. By that logic, ten should be enough to heavily wound him. Fifty should be overkill. But Lucifer was already infested by the Wild Energy life form which allowed him to increase his strength significantly and further trigger his evolution by devouring all sorts of energy. There was simply no telling how long Lucifer had been infested, and just how much he had devoured. And so, Aleyria had decided topletely err on the side of caution, and to release all hundred thousand beams of light on him! ¡°This is just ridiculous.¡± Magius¡¯ real sighed slightly dejectedly. ¡°I mean, I am gratified that such great power could be brought to bear from our side. But¡­¡± ¡°You feel useless.¡± Primal Alexander chuckled. ¡°Very much so.¡± Magius sighed even as he watched the hundred thousand beams of light rip into Lucifer¡¯s body mercilessly. They left a trail of huge space gashes that had ck lightning arching around them with deadly intensity. The hundred thousand beams hadpletely destabilized space around them and caused the barriers between various realms to be ripped open! And most importantly, the beams of light also managed to pierce through the powerful blood red barrier which Lucifer had hastily thrown up around him. CRAAAAAACKKK!! The red barrier shattered into a billion pieces and the light beams smashed into Lucifer¡¯s scaly body and pierced into him! The beams of light took a few seconds to travel the length of Lucifer¡¯s body before continuing to exit it from behind him. ¡°RIDICULOUS! IMPOSSIBLE!!¡± Lucifer roared with unresigned indignance at what was befalling him. But his body was filled with hundred thousand new holes, and it was a reality that was as undeniable as the massive spatial cracks that had opened up everywhere the beams of light passed through! GRAAAAHHHHHHHH!! Wild Energy Lucifer gave a fearsome roar and then did something which nearly blew Elliot¡¯s, Aleyria and Alexander¡¯s minds off. His massive body which was riddled with holes caused by the bright beams of light suddenly glowed bright red! ¡°What the heck is he-¡± Primal Alexander began. ¡°It is absorbing the essence of the Sacred Light of the Almighty attack!¡± Aleyria cried out in absolute shock. ¡°Insanity!¡± But as insane as it sounds, it was exactly what the Wild Energy Lucifer was doing. GRAAAAHHHHHHH!!! It roared out in extreme pain as it furiously tried to devour and convert the ridiculous amount of damage that the Aleyrias were dishing out into nourishing energy which it could use to forcibly evolve itself further. ¡°So at this level it can even absorb attacks and devour its essence.¡± Elliot thought calmly even as his eyes roved all around the area, searching for signs of the impending doom that was definitely about to happen. ¡°Magius, go ahead and continue cloning yourself and your staffs.¡± Elliot said calmly to him. ¡°It will hasten the apocalypse, but we need more power to overwhelm his rate of devour and kill him.¡± Magius nodded silently, and immediately did as Elliot said. Once more, the heavy sense of dread intensified even further as more Magiuses appeared with full powered Staffs of the Almighty. ¡°What exactly is this fearsome sense of doom? It¡¯s so suffocating.¡± Primal Alexander¡¯s real body winced slightly. ¡°I suggest we retreat to my multiverse.¡± Elliot said quietly even as he started to open a portal that would lead him back home. Aleyria nced at Alexander, then at Magius, who had an extremely solemn look on his face. 914 ¡°Gather your loved ones, and whoever you feel is worth saving. Retreat to earth within my multiverse. That¡¯s the best advice I could give you. With such a heavy sense of crisis, I doubt the realm would fare very well. And if we don¡¯t do it now, we might lose the chance to do it.¡± Elliot repeated his advice. Aleyria, Alexander and Magius sighed deeply and nodded. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Alexander said decisively, and immediately got his clones to spread out and forcibly bring his subjects to safety. Magius and Aleyria did the same thing as well. Elliot dispersed clones to act as lookouts so that they could get as much of an advance warning as possible when the apocalypse struck them. His real body quickly got back to where he came from earlier. As soon as the portal closed behind him, the sense of doom in his heart disappeared without a trace. ¡°So it cannot cross the barriers of the multiverse.¡± Elliot murmured softly. ¡°What cannot cross the barriers of the multiverse?¡± Came Jessica Sand¡¯s voice. ¡°Where did you go?¡± ¡°Oh hey. I went to help Primal Alexander for a bit in his multiverse. Believe it or not, I actually met the Devil there. In fact, there were tw-¡­ HOT DAMN!!! WHAT THE HELL???¡± Elliot roared in shock as he witnessed the beginning of the apocalypse in Alexander and Aleyria¡¯s multiverse!! Chapter 417 Potential Gold Mine Compared to Lucifer and Lilith, Elliot and the rest were extremely small. If Earth was a golf ball, the sun would be a school bus filled to the brim with golf balls. ?[0)??? And on that scale ofparison, if Earth was a golf ball, Lucifer would be Mount Everest. It was a scale that blows the mind, considering that Magius took the form of a mere man. On that scale ofparison, Magius was like the size of tiny mites on the golf ballpared to the entire Mount Everest! He was so small that it was already a miracle of rtively epic proportions that he and his Staff of the Almighty could even deal so much damage to him. The fact that merely five such Staffs could stop a desperately retreating Lucifer in his tracks spoke incredible volumes about the Staff¡¯s unreal power. However, the universe was a massive ce, and the multiverse was infinitelyrger than the already near infinitelyrge universe. What was horrificallyrge in one multiverse could be just a small creep in another, just like how even though a man is an unimaginably huge giantpared to a flea, he is just a tiny speck of dustpared to a star.. And at that moment, Lucifer, for all his size and swagger as the biggest and baddest being across the realms, looked like a small antpared to the massive eye that was peeking through a particrly huge spatial crack. The apocalypse of the realms in Alexander and Aleyria¡¯s multiverse¡­ was arger thanrge life form of some sort! ¡°Little life forms.¡± A strangely mild voice appeared in all of their minds. ¡°Are you all fighting?¡± At his voice, every single living being, including Lucifer, Lilith, and all of Aleyria¡¯s and Magius¡¯ clones, instantly stopped and stared at the eye which was heart-stoppingly massive at approximately the size of a star system¡¯s entire orbit! It was a moment of utter despair for them all, and a deeply disturbing awakening of their utter helplessness. Clone portal? Wild energy devour? What use were they in the face of sheer size? All at once, the massive battle that was uring, the sneaky backstab by Lilith, the incredible miracle wrought by Elliot¡¯s clone portal and the significantly more dangerous Lucifer who was actually devouring the essence of the Staff of the Almighty seemed to be petty squabbles of little kids. They weren¡¯t worth talking about when a big and importantly looking adult went over and started talking to them in a stern and dangerous manner. ¡°Why aren¡¯t any of you answering? Are you all too small to talk? Or are you¡­ ignoring me?¡± SPLAT!!!! Without any warning, the star system sized eye suddenly exploded into pieces!! ¡°Holy smokes!! What the hell?¡± Elliot shouted! However, the pieces of the exploded eye started to move in concert as they all streamed into the realm. It was the decisive moment. Should they run away while the being was entering their realm? Attack? Or do nothing and wait tomunicate with it? The wisest choice, was, or course tomunicate. Running away was probably useless in the face of a higher life form. Attacking was literally the dumbest thing to do. What if the life form wasn¡¯t aggressive? It could very well be just a researcher or something. But too bad the Wild Energy Lucifer did not receive the memo regarding ¡°wise things to do when a giant eye is entering the realm¡±. It took one look at the stream of eye particles entering the realm, and it instantly pointed at it and sent out enormous waves of red energy surging towards it!! 523 It happened so fast and so unstoppably that Elliot could only watch and wince as the red energy wave crashed onto the stream of eye particles!! ¡°Hmmm? What are you doing? Oh. What a vicious little fe. You¡¯re actually trying to absorb my physical body. Haha!¡± The mild voice sounded in their minds with an extremely amused tone. ¡°Hey there. Don¡¯t do that. It may be just a physical body, but its rude to absorb it without first asking me.¡± The voice continued to sound in their minds and gently released a strange power that pushed the red energy away as though it was merely putting aside a little toddler¡¯s hand which was being irritating. The Wild Energy Lucifer suddenly smiled sinisterly and in a blink of an eye, itpletely absorbed the power of the hundred thousand beams of Sacred Light of the Almighty cast by Aleyria and her clones! And to make it worse, it started to produce the strange power that was able to gently push aside its red energy earlier. It had sessfully absorbed and replicated the massive eye¡¯s power! ¡°Whoa. Absorption and instant replication? On such an aggressive life form? No wonder you guys are fighting. So you are a bad guy, huh?¡± The voice still sounded extremely rxed even though it was slightly surprised at the Wild Energy¡¯s extremely impressive absorb and replicate feat. ¡°Well. I am not a good guy. But I also dislike bad guys. Are you the copies of the good guy? Here. Let me do your job for you and take care of the bad guy. In exchange,e on out and talk to me. I am bored!¡± The voice sounded. At that moment, Alexander appeared before them and started to project a massive image of himself so that he could at least be visible. ¡°My name is Alexander. I lead the forces that are defending this realm against the devils Lucifer and Lilith.¡± His voice thundered loudly. ¡°Ah, you¡¯re the leader of the good guys. You don¡¯t have to raise your voice and increase your size like that. Just talk to me in your mind. I am not so primitive that I need to physically see and hear you tomunicate with you.¡± The voice chuckled. ¡°I have already identified your real body. Here. Take this as a first meeting gift from me.¡± SPLAT!!!!! Like the eye earlier, Lucifer and Lilith suddenly burst apart into particles and they started streaming towards Alexander! ¡°I don¡¯t know if you have the ability to devour like that bad guy, so I¡¯ll convert them into easily absorbed particles to strengthen your body and your strength.¡± The voice said. ¡°I, Alexander, thank you and your gift from the bottom of my heart.¡± Primal Alexander bowed deeply. ¡°Don¡¯t worry too much about it. It¡¯s just physical bodies. It means nothing to me. But if you want to pay me back, you can! In exchange, bring your friends to me and let us have a good chat! I am interested in the story of this ce, and of the various special things you guys have! Who knows I might just find¡­ heheheheheheh!¡± The voice said excitedly like a little girl finding a brand new potential gold mine! Chapter 418 Leiget No matter how strong you are, there will always be someone who can make you weak. In life, that saying means that even the most powerful man can fall in love and meet someone who will hold your heart in her hands. Elliot blinked a few times to process what just happened to the Wild Energy Lucifer and Lilith even as the words appeared in his mind. ¡°Only that in this case, weak literally means weak.¡± Elliot muttered to himself. He had thought that with his Ascendant Runes tinged even with Dark Runes, and his incredible breakthrough in the Universe of Runes and the ridiculously game-breaking Clone Portals, he would finally reach the top of the top. He did, actually in his realm. But now, looking at the strange being whose body was ¡°merely¡± a body, and who could turn Wild Energy Lucifer and Lilith to dust with a single thought, AND turn them into ¡°easily absorbed particles¡± so that Alexander could absorb them easily¡­ Elliot felt helplessly small once again. In the face of such mysterious power, he was but one word. Weak. He felt like a little baby watching another little baby taking in the processed baby food which looked like mush so that the weak little baby body could absorb its nutrients easily. When will he ever reach the top? ¡°The path to power is a never ending journey.¡± One of Elliot¡¯s clone said andughed bitterly. ¡°Hmmm? A philosopher? Hahaha, yes you are right. You¡¯re pretty powerful too. Here, have some of these nutritious food as well. It will help you take another small, oh well for you it will be pretty big, step in that path of power you mentioned. You have to get your real body here if you want to receive it though.¡± The voice said very casually as though she was distributing a bunch of cheap candy. ¡°In fact, why don¡¯t all four of you have some? It¡¯ll do you good and you¡¯ll probably be able to defend your cute little realm from other naughty realms.¡± The voice giggled. ¡°I thank you for your generosity. But my real body is currently indisposed.¡± One of Elliot¡¯s clones bowed respectfully at the general direction of where the giant eye was. ¡°A suspicious philosopher.¡± The voice chuckled. ¡°Your loss. Here, have more.¡± The mass of particles surged towards Alexander and rapidly entered his body. Throughout the process, his face remained calm. Magius and Aleyria didn¡¯t move a single muscle nor did they say a single word, probably under Alexander¡¯s strictest instructions. Aleyria¡¯s face was understandably gloomy to the utmost, and her aura was one of icy death. But like Elliot, she was but another newborn baby in the presence of a fully mobile adult. , Magius was standing next to her, ready to stop her from doing anything stupid. But with so many of her clones around, even if she wants to do anything stupid, she didn¡¯t have to do it with her real body. It was enough that Alexander step up and do whatever the strange but peerlessly powerful voice wanted them to do. As the particles from Wild Energy Lucifer and Lilith surged into Alexander ceaselessly, the eye particles formed themselves into a little girl, not unlike Jessica Sands in style and form, but one with an aged quality to her that unmistakably exhibited her wisdom and maturity for them to behold. ¡°Because you¡¯re the only one brave enough to step up, let me give you a big gift!¡± The little girl said and gently stretched out her hand to touch Alexander¡¯s forehead. Aleyria¡¯s eyes bulged out and she finally couldn¡¯t take it anymore. Whatever that strange little girl had to give to her husband, she didn¡¯t want it! She made all hundred thousand of her clones blink forward and cast the strongest defensive barrier she could around Alexander. A hundred thousand super thin but hyper tough barriers rippled into existence around Alexander. Aleyria stood in front of her husband protectively and raised her hand horizontally forward to stop the little girl froming closer. ¡°Stop. I thank you for your willingness to help us. But we don¡¯t know you, and we can¡¯t ept such powerful gifts without first knowing you and what your gifts do.¡± Aleyria said firmly. ¡°Hee hee. You¡¯re being too suspicious of me, just like the other guy. If I want to kill you, orpletely enve you, I have but to will it, and it shall be. I have no need to touch you. Look. Let me demonstrate.¡± The little girl¡¯s eyes glowed white very briefly and suddenly, every single clone in the area, be it Aleyria, Alexander, Magius, Elliot and even all the other clones from the rest of their subordinates, suddenly disappeared and reappeared in neat rows! ¡°See? I can control their actions like a puppeteer. And if I wanted to¡­¡± The little girl¡¯s eyes glowed red very briefly. Poof. Every single clone disappeared into energy particles. ¡°Or, if I wanted to¡­¡± The little girl¡¯s eyes glowed green very briefly again. The energy particles from all the thousands of clones began to clump together in a strange runic pattern. And very soon, a magnificent creature unlike anything they had ever seen before emerged. It was four legged, and looked vaguely like a lion. However, it was much bigger and somehow looked much more impressive than a lion. Its trio of horns protruded very powerfully and demanded instant reverence from all whoid their eyes on it. It oozed out deep majesty from every pore and a regality that would stun Kings senseless shrouded it snugly like a warm fluffy nket in deep winter. ¡°A Leiget.¡± The little girl smiled. ¡°A being so powerful that it could rule all of your little realms as a peerless God. A gift for my brave little buddy here.¡± She waved her hand carelessly, and the Leiget¡¯s dead eyes suddenly burst into life. It blinked, and instantly positioned itself next to Alexander. ¡°Master.¡± The Leiget said solemnly. Chapter 419 Laws The little girl killed and broke down a hundred thousand Gods into energy particles as though they were nothing, and then took their energy to create a being that was muchrger in power than even all hundred thousand Godsbined. All within seconds. She was like a three dimensional human beingpared to a series of two dimensional drawings. She could do anything she wanted. ¡°See? If I wanted to harm you, I would have done so already. So quit being so suspicious and please step aside.¡± The little girl said with a sigh. ¡°I don¡¯t quite like you. I don¡¯t want to give you any gifts. But I do like this brave young man right here. And so I will shower you with gifts. Hmph. This will teach you not to be so suspicious of a kind soul like me.¡± The little girl said with a pout. She didn¡¯t wait for Aleyria to say anything before gently but irresistibly pushed her aside with a wave of invisible energy. ¡°It¡¯s alright, Aleyria.¡± Alexander finally spoke up. ¡°I am fi-.¡± Without waiting for Alexander to finish his sentence, the girl touched Alexander¡¯s forehead with her index finger. CRACKLE! Strange lightning arcs coursed down the little girl¡¯s finger and entered Alexander¡¯s forehead. ¡°UWAH!¡± Alexander¡¯s eyes bulged out in surprise at the sudden influx of sheer, unimaginable power into his soul. ¡°Wow! Your soul is pretty developed for a little lifeform from the lower heaven! Interesting!¡± The little girl shouted in excitement. ¡°I knew it! There must be something good here! Hehehe¡­ Here! Let me give you more! Let¡¯s see. Well, there¡¯s a saying not to give fishermen fishes but to give them rods or something. Let me give you the ability to do as I did. To break down lifeforms and absorb them! It¡¯s my secret bloodline technique. You should be honored that I am actually giving you this. But it¡¯s not like I have a choice. I need you to be strong if I want you to help me find THAT thing. Hehehehehe¡­¡± The girl¡¯s thoughts appeared in their mindspletely unfiltered and uncensored except for the final thing which she was looking for. Aleyria gritted her teeth in slight annoyance, exasperation and irritation. But mostly, it was in helplessness. As she watched the little girl inject power into her husband¡¯s forehead, she suddenly realized that¡­ the feeling of utter destion and doom had actually disappeared! And she had no idea when it happened. It was still there at full force when the eye appeared. But when the girl¡¯s voice suddenly appeared in their minds, the feeling had very slowly and gradually subsided. It was so smooth that Aleyria didn¡¯t notice it happening! ¡°Does this mean that she isn¡¯t dangerous? I mean she obviously has the strength to destroy this realm countless times over. But does she have the intention too? And then, before she could analyze the situation further, the worst sound Aleyria could ever dream of hearing in that moment suddenly sounded from the little girl. ¡°HUH? Why is¡­¡± A bright golden light suddenly appeared from the girl¡¯s eyes! And then, both Alexander and the little girl crumpled down in a dead faint. ¡°ALEXANDER!!¡± Aleyria screamed in horror as she immediately caught him in her arms. Magius blinked forward and gently caught the little girl as well. With the little girl in an unconscious state, the massive spatial gash from which she entered their realm also copsed within itself and closed with a very loud SCLEB! Elliot immediately opened up a portal to their location and stepped through along with Jessica Sands in tow. ¡°How is he?¡± Elliot asked as soon as he reached them. ¡°His pulse and his bodily functions are fine. In fact, more than fine! At this very moment, his body is still absorbing the energy from the two devils. However, his soul strength is extremely faint!¡± Aleyria cried out frantically. ¡°Soul strength?¡± Elliot said thoughtfully. He was a peak Hegemon, and although he was more than powerful enough to kill Ancients, he hadn¡¯t developed an active soul which could help Alexander. However, the strange beast which the little girl had created, Leiget, suddenly stepped forward. ¡°Their souls have been sent to a different ce. I have no idea why that happened, but apparently, she triggered certain forbiddenws when she tried to gift her bloodline power to a being of multiple souls such as Master.¡± Leiget said. ¡°Where exactly have their souls been sent to? And who was the one who did the sending?¡± Aleyria asked Leiget sharply. ¡°I do not have any idea.¡± Leiget shook its head slowly. ¡°I could sense their souls departing earlier when the forbiddenw was transgressed and its consequential runes appearing within Master¡¯s soul. ¡°Runes?¡± Jessica Sands cocked one eyebrow. ¡°Show me those runes.¡± Leiget turned to look at Jessica Sands calmly. ¡°Do as she says. She is a rune expert.¡± Elliot said to Aleyria. ¡°Do it.¡± Aleyria said. Leiget nodded and obeyed his Master¡¯s wife without hesitation. With only his mental strength, he conjured up an image of the rune he saw within Alexander¡¯s soul. Jessica Sands studied it for a quick moment, and then frowned. ¡°Can you understand it? Is it tooplex for you?¡± Aleyria asked her urgently. ¡°It isn¡¯t tooplex for me. It¡¯s just that¡­ It¡¯s gibberish. This rune doesn¡¯t make any sense. It¡¯s as though it isn¡¯t a rune, but merely meaninglessplex lines clumped together in a strange pattern.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°The energy structures aren¡¯t there, and there is no function to these lines.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not an energy based rune. This rune is based on Laws.¡± Leiget said calmly. ¡°Laws? What do you mean?¡± Jessica Sands asked curiously. ¡°Energy provides the power for work to be done. It can only be manipted. It cannot be created or destroyed. Laws are the creation and destruction of energy.¡± Leiget said. ¡°Creation and destruction of energy¡­ That¡¯s why she could kill the two devils so easily! And that¡¯s why she could create you so easily!¡± Elliot cried out in understanding. Chapter 420 Black Phoenix Jessica had spent her whole life as a genius in manipting energy through the use of runes. Her understanding and mastery over energy maniption was mostly instinct driven, fueled by her body¡¯s sensitivity towards energy and her ability to not only sense energy movements, but also understand their movement patterns and functions. Such abilities had propelled her into heightspletely unseen before by the rest of the known universe. Even within the expanded universe, her ability remained as yet unmatched! But faced with the power and application ofws which she had never experienced before in her life, she waspletely clueless. Laws were apletely new thing to her and to every single life form in the known universe, a brand new dimension of life which they had never encountered before. When has energy ever been created or destroyed in the known universe? ¡°So when you said ¡°consequential runes¡± had appeared in their souls after the little girl transgressed forbiddenws when gifting her bloodline to a being with ¡°multiple¡± souls, these runes werew based runes which either created or destroyed certain energy?¡± Aleyria summarized Leiget¡¯s words and tried to understand what just happened. ¡°Indeed. Their souls were instantly transported into a newly created area.¡± Leiget said. ¡°Imprisoned.¡± Magius said grimly. ¡°The question is¡­ by who? And how do we free them?¡± ¡°I do not know.¡± Leiget said. ¡°I am newly created. Though my power dwarfs yours significantly, I am not knowledgeable on the affairs of the heavens.¡± Elliot nodded quietly. His mind was racing at unimaginable speeds as hepared the rune which Leiget had drawn, the rune which the little girl had drawn as she brought Leiget into life earlier, the Ascendant Runes and the Dark Runes in four parallel lines. Very vaguely, his mind had somehow sensed a congruence of sorts among the four types of runes, a deliciousmonality that would shed some light to the mystery of Laws, and quite possibly, the key to understanding them. ¡°I need time to crack the runes.¡± Elliot said softly. ¡°The crisis here is mostly averted. Please try your best to crack the rune and find out where Alexander¡¯s soul is! If you do, we will forever be in your debt.¡± Aleyria said to him in a calm voice. However, she left no doubts in Elliot¡¯s mind that she meant every word. Literally. ¡°There is no need for debts among friends. I will look for you as soon as I make progress.¡± Elliot replied her very simply and then turned to Leiget. ¡°I need to learn everything you can teach me aboutws. Can you do that?¡± Elliot said. ¡°WE need to learn everything.¡± Jessica Sands interjected. ¡°I am sorry. WE, need to learn.¡± Elliot smiled at Jessica Sands and corrected himself. ¡°I am a created being under the construct of Laws, I do not wield their full power. At most, I am able to apply basicws. The consequential runes that were triggered due to the transgression of forbiddenws were advanced Law Runes. I am only able to show you its form. I ampletely unable to teach you anything about it.¡± Leiget said. ¡°Anything you know is better than nothing. Come, follow me back to my multiverse. We will do our research there.¡± Elliot said. And with that, Elliot, Jessica and Leiget returned home. The moment they appeared back in their own multiverse, however, Leiget immediately growled lightly. ¡°Hmmm? What¡¯s wrong?¡± Elliot immediately asked him. ¡°This ce¡­ is hostile.¡± Leiget growled deeply. ¡°Hostile?¡± Elliot was surprised. ¡°Yes. I am not wee here. I should go back.¡± Leiget said softly. His whole body was still, and not the tiniest bit of his aura leaked out. It was as though he was hiding in a corner and making himself as small as possible. Elliot waved his hand and created a powerful energy barrier around him. ¡°What about now? Is the ce still hostile?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes. It feels as though the very fabric of the universe is rejecting my presence!¡± Leiget said. ¡°I should go back before things get worse!¡± ¡°Hold on.¡± Jessica Sands weaved a series of powerful runes and created a series of spacetime barriers around all of them. ¡°What about now? My spacetime barrier shifts uspletely away from space and time. We should bepletely isted here!¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°It¡­ It is slightly better. I can still feel its hostility. But it is as though it has lost its target.¡± Leiget said hesitantly. ¡°Indeed. Whatever is feeling hostile towards you can¡¯t possibly find you within this barrier. You are safe here.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°Not necessarily. My presence here is probably a forbidden thing as well. I suspect that is the reason why the fabric of creation here is rejecting me. And if I my presence here is a forbidden thing, then it would only be a matter of time till I get sent away as well!¡± Leiget said nervously. Elliot nodded slowly. ¡°We are dealing with apletely unknown event. We need to err in the side of caution. Let us go back to your original multiverse.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Right. Right. Let¡¯s do that.¡± Leiget agreed wholeheartedly. Elliot opened up a portal once more, and they hastily beat a retreat to Alexander and Aleyria¡¯s multiverse. However, as soon as they stepped through the portal, a bright shining light suddenly burst forth from around Leiget!! Whoosh. Leiget crumpled as well,pletely unconscious. ¡°What happened??¡± Aleyria cried out in shock at the sudden reappearance and subsequent fainting of Leiget! She was just preparing her heart to settle down and wait for as long as it takes for Elliot to master the runes so that they would at least have a clue to search for Alexander. But then they had to reappear so quickly and give her a surprise! ¡°Leiget!!¡± Elliot shouted in horror. ¡°It¡¯s the consequential runes due to the transgression of the forbiddenws he mentioned earlier! I saw the rune right as the bright light was shining! It is slightly different from the one he showed us earlier, and I think I found a clue for us!¡± Jessica Sands cried out excitedly. Caught between two extreme situations, where they had just very suddenly lost their sole clue to finding out where Alexander went, and the sudden finding of a critical clue straight after that caused a flux of emotions to surge violently in Aleyria¡¯s heart. Magnificent ck golden wings erupted from behind her and the shrill cry of a phoenix echoed from the very depths of her soul. Aleyria, as it turned out, was a ck Phoenix Goddess. Chapter 421 Soul Strength Life, in general, ispletely unpredictable. The bestid ns could be made with the greatest of caution and the most exhaustive preparation with countless alternatives and back up ns, and still, things could turn outpletely differently. For normal people, it would be things like winning lotteries and discovering stage four cancers when they least expect them. They were life changing events, and oftentimes, they would throw a wrench in the gears of their lives. However, life is fair. It treats superpowers and normal people the same way. Not even Gods like Aleyria were free of life¡¯s absolute unpredictability. Who would have thought that they would meet with a transcendent existence that could wield such an amazing power such asws? Who could have imagined that she could and would kill their main enemy bosses, Lucifer and Lilith so decisively, so easily and so quickly? And who could have imagined a scenario where such a transcendent existence would bepletely unconscious mere minutes of making her appearance? And in the process, bring Primal Alexander away to an unknown location? The sheer chaos of her life in the past few days caused Aleyria to finally have an emotional outburst. Kyaaaaa! The mournful but also enraged cry of a ck Phoenix Goddess rippled out and instantly triggered a simr feeling of sadness and anger to bloom in the hearts of all who listened. Elliot¡¯s bloodline started to boil at her cry. From the beginning of time, Dragons and Phoenixes always had extremely close rtionships. Although they had maintained separate bloodlines, they were somehow linked together by a strange and inexplicable power. Aleyria¡¯s ck Phoenix bloodline was an ancient and pure bloodline, and the ancient dragon bloodline within Elliot couldn¡¯t help but respond! Graaaaaaaahhhh!!! A powerful ancient dragon roar rippled out from deep within Elliot¡¯s soul as well. The two ancient roars rang out and started to meld together. As soon as that happened, a strange aura started to diffuse out of Primal Alexander. It was an extremely ancient dragon aura, like Elliot. However, it felt different. It felt¡­ feminine? ¡°mewing!¡± Aleyria shouted in surprise. ¡°Where¡¯s Alexander?¡± However, Alexander remained unconscious, and the burst of dragon aura from him quickly faded away. ¡°mewing? Who is that?¡± Elliot asked,pletely surprised. ¡°mewing is¡­ was, a dragon. She gave herself to fuse with Alexander, bing his subordinate soul and granting him the full power of her dragon body. She lives in a separate soul dimension. Just now, that was her aura! We need to get in touch with her, she might have some clues as to what happened to Alexander!¡± Aleyria said with barely controlled excitement. ¡°Let¡¯s try that again.¡± Elliot immediately said. However, no matter how hard they tried, they somehow couldn¡¯t get their ck Phoenix cry and Dragon roar to meld like before. ¡°It must have something to do with authentic emotions.¡± Elliot finally said. ¡°We can¡¯t force it.¡± Aleyria could only shake her head helplessly. ¡°Apparently this mewing¡¯s dragon soul got excited and managed to somehow get her aura out when your ck Phoenix cry and my Dragon roar somehow melded together. Is there something unique about mewing that would make her sensitive to a Phoenix-Dragon union?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°mewing is what we call a Scion of Pdinos, the God of Life. Being a Scion grants her ess to the Power of Pdinos, and that power gave her an incredible amount of life force and the purest Dragon Bloodline possible within this realm. However, I do not know how that would make her sensitive to a Phoenix-Dragon union.¡± Aleyria said uncertainly. ¡°Power of Pdinos, God of Life.¡± Elliot frowned lightly and turned to Jessica Sands. ¡°We don¡¯t have any Gods in our multiverse?¡± ¡°There was a Dragon God a long time ago. But he went missing. Apart from him, I do not know if there were any other Gods.¡± Jessica Sands replied. ¡°Our Almighty God, the Father of all four Gods, went missing too.¡± Aleyria said in a troubled voice. ¡°There is a deep mystery involving the God level beings in both our realms. A mystery that¡¯s even more serious in my realm, considering that in yours, you still have two gods, Magius and yourself.¡± Elliot said. ¡°It would be difficult to crack this mystery.¡± Aleyria said. ¡°But I guess this is our only choice.¡± ¡°We have two leads. mewing, and Jessica¡¯s revtion on the Law Runes. I suggest we pursue both leads at the same time. Aleyria, you try to investigate the connection between mewing and the melding of ck Phoenix Cries and Dragon Roars. I will work with Jessica on the Laws.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Fine. Let us do that.¡± Aleyria said with a rueful smile. ¡°I guess we have to separate again. May our separation bear better fruit this time.¡± Elliot nodded, and immediately led Jessica Sands back to his own multiverse¡­ Again. ¡°What clue did you find about the Law Runes?¡± Elliot asked Jessica Sands as soon as they appeared in their own multiverse. ¡°The Law Runes produced by Leiget as he disappeared and the one he drew for us that took Alexander¡¯s soul away¡­ They had one crucial difference. I think the difference is the location! If I can somehowpare the differences between the two runes carefully, I might just be able to gather a clue or two regarding to where their souls were brought to.¡± Jessica Sands said excitedly. ¡°Show me. Let¡¯s figure it out together.¡± Elliot said. Jessica Sands happily obliged him. Both of them started to explore the two Law Runes they had on hand. For the first few hours, no progress was made. But they persevered. Hours turned to day. And one day stretched to three. Finally, Jessica Sands sighed. ¡°We made zero progress. I have never went for so long without discovering anything before!¡± She grumbled. However, Elliot was frowning lightly. ¡°It is true that we made no progress in deciphering the Law Runes. But¡­ Don¡¯t you feel that¡­ Your soul is stronger?¡± Elliot asked Jessica Sands cautiously. ¡°Huh? Is it?¡± Jessica Sands frowned and tried to sense her own soul strength. Chapter 422 Soul Power Structures Ancient level warriors were warriors that had awakened and unlocked the power of their souls. The key to awakening their souls was the provision of two crucial sources of power for the souls. The first was providing the soul with a soul power structure. Prior to awakening, the soul was just a lump of spiritual mush, containing the identity of the body, but without form nor power. The journey towards Ancient level simply refers to the creation of soul power structures that would allow for the soul to wield soul power. The second would be to fill the soul power structure with soul power. Once the soul was filled with soul power flowing ording to the pathways of the soul power structure, then the soul could be truly considered as an awakened soul. The soul would be able to continue to expand on its power structure and increase the amount of soul power it contains. Just like a little baby opening its eyes for the first time. The newborn soul would require nutrients to grow bigger. And as it grows, its power structures need to grow along with it until it reaches maturity. Every warrior, depending on his nutrient intake and initial formation of his soul power structure, has a different maturity cap. One with a highly advanced power structure foundation and with highly advanced subsequent power structure enhancement, would definitely far outstrip the Ancient level warrior with only a basic soul power structure and simple subsequent power structure enhancements. In fact, if the Ancient warrior creates a powerful enough base, it would even be able to create an Ancient Anomaly! Aplete domain that would be filled with manifestations of his soul power. A full area surrounding him where he would be God, with the ability to haveplete control over energy within it, be it physical energy or soul power. As with every endeavor, the setting up of the foundation would be key to future sess! The warrior seeking a perfect crossing from Hegemon into Ancient would require the knowledge on how to create the best and most powerful soul power structure! And then he would be required to feed his soul with the most nutritious ¡°food¡±, and slowly advance his soul power structure until it reachespletion, aka maturity. And thereafter the strength of the Ancient level warrior would depend on the skill his soul could exhibit. That was how the rest of the universe made their way across the chasm between Hegemon and Ancient level. But strangely, after spending days mulling and working on the strange Law Runes, Elliot could feel his dormant dragon soul slowly but very surely strengthening! In construction terms, his Grade S brick and mortar raw materials were slowly being enhanced and upgraded into Grade SS! And not only that, he felt as though he could sense and control his own soul power better. It was like his eyes were suddenly swapped with Eagle eyes and he suddenly grew two more pairs of arms, with much higher granr control and tactile feedback! If he wanted to, he would be able to not only create a high quality building, but also include within the building fine and exquisite carvings as decorations! Elliot was already by far an anomaly. He already received a powerful dragon soul from the dragon bloodline and ten dragon soul essences from his Dragon Apostles. There were no Hegemon in the history of the universe with such an advantage. If Elliot sessfully crossed into Ancient level, his soul power alone would aplete monster the likes of which the universe had never seen before! If other Hegemon warriors were trying to build the foundation of a three storey house, Elliot had in him the raw materials and the foundation to build a skyscraper that could pierce the clouds. And with the strengthening of his soul, he felt as though he could build a skyscraper that reached all the way to space! ¡°I can¡¯t really feel my soul much.¡± Jessica Sands said after a little while. ¡°You can already feel your soul?¡± ¡°Yes. I can feel it very clearly.¡± Elliot nodded. ¡°Over the past few hours, I can feel that my soul has strengthened by at least 50%.¡± ¡°One of the prerequisites before Hegemons can proceed to try and cross into Ancient level is for them to be able to feel their souls. Only then would they be able to slowly form the soul power structures that would awaken their souls.¡± Jessica Sands said seriously. ¡°I think you have fulfilled that requirement. If you want to, you can begin your journey into Ancient level!¡± ¡°I have no idea on what soul power structure I can make. With m¡­ wait a minute! Why haven¡¯t I noticed this before?¡± Elliot was stunned as he scanned through the myriad information on Soul Power Structure which suddenly appeared in his mind. ¡°These are information on dragon-soul based soul power structures!¡± Elliot immediately summoned his ten Dragon Apostles. ¡°I need all the information you have on Soul Power Structures.¡± Elliot said. Immediately, his ten Dragon Apostles sent out slivers of energy containing densely packed information. One by one, the slivers of energy entered Elliot¡¯s mind and quickly unpacked themselves. For the next few minutes, Elliot closed his eyes as he examined the impressive scale of information he got from his Dragon Apostles. ¡°Strange. The information from the Dragon Apostles are not as good as the information I got from my own dragon soul remnant! They doplement each other though, so it¡¯s still a positive thing overall to gain these information from the apostles. But the question is¡­ just who is this dragon soul for it to contain such powerful information on Soul Power Structure?¡± However, as he tried to merge the information from the dragon soul and the dragon apostles together, a startling realization hit him with the power of a freight train! ¡°These soul power structures¡­ they are simr to the Law Runes!!¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but shout loudly in shock! Chapter 423 Breaking Through What did having a bunch of Law Runes that looked rather simr to the soul power structure mean? Like what the Ascendant Runes were to normal Runes, these Law Runes represent a higher form of Soul Power Structure! The reason why the two of them were unable to crack the code was simply due to the simple fact that their souls weren¡¯t awakened, and werepletely unable to sense crucial structures of the Law Runes. As soon as Elliot saw that the two were rather simr, he immediately got his ten Dragon Apostles to study the Law Runes for him. ¡°Hmmmm? Law Runes? I have not heard of them before, but I will do my best for you, my Master.¡± Dragon Apostle Purity said in her highly alluring voice. As always, she was in perfect human form and exuded a sense of raw sexuality that was beginning to pierce through Elliot¡¯s coldness towards her. Elliot had no idea when it started, but he had begun to take more and more notice of her. It was as though his dragon instincts were starting to kick in, and pushing him to find a mate. Elliot gulped lightly and coldly mped down on his body reactions. ¡°Study these two runes and let me know what you find. I am going to attack the Ancient Level chasm soon, and will need all the information that these runes can offer me.¡± Elliot told them seriously. All ten immediately sat down to study the runes with rapt attention. Their young Dragon Lord was about to advance and needed their help! And by the Dragon God, they will help. Within minutes of doing that, cries of surprise and absolute wonder started to fill the air! ¡°These Law Runes are incredible! The principles of Soul Power Maniption they used to construct these Law Runes are ridiculously efficient and powerful!¡± Dragon Apostle Deathwing cried out in joyful surprise. ¡°Indeed. Even with the little bit of discovery I made in the past few minutes, I would be able to advance my Soul Power Structure¡¯s output by at least 10 percent!¡± Dragon Apostle Golden Fire said solemnly. ¡°Don¡¯t advance anything yet. Keep going until no further discoveries could be made.¡± Elliot instructed. The Dragon Apostles nodded and continued to study the Law Runes. ¡°We should focus on studying the Law Runes too.¡± Jessica Sands said. ¡°Yes. I agr-¡± Elliot nodded and looked at her. However, he was stunned when he caught sight of Jessica Sands. Gone was the cute little ten year old girl look. In her ce was a mature and the most beautiful woman Elliot had everid eyes on. Long, silver hair flowed down her to her shoulders and framed her breathtaking face beautifully. Her eyes were round with long eyshes, and her mouth was the most kissably attractive mouth in the whole universe. She was wearing a light yellow dress that did nothing but entuate her devastatingly sexy body. The top of the dress was straining lightly to cup her full and perfect breasts, showing just the right amount of cleavage to set Elliot¡¯s loins afire. The beautiful dress flowed down to showcase her slender form and delicious, perky butt before ending just above her knees. ¡°Who¡­ who are you?¡± Elliot stammered stupidly. ¡°Its Jessica, silly.¡± Jessica Sands grinned and blushed a little. ¡°This is my true form.¡± ¡°True¡­ form? You look¡­ amazing!¡± Elliot gulped and continued to stare at her. ¡°Hee hee. Thank you¡­¡± Jessica smiled at him, and then frown a little before smacking his head with her hand. ¡°You can stop staring now.¡± ¡°Oh!! Haha. Sorry!¡± Elliot was snapped out of his shock and immediately sat down to focus on the Law Runes. It took him five minutes to cool down his body and calm down his dragon instincts. Five full minutes. But he did it. For the next few hours,plete silence reigned as all of them sat around the runes and did their own studies. The fact that the Soul Shards within him were slowly getting stronger did not escape his notice. The Soul Shards contained within the Dragon Apostles were Elliot¡¯s to begin with. And with all of the Dragon Apostles blitzing through their study of the Law Runes like a bunch of starved wolves chomping through a massive chicken farm, each and every Soul Shard within them were strengthening at a rapid clip, and Elliot¡¯s soul power began to skyrocket even before his soul had awakened. And all of this were merely the by-products of the Dragon Apostles studying the Law Runes. None of them had even began to apply those principles into their own Soul Power Structures! Jessica Sands finally opened her eyes after around two hours. She had, at longst, somehow limatized to soul power, and had awakened her senses to detect them. She had instantly sensed Elliot¡¯s stupidly massive amount of soul power which was continuing to grow even stronger, somehow feeding off the growth of the twelve Dragon Apostles. The twelve Dragon Apostles were like moon sized soul power nodes which were shining brightly in the darkness, pulsing with great majesty and gaining strength at an impressive speed. But Elliot was like the Earth Sized Mother Node in the middle of the twelve nodes, greedily gaining strength at a rate proportional to thebined rate of growth of the twelve nodes! ¡°What the hell, Elliot you greedy monster.¡± Jessica Sands couldn¡¯t help but mutter lightly. Elliot opened his eyes and grinned. He had finished studying the two Law Runes. Although he had yet to make significant breakthrough and understand them enough to advance his mastery of Soul Power Structures, he hadpletely absorbed whatever passive gain in soul power he could get from the two runes. At that moment, he only needed his twelve Dragon Apostles to finish studying, apply their hard earned knowledge on their own Soul Power Structure, and then guide him to break through to Ancient Level! After that, he would be able to breakthrough with the strongest and most powerful Soul Power Structure ever! Chapter 424 Passion ¡°I find myself at the center of an overpowered loophole in the entire pursuit of power, with constant and unimaginably powerful gifts to sustain my above the board rate of power growth.¡± Elliot mused about his life aloud. ¡°I¡¯ve broken through the various power levels with more than perfect methods, all with the help of things found only outside of this universe. It¡¯s strange, but truly and remarkably lucky for me.¡± ¡°Yes. You are the secret son of Lady Luck and the God of Fortune. That¡¯s my unshakable belief and understanding of the situation.¡± Jessica Sands said with an amused smile. Elliot smiled back at her. And for the first time, instead of shying away, Jessica Sands held the look they were sharing bravely and enjoyed the moment of closeness with Elliot. Maybe it was partly due to the dragon instincts that was roiling in his body, or maybe it was due to the fact that he was in a ce of unrivaled power at that moment within his own multiverse, or maybe it was Jessica¡¯s super hot original look, but either way, a sense of bliss washed over Elliot as he looked at Jessica Sands and very gently, his right hand reached out to caress Jessica¡¯s left cheek gently with his right index finger. Jessica¡¯s eyes widened a little bit, and she blushed lightly. But she allowed Elliot to continue. Both were extremely new to the issues of romance, and both had their hearts pounding madly at that moment, but they had gone through quite a lot together, and both felt that somehow, it was right. Like a flower blooming in the vitality of the spring air, tender feelings for each other sprouted in their hearts. Jessica had always viewed Elliot as an idol of sorts, and that feeling of idol worship had slowly progressed from mere idtry into something more concrete as the days went by. From interaction to interaction, Jessica had found her heart unwittingly and undeniably prepared for that very moment, the moment Elliot finally made his move. At his touch, it was as though faded, obscure desires and aspirations of a murky future where she was together with Elliot that was possible but improbable suddenly exploded into vivid and vibrant colours, taking on real and exciting forms! Her breath quickened and her pupils started to dte as her (not so) secret dreams turned to beautiful reality. For Elliot, he was driven by torrents of dominant and alpha dragon instincts within his blood and immense amounts of gratitude, admiration for Jessica Sands. Her ten year old form had solidly blocked his mind and heart from forming anything despite the very verdant and lush setting. The moment Jessica returned to her original form, however, the situation in his heart was like an explosion of a dam. The fact that Jessica very obviously had feelings for him made her all the more attractive for him, and caused his heart to burn with endless fires of desire for her. Like a dragon, bold and uninhibited in its deration of love, yet at the same time gentle and tender as befitting his humanity, Elliot cupped Jessica¡¯s cheek lightly and then pulled her in for a kiss. As his hungry lips touched hers, he was surprised to find a pair of eager and no less hungry lips waiting for him! That first kiss was beautiful. It was like the cing of a long lost final piece of a ten thousand piece jigsaw puzzle. It was like switching on vibrant and warm lights in a darkened room. It was like a single tone movie suddenly switching to bright, beautiful colours. It was melting, exploding, electrifying, numbing and sweet all at the same time. After a few heavenly seconds, Elliot put his arms around Jessica and hugged her tightly, pressing her lithe and nubile body against his. She reacted by cing her hands around him as well and rxing her bodypletely to allow Elliot to do whatever he wanted. With Elliot¡¯s heightened senses, he could feel her luscious breasts pressing against his body very clearly. His manhood immediately reacted and started to strain powerfully against his pants. His kiss turned slightly rough as desire surged through his body. At that moment, Jessica flicked her tough lightly into his mouth and licked his. Kaboom!! It was like a full blown nuclear fusion explosion going off in his¡­ loins! A great,pletely irresistible desire scorched through his veins. He wanted her! He wanted to be one with her! Now!! But Elliot was no weakling to give in so easily to his desires. He fought hard to force his lust down to a manageable level and continued to make out with Jessica passionately. But try as he might, he could not stop his hands from starting to roam about her body. His right hand traced Jessica¡¯s perfect figure starting from her back and down slowly towards her full bottom. Gently but firmly, he squeezed her juicy butt cheek and felt a deep, deep sense of satisfaction. At the same time, Jessica also moaned lightly with pleasure. He pressed her lower body against his and caused his huge, straining manhood to poke onto her lower abdomen. Jessica¡¯s eyes widened slightly for a moment as she realized what it was that she was feeling and the resulting excitement that she felt due to that made her blush lightly. But she quickly closed her eyes once more and focused on the pleasure that Elliot was making her feel. Her breath started to be extremely ragged as she surrenderedpletely to her desire and to Elliot¡¯s will. Elliot sent down his other hand and squeezed on her other butt cheek as well, causing Jessica to moan even louder. ¡°Oh, Elliot.¡± She said in between their deep, passionate kisses. Both Jessica and Elliot were extremely new to the act of making out, and they were rather clumsy with what they were doing to each other. But despite all that, their heart pounded rapidly and their emotions soared as eagles. Chapter 425 You did very well Jessica¡¯s heart hammered loudly as she felt Elliot¡¯s embrace loosen to allow his hand to roam freely around her back. His touch was clumsy at first, but slowly, he became more anf more gentle. Her skin started to be extremely sensitive and she could feel every single nuance, every single gentle caress of his right hand in her tummy or the hungry squeeze of his left hand on her butt. Her entire body screamed with pleasure and deep, deep desire for more. Much much more! She wanted to guide his hand around her body, but for some reason, she couldn¡¯t. She was still too shy to do that! But it was only a matter of time till Elliot explored every nook and cranny of the wondend that is her body. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* After a hot and heavy session where they took their fill of each other¡¯s bodies, both of them finally broke apart panting lightly. They didn¡¯t go all the way, not yet. Dragon or not, long-time fan or not, it was much too soon for a home run. ¡°Uhm. Hehehe.¡± Elliot gave Jessica a silly grin and winked at her, causing her face to blush a deep shade of red. She tidied up her dress and cleared her throat lightly, feeling pleased that she finally did an ¡°adult thing¡± with the guy of her dreams. ¡°You kids finally done?¡± Dragon Apostle Purity asked them with an extremely wide grin. His Dragon Apostles had finished the task that Elliot had set out for them and they had all studied thosew runes very properly. Their soul power which they thought had teaued, had actually risen with startling speed that shocked them straight to their bones. Never in all of their lives would they think that they could once more experience such an increase in soul strength! Indeed, following Elliot was the best choice they had ever made. Though they now serve a Master, their strengths had risen with a speed that bordered on reckless abandon! At that moment, however, they were all grinning at Elliot and Jessica. Being adults, they were no strangers to the concept of courtship and mating. Seeing their Master and an unprecedented genius of the Void Walkers making out, though embarassing for Jessica, was simply a cute and funny entertainment for the Dragon Apostles. ¡°Ah Chapter 426 Positions! 426 Positions! After that vigorous and highly stimting session, Elliot felt really good. For the first time in a very long time, he felt as though things were looking up. Having a special someone filled a void in his heart that he never knew existed, and awakened a huge bunch of feelings he never knew he could feel. Passion. Desire. Possessiveness. And a deep, unrelenting urge to keep her safe from harm and to make her boundlessly happy. He looked at his Dragon Apostles who were all seated calmly, awaiting his instructions. ¡°Let¡¯s begin.¡± Elliot said quietly. ¡°Manifest in hologram the changes you want to make to your Soul Power Structures based on the new understanding you have, andbine your findings with each other. Make sure you alle to a consensus on which is the best method to proceed.¡± ¡°Master, you understand that each of us have vastly different Soul Power Structures, and will require different modifications to achieve our strongest potential?¡± Dragon Apostle ckwing said in his deep rumbly voice. ¡°Of course. I just want all of you to know exactly what each others¡¯ findings are, and make the most efficient and effective upgrade to your Soul Power Structure. After that, I will need all of you to design the best one for me.¡± Elliot said. ¡°Understood.¡± Dragon Apostle ckwing said. Immediately, the nine Dragon Apostles started to discuss with each other. They were all masters in their own right, and they did not take very long to share their findings. Within one short hour, they were done, and they went their separate ways to finalize their strategy and make the upgrade. The upgrade would take much longer, and Elliot didn¡¯t want to stand around waiting for them, so he decided to go and stabilize the situation with his realm. He closed his eyes and got his many clones to work. Each of his clones were powers that none in the Realm could withstand, and wherever they went, fires were put out and enemy strongholds were taken down. It was extremely efficient and very easy for him to exert his will upon the realm. As a mere Hegemon, he was already standing firmly at the peak of power. But even so, he was STILL embroiled in a struggle against powers that were beyond him. He felt as though that his life in recent days were like a drama series or a novel series where the author had purposely created a series of ever increasingly powerful enemies to deal with. It was unnerving. But it was his life. ¡°If God is real and if He is truly in control of everything, then let Him see what I am doing and be impressed.¡± Elliot thought to himself. ¡°I will take whatever is being thrown my way and turn them into pure, dazzling sess. Like these Law Runes. I will use them to create the strongest Soul Power Structure and breakthrough into Ancient Level in unprecedented power and perfection. And if there are higher civilizations that God had made that exist in some other nes or multiverses or whatever, I will make sure that I am able to deal with them as well. I will tame every single multiverse I can gain ess to, and then go on to conquer the realm where Laws exist.¡± Elliot vowed to himself. The seconds passed into minutes, and the minutes flowed into hours. Very soon a day passed, then two, then a week. Without anyone being fully aware because they were so focused on powering up, a full week passed. Elliot had finally left an unerasable stamp of authority in the entire realm. Thousands of his clones ruled the massive empires from every single seat of power. His will and his influence could be felt in literally every nook and cranny of the known universe. The Primals that opposed him mere weeks ago were kneeling before him, and thest of the Shadow Realm Warriors were being purged. His influence crashed into the Shadow Realm with the all epassing strength of a Tsunami and stamped his will irreversibly there as well. It was a very productive week for him. But at the same time, it was also a horrible one. His Dragon Apostles were all still engrossed in their power up, and the single Dragon Apostle that weren¡¯t powering up had taken the girl whom he was missing very terribly away! ¡°Damn that stupid Purity.¡± Elliot couldn¡¯t help but curse heartily at her. ¡°Where in all of heaven did she bring Jessica to??¡± ¡°They are probably still training in the ways of love.¡± Khalendros said with augh as he loungedzily on a hammock by the beach where Elliot had chosen to rx and wait. ¡°She looks like she is very flexible. I am sure she will learn those positions very quickly.¡± Khellendra said with a contemtive look on her face. ¡°Wahahaha! Having a human form sure is nice! For us bears we only have one position avable for us.¡± Brock said rather ruefully. ¡°Position? What position? Can you teach me, gramps?¡± Ellie asked eagerly and caused every single beast to burst outughing. All of his beasts had spent most of the week outside of their beast spaces, and were having a great time sparring with each other and honing their new skills and new powers. Their strength and sophistication improved by leaps and bounds daily. But most notable of all was Kai, Elliot¡¯s Chaos Apostle. In that week, he had risen to be the indisputable leader of the group and by the end of it, he was showing a slight sense of unease. But even he had to smile at Ellie¡¯s naive question. Even though he was younger than her, somehow his incredible growth rate had made him much more mature and much more knowledgeable than his fellow beasts! ¡°I am sure you will find out about those positions soon enough.¡± Kai said with a chuckle. ¡°You just need to find a husband for yourself.¡± ¡°A husband, why do I need a husband to learn about positions?¡± Ellie pressed on with her awkward questions. Chapter 427 Snow Sovereign 427 Snow Sovereign ¡°Ahh, that. Brock, why does Ellie need a husband to learn about positions?¡± Kai asked Brockzily and dumped the awkward task of exining what sex positions were to him. ¡°Hah? Why? Hahahahaha! Good question! Some battle positions are really difficult to attain. Husbands will help! ANYWAY! I am sure Jessica is fine, little Master. Hahahaha!!¡± Brock crashed through the awkward question clumsily and changed the topic like a truck suddenly swerving across multiplenes in a highway at high speed. ¡°Of course she is fine. Why wouldn¡¯t she? She¡¯s already one of the most powerful beings in the realm.¡± Elliot snapped irritably at Brock. ¡°He just misses being able to kiss her, that¡¯s all.¡± Khalendros said sagely. ¡°Don¡¯t mind him. It¡¯s all his hormones, that¡¯s all.¡± ¡°He¡¯s a growing boy. He needs an outlet to vent his sexual desire that had just awakened. Hmmmmm.¡± Khellendra said thoughtfully. ¡°There are many beautiful human girls in the portable fortress. Why don¡¯t you get one or two to help you vent?¡± Red asked carelessly as he hung upside down on a huge coconut tree like a red bat. Elliot grumpily took a coconut that had fallen to the sandy beach near him and flung it at Red! Bam! Squawk!!!!!!! ¡°Bull¡¯s eye!¡± Brock hooted with glee! ¡°HEY! WHAT¡¯S THAT ABOUT??¡± Red shouted indignantly from the ground! He waspletely uninjured, of course. With Elliot¡¯s sharp increase in strength, all of his apostles had gained immeasurable strength as well. A simple coconut attack flung with nothing more than simple human energy and causing Red to merely fall from the ground from a height of three meters was nothing to him. The only thing that was injured was his dignity, and even then, he didn¡¯t have much to begin with. ¡°Keep talking about other girls and you¡¯ll get more than a coconut flying your way.¡± Elliot warned him with a bad natured scowl. ¡°Okay! Okay! Jeez, cool down will ya? You¡¯re acting like some sort of virgin being separated from your first girlfriend.¡± Red backed down and hopped away from Elliot. However, upon realizing that Elliot didn¡¯t say anything to refute him, he turned around to look at him in surprise. ¡°Wait a minute. You ARE a virgin being separated from your FIRST girlfriend??¡± Red shouted with surprise. ¡°Winter. Frosty. Freeze him.¡± Elliot pointed at Red and ordered his two Ice Goddesses. Wordlessly, both Winter and Frosty opened their mouths and fired off two pure ice energy beams at Red!! ¡°SQUAWK!!!! TORNADO SHIELD!!¡± Red shouted frantically and unleashed his most powerful defensive spell at once! A powerful burst of wind energy swirled around Red and resisted the casually fired ice energy beams. However, the tornado shield was such an incredibly powerful spell that tons of sand and seawater was immediately sucked into the tornado! A massive, mind blowing tornado spanning over a hundred meters in length and a kilometer in height came to be around Red! All of the beasts good naturedly moved away together in one direction and started to make bets. ¡°One earth grade treasure says that Red will lose in two minutes.¡± Rom said solemnly. ¡°You¡¯re on. I say one minute forty seconds.¡± His wife Aldera said immediately. ¡°You two think too highly of Red. One minute five seconds max.¡± Brock said. ¡°Fifty seconds.¡± Wu Kong said with a smile. ¡°Thirty seconds.¡± Kai joined in as well. Elliot gave a small smile at the antics of his beasts. Seeing their ridiculous actions helped to ease the aching desire that he was feeling in his heart. And more importantly, distracted him from a strange feeling of gloom and doom that was gathering from deep within his soul. Both Winter and Frosty nced at each other, and quickly came to a wordless agreement. No mercy to the damned bird. Full power!! Winter had just received a ridiculous upgrade to her power and she had yet topletely try out her strength. She was really eager to fight against a strong opponent, and Red was a very solid option for her. She stopped unleashing her ice energy beam, and then triggered her bloodline transformation without hesitation. Eternal Darklight Snow Wolf. Very startlingly, Winter actually became smaller when her transformation was triggered. She dropped to a mere three meters tall, and caught everybody by surprise. But despite her smaller size, the aura of sheer frozen energy that was indescribably mixed with vibrant life energy and murderously fatal death energy shot out sharply in all directions, and assaulted every single one of them there without discrimination. All, even Elliot, could feel that the smaller Winter was at least a million times more deadly than the original Winter. There was noparison. The smaller Eternal Darklight Snow Wolf demanded instant obedience to every single life form. It was as though it was the Goddess of Snow, and all who beheld her needed to pay her the respect she deserved as a Goddess, no matter who it was. Even her own Master, Elliot, was not exempt from that aura. ¡°Wow. Impressive. I could feel a very faint but distinctively Godly feelinging out from you. What exactly is happening with you?¡± Elliot asked Winter in pleasant surprise. However, his surprise only grew when Winter turned to look at him. Elliot gasped as he stared into her eyes. A crushingly massive sense of Eternity radiated from her eyes, and instantly made him feel small! This was even despite the fact that he was undeniably her master! ¡°Master Elliot. Please address me as Snow Sovereign.¡± Winter said in a voice that was half a request and half amand. Elliot could feel very distinctly that he was free to disobey, and nothing would happen to him. However, it would be a huge disrespect to Winter as a life form. It was like treating a follower who is a Queen like a little ve and calling her rude names. The follower Queen would still obey him with all her heart, as befitting her status as a loyal follower, but it would be a form of disrespect. Follower or not, Winter deserves the respect due her as¡­ A Snow Sovereign?? What in the world is a Snow Sovereign?? Chapter 428 Fairy Zone 428 Fairy Zone ¡°Snow Sovereign.¡± Elliot said with a good natured and highly pleased smile. It wasn¡¯t everyday that he got to experience a pleasant surprise from his beasts. Whatever a Snow Sovereign was, it would be epic! His power could only rise. No, not rise. Spike! ¡°Master, I could feel a strange call of sorts. My time with you in this Realm is short.¡± Snow Sovereign Winter said softly. ¡°Hmmmm?¡± Elliot frowned lightly. It wasn¡¯t due to the fact that Winter was leaving him. He had no worries about that. Wherever she went, he knew without a shred of doubt that she would never betray him. Especially not after bing a Snow Sovereign. With her wielding such great power, who or what could force her to betray him? No, his main concern upon hearing her words was simply the fact that there was a ¡°call¡± from another realm that could make her so sure that she had to answer. What realm was that? And also the simple fact that if there was a ¡°caller¡± who could make a powerhouse such as Winter obey despite being a contracted beast under Elliot, then it would be logical to think that the ¡°caller¡± would be a powerful being or power. And that meant that there was yet another mystery he had to deal with. ¡°Your time to deal with Red is running short as well.¡± Wu Kong reminded her good naturedly. Freeze him solid first before continuing your chat please.¡± Winter nced at Wu Kong and gave him a strange smile. Whoosh!!!! With a single thought, the beach they were at instantly turned into a frozen winter wondend. There was no discernable energy movement. All around them in exactly a kilometer radius, everything turned from summer time to deep winter. And in an incredible disy of control, everything beyond that kilometer radius waspletely untouched by the cold! Everything and everybody froze. Red. Wu Kong. Kai. Everybody except Elliot. At his level, although he could vaguely sense the biting cold that Winter manifested, he was able to resist it with automatic ease. Elliot did, however, raise one eyebrow at Winter¡¯s act of sheer dominance over her own brothers and sisters. ¡°I am not being arrogant, Master. But a Sovereign is a Sovereign. None may disrespect me. None, maybe except for you.¡± Winter said with her strange smile still on her face. Elliot¡¯s eyes gleamed with great interest. ¡°What exactly is a Sovereign, Winter? And why are you one?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°I am not exactly sure how it all works, Master. But here in this realm, I know I am undefeatable by anything it can produce. Here¡­ I am at the level of a Goddess.¡± Winter exined. ¡°A Goddess. Like Aleyria and that Magius guy?¡± Elliot asked. ¡°Yes. At their level of strength, but¡­¡± Winter hesitated slightly before adding. ¡°With much more authority.¡± ¡°Authority?? Under whose provision?¡± Elliot asked sharply. ¡°That I do not know. I can only say that if not for the loyalty that I have personally pledged to you, I would be able to issue orders to you, and it would be the most natural thing for you to obey me.¡± Winter said with her strange smile. ¡°Interesting. Interesting! I had thought that I had reached the apex of power. But hearing what you have to say, it seems to me that everything in this level of universe is but the preparatory stage of something bigger. Laws. Sovereigns. And all of that just as I am about to cross into Ancient level. What else do I not know about this mysterious realm or multiverse or ne? Am I still a frog in the well, even after so much has happened?¡± Elliot eximed rather passionately. He was feeling half annoyed that his journey to the top seemed so never-endingly long. However, a part of him was also feeling extremely excited. Based on his progress with the Laws and Winter¡¯s seeming ease in bing a Sovereign, he was sure that it was only a matter of time until he got to the top. The REAL top. His motivation and drive to be the strongest ever lived was rock solid! However, apparently, fate decided that it wasn¡¯t solid enough. At that moment, a devastating sense of loss exploded in his heart in a sudden and shocking turn of events! ¡°What¡­¡± Elliot¡¯s eyes widened in horror. Although he had no idea what just happened, he knew that it was bad. Very, very bad! Without missing a single breath, Elliot activated every single clone he had spread out all throughout the universe and casted all their senses everywhere to search for the cause of the sense of loss he was feeling. At the same time, he checked on all his loved ones and those he considered as friends.. His sisters were fine. All the human survivors were fine. Aleyria and co were fine. Monkey King, Jul¡¯Taras and co were fine. Elliot gritted his teeth in frustration as he realized who fate had chosen to be the source of his pain. Jessica Sands! ¡°All of you. Find Purity and Jessica.¡± Elliot ordered all of his beasts with a soft but icy tone. He was BEYOND pissed, BEYOND heartbroken, BEYOND anything words could say. He wanted to save Jessica right there and then, and he would pay almost ANYTHING to get that done! His only hope was that the Dragon Apostles would have an idea where Purity could have gone to. ¡°The soul power structure we have designed for you is almost done.¡± Dragon Apostle ckwing said quietly. ¡°You can finish it up yourself and ascend to the Ancient Level. I advise you to do that first before following us.¡± ¡°Following you?¡± Elliot asked Dragon Apostle ckwing sharply. ¡°Yes. I have an idea where Purity went. The universe is full of incredibly mysterious spaces. Near Purity¡¯sir is one such space. She calls it¡­ Fairy Zone.¡± ckwing began. Elliot¡¯s eyes narrowed at his words. ¡°Fairy Zone. I do not like the sound of it.¡± Chapter 429 Soul Power Structure! "If you dislike it already just after hearing its name, then I am afraid that you will hate what it represents." Dragon Apostle ckwing said grimly. "Tell me." Elliot said with narrowed eyes. "Fairy Zone, as its name suggests, is a spatial anomaly that somehow makes the area extremely suitable for fairies to live, and most importantly, cultivate." Dragon Apostle ckwing started his exnation. "Additionally, ording to what Purity had revealed to me years ago, it is a Zone that only allows females to enter. Somehow, the environment that boosts fairy cultivation also boosts female cultivation. Every Primal worth their status will probably have one or two special areas that could boost their cultivation speed, and this Fairy Zone is Purity''s." ckwing added. "How strong is the restriction that forbids males from entering?" Elliot asked with a low voice. "The restrictions are negligible. But from what Purity says, all male non fairy entrants will have their soul masculinity slowly corroded away by a strange power. I have never personally tested this strange corrosive power, but I n to send in a few of my Ancient warriors this time to determine its nature and find ways to counter it so we can enter it safely." ckwing answered. Elliot could only grimace in frustration. If it was a hard restriction, he had all confidence that he would be able to smash it to smithereens and gain entry to that damned zone. He would rip apart everything that stood in his way to save Jessica. But it was a soft restriction, and its power corroded the masculinity of the soul?? What a fearsome defensive mechanism against males! It would really suck if he entered it blindly to save his romantic interest, only to realize after a bitter struggle that he had be sisters with her. Elliot shuddered lightly at that ghastly thought. "Your ancient warriors dare to do such a dangerous thing?" Elliot asked ckwing. "We will send in females first. If we are unable to confirm and determine the root of the power, we will send in males. There are some among us who would die for the sake of research, I am sure that changing their genders would be a minor price to pay. And if there aren''t enough die hard researchers, I can create conditions for them that would make it much more preferable to change their genders." Dragon Apostle ckwing said with a sinister smile. As the supreme leader of the ck Dragons, ckwing had zero qualms about sending his male nsmen to their masculine deaths for the sake of his Lord! "The Golden Dragons will send in our researchers as well. There are many among our number that would sacrifice their lives for you, Master. This restriction is nothing." Dragon Apostle Golden Fire said in his trademark soft voice. "Good. My clones will apany you." Elliot said. "I highly rmend that you do not send your clones in, Master. Because they share the same soul source as you, a particrly virulent soul power might be able to affect your real body through your clones." Dragon Apostle ckwing shook his head in disagreement. "Oh? There''s such a thing?" Elliot asked in surprise. "The ck Dragons have several soul weapons that could do that. I would not be surprised if the Fairy Zone''s strange power could do it as well. It is better to be safe than sorry." Dragon Apostle ckwing exined. "I really need to get to Ancient level. All these nuances on soul maniption ispletely lost on me. Go and solve the mystery of the Fairy Zone as quickly as you can while I breakthrough." Elliot ordered his team. "Acknowledged." His Dragon Apostles bowed and left. All except Dragon Apostle Golden Fire who stayed behind. "You will need guidance to break through to Ancient level. I will guide you." He said calmly. "I appreciate it. Let us begin immediately. Guys, if you want to breakthrough as well, do it now." Elliot said to his beasts who had regained their mobility when Winter dispelled her outrageously strong spell. "But if you''re not done when the dragons are back, I will leave you behind." "Understood." They responded quickly. After a quick discussion among themselves, they decided that five of them would attempt the breakthrough so as to better support their Master if the need ever arose. Winter. Frosty. Kai. Wu Kong. Aldera. Within moments, the beach was once again tranquil. Physically. If one could see into the soul realm, one would see a humongous spiritual vortex unlike anything the universe had ever seen swirling above the six life forms seated serenely with their eyes closed. Breaking through into Ancient level was like building a massive skyscraper, or designing a life from from gic scratch. Setting up a solid foundation was the most important step, and for three full days, all six of them did nothing but plough their souls to prepare to set the foundation ording to the transcendentally powerful Soul Power Structure design made by the Dragon Apostles. Although it was specifically designed for Elliot, his beasts could use it as well by merit of their binding contract with him. They would be tying their soul development to Elliot, but it was a minor consideration for them who had already pledged everything to him. As theyid their foundations slowly and carefully, they also began to open their eyes to the intricacies andplexities of soul power. Their understanding grew by leap and bounds. It was like a bunch of people who had only read and seen images of the vast ocean finally diving into one for real. "So this is soul power." Elliot murmured and started to wield it expertly. "If this is so, then the Soul Power Structure should not be designed this way. Follow my lead guys." Deftly, under the stunned eyes of Dragon Apostle Golden Fire, Elliot quickly redesigned the foundations of his Soul Power Structure and boosted its overall strength by nearly 50%! "Impossible¡­" Dragon Apostle Golden Fire could only gape at the impossibility that was happening right in front of him. Chapter 430 Little Baby Has Some Teeth But impossible or not, it was happening for real. Elliot''s soul power foundation was so solid and strong at that moment that even if he stopped right there and then, his soul would already be a true wonder of the universe! The seconds ticked by very, very quickly for Dragon Apostle Golden Fire as he stared at Elliot''s masterpiece with rapt attention. Each second that passed brought new revtions to him and gave him tidal waves of ideas and potential applications, only to realize in the next second that his ideas were extremely unrefined and simple as Elliot put those applications in ways that blew his mind. Dragon Apostle Golden Fire was like a primary school basketball prodigy watching a veteran 20x NBA All-star dominating in a high-stakes NBA Final! He knew how to y the game, but damn it, Elliot was ying the game in such a manner that it felt like apletely different game! Minutes. Hours. Then a day passed. Elliot had reached the halfway point of creating his Soul Power Structure. By that time, a withering soul pressure was already emanating from Elliot''s soul. If a normal ancient outsider were to stupidly fall into where Elliot was by ident, (by ident because there was no way that ancient could make it alive by walking towards Elliot), his or her soul would immediately be crushed to pieces. However, for all of his beasts and apostles, his soul power was like an uplifting beacon of light that radiated nourishing rays of light. Their souls absorbed the soul energy that Elliot was subconsciously releasing and their own attempts in creating their Soul Power Structure all progressed at an incredible rate. The contracts that they signed with Elliot also started to evolve to amodate their growing power, and more importantly, to reflect Elliot''s ever strengthening hold over them. Because as quickly and as powerfully his beasts progressed in the power scale, their growth was still dwarfed by Elliot''s own ridiculous rate! Layer uponyer, Elliot continued to nurture and grow his soul. In his mind, the Law Runes swirled, deconstructed and reconstructed themselves in hundreds, thousands, then millions ofbinations, creating wondrous effects that Elliot was free to choose and integrate into his soul arsenal. One of the most powerful effects he had chosen was Soul Draw. Soul Draw was basically the creation of soul power attracting nodes in his Soul Power Structure that would allow him to gather them in massive quantities from his surroundings! And it was exactly what he was putting into effect at that moment. Crackle. Crackle. Crackle. The soul power around the area finally reached saturation point. Minor soul explosions took ce in the sky as the soul power which was gathered by Elliot''s innate strength broke through the very fabric of soul space and overflowed into the physical realm! In major fights, instead of having to rely on his personal soul strength to battle against the enemy, Elliot could marshal the entire soul power avable in his vicinity and array them against his opponent. Even if he didn''t have his monstrous set of unique energies and strengths, just this simple effect would already render himpletely undefeated in the universe. When added to his arsenal, Elliot was like a 2 meter tall human being in a universe of tiny fleas. How, just how could anyone fight against him? Primals and Saints would fall with just a simple thought from him. The universe and multiverse he was in had be a tiny pond that could not contain his massive dragon form. And apparently, the universe agreed. CRACK!!!!!! The sound of a massive split suddenly sounded from high above the skies. A devastatingly horrific aura started to seep through that crack and a sentient mind came to life in the skies above Elliot. "YOU HAVE EXCEEDED THE SET POWER LIMIT IN THIS PLANE OF BEING." The sentient mind thundered without form. "THREE DAYS. I WILL GIVE YOU THREE DAYS TO PUT YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER. AFTER THAT, HEAVEN WILL COME FOR YOU." And just like that, the sentient mind and all of its horrific aura disappeared before Elliot and all of his beasts could even react. But despite the abruptness of its appearance, its message was crystal clear. Elliot would have to leave in three days, and there waspletely nothing he could do about it. Because¡­ That devastating and horrific aura¡­ Was an unimaginable number of times stronger than even Elliot''s full strength!! If Elliot was a two meter man in a universe of fleas, then the sentient mind that had appeared in the sky earlier was¡­ the sun! Elliot''s mind blowing rise to apex power and ultimate strength was so fast, that he hadpletely outgrown even the ability of the universe to contain him. "Three days." Elliot sighed in frustration. He can''t believe that he just got another dateline to chase! "F**k!!" He cursed. "I''ll be damned if I sit quietly and ept this stupid dateline!!" He was so pissed off that the usually calm and apathetic dragon attitudepletely evaporated into thin air. CRACK!!!! Elliot retraced the crack in whatever soul space that had appeared earlier and forcibly ripped it open once more!! 872 "HEY YOU GOD DAMNED ASSHOLE! WHO THE F*** DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO GIVE ME THREE F***ING DAYS?" Elliot roared inplete fury as the crack reopened and the horrific aura appeared once more. "HMMM? THE LITTLE BABY HAS SOME TEETH." The sentient mind chuckled before unleashing a crushing soul attack on Elliot. WHAM!!!!! "COME FIND ME IF YOU SURVIVE. I AM GANRUK OF THE FIFTH HEAVEN. HAHAHA!" The sentient mindughed and then closed the portal once more! Back on the beach though, the sentient mind''s simple soul attack hadpletely destroyed the life force of everything in a fifty mile radius that did not have a contract with Elliot. And even so, Elliot and his beasts were leftpletely on the brink of death! All of them were copsed on the ground, blood seeping out profusely from everywhere. But most tragic was, all of their progress in creating their Soul Power Structure was destroyed!! Chapter 431 Games Reopening the crack and yelling at the supreme being was foolishness, Elliot knew. But his character was such that any other act was intolerable for him. And although Elliotid there on that beach which was devoid of life except for his contracted beasts, he did not regret his actions. Only rage, pure and unfiltered, coursed through his veins. He had no idea how long heid there in his semi conscious state, but when he finally regained consciousness a long, long timeter, the season had changed. Because of Ganruk''s devastating attack, all of his progress in creating his soul power structure had been destroyed, and his strength had regressed by a massive amount. And as such, the three day dateline which Ganruk had given him was no longer applicable since "Heaven" no longer wanted him. His strength was still very much within the limits of his "ne". Elliot did not really remember what season it was when he fainted, nor did he really care. All he knew was that it was autumn, and there was no sign of Jessica or Purity. Even Aleyria and Magius did not appear. In fact, nobody did. Which was quite a worrying thing for Elliot. What was happening? At that moment, a refreshingly clear voice sounded from everywhere. "Good evening, Sir Elliot." At the sound of that strange voice, all at once, understanding dawned on Elliot. "My name is Jane. I will be your guide and your game referee for the next few time periods until you pass this game or die." A violent surge of anger exploded in Elliot''s heart at that moment. "Another game?" Heughed coldly. The God of Fate seems to really love ying games with him. "Once I find out who the hell is pulling the strings, I will make sure I y games with you until you are driven insane andmit suicide." Elliot vowed in his heart. After he allowed himself that emotional outburst, he proceeded to strip himself of every unproductive thoughts and emotions. "Let us begin the game." Elliot said emotionlessly even as he tabted the work he needed to do to regain his full strength and bring his contracted beasts back to full health. "Very good. The first game is called Break Through. Under Heaven''s Division of Power, you are a Summoner. However, you are pathetically weak, and miserably focused on life forms of the Beast category. You have exactly six months to breakthrough from a Grade Ten Summoner into a Grade Nine Summoner. Please be informed that a Grade Ten Summoner can summon all types of Beasts at will, and a Grade Nine Summoner can summon all types of Spirit Beasts at will. Please be informed that failure to breakthrough will result in your instant death and the deaths of the souls which are currently held in Soul Stasis. Please be informed that the souls of all life forms in this ne of Life is currently held in Soul Stasis. Please be informed that souls held in Soul Stasis arepletely safe and would be unharmed until the moment of their release or death. Please be informed that you will be given a Grade Nine Treasure upon sess in breaking through. No further information will be given, and no questions will be entertained. That is all. Good luck!" "Break Through? Good. That''s exactly what I intend to do anyway." Elliot said calmly and immediately released his energy into his beasts. Although the soul power structure he had painstakingly built was destroyed, the knowledge and understanding that he had gained were still intact. Additionally, the contracts he had with his beasts which were all upgraded did not regress as well. Streams of life giving energy streamed gently but urgentlu from his body into his beasts. Winter was the first to recover. Crackk!!!! As soon as she did, a powerful beam of blue energy broke through whatever barrier Ganruk had ced around the Life ne which contained all of the multiverses of Elliot''s universe, andnded lightly upon her. "Hello. I am Jane, the Guide and Game Referee of Break Through. Please leave the Game Area immediately." Came Jane''s clear voice which contained apelling power of sorts, pushing against the blue energy. However, a gruff voice sounded and instantly dispelled Jane''s power. "Break Through? Ganruk is out trying his luck among the lower nes again? Hmph! Go and tell your retarded master that he is messing with Hor-Palor''s Chosen Sovereign. He bettere and look for me to apologize before I-" "Before you what? You think the name Hor-Palor will make me tremble in fear?" Came Ganruk''s voice. "This game is sanctioned by Grand Zar Barruk Himself! You better scram if you don''t want the full might of the Fifth Heaven to fall upon you!" "Grand Zar Barruk? Hmph, fine. But you think that my Chosen Sovereign is some trashymodity which Grand Zar Palor is willing to leave to you? I am under Her direct orders to retrieve the Snow Sovereign! Let her go right now before the full might of the Seventh Heaven falls upon you!" Hor-Palor said. "Grand Zar Palor herself wants a Snow Sovereign within the Game? Fine. Take the Snow Sovereign and go!" Ganruk shouted impatiently. "Little Snow Sovereign. Come with me. The Grand Zar of Seventh Heaven has her eyes on you. Come,e. I will bring you to her." Came the gruff voice from the yellow energy. "My Master is in danger. My ce is with him." Winter said in a soft but firm voice. "No. Your ce is with the Grand Zar of Seventh Heaven. Go there, get strong, and await my arrival." Elliot ordered Winter. Winter looked deeply into Elliot''s eyes, pleading for him to rescind his order, but Elliot merely looked back at her calmly. There was no way he would allow Winter to stay in light of such a wondrous escape opportunity. Winter could only reluctantly agree. As she did so, the beam of yellow energy covered her, and caused her to disappear from sight. "Good man." The gruff voice sounded softly. "In return for what you just did, let me give you a farewell gift." A tiny beam of yellow energy shot out from the pir a split second before it disappeared and sank into Elliot''s body. Chapter 432 Rebuilding The Foundations It was so quick, and the beam of yellow energy was so tiny that neither Ganruk nor Jane the Guide and Game Referee discovered it. "You will discover this for yourself sooner orter, but let me just tell you now to save you some time. Your ne''s method of manipting power is crude and makes for a weak foundation. You may be a freak of nature that powered up using less crude methods, but an advanced pulley is still a pulley. It will not be able to match the power of nanotechnology. And such is your situation. To reach the greatest heights of power, you must first fix your foundations." The gruff voice appeared in Elliot''s mind and then disappeared along with his pir of light. "Hmph. Those meddling bastards from the Seventh Heaven. Alright. Now that he''s gone, continue to power up and break through. If you don''t I''ll ughter you and your pathetic beasts!" Ganruk shouted at Elliot before his voice too disappeared without a trace. Elliot looked around him calmly as his mind raced. The gruff voice from the yellow beam of light owed him a favor and granted him not only that strange bit of yellow energy, but also critical information, that if it was true, would require him to destroy the entirety of his power base and rebuild from scratch. But what if he was merely trying to ruin the "seed" that was in Ganruk''s hand by giving him fake advice? Or maybe he just wanted to destroy the links that Winter had with her previous life? It would be the perfect move as most people would think that the advice he gave after being helped would be something beneficial. On the other hand, Ganruk, who had vested interest in seeing him power up as much as possible, did not mention anything about having to destroy his power base. Even though he was such a bastard, interests do not lie. He would be best served if Elliot was to be as powerful as he could be, and the fact that he did not mention such a monumental fact of having to rework his foundation created a very strong question mark on the gruff voice''s advice. Still, it was also very possible that Ganruk merely saw his ne as a source of freebor, and thus was content to leave him in his erroneous foundation and forever remain an entire power scale lower than all of them within the higher ne. And if that was the case, then it would be in the gruff voice''s interest that Elliot grow strong so that he could create havoc in the Fifth Heaven''s freebor force. It was truly a confusing situation. As he pondered on these things, Elliot sent his energy to seek out the tiny beam of yellow energy that had entered his body earlier. Within a short moment, he found it. Like a flower blooming in spring, the tiny yellow energy unfurled its petals and revealed to Elliot the wonders of its contents. And just like that, the questions in his mind vaporized. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!! One after the other, basic but highly intricate Law Runes appeared in his mind. And as soon as those Law Runes appeared, what the gruff voice said early became as clear a crystal clear day. "He was not lying." Elliot realized with a deep sense of relief in his heart. Knowing that Winter had just gone away with someone that was so far honest and who knew how to repay debts was highly gratifying. The Law Runes that appeared in his mine were foundational guidance on how to form the foundations of power! And unlike the pathway of power which he had gone through in the past few months, this brand new pathway did not separate the soul and the body. Right off the bat, the development of the soul was to be done not only in conjunction with the body, but also inbination with! The soul and the body were never meant to be separated at all!! Elliot took a deep breath, and began to earnestly study the new pieces of foundationalw runes. Even with his highly enhanced brain, he realized that the process ofpletebination of the soul and the body was a monumental task. It was intricate, time and skill sensitive, as well as exhaustively long. And as his mind slowly digested the initial principles and methodologiesid out in the foundationalw runes, he began to understand with growing excitement what the gruff voice meant. "Indeed! Reaching the highest levels of power can only be done this way!!" Elliot eximed excitedly in his heart. "No wonder my soul power spiked so much when I got into contact with those Law Runes. They were advanced Law Runes which impacted my soul when I sank my consciousness within them. And these Law Runes from that gruff old man¡­ These are foundational runes that teach a strange butplete pathway inbining the soul and the body. A mighty generous present indeed!!" Elliot was touched. It was tremendously easy for a rich man to gift a poor man just a tiny bit of gold which meant nothing to the rich man, and which meant everything to the poor man. Many people might even begrudge the rich man for being stingy by giving such a tiny bit of his wealth. But whatever the rich man was, whether he be stingy or not, one simple fact remains. The gold that the rich man gifted to the poor man had the power to dramatically change the poor man''s life. And in Elliot''s case, that tiny sliver of yellow energy was such a gold coin. It didn''t matter how insignificant that yellow energy was. All that mattered to Elliot was¡­ It would open the door which led to the greatest heights of power for him! "These Seventh Heaven guys seem pretty good, unlike the Fifth Heaven bastards." Elliot thought to himself as he continued to delve deep and bask in the wonder of learning something new which was critically important to his growth. However, five minutes had barely passed when Elliot frowned deeply. "Wait a minute! Why am I sensing that these Law Runes¡­ could be improved??" Elliot suddenly shouted to himself in shock. Chapter 433 God Of Ages In that instant, the feeling of inferiority that had slowly crept within his heart disappearedpletely. He had thought that being a lifeform from the lower nes with an inferior method of powering up, he was inferior in every aspect of life. But the moment he discovered that the Foundational Law Runes were not aspletely overpowered as he thought they would be, he realized that the lower nes were notpletely inferior after all. "These Ascendant Runes which Jessica created seem to be the key to the advantage that I have over the Law Runes." Elliot realized. "The Law Runes are very, very exhaustively perfect in thebination of the soul and body. They are also impable in the development of the soul. But with regard to physical energy maniption and development, it was still slightlyckingpared to Jessica''s and Elise Sands'' breakthroughs!" Elliot began to slowly deconstruct the Law Runes to its even much more basic constructs and attempted to do something ridiculous -bine the concept of the Universe of Runes with the soul-bodybination perfection of the Law Runes. Time flowed unceasingly as Elliot focused inward and lost himself in the intellectual ecstacy of inventing apletely new pathway to power. The hours turned to days, and days to weeks. Sometime in the fourth week, just before a full month passed him by, Elliot finally came to a shocking conclusion. "The Universe of Runes¡­ is still applicable!!" Elliot said to himself in awe and with not a small amount of mental fatigue. It had been a very tiring full blown four weeks for him in terms of mental activity. "I can fully upgrade my runic cities and its fully three dimensional energy pathways using the brand new physical principles of the Law Runes¡­ AND create a parallel city universe system within my soul! And with the creation of that parallel city universe system, I should be able to summon those spirit beasts that is the hallmark of Grade 9 Summoners. And not just any spirit beasts. I would probably be strong enough to summon high level spirit beasts! In terms of sheer power, I should be strong enough to rival Grade 8 or even Grade 7 Summoners. This is incredible! With my Universe of Runes, I would be an outlier, aplete freak even within the higher nes! And now all that I need to do is reset my foundations and to trigger my soul to awaken itpletely. And the method to do that is¡­ Let''s see. Rebirth??" Elliot frowned lightly. He didn''t like the sound of the title of the method he just read. And true enough, after spending a couple of hours studying, he realized did not like the contents of the Law Rune that borated the method of aplete reset of a person''s journey in the path to ultimate power. "Those people in the higher nes are either all nuts or all geniuses. What the hell is this?" Elliot couldn''t help but think in his heart. "Rebirth is only possible by pledgingplete and utter allegiance to the God of the Ages, by whose power and providence the process of rebirth rests? So EVEN if all this theory about rebirth is right, I will be born again with brand new powers, but lose ALL my freedom because I would be reborn as a person fully under the control of this God of Ages? What a rubbish trade!" But even as Elliot shook his head in disgust, his loyalty to himself prevented him from dumping the entire idea away. Giving up before even he finished getting all the relevant information was doing him a disservice. Afterall, who knows there might be loopholes or caveats which he could take advantage of? He persevered and pored over every single detail of the Foundational Law Runes. Time flowed by again, and soon, a full month passed him by. "You have five months left. Your rate of progress is zero. At this rate, you will die in five months." Jane the Guide and Game Referee announced loudly. But Elliot ignored herpletely and continued to study the runes. An inkling of a realization of something delicious was forming somewhere deep within his mind, and he needed to read more and find out more details that supported it to tease it out into the open. Time flowed quickly, and soon, the second month was about to be over. "I see." Elliot finally opened his eyes and sighed deeply. "So the process of rebirth is very simply a surrender. Perfect freedom is being a ve to the perfect master. Only by surrendering to the God of Ages would I gain ess to his power. There are no loopholes, no caveats. And by the looks of it, this Seventh Heaven is a loyalist of this God of Ages. No wonder that bastard from the Fifth Heaven did not provide me with this advice. He had no ess to the process of rebirth. What should I do?" Elliot sighed deeply. He had spent the past month mastering the process of rebirth, and trying to look for a loophole in every single possible nook and cranny of the process. But there was none. There was only one starting point, and that is aplete surrender, body and soul, to the God of Ages. Only after that had been done properly would the process start! It would be a clean start. The only question he had to answer was¡­ Should he do it? And as he was fiddling with the question, with startling suddenness, the delicious thought at the back of his mind appeared and presented itself. "God of Ages. If you''re real, then you should know my value. Come on out and meet me personally so we can have a chat." Elliot said softly under his breath with a small smile. He knew that he sounded like a madman. But he would be a real madman if he took on the process of rebirth and pledgedplete allegiance to a God he had never met before. "If I can meet and negotiate with him, I might consider it. If not, I''ll take my chances building my power on top of my current power base." Elliot thought to himself. Chapter 434 Power Up Somewhere deep within the hidden folds of the nes where only Strange Gods reside, a little me sprouted out of nowhere upon the wide open expanse of grasnd that seemed to never ever end. "Hey! Look! There in Oldie''s area¡­ Is that a me??" A big fat god of some strange aspect of life shouted with spit slobbering everywhere. He was seated on a translucent throne that hovered atop a blue coloured expanse of grasnd that had around a thousand mes of various sizes burning. Around a million miles away from him, a thin wiry woman with the biggest pair of mountainous boobs you could ever imagine opened a pair beautiful eyes to ncezily at the spot where the fat god was talking about. "Whoa. You''re right. Oldie got a new follower!" She opened her beautiful pair of perfectly sulent lips and said in a sing song voice that was so heartbreakingly sweet that normal human beings would probably weep the moment they heard it. She opened another three pairs of eyes to look at the little me properly. "It''s hardly a me though. It''s more like a wisp. Not a true believer yet, it''s not even a fraction of the size of my dumbest and weakest believer." She closed all four pairs of her eyes and sighed in pleasure as she fidgeted slightly on her throne to allow the vortex of heat arising from the millions upon millions of green mes that were burning brightly beneath her to warm her butt properly. "Boast much will you?" The fat god grumbled good naturedly. "If my bunch of idiot races did not get themselves biologically wiped out by a virus, I would be much stronger than you!" "Sigh Fatty. If you keep dwelling on the past, when will you make a better future for yourself? Quit whining and try to motivate those bunch of fat survivors of yours to copte and multiply themselves!" The beautiful six eyed goddess said. "I have a better idea. Why don''t WE cop-" "No. Good bye." The six eyed goddess didn''t bother letting the fat god finish his words before shutting him off. Wrooh. A massive barrier suddenly appeared between their vast expanses ofnd. "Hey! At least hear me out! My n is epic!" The fat god hollered at the direction of the six eyed goddess, but no response came. "Ah damn it. Life sucks. Why am I even a god if all I get to do is sit here and wait for believers to believe? I should go check out the lives of the mortals! But¡­ I am toozy. Damn it all!" The fat god shouted angrily and leanedzily back on hisfortable throne. He gave the single little me that was flickering within the vast expanse of Oldie''s area another quick nce before yawning and falling asleep. The little me kept flickering, and it looked like it was about to go out when a deep, rueful sigh sounded from within the area where it was. "That relentless little man. He certainly is a stubborn one. I told him not to bother spreading news about me. Too bad that Ice Bitch has a hold on him already. If not, I will certainly make him my Chief Apostle. Ah well. Let''s see how long this little believer willst this time. If he canst for a full month, I might just give him a chance¡­" Came a mumbling, exhausted voice that seemed to be talking to himself aloud. The me flickered wildly for a moment, and then slowly started to dim. "Ah well. Not even an hour huh? That stubborn little man may be really nice, but he sure has a really bad sense of judgement. None of his prospectssted more than a day of silence! And this one! Not even one hour! Woe! Woe!! Has the name God of Ages disappeared so much that none are left to wonder at how generous I am? A full rebirth for just a swearing of allegiance! Woe! Woe!" The God of Ages mourned his extremely sad fate and lost himself in abject misery once more. His plot ofnd was thergest in that particr Folded God Realm, as befitting his position of leadership before. Out of one thousand Gods who call that particr Folded God Realm home, he had thergest area due to his once mighty religion that spanned tens of nes and thousands of Realms. Once, his expanse of grasnd waspletely filled with trillions of little mes. But now¡­ He was miserably alone. Not even a single believer remained alive! A couple of days passed inplete silence as the God of Ages mourned his sad fate. On the third day¡­ Whoosh. The flickering me suddenly expanded in size! It doubled, then tripled, then quintupled! "Huh?" The God of Ages blinked a couple of times as he was forcefully brought out of his miserable reverie. He looked at the muchrger me inplete shock. "It¡­ grew in size? What the hell? I thought it died! Hohoho¡­ at this size, it might have a chance atsting for aplete week. It''s still pathetically small. It''ll probably die in ten days. Haiya. Poor me! Poor me! Ah well. Life is what life is. Let''s see how you handle the silence of the Gods!" A slight tinge of excitement appeared in his voice which was quickly stamped on to avoid getting his hopes up. But from that moment on, his eyes were both unmovingly fixed onto that little me. Each time it flickered, his mouth twitched slightly. Each time it expanded in size, his eyes widened slightly. Baltamiros, The God of Ages, was afterall, a very, very, very lonely God. Hisst follower died more than a million years ago. And for the past million years, he had been unable to leave his Folded God Realm due to a secret which he was hiding. He had found the method to power up. Chapter 435 Baltamiros Baltamiros couldn''t take his eyes off that little me which was growing bigger and smaller in short bursts, as though it was a supremely fickle minded person being pulled by two very convincing arguments about the viability and impossibility of the God of Ages being a real God. "Come on. Get bigger! Get stronger! I have a ton of blessings to distribute!" Baltamiros urged the little me in his heart. He couldn''t say those words aloud because for as long as he could remember, not a single God was able to distribute blessings freely. It was always, always a skewed transaction where the believer gave the god his or her faith and life force, and the god gave a portion of that gift back in the form of "blessings". It was the gods helping them realize their short term goals in exchange for their long term well being. And through that transaction, the gods would be able to maintain their power. Yes. Maintain. Gods were aspects of life that had gained sentience through the needless but also endless worship of all life forms in the entire cosmos. Those energies created by worship had flooded out of each and every universe,bining and separating themselves ording to the different aspects they were meant for. And through the eons, those energies became gods. God of Thunder. God of Fire. God of Greed. God of Love. God of Lust God of Fear. God of War. The list went on and on. These gods were granted life by the endless energies of their followers, and thus they were able to impact those followers with their "blessings" and "curses" by manipting those energies to give or take. However these gods, once they came to life, found it impossible to power up. In fact, it was all they could do to maintain their level of power! Like the gathering of thick mists in the cold of early morning, the energies of their worshippers brought them to life. But also like the fading away of those mists, they were constantly losing their strength and their form with the ebb and flow of their worshippers'' number and fervor. So these gods started to actively intervene in the lives of their worshippers to trigger more fervor within their hearts, and to gain more followers so that they could gain more inflow of energies. But s, no matter how many worshippers they get, and no matter how frenziedly fervent they whipped up their worshipers to be, they were unable to qualitatively increase their power! Exactly like the mists of the cold morning, they were only able to increase their size, but figuratively, they werepletely unable to qualitatively increase their density to be liquid form, much less solid form! There was no next rung in thedder, no next step in their evolution, no progress to be made. They tried everything. They attacked and devoured other gods, only to have them slowly reformpletely and perfectly, with their memories and powers intact as though nothing had happened. They have tried to instigate their followers to go on a holy crusade against other gods to destroy their power base by cutting the energy flow directly from their roots, but it waspletely meaningless. How could wars weed out worshippers of other gods? None can fathom the contents of a person''s heart. Who would be able to know which god a person is secretly worshipping? And so for endless millenia, the gods were just there in their various Folded God Realms. They had given up trying to power up, and in fact, they have even given up trying to die! For even though they were constantly bleeding their energies, they could never truly die. There was a bottomline, a floor on which their power would no longer drop no matter what they did or were treated. They truly were tragic. Whoever said that being a God was a good thing? All they sought after was entertainment. Sometimes they spend lifetimes hanging out in one world, sometimes they move in and out of the worlds in a matter of days. And always, they were bored out of their minds. They yed and toyed with the lives of their followers to create entertainment for themselves. Global kingdoms, star empires and universe superpowers rose into hegemony and burned down to ashes just for them to have a good, belly full ofughter at the end! And that way for eons, the lives of trillions, no, quintillions, gazillions, were lived on the whims of bored gods! None of them had ever thought that they would be able to power up. That thought had been left in the past, buried beneath miles and miles of solid rock. Plus why should they power up anyway? They were immortal. Some gods may be stronger than others. But what benefit did that bring them? Nothing. But all that was about to change. A million years ago the God of Ages, Baltamiros, realized that he was able to power up very, very slightly in a very specific situation. A million years ago, Baltamiros was hanging out in a small world and living a life as a rich king of a small kingdom. He was out exploring a massive forest one day when he chanced across another explorer, a kindred spirit! Together they enjoyed themselves exploring the vast forest. Along the way after bing fast friends and while they were resting atop a huge tree, Baltamiros revealed his status as king, and caused the young explorer to be in awe of him. s, his moment of awe caused him to be slightly careless. He slipped and fell down from the tree! "Jacob!" Baltamiros shouted in horror and he reflexively leapt down to grab hold of his new buddy! Bam! Baltamiros threw himself down to the ground, and allowed Jacob to fall on top of him instead of impacting the ground. At that moment, Jacob swore in his heart that for as long as he lived, he would serve his King faithfully. And even after he died, he would still serve his King as a ghost! And it was at that moment that Baltamiros felt it. A portion of his power condensed into liquid form. Chapter 436 Liquid Energy To say that Baltamiros was stunned out of his mind would be the understatement of the millenia. Heid there motionlessly staring in shock at the little bit of power within him which was a glowing, shiny bit of liquefied God Energy. It was much denser than the rest of his energy within him, and he felt like its applications and potency had more than grown multiple times over. After eons of absolute boredom and eons of failures in attempting to do what just happened to him, the shock of finally realizing that he had stumbled upon the method to power up was too much for his god mind to bear. He was stunned for a very long time. For an entire year, to be exact. After one full year, Baltamiros awakened to a startling view. He was lying on his Royal Bed, and the undead spirit of his buddy Jacob was hovering near him. "Huh? Why am I back here? Jacob! You didn''t survive the fall? Damn it." Baltamiros cursed loudly. "My Lord. I survived the fall. Thank you very much for your selfless rescue. But you were somehow stunned senseless because of that. After I brought you back to the pce, your ministers used me of trying to harm the king and sentenced me to death. I awoke in this spirit form and have been standing here ever since." Jacob replied emotionlessly. As an undead spirit, he had lost all of his emotions except for the one that forcefully tied him to the realm of the living. His devotion to Baltamiros. "Come with me." Baltamiros got up, burned down the little Kingdom to ashes in slight irritation for what they did to his buddy, and retreated back to his Folded God Realm with Jacob. Baltamiros nced at Jacob, expecting to see a glimpse of his satisfaction at finally getting revenge on those that sentenced him to death, but there was no emotion on his face except for steadfast devotion. Baltamiros sighed, opened a portal and stepped into his throne room. There, he questioned Jacob for every single detail with regard to the fall, and he finally came to a startling conclusion. "Undying devotion from my subject is the trigger for my power liquefying?" Baltamiros frowned deeply. "I had no idea that such a level of devotion could exist. Let me breakdown the factors that let to the formation of Jacob''s undying devotion. First he was awed that I was a king. And then while in that state of awe, he was touched by my willingness to sacrifice my life to save his life. Awe and being emotionally touched by me? That first part is easy to recreate on a massive scale. but that second part¡­ Hmmmm. Tricky. Tricky indeed." Baltamiros was not one to dawdle. He immediately set out to recreate the situation with Jacob in the millions of kingdoms in the millions of worlds under his control. But s, undying devotion did note easily. All of them felt gratitude. Varying degrees of gratitude, but none even approached the level of undying devotion which Jacob had. "The situation was the same, and so was everything else. The only variable was¡­ the devotee. So that means that I need to select someone that has a simr background to Jacob. Alone, without families who need them, and introverts who enjoy living outdoors. Let''s try it again." Baltamiros did not give up. He diligently searched for his targets first for a couple of years before putting his n into motion. But s, it did not work as well! "There must be something missing in the equation." Baltamiros realized. "And maybe it is me. I too, must be in a certain state as well. In the grand mystery that held the power to liquefy my God Energy, every single thing is important. Being the subject, I am the most important." "My state was that of reflexive concern for Jacob. I wanted him alive, even at the expense of my then life. So it is sacrificial in nature. I see¡­ That makes sense. And it is probably not an equation at all, but a chain reaction. When a god lowers himself to sacrifice his life for his devotee, that sacrificial power opens the door for the devotee to feel true devotion. And when that devotee resolves in his heart to devote his very fibre of being to the god, transformational power urs within the god." Baltamiros summarized to himself. However, Baltamiros found himself in a massive connundrum. "Sacrificial power from me cannot be achieved if I am seeking to gain something from that act! This is tricky. Very tricky." Baltamiros frowned deeply in thought. But the answer to that connundrum quickly presented itself. "If I can''t act it out, then I should just do it sincerely. I will split my soul into a million pieces, and send them out to live a million lives. Fall in love, make good friends, and prepare to sacrifice my life sincerely for their well being." Baltamiros decided. Split! A million Baltamiros souls exploded forth from the Folded God Realm and started to live their lives in various positions of power. Being a sincere God, there was no problems for Baltamiros to achieve what he set out to do. Within fifty years, all one million soul fragments made their way back into Baltamiros main soul. And all one million souls came back with a drop of liquefied power. The infusion of one million drops of liquefied power sent Baltamiros into a deep slumber as his life force started to digest the power. And just like that, Baltamiros slumbered for a million years. When he woke up a couple of years prior to Elliot''s arrival, he woke up as a massively overpowered god with a million drops of liquid energy at his disposal, and a deep, deep hunger to continue his project. But s, in that million years, all of his believers had died. There were no more mes in his grasnd! Chapter 437 Flex Enter Fizkan. An adventurer of the Seventh Heaven, a follower of Laolth, Goddess of Milk and Honey. He stumbled upon the hungry Baltamiros who had holed himself up in a cave somewhere within the ne called Seventh Heaven which was under Laolth''s dominion. He was a firm believer of gods and of Laolth, and he took pity to the miserable and lonely God of Ages, Baltamiros. So hepiled his knowledge of Baltamiros and went around to inject that seed of knowledge to desperate people who needed a glimmer of hope right before they died. And thus we have our current situation. Elliot, stuck within a game, teeming with potential and the knowledge to once again grow at a speed and trajectory leading towards aplete outlier in terms of power, demanding to meet Baltamiros, the God of Ages. Baltamiros, in his Folded God Realm, staring intently at the tiny me. Finally, Baltamiros could not take it anymore. He changed himself into spirit form and dived into the location where the little me was. Whoosh! He disappeared from his location and appeared where Elliot was in an instant. "Hey isn''t that Oldie? Did he juste out of seclusion?" The fat god shouted. But no one answered him. The god of ages had no followers for the longest time, and had disappeared for so long that no god remained that counted him as a friend. Nobody cared. So the fat god merely blinked a couple of times, and then he too closed his eyes once more and returned to his slumber. Vsh. The tiniest flicker of energy rippled near Elliot as Baltamiros appeared to check out his newest believer. It was so tiny that Ganruk and Jane were not able to detect it at all. But because of how close it appeared to him, Elliot was alerted to it almost immediately. "Finally." Elliot said softly. Baltamiros blinked and nced around to see if Elliot was talking to somebody else. But he found no one. "Was he just talking to himself?" Baltamiros wondered. "Did I just get a crazy believer? Damn it!" Elliot raised his hand slightly and traced a rune with his right finger. Baltamiros could only widen his eyes in shock as he witnessed the "crazy believer" trace out the highlyplex rune that was a representation of his real name in that particr nar region. It was a stupidly difficult rune that only those with sufficient mental and spiritual strength could even dream of understanding, much less trace out with a finger! What is in a name? Glory! Honor! Respect! The Baltamiros God Rune contained a sliver of his attributes, and was notoriously difficult for mortals to grasp. But here he was, the crazy believer casually tracing it out as though it was nothing. Plus the fact that he was tracing it out quietly with his finger simply meant two things. It wasn''t convenient for him to speak out loud, and he knew that Baltamiros had arrived. "Impressive." Baltamiros nodded in slight excitement at the prospect of gaining a strong believer. With a simple thought, Baltamiros entered Elliot''s mind. And within his mind, a familiar mindspace suddenly formed. Blink. Baltamiros appeared within it in human form. A handsome two meter tall bare bodied young man with fierce eyes and muscr body which looked like chiseled marble. Thankfully he had pants on. If not, it would make for an awkward first meeting indeed. "Hey." Elliot called out in his mind. Blink. Baltamiros casually waved his hand and made Elliot appear within his own mind as well. "Hey yourself." Baltamiros grumbled. "That''s not how you address a God, much less a God of such incredible power such as me!" "Well, you''re here aren''t you?" Elliot grinned. "So that means that you''re interested in me?" "You punk." Baltamiros glowered at Elliot to create a strong first impression. But Elliot merely grinned at him. "My name is Elliot. I have the potential to be the strongest life form in all of existence. Help me go through the process of rebirth, and I will be your most powerful believer." Elliot started with a simple introduction. Baltamiros remained silent and studied the cocky punk which had just made such a bold im. After a few moments, he nodded in understanding. "You''re skewed." Baltamiros said. "Your body is far too powerfulpared to your soul. That''s why you need a rebirth. Interesting. You have good potential indeed. But that''s peanuts to me. I want nothing from you except for your undying allegiance. In return, I will make you my first and my most powerful Apostle. Let me tell you a secret. I have unlocked the gate to unlimited power, even among the gods. You would be well served by bing my first and most powerful Apostle." Elliot shook his head with a sigh. "I serve no one. I will believe in you, and I will bring your name to great heights, but not as a servant. But as a valued partner. I will not relinquish control over my fate to another." Elliot said stubbornly. Baltamiros smiled to himself in satisfaction. Elliot had just revealed to him the key to all of his thoughts. "So this dude is actually a pretty simple person. He does not want others to be in charge of his fate. That''s not a problem at all." Baltamiros mused to himself. "Would you rather be a powerful rat living freely in a jungle full of hungry, even more powerful cats, or a treasured grizzly bear, living alongside its master, and hunting those cats down for sport?" Baltamiros asked Elliot with augh. "I am no evil god seeking to enve you. I want to establish my dominion over all of life in existence, and my first apostle will be under one, but above all of existence. Think about it." "You think about it. Help me go through rebirth, and you won''t just have a grizzly bear next to you, but a fellow hunter with his own grizzly bears." Elliot said confidently. "Hahahahahaha!!" Baltamiros roared withughter and then flexed his power. Chapter 438 Liquefied Power A swirl of energy appeared at Baltamiros'' fingertips. And from that swirl of energy, the images of all that Elliot held dear in his heart could be seen. As Ganruk had mentioned, they were all held in stasis, frozen andpletely unmoving. Elliot nced at the swirling energy in slight surprise before frowning lightly. "I am a God beyond any and all the gods in existence. As I have said before, my power exceeds all the other gods -bined. Take this gift from me as a form of goodwill. I have nothing but ns to help you and to prosper you." Baltamiros said with a chuckle. And after he said those words, the stasis that was upon every single one of those Elliot held dear suddenly broke. "What?! WHO DESTROYED MY STASIS TRAP!! WHO? SHOW YO- eh? Perfect unraveling? Ah. Uhm. Hemmm. No need to show yourself. No need! No need!! Hahaha! Don''t mind me. I''ll be on my way then. Hahaha! Hahaha!!" Ganruk''s voice thundered out of the sky loudly. He then scampered away like a rat running away from a grinning cat. "Don''t kill him. He''s mine." Elliot said mildly before Baltamiros could respond to Ganruk''s shout. "Sure. Small issue. How''s that? All your loved ones are safe. Earth is safe from the higher nes. Your universe has stabilized, your realm has stabilized, and your multiverse is probably fine too. You have nothing in this corner of the nes to tie you down. You''re free to be my Apostle in the higher nes." Baltamiros said while smiling at Elliot. "Jessica Sands is still not saved. Did you not see her when you save my loved ones?" Elliot asked curiously. "Jessica Sands?" Baltamiros frowned. "I sense no such person in your future fate. Let me check your past¡­ Ah. Jessica Sands¡­ Interesting." Baltamiros said even as a small frown appeared in his forehead. "What''s wrong?" Elliot frowned deeply. "Let me find out where she is¡­" Baltamiros said softly. "Hmmm." Elliot said as worry shed in his heart. "There she is. Like you, she had attracted the attention of a being in the higher nes. But unlike you, the being she attracted wasn''t some petty low leveled warrior. She is with¡­ Patriarch Shallow Moon, n Leader of the Shallow Moon n." Baltamiros said with a deep sigh. Elliot remained silent. He did not like the sense of trouble that Baltamiros was showing in his tone of voice. "The Shallow Moon n is one of the top ns serving the God of Greed, Maruk. And as gods go, Maruk is one of the most powerful with believers EVERYWHERE. As such, the Shallow Moon n is extremely powerful as well." Baltamiros continued. "Aren''t you THE most powerful god? That doesn''t sound like a problem that THE most powerful god has to worry about." Elliot said with a cold smile. "I can deal with a hundred Maruks for breakfast lunch and dinner." Baltamiros shrugged before looking at Elliot levelly. "But why should I?" "Because as I said, you''ll get a fellow hunter. I won''t be your Apostle, but I will eventually be your partner. You''ll only stand to gain." Elliot stuck to his guns stubbornly. "Hahahaha! You will never reach my level. I doubt you can even reach the level of a normal god. In fact, I doubt you will even reach the level of Patriarch Shallow Moon!" Baltamirosughed out loud. "Try me. Let me go through rebirth and let me power up with the bare minimum guidance from you. I will kill that Patriarch Shallow Moon and rescue Jessica Sands. If I can do that, I would have proven to you that I can do what you deem is impossible, right? And if I can do that, then I can eventually be your partner." Elliot pressed. "There are many different levels of impossible." Baltamiros chuckled. "It is impossible for a rat to kill a lion. It is also impossible for a rat to destroy the sun. But the first impossibility can be ovee with a minor miracle, while the second can never be ovee, even with the help of the craziest miracle." "A virus is so small that it ispletely invisible to the eye. But applied in the right situation, it could influence events that can destroy even the sun. There is no such thing as impossible." Elliot said calmly and confidently. "You''re extremely confident. I like that. Fine, let''s do as you say. I have waited for a million years to get to this point. I can wait a couple more decades for a good seed like you. Better to start the first of my apostles with a strong one." Baltamirosughed again and finally agreed. He waved his hand and sent a mysterious power flowing into Elliot''s body where it instantly started to grind it down into particles from within. The pain was horrendously excruciating. But Elliot merely smiled at Baltamiros. "I owe you one. You won''t regret it. And I do not intend to kill that bastard of a Patriarch in two decades. I will kill him in two years." Elliot said right before his body crumpled and melted into a small puddle. Baltamiros shook his head in amazement. For one thing, iming that he would kill one of the top patriarchs under one of the strongest gods in two years was nothing short of a deration of insanity. He might as well say that he was a certified madman. And for another, Elliot was still speaking right up to the moment where his body melted. He could not imagine just how much pain Elliot was experiencing as he said those words. His organs, his bones were all in the process of being reborn! He looked at the puddle of blood that was bubbling and slowly ridding itself of impurities beforeing together to reproduce the most perfect body currently in existence, and suddenly felt a surge of admiration for the young man. Driven by impulse, Baltamiros took out a supremely tiny drop of his liquified power, somewhere around a billionth of a drop, and dripped it into the puddle of blood. "I don''t know why I am doing this." Baltamiros sighed. "Sentimental old bastard." Chapter 439 Cultivator It was apletely unprecedented development. Baltamiros was already one of a kind, a God unlike any god in existence. His power level was an entire qualitative upgrade higher than all the other gods, and although gods granting mortals a portion of their power was not an umon urrence, none had ever done so in such a stupid manner that jeopardized their own side of the deal. But Baltamiros was a sincere God who would rather suffer a loss than deviate from being true to his own heart, so he did what he felt like doing, and that was to take the once in a lifetime opportunity ofbining his newfound power with the process of Elliot''s rebirth. "This is too good an opportunity to miss." Baltamiros told himself. "It will be good to see what effects my liquefied power have on such a powerful seed undergoing rebirth. My power would form the fabric of his strength starting from deep within his very core, andbined with his strong mental state, the result would be very interesting indeed. He would walk the higher nes as aplete anomaly, as his rise through the ranks of power would be phenomenal to watch. Worst case scenario, I lose an Apostle and gain years of entertainment. And a huge favor I can im whenever I want." Baltamiros mused lightly as he watched his liquefied power spread. When creating metal alloys, iron would be mixed with other substances to create a product that was many times stronger than iron itself in its pure state. On the other hand, a single drop of catalyst was also able to create a chain reaction within a concoction that could drastically alter the product. What happened in Elliot''s process of rebirth was a little bit of both. Like a catalyst, Baltamiros'' liquefied power triggered a massive change in Elliot''s fundamental element of being, and caused it to be highly receptive and reactive to the power of the gods. At the same time, his liquefied power also assimted itself in Elliot''s seat of power, his heart, providing it with a minor power source that was more powerful than anything in existence, even including the other gods. Though not quite a god in the grand measure of such things, Elliot was also definitely not hanging out in the realms of mere mortals either. He was a unique being, a demigod capable of rivaling the power of the gods in the right conditions. The first to reform around Elliot''s fabric of being where Elliot''s bones and soul. Together, theybined and remade themselves into what was previously Elliot, but upgraded and enhanced to perfection. A slightly ethereal looking skeletal structure soon appeared, standing at an optimal 1.9 meters tall. "Soul infused skeleton, done. Excellent quality, I must say. I expect nothing less from him after receiving the benefits my awesome contribution." Baltamiros said proudly. His organs were next to reform. Red energy swirled around his chest area and formed into a powerful looking heart which started to beat steadily. Ba dump! Ba dump! Each pump of his heart sent forth a wave of blood which shot out in strangely predetermined pathways and formed blood vessels as they went. A swirl of red energy then reformed his brain, lungs and every single organ before moving on to his perfectly formed muscles and covering them with perfectly unblemished pale bronze coloured skin. After a few more seconds, thepletely reborn Elliot opened his eyes. He was quiet for a moment as he processed everything his new body had to offer. "I see. So this is the way the world works. We are not human bodies with a spirit. We are actually spirits with a human body. No wonder the process of training the spirit only at the ancient level is horribly erroneous. The growth of the human body apart from the growth of the spirit weakens the spirit. They both must be developed at the same time. In fact, it might even be more beneficial to focus on the spirit a little bit more." Elliot thought aloud. "Excellent observation!" Baltamiros eximed warmly. "Not many cultivators realize that particr point at all, much less one who is merely starting on his journey." "Restarting." Elliot corrected. "And cultivator? What is that?" "Starting." Baltamiros re corrected him. "Your previous progress was so drastically wrong that you might as well consider yourself a brand new cultivator. And yes, we call those who walk the long road of power towards the apex "cultivators". As in you guys are all cultivating yourselves." "Strange. But fine. Cultivator it is." Elliot nodded and continued to explore his brand new body. He realized that his cold, draconic mindset was still there, and that most of his energy had transformed into something different. Traces of his darklight energy was still there, but as it were, it was only contributing around fifteen percent of his current energy''s character. "Interesting. My energy is different." Elliot remarked. Baltamiros curiously sank his senses into Elliot''s body structure and studied him as well. Of course he knew why Elliot''s energy changed. He''ll be damned if Elliot''s energy remained the same even after ingesting his power. That would mean that his power was not as potent as Elliot''s energy. What he was curious about was just how much it changed. "WHAT? You still have ten percent of your old energy left? TEN PERCENT??" Baltamiros shouted in indignation. "Oh? It seems like you know why my energy made that change. What did you do to me, huh?" Elliot asked Baltamiros calmly. "I did nothing bad to you." Baltamiros said rather crossly. "I granted you a tiny drop of my power. Of my NEW and upgraded power. What it should have done was topletely overwhelm your energy and cause your body to run only on it. But you have ten percent of your old energy left¡­ Ridiculous." "Ten?" Elliot chuckled. He did not expect that even a god would fail to read his energyposition correctly! Chapter 440 Stingy Scrooge "I wonder if he even knows about the formation of the Universe of Runes. Such an outdated god, I should negotiate the information about that Universe of Runes in exchange for more of his power." Elliot thought to himself. "Stop making that greedy look. You''re not getting any more of my power." Baltamiros grumbled. "You''re already blessed beyond blessed. Wanting more than that would automatically cause a bit of your power to seep out and make its way eventually to Maruk, the God of Greed." "Do you know what''s the best thing about being a mortal with power restrictions at every level?" Elliot began with a smile. "What?" Baltamiros sighed and yed along. "We got creative." Elliot said simply. "And¡­ how does that interest me?" Baltamiros drawled. "The product of my creativity can increase your power by at least a factor of ten." Elliot said seriously. "A factor of TEN? HAHA! Don''t make meugh! Oh wait, you already made meugh. You dumbass. You may have to get creative, but the product of your lifelong creativity is nothing more than the product of one second of my normal thinking! Anything your puny mind cane up with, I can do the same." Baltamiros scoffed at Elliot. "Not like this." Elliot grinned and remained silent. "Yeah? Okay fine. Let me humor you for a moment. I''ve been without entertainment for far too long. Having a goodugh at your dumbness is pretty good too." Baltamiros shook his head with a condescendingugh. "One more drop of your power." Elliot stretched out his hand and smiled innocently. "Nothing big, mind you. I am not greedy. Just like the one you gave me previously is good enough." "Ha! You''re greedy enough to be Maruk''s firstborn child if that greedy bastard is man enough to make babies!" Baltamiros barked out augh. "No thank you. I am not buying." "YOU are stingy enough to be the God of Stingy Scrooges. Are you sure you''re what''s it called, God of Ages? What''s your full name? God of Grumpy Aged Stingy Old Men?" Elliot shot back at Baltamiros and managed to somehow press his angry button. "WHAT? Grumpy aged stingy old men??" Baltamiros sputtered in sheer indignation and anger. "Yeah. That. You can''t even spare a tiny bit of your power to learn about a method to power yourself up by ten full times? If that''s not stingy, then what is?" Elliot taunted. Deep in his heart, he was rejoicing. "This God of Ages is rather gullible and easy to manipte. It must be an effect of notmunicating with anyone for too long a period." Elliot thought. "It probably won''t be long till he-" "Fine! Here! Take not one, not two, but THREE drops of my power which I granted you earlier!" Baltamiros shouted and waved his hand at Elliot. Three shining golden drops of sheer power left the tips of his fingers and drifted towards Elliot''s forehead where they instantly sunk and disappeared. VROOOO!! A golden me aura exploded into life around Elliot as his body exulted in the infusion of such universe shaking power. "Wuuuaaaaaahhhhh!!" Elliot roared as his entire newly reformed body ignited and surged once more in strength! The very fabric of his being instantly underwent another qualitative upgrade, and his body''s energy copsed unto itself, swirling and spinning rapidly for several long seconds until finally, like a bright ray of sunlight piercing through the dark of night, a brand new energy structure emerged and took over his body. "Hoekkkkk!!" Elliot vomitted out a staggeringly huge amount of blood which burned to nothing as soon as it appeared. Wooosh!!!! The mes spread into his body and went on to purify everything that was left after his mini second rebirth. "Haaaaaaa!!!!" Elliot roared out once more and just like a dragon, an invisible but destructive energy erupted from his mouth and shot out into the sky. Baltamiros could only look at Elliot with a growing sense of pride and an even faster growing sense of confusion. That Elliot was a monster of a being was evident, and that was the source of his pride. His liquefied God power was, afterall, the source of Elliot''s powerup. Technically, he could be considered as Elliot''s father. Not that he wanted to BE Elliot''s father. "Hell no." Baltamiros shuddered at the thought of that greedy bastard calling him daddy and stretching out his hands for more liquefied god power. But that he, as the God of Ages, had no idea what sort of power Elliot wielded and what sort of being he exactly was, was also evident. And that was the source of his confusion. Just what had he created? "HAAAAAA!!!" Elliot''s roar intensified. Kabasshhhh!!!!! Every single pore on his skin suddenly opened and a beautiful sheen of red suddenly appeared all over his body. Within moments, the red sheen turned to ck, then white, then finally, blue before disappearing without a trace. And as suddenly as it had started, Elliot''s transformation ended. With a single thought, Elliot remade his simple ck shirt, pants and shoes. His control over nature had reached an extremely high level, and manifesting his energy to create simple matter such as clothes was as easy as flipping his hand. "That was good." Elliot nodded at Baltamiros in satisfaction. "I think I have reached the saturation point for your god power. You have to hold back from gifting me more of that until I can train up my body to higher levels." Baltamiros snorted in disbelief at the balls on Elliot. He was even at a loss on what to say. "Hehehe." Elliot chuckled lightly and flexed his arms, feeling the awesome wonder of having a perfectly soul awakened body enhanced by liquefied God power. He could feel very instinctively that the potential hidden within his body could very well reach the heavens if unlocked in its entirety! Godhood was not an impossibility! But that was a long, long way into the future. "For now, let me reform my universe of runes." He thought. "A deal is a deal. Here, let me teach you everything I know about the Universe of Runes." Elliot said with a smile and started to work on his body. "Watch closely." Chapter 441 Greedy! As before, Elliot began to earnestly circte his energy into the form of those powerful runes and arrange them neatly into centers,bining their functions together. "Whoa. That''s¡­ very simple. And very powerful. Why the hell didn''t I think of that before? Oh wait¡­ I didn''t give a damn before. Hmmmm. But with this interesting way of creating runic centers¡­ it truly opens up doors to other things." Baltamiros murmured to himself as he mimicked Elliot in his attempt to create the runic centers. However, Baltamiros was a god, and he quickly created runic centers that were thousands, if not millions of times moreplex and more powerful than Elliot''s. Together, a powerful god and a newborn demigod grade being sat casually in that area and began to power up incessantly. For a few hours, the only thing that stirred were the deep channels of energies within their bodies, and the quiet formation of reservoirs of incredible power within them. "Hmmmmm. These offensive, defensive and utility centers really make my life easier¡­ IF I have enemies." Baltamiros chuckled as hepleted his first series of centers. "What a supremely creative dude. Clone centers. Endless energy centers. By my name, if I had his creativity, I might have already cracked the mystery of how to devour other gods a long time ago!" He nced at Elliot to see what else he had, and was pleasantly surprised to see that he had begun work on creating intricate three dimensionalworks around the runic centers. "Excellent idea! Connecting the endless energy runic centers with these offensive and defensive centers would ensure that my already near endless power would never run out! And is that a summoning center I see? What the hell. With this set up, he would he able to summon almost an endless number of beasts as soon as his power matures! He might not be able to control them all perfectly, but¡­ what the hell! This bastard could very well summon the entire poption within the beast universe!" Baltamiros could only shake his head in awe. He was able to summon those beasts too if he wanted to, of course. But he was a god! It was absolutely within his right and all that is normal and good to do that. Elliot was just a mortal! When has a mortal wielded that much power before? Well, the old beast overlords could probably do that as well. But it was by right of their authority, not their physical control over the beasts! "Sick bastard. His creativity would be the death of the gods." Baltamiros muttered as he began to mimic Elliot and create the three dimensional channels to connect his centers. Very soon, he forgot his mild jealousy over Elliot, and relished in great joy over his own rapidly rising power. "Hohoho, with this, I might even be able to challenge THAT old bastard." Baltamiros thought to himself with glee. A day soon passed, and Baltamiros finished connecting his oversized runic centers to each other. He admired his own creation with a deep sense of satisfaction as he nodded repeatedly to himself. "Good. Good." He grunted again and again while smiling widely. After a couple of hours, he finally remembered to check on Elliot again. Afterall, that young punk might have other creative ideas. He turned his head around to nce into Elliot''s body and instantly, his smile froze. Though much smaller and simplerpared to Baltamiros, Elliot had very shrewdly created his runic centers in the perfect shape and ced them in the perfect spots to align them properly and create arger rune using those centers! And thatrger rune happened to be the rune of¡­ "Boost?" Baltamiros could only gape in deep admiration at Elliot''s creation. The effect of such a creative application of the runes was mind blowing. Every single offensive, defensive, utility center within his body automatically received a boost at the level of therger rune he used! And if Elliot went on to create his runic centers to the form of a maximum boost rune¡­ "F*CK!!!" Baltamiros could only curse vehemently at his impatience. As a god, it was not the end of the road, of course. Unlike mortals, Baltamiros was not limited by size, and his "nk canvas" on which he was creating his Universe of Runes was actually almost infinite in size. He could easily expand the scope of his work to do what Elliot was doing. But he had lost maximum efficiency. His oversized runes were overkill, and took up more space in his nk canvas, space which could be devoted to the maximization of therger runes! In fact, if he scaled up the idea, he could make runic centers within runic centers within runic centers to create a stupidly powerful system that could squash gods like squashing ants! He simmered slightly in regret before finally deciding that there was no point crying over spilt milk. "Fine. I will do it properly this time. Let''s¡­ NO. Damn it, I''ll just wait for this bastard to finish before I continue. He might have other creative efficiencies which I could use." Baltamiros grumbled to himself and proceeded to settle down to watch Elliot work on his Universe of Runes. Days passed in a blink of an eye as Elliot created onerge rune after the other within his body. And very soon, his body was almost full, and the final outline of the single major rune which contained all of hisrger runes was appearing. Thankfully for Baltamiros, he learnt his lesson properly because Elliot gave him one final surprise with his final major rune which "Void??" Baltamiros blinked in surprise before he finally realized Elliot''s intention. "BLOODY HELL! YOU¡­. YOU GREEDY BASTARD!!" Baltamiros howled as a deep, explosive feeling of greed surged through his very fiber of being! Elliot was creating the ultimate Universe of Runes. Every single creative application of runic centers he made would be held under a major rune which would turn his ENTIRE Universe of Runes into ethereal energy. And the implication of that was like drawing a circle on a piece of paper multiple times on top of each other. He would be able to create as many Universe of Runes as he liked, and they would simply stack atop each other. Chapter 442 Bunch Of Beasts "Hmmmm?" The God of Greed, Maruk frowned lightly as he felt a strangely refreshing infusion of power. "Some gods are feeling extremely greedy. I wonder who? Judging by this power infusion¡­ These are truly some powerful gods." He was curious over what those gods found, but s there was absolutely no way he could trace the power infusions he just received. He could only enjoy the boost and resume his greedy daily activities of enjoying his millions of lives as the richest beings in various universes. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Baltamiros gulped as he thought of the implications Elliot''s wild idea had on him. "There is a limit, of course. I can''t actually make an endless amount of this Universe of Runes thing. Space itself can''t contain so much energy. But to reach the capacity of Space¡­ I can make at least ten, no, fifteen Universe of Runes on top of each other!!" Baltamiros waspletely shocked at the audacity and the sheer greediness of Elliot''stest creative idea. And as ideas went, it was spectacr. Baltamiros shivered lightly in anticipation of what he was about to do. His liquefied power was already aplete monstrositypared to the little kittens that were all the other gods. If he were to manipte his power ording to the Ultimate Universe of Runes¡­ Baltamiros shivered once more in deep seated excitement, and immediately went to work. And once more, the days passed by serenely and very peacefully. Even before theypleted what they set out to do, both of them had reached extreme levels of power in their respective benchmarks, Baltamiros as a god, and Elliot as a being of the higher nes. But peaceful days weren''t meant tost, especially not in that particr situation with a pissed off Ganruk still lurking about. "Hmmm. It''s Elliot''s game master from before? Sneaky bastard. He guessed correctly that I am a god, and he is lurking just outside the maximum range of a normal god''s range." Baltamiros thought to himself as his senses picked up a familiar scent. "Too bad for him I am not anywhere close to being normal!" Baltamiros paused for a moment to consider if he shouldy waste to that bastard, but he quickly decided against it as he thought of a better way to make use of him and his buddies. "He has brought some friends along with him too. Let''s see. Hoo¡­ An apostle? Of which god, I wonder. Judging by his attire, probably some pompous god of Light. To think he actually got an apostle to try and drive me away. He really wants to secure Elliot huh? And not just an apostle, he even brought a Grade Six Summoner and Grade Five Elementalist!" He nced at Elliot who had sessfullypleted two full Universe of Runes within his body, and was about to start on his third. "The Grade Six Summoner would be doable. But the Grade Five Elementalist is still slightly too difficult for him to ovee. Perfect. If he can''t even fight slightly above his level, he has no business being a candidate for my Apostleship." Baltamiros grinned to himself. "The apostle of that god of Light is probably going to be pretty much untouchable. I guess I have to hold him in ce while Elliot is fighting." Baltamiros did not even put Ganruk into any form of consideration, so low was his power levelpared to Elliot! If Ganruk were to know of Baltamiros and his train of thought, he would probably puke blood. It wasn''t too long ago that he was able to squash Elliot like squashing a bug. In such a short period of time, he had transformed from untouchable to unworthy! "Hey. Don''t start on your third Universe of Runes yet. There''s a bunch of people nearby which you''re probably very interested in. Why don''t you go and say hi." Baltamiros said to Elliot and pointed right at where Ganruk and his buddies were hiding. "Hmmm? That Ganruk bastard is back with friends?" Elliot raised his eyebrow and smiled with pleasure. He stirred his energy across his Twin Universes and felt a vast flood of soul infused energy rush through his body, far, far more powerful and potent than he could ever imagined. Compared to the peak strength that he had before his rebirth, it was like the engine of a massive rocketpared to a small birthday candle. It truly was a satsifying moment for Elliot. But he remembered the sense of invincibility that Ganruk gave off when he first interacted with him, and Elliot suddenly felt a spark of bloodlust ignite in his heart. Voooooshhh!!!! A frightful killing intent developed around Elliot and caused vast amounts of normal life forms to shrivel and die. nts withered on the spot as soon as they came into contact with the sheer power that Elliot was exuding. "Good." Baltamiros grunted in approval. He effortlessly produced a clone and got it to leap ahead towards Ganruk. "My clone will hold down the apostle which is way above your paygrade. You deal with the other two." "Get your clone to stand down." Elliot saidzily as he sent his own clone to leap forward after Baltamiros''. "You''re referring to the four of them hiding right beyond that tiny blue right? I can handle all of them by myself." Baltamiros nced at Elliot in surprise. "He can sense the four of them? Does that mean that he is at the level of a god?" Baltamiros checked Elliot''s power, and confirmed that he was still a huge distance away. "You can sense them?" Baltamiros asked Elliot curiously. "I can''t." Elliot said simply. "But he can." Space shimmered slightly from around Elliot, and revealed a huge bunch of slim but powerful looking beasts led by a handsome, darkhaired Specter Wolf. His eyes were glowing gold, and a thin smile was upon his face. "Greetings, God of Ages. My name is Kai, Elliot''s Chaos Apostle." Kai said with a deep bow. "Suppp God of Ages!" "Hello! You look really strong! Nice to meet you!" "Greetings." "God of Ages, how strong are you?" "I know a dude like you once. He died really young. Are you his spirit-turned-god?" A chorus of greetings exploded from all of them. The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!