NOVEL NEXT Chapter 201: Black Myth Ruins (8), High-Tier island
Chapter 201: Black Myth Ruins (8), High-Tier island
The particles and energies vanished, revealing Aleron in a cool dark gold scaled armor, shining with red patterns on it oozing a regal aura with brutality.
There was damage here and there on the armor, but it was visibly regenerating.
"What the heck is that?!"
"Is that his Bloodline ability? What's with that defense and regeneration?"
The magic in the air indicated that Aleron had also consumed a ton of Magilore to defend himself from that deadly attack.
But he was unharmed in the end.
'The attack was weaker than it seemed.'
[Gachapi: This is a crazily dangerous encounter. That attack could easily make the top 10 Warlords lose half of their all energy in defense if they want to remain unscratched and they would also have to finish off this guy in the next attack because of the immobilization curse.] [Astral: This is so cringy, as expected of a high-tier island.]
'Alright, it's my turn now and this guy is going to die in a single burst.'
Aleron couldn't move from his position, but he unleashed his most powerful attack to date yet.
'One Finger Destruction.'
He had no choice but to use a skill that utilized all of his power sources-Magilore energy, Soul energy, and Vigor energy along with consuming 400 of his Bloodline essence, the most he had used in a single execution so far.
He was now only left with 1339 Bloodline Essence out of a total of 2000.
According to stats, this Galvis was stronger than Aleron's previous enemies in dangerous encounters, and its skills were crazily potent as well, despite the restrictions on them.
As such, he didn't hold back because he had to finish this battle in one shot, so might as well make a new damage record.
'Die.'
Even if Aleron couldn't move, he could make his attack reach the boss. Since he had wonders of space at his disposal, he took this approach instead of conjuring and throwing a projectile- type attack.
His finger entered into a portal or rather, a portal enveloped his finger, while the second portal formed right in front of the Alchemist who had his wand pulsing with power and pointed to Aleron for a second attack to kill him.
Sensing danger, this Magician Alchemist actually canceled his second attack on Aleron and dodged it, but it was not a waste for Aleron because his attack was on his finger and would only activate once it touched.
Aleron's strange black transparent-looking finger with sparks as if the universe was settled in didn't let his enemy escape.
The portal instantly appeared right above Galvis's head just as he dodged the previous attack.
Alas, this time, he couldn't dodge.
*BOOOM!*
A burst of purple flame flare released from his finger, a condensed and looking neon-like star with black and silver sparks, drowning Galvis entirely in a fiery burst of constant laser explosion.
Neo Astral Plasma energy source-Peak-grade of SSS-rank energy-Offense type.
One Finger Destruction-Peak grade of SSS-rank attack-type skill.
An energy with condensed heat from flame and lightning, conjoined into a formation of time and space with lightning's property to increase velocity, speed, and containment of extra energy for more damage in his finger boosted by Vigor energy.
Cost of the attack: 100 Billion Magilore, 500k Vigor energy, 500k soul energy, 400 Bloodline
essence.
[Record breaking attack damage in a single instance of skill detected...]
[You have successfully cleared the dangerous encounter of this ruin.]
...
"No way. He broke his own record again..."
"Damn it! What the hell is wrong with him?"
"That hole...nothing remained there except for the treasure chest. Fuck, fuck!"
'I am tempted to join him, but don't tell my Warlord.'
'Same. Why is he so powerful?'
Enorin and others smiled as they could chatter at other tables, though they couldn't hear that some of them were internally talking about joining them.
If they knew, they would laugh out loud because 99% of them would be sent to hell once they came to join Aleron.
...
Aleron got the first dangerous encounter reward from a high-tier island and he opened the treasure chest after sitting down cross-legged on the grass under a tree.
Rubbing his palm, he watched as the treasure chest spewed out four colorful orbs.
[List of rewards from the high-tier treasure chest. ]
- Martial Storm Oblivion Set: Blue Cloud Hanfu, Bamboo Sandles, Jade Storm Longsword,
Vindictus Spirit Gloves-Paragon-rank (Mid-grade).
- 1x Spirit Beast Summoning Scroll (Paragon-rank).
- 1x Enlightenment Stone.
- 1x Random Equipment Chest (Paragon-rank).
Aleron wanted to summon from the equipment chest, but it turned out that he wasn't allowed to open this chest here.
Nor could he use Spirit Beast Summoning Scroll to summon a beast.
Well, he couldn't summon his Zords, so he already guessed this wouldn't be possible.
'The rewards are nice, but I guess participants can't use some things here during the event to
power up.'
Enlightenment Stone wasn't something to be used here, even if he clouded because once he used it he would be drowned in deep meditation for a long time.
[Enlightenment Stone]
__Effect: You can insert your consciousness in the stone to activate it. Once activated, your consciousness inside will see a world suitable to the enlightenment you wish to seek the most. You may spend up to 100 hours before the stone turns into dust.
It was good and he planned to use it later to awaken his 2nd concept.
Finally, the last item to check was the set.
[Astral: That set seems juicy. Won't that power you up crazily since it's graded at 5-star of
Paragon-rank.]
[Gachapi: Indeed. Moreover, it's a whole set.]
Aleron checked the items in the set, his eyes glinting, 'it's true that these are our first mid-
grade items of Paragon-rank.'
Low-grade = 1 to 3 stars.
Mid-grade 4 to 7 stars.
High-grade = 8 to 10 stars.
[Blue Cloud Hanfu]
Rank: Paragon.
Type: Armor/Garment.
Grade: 5-star.
\__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star.
Perks:
-> +350,000 Magic Potency.
-> +350,000 Magilore capacity.
-> +350,000 Stamina.
\__Effect(s):
-> (Passive) Cloud Rug: Upon getting attacked, the attack's energy is forcefully scattered throughout your Hanfu as much as possible, reducing their potency and impact.
-> (Passive) Invigorating Wind: Your stamina recovery increases if you breathe in a magic energy-rich area during meditation.
'This is awesome!' Aleron was elated. 'This will boost my magic more, and that means my bombardment of Magilore will be more powerful!'
He had acquired a Paragon-rank armor of 3-star, but it only boosted 2 of his stats by 200k.
But this 5-star grade Paragon-rank armor boosted 3 of his stats by 350k! The subordinates of other Warlords were green with envy as they saw the item.
"Don't worry. Our Warlords will also get a set once they explore a high-tier Island."
"True. The rewards are pretty consistent, except for the unusual reward this new Warlord got
in his first mid-tier island."
"It should be the reward for first clear."
"Wait, then what if the set is also the reward for the first clear of a high-tier island?!"
"Humph, aside from the top ten Warlords, the others can forget about clearing Dangerous Encounter of high-tier Island unless they get lucky with some items or sacrifice a lot of their artifacts and items they brought with them."
"The limit warning appeared when a Warlord used 10 items. He took 6 pills and sacrificed 4
artifacts to kill a Mid-tier island's dangerous encounter. After that, he got a restriction
message."
"That means that there would be restrictions in the high-tier island zone as well."
"Tsk, those small fries Warlords past 25th rank should just avoid triggering dangerous encounters. That's not even a requirement to move forward in the first place." Unaware of talks in the spectate hall, Aleron inspected the second equipment of the set.
[Bamboo Sandles]
Rank: Paragon.
Grade: 5-star. \_Type: Armor.
\__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star.
Perks:
-> Physical Movement Speed increased by 30%.
-> +350k Agility.
-> +350k Health.
Effect(s):
->(Active) Bamboo Sanctuary: Consume 100k Magilore to activate the Sandles' core
component, enveloping the user in a tough wooden bamboo sphere that can absorb all attacks for 2 seconds and discharge it back to any direction in the form of raw destructive energy.
'Only one effect, but the active skill and the perks are not bad at all.'
Aleron wore Sandles after Hanfu and then looked at the 3rd item.
[Jadestorm Longsword]
Rank: Paragon.
Grade: 5-star.
\_Type: Weapon.
\__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star.
Perks:
-> +350k Strength.
-> +350k Vigor energy capacity.
-> +350k Soul Potency.
Effect(s):
-> (Passive) Spirit of Jadestorm Dragon: Increase your soul's sensitivity and grant increased
potency to skills when using soul energy to boost them.
-> (Active) Jadestorm Dragon's Breath: Activate the spirit within the sword and it's competent by using 500k Magilore to summon Jadestorm Dragon's avatar that unleashes a
destructive breath attack in a radius of 100 meters.
'This sword has something in it. Something living,' Aleron's eyes glinted as he could feel a
spirit within the sword-the soul of this so-called Jadestorm Dragon!
[Gachapi: These are indeed some fine items.]
[Astral: Let's see what's with the last one.]
[Vindictus Spirit Gloves]
Rank: Paragon.
Grade: 5-star.
\Type: Support.
\__Mystic Path: Martial Storm Oblivion - 5-star.
Perks:
-> Access to the library of Martial Storm Oblivion Path.
--> Increase potency of Lightning, Wind, and Ice affiliated attributes by 30%.
--> Stamina consumption when executing physical moves is decreased by 30%.
\_Effect(s):
-> (Passive): Spirit Armor: Any damage coming to your soul will be absorbed into the Soul Armor. It recovers automatically and if the Soul Armor breaks, it takes 3 days to regenerate. 'It seems that just like other Paragon-rank items, the Mystic Path's information related to it appeared in these gloves since this is a set.'
'But it's frustrating that I can't learn anything about these Mystic paths since I am not a
Paragon-rank lifeform yet,' Aleron wryly smiled before he closed his eyes and started meditating to recover this spent energies.
He wore this new set of equipment and boosted himself greatly as well.
[Astral: Hey big bro, let's bet on something.]
[Gachapi: what?]
[Astral: I bet that Mastah will be able to break his own damage record 4 times at most after
this.] [Gachapi: Hmmm, since the record is only recognized when his attack lands on an enemy...I would say he can break his record five....no, six more times if he is allowed to clear four high- tier islands, which is breaking 4 records, and then one or two more in the central island, given
that he would be pretty close to unleashing his full power by using all of his energies in a
single attack. ]
[Astral: Damn, you calculating bastard.]
[Gachapi:...you have no respect for elders.]
...
Aleron explored this high-tier island and completed the 3 challenges without much difficulty
as usual.
The new set boosted his stats and gave him useful effects, making exploring all the more easier for him.