The two of them proceeded with caution as they followed behind the Righteous Fire Exploration Team, watching as the five members of this party had their weapons ready and drawn out.
Aside from the oversized jagged sword that Boru carried, two were hoisting large bows, another carried a menacing flail, and the last one had a shimmering staff.
The one unique thing about all of their weapons was that they all had the water element strongly exuding from them!
This was because the Behemoth they would come across in the Northern region from the Sanctum were those that were proficient in the Law of Fire. Noah began to feel this first hand as he felt the temperature around him gradually begin to increase, to the point that he knew any normal being would have begun to have their skin singed at the heat.
As they continued forward, the heat only became stronger as he felt that even lower ranked awakened could be burnt into crisp, but the wondrous thing was that the foliage and enormous trees around them peacefully continued their fantastical swaying as this temperature did not seem to bother them one bit!
Noah kept his senses spread out as they finally neared the point that released this much terrifying heat, his eyes noticing it first as they landed on a large mountain.
Or it seemed like a mountain, but it was actually moving!
THUMP!
Noah's mouth flew wide open as his senses went on to wrap around this humongous mountainous figure, each of its features becoming extremely clear in his eyes as he observed a thing that was more than double the size of his Lesser Cthulhu form nonchalantly move in front of them.
THUMP!
The closer they neared, the more they could feel the shaking of the earth caused by its simple movements.
He could only describe the thing in front of his eyes to resemble an oversized dinosaur that was pumped with too much meat and bones!
It was walking on four legs, a ferocious looking head languidly moving around as a spiked tail that was covered with pulsating red crystal stalagmites that shone dangerously weaved behind it.
THUMP!
The l.u.s.trous red crystals went on to travel from its tail and all the way across its back as it gained a spiked appearance, its entire body releasing horrid waves of heat that seemed capable of melting anything they came in contact with!
Looking at the enormous size of this Behemoth as well as its fiery appearance, Noah had to agree that its title was well deserved.
This was a Celestial Beast that a single person would in no way be able to take down. This...was a Behemoth!
THUMP!
As Noah observed the immense heat being released from this powerful being, he saw with a shaking head how even the simple foliage and trees around this mountainous beast were still swaying peacefully, the environment of this Celestial Realm being something too unique. He could see some trees pushed aside or fallen to the side, making a clear pathway of where this mountainous Behemoth had come from, but that was the only damage he could find.
The moment the Righteous Fire Exploration Team neared the position of this Fire Behemoth, its large eyes shifted as its head turned towards them at an unnaturally high speed, bursts of flames beginning to erupt from its body as a world shaking roar rang out!
"ROAAAAAR!!!"
The roar was that of arrogant reality, of a being so powerful that the aura of a few ants getting near it shifted its mood as it warned them not to even come close!
RUMBLE!
It felt as if the air itself was shaking as waves of flames erupted from this fearsome creature, the wild laughter of Boru being heard at the same time as his body lit up with tens of thousands of Fate Lines, his power at the Soul Realm exploding out fully as the jagged sword he wielded let out a dazzling blue light! He swung this blue glowing blade forward as the roiling flames coming towards them were cut in half, preventing them from reaching the team members in the back as the first battle with a Behemoth unfolded for Noah and Athena!
Chapter 372 - A Battle With a Fire Behemoth!
Waves of power erupted out as Boru's Soul Forging Realm was revealed gloriously, the heavy armor made from materials of a Fire Element Behemoth shining an arrogant red color as they went on to push back the raging flames being propelled forward by the mountainous beast in front of them!
The long BroadSword letting out palpating waves of the water element went on to further disperse the powerful attack coming towards them as the members of the Righteous Fire Exploration Team spread around the Fire Behemoth, each one knowing their positions as their grasped weapons let out colorful attacks.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The moment the wide area attack of the Behemoth ended, attacks layered with the strength of thrumming Fate Lines from 5 Soul Forging Realm Celestials began to land on the large beast.
"Heave HO!"
BOOM!
Boru took the center point as he kept the attention of the maddened beast, swinging his large blade downwards as it released a spectacular blade light of gold and blue, the unique energy provided by his Fate Lines passing through the weapon he held as this blade light went on to leave a scratch on the thick skin of the Behemoth.
That was right, a scratch!
That was all that the numerous attacks did to this terrible creature!
Noah and Athena were observing the ensuing battle from the back to get a grasp of how the team normally handled these types of creatures, their own bodies aching to join the battle themselves as the splendors of colorful skills bloomed in the area.
"Zeke, left flank! Reiner, get behind it! Sylphy…"
Boru was giving numerous commands as multiple Empyrean Guards began to appear around the raging Behemoth, these Empyrean Guards soon turning into streaks of light that went on to wrap around the bodies of the members of the exploration team.
OOOM!
The immense aura of fate spread out as the five figures of the exploration team became golden armored and winged beings, tens of thousands of Fate Lines on each of their bodies pulsating as they rained down even more attacks with vigor.
ROOOAAAR!
The Behemoth roared out as it felt dents beginning to appear on its armor, the numerous spiked crystals attached all over its huge back and tail shining a murderous red light as they erupted from its body and flew to the skies, very quickly raining down in the form of dangerous spiked flaming lances that attacked the entire perimeter around it!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Boru and his teammates weaved in and out of the area as they evaded the flaming lances that exploded on impact, their armored bodies taking the brunt of the explosive forces as one of the teammates had to even pull back after cracks began to appear on her armor.
"Sylphy, pull back! Everyone else, get [Judgment] ready!"
Boru shouted out as he oversaw the entire area closely, his Soul Rank strength bubbling with power as he dual wielded a golden hammer in one hand and the long jagged water element BroadSword in the other.
"Hooo…"
A hot breath released from him as Noah shockingly counted more than 80,000 Fate Lines thrum within his body, his body coiling like a spring as it propelled itself towards the head of the Behemoth in a straight line!
Boru's body began spinning in the air as wave after wave of golden blue blade lights began to erupt from him and smash onto the large head of the Behemoth, the monstrous beast itself going on to reply by releasing a horrid breath of fire that disintegrated the very air itself towards him.
SHAA! SHAA! SHAA!
The numerous golden blue blades of light met this attack as Boru continued spinning, his team mates moving to the sides as they prepared a skill Noah was very much familiar with, [Judgment]!
"Ready!"
"Ready!.."
The four of them called out as Boru used the force of his weapons to push himself out of the way of the destructive fire breath, the Behemoth choosing to pursue him with more attacks angrily before it came to a stop, its senses telling it that danger was coming.
RUMBLE!
Essence converged around the Behemoth as an enormous barrier of colorful flames appeared around it, but would the attacks of 5 Soul Forging Realm Celestials be that easy to block?
[Judgment]!
[Judgment]!
…
Four calls resounded first as Boru's teammates released their abundant mana to release this powerful skill, numerous golden spears appearing in the skies as they aimed straight down towards the enormous Behemoth.
BOOM!
The wide and colorful shield of flames it had erected was pierced through after the first and second round of spears rained down, the third and fourth casts going on to pierce through its thick hide as a squeal of pain was finally released from this monstrous beast.
ROAAR!
A roar of pain erupted out as the beast felt enormous damage in its soul from the numerous attacks layered with abundant Law of Fate, but its pain was not done as the one who had been peskily running around it had the time to collect himself and prepare an even more powerful attack with his abundant lines of fate and something else that Noah could not yet figure out.
[Judgment], [Smite of Liberation].
OOONG
The air trembled as Noah used his senses to observe the being called Boru call upon every drop of energy in his body, his senses observing this energy pass through his tens of thousands of fate lines as it was released in a unique manner to initiate the cast of two abilities from [Fate's Guardian].
BOOM!
The numerous sharp golden spears arrived first, piercing the wide body of the mountainous Behemoth that had actually begun to bleed bubbling red blood and going on to skewer its body even deeper!
The golden spears were followed by the sky clearing up as a large incorporeal golden Blade of Liberation that was more than three times the size of the blades Noah normally cast descended down.
This single blade was half the size of the more than 50 meter Fire Behemoth as it shot down at high speeds, the Behemoth sensing this danger as a destructive fire storm raged around it, but the damage it had received to its Soul affected it too much!
SPLUCH!
The abilities of [Fate's Guardian] could be vastly different depending on who was using them, the enormous Blade of Liberation being cast by the Soul Forging Boru being phenomenally powerful as it went on to pierce the hard hide of the mountainous Behemoth and sink deep into its body.
ROAAAR!
"Haha!"
A defiant roar rang out from a deadly beast inflicted with immense Soul Damage, while a spent Celestial hoisting a large BroadSword laughed as he knew the battle was as good as over.
Chapter 373 - A Shocking Feat Done Effortlessly
Gushes of blood erupted from the mountainous Behemoth, but it was not the physical damage that made it roar out a dying bellow, it was the horrendous damage to its soul that it received after these attacks pierced its hide!
The attacks were even further exacerbated as they carried with them a hint of powerful water elements that were destructive to its heavily flame based essence. The Behemoth tried to move its beaten down body as it felt weary, but the Celestials ganging up on it would not give it such a chance as Boru that was breathing heavily called out to his four team members along with Noah and Athena.
"Finish it! And you two, let's see some of your strength that makes you those with Noble Fates!"
His four team members were already moving the moment Boru's attack finished, Noah and Athena dashing into the scene of the battle quickly thereafter as Athena was quickly wrapped up in a golden armor as she valiantly went into close combat with the dying Behemoth, Noah himself looking to the skies as he cast [Smite of Liberation], the rumbling of descending blades being felt their after as five Blades of Liberation that were nowhere near as large as the single one that Boru had sent down came to smash into the Behemoth.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Their attacks landed on the wounded and dying beast, continuing on relentlessly as they knew they could not give it a second to recover its strength or gather its energy for attacks. The life force of Behemoths was enormous, where they would start healing in a matter of seconds if given the time as you found yourself in a long drawn out battle that you would eventually pay with your life!
"ROAAAR!"
Dying roars rang out from the enormous beast as the Celestials ganged up on it relentlessly, the battle only ending after another few minutes as the members of the Righteous Fire Exploration Team all slumped towards the ground breathing heavily.
Their bodies were drained of energies as their faces were those of extreme achievement as they looked at the mountainous body of the Behemoth that had finally stopped moving, only its muscles spasming as fountains of blood continued to leak out from it, waves of burning elemental energies slowly beginning to build up around it.
"Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!"
Noah looked towards Boru's position to observe this sizable Celestial actually near a position close to the Behemoth where spurts of blood were leaking out, his mouth wide open as he swallowed what rained down with huge gulps, his face that of extreme satisfaction!
His teammates looked at this site while they breathed raggedly, shaking their heads with a smiling expression of slight disgust as they were used to this behavior.
"Ahh, that's the spot. Another lesson for you rookies, the bodies of Behemoths being valuable treasures was not a joke, where even its blood is filled with immense life force that will quickly rejuvenate your lost energies. You wanna give it a go?"
The dangerously smiling Boru invited them as Athena quietly shook her head, Noah himself training his level of control as he knew better than anyone else the quality of blood leaking into the earth!
His [Blood Gourmet] was telling him that the liters of blood gushing down would have a heavenly taste that even a voluptuous Soul Rank Vampyre could not even come close to comparison, but he would control himself at this moment as he did not want any unnecessary slips.
Boru wiped his mouth as he came towards him and Athena, his team mates recouping their strength as they began to surround the Behemoth.
"So, first hunt. You observed and then joined in later. You got the feeling of it?"
The Celestial thrummed with power that was gradually retuning to his body and Noah and Athena nodded, their gazes on the party members of the Righteous Fire Exploration Team that had begun to cut apart the body of the Behemoth.
"We work as a team, and so we have to divide the treasures the same way too. It is merit based of course, with the one contributing the most to bringing down these huge beasties taking the larger portion of it.
BOOM!
His words were masked as a Blade of Liberation descended down to precisely cut apart the Behemoth at a certain section, his party members using their [Smite of Liberation]s at this time to divide up the mountainous body of the beast as they each began to divide numerous parts and place them into their storage rings or bags.
Boru watched calmly as the largest portion of the Beast was left to him, along with a huge glistening core that released enormous waves of fire elemental essence in the surroundings!
The eyes of the boisterous Celestial shone as they came onto this huge Origin Core, waving his hands as it disappeared, along with the chest and head of the Behemoth as only a few pieces were left behind for him and Athena.
"Here you go rookies, for those last attacks after you observed comfortably at a far distance, haha!"
Boru used his expansive strength to throw the wide tail of the Behemoth that was still larger than Noah's entire body towards him, two of the limbs of the beast containing horrendously sharp claws going towards Athena.
He waved his hands as the enormous tail filled with numerous shimmering crystal spikes entered his [Expansive Space], his heartbeat increasing every so slightly as he got his hands on the body of a Behemoth from the Celestial Realm, even if it was a small part of it.
"Let's move out from here. We've caused a big commotion, and d
on't want to be in the same location in case we attract anything."
Boru voiced out as the party began to move from the bloodied site of destruction, the serene environment of the Celestial Realm gradually going back to normal as the shimmering trees and foliage continued to stand strong.
Noah followed the Righteous Fire Exploration Party half heartedly as he was doing something incredibly unique that he knew no one else could currently do!
He was excited to get his hands on the enormous spiked tail of the Behemoth, putting it in his [Expansive Space] as the Ancient Blood Clone that was millions and millions of miles away in another Realm entirely teleported into the [Blacksmith's Forge] from the Time Space of the Spiritual Land.
This Ancient Blood Clone was an extension of himself, so he could just as easily access the [Expansive Space] that he placed the enormous tail of the Behemoth in!
A wide smile appeared on the devilishly handsome clone's face as he waved his hands, the same body part of a Flame Behemoth appearing in the [Blacksmith's Forge] as it almost took up the entire space! Noah laughed as he performed this feat so effortlessly, his thoughts quickly throwing a command to the Hearth of the Blacksmith's Forge as he wondered, what would come out from the body of a Behemoth drenched in the Law of Fire?
Chapter 374 - Materials, A Soul Rank Item!
As Noah was moving in the Celestial Realm, his Ancient Blood Clone had begun the tedious work of raising the proficiency of skills in the Time Space while also taking the time to craft new sets of Blood Stained Infernal Oath.
The Item Set had a wide array of uses as it effectively created Berserkers that only became stronger as their vitality fell, finding great uses in the hands of the Beasts of the Spiritual Land and the Harbingers.
So far, he had created more than ten complete Blood Stained Infernal Oath Sets that he went to distribute to his people, but none of these crafting sessions had made him as excited as he was now!
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