Their heads were surprisingly similar to that of dragons, with crimson horns erupting from either side of their foreheads as they circled around Noah, seemingly testing his power before they voraciously jumped towards him.
The numbers simply surrounding him had reached thousands as each of their bodies let out levels of power no less than Mythical, with an abundant amount of Phantasmal and a few Transcendent Infernals standing further back.
The skill that Noah had cast finally came to life as golden-green runic circles released a terrifying being that let out powerful waves of power, causing a few of the infernals to pull back.
The being was wrapped around in a dark cloak that hid an extremely peculiar figure within. One could distinctly see if they were close that the figure hidden in the dark robe was a skeleton that was fully colored green. The bones of this skeleton were inlaid beautifully with golden runic inscriptions throughout as from its bony hands, a dark green staff that held a golden skull at the top glowed menacingly with a green light.
Its aura powerfully made itself apparent as it was used by its master for the first time in what felt like forever.
From its beginnings as a Rank S [Summon Virulent Abomination], all the way to the Mythical [Summon Death Lord], and now standing stably at SAINT+ after more than three months altogether in the Time Space of the Spiritual Land, the first-ever summon was now under the name of [Lich Lord of Abomination]
[Lich Lord of Abomination] :: A skill that is unique in the universe, with its synthesis being something that only a single being can duplicate. It summons a Lich holding immense essence in its bones, a Lich that is proficient in poisons, healing, and summoning deadly forces of death. Its current abilities include Summon Poison Totem, Summon Undead, Noxious Outburst, and Dereliction of the Saintly Poison Lord.
He knew the effectiveness of a summoning skill in the past, and knew its power would be just as immense when it reached the same rank he was in now! One of his projects with the time spent in the Spiritual Land was the maxing of proficiency of many skills that were complementary to [Summon Death Lord] as he raised the rank of his first summon all the way to SAINT+. Its skeletal structure towered in size, being more than five meters as it raised the golden-green staff towards the rushing Infernals who could not hold back their bloodl.u.s.t anymore.
[Summon Poison Totem]
OONG!
Essence rumbled as from the skies, a huge green-gold structure of a prominently large totem holding inscriptions of laughing and baleful skeletons struck into the ground, destroying those nearby as it stably took root.
SHAA! SHAA! SHAA!
An eerie sound that was similar to that of rapid waves of the ocean rang out and all around the Totem, waves of cloudy milky green lights erupted out as far as 10 meters, fully covering all the Infernals nearby as a horrendous sight occurred.
Any infernals covered by this poisonous cloud released from the Poison Totem found their bodies melting right away, with those who were powerful enough to withstand it with their lives barely hanging on despairing when yet another wave of poisonous cloud released from the Poison Totem,
SHAA! SHAA! SHAA!
The waves of poisonous clouds continued to be released from the totem as in its surrounding 10 meters, everything had melted down to a mess of bloodied goo as it continued to release its waves of poison nonetheless.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Poison Totems similar to this were summoned by the Lich Lord of Abomination as they struck down in multiple areas where clouds of infernals were present, causing a terrifying sight to replay as everything melted from clouds of poisons.
OOOOH!
The more powerful Infernals watching from the back roared in anger as they moved in, maneuvering around the Poison Totems still continuously releasing poisonous waves as they made a beeline for the large hooded green-gold skeleton and Noah. Multiple Transcendent Rank Infernals, as well as two Saint Ranked Infernals, had appeared in the surroundings.
The Lich's eyes shone a green light as the skeleton atop its staff shone a golden light, its immense energies casting yet another skill as Noah watched the abilities play out with a wide smile on his face.
[Summon Undead] was cast as shining green lights began to appear in droves all around them. The green lights seemed to be multiplying at a rapid pace, increasing exponentially as an aura of death began to spread out all around them.
OOOH!
Encompassing screams resounded as in the vicinity of Noah and the Lich Lord of Abomination, thousands of powerful Undead had appeared. Numerous Skeleton Warriors wielding poisonous jagged blades, Dullahans releasing poisonous smoke, immensely large Ghouls and Zombies, as well as...a humongous sized Bone Dragon that whipped its skeletal head towards the oncoming Infernals...and let out a poisonous Dragon's Breath.
VOOM
A gory scene of melted Transcendent Rank Infernals played out as a fiery light erupted from the Saint Ranked Infernals, a barrier of flames surrounding them that fully protected them from the poisonous breath.
They pulled back briefly as they pulled in their bloodl.u.s.t and observed the beings in front of them yet again.
Around the human and Lich, droves of powerful Undead were screeching at the Infernals as the Bone Dragon began the charge, and thousands of the undead spreading out towards the Infernals swarming around them.
RUMBLE!
"Haha!"
Noah could not help but laugh at this sight, recalling how he loved summons so much with the ease they brought. Watching a pet that he called out move across the battle field as they reaped havoc and chaos had always had its own charm, and he was reminded of it yet again right now. He was about to move forward and put in some work himself when he felt a reddish form of energy come from the dead Infernals all around him and enter his body.
"Hmm?"
…
[Error.]
[Oh?]
[Now what is this?]
He stopped as he heard the messages from the Planetary Core of his homeworld, with the core of the Beast World and Demon World chiming in soon after as they came across something new!
Memories about the Infernals reappeared in his mind as he recalled the words of Elder Baldwin and Elder Spacewarp about how these beings were diametrically opposed to them, with their bodies releasing unique energy which directly helped improve the cultivation and comprehension speed of those that defeated them. The same applied to the Infernals, where anytime they defeated any of them, their ranks and power would climb that much faster!
So why exactly had this unique form of essence caught the attention of the Planetary Systems?
Chapter 264 - Exploring a Shocking New Feature!
[A new form of energy is directly interfering with skills and abilities.]
[Contained. Isolated. Analyzing]
[This..!]
His home world's core continued to speak in its monotone voice as the cores of the other two worlds continued to speak with more emotions, all three rapidly analyzing this new form of energy given off by the defeat of the Infernals in this First Realm of Hell.
The Infernals existed in the Seven Realms of Hell, with the first one having the lowest levels of Infernals, the place where most of them are newly born.
When the various powers first faced the Infernals, they found to their surprise that the defeat of these beings would grant them boosts in their power, with beings that studied the Laws of different elements finding themselves gaining increased comprehension speed as they progressed much faster.
This same energy that many powerful powers in the universe had come across, Noah was finally coming in contact with it for the first time.
[Isolation and Analysis successful. New form of energy has been broken down and quantified, and will be displayed in the form of numbers under a new feature- Infernal Skill Point(s)]
What?!
Noah phased his mind out from the Infernals surrounding him that the Lich Lord of Abomination was taking care of as he focus
ed more on the words of the planetary system, trying to fully understand exactly what they had come across.
[While increasing comprehension speed and power in others, it can be better utilized if it is directed and focused onto a few specific abilities and skills of the user. Hold on while a sufficient explanation is prepared.]
…
A few brief seconds passed as Noah activated his numerous mind-enhancing abilities, and he didn't wait long before a new blue screen appeared in front of his eyes.
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Noah's eyes read over the new feature multiple times as he could feel his heart pounding, his mind trying to understand this new concept more as he opened his panel and tested this one the skill he used most recently.
SAINT+ [Lich Lord of Abomination] (0/15) :: A skill that is unique in the universe, with its synthesis being something that only a single being can duplicate. It summons a Lich holding immense essence in its bones, a Lich that is proficient in poisons, healing and summoning deadly forces of death. Its current abilities include Summon Poison Totem, Summon Undead, Noxious Outburst, and Dereliction of the Saintly Poison Lord.
In front of the skill, a new counter that read 0/15 had appeared! Noah focused as he sent a command while watching the Infernal Skill Points that continued to increase in a decimal pace as the Lich Lord continued to kill the Infernals around them. The counter next to the <
SAINT+ [Lich Lord of Abomination] (1.6/15)- Two Skill Trees for evolution are possible once sufficient points and a base requirement of two equivalent level sacrificial skills are reached: >>Miasmatic Poison Lord- Leads the summon towards the path of a master of poison, additional abilities include Necrotic Touch, Venomguard, and Decaying Earth. >>Abhorred Lich Emperor- Leads the summon towards a path of a master of death, additional abilities include Undead Legion, Will of the Undead Emperor, and Delay Death
…!
Noah's mind became extremely active as he thought through this new feature that allowed for unbelievable actions!
To put it in simpler terms, these Infernal Skill Points could be used to enhance the level of power for each of his skills, and once they reached the highest required number, which in the case of SAINT+ skills is 15, he can choose to proceed with the evolution of the skill and by sacrificing two SAINT+ skills and open up the Skill Trees of two possible paths while also allowing the skill to reach the Void Rank. This was different from the usual Skill Combination that took two complementary skills of the same level and simply increased their rank.
In the case of the [Lich Lord of Abomination] skill, after it reached 15/15 Skill Points and he chose two Saint+ skills to sacrifice as the base, it would upgrade the skill and open up two possible directions- one which focused on strengthening the poison aspect, while another direction focused on improving the death aspect of the Lich Lord's abilities!
Each pathway provided additional abilities that could be unlocked by the Skill Points, and even strengthened to even more powerful levels depending on how many points he placed in one particular ability.
For example, if there was a [Raise Skeleton] ability that allowed one to raise 1 small weak skeleton after placing 1 Skill Point in it, placing another skill point would increase the power and allow you to summon 2 skeletons. Placing another Skill Point would allow you to summon 4 skeletons that would be much stronger than before...and this process just continued until the ability reached the cap of exactly how many Skill Points could be assigned to it.
The more that Noah put this new feature into simpler terms, the more he felt his heartbeat increasing as he came across too many stupendous ways to strengthen himself and his skills to insane degrees through using these Infernal Skill Points.
His attention went towards the Lich Lord of Abomination as he observed it to have grown a few inches bigger, its aura becoming slightly more powerful. This was the result of him placing the 1.6 Skill Points into the skill, the power of the lich becoming even stronger.
The number of <
Noah felt a brilliant smile forming in his face as he so quickly wanted to obtain even more Skill Points from these Infernals so he could test the immense boost they would provide when they were focused in one particular direction.
OONG!
His body shone a reddish hue as he activated his Arch Demon Transformation and pulled out the medallion that was connected to the outside world and showed how many Infernals each person had killed. He cut off the signature of 'Crixus' as he put the medallion in the isolated Spiritual Land, not wanting to scare the watchers outside on how many Infernals he was about to kill. He would reconnect the signature every now and then as time passed so that he could keep his achievements high enough to be able to obtain his goal of the Absolute Space Technique once the events in the First Realm of Hell were over.
His gaze turned voracious as he looked for the two Saint Ranked Infernals that were throwing powerful attacks towards the Lich Lord of Abomination that was standing above the Bone Dragon's head as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke, his targets locked on!
Chapter 265 - The Stupendous Skill Points
Outside the flaming gateway of the Door of Hell, various powers stood in their sh.i.p.s as they observed the projection of various names the moment they entered the First Realm of Hell.
It fluctuated rapidly in the beginning, with some names quickly jumping up and only to be replaced a second later as yet another name gained more points. A minute in though, they were able to see a clear name take hold of the number one spot briefly, and even hold on to it for an entire minute.
That name was Crixus, of the Profound Astral Sect!
Elder Baldwin showed extreme elation as he observed his son's name actually occupy the top position among the many geniuses of the surrounding powers, while Elder Spacewarp was just happy that someone from their Sect had been the first to garner the attention of everyone else.
But the name Crixus only remained on top for a minute, before its exponential rise slowed down, and it was soon caught up by powerful and famous names that were well known among the major powers.
William's name soon came into the picture as Crixus only continued to be pushed further and further down, with the names of powerful disciples of the Magus World, Underworld, and even the elusive group of Pureblood Vampires that had sent in their True Prince were among the powerful names that quickly took and retained the spotlight.
The name Crixus gradually continued to fall until it moved out of the top 50, with much less attention paid to it now as the beings focused on the changing top 50 ranks as they brought out foods and entertainment around their sh.i.p.s and watched the continuing Infernal Hunt with great interest.
Names rose and fell on the huge projection in space, but neither of them were privy to the massacre of unknown proportions taking place by the same being who had exponentially risen in points just a few minutes prior.
Noah was moving with extreme enthusiasm that he had only felt when he first received the Skill Combination feature. The enthusiasm stemmed from the continuously rising Infernal Skill Points as he killed more and more Infernals. He was able to increase the slow decimal point additions even faster the moment he fully utilized the abilities of the <
rd of Abomination.
What made him amazed was the maddening increase of power in the Lich as he continued to add more Skill Points to the [Lich Lord of Abomination], the counter next to the skill now reading 13/15!
Every time he added a single Skill Point to the skill, he visibly watched as the form of the Lich gained more runic markings and released an even more fearsome aura. When it reached 10/15, the Lich waved its golden shining staff as it was able to summon yet another huge Bone Dragon, making it two powerful Undead Dragons now flying across the burning lands of the First Realm of Hell as they pressured the Infernals rushing in more and more.
All the other Undead that the Lich Lord summoned were increased in numbers and the power they released until they reached a climax when Noah placed the last Infernal Skill Point that made the skill [Lich Lord of Abomination] reach 15/15!
OOONG
A resonance of essence erupted out as a golden light shone briefly from the Lich and all the undead it was connected to, with Noah observing a second later that every single undead that the Lich had summoned now held powerfully glowing golden weapons on their hands. The Bone Dragon's claws and sharp teeth had a golden sheen as the serrated blades that the Skeleton Warrior and Dullahans carried became beautiful to look at. It was an enormous change that when Noah actually took a step back to measure the level of power that the still Saint+ Lich released from its body, he found it to be infinitely close in power to the next rank, even though he had yet to perform the final advancement!
He took a deep breath as he looked at the remaining number of Infernal Skill Points being no more than 3 as he pulled back and focused on the stat panel, wanting to observe for himself the first opening and activation of a skill tree that only went to further amplify the strength of the selected skill.
SAINT+ [Lich Lord of Abomination] (15/15)- Skill Point requirement met. 0/2 SAINT+ Skills are needed for advancement to either the Miasmatic Poison Lord OR the Abhorred Lich Emperor.
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