RAA!
Beasts clamored in the Spiritual Land as they congregated together for this event, looking forward to seeing who among them would lead the way once more. One particularly arrogant penguin didn't have any worries as it watched Noah bring out Mythical cores and Skill Books.
In a few hours, the [Ice-Fire Persimonn] specifically cultivated for the advancement of beasts in the Spiritual Land would be matured, and then a world defying process of mass advancement would occur.
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Barbatos was moving across the dark seas as hundreds of thousands of green lights were surrounding her. She had a face devoid of emotions as she sent commands for her pets to spread out and look for any signatures of life as she actively looked for Mythical sea creatures.
Her endeavor with the Atlantean was simply one of curiosity and for the possible possibility, but it was turning out better than expected. She was still only 50% sure of the Atlantean's words based on the abundant amount of information and unique tools he held, but she was sure of Baal's strength even more that even now she expected this endeavor to fail.
'Well, I will at least enjoy myself before then.'
If it failed, Baal would definitely extend his wrath towards her and even possibly kill her one or two times, but so what? It was nothing new. This was done before multiple times when she didn't want to be compliant. The only thing she would remotely care about would be her pets, as they would lose the energy anchoring them down when she died.
She hated recalling how many times she had to build up her Army of the Dead from scratch after reviving in the Demon World. The Oppressive Tyrant did not get his name for nothing. If things did not go his way, he would take them by force, and he had the strength to do it.
'If the little fish's words are true though…'
Her eyes twinkled at the possibility of freedom that she never believed she would come across, before they soon became deep circles of Abyss. Her gaze turned to the side a few nautical miles from her as a small smile crept up. The undead that she had spread to cover a wide net had caught something big. Barbatos moved in large strides as her figure appeared and disappeared, moving yet again to another target.
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An [Emperor Penguin] looked towards the brothers he had known all his life as he prepared for a breakthrough yet again. The master that had taken over the Spiritual Land wasn't bad at all, and had helped them immensely while introducing surprising new things.
Never in his wildest dreams did the penguin expect the treasures used for the catalyst of their strength be grown at such unbelievable speeds. It shocked many of the beasts when they first saw it with their own two eyes, but now it seemed like the norm.
He was currently watching a few of his brothers consume Mythical cores for the chance to breakthrough from the Legendary rank and advance forward. His talent was much higher, and should be able to break through as soon as he consumed a few [Ice-Fire Persimonn], so he told the Spiritual Land Master to start with the advancement of his brothers and sisters first.
The shining flippers on his body tighten as he yearned for more strength, never wanting to be pushed down again. His thoughts moved towards the arrogant figure of a demoness that had made him kneel just with a glare as silver light erupted from his eyes.
He would show them all just why there was such arrogance ingrained in the bones of the [Emperor Penguin]. The first beast to be born in the Spiritual Land, as well as its strongest, looked forward into the future.
Chapter 177 - Upgrade the Spiritual Land!
Noah was overseeing the advancing of multiple Legendary beasts in the Spiritual Land as he provided cores of the Mythical rank for the advancement. He was saving and stockpiling more cores and skill books to boost the strength of Steel Mikhail and Kazuhiko, but he could always obtain more later.
The powerful Barbatos should even come back with two or three Mythical creatures that would add even more to his collection. It had been a few hours since she left and the process started, some of the fields holding an abundant amount of [Ice-Fire Persimmon] shining a blue and red light as the fruits fully matured.
There was a resplendence of light as it seemed two opposing forces were trying to occupy the same thing, but they melded together to form into glistening blue red fruit handing off large trees.
The surrounding beasts were roused by the allure of the fruits as they looked towards Noah, where he nodded to the [Emperor Penguin] as he took the lead in absorbing them, with the beasts absorbing the cores already having their auras changing to become Mythical.
RAA!
The beasts were full of enthusiasm as the process went on in full swing, with Noah monitoring any changes as more and more fields where [Ice-Fire Persimmon] was growing became resplendently covered in mystical lights as they matured.
During this process, a hazy red light formed into the figure of Barbatos as she returned into the Spiritual Land that Noah had anchored into the area of the sea they were fighting in before.
"Haha!"
Her appearance came with a mischievous laugh as her dangerous aura ran about unbounded, around her appearing two creatures that were covered in transparent dark chains with barely any signs of life remaining.
Noah's eyes turned up at the appearance of two Mythical deep-sea creatures that were near death as he affirmed the abundant usefulness Barbatos would have from now on. She could spread her army for miles to look for enemies, leaving and finding these two creatures after just two hours. It was another [Megaladon] and a golden shining [Sting Ray] that were tied up in the deathly chains as they continued to struggle.
"Here are two fishes for you to make something good later. Now, what more surprises am I gonna be seeing from you, little fish?"
Barbatos's eyes were wandering around as she looked at the figures of the [Emperor Penguin] and other beasts absorbing essence from the [Ice-Fire Persimmon] fruits. The resplendently shining fields of produce that felt enticing even to her made her give surprised every few seconds. Light passed through her eyes as she tried to pry the secrets of this figure that claimed to be from a powerful organization.
Noah felt her piercing gaze as he activated the first five forms of Mountain Sea Sect's Secret Techniques and went towards the bound Mythical beasts beside her, the two vibrating blue blades in his hands carrying the deathly glow of [Aura of Death] as they struck down towards the nonmoving targets.
He wasn't worried about Barbatos looking at the process about to occur as he understood her personality after looking over the plundered memories. She was a cruel being who had very few interests, with the recent things he introduced to her being new and foreign peeking her attention. But to her, they would just be that, interesting things.
As long as she didn't stand to benefit from him or her trust wavered, he would find himself faced with the cruel Demon Empress that ate a Mythical Atlantean while he was still alive without batting an eye, because to her, he was just another one of the little fishes she saw in the sea.
His mind wandered off from Barbatos as he felt more Mythical ranked skill books and cores appear in the [Sea Pearl] and he nodded towards Barbatos, keeping the bodies of the creatures in his storage space as well.
His attention was focused on the rapid breakthroughs taking place, where he could feel two auras at the Mythical rank spread out from two beasts, the [Winged Spider] and [Arctic Fox]. The arrogant penguin wasn't far behind as his body began shining with a radiant silver light, the essence of the Spiritual Land seemingly congregating around him as he continued to absorb many [Ice-Fire Persimmon] fruits.
Barbatos looked at this sight in stupefaction, as she felt like she was watching this Atlantean growth Mythical ranked beings as if it was nothing. Her surprise only increased as a third aura that pulsed at the Mythical rank spread out, with a fourth and a fifth one soon after.
This didn't stop as Noah had inadvertently appeared next to a few more legendary beasts and had them absorb more Mythical Cores on top of the [Ice-Fire Pers
imonn] fruits. He could feel his blood boiling as something exciting was in front of him yet again.
RAA!
An arrogant howl could be heard where a penguin glowing in silver could be seen floating in the skies, its body letting out crackles of power at the Mythical rank. A glossier sheen had appeared on its sleek fur as its beak could be seen pointing towards the skies.
Noah looked at the progress of everything as he confirmed more than five beasts had crossed the boundary to the next rank as he pulled up {Spiritual Land Management} and saw the conditions to upgrade to the next rank had been fulfilled. All he had to do now as the master of the Spiritual Land was put in the required energy to catalyze the reaction. Energy...was not a problem for him.
A bright smile spread out as a blue glow released from Noah, spreading out to cover the Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land as he began pumping mana to push forward the process of upgrading to the fourth tier!
Barbatos was looking at this sight with a serious expression as her gaze landed on the brilliantly shining Noah. He looked like the center point that was causing a huge change as the isolated space treasure they were in began shaking. The beasts around them were howling as if calling forth the advent of something new.
The land around them was vibrating, seemingly resonating with the mana that Noah released as a change began to occur. The water around the Spiritual Land in the Abyssal Zone was churning as the upgrade caused a significant disturbance, releasing waves of power that spread out for miles. Powerful creatures of the deep quite a distance away felt this tremendous surge of energy as their attention was captured in a certain location.
Chapter 178 - Time
Resplendent lights were shining in the Spiritual Land and outside it, as a hazy shield that was isolating everything in the floating landmass became more and more distinct.
OOOH!
An excited howl erupted from Noah's mouth as he poured out more and more mana without reservation, feeling the amount required for the master of the Spiritual Land to provide reaching the maximum capacity in a few minutes as the process was about to finish.
A blinding light erupted out with the Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land at the center and spread out in the dark waters of the Abyss, almost as if signifying the birth of something wondrous.
There were all sorts of colors still shining inside the Spiritual Land as the beasts howled excitedly, feeling the changes as dense essence congregated around and was raised to even higher levels around them.
Grandiosity was spread out from the Spiritual Land as Noah checked the changes under {Spiritual Land Management}
{Spiritual Land Management}
[Frozen Plateau-4]
Beasts: F-XXX, E-XXX, D-47,342, C-15,322, B-9,453, A-1634, S-540, EPIC-150, LEGENDARY-15, MYTHICAL-7
Plants- Whitefall Trees, Snow Vine, Sacred Rye, Pigmy Melon, Ice-fire Persimmon. Available for planting(Ice Phoenix Fruits, Spirit of the Arctic)
Features- Size Regulation(Unlocked), Movement(Unlocked), Anchor(Unlocked), Boost Surroundings(Unlocked), Architecture(Unlocked), Frozen Barrier(Unlocked), Offensive Maneuvers(Unlocked), Time Dilation(Unlocked), Treasure Hunter (Locked), @$%#%(Locked)...
Upgrade- Conditions not met. @%%^#$
His mind was fully locked into the singular feature that he was looking forward to the most.
[Time Dilation] :: The abstract concept of time can be manipulated in a small area. 1:5 Ratio (Unlocked), 1:10 Ratio (Locked), 1:20 Ratio (Locked)...
There were amazing words listed under the description of [Time Dilation] that made Noah's heart palpitate. New information was sent to his mind from the Spiritual Land about the new changes, and the one that dealt with [Time Dilation] was the rise of runic monoliths in the underground area of the Spiritual Land.
The many runic monoliths surrounded an area of two acres, forming into what looked like a circular enclosure. Thin blue lines spread out from each of the monoliths as they connected to one another. This was the area where [Time Dilation] could be applied. This was the newly created [Time Space]
An area of more than 2 acres where whoever entered and stayed in, 5 hours in that area would be equivalent to 1 hours outside of it. Noah's eyes shined with excitement as he couldn't wait to begin his training regiment in this location.
He could spend a bit over a month in the [Time Space] to raise the proficiency and spam skills as much as he wished, combining them continuously with ease thereafter. This was a plan he had in the back of his mind, but never expected to be implementing it so soon.
The main way he rapidly increased his strength was to kill enemies of the next rank and absorb their cores and skills to attain their rank. He always lagged behind in his combinations as he had to spend a significant amount of time to raise the proficiency of his skills before he could combine them. His highest combined skill was currently EPIC+ while he has amassed many more skills at the MYTHICAL rank through defeating enemies.
But, with the use of this [Time Space]...he might be able to rise up even faster with [Skill Combination], achieving a PHANTASMAL ranked skill that would put him far ahead.
Since awakening from rank F, he had only been active for a little over two months to achieve Mythical rank. If he spent 1 month in the [Time Space], which would be equivalent to less than a week in the outside world, that would be more than one-third of all the time he spent since awakening. The rapid rise in strength during that time...his eyes shined as he thought of the ridiculous things he was about to do.
He wanted to quickly get started with his training before he went searching for the [Kraken], when he felt a few oppressive auras gathering outside the Spiritual Land.
"Hey little fish, while you were there spacing out, a few more fishes surrounded your isolated space treasure~"
The nonchalant voice of Barbatos rang out from the fantastic modern house Noah had built first as the Demon Empress had her feet up while relaxing at the same fluffy couches that a certain arrogant beast enjoyed as well.
Noah turned his attention to the outside world where he found three large deep-sea creatures surrounding the Spiritual Land menacingly as they were attracted by the abundant explosion of energy during the upgrade. His eyes shined as he turned towards the other unlocked feature after the upgrade, wanting to try it out on these newly appearing Mythical deep-sea creatures.
[Offensive Maneuvers] :: The Spiritual Land becomes a tool for destruction. Features include Beast Armament and Falling Meteor.
The feature was straightforward, giving two possibilities of attack. Noah looked at the newly advanced Mythical beasts as his eyes shined, he would try the [Beast Armament] first!
His thoughts were delivered into the {Spiritual Land Management} unique skill as a blue and white light began to shine on the bodies of the [Emperor Penguin] and the other 6 newly advanced Mythical Beasts. A tremendous amount of mana left Noah's body as one of the moves of the [Offensive Maneuvers] feature was used.
On the body of the arrogant penguin began to appear a snowy blue suit of armor. The material of the armor couldn't be discerned, only looking extremely resplendent and powerful as it went to fit his body like it was made for him. The [Winged Spider] also had its own specialized armor wrapping around its body, its many legs gaining jagged blades that shone with a red light.
This scene repeated for all of the Mythical Beasts as powerful pieces of armor that let out maddening pressure appeared on their bodies.
RAA!
Excited howls were let out from the beasts as Noah gave the command to attack. The arrogant penguin led the charge as its body flashed with silver light and appeared outside the bubble of the Spiritual Land. Its flippers were now modified to have long serrated blades as they struck towards one of the Mythical Deep Sea Creatures.
RAA! RAA! RAA!
A terrifying [Winged Spider] with fitted metal wings and sharp legs, a gloriously armored [Arctic Fox], and all the other beasts rushed outside the Spiritual Land and pounced on the surrounding Deep Sea Creatures as th
e beasts were finally let out of the Frozen Plateau to battle their Master's enemies.
Chapter 179 - Skill Combination at its best (I)
Barbatos kept her awareness on the figures of 7 Mythical ranked beasties that had just advanced to that rank through the hands of this increasingly mysterious Atlantean. Her interest only continued to be piqued as she wandered around the exquisite houses seen all over the isolated treasure and all the luxuries they held.
She didn't know how, but she continued to be surprised by the things the little fish continued to pull out. The battle in the water was particularly disastrous for the three Deep Sea Creatures that had neared the isolated space treasure, with the newly advanced beasties that the Atlantean sent out actually having power at the peak of the Mythical rank with the appearance of the new armor.
The little bird shining with silver light was the most eye-catching one as it teleported across the waters and shredded the bodies of the large sea creatures with surprise attacks. Never would it be in one position for longer than 1 second as the battle was nearing its end just as it had begun.
OONG
The sea creature facing the penguin let out a deathly howl as it fell under the oppressive strength, while the other two Mythical creatures that were swarmed by three other armored beasts found themselves in the same situation.
Just as it had begun, the battle quickly ended. Barbatos looked at these now powerful beasts that could barely withstand her aura before but were now seemingly fully established in the Mythical rank. Her expectations for the Atlantean were further increased by every second she continued to watch him. Just what else did he have up his sleeves?
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The use of [Beast Armament] was particularly powerful, giving the beasts power at the peak of Mythical rank as Noah provided the mana to keep the transformation of the beasts active. This was just one of the ways to use the [Offensive Maneuvers] of the Spiritual Land, there was one more he could still use now, and even more to be unlocked in the future.
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