Nothing is Impossible

Atlas's body pulled itself together and he lay on the ground for a second before pushing him back up. It had only been two hours, but his body felt like it had been days. Zores was a nightmare, not holding back even a little bit and killing him as fast as he could. The first couple times, Atlas had been slain in just a few seconds, and Zores had simply started another duel. When Atlas had been able to survive for over a minute after almost 20 attempts, Zores had started to teach him and help him understand what he was doing wrong.

In their most recent fight, Atlas had managed to survive for a whopping 13 minutes and had even managed to do quite a bit of damage to Zores. Not that it matters much, as Zores had a spell that could heal himself, along with his decent amount of life force.

Atlas went to open his notifications, but Zores stopped him. "Don't look at your notifications quite yet. Focus on your notifications and think 'Archive' that will make it the skill exp will still be assigned to the skill, but won't act on the skill. Allowing us to synergize your skills and then give them the combined skill exp that you just go afterwards. Make sense?"

Atlas now understood why they had just spent the last 2 hours sparring. He would now get a surge of exp to all of his future skills, and he would gain more than a little because combining the skills would also combine the skill exp he would gain in each skill. He quickly followed Zores's instructions, sending his notifications into the archive.

Zores and him went back to the bleachers to let others use the arena they had been in. Zores pulled out a piece of paper, pulled up Atlas's stat sheet and began to take notes. After a few seconds of writing he looked over at Atlas. "Use your synergizer title effect and let me know what it tells you."

Atlas did as he was told, using the title effect and getting a line of text for his troubles.

Skills with Perfect Synergy found! Consuming Light(SS), Consume(SS), Charged Mana Turret(ZZ).

Atlas read the line aloud for Zores and he nodded slightly. "As expected, you're good to combine those skills."

Atlas did so.

Combining…

Skills: Consuming Light(SS), Consume(SS) and Charged Mana Turret(ZZ) have combined…

Skill Gained!: Ray of the Consuming Void (ZZ)

LUCKY BONUS!

Ray of the Consuming Void (ZZ) -> Breath of the Consuming Void (ZZ)

Atlas told Zores the end result, making sure to include the lucky bonus.

Zores started scribbling furiously on the paper, looking up at his stat sheet occasionally. After 5 minutes of waiting, he flipped the paper over and wrote down the final results, handing it to Atlas. "Combine all of these skills, and then you are good to open up your notifications."

Atlas started combining.

Skills: Manifestation of the Archdragon (ZZ), Absolute Mirror Defence (ZZ), Avatar of Slow Profitable Death (Z), Ultimate Damage Resistance (Z), Demonic Avatar (Z) and Constant Critical Hits (SSS), Scythe Mastery (SSS) have combined…

Combining…

Combining…

Combining…

Error!

Fixed…

Combining…

Skill Gained! Manifestation of the Demonic Mirror Archdragon of Slow Profitable Death that has Damage Resistance (ZZZ).

Skill has over 10 words, would you like to change skills name? Y/N

Zores laughed at the look on Atlas's face. "That's what happens when you combine a lot of extremely powerful skills together. If I were you I would name it Perfect Armor or even go back to Avatar of Death." he suggested.

Atlas selected yes and named it Archdragon of Death after looking at the skill description. The notifications didn't stop there, it seemed the Lucky Bonuses had waited for him to name it before appearing.

INSANE LUCKY BONUS!

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Archdragon of Death (ZZZ) -> Archdragon of Death (Y) (Absolute limit at current level reach tier 6 to level further.)

Atlas was shocked and more than a little scared. His skill had gone up by two ranks, now being his only Y ranked skill.

Skills: Elemental Mastery (ZZZ), Arcane Glyph Expertise (Z), Weather Manipulation (SSS), Magic Circles (S), Mana Theatrics (S), Crafting (B) have combined…

Combining…

Combining…

Skill Gained! Arcane Glyph Mastery that can Manipulate the Elements and has cool Theatrics (ZZZ).

At the suggestion of Zores, Atlas named it Spell Crafting.

LUCKY BONUS!

You have leveled up your skill Spell Crafting (ZZZ) to level 5!

Atlas was a little surprised that it didn't go up a rank, but he realized it made sense, he had needed an insane lucky bonus to rank up Archdragon of Death after all.

There were only two more skills that Atlas needed to combine.

Skills: Battle Training Techniques (ZZ), and Fast Recovery (SSS) have combined…

Combining…

LUCKY BONUS!

Skill Divergence!

Skills gained! Battle Recovery (Z) and Fast Training Techniques (Z)

Atlas told Zores of the new development. "Not exactly what we wanted," he said, thinking deeply, "But it will definitely work."

Zores turned to Atlas. "Okay, now it's time to see what each of these new skills do. Pull up their descriptions and send them to me so we can both look at them to perfect your new fighting style."

Atlas brought them up in order or power.

Archdragon of Death (Rank: Y) {Tier: Transcendent} [Level: 1] {Type: Passive}: You are always wearing spectral dragon armor, but it can change between 6 forms. For all forms besides form one, you gain skill exp 10 times faster.

Form One: Leveling Form. ALL exp is gained 15 times faster. Armor is transparent, you have no wings, and is only at 35% defence.

Form Two: Speed Form. Your maximum speed while being in this form is 50 times your dexterity. You can choose your speed and your armor is streamlined so you don't take damage from going too fast. Armor is sleek and thin, wings can be used to fly. Only 10% defence.

Form Three: Strength Form. Your maximum strength while being in this form is 50 times your strength. Your strength can not be altered in this form and is always the maximum. Strength is generated from the armor itself so you don't take damage from using full strength. ALL of PHYSICAL damage is reflected. Armor is dense and harder to move in, and wings can only be used to glide. Only 50% defence.

Form Four: Defence Form. Your Maximum Life Force while being in this form is multiplied by 5. ALL damage (even if you don't take any but your armor does) is reflected back at the attacker. Armor is bulky and dense, considerably slowing you down. And wings can't be used at all. Defence is the full 100%.

Form Five: Recovery Form. Your recovery speed for all resources is multiplied by 5. Half of ALL damage is reflected back at the attacker. Armor is transparent but wings aren't transparent. Armor is thin and light and wings can be used to fly. Only 30% defence.

Form Six: Magic Form. Your Maximum Mana while being in this form is multiplied by 5. All skills/spells with mana effects are multiplied by 1.5. ALL of MAGICAL damage taken is reflected. Armor is thin and light, and wings can be used to fly for a limited time (30 seconds.) Only 20% defence.

Spell Crafting (Rank: ZZZ) {Tier: Transcendent} [Level: 2] {Type: Active}: You have access to three different types of magic, and you can combine and use them as you wish. The end result is dependent on how the spell is set up. Once you cast a spell, you can never forget it. The three types are as follows. Elemental, Glyphs, and Runes.

Elemental: Channel the elements. Most common, no requirements besides mana to cast. Basic elements known currently: Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Light, Dark. Complex elements known currently: Lava, Ice, Metal, Plant.

Glyphs: Chant and use the power of speech. Somatic Requirements and mana. All glyphs known.

Runes: Write and use the power of words. No Runes known.

Breath of the Consuming Void (Rank: ZZ) {Tier: Mythic} [Level: 4]: Exhale a large amount of black vapor, consuming power from whomever it touches. It steals exp from those it hits and if someone dies in the mist you gain all the skill exp from one of their skills at random. This ability only affects those you wish it to, and can't hurt allies unless you want it to.

Battle Recovery (Rank: Z) {Tier: Mythic} [Level: 2]: Your Recovery of all Resources during battle is multiplied by 4. Your recovery of all Resources after a battle is multiplied by 50 until one of your resources reaches max.

Fast Training Techniques (Rank:Z) {Tier: Legendary} [Level: 1]: You learn four times as fast while training.

Atlas let out a breath of disbelief. This was it. This was how he was going to get stronger. He quickly shared the skills and their descriptions with Zores.

He rubbed his thin white beard thoughtfully. "With these skills, we are going to need to change your path to encompass both the second and third path in some ways. With Archdragon of Death and Spell Crafting you will have quite a bit of versatility, but now we just need to help you understand and use your abilities to their maximum potential." He looked over at Atlas and smiled.

"It's the best of both worlds. You have the ability to change what form you are in, and you can also use three- basically two- types of magic to create any type of spell you like."

"Now all you have to do is get used to it." Zores said with a grin.

Atlas felt both excitement and fear come over him.