"Are we sure we want to go ahead with this plan?"
The voice of an enchanting woman who held golden eyes rang out as the discussions came to a pause.
"We have been allies with the World of Cultivation for centuries, why jeopardize that for something that might not succeed?"
"We have run the tests, the chances of success are more than 80%."
The gruff voice of a robust man replied as differently colored runes swirled all around him.
"The only reason that number is so high is because our targets are the Cultivators themselves, no other beings were as susceptible to our tests. It has to be them!"
Another voice replied as the discussions resumed, with a final voice resounding out and shutting up any that were talking.
"We have remained a Prime World for too long. We cannot advance if our world does not, so we will move forward."
It was another voluptuous woman, but this one with even more astounding looks as every single proportion of her body oozed power and regality. She had a head full of dark hair that dr.a.p.ed over her shoulders with red eyes that drew the gazes of everything that turned in her direction.
"We will start slowly and covertly, only ramping up the production as we are nearing our goal. By the end of all this, we shall be the victors once more."
Her body swayed as she moved and looked towards a particular direction in the room where a humanoid figure was elevated on a wide metal bed. The figure was constantly twitching as something wriggled beneath its skin, but its face remained unconscious and impassive.
What was surprising was that this unconscious figure was letting out a maddening aura of power at the TRANSCENDENT level.
The metal bed the figure was on was just one of the many that were propped up in this underground room. There were hundreds of such beds spread out all over the area, with tens of them already occupied with similar unconscious humanoid figures.
A shining light blazed out of the red eyes of the voluptuous Magi as she looked forward at this sight, observing a future that very few could imagine!
Chapter 214 - Training
In the Time Space of the Spiritual Land, Noah was actively moving as days quickly passed in the area he was in while only a few hours passed in the outside world.
The rapid combination of many skills was occurring as he continuously spammed and raised their proficiencies before combining. Other beings also joined him in the wide area as they trained skills of their own.
In another section of the wide Time Space, Noah had installed a relaxation zone which consisted of fragrant steaming hot springs that a few beings were currently using. Not too far from the hot spring was a gigantic version of a spinning grill that held a crackling flame around it, continuing to cook more portions of the many sea beasts that Noah had collected over his time in the Lost World.
In the hot springs, Barbatos's voluptuous figure was dipped in halfway as a particularly arrogant Emperor Penguin was behind her using its flippers to give a shoulder massage.
Its arrogant face showed unwillingness and shame as it turned to look at Noah and the other beasts training in the distance. It was the most powerful beast in the Spiritual Land, holding unlimited potential to advance! Yet it was currently being forced by this crazy woman to attend to her like a servant, giving massages or bringing food at the snap of her fingers.
It didn't want to do it because its pride as the most powerful beast in the Spiritual Land prevented it, but it could not take it anymore. It would do it. It was going to complain to the Spiritual Land Master!
Near where Noah was training were two figures of young women. One of the Frozen Queen that was using her relaxation time from her busy schedule, with the other being the Shadow Guard, Night.
Queen Adelaide was sitting down holding a tray of refreshments and fresh white towels as she looked in Noah's direction with a smiling expression barely breaking through her icy exterior. Night was standing up with her piercing gaze looking in a certain direction where a demoness was relaxing in steaming waters.
Not too far from where the arrogant Emperor Penguin and Barbatos were, there lay a field of gorgeously shining trees that were dangling completely ripe [Ice Phoenix Fruits] and [Spirit of the Arctic] that Noah had planted in the Spiritual Land some time ago.
He had specifically planted them in the Time Space so they could mature even faster, using the boundless mana to continue to keep the [Time Dilation] active in the space. Even with this cheating format, their time for ripening was around the same as the previously unlocked tier of plants, being just slightly shorter.
But this still meant that the newest tier of Plants in the Spiritual Land had already matured and bore the fruits that were extremely conducive to the rise of strength of the beasts born in it.
Aside from the [Winged Spider] that was hanging from one of the large trees picking and eating [Ice Phoenix Fruits] with a content expression, a miniaturized Calamity of the Sea, the [Goldfish], was also floating nearby and opening its wide mouth to eat the resplendent fruits whole.
The fruits shown they were most effective for the beasts born in the Spiritual Land, but they still collected a tremendous amount of essence in them and were exceptional to enjoy for anyone.
The process of breaking through from the Mythical to Phantasmal rank was even longer for the beasts this time around though, as they had been eating and absorbing the energies of the [Ice Phoenix Fruits] and [Spirit of the Arctic] this past day, and they were still consolidating and increasing their power at the Mythical rank. Noah expected the Emperor Penguin to be the first to breakthrough as usual, and he wasn't worried if it would take a few days or even a week.
There were miniaturized forms of the other Calamities of the Sea furiously going head to head as they fought against one another to increase their strength in another portion of the large Time Space. After residing in Noah's homeworld and being considered as one of its inhabitants, they were able to access the system that quantified their strength as well as their skills with the permission from the will of the world.
The demons were experiencing a similar situation after the establishment of the connection, with the top echelons observing the use of Power Jewels closely to corrupt their skills and make them even more powerful.
There were any different ways to upgrade their strength, and everyone was continuing to work hard, not wanting to be left behind.
Kazuhiko and Steel Mikhail had obtained their own unique and ultimate skills from the Rulers they had taken down, boosting their power by a large amount as they spent more time diving in the dungeons that were newly created throughout the three worlds.
The remaining three Mythical Beasts of the Beast World were also actively moving in a similar direction, with the addition of their research into creating skills through mana manipulation on top of dungeon diving.
There was a tremendous amount of essence that could be used by the worlds, and creating dungeons that were filled with constantly replenishing origins of Legendary and Mythical beasts was not too hard. Noah was especially helpful with this through the use of his summoning abilities.
Putting his abundant mana to full use, he cast [Summon Titans of the Abyss], {Primal Conjurer}, and {Witch Slaves} to provide the origins of powerful beasts that could be used as the base for the dungeons.
[Summon Titans of the Abyss] brought in two PHANTASMAL ranked BOSS monsters that were placed as the masters in the newly created dungeon in Noah's homeworld, [Titan's Abode].
{Priman Conjurer} was a unique skill that could only summon and keep active two creatures at the same rank as the user, and was used just like [Summon Titans of the Abyss] to make two BOSS monsters for a dungeon in the Beast World called [Scalding Sand Dunes].
{Witch Slaves} was yet another unique skill, and this one held even more uses.
{Witch Slaves} :: Spawns powerful undead witches that are proficient in Blood Magic to do your bidding. Their strength can be adjusted up to the rank of the user. A maximu
m of three Witch Slaves of the same rank can be summoned, with the number tripled for every rank lower.
Three Witch Slaves of the PHANTASMAL rank could be summoned, or nine at the MYTHICAL rank, or 27 at the LEGENDARY rank, and so on. It required an exorbitant amount of mana to keep active, but it was nothing with the reserves of essence for even a single world.
Many origins of BOSS monsters to use in dungeons were obtained from this skill as ingenious ways to strengthen the forces of the three worlds continued to be created. The only negative thing was that the origins of these beasts were being used and constantly replenished anytime they were defeated in the dungeon space, Noah couldn't use them for his own purposes. It wasn't too big of an issue as he wasn't too active in using the summons in battles with his skills being so overpowering that the battle was finished even before anyone else could join.
This also wasn't to mention a side project that Barbatos was working on to fill a dungeon with her undead and an abundant amount of traps as she had the goal of creating the hardest possible dungeon.
Scenes like this constantly played out across the three worlds as their inhabitants worked to unceasingly improve themselves.
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Skills combined today:
An Undead's Stamina + Ruler's Might :: MYTHICAL+ Emperor's Authority
Titanium Body + Emperor's Defensive Maneuvers :: PHANTASMAL Unbreakable Golden Body
Chapter 215 - Setting Off
The time neared with Noah finishing the preparation to set off for the World of Cultivation as he was concluding with his skill combination and the addition of new skills.
From the dead Sin of Pride, Marbas, he had obtained the {Seven Deadly Sins- Pride} Ultimate Skill as well as a unique skill.
{Observant} :: Any abnormal or minute changes in the atmosphere around you can be observed. The sight can be expanded for miles.
He loved the addition of unique skills that were not necessarily offensive or defensive, but had their own uses that still boosted his power. Besides this though, Marbas was the first being he had used {Gluttony} on, being able to devour his origin whole. This allowed for all of Marbas's memories to be stored in the sub-skill, [Library], along with the option for him to choose an additional two skills. This was the power of the Ultimate Skill dropped from the first ranked Ruler.
There were actually more than five skills to choose from, and Noah looked for the ones that would have the greatest utility or ones that could be easily combined with the current skills he held. The additional skills chosen from the [Devouring] of Marbas, the Sin of Pride were simple or had great uses for a possible combination in the future.
{Hasten Mind} :: The user's perception is boosted by an unknown factor.
[Lava Giant] :: The body's composition changes to that of the Ancient Giants long forgotten in history.
His collection of powerful skills continued to grow as a few days passed in the Time Space, allowing for some of his PHANTASMAL skills to finally reach a maximum proficiency. The only problem was that none of them were compatible for skill combination.
He was looking at maxing the proficiency of [Unbreakable Golden Body] and [Lava Giant] next to see what possible combination will be made available with these two newest additions in the picture.
His stat panel continued to show the ever-increasing growth as the [Law of Water] was boosted by another 4%
[Noah Osmont][Occupation: Hunter]
[Vitality: Phantasmal]
[Focus: - ]
[Strength: Phantasmal]
[Skill(s) :: [F][E][D][C][B][A][S][EPIC]
[LEGENDARY :: Memory Plunderer, Hydrothermokinesis]
[MYTHICAL :: Hydrokinesis, Resplendent Speed, Summon Death Lord ]
[MYTHICAL+ :: Emperor's Authority]
[PHANTASMAL :: The Dictatorial Kaiju- Hydra, Summon Titans of the Abyss, Radiation Queen's Sword, Persuasion, Sundering Hellfire, Space Destruction, Lava Giant, Unbreakable Golden Body]
[UNIQUE :: Spiritual Land Management, Primal Conjurer, Spatial Travel, Shapeshift, Witch Slaves, Lie Detection, Parallel Thought, Hasten Mind, Observant]
[ULTIMATE :: Bone Master, Seven Deadly Sins- Gluttony, Seven Deadly Sins- Pride]
[Equipment: (3x B-Ring of Storage)(A-Ring of Storage)(S-Storage Pouch)(Mythical- Pearl of the Sea){Supreme Treasure- Trident of the Sea} {Supreme Treasure- Lawful Nourishment}]
[Laws :: Law of Water- 9%]
The Emperor Penguin and other beasts were able to wreak havoc and take down many cultivators from the Mountain Sea Sect in the battle in the Lost World, gaining a significant amount of [High-level Water Crystal]s.
[High-level Water Crystals] :: A crystal containing the acc.u.mulation of the Law of Water. A significant portion is contained within.
Noah didn't steal all the Crystals from the beasts, obtaining a small portion for himself. But even this small portion was able to boost his [Law of Water] by another 4%. This was through the use of the treasure that Sect Master Inuit had left behind, [Lawful Nourishment].
The necklace was currently active as the essence around Noah's body was a level higher than in the far surroundings. The ability attached to the necklace, [Law Nourisher], allowed for the increase in speed of mastery and the power of laws based on the Soul Jades that are actually contained within the necklace. There was only a miniscule blue Soul Jade that was barely visible to the n.a.k.e.d eye in [Lawful Nourishment], but this was what allowed for the extra boost in the percentage of the [Law of Water] even when he didn't absorb too many crystals.
The percentage was now 9%, meaning any ability or skill related to water would be boosted by 900%. That was an insane number to think about, making it possible to deal or defend against horrendous amounts of damage if he was using water-based skills.
Noah was already making it his goal to obtain as many [Law Crystals] as he could, and do it without rampantly killing anybody he wished. Something horrible that he had learned in the many worlds he had been in though, was that there was no short supply of horrible beings that would rush themselves at him on a platter.
There were always those who were extremely vile or those that would attack him for their own purposes, so he wasn't worried about finding enemies that would continue to boost his strength. This was the type of world, the type of universe that he now found himself in.
Those with abhorring levels of power were many. Unfairness, pain, and death was the norm. There were many worlds and people constantly being enslaved, with millions of innocent beings facing death because those stronger than them willed it.
He would be there to take action against these people. It was not because he considered himself some saint that was destined to save every living being that was in pain. It was not for some sense of justice with him wanting to uproot all evil. It was for his own selfish reasons to grow stronger.
He needed to be stronger so that the worlds and the billions of beings he was connected to would not face destruction. He needed to be stronger so that he could not sit and watch helplessly if an event similar to what happened to the Lost World were to repeat itself once more. So he would simply do just that, it didn't matter to him if it was considered selfish.
The way for him to continue getting stronger at a quick pace was clear, and he enjoyed himself a whole lot while following this road. The many mysteries and spectacular things he could do with the unique treasure of the Beast World, the Spiritual Land. Powerful items like the Trident of the Sea from the Lost World and Lawful Nourishment from the World of Cultivation that he still has not utilized even close to their best potential.
All the unique worlds with different types of treasures, foods, and culture he had yet to experience, there were just too many things to look forward to!
He had a confident smile on his face as he was ready to cast {Spatial Travel} and arrive to a certain part of the World of Cultivation from the many stolen memories. His figure was back to that of a robust human with a head full of wild dark hair, his body visibly showing the packed
muscles from the blue robe he wore.
The Frozen Plateau Spiritual Land that was holding the many beasts, as well as the Calamities of the Sea, was anchored to his body. The fiery Barbatos was floating by his side as her gaze twinkled with anticipation like that of someone going on a field trip.
A flash of silver silver light erupted out with them at the center, and they soon disappeared.
Chapter 216 - The World of Cultivation
It was a bustling scene in the wide roads of Rainbow Spirit Mountain. It was the peak of activity atop the powerful mountain that was under the control of the Time Immemorial Sect.
Under their watchful gaze, not a single being went out of line as they oversaw one of the richest Mountains in the World of Cultivation.
Near the bottom of Rainbow Spirit Mountain was an area full of colorful lights as all sorts of portals were spread out cleanly in a circular formation. These portals allowed for the transfer of beings from the subordinate worlds that the World of Cultivation had their reach in, as well as other powerful worlds they were on friendly terms with.
Beings of all sorts of species came and went from this Transfer Zone as they spread out all over the Rainbow Spirit Mountain to conduct their business. Cultivators dressed in a variety of colorful robes from differing sects were strolling through in a grandiose manner as the elemental particles in the air followed them happily.
Disciples of various sects were moving in groups and cheerfully discussing current events, while other more powerful beings considered to be Formation Masters and Pill Masters had extravagant buildings where they conducted their business.
Along with the cultivators, Magi with powerful runes surrounding them were occupying some of the smaller shops near the bottom of the mountain selling their alchemical creations and weapons that were unique to the Magus World. These were the ruthless beings from the Magus World known for their powerful magic and unique creations as they strived to find the truth of the universe.
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